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3 eventSr House ctens io ,r mode' Lrks th° 1 ma y be i n good dance of evinced. ma y be week• 1. Oats rley and 36 stone. )s to 310 is per 24 bouring 5 had a I. The t Is per quality- Id sold o 17s Od 019 s 6d o 17s 01 o 18s Od ~175 6 a 0 56s pa 0 32s 01 0 388 01 0 27 8 0' Dca ) good. w heivt , stone;.: qr3B st. . for P it ; id. arw is the everY MIES ?StiOn. e, No. )rfolk, slated l; 51b, To. 77 , nd fa' •doul' ........ .------ Edin augh- rom R R E M ME CI T r . E SUP AT EVANS' Mellon's P ' ViE_NI.,,IG THIS WEEK after Alfred ...._._________e_T tade k,'Jncerts. THE STA' a ar, d GARTER HOTEL COMPANY Lin kited), RICHMOND , S urrey. iatorPorated l ( ane ,er the Companies' Act, 1E62, with Limited Liability. Deposit,t • Capital £120 , 000 , in 12,000 Shares o f £lO eac h . £ 1 P' J,r Share, and £2 on a ll o t ment. Cal :s not to excel(' 4", f, , at intervals of not less than three munths. The pi,ka DIRECTORS. Rig 'At Hon. the Lord DE TA BLET, 32 Lower Brook street, Cb air ma n. The 1101 L C kerald C. Talbot, India Board, Cannon-row, West _yainster : , and S'orbiton. :iu,rie Hon. Henry William Petre, The Bedford% Romford. r. .lenry Au g,ustus Murray, Esq., 88, Park-strect, Grosveno gclu re, John St Joseph Esq., U nderwood, Esq. (Hills,' Underwood, and Co., East- Hyde Park-gardens. Messrs ,R ansom BANKERS. Bonverie and Co., 1. Messrs . Robe As, Lubbock,and Co., 15, Lombard-streep a ii_ m ail East. t . Messrs, liarellant and PSe°aCl,l3o"G'reat George-street, West- mins tf r . J. E • "al AUDITOR. ier -tan, Esq. (Coleman, Turqnsnd, Youngs, and CO, Tokenhouse-yard, E.C. - - ARCHITECT. (I.l7ar ' rg. Barry, Esq., A.R.A., 1, Old Palace-yard, West . minster. BROKE ' J' G . - Btme, E sq., 3, Bank-chambers R. , Lothbury, London, E.C., or Stock Exchange. SECITETARY. an rrnstus Browne, Esq., 17n, Great George-street, West minster. ( A:aces-178, Great George-street, Westminster, corner of P•arliament-street. ABR:DGED PROSPECTUS. ._ The Star and Gra".er at Richmond has a world-vvide cele utity. This is due, not only to its situation, which is unsur 'Passed, but also to its high reputation for tavern and enter tainment purpns Co. The current b rrsiness has outgrown the proportions of the present bullring , . and there is a great demand for increased hotel accommodation in eonnection with the establishment The object c,f this Company is to meet this difficulty, and, having purchased the hotel and r :oo d w i ll of the business, im prove an d enlarge the present building. The property will be conveyed to the ' 'empany as freehold, and upon. terms such as the I ,irectors, ` - pith competent profes sional advice, believe to be moderate.. The furniture, stock in -trade, and wines, will be taken at a valuation. In order to keep the present co , inection identified with the hou Be, arrang ements have been. made with Mr. George Ellis, ue the p resent p roprietor, to act as Managing Director of the fact,, a irtpany for a period of two y ears, if desired so to do. This ided to the presence of Mr. Stapl es on t h e b oar d , w il l en sure mo re than fli.ial management. ordinttry attention to the details of prac _ The propo., d i mPrevements ard additions—the construe lion of which will be. so arranged as not to interfere tor a singl e day with the. current business -will, it is estimated, "f 46 " °° . The additions, which will consist on additional lvi Zs, and be more especially designed for hotel purposes, 'W7l s t t h t h a o a r o t tin needa n ep e s 'a d t ec ra o n r c a e t y o v n il . l be of a substantial character, ,his company does with an hotel and business already in elysistenee, an immediate income will be forth 7ininz• 7..1ie profits upon the current business are capable .. i t ' ai Paying a „, fair dividend on the whole of the proposed cap' . tc ' and it, is not too much to anticipate that when the con _-riliPlatW, additions and improvements have been made, i the . id) ofits si,, viill be such as to ensure the payment of large dvi r s ti'don 1 hat capital. ". % e ,, , Coleman, of the firm of Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, P Cc , has satisfied himself of the merits of the project, ,a-'?lv'ill act personally as the corn_ pan_ y's auditor. a the profits of the current business will allow of the ‘,',,n out of interest upon sums received from shareholders, a"..,e.out entrenching upon capital, Interest at £5 per cent. per u r ? um will be allowed all calls from the day of payment. ~_ tOie same rate of interest will be allowed on shares paid in , 1 1, : 3 promotion money has been, or will be, P -t h ne present Trroprietor has agreed to accep a r . , and th e Company, one part of his purchase been otherwise _ e greater part of the capital has already es of allbseribed. be made in the 1041,Pplications for the remaining shares to Innonsheyar, d osit ef Xi Per ha t ,l annexed to the prospectus, with tne_ o e u P ve _ e, ri and Co., iv, re, to the Bankers, Me:tors. Ransom, 16 Lubbock, and c 0 " ... 1, Pall-mall East, or Messrs. Roberts, 1 ., 15, Lombard-street. offices of the Broker, z:-.orosPecituses may be obtained at the the offices et . the oce,„-"ank Chambers Lothbury, E.C.; at . ster S.W. (cor- Xte r — P,"Y, 17, Great'George-street, Westn . lin a Garter, at Star an /ti - 01 Parliam.ent-street ; and at the chraond. limited to the Th holder will be ~...• e liaby of each share - 121 int of his subscrtion. in full. ' a 11 made the deposit will be returned -.._ ..... 2 a otment be N RTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE °--- INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Aoc u A„ Mciated and Invested Funds —4llual Revenue.... 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. 041 . 11 , 41- nr•anees zranterlo mo s t lib era l terms. oth at Home and in Foreign Countries ' LIFE DEPARTMENT. !Yea . ) , facility offered to Insurers. o „', l nr ty per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers the participating principle. a t be new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows: Policies. Amount Insured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23.641 0 0 , corms of Proposal and every information will be furnished Va application at the OFFICES : IONDON Threadneedle -street. . . 4, New Bank Btuldins. „ . West-end (Moe.. 8, Waterloo-place, Pazll-mall.Lothbury. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty pai4 to Government for the year 1862 was 2\062, and the amount i nsure d on f arm ing stock, ' 10 , 0 86,332 A . bonus of Three-fifths of the profits periodically made to 'James insuri n o r who have thus, from time to time, received a,surns amountit, in the aggregate to L 440,000; and the Society holds a. large Reserve appliTable to a future Litmus. th T he rates. of premium are in no case higher than those te i r, zed by the other principal o ffi ces making no returns to eir ios ur , cs. Pr vtr e e t Pros . pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey friareB ' N 0 rwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge - street, BIack prV3VIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. Thr ' „, TRUSTEES. Th'as Baring, Esq., M.P. Wm. Gee. Prescott, Esq. „lordson Hankey, Esq., lif.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. t:anal Lif e A ssurance for all classes. tot,:, e Associa o tion has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a sum of £1,50,000. The Annual Income is .. £61,000 The Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 2 , 0,(.00 It has paid in Claims .. 112,000 thThe whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among I N 4 Members o . Tee divisions have already been made' eh the foll wing hr sums have been added as bonuses to the Dec. 31, 1847 . • 1852 1837 .. taaki 1862 _ ntr. the total bonus additions, £05,600. onuses ma:i . b received in °Ash or apliel to the reduc c rl of Premiums the option of the a ss ured , in lieu of an a dition to the i ol:cy. , Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid- V ) policies introduced by this Association b which the -11.1 fiee so often submitted to on the relin q u ishment of Po icy is wholly avoided. __ T he balance-sheets o f th e Association are open t o a ll , whetlier assurers or otherwise. Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre tended districts. 4:5400 .. 11,500 .. 23.200 .. 50,500 WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, 11toorgat - treet, E.C., Aug 1863. ~, HARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER makes its own Soap, and saves one-half of time, two thirds of Soap, and three-fourths of labour! Patentee: Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by-Bow, London. Sold by Grocers, Druggists, and Oilmen. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RESTEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. "z•eott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluabl e to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, s pasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. led., and three time') the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. goat's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the Stamp, ARMY CONTRACTS. Co mmissariat Office, Aldershot, 2d September, 1863. T ENDERS will be received at this office, until from noon. oil WEDN be ESDAY, the 30 t h September, 1863, persons who may willing to the supply of e nter into C on t ract for FOR4GE, --- in such quantities as may be required, from Is 1863, to ateOctobr, 1861, for the use of Her November Forces stationed Aldershot Camp, and —aiesty's com mand. within the corn m.aY be person, Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract Riled, and ob tained on apnlication at this o ffi ce, by letter or in between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and si delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on e o utside " Tender for Foraze"). and no Tender will be noti ced Unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. HENRY B. MORSE, Deputy Commissary-General. ARMY CONTRACTS. TENDERS will be received at this Office until 12 o'clock noon on the 3d of October, from persons who 4aY be Willing to enter into Contracts to supply FORAGE AND PAILLASSE STRAW, ...!itteh quantities ss may be required, for the use of Her Jesty's Land Forces stationed in the following places, 'rum Ist November, 1863, to 31st October, 1864 : FORAGE. Hyde-pa , k, Kensington, Regent's-park, and Horse Guards. 2 . Hounslow and Kneller HalL a• Hampton Court. 4. Windsor. 5. Bricrliton. 6 Sandhurst. 7. Enfield. PAILLASSE STRAW. I. trompton House, Hyde-park, and Kensington. 2— Regent's -park, St. John s-wood, and Portman-street Barracks. 3.11 ew Barracks, Chelsea. Wellington and St. George's Barracks. 5 . The Tower. tram Hounslow and Kueller Hail. ptcn Court. '3. Winds -4*. 9. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shore -10• Croyr.don am' . art3„oparate 'renders must be made for Foracro and for Pail at'ce Straw for each 01 the above-mentioned Stations or Bar t.„B groupe 1 and numbered. t cen ts of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob ba t n t ,. n ," °a appl , cation at this office, by letter or in person, e -- ` ll the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. anTaid.,er s on the printed forms must be properly filled up th e - ,Z.,<1, and no Tender will be noticed unless delivered •th„,74l'ler-tnentioned Office, under closed envelope (marked 12 o• clock i ti ai e „ Tender for Commissariat Supplies "), before ' 34 on the 3d October next. (1 6ued) W. T. POWER, Co Comm'ssary-GeneraL 5. eu , l 'arnis ßa Loud - stre. LY-General's Office, .° 72 , 5.w• ' 3 ring•gardens. Roth 4 Sept, 193, 110 VAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. ushineution has PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. D C RAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.?. El lmr-CiLuninAri—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The the b Co/nrnittee of Management have to state that, since In gin ning of the year 1860, the Royat National Lifeboat tion. has als £16,480 ; expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab- The n „ ts "II the Coasts of England . Scotland, and Ireland. Soot e t v 'utnber of lives saved by the Life-boats of the tor w li o rd other means, since its formation, is 12,800; The Comm' services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and • An cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu- Transpoti n : t e xpended £87,000 on Life-boats, Life-boat ges, and Boat-houses. -ta rp la the generous e desire to express their grateful sense of British public sduoPP°rt which they have received from the has enabled themlng, the past few years, a support which of 123 Lifeboats onesttblish their present magnificent fleet Deeply sensible, ho e shores of the United Kingdom. weer, of rests on them to maintai the great responsibility that state, and 1' %Crews prZtlheir fleet in a thoroughly efficient boats, which eau only be effstecti in the managemort of their annual income, they earnestfyed by a large and permanent countrymen to aid them in up a i lleal to all classes of their great and truly national a work. ding, and perpetuating so The Committee gratefully s e k n tributions:— o wledge the following con- .. aoratai i i 0 Her Majesty the Queen X 44. d •• . Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G, _ ••• • • annual 50 C 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. •• • • .. • • annual 5 0 0 Currie, Win •E cl • • .. 4 Coutt sand C . o., s .M . e , ssrs., .Bank . e . rs •,.. annual 10 0 0 cost of . Lifeboat l'anshawe, Vice-Admiral Sire., R.C.B. • • 10 to 0 Erie, Lord o C . h ,T ie .. t i . ;: l s li q s . t , i 2d d Fenwick, sporting Carriage • • . • • • .• a .. 0 d 4(l T °l ni r a ci.° o 7 -215° ° 0 : •• 250 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. •• • •• . don -• 3 0 0 Martin, Sir henry, Bart. • • • • • • 7th don. 10 0 o Moore, Rev. G. B. • • • • •• • • don. 1 5 l i 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenw i c h .. .. • • 3 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. .. annual 2 0 0 0 Thom• s, Lady, Weston -super-Mare, collected by her Ladyship .. • • .. • • •• .. 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord •• .. annual 50 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re eived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and ('O., 50, Strand; Messrs. Berries, Farouhar, and Co., 16, st • James's-street, London; by ad the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the UnitedKing•dom; and by the Secretary Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. London, rt." - N°. 22,227. Crown Bvo., sewed, is. 6d. ; cloth, 2e., THE NECESSARY EXISTENCE OF GOD, by W. H. GILLESPIE, Esq., of Torbanehill. The "Russel" Edition, being the fourth. "A valuable addition to the science of Natural Theology." Lord Brougham. "Among the very ablest specimens of Speculative Philo sophy which this country has latterly exhibited."-- Sir Wm. Hamilton. London : Houlston and Wright, 65, Paternoster-row. TROPICAL POEMS. Now ready at all the Librari es , crown E vo., pr i ce 6s, BEAUTIES OF TROPICAL SCENERY, and Other TROPICAL POEMS. With Notes. By the Author of " The Nuptials of Barcelona." "A volume of word pictures."—Observer. "The amatory passages are worthy of Thomas Moore." — Critic. London: Robert Hardwicke, 102, Piccadilly. T H 0 X F OR D 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry It. 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 dm. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Performance by Herr SOHALKENBACH 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, ed. ; stalls and balcony, is. ; private boxes, 10s. ed. C ANT E R BURY HALL " GHOST."—I n or d er to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON bas transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GHOST," from the Picture Gallery to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant s t age i s erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal cony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, Arc. ; Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c. POLYGRAPHIC HALL.-MISS HERAUD and Herr KRUEGER'S celebrated SHAKESPE RIAN ENTERTAINMENT Illustrative of THE PAS SIONS, interspersed with Descriptive Music, THIS EVEN ING, and every Evening, at Eight; Saturdays at Three. Music by J. C. Beuthin, Esq. Solos Miss Mabel Brent, Mrs. Beuthin. Herr Bonn, Mr. Page. Mr. Stedman, and Signor Nappi. An efficient chorus. Booking, &c., at the Hall, King William-street, Strand, from Ten to Five, or Tickets of Musicsellers. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill -street, Piccadilly. These elegant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of monster concerts cele brity. The band is se l ec t e d from the Cry'tal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ls. Manager—M. GRENET. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! new version—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN— Grand Divertissement—Favourite Opera Selections—NlCO- SlA, 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 ALHAAIBRA PALACE. Great Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR A ICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S .iE RATED GINGER BE ER, in 1, glass or stone bottlos, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, Potass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters ,— Manutactory, No. 3, hite Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. T".—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 38. 2d. ; Souehong, reduced to 3s. ed. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from Is. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. 3100 RE BROTHERS, 35, London-brit re, City, E.C. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND M AGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe rases of deafness. It tits 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. SOLOMOINS, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country).—A. GENTLEMAN is willinfr, to IINICE ADVANCES of CAS H, without delay, to respectable persona (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on.—Apply (it by letter ene/ose tour stamps) to W., st Mr. Robertson's, Accountant, 40. Kinir, William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. lEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING PO WDER, for Which a Prize Medal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 186'2 This Powder is quit e h armless to an mal life, but . is un rivalled in destroying Fleas. Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, Moths 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. Being 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 autogrsgh of TFIOMAS KEATING. Sold in packets, ls., 2s. 6d., and 4s. M. each, or post free for 14 or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. Paul's-churchyard, London, B.C. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of X . / 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 Wa rw i ck 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 King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BITCCLEUCH, 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. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by M essrs. C outta and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries 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 lliams, Deaoon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Earned and Co., Liverpool and at the HospitaL STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary, . _ _ 1 'l, ll ' 1 . .... . .10 ' . g ....., • 10' 6.g. Y/Y 5 . tA ''',•-•', ......." • .-..., : , , , ;e2 ~ ~..1. , \ 4 11/ , • ..., , • . ~ p.:;„,, • , ..."---- ,5:,..,ct, ~ %. at* -...... - ~,----,*-4,, ~,,,, Ark :.`-' ~ , s• -- , 4.•1,.-ts • ~ , .. , Ns, ?.3.-e -4 ' - ltlk. , ',4itiftor' ..l., ' I , . A ing)—antk 1110 Lates• ...-- - . _ ** . iiii . .... "I,' tk dlli- g y ..,.., , • "m• he (pp )\ stkiallniqk A - -24, i Lad ever met with. A lause. iiir • 704, ~ ,/ . , ' i ll' 4a11112 6 .,-01,1,, 4 ' 0 . 5 bir o iv , , , , L' \..' k 1. ; ,, ,, ,, ',.- \, r i ff- • „..; 4 It • ---oir" •, c''''' D , '''''S 44.....! - ikZ; , 11... : , 16- ..,,..,.... innorr. ', ''' • ' i. - -;",- _. rievAr . in all quarters of the globe, but he hid -- ' - ` l 4 - 04•40'' i other evening were simply unequalled ,ma I,z, ::( ~k, . ...., ' -I, v - 704 „ A.: p :i The ladies there collected togetherilviertiin . .\.7c;:i;7 the prettiest women—(loud and ehitingtiii,,H:4o \Zif,, 4 ') ing)—and he had had a pretty lorig:teiPiriiiit' I t he had ever met with. (Applause.) '' 4itii) ....)in all quarters of the globe, but he luid - ikev'e? - i - Oia v such a number of pretty women as those'atembleil S at the Town-hail on Friday night. (Loud cheers.) His worthy friend on his left had just hinted to. him that " it was a very pretty story to talk in; that way," and no doubt it was, and ono upon. which be should like to enter upon rather more fully. (Cheers and laughter.). But he had to talk of a graver subject—and that was the Mayor and Corporation of Liverpool. (Cheers and laughter.) No one could pay a visit to Liverpool without being struck with the cleanliness of the Place and the excellent sanitary arrangements w awne h dl i l e t t h hhaet ct prevailed. ahuoss ee s intrusted tf r ud S se t ta a et t dh i s witha i n es i te aohiproveds:d:aiei governmento inhtsao ha d been e t a bh l ee t ehnoti town re moved hsse —the registrar's returns showed how carefully and from its midst. N o w, these things could not be looked after uniess t h ere' were 'working men ; place did work, and that in the rf,;ht direction, was proved by the high sanitary (Hear, hear.) There was another wetter which to him had the greatest interest as the _Admiral of a fleet, from which there were necessarily .a good many sailors always on shore. Of all the place's at which the Channel Fleet had yet been, there Lad been fewer reports of misconduct on the pare of the sailors at Liverpool than at any other place. H e believed that was owing, not to the fact that Liver pool had a better police, but because the sailors had been better treated. " Jack" was a knowing fel low : he knew when he was well off, and would not kick up a row. (Laughter.) With respect to the entertainment to the sailors on the morrow, be would take the opportunity of expressing the feel 7,, ing of pleasUre which himself and his brother offs' ' cers felt at this display of kindness. At the same time, he did not conceal from himself that the thing was an experiment, but it was an experiment which it would have been unworthy of his position to have forbidden. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) It was now' for the men to show their appreciation of the kind ness exhibited towards them by not abusing it. He: valued the men who formed the British navy as much as man could do, and though they had their faults, yet they had a hundred good qualities. (Loud cheers.) But he would beg of them not to be too kind in their hospitality. Those connected with the Channel Fleet had been eating cake all round the coast, and he expected some of them would be getting sick of it. (Laugher.) The MAYOR (Mr. R. C Gardner) responded. Lord STANLEY then proposed " The Town and Trade of Liverpool," for which Mr. RANKIN, Chair man of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, re. tuned thanks. —.. 4 d. STAMPED this. Don't let me be misunderstood. I should like to speak in returning thanks as well as the gentlemen who proposed our health, but that gift is not given to me. But I have got one knack —and that is of saying what I mean. (Applause.) I would not for anything give up the command of this fleet, for two reasons—first, because I see all this enthusiasm given to the navy, and in the next place because I command some of the finest officers and gentlemen I wish to be among. It would be unworthy of you, and it would be unworthy of mc, if I drew the slightest comparison between our re ception at one place and another. Liverpool, lam sure, needs no praise for her hospitality from me, and good wine needs no bush. Bat in Liverpool there is this advantage, that you have the ships lying at your own doors. You see them, and you know them as well now as if you had seen them for months. You, gentlemen, have paid a good deal of money for these ships ; you now know the terms of your insurance, and I hope you are satisfied with them. (Applause.) Two or three of the speakers who preceded me have spoken on the importance of keeping up a naval force, and this is a fact which cannot be too much impressed. It is not the fear of invasion, for I believe that our army and our volunteers, whom nobody values more highly than I do—(applause)—would be of the greatest service_ But I should like to know how you, gentlemen, would look if the French fleet had the command of the Channel for only one week. But when I say that I would impress upon everybody the necessity of keeping up the naval resources of this country, I refer also to the naval reserves. The reserves of this great commercial port, I understand, are only 1,009. I should like to see the reserve in pro portion to the number of sailors, so that if we are beaten in the Channel—which I do not expect — there will be plenty of sailors to go on with. There is plenty of courage in the merchant service. I was in the Crimea with hundreds of merchant sailors, and I believe there are as good officers among them as any of us—(appl ause )— an d as th ey are B r itish sailors they are sure to fight well. We must have something to fall back upon. The Government find ships, but the country must find men. Gentlemen, I thank you from my heart for the very kind way in which you have drunk the Navy, for it is a pro fession which I glory in belonging to. (Applause.) Admiral DACRES then proposed " Commodore Graves and the Members of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club." Captain HORNBY, RN., of her Majesty's ship Edgar, proposed " Tne Ladies," on whose behalf Mr. R. HUTCHISON, ex-Mayor, responded. Commodore GRAVES responded, and proposed ''the Two Houses of Parliament." Lord STANLEY, on rising to respond, was received with long-continued applause. He said,—l thank you, Mr. Commodore Graves, —I thank you, gentle men, not only for the kind and cordial reception which you have given me in this room, not only for the flattering things which have been said personally of myself, not only for that which 1 value far more— the enthusiasm with which you have welcomed my father's name—(great applause)—not only for the terms of respect, just and well deserved as I believe them to be, in which you have spoken of the great legislative body of which I am proud to be a member, and which exercises practically at the present day supreme power in the State, and uses that power on the whole with judgment, with moderation, and with fairness, but I thank you far more for the opportunity which you have given me in my own . name, in my father's name, and I think I may say in the name of the inhabitants:of this:neighbourhood, of thanking Admiral Decree and the officers under his command, for the honour of this visit paid us by the Channel Fleet, and expressing the gratification which we have all derived from a sight which is not only interesting hut unique. (Cheers.) I believe the chairman was strictly correct when he told 3 ou that at no time since Liverpool had been a borough—certainly at no time since the Channel Fleet has been an institution of this country—has the Mersey ever been visited by so con siderable a portion of the Royal Navy. We hope that the first visit won't be the last. Admiral Dacres has found his way here once, and we will take very good care that he finds it again. (Cheers.) And without disparagement to any other place, I am sure I may say this—that there is in all Great Bri tain no town where naval men are more honoured or naval acts more appreciated than here in Liver pool; the sea has made it what it is, and Liverpool men take pride in the sea. We have, as it has been said, in our yacht club no contemptible naval re serve, and though we cannot locally pretend to com pete with those magnificent vessels which are now lying in our waters, yet I think we have a navy of our own not wholly unworthy to compete even with them—a navy existing, indeed, for purposes exclu sively peaceful, but not the less a triumph of human industry and skill—those vast ocean steamers which have joined the New World to the Old, and crossed the Atlantic with the regularity of boats crossing a ferry at a speed which is only surpassed by the rail road. (Cheers.) But, gentlemen, it is not only to us, it is to every person, of whatever country he may be, that the sight of such vessels as we have now witnessed is not only interesting but novel. We are seeing that which is strictly an experi mental fleet, a fleet in which almost every vessel is an experiment, or, perhaps I should say, a combi nation of experiments. (Hear, hear.) We have seen, probably, the last of those old wooden two-decked line-of-battle ships which will ever carry the flag of a British admiral, and certainly a more splended vessel of her class than the Edgar never sailed the sea. (Hear.) Wo have seen the first of these noble and mighty engines of destruction which are revolution ising naval warfare, and 'which our friends on the other side of the Atlantic are kind enough to us to be trying on so large a scale at their expense and for our instruction. Gentlemen. I confess I wish that the House of Commons as a body could feel what you and I have witnessed, for seeing is believing, and I am sure that sight will have impressed upon every mind two great facts which have been very strongly impressed upon mine ; one, that for the money which we have expended pretty largely of late years we have value received; the other, that in this naval architecture we are literally feel ing our way (Hear.) I can speak of course upon this subject only on second hand, but if I may ex press what seems to be a very general opinion among those best competent to judge, it is more than doubtful whether we have as yet got that gun which is to be the gun of the future, and it is per haps open to doubt, splendid as are those ships which now lie in our waters, whether we have got the exact mould of a ship which is to be the man-of war for the future. Now, I think it is our duty, as members of the House of Commons, to bear in mind specially the tentative and experimental character of what we are now doing. It is our duty to grudge no outlay which is necessary for purposes of efficient defence, and that is a duty from 'which assuredly we shall not shrink. It is our duty above all to shrink from no outlay which may be neces sary for the purpose of experiment, but it is not the less our duty at the same time to avoid that fault into which we have often fallen before, and into which, while men remain what they are, it is always possible we may fall again. I mean the fault of being satisfied with what we have accom plished, of resting upon our oars, and of essuming that what we consider as the perfect model of the day will be an equally perfect model ten years hence. (dear, hear.) Pardon me, gentlemen, for referring very momentarily to such a subject; and, a s brevity is the order of the day, permit rue at once and without further preface to return you my thanks on h017,1f cr the House cf Commons. (Applause.) " The Mayor and Corporation of Liverpool" was proposed by Admiral DACE.ES the following terms :—lt was quite unnecessay for him to speak of the magnificent hospitality which they had re ceived at the hands of his worthy friend, the Mayor of that town. (Applause.) Iu Liverpool, where everything was carried out in the most princely style, his Worship had excelled in his display of hospitality; the ball and dinner that he gave the Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. A naval court-martial was held on board the flagship Victory at Portsmouth yesterday for the trial of James Petly Symes, assistant-paymaster of her Majesty's ship Pioneer, on the charge of being on or about the 17th of September, 1863, fraudu lently deficient in the public moneys in his charge to the amount of £44 125., and for making or caus ing ,to be made erasures or alterations for the pur pose of showing a balance of £276155. 1 J.d., instead of the true balance of £314 Bs., certified by the ex amining officers on the 31st of March, 1863. The Court was composed of Capts. Seott and Seccombe, and Commanders Curme, Lowther, and Simpson. The prisoner was found guilty, and he was sen tenced to bo dismissed from her Majesty's service with disgrace. The Pioneer, 6, screw gunvcssel, Commander Robinson (acting), was paid out of commission yes terday afternoon alongside Portsmouth dockyard. Of the squadron of screw gunboats and mortar vessels attached to the three divisions of the Chat ham steam reserve in the Medway, nearly the whole, constructed for the Government during tho excitement of the Russian war, chiefly by private builders, those which upon survey have been found unfit to be retained in the service are to be for warded from Chatham to Deptford dockyard to be broken up. Provided it be practicable the engines and machinery of the condemned gunboats are to be taken out before their remoN al to Deptford. A his tory of these gunboats and the vast sums lavished on their construction would contain some singular disclosures. Scarcely one of the gunboats now be longing to the navy has been built more than nine years, and yet of the 190 which figure in the Wary List fully one-half would, upon survey, prove to be unfitted for active naval operations. With regard to the fleet of mortar vessels lying at Chatham no orders have yet been received, but directions have been given to the dockyard officials to adapt them for dockyard lighters and transports, as they may bo required. For this service their size and great strength render them well adapted. There is still a fleet of iron mortar vessels of large size lying high. and dry at Chatham dockyard. These are all housed over, and each boat is carefuhy covered with a thick coating of red lead. Notwithstanding the care taken to protect them, it is believed that several of these would upon examination be found unfit for the ser vice for which they were originally intended. While the Medusa, 4, 312-horse power, paddle wheel steamer, was being removed from Chatham harbour into No. 3 dock at Sheerness, a day or two since, an accident occurred to the vessel, resulting in rather considerable damage to the hull and machi nery. The ship was shored up before she had pro perly settled down on the blocks, so that on the water being pumped out she came down with a sud den crash on to the blocks. A survey was yester day made to ascertain the extent of the damage done, which is estimated at from £5OO to £l,OOO. The screw gun-vessels Alacrity, 4, 200-horse power, and the Reynard, 4, 200-horse power, both just paid off into the Chatham steam reserve, ace to have the defects to their engines and boilers made good, but previous to their being taken in hand both vessels are to be surveyed by the dockyard officials in order to ascertain the state of their hulls. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1863. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RADCLIFFE AUTUMN MEETING—TUESDAY. The Craven Two Year Old Handicap of 5 sous each, with 40 added ; winners extra. 5 fur. 11 subs. Mr. Peace's Alice Lee, Est 9ib (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Cowell's Hartford Hill, 6st 91b (Hovstead) 2 Mr. Barber's Helen, 6st 91b (E. Taylor) 3 Betting-5 to 2on Alice Lee. Won by two lengths; three lengths between second and third. The Grey de Wilton Cup (Handicap) of 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, 3 ft, for 3-yr-olds and up• wards; winners extra; the second to save his stake. About one mile and a half. 11 subs. Mr. Barber's Donne Canne, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b.. (E. Taylor) 1 Mr. Buckley's Wynnstay, 5 yr&, Bst lib (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Lincoln's Tourist, 3 yrs, 7st 81b .. (H. Taylor) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Wynnstay, 6to 4 agst Donne Canne, 5 to 2 agst Tourist. Won by two lengths; same distance between second and third. The Bolton Plate (Handicap) of 40 soya, for all ages ; winners extra. About half a mile. Mr. Anders's Mousetrap, 5 yrs, 7st (H. Taylor) 1 Mr. Hudson's Walloon, 5 yrs, Bst 21b .. (H Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Barber's Cutler, 4 yrs, 7st (E. Taylor) 3 Mr. Owen's Bosotian, 2 yrs, sst 121 b .... (J Grimuhaw) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Walloon, 4to 1 eget Mousetrap. Won by a neck; four lengths between second and third; half a length between third and fourth. A Handicap, Hurdle Race of 5 sous each, 3 ft, with 30 added' About two miles, over eight hurdles. 5 subs. Mr. Antrobua's Shan Van Vocht, 4 yrs, 9st 121 b :furiar) w.o. The Scurry Handicap of 2 soya each, with 25 added ; open to all horses running at this meeting, but to which each winner must subscribe. T.Y.C. Mr. Anders's Mousetrap, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b.... (H. Taylor) 1 Mr. Hudson's Walloon, 5 yrs, Bst 71b ..(11, Grimshaw) 2 Betting-5 to 4on Walloon. Won by half a length. LATEST BETTING. CESAREWITCH. 1000 to 70 agst Anfield (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lioness (taken) TUNBRIDGE RACES.-TUESDAY. -• The Tunbridge Wells Stakes (Handicap) of 3 soya each, with 25 added, for all ages ; winners extra, About one mile. 9 subs. Mr. Morley's Devotee, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Viney) 1 Mr. Burbridge's Baliverne, 4 yrs, 7st 2'b Mr. Beadman' s Rubini, 3 yrs, Est 12Th.. (J. Plumb) 3 The following also ran :—Deerfoot, Rapture, Fletton, and Knight Templar. Betting-7 to 4 agst Deerfoot, 3to 1 agst Baliverne, 6to 1 agst Devotee. Baliverne made play, followed by Devotee and Rapture side by side, Rubini fourth, Deerfoot and Knight Templar bringing up the rear. On the far side of the course Bali verne took a commanding lead, and half a mile from the finish Rapture, being beaten, dropped to the rear. Coming round the turn into the straight, Devotee closed with Bali verne, headed at the distance, and won cleverly by a neck; two lengths separated the second and third; Fletton beat Deerfoot by a head ; Knight Templar was last throughout. The Two Near-Old Stakes of 5 sous each, with 40 added ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; penalties and allowances. Five furlongs. 10 subs. Mr. R. Drewitt's Wild Huntress, 9st (inc. 71b extra) (Fordham) 1 Mr. T. Stevens's Faith, 9st (inc. 71b extra) .. .. (Payne) 2 Mr. Fleming's Overcast, Bst 101 b (inc. 31b extra) (Hibberd) 3 The Golden Cross and Narbonne also ran. Betting—Even on Faith, 2 to 1 agst Wild Huntress, 5 to 1 " bar two." Overcast made play, followed by Wild Huntress and Faith, to the turn into the straight, where Wild Huntress took up the running, with Faith in close attendance. Alter a spirited race Wild Huntress maintained her lead to the end, and won by a neck; Overcast was beaten three lengths from Faith; Narbonne was a bad fourth; and The Golden Cross was pulled up opposite the enclosure. The Medway Stakes of 3 soya each, with 25 added, for all ages; selling allowances. About one mile. 3 subs. Mr. Geo. Perkins, jun.'s. Irene, 6 yrs (£10), Bst 131 b, Mr. Wake walked over for the forfeits. The Tunbridge Handicap of 10 sovs each, 5 ft; winners extra. About two miles. 13 subs, 6of whom paid 2 sovs ft to the fund. Mr. R. Drewitt's Detective, 3 yrs, Est 41b .. (S. Riordan) 1 Mr. T. Read's Lavender, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Norris) t Mr. Ward's Spitfire Kitty, 3 yrs, Set 10113 ....(Zanker) t Mr. Low's Gibraltar, 6 yrs, 9 st . (C. Searle) 4 _ _ . _ Betting-7 to 4 agst Detective, 2to 1 agst Gibraltar, sto 2 agst Lavender, 5 to 1 agst Spitfire Kitty. Gibrali ar made play, followed by Detective and Lavender, Spitfire Kitty waiting on the trio several lengths in the rear, At the top turn, the pace, which had hitherto been a mere canter, was improved by Detective going to the front. On passing the stand the second time Gibraltar again assumed the lead, Lavender lying at his quarters, Detective being pulled a length in the rear of the pair, Spitfire Kitty still bringing up the rear. On the opposite side of the course to the stand Detective and Gibraltar ran side by side, Laven der lying close up third, with Spitfire Kitty well up with the trio. Before making the turn into the straight, Gibral tar dropped into the last place, and the other three closed up and ran home together, and Detective, in the last half dozen strides, getting an advantage, won by a short head. A dead heat for second place, and a bad fourth. The Ladies' Plate (Handicap) of 40 sovs for all ages ; winners extra. Half a mile Mr. W. W. Biker's Rest, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Jas.Nightingall) 1 Mr. J. Low's Stanley, 2 yrs, 6st 101 b (car. Est 121 b) (J. Plumb) 2 Mr. R. Drewitt's Mysterious Lady, 2 yrs, 6st (Mordan) 3 Southport, Vigil, Lady of the Manor, Blanche of Lan caster, and Maubourquet also ran. Betting-7 to 4 agst Mysterious Lady, sto 2 agst Stan ley, 5 to 1 agst Southport, 7 to 1 each agst Rest and Blanche of Lancaster, 10 to 1 apt Maubourquet. After three-quarters of an hour's delay in futile attempts, caused principally by Rest refusing to join his' horses, they were indifferently started. Hest jumping away in front, made the whole of the running and won by a length; a length and a half divided the second and third ; Southport was fourth, Vigil fifth, and Maubourquet last. The Sevenoaks Stakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added, for all ages; selling allowances. Five furlon gs . 3 subs. Miss Marsh's Measure for Measure, 2 yrs (L4O), Est ilb (S. Mordan)tt 1 Mr. Hodgman's Rosa Lee, 2 yrs (L4O), 6st llb (Morris)l-1- 2 Mr. T. Stevens' Pinkcpoe, 4 yrs (£4O), Bst 31b (Payne) 3 Betting -6 to 4on Measure for Measure, 6to 2 agst Rosa Lee. The latter made play, followed by Measure for Measure, the two closing as they came round the turn into the straight, and raced horns together, finishing a dead heat; Pinkepoe,who was last throughout, was beaten half a dozen lengths from the pair. Second Heat -5 to 4on Rosa Lee, who made play until half way up the distance, where Measure for Measure made her effort and finished a second dead heat. Third Heat-6 to son Measure for Measure. Rosa Lee again made the running, but was headed by Measure for Measure before reaching the turn into the straight, round ing which Rosa Lee ran against a post, and Morris was thrown heavily to the ground, receiving a severe cut on the head. The winner was bought in for 41 guineas. her shoulder, and had to be destroyed. Marson was not hurt. Deciding Heat—Betting -5 to 4 on Oldminster, who was beaten by a neck. The Richmond Cup (handicap) of 50 soya; winners of any race after Sept. 18, 51b ; of any race value 100 soya, 71b extra. Grey Stone in. Mr. Jackson's Lady Louisa, 5 yrs, Sat 111 b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Temperley's Alice, 3 y es , T a t (H Covey) 2 Mr. J. Robinson's Prairie Flower, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (tieslop) 3 The following also ran :---Wetsail, Calabria, Newchurch, Satinstone, Betsy Copeland, Lyra, and Miss Tees. Betting-5 to 2 agst Calabria, 3to 1 agst Newchurcb, 4 to 1 each agst Lady Louisa and Alice, 8 to 1 agst any other. Won by three lengths; a neck between the second and third. The Licensed Victuallers' Plate of 20 sous, added to ci selling stakes of 3 soya each; 2-yr-olds, Bst 31b; three, Oat 13Ib ; four, lOst 71b; five and upwards, list; selling and other allowances. Half a mile. W bo's Who, 2 yrs, Bst 61b (Snowden) 1 Saltant, 2 yrs, 7st 121 b (Buck) 2 Ruby, 2 yrs, Est 71b ... . (lluslop) 3 Brother to Stockton, 2 yrs, Est 101 b (Whiteley) 4 Betting—Even on Who's Who, 7 to 4 apt Brother to Stockton. Won by a length; the same between the second and third. The winner was not sold. The Members' Plate (handicap) of 50 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each, 2 ft; winners extra; second to receive 10 soya. One mile, 18 80.4. Mr. John Osborne's Maid of the Mist, aged, 7st 91b (Whiteley) 1 Mr, Watt's Miss Armstrong, 3 yrs, 7st 71b .. (Snowden) 2 Mr. Gill's f by Neville—Leyburn Lass, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Carroll) 0 Marson weighed for Betsy Copeland (3 yrs, fist I.olb),but the mare did not go to the post. Betting-2 to lon Miss Armstrong. Won by a neck. The Leyburn Lass filly did not pass the post. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. MONDAY, Oct. 12.—Match-200, h ft—Lord Westmore land's Confidence, Bst 101 b, against Mr. Beauclerk's Southport, Bst 41b; both 5-yr-olds. Last half of R.M. FRIDAY.—A Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 500 soya each, to accept, or no race. T.M.M. to be signified on or before Weatherby.) 200 ft, for 3.yr-olds ; three 25 entries. (Acceptances Tuesday, Sept. 29, to Mess st lb Lord Clifden Macaroni 8 12 Carnival La Toucques Queen Bertha 8 0 Tippler Hospodar 7 10 Glenorchy Rapid Rhone 7 7 King of the Vale 7 7 Golden Pledge Tom Fool Borealis st lb Blue Mantle Onesander Anfield 7 4 National Guard 7 4 Old Orange Girl 7 3 Fantail Trumps Clarior 7 0 Earl Purl Jack of Hearts Sauterelle Jarnicoton The Mysterious Deaths at Wolverhampton and Dudley. Yesterday the adjourned inquest was held in Wolver hampton, on the body of the man William Cheenery, who was found dead in a house in Wolverhampton, his head having been frightfully injured, apparently with a hatchet, with the cognisance, there is no doubt, of the young woman, Resannah Steadman, who had lived with him as his wife, locked up the house in which Cheenery was found, and who, the day before the house was forced open by the neighbours, was discovered dead in an empty house in Dudley, her body, like that of her murdered paramour Cheenery far gone in decomposition, but which, on the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, was exhumed frem the Dudley Cemetery. The Chief Constable at Wolverhampton (Capt. Segrave) was present during the inquiry. Tho first witness called was— Alfred Hill, who deposed—l am a doctor of medicine, and reside at Birmingham, in the county of Warwick. On the 10th day of September inst. I received two glass jars, scaled up, from Police-constable John Bealey. Upon opening them I found the stomach, liver, spleen, and hand of a human being, with also portions of a woman's dress. On the 13th inst., by the direction of Mr. Thomas Moss Phillips, coro ner, I made an examination and analysis of them, and the following is the result :---From the stomach I have ob tained indications of the presence of morphia (the essential principle of opium) by means of the iodic-acid test. The reaction with the nitric acid test was, however, dubious, and not positively and absolutely confirmatory of the iodic acid test. I obtained no evidence of its presence in the liver or spleen, nor of the presence of any other poison in any of the organs. The black stain upon the light pieco of dress consisted of tar and fat, the latter probably derived from decomposition of the body. Another portion of dress pre sented a red amok, due to red paint, containing lead and red ochre. The black mark on the hand, like the black stain on the dress, consisted of tar. As decomposition had proceeded so very far, and as the bloodvessels had been rup tured, and divided in amputating the hand, I did not deem it desirable to prosecute a search upon it for blood, as the detection of its presence even might lead to fallacious con clusions. His experiments had taken 14 days before they were completed. The portions of a human frame, spoken of by Dr. Hill, were taken from the corpse of the woman Cheenery by Mr. Nesbitt and Mr. Keogh, surgeons, of Woverhampton, after the body had been taken from the grave at Dudley. The presence of tar on the hand and dress still further identifies this woman with Cheenery's murder, for it will be remembered that the body of that unhappy man had had gas tar in a partially hot state brushed over it. Thomas Gatehouse, an assistant to Mr. Bayley, chemist, of Bilston, deposed that on an afternoon towards the end of July last, he remembered selling two-pennyworth of laudanum to a woman who wore a showl with much red in it. The woman was about five feet in height. (The shawl which was found in the house at Dudley, hanging up with the bonnet to the skylight in the same room in which Steadman's corpse was lying, was here produced, and the witness identified it as that to which he referred ; also the laudanum lobel found in the house atD udley.) He served her with the laudanum because she gave him a satisfactory answer as to the use to which she wished to put it. He sold to one customer an ounce of laudanum a-day, for she could not live without it. Several witnesses were then examined as to quarrels be tween Steadman and Cheenery respecting a hawker of matches, with whom the latter charged Steadman with having had improper intercourse at Birmingham, and also as to conversations which same of the witnesses had had with the matchman after the murder. Ultimately the inquiry was adjourned for a month to afford the police time to trace out the watchman. THE DUNDEE MURDER CASE.-PERTH, SATUR. DAY, 9 p.m.—The autumn circuit closed here to-night at 9 o'clock, the last case being Grant's, from Dundee, for the murder of his wife. After a lengthened trial the jury found him not guilty. The verdict was received with immense cheering both in court and in the streets. The crowd fol lowed Mr. Grant and his friends to tho hotel, cheering most enthusiastically. nusT OF SHAKsPEARE—by the American sculp tor Greenough.—The bust is intended to be sent to England on the occasion of the Shakspeare festival, and will, no doubt, produce all the effect, as a work of art, that it has already done here. The realisation of Shakspeare—of whom no bust exists save that at Stratford on-Avon—had long been a favourite dream of the artist's; and, as is the case so often, it was by chance rather than by choice that he was hurried into its execution. He was one evening expressing his regret that no real and thoroughly authenticated portrait, from which a bust of the great poet could be taken, was in existence; the only one possessing the smallest claim to attention being the Chandos, which bears too great a stamp of ideality for artists to accept it without some little doubt. It so hap pened that the lady to whom Greenough was thus address ing his complaint was a rich lady of Boston, Miss Joy, whose father, when emigrating to America, towards the lat ter end of the last century, bore with him numberless speci mens of art and vertu, which had made his house in Boston a complete museum. The lady, on hearing the sculptor's ob servation, rather startled him by declaring that she had in her possession, at Boston, a real and original portrait of Shakspearo—one over which no doubt could be thrown —painted by Zucchero, the Court painter of Shakspeore's time, whose portraits of Queen Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh are well known by amateurs, and whose signature appears at the corner of this very portrait of Shakspeare ! The painting was bought by Mr. Joy at the sale of various effects and curiosities, the property of a gentleman who had once owned much of the property belonging to an indivi dual whose ancestor had been proprietor of the Globe Tavern. The tradition conveyed with the picture to Mr. Joy wos, that it was known to have been the Sbakspeare belonging to the collection at the Globe, and that Zucehero had painted it in one of the rooms of the tavern. The de scription, of course, fired the artist, who promised to wait till Miss Joy's return to Boston, where she would have the painting photographed for his benefit. This was done, and it is partly from this original portrait of the immortal Shak speare, and partly from his own conception of what the original o► that picture niust have been a few years before it was taken, that the bust just completed has been done. It is a beautiful work, full of fire and gentleness, and, above all, possesses the individuality which is wanting in all the portraits of ShakFpearc hitherto seen, The Channel Fleet at Liverpool. On Monday night the officers of the Channel Fleet were entertained by the Royal Mersey Yacht Club to a magnificent banquet at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. Although the charge for the dinner tickets was high (three guineas) and the accommoda tion extensive, every place was quickly and eagerly secured. The entrance-hall was fitted up as a con servatory, the boxes and galleries were thrown open to the ladies, and here too every seat was occupied by the elite of Liverpool. During the evening the ladies were served with ices and fruit. The chorus of the Philharmonic Society tendered their services on the occasion, and sang in the intervals between the toasts. The tables were literally covered with silver plate, kindly contributed for the occasion. There was likewise displayed a considerable num ber of the vases, candelabra, and other prizes won by various members of the Mersey Yacht Club. The cross or principal table was especially rich in silver plate. Immediately behind the chairman's seat was a tastefully arranged buffet, consisting of some magnificent pieces of silver plate, backed by a row of massive shields. Every table was beauti fied with vases of flowers. The magnificent cande labra, as well as being ornamental, were applied to a useful purpose; all were furnished with candles and lighted, and during the evening no fewer than 500 wax tapers threw ad3itional light into the hall, causing the bright plate and gorgeous trappings of the tables to be reflected on every hand. The guests were received by Commodore Graves, Major Melly, Mr. F. B. Moyley, Mr. Carlyle, and other members of the club, to whom is due the credit of having in the apace of a very few days organised this grand banquet. The guests numbered in all 480, of whom 144 were officers of the fleet. There was a very large staff of honorary stewards, each of whom wore badges elaborately executed in watered satin, worked in silk and gold, with an anchor and crown, supported by an ensign and union jack, and with a liver underneath. The Cunard Company placed at the disposal of the club a large staff of stewards in uniform, who attended solely to the wine department. Mr. Har ker acted as toastmaster. On the removal of the cloth, The CHAIRMAN proposed " The health of the Queen, the Duchess of Lancaster, and Patroness of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club." The chorus of the Philharmonic Society gave the National Anthem in a style that elicited universal commendation. j The CHAIRMAN next gave " the Prince and Prin cess of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family." The toast of " the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese" was responded to by Archdeacon Jones. The CHAIRMAN next rose and proposed " the Navy, Army, and Volunteer Services," which were respectively responded to by Admiral Evans (Con servator of the Mersey), Colonel Sir John Jones, C. 8., and Lieutenant-Colonel M'lver. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the toast of the evening, " Admiral Dacres and the Officers of the Channel Fleet." The chairman said your reception of this toast is but a reiteration of the shout of wel come which rose on this day week from the count less thousands who lined our shores—(cheers) —and if those shouts of welcome were not suffik..ient to convince Admiral Dacres and the officers of the Channel Fleet how thoroughly welcome they are in our port, I can scarcely hope that any words of mine can convince them that they are welcome. For the first time in the annals of Liverpool a Chan nel squadron floats Oil the broad waters of the Mer sey, and though that fleet be few in number it is sufficiently mighty in power to be at this very moment the arbiter of peace or war. (Loud ap plause.) It has efforded to us an opportunity of testing the capabilities of our port, of which before we were utterly unaware; but I have the gallant admiral's opinion this evening that our port can not only contain with safety the Channel squadron, hut the whole navy of England. (Cheers.) It has also afforded to us an opportunity of show. ing to the gallant admiral, the officers, and men the extent and importance of that commerce which will be handed over to their care in the great hour of need. (Applause.) And fur ther still, it has given to us the pleasure of meeting in social intercourse the officers who command the Channel squadron of England this day. (Cheers.) I need scarcely say one word of the pleasure which it has afforded to the town, for the joy which has lighted up every face since the fleet entered the Mersey is the best answer I can give as to what the feeling of the town is. (Ap plause.) And I may say that what we have seen of those who are in charge of that fleet has materi ally added to the friendly feeling which has always existed for the blue jackets of England. (Cheers.) The admiral has asked me not to put too much blarney into my speech. (Laughter.) Therefore I will spare him on this occasion, and I know that at this time no words are needed from me to commend this toast to your most hearty reception, for you feel as I do the greatest pleasure in seeing around the festive board this evening the officers of the Channel Fleet and the representatives of the English navy. (Loud cheers.) It is not, however, from mere curiosity that you are assembled here to-night. It is not the mere idle curiosity that prompts the ovation to the Channel Fleet at every pert it has touched from the moment it left Spit head until the time when it cast anchor in the Mer sey. There is in that ovation a deeper and more significant meaning. There are unmistakeably shown in that ovation the feelings and opinions of the reflecting minds of the country that, come what will, cost what it may, the defence of England rests in her navy, (Loud applause.) Fortifications have had their day, and ships are now having theirs, and though we may alter the material of which those ships are made we never will alter the " hearts of oak" with which they are manned. (Loud applause.) The simple fact is, and I ask you to endorco this opinion, that we are determined to havo the navy equipped and manned in every re spect sufficient to cope with any power whose mis fortune it may be to be our enemy—(a laugh, and Hear, hear), or any combination of Powers. I can safely, simply, and truthfully assure the gallant admiral and the officers who are our honoured guests this evening, that the feeling which we have exhi bited towards them to-night is not merely the feel ing of the moment, and that when they leave our port the feeling will not vanish. (Hear, hear.) Those officers who came here a few days ago as strangers will leave us as friends. (Cheers.) When in other climes, or in other countries—wherever duty may call them to serve—the record of their doings will often bring back with it many agreeable and pleasant recollections of the visit of the Channel Fleet to Liverpool; and we should, in fact, realise the idea of the bard when he wrote ; You may break, you may ruin the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will cling round it still. (Applause.) And now, ladies, for I take the liberty on this occasion to address you, for I know full well your feelings for the " blue jackets" are as keen and as sensitive as ours, and I will ask you to rise on this single occasion and juin with us in doing hon our to Admiral Dacte3 and the officers of the Chan ritl Fleet_ (The whole company unanrnet!s!y rose to respond to the toast ; the gentlemen cliecri.d, the ladies waved their handkerchiefs, anti the scene was CEO of the greatest enthusiasm.) _ _ Admiral DACRES, who v.-as received with en tinned applause, replied as follows—You are per fcctly aware, as well as I am, that we have been going a tour of the British Isles, through what 1 think a very fur-sighted policy of theßritish Govern• ment. Wherever we have been we have been re ceived with the greatest enthusiasm, and this has very often set me thinking, and raised in my mind a feeling of pride—pride that I belonged to a country where so much patriotism exists. When we sailors are at sea we feel, and the best of oar men feel, influenced by kindness like RICHMOND RACES-TUESDAY. The Easby Stakes of 6 soya each, with 20 added ; two-yr olds, 7st; three, Bst 121 b; certain penalties and allow ances. About three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Winteringham's Harvest Mell, 2 yrs, 7st 71b (Snowden) 1 Mr. John Osborne's Little Stag, 2 yrs, 7st ..(Whiteley) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Stolen Moments colt, 2 yr3,_ 7st (Carroll) 3 Mr. R. E. Wilson's Bellasius, 2 yrs, 75t.... (Crawshaw) 4 Veterinarifin alao . ran. Betting -6 to 4on Little Stag, 6to 4 agst Harvest Mell, 100 to 8 agst any other. Won by a length; a had third, Veterinarian did not pass the post. The Sapling Stakes of 10 soya each h ft, with 50 added, for 2.yr-olds ; colts, Bst 191 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b; penalties and allowances; second to receive 15 sous. Grey Slone in. 29 subs, Mr. Winteringham's Appenine, 9st (Ashmall) 1 Lord Zetland's Revival, Bst 41b (H. Covey) 2 Sir C. Monck's Gondola, Bst 41b (Snowden) 3 Mr. Chilton's Claxton, Bst 41b (Whiteley) 4 Mr. Ridley's Wensley c, Bst 71b Mr. Morris's Siva, Bst 101 b Betting-7 to 4on Appenine. 4to 1 agst Gondola, 6to 1 eget Claxton, and 10 to 1 agst Revival. Won by half a length; four lengths between second and third. The Richmond Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft, and 2 only if declared, &c., with 80 added; winners extra; second to receive 20 says. Once round and a distance (about one mile and three-quarters). 29 subs, 18 de clared. Mr. Osborne's Fanfaron, 3 yrs, Est Ilb.. (Crawahaw) t 1 Mr. Wilkinson's Oldminster, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (Aldcroft) f 2 Lord Zetland's Piceador. 4 yrs, 7st 311).. (H. Covey) 3 Sir G. Strickland's Angelus, 3 yrs, sst 121 b.. (Arnott) 4 Mr. Masterman's Honest John, 3 yrs, bat Illb _ _ (Noble) 5 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Dram) 6 Mr. Bowes's Welcome, Mr. Jacques's Trump Queen, 3 yrs, 6 t 31b (Marson) 0 Betting -5 to 4 agst Oldminster, 2to 1 agst Fanfaron, 5 to 1 agst Picoador, 6 to 1 agst Trump Queen, 7 to 1. agst Honest John. A dead heat between Fanfaron and Oldminster; Ficcador wa3 third, beaten four lengthe. Trump Queeu fc,,11, broke THE ARMY. Major-Gee. Sir R. Dacres, accompanied by Major Millward, Major O'Malley, Capt. Nangle, and De puty QuartermastenGen. and Capt. Hamble, has just made his half-yearly inspection of the troops at Warley barracks, near Brentwood. The troops went through a number of evolutions under the command of Col. Hay and Col. Ratcliffe, and at the close Major-Gen. Dacres declared that their marching and general appearance reflected the highest credit not only on themselves, but also on their officers. New quarters for married men, a sergeants' mess room, and a gymnasium have recently been come pleted at this depot. The rifle practice range formed on the glacis of the fortifications commanding the entrance to the river Medway and Chatham harbour, which was granted by the War Department for the use of the Royal Artillery and the Rifle and Artillery Volun teers, and since constantly used by those bodies, is situate in a position attended with such danger to the public that, unless prompt measures are adopted by the authorities, it is scarcely possible for accidents to be averted. The maximum distance afforded by the range is only 300 yards, and firing parties are compelled to take up a position only half-a-dczen yards from the high road, over which considerable traffic passes. In itself this would be a sufficient reason for the removal of the range, but :300 yarfis are insufficient for even the preliminary stages of instruction teitti rifled artillery carbines. For the advanced. efearst of ree;:leetey iestmetieei the range is useless, and it cannot be ased by volunteers w i th t h e long Enfi c id rifl e . In the event of a bul let not striking the target owing to undue elevation it passes over the earth butt into the sea ; boats and vessels of all kinds are repeatedly crossing the line of fire, so that there have been many hairbreadth escapes, in spite of the precautions adopted and en forced by the military authorities. Nothing short of the stleciion of another site will give permanent security to the public, e wife [um ' rge's. e , of ter of e late Rev. Lester haw' Wm. hire, Ly- lgesi T.B.f Sher, late fish. ing, 70th vre ) the ;TS, 114 ;y of