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T" DISCOUNT CORPORATION (Limited). Established trader the Companies Act, with Limited Liability. Capital, Two Mi Stcrtin2, - , in 20,000 Shares of £ICO each. I , ` rst issue, l0,0(.0 Shares. Deposit, Ll per Share on application. and £1 10s. on allot ment. It is not contemplated to call up more than £2O per "Mare. Calls not to exce,clXs, at intervals of not less than Three Months. Tames DIRrCTORS. BrucP, Esq. (Messrs. Enloe :old Co.), A hchurch-lnne. Charles Bye Colchester, Esq. (Messrs. Colchester and Wool • ter), South Sea House. 1 . D. Cartwriglo Esq., GI. Moorgate-street (Messrs. Lec kie and Bomb ' ay), late Chairman of Commercial Bank of India. Roratio Sydney Coulson, Esq. (Messrs. Bruce and Co.), Ab church-lane. Lyall. Esq., Mincing-lane (Messrs. Lyall, Still, and Co , Homy Kong). Charles Edward Mangles, Esq., Director of the lJnion Bank Australia. xliomas Stenhouse. Esq., Director of the Char tered Ilercan ,_ le ti Bank of India. Torrance, Esq., Director of the Alliance Bank. lAtnund Westby, Esq., Director of the Bank of Victoria. N Kr.RS. Alliance Bank of London ßA and Liverpool, Lothbury, and Southwark. London. Brown's-buildings, Liverpool, and Birkenhead. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Flux and Argles, 9, Mincing,-lane. BuoKr.us. Messrs. J. and J. Whitehe4d, P, Moorgate-street. SECRETARY (pro tem.)—Robert Slater, junior, Esq. Temporary Oflic,es of the Corporation-26, Change-alley, Cornhdl, E.C. PROSPECTUS._ The Discount Corporation is established to aid the mone tary arrangements of the increasing commercial interests of Great Britain and its dependencies. In founding this undertaking the Directors have secured the co-operation of an old and highly -respected Discount Firm in London. with whom arrlngements have been made for the transfer of its lucrative business to this Corporation, and two of whose partners join the Direction. It will thus ba manifest that the Discount Corporation starts with a large and valuable connection, and acquires the experience of Directors whose influence and intelligence are certain to command the confidence of the public. The material basis of the Corporation will be a large sub scribed Capital, judicially distributed. The recent creation of several large Indian and Colonial banking institutions, coupled with the expanding home and continent it trades of the country, and the greatly extending commercial transactions with India and the Culonies, lead to the conviction that greater discounting facilities than at pre sent exist are required An establishment, which from its ample means will be able to supply such requirements, will no don't be favourably re ceived by the trading community, and will at the same time afford a safe and profitable return equally to those who seek the permanent investment of their money, and to those who merely desire the temporary employment of their surplus funds. The known profitable operations of the old private Dis count Firms, and the new. Discount Companies, give the as surance that a purely Discount business, prudently managed, Will prove a complete success. The Head Office of the Corporation will be in London. No pTomotioi-money will be given for originating the undertaking, and the pre;iminary expenses will be strictly confined to such as are indispensable. Applications for Shares m,y be addressed in the anne xe d form to the _Directors, and copies of the prospectus may be obtained at ti. e Temporary Offices of the Corporation, or at the Offices of the lirokers and Solicitors ; but no application will be considered unless a deposit of £1 per share on the number of shares apOed for has been paid. FORM OF APp:UCATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. No. To the Directors of the Discount Corporation (Limited). • Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers the sum of , being a deposit of £1 per Share on Shares in the above Corporation, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I agree to become a member of the Cor poration in respect of such Shares, or in respect of any less number you may allot me, and to execute the Articles of Association when required ; and I request that my name may be placed on the Register of Members for the Shares so allotted. Name in full Residence Profession or Business Date THE DISCOUNT CORPORATION (Li m it e d). —NOTICE IS HEREBY , That norther APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this GIVEN Corporation will be received after SATURDAY next, the 17th October inst. By order, ROBERT SLATER, Jun., Secretary, pro tern. Temporary Offices, 26, Change-alley, Cornhill, October 13, 1863. THE MARINE INVESTMENT COMPANY (Limited). a'apital £500,000, in 20,000 shares of £25 each, with power to increase, a deposit of 10s. per sham to be paid on application, and £1 lo s. ou allotment. First issue £250,000, in 10,000 shares, of which only £l2 108 . per share is intended to be called up. No 6 econd issue will take place until £l2 10s. per share has becn called up on the first issue. Calls not to exceed £2 10s. pe. share, at intervals of not less than two months. DIRECTORS. Captain R. W. PELLY, .R.N., Elder Brother Trinity House (Director of the London' .Assurance. and late Director of the Hudson's Bay Company) Chairman. James Borman, Esq, (Messrs. Buckle, Borman, and Co., Mer chants), 127, Leadenhall-streot. Alexander Calder, Esq. (late L'irector of the India General Steam Navigation Company, Cvlcutta), Putney. Abel Chapman, Esq. (Director of the Mid-Wales Railway), 79, Old Broad-street. Ambrose Emerson, Esq. (Messrs. Newby, Carson, and Co.), Gresham House, Director of the West Atrican Company. Henry Fox, Esq., Director of the London and Provincial Marine Insurance Company. John Hall, jun., Esq. (Messrs. J. Hall, jun., and Co., Mer chants and Shipowners), New London-street, Fenchurch str eet. Robert Hewett, Esq. ( 4 Tessrs. Hewett Brothers, Merchants and Shipowners), Trinity-square- Wildam Anastasius Jones, Esq., late Local Director of the Anglo-Mexican Mint Company, - ,Wilton Lodge, Croydon, Surrey. Jahn Rogerson, Esq. (Messrs. J. Rogerson and Co., Mer chants and Shipowners), Royal Exchange-buildings, and Newcastle-on-Tyne. John Gustavus Russell, Esq. (Director of the London and Lancashire Insurance Company), 61. Moorgate street. Captain Luke Thom - is, late of Aden, 115, Leadenhall-street, and Nevill Lodge, Tunbridge Wells. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Dawes and Sons, 9, Angel court, Throgmorton- street. BANKERS. tendon and County Bank, 21, Lombard-street. The Agra and United Service Bank (Limited), 27, Cannon street. AUDITORS. Messrs.,Edwards and James, King-street, Cheapside. STOCKBROKERS. Messrs. Froom Brothers, 20. Change-alley, Cornhill. SURVEYORS. Timothy Harrington, Esq„ Consulting Engineer, 61, Grace* church-street. Captain Thomas Fribo, The Jerusalem, Cornhill. SECRETARY—Mr. Thomas Sharer, 27, Leadenhall-street. TEMPORARY OFFICES OF TIIE COMPANY. 18, King-street, Cheapside. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company is established for the purpose of granting temporary loans and advances on eligible ships and other marine property, by way of mortgage or assignment, covered by policies of insurance, and on such other security as may be found desirable. Money will also be received on deposit for stated periods, upon interest to be s,greed, and will be employed in like manner with the capital, the uncalled por tion of which, and the property held on mortgage by the Company, will at all times afford ample security to depo sitors. The estimated value of British vessels mortgaged is up wards of five millions sterling. It thus becomes apparent that a wide field exists for a well-established Company of this kind. The want of some ready channel for obtaining loans on sbipping has been so severely felt that the Directors enter with confidence on the prosecution of a class of business hitherto transacted by private individuals with considerable profit. In addition to the profits on capital, which are estimated at from 10 to 13 per cent., the Directors have facilities for borrowing at such rates as to yield a surplus profit of 5 to 6 per cent. The detailed prospectus and forms of application for shares may be obtained of the Secretary, Brokers, and Bankers, and nt the Offices of the Company. Should the full number of shares applied for be in excess of those at the Directors' disposal, the surplus will be credited to the allotment, or returned at the applicants' option, MARINE INVESTMENT COMPANY (Limited). ME NOTICE.—The Directors will proceed to an ALLOT NT on SATURDAY, 17th instant. Applications for the Remaining Shares to be made not later than that da ,e. By order of the Board, ,ing-s .treet (Signed) THOMAS SHARER , Secretary. Cheapside, Oct. 9, 1863, A.MENTS for the Drawino , room, Library, OR g - rooni, consisting of ay, and eAegant assort nd .oinin ment of VA SES, Figures, Groups , Ca ndlesticks , Obelisks. Ink stands, beurtiful inlaid Tables, a perw D eits sh to., in Italian, Alabas er, farian, Marble, Bronze, Imported and manufactured by JAMES TINNTI•qar. die. ralogist to her ifaiesty, 149. Stand, W.C., L onaon. • - Mr. TeAnnant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MI r. ROCKS, and FOSSILS, whi c h w i ll greatly facilitate t tie interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON OTOLOGY, end GEOLOGY, at 2, 5,10, 20, 50, to N o 6........._e_aa each. PRACTICA .L INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is g iven by Mr. TENNANI', at 149, Strand, W.C. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS-ller 11Zost Gracious Majesty the Queen. P RESIDENT—Vice-Adm;ral the Duke of Northumberland, F.R.S. .utrUTYIeIIARMAN—Thos. Raring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. CliAlllllAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R S. V.P. • APPEAL. the T he Committee of Management have to state that, since h. —ginning of the year 1861, the Royai National Lifeboat ;pstitutiou has ex•pended £28,550 on various Lifeboat Estab 'teents on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Bo c i l n t number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the lo t ;g ! and other means, since its formation, is 13 , 220 ; tio .£17,2Qe, 1 1 services 8 ? Gold Medals, 733 Sil ver M e dals, and ha In cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu- Trao,o al so expended £75,330 on Lif e -b oa t s, Lif e -boat The entbing-cart lazes, an s d Boat-houses. The ge4ltaittee desire to express their grateful sense of has enabled British Qs support which they have received from the theuring the past :few years, a support which of 125 Li te ,,n to establish their present magnificent fleet Deeply s ens "Cs on the shores of the United Kingdom. rests on them hovever, of the great responsibility that state, and it s '',.l4lllintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient boats, whi.% ea; e :v B , Practised in the management of their annual incom e, t C I 9 he effected by a large and permanent countrymen to ail t e h arnestly appeal to all classes of their great and truly nationals in upholding* and perpetuating so The Committee g q .. 4 - -- work. tributions:— • f te-ullY acknowledge the following con- Her Majesty the Qu(. en £ a. d Campbell, the Hoe. A tm , •. G. .. •.: .. .. annual 50 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, It„A.. .. .. annual 5 0 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs.: • annual 11 0 Currie, Wm., o. .. Rankers •.., .. annual 10 0 0 Yzle, Lord Chief Justce • ' -• .. 4th don.lo 0 0 .. •Ifelaciat and Tran- Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir :ii, 12.- 'A • • don. 10 10 0 G. J., Esq., cost or a i-,..,.8. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Fenwick, sporting Carriage .. naryey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs, • - .. .. 250 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. , ••• •• don. 30 0 Palmer, Sir Rounddl, M.P., ii.31 . •;• 80 ,,_ • ,. 7th don. 10 0 0 tor-General ••• • • • • .. "' a- Royal Yacht Squa iron •• •• annual 2 2 0 Steel, Michael, Et? q. • • • • • . • • annual 10 0 0 • • don 100 Thorns s, Lady, IV estop- super-Mare, collect e d by her 0 0 Ladyship .. .. .. .. .. Y ., r l6us 0 'Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord •• • • • • annual 50 0 Donations and Annual Fubscriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the B a nkers of the Institution, Messrs, Willis, Perci7al, and Co., 76, Lombard-stroet ; Messrs . Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Berries, Farquhar , and Co., 16, St . James's -street, London ; by a 1 the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in th e U n itedliingdom ; and by the Secret ary, Richard Lewis, Esci 4 ~ 941171trect, Adolph , London, vv,%;. at the Office cil the Institution, ii, No, 22,246. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., G 001) SOCIETY. By Mrs. GREY, Author of " The Gambler's Wife," (to. "Mrs. Grey writes well and with spirit."—Post. " There is no question that this will be a popular novel. The book carries the reader along with it irresistibly."— John Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE. THE HEIRESS AN]) HER LOVERS, by GEORGIANA, Lady CHATTERTON, is now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY - EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1863, PEOPLE'S EDITION OF MAC&IILAY'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. On Monday, Nov. 2, will be published, in crown Svo , Part 1., to be completed in 14 monthly Parts, price is. each , LORDMACAULAY'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. People's Edition. uniform with the People's Edition of Lord Macaulay's Essays, and the Rev. Sydney Smith's Works: embodying the Author's last Cor rections and Notes, and including the brief Memoir by the Very Rev. the DEAN of ST. PAUL'S. London : Longman, Green, and Co., Paternoster-row. This day is published, in 3 vols., post Bvo. , price £1 Ils. 6d. TAR A: A MAHItATTA TALE. By Colonel MEADOWS TAYLOR, Author of "Confessions of a Thug," &c. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. 122, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. MESSRS. JOHN MAXWELL AND CO. beg to announe that the undermentioned Works may be now had at every Cii"culating Library. Subscribers to those useful Institutions sho:tld not experience any delay in ob taining copies, as athqua:ie editions have been printed, and the type is kept standing, to Meet every demand as quickly as it arises :- 1. SACKVILLE CHASI. 3 vols. 2. STRONGHAND. By G. AWARD. 2 vols. 3. BREAKFAST IN BED. By GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA 1 VOI. 4. THE REV. ALFRED HOBLUSH AND lIIS CURACIES. I 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 H 0 X F 0 It D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE, CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, and Bellini's SONN A MBULA. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any oilier man "I, Eugene, W. Randall, George Hodson, and those marvellous French Clowns, Messrs. ARTHUR and BERTRAND. Also, a Performance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. 3 he HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order to gratify" the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and HenryDircks, 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 bDdy of 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 Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and the marvellous Arthur and Bertrand. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST 1 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 ALHAMI3RA PALACE. G rea t Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR I‘ICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening.. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant 'looms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of monster concerts cele brity. The band Is selected from the Crystal Palace, th Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, I s. Manager—M. GRENET. T.UXURIANT WHISKERS or MOUSTACHES. —My formula forces them to grow heavily in six weeks upon the smoothest face, without injury to the skin, and a sure remedy for baldness. 13 stamps.— Mr. FOX, Macclesfield. Fox's celebrated Hairwash Formula, for removing scurf and curling the hair, seven stamps, PECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary relief to weak, dim, and detective ♦ision.—S. and B SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS 'PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TIM GREAT FxruBMONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective 'nvention in the curative treatment of HERN I A. he 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 noc-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 be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. - - A Single Trues, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 318. 6 d. Postage, ls. A. Doublo Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. - - -• Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. THE GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY. Office, Horseferry-road, Westminster, 14th Oct., 1863. NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That a Half-yearly GENERAL COURT of the Proprietors of this Company will he held at this Office, on FRIDAY, the 6th day of November next. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely. Notice is hereby also given, that at the same meeting the Annual Election of Auditors will take place ; and, should a Ballot be required, it w ill continue open fOr lour hours from its commencement. By order, JOHN OR WELL PHILLIPS, Secretary. WILLIE, D-R, YES ; Another Lot of PAPER DRAPERY, as the last, and some Patent Safety ENVELOPES, from GRAINGER'S, 303, Holborn. STAMP YOUR PAPER, ENVELOPES. INVOICES, &c., with JONESS' 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 Crest, Name, or Business Die, 9s. 6d. Note the Address :—WILLIAM JONES, Die Sinker, Press Maker, and Embosser, 3, Queen's-court, High Holborn (op posite Day and Martin's). not only to avoid the dangers of the laud, but the possibi lity of collision with another vessel. Bearing in mind the judicious conduct of the master during several days on this voyage while crossing the Banks, I am utterly at a loss to account for the subscgaent want of caution. But the safety of the public demands that so grave a fault should be visited by heavy censure, and should be followed by such a sen tence as shall mark the determination of the Court to pre vent, if possible, the recurrence of similar disasters. It is my painful duty, therefore, with the full concurrence of my assessors, to suspend the certificate of Mr. Andrew M'Master, for the period of 12 calendar months from the date of this report,—l have, &c., .T. S. BOaps, Police Magistrate. Liverpool, Oct. 10th, DM. We concur in this report, It. B. BAKER, Hy. llAnuls, Nautical Assessors. THE SOCIAL SCIENCE CONGRESS. EDINBURGH, Wednesday. DINNER OF THE ASSOCIATION. At 6 o'clock the annual dinner of the association was held in the Music-hall, and was attended by from 400 to 500 ladies and gentlemen. The chair was occupied by the Right Hon. Lord Brougham, at whose right hand sat the Lord Provost, the Lord Advocate, the Right Hon. Joseph Napier, Lord Ardmillan, Mr. J. A. Lawson, Solicitor- General of Ireland ; Professor Christison, Admiral Ramsay, Mr. C. Cowan, Mr. H. Fawcett, and Professor Archer. On the left were the Hon. Judge Longfield, Lord Neaves, M. Gamier Pages, Mr. Sergeant Shee t Professor Douglas Maclagan, Mr. Hastings, and Mr. Henry Brougham. The Rev. Dr. LEE said grace, and the Rev. Dr. ALEX ANDER returned thanks, CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHAKSPRA.RE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co., bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. Lord BROUGHAM, who, on rising to give the first toast, was loudly cheered, said,—l have very great satisfaction in proposing " The health of her Majesty the Queen ;" and I shall only repeat what I have said over and over again at our festive and other meetings, that there never was a monarch who better deserved the thanks of the people as ruling strictly according to the Constitution. In the dis charge of all the duties of her eminent position she is an example to all her subjects ; and as a parent in bringing up her family she is an example to all mothers. I have, there fore, great pleasure in proposing "Her Majesty the Queen." (Loud cheers.) Lord BROUGHAM, in giving the next toast, said—We have drunk to the cause; I have now to ask you to drink to the effect—l mean the effect of the good education and the admirable training by her Majesty and the late lamented :. rime Consort, who have brought up their family in such T believe no other family in their position were a way as - They say comparisons are invidious, almost ever educel fc ' cl ' • to find a contrast, go to former and therefore I shall neiL''' er, times in this country, nor loek 611 road to other countries for the state and the position of princes; but I will give you at once "The Prince and Princess of tholes and the rest of the Royal Family." We have had a sample of the Royal family here during the congress—a most excellent young prince—(loud applause)—and all who have associated with him have expressed their admiration for his talents as well as for his modesty. (Cheers.) Lord BROUGHAM again rose and said—l have to trouble you once more to ask yon to offer your respect, your grati tude to our brave defenders by sea and land, the "Navy and Army and Volunteers." (Applause.) Let no man sup. pose that he who rejoices in this great addition to our national forces, the Volunteers, does so from any apprehen sion that the peace will be broken. (Hear.) Thank God I there is every reason to count on a lasting peace. (Cheers,) But that is no ream why the precaution ought not to be taken of insurance. (Hear.) When a man insures his house he does not expect a fire. He does not do it because he thinks a fire probable. He knows that a fire may hap pen from the negligence of the people in his own house, or from the negligence of the neighbours, or by the accident of lightning. In short, he means to take security against it happening, or rather to be secure of not loosing if it should happen. Now, the Volunteers, or whatever else we do to improve our national defences, are an insurance; but they are an insurance far superior to our insurance against fire ; for when I insure my house against fire, I don't in the slightest degree lessen the chances that a fire may happen, I only make sure that if it does happen I shall not be a loser. But improving our national defences not only secure us against loss by invasion, if it should happen, but it makes it very unlikely that that invasion should take place. (Loud cheers.) The insurance is, therefore, of a double nature and of a double value, because it not only prevents loss if the mischief happens, but tends to prevent the mischief from happening. (Loud Cheers.) I, therefore, gave you " The Navy, Army, and Volunteers." Admiral Ramsay, Sir J. Alexander, and Lieutenant- Colonel M'Gregor successively replied to the toast. The LORD-PROVOST then gave " The National Associa tion and its President. Ho said,—lt would be equally beyond my ability and beyond the limits of one toast to attempt that comprehensive allusion to all the varied and lofty qualities which is due to the widely-honoured name of Henry Brougham. If I did attempt it I should have to speak of a career which for brilliant success, the application of extraordinary powers of mind, for extended duration and unabated vigour, has rarely, if it has at all been equalled in the history of great public men. (Loud cheers.) Perhaps not the least celebrated feature in the life of our noble Pre sident is that untiring determination to remain, while health and strength permits, in full working harness ; and it as suredly forms a noble record that, after a professional career which has yielded every honour due to distinguished emi nence, after and amid the turmoil of parliamentary life, Lord Brougham has devoted his great energies of mind to the philanthropic objects of this association. (Loud cheers.) Lord BROUGHAM, in reply, after expressing gratification at the presence of the ladies, said—lt gives me great delight to preside over such a vast assemblage as this—all members or the friends of members of our great national association. (Cheers.) Now I hear it carped at in different ways. One objection is to the name " Social Science." We have heard that cavil at our former meetings, and it has been renewed on the present occasion. Now, I can only say we did not in vent the name. Upwards of 40 years ago Mr, Mill, a cele brated literary man, and author of a History of Egypt, and father of John Stuart Mill, used the term " social science" in one of his valuable essays. But the fact is, there can be no doubt whatever of the meaning of the expression, and of the nature of our pursuits. (Hear.) Now, the delight which I have in this institution and in its success is not If anybody a s k—as those who carp a t little. (Applaus e. ) the name ask—what does it do, I will not go into particu lars, but 1 take my stand on one name—the name of our fellow-member Mr. Chadwick, and I say look to his great and successful exertions in improving the sanitary condition of our Indian army—luok at the improvements which have arisen from his exertions at Liverpool, and after wards at Bradford. Look also at the great addition to the education elf the country by the adoption of the short time process; and T. say that these two instances, and all effected by this association, are quite enough to show how we have bee n , (Cheers.) I have seen useful, practically , very great exception taken to one or two things I stated in my opening address, and among other things exception is taken to my having praised and recommended the Sisters of Charity. It is said, But you recommend Catholics; you recommend the importation from France of Catholic Sisters of Charity, who will immediately set themselves to prosely tise this country. My answer is this—that in the case of Lady Georgina Fullerton and Miss Easton we did not im port Catholics from France or Ireland, for they are our fel low -countrywomen, who happen to b e C a th o li cs , an d th e only person who came from France was the sister superior. The rest aro all English Catholics, and I have seen here to day some most worthy persons, Sisters of Charity also, who come from France, and they are Catholics, no doubt, but they are Englishwomen and Scotchwomeu who have been settled in France, and have come back to this country. But it is not to be supposed that I only praised or recommended the Catholic sisterhood. I expressly pointed out Miss Brownlee Byron's Home Refuge for English Sisters of Charity, and stated that they performed all the nursing at the North London Hospital in connexion with University College. (Applause,) I have also got a letter from a man connected with America, who tells me there is great excep tion taken on the part of th e America n newspapers in this country to my differing with the United States Government on the subject of this horrible war. It is said that I under rate and undervalue the emancipation of the slaves. I under value the emancipation of the slaves I (Loud and pro longed cheers). Why, h a ve all the ad vocates o f s l ave emancipation done half so much for the liberation of the slave and the abolition of sl aver y as I myself have done ? (Loud cheers.) At the very beginning of my P ar li amen t ar y life it was signalized by the Act of 1811, the one which of all the many Acts I have h ad a hand i n passing gave me the most real satisfaction, namely, the Act abolishing the slave trade. Before the Act the slave trade was considered a mere act of contraband, and was punished as contraband ; and my act raised, or rather, sank it to its real denomina tion of a crime—and a bad crime — punishable by 14 years transportation. (Cheers.) And that act effectually extin guished the slave trade be as far as B r iti s h su bj ec t s were engaged in it. Then, in 1830 or 1837 I shortened the period of negro apprenticeship, and occasioned the complete liberation of the slaves three or four years before it otherwise would have taken place. Then, I may add. though it is a trifle as compared with these exertions, I may add a very great personal sacrifice. I gave up a very considerable estate in Barbadoes and a large estate in the a kind-hearted gentleman had county of Durham, which left me by a will which he afterwards revoked on my re to abstain from furthe r p roceedin g s for the libera -1 fusie e thoug h be said in his letter in which he tion of the slave., T ensure yon that your peasantry called on me to abstain, •• than your peasantry on yourßarbadoes estate are bet ter oe It was '.n°l2gh to on your Durham property." (A laugh.) t .y Rake one's =Oa vigor to hoar a having a goo 4 VroVer NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, :KNEE-C &PS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of iiVeakneos and Sw,:gling, of the Legs, Sprains, Am They are porous, light in textore, and inexpensive, and are drawn on Ilre an ordinary stocking: Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. eadh. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. 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 BUCCLEUCII, IC.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 suppqrt, 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 Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Holies 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 iuiams , Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the 11pol:ital. STANFORD...O. 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I should not have valued the Bar badoes estate so much, but I declined taking the course he desired, and sent him a copy of a report of my friend the Duke of Richmond's committee of the House of Lords cn slavery, after which I ceased to have any correspondence with that excellent proprietor, and a few years afterwards he died, and no doubt his will was cancelled. (A laugh,) I only state these things to show that for anybody to sup • pose that I am slow, or unwilling, or hesitating on the ques tions of the abolition of negro slavery is really a most mon strous delusion. (Loud cheers.) All my efforts were to wards emancipation without violence—emancipation by change of law and change of system,—and never did I lend the slightest countenance to acts of violence against the slaveholder. Much as I detest . slavery,and much as I pitied those who were its victims,--and I pitied among its victims the masters as well as the slaves themselves—never did I raise my finger or raise my voice for an instant in support of any violent proceeding to effect their emancipation. Consequently when I heard of North America issuing a proclamation to emancipate the slaves, I knew very well before they confessed it that it was not for the sake of e mancipating the slave—(hear, hear)—but for the sake of b ea ting the whites. It was a measure of hostility, not a n act of emancipation, ani a measure of hostility of the most detestable kind, by raising an insurrection of the slaves against their masters, which only the much-enduring nature of the negro prevented from succeeding, so that the great mischief that was intended against the whites did not take place. (Hear, hear.) But I must beg your pardon for hav i n g defended myself against so ridiculous a charge, which could only have arisen from utter delusion. They call out for the extermination of the whites, not in order to liberate the blacks, but to restore the Union. (Cheers.) The union, and not the negro, is the object of the emancipation proclamation, and to that p roc l ama ti on, therefore, I could not give any kind of support. It is a most unhappy contest, most miserable in all respects, but I hope we shall continue on the principle on which we have hitherto proceeded—of interfering with neither party. (Cheers.) The Federals are angry with us because we don't join with them, and the C o nfederates are angry with us because we do not acknow but if we were to ac k now l e d ge them we should ledge them ; only prolong this horrible and miserable contest. We have nothing to do with eithe r one party or the other. (Hear.) We aro bound to maintain our own independence of them, and leave them to fight it out among themselves, only hear tily-praying that their fight may be as short as possible. (Loud cheers.) Lord Brougham again rose and propbsed „ The Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council, and pros perity to the city of Edinburgh." (Loud cheers.). z / 1 74 • N EW S PAPE - building stones ; various processes of epoxy4;,;l7t. ;- 4 ; stones from decay ; important application p1KAi1ke,..„,:.:40 glass • artifi c i a l s t ones ," b y P ro f. Abel. ‘4 ; F.;.4,0-1 ~..9/4 s , " The steam- eng i ne ," b y P ro f. P o l e . D ec . 1, tegical operations illustrated by the campaign of "- S 1815," by Capt. H. W. Hitchins, Royal Engineers. Dec. 3 and 8, " Telegraphy," by Mr. F. Jenkin. Dec. 10, "The dockyard, and how to ace it," by Lieut. V. G. Clayton, Royal Engineers. Major-General Eyre, commanding the Foices in , the Uhatham district, yesterday completed the half yearly inspection of the troops . under his command by the inspection of the first division of the depot brigade, Royal Artillery. The division, which num bers about 800 men of all ranks, under the command of Lieut.-Col. IL Talbot, was paraded in marching order. Major-Gen. Eyre, who was accompanied by l3rigrote-11T_ajor Congreve, instituted a rigid exami nation of the arms and accoutrements of tha non commissioned officers and men, during which he was accompanied by Col. Nedham, commanding Royal Artillery in the Chatham district. This concluded,tho line broke into open columns of divisions, right in front, and marched past in slow and quick time, the alignment of th e di visions being well preserved, and - the wheeling distances accurately kept. The division was then formed into five batteries, and the com manding officers of each examined in their know ledge of company evolutions and formations; bat talion movements were dispensed with. The in spection terminated with a survey of the barrack rooms, hospital, and the other garrison establish ments, the whole of which were found well regu lated and remarkably clean, notwithstanding that no preparation bad been made for the Major-Gene... rars visit, which was altogether an unexp ected one. Major-Gen. t eW.mPen under the command ofaulet, C. 8., on Tuesday inspectedthe fr-G en. Lord gi 53cl R Col. English, C. 8., on Southsea-common. Yester: day his lordship was engaged in inspecting the Military Hospital at Portsea. The Ist division of the 55th Regiment stationed at. Portsmouth, will embark -there far India on board the Hougomont hired transport, on the 20th inst. The headquarters, whose embarkation has been delayed by the rejection of the ship Meteor, tendered for their conveyance, will embark at Portsmouth about the 25th inst. The 17th inst. is the day at present named for the emb ar k a ti on of the headquarters of the 76th Regiment f or I n di a on board the Hornet transport at Portsmouth. The remainder of the Regiment will embark from the same port on board the Ata lanta. VA PRIG'S..., ...Id. STAMPED printed, without the namts of the writers, for the emus meat of the readers of and Queries, First Series, 7. Au elderly man came to me to show me how the verse was created.—There was one molecule, which by vi bration—Heaven knows how I—the sari. Further vibra tion produced Mercury; and so on. I suspect the nebular hypothesis had got into the poor man's head by reading, in some singular mixture with what it found there. Some modifications of vibration gave heat, electricity, &c. I lis tened until my informant ceased to vibrate, which is always the shortest way, and then said, " Our knowledge of elastic fluids is imperfect." " Sir," said he, " I see you per ceive the truth of what I have said, and I will reward your attention by telling you what I seldom disclose, never except to those who can receive my theory ; the little molecule whose vibrations have given rise to our solar system is the Logos of St. John's Gospel." He went away to Dr. Lardner, who would not go into the solar system at all; the first molecule settled the question. So hard upon poor discoverers ate men of science who are antiquaries in their subject! On leaving, he said, " Sir, Mr. De Morgan received me in a very different way; he heard me attentively, and I left him perfectly satisfied of the truth of my system." 1 have had much reason to think that many discoverers, of all classes, believe they have con vinced everyone who is not peremptory to the verge of incivility. LAUNCH OP THE VALIANT. Her Majesty's iron-clad frigate Valiant was launched from the Admiralty yard, Mill wall, yesterday. The ship is 4,144 tons builder's measurement, and 4,063 tons by the Navy List. The dimensions are : length over all, 280 feet; breadth, extreme, 56 feet 3 inches ; and depth from spar deck, 39,feet. The draught of water will be 25 feet 2 inches. The engines by Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field, with which the ship will now be fitted, aro 800-horse power, The armament on each broadside will consist of twelve 68- pounders and three HO-pounder Armstrongs, giving a broadside weight of metal of 1,146 lbs., and 2,292 lbs. from both broadsides. On the slip the Valiant looked short and dumpy, and the appearance is not wholly lost in the water. For deep sea water the ship forms a formidable addition to the fleet, but for war with America, Russia, or even France, ships of half the tonnage and draft of water would render incalculably greater service. The Valiant will always have to lie off the coast, and in heavy weather will be unsafe unless in mid-ocean, while a handy, small craft could be kept off a harbour's mouth, and seek shelter at any time behind a breakwater. But the Minotaur, the Nor thumberland, the Agincourt, and the Achilles are each 2,000 tons larger than the Valiant. The Valiant, so far, has been the most unfortunate of all our iron clads, and unless changes are effected will LP.. all likelihood remain the most unfortunate to the end. Quoting from Admiral Robinson, "The Valiant shoull have been delivered, according to the original coutract, in August, 1862. The contractors failed, and requested the Admiralty to annul the contract. Anotbra contract was made with a fresh party to deliver the ship in March, 1863. There is no prospect of the work being finished for six months after that date." If Admiral Robinson had said there was no prospect of the ship being finished before March, 1864, he would have been nearer right. Much remains to be done in the inside of the ship, the armour plating is far from being complete, and last of all, there are the fitting of the engines and the spars and rigging. Messrs. Maudslay and Field have been long waiting to perform their part, and the blame rests between the Admiralty and the Thames Shipbuilding Company. All that we can say is that between the two the public have been badly served, and that the public ought to know who the offender is. The future danger of the Valiant consists in this, to quote an American authority on iron clad construction,—" The Valiant is armoured with the singular deficiency of a short distance at the water line near the bow and stern." This is a quotation from a book published recently in New York by the Appletons, and the deficiency may be well characterised as singular. It is a deficiency that positively renders the ship unfit for action, because a shell penetrating the side of the ship before or abaft the armour at the water line could not fail to blow the deck above into the air. At the meeting of the Institute of Naval Architects, over which Sir J. Pak ington last presided, this defect was insisted on in strong terms by Mr. S. Russell, in the presence of Mr. E. J. Reed and Admiral Robinson, but it remains, and most deservedly provokes American ridicule. In the Achilles the forward and aft plating has been reserved ,and is therefore unobjectionable. Perhaps the knowledge of this e efect of the Valiant has some thing to do with the delay of the ship, because neither the Admiralty nor the Thames Shipbuilding Company can ex pect any credit from the construction of what in action would prove a mere slaughter-house for British seamen. The weight of metal which it is proposed the Valiant shall deliver will considerably exceed that of the Warrior. The Warrior's broadside is no more than 8841 b from 13 GS-pounders. The Valiant's broadside will, however, be less than that of the Royal Oak, the converted iron -clad, which is 1,2561 b. from twelve 68-pounders, and four 110- pounders. But the disparity is less real than nominal, be cause the 110-pounders aro, it is to be feared, not trust worthy. They are at least guns not used so freely nor con fidently as the old 63-pounders, because something or other may blow out or give way. This is a reflection of a painful character, particularly when it is considered that as long ago as 1845 the Mersey Steel and Iron Works manufactured for the Princeton, American frigate, a gun still in use, with a bore of 12ft., by a diameter of 12in. This gun throws a solid shot of 2191b5., and its weight is 7 tons 17 cwt. 1 qr. Plain forging and boring would, however, not suit the Ad miralty and Ordnance authorities, and the consequence is that we are behind France and America in guns, when we might easily have outstripped them both. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. litysterious Death of a Girl at Yeovil. The Warrior and Resistance, iron frigates, steamed into Portsmouth Harbour yesterday, and will be placed in dock. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—John West, engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary ; and William Murray, as sist.-engineer to the Columbine. On Tuesday an adjourned inquest was held at the Castle Inn, Yeovil, Somersetshire, on the body of Elizabeth Fox, by Dr. Wybrants, and after an in quiry of several hours' duration a verdict of man slaughter was returned against Robert Slade Colmer, a well-known herb doctor. At the opening of the inquiry it was proved that the deceased was 20 years of age, and being a perfect stranger to Colmer she went to his house, where she stayed a week, at the end of which she had a miscarriage, and died on Sunday morning, October 2, almost suddenly. At the opening of the inquiry on Tuesday, the 6th inst., the wife and daughter of Colmer were exa mined, and they stated that deceased had come to the house complaining that she bad something the matter with her liver, that she took no medicine whilst there, and died on the night after the miscar riage. Colmer has been living in Yeovil for 20 years, has been in the habit of atiending market towns, and, was patronised by a large number of persons. his son, Dr. Colmer, a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh, lives with him, and al though he attended the young woman at her death,. he stated at the inquest that he rarely inter fered with his father's patients, although he had patients of his own in the town. Colmer, sen., is a man about 50, is said to have known something of astrology, and was consulted in matters touohing recovery of stolen sheep, pigs, &c. ;but it is under stood he has refused to have anything to do with such matters for the past twelve months. However, some extraordinary revelations came out at the in quest, which, if Colmer's evidence is to be believed, proves that he has not altogether divested himself of a faith in the superstitious. He states that he took the child with the after-birth, &c., and burned them, in accordance with the superstitious idea that such a proceeding would relieve the pains of the young girl, and prevent inflammation setting in. The deceased was a servant at the Rectory at Rimpton, Somerset, her parents living in Darsat shire. She left the Rectory with the avowed in tention of going home, instead of which she went, to Colmer's house. Amanda Colorer, daughter of the accused, a rather good-looking well-dressed girl, wearing a white hat and black feather, said she was in the room on the Saturday when the deceased was confined, and put the child into a basin. Th e h ead of it wag about the size of a small walnut, She did not know what became of the child or the afterbirth. She had never been at a confinement before, but it was a trifling affair sho should imagine. Dr. Calmer, son of the accused, said that his father called him to see the deceased, saying that she was dying. He prescribed for her, and applied galvanism with great pressure over the lower part of the bowels, as he considered her dying from in ternal hemorrhage. When he applied pressure the swe lli n g was at once reduced, and a qaantity of blood passed from her, when she threw back her head and died immediately. He was present at the post-mortem, and was of opinion that death was caused by the means used to prevent hemorrhage. His sister Amanda said deceased had told her she had procured medicine from Sherborne to procure abortion. Colmer, the accused, after being duly caatiored said that an hour after midnight on the b Saturday ' he was called t o sea t h e deceased ,f dying he se n t f or h i s son; : f and She died eliev i n in a g b s o h u e t an hour aft erwar d s. Shortly gave her medi c i ne and brandy,b ore She then told him she had mis carr i e d . The child was in a basin, and was about three inches long. He could not say whether it was a boy or a girl, as he did not examine it. Th e h ea d was about the size of a pigeon's egg. He took the child and afterbirth, and burnt it. He had heard people say that it was a common thing in the country, to burn the after birth. He took it and burnt it in the ashes shortly after he saw it. THE ARMY. There was a field-day at Wormwood Scrubs to-day at 10 o'clock before his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as General Commanding-in- Chief. The Ist and 2d Life Guards and the mounted troop of the Hon. Artillery Company took part in the evolutions. The inaugural lecture of the course to be delivered to the officers and men of the Royal Engineers was given in the lecture theatre at the headquarters of the Royal Engineer Establishment, Chatham, on Tuesday evening. The subject was—" On the Solu tion of Mechanical Problems by Geometrical Con struction," and the lecturer Lieut. T. Fraser, Royal Engineers. The following is the order in which the course of lectures will be delivered :—Oct. 15, " Iron ; cast iron gun metal, as manufactured at Continental establishments. Influences of structure and compo sition upon the durability of cast iron ordnance. Various applications of cast iron for the production by Professor Abel, F.R.S. O ct. 20, of projectiles , " g , Malleable iron, and considerations bearing upon its conversion into ordnance and armour-plates; cast steel, as produced by Krupp and other German ma nufacturers, by Bessemer, &c. ; homogeneous iron, and the employment of varieties of cast steel as materials for cannon, projectiles , -c Professar Abel. Oct. 22, " o n the application" b of y the principles of dynamics to practical engineer ing," by Professor Pole, F.R.S. Oct. 27, " Copper, and the influence of foreign metals, &c., upon its properties; objecti ons to bronze as a material for ordnance ; alloys of copper with aluminium, phos phorus, copper and zinc alloys ' • stereo-metal,' alloys of copp er and iron," by Professor Abel. Oct. 29, " Oa the connexion of heat with mechanical Problems,' by Professor Pole. Nov. 3, "Meteoro logical Instruments," by Major Scott, Royal Engi neers. Nov. 5, " Oa steam and fuel, , by Professor Pole. Nov. 10, " Lead, its impurities arid their influence upon its susceptibility to corrosion; small arm projectiles, their corrosion, and hew guarded against ; corrosion of lead by waters, and mea ns p ro p ose d f or avo iding the con tamination of water by lead ; their merits; UV. applications of alloys of lead to m ilitary th P poses ; white metal fuses, and objec tions to em ; pre compound projectiles, their :manufacture "Mechanical 2, ~. h of servation," by Prof. Abel. N0v...1u Theory eory prime movers," by Prof. Pol e. spectrum analysis and Nov. 7 7 pr i nc ipal results obLained by it; detection of very minute proportions of me t a l s ; discovery of the metals coosium and thal lium;drawn from spectrum ana l ysis im by Prof. Abel. sources and properties of these metal s; portant inference This lecture will be illust rated by exper i men t o arra n ged by Mr. Ladd. Nov. 11 , " The Prof. Pole. Nov. " Memo steam-engine," by 24, randa relating to building stones; thei r variations th an d durability causes of in strength th e decay of Dr. Garland stated that he made a post-mortem examination of the deceased, in the presence of Messrs. Tomkins, Alldridge, Colmer, Parsons, and Coles. He found the organs of the body generally healthy. The womb was enlarged, and in the left and posterior part there was an extensive rupture. which must have been produced by violence. Na medicine could possibly have produced it, nor could any woman do it herself. It must have been done by one or more persons. The deceased must have been pregnant five or six months. He was Pci_ s _ sd. tive that it was rupture of the navel that canned death, and that she must have died soon after the rupture took place. The injury could have The inflicted by instruments or manipulatio c de organs Were perfectly drained of blood. 1 " ceased was a fine and well-formed girl- sent at the The other gentlemen who were Prceeption of D r . pose - mortein examination, with the ..... ex ii Colmer, son of the accused, gave s '_'" o f ar th t e es s t u im r:i n c Y al: Dr. Colmer asked Mr. Coles, witnesses, a question with resp% terrupted him by q n t ° o his knowledg% of medicine, when the Corontes r ur geons—Sir Astley observing that many emielie, and others—wonlet Cooper, Sir Benjamin Br od ie, and i the Hall. not degrade themselves ° schoolmistress, at Marston, sa ia Ruth Hodges, a sch s a for the deceased to c, y oun she used to write letter with whom she kept cum man named John Steele, pany. i n addressing the jury, exp i aina The Coroner, ected every man, Whether doctor that the law sh e i lP quacketent ' skill "w with ti t ; @uet :i t ' or not), or evencoam'p, to bring out any licencend If he had not the still h any can© and displayed gros s i 1 . a gnorance causing assume., he was guilty of manslaughter. If a mart death' 4. d to procure abortion he man procured abortion and Was: guilty of attempted . _ mu rder, and if a medical guilty in the eyes of the If t believedthat the .r\aovbua.o.;itti 0n to a t n h a a that hhateuitser resulted I t te h d e pyl k au i o w l ru l p e n oo d gf3 t aww h eoi e 11; m pual o rno t m h e,w e nu mother , sai n l e l g,,br e Mr. would have to re , turn a verdict of wil ful death, they It, was a matter o a f tti e . ea c t o e m on m s u ccr it e y nc at n fu o l t m on u l r y de t r o . Coirner hutt co nier Was large, as t wo b eings had lost their lives. A l verdict orfetilluranneskuga. ter against Robert Slade DETERMINED SUlClDE.—Yesterday DL. liinkes ter received information from Mr. Murray, the sum moning officer of St. Pancras, that a middle-aged woman, named Hedges, residing at No. 3, Exeter-place, Agar-town, St. Pancras, had drowned herself there in a water-butt. It appeared that about a fortnight ago she married, being then, a widow, and having a large family. On Monday es-main& one of the lodgers went to the water butt t 9 get some water, when, on getting into the yard, she saw the lege of the rAr.- fortunate woman projecting from the top. She called out "Here's a woma n i n th e wa t er -b u tt." Her (decease Ts) husband took her out and found her to be his Wi f ?. Lilo was extinct, ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, 00t. 9,1863. TENDERS will be received at this Office, until 12 o'elock noon, on TUESDAY, the 3d November, 1863, from persons who may be wi►lin to enter into Contracts to supply FLOUR AND MEAT, in such quantities as may be required, from the Ist December, 1863, to .11st. May, 1864, 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'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 unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hoar appointed. ARMY CONTRACTS. e until 1863. s b ar e ia r t e -r ei c v e e , d Al a d t er t s h h i o s t, o o ffi ct. c 9,.lB63. T ENDERS 12 o'clock, noon, on TUESDAY, the 3d November, 1863, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract to supply FLOUR FOR HOSPITAL BREAD, in such quantities as may be required, from the lst Decem ber, 1863, to 31st May, 1 , 64, 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, 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 unless made on delivered by the hour appoi msd ob tained from thi s o ff i ce, and mnt. ARMY CONTRACTS. until Commissariat Office, Aldersh ot , Offi: e, ' 1863 ' T ENDERS will be received at this 12 o'clock, noon, on THURSDAY, the sth November 1863, from persons who may be willing to enter into Con , tract to supply PAILLASSE STRAW AND STRAW FOR ROYAL ENGINEER SERVICE, in such quantities as may be required fram the Ist December, 1563, to 30th November. 1861, for the use of her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mend. 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 out , ide "Tender for Supply of Straw)," and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. Abolition of Capital Punishment , yesterday afternoon a meeting was held in the Mayor's p ar lor at the Town Hall, Manchester, for the purpose of forming an 115°cistion for the Abolition of Capital Pun4sh r (Abel Heywood, Esq.) in the chair. ment—the May . 4. Messrs. Di . J.Watts, Dr. Pankhurst, There were preseti, aao Wright, P. B. Alley, J. J. W. Stokes, A. Megson, T. Harrison, and J. Bryce. Allen, R. Griffiths, G. Harrison, request was made to The CHAIRMAN said that when tu, the Town Hall him to grant the use of one of the rooms o, - .pry little for the purpose of holding the meeting, he felt N., difficulty in acceding to the request, because in the eat., part of the year the Corporation had taken steps to bring the question prominently before the public so as to bring the matter before Sir George Grey. Ho was present when the deputation which was appointed waited on Sir George Grey, and he in reply to them urged many objections to the abolition of capital punishment. The deputation urged him as strongly as they well could to introduce the matter in some act of Parliament, but he shook his head and smiled at the suggestion. No communication had been received since from Sir George Grey, and he therefore took it for granted that it was not the intention of the Government to take any steps in the matter. The proposition now was to establish a Manchester Association for the Abolition of Capital Punishment, and Mr. Stokes, one of the secretaries, would be glad to state the reasons. Mr. STOKES said they had not met for the purpose of discussing the question, but from their presence it was assumed that they were all agreed on the importance of the abolition of capital punishment. There were some of them who took the highest possible grounds in supporting the movement, namely, the inviolability of human life ; others supported it on the ground of general expediency; and others supported it on the question of local expediency, in consequence of the erection of the new assize courts. But whether they took up the question on the higher, inter mediate, or lower ground, they were glad that they sup ported the proposed Association. It was plain that nothing could be expected from the Government, and great move ments must be commenced from the bottom of society. Dr. J. WATTS said he had to propose " That a society be now formed, to be designated the Manchester Association for the Abolition of Capital Punishment." The society being formed, it would be necessary for it to go to work, and perhaps the most effectual mode would be to get up a large petition, and in connection with that to hold occasional or sectional meetings throughout the borough. He was fur ther of opinion that no time should be lost in getting to work to carry out the objects of the society. There was no fact more settled than that exhibitions of capital punish ment created crime, and he was satisfied that if public exe cutions took place in Manchester, the Recorder would not have the opportunity in future sessions of repeating the remark he had made at the sessions which were now being held—" That it was the lightest ho had had for 21 years." Punishment had only two objects—one being to reform the offender, the other to deter from crime. They knew that capital punishment did not deter offenders ; and instead of deterring from crime it rather incited the commission of it ; and it was very natant; that it should do so, because people who had a tendency to commit crime and who went to see a murder committed under legal sanction, has their morbid feelings excited, and thus other spectacles were furnished oa future occasions. _ _ _ Dr. PANXHURST seconded the resolution. He said it could not but have been remarked that at the late execu tions at Liverpool, a kind of half and half public execution was adopted, a screen being drawn in front of the drop. The question there seemed to have been partly yielded, and if the society was obliged with the other half its object would be accomplished. The motions was adopted.' Mr. G. HARRISON said he thought there were not many people in Manchester who had thought much on the sub ject, but now as there was a possibility of the demoralising spectacle of capital punishments being brought to their own doors, there were many in Manchester who would wil lingly aid the socioty both by subscriptions and in other ways. He then proposed the appointment of a committee and officers. Mr. P. B. ALLEN seconded the resolution, which was adopted. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings. The Loss of the Norwegian Steamer.— Official Report. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL FOR TRADE. My Lords,—ln pursuance of orders received from your lordships, I have, in conjunction with Captains Harris and Baker, as nautical assessors, held an inquiry into the cir cumstances attending the loss of the Norwegian on St. Paul's Island, at the entrance of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in June last, The Norwegian was an iron screw steamer, built at Dumbarton in 1861, of 2,449 gross and 1,888 registered ton nage with two engines of 450 horse power, owned by Messrs Allan Brothers of Liverpool, Glasgow, and Montreal, and forming one of their line trading between this country and Canada. She was under the command of Mr. A. M‘Master, who held a certificate of competency, dated Feb. 23, 1854, and had a crew of 88 hands. The Norwegian, in all respects well found and equipped, left Liverpool on June 4 last with 50 cabin and 267 steerage passengers, and a general cargo. Nothing occurred to call for comment until the 10th, when they encountered fogs on the banks of Newfoundland,which continued occasionally for three days, during which time every precaution was taken by sounding, slowing, and stop ping the engines. Upon Saturday, the 13th, the fog cleared off, and the engines were put on full speed, and at noon a good observation was obtained, which placed the ship in lat. 45 54 N, long. 54 54 W. From this position a course was steered to make the Island of St. Pierre, which was passed about 6 p.m., at a distance of from 15 to 20 miles. This point was subsequently slightly altered for the pas sage between Cape Bay and the Island of St, Paul. About 2 a.m. on the 14th, land was supposed to have been seen by the master and mate, which they took for the land to the eastward of Cape Ray, and the ship's course was accord ingly kept a little more to the westward off the land. The weather up to 4 a.m. had been modez ate and fine. At that hour a dense fog set in, when all sail was taken off the ship, but the vessel continued her course at full speed, going 12 to 13 knots an hour. At 6.45 a.m. breakers were reported a-head, The master, who had been on deck from 2 a.m., immediately ordered the helm to be put hard a-port, and the engine s to be stopped and reversed, but before this order could be effectually carried out the ship ran upon the rocks, and ultimately became a total loss. Such are, briefly, the facts of this disaster. Everything that could possibly be done to save life and property was at once carried out, and a ll th e passengers, crew, and mails were saved. Great credit is due to Mr. Campbell, the president of the island, whose kindness and humanity to the shipwrecked passengers and crew was very conspicuous. In commenting upon the loss of this fine and valuable ves sel I have a most disagreeable duty to perform. The long services of the master, who, up to this fatal occurrence ap pears to have enjoyed and deserved the confidence of his owners and the public for a long series of years, during which he never met with an accident, cannot but enlist the sympathy of the Court in his behalf. But so frequent of late have disasters occurred in this particular navigation, that it is imperative upon those charged with the conduct of such an inquiry as this not to shrink from the conclu sion, however painful, clearly points out by the evidence. the ve b fromele in judicious,hislo towards ng : t : h t t. e t in opening the Gulph du© allowance does not seem to have T G h tt e iphof course st. been made for the influence of the strong currents known steered Lw re ti c f r e o a m p p n ea o r o s n to on ha p to e prevailri eneshould i n this have made t f h a e ct m w a h st ic er il' extremely cautious, and should undoubtedly have prevented him running at full +Teed; Qr even i t hall opeed, the Pad of PQ reuse ft fog, UNAPPRECIATED GENIUS. (Professor De Morgan in the Atheneum.) bona aasntye fl_ their Of the class of discover ers w h o square the circle, upset Newton , Sec., I Susp ect I know more than any man in Britain. I never kept any reckoning ; but I know that one v w ith another — and less of late years than in earlier times.-I have talked t o more than five in each year, giving more than 150 specimens. r a i r . Of this I am sure, th a t it is my own f a ult if they have no t b een 100. Nobody knows how they swarm' except those t o w h om they naturally resort. Th e y are in all ranks and oc cupat i ons, of all ages and char acters. The y are v ery earnest people, and their purpose is de the disseminati on o f their paradoxes. A great the mass inde e d — are illiterate, and a great many vi means, and are in or approaching penury. Bat I mus t sa y that never, in any one instance, has the quadra ture of the circle, or the like, been made a pretext for begging; even to be ask e d t o purchase a book is of rare oc currence. These discoverers d esp i se one another; if there were the concerts amo ng them which there is among foreign mendicants, a ma n w h o admitted one to a con ference to would be plagued to death. I once gave some ha very genteel F rench applicant, who overtook me in the st reet, at my own d oor , say i ng he had picked t introduction, I know not. But that day up my h a ndkerchief ; whether he picked it up in my introduction, Frenchman to my house, and that PmdQ:aeocyerilefeottrirbgelhet. a The same thing happened with Poles. It is not so with ir they know nothing of each ether. Some will read thi s li st, and will say I am right enough, gen erally speaking, b ut that there is an exception, c de-squarer s , e ee.; my e 2cionhfaeurssiao,ntoohf hold accessible to personal explanation of new if I c oulc i l u b vi u t tr: l it h . alvdeosinnonterad against the th manner the contrary : I consider myself as having male and being discharged from further attendance on I will not, from henceforward, talk to any pl myself y y lane. s r e e l p f o Q r n t out e s circle, trisector of the angle, duplicator of the squarerte !e u e b escto subject.azoisficonstructor t t r ll :ctor of perpetual motion, subverter of gravita tion,ator of the earth, builder of the universe, &c. 1 writings or books which require no answer, Nvillrececrtehauez when I please : I will certainly preserve and read future time. There them ; and the infallible way of winning at this list maybeen l larged at some are three subjects which have hardly anything upon—as hrasevcebncuieviseuireared to preserve astrology. The me i:sake models, and not books. The infallible win ners —though .g y i have seen a few—think their secret too valuable, and prefer gnutare quad, ata rotundis_to turn dice a gaming-house; verily they have their re - into into coin—at enheLn—isttshough I I sha ll now select, to the mystic number seven, in.. ward. s t an ces of m ypersonal knowledg e o f those who think they have discovered, in illustration of as many misconceptions, 1. Attempt by help of the old philosophy, the discoverer not being i n possession of m o d ern knowledge. —A poor w hom I was talking, an d announced that he had fsouhtioodest schoolmaster eicnomrapgossi intro duced himself t o a sc i ent ifi c friendc lm with composition of th e sun. " How was that done r Of course, fire, air, earth, and water. " —Did you not know t hat air, earth, a nd water have lon g b een known to be no e lements at all 1 By c onsideration of th e f our elements. " — " What are they : all, but compounds ?"-. 4 ‘ What that difficulti es are enigmas, to be over c come do you mean, s ir ? Who ever hea rd of such a thing ?" 2 a lucky th ought. —A nobleman of v dead, read an arti c l e b y me on the quadur a n early number of th e P enny Magazine. He rtirEen now °w by long had, ry. h d . , e Ili high suppose,school recollection s o f geometry. He put pencil a to paper , d r ew a circle, and constructed what seemed rt likely to answer, and, indeed, was— as he said—certain, if only this bit were equal to that; He forwarded his d ia g ram to th e Secretary of th e Diff us i on Society, to be handed to the author of the article, in case the diffi cu lty should happen to be ther e i n overcome. 3 an officer of rank, j ust home from foreign for a decor a ti on from the Crown, ser vice, and trying found that his claim s were of doubtful amount, an d was i Discovery yearsscover: a t all hazards, to get on in the world.— Thirty go, told by a friend that so and so, who had got the order, had the additional claim of scientific distinction. Now this offi cer, while abroad, had bethougnt himself one d ay that there really could be nod ifficulty in finding the circumference of a circle ; if a circle were rolled upon a straight line until the undermost point came undermost again, there would be the straight line, equal to the circle. He came to me, saying that he did not feel equal to the statement of his claim in this respect, but that if some clever fellow would put the i n a proper light, he thought his affair might beman tatiendg. I was clever enough to put the thing in a proper light to himself, to this extent at least, that though perhaps they were wrong, the advisers of the Crown would never put the letters K.C.B. to such a circle as his. 4. The notion that mathematicians cannot find the circle purposes.—A working man m easured the alti tude cylinder accurately, and—l think th e process of for Ar Archimedes of a common himedes was one of his proceedings—found its bulk. He then calculated the ratio of the circumference to the diameter, and found it answered very well on other modes of trial. His result was about 3'14. He came to London, and somebody sent him to me. 1 happened to have on the table a proof-sheet of the Astronomical Memoirs, in which were a large number of observed places of the planets com pared with prediction, and asked him whether it could be possible that persons who did not know the circle better than he had found it could make the calculations, of which I gave him a notion, so accurately. He was perfectly astonished, and took the titles of some books which he said he would read. 5. Application for the reward from abroad.—Many years ago, about 28, I think, a Jesuit came from South America, with a quadrature, and a cutting from a newspaper, an nouncing that a reward was ready for the discovery in Eng land. On this evidence he came over. After satisfying him that nothing had ever been offered here, I discussed his quadrature, which was of no use. I succeeded better when I told him of Richard White, also a Jesuit, and author of a quadrature published before 1648, under the name of " Chry. smspis," of which I can give no account, having never seen it. This White (Albius) is the only quadrator who was ever convinced of his error. My Jesuit was struck by the instance, and promised to read more geometry—he was no Clavius before he published his book. He relapsed, however, for I saw his book advertised in a few days. I m ay say, as sufficient proof of my being no collector, that I had not the curiosity to buy this book ; and my friend the Jesuit did not send me a copy,which he ought to have done, after the hour I had given him. 6. Application for the reward at home. —An agricultural labourer squared the circle, and brought the proceeds which to tho copy Londo n . ip alleged t o h a e ao l n e ffd f e t letter r o hisov over e p the fw a o p ar e rt r dh L s .w o w ii r t i h d h returned C4rahi,aenceenlleore,fdesirin was 000 h, O i O s Q, papers, th o wi m g o t u h ii:t nol°fordttehb,heatating that he had not the knowle dge requisite to see in what the problem consisted. I got for answer a letter in which I was told that a p erson hohisco4ld zlg had done the thing should "change w business,t eeo t anlitda:ahpe ailid attention toSunday i ;ap propriate i h a e t e his time and keep the Title a could,children from to le arn what du l re z their close." I also r ec i ve d a letter from a friend of the quadrator, informing me that I knew his friend had sue- Oeeded,and hEVA been b.oard to say so. These letters were -~ lay, Best ) 316 ) 3Cla ) 230 ) 410 ) 390 rater )atat ste& 9 of 3S 33s 24 --0 ,11 6 i