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ItENTEM BE R, WE SUP .49' EVAN'S' ikvEny- EVENINC: THIS WEEK aft.r Alfred Mellon's Proinnade Concerts. EDINBURGH (R4noorl Fares), from Trongate- Wharf, Tower.- Saloon. 20s ; fore cabin, 1:1s ; deck (soldiers an d sailors on'y),7s M; return tickets (available tor a month), 30s and 2?s I'd. The cheapest and quickest sea route by the gplenrbd new ST EARlsfifp3 rrf the LONDON anrj EDINBURtaI SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing every eritiesday and Saturday, at 10 morning. Apply at the Spread Eagle, Regent-circus; or at Irongate-wharf. CONTRACT FOR PROVISIONS. Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 14th Aug., It6l. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE the LORDS and °TITERS CONIMISt- TONERS of this HOS PITAL, do hereby give NOTICE, That they are ready to receive TENDERS from and to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for victualling the in-pensioners of the said Hospital, from the Ist October, 1863, to the 30th September, 1864, both days inclusive, with the following articles of provisions, &c., :—Beef aid Mutton, Bread, Cheese, Butter. Potatoes, Salt, Oatmeal, Barley or Rice, Pepper, Flour, Suet, Cocoa, Black Tea, Sugar, Milk, Onions or Leeks, Carrots, Celery, Thyme, Marjoram, Winter Savory and Parsley, daily, at per head per diem for the whole ration according to the established allowances of the house, as specified in the 'form of Tender, which may be obtained at the office of the Secretary any day between the hours of 10 and 3 o'clock, which 'fender must be filled up and delivered, sealed, at the Board-room of the said Hospital by the party or parties tendering, or by an agent appointed on his or their bahalt. on Tuesday, the Ist of September, at 12 o'clock, at which time their Lordships will be prepared to take the same into consideration. It is to be observed that the Contractors wi'l be required to to find Security to the Crown for the due performan e o Contract, and that no Tender will be received after the day and hour Awe mentioned. The Commissioners do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest Tender, A. J. MOORHEAD, Secretary and Registrar. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was £85,062, and the amount insured on farming stock, £10,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profi's periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received sums amounting in the aggregate to £440,000 ; and the Society now holds a large Res rve appli^able to a future i:onus. The rates of premium are in no case higher than those charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. For pro‘pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. PASSENGERS AND TRAVELLERS PROTECTION AND COMPENSATION OFFICES, 16, Craven-street, Strand, London, W.C. Passengers by Rail, Road, or Water, and others suffering from loss or injury to themselves or pro,Jerty, should apply for redress and compensation at the above Offices ; established to render prompt assistance to all classes upon the most ad vantageous terms. Advice on application gratis. Letters must be addressed to "The ➢Tanager," enclosing a stamp for reply. T HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Inturance buildings. Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500, 0 ,0. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,000,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRAM FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the close o , the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is again fully maintained. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preceding year, and in fact sur passes that of any year. with but two exceptions, since the commencement of thi. Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreigm insurances being £45,107105. 5d., and of the North American business, whichis kept sepa rately, £11,097165. 10d. LIFE BRANCH". The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on n w policies for fhe year 1862 exceeds even that of the year 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £701,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last few years it is believed that such a sum assured as that which has just been announced as the result of one year's business was all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's business has been carefully watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the lutiire to the participating life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum proposed for assurance amounts to £'.43,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. IsTo small number of the Assurance Companies of the day recofd their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis sitle in 11 single year from deterioration of some kind or another. . _ If. to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in Londan or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal InsurancQ Company were never bri,rhter, and of a consequent hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni tude, combining distin g uished commercial success t o th e Office with a let gthenedcareer of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. N ORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and Invested Funds Annual Revenue FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insuraires granted both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the participating principle. The new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Amount Insured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every infor.nation will be furnished on applic.stion at the OFFICES : LONDON 5B, Threadneedle-street. . . 4, New Bank Buildin P gs. 11 West-end Office.. 8, Waterloo-place, all-mall.Lothbury. A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVITJS EPIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGV PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. John Garratt Cattle Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. The Lion. Josceline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Predk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. RiversdaleW. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. lk.bt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Sornes, Esq., M.P. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' William Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., P,R.S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. practice,—with the security The advantages of modern of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. GuARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, O. 11 COMPANY, Lombard-street,' E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Sir MINTO DIRECTORS. Bart., M.P., CHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, sq., Deputy Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq, John Labouchere, Esq. Henry Bonham Carter, E sq. Chairman. 1 G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq. Charles F. Devas. Esq. , John Martin, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland mitcheti, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. James Morris, Esq. .lames Goodson, Esq. Esq., IM.P Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. M.P. , Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. T r o h h o n m ci so . n H l u T b an b k ar e d y : Esq., Fredk. H. Janson, Esq. , Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. Lewis Loyd, Esq. _ Henry Sykes Th ornton, Esq. . sq. Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary C orn elius Paine, jun., Esq. I Noel Whiting E Th os. Tallemach, Esq., now OffersVl SI . :N . S cin O e F ni :N a utiOnnew I . n - LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER Tnt PR a p t s g rti ipation of ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company urers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without Profits. hnet sAssured equivalent h a sßev exceeded eirBt tine n Since the establishment of the Company in 1859, the Life Amount of Profits l a v l i l i o ic t h te r d ep t r o es t e cull value £660,000, Bonuses of £1,058,00 0 . After the Division of Profits at Christmas, Assurances in torce, with existing Bonuses thereon, amounted to upwards of £4.730,000, the Income from the Ltie `ranch £207000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, ' d ependent' of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. 14CAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS. —No ~'‘4 . Premium i s required for service therein. yaf n — e Vl.,,,R. granted on Life Policies to the extent of their 131:0 1,: ,: gludf regi v st a e l r i e le d b , e not less than £5O. eerred a " . ,,, - ' I XENTS OF POLICIES. —Written Notices of, re or p I. ` - ' -iI L PEES paid by the Company, and no charge '-' l eY' Sta mp , F IRE DPI. ' every d eg •'- ARTMENT.—lnsurawes are effected upon -el l:Pion ofproperty at moderate rates. Losses ea t''''2l2lPany.--used by Explosion of Gas are adulated by this N O . 22,1b6_ NEW NOVEL by the Author of "COUSIN GEOFFREY." On Friday, Aug. 22, in 3 vols., LEFT TO THEMSE LVES. By the Author of "Cousin Geoffrey," &C. Also now ready, in 3 vols., RESPECTABLE SINNERS. By Mrs. BROTIIERTON. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 2 vols., fcap. Bvo., 128 . , ANDREW DEVEREL : THE HISTORY OF AN ADVENTURER IN NEW GUINEA AND ON TIIE SPANISH MAIN. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. CRITIQUES on the NEWSPAPER PRESS in the LITERARY TIMES, every week T" 0 x.FORD, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man"), Eugene, W. Randall, E. Righton, and A. Lloyd. Also, a Pet formance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open At 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d.; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. N OTICE. —The GHOST! GHOST !! GHOST!!! AT CANTERBURY HAL L. 1 wo representations of Professor Pepper's startling Illusion will be given on Mondays. Wednesdays, and Saturdays, at Nine and a quarter-past Eleven o'clock ; other Evenings at Eleven only ; and produced with all the newest improve ments by Mr. A. Silvester, which can b e seen only at this establishment. Dramatic Readings by Mr. Graham, in addition to Grand Operatic Selections, Cantatas, Glees, Songs, Comic and Sentimental, and UNSWORTH, the Stump Orator. Open every Evening at half past Seven. Admission, Sixpence. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mariannina and Signor Guiseppe Fran ce,co, assisted by a corns of Twenty young Ladies—The Conrads as the Original French Clowns and on the Corde Elastique—Les Petit Monstres—Brian and Conly in an amusing and novel Burlesque —Mrs. Brian as Old Aunt Sally, &c., &c.—Wood and his Wonderful Son—Grand Operatic Selections :—Principals, Bliss M'Gregor, Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini (the new Italian tenor), and Mr. Vernon Rigby— Band and Chorus of Sixty Performers. THE FIRST WEEK of the ALHAMBRA GHOST, a highly comical and amusing representation of the popular optical illusion.—EVEßY EVENING, at Eleven o'clock. ESTABLISHED 1833. nOWDEN'S IERATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, Potass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manufactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. CARD PLATES ENGRAVED. Any Pattern 2s. 50 BEST CARDS, Printed from Plate . . ls. REAL MOROCCO CARD CASES 1,000 BUSINESS ENVELOPES, gummed 3s. NEWSPAPER ENVELOPES, 4 d0z..... •• 6d. F. ARNOLD, Manufacturing Stationer, 86, Fleet-street, E.C. QPECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invent e d Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary relief to weak, dim, and detective vision.—S. and B SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. RITPTIIRES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXIIIBITED IN TIIE GREAT N`xIIIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to tie the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of El ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, 's here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being gent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 81s. 6d. Postage, is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c.. for Varicose Veins and all oases of tVcakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, Arc. They are I,orous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on We an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. ea,lh. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. KEAT IN G'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING POWDER, for which a Prize Medal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1862, This Powder is quite harmless to animal life, but is un rivalled in destroying Fleas, Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, blottis in furs, and every other species of Insect. Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy ing. Fleas in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. lean g the original importer of this now invaluable article, which has found so great a sale that it has tempted others to vend a so-called article, the public are therefore cautioned to observe that the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the autograph of THOMAS KEATING Sold in packets, is., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 61 each, or post free for 14 or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. Paul's-churchyard, London, E.C. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co., bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare. but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at Ring's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCEL K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—BniszoL, Aug. 15. (Before Mr, Justice Willes and a Special Jury.) LEAT V. STOGDEN. This cause, which the learned judge admitted was one of the most extraordinary that had ever come before him, ex cited an unusual degree of interest. The court was densely crowded throughout the day, and up to the late hour of night at which it terminated. Ladies were requested to withdraw. Mr. Coleridge. Q.C., and Mr. Stock were for the plain tiff; Mr. Karslake, Q.C., and Mr. Montague Bare for the defence. The damages were laid at £2,000. Mr. Stock opened the pleadings. Mary Leat was the piaintiff, and Robert Stogden the defendant. The declara tion alleged that the defendant had spoken certain slander ous words of the plaintiff, imputing to her that she had allowed him to have criminal intercourse with her , that consequently she had lost position in society ; and one Elias Pidgley had refused to marry her. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and also that the words spoken were true and on those pleas issue was joined. Mr. Coleridge said the action was brought by Miss Mary Leat against a person named Stogden for imputing to her that which to a modest woman was the most cruel imputa tion he could cast upon her—that on repeated occasions she bad acted unchastely with him. If anything could add to the unmanliness, the baseness, and the cowardice of the de fendant's conduct, it was the fact of his having been on terms of long intimacy with the plaintiff, and having been engaged to marry her. Miss Leat was a young lady about 25 or 26 years old; she was a fatherless girl, and lived with her widowed mother, who had carried on a farm in Devon shire, but who had now retired and lived at Topsham. The defendant Stogden was a person of some 30 years of age, who lived in the same place, and carried on the business of a farmer. An intimacy commenced between them, and in 1858 he became engaged to be married to Miss Leat. The courtship was continued till a time in 1862, when it was broken off. The defendant had taken to habits of intoxica tion, and he came on one occasion to the house of Mrs, Leat whilst in that state, and behaved with such violence that Miss Leat and her mother were compelled to order him out of the house, and send for some member of his family to remove him. Miss Leat refused to have anything farther to do with him. Afterwards a young man in the neighbourhood named Pidgley formed attachment for Miss Leat, and became engaged to marry her, and things went on without interruption until the 27th February last, on which day Miss Leat was in Exeter with her mother, Mr. Pidgley, and a young lady or two, when, as they were walking down the High-street, Stogden came up to them and wished to speak with the plaintiff. She declined to have anything to do with him, and moved aside, upon which he used the slanderous language complained of ; and subsequently repeated the same offensive expressions. A n opportunity had been given to the defendant to withdraw the calumny and make an ample apology, but he refused, and had had the audacity to put upon record a plea of jus tification, alleging that the words were true, Miss Mary Leat, a pretty and modest-looking young lady, was then called and gave a narrative confirmatory of her counsel's opening. She gave her evidence with a propriety of demeanour which at once gained her general sympathy, and once or twice she was affected to tears. There was not, she said, the least foundation for what he had said respecting her. Never on any occasion had there been improper intimacy between them; that she solemnly swore. The engagement with him was broken off in. March, 1862, in consequent of his being tipsy and violent, and calling her mother a liar. She had seen him in that state frequently before, and she therefore resolved to break off the match. Mr. Kerslake cross-examined the plaintiff, and put into her hands some letters written to defendant from Topsham in April, 1862, in which she signed herself "affectionately" his, and proposed places at which she would see him, and in one of which she asked him if they were to part to let them meet and part as friends. She stated that those letters were in answer to letters from him, and the meet ings proposed to prevent his coming to the house, to which her mother objected. She did meet him at Topsham, but he was not then an affianced lover. They were not to have been married at Lady-day, and she did not engage a ser vant named Buck. Was not in the habit of walking with him late at night. He never slept in the house but once —on the night of his brother's death. She always slept with her mother. There were always servants in the house. Never sat on a sofa with him after her mother had gone to bed. No doubt she had sat in the room alone with him. Mrs. Charlotte Leat, the mother, Miss Mary Hodge, Mr. Maher, a farmer of East Brent, and Mr. Charles Pidgley, farmer, of Heavitree, were called in support of the plaintiff's case. Mrs. Leat said her daughter always slept with her. She was her only child. Defendant had never been in the house after half-past nine o'clock unless they had company. Mr. Pidgley said he had declined to marry Miss Leat unless the slander was cleared up. He had continued his suit on that condition. Dr. Brent, of Woodbury, stated that he had been in practice twenty years, and had had great experience, and that he attended the families of plaintiff and defendant. Miss Leat had required him to examine her, which he did in the presence of her mother. Was perfectly certain that she never had improper intimacy with any man. Mr.Karslake then addressed the jury for the defence. He admitted that the charges against the plaintiff had been grave and serious, and Mr. Stogden, who had used them in a moment of jealous irritation, regretted having used them at all ; but he adhered to their truth, and re fused to retract them, and, having put a plea of justifi cation on the record, he claimed his right to come there and support it. The defendant would pledge his solemn oath that he had over and over again had criminal inter course with the plaintiff, and he would call evidence in confirmation of his statement. If the publicity which the case has gained was painful to the plaintiff she had herself to blame for it in bringing that action. Robert Stogden was called, and swore, in the course of a lengthened examination, that he formed an illicit connec tion with the plaintiff within a month of his engagement to her. It was commenced in the yard outside her mother's house, and repeated constantly afterwards down to March, 1862. The witness denied that the engagement was then broken off, but admitted that there was no improper con nection afterwards. He said he had meetings with Miss Leat down to about the time of his exposure of her, but was not aware she was to be married to Mr. Pidgley till the day in question, when he met her mother, who told him so. Upon cross-examination by Mr. Coleridge, he made very contradictory statements. The learned Judge said he hoped there was a shorthand writer putting down his evidence. He also directed, at the close of the examination, that he might not be allowed to leave the court. Upon re-examination, the defendant admitted that a judgment had been obtained against him in the county court for money he had had of Miss Leat, but which he said she had given him to, purchase things for his farm at her mother's sale. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the publio for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mast erman, Esq. Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond' and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Earned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH. Secretary. place, and feeling that some persons might think it would be keeping the plaintiff's right to recover, in abeyance, the Court calls upon you to enter into your own recognisance in the sum of £2OO, to appear before the next Gloucester Assize, to answer this charge if called upon to do so; and the plaintiff will take advice as to whether she will put this in force—whether she will renew her great grief by punishing you for the evil you have committed. His lordship next dismissed the grand jury. He thanked them for their assistance, and he said that he trusted the serious grievance which interfered with the administration of justice would soon be removed, and they would have a criminal as well as a civil assize at Bristol. His lordship advised the plaintiff to forget the prosecu tion, and trust her vindication to the opinion of every right thinking man. As the plaintiff left the court with her friends she was loudly cheered by a crowd in and about the hall. THE GREAT EASTERN. (From the New York Herald, August 4.) Seven hundred feet of flush deck, never wet with spray in any ordinary gale ; 1,200 people sprinkled about the monster, making no more show than the ordinary comple ment of a common steamer for society. The four 18-pounders peel out their parting salute to the crowded docks at Liverpool, and notify us that we are under way, a fact that is hardly indicated to a close observer by any jar of the engines, or any motion of the ship,even when she is going at speed in smooth water. Below decks the ship looks most unostentatiously plain, but substantial to the highest point, and with the hammer ing she had in the terrific gale when she lost her rudder, and afterwards when she struck a new found rock in mid channel, off Montauk Point, not the slightest sign of strain can be found upon her. Her arrangements for passengers are the first step in that reverse of old quarter-deck rules which steam must sooner or later bring, in order to avoid coal smoke and other nuisances. Her forecastle for the crew, to speak Hibernice, comes next the taffrail ; then the quarters of the steerage passengers on the after part of the two decks, with air ports which can be kept open all the time. Price of passage being about what a labouring man can earn during the 35 days that he will save as compared with the crowded twist decks of a sailing ship. Forward of this comes the intermediate steerage, where at a low rate a few passengers get very fair quarters in rough state rooms, which most people would prefer, for 11 days, to a cabin of a sailing ship for 40. These arrangements for the crew and steerage passengers take up less than a quarter of the ship's length. Next comes the second cabin, whose occupants share the remaining three-quarters of the deck with the captain, officers, and first class passengers. Below decks they are only separated by an iron bulk head and a curtain door from the first cabin, and yet prac tically all the advantages of the first class. Good air, for state-rooms, good, substantial food, and a fair half of the delightful music which the band discourses at meals in the first cabin. We now come to the more aristocratic part of the ship, which is generally plain as a pike staff, and owes its at tractions more to its ample light and perfect ventilation than to any attempt at elegance or ornament, excepting the grand saloon and ladies' cabin, which shines with gilt and mirrors. Those who have smothered for a fortnight in the little airtight state-rooms of the little three thousand ton steamers, flavoured with sea sick reminiscences, can but appreciate the luxury of an open port 15 inches in diameter in each state-room. Here you can get quarters in rooms varying from 20 feet square at corresponding prices, but all having the one thing needful for health—namely, fresh air ad libitum, and some suites of rooms with baths and water closets attached. We have now surveyed the comforts of the ship. The luxuries consist of a good table, attention, service, and a most ca pital band, of 15 pieces, which sounds the reveille in the morning and the retreat at night, announces the meals by bugle calls, accompanies the dinner below, and then amuses the world above for an hour or two about sunset, giving the steerage and other passengers a chance which they often wait for to dance upon the broad and even deck. But, asks a timid friend, how about safety with all this, comfort, luxury, and grandeur, and how about sea sick ness ? Let us weigh ()Ili good ship's qualities in the light of prudence and experience. _ _ James Lang, who had lived servant at Mrs. Leat's for six weeks in 1861, deposed that he had repeatedly seen an immoral intercourse between plaintiff and defendant: but upon cross-examination he said it always occurred in the front kitchen, the door being ajar, and he being in an ad joining kitchen with the door open. He never mentioned it to anybody till lately. The Judge ordered this witness also to remain in court. Once at sea all admit that she is the safest ship that floats. She is built with wonderful strength and skill, and has stood more tests than any ship now extent, Any ordinary collision with other vessels could only re • suit in her favour. She is nearly fire-proof, and her fire engines have lain nightly along her decks, reducing her danger to almost nothing. A gale of wind at sea is merely sport to her. In case of breaking down one set of engines, she has, besides her sails, either her screw or her paddles left. But how can she be safe in approaching the shore with her unwieldy bulk and great draught of water? Let those who saw her go into Queenstown inner harbour before a gale of wind, and turn in her own length amid the shipping, under the guidance of Captain Paton, as a steed obeys his rider, say whether she is docile. In truth, the advantages of handling her in narrow water by turning the screw one way and the paddle the other, makes her, under skilful hands, more manageable than ordi nary sea steamers. This brings us to her one admitted fault, counterbalanced by so many virtues—that she draws sft more water than a steamer of 3,000 tons, and may thus pick up a new ledge of rocks or an old sand-bar when the other would go clear. True, she may again, as she did off Montauk, and what was the result then ? With six holes in her bottom, one of them 100 ft long, and one 40ft long, she resumed her voyage into port, and delivered her passengers unfrightened, her cargo undamaged. She has, in fact, double bottoms 3ft apart, besides a great number of compartments, some of which could be filled by ruptures in both her bottoms with out the ship sinking. It would be a long story to tell, the patience and inven tion which enabled Captain Paton and his officers to repair her bottom without the help of any dock ; but the same qualities which then got her out of difficulty gives the best guarantee for her future safety while he walks "the monarch of her peopled deck." How about sea sickness ? There is absolutely no pitch to her in any ordinary gale, an angle of six degrees being the greatest her decks ever attain fore and aft. Here is one half the motive cause of sea sickness taken out. She rolls with an easier motion than most ships, but still she rolls at times about as much as smaller ships. On the passage we have had racks on the table to secure the plates part of two days. Very sen•• sitive people will still sometimes be sea sick on board; but with freedom from pitching and from bad smells, and with the abundance of fresh air, it is difficult to imagine any better security against nausea than she furnishes. Out of 1,200 passengers a few have been sick, but a great majority of those who are usually sea sick are entirely fro ,- from it. Let us now leave these dry details and revert to the scene which enlivened the good ship on the 4th cf July, 1863. The sky was bright, the sea was blue and smooth, and most of her passengers were on deck. About noon certain mysterious bundles were seen rising to her masthead, and at a signal from Captain Paton these unrolled and displayed the glorious Stars and Stripes upon one mast and St. George's red cross on the other, while our cannon thundered forth a national salute, and the full band gave us the inspiring " Hail Columbia." The salute ended, two standards were handed one, the American, to a fine .looking Englishman, and the other, English, to a stalwart American, and the passengers, steerage and cabin, matched three times round the ship (nearly a mile), led by the band, playing national airs. A few speeches, good for the shortness, if for nothing else, cheers for the flag, for the Queen, for the ship and for Captain Paton, closed this harmonious festivity. R OYAL NATIONAL LIF E -- ~., rtrA AT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Que en. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.p. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., VI , . APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since , he beginning of the year 1860, the Royai National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society and other means, since its formation, is 12,800; lor' which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,00 on Life-boats, Life-boat it Transporting-cart cages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, which can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work, The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributione s— £ s. a Fier Majesty the Queen .. .. .. annual 50 0 0 Campbell, the lion. Mrs. G. • • • . .. annual 50 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. • • • • .. .. annual 11 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. .. annual 10 0 0 Currie, Wm., Esq., • • •• - .. 4th don.lo 0 0 Erie, Lord Chief ustice • • • • .. don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Fenwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran sporting Carriage .. • • • • • • • • 250 0 0 Thomas, :itivliaeo.:it g.sb h, Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. ~ • don. 30 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. • . .. theon. 10 0 0 Moore, Reg. G. B. .. .. .. .. don. 15 15 0 .... .... • • 16 16 0 Smith, Mrs. Gezrge, Greenwich • • • • . • 30 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. • • .. annual 20 0 Co„ 59, Strand; s.lannual 5 0 0 y L bi pTat hddye;Wur eaesnsbti Rankers 1: - . s .o u ,: p ;i e r .. - . 7 4r e . co llec t e d b y her Donations and 4nnual Subscriptions will be thankfully re- Hatreet, Lon esr n s. • Il b e v rr a ie l s' Percival, and Co. ,-, 76, Lombard-41TO ; the institutixione,ssle.scsrosu.trlalnisd, James's n o • u l t , om St s . and Bankers in the Uniiedlciu" gdom ; and by the Secretary Richard L e wi s, E s q at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-lane; du e l- - u o h ll ar egfs d o C f w 1 , 94c10p, W.C. t i , h a e r a o • Mina Berry, a girl of 17, also deposed to having wit nessed an impropriety in 1861, which she saw through the keyhole of a door. She had never mentioned it to a soul till a Mrs. Room had asked her about it. After a witness, whose evidence was immaterial, had been called, Mr. Ke rs l a k e summe d up bi s evidence, contending tha t It afforded ground upon which the jury might arrive at a conclusion favourable to the defendant. Mr. Coleridge replied in an able address, in which he strongly denounced the conduct of the defendant, quoting, in the course of his remark, the well-known speech of Emilia in " Othello," which ends with an invitation to 44 Place in every honest hand a whip, To lash the rascal naked thrmigh the world I" The speech waP received with a loud burst of applause, which the officers of the court found difficult to repress. The learned judge summed up with great ability, stating that if the jury believ e d th e plaintiff, and the evidence of Dr. Brent, and that the defendant had foully and vilely slandered her, and had made against her a charge which, if not disproved, must have embittered her life, the jury would then have to say what sum, if any, could ccmpensate her for the anguish she had suffered. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after a lapse of twenty-five minutes they returned into court, and and found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages, £6O. His Lordship—Where is the defendant? The defendant stood up just behind his attorney facing the bench. _ _ - At dinner the best feeling was manifested by all, and much interchange of courtesy between the Americans and English occurred ; but there was no formal celebration, our reserved for the eveni ng. energ ies being At eight o'clock the band called us to the main dining saloon, which was found cleared of its tables, decorated with British and American flags, making a beautiful dancing hall. And here the young and old kept u p th e dance until the small hours, winding up with an old-fashioned country dance and a light supper. . Thus ended one of the pleasantest celebrations of the glorious Fourth which it has been our lot to witness. How much may be done by the commander and his officers on such occasions to make a crowd happy and to extend good feeling between people of different nations. Since then we have been rushing through endless fogs on the Banks, occa sionally hearing the fog horn of some fishermen, and once pulling up short in the midst of a fleet of fishing vessels, one within 20 feet of our side. His Lordship—Robert Stogden, the verdict of the jury has branded you as a man who has committed wilful and c o rrupt perjury, and the Court has anxiously con s id ered whether it ought not to commi t you for trial for that offence If there were a criminal as size in this ci ty , where the trial has taken place—if your trial for perjury could have taken place where your crime has been committed, and if the witnesses were net put to any trouble and delay by going to a new place, to the city of Gloucester, where the case could not have been heard before the next assize, and where new counsel would have to be instructed, and you might after all have slipped through the nets of criminal justice, the Court would have committed you for trial for that offence. Upon consideration, however, seeing the disadvantages under which that trial would take A RUMOUR is circulating to the effect that Miss Pyne and Mr. Harrison have absolutely the intention of attempting Le Proptiete' in English I We can hardly, exclaims the Athenoum, fancy so huge a mistake possible. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea ; very choice at 3s. 4d. and 4s. " High Standard." at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in rackets. The French duty on steel goods was almost prohibitory, but they long since removed every possible obstacle to tee introduction of Herring's magnetic brushes, &c. Dr. Hassall reports "I regard them as the most perfect brushes hitherto made, as r es p ec t s th e i r mec h an i ca l cons t ruction an d their magnetical action." They are the remedy for grey h air ' neuralgia, rheumatism, &c. N. B.—Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 32, Basinghall-street, London. r i11141111° „ jr , „„_ . 1 1 11111 I I I I I 111 II h 1 .7 A (LATE • As._ • .• , . •&G7w a ' v$1 1111( *-1A ilaniiikoll6l& - Ai ' 1 11 111 P: D - - - DEOIT • 4 ••••e•-• THE SUN, LO=NDON, FUESDAY EVENING AUG UST 18, 1863. Mr. Gurney (the associate) then formally bound over the defendant to appear, if called, at the next Lenten Assize for the county of Gloucester. LANCASHIRE DISTRESS. CENTRAL RELIEF FUND. The usual weekly meeting of the Executive Committee was held at the Town-hall, Manchester,yesterday. The Earl of Derby presided, and there were present Sir J. Kay- Shuttleworth, Lord Egerton of Tatton, Lord E. Howard, Colonel Wilson Patten, Major Egerton Leigh, Messrs. Kay, Stern, Heywood, Roberts, E. Ashworth, Goodair, Hugh Mason, Platt, Ross, G. L. Ashworth, Hutchinson, Rawlinson, R. M'Clure, and Commissioner Farnall. Mr. J. W. M'Clure, hon. sec., reported the balance in the bank of £314,59G 12s 11d, and that £513 3s 2d had been received during the week. Two small parcels of clothing had been received, but none sent out. Mr. Commissioner FARNA.LL presented his weekly re port : " I beg to inform you that on the Bth inst. there was an increase in the number of persons receiving parochial relief in 27 Unions in the cotton manulacturing districts, as com pared with the number so relieved in the previous week, of 91. This increase of 91 is explained as follows :—There is an increase at Burnley of 23, at Bury of 231, at Chorley of 18, at Clitheroe of 44, at Garstang of 9, at Glossop of 25, at Haslingden of 28, at Leigh of 25, at Preston of 501,at Prest wich of 38, and at Rochdale of 13—making a total increase of 955. But there is a decrease at Ashton-under-Lyne of 94, at Barton-upon-Irwell of 42, at Blackburn of 49, at Bolton of 107, at Chorlton of 132, at Lancaster of 18, at Maccles field of 9, at Manchester of 263, at Saddleworth of 6, at Salford of 107, at Stockport of 28, at Todmorden of 5, at Warrington of 1, and at Wigan of 3—making a total de crease of 864; so that there is a net increase of 91; and, since the 6th of December last, a total decrease of 126,134. There were, on the Bth inst., 145,849 persons receiving parochial relief in the 27 Unions adverted to ; in the corre sponding week of 1861, 46,874 persons were so relieved; there is, therefore, an increase of 98,976 persons in re ceipt of parochial relief, or 211.2 per cent, In the corre sponding week of 1862, 118,824 persons received parochial relief. The total weekly cost of outdoor relief on the Bth instant was £8,930 12s 7d; in the corresponding week of 1861 it was £2,240 18s 8d; there is, therefore, an in crease of £6,689 13s 11d, or 298.5 per cent. In the cor responding week of 1862 it was £6,609 9s Id. The average percentage of pauperism on the population of the Unions on the Bth inst., was 7.4 ; in the correspond ing week in 1861 it was 2.4. The amount of money in the hands of the treasurers of the above Unions on the Bth inst. was £73,929 15s. 4d. I take this opportunity of stating that the provisions of the Public Works Act will shortly come into operation in most of the large towns and in seve ral of the parishes of the cotton manufacturing districts ; I am therefore justified in anticipating that a great number of able-bodied unemployed operatives will soon be removed both from the poor-rates and from the charitable funds." Mr. MACLURE, referring to the increase last week and in the previous week in recipients of relief from the guardians, expressed an opinion that to some extent it arose from the closing of the operations of various relief committees, a re sidue of whose recipients of relief were now transferred to the guardians. The usual monthly returns at the end of the month would show the exact number of the recipients of relief from all sources, and what change had taken place in the numbers. Col. WILSON PATTEN inquired whether measures were being taken in the places applying for loans to show even tually what number of men had been employel upon public works, and the number taken off the relief committee books. Mr. FARNALL said he should take care to see these men at work, and report to this committee as to the number of previ ously unemployed operatives who were included among them. Mr. GOODAIR, in reply to an inquiry from Mr. Fantail as to the cause of the increase of 501 persons in receipt of parochial relief in Preston, said that during the past week two mills had been reduced to short-time working, and that the local relief committee were throwing off their books a certain number of persons who might possibly be finding their way on to the books of the guardians. In answer to the Chairman, Mr. Goodair also said that in the present state of the market for cotton and manufactured goods it was;impossible to predict with any degree of certainty how long these mills might continue upon short time. Mr. RAWLINSON stated that the after-named towns had sent in applications, accompanied by plans and estimates, for loans for purposes here stated :—Blackburn, £78,300, for main sewers, for cleansing river, deepening, forming, and paving the beck through the town, for forming and paving streets, and for other works (a further sanction is to be asked for during the winter) ; Preston, £28,500, to form public parks and recreation ground, and to complete sewers and streets and paving and repairing footpaths on the banks of the Ribble, and for other works ; Dukinfield, £2,000, for main sewers and other works. These applications had been reported on and sanctions would be granted. Blackburn would have a first instalment of £lO,OOO, and additional in stalments as the work proceeded. Preston would have the same, and Dukinfield would have the £2,000 asked for, as it was thought of £lO,OOO being asked for when plans could be got ready. Denton is preparing plans foe main sewers, and Wigan has given notice for £50,000; Bolton was about to apply for a sanction to borrow £lOO,OOO for waterworks, extensions,cleansing and improving river, sewering, forming paving, and completing streets, recreation grounds' exten sion, markets' extension, and new town hall. The plans and specifications are in course of preparation. Stockport was about to make application for some £50,000 for forming sewers and streets, cleansing river, and other works. Most of the boroughs and towns in the distressed districts would apply for loans as soon as plans and estimates could be pre pared. The CHAIRMAN (Lord Derby) asked if the public works carried out under the new act in places named would absorb a large amount of unskilled labour. Mr. RAWLINSON replied that they would. At the present moment something like 550 unskilled labourers were em ployed at Blackburn. At Bolton a large number were also at work. At Dukinfield public works had been commenced, in anticipation of obtaining a loan, for the purpose of find ing employment for applicants to the relief committee, there All the men were employed in gangs and paid for measured work. The CHAIRMAN suggested that in the event of a larger amount than the million and a half at present appropriated to public works being applied for and granted, the Poor Law Board might exercise a discretion in limiting its ap plication to such works as would employ the largest amount of unskilled labour. Mr. FARNALL said he had no doubt that, under the cir. cumstances mentioned, some such discretion would be exer. eised. Grants were then made to various towns to the amount of £3,955, including £l,OOO to Blackburn. The CuAnnuli asked Mr. Rawlinson what steps had been taken there to put the new Public Works Act into operation? Mr. RAWLINSON replied that Blackburn was the first place to accept the provisions of the act ; and as regarded the preparation of the necessary plans and specifications and the carrying out all the other preliminary details, that town might serve as a model for the rest of Lancashire, for no thing could be more complete and perfect. He begged also to remark that in Blackburn they had forestalled the act, in setting men to work for wages in the way provided for in the act itself. They certainly deserved the warmest praise of the committee and of the country. PR1CE....,. ...td. STAMPED —.bd. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Whilst the D u k e of Somerset. was holding his levee at the offi ce o f the Admiral-Superintendent in Devonport docky ar d on Saturd ' a ' ymorning, Ad - iniral Sir F. Grey, Ad m i ra l Eden, and Commander Drummond, proceeded across Hamoaze to the exercising field (near Torpoi n t) o f the gunnery ship Cambridge, Capt. C. J. F. E wart, where the crew formed into six companies of light infantry, drawn up under Commanders Jones and Parry, and Lieuts. Nicholson and Mitchell. From their four field pieces they fired a salute of 19 guns, and then formed into open column, formed into line, presented arms, broke into open column, fired in companies, threw out skirmishers, formed in square to receive ca valry, See. The skilful manner in which the sea men went through these intricate military evolu tions elicited the approbation of Admiral Grey, who with his colleagues, and Port Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, left Torpoint at noon, and recrossed Ha. moan. Here they met the Duke of Somerset, with whom they proceeded to inspect the fortifications at Tregantie and Screasdon in Cornwall. At four o'clock the Lords of the Admiralty, in cluding Mr. Stansfeld, accompanied by Mr. Ro. maine, and Col. Greene, Director of Works, went to Keyham steamyard, where they were received by Rear-Admiral Superintendent Thomas M. C. Sy monds, C.IL Mr. R. Townshend, superintending civil engineer, Mr. Miller, chief engineer of the yard, and inspector of steam machinery, ani the Master's Attendant Commanders Brown and Bid dlecombe. After examining tae iron-plated Prince Consort, which is in the south basin, they went through the great quadrangle to the site of the proposed extension of the north basin. The details were pointed out by Admiral Symonds. The'.r lordships then proceeded to Ply mouth citadel, where they met the Secretary for War, the Earl de Grey and Ripen, and Captain Martindale, of the Royal Engineers, who had just landed from an inspection of the new circular fort erected on Drake's Island. Under directions of C donel Shuttleworth and Colonel Maberley, of the Royal Artillery, 25 rounds each were fired from three Armstrong guns at a floating staff some 2in. thick, fixed off the south point of Drake's Island, at a distance of 3,100 yards. Two wedged guns, one a 40-pounder, the other a 70-pounder, mounted near the flagstaff on the citadel, were commanded by Major Palmer of No. 2 battery, and Captain Glanville, gunnery in structor. One ordinary Armstrong 1101 b. at King Charles's bastion was under command of Lieut. Sandemann of No. 8 battery. The wind at the time was strong from the south-west and the atmosphere somewhat thick, notwithstanding which the prac tice was exceedingly good, as most of the balls fell near the distant mark. At the conclusion Earl de Grey and Ripon and Capt. Martindale, in company with the Commander-in-Chief of the West District, Gen. Hutchinson, inspected the quarters of the offi cers, the barracks of the men, their recreation room, library, &c. From Plymouth the Secretary of War will, it is said, proceed to Falmouth, and possibly to Pembroke. The drawings and models for the new iron frigate Bellerophon, ordered to be constructed at Chatham Dockyard from Mr. Reed's plan, are being prepared at the dockyard under the superintendence of one of the officials sent down from the Admiralty for that purpose. The Bellerophon is to be exactly 300 ft. in lenglh, with a breadth of beam of 57ft. ; her draught of water will not, it is expected, exceed 26ft. In order to arrive at the greatest strength of material to serve as a guide in the construction of the Bellerophon, and especially in the matter of her shot resisting surface, orders have been received at the dockyard for the construction of a target to be used in a series of experiments at Shoeburyness, to test the strength of the manner in which it is pro posed to construct her sides. This target is now being put together at the - Millwall Ironworks, and will shortly be ready to be operated upon. The target is to be constructed of 10-inch iron frames, placed about two feet apart, on which will be first laid a covering of iron plates of about two inches in thickness. This will serve as the " skin " of the target, preparatory to a backing of 12-inch teEk planking, The target will then be finally covered with iron armour-plates, of from Sin. to 7in. in thickness, but the exact thickness has not yet been decided upon. From the results of experiments already made on various descriptions of targets at Shoeburyness it is confidently expected that this construction will exceed in shot-resisting strength every other description of plating hitherto adopted in this country, and if the arrangement is found to succeed the same mode of construction will be fol lowed in building the Bellerophon. The launch of the Research, 4, 1,250 tons, iron cased frigate, the first of the vessels constructed on Mr. Reed's plan, took place at Pembroke on Satur day evening. The ceremony of "christening" the ship was performed by Miss Kerr,daughter of Capt. Lord F. H. Kerr, of the Blenheim, 60, 400-horse power, flag-ship at Pembroke. The vessel's mean draught of water after launching was found to be only 8 feet, or nearly a foot less than was calculated upon by the dockyard authorities. As she lay on the stocks there was but one opinion as to her ugli ness, but on getting afloat she was pronounced a rather stylish craft. She is intended to carry only four heavy guns, but will be entirely encased with from 4to 41-inch armour-glates. At present she has only four plates bolted to her sides, but the re mainder are to be put on as speedily as possible, after which the Research will be sent to Devonport to be fitted for commission. The troop ship Orontes, Capt. H. \%T• Hire, from the eastward, arrived in Plymouth Sound, yester day (Monday) morning, en route for the Medi terranean. The John Banfield, hired sailing transport, has commenced shipping, in the Docks,4oo tons of Arm strong shells for Hong Kong, from Woolwich Arsenal. A number of 20-pounder naval guns, 40- pounders, and 110-pounders are in readiness for embarcation at Woolwich for Simon's Town , and also for Auckland, New Zealand ; aswell as 13- inch mortars, 8-inch iron howitzers, guns for Quetec, and commissariat and stores awaiting fo r the ton- Mauritius, the whole of which are nage for shipment. shipped The hired transport Marian Mo°r e,having North Woolwich, a cargo of electric wire for the t Indian line of tele graph, at Henley's factor,yharnes. sailed yesterday from tp.nettnr ents were yesterday at The following P ~..... aPhe°rt W. Clarke, staff surgeon, the Admiralty Ita T. Farwell, assistant pay to the Saturn; J°" an d Daniel Wishart, i n th e ma ster, to the Asia ;he Brisk, Prom oted to the rank of acting first- c l ass assistant-engineer. THE MURDER AT WOLVERHAMPTON, In The Sun of Saturday last an account was given of the discovery of the dead body of a man named Williams, at Wolverhampton. It was stated that a young woman left the house in which his body was found three weeks before. A few days afterwards a young woman applied to Ann Corbett, who lives in Tower-street, Dudley, for the key of the next house, which was empty. The applicant said that she was the wife of William Smitn, a lamplighter, and that she was in search of a house. She obtained the key and left. Last Thursday some persons entered upon the tenancy of the same house, and there, in an attic they discovered the dead body of a woman. The face of the corpse was down wards, with the head resting on one side. A half pint bottle, labelled " Laudanum," lay at her feet. Hanging to the skylight of the room was a woman's bonnet, which had in it the key of the house. The bottle was of a half-pint size, with the name of "Lewis, Bilston," stamped upon it. Beneath the label, which war inscribed "Lauda num," there was found to be another and older label, also bearing the word " Laudanum." In the deceased woman's pocket there was a mercer's paper bag, stamped with the name and address of Mr, Pursell, of Bilston. A small quantity of lauda num was found in the bottle, and Mr. that Hor ton, surgeon, of Dudley, deposed at the inques t t o the the body lay in such a position as would lead she was inference that deceased lay down wherceoma from found when she felt herself in a state of G. E. Hor i y returned an overdose of narcotic poison. s the skylight in that the bonnet found hang . ing ha l t a a verdict of "Found deud." It haTheuer transpired o left the house the empty house at Dudley is that a by the woman who three . . which was worn says, is of Wolverhampton, in Wolverhampton in whic w h e bonnet, Mrs. Lewis, Williams died. The e saw iron the night in cleaner than it W question There but to is have a widow i b d e ow n e oc n madeas the corpse will be found to be that l: whenlittle sh doubt that after inquiries have Sparrow, of the -- woman who,whose t has na m j e u stranspired, i st ateged na med Steadma n, whose father lives in Birming ham. Her h usband died in Birmingham about e ight years ago, leaving this woman a widow at the early age of 22. After the death of her husband s h e went to Liverpool, where Williams met with her. THE ARMY. on Fri day and Saturday the 18th H ussars had / reac hed Norwich, Ipswich, and N or th ampton, be tween which towns the regiment is divided. The hea dquarters and three troops are stationed at Norwich, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Knox, formerly 'Major in the 15th Hussars. It appears that the removal of the regiment from Aldershott was expedited on account of the severe drought pre vailing there. The force stationed at the camp at Colchester has been reduced during the past week by the depar ture of the following draught of troops for service in India :—Capt. Chapman, Lieut. Sampson, En sign Savill, and 28 rank and file of the 34th ; En sign Younk and 20 rank and file of the 38th ; En sign Haig and 12 rank and file of the 54th ; Lieut. Wickham, Ensign Hale, 1 sergeant, and 15 rank and file of the 88th; and Ensign MacLachlin and 53 rank and file of the 90th. This draught em barked in the Essex from Tilbury Fort for Calcutta but Capt. Pag e t, o f th e 34th, an d B re vet-. Valor Vance, of the 38th, have re c e i ve d permission t ught proceed by the overland route. A large cim 1 foe Bombay, comprising rive officers, 29t311.6.nk fititt file ; 47 women, an 37 children, is expected to leave the camp to-morrow. _ The guns and ammunition wagons belonging to the E and F batteries Royal Horse Brigade, in command 6f Capt. A. M. Calvert and Lieut.-Col. the Hon. D. Fraser, were yesterday conveyed to Shoebcryuess in barges, for the purpose of a course of target practice 2n gunnery. The officers and men of the batteries, 382 in number, will be in spected this morning on parade at Woolwich, and will proceed to Shoeburyness in one of the river steamers. The new cavalry barracks at Colchester are now completed. The greatest advance has been made in the officers' quarters, which are handsome and well arranged, and stand out in strong contrast to the accommodation afforded to the camp. The officers' quarters form an extensive quadrangle, and it is stated that the mess establishment will be supe rior to any other in the kingdom. The mess•rooum itself if, pOft. long by 24ft. wide, and lat. high, and is elegantly fitted up. The first and second floors comprise the various rooms of the officers, each of whom will have a sitting room, 17ft. by 14ft., and a bedroom adjoin ins, 10ft. by 81t. The stables, especially those for sick horses, have been devised with great care ; the floors are all paved with vitrified bricks, which have the advantage of not retaining the liquid manure, which always has a tendency to accu mulate under other circumstances. The ven tilation has also been very carefully attended to. It is intended to commence the erection of a second block of buildings adjacent to those now nearly completed. The contract has been taken by the same builders, Messrs. Lucas Brothers, The new battery on Drake's Island mounts 21 guns; its level is 35ft. above high water mark. The front piers are constructed of granite blocks, 11 to 4 tons each in weight, and the dimensions of the shell recesses sunk in the rear of these piles are 3ft. x 2 x 2. The openings between the piles are 12ft. wide by Bft. high; wrought iron shields 10in. thick will be fitted here, so as to leave openings of only 3ft. by 2ft. for the muzzles of the guns. The battery sweeps round from east to south, and south west, so as to command the whole of the Sound; on this curve the length from centre to centre of the openings is 24ft. Gin., and on the straight 24ft. The rear piers are built of rubble masonry with wrought limestone groins; they are 10ft. long, 41t. wide, and 51t. ilin. above the level of the floor. Brick arches spring from the top of the rear piers, sft. llin. above the floor. Concrete, 3ft. thick, is laid on the top of the arches. The battery walls are 7ft. 3in. above the floor level ; this concrete is covered with asphalte lin. thick, put on in two layers, each half an inch thick. The dis tance of the walls from front to rear is 34ft. ; the piers are 12ft. thick; the distance to the rear is 12ft., and to the rubble wall 10ft. The narrowest part of the roadway at the rear of the battery is 15ft. THE KING OF DAHOMEY. The following letter has been received by the Duke of Wellington from the celebrated lion hunter M. Jules Gerard : " Monsieur le Duc,—Your Grace is well aware that few men gain by being seen close, unless they are men of intellect and merit. The King of Da homey, despite his cognomen, which signifies the Eternal' or the Infinite,' fully justifies that rule to which he is no exception. Physically ho is simi lar to the other blacks of his country, tall, well built, a head like a bulldog. The most usual ex pression of his countenance is that of cunning and cruelty. His moral qualities are in perfect keeping with his physical conformation ; he is more gracious than the Kings who have preceded him, fanatical for old traditions and customs. The traditions of that microscopic court are to turn the whites to the best possible account (exploiter les hlancs), but espe cially to induce them to make presents. It is the cus tom to excite the people with sanguinary spectacles, so as to be able to carry off the neighbouring popula tion when a slave-dealer makes an offer to the King and also at the annual custom of human sacrifices. " I have just spent 20 days at Kane, where the King was staying for the celebration of the lesser ceremonies. On the day of my presentation I was conducted across the market-place, where 12 corpses were exposed to view on separate sites. Six were hung up by the feet, the six others were upright like men about to walk. Those whom I saw close were horribly mutilated and not beheaded. An enormous pool of blood covered the ground beneath the scaffold, giving unmistakable evidence of previ ous sacrifices and of the tortures which accompanied them. Our reception by the King was brilliant very cordial for myself as well as for the French ' . consul ; but we were soon able to convince ourselves that this was but a comedy always performed by this poor Paladin to get the presents brought by the whites. Born and brought up in the midst of these spectacles, which would be ridiculous if they were not horrible, the present king is actually more fond. of them than his subjects. I saw him on that day admiring with the delight of a child, the grotesque dances and ridiculous pantomime of his Ministers, and then of the Princes, and then of all present, for our amusement. A most infernal music, which nearly deafened us, delighted the King, who seemed to be in a state of ecstasy ; and this, M. le Duc, lasted for six hours. On the following day his Majesty invited us to witness a procession of the King's riches. On reaching the square of the Palace (read huts) an agreeable surprise had been prepared for us. The entrance gate w as fl oo ded by a pool of blood two yards in width, and on each side a column of recently decapitated heads formed two immense chaplets. It is true that on this day i t t h m e li.usitngbewprore! the emblem of Christ on his breast. a few old sumed that it was the cross of exe cution that h e meant to imply by this ornament: As regards the by nsis m te e d n of procession of his wealth, carriages, bath chairs With figures like Polichinello. One thousand women carried footbath to receive the blood of the each a bottle of liquor on her head, a brass basin in. It c h a ' rr i i t e car r ied an image of St. Lawrence, as lar e on the . day . of the Ring's banquet t h h u e m s a h n a shave o victimsfa of the Virgin ; various an image baskets -full of r d by blacks ; finally the drum of deagth.as "At another festival the king commanded on foot human r s i k e nli " life, his Amazons, who manoeuvred with the precision of ented by a a flock of sheep. On the Market-place already men tion each step was ornam blood and fragments .sofo the King came and went in the d ead body ; and human flesh in a state of midst of pools of putrefaction. ceremony terminated by a mad face with coal. Th e dance, in which the occasion he had daubed his to drunken soldiers Ring took part, dancing its a-vis and musicians. Such are, M. le Duc, the man, the Government, and the people whom we have hitherto hoped to turn into a path less contrary to the laws of humanity. I regret that Capt. Burton should have arrived at Kana just at the moment of the king's departure, as he might have been enabled to see and judge of all these thin am, 111. le Due, your most obedient servant " , " JULES GERAR D . P.S. On the day of his departure the King in vited us to a review of his army prepared for war. 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