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MO PERSONS SEEKING LANDED 1. ESTATES, TOWN AND CoUN TRY RESIDENCES, FREE HOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND -PROPER VIES G ENERALL Y To BE BAB GRATIS, at the prncipal Rahway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom. or at the Auction and Estate Oftices, No. 67, Ch ancery -l ane, L on d on, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the Cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Ret.,ister affords, by sending the particu'ars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce Immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attenuant incon veniences. THEREIs NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Alessi's. Lumley's Agency, and then onlythe usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. SALE OF OLD STORES, AT TIIE ROYAL ARMY LEPARTMENT, PDILICO. WAR .OFFICE, PALL-MALL, 37th October, 1563. ITOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That the SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is prepared to toceive on or before SATURDAY, 31st inst., Tenders for the purchase of Unserviceable Stores now lying at the Royal Array Clothing Department at Pimlico, comprising Military Clorhing, Great Coats, Tin Ware, Waterproof Articles, Tools, &c., The Stores may be viewed at Pimlico from 9 to 11 and from 1 to 1 o'clock during the four days previous to the 31st inst. Tenders must be made upon the proper printed form, whi,!li may be obtained on application at this office, or to the Military storekeeper at Pimlico. any Th or all of the e Secretarof Tenders State for War re serves the right to reject . THOMAS HOWELL, Director or Contracts. CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS. Transport Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, Oct. 17,18,3. THE COMMISSIONERS for Executing the Offic2 of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 20th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, they will be ready to treat under the Conditions contained in the Regulations for her Majesty's Transport .Service and the form of Charter Party, which may be seen at the above office for the conveyance, f rom W oo l w i c h t o AUCKLAND, N.Z., in two fast-sailing ships. of abuut In one Ship. In the other Ship. Officers l 4 Ladies ..... 6 Officeno Children .... 4 Soldiers Women Soldiers' Children Stores (heavy) 10 tons Stores (light) 106 tons. Tenders are to be made at rates per head (officers and men separately), and per ton for Stores. The rates per head are to include conveyance, freight of b.ggage according to Government scale (App. XXII of the Transport Regulations), the supply of articles for the mess place, cabins, and berths App. XV.), articles for table use of Troops (App. XVI.), and of cooking utensils, fuel, lights, and necessaries ior their use (App. XVII.), as well as of all such Stores (especially , those referred to in Art. 07). and other requisites as are re quired by the Transport Regulations to be provided by the owners. Messing for officers or other first and second class passengers is to %e supplied by the owners, and will be paid for, in addition to the above charges "per head," at the rates specified in App. XXIII. of the RegulatiOns, which rates are to include the supply of bedding exclusive of bed inen and towels), medical comforts, articles for table use, cooking utensils, fuel, light, and other requisites (See Art. 201 and App. XV. to XVII. of the Regulations). Fittings will be erected, and provisions, a supply of water, medical comforts, ana Bedding for the P °ldlers and their families, will be put on board by Government. The owners are to supply a dis tilling, apparatus, and water casks or tanks. Drinking* tanks in the mess decks for the daily use of the troops will, how ever, be lent by Government, in lieu of the usual mess water barrels The Vessels are to he ready for immediate service, and to sail as soon as the Government fittings, .tc., are completed. without any delay on account of the shipment of private cargo. 25 tong No private passengers are to be conveyed. All Tenders must be made on the printed form provided for the purpose, which may be obtained on application at the said office, and be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Somerset House, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Transport Department." No tender wilt be received after half-past one o'clock on the day of treaty. ARMY CONTRACTS. TENDERS will be received at this Office until 12 o'clock noon on the 3d of November. from persons Who may be willing to enter into Contracts to supply BREAD AND MEAT in such quantities , s may be required, for the use of Her Majesty's Land Forces stationed in the following places, from st December, 1863, to 31st Mar, 1861:- 1. Brompton House, Hyde-park, and Kensington. 2. Kegent's-park and St. John's-wood. 3. New Barracks, Chelsea. 4. Wellington Barracks, Buckingham Palace, and St. George's Barracks. 5. The Tower. 6. Hounslow and Kneller 7. Hampton Court. 8. Windsor. 9. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shore ham. 10. Croydon. 11. Sandhurst separate Tenders for Bread and for Meat must he made for each of the above-mentioned Stations or Barracks as sepa rately grouped and numbered. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up and siznecl, and no Tender will be noticed unless delivered at the under-mentioned ifficP, under closed envelope (marked on the outside " Tender for Commissariat Supplies "), before 12 o'clock noon on the 3d November next. W. T. POWER, Comm ssary-General, Deputy Commissary-General's Office, New-street, Spring l rardens, London, S.W., 10th Oct., 1833. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Oct. 9, 1863. VENDERS will bp received at this o lfice, until R. 12 o'clock noon, on TUESDAY, the 3d November, 1863, from persons who may be wiling to enter into Contracts to supply FLOUR AND MEAT, In such quqntlties as may be required, from theist December, 11.563, to May, 1865, for the use of her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the command. separate Tenders are required for Flour and for Meat. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'elock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and siencd, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside " Tender for Army Supplies,") and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hoar appointed. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptib e, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLO lONS, 39, Albemarle street, P cca di 11 y. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat - office, Aldershot, Oct. 9, 1863, TENDERSwiII be reeelved at this Office, until 12 o'clock, noon, on TUESDAY, the 3d November, 1663, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contra2l to supply FLOUR FOR HOSPITAL BREAD, in such quantities as may be required, from the Ist Decem ber, 1863, to 31st May, 1.64, for the use of Her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the corn nand. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, be tween the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must, be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside Tender for Army Supplies"), and no tender will be noticed unfess made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. (lELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of .J the BIRTH of SHAKSPE ARE, 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 Hid to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee r st 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 luved, and where he lived and died. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Oct, 9, 1863. TENDERS will be received at thi s Offi ce , un til 12 o'cicek, noon, on THURSDAY, the sth November, 1863, f rem p ersons who may be willing to enter into Con trart to supply PAILLASSE STRAW AND STRAW FOR ROYAL ENGINEER SRV, in such quantitie s as may be required fra lCE m the Ist December, 1883, to 30th November. 1865, for the use of her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mand. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the beide "Tend er f or S upply of Straw), " and no Tender will t ioti ced unless mad e on f orms o bt a i ne d f rom this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. II WALKER'S NEW NEEDLES.—" The • Patent Ridged -Eyes extend the Cloth, so that the thread may pass through it quickly and without the slightest drag. For ease in threading they surpass all others.'' kiamP'es, post free. at is. per mo o, o f any Dealer. H. Walker's Patent each Penhandle. elope Crochet Needl es h ave the word " Penelope " on A set of four Bone Handles for 10d. ; Japalned, Sd. ; Parallel Tartan, Is.: Black, scl. A set of tour with the new Patent ITncotopic Handles, which keep the hooks at all times in their true pisition for work, for ls. post free of any dealer. —H. WALKER, Patentee and Manufac turer to her Majesty of Needles, Firli Hooks, Pins, Hooks and Eyes, ttc., Alcester, and 47, Gresham-str eet, London. RIIPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT RXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, Is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Bloc 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 dr _ cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Trliss, 168., 21s.s 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A- Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 52e. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-of fi ce Orders to be made payable to John White, Post °lnce, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT LASTIC STOCKINGS, „ ,,k,x l 'sTEE-cAPs, ac., for V ar i cose V e i ns an d all cases of oro P 4 ;r B B and Swelli ng of the Legs, Sprains, dm. They are Dre in texture, and inehensive, and are drawn on " 44 - ib r oT n al7 stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. j o l i age 6d. WHITE. Manufacturer. 22 1 3. Piccadilly. way Ter/ni lII :nil , at e l lia_te, ROy AL ---- ---------------__:_ letzatron Ter the i ‘II •ER HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, Presi vicinity of the Great Northern Rail s;'u 8-cross. —The QUEEN. Tr The „sty Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This was th e n,..rur—Edward M and instant adrai;t hospital .0 asterman, Esq. malitypt trove rnor s ipn to t the d introduce the principle of free tution in its most paitilaetters. i ?ptute sick, without the ponied by by sickness and hi e form , 1 ;t i ent - hely devoted to he that, with,,. tlisease, z"that which is accom capable of admitting. i n iwecluate st and is now of sufficient the casual sick of this great wards n a )port, it may be rendered funds in order to have suo a l ! nietropoivise.ry large proportion of these the most wretched of eod , available f lt requires but the it gTatuitously ailords rnedic,4.lr fellow- cre z the reception of on the average, than 3,000 out_p ad a g e ce and muerZi Moeover, ts a week. ne fo r more, The Weekly Board feel it theirs m EARNEST APPEAL to the publrrative duty to make an to enable them to admit and relieve t c h for e distressing support, daily present themselves. cases that Contributions are received by the T Masterman, I+lsq. Nicholas-lane; also by ivtieeasurer, Edward Co. ; Drummond ' and Co. ; Herries and c o. ssr s- C° ntia and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payn e : a — an B orll a n d and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co eO. ; G lyn and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, 6 1 !,,& 18 on CO. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. liarned and Co. , L i —y, and verpo o l and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH Secretair Y. T HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance buildings, Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500,010. Ammoniated Funds in hand over 1,000,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London : WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of Roy Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH.rustneuxze 1y , c in n t t t h h e e thg o the Fire clo T s h e e o p t i h rec e y to e r a s r, h t a o v a e n , n a o s u p n l m ea , s f i o n r g t lt e a fi s Premiums have not only reached, but exceed L.'300 The high comparative position held byytinlizinlttaoi,nael since th e Government Returns of Duty is again full The profit of the business of the year exceeds consider b y the amount realised in the preceding year, and in fact a sur l- - passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, commencement of this Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 108. 5d., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa rately, £11,097165. 10d. -- --- LIFE BRANCH. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on new policies for fhe year 1862 exceeds even that of the year 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and hat 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 fbr the future to the participating life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum proposed for assuran ^e Amounts to £l4 i,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much. if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis sii.le in a single year frosa 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 ifs progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in L on d3n 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 Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY X. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. No. 22,252. ➢PISS KAVANAGH'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., QUEEN M A B. By JULIA KAVANAGH, Author of "Nathalie," "Adele," ctc. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Price One Shilling, THE STORY of the AlflOW COURT MARTIAL, recited by J. 0. See Cornhill Magazine for November. Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. 122, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. FSSRS. JOHN MAXWELL AND CO. beg to announce that the undermentioned new Works may be now had at every Circulating Library. Subscribers to tlar , e useful Institutions should not experience any delay in ob taining copies, as adequate editions have been printed, and the type is kept standing, to meet every &mad as quickly as it arises :- 1. SACKVILLE CHASE. 3 vols. 2. STRONGHAND. By G. AIMARD. 2 vols. 3. BREAKFAST IN BED. By GEORGE AuGuszus SALA. Second Edition. 1 vol. 4. THE REV. ALFRED HOBLUSII AND lIIS CURACIES. 1 vol. 5. SECRETS OF MY OFFICE. 1 vol. 6. CROSS OF HONOUR. 1 vol. [This day, London: John Maxwell and Co,, 122. Fleet-street. T " E OXFO It 1) 6, OXFORD STREET, "W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry IL Bishop's THE SLAVE, CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, and Bellini's SONNAMBULA. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Haish, with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH (" or any °Liter man "), Eugene, W. Randall, George Hodson, and those marvellous French Clowns, Messrs. ARTHUR and BERTRAND. Also, a Performance by Herr S CHAL KENBACII on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHEST RE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALL 1148 just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ed. ; stalls and balcony, is. ; private boxes, 10s. Gd. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—I n or d er to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and Henry Dircks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GHOST," to the Concert hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Balcony, and body cf the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest improvements and effects\ REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING at half-past Nine o'clock. , All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unswortb (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E, Marshall, and the marvellous Arthur and Bertrand. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! new version—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN— Grand Divertissement —Favourite Opera Selection , —NlCO- VlA, the eminent Violinist—RAPHAEL DE SOLLA. the Infant Tenor—LANGLOIS, the Great Juggler. „Every Evening. Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great Musical Attraction Immense success of SIGNO R N ICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, Who will appear Every Evening. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Th, se elegant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. . _ _ Musical Director and Conductor, Mons. L. JULLIEN. Great Success of his new Quadrille, " The Prince of Wales," nightly encored. The band is selected from the Italian Operas and the Household Troops. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, Is. Manager—M. GRENET. STAMP YOUR PAPER, ENVELOPES. INVOICES, &e., with JONES'S PATENT PERCUSSION EMBOSSING PRESS. The above would be found useful to youths at school for embossing their Books, Drawings, Papers, &c. The Press complete, with Plain Cre4 t, Name, or Business Die, Os. 6cl. Note the Address :—AV ILL lAM JONES, Die Sinker, Press Maker, and Embosser, 3, Queen's-court, High Holborn (op posite Day and Martin's). LUXURIANT WHISKERS or MOUSTACHES. - My formula flrces them to grow heavily in six weeks upon the smoothest face, without injury to the skin, and a sure remedy for bal iness. 13 stamps.— Mr. FOX, Macclesfield. Fo , es celebrated Hai, wash Formula, for removing scurf and curling the hair, (.even stamps, 111NAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, kJ and Dining-room, consisting of a new and etegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &a., in Italian, Alttbas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Bfajesty, 149, Stand. W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly iacilitate tie interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CH° LOGY. -.nd GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 1011) guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE. RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 10, Strand, W.C. N ORTH BRITISH ANI) MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and Invested Funds • Annual Revenue FIRE DEPARTMENT, ..... £2,122,828 422,401 Insuratres aranted 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 Inured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the OFFICES: LONDON 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury, If ~ West-end Office B, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. / (2 , ‘'a . ' - 7 - ;.;•10:7 4 . _ 114 I . ~ . .. I - t ' • ", v• , .., ' ' .7 . .;...-• ' . s • ."..VIC.‘ ' ‘‘ V. Nfti‘,„ _ - ''' .., U , ,e )i . L 4.4 IP M. ti—C:'—i , , , - -•;: s , qA l ik i ,A4Z.7 - ' ;?• . 4..: .. ' ;', : . *low , ~,, ,„ •-, ii,.. t .,,, , - ••---,4,c,tw or, ~0 .., 4.14 V 0..., - .. .A 1k ...., ... t-,-. 1 .. ~ c , A .VA-...11/4.- */ - - ' '''' 0 k•N': . 0 - 5 bll° t*' tl;'i ' 'DROrr•"l,`•••,.. ::`,- 4- 1. 6 l' 'NI ' - .4' ' ZIO '' ' E T DIE I 4 'hy tf..i'd.ial 411 ' 1 24.1tV ' 4 - . 4- ' ' . . THEW. PAPER C 2 PR1C1C....._ ..4d. - STAMPED ....sd. he (Mr. Clive) hoped to have one at work on his own grounds next year. He believed the introduc tion of the steam plough would be found necessary not only to keep their land in a consistent an d por _ ous state, and also firm and retentive, so as to let the air and water pass through it freely, but also to enable them by increased produce to meet what he considered would be found to be the perman ently depressed price of corn. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion he proposed "The Committee of Manage. went for the year." Mr. C. WREN HOSKYSS, replying to the toast, alluded to the late harvest, which he said was pro bably the best that had ever been gathered in this cauni.ry. No doubt many of his hearers had read the remarks of Mr. La wes in the columns of the 7imes, in which he had given the results of the harvest, as ascertained on his experimental and ordinary farms. The result was that an extra produce had been raised, amounting to 20 bushels, or he would put it lower—say, two quarters per acre. He spoke of this excess as extending over a very considerable area of land, and it would be a very in teresting problem to solve what was the total gain in increased produce in England this year. Out of the 37 millions of acres of land in England 18 mil lions, or nearly one-half, were under arable cultiva tion, of which nearly 4,000,000 were under wheat craps alone. They could, therefore, roughly estimate the surplus crop of wheat in this country—two quarters per acre over 4,000,000 of acres making 8,000,000 quarters of wheat in excess of the average produce. The natural produce of the country was estimated at five months' consumption. After some further remarks on this subject Mr. Hoskyns ex pressed an opinion that the pastures of England were not so well managed as the arable lands, and he especially advocated the use of lime and road scrap ing on them to restore those inorganic substances which were being continually taken out of the soil. He next came to the subject of agricultural statistics, and expressed a hope that they would soon be ar rived at. It had been objected to this proposition that these statistics would afford an advantage to the landlord, and might lead to rents being raised; but he (Mr. Hoskyns) believed that rents were already as high as the market would bear. What he recommended was, not that they should take the statistics of every farm, but that they should obtain the returns of the growth of each particular grain or other produce in each parish, so as to be enabled to compare the produce from year to year. He hoped they would succeed in obtaining this before the expiration of another year. Other toasts of a complimentary and local charac ter followed. far from his intention to confine hi CiAZA particular party. Indeed, he was - I 1;14 y .c.r4 pally of the permanent officials, wh ' titles at all, but who always wished t ,S 4 4-514 :7!11% everything for themselves, They would akigAildneir S own ships, although Mr. Laird could do t be work infinitely better, and when they wanted ce.t non they applied exclusively to Sir W. Armstrong. He was not finding fault with Sir W. Armstron but he contended that any system which confine I /be Go vernment exclusively to Sir W. Armsti wag, and excluded them from the market where ate) , could find men of genius Like Mr. Whitworth, nlust be based upon a bad principle. In these times it was necessary that we should avail ourselves of ;indivi dual and independent enterprise and talent, r, nd we might dew ,nd upon it that we were on the ..vrong tack when we allowed the Government to 1* come manufacturers, instead of dealing in the open market. Mr. CORDEN next proposed the toast of the oven tug, `` Prosperity to the Warehousemen and Cl, irks' and gave a highly satisfactory aceour,t of the financial condition of the chorify. Hitnerto,..he said, the institution had been houseless and 11ml:14:- less, but a handsome building was now being erected on one of the healthiest spo:s in Surrey. The len d cos t £2,700, and the contract for the building• amounted to £17,100. Restated the funds in hand at £14,000, exclusive of .f.:15,000 reserved for meet ing the current expenses of the schools. There was thus a deficiency of £3,100, but he had no doubt that it would soon be made up. (Later in the even ing the secretary announced that upwards of £l,OOO had been subscribed in the ro om, in additi o n to £7,001) received on the occasion of th e j a _, yrmg of the foundation stone of the new institution by the Prince of Wales in July last.), Several other toasts followed; among others " Th e Health of the Chairman," which was prop ose d b y Mr. Morley and briefly acknowledged by Mr. Cob den. The hon. gentleman said he had always la• boured to promote liberty of action in men, to re move obstructions, to break away fetters, to g ive free scope to the human mind. His leading idea a a politician was admirably expressed by the great poet of liberty, Cowper : " 'Tis liberty alone that gives the fl.wer Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume. Ard we are weeds without it; all constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil," During the evening a selection of vocal music was performed, under the direction of Mr. Edwin Grey. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN. It appears that the directors of this company are about allotting to the shareholders, in rateable pro portion to their holding, 41 per cent. perpetual irredeemable preference shares to the amount of L 1,227,562. They state that it will not create any fresh or additional charge upon the revenues of the company, being issued in substitution of moneys borrowed from bankers and others in the form of temporary loans, renewable at short periods. Though the state of the money-market and the credit of the company have enabled the directors to borrow this money at 4 or 4 : 1-, per cent., yet the commission and other expenses of frequent renewals have increased the yearly charge to an amount more than equal to 41 per cent. So then, when taken up as proposed, the intereet payable upon that amount will be rather less than it has hitherto been, and the company will thus be secured against all contingencies in respect thereof. The allotment will be in the proportion of one new share of £lO for every £lOO ordinary stock or shares in the company. The new shares are to be issued on the 29th inst., payable by six instal ments, the last being on Sept. 29, 1861. The shares will be treated in respect of dividend as fully paid up from the 29th inst., being equivalent to a bonus of £2 per cent. A discount at the rate of 42 per cent, per annum is to be allowed on any instalment paid in advance. ~~ THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1863, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. KELSO AUTUMN MEETING-WEDNESDAY, A Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, with 50 added ; for 2-yr olds, colts Sst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b. 6 furlongs. Mr H. Owen's Persuasion, Bst 71b .. (Midgley) 1 Mr. Holt's Dawdle, Bst 7/1) (Mr. Thompson) 2 Mr. J. Scott's Tooi-Toni, Bst 71b (Owner) 3 Betting-2 to lon Persuasion. Won by a length ; the same between second and third. The Roxburgh Handicap of 15 sovs each, with 20 added winners catra. One mile and a half. Mr. Merry's Lioness, 4 yrs, Bst 7lb (inc 91b extra) (Hayward) 1 Mr. Sax )n's The Monk, 6 yrs, Bst 5113 (inc 01b extra) ' (M id gley) 2 Mr. Redhead's My Mary, 4 yrs, ist 121 b (H. Gritushaw) 3 11 Sr. Alice, 3 yrs, Tat (inc Glb extra) (Mtirtin) 4 The following also ran :—Joey Jones, Early Purl, Bonny Bell, Venison, and Serf. Betting—Even on Lioness. 5 to 2 agst The Monk, 6 to each agst Alice and Serf. Won by a neck ; three lengths between second and third. The Stewards' Cup of 50 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 3 sovs each ; 3-yr-olds, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 81b; five, Bst 121 b; six and aged, 9st; penalties and allowances. One mile three furlongs 20 yards. Lord Durham's Michael Scott, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (Oram) 1 Mr. R. Calder's Miss Chaytor, 4 yrs, Bst 81b Mr. Bruce's Cocktail filly, 3 yrs, Gat 13th (Dixon) 3 Mr. Frank's Dick Swiveller, 5 yrs, 9st (Bunting) 4 Mr. Elliott's Lisette, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (Goodall) b Betting--5 to 2on Michael Scott. Won by three lengths ; the same between second and third. The Bo wmont Stakes of 3 sovs each, One mile and a half. Benvoirlich, 12st 101 b (Owner) 1 Nicety, 12st 91b (Mr R. Henhouse) 2 D'Aubrey, 13st 31b (Mr F. Waugh) 3 Tarn Glen, 13st 101 b - (Mr Moore) 4 The following also rau :—Fidget, Clarida, Barney o.ter, and Lord Charles. Betting-2 to 1 agst D'Aubrey, 3to 1 agst Benvoirlich. 4 to 1 agst Nicety. Won by a head, four lengths between second and third. The Kelso Plato (Handicap) of 30 sous. One mile. Lord Durham's Michael Scott, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Whiteley) 1 Mr Winteringharn's Saltant, 3 yrs, Gst llb 2 Mr Cowan's Certainty, aged, 6st 131 b (Dixon) 3 The following also ran :—Lothian's King, Little Nell, Unfashionable Beauty, Enfield, and Spirit of Air. Betting-6 to 4on Lothian's King, 3to 1 agst Sal lant, 4 to 1 agst Michael Scott, 5 to 1 agst Unfashionable Beauty. Won by a length, a bad third. Lothian's King fell. BETTING AT MANCtIESTER—WEDNESDAY. For the Cambridgeshire Gemma, who a few days since had supporters at 20 to 1, and who afterwards receded to 1,000 to 6 (offerel), was backed to-day, apparently for good money, at all prices to 100 to 3 (taken and wanted). During this process Limosina receded to 8 to 1 bong laid ; but afterwards her friends rallied, and 5 to 1 was booked. Nothing of importance was done on any of the others, with the exception of Hubert, who appears to be hopelessly gone. Closing prices : CAMBRIDGESHIRE. sto 1 agst Limosina (taken) 6to 1 agst Catch-'em Alive (offered) 11 to 1 agst Carnival (taken) 11 to 1 agst Exchequer (taken) 16 to 1 agst Port Royal (taken) 20 to 1 ag,t Borealis (taken) 30 to 1 agst Jack of Hearts (taken) 33 to 1 agst Gemma (taken) 33 to 1 agst Despair (offered) 100 to 1 agst Hubert (offered) COMPENSATION CASES. GUILDHALL-WEDNESDAY. Mr. Alderman Hale presided; Mr. White appeared on behalf of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com pany; and Mr. Tindal Atkinson, instructed by Messrs. Lumley and Lumley, of Moorgato-street, conducted the case on behalf of the claimant for compensation. The subject-matter in dispute consisted of premises situ ated at No. 5, Water-lane, Earl-street, Blaektriat s, which were occupied by Miss Eleanor Knight, who carried on a retail business there for the sale of cigars, tobacco, news papers, fancy stationary, lemonade and gingerbeer, and a miscellaneous collection of other small articles. It appeared that 13 years ago she took the house and opened the shop in the same lino of business which had been carried on there for the last 40 years. It was a shut-up shop. but immediately she opened it she did a good trade, and had done so evcrsince. She had paid £4O for a new shop front, £22 for fixtures and fittings, and her rent, including rates and taxes, was only £l7. The gross takings of the year amounted to £758, et which £278 was the annual profit, from which, however, had to be deducted £l7, which would reduce the actual income to about £230. The gross takings, of course, in cluded about £3O a year which she received from her lodgers. There was no means of testing the accuracy of these estimates, inasmuch as no books had been kept, it being a ready-money business, and no vouchers of any kind were produced. The claimant was in failing health, and too ill to be subjected to a rigid cross-examination; and a person who managed her business for her exhibited such an extraordinary amount of obtuseness as to render it an impassibility to get anything like an intelligent statement from him. The Courtwere, therefore, compelled to rely solely upon the written claim for £5OO, and. the evidence of Mr. Fryer, a wholesale tobacconist, who had for the last 15 years supplied the claimant with cigars and tobacco; and he, having selected the year 1858 as the test of the business done on the premisesin question, said he had supplied goods during that year to Miss Knight to the amount of £2OO, but that her trade had lately fallen off. The goodwill of such a business might be worth £lOO or £l5O, bet, of course, the value would much depend upon the nature of the tenancy and the length of the lease. The claimant's business was such that the goodwill would have been worth £2OO if there had been a good lease with it. Mr. Warwick, the overseer of the parish, said he always considered the claimant did a very good business, and he knew there was no place she could obtain in the neighbour hood where she could carry on that class of business en caving her present shop. Mr. T. Atkinson said this was a case where the business had been the support of the claimant, her mother, and her sister's family. She had established the business by her own exertions during a period of 13 years, and he submitted it was a case for substantial compensation, particularly as she being in failing health, and not able to obtain a place in the neighbourhood, would have to recommence life with greater difficulties to overcome, and not the same health and strength to carry her through them. Mr. White urged upon the magistrate's notice the total absence of books, vouchers, and proper accounts to show that the business was what it had been represented. The company were anxious to deal liberally with all with whose interest they interfered, but the claims of annual tenants being by far the most numerous and the most fallacious, it believed the company, on behalf of the share • holders, to watch those claims very narrowly. In the pre sent instance the claim sent in was for £500; the com pany had been the claimant's landlords for two years, during which time she had not paid a fraction of rent. They had offered her £2OO as compensation, which had been refused, and if the Court thought the very unsatisfactory statement of the witness who managed the business for Miss Knigh sufficient to justify him in dealing with the case, he would suggest that the utmost that the claimant would be entitled to would be one year's profits, the goodwill of an annua: tenant being worthless. Mr. Alderman Hale said he perceived there was a discre pancy of a third between the business alleged to have been done in cigars and tobacco, and the quantity of such goods stated to have been supplied, and in the rest of the items he thought the calculations excessive. He was desirous of doing strict justice to Miss Knight, and with as much libe rality as was consistent with justice to the company, and had come to the conclusion to award £195 for one year's profits, £l2O for goodwill, and £lO for expenses of removal, making a total of £325, possession of the premises to be yielded within 14 days. Mr. Atkinson asked for costs. Mr. White said the worthy alderman had dealt so libo • rally with the claimant that costs ought not to have been asked for. Mr. Alderman Halo declined to order costs, There was another case of a similar kind, in which John Pleasant, a tailor, in business in Water-lane, claimed £175 compensation. Mr. White appeared for the company, and Mr. Eadey for the claimant. In this case the claimant stated that his rent was £36 a yen', rates and taxes £l6, and repairs about £lO. That when he entered into possession of the promises twelve years ago he paid a premium of £6O, and that he paid two journeymen £1 each per week all the year round. H e kept no books, but produced a set of b oo k s which he had made up from invoices and the measure book for the purposes of this claim. He estimated the wages for 1862 at £104; stock purchased, £ll6 rent and taxes, £52 ; and repairs and sundries, £25, making a total of £297. Hi s gross takings during the year were £442, including about £33 which he received from lodgers, which, aft er d educting £287, left a net profit of £ 145 , to which was to be added £lO for removal, and £2O as a proportion of the premium paid by the claimant 12 years ago, making up the claim of X 176. The claimant said he had succeeded in getting another house in Warwick-lane, at the advanced rental of £7O, which, with rates and taxes, would make a serious differ. ence to him, as he was standing only at £lB or £2O a-year in Water-lane. Mr. White said the books produced were most unsatis factory, as they were prepared for the occasion. The claimant had got another house, and would take his busi ness with him, so that he would not materially suffer by the removal. A sum of £5O would be ample compensation. Mr. Eadey addressed the magistrate for his client. After which, Mr. Alderman - Hale said he thought the claimant was entitled to compensation, for the increased rent he would have to pay in the neighbourhood be had removed to was not by any means an improvement. Under all the circumstances, he awarded £lOO compensation and £lO for expenses of removal, without law costs. Possession to be given in 14 days. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. His Swedish Majesty's screw corvette Vanadis, Captain Haverman, sailed from the Motherbank, off . Ryde, Isle of Wight, yesterday morning for the Mediterranean. The Falcon, 17 gun screw corvette, 751 tons, and 100- horse power of engines, was ordered to be commissioned at Portsmouth yesterday, reported by Commander Parkyn, who has recently been serving in her Majesty's ships Eury alus and Mersey. Yuster Jay Captain M'Killop, the inventor of the apparatus for cleaning iron ships' bottoms afloat, which was recently tried on the bottom of the iron frigate Recruit, 6, in Chatham harbour, visited Chatham dockyard in order to make the necessary arrangements for a further trial of the invention. The labourers completed cleaning the bottom of the Recruit yesterday, and every part of her hull is now exposed to view, the marine encrustations, weeds, Ics., which covered her bottom at the time of the vessel was placed in dock having all been scraped off. On both aides the hull nearly every particle of the anti-fouling compo sitions with which she was originally paved over has disappeared, leaving the iron plates of her bottom in nearly their original state, with the exception, perhaps, that in several parts the ravages of the marine insects on the iron plating are very conspicuous. The hull of the Recruit is now ready to receive a new coating of the composition by Mr. Hay, and the anti-fouling mixture by Mr. Crispin, which will be applied, as before, on different sides of the bottom, in order that an extended trial may be made to ascertain their respective merits. Tenders have been issued by the War Department for the contract supply of a large amount of pig iron, to be deli vered at the Royal gun factories in Woolwich Arsenal, to be prepared for the manufacture of the new species of naval guns, 50 of which are ordered to be commenced forthwith. The officials of the Royal carriage department at Woolwich have received instructions to construct an equal number of carriages on a principle already approved by the Secretary of State for War. The gun, it is stated, will be somewhat similar to the 100-pounder smooth-bore gun, which with stood a severe experimental test at Shoeburyness at the commencement of the past summer, and which was after wards tried with success on board the gunnery ship Excel lent, at Portsmouth. The mechanics employed in the smithery at Chatham rockyard are now engagei in forging the first portion of the stem for Mr. Reed's new iron frigate Bellerophon, the next vessel to be commenced at Chatham, as soon as the iron ship Achilles is out of hand. The stern will be composed of three immense pieces of iron, and will be the largest forgings of the kind ever attempted at Chatham dockyard, the stem and stern portions of the Achilles having been manufactured by a private firm. In order to afford greater facilities for the work, and to meet the increased demand made on the establishment since the introduction of iron shipbuilding, the smithery is to be considerably extended, and, is addition to another large and powerful steam ham mer, some new furnaces of an improved kind are to be forthwith erected. The object of the Admiralty in having the principal forgings for the new iron ship made in Chatham yard is to prevent a repetition of the delays which were experienced in the early stages of the construction of the Achilles, caused chiefly by the long time occupied by private firms in producing similar forgings for that ship. With the same object in view the form of the forgings for the Bellerophon have been greatly simpli fied under the personal direction of the Chief Constructor of the Navy, who has sent an Admiralty draughtsman to Chatham dockyard, where he has been engaged for some time in the preparation of the detailed drawings of the vari ous parts of the new ship, in order that every practicable improvement may be made in carrying out the designs for her construction. There can be little doubt that this ar rangement will tend greatly to facilitate the progress of the Bellerophon, and thus reduce the time and labour expended upon her construction. It will also, it is to be hoped, be the first step towards putting an end to these changes and alterations which have hitherto been so frequently made by the Admiralty during the building of new ships at Chat ham and the other dockyards. An announcement was yesterday made at Chatham dockyard, in accordance with a notification received from the Admiralty, that the appointment of timber inspector will in future be filled from the most efficient foremen of shipwrights, at the several dockyards, and not, as hereto. fore, by seniority. This decision has been arrived at in consequence of the inconvenience and expense arising from the existing arrangements in taking foremen, at an ad vanced age, and giving them the appointment of timber inspectors at a salary of £lOO per annum. and at the end of two or three years allowing them to retire at the full super annuation allowance. Considering the comparatively small quantity of timber now used at Chatham dockyard since the introduction of iron shipbuilding, it becomes a question for the consideration of the Admiralty whether, as the duties heretofore pertaining to the office of timber inspector are very considerably reduced, the office itself might not be abolished, or, at least, amalgamated with some other ap pointment, whereby a very considerable saving might annually be effected. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty:—Thomas E. Biddlecombe, master, to the Fal con ; "William A. Callagan; to a naval cadetship ; Peter W. Rolston, surgeon, to the Falcon; James W. Ashton, second master, to the Formidable for the Lizard; Isaac Waugh, assist.-surgeon, to the Falcon; and Benjamin H. Chimmo, assist-clerk, to the Fisgard, THE ARMY. The I battery 4th brigade Royal Artillery, in command of Lieut.-Col. Barstow, having gone through a course of practice at the school of gunnery, Shoeburyness, have re • turned to Woolwich, in preparation for their departure for New Zealand, which, it is rumoured, has now been deferred until the 7th of next month. Three of the guns to be used in the forthcoming competi tion between the 'Whitworth and Armstrong guns were yes terday mounted, and fitted to the trunnion bearings in the new gun mounting park in Woolwich Arsenal. Ono is a 12-pounder Whitworth muzzle-loading gun, ono a 12- pounder Armstrong shunt gun, and the third a 12-pounder shortly expected. breech -loading gun, finely grooved. Three other s are waTsbdeefeemrrberkfraotmionyeosftertdhaey 76th Regiment on board th e Hornet and Atalanta, hi re d sailing transports,Rt Portsmouth : until to-day. The regi men t will leave Aldershott thi s morning in two divisions, and proceed to Portsmouth by special trains from Farnborough at 9 30 and 10 30 a.ra, DREADFUL MURDER IN YORKSHIRE. A great deal of painful excitement has been caused in the neighbourhood of Stokesley, a town in Cleveland, distant from Stockton and Middlesborough about ten miles. Tho facts are as follows :—Two respectable farmers, who were neighbours, living a short distance from Stokesley, had been in that place on business, but had had rather too much liquor. They left th© town together to walk to Hemling ton, where they both resided, Their names were Mr. William Johnson, of Newhaven Hall, and Mr. Brad shaw Graham, of Hemlington. rrn, --Lim men were on very amicable terms until they had arrived at Newby, a small village on the road. Here they were met by Johnson's farm servant, who brought a horse for his master. There upon Johnson wanted Graham to get upon the horse with him, but he refused. Johnson then mounted the horse and again urged his companion to get on behind, but the latter again refused, upon which Johnson retorted that it was because he was toe proud—Graham being in rather a better position in life than Johnson. This remark led to some angry words between the two men, till ultimately Johnson said that if Graham gave him any more " chaff" ho would get off and wring his neck. Graham made a pro voking and defiant answer, when Johnson got off his horse, and both men began to square at each other. Ultimately Graham struck Johnson on the side of the head with a stick, when both men closed together and fell. Whilst they were on the ground Johnson called out to his man, " Oh, Joha, come and help me." The man came and assisted his master to get on his feet, when he immediately fell backwards. On being again helped up, h e repeatedly fell, and never spoke again. Graham was at once secured and lodged in the lock-up. An inquest was held yesterday ; verdict—wilful murder. 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They strengthen the stomach and. brace the nerves, 11,110 way's pills are peculiarly adapted for re novating systems enfeebled by late hours, hard living, over anxiety, or any ether excess which is known to d9loilitate and exhaust the human cosiAtiltl°n' MR, HENLEY, M,P, At the Quarter Sessions for the county of Oxford, held on Tuesday last, Mr. Cripps, the senior counsel en the circuit, rose with all the barristers pre sent, and addressing the chairman, said that, before the business cenamenced, he hoped he would allow him, on behalf of the Bar, to express the great re gret which they all felt that they should no longer have the pleasure of acting under the presidency of Mr. Henley. His recollection carried him back to the whole of the time Mr. Henley had officiated as chairman of these sessions. He had the honour of acting with two gentlemen of this circuit who had been elevated to the judicial bench, and, in paying this tribute to the services of Mr. Henley, he felt assured that he was only speaking their sentiments. It was a great pleasure and gratification to them to remember that during the whole time of Mr. Hen ley's chairmanship there had not been the slightest approach to anything like an altercation between the chairman and the Bar. They claimed no credit for that, inasmuch as it was due to the great cour tesy which he had invariably shown them. They entertained the utmost respect for the high judicial attainments, his habitual firmness of mind, and judicial clearness which led him to a right conclu sion, whether in law or practice. As a remarkable illustration of this, it was a striking fact that they were not able to point to any appeal against anyone of his decisions, and during the whole time he bad presided over this court no one decision of his had ever been disputed or overridden by the Court of Queen's Bench. He could not but feel that no testi mony of theirs could add anything to the high character which he had achieved for himself in a higher and more public career, but he assured the court that it was most gratifying to them to express their sense of his services, as well as their regret at the loss which this court and the county had sus tained by his resignation. The CHAIRMAN replied, and said that, on the part of the magistrates and himself, they were gratified with this expression from the bar towards one for whom all entertained so high a respect. They had always felt everything Mr. Cripps had said,—they had. always had the greatest pleasure and confidence in Mr. Henley's leadership and guidance; no man ever occupied so high a position and enjoyed to a greater extent the confidence of the magistracy ge nerally. They felt th a t it was a l oss no t t o b e re placed, and th a t t h e loss of his experience was a loss not only to themselves, but to the public. It was gratifying to know that the business had been con ducted so happily and harmoniously under Mr. Henley's guid ance , and he might b e perm i tte d to say that they felt th at t hi s was i n a grea t measure owing to the fact that the chairman and the magis trates had always received from the Bar the greatest possible kindness and assistance. It was a matter of great importance that the business should be so conducted, and no man appreciated that assistance and kind treatment which he had a lways received more than Mr. Henley himself. Whaatebvleehrmihsainmsnaoebtmriivliainegty might be, he felt that his suc cessor would r ece i ve the same assistance ; and on the i for Ewe t ah r r a isc t ohh e e s dho a einnhdga.d represe n ted bbrought o u himself, g f ho h tre thetthh i a s n s ke kind ub d . pibGbaeirryfit of theoPrPestahnedConrt, an d assure d hi m t h ey f e l t very isAa t eheninerdts. HEREFORD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, The annual meeting of this society was held at Hereford on Tuesday. The chow of stock was limited, as usual, to cattle of the Hereford breed, w hi c h were sent in large numbers; and, it being th e day before the greet annual fair, a largo quan tity of stock was sent for sale, independent of those sent in for co m p et i t i on. In fact the cattle market overflowed with specimens of Herefordshire bucolic excellence, and the streets were perfumed with the odour of neat cattle. The £2O prize for the best ball, cow, end offal:ging was token by Mr. T. Roberts, of Wingtonbury, and the second by Mr. Taylor, of Showle-court. Mr. Capper, of Ross, took the £l5 prize for the be s t b u ll , and Mr. B. Rogers, of Staunton -on-Arrow, the second best. The dinner was held at the Green Dragon Hotel in the evening. Mr. R. Arkwright, of Hampton court, presided, and there were present Mr. King, M.P., Mr. G . Cliv e , M.P., Col. Clifford, M.P., Mr. Chandos W. Hoskyns, & c . After the usual loyal toasts had been given, that of " The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese" was proposed from the chair, and responded to by The Rev. T. POWELL, who defended the Hereford shire agriculturists from the attacks made upon them by a certain portion of the press at their last meet i ng , when they were charged with uttering mere platitudes. The CHAIRMAN proposed "The Health of the County Members," expl a i n i ng that the absence of Lord W. Graham and Mr. Mildmay arose from illness. Mr. KING KING replied, and congratulated them on the prosperous harvest which they had experi enced. They had reason to be thankful for this blessing, although it might be a blessing of a tem porary character, and a change for the worse might he apprehended. They could see no end to the present deplorable condition of America, and they saw the trouble that was arising in different parts of Europe. Let them be thankful for the good which they enjoyed, and bear in mind the axiom that "sufficient for the day is the evil thereof." The CHAIRMAN gave "The City Members." Col. CLIFFORD replied, and while defending the speakers at the last Herefordshire agricultural din ner from talking "platitudes," said he must confess that he held a strong opinion that at dinners of this sort, where agriculturist s assembled together, it would be far better that they should shorten the mere official and complimentary speeches, and devote themselves more to what were the real objects of these associations. This object might be attained— first, by responding to the cfficial toasts as briefly as possible; and secondly, by making the toasts bear as much as possible on the practice of agriculture; and, keeping this in view, he would not detain them longer by any remarks in reply to the official toast of ",The City Members." (A laugh.) Mr. CLIVE having thanked the meeting for the honour done him and his colleagues, observed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer when about e ither to impose a new tax or to repeal an old one was in the habit first of telling his audience what he wou ld not do, and he (Mr. Clive) would in a manner fol d s low his example. He would say then that, as was done at Leominster, he would not make a speeche nt. s about the ladies, because there were none present. He would not talk about domestic politics, because a that subject was supposed to be forbidden at these meetings; nor would he advert to foreign politics, ng thempolitics, because if he did he should only be viz , what they could learn from the that they were quite right in not newspap ers, teferng in the affairs of America, and should be q uite talk to them in terfering in Poland. Nor ie wrong in about agriculture, because . i w f h o h li e attempted to do so the old saying about he might be fairly met with the foolishness of teaching an aged relati ve, though he did not happen to possess one, the way how to suck eggs • might make one rem(aArk nlacaogine ) But he thought h e connected with the subject which had brought them together, and whi c h was that he thought Herefordshire was rather behind hand in the mat ter of steam ploughing. li e h a d lately been on a visit to Mr. Langton, the member for Oxford, from whom he had learnt a goad deal about the advantages of steam ploughing, and he s trongly recommended hi s H ere f ordsh i re fr i ends to read a pamphlet, price 9d., recent l y pu bli s h e d on the subject by Mr. Nicholson, who farmed many hundreds of acres of land for Lord Brownlow. He thought after reading that pamphlet they would be convinced that a great deal of benefit was to be derived from steam ploughing. He hoped to see the time When every landlord would have a steam plough nu his estate for the use of his tenants, and MISTLEY, THORPE, AND WALTON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Manningtree on Monday, Mr. R. Brooks in the chair. The report stated that arrangements had been made with the Tenth-log Hundred Company by which the construction of any unnecessary mileage would be avoided. A further advantage of this was that it would not be necessary to raise more than two-thirds of the capital sanctioned by the company's Act of Parliament. The Great Eastern had agreed to find one-third of the required capital, and to work the lino when completed at 48 per cent. of the traffic receipts. No opposition was anticipated from the landowners through whose property the line would pass. The report of the engineer (Mr. J. S. C oo k e ) stated that the necessary surveys had been made. Tho first section between the junction with the Great Eastern at Mistley and Tendring and 51 miles now under construction would be executed at a cost pro portionate to the total expense for the whole line. The works on the first section of 51 miles might be completed by June, 1864. The surveys for an ex tension from Tendring to Thorpe were in a forward state, and would be ready by the required time. After some discussion the report was adopted. Messrs. R. Brooks, R. Free, W. H. Alexander, and P. Daniels were re-elected directors; Mr. C. Taylor and Mr, W. Shawsfield were appointed auditors, and the proceedings terminated. HEACHAM AND WELLS. A public meeting was called recently at Lynn by the Mayor to consider a proposed line of railway from the Heacham station of the Lynn and Hunstanton Railway to the town of Wells. The Mayor explained that this was an extension of the Heacham and Burnham Railway, which it was thought should go on at once to Wells. Mr. a Edwards, solicitor to the company, stated that the extended line had the support of Lord Leicester, whose park at Holkham it would skirt, and who had offered to sell his land at agricultural price, and to take up the amount in shares. Five miles of the ra il way wou ld pass through Lord Leicester's estate. The Great E as t ern C ompany h a d o ffered to find one-third of the capital fo r th e H eac h am Burnham line, but would raise their contrhseiteir to one-half if the line went on to Mt ells. gr- v would tine, C.E., stated that the l eng th o f the to 18be 1 or 19 miles, and the estimated our a com plete it would be £lOO,OOO, including borrowin g powers ; that would be a little ov er £5,000 per mile. There was a population of o London by the 10000 in the dis trict, The saving of distance would b e new line from Wells via with the pr e s ent route via Wymondham. compared Peterborough from 35 to 40 miles, comp% it ° lotions were p assed in favour of the prop o sed line , and shares wer e immediately subscribed for. ~= B SINKING, ENGRAVING, AND HERALDIC ' DIE was°l'w. When n these beautiful mani festationsEmßosslNG.--Tim_.ts we re almost exclusivel confined of the dn "" of the Herald's-office for ye Royal Y signs to the purposes " ou t s , charters, Scc. In very early times, manual to &cam as now, ev ery cor porate body of any i mportance had its en graved seal grave d Sea' .. ~ die—the old t ra d e guilds as well as our modern c o rporations under a limited liabilit y act o f Parlia went. The ago has grow n so that the toe of the peasant comes very near the heel of th e courtier. " Everybody now _days must have as i ndispensable, not a seal only, but „i s ° a crest and coat of arms neatly engraved. Mr. Howard Bug , will find it essential to his own sense of the dignity and the antiquity of his illustrious name, in all his cor respondence with those noble patrician families yclept the Smythes and Browns, to emblazon on his scented octavo cream-laid the family crest, as did the great ones of yore. So co mmonly in use, indeed, has the art we reter to become, and withal so useful and economical, that there are few respeetaVe tradesmen who do not resort to it oven for ad vertising- purposes. The merchant has hia die suuk, announc ing at once his business and his address, neatly embossed upon his note paper, and also on the envelope which is to Carry its missive to its destination. The shrewd draper gives you any copper change you may require doneupin a neat envelope, an which is stamped his name and address;been this rernfader of his politeness and whereabouts has u thus so forcibly impressed upon your mem ory, r thatyo arc sure to visit him again. Why should not!v o. e _y hi trades man_niself ? take advantage of this means of adverti.in A machine complete to do the work entirtu of Mr. AV . o acta can be had for a . few shillings at the old-established anu Jones, 24G, High Holborn. A visit to his workshops w ill purchaser that the b oa t at once convince an intending Your own Palm'', wive and cheapest machines for stamp in g a y n o d there only. lopes, &Q., (cc , are to be had there, Warehousemen and Clerks' Schools. The annual dinner on behalf of these schools took place last night in the London Tavern. Mr. Cobden, M.P., presided, and was supported right and left by Mr. William Leaf, Mr. Samuel Morley,:Mr. J. R. Jeffrey, of Liverpool ; Mr. J. W. Maclure, of Manchester; Mr. John Dillon, Mr. J. P. Foster, Mr. J. Sargood, Mr. Walford Greatorex, Mr. R. Slater, Mr. George Lawrence, and other gentlemen. The institution has been established eight years, during which time 110 children have been received, and there are now in the schools 62 children--47 boys and 15 girls—who are clothed maintained, and educated, free of all charge. In proposing the toast of " The Queen" the CHAIRMAN said it was a sound maxim in this con stitutional monarchy that:the Sovereign could do no wrong, but that was a maxim which applied only to the Sovereign in a political dense, for it was impos sible in a country like this, where habits and man ners descended so much from one class to another, that the highest personage in the realm should fail to exercise, for good or evil, a great influence on the character of society. There could be no doubt that the illustrious lady now on the throne had for the last 26 years, by her exalted example, by her per. sane( and demeetic virtues, favourably influenced the character of this and future ages. Nay, more, she had given stability to the throne itself, for she had rendered impossible for the future that which was witnessed in the not very remote past, when the persons highest in rank and birth were among the lowest in the scale of morality—a monstrous com bination, the recurrence of which would he the only way in which the monarchical institutions could be jeopardised in this country. The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm. Mr. COBDEN, in submitting the next toast— " The Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and the remaining Branches of the Royal Family" — said that when we felt more than ordinarily inte rested in the career of the young we naturally turned with curiosity to the parental advantages which they might have enjoyed. If eve were to survey our annals from the Norman Conquest to the present reign we should not, perhaps, fi n d an in stance in which the throne of these realms had been surrounded by so pure and elevated an a tmosphere as that which had pervaded the Cou rt of Queen Victoria. The late lamented Prince Cons ort was edu cation, he also possessed great natural talents ; he not only a man of high charact er and careful had rare judgment and rare sagaeity, and if it had entered the political been possible for him to h av e himself in the foremost arena he would have p'ac ed rank of our public mem Besides the advantage of having been brought u P under the eye of s uc h a father, the Heir Ap parenthad the great blessin g o f being united to a princess who , since her arrival in England, had not only g deli bted us all with h er grace and beau ty, but had won our hearts by he r amiability. Wi t h such favourable au gur i es every one na turally f elt confident that th e P r i nce o f Wales, to w hom, as their warm su p por t er an d patron, the warehousemen and clerks' sc h oo l s owe d ab s t benefits, was destined to run a care er o f s 0 h a ppiness T hr. e and usefulnese. toast was received with all th e h onours . 3 CoI3DEN then proposed " The Ar m y, N avy, exalted an d Volunteers," and his remarks were loudly cheered. He observed that in the course of his travels abroad he had found th a t our pretensions to superiority in some things were contested, and in others conceded. For example, the French would not allow that we were superior to them either i n politeness or taste ; the Prussians would not ad mit that we were their equals in education, while the Spaniards claimed supremacy over us in tempe rance. But there was one attribute of Englishmen with respect to which he had never heard any peo ple in any part of the world pretend to superiority ever us, and that was courage—courage, he meant, supplemented with those most formidable qualities, tenacity of purpose and manly endurance. As the verdict of mankind had declared that we had no superior in those qualities, it would be a sheer waste of time if we were to dwell upon them our selves. Re was not sure, indeed, that it would be good taste to do 60; and it was certainly altogether unnecessary, because henceforth the contests of na tions would depend less and less upon mere brute force. We lived in a scientific age—an age when science assisted us to travel, to send our message . to manufacture our goods, and to cultivate our soi l. 1 In future, battles would be fought and wen by at t the aid of science, and hence it was necessary th the be sides courage we should have at our command genius. best resources of our mechanical and chemical He was not going to say anything t h a t could be controverted, because he held it : an itory principles, not in accordance with approv ed e rie's° subject imme. to talk upon any difficult or ', diately after dinner, when o Pe ple wanted quiet ard freeUom from strong em otions, but he had a th e , i ry propound shortly to the men of business whom which he should like b to e saw around him. TI o had alway should er the opinion that the. Govern ment their business v ery mach as e u n i t d c i a a r i r n y erl on our largoon theirs, merchants and espitalists carried • n othe r emwords, that when they Wanted anything they 8-" - should go i nto the market and b uy it rather than pt to make it for themselves. It was :n ahtt _. said ber, she who I on fter- tem able the fol- loor iild. teen d to the lour -iii.l she y Of wing Pro ,rde. seen lice• a nd ibed I is rola, t to- I the ) 320 ) 28° ) 240 D . 4 05 C..34° ly of 3,tea• )3 80 ,320 200 -0 5, ii. ftini tallt AO, 'Or I