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INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SOCIETY (Limited). 'l'o be Incorporated under "The Companies Act, 1812," by which the 'liability of each shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares. Capital, £3,000,00, in 150,000 shares, of £2O each. Payment on al otment, £2 10s. per shares. Further calls will be made as r.'quired The capital has been subscribed, with the exception of 40.0(0 shares, which have been reserved for allo mcnt to the public. . - DIRECTORS. Robert Benson, Esq. (Messrs. Robert Benson and CO Bonamy Dobree, jun., Esq. (Messrs. Samuel Dobree and Sons). John Frederick Flemmich, Esq. (Messrs. Frederick Huth and Co.) Robert A. Heath, Esq. (Messrs. Heath and Co.) .T S. Morgan, Esq. (Messrs. G, orge Peabody and CO W. E, Quentell, Esq. (Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen). Herman Stern, Esq. (Messrs. Stern Brothers.) - . BANKERS. --- Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co. SO LICITORS. Messrs. Bircham, Dalrymple, Drake, and Ward, 43 , Parlia ment-street. Messrs. Crowder, Maynard, Son, and Lawford, 57, Coleman street. Temporary Offices-1, Copthall-chambers, Ang 1-court. The object of this ,ociety is to assist and take part in financial and industrial undertakings, especially foreign loans and enterprises possessing Government guarantees. With the view of securing a wide field for the operations of the Society, and in order to its acquiring an international Character, an understanding has been come to, and mutual relations established with the undermentiod Foreign Com panies, Bankers, and Capitalists, with reference to important financial undertakings and operations entered upon in this country and abroad : ociet6 Generale de Credit Mobilier. Paris. if II It 1, Espagnol. italien. ,• Societ6 Generale de Commerce et Industrie, It Amsterdam. MM. Hottinguer and Co., Paris. „ Fould and Co., Paris. „ Pillett, Will, and Co., Pants. „ Mallet, Freres, and Co.. Paris. „ Marchand, Andr6, and Co., Paris. A. I. Stern and Co., Paris. M. de Abaroa y Urribarren. F A. Seilliere. M. le Due de Galliera, Paris. MM. M. E. and J. Pereire, Paris. Le Baron Renouard de Bussiere (Directeur de la Monnaie), Paris. M. Hyppte. Biesta (Directeur du Comptoir d'Eacompte), Paris. The financial and industrial relations of this country, not only with the iontinent tf Europe, but with all parts of the world, have increased so largely during the last few years, that corresponding financial facilities have become indispen sable. There is scarcely any undertaking of foreign origin that does not seek the English market. Governments re quiring loans, contractors of public works fruarenteed by the State, concessionaires desiring to give effect to the privileges they have obtained—all apply, directly or indirectly, to Eng land for financial support ; and in all these cases the opera tions of the Society can be advantageously exercised. • Tue operations of the Society will not include ordinary Banking or Mercantile business. ' Prospectuses and Forms of Applications for Shares may be obtained on application to the Interim Secretary, at the Temporary offices of the Society. No application will be received after Thursday, May 14, at 12 noon. T HE DARTFORD CREEK PAPER-MILL COMPANY (Limited). Capital £150,000, in 15,000 shares of £lO each, of which £9 per shire will be called up. Deposit £1 on Application, and £2 on Allotment. Calls not to exceed £3, at intervals of not less than three months. To be Registered under the Companies Act, IBC2, whereby each subscriber's liability is strictly limited to the amount of his subscriptions. DIRECTORS. Sir John C. Dalrymple Hay, Bart, M.P., Chairman, 44, St. James's-place, St. James's-square, S.W. Thomas Braseey, Esq., 56, Lowndes-square, W. William Hope, Esq., 14, Park-lane, W. John Horatio Lloyd, Esq., I, King's Bench-walk, Temple, E.C. lion. Wm. Napier, 54, Green-street. Grosvenor-square, W. John Foiliott Powell, Esq., 7, Albion-place, Hyde Park square, W. BRORS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson KE and Son. 15, Angel.oourt, Throgmorton-street, E.C. BANKERS. Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co , 27, Gracechurch stre et, E.C. SOLICITORS. Messrs. West and Ring, 3, Charlotte-place, Mansion house, E.C. Offices-2, Old Palace-yard, Westminster, SW. -• • - • 1. The object of this enterprise is to take advantage of the impulse given to the Manufacture of Paper by the repeal of the Excise Duties, under ciroumstances peculiarly favourable, the materials being obtained by a patent process in full ope ration, at prices very highly remunerative, as compared with the cost of similar products in the oven market. 2. It is well known that very large fortunes have been realised in this trade, and the removal of a Tax which amounted to £2O to £?5 per cent. upon the value of first-class News and Printing* Papers, at a time when there is a con stantly increAsing demand for the supply of Books, Periodi cals, Newspapers, and Writing Papers, ensures a large and very remunerative business to a manufactory situated close to the metropolis, erected on the most scientific plans, with the greatest regard to economy of production by the saving of labour and the introduc ion of machinery of the most per fect description. 3. Under the powers of the Limited Liability Act of 1862, it is proposed to purchase at their actual cost, the under takiags of the Ettrick Forest Paper Mill Company and the Ulmate of Ammonia Company, and to carry them on under the title of the Dartford Creek Paper Mill Company. 4. fhe works of the Ulmate of Ammonia Company were established in 1860, on toe Thames, at Grays, in Essex, for the purpose of working Ward's Patents for obtaining paper making materials from rags of mixed fabrics, and a valuable manure powder from the res due. The patent process has proved, mechanically and commercially, completely success ful, and working by day only, the machinery produces 25 tons of paper-making material per we k, and about the same quantity of powder, containing about 15 per cent, of soluble nitrogen. estimated as ammonia, closely approaching in rich ness to the best qualities of Peruvian guano. 5. In 1862, a large mill for ma:iufacturing into pap the fibrous products of the werks at Grays, in mixture with er other materials, was erected on the Dartford Creek, by the well known engineering firm, Messrs. Easton, Amos, and Sons, with every recognised practical improvement in construction and machinery. Driven by steam power, abundantly supplied with the purest water from an Artesian well, with coal and materials by water carriage, and cheap transport for the paper by rail to London, the power and economy of produo tion have proved highly advantageous as compared with mills located, as the great majority still are, on country streams, on which they are more or less dependent for mo tive power and for water for working purposes. 6. The present turn out of the Paper Mill is 16 tons of news and print ng papers per week made to order, and the works were built so as to admit of the doubing of the production, at an outlay very largely below the cost of the original under taking. 7. The capital in actual cost and working funds of the Ulmate of Ammonia Com pany, is £ 4 3 8 0 :0 n 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 The cost of the Pap er Mil l is ........ The estimated cost of th e proposed exten sion, including increased cottage accom modation and contingencies 30,000 0 0 Total £117,000 0 0 Add for increase of working cap tal Total 8. To carry out the intended purchase, to double the scale of the Paper Mill, to utilise to the fulle,t extent the produc tive power of the works at Grays, and to provide the necessary working funds, it is proposed to raise a capital of £150,000, in shares of £lO each, of which £15,000 will remain uncalled as a fund of credit, deemed highly desirable for the safe and profitable working of a Limited C om p any. 9. After providing for every contingency, the net profits calculated upon the present working and receipts, as applied to the enlarged production, viz., 32 to 36 tons of paper, and 25 to 30 tons of manure powder, per week, will be from £20,c00 to £25,000 per annum, according to the condition of the mar kets, giving a dividend of from 15 to 20 per cent., with pros pects of considerable increase upon favourable byedevelomnts of general trade, which it is well known is depressed the state of affairs in America, and other disturbing causes. A very large share of the capital has already been sub scribed by the present owners of the properties. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtamed from the Bankers, Brokers, Solicitors, or at the Offices of the Company. Applications for shares must be made in the form annexed to the prospectus, accompanied by the deposit of £1 per share. If no allotment be made the deposit will be returned in full ; and if a less number be allotted than is applied for, the sur plus will be used towards the payment on allotment. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Dartford Creek Paper Mill Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—having 'paid to your Bankers the sum of , I request that you will allot to me shares of £lO each in the Dartford Creek Paper Mill Company (Limited). These or any less; number which may be allotted to me I hereby agree to accept. pursuant to the Articles of Associa tion, and to pay the remainder of the deposit and the calls thereon when required so to do, and I request you to place my name on the Register of Shareholders for the shares so al totted. Name in full ............ Address Profession Date Signature.. N.B.—This form, when filled up and signed, to be left with the Bankers on payment of the deposit. T HE ROYAL MARINE HOTEL COMPANY OF KINGSTOWN (Limited). • Incorporated under The Companies' Act, 1862 "by whfch the liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount of their Subscriptions. Capital, £lOO,OOO, in 20,000 Shares of £5 each, of which it is anticipated only £75,000, or £3 15s. per Share, will be called up. Deposit on application 108 per Share, and £1 on allot ment. Calls not to exceed £1 each, and at intervals of not less than two months. DIRECTORS. Joseph Boyce, Esq D.L., J.P. U 1 per Mount-street, Dublin Maurice Broo a, Esq., of Sackville-place, Dublin, Merchant William Duran, Esq., D.L., .J.P., High Sheriff of the City of Dublin, and Bray Castle, County of Wicklow Robert Gray, 14:eq., Banker, College Green, Dublin, and Tem ple-hill, Monkatown William Francis Green, Esc' , Belvedere-place, Dublin bir Ralph lloward, Bart., Director of the National Bank, 17, Bel. ri ye-square, LondJn; and Royal Sr. George's Yacht • Clu. 'ngstown Admir • Burton Macnamara, Royal St. George's Yacht Club, 4 stown ; and Army and Navy lub, London Ilmr,h 0 l4.rke, Esq., 4, Brefin-terrace, Kingstown, county Dublin ' • and New-row, Dublin, Merchant The Hon. Col. Rowley, M.P., Bodrhyddan Rhyl ; and Clarges street, Mayfair, London W. IL Russe , l, Esq., LL.D., Sumner-place, Onalow-square, ' South Kensington _ _ _ nomas Vance, 'Esq., J.P., Black Rock House, county Dublin ANRERS. London—The National Bank, 011 Broad-street. Ireland—The National Bank and its Branches; the Royal Bank, Dublin. Liverpool—The National Bank of Liverpool. SOLICITORS. London—David Gray, Esq., I, Furnival's-Inn. Dublin—Messrs Kiernan and Tracy, 13, Cork-hilL BRUICERS. London—Messrs. Hitehens and Harrison, 21, Threadneedle- street .E.C. Dublin—Edward Fox, Esq., 51, Dame-street. Liverpool—A. J. Gnosspilfav, Esq., Barned's-buildings, Castle-street. Manchester—Messrs. Eckersley and Son, Bull Head-cham bers, Market-place. ARCHITECTS. William F Caldbeck, F.R.1.A.1. Thomas Kelly, Esq. SECRETARY, pro tem. Lambert Smith, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 14, Gresham House, Old Broad-street, E.C. The object of this Company is to provide the only require ment necessary to render Kingstown one of the most attrac tive and complete watering places in the United Kingdom, by the erection of a first-class Hotel, in a style of comfort and elegance sufficient to satisfy the most fastidious taste, and resembling in all its arrangements those princely establish- Meets which have lately sprung up in all favourite localities on the sea coast of England and the continent. Kingstown has been long recognised as the most important ,mail packet station in Ireland—is justly celebrated for the salubrity of its climate and beauty of its environs—is crowded .throughout the year by a constant influx of tourists and visitors, and yet, strange to /3Rn is most peculiarly deficient in the character and extent of its Hotel accommodation. The Directors, feeling that the most important step to wards a realisation of their views was to secure a site o favourable elevation, facing the sea, and commanding beau . tiful and extensive prospects, have purchased the Royal Hotel, together with the adjacent gardens and grounds, *belonging to Mr. Gresham—a property in every way adapted to the purpose, and capable of still further im provement. Lords Longford and De Vesci, the lords of the soil, influ enced by a desire to encourage an undertaking so calculated to enhance the value of house property in Kingstown and its vicinity, havA accorded an extension of the lease of this pro perty for a long term of years, on unusually advantageous terms. It is evident that this rurchase will immediately ensure to the Company a lucrative and well-developed connexion, Which can at once be taken advantage of, and it is hoped by energy and attention rendered highly profitable. It is proposed that, without any loss of time. a new esta blishment shall be erected on the most eligible portion of the Pleasure grounds, capable of containing concert and assem bly rooms, spacious and well-ventilated drawing, coffee, and dining-rooms, ladies' coffee-room, billiard and smoking saloons, together with numerate suites of private and sleep ing apartments, arranged in accordance with a scale of charges proportioned to the extent of accommodation afforded. It is also proposed to form Promenade Grounds, orna mented with terraced gardens, fountains, and statuary, and to place the Hotel in direct communication with Carlisle pier, by means of a colonnade, fitted up as a Conservatory thus securing to visitors a pl easing and easy approach to the yachts and steamers in the H ar b our, and, at the same time, the pre serving that quiet and pri vacy BO essential to comfort, and which midst o only f its appertains own grounds. to Hotels situated, as thi s will be, in It is also to be observed that, independent of the pleasure grounds reserved for the exclusive use of th e v i sitors to the Hotel, there is included in the purchase some valuable plots of building ground, presenting line frontages, and from which a considerable rental will be realised, and also a tract of land sloping towards the sea, and commanding varied and extensive prospects which afford an admirable site for Horti cultural Exhibitions, or Musical Promenades, and which maybe made a source of annual income of no small import ance to the Company. Amongst other matters, it is in contemplation to erect an Arcade capabl , of containing 30 suites of apartments, with shops attached, which, when completed, will prove highly attractive, and, at a moderate calculation, will secure to the Proprietary a yearly income averaeing Zha 0. The varied attractions which will be thus presented to the public must doubtless be peculiarly appreciated by those whom pleasure or business avocations call so frequently to Ireland, and may tend in no slight degree to materially in crease their number. It is unnecessary for the Directors to call attention to the uninterrupted success which ha s marked the progress of s imilar undertakings—the di v id en d s averaging, s tances, from 10 to 30 per cent. Th e apecta in manyandpec n ul l fa; advantages offered in the present instance, together with the universally admitted necessity which exists for such a ject, justify the Director s in regarding its success, in a:ormo-- mercial point of view, as beyond doubt. The Ar ides of Association are open to inspection at the Offices of the Solicitor to the Company. After the comple tion of all preliminary arrangements, the affairs of the Com pany will be conducted under local management, either in Dublin or a Kingstown. In addition to 2,200 Shares which have already been taken by the Vendors, in part payment of the purchase money, a large number have been subscribed for by the Directors and their friends. Application for the remainder to be made in toe subjoined form, which will be received by the Brokers of the Company in London. Liverpool, and Manchester, or any member of the Stock Exchange in Dublin ; or by the Secre n.r,_ at the London Offic s, provided the same are accompa led by the Bankers' receipt for payment of the required deposit of 10s. per share. In case sufficient capital is not sub acuardibeerutakt warrant the . Directors in proceeding with the g, all deposits will be returned in full. POR -41 K OP APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Royal Marine Hotel Company of Gentlem en, _ Ravi K n i o ugstown (Limited). Think the surn " paid to your credit with the Share--; of -C Z 5 each inltrOußeosytatlh3altayroinuewhilloitaellloCtomme pany of Kingstown (Limited), and I hereby agree to accept such shares. or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, subject to the regulations ot the Company and I further authorise You to enter my name in the register of the Corn pany for tlie number of shares to be ailotted to me. 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The genuine area squa Z Lambert," engraved on tfi g"en Package, with " William SWAN e THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUS EUM, containing the Wonders of Nature and Art. shown by innumerable Models, illustrating every part of the Human Frame ; together with a variety of Natural Preparatio ns, Malformations, monstrosities, &c.; also the Moving Ana tomical Dying Zouave, and other life-size figures. Open daily from 11 to 10, for Gentlemen only. Admission , On e Shilling. Entrbuce—ft Maddox-street, Regent-street, London, W. Illustrated Catalogue, free by post for 12 stamps, sealed 20: ... z py_sations throughout the day. Lecture at 4. Address 4 Qetila7l as Alm% NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. WEST-END OFFICE : S, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL. Secretary—ALEX. J. RUSSELL. INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM, Wanstead. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. In c::nsequence of the immediate Extension of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway across Ludgate-hill, the Com mittee have been compelled to REMOVE their OFFICES to 100, FLEET -STREET, where, from this date, all communi cations are to be addressed. By order of toe Committee, HENRY W. GREEN, Secretary. May 5, 1863. INNS OF COURT HOTEL COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Certificates for the t- hares allotted will be rea y to be exchanged for the Bankers' receipts on and atter the 27th inst. Applications tor the remaining' unalloted Shares must be made to the Secretary on or before the 27th in-t. By order. H. T. L. BEWLEY, Secretary. 63, Lincoln's-inn -fields, W.C., 7th May, 1863. N°. 22,112. SEA. —FELLOWS anti CO., Shipbrokers, 127, Fenchurch-street, E.C., require FOUR APPRENTICES for a new Indiaman, without premium. Must be well edu cat d, and strong youth s . Th e y will be taught navigation. Immediate application necessary. E LI T F E E R A IN' S s I R A A N N C C E F I andESTER A N ism a T n yd SOCIETY.LONDON Established 1842. Chief Offices-3, Parliament-street, London, and 77, King-street, Manchester. A CTUARY —A r thur Scratchley, Esq., M.A. SPECIIIENS OF BONUS ALLOTTED. —E. G. has paid £lB3 lls. 3d. in Premiums towards his Policy for £1,500 ; £lO6 12s. ld. Bonus has already (1860) been allotted to him. R. S. has paid £7 Os in Premiums towards his Policy for • ;£6 2s. lld. Bonus has already (1860) been allotted to him. ANNUITIES AND ENDOWMENTS GRANTED. Full Prospectuses, Proposals, and every information may be obtained from the Actuary in London, the Local Secretary in Manchester, or any of the Society's Agents. AGENCY DEPARTMENT. This Society, always desirous of extending its operations and connections, offers to influential residents in the towns and villages of the United Kingdom liberal allowances on business which they may be able to introduce. The services of Soli citors, Medical Men, Surveyors, Auctioneers, or Tradesmen of good local standing, are invited in the capacity of Pri vate or Public Agents. All applications to the Offices are treated as confidential. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, Almanacks, &c., forwarded post free. The rates for ages not given in the preceding pages, may be ascertained on re ference to the Society's Prospectus. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY. At 2s. 6d. each Person. SOUPS. Mock Turtle. Brunoise. FISH. Stewed Eels. Fried Soles. ENTREES. Minced Veal and Bacon. Mutton Cutlets and Spinach. JOINTS. Boiled Beef. Roast Saddles of Mutton. SWEETS. Sonfilee au Riz. Punch Jelly. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, MOSELLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for the London Dinner. THE LONDON, 101. FLEET-STREET. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NoricE.—ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT LES FRERES ATHOS. From the Carignan Theatre, Turin. Master EDWIN SAUNDERS, the Child of Song. THE NEAPOLITAN MINSTRELS. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. The celebrated UNSWOR FIT'S NEW SI UMP SPEECH, The only Negro Orator of the day. EUGENE and DULEY, with new Eccentricities. ARTHUR LLOYD, Miss SAUNDERS, and Mr. HILTON, the Comic Ventriloquist and Modern Magician, EVERY EVENING. Admission—Hall, ed. ; stalls and balcony, is. T H B 0 X FOR D, 6. OXFORD STREET. followi n During the week will be p er f orme d Select i ons from t h e g Popular Operas : Auber's MASANIELLO. G oUNOD'a FAUST . New Cantata, M AY DAY, by M r. Sterndale Bennett. .•.upported by Bliss Russell. Miss Townley, &C.; Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, &C. with full band and chorus. Cond u ct e d by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos lINSWORTIL the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the matvellous ARTII; R and BERTRAND. "These two Parisian clowns have carried the art of tumbling to apparently the highest pitch of perfection, and it is impossible e ven for the most s aid of vi s it ors to avoid being amused by their origin*l gamb o l s. They elicit shouts of laughter and app la use.' I use."—Times, April 7, 1863. ARGYLL ROOMS, ccadilly. Gr - at Windmill street, Pi NOTICE TO TILE MUSICAL WORLD. The Instrumental Concert—crowded nightly—under the sole direction of L. JULLIEN, son of the late M. Jullien, of Monster Concerts celebrity. LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays from half-past Nine to Twelve. Paganini's Solo, half-past Ten. Admission, ls. AERIAL TRAY clb • i( `g: •.4 43 - 1.11111111.4 " . " 470 : .; :, t.,1 • aI *MA , ' 31V• 4 DIE (to o _Dnorr. - STAMPED ....sd. In this aerial voyage the heat of the sun was so great that our scorched visages were a subject of remark by the bystanders who had gathered to witness the descent. The distance we had travelled was about 60 miles, our course being almost due west. A small pilot balloon sent from the Crystal Palace about half an hour before we started, for the purpose of ascertaining the exact direction of the wind, fell at Laycock, near Chippenham, at 4 15 p.m., thus having gone in the same direction as the Mammoth, and at about an equal rate of speed. It would be unfair to Mr. Cozwell's aeronautic abilities not to mention that they never shone to greater advantage than on this occasion—a fact of which our numerous former ascents with him en abled us to judge. At the outset of the voyage the high north tower of the Crystal Palace was cleared almost at a single bound. The place of our descent was well chosen, and the descent itself effected with admirable promptitude and skill. INE;WSPAPEIi (rrit, *.:317.37 v. N ob 9 ier it ircaj- CRlttl' t ' / I %l_ )1 4 1 , ....-.; 141 lilt A; 4 v .),?., 77 A writer in a contemporary sa ) Yet hi* often recorded the ascents of Mr. Coxwell's large balloon from the purely scientific points of view which the British Association delights to honour. may Perhaps, thfiee d enjoymentamids space aee t the gopifr:essesye your e f e. rr AyS.;:ei,igdhetrieerthlneatte followingr s matters, u pfdreesscernii:etidonboyf t t h h e e facilities balloon travelling offers landscape atand a l the tit il altitudes appearances var3ieg from 800 to 7,000 feet. The directors of the Crystal Palace liberally permitted us to make our ascent from their grounds, and we (four in all, including Mr. Coxwell, whose Experienced services I and two friends had secured for the occasion) commenced our aerial excursion last Friday morning at I I 10. The sky was almost free from clouds, and afforded an excellent opportunity of observing the magni ficent views obtained from different elevations. The balloon, as I have stated, left the earth at 11 10 a.m., and in two minutes had attained an ele vation of nearly 2,300 feet. Proceeding in et westerly direction, it kept gradually risicg, and at 11 26 a.m, was about 5,000 feet from the earth. From this elevation we perceived, beyond a range of cumulus clouds in the N.E., a wide extent of country in the direction of Chelmsford, while to wards the east the windings of the Thames, as far as the Nore, and the sea beyond, were visible. Southwards the view was bounded by the range of the South Downs, and the hills near Farnham and Bagshot closed in the proepect towards the west. Beyond these, and in all other directions, the dis tant view was hazy and indistinct; but objects within six or eight miles could be seen with re markable clearness. At 11 31 we crossed the Wandln and skirted the southern extremity of Wimbledon-common and Richmond-park, imme diately above which the highest elevation (6,380 feet above sea level) was attained. The tempe rature, which on the ground was 54 deg., here was 47 deg., and the aneroid barometer indi cated a pressure of 2375 inches. The heat of the sun was most intense, probably owing to the small amount of aqueous vapour present in the atmosphere, a fact confirmatory of Dr. Tyn dall's remarks on the action of vapour in counter.. acting the effect of solar radiation. At 11 48 a.m. we crossed the Thames between Kingston and Ted dington, and soon afterwards the dark fr planta tions on St. George's-hill appeared directly south of us. The windings of the Thames and Wey near Weybridge were remarkable features in the view from this point. We now I:a.gan to descend rapidly, and again crossing the Thames at Laleham, Mr. Coxwell permitted the balloon to fall within 800 feet of the ground. Ballast was now thrown out and we rose gradually to the height of about 5 000 feet, passing over Virginia -wate r and Bagshot heath in the direction of the line of railway from Staines to Reading. The barren, black heaths ex tending southwards for miles presented a dismal appearance, and contrasted strikingly with the sandy ridges at Aldershott, which shone brightly in the sun like plains of salt. The barren dreari ness of the numerous sandy roads over this district seemed well described in the name of the "Devil's Highway," the designation by which tho old Roman road across Easthampstead plain is known. This dreary view was, however, soon succeeded by one over the cultivated country beyond Windsor Forest, and passing over the long street of Brack nell, and the town of Wokingham, we perceived the green meadows watered by " The Loddon slow, with verdant alders crown'd," whose sinuous course, shining in the sunshine like a thread of silver, could be traced for many miles. Crossing this, and leaving the town of Reading on the north, we passed over Shinfield and Burghfield common. From this point, at an altitude of about 3,500 feet, we obtained a most delightful view of the weald like country lying between the chalk hills and the valley of the Kennet. The Roman re mains at Silchester were distinctly visible, and the fir plantations of Aldermaston Heath mingled with the light green foliege of the " Okes grete," which abound in this district, relieved., in their turn, by the dark commons on the borders of Hampshire, formed a prospect of no ordinary beauty. Beyond these the steep chalk hills near Kingsclere and the wooded park of Highclere were seen as gently undulating slopes, their elevation appearing scarcely greater than that of the valley beneath. Passing almost immediately above the spired roof and tower of Aldermaston-court, and its beautifully wooded park, we perceived in the distance the old town of Newbury among the green meadows on the banks of the Kennet, and the Marlborough downs beyond. We now skirted the Southern extremity of Green ham-heath, and looking down upon Newbury, which by this time was close beneath us, Mr. Cox well selected a common about a miles distant as a convenient spot for the descent. We reached the earth at 3 22 p.m., at Newbury Wash, the precise spot where the first battle of Newbury was fought, and within a few feet of the tumuli which mark the burial-places of the slain. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1863. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., CECIL BEAUMONT. By the Hon. C. STUART SAVILE. "A pleasant, well-written book. The style throughout is animated, and the scenes and characters described are full of freshness and vigour."— Sun. Hurst and Blac - ,ett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE DESERTED HOUSE OF HAWKSWORTII. " A novel of absorbing* interest, closed by a denouement as unexpected as it is elaborate and consistent. 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Consultations free. THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND. (From the Times' Special Correspondent.) CRACOW, April 7. The local news this evening is very b.d. All the detachments that have left Cracow during the pre sent week and since Friday last have been driven back without having produced any impression upon the Russians. The official journals of War saw will tell the truth for once if it states that the insurgents have th's time been dispersed along the whole line of the Cracow district. If they had been sent out for the very purpose of being beaten affairs could not have been better managed to that end. Mieroslawski, aiming still at an im possible dictatorship, and refusing to accept any lower position at the hands of the National Go vernment, sent off on his own responsibility the greater portion of his corps (about 250 men) to Igolomia, a village about 20 miles to the east of Cracow, on the Vistula. This was the beginning of the last Cracow eampaign, and it led to a rout, which would have been more disastrous had it been less sudden and less complete. Nevertheless, a por tion of the Mieroslawski corps contrived to bury their arms in the Kingdom before recrossing the Galician frontier. Mieroslawski himself had not yet taken the field, but was waiting to superintend the departure of his last companies. If the Russians had also waited' all might have gone well; but knowing, as hundreds of persons in Cracow knew that an expedition had started for Igolomia they prepared to meet it, and, concentrating an over powering force near the threatened point, found no difficulty 'whatever in repelling the Poles, almost before they had thought of attacking. At the frontier post of Michalowice, about six miles from Cracow, there were only 20 soldiers OR the day of the fight, whereas the number generally there amounts to from 200 to 300, Troops had also been collected from other parte,,and, curiously enough, several proprietors living between Igolomia and a military station some 25 miles distant in the interior took refuge in Cracow the very day that the expe dition was to start. They were under the impres sion that the Russians would be beaten, and would, according to their custom, burn, pinn der and massacre in the course of their retreat ! But, on th e contrary, the Russians were victorious, and committed no out rages whatever. I believe tip the atrocities of which they have been guilty were perpetrated by them one sometimes on the they have ven t e d their after unsucceasful attadliecor disapp o i ntments o f soinstancesme kind.rs, is wounded lying on the battlefield, somet i mes even on the dead. s e rage, - The second of the receht defeats was th a t of Miniewski and Nullo, with - the Zouaves and the Franco-Ttalian company, near Olkusz. Here again the Russians were quiteprepared f or t h e i r v i s i tors, and assembled in due time and in great force to receive them. It would have been strange had it been otherwise, for the departure of the Zouaves from Cracow was quite a public affair, and their friends went to see them °if; and parted from them in the plain of Wola just outside the city, as though they had bean starting on 'some expedition recog nised and encouraged by the-State. The Poles say there were Russian spies in the corps, which is pos sible enough, but without that some account of the march of the Zouaves would have been sure to reach the enemy. Besides the spies who enlist in insur gent regiments, there are resident spies in Cracow, and there are the Gallician peasants, who are always willing to give information to the Russians about the insurgents, and never to the insurgents about the Russians. The "Zouaves de la Mort" did not quite justify their melodramatic title at their fight, near Olkusz. They neither gave death, nor did they in large numbers receive it. I believe they had scarcely any choice but to cross the frontiet that is to say, their position would have been hope less if they had remained in the Kingdom opposed to a-force which they could not possibly overcome. -At the same time, it is admitted by every one that the frontier is a great temptation to inexperienced troops, who, if they find themselves engaged in an altogether unequal struggle, have a very easy way of getting out of it. The most lamentable thing in the battle of.Olkusz was the loss of Colonel Nullo, the celebrated Garibaldian chief. His horse had been shot and had fallen with him, and he was being raised by his men when he was himself struck in the breast with a rifle bullet. He died calling upon the Italians to rush forwards, and they obeyed the order, and avenged him in the most heroic man ner—sacrificing' themselves, but also killing an im mense number of Russians. The grief caused among the Italians by the death of Nullo is said to have been most heartrending, and it attracted universal attention in the m id st of the batt l e . T hey called outhisn r a u m sh e ed name, s u ob p b on ed te ,hshernieemyked: when they f or the and by a g eneral impulse a re thanss the five country) miles most part met th e same fate as the i r l ea d er. The third rep u l se o f the i nsu rgents took pl ace at lea from Zabierzow,from Crac ow and a S b ic o e u ' t n th ot ree mo (cro the first station on the Cracow-Vienna Railway. Sice is a frontier village, and hundreds of insurge n t s had scarcely entered it when they were driven out again. About 120 laid down their arms on re crossing the frontier and surrendered to the Aus trians, who were waiting for them, and who h a d watched the combat f rom t h e beginning. Against these disadvantages I may mention a great victory gained b y S ez i oran ski in the province of Lublin. Three hundred Russians were left on the field, and buried by the Polish general. The insurgents lost 50 killed, and about the same num ber wounded. April 8. Fugitive insurgents continue to arrive, and before to-morrow morning it may be expected that all who had left Cracow for the kingdom during the last few days, and who have escaped the Russian bullets, will be on this side of the frontier again. The num ber of killed it is impossible to ascertain. The most desperate fighting seems to have been done by the Franco Italian company, under the immediate orders of Nullo; and one of the foreign officers, who has just found his way back to Cracow, declares out of a band of 30, 26 were left on the field of battle. Other companies stood the first discharges of unemus ketry well enough, but broke and fl e d directly ar tillery was brought against them. A t Si ce three companies, composed of students, sons o f proprie tors, angentlemen servants, keptup a very three hours before they retreated ; an d, as usual, the loss in men of education and po s iti on h as b een out of all proportion with that sustai ne d b y the great body of the insurgents. The work men have often of l various unequal contest for nearly fought quite as well as the members of the nobility, and the peasants have on many occasions done won ders with their sithes. As for the servants, they have not only followed their masters faithfully, but as a rule have preceded them—in so far that they took up arms before them, and really proved that they had more of the Don Quixote than of the Saneho Panza element in their composition. But a certain number of servants w ithout places and i workmen without work enlist n every detachment that goes forth from Cracow, and these persons have no scruple in availing themselves of the security of the Austrian frontier as soon as they find themselves at all hard pressed by the Russians. Of course, too, the men who hold out the longest are those who would feel most keenly the misfo r t une of b eing beaten ; and it may be fairly said that the loss of 50 men on the side of the Poles is a greater loss to Poland than that of many hundreds on the Russian side is to Russia. leapnd to sign, in which ared for the proprie tort printedoi f a reported t hp ea p Ke risn hg h ad e vo r em e , b e o oe n fn r:very.por good auth or ity, that they are to state whether they are for or against the Russian Government. If they declare against the insurrection their names will be published, and the Russian Government Will maintain that the most influential class in the country is on its side. If, on the other band, they pron ounce aga i n st the Russian Government they will by so doing incur the penalty of confiscation. This scheme may seem very ingenious to the Russians, but it will not answer ; for if they can discover any proprietors cowardly enough to think of applauding or ap proving their rule, they will scarcely find one daring enough to nr.ke up his mind to oppose openly the strong sentiment of the whole country. The pro prietors of Poland told the Grand Duke, in the cele brated Zamoyski address, how to avert the insur rection, and if they were anxious then to prevent its breaking out, that in itself is a good reason why they should now be heartily opposed to the Govern ment which provoked it. M. Mukhanoff, late Director of the Police in Warsaw, has taken up his residence in Cracow. Banquet .. to Her Majesty's Judges at the Mansion House. The annual banquet to her Majesty's judges was given last night at the Mansion House by the Eight Hon, the Lord Mayor. The reputation of the City for hospitality was well maintained on this occa sion, the Egyptian Hall being filled by a distin guished company. Amongst those present were— The Lord Chief Baron and Lady Pollock, Vice-Chancel • for and Lady Stuart, Mr Baron Bramwell and Lady, Mr Justice Blackburn and Lady, Mr Justice and Lady Mellor, Mr Commissioner Goulburn, the Judge-Advocate General, Q, C., M.P., and Mrs Headlam, the Right Hon. Jas. White side, Q.C., M.P., the Viscountess Forbes, the Hon. George Norton and Lady Menzies, Sir G. Bowyer, Bart., M.P., Sir R. Levinge, Bart., M.P., Sir G, Honyman, Bart., the Queen's Advocate• General and Lady Phillimore, Sir Wil liam and Lady Mary Topham, Admiral Sir Stephen Lush ington, K.C.8., the Hon. Adolphus Liddell, Q.C., General and Mrs. Knollys, Gen. Sir Andrew Scott Waugh, Colonel Sargent, C. 8., Major-Gen. Davidson, Mr Justice Hallibur ton, M,P., and Lady, Mr R. W. Kennard, M.P., and Lady, Mr J. C. Ewart, M,P., and Lady, Mr T. M. Weguelin. M.P., and Lady, Mr. Beale, M.P., and Lady, Capt. Jervis, M.P., Mr J. Somes, M.P., and Lady, Mr W. Murray, M.P., Mr Mains, Q.C., M.P., and Lady, Mr O'Malley, Q.C., Mr Temple, Q.C., Mr Overend, Q.C., Mr J. Locke, Q.C., M.P., Mr Glasse, Q.C., Mr Bovill, QC., M.P., and Lady, Mr Selwin, Q.C., M.P., the Common Sergeant, Q.C., and Mrs Chambers, Mr Lush, Q.C., Mr Forsyth, Q.C., Mr Huddleston, Q.C., Mr Grove, Q.C., Mr, Cleasby, Q.C., Mr Sergeant Ballantine, Mr Sergeant Payne. The following Metropolitan Police Magistrates, viz., Mr Henry and Mr Corrie, Mr Yardley, Mr Arnold, Mr Woolrych, Mr Burcham, and Mr W. M. Cooke ; Mr W. H. Bodkin, As sistant- Judge; Mr Joseph Payne, Deputy Assistant. Judge; and the following members of the bar :—Messrs J. Clerk, Garth, Chas. Pollock, Horace Lloyd, the Hon. R. Bourke, Gifford, W. C. Sleigh, Dr Spinks, B. C. Robinson, F. Law- rence, H. B. Poland, Bulwer, Swanston, Beaumont, Henry James, J. H. Hodgson, Buller, Edmond Burke, R. N. Philipps, Orridge, Metcalfe, Patchett, Raymond, and Petheran. The following solicitors, members of the Com mon Council, viz. :—Messrs. J. Anderton, Deputy Gam mon, Deputy Lloyd, Deputy Lott, Deputy Jones, G. R. Longden, T. Parker Burkitt, J. Hudson, Carritt, C. Young, and C. 0. Eagleton ; the Mayors of Brighton, Bristol, and Hastings, and the Sheriff of Southampton ; Alder men Sir John Musgrove, Bart., Sydney, M.P., Sir F. G. Moon, Bart., Salomons, M.P., Finnis, Sir R. W. Carden, Carter, Lawrence, Hale, Phillips, Gabriel, Mechi, Abbiss, Dakin, Besley, Waterlow, Mr Alderman and Sheriff Law•• renee and their ladies, the Town Clerk, Comptroller, City Solicitor, High Bailiff of Southwark, Mr. Secondary Pot ter, Mr. Under-Sheriff Farrar, Mr. Deputy Rathbone, &c. Some 270 ladies and gentlemen sat down to tables furnished with the choicest viands and the rarest wines by Messrs. Staples, of the Albion. Full jus tice having been done to these good things, and the loving cap having been duly circulated, The LORD MAYOR proposed, in a few brief and well-chosen sentences, the usual loyal toasts, which were loyally responded to. The toasts of the Army, the Navy, and the Volu nteers was coupled with the name of General Knollys, Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington, K.C.8., and Capt. Bulwer, of the Inns of Courts Rifle Volunteers, who severally returned thanks. The LORD MAYOR then proposed the toast of the evening, " Her Majesty's Judges," duly dwelling on the unsullied purity of the bench, and its intimate connection with the preservation of our liberties, and coupling the toast v% ith the name of the Lord Chief Baron. The LORD CHIEF BARON, in returning thanks, said he believed that the occasion on which they were assembled was one which was not thoroughly understood. It was right, therefore, to mention that it belonged to the entire administration of justice throughout the whole of England. In every assize town, the duty of the judges, after opening the com mission and going to church to pray for a blessing upon their labours, was the next day to give a dinner to the magistrates. This occurred in every assize town throughout the kingdom. The differeace in London was, that the judges went to St. Paul's, and the chief magistrates gave them a dinner, which was a very agreeable alteration. (Laughter.) They had formerly dined with the Lord Mayor twice in the year. In the reign of George I. the judges used to go to St. Paul's at Michaelmas and Hilary terms ; now only at Easter and Trinity. He believed that so many City officers died of catarrh and consumption from going to St. Paul's in the gloomy months of November and January, and so many judges fol lowed their example, that the visitation of St. Paul's was confined to the spring and summer months. That was a great improvement. He had no objec tion to any improvement which might take place in the administration of the affairs of the city of London, but he thought that was not an improper occasion to congratulate the city of London upon the permanence of their institutions. (Cheers and laughter.) He would as soon destroy the house in which Shakspeare was born and lived, which a grateful nation had preserved as a memorial of his genius, as he would abate altogether what some people called the nuisance of the City of Lon don. (Cheers.) The City of London performed many public duties which could not be supplied in any other way. It was connected with the history of the country as the cradle of liberty, and he felt the largest interest in it because the profession to which he belonged had run the same race, bad performed the same duties, and had been allied with it in the extention of liberty and the enlargement of the privileges which belonged to the constitution. To gether they had secured a constitution which was the envy of the world, and the cause of the greatest happiness to the greatest number. (Cheers.) The LORD MAYOR then gave the toast of " The House of Commons," which was responded to by the Hon. James Whiteside, Q.C., M.P. The remaining toasts were: " The Bar of Eng land," for which the Queen's Advocate-General re turned thanks ; " The Stipendiary Magistrates of the Metropolis," which found an able exponent in Mr. Henry ; " The City iNlagistrates," replied to by Sir John Musgrove ; " The Sheriffs," to which Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence responded ; and "The Lady Mayoress." The enthusiasm with which the last toast was received was only a just acknow ledgment for the graceful, genial way in which her ladyship has uniformly performed the hospitable duties of her position. The musical arrangements were under the direc tion of Mr. J. L. Hatton, who was assisted by Mrs. Harriette Lee and Mr. Young. The band of the Coldstream GuArds, under the direction of Mr. God frey, performed an excellent selection of operatic music during the dinner. Mr. Harker officiated as toastmaster. ASTEROID. —The career of Asteroid has been a curious one. Bred by the late D uke of Be dford, he was taken as a sort of heriot by Admiral Rous, to whom the duke left the best horse in his stable. Little time was lost in turning the bequest into money, and Sir J. Hawley bought l b a t him, improvidently as many then thou g h t, for £3,000. His success last year was varied. lie vl-a ism en er beaten by by Elcho and Caractacus at Epsom ; by Tim Carbineer at Ascot; he took his revenge on the latter by winning the Ascot Cup t wo days after, but Was ag a i n b eaten at Doncaster by Tim Whiffler. lie then ran, under a crushing weight, third for the Cesarewitch, and has, of 172 horses entered (the next below him being Caller Ou, receiv ing 121 b), now won the ChEster Cup, enjoying the doubtful but glorious privilege of giving weight to the whole.— Mirror. N OTICE. MRS. HALLIBURTON'S TROUBLES. A Popular Edition, price 65., w,th Two Illu,trations, will be ready on the 26th inst. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. WEST AFRICAN MAILS. The African Company's Royal Mail steamship Macgregor Laird, Commander Croft, arrived at Li verpool at an early hour yesterday morning, with the mails from the West Coast of Africa, Teneriffe, and Modina. By this arrival we have dates from Benin to March 25th; Fernando Po, 30th; Came roans, April 1; Old Calabar, 2; Bonny, 7; Brass, 4; Lagos, 10; Accra, 12; Cape Coast Castle, 15; Cape Palmas, 17; Sierra Leone, 21 ; Bathurst, 25; Teneriffe, May 1 ; Modina, 3. Besides a full cargo the Macgregor Laird brings 50 passengers. The tidings which reached us last month from the West Coast of the intentions of the King of Ashantee to make a descent upon the countries under British protection are verified by the advices of the present mail. The King of Ashantee had invaded the protected countries on the Gold Coast, in conse quence of the refusal of the English Government to deliver up to the officers of the King of Ashantee the fugitive native chief who is accused of stealing gold rook, and who, in order to escape losing his head, fled into British territory. Owing to the inefficiency and timidity of the scouts of the Fantees but little intelligence was obtained, and that con sisted of reports of a varied character ; but it would appear that three large bodies of Ashantees are in the protectorate, threatening the countries of Was sau, Assim, and Akim. The last accounts stated that several skirmishes had taken place, and some Ashantee heads had been brought to Cape Coast and Accra. On the morning of the 15th April a large body of regular troops, supported by volunteers, were to have marched in aid of the main bcdy of Fantees, encamped some distance in the interior. Commo dore Wilmot and the officers and men of the Rattle. snake had entrenched and garrisoned Cape Coast and the environs, and assistance bad been demanded by Governor Pine from Gambia and Sierra Leone, in consequence of which nearly 200 men had been des pated at once from these stations to the Gold Coast. It is calculated that we shall have about 750 re gular troops and upwards of 350 'volunteers, all armen with Enfield rifles, in audition to the large nativo force. It is thought that if we advance too far inland we shall bo in great danger, both from the nature of the country, which is composed of almost impe netrable bush, and therefore very favourable to the Ashantees and theis mode of fighting, and from the likelihood of being cut off by one or other of the invading corps, and deprived of the means of com municating with headquarters or our base of sup plies. Her Majesty's shisps Rattlesnake, Ranger, Medina, and Just were lying off Cape Coast Castle ; while the Wrangler was at Sierra Leone shipping troops for Cape Coast. MURDER AT BEDFORD. On Sunday night, as a gentleman named Budd, with his wife, were returning from Mr. Pulley's, St. Paul's-square, Bedford, about eleven o'clock, they were met by a number of men, some of the Beds militia, and several civilians, near to Mr. Higgins' brewery, Castle-lane, where Mr. Budd was furiously attacked, some striking him with their fists, and the soldiers with their belts, unti he was frightfully wounded and covered with blood, the brutal party then running away. Mr. Budd managed to reach the house of the deputy chid constable for the county. Mr. Graham not being within, his son took the particulars narrated by Mr. Budd, accompanying the suffering gentle man to Captain Boultbee's, the chief constable of Beds, but that officer was ill in bed. Mr. Budd was then assisted to his home on the limbolton road, young Graham hastening for Mr. Coachman, surgeon, who was soon in attendance, remaining until about one o'clock in the morning. Soon after Mr. Couchman was gone Mr. Budd said to his wife, " I feel much worse than I at first supposed," and, before Mr. Couchman could again arrive, he expired at about a quarter past two that morning, Deputy Chief Constable Graham having then arrived. The police then went in active search of the as sailants of Mr. Budd, taking into custody early on Monday morning two civilians, named Robert Gor don, blacksmith, and Wm. Craddock, a carpenter, both of Bedford, and two privates of the Beds mili tia, named Thomas Spring and Thomas Burridge, both of Ridgmount, Beds. A. third militiaman, whose belt has been found covered with blood, ab sconded, and has not at present been taken into custody. Mrs. Budd is in such an alarming state of health that great doubts are entertained of her re covery. Colonel Gilpin, M.P., the commander of the Beds Regiment of Militia, and other officers, are in the borough making every effort to trace the guilty party, expressing great regret that such a crime had been committed, and that any of his men had been parties to it. In the course of Mon day seven men, two of them civilians, and the other five members of the Bedford militia, were brought before the magistrates, when, after several witnesses were examined, the bench discharged two of the militiamen (Burridge and Spring) out of custody. The case as against the others was remanded; but the three o th er militiamen were admitted to bail, which was refused to the two civilians, Gordon and Craddock, ag a i nst whom the case assumes a more serious aspect. EAST INDIA COTTON. ---We learn from a parlia mentary return, issued yesterday, that the quantity of cot ton shipped from the port of Bombay in January last was F28,363,355 1 b., of the value of £1,468,078, and that in ebruary the quantity was 28,588 4541 b., of the value of £1,2 37 , 557 together 61,9550,789,b , of the value of X 2,705,635. Naval and Military Intelligence. Yesterday morning his Royal Highness the Com mander-in-Chief inspected and reviewed four regi ments of the metropolitan militia on the large open space always chosen for such purposes, bet ween the Serpentine and Marble- arch. The ground was kept by a detachment of the Household troops, though except towards the close of the proceedings it re quired very little keeping at all, beyond what was effected by the very unfavourable state of the wea ther, which of course tended to prevent the collection of a crowd. This advantage, however, was more than counterbalanced by the state of the review ground itself, which was wet and slippery enough to make it trying work for any troops to manoeuvre on it with rapidity and effect. The Royal East Mid dlesex Regiment was the first to come upon the ground, at half-past 10, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Alcock and M ijors Reed and Northey. It was followed by the Royal Westminster under Col. Viscount Chelsea, Lieut.-Col. Glossop, and Major Penton. The City of London Regiment, under Col. Alderman Wilson, Lieut.-Col. M'Call, and Major Allen, and the King's Own Tower Hamlets Militia, under Lieut.-Col. Grant and Majors Parry and Edwards. The strength of the whole force when the four regiments had united was not very consi derable, but each corps had evidently been well set up in barrack-yard drill,and moved with a certainty and solidity that did their officers credit. At the same time their appearance did not remind one much of those splendid bodies of militia which garrisoned Aldershot at the close of the Crimean war, and all of which, when they had attained to the very per fection of military drill, were disbanded. The Duke of Cambridge arrived on the ground soon after 11, and was received with the usual military honours. His Royal Highness then put the four regiments separately and together through all the most com plicated manoeuvres which regimental drill admits of. All the movements, in spite of the state of the ground, were performed with quickness and preci sion, and the marching of each company was solid and regular. As it would be difficult, it is fortu nately not necessary to say which corps appeared to be the best set up, and it is more justice to them all to state that the whole review was gone through in admirable style. After exercising the corps thus for an hour or more the inspection terminated by his Royal Highness calling the officers round him and congratulating them on the very efficient man ner in which their various corps had acquitted themselves. We believe it is intended that these inspections of Militia Regiments are for the future to be held more frequently than they have been of late, with a view to keeping the different corps as much as possible in an efficient condition. The Queen's Own Light Infantry (2d Tower Hamlets), 700 strong, were inspected on Saturday, in Victoria Park, by Col. Hope Grant, C.B. The following appointments were made on Mon day at the Admiralty :—A. E. Mackay, Burg., to the Revenge ; 'l'. W. Bower, engineer, to the Ajax ; J. Annable and J. Roberts (B), assist.-engiueers, to the Indus, as supernumeraries ; and H. I. Hall, act ing second-class assist.-engineer, to the Indus. THE FRENCH ELECTIONS. M. Casimir Perior has issued his address to the electors of the Department of the Isere, and solicits their suffrages as a candidate for the Legislative Corps. He is the son of the eminent statesman of the same name who for 12 years of the Restoration stood foremost among the most eloquent and the most courageous of the Liberal Opposition in the Chamber of Deputies, and who after the July Re volution filled the post of Prime Minister on the overthrow of the Lsffitte Ministry. Amid great difficulties he maintained order at home without in fringing on the liberties of the people; and Antwerp and Ancona testify to the boldness of his foreign policy. That a son should be proud of such a father, and in his address to a population among whom was the cradle of his family should dwell on the private and public virtues which characterised that statesman, is not to be wondered at. He re minds the constituency of Isere that, after years spent in constitutional opposition to the Govern ment of the elder branch, his father did not falsify any one of his acts nor any one of his speeches when raised to power; that he maintained order at home "without any sacrifice of liberty, and, dis daining exceptional measures, sought in the law only his support." M. Casimir Perier says a few words about his own career, which has not been without service to the country. For 16 years he was employed in the diplomatic service, in which he attained the rank of Minister-Plenipotentiary, but quitted the profession in 1846 on being elected Deputy for the first Arron dissement of Paris. In 1849 he was chosen by the Department of the Aube to represent it in the Le gislative Assembly, where he says, " I gave honest support to the Government of the President of the Republic, and proved that I knew how to submit without mental reservation to the will of the na tion." The decree of November, 1860, which al lowed the representatives of the nation to commu nicate directly with the electors, and which was the first concession that gave hopes of a further de velopment of popular liberties, has determined him to seek for a seat in the new Chamber. He gives a few particulars as to his pursuits for the last ten years, and observes— " These explanations would perhaps have a character too personal were they not necessary, when we see the efforts made to influence the votes of the electors, and to cast suspicion on men who have given the best proofs of their patriotism. But, in spite of the impediments thrown in the way of publicity, the light is appearing, and all that a mis directed zeal can do will never persuade you that a man is the enemy of the Government and of your best interests because he resists those tendencies which in ten years have added more than 3,ooo,ooo,ooof.—near 100,000,000 f. in terest—to our public debt That debt was, in 1830, 164,000,000 f., and in 1848 176,000,000 f, Eighteen years of representative government had increased it only by 12,000,000 f. In 1852 it was 230,000,000 f., and at this da) it exceeds 327,000,000 f. In ten years it has increased by 97,000,000 f., deducting the reserves and the sinking fund flotation, which would raise it to 503,000,000 f. These ten years have seen the Budget fixed at 1,500,000,000 f. for the service of 1852 gradually raised to 2,200,000,000 f., showing an annual augmentation of 700,000,000 f. in the expenditure, and consequently in the charges on the country. Nothing can add force to the eloquence of these figures. It will not ~ „ Ity be disregarding your interests to blam e the zeu . inP 100, ue 000 of the enterprises which summon avert year y d m u e c ia tio t n o t o h f e ta r m a a n t k io s n of an t e d thaornacyx,tannsoiroot o of ra uri e n i a e d ip t a r fran hsystematie daises." a p s po to rt h t i o s turnesnatiliefiyod for a c ic f onseientious are not only he thinks opposition Casimir to P e t r h ie e r G d o i vs:lrani h w e i s l i l t a g t i e v e t o n g o iv p e le h d is ge s s u deputy, while combating the Po to the dignity of the deputy, but they uasbeafudlomneeilswurileis.nevHere contrary yons or his votes, for pledges are destructive of the free representation of imnsepnirNavhtioomns yfrooumeaallboutpteorn t O sourcer e p country. He concludes thus : w rte h s :n nt th Y e O h il is n to ee r d y of Dauphine. There is n o count* not d The a h y more fertile in illustrious mon, in heroic soldiers, in courageous political struggles. This proud and champions of our so jealous of its ancient privileges, patriotic province, once day in defending the only, feels equal pride in our modern society —e t he themagnificent privileges of quality before and political liberty, Devoted law ; i , ius, civil, to order, without which there can be no security . or durables prosperity, you will never forget that glorious Dauphine w s traditions; cradle of lib er t y . Y ou will cherish i ntact our your fath ers , lik e them submissive d to itio th n e s; la a w n s d, worthy of that t) ad mon i sh and control Government is, to act like good citizens, you will exercise your rights us electors in the fulness of your independence." EMIGRATION FROM CARLISLE.—On Monday morning four families, comprising 33 individuals, left Carlisle on their way to Canada, via Glasgow. A largo crowd congregated at the station to wish them God speed, and as the train moved off they called for a round of cheers for the Dean of Car and the Carlisle Emigration Com.: mittoe, by whom they are being sent out. They were to sail 3 esterday morning. COURT OF SEWERS. ..- The Commissioners of Sewers held their weekly meeting yesterday at Guildhall,-31r. Deputy de officers had Jersey presiding. Dr. Letheby, the medical officer, reported on the state of 138 houses which had been inspected during the week, and he submitted a list of 70 places for period of the average sanitary improvement. He likewise reported that the last (52) the markets and as la l u i g tt h le te a rlo v n e ses had - bl eu in spected daring th e veek, m a l n o2 d re l e e tr demned 1,5531 b. of meat and 82 head of children of con" poultry as unfit for human food, c game and years. 29, o rather o g ' 9 birth deaths were registered i d tiring th e week. 4 and 57 tality returns are folio :.--C The mor tality the corresponding among old per and as 1; hydroee f causes 6 of ; deaths, we re chitishean h o i nsumption, 7 ; half seven 5 ; scarlet Pfe a of the death five years of and One from eachv 6 age' a e n rf less than sons of 60 and upwards, ; small-pox, 3 ; croup, 3 ; The pneumonia,ehi e ease, mesenteric die ns, 1 ; c f ough an ,,the following, whooping u er-malting j pelas e rom tubercular making together 9 deaths affection s of the l diseases , 11 from inflammatory lungs, and 14 from diseases of s zYrootic character. THE QUALITY OF THE GAS SUPPLIED TO THE CITY. Dr. LETITEBY periments on the Hu reported min t t hat he had made 848 ex supplied t o th e Ci ty during the powerive quar quarter, eorf and d e t If a ga t s when the gas was burned in accordance with the instructions of the Act of Parliament, the average illuminating power of each company's gas was as follows:—The Great Central, 13.215 sperm candies; the Chartered, 12.50 candles; the City of London, 14.64 candles; and the Commercial, 13.12 candles. THE PROPOSED BRIDGE ACROSS LUDGATE•HILL. A deputation from the inhabitants of Ludgate hill and vicinity waited upon the Court, asking per mission to erect a model bridge across Ludgate hill similar to the one which is to bo erected by the com pany, that the public might see the inconvenience wh i c h would arise. The Court, however, w declined to give their sanction. gull benefit of reduced duty obt a i ned by ur fi p a t : 1 s ing Horniman'a pure Tea ; v er y choice ), 44. and 4 ch s -- "High Standard at 4s. 4d. (f or nier)y-4t. is_the ,i t ,: ong est and moat delicious imported. Agents in every t o wn supply it in packets.