The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-20 00:00:00

ENTEMTIER, WE SUP AT F,VANS' Mellon'sVEßT EVENING THIS WEEK after Alfred Promenade Concerts. , T)T- ; N BURGT - 1 (Reduced Fares), from IronzatP ' wharf, Tower. —Saloon. 20s ; fore cabin, 15s ; deck (soldiers and sail3rs onl), 76 td ; r e t urn ti c k e t s (available for a month), 3 03 and 2fs I'd. The cheanest and quickest sea route by the solend d new sT KAMSIIIPS of the LONDON !ad EDINBURGH SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing- every Wednesday and Saturday, at :0 morning. Apply at the Spread Egle, Regent-circus; or at Irongate-wharf. \ORTH BRITISH ANT) MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. I ncorporated by Royal CliErter and Special Acts of Parliament. Ae, lutilnlited and Invested Fundc 421222,578 ,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. irsuran-es frrantei both at Home and in Foreign Countries "t he most liberal terms. 1 LIFE DEPARTMENT. : I ' . erY facility o ff e , e d t o Insurers. , n ty the Per Cent, of the Profits divided among the Insurers partieip , ting pri nc ipl e. ahe new Life business 7 ransacted in 1862 as follows: Policies. Am-unt In • ured. l'remiums. 1,037 £763,334 V 3.641 0 0 ou a° f P 'ins of and every information will be furnished pplication at the L OND Orncrs: uN. ................. 58, Thresdneerlle-street. ............... 4, New Bank Buildings_Lothbury. West -end Office.. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. MEAD OFFICES , 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Inc urance buildings. Liverpool Total Annual Revenue exceeds .£50n, 0 -n. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,0".0,000. Chnirmin In Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Ysq., 31. P. Chairman in London WILLLIM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. XXTRACIS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal Imurance company are now Called upon to make th dr accustomed periodical Report at the 31eeting of its Shareholders. The Directors hays.lßE BRANCH. F as p easinzly as unexpectedly, at the close o the y ear , t o announce, fo , the first time, that the Fire Premiums hnve not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The high comnaratiie position held by the Royal in the Grwernment Returns of Duty is again fully in,inta , ned. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount, realised in the priced rig year, and in tact sur passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, sine• the c ommencement of thi Office, the balance t" the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £15,101 10s. 54 , and of the North American business, which is kept sepa. rately, £11,097 16s. 10d. LIFE BRANCif. The very grratifyinz duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on n w rolicice for the year 1 ,, G2 . exceeds even that of the ye.r 1801 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a stride year of 470 t,4 9 7 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last few years it is believed that such a sum frsured as that which has jntt 1 - Ken announced as the result of one year's business 'ag nl l 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 for the Int , .r, to the participating life assuri-r. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afford , !d by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum proposed forassuraroc -mounts to £ 43,28 t. Various degrees ofilityhave led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance ompanies of the da record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at all, exci,edin , those which the Royal has declared as inadmis sible in a single year from deterioration of some kind cr anothi - r. If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business is progress has been undoubtedly more ratdd than that of any other Company established either in _Lou d..ni or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken Place. The returns ol el , ity have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evirtence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the e:rpression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal Insurancia Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may untold for it a sphere of still greater nuallni bade, combining distinguished commercial success to the Ofti‘!e with a leogthened career of usefulness and protection to the pubic. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. _ _ • NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. ' The business of t'le Company exceeds £70,000,000. Tie duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was 10 5,062, and the amount insured on farming stock, 4,( 86,:332. part A b onus of thr ee -fif ths of the profl's periodically ma d e t o parties insuring, who have thus. from time to time, received u rns a mounting in the aggregate to £440,000. and the Society now The h olds a la rge R es rye appli 'able to a future limns. rates of premium are in no case higher than those eharrred by the other principal offices making no returns to theit insurers. For ",, , Pro-pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey ---' eeL, N orwich • and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.e. ' —________ QUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Established 1821. S ubscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. ......_ sir MIN TO FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Chairman. vIIARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman. henry Hulse Berens, Esq., , Shawb Esq. henry Bonham Carter, Esq. G. Letevre, Esq. C harles F. Devas, Esq. John Martin, Esq. F rancis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. James Morris, Esq. -lames Goodson, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq. M.P Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. zohn Gr. Hubbard, Esq., 'M.P. Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. Fredk. H. Janson, Esq. i Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. Lewin Loyd, Esq. I Henry Sykes Tho rn t on, Esq. Corn , 3lius Pai ne, i nn., Esq. Noel Whiting. Esq. ThOS.Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Sarni. Brown, Esq., Actuary ---- LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS OP AN ACT OF PARLIA.3IENT, this Company now offers to new In surers EIGIITY PER CENT. Divisions, or a Lo w Rate of Premi of the Profits, a t Q uinquennial Profits, um without p ar ti cipation of Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in ea sh value £ilfio,ooo, which represents e Bonuses of £1,058 , 00 0. q uival ent Reversionary After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1850, the Life Assurances in force a mounted to upwards o, f £4,730,00 with eoxistintheg Bonuses th ereon. , Income from Lite Br anch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance the Fund, independent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. LOCAL Extra Premium MILITIA and VOLU NTEER CORPS.—N o is required for servi ce t h erein. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, if such value be not less than £5O. ASSIGNMENTS OF. POLlClES.—Virritten Notices of, re ceived and registered. MEDICAL PEES paid bor Policy S tamps. y the Co mpany, and no charge every Drip slon ot property at m o d erate rates. Company. Losses caused by Explosiori of Gas are a d mitted by this A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First Fort SEA, FIRE, LIFE , AND ANNUITIES. ) Offices, Royal :Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. _ OCTAVIUS WIGRA3T, E sq., Governor. GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub_Govenior, Sir JORN HENRY PELLY, Batt, Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. "Ml' 'Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Pohert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. John-Garratt Cattlev, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. liark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq The rion. Josceline W. Percy. Thomas Dent F q • Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, - Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. :Predlc. Jos Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrineton Smith, Esq. RiversdaleW Greniell, Esq. William Soltau, M.P. WmPat. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Sorties, Esq., M.P. . Tetlow Hibb ert, Esq.' William Wallace, E sq . 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. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary limns on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assurteht Premiums Equivalent reductions have b een made in payable by persons who prefe rre d that forprvofeßoensruss. 'the divisions of Profit take placa e Any sum not exceeding X 15,00 may be i insured on one Life, This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. sA rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual oei eties—with the guarantee of a large invested Capit a l tn c k . _with the security °t an of modern practice, 'Lk)tilee whose resources have been tested by the ex- The Co ot nearly a C ENTURY AND A nALF. In the mßiTration have always allowed the Assured to serve United IkinugVeemanry, or Volunteer Corps within the free of charge. 110TAL ExcßANcx, LONDON. LL ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. rfELEBRATION of 1,, - .. ) the BIRTH of sip,- ' - ''''..SPF ARE, at Stratford-upon . Avon. The Tercentenary C the TERCENTENARY of c. Hamilton. Bart , li.c.n ° .. ra i m ' l e t ii ". (of Tv are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTION's, account of the Tercenten :rnp,t o c n e in v ialr e ny 1 .1. 11 ..) . e e ._ th Stourhridge hich Sir Robert and Kidderminster or Warwick and e L a e t ' t p o a n id i t l o ank je a, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. G reenw a a ni v ing s ith, and Warwick ; or their 1 ond on ' ' m RI 's s G r r n c it n h, w il Y tv . ne. and 430 ,ltenors fl d Co., ali o en essi . or Ica a ' TB. cilyn and * Co . banker e, London. The Tern( ntenary Comornoiitee, in submi t " fia_istlisattaisetera t,To!I.,:iCs onmotmiotntelye witting- the subscrip tion list to the for a f t : l ° l n e i r tr' aid ' a e n a t r l a "t i l Y appeal to the admirers ' iiie !iron o f shakspeare birthplace of Shakenea.e. 111 the centre ot attraction to t r h es e ttlicir claims nil , all admirers of the great Po^t'a works, and that it NV a his home, the town he lived, and ‘where he lived and died, IION E) E . I t ' , PROMPTLYet A F TI URVIMLICIP bV a l ' e, rnoval`. Le,agehold Imo Freehold Property nr Res cw er i g thout '''''' , in sums from £2O to £300.-21r. lioWard, 18, 6 1 : e n :: ctreet, Ceeapside. ____ ri:o Pp r Eons i n WANT of MONEY (i n To, Au v p!Country).—A. w GEN7TLEHAN is willinzin NaI,, — NCES of CAS tl, without delay, to resocctsVo person, csa ieroale), on their own security. The fittest secrecy 7it 'lt ed ecl cn.—Anply (it by letter enclose tour sta ll:Ts) to Lt; a d -It Robert Accountant, 40. Kfmr. Wilrn-street, e su - brid, ' • be, lt.C.—Movey advanced on Deck Warrants. r"4I)TATE CASH ADVANCES.—PPrEnris ..,,,. requirin g ca . insta lmellts, to canble II ' 2l to inc ra , 4 lmt-al, repa,yablc by . ..- or for any other " r 1 ) ", can r, e ( ?r commence burin-tB , 1,1 9 r l l . lcation at the I 'll'es of t. 1 ,0 ‘,.„ (1,1 Y obtain Advances c - -L ,114, p , A , CLITION's . -•-• cicoPCP WVAINCe. Prosp ec t us aria f orms sent free. __ E. 11. these it still mary, ution .at re [Table corn iatism n and why that th its ;ht be P%.• Con retro- ild be al re unity, and senta- long alder at the nee of rank at not :r the quisi- Ger wire- s that o the What by wheat a very cellent to 31s to 293 to 25s to 44s to-8 r dull. Eng rat her lected. week's )ur of N O . 22,198. Now Ready, Bvo., Illustrated by the ion. ELIO r YORKE, ALP., THE WANDERER in WESTERN FRANCE. By G. T. LOWTII, Esq. - - - - • " Mr. ',myth reminds us agreeably of Washington Irving. We have enjoyed his b ok."--Athenieum. " A very ule.isant and animated ac•ount of Brittany, from personal a obse.vation, by an accomplished writer."—Daily Hurst ard Elackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 2 vols., p , st Svo., 2_s., 11ENIAliKA BLE ADVRNTURE HS AND UNREVE t LED MYSTEItIE3. By Sir F. W. LAsCELLES WRAXALL, Bart. "This work fur interest may vie with many a clever ro mance.' . —Sun. "A very treasure-house of attraction."—Reader. Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. 91 U E OXFOR D, A, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, tviil be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry IL vishop's TtiE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Ell'son, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huts!), .tc., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean &c. Comte, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man"), Eugene, W. Randall, E. Righton, and A. Lloyd. Als a Pci formaree by Herr S .;lIALTCENBACH on his wonderful met ument, the PIANO ORCEIEbTICE, contain ing a roll ba id of •10 instruments. _the Elam. 11 , 46 ju , t been newsy Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at A o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. Gd. VOTICE.-Thp GHOST! GHOST*! GHOST!!! AT C a NTI+;IIBURY HAL G. Iwo representations of Prcfessor pper's startlinz Illusion will be given on Mondays. Wednesdays, and Strurdtys. at Nine and a qu .rter past Eleven o'clock ; other Evenings at Eleven only; and produced with all the newest improve ments by Mi. A. Sitvester, which can be sten only at this establishment. Dramatic Readings by lir. Graham, in addition to Grand Operatic Selection•. Cantatas, We s, Songs, Comic and Sentimental, and UN •WORTII, the Ste n;, Orator, Open every Ev.-ning at half past Seven. Admission, Sixpence. - ID OVAL ALHAM BRA PALACE. The JILL FAIRY FOUNTAIN—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Bachele and Marlannb , a and Signor Guiseime Fran ce co, sssis ed by a corns of Twenty young Ladies—The Conracls as the Original Wrench Clowns and on the corde Mastique—Les Petit Monstres • Brian and Conly in an amusing. and novel Burlesque - Mrs. Brian as Old Aunt Sally, Ac., &C.—Wood and his Wonderful Son—Grand Operatic SelectionsNi 'Gregor. Mr. Albert, Signor Georgmi (the new Italian tenor), and Mr. Vernon Rigby— Band and Chorus of sixty Performers. T HE FIRST WEEK of the ALHAMBRA of the GHOST, a hicdtly comical and amusing r.presentation Eleven o'cl popular opecal illusion.—EVEKY EVENING, at ock. ESTABLISHED 1833. W °D EN ' S )ERATFD GINGER BEER. in ri.lasA or atone bottl 4 , , warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, rotass, Settzer, and every ri de a s r e t r_i s p t t r i e o et nopf Drury -elraanlenv C. aters.—Manutactory, No. 3 , White THE LAUNDRESSES to her late Mai . stv Queen Adelaide say, that " BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN S rARCII needs but to be triel to be approved " Sole Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrces, Bromley - by Buw, London, E. CARD PLATES ENGRAVED. Any Pattern 50 BEST CAI:DS, Print• d from Plate I;EAL tnROCCO CARO CASES 1,000 BUSINE ENVELoPES, gummed 3s. NEWSPAPER ENVELOPES, 4 doz 6d. F. ARNOLD, Manufacturing Stationer, 86, Fleet-street, E.C. 4ZPECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented ►►J Tinted Specta , les are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, includintr Viscount l'almerston. They afford extra ordinary re ief to weak, di and detective vision.—S. and B SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. TETHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS y (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT XIIIBITIOti s OF 1451 Ann 1882), to allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to tie the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of HEItN I A. The use of a steel spring, so otten hurtful in its effects, here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the Pody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the doe -plain Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease ,nd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the trim, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir 3umlerence of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WIIITE, 22E, Piccadilly. A SinOe Truss, 165., 215., 265. Ca, and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A. Double Truss, 31s. lid., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. Bd. Postage, is. lOd. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post. office, Piccadilly. 2;',EIV FATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, ac., for Varicose Veins and all cases of weakness and Swelling 43 he Legs, Sprains, &c. They are aorous, light in texture, and inexpens ive , and are drawn on 1k ean ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 78. 6d., les., to 168. each. Postage fld. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer. 22g. CONTRACT FOR PROVISIONS. Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 14th Aug., 1161. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE the LORDS and OTHERS, COMMIS,IONERS of this HOS PITAL, do hereby give NOTICE, That they are ready to receive TEvDERS from and to treat with such per Fons as may be wil in to Contract for victualing the in - pen sicners of the said Hospital, from the ist October, 1803, to the 30th September, 1863, both days inclusive, with the following articles of provisions, ate., via :—Beet and Mutton, Bread, Cheese, Boner. Potatoes, Salt, Oatmeal, Barley or Rice, Pepper. Flour, Suet, Cocoa, Black Tea, Suear, Milk, Onions or Leek's, Carrots, Celery, Thyme, Madoram, Winter Savory i , nd Parsley, daily, at per head per diem for the whole ration according to the established allowances of the house, as specified to the form offender whi .h may be obtained at the office of the Secretary any day between the hours of 30 and 3 o'clock, which Feder moat be tilled up and deliver, d, sealed, at the Board-room of the sad Hospital by the party or parties tendering, or tiv an agent ar pointed on his their b(dlalt. on Tuesday, the Ist of .eptember, at 12 o'clock at which time t.,eir Lordships will be prepared to take the same iic to consideration. _ It is to he observed that the Contractors wi'l be required to find Security to the vrown for the due performqn e of the Contract, and that no Tender will be received after the day and hour hhove mentioned. Tile&mMissionersl;not pledge themselves to accept the lowest Tender. A. J. MOORHEAD, Secretary and Registrar. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Grav's-inn•road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at ISing's-cross. Patron—The QUEER. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCIT, N.G. Treasurer—Edivard kasterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of eovernors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—Viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may he 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 atlords 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 rdmit and relieve the distressing eases that daily present themselves. Con i. t r r r i t b , a u n t oi,i?Nsq a N re ich r o ec ia elv 4 e a d ne b ; als t o h by e e s s r n s r . e c r 0 t dtsw andard Co. ; Drummond' and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Hansom and Cu. ; C P o r . e ; co o o t n t, , 8 G r L o o t e y , d an a d Co c . o ; S ; Payne, aya nd Co. and Co.: DenisonG 'n and Co. ; W Maros, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend. Gurn y, d Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Live e rpo a o n i" and at the Hospital. _ STANFORD S. S3IITII , Secretary. ROYAL NATIONAL LIF E-BOAT oe s i sdr T ta i ib T yth U ße T o Dyl GraciousOuakl Ne of Majestyist o Charter). rtt h h u e rn ete r en cand, o c eu r eA o r i a N mi t pß P E A si e n e E ze .... 7ss lT : K.G., F.R.S. CITAIIIBIAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S ,V.P CEPUTT-CIIAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., V.R.S , V P APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since he beginning of the year 1860, the Hoyle. National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments , rn the Coasts of Eng'and, Scotland. and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Lite-boats of the Society. ,•nd other means, since its formation, is 12,800; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,180 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended .£67,. 00 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-can !ages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the Pritish public during the past few years, a support which has enab ed them to establish their present magnificent fleet or 123 ',Helmets on the shores of the United Kingdom Deeply sensib e, however, of the great responsibility that res s on them to maintain their fleet iu a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, whi h cat , 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 peat and truly national a wore. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions:— s. d Her Majesty the Queen .. annual 50 e 0 Campbee, the Hon. Mrs. G. .• . .. annual 5 0 0 Clerk. Colonel, E.A. • • • • .. .. annual 11 0 Coutts and Co. nessrs., Bankers .. annnel 10 0 0 Currie, la - rn. .• • . .. 4th den.lo 0 0 Erie, Lord Clilet Justice .. .. don. 10 10 0 leanaha we, Vice-Admiral sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 P enwick, G. J.. Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran sporting Carriage ' • .. 250 0 0 1 % - tlulTY. Rev. G. and Mrs. don 30 0 tarttn, Sir Henry Bart. • • • • 7thdon. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. .. don. 15 15 0 Smith et • (I. .• • • " Stirlin g , George, Greenwich . • • • • • 30 0 Col. Sir A C B • • • annual 20 0 Thorn, s, Anthony , It. • • collectedby her Lee ys ireY , Weston-super-Mare, ip 16 16 0 d'F • • •• DonationsY ' r "DY, Lord .. • • annual 50 0 and'Ae • • ti es will be thankfhlly re ewed by the nual euescrip o peeeivaL and Bankers of the institution, , Messrs. Willis, Co., 59, strud Co 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and .fa es' iyessra. Flerriee, Farouhar. and Co., 16, St. anti Bankers i " d on • by, a 1 the eollmtors of Customs Richard Lewitsa• uniied ; and by the Secretary 4914.et ree e AL I CB Oe at the' Office of the I.llStitutiele, it • 114 / 1 4 4 41494, W. ----- ::::: 71: 7 44 -1--1: 116 '):4);'' 7-*-k , 1 7 , • ., 5 ;: i i ) , A „.,.7 1 : ,, , ,7 \, ,, -2-- - , • .:' , . 3 Y ,7 . , :c5 - 7,, , ... ...' _ z ei.. l ,e ' 4,'-45,) tr•-,16?.9.4.,t:15.:,,e4. • ..4r4 --- el\b - KP`'''r ' - ':, - ;:-.1:•• u A r -4 . -- , - 44- p.vp, m :::' . .., , ‘ii: ~, .. mi......,:,_ ~ T. , ~ . ~.., , also got coals, but they were not gooe, a$ , i , - - ' - c :44 ' . 6 .4 4, - OW. . ~.. k ',.. * 4 AIN Ar 't , e. .... f,..,1,,, r , , ., , it k ~, ` , , v 0,111.1P, a . ..,,,,,' 4, I , wards found out. Oa the 16th, too, , c • Mip B j a. "'4';0,,„ a s p\ ..... ( ~ A5)4 , cl, •3„,,, ----;•, it ,4 go ~ . `~? • i ; 44'4% lity , , ,, t ',,, 4 .1. -- ~..., Als , ..; 't 7 ., \ , ....t, ti, - .... 0, ...fty.. ii , ~,, `4... •-,.. - t. Aki• ----2' 4 _~ - s.ik' , ,, iLe 4Q".- j . h5,,,,-„Nr.....,r, - - F,..• -. .... .-, t . -7r , ..„ , -1 -4. : -.... , s ..- ..' •.,: 11,111 t, • , 147:. .? Ndllip , - '?. A t• 1 , t i p ~,, . . ; : t ., *V ,-. ix.r• ''*::,.,...,'' '' -4 4`lt ~,,,,....... ‘ • , t . c - / ► pti , ~~t, ... ,=.. „,,,..e ." , ,1 010 0.%2,7- ~... .-, .l4` ~, ", _„65 ill/ife.N . , „.. , d A‘ i) ,i , ,. __,,,..,,,,," , ‘ ME ' Li a , , se: t, jos IN , ~, , ,,,,, , , , ,.:41 DROI • . ' - . kA %,.. ?.k ' , .0 Hoxie, bound from California to Englat td ,!; frcui her we got about 125,000 dols. worth n f 'silver, and burnt in her over 50 tons of silver ore. ' Cin the 27th June, captured schooner V. H. Hill, an ;, bonded her for 10,000 dole. on condition that she • 4Touid carry our prisoners, some 50 or more, to Be' muda. Our next prize was the ship Sunrise, eig' ht days from New York to Liverpool, having a : neutral. cargo; bonded her for 60.910 dols. This w as on tho 7th July. We were now close to New York ; the Bth July, were not more than 50 or 60 t riles from that city. At about 12 a.rn. this day (Bth ) we exchanged signals with an EngliFh brig. Ano Cher sail beieg reported, started in pursuit, end at the fog cleared up saw a large steamer lying by ho r, and had seat her boat alongside. We ran dow a until wo Nave the Yankee colours flying from / per peak. 'Ail b a e n h d in a d t tb th e hands' were then called to quart ers. After tea rce evring about half an hour, she : belly ran down to us. As soon s she was ,near en .ough we hauled e sh s i a :s e b t u i l m w e ar t b: e. oa w d e si a d th e. er down English colours (which were flying at the time), and showed to their view thE 'stars and bars, Her men ran from their after pivot and f ought protection . gave hßeruta was in their favour, for just then the f ,r, came down so dense that the Ericsson could not be seen, so all we could do was to wait till it clears d up. Bat judge our astonishment, when it did cl ear up, to see t2he Yankee about five or six mil .s ahead of us, arid travelling for Sandy Hook. Ncx w it was we felt the reed of gocd coal. Our be are Captain t offered 1,500 dollars for fif teen pounds steam- 4but we could not get but eight an d tian pounds, although' we used pitch and resin. All L an d s were anxious to catch her, for she had been .e n t to catch rebdl cruisers,' bat she nearly caught a Tartar this time. However, we had the pleasure of burning two -ves sels under her nose—the brig N. B. Nash, from New York, and the whaling sohooner Rienzi, f rom Provincetown ; but the crew had left when they saw us burn the brig. We sleowed the crew of the Nash the steamer Ericsson making tracks for N eer York. With a sad heart we left the E., and steered for Bermuda, at which place we arrived on the 16th instant, and as soon as we coal we leave this place for a cruise, and you and your readers may be assured that the Florida will sustain her reputa tion, and do all eve can to annoy the Yankees." PRICE..... STAMPED ....sd. pb n ,o i l g no night, books ,Io,bfr,ittntge boatng a lmi,thr Wisconsin,ee p o, a rs s et s ; e e n o g l e r h s i , r captain, t.o ne soldiers el .. erk, andef all the property as could he picked up. The papers and t s ni 3 s , te a r n s a , tsrauditeerrsiosnitotorefisn, la no: Lg. t o l a c r do t a t , s ,Cnce,u guard rine rnr killed eoc t ot h f, ro e : tur p iz: a zish 3 se , one corporal and four privates Were ' lost, l three killed by a stage plank falling on them while in the altogether there are about 30 lives lost. Four hundred t were all lost. 'There were about 200 personsP on isi all. The boat valvalued at 100,000 dots., insured for s("e° board dols. The fire broke out in the after part of the boat, some between decks, others say in the nursery, When the boat struck the shore, the fire having driv en th e engineers . from their posts, the engines confined to work, end as soon as she struck a number jumped ashore, but her stern soon swung around down stream, and as the engines continued to work,her bow was soon turned from shore, and she again started down river. When she left the shore there were about 30 persons on her bow, nearly all of whom must have perished. The soldiers are said to have acted heroically, and to have stood by the boxes containing the money until it was certain all were consumed. The boxes were iron bound, and too heavy to be removed. Besides, the flames spread all over the boat in less than five minutes. There is no satisfactory theory as to how the fire originated. It is believed, however, to have been fired by an incendiary in the interests of the rebel Government. An effort was made to fire the naval depot here the night before last." To© correspondent of the Boston Herald, in a letter dated off Charleston, August 2, says that the new battery erected by General Gilmore on Morris Island, is mounted by the largest guns ever cast at the North : " When these batteries are opened against Sumter, there will be a dreadful scattering of bricks, legs, arms, and bodies. One hour and a half is allowed for the bombard ment of that fort before it will be compelled to surrender." Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. In anticipation of a portion of the hands now employed on the iron frigate Achilles, 6,000 tons, which is rapidly approaching completion at Chatham dockyard, being shortly released from that vessel, the massive oak framing for the new iron-cased frigate Lord Warden has been deposited alongside No. 7 slip, on which the new frigate is to be built. The construction of this vessel will be commenced as soon as the dockyard resources will anew of th e mechanics being employed on her. Like the Royal 0 ik, the last vessel built on the same slip, the Lord Waroen will be constructed almost entirely of fo reign oak. In the construction of the Lard Warden several important improvements will be effected by Mr. Reed, from whose designs she is to be built. The plan of lessening the thickness of the armour plating on the bow and the stern, hitherto adopted in this class of vessel, is to be discarded in the ease of the Lord Warden, and the Admiralty have de cided on encasing her in one uniform thickness of armour-plates; so that she will have the same de scription of plates on her stem as on her broa . cisides, the use to which it is intended to apply her ren dering it most important that her bow should be carefully protected and of enormous strength. An other important feature in the Lord Warden will be the placing of a powerful battery of guns at her bow, in which she', will differ from all other vessels of war now efloat.\ The battery will be so placed as to enable the bens to be fired straight ahead; while the solid, iron-plated bow will be carried up sufficiently high as to form a sort of tower, in which the guns will be placed. As the Lord Warden is designed to steam at least 13 knots an hour, this powerful bow battery will prove of the utmost value when chasing a hostile veesel. In order to support this additional weight thrown on the bow, the body of the frigate will be built out into a long projecting prow several feet below water, and this will serve a twofold advantage,that ofgiving increased buoyancy to the frigate, and at the same time furnishing her with a most powerful means of destruction, theLerd Warden being in this respect different to every other vessel afloat. The extremity of the prow will be furnished with a huge steel stem, shaped somewhat like a cleaver, and this formidable weapon will, it is confidently anticipated, cut completely through a hostile ship when used as a ram, as, from the enor mous size and momentum of the vessel of the Lord Warden's dimensions, one, or at most two blows would be sufficient to sink the largest vessel afloat. The ports in the new frigate will be more elevated above the water-line, and the armour-plating carried lower down than in any other vessel of the class, notwithstanding which provision is made for a high rate of speed. The Lords of the Admiralty hare issued instruc tions for a second vessel, in all respects similar to the Lord Warden, to be immediately commenced, and have decided on naming her the Lord Clyde. She will be built at Pembroke, at which establish ment there is no similar vessel now in hand. The Lords of the Admiralty have dir e cted the survey and report upon th e pre sent of the Cyclips, 6, 1,195 5 6, 859 t ons , 350-h orse p owe r, screw gun -60-horse t d o i e e k 3 a 2 r o d c horseconditionffi c i a 1 pow and ervalue; the Phoenix, 6, 809 tons, 220-horse power; th e H ermes, 6, 830 tons , 220-horse power ; an d t h e D ragon, 6, 1,270 t o n s , power, paddlewh ee l steam ers ; and the Victor, vessel, all attached to the Chatham steam reserve squadron in the Medway, preparatory to the whole of the vessels named being sold. In making th e survey of the above ships the dockyard officials are to make separate reports to the Admiralty of the condition of the hull and machinery of the several steamers, and are to forward a confidential report of the value of each for the guidance of their Lordships. Yestesday a detachment of the Ist battalion of the 4th King's Own Regiment, numbering 35 men of a ll r anks, left Chatham garr i son , an d embarked at 1 Gravesend, for Bombay. FATAL ACCIDENT TO COLONEL M'GREGOR.—We regret to hear of the death of Lieut.-Col. James Itl`Gregor, who was in command of the 15:h Regiment Bombay NJ. at Aden. It appears that when bathing on the 2Sth June, in the sea at Aden, he was carried out by the strong under-current and drowned ; his body was re covered shortly afterwards, and was buried the same even ing. Colonel I‘l‘Ciregor entered the Bombay army in 1835, and belonged to the 21st N. 1., which, after the rartial mu tiny at liurrachoe, in Sept., 1857, was changed to the 30th N.I. He saw service under Sir Charles Napier in the campaigns that ended in the conquest of Scinde, and after wards in the campaign of 1811-5 to suppress the rebellion which broke out in the Southein Mahratta country.— Bombay Gazette. COLONIAL ARISTOCRACY.—There are of course many persons in Melbourne who occupy their na tural positions, such as they would occupy in any part of the world—the members of the professions, for instance, and others, who have the voice which they have a right to exercise in the administration of public affairs. But, on the other hand, there are crowds of diggers and succeastul adventurers of all kinds, who form a little aristocracy of their own, axe who have bullied or bought their way into pro minent positions. Until a few months ago, every man had a vote, and any man who could get votes enough might enter Parliament. The consequence was, the legislature became swamped with ruffianism, and Government was rendered imposAble. In order to put a check upon the pnular exuberance, the present Parliament has just passed a law, compelling nothing less than a property qualification on the part of the candidate, and an education test on the part of the voter. The property qualification merely means the deposit of a small sum of money, sufficient to act as a check on the imagination of the casual costermonger, or the praruiscuous loafer ; the educational test simply provides that the voter shall be able to write his name. There are some other provisions, such as the sn!'orsement of certain residence in a place before voting; and the change alto gether is expected to be of a very salutary character. The "educational test" alone, it is said, 4 .vi1l disfranchisa thou sands of persons who will not take the trouble to quality for the register. At present many of the conditions of society are sufficiently startling to a stranger. Tha OWLICTS of many of the handsomest houses and equipages in Mel bourne are men belonging to the lowest class, who have made their foritines at the diggings; while scions of great fatnilies in England, and men who have taker honours :,s universities, are found driving cabs, serving in the peh as , or f.)l4..wbes the prafession of tavern •aali',/ , :e r g: ..LaO:naf," THE CRUISE OF THE FLORIDA. The brief stay of the Confederate vessel of war ; the Florida, at Bermuda, afforded an opportunity for the collection of some particulars respecting her recent career. Those details have just arrived in this country, and are all the more interesting at the present moment from the fact of tho celebrated cruiser herself being now off the southern coast of Ireland. The Florida, Capt. J. F. Maffit, destroyed no less than £9,700,000 worth of Federal property up to the 11th of May last, managing to elude 13 Federal vessels of war specially sent to cruise in pursuit of her. Tho list of the vessels destroyed or released on bond by the Florida during the last six months includes the following names :—Estelle, Corris Annie, Star of Peace, J. M. Celcord, Com monwealth, Kite Dyer, Clarence, Southern Cross, J. B. Hoxie, Windward, Jacob Bell, Aldebaran, Lapwing, Oneida, Henrietta, Crowe Point, Red Gauntlet, ship Sunrise, and the schooners V. H. Hill, Wm. B. Nash, and Hull. Many of the above were large and valuable clipper ships engaged in the California, China, and Ea3t India trades. The four vessels last named were taken within some 50 or 60 miles of New York, and while in that neigh boUrhood 'Maffit sent an expedition along the New England coasts with a view of seeing if anything in his line was stirring in that direction, The expe dition was very successful, 27 vessels, great and small, including a revenue cutter, being captured and destroyed. This brilliant feat was performed under Lieutenant Reed. A terrible panic exists along the Yankee shore. The Sound steamers are afraid to run without an escort, fishing vessels are kept in port, and some 50 men-of-war are cruising off the different Northern ports looking after the Florida. In feet, so great a panic has never existed off the New Englund coast. A large portion of the Yankee merchant vessels has been transferred to the English flag. The New York Herald of the Bth inst. also notices, as a deplorable fact, that Federal ships, in large numbers, are being placed under the protection of the Brazilian flag, the naval resources of the Washington Government being found totally inadequate to the protection of the mercantile marine. There is much talk of an em bargo. When the Florida arrived at Bermuda from Mo bile, she showed indications of hard service ; but her supplies were of the most ample and varied descrip tion, as cash, sails, provisions, &c., had been libe rally contributed by the Yankee vessels. The crew are described as being as " crack" as the Florida herself—fine weather-beaten fellows, much attached to the ship. The following is an account of the pro ceedings of the Florida from the date of her depar ture from Mobile to her arrival in Bermuda—the cruise lasting about six months. The account is in the form of a newspaper letter from a Mr. Wilson, one of the Florida's men, and is dated " St. George's, Bermuda, July 21 :" " You and your readers are doubtless well aware that this steamer ran out of the harbour of Mobile on the 16th day of January, 1863, so I will say nothing on that head, but endeavour to give you a full account of what we have done since. Oar first work was the herm. brig Estelle, of Boston, on her first voyage and homeward bound from Santa Cruz, with a full cargo of sugar and honey for the good people of Boston. But we consigned her to Father Neptune.' She was valued at 138,00 dots. In Havana we received our coal, stores, &c. At daylight on the morning of the 22d of January we ca tied our anchor and ran along the coast eastward, and at 11 a.m. captured and burned the'herm. brig. Windward, from Matanzas, bound to Portland, and just at sunset we sent the herm. brig Coals Annie, of Philadelphia, on the same (fiery) road. She was within two hours' sail of her destination, which was Cardenas. We left the Cuban coast for the Banks, and on the 26th dropped our anchor in the harbour of Nassau. Here we also took in coal, and our hull looking anything but Christianlike, we went to Green Keys to paint ship.' On the 28th January came to an anchor, and for two or three days all hands were busy as bees, scrub bing the whitewash from our sides, and ou the first day of February we stetted. on a cruise. But a sail being reported, and proving to be the Yankee g unboat Sonoma, and being of heavier metal than us, we showed our heels. For forty-eight hours she chased us, but got nothing for b e e pains, for on the third morning she could hardly be seen from the masthead. From the time of elud ing the Sonoma till the 12th of February we saw no Yankee vessels, and all the boys were getting im patient for a prize, or even a sail, when we heard the masthead look-out sing out, Sail, Ina! Steam was raised and our propeller lowered, and at four p.m. we boarded her, and found that she was indeed a prize. Her name was the Jacob Bell, from Foo chow, bound to New York, with a valuable cargo of teas, silks, Szo. We burned her, and then went to Barbadoes. Our next prize was the Star of Peace, which we captured oa the 12th of March; she was from Calcutta, bound to Boston, with saltpetre. The schooner Aldebaran was the next victim of the pirate Florida. For fifteen days did we look for another, and she brought us the most needful article, and that was coal. The Lapwing was captured on the 28th, and sent a cruising against Yanks, and captured the ship Kate Deer, and bonded her for 40,000 dots. On the 30th March fell in with the bark M. J. Colcard, from New York, hound to Cape Town, and she was burned. On the Line wt met the Oreto (Lapwing), coaled, and then took a cruise along the Line, and on April 17th burned the ship Commonwealth, from New York for San Francisco. On the 23d April burned the barque Hanriette, from Baltimore for Rto Janeiro. The next day (24th) burned the ship Oneida, from Shanghai for New York, with tea. May 6, took herm. brig C.arence, put one I 2-pounder howitzer, 20 men, and two officers on board, end sent her on a cruise. What execution Lieut. Reed did I refer you to the papers about. The Tacony was one of her prizes. On the 10th of May we were in Pernambuco; sailed on the 12th. Nextday (May 13) burnt ship Crown Point, another San Francisco peeket from New Yark. We then went to Seara, where we again coaled, end started for the Northern coast; rind on the 6th June burnt ship Southern Cross, from San Francisco, hound to New York. On the 14Ltes Jhne burnt the ship Red Gaunt ) let, fP2I to 11.ovg I'ro THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1863. TEE LATE LORD CLYDE. The "Imperial Dictionary of Unicerlal Bio• graphy," published by William Mackenzie, Glasgow, contains a memoir of the late Lard Clyde, written by Sir Archibald Alison, Birt., of which the fol lowing is en extract—de:icriptive, first of all, of Sir Colin's Indian Exploit, and of the close of his gallant career ae a Peer of the 11,,:a1m and a Field Marshal:— When the Indian revolt broke out, and every post from the East brought the intelli2ence of fresh and seemingly overwhelming disasters in Hindostan, ail eyes were tinned to Sir Colin as the only man capable ofstaying the disasters which were accumulating round a "sinking throne and a falling empire." Yielding to the universal voice, LGtd Pal merston, then Prime Minister, sent for him on July 11th, and asked him whether ho would undertake the command, and if so, when he could set out. " Within 24 hours," re plied the Scottish chief, then 64 years of age. He was as good as his word. On the following evening he set out, ac companied by his staff, for India, with no more baggage than a trooper could carry with him on his saddle ; and on the 13th August following reached Calcutta, after an un commonly quick passage. The labours which then awaited him were such as would have overwhelmed any one of inferior resolution, and less accustomed to make every difficulty )ield to energetic will. Disarmed, and with its forces d'sbanded or scattered by the imprudent reductions of a pacific administration, the Supreme Government at Calcutta was utterly unpre pared f. r a contest. The arsenal there was empty; that at Delhi was in the hands of the enemy; arms, powder, guns, balls, all required to be manufactured, and, as fast as they could be got ready, sent off in the utmost haste for the service of the troops, now reduced to the last extremity, de spite all the heroism of Havelock and his men in the north western provinces. The whole autumn of the year was employed by Sir Colin in the most herculean efforts to repair the deficiencies in military st9res, to provide the means of transporting them, with the slender reinforcements which arrived from China, to the theatre of war in the neighbourhood of Cawnpore, At length something like an army having been formed, and the 93d Highlanders, 1019 strong, having arrived from China, Sir Colin set out from Calcutta on the 26th of Octo ber; and after narrowly escaping having been made pri soner by a body of rebels on the road between Allahabad and Cawnpore, he reached the latter town on the 2d of November. He was there fortunately joined by a body of admirable troops, under Gen. Hope Grant, who had come down from Delhi after the storming of that city. By this accession of forces, Sir Colin's little army was raised to 6,000 men and 36 guns, and with this small force he forth with set out to effect the deliverance of Havelock, now at the last extremity in Lucknow, and besieged by 60,000 of the best troops of Oude. The task before him was arduous, and to all appearance hopeless, for not only was the force in his front tenfold stronger than his own, but his communications were threat. ened by the Gwalior contingent, 14,000 strong, composed of the best troops in India, disciplined by European officers, which lay at Calpee, only 45 miles, threatening. Cawnpore; the bridge of m hich, over the Ganges, commanded the only commun►cation with Calcutta, and the base of operations in the south. Yet necessity commanded an immediate effort for the relief of Lucknow, for Havelock could only hold a few days longer the buildings he had so nobly defended, and it was well known, that if forced to surrender, he himself, his brave followers, and the women and children in the resi dency, 12,000 in number, would all be massacred. Deter mined to rescue them or perish in the attempt, he marched with all the disposable troops he could command, only 5,500 in number, on the Bth November, taking the route to Luck now, which was 52 miles distant, leaving Wyndham with 12,000 to make head against the Gwalior contingent, and hold the important bridge and fort 4,f Cawnpore during his absence. The operations which followed were conducted with the most consummate ability, and have justly raised Sir Colin to the very highest rank in military glory. Swiftly, yet cautiously advancing, he reached the neighbourhood of Lucknow on the 12th of November, and immediately began his advance to deliver the beleae,ured garrison. Directing his march by a semicircular sweep round the city, he avoided the long barricaded street leading direct to the re sideno, in forcing his way through which, Havelock had lost 900 men; but he had still a desperate shock to encoun ter before his object was gained. Every building was gar risoned and loopholed, every palace constructed into a for tress which obstructed their advance. By sueceessive and persevering efforts, however, they were all overcome—the Mattiniere carried after a sharp emit:Let, the bridge of the canal forced, and with infinite difficulty heavy guns dragged up to batter the Secunderbagh, garrisoned by 2,000 of the best sepoy troops. On to the assault rushed the 93cl and the 2d Punjaub infantry at a run, striving who should first penetrrte jn; and they effected an entrance at tha same time, and awfully avenged the massacre of Cawnpore, by putting the whole defenders to the sword. Still the Shah Nussiers mosque stood in the way, strongly garrisoned by sepoys, and till it was carried access to the residency was impossible. Peels guns were brought up to breach the walls, but the fire of musketry from them was so severe, that the gunners were all struck down and the guns silenced. Sir Colin then ordered up the 93d, and assembling them around him, told them that the guns were o e p h u himself iht himself a silenced, but the mosque mu s t b e carried that night, and theyt b their must e ad. He did so accordingly, do i t withb a ye nets , an h evd Sir ul e and all his staff leading on the assault were wounded or had their horses shot under them; M a j or Alison, his military secretary, lose his arm in the advance; Capt a i n Ali son, his aid-de-camp, was struck down; Colonel Adrian Hope, the bravest of the brave, Sir D. Baird, and Capt. Poster, both aid-de-camps to Sir Colin, had their horses shot under them. Success seemed hopeless ; for no fissure could be discovered e llin in the massy wallE, from which inces santly streamed a terrific which orders were already given to retreat, when Colon e l Ad r i an Hope, ast with of musketry.apartyoft 93 The d , fu 930 nd opening,faghe w, being enlarged, they g ot in, and the fort was c arr i ed. This fire success was decisive—access was obtained next day to the residency. Havelock, his brave garrison, and the women and children were brought off in safety; and Sir Colin hay ing achieved this deliverance, set out with the utmost ex • ped'tion to succour Wynd ham, who w as hard press e d i n his rear. It was high time he should do so ; f or that gener a l, over powered by an overwhelming superiority of forces, had been driven back into Cawnpore. The town was taken, the fort hard pressed, and already the enemy's balls were beginning to tall on the bridge, the sole line of Communi cation of the troops. In a few hours more the bridge would have been taken, the army cut off from its base, itself destroyed, and India lost, for there was no reserve at Cal cutta to effect a second deliverance o f Luc -k now. But Sir Colin soon restored matters—his gray hairs were worth a thousand men. The enemy was soon repelled freer t h e heights they had won which commanded the bridge, and the long file of wounded men, women, and children, having b een got in safety across, and despatched to Allahabad, the C hi ef sallied forth at the head of 6,000 men, and by an extraordi nary display of skill and tactics, succeeded in completely d e _ fearing an army double the size of hie own, flushed with victory, and t a ki ng a ll th e i r guns. Thi s was the cri s i s of the war—the tide had turned the So ttish hero had, with an energy and skill equal to the greatest efforts of Napo. loon, with an army of 7,000 detested 70,C09, brought off the long train of helpless beings without the loss of one, under their very eyes, and delivered India from the greatest peril in which it had been placed since the victories of Clive, a century before, had laid the foundation of the British em pire in the east. The subsequent career of Sir Colin has been nothing bet an unb ro k en succession of triumphs. Casting an eagle glance over every part of India, he despatched its forces in every direction, so as to crush all the efforts er the rebels. Before the hot weather had recommenced, be himself had regained the important post of Futtyghur, Which restored the direct communication with Delhi and the Punjaub. No so .ner had the next he ad.. cool season commenced, than vaneed with 10 ,000 mon and SO guns, a second time against Luckn ow, and having by a most skilful move ment s ucceeded in enfilading of the ene the whole ray's works with • his guns in their rear, he carried the begum's palace by storm,andmade hinaself master of the whole city, with 96 guns, immense military stores, end re sources of all kinds. Thisfollowed by an was immediately advance into Rohilcund,nest greatest stro n ghold and the cap t ure Q 1 B are illy, the i n several hard f oug h t and Poaseesion of the insurgents, aiter brilliantnecessarily action s . Th e re turn of the hot season h av i ng /Tail, suspended military operations, the int erval of rest ecessa rilY wts turned t o suc h good tee - count by the vet eran conamso(i erire• c hier, that when he took the field agai n in November, capturing the whole strongholds o 1858, ho succeeded in 0 u . do et in the hands of the insurgents, and driving the rote bands to perish in the wild s of th • e n! o y f their scattered r S u b se quent accounts contai ne d the grattf el?atil mountains.nag that Outle, 73 the centre of the insurrection, was entirely 'tied • 2 forts in course of being , demolished, and 400,000 stand of arms delivered tip. For these astonishing r Sir Colin, with the entire approbation of the g nation, was raised by her Majesty to the peerag e by the title of Lord Clyde. But history must, in justic e to his transcendent merits, give him a Still higher title, and pronounce him the greatest general whom Scotland has produced sines the time of Robert Bruce, a n d one of the greatest benefactors to England who has ever ap peared ; for he has preserved and strengthened in its utmost need the British empire in the East. Kindly and affection ate in his Oispoeitions, courteous and high bred in his manners, independent and manly in his character he unites t4;i4 14"t ' ft`tiL " to command respect and win regard in private. Overflowing with courage, and ever in the front of battle, ho was avaricious only of the blood of his soldiers; and l,y his mingled caution and dash, Achieved his glorious successes with an incredibly small effusion of human blood. Delacroix has shown a just mind, and an unshak able firmness and sense of justice. But if it were possible to me, how happy should I be to speak of the ix iend, of the man in private life, always ani mraed with charming grace and goodness. It be longs to other voices than mine to Int,ke themselves here the interpreters of this profound grief, and, above all, to make themselves the judges of his splendid talent; but, grateful and proud of a firm friendship of forty years' duration, I have given way to the impulse of the heart, and tried to con quer the emotion inspired by my profound grief, in order to address a lest and solemn adieu to him whom I have so well loved and so well known." AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Tuesday Morning. The Inman steamer City of New York, from New York, on the Bth inst., arrived cff the harbour at an early hour this morning. On the 6th, the day of thanksgiving appointed by President Lincoln was solemnly observed in New York and various other Northern cities by suspen sion of business, and by religious services in most of the churches. The following is the latest in reference to the Con federate privateers : "A letter, dated from Bahia, July 26, on board the United States' steamer Mohican, which was sent in. search of the pirates, states that the Florida was at the island of Las Rocas on the 14th inst., where her surgeon and paymaster were drowned by the swamping of their boat. Here she got 70 tons of coal, and left on a cruise. We can hear no thing or see nothing of the Alabama, from which we con clude she has left this coast entirely. As for the Georgia, we think she is in some secluded bay on the coast, awaiting her guns by the Castor.. It is some satisfaction to know that she will have to wait a very long time. The United states' ship Onward left here on the 25th inst. on a cruise. American vessels are taking outßrazilian registers, availing themselves thereby of the Brazilian flag. This is hard. There should be more American men-of-war here." Trenton, New Jersey, by an unanimous vote of its Common Council, has cffered a bounty of 200 dols. to fia up its quota. The draught in Wash ington was completed on the 6th. Brokers were offering to supply substitutes at 200 dols. each. Many of the draughted men attempted to leave the city, but were turned back at the railroad depots. The War Department has advices that the draught is going on smoothly in all sections of the country. Arrests, however, continue to be made in Indiana of parties protecting deserters and resisting their arrest under warrants issued by a United States' commander. Eight of those resisting were arrested on the 6th in Brown county. They were held for trial in 1,000 dols. bail each. Enrolment returns have been received at Spring field from six districts of Illinois. The number of perscns enrolled in the First (or Chicago) district is 22,541. No order for a draught has yet been re ceived, but it is presumed that when the enrolment returns are all in (expected by the 15th inst.), the conscription will speedily take place. Governor Yates, so far as known, is making no effort to secure credit for the excess of troops heretofore furnished by the State. In reference to what are called the "War with England articles" in Washington papers, the New York World states:— " Considerable embarrassment is likely to arise here by reason of various city papers claiming to be official mouth pieces. The Star this evening, in a seemingly authoritative nanner, states that all publications lately appearing in city journals relative to the imminence of trouble with England are entirely unauthorised, and do not emanate from cfficial sources. The Republican, on the contrary, intimates that it will furnish fai,ts in a few days relative to its war with England article." The World also observes— " Statements appeared in some of the Northern papers, after the fall of Vicksburg and the defeat of Lee, t) the Effect that the question of peace had been discusst.d in the Federal Cabinet, and that a Cabinet crisis had been caused by a proposition of Mr. Seward to issue a Presidential pro clamation offering an amnesty to the Southern people, withdrawing the Emancipation Proclamation, suspending the Confiscation Act, and offering protection to the personal property and rights of the Southern people, except the leaders ; the Attorney- General Bates and Mr. Montgomery Blair favoured the scheme, with a modification ; that Messrs. Station and Chase violently opposed it, and Mr. Welles also opposed it, but not so strongly. Here, where the public is accustomed to assumptions of this kind, these statements were not thought of sufficient importance to demand atten tion. It seems now that they went to Europe and were made the foundation there of new castles in the air, built by the European enemies of the United States. It is, there fore, proper to say that these statements had no foundation whatever in fact. No such debates or propositions, or any debate or proposition on the subject of peace, or of such amnesty, has been made in the Cabinet, nor have such dif ferences arisen." The Philadelphia Inquirer thus speaks of the question of war with England : "This question is raised by a very extraordinary article in the lVashingfon Republican of yesterday. It is an article such as no prudent editor would venture upon at a tune like this without sufficient authority. It bears in every line in dications of an impending war with England. We are not aware that the Republican is the organ of any department of the Government, yet in these days of organs it may be the organ of somebody. It is the possible inspiration and the feverish condition of the public mind which gave the article any consequence at all, for otherwise it has very little force, and is, indeed, somewhat muddled. The fact, however, that if is published with an air of information right under the eyes of the Executive departments will cause the public to wait with deep interest for further de velopments from quarters of more acknowledged authority. The World remarks that— " The article in question' bears Mr. Seward's ear-marks, and for this reason alcne attracts a momentary attention. It is one of the diplomatic soap- bubbles which that ' philo sophical statesman' is in the habit of blowing, and which so regularly buret by over• distension in the process of form ing. It is safe to presume (knowing what we do of Mr. Seward's character) that if he had any immediate apprehen sion of such a war his half-oracular and half-buliying giv ings out in the columns of the if ashington Republican would not have been ventured on." The steamer Ruth has been burnt on the Mis sissippi, with a loss of several lives and a large quantity of paper money. The following account appears in a despatch to the Chicago Tribune of the sth : " The steamer Ruth, Captain Pegram, left Cairo last night at 11 o'clock, with a small passenger list and 600 tons of freight, bound for Helena. Her load consisted partly of about 100 head of fat cattle for the army and 122 mules. Paymaster Brinton, of Philadelphia, with 2,600,000 dole., was a passenger, en route for the army of General Grant, having as guard 30 men of the 9th Wisconsin Recipient, under Lieut. Courier. Less than an hour after leaving this place the coloured chambermaid discovered fire aft on the starboard side, near the stern. She gave the alarm, and a scene of confusion ensued, though not as great as might have been expected. It is said by passenger's that not four minutes elapsed after the first alarm before the entire upper works of the steamer were in a blaze. The captain was at his post. As soon as he saw that nothing but the direct intervention of Providence could save his boat, he caused her head to be turned towards the Missouri shore, not more than eight miles from Cairo, in the vicinity of and just be le w Norfolk landing. and with a full head of steam on he ran her hard aground, bow on. Some 30 feet of her stern broke off by farce of the shock, and the passengers, crew, and everyone,excepting five soldiers on guard over the money in the paymaster's box, made a simultaneous rush for the shore. A few jumped overboard and were drowned, or swam to the bank and climbed cn shore. The five soldiers mentioned remained at their post bravely turning the this, and trying to induce confidence in escaping passengers' but their efforts were fruitless. Paymaster Brinton had given them orders they implicit:3- cbeycd until the boat struck with a crash upon the bank, then swung. All would soon be lost, and no hope remaining of saving the money, they alto left their positien and endeavoured to escape. Before all could leap off, the boat recoiled from shore, one wheel still going, end shot cut into the stream. Five of the 9th Wisconsin and several passen gers, all the cattle, mules, money, freight, coloured cham bermaid, one of the clerks, the son of Mr. Oglesby, one paymaster, Greenwalt, of liarrisburg, Pennsylvania, three paymasters' clerks (names unknown), were known to be aboard. The flames cracked and spread ; cattle and mules broke loose and jumped overboard, or snorted frantically about, rendered insane by flames anti heat. All this was witnessed by passengers on share. Some passen gers jumped overboard and swam ashore. one With his trunk, and others nearly naked, swam out jet° the stream, seeming also insane, and were carried under im.l lost. Soon tho wreck rank, and her seethingtiros acre quenched in 4f e :cp w4tere, T4O 0tc,;:".1214 OLrE;;z arrivLd warii g 1:4;) FUNERAL OF EUGENE DELACROIX. The church of Sr. Germain des PI es, Paris, was crowded on Monday last by artists and others who had come to witness the funeral obsequies of this distinguished which the defunct func t painter; ar and h t i st resided,eßßue F was fi u l l r e s d t e b nbe y rg,in others anxious to pay a last homage to the deceased. At noon the funeral procession set out for the church. The chief mourner was a cousin-german, M. Delacroix, a military officer of high rank. The corners of the pall were held by four members of the Academy of Fine Arts, viz., Count de Nieu werkerke, superintendent of Fine Arts; M. Jouf froy, president of the Academy; and Messrs. Flau drill and de Gisors. The 2d battalion of National Guard, under the orders of its commanding officer, rendered that homage to M. Delacroix which ho was entitled to according to his grade as member of the Legion of Honour. Besides the crowd within the church, the space in front was occupied by a great number of persons who could not obtain admission. A deputation of the Academy of Fine Arts was present in the church, and behind these gentlemen were many members of other academies. Journalists, authors, and playwrights were strongly represented, and, besides the members of the Institute, there were re marked Messrs. Artene Houssaye, Theophile Gau tier, Paul de Saint-Victor, Louis Uihach, Louis Havin, Ch. Blanc, Burye, Millet, Bids, F. Des noyers, Mouilleron, &c. Nearly all the painters, sculptors, engravers, and architects of Paris were present, and many ladies helped to swell the number. After the mass, the funeral procession wended its way to the cemetery of Pere la Chaise, the road to which was lined by large bodies of people, who respectfully uncovered as the procession passed. Two funeral speeches were made after the coffin had been deposited in the tomb—one by M. Jouf froy, in the name of the Institute, and one by M. Paul Hue t, a painter, in the name of the friends of the deceased. M. Jouffroy said—" Gentlemen, art in Europe, and the French school in particular, has experienced a great loss, and one of a nature to excite universal regret. The Academy of Fine Arts, which I repre sent here in the face of this coffin, bitterly deplores the premature end, the sudden death of a superior man, whom she had admitted into her midst as one of the greatest celebrities of our time. Few names, in fact, have become better known than that of Eugene Delacroix. His talent, full of boldness and vigour, was of the number of those which gave rise to the violent oFposition, the lively discussions on which posterity alone can pronounce with impar tiality and wisdom. It is now 41 years since the eminent artist was revealed. It was a master piece, a powerful work, a work of a colourist. The Bark of Dante caused a profound sensation in the world of art. Never had the sanguinary energy of the middle ages been rendered with that strong and terrible truth, and with such accent. Ala, gentle men, if Dante were restored to light, how he would be satisfied with his painter ! He would recognise in him one of his children. However, therein con sists the great feature of the talent of Eugene Dela croix. He is dramatic. The most lively, and some times the most refined, sentiment of poetry and his tory characterises it, for it must be said that the painter was a distinguished literary man and a good writer. Endowed with a marvellous originality, Eugene Ddacroix stamped what he touched with a particular seal. He has followed a unique direc tion, and nothing has made him deviate from it. Many productions of the highest order attest this, and amongst others are always cited—' The Mas sacre of Scio,' The Bishop of Liege,' Valentine' (from Faust'), ' Marino Faliero,' Medea,' and, above all,' Don Juan.' Who can have forgotten this admirable representation of a shipwreck, this bark of cannibals lost in the midst of an im mense sea, the sight of which reminds us of in finitude and of death P I pause, gentlemen, for we are here on the borders of a grave, and thoughts higher than those which give birth to human works agitate our breasts. I would sim ply, after having spoken to you of the great artist, portray to you the man himself in the simplicity of private life, unsurrounded by the rays of celebrity. You know it, you who surround me, you his friends, his companions, that all the graceful and amiable qualities of the mind, all that was con ciliatory and charming, wore united in Eugene Delacroix. We loved to see with what respec ful deference the impassioned and clever interpreter of Byron,Goethe, and Shakspere, heard the painter of the apotheosis of Homer,for his untrammelled mind, far from confining itself within the barriers of romanticism, admired classic beauty. Alas! this charming mind is no longer with us—a few days since it became extinct amidst solitude and silence. But the genius of Eugene Delacroix remains with us, and animates certain pages, true treasures for the French school and the eternal honour of his name." After this speech, M. Huet expressed himself in the following terms:—" Gentlemen, 'Death comes quickly.' rhis saying of Goethe, which Delacroix repeated in his early youth and on the tomb of Gericault, his guide and his friend, is unceasingly and cruelly brought before us. What a void is there around us! Yesterday, David, Scheffer, De- Laroche, Decamps, Ternet. To-day, he who was so dear to us, Delacroix, is taken from us. With as much modesty as g ors, he rests from his labours with new works. For this indefatigable jouster had never rested until before the sad day. Work was for him his first happiness; art was his only paesion, a passion to which he sacrificed all, even the pleasures of the world, where his cultivated mind assured him easy and brilliant successes, and even family joys, of which he had a lively sense. Like Michael Angelo, he wrangled with the hours which it was necessary to steal from his jealous art. Why cannot we recall him among us? AU who are united here to render the last homage to this illus trious man feel how strong are the affections which inspire genius. If talent creates envy, genius makes friends, and we all fee! the immense void which tha man, who during so many years has inspired in us such beautiful and lively emotions, leaves after him. However, this man, Who from his first essay has left his footsteps on the soil, and assured his glory by so fresh and vigorous a manner, will be always with us, and will live more than ever in our hearts. A profound thinker, an admirable painter, who takes his place near Paul Veronese and Rembrandt, by the side of Goethe and Byron, Delacroix is of the small num ber of the artists who characterise and govern an epoch. lie will remain one of the glories of our France. It is impossible to recount here the his tory of this life so cotnpleted, to study the works so varied, which all bear the imprint of the master, and which, by their numbers, reveal to us the astonishing fecnndity of the ancient masters. The just mind of Deleeraix kept him aloof from the petty quarrels of the school. He blotted out no word in the dictionary, nor rejected imagination or study, colour, character, or drawing. He did not ask if he was spiritualist or realist ; he wished to move and charm. Ile knew that the soul alone mee ts soul, and that the truth was paramount. Thence proceeds this number of irnpaesioued can vasses, where colour is only one means the more of arriving at expression ; thence proceeds this vigo rous, inventive, and original genius, which reveals itself in the decorations of our monuments as well as in works of smaller dimensions. The originality of Delacroix is of the number of those which seem quite nature 1 , f or it is one of the most s a li ent characteristics of genius to manifest iteell' without `fret and ethhout mannerism. I have not spoken of too wyiter, fa! itdminiAntQr , Lficrywb.vro .ce of taken elloW hrl); Deane ,o 32s 26s 0 --s 8. d. -• 12. t. 3. , 29. • -- . . 27 . . ........ 27. 25 . 4. . 3. 27. , 19. 21. 10. 27. .8. nr and the 7ery - s, 1,