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ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. • TUE QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY. Queen Insurance Buildings, Gracechurch-street, London, E.C. At the Liverp , ANNUAL MEETING of the Proprietors, held at on the 27th October, 1864, BERNARD ITALIA, :!...fscl., Chairman of the Company, in the chair, the Directors' Iteport for the year stated : That the Firs Premiums for the ear amounted to £101,085 Being an increase over the preceding year 0f.... 30,785 That 152 Life Policies s vi ere issued for 205,088 T i l l ; t i . a th sl' e an increase over !he preceding year 6,3 1 7 1 of 57.5 New Life Premiums were Til,e,ing an increase over the preceding year of And ,ilii:t Life Income was 23,531 upwards of 60 per cent. of the entire Net ril - a ll i lri _Ls was added to the Life Fund. T hat the p ubscri Capital was increased to 1, 7 7 8 8 7 : 7 6 2 7 02. alci-up Capital was increased to That 'Liter provtling for all outstanding Claims, Eakinti 'ire Reserve would stand at tiviltuhcie.F. ands in hand, alter providing for the 114,312 343,413 4 r , vid ........... cent...o'n, t iL nd pa vv id as up de c cl a a p r i e t d al. of 2s. per Share, being 10 per .I. MONCRIEFF WILSON, General Manager. J OIIN E. LEYLAND , S ecre t ar y. ----------_____ TIE SOLDIER'S LE GA CY.—M r . GERMAN „,,„,, entitled T New Opera di Camera TO-NIGHT, at Eight, kaetarr lip SOLDIER'S LEGACY, composed by G. A. Ihia 0 1 --s , and written bv John Oxenford. 1. .andsq. In ns, 1, lisi it. Rendes° Mr "Whiffin, Mr. P. A. Shaw ; m. pally) ° 9 l e (by the ki nd . permission . of the New Opera C2 . _ _ at i wlll app„r. . 1 .1 a ned b y mi. _ , oncludmg, with TOO MANY COOKS, eg•ent-street ll ' in iffi n— 8I) stall chair s, 58. R. °3r4 Este L GALLERYIeinIaO Mr_. J. A. Shaw, and n 'of is ILI 2 . 3 1 . J . Unreserved seats, _, ' May be secured in advance I s 'it ta A li T s l 3 O s N . ; without" fee. TE 0 XF 0 u TL 6e Oxfo , OXFORD STREET, W. rd and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). CouultllB MT ENING will be nroduced (Eeventh time in this 3 rY), ORPHEE AUX ENFERS, by Offenbach. MARTHA, LA TROVATORE, and FAVORITE, ctc ' b the tollowinfollowingArtistes,v l z, Misses I' Russell, Fitz-Henry ,W Im y , I y, Tyrrell, &c. With augmented and and Chorus conducted by Mr. P. Jonghmans. 1,, • A.C RSON HANES, the Champion Skater, in hisper 'Varrrnall9', on the firawiug Room Skates, of Quadrilles. aov iennes, &c. ni-T,NSWORTII (or any other man), EUGENE, W. Randall, ' - "ash, Herr Hermann. and Mdlle. Cava.ho. LE PETIT BLONDIN. Admission —Area 6d ; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private boxes, 10 s . 6d . * R D, CANTERBURY HALL. Triumphant Success of PRINCE PERFUME AND PRINCESS BOUQUET. Under the title of Prince Perfume and Princess Bouquet a nightly to b e seen a t th e C an t er b ury H a ll a M ag i c S pectac l e far transcending in poetry of concept'on, b auty and in- Penalty of arrangement, scenic effect, and brilliancy of lleht and colour any former apulication (even at this Hall) of the principle own as the OPTICAL ILLUSION. In this last ollective display of scenic art and of brilliant choreograplic and statuesque grouping will be found pictures surpassing some of the greatest achievements of the Modern Extra- Varranza—S , e "THE SHIPWRECK," " TII Hi PHANTOM COMBA I'," and " fIIE CURTAIN OF FIRE." The "illusive Sketch," which is the centre of these corns cat on s, is by Mr. W. F. Vandervell ; the overture and inci , dental music by Willem Vandervell. Prince Perfume, Mrs. William Randall. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ' ['RAND MUSICK HALL. 1.2 , PROMENADE CONCERTS EVERY EVENING. With a full Band of Forty Performers. Conductor, Mr. 1 0 Kingsbury. Vocalists :—Madll,s. Wilke, Moli loft, and Mayer. Instrumentalists: —Violin, Signor Giovanni Adelmann ; Cornet, M. Duhem • Pianoforte, M. Mattci, l'i.uaist to his Majesty th e Ki ng of Italy, Admission, Is.; Private boxes, 10s. 6d. ; stalls, 2s. Comienee at Eight. STRAND 'MUSICK HALL. MUSICK AT EIGHT O'CLOCK. , VERy C O 3 LICK AT TEN O'CLOCK. lIALF_I EVEN E ING, THE GREAT VANCE AT TN. Isl) , P k t ! r l., TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL take r - st Cr re e i,: -. "ItY : established 28 years at the Bazaar, NEvir A lm , ' LA POMAr 'RAI R cotTv -T ION• A full length portrait model of taken Dorn the orloir, I b ---114 -- ' ' art of Paris, q the Poisoner t . Tram lif e is , -a puotograph, by Mons. Titnpu,_ , .o,Rom_. Achnitt ' jr Nyad ded to the Chamber of 1 hyst .., Y Horrors, 6d, extra. ee ' - ,• Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of ... °Pell from 11 till 5, and from 7 till 10. ----__ ____,_______ " /1 4L ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Sole Proprietor, B. li. BIGNELL. Duri n , +l , 1) 1 ' `e Week and till further notice, in addition to the .__< trance Music, Selections from Verdi's popular Operas, Il Trovatore, Traviata, Ri2.*oletto, &o. ; Meyerbeer's Etoile du ~- , ~ , uenoti, & c. . 'Nord n , alannering, Polka, &c.' Alelodies of the Forest, Valse, Guy Conductor—L. CURTI. Doors open at halt-past B.—Admission, One Shilling. GRENET. USINESSE S.-Mr. ANDREW HIND'S NOVEMBER LIST, Containing 500 Businesses, Premises, Partnerships, &e., Gratis. Letters, enclose stamp.—Particulars entered free. TOES—CORNER OF LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S, • CAPITAL INVESTMENT, nearly equal to P i tEEHOLD.—M r. ANDREW HIND Ms for disposal !t, PUBLIC -HOUSE, with House and Shop adjoining, near outharnpton, prGdwing £75 per neighbourhood ; t nauts paying all ‘ t , a xes ; Value ot property in the rapidly in 'reaßing ; h , ld for a term of 999 years at a ground-rent of 410; lowest price—Further particulars and cards to ' V iew', at the Estate Agency Offices, corner of Little Carter lane, St. Paul's. ..._ TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S PATENT.—The exclusive right to this Patent was secured to Mr. skell, of Grosvenor -street, Grosvenor-square, by hor Ma esty's) Royal (July 17, 1860), and can o n ly b e p rocured at his residence, where specimens maybe seen, and every infor mation can be obtained. Under this Patent, Artificial Teeth, to last a lifetime, are made, and fitted in a few hours without pain or extractions. They support loose teeth, and protect tender gums ; their resemblance to nature is perfect and un detectable. and they are guaranteed for mastication and articulation. Treatise on the subject sent for seven stamps. Consultations free. OPINIONS OP TILE PRESS. "Mr. Eskell, dental-surgeon, has succeeded in pralplueing artificial teeth, and so constructing them that they las't their purpose a lifetime. . • . The process has been patented, and promises to be most valuable." —Court Journal, August 4, 1860. "A surprising novelty in the adaptation of artificial teeth to the gum by a patented principle, which secures the most perfect aid, combined with the greatest ease and agreeable appearance."—Morning Advertiser, August 9, 1860. Decayed teeth stopped, Sic. Terms strictly moderate. 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. BED ROOM CANDLES. "RICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop uease wen earried."—Thin, very cadles, sold in boxes ls. and 3s. each, are recommendei hard as the n best carriers. " EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," sold in boxes 2s. each. Thicker candles intended for those Who will not burn thin. 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A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. .. • • • • .. Is. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE G.INDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. • • • • .. Is. sd. per lb. Second quality •• •• • • • • .. ls. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. .. • • • • .. is. id. per lb. Carriage paid in Loudon on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8 , South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establish men t in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the uoe of the Altar. - - . - ::: - .7r: - ~,,„„ --:,.• . 1 WS PAPER • • - . . , • ~, "11 :•!< C‘1 + 4 4;ii ,"" Z' r , >"-;•• 1 , -1 ,-.V t, -,-.. : .'' 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''''''. - I.:V. %I, .r cg, 1 , - r , ----, ; r, S - -4 4-r-o-Alt *-. i , t it ''‘i:' certainly generally smarter at guns than artillery ,, nrelf , ' ,A," ily,-- -- v-% • .. 1:2 4- .,,,c, 0 - Alik , , ''...-...-- 7,--- % , ... 4 ,_ ' ' . -"-; it $,, r'.-.. , --' \ c5.,............... .„.. 7 , . 0 „.. .....r r,,,.... ..s r..,..**.„... , . , 1:::Zz7- ' , ~- , ,---...7`L irett.' -,•Z ‘.." ..11AP. o-- 43%r ....00 - 1 , triv ,-- ..„...4. r , i _ - 0 , ,---e - r.... - : .. -_olorr. - =-• 4,. ~ 4., .. - , :_i , e 4 - _ men, and it would only be repeating the general opinion among Arille- officers if w , - that tl,-- .rtillery officers if we say .a. seamen of H.M.S. Excellent are the smartest gun ners in the world. PRICE... STAMPED ... .sd. However this may be, the fact of second-hand regi inentals finding their way to the great German fair is undoubted. The pepper-and-salt greatcoats of our infantry go to our agricultural districts and to the Cape, but the heavier and more valuable artillery cloaks find their way to Holland, and that country and Irelard absorb between them the c•str off clothes of the police. There is one edd item of old clothes that has a singular history. There are still a certain class in the community addicted to the use of silk velvet waistcoats. Thi s class i s generally to be found among the well-to-do tradeE men of country towns. The longevity of a black silk velvet waistcoat is proverbial; it will not wear out. After adorning the respectable corporation of some provincial grocer until he is thoroughly tired of it, what does our reader think is its ultimate destination—the pate of some street German or Polish Jew ! Ia obedience to a Rabbinical law it is not considered right by somo of the more consci entious Hebrews to gouncovered, and these second hand waistcoats are bought up to make skullcaps for their use. Cotton Supply Association. At the usual weekly meeting of the Executive Committee, held on Tuesday, a letter was read from her M. jrsty's consul-general at Belgrade, stating that the Servian Government are intending to make Experiments in the cultivation of cotton, and have requested him to procure from the asso- ciation the seed neussary for the purpose, as well as the information and instructions which its publi. cations afford. A previous experiment in the dis trict of Widin was not succ .ssful, owing to the seed being sown too late in the seeson, and from other causes. A letter was received from the Govern ment inspector of cotton for Scinde, dated Kura • rachee, September 24, together with a sample of cotton grown at Mulleer, in the province of Seitd?, from Egyptian seed, by a gentleman who has been endeavouring to produce a better description of cotton in that part of India. As inspector of cotton for India under the new Cotton Frauds Act, the writer is anxious to do all that he can to substia tate a better description of cotton in that province for the present short stapled, dirty, indigenous variety grown there. He proposes to introduce better seed, such as may be best suited to the soil and climate. In upper Scinde, where the climate is very dry, and differs from Lower Scinde, where it is moist, Peruvian seed, it is believed, will do best, whilst in the latter province Brazilian and Egyptian are likely to do well. A sample of the Bourbon in digenous cotton, grown about 200 miles south of Bombay, on the seacoast, was also forwarded, with the statement that the plants are of several years' growth, and have reached a height of 5 or 6 feet, and during the three years the writer was there no thing was ever done in the way of cultivation. A 'eta ter was read from Dominica, West Indies, enclosing various samples of green seed cotton, together with one of black seed from Tortola. The longecona tinned drought has been very injurious to the crops, its prevalence may be considered exceptional, as dry weather seldom exists for months together without occasional showers falling to keep vegeta tion. Since the commencement of the rain, three or four months ago, the cotton plants have thriven wonderfully, and now look luxuriant and beautiful. The crop is expected to be a very satisfactory one. Hurricanes are more or less experienced during 3 months in the year. Cotton cultivation is extending in nearly all our West India colonies, and it is hoped will prove an incalculable advantage to the inhabitants. The writer is of opinion that there is nothing to prevent nearly every sugar estate in the West Indies cultivating at lest a portion of land with cotton, which wculd mitigate the disasa trous results often experienced when sugar does not pay. The indigenous varieties suit the soil and climate better than others. A quantity of the cotton grown by the writer on his own farm will shortly be consigned to the association: Consular reports were received from the Foreign office on the cultivation of cotton in Paraiba, Rio Grande do Norte, Guayaquil, Coquimbo, Islay, and Jaffa, together with despatches from her Majesty's consuls at Smyrna, Trebizond, and Scutari. In the province of Paraiba do Norte, Brazil, about 1,390 square acres were planted with cotton in 1863, and about 1,850 square acres in 1864. Little or no exotic seed has been used. The produce in the former year was 4,543 tons, and in the latter it is expected to be 6,000 tons, three- fourths of which is exported to Liver pool, and the rest to Havre and Barcelona. The crop for the season just closing has not realised the expoca tat ions formed at the commencement; it is, however, a very fair one, and shows an increase of nearly 30 per cent upon the former one. The prospects of the new crop are said to be very favourable, and promise an increase of 40 per cent. In Rio Grande do Norte the produce of 1863 4 was 678,000ib. of cotton ; and it is estimated that the crop from July, 1861, to June, 1865, will yield 7,200,000. b. R in has been very scarce this season, but the plants present a flourishing appearance ; they yield two, three, and even more crops, tied the soil is gene• raily very good. In the Republic of Euc :dor the extent of land planted with cotton in 1863 was 600 acres, and 2,000 acres in 1864; the produce in the former year was 600,000 lb., and in the latter it is expected to be 2,000,000 lb. of cotton. The wont of population, and the distance of the country from England, are stated amongst the causes why the cultivation of cotton has not made greater progress. The country possesses great tracts of land, adapted to its growth, there are navigable rivers in every direction, and the climate, though hot, is benign. The great drawback is the want of labour. At the port of Guayaquil there aro several establishments for ginning, pressing, and. packing the cotton. The report from the province of Coquimbo (Chili) states that, though the climate is not unsuitable for cultivating cotton, the high price of labour and the extreme scarcity of water aro insuperable hindrances. Her Majesty's cousul at Islay (Peru) reports that cotton is grown on a small scale in the valley of Jambe, some leagues to the south of Islay, and also that of Camana, many leagues to the north, but that no reliable details have yet been received. In the listrict of Jaffa about Bat old clothes, after they have served the purpose of two or three classes cf society, are yet far from closing their career ; when they have seen their worst they take altogether a new lease of existence. As old Jason was renewed, in ancient story, by being ground in a mill, so are our gar ments in the present day. When old clothes are too bad for anything else they are still good enough for Shoddy and Mungo. It is not many years since Mr Ferrand denounced the " devil's dust" of the Yorkshire woollen manufacturers; this devil's dust arises from the grand translation of the old cloth into new. Batley, Dewsbury, and Leeds have been described as the grand centres of woollen rags— the tatterdemallion capitals into which are drawn all the greasy, frowsy, cast off clothes of Europe, and whence issue the pilot cloths, the Peter shams, the beavers, the Talmas, the Chesterfields, and the Mohairs in which our modern dandies dis, port themselves. The old rags, after being reduced to the condition of wool by enormous toothed wheels, are mixed up with a varying amount of fresh wool, and the whole is then worked up into the fabrics we have mentioned, which now have the run of fashion. It is estimated that shoddy and mungo supply the materiais for a third of the woollen manufacturers of this country. Here is a grand transformation. No man can say that the materials of the coat he is wearing has not been already on the back of some greasy beggar. In one corner of the animal products department in the South Kensington Museum the visitor can see hundreds of specimens of this shoddy and mungo —a perfect resurrection of the old clothes from every country in Europe. The oast off wardrobes of civilised man by a law of commerce ar© sucked into this country, and mainly into this metropolis, and,,in return we distribute it in perfect fabrics, destined to go once more the round of civilise- Lion, Woollen fabrics are hard to die, and for all we know, clothes are thus ground up over and over again, The final destination, however, of all old clothes is the soil ; when art can do no more for much vexed woollen fibre it becomes a land rag. We have pursued old clothes through so many shifting scenes that, having run them to earth at last, here perhaps it would be as well to leave them; but no, they once more reappear in our beer. Hops, we are told, of a certain quality cannot be grown without the manure of land rags. Thus, the final destination of old clothes after all is the human frame, and we only finally lose sight of them when, instead of clothing this vile corpus, they are transmutdd into the body itself, as we qut.ff the foaming tankard, or the more genteel bottled beer of Bass or Allsopp.— Times. 5,290 acres wero planted with cotton in 1863, and about 31,700 acres in 1834. The produce in the former year was 12,270 cwt., and in the latter it is expected to be about 73,700 or 83,900 cwt. It i 3 shipped from Jaffa to England and France. The crops throughout the country are in a promising condition, and the general opinion is that they will yield from 25,000 to 30,000 bales of 4001 b each. It is calculated that id per lb, under ordinary circumstances, would be remunerative, Should the general introduction of exotic seed take place, there is reason to believe that Jaffa will rank among the first-class cotton exporting towns, both as to quantity and quality. Though there is still much prejudice to overcome on the part of growers to the use of exotic seed, yet several who have been prevailed upon to make experiments with it are so delighted with the appearance of the plants now near maturity that they declare they will hence• forth use exotic seed only. The consul at Scutari reports that he is collecting information, whirl will be forwarded, that the growth of cotton has been commenced at Tiranna, and that the Governor. General will proceed shortly to inspect the district, and will do all that he can to encourage the culti. vation throughout the province under his authority. A despatch from Trebizond states that should the autumn prove fine, and the rains set in late, an im• mense quantity of cotton will be collected in Trues ritia, Mingrelia, and Guriel. It is said that Imeri tia alone will export 10,000 bales, equal to 750 tons of cotton. A despatch from Smyrna, of the 7th October, reports that, owi ng t o t h e unusu ally heavy rains during the previou s f or t n i g ht th roug hout the district the cotton crop has been much damaged, that in some districts 10 per cent., and in others 20 per cen t. must b e d e d ucte d from the estimates made at the beginning of September, and that if the weather continue rainy for other ten days, it is impossible to say the amount of loss which will be incurred, as the pods will not have sufficient time to burst before the cold weather commences. Copies of the treaty by which Bavaria, Wurte.m• burg, and the Grand Duchies of Hesse and Nassau have acceded to the renewal of the Z ) 1 1verein were received from the Foreign-oflic. A copy of en act passed by the Government of India relative to th© emigration of native labourers to Queensland, tie d. declaring it to be lawful, was received from the Colonial-office, which concluded the business. I ? ATTEMPTED INCENDIARISM ON THE YORKSHIRE WoLDS.— Oa Sunday evening an attempt was made to set fire to a stack in the stackyard of Mr Willer force, llornby, who occupies a farm of between GOO and 700 acres, under Lord Loudesborough, in the parish of Nun bernholtne, near Pocklington. Ono o f t h e farm ., crvants living in the house, named Harold Robinson, a Lincoln shire man, was apprehended on Monday evening by Superintendent Cordukes, of the Pocklington po ice force, on suspicion, which seems well founded—of being the guilty party, and was taken before the Rev. F. 0. Morris, a magistrate of the East Riding, rector of the parish, and by him remanded till Wednesday, for the purpose of being further remanded to Saturday, on which day the Pockling ton Bench hold their usual monthly meeting, when the ease will be fully investigated. 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The difference mainly consisted in the fact that they pos sessed a system of secondary State schools, which did not enter into the plan of English education. The most striking contrast he could offer was the Freach system. They pos sessed an excellent school of naval architecture of very old standing, but it was simply a schocl of applicatiou. All the teaching on the Continent had a direct technical purpose, but that would not be the purpose of the present school. It has been announced that the subjects of the competitive ex amination, with the number of marks attached to each, will be as follows :—Pure mathematics, including arithmetic, geometry (plane and descriptive), trigonometry, and the elements of the differential and integral calculus, 2,500 marks ; theoretical mechanics or applied mathematics 1,000; practical mechanics, 750; practical shipbuilding, 2,000 ; steam 750 ; physics, 500; cbymistry, 500 ; mecha nical and freehand drawing, 750. The competition in the present year will take place before Christmas. The exports of small firearms from the United Kingdom in September comprised 28,835, against 21,501 in Sept., 1863, and 47,835 in September, 1862. In the nine months ending September 30 the aggregate exports amounted to 168,105, aninst 329,156 in the corresponding period of 1863, and 459,119 in the corresponding period of 1862. The exports of gunpowder in Sept. amounted to 1,668,0501 b against 1,059,1671 b in Sept., 1863, and 1,439,5681 b in Sept., 1862. In the nine months ending Sept. 30 the aggregate exports amounted to 11,004,6841 b, against 11,797,7711 b in the corresponding period of 1863, and 12,447,6271 b in the corresponding period of 1862. Old Clothes and What Becomes of Them. When the hawker working the suburban districts comes by with his barrow blooming with flowers, and petitioning for old clothes, old hats, and old boots, &c a in exchange for them, the bargain seems so one-sided that most people are only too glad to begin the barter. We all get so sick of frowsy old clothes that it seems almost a mercy to get rid of them at any price, but to be able to translate them into geraniums and fusdasias, &c., to exchange muaty, fusty gabardinco for fresh odaurs and rain. bow hues, is more than anybody ever expected to do. The coster who initiated this subtle method of weeding our wardrobes must have had a special insight into female character, ever ready to ex change the solid and useful for the brightly decora tive—at all events, this almost poetical method of filling old clothes' bags deserves to be mentioned as one of the most abundant means of building up a trade which has now assumed enormous proportions The great dealers into whose hands our cast-off skins ultimately fall have arrived at the dignified position of merchants. The value of their exports to foreign countries makes no inconsiderable item in our annual trade returns. The streams of old clothes that hour by hour are seductively drained, either by floral exchange, attractive advertisement, or by the downright pestering of " Old Ikeys," culminate in the great old clothes mart in Hounds ditch where Hebrews most do congregate. This inodorous spot has been so often described in popua lar works that people are now pretty familiar with it, by name at least. But having described the fierce contest which ensues over the mounds of old clothes therein daily deposited, our social statis ticians seem to have had enough of them, and have proceeded no farther. But the true interest in the story of old clothes begins just at the point where they leave off. To the question of what now be comes of them, we might answer that the greater part of them are now about to set out upon their travels, to enter new circles of society, and to see life both savage and civilized under a thousand new phases. Those that are intended to remain in this country have:to be tutored and transformed. The "clobberer," the "reviver," and the " translator" lay hands upon them. The duty of the " clobberer" is to patch, to sow up, and to restore as far as possible the garments to their pristine appearance ; black cloth garments pass into the hands of the " revi. tiers," who rejuvenate seedy black coats, and, for the moment, make them look as good as new. The " translator's" duty is of a higher order ; his office is to transform one garment into another—the skirts of a cast-off coat being the least worn part of the garment make capital waistcoats and tunics for children, &e. Hats are revived in a still more wonderful manner; they are cut down to take out the grease marks, re-lined, and appear in the shops like new ones. The streets surrounding the old clothes market are full of shops where these clob bered and revived goods are exposed for sale, and really a stranger to the trade would not know but that they were new goods. There is a department of the market also dedicated to old clothes, male and female, clobbered and revived. It is a touching sight to see the °lass of persons who frequent the men's market and turn over the seedy black gar ments that are doing their best to put on a good appearance—the toil-worn clerks, who for some social reason are expected to apparel Vaemselves in black, and the equally careworn members of the clerical profession, chiefly curates whose meagre stipends do not permit of the extravagance o' new suits of clothes. The ladies' market is a vast ward robe of silk dresses, but if we are to believe the sales woman the matrons of England are more thrifty than we gave them credit for. " Servants come here to purchase, Sir ! No, indeed, Sir, ladies worth hundreds of pounds," was the reply we got to oui inquiries as to the class of purchasers. Black cloth c'othes that are too far gone to be clobbered and revived are always sent abroad to be cut up to mekt ceps. France takes the best of these old clothes foi this purpose. The linings are stripped out, and it this condition they are admitted duty free as old rags. Russia and Poland, where caps seem to be universally worn by the working population, are content with still more threadbare garments to be cut up for this purpose. The great bulk of our cast off clothes of ell kinds, however, find their way to two markets—lreland and Holland. The old clothes' bags of the collectors may, in fact, be said to be emp tied out in the laud of Erin, as far as the ordinary order of clothes go, while to Holland only special articles of apparel are exported. Singularly enough, the destination of the red tunics of the whole British infantry is the chests of the sturdy Dutchman. There seems to be some popular belief or supersti tion in that waterlogged country that red cloth affords the best protection against rheumatism, cons sequently these jackets all find their way to the land of dykes. The sleeves are cut off, and they are made to button in a double breasted fashion; thns remoa delled they are worn next to the skin like a flannel waistcoat by all careful Dutchmen among the labour ing classes. The Irish chiefly favour corduroys, and wo suspect the wornout-legs of British pantaloons of this material aro cut off and converted into breeches for Pat. Where he gets those wonderful swallow•tailed coats with brass buttons is a puzzle to all the dealers—it is very certain they do not come from this side of the Channel, and it is equally clear they are remnants of costume two generations back. Our readers will perhaps have noticed the special avidity the dealers in old clothes evince for all kinds of regimentals, full dress liveries, Volun teers' uniforms, beadle's coats, &c. Anything spe cially splendid in this line is marked by the col lectors as a sportsman marks any rare and brilliantly plumaged bird, and ultimately is sure to be bagged by them. One of the largest dealers in London in these showy dresses once said to 119, seeing a Guards• man going along the street, " A thousand to one that coat comes into my hands." Really the inevitability there appears to be about the destination of these regimentals, if known to their wearers should make them very uncomfortable. The dealers would if they could strip them off their backs just as an eel-woman skins an eel. The Lord Mayor's footman's full dress livery is viewed by these gentry with wolfish eyes, These are the great prizes of the profession—and their barbaric splendours are destined for a special market—the South Coast of Africa, where nature puts on her most gorgeous apparel, and the great ones of the land are determined to have something to match. Travellers often tell us of the marvellous appearance of the chiefs of these parts when in full mufti, and we scarcely expected to find our old clothes dealers the regular costumiers of these sable dignitaries, transmitting regimentals, laced liveries, and cocked hats, as regularly to them as the Londo❑ tailor sends his clothes to his country customers. And Mumbo Jumbo will not be put off with inferior articles—the slightest blemish in color or inferiority in cloth is instantly detected and rejected by these semi-savages, hence the greatest care is necessary in catering for their wants. It is just possible that the Lord Mayors for these last dozen years would bo able to recognise their own splendid liveries on the backs of a Council of these potentates if they could over be got together for any purpose what ever. We ourselves saw an assortment of well. preserved liveries of the heir to the proudest throne in the world, just being packed for exportation to the grand destination of all fine liveries we have just mentioned. It should be some solace to the parish beadle that his clothes, instead of descending in the social scale like those of ordinary civilians, is destined to flame upon the back of some autocrat who holds the lives of thousands of men at his dis posal, instead of only being the emblems of terror to poor parish boys. The vast majority of the scarlet coats of our officers that are a little worn fiad their way to the great annual fair at Leipsic. There is a belief in the trade that the destination of this bright scarlet cloth is the cuffs and facings of the civil officials in the Russia❑ Government. Launch of the Royal George. Yesterday dfine iron ship named the Royal George was most successfully launohed from the building-yard of the London Engineering Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited), at the Isle of Dogs, Poplar. The Royal George is a well proportioned vessel of 1,500 tons, constructed upon lines drawn by and under the superintendence of Mr J. R. Baillie, the naval architect of the company. Her length on the load line is 210 ft, her breadth of beam 38ft, and her depth in hold 23ft. She has been built for Maus Fernie Brothers, a Liverpool firm, and will be employed in ordinary mercantile trade, for which her capacious stowage and expectant high sailing qualities render her in all respects adapted. The yard to which the Royal George owes her birth has won cansiderable reputation amongst the Thames ship building establishments, but under a somewhat different proprietary. For some years past the firm of Westwood, Baillie, and Company has been famous amongst the shipbuilders of the Isle of Dogs; but recently, following the bent of the age, the joint-stock principle has been brought to bear upon this as upon other large manufacturing concerns, and the private interests of Messrs Westwood Bailie, and Company have been absorbed by a limited lia bility company, under the name of the London Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company. Among the works the company have taken over and completed, or are in course of completing, may be mentioned her Majesty's ship Resist ance, armour-plated ship, of 3,700 tons ; the Royal Edward, a superb iron merchantman (built likewise for Messrs Fernie and Co.), of 1,400 tons; the Cologne, paddlewheel steamer, of 517 tons, built for the General Steam Navigation Com pany ; the Merle, clipper barque, of 407 tons, built for Scrutton, Campbell. and Co. ; several steel plated vessels for the Council of India; the Crystal Palace conservatory, built for the Sultan of Turkey, and some 20,000 tons of bridge-work for the Bombay and Baroda, the East Indian, and the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Companies. The late principals, Messrs Baillie and Westwood, remain as managing directors. The launch of yesterday, which, as usual, took place at the top of the tide, was in all respects propitious. There was a tolerably numerous attendance, in• eluding Sir E. Belcher and several nautical and engineering celebrities, by whom the lines and proportions of the vessel were favourably criticised.rThe ceremony of christening was performed by Miss Bailie, who dashed the bottle against the bows and pronounced the name by which the ship is to be henceforth known with becoming emphasis; and the dog shores being knocked away at the same moment, the Royal George glided majestically into the Thames, to use the nautical phrase, "stiff es a church," despite the stiff easterly breeze that blew full upon her broadside. She was imme diately taken in tow by a tug, and steamed into dock to be rigged and fitted for service. Amongst the company present were Sir Ed ward Belcher, Mr R. Russell Carew,:Mr J. Westwood, Captain Symonds, R.N., chairman of the com pany ; Mr J. E. Cole, deputy chairman ; Mr W. Austin, director of the Metropolitan Railway; Mr ex Under Sheriff A. Crosley, &c. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. COWDENBEA.TII AND BURNTISLAND. A meeting of the promoters and ethers interested in this proposed line was held on Monday in the Town-hall, Burnt island—Provost Anderson in the chair. The report of the deputation appointed to attend a meet ing of the directors of the North British Railway Company stated that the meeting had not resulted in any proposal of a very definite character. Mr Hodgson, the chairman, had offered on the part of the North British Railway to pay a third of the expense of the survey of the line between Cow denbEath and Burntisland, and that in case an independent company were formed the North British Railway Company would subscribe towards the undertaking, and give every assistance in their power towards forwarding the objects of the promoters, but that the North British Company would not undertake to carry a bill through Parliament next ses sion as a scheme of their own, end that he thought the pro ject had better be deferred for a year, in which case it was probable that his company might take a larger interest in it. - . . Bathe SIVERRIGIiT said his impression was that the North British Rail wa y C o mpany were rather unwilling to carry out the real o bj ec t s of the promoters of the scheme. It was essential to its success that the railw: y terminus at Burntisland should be at a height considerably above the level of the present North British Railway. Mr LAUDALE thought that probably the North British Railway Company might be induced to come into the view of a high level line. A long discussion ensued, in the course of which it was decided that the proposed line must be at such a level as to accommodate the wet docks at Burntisland. It was agreed that no time should be lost inpreparing the necessarysurveys and plans, and that Mr Sang, C.E., Kirkcaldy, should be requested at once to take a trial survey and give a rough estimate without delay, It was the unanimous opinion of the meeting that the necessary steps should betaken to enable the providonal committee to obtain powers in the next ses sion of Parliament to construct the line, and if possible with the assistance and co-operation of the North British Rail way Company, but if not as an independent company. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. COCKERMOUTH, KES WICK, AND PENRIT H. This company's line was opened on Tuesday for goods and mineral traffic. The station masters and other officials have been appointed preparatory to opening the line for pas senger traffic when the requirements of the Government inspector have been complied with, ____ STATE OF TRADE. CARDIFF, Nov. I.—Tho steam coal proprietors, through the timely arrival of vessels, have been able to export largely of late, and the complaints of the scarcity of supply are not so general as was the case a fortnight ago. The Stafford. shire demand still continues brisk, but as there is every pro bability that the men there will go in on their employer's terms, the demand from that quarter cannot be expected to last long. Quot ations are we ll ma i n t a i ne d , espec i a lly f or of a a super ior The house coal trade is in a m the shipments coastwise are in aeddclined a little, and this circum stance more alighta and it to the trade. Coke is in steameroeesn satisfactory given Freigh t s a state, h fair request. In the iron trade makers are moderately well off for orders, and the works are in regular employ. The American inquiry has not improved, and the export trade generally has been checked through the high rate of dis count and the unfavourable exchanges. DUNDEE, Nov. I.—There was a slightly improved feeling in the market to-day, and some inquiry for goods, but the business actually done was not of great extent. Flax, tow, and codilla on the sp ot continue d u ll,b u t cons id era bl e trans notions are reported in fresh Riga flax, cost, freight, and in surance, at good prices. Some sales of jute have been made within the last few days at prices not previously at tainable—but there is yet no life in the trade, the business done being confined to the supply of present wants. A fair consumptive demand exists for yarns, and the downward tendency in prices appears to be arrested. Linens continue to go off in moderate quantities, the orders still being placed, together with those previously on the books, being sufficient to take off the greater part of the goods as fast as made, and there are almost no stocks in the hands of menu facturers. Prices are rather irregular, but on the whole they are about the same as last week. LEICESTER, Nov. 2,—There has been a fair amount of business doing in the hosiery trade during the past few days, considering the state of the money-market and the unsteadi ness of yarns. Manufacturers are making for present re quirements only. Business is quiet in the country districts. Yarns aro without important change, and spinners are fairly employed. The wool-market is quiet. NOTTINGHAM. 2d—The lace trade has not recovered from the depression by which it has been characterised ear some weeks past. If possible, business has been even more dull during the past few days, all branches being flat. Very little is doing for the home market, and shipping orders are exceedingly limited. A few small orders are being com pleted; but buyers only purchase for present requirements. All kinds of silk goods continua in limited request. In hosiery very little business has been done, but few buyers having been in the market. A great many hands are out of employ. Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's steam ship Valiant, 4,063 tons, and 800- horse power, which left the Victoria-docks on Tuesday for Sheerness, was not built by the firm referred to in The Sun of yesterday, but by the Thames Ironworks Shipbuilding, Engineering, and Dry Dock Company (Limited), Orchard yard, Blackwell. Tha Chesapeake, 39, 400-horse power, screw frigate,which has been taken into dock at Chatham, is so defective that there is no intention to repair her for commission. She will remain in dock a short time to allow of her bottom being payed over, after which she will go into the steam reserve until the Admiralty ultimately decide what will be done with her. An Admiralty order received at Chatham announces that shipwright apprentices and engineering students appointed to the Royal School of Naval Architecture and Marine En gineering at Kensington will be allowed the rate of pay re ceived by apprentices during the last year of their time, in addition to which they will be granted the sum of 103 6d per week. The order also states that the students' time for pro motion and superannuation will count from the date of the completion of their apprenticeship or studentship, the period which they may be in the school after their term of appren ticeship has expired being at the same time included. Her Majesty's paddlewheel sloop Spiteful, 6 guns, indock at Woolwich, having been seriously damaged at the com mencement of the present year by the breaking down of the sheers while in the act of lifting out her boilers, has been officially surveyed, and ordered to Deptford dockyard to be repaired. Her outer skin having been stripped off, her timbers, which were carefully examined below the water line, were found in good condition and available for further service. She will be undocked this morning. The Hector, iron frigate, Capt. Preedy, C. 8., arrived at Spithead yesterday from the westward. Vice-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, G.C.8., Naval Com mander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, yesterday went out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead in the Sprightly, steam tender, Commander G. Allen, and made an o fficial inspec tion of her Majesty's iron frigate Warrior, Capt. the Hon. A. Cochrane, C. 8., with the results of which the gallant Admiral was highly pleased. The Warrior is expected to go into Portsmouth harbour to-day from Spithead to dismantle and pay out of commission, at the conclusion of her first and most successful cruiee of any ship belonging to our iron fleet. The Ed;ar, screw liner, Capt. G. P. llornby, flagship of Rear-Admiral S. C. Dacres, C.B , went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday from Spithead. The Racoon screw corvette, Capt. Count Gleichen, made a satisfactory trial of her machinery at Portsmouth yes• terday. Admiralty instructions were yesterday received at Wool wich to hold in readiness the following detail of officers, o non-commissioned officers, and rank and file rt the Royal Marine Light Infantry, for embarkation on board her Ma. jesty's ship Victoria, 107 guns, 4,127 tons and 1,000 horse power, coatmissioned by Captain Goodenough—viz., two subalterns, first and second lieutenants, three sergeants, three corporals, one bugler, and 117 privates, with 10 addi tional privates to fill any vacancies which may occur prior to the sailing of the ship. A general regimental order, signed by Col. Gloucester Gambier, C. 8., Deputy Adjutant General Royal Artillery, has been received at Chatham garrieon, laying down a code of instructions for the guidance of officers emplcyed in mak ing the annual surveys of the equipments of batteries of field artillery, and for preplring the requisitions for stores for the service of the several batteries. The entire equipment of each battery is to be inspected by the three senior officers present with it, by whom a list of such articles as are found unserviceable or repairable is to be drawn up, and the pe riod during which each of these has been in use, its present condition, and the cause to which its unserviceable condi tion is attributable are to be fully shown. The survey boards are to guard against the condemnation of articles which are not in a really unserviceable condition, and such as have become so through other than fair wear and tear of the service shoald be so noted. All stores returned by the troops being subjected to examination before final disposal, under the orders of the Secretary of State for War, it is absolutely necessary that military boards of survey held pre- vious to their being returned should carefully guard against the possibility of the accuracy of their reports, either as to the actual condition of the stores examined, or the causes to which their unserviceableness is attributed, being ques tioned at such subsequent examinations. Instances hav ing occurred of stores survey ed and condemned being after werds reported as expended, and consequently not forth coming for delivery to the military store officers ordered to take them over, it is intimated that all articles which ale in future surveyed and condemned will be required for eventual delivery to store, and officers commanding batte ries will be then accountable for them if lost or expended. otores belonging to the equipment of the guns and cart ridges which it may be necessary to have supplied im mediately, to maintain the efficiency of the batteries are to be demanded in quarterly requisitions. A notification has been received at Chatham garrison that the next examination of candidates for direct commis sions, under the regulations: dated Horse Guards, Jan. 1. 1864, will commence at Chelsea Hospital, on Monday next, the 7th inst., before Major-Gen. F. W. Hamilton, Vice-President, and the members of the Council of Educa tion. The next examination of candidates for admission to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst will commence at Chelsea Hospital on the Ist of December next, and that for the admission of candidates tor the Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers to the Royal Academy, Woolwich, on the 2d of January next. Major- ;en. Stransham yesterday resumed his autumnal visitation of the Royal Marine departments at Woolwich, in command of Col.-Commandant Hopkins, C. 8., by visit ing the divisional schools and hospital, commencing as on the previous day, at half-past 10 a.m. At half-past 12 the Inspector-General inspected the whole of the subaltern officers and non-commissioned officers of the battalion assembled on parade, and went through a course of sword exercises. At two o'clock two companies were drawn up, and performed a series of manual, platoon, and bayonet exer cises, which were commanded by Capt. Webb and Lieuts. Hopkins and Alnutt. The Inspector-General and Staff then proceeded to the detachment gun-drill battery, representing the lower deck of a man-of-war, where the heavy guns were run out, laid, trained and prepared for action. The battery drills were in command of C apt. Carrington, gunnery in spector. The inspection terminated at half-past 3. The whole of the proceedings manifested ;a high state of disci pline and drill. The alterations in progress at Chatham for enlarging the Royal Marine establishments have necessitated the taking in of a portion t f the dockyard in order to provide the necessary site for the new block of buildings intended to be erectekto serve as officers' quarters. A portion of the Ad miralty property hitherto used by the public , as a road leading to the dockyard has also been appropriated, by which a considerable area has been obtained for the new buildings, intended to form a continuation of the present Royal Marine barracks. The house hitherto occupied by the master-ropemaker within the dockyard walls has also been taken down to make way for the improvements, and a new residence erected for that official at a short distance from the dockyard gates by Messrs. Foord and Sons, the Admiralty contractors, who have completed and roofed in the building in the short space of six weeks from its com mencement. The Royal School of Naval Architecture and Marine E ngineering, some particulars of which were given in The Sun of Tuesday, was formally opened on that day with an ad dress by Mr C. W. Merrifield, F.R.S., the Principal. He explained that the task which the Lords of the Admiralty and the Committee of Council had in view was somewhat different from that which presented itself in the Ochools of Artillery Experiments at Portsmouth. The arrival of some cartridges on board Excellent at Portsmouth yesterday, which have been altered and adapted b the Whitworth rear. vent guns at the Portsmouth issuing magazine, enabled the Special Committee to commence their third day's experimental firing with the 70 pounder Whitworth and Armstrong rifled naval guns. The day's work was, however, prematurely cut short soon after noon by the choking of the rear-vent of the Whitworth gun after having fired its oSth round; and as it was absolutely necessary to dis cover the exact cause the vent had to be unscrewed and removed from the breech of the gun for exami nation by the committee. This operation, an en tirely new feature, and one of no small importance in relation to guns on board ship, as giving means of immediate remedy, was successfully carried out, and the vent, on examination,was found to be simply fouled, but uninjured in any of its metal parts. The introduction of this rear-vent in a gun under trial has been a bold measure on the part of Mr Whit worth, for certain difficulties must be expected to be met in the introduction of any new idea, however sound such idea may be in reality, and one of these small difficulties Mr Whitworth met with yesterday in the fouling of his newly introduced vent-piece. The temporary choking of the vent, however, can not affect the gun's merits, as the fault simply lay in the form and position of the vent, and the disuse of a cleansing wire, as used in the other guns, after each discharge of the gun. The vent lies on a line with the cartridge, in lieu of being at right angles as with other guns, and the opening for the fuse lies inside the breech-ring. By this arrangement Mr Whitworth, with the aid of a paper tube leading from the base to the centre of the cartridge, fires his column of powder charge in the centre, or rather just aft of the centre, and thus burns the whole of his powder, and with no damage to his gun, as would be with the ordinary vent, but at the same time the greater amount of the force created is expended in the rear of the chamber and on the inner face of the vent, This vent is simply a hollow cone, with the base next the powder cartridge, and the fine point of its apex at the fuse end, and the result of every explosion of a cartridge in the chamber of the gun deposits a greater or less amount of foul coating upon the inside of the conical vent, as it would upon the interior of an ordinary vent, the amount differing in its nature according to the state of the atmosphere. Now, up to yesterday's experi. ence, Mr Whitworth has directed, very wrongly for his own interest many people think, that his gnn throughout any day's firing should not have the vent cleared by the wire, as is done with the other guns, his cartridges requiringno pricking, as with the ordinary cartridge, or in fact all other cartridges. To this error of judgment, in not keeping his guns' vent free by an occasional passing through of the wire, may be attributed fairly and honestly its partial disablement of yesterday ; but the lesson will no doubt be of value to Mr Whitworth, as the remedy apparently lies in his own hands. In the partial or total disablement of any of the guns, Armstrong cr Whitworth, throughout this trial it is imperatively necessary that the truth in its strict est sense, gathered from the facts as they Occu r , should only be given to the public, in order that the present story of the g uns may be rendered as intel ligible and incontrovertible in its sense and truth. fulnes3 as may be possible. The firing, so kr as it was proceeded w ith yes terday, was carried out with the following results : INDEPENDENT FIRING. Range, 2,600 yards.—Charge of powder, 101 b. Whitworth gun; 20 rounds fired ; time, 11 win. 5 S':C. QUICK FIRING. Number of Rounds. Description of Gun. Time. in. El, Whitworth (101 b charge) 12 0 Armstrong Shunt (101 b charge).. 20 Armstrong Wedge (blb charge).. 20 Whitworth (101 b charge) Time in this instance taken from the misfire of the 19th round, when the vent became choked. The difference in the time of firing their twenty rounds by the three guns is at present really of no moment, but it is astonishing to'fiud, by a comp,- 7'