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- .~ -- z. 1116 -z%=% . l ~- 4 a -er I'. - • *l , • 4 , Naval and Military Intellig' ence, s '.\\ loptiP ..,, • • • ,„ , • , /0 • i%•-• , • ? t r\!.'4lr7 re.. l .t i t ' CIXTE. H 4tA THE NAVY. „ .01,1. • .0 411 1( 4, 0 • Itt • 1 , 1 • Albs A . • N • A' . , „ Ntr* , ./b = IT . • - gri DIE t n+ • ,•• DRO , • „ ..• REMEMBER, WE SUP AT EVANS' EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK after Alfred Mellon's Promenade Concerts. QRA.—VACkNCIES f or ' MIDSHIPMEN and APPRENTICES in a first-class London shipping firm. Premium mOd.rate. Al.° apprenti , es without premium.— Apply to SIMIIONDS and Co.. 38, St. Mary-at-hill, East cheap, E.C. Third Officers and Stewards wanted. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by [loyal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. ACCUMULATED AND INVESTED FUNDS, £2,12.1,828. ANNUAL REVENUE, £422,401. - LONDON BOARD. John White Cater, Esq., P. du Pre Grenfell. Esq. Chairman. A. Klockmann. Esq. Charle. Morrison, Esq., Dc- John Molle:t Esq. lintyhairman. . I ,nius S. Morgan. A. De A rrovave, Esq. G. Garden Nicol, Esq Edward Cohen, Esq, John H. Wm. Schroder, Esq. James du Buisson, Esq. George young, Etick A. .Cn vaCavan, F Campbell,:s.Esql:lx-Drutcrons. Hebert Smith, Esc!. Frederic Somes, Et.q. P. P. Rail', Esq. Manager of Fire Departtnent7Georgr, Whyting. Manager of Life Department —W. F. Birkmyre. Superintendent of Foreign Department—G. H. Burnett. Secretary—F. W. Lance. General Manager—David Smith. FIRE DE PARTMENT. The Company grants Insurances against Fire in the United Kingdom, and all foreign countries. mercantile Risks In the Port of London accepted at re duced rates. Loss es promptly and liberally settled. Foreign Risks.—The Director,, having a practical know ledge of foreign countri es, are prepared to issue Pollees on the most tavouratde term.. In all cases a discount will be allowed to Merchants and others effecting such Insurances, - - ...._ .. ___ LIFE DEPARTMENT The following Statement exhibits the improvement effected during the las ' few years : No. of Policies Issued. Sums. Premiums. 1851 1859 fr 5 18 0 1811 783 . 527,6!6 1862 Thus in five years the number of Policies issued was 3,623, assuring the large sum of £2,925.917. The leading features ot the Office are:- 1. Entire Se urity to Assurers. 2. The large Bonus additions already declared, and the prospect of a further Bonus at the neat investiga tion. 3. The advantages afforded by varied Tables of premium; —unrestricted conditions ot Policies—and general liberality in dealing , with the Assured. Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the REAP OFFICES • LONDON. 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. EDINIIIIIIGn —.64, Princes-street. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. WEST-END OFFICE : 8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL. Secretary—ALEX, J. RUSSELL. T HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMP A NY IIEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance buildings, Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue exceeds L5OO,O^O. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,00,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London : WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRACTS FROM TIIE_ REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as p'easingly as unexpectedly, at the close of the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is again fully maintained. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preced.ng, year, and in tact sur passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, since the commencement of thi4 Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 108. 5d., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa• rately, £11,097 16s. l LIFE BRANCH. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on policies for fhe year 1t62 exceeds even that of theyear 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and . has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £701,427 on 1,498 new policies Issued. Until within the last few years it is believed that such a sum acsured as that which has just been announced as the result of one y ear 's business was all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's business has been carefully watched, and cannot fall to give much satisfaction to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the future to the participating, life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum proposed for assuran^e amounts to i 43,281. Various degrees of inelig,ibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at all, exceeding, those which the Royal has declared as inadmis sible in a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. Tf, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business is progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in Lond)n or elsewhere, excerpt when amalgamations have taken Place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Lite, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, tonnded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni tude, combining - distinguished commercial success to the Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was £85,062, and the amount insured on farming stock, X 10,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profits periodically made to p ar ties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received sums amounting in the aggregate to £440,000 ; and the Society now holds a large Reserve applicable to a future Bonus. The rates of premium are in no case higher than those charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. For prospectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Darin', Esq., M.P. I Wm. Geo. Prose/At, Esq Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Life Assurance for all classes. This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is .„ £51,000 The Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 2 o,f 00 It has paid in Claims .. 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already been made• 'when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies £5,400 .. 11,500 .. 23 200 .. 56,500 Dec. 31, 1847 .. • • „ 3852 .. • • 1857 • • • • 1862 .. • • • • making the total bonus additions, £96,600. Bonuses ma - , be received in cash or applied to t h e reduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the policy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid uP Policies introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of rul, icy is wholly avoided. • The balance-sheets of the Association arc open to au, whether assurers or otherwise. Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre• Vented districts. W3l. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary, Chie - Ofice, 15, 1. Toorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. OYAL A.D. 1720. EXCHANGE ASSURANCE R CORPORATION First) (Established by Charter of his Majesty FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office OCTA.VIUS Vi r lGliA. 29 M r , Eal.ql-7GGit pall-mall. the on GEORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Es' . _II Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PEW-. Bart., D e puty-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. John Garratt Cattlev, Esq. Chas, Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson Esq William Davidson, Esq. The lion. Josue' llne . W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. Joseph Sorties, Esa., M.P. Bobt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Wil 1 1 a ß n a r T a ll ro7;nh. Chas. m ~ .. q. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. " Medical Referee, SAmiTED SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Lite Department, assurances are . granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lo w er Premmms , without such participatio n . The Reversionary Minis on British Polie s i u e r s e nearly 2 per ct. reductions nnum on the sum as has averaged Equivalent have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Life. Any sum n o t exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one This Corporation affords to the Assured—' Liberal participation in Profits —with exemption from the liabilitie s of Partnership. A rate of Bonita equal to the avera , re returns of Mutual SSoctock. ietie s — with the gu arantee of a large invested Capital The rulyantazeri of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nea r ly a CENTURY AND A 'TALE. in t he Corpora , tion ha avnry. e always allowed th e Assured to serve T he Ai litia Y eom or United Kingdom, free of charge. Vo lunteer Corp s within the ROYAL ExCHANGE, LONDON. ROM'. P. STEELE, Secretary. A TWELVE TREES' OA G LYCERINF b e httl ! oP Et n b t pOIVDER makes its own Soap, nd s time , two thirds of Soap, and three-iourthasve nd f y e eG:Harper 0 I r ' u w g e g l Le t t s r: a e n s , d B o r i T m n t e e n y . . Lloanot o r i a P f S e d A NEVER FAILING REM ED ,,, . Y,., Dr. SCOTT'S B ILIOUS and LIVER PILLS ',axed without any mercuri al in g redient, from the recipe orbe; ocott, of Bromley, _Kent, wi ll he found invalua ble to all who suffer from bilious and liver com p laints, indigestion, winit- Tama, giddiness, dizziness of t he e y es, &o. F or habitual iostiveness, as a family aperien t medicine, and as a p ur ifi er of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to Ibe stomach, they create appe7ite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. S ° l4 . by W. Lambert, s, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most drug!gsts, in boxes,ls. lid., and three " me° t he quantity in one, 2 s. 9 d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bili ous and L i ver Pill s . The genuine are a square ereen package, wi tu stamp. " William Lambert," engraved on the it) No. 22,209. ;,--- NEW NOVEL by the Author of "COUSIN GEOFFREY." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., LEFT TO THEMSEL VE S. By the Author of "Cousin Geoffrey," SLo. " A very touching, story. It is one of the most clever booKs of the season."—United Service Ma,g. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ONI A . V " This E It novel exhibits no mean powers of conception and expression."—Morning Post. " the style is both lively and picture que."—P ally News. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just published, pr . ce 125., the 3d Edition (considerably enlarged) of CHEMICAL PHYSICS. By WILLIAM ALLEN MILLER, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., Professor of Chemistry, King's College, London. Forming the First Part of ELEMENI'S OF CH 6mlsritY, THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL. PART lI.—INORGANIC CHEMIST It Y. 2d Edition. 20s. PART lII.—ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 20s. 2d Edition. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. T E OXFOR D, ft. OXFORD STREET, IV. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's T LIE SLAVE and Ilalevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison. Messrs. Green, Bernardi, finish, (tc., with lull band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c. Comic, by UNSWORTII (" or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George II odson. Also, a Pei formance by Herr SCHALICENB &CH on his wonderful instillment, the PIANO ORCLIESTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The !TALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at A o'clock. Admission, ed.; stalls and balcony, ls. ; 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 Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GHOST," from the Picture Gallery to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal cony, and bady of the HaIL He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that p . entleman's iatest im provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Crt swortli (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &e. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! The GHOST ! ! The ONLY COMM GHOST !! ! —The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mariannina and Signor Guiseppe France-co, assisted by a corns of Twenty young Ladies—Selections from favourite Operas : Principals, bliss M'Gre g or, Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini (the new Italian tenor), and Mr. Vernon Rigby. NICOSIA, the Great Violinist. will make his First Appearance in England on Monday next, at the ALHAMBRA. ARGYLL ROOMS. Windmill-street. Piccadilly. NOTICE.—The above elegant Rooms will be Opened on SATURDAY, September 5, entirely redecorated under the sole direction of Messrs. Delicourt, of Paris, decorators to the Palaces of the Emperor Napoleon. Thc artistical work will be done by Messrs. Biggs and assistants. The musical department under the directorship of Mons. Jullien, and chef d'orchestre. The band will be chosen from the Household Troops and the Royal Italian opera Houses. This celebrated band is well known by the public, and will be called in future the London Band, and will be represented by the best art sts of the present day. Conductor of the Rooms and Manager, Mons. GRENET. Sole Lessee, R. It. BIGNELL. Admission, ls. ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S JERATED GINGER BEER, lin glass or stone bottles, warran ted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, rotass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters,—Manutactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong, reduced to 3s. ed. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 38. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4 s. 4 d. to 38. lid. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACHINE , ., for hand, horse, or steam rower , are the most simple and eficlunt extant.—Full particulars andprices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co , Laurence Pountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Ca.inon-street, E.C., where they may be seen in operation daily. MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal). Leasehold and Freehold Property, or Reversions, &c., in sums from £2O to £soo.—Mr. Howard, 18, Queen street, Cheapside. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country).—A GENTLEMAN is willing . to MAKE ADVANCES of CAS 11, without delay, to respectable person (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on.--Apply (it by letter enclose fou r stam p s) to W., 7't itlr. Robertson's, Accountant, 40, ping William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. lIEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING PO iv DER for which a Prize Meda l w as awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1862 This Powder is quite harmless to anima life, but' is un rivalled in destroying Fleas, Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, broths 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 th eir Pet Do g s. 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 autogragh of THOMAS KEATING. Sold in packets, is., 2s. 6d., and 45. 6d. each, or post free for 14 or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. Psul's-churchyari, London, E.C. CELEBRATIONthe BIRTH of SHAKSPE ARE, at Str Sir Robert of the TERCENTEZ for A d R_ Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which N. C. Hamilton, Bart-, K.C.8.. Is Chairman) are now receiv ing account ot the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbrid, SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the uTo n o ! 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 Strattord is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre ot attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his hc'me, 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 BUCCLEUCH, 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 pcnied 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 Messrs. Colitis and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Hansom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W,llianis, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. ROYAL NATIO NAL LIFE-BO AT INSTITUTION Queen. r Mostecl b 6 y r a Royal louB Majestyart e r ) t . h e PATRONESS —Her PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K. G., F. R. S. CHAIRMAN— OS. trh Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. DEPUTY-CIIAIRMAN — Th omas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. Lifeboat The Committee of Managemen t have to st a te that, since the beginning of the year 1880, the Royal National Instituition has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of Eng:and. Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and o th er mean s, since its formation , is 12,800; for' which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and, £18,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £87,000 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-carri ages and Boat-houses. The Committee d es i re to express their grateful sen se of the generous support which they British public du r i ng t h e past few years , a support which has enab'ed them to establish their present magnificent fleet ot 123 Lifeboats on the shores ot the United Kingdom. Deeply sensib'e, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, which can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefull y acknowledge the following con tributions : Her Majesty the Queen •• •• £ s. d .. annual 50 C 0 Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. .. .. annual 5 0 0 .. .. .. .. 017 0 1 . 110 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, B.A. .. .. •. .. annual 1 1 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. .. Currie, Wm., Esq., Erie, Lord Chief .. don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vim-Admiral Sir A., 1.C.8. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Fenwick, G. J.. 14:sq., cost of a Lifeboat and 'Fran- sporting Carriage . • • • - • • • • • 250 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. • • .. don. 30 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart • • • • .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. a • • • • • • • • don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George, nreen w 1 c h .. • • • • 30 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. .. annual 20 0 Tho a m d ;s oi , Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by h er L • • • • • • • . 16 16 0 •• • • Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. .. .. annual 50 0 D onations and Annual Subscriptions Wilt be thankfully re eived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, rercival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and , y)., 59, Strand ; Nfessrs. Herries, Farquhar , and Co., 16, St. JOlT l :ti d tre L et, "vi et s tielt l q i: ar•nt4's-street, London ; lw al the Collectors of Customs 0 : p . a . Akers in the United kingdom; and by the Secretary London, the a on , o w ffi . c c e . . 0 t the lnstitUtion, 1 1, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1863, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LICHFIELD RACES—TuEsneY. the Copeland Nursery Handicap of 50 sow, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, for 2-yr-olds ; winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 24 subs. Mr. Barber's Cutaway, 7st 2lb (E. Taylor) 1 Mr. T. Smith's Dermot Asthoro, 70t 21b (S. Taylor) 2 Lord Uxbridge's Edward the Confessor, 7st 71b (A. Woodhouse) 3 Mr. T. Cliff's Wildman, 7st (Williamson) 4 Mr. W. Saunders' Queen of Trumps, 7et 61b.... ale) 5 Mr. J. A. Hind's Di unthead, Sst (J. Daley) 6 Betting-2 to 1 agst Cutaway, 9to 4 agst Edward the Confessor, 4 to 1 agst Dermot Asthore, and 10 to 1 agst any other. They were started at the first attempt, Cutaway, 'Wild man, and Dermot Asthore in a few strides getting in ad vance of the other three, the last being. Edward the Con fessor, who, prior to the start, evinced no disposition to join his horses. He, however, in the first quarter of a mile took close order with the leaders, Cutaway holding the front position, having Wildman on her left and Edward the Confessor and Dermot Asthore on her right. Before reaching the distance the three last mentioned were beaten, and Cutaway, coming along at her leisure, won easily by three lengths. A similar distance separated the second and third. Wildman a bad fourth. Queen of Trumps and Drumhead, who were outpaced from the start, u ere beaten off. An objection on the ground of crossing was overruled by the stewards. The Gold Cup (Handicap) of 50 soya in specie, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sova each, 2 ft; winners extra. One mile. 15 subs. Lord Coventry's Umpire, 6 yrs, 9st ........(J. Adams) I Mr. Wallace's Golden Drop, 3 yrs, Est (inc 71b extra) (car 6st 11b) (A.. Woodhouse) 2 Mr. T. Hunt's Charming Woman (late Misfortune, 4 yrs 7st 21b (Neale) 3 Marquis of Anglesey's Cadeau, 3 yrs, .sst 71b (Stagg) 4 Mr. Martin's Key of the Gate, 6 yrs, Est 31b (Tomlinson) 5 Betting-6 to 4 on Umpire, 4 to 1 agst Golden Drop, 5 to 1 agst Charming Woman, 6 to 1 agst Cadeau, and 20 to 1 agst Key of the Gate. The latter made play for a quarter of a mile, closely attended by Charming Woman and Umpire side by side ; Cadeau and Golden Drop lying a couple of lengths off Coming round the turn, Golden Drop, with a slight lead of Umpire, headed Key of the Gate, who ra pidly dropped into the rear. Half a mile from home the issue was left with Umpire and Golden Drop. Lord Coventry's horse, apparently having plenty " lumps of weight," led his opponent to the finish, and won, without being called upon, by two lengths ; Charming Woman a bad third, and the other two beaten off. A Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, 5 ft, for two and three-yr olds ; winners extra, and maiden allowances. Straight half a mile. 7 subs. Mr. Goodlass's Guicowar, 6st 41b (Stagg) 1 Lord -Uxbridge's Edward the Confessor, 6st 71b (A. Woodhouse) 2 Betting-6 to 4 on the Pretty Girl filly. Edward the Confessor made play for a quarter of a mile, after which the favourite went to the front, and won in a canter by three lengths. The Anson Plate (a Handicap) of £3O, for all ages ; winners before the men had again taken their places in the ring. In the first, or rather the second round Mace tried to force Goss into a corner. The latter succeeded, however, in dealing his antagonist a blew with his left on the eye, which brought the first blood. Exchanges ensued in favour of Mace, until Goss retreated, end, in so doing, fell. So ended this round, which lasted S minutes. In the next both men came up eagerly. After a good deal of sparring, which lasted 26 minutes, Mace made a rush to close quarters, but his feet slipped and he fell between Goss's legs. In the fourth round Mace dealt Goss a blow which knocked him down. The round lasted 35 minutes. In the next struggle both men fell, and rolled side by side. Mace was up first, and the fighting which ensued was all in his favour until Goss was down. In round seven Goss went down again. Both fell in the next round, Goss under, and in that which fol lowed the latter was forced to the ropes, where after some stiff wrestling both went down again, Mase under. In round the tenth Mace dealt his antagonist a heavy blow on the left eye, and both went down. In round 11 Mace brought down Goss. In rounds 12 and 13, however, Goss threw his antagonist and fell on him, still keeping his hold while on the ground. In rounds 14 and 15 Goss fell in endea vouring to get away. In round 16 he was felled to the ground. In round 17 both men felt ; but in 18 a blow on the nose again prostrated Goss. The last round was a tedious one. A left-handed blow on the nose and a right handed one on the jaw prostrated Goss, who fell with his head doubled up under him in a state of insensibility. Mace then advanced to the referee and called out, "Have I won, Sir ?" upon which he was assured that the stakes were his. The company then returned to London, chiefly by the Dartford route. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The report of the directors of this company states that £25,871 had been expended on capital account during the half-year ending the 31st of Ju l y , maki ng the total expendi tare£l,94l,2lB, including 218,341 in shares of other under takings held by the company. The renewal of the perma 'lent way had been rapidly proceeded with during the half year, and the sum of £13,258 had been expended on this account. Revenue had been debited with £B,OOO, and £3,955, the premium on stock sold during the half-year, to gather with £1,444 previously standing at the credit of the account for the renewal of locomotives, but not now required for the purpose, had also been credited to tho renewal of way account—in all amounting to £13,399, leaving a balance now outstanding of £22,614. The rolling stock had been maintained in the best condition. The average rate of inte rest on the debenture debt was now £3 195.1 d. per cent. The Bill for running powers over the Ayr and Maybole Rail way was settled in committee by an arrangement between the two companies, by which the company was empowered to work, maintain, and renew the Ayr and Maybole Rail way in perpetuity, on terms which were considered mutually advantageous. Plans for the junction between the Glasgow and Paisley joint railway and the Renfrew Railway at Paisley were being prepared, and the works on the Kirkcudbright and Bridge of Weir Railways were rapidly progressing, and both those lines were expected to be opened for traffic before the end of the year. The re ceipts from all descriptions of traffic showed a very satis factory increase over the corresponding period of last year, and were larger than those of .any previous half-year since the opening of the railway. the receipts for passengers there was an increase of £2,702, in th ose f or goo d s and amounted to £219,907, sp half of 1862, minerals of £8,521, as compared With the corr esponding six a months gainti showingt o L f a n l 2 a o s i6 t n, yBc increase, a e6a r. s. foreT h ofe the tlo onding total receipts I r he working expenses amounted to £88,099, or 40 1 per cent., against £82,668, or 40 per cent., for the corresponding period, s howing an in crease of £5,431, and of £7, 620 in the net receipts, The ba lance available for dividend, after deduction of working ex penses, interest on mortgages, the £B,OOO transferred to the account for the renewal of permanent way, and other revenue charges, amounted to £93,936. The guaranteed and pre ference £18,709, leaving £75,227, out of which the dividends directors recommended the shareholders to declare a dividend on the ordinary stock at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, payable on the list inst., carrying forward £1,086. increase in the traffic. He did not approve a lease to the Great Northern on the terms proposed. After a long discussion the report was adopted, and the dividend recommended therein was agreed to. SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Shrewsbury on Monday. Sir C. It. Boughton occupied the chair. Thy. report merely stated that the dividends for the last halt-year, at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum on the con solidated stock of the company and on the amount p Aid on new shares, also the interest, at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum, on preference shares and money paid in advance calls, had been received from the lessees, and would be payable to the proprietors on the Ist of September. The retiring directors and auditor were re-elected, and the report was adopted acne. con. extra. Halt a mile. Capt. Christie's Miss Julia, aged, lOst (Fordham) 1 Lord Uxbridge's Keane, 4 yrs, 7st llb (A. Woodhouse) 2 Mr. Wallace's Sir Watkin, 2 yrs, sst 121 b.... (Britton) 3 The following also ran :—Lapidary, Eugene filly, Measure for Measure, and Lady Bountiful. - Betting-5 to 2on Miss Julia. Miss Julia made all the running, and won easily by half a length. A length separated the second and third. The rest were beaten off—Measure for Measure being fourth, the Eugene filly fifth, Lapidary sixth, and Lady Bountiful last throughout. The Anglesea Plate of 40 soy's; weight for age, with selling and other allowances. Three •quarters of a mile. Mr. Orme's Moulsey, 2 yrs, sst 10lb (£3O) .... (Hume) 1 Mr. Devereux's Hig hland Mar y , 2 y rs, sst 71 b (£ 3O ) (Kenyon) 2 Mr. Marsh's Peru t 4 yrs, 7st 71b (L3O) (Comery) 3 Mr. Richard's Fair Salopian, 2 yrs, sst 71b (£3O) (Tomlinson) 4 The betting opened at 7 to 4 on Highland Mary, an d closed at 7 to 4 agat Moulsey. Won by a length; half a length between second and third ; Fair Salopian was four lengths behind Peru. Th e winner was sold to Captain Moss for 50 guineas. The Duk e of Beaufort claimed Fair Salopian. The Flying Stakes (Handicap) of 50 sous, added to a Sweep stakes of 5 sous each, 2 it, to go to the fund; winners extra. Straight half mile. 25 subs. Lord Uxbridge's Erythia, 3 yrs, Gst 21b (Woodhouse) 1 Mr. Pratt's The Pony. 3 yrs, 6st (Tomlinson) 2 Captain Christie's Miss Julia, aged, Oat 101 b (Fordhani) 3 Mr. J. A. Hind's Lord Zetland, 2 yrs, sst 10lb (Stagg) 4 Betting —Even on Miss Julia, 6 to 4 agst Erythia, 5 to 1 agst The Pony, and 20 to 1 agst Lord Zetland. Won by three lengths; same distance between second and third ; the other beaten off. Her I‘Lajesty's Plate of 100 guineas; three-yr-olds, Bat 71b; four, 9st 71b; five, 9st 121 b; six and aged, 9st 121 b. Two miles. Caller Ou. 5 yrs, 9st 121 b (Challoner) 1 Umpire, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b . . .. Holy Poly, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Fordham) 3 Sir William and Portland also ran. Betting-7 to 4on Caller Ou, 2to 1 agst Umpire, 20 to agst any other. Won by two lengths ; a bad third. DEVON AND EXETER MEETING-TUESDAY. The Haldon Plate (Handicap) of 100 soya, for all ages ; winners extra. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Ellison's Heber, 2 yrs, sst 91b Mr. Starky's Princess Vocqsal, 3 yrs, 7st 61b (S. Adams) 2 Captain King's Icarus, 5 yrs, 7st 411 3 (Coley) 3 C a pt a in Batchellor's Lady di Ver g y, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Whitehouse) 0 Betting-2 to lon Heber, who won by half a length; a bad third. - - - - A Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added; weight for age, with selling and other allowances. Three quarters of a mile. Sir Lydston Newman's Victoria Cross, 2 yrs, 6st 8113: (Dowling) 1 Mr. E. Brayley's Kennett, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (Cannon) 2 Mr, Starky's Princess Vocqsal, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (S. Adams) 3 Mr. Jorrock's Champagne, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (R. Jones) 0 Betting-5 to 4on Princess Vocqsal, 7to 4 agst Kennett, and 3 to 1 agst any other. Won by a head; three lengths between second and third The winner was sold to Mr. Brayley for 90 guineas. The Ladies' Plate (Handicap) of 30 goys, added to a sweep lOst 91b (Mr. Holloway) 2 stakes of 5 sovs each, 1 it ; winners extra ; gentlemen riders; 71b extra. One mile and a half. 8 subs. Mr. Guy's Brown Betty, 3 yrs, lOst 131 b. • (Mt Scobell) 1 General Holloway's Ring, 4 Yrs, (Mr. Wood) 3 Betting-3 to lon Tonio. Mr. Brayley's Tonio, 5 yrs, list Sib Won by a length ; a bad third. The Devonshire Stakes (Handicap) of 20 soya each, 10 ft, aid only 5 if declared ; with 100 added if three horses start; winners extra. Two miles and a distance. 20 subs, 13 of whom declared. Mr. Brayley's Golden Dust, 3 yrs, 7st 41b .... (Cannon) 1 Mr. Merry' s C os t a , 4 yrs, Bst 41b .............. (Covey) 2 Betting -- 7 to 4on Costa. \Von by a head. The Rougemont Stakes of 25 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, for all ages; winners extra. One mile. Mr. E. Brayley's Kennett, 3 yrs, Gst 121 b .• .. (Cannon) 1 Mr. Guy's Brown Betty, 3 yrs, 7st 21b ...... ( Pearson) 2 Mr. Brayley's Tonic). 5 yrs, Bst ...... ( A Cowley) 3 Captain H. It hys's Ithcebus, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (S . Ste gg les) 0 Betting 6 to 4 on Rheebus, 5 to 2 agst any oth er. Won by a length ; a bad third. The Dawlish Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sovs each, for all ages, with 50 added; winners extra. One mile. Mr. Brayley's The Dictator, 3 yrs, 75t........ (CannJn) 1 Mr. Jorrocks's Surbiton, 4 yrs, Bst.. ...... (A. Cowley) 2 Betting-6 to 4on the Dictator, who won 'la, a canter. THE ST. LECI.ER. We are requested by Mew:s. Weatherby to state that Lord Strathmore's Sacchar,mtter was struck out of the St. Leger, August 31, at 7.42. PUGILISM. The great fight for £l,OOO betweerTMace, the ex-cham pion, and Gos s , of Wolverhampton, was fixed to take place n k, a o a r t e w yesterday, at Wootton t -iasset, in Wiltshire. The com binagtahnytstlheeftGProaadtdmrin and an excellent ring w as g o s t o t e n r by s e e a i d a y, I . t a r b a io ur nh to early t i ih n l ee t r h fw e r oa m ms e fine r t n h 0 - , Wootton Basset Station. Them ropes and stakes wore ad justed by about 2 past 6 5 minutes o'clock. Mace won the toss for choice of sides, and of course, seconded by Macdonald and Brown •Iss lostNfaocoen: placed l. his antagonist so that the morning sun glared upor Wet': three m min el u e t c e t s in p g a past and doss Hicksw a 8 supported referee and other preliminaries, i m na u l t s, ti h m: t 7 the men had shaken hands and stepped into the ring. caution. had evidently Bath seemed in admirable condition. Ala u c n e a met his . oppo ev'c'oitmhbagtraonatts dodged, made feints, oppo nent c e efidently, but Goss looked serious, oa not a blow had seconds dgs a , act but For four when the police made their appearance, Their arrival exchanged expected, as it was well known at Swindon the nightb was that the fight was to take place at Wootton Basset, eore laaddes minutesouupg and ds a n 4l o i ns p de e and th constables had been seen from the train evidently on look-out at Reading, Didcot, and Swindon. The company e were, of course, compelled to quit the field, and they repaired to Swindon. They afterwards returned to London with the view of proceeding by ordinary train to Put fleet. The second journey was soon completed, and at half-past 3 the river was crossed at Long Reach: The E s s ex constabular y mustered in great force, but as the fight was beyond their jurisdiction they could do nothing. It Was 5 minutes to 5 in, the afternoon BLYTII AND TYNE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held in Newcastle on Monday—Mr. J. Laycock in the chair. The report having been read, The CHAIRMAN, in movmg its adoption, remarked that while Ihe income of the railway had fallen off during the past half-year, the loss had been more than met by a reduc tion in the expenditure that had not affected the efficient working of the line, which was never in better condition. Some discussion, he said, had taken place in the district lately with regard to the probable time that it would take to exhaust the supply of coal. But he had no fears of the property of the line on that score. The works for the New castle branch had been let to a respectable contractor, and the directors anticipated it would be completed by the end of the year, and be opened for passenger traffic in the spring of next year. The report was adopted, and dividends were agreed to at th e rate of 10 per cent, on the 10 per cent. preference stock; 5 per cent. on the 5 per cent. preference stock, and at the rate of 91 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock. The CHAIRMAN then moved that the company raise part of the share capital authorised by the act of 1861. The sum to be so raised being between £60,000 and £70,000 ; the shares to be offered at par to the holders of ordinary stock in the proportion of £lO to every £2O so held. Mr. F. LAMBERT seconded the motion, and it w as adopted. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. COCKERMOUTH, KESWICK, AND PENRITH. The half•yearly meeting of this company was held on Thursday at Keswick, Mr. T. A. Hoskins in the chair. The Secretary (Hr. Cattle) read the engineer's report, which stated that about four-fifths of the earthworks had been executed, and that there was a r easonable prospect of the works being completed by March 31, 1861, the time specified in the contract. The directors' report stated that the bill for legalising the working arrangements with the London and North-Western and Stockton and Darlington Railway Companies had re ceived the Royal assent. The new floating dock at Work ington, it was expected, would be ready for traffic by the time the line was completed. The Whitehaven and Clutter Company had obtained power to construct a branch line from the present terminus in Lamplugh to the Cockermouth and Workington Railway, near the junction of the rivers Marrow and Derwent. That line would considerably shorten the distance from the company's terminus at Cockermouth to the iron-ore-producing and coke-consuming district, and could not fail to prove advantageous. The directors strongly recommend a project for the construction of a first•elass hotel at the Keswick station. The capital account to June 30 showed that £131,169 had been expended, leaving a balance of £21,262 against the company. The CHAIRMAN, in m3ving the adoption of the report, expressed satisfaction at the progress of the works. The line being so nearly finished, he trusted, as they had good security, that the money they proposed to raise would be obtained at a low rate of interest. Mr, FLETCHER seconded the adoption of the report, and it was carried unanimously. The directors were authorised to borrow on mortgage a suns not exceeding in the whole £66,000. The retiring directors (Mr. Hoskins, Mr. Mitirlassan, and Major J. J. Spedding), and the retiring auditor (Mr. J. F. Crosthwaite), were re-elected. A special meeting was then held to consider the project for a first-rate hotel, to cost about £lO,OOO. Mr. J. STEEL, M.P., moved that the directors be author- ised to proceed with the construction of a first-class hotel, with stables, in Keswick, which was seconded by Mr. CROZIER. Some opposition was manifested, an amendment was pro. posed and rejected, and the original motion was carried. A vote of thanks to tho chairman terminated the proceed. logs. BOSTON, SLEA FORD, AND MIDLAND COUNTIES. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Monday at the Easton Hotel, Euston-square; Mr. Parry in the chair. The report stated that the total earnings of the line for the past half-year amounted to £10,316, being an increase of £1,233 ever those for the corresponding half of 1862. Neptiritions had resulted in a proposal for the lease in per petuity of the Boston line to the Great Northern Company, th a t company guaranteeing annual payments on the share ca?ital of the Boston and Sleaford Company for the yelr 1863, at the rate of £3 per cent, per annum, and at an in creased rate until 1867, when the di v id e nd would be fixed i n perpetuity at LI 28. 6d. per ceut, per annum. From the available balance of £2,856, a dividend of 3s. per share was recommended. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the terms of the proposed agreement would be submitted to the shareholders for approval at a special meeting. For the half-year ending June, 1860, the dividend paid was 31 per cent. for the half-year ending June, 1861, 21 per cent. for the same half-year in 1862, 22., and for the past year 31 per cent., so that for the years the line had beep opened the dividend averaged 21 per cent. Those dividends had been earned without any through traffic. Mr. TOOTAL seconded the motion. Mr. PARSONS congratulated the shareholders upon . the KNIGHTON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Shrewsbury on Monday, Sir C. It. Boughton in the chair. The directors in their report announced that the working of the line for the last half-year allowed them to recom mend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum. less income-tax, also that the line had been effic'ently worked by the London and North-Western Company. It also stated that a bill for the amalgamation of this company with the Central Wales had been sanctioned by Parlia ment. The report was unanimously adopted. THE DISTRESS IN THE NORTH. The weekly meeting of the Central Executive Committee was held in the Manchester Town Hall on Monday, the Earl of Derby presiding, and there were also present Lord Egerton of Tatton, Lord E. Howard, M.P., Major E. Leigh, Mr. H. B. Farnall (commissioner), Mr. W. Hutchison, Mr. G. L. Ashworth, Mr. M. Ross, Mr. Jas. Worrall, Mr. H. Mason, Mr. J. S. Sterne, Mr. A. H. Heywood, Mr. R. H. Hutchinson, Mr. J. W. Maclure, Mr. J. Goodair, Mr. Josh. Fenton, the Mayor of Manchester. Mr. Rawlinson also attended. _ _ _ Mr. Maclure, the hon. secretary, reported that the bal ance in the bank was £307,297 15s 6d, and that £1,470 Os Oct had been received during the week. No clothing had been received or seat off. Mr. Farnall read the following report : " Manchester, Aug. 31. "My Lords and Gentlemen,—l Leg to inform you that, on the 22d inst., there was a decrease of the number of per sons receiving parochial relief in 27 unions in the cotton manufacturing districts, as compared with the numbers so relieved in the previous week, of 1,251. This decrease of 1,251 is explained as follows :—There ie a decrease at Ash ton-under-Lyne of 300, at Burton-upon-Irwell of 3, at Blackburn of 101, at the Fylde of 6, at Garstang of 20, at Manchester of 576, at Prestwich of 51, at Rochdale of 202, at Saddleworth of 87, at Salford of 359, at Stockport of 80, at Todmorden of 5, at Warrington of 10, and at Wigan of 12; making:a total decrease of 1,823. But there is an in crease at Bolton of 22, at Burnley of 62, at Busy of 99, at Chorley of 5, at Chorlton of 52, at Glossop of 35, at Healing den of 122, at Lancaster of 8, at Leigh of 9, at Macclesfield of 27, at Oldham of 105, and at Preston of 26, making a total increase of 572; so that there is a net decrease of 1,251, and since the 6th of December last a total decrease of 127,003 has taken place. There were on the 22d inst. 144,980 persons receiving parochial relief in the 27 unions adverted to; in the corresponding week of 1861 46,277 persons were so relieved. There is, therefore, an increase of 98,703 persons in the receipt of parochial relief, or 213.3 per cent. In the corresponding week in 1862 134,732 persons received parochial relief. The total weekly cost of out-door relief on the 22d instant was £8,903 8s 4d ; in the corresponding week of 1861 it was £2,256 lOs 3d ; there is, therefore, an increase of £6,646 18s Id, or 294.6 per cent. In the corresponding week of 1862 it was £763 66 2d. The average per tentage of pauperism on the popu lation of these unions on the 221 instant was 7.3 ; in the corresponding week of 1861 it was 2,4, and in the corres ponding week in 1862 was 6.7. The amount of money in the hands of the treasurers of the above unions, on the 22d instant, was £90,126 198 2d. I annex a table to this re port, showing the number of old and infirm persons, the number of able-bodied males, the number of able•bodied females, and the number of children, who were receiving parochial relief on the 22d instant in each of the unions adverted to; the total number of each class being 34,100 old and infirm persons, 16,591 able-bodied males, 30,321 able-bodied females, and 63,956 children under 16 years of age. The last returns made by the committees of charity in the cotton manufacturing districts show that they were maintaining 78,980 persons who were not receiving paro chial relief. On the 22d inst. the number of able-bodied adults and children in receipt of parochial relief was 110,880, and of that number 15 0 per cent, were males, 28.0 per cent. were females, and 67.0 per cent. were children. Presuming that the committees of charity do not provide for old and infirm persons, and that the 78,890 persons whom they do maintain represent the same proportion of classes as the pauper lists, there are 11,847 able-bodied males, 22,117 able bodied females, and 45,016 children dependent on charity. In the aggregate, therefore, there are 28,438 able-bodied males, 52,441 able-bodied females, and 108,981 children under 16 years of age who are now maintained either out of the rates or by charity, together with 34,100 old and infirm persons who are dependent on the poor rates, making a total of 223,960 persons.--I am, my lords and gentlemen, your obedient servant. "H. B. FA.RNALL, Special Commissioner." Mr. Goodair, daring a discussion on the application of the Public Works Act, said the experience in Preston was that the operation of the act would be interfered with by the com parative scarceness of skilled labour, which would be re quired to a large extent for the execution of works already contemplated there, and if this could not be obtained there would be a difficulty in employing the full amount of un skilled labour which might otherwise be made use of. Major E. Leigh thought that the number of unskilled workmen out of employ would probably increase as winter approached. Mr. Goodair said he could express no opinion upon that point. He referred more especially to the scarcity of brick layers and stone masons, as proved by practical experience. Mr. tiawlinson said this difficulty was, perhaps, not to be regretted, as it might lead ultimately to some bene ficial results, by inducing the several local authorities to select, as first experiments, those works which would employ the largest amount of unskilled labour. Many applications had already been made for money to execute works involving large outlays upon skilled labour, and in some cases they were for objects which probably the public might think should not have been sanctioned. He was not sorry, therefore, on account of the fact mentioned by Mr. Uoodair. Although the Poor-law Board did not wish to be too rigid on this point, it was certainly expected that the authorities would select works which would absorb the greatest number of unskilled labourers. In reply to the noble chairman, Mr. liowlinson added that a considerable portion of the money asked for was to be applied to the erection of public buildings. He also stated that the whole of the applications which had been sent in to the Poor-la or Board, up to the date of his last official report, amounted to £169,729, and applications had since been made for £529,000, making a total of £698,729, or very nearly half the sum sanctioned by Parliament. It should be remembered, how ever, that mo-t of the large towns were included in this statement. The Mayor of Manchester had informed him that the corporation of Manchester contemplated asking for a much greater sum than he mentioned last week (£100,000). The Chairman said the mavorhad stated to him that nearly £200,000 would probably be required for Manchester. Among 'the grants subsequently- ma de were £1,500 to Glossop , £ 1,500 to M anchester, £750 to Salford, £l5O to Ashton-under-Lyne, £l5O to Stalybridge, £2OO to Dukin field, £lOO to.Tintwistle, £l2O to Broadbottom and Charles worth, £6O to Leyland, £BO to Mottram in Longdendale, £6O to Newchurch in Rossendale, and other smaller sums, waking a total of £5,460. This concluded the business. THE CONDEMNED PRISONERS IN KIRKDALE GAOL.—On Sunday last the gaol governor (Captain Gibbs) received from the Home-office a respite for Eliza• beth Benyon, the young woman sentenced to death at the late assizes for the murder of her illegitimate son, a child about 12 months old, by drowning him, at Salford, on 15th June last. The capital sentence will probably be commuted to penal servitude for life. We understand that exertions are being made to obtain a commutation of the sentence in the cases of tho Spanish seaman Jose M. Alvarez, convicted of the murder of James Harrison, by stabbing him, ia hall-street. on the night of the 12th of D l ay; and John Hughes, the shoemaker, condemned for the murder of his t wife, in Gteat Homer-street, in April last . It dfaelsi. not appear that any steps have been tak en on b Ced to Benjamin Thomas, the Welsh sa ilor, A in F' ' n Br o te o , n death for the murder of Mary Rowland', k-street f James Oldhall-street, on the Sth of May; or 00 ix ' of Elizabeth Callaghan, in SpitalhAds, on the O'Brien, the seaman convicted of the murder Callaghan, in a house of 9th of June. Hughes, O'Brien, and Thomas, being P ro testants, have the benefit of the spiritual ministrations of the worthy chaplain of the gaol, the Rev. It. Appleton ; and the two first-name criminals have apparently p a id earnest attention to the exhortations of the rev. gentleman, On Saturday Thomas expressed an tanxions desire to see a Welsh Dissenting, m i n i s t e r, and on the followin g d ay Methodist denomination, a minister belonging to the W e l s h denomination, visited him. Di rec tly t h Ch e ael w viti a ne s ivst. intro ducedCalvinistic h to the unhappy man the latter recog nised him as a minister he heard preach in Wales some six years since. They held a long conversation in the Welsh l a nguage, and Thomas subsequently intimated that he was glad he had seen the rev. gentleman. Alvarez is entirely unacquainted withthe English language, but he is attended daily by a Catholic priest who speaks Spanish fluently. The executions will, in the customary order of things, take place on Saturday week, STAMPED ....sd. The " Times" on Count Montalembert. Count Montalembert's grand burst in fo your of liberty of conscience at the Congress at .Malines seems almost to have taken the breath out of that venerable assembly. It was prudently quolified, indeed, with denunciation of the " intolerant Eng land of former days," the " intolerant wedon of to day," with encomiums on " Thomas Morns," the victim of Anglican persecution, and the "pious Jesuits who bathed cruel England with their blood," and with lamentation over butchered " Vendee, starved Ireland, and agonising Poland." Here he carried his audience all with him. But when he turned the tables upon them, and declared he hated the Spanish persecutor as much as he did the French terrorist, applause was mingled with "sensation:" Count Montalembert, however, drives the whole system of toleration, with all its contents, straight down the throat of the assembly ; swallow it they must and they shall, ho allows no quarter ; it is a stiff mouthful for them, but " it will do them good." He allows no exception, no qualification ; the full and absolute rights of conscience—the right of every body to hold, utter, and preach, by word of mouth or by writing, whatever he thinks to be true, with out, let or hindrance, without penalty or restraint — are his watchwords. No Dissenter, Methodist, In depeadeOfor-Btptist, could say more. - 41 -Without mental reservation and without hesitation, I declare myself an upholder of liberty of conscience. I frankly accept all its consequences. . . . Can one at the present day demand liberty for truth and refuse it to error ? I distinctly say No.' . . . I bow before all the texts, all the canons that may be cited to me, and not one of them will I contest or discuss. But I cannot to-day repress the conviction which reigns in my conscience and in my heart. . • I declare that I feel an invincible horror for all tor tures and violence inflicted upon humanity under the pretext of serving or defending religion. . . . The fagots lighted by a Catholic hand inspire me with as much horror as the scaffolds on which the Protestants have immolated so many martyrs." Se far, however, the speaker only protests against vie lence and bloodshed. Is he in favour of intolerance in any milder shape, as a negative principle checking the spread of obnoxious doctrine, allowing people to hold their own opinions, but interfering with their efforts to convince others of the truth of them ? He casts it to the winds, and will have nothing to do with any modification of intolerance. " The gag forced into the mouth of whomsoever lifts up his voice with a pure heart to preach his faith—that gag I feel between my own lips, and I shudder with pain." This is the full charter of liberty of con science—the right to promulgate opinion, to pro selytise, to attack publicly the dominant creed, and establish any new sect you please, so long as you confine yourself to the weapons of argument and per suasion. This is " a fair field and no favour," and Count Montalembert advocates it not only as a debt to justice, but also "in the interest of Catholicism." All this is in keeping with Count Montalembert's public spirit, and with that signal and enthusiastic advocacy of political liberty which brought him so prominently before Europe some time ago. And vet such language in the mouth of an ardent Ultra montane arrests us, and takes us at first by surprise. And why ? Because we should have expected be forehand that M. Montalembert would have liked the Spanish Inquisition, and that kind of persecu tion ? Not at ail. We could never have dreamt of nis having any other opinion of the Spanish Inqui sition than that which he now expresses. But M. Montalembert says what he thinks, and says it openly, honestly, and without the least reserve or disguise ; and that is an unusual and extraordinary fact. Every educated Catholic, every prelate, every ecclesiastic of the slightest mind and information in the Roman Church, must know that the Spanish Inquisition was an abomination, and that other things which were done at the instigation of the Church in those days were utterly indefensible. He would not uphold for a moment the acts of those days; he must in his own mind give them up. But he will shrink from denouncing them in public. " It will not do to say so. It will not do to own this. No, that is impolitic. It will not answer to aban don the past in this way, and sacrifice a page of history. We must not throw our friends overboard. They meant well, those old lighters of faggots ; they were earnest men, though somewhat stern ; they were devoted sons of the Church ; we must not part company with them ; we must carry them along with us on the road of time, and say as little about them as we can." That is the attitude of the educated Romanist world towards the atrocities of the past which shock the moral sense. It is one of those reticencies, and suppres • sions, and shirkings in which human nature delights. There is nothing so easily avoided and escaped as owning the truth. The debt to truth is such a mere nominal affair, hardly to be called a debt at all ; nobody need pay it unless he likes. There is no thing so easy as to shut your eyes. In this way human nature—especially on religious questions — defies all cross-examination, and stands fairly at bay, in the comfortable assurance that the pincers have not been yet invented which can extract the truth from it. It is, therefore, a surprise to us--an agreeable surprise—to hear a man simply say i ng what he knows to be true. It is an unusual act, partaking of the miraculous in the world of religious speech. I\l. Montalembert throws the Inquisition overboard, and denounces the persecuting acts of the Roman Church. He sacrifices a whole page of the past. Bat this is not all that M. Montalembcrt does. , Re declares his hostility to all the existing remains of this system—to that modified persecution which consists in simply prohibiting the spread of new doctrines, and coercing the agents in such efforts, imprisoning them, and fining them. But this is the system now in Spain ; it has only just been abolished by Sardinian rule in the greater part of Italy ; and it is in full action at this moment is Rome. Anybody in the Papal States can be put in gaol fur disseminating obnoxious doctrine. Will M. Montalembert try to convince his Holiness of the impropriety and inexpediency of this p o li cy ? Will he urge upon the Holy Father the noble duty of throwing open, "in tho interest of Catholicism," the religious area over which he rules, and admit ting all sects to preach and spread their doctrines at Rome by whatever peaceful means they can ? Let there be no gag. The gag forced into the mouth of the pure e n tinded, disinterested preacher of any doctrine whatever is a gag to M. Montalcmbert himse lf, and therefore really a gag to the Pope, if b e could but feel it. Every gag upon a heretic is a gag upon the Roman Catholic also. It is a source of weakness, discouragement, and stagnation to the Roman Church, accustoming her to depend upon an arm of flesh instead of upon the intrinsic purity and sublimity of her faith, keeping her within barriers, and preventing her from throwing herself upon the heart of Catholicism, and giving free vent to all her powers and energies. That is M. Moutalembert's Opinion, and if he can convince the Holy Father of the truth of it, he will do a work which will, at any rate, gain him the praise of every Protestant in Europe immediately, and eventually, upon his own assumption, of every Roman Catholic. Dispatches were sent yesterday, from the Colonial Office, to the governors of the West India Islands, British Columbia, and Bermuda, ' QUEBEC TIMBER TRADE. —PLYMOUTH, Tuesday. —The ship Jessie Boyle, Captain W. Symons, which left Quebec August 12th, arrived here yesterday, the 31st, only two days after the owner's receipt of the master's sailing letter, which C El 0 by mail steamer. The Jessie Boyle sailed from Plymouth July 3, and has therefore accomplished the voyage out and home in one month and 28 days, Like others, she made a voyage in the spring. Unless the Shannon has arrived at Greenock, or the Jane at Liverpool, the Jessie Boyle is the first ship home to England on the second voyage this year. The Eliza and. City of Ottawa were left loading. They belong to Plymouth, which has this year despatched nine other ships on their second voyage to. Quebec. A supply of :the new description of 4-inch ta pered armour •Dlates. wh;-h Mo 'rs. Brown and Co., of Sheffield _ .ve contraeLe- supply to the Ad• miralty for the stem and other parts of the iron frigate Achilles, 6,000 tons, building at Chatham, have arrived at that dockyard, and are now in the hands of the mechanics to undergo boring, planing, and bending processes preparatory to their being affixed to those portions of the exterior of the Achilles for which they are destined. The plates, which are of the best possible description of rolled. iron, are considerably larger than those used in plating the broadsides of the Achilles, the whole of the latter having been manufactured at the Park gate Works, Yorkshire, by the same firm which 4-inch iron ir t o h n ic p k I n s e t s :. supplied the plates required in building tho Royal and the a th p e par ta en p t e , r h in o g we fo v r e m r, Oak. In their manufacture the "bloom" is rolled afterwards given to the slabs of iron by the planing toan machines. This operation increases the cost of the tapered plates as much as 25 per cent. over the or dinarythat in constructing an iron vessel, the chief merit of which will consist in its shot -resisting power, the whole of the plates should be as thick as it is possible to produce them. T • This point has not escaped the attention of the Admiralty, and futur e ir on in the construction of the Bell erop h on and futu, sels the tapering form will b e g i ven to theolalhiicE: planking on which the plates are l a i d, and not to the plates themselves. The mini mum t hi ckness to which each plate is planed is 3in., and these will be affixed to those portions of the exterior of the Achilles where it is scarcely possible a hostile shot will ever strike her. On the exposed portions of the Achilles the; plates are In thiCkness; but in the mu struction of the Bellerophon, which is to be imme diately commenced at Chatham, plates of a thick ness of 6in. will be used. The whole of the broad side plating of the Achilles has been completed, so that the entire broadside on both sides the frigate for a length of nearly 300 ft. presents an unbroken surface of iron, the caulking of which can scarcely be detected. About 50 only of the stern plates re main to be fixed. As soon as the Achilles has been floated out of dock several hundred mechanics will be at the disposal of the Admiralty, and these will immediately commence the construction of Mr. Reed's new iron ship the Bellerophon, the dockyard. officials being anxious to retain the services of the ' hired hands, who during the time they have been employed in the Chatham yard have attained re markable proficiency in iron shipbuilding. A por- tion of the shipwrights will at the same time Com mence the iron-clad wooden frigate Lord Warden, which is to be proceeded with simultaneously with he Bellerophon. His Prussian Majesty's frigate Adler, 4, Captain Klatt, from Dantsic, last from Yarmouth, has ar rived in Plymouth Sound. After being supplied with coal and provisions she will sail for Constan tinople and Athens. Her Majesty's corvette Wolverene, launched on Saturday at Woolwich, was yesterday hauled into the inner basin, to be fitted with her boilers and machinery, supplied by Messrs. Ravenhill, Salkeld, and Co., of Millwall. The screw steam troop ship Orontes, having been repaired at Devonport, embarked seamen, marines, and marine artillery on Monday, and yesterday morning left Plymouth Sound for Gibraltar, Malta, and the Mediterranean. The screw steam gun-vessel Snipe, 5, from Sheer ness, arrived yesterday morning in Plymouth Sound, for the purpose of replenishing with fuel, prepara tory to sailing for her destination, the West Coast of Africa. The following appointments have ben made at the Admiralty :—Henry A Close, assist.- surg ., to ___ the Royal Adelaide; Isaac B. Moorman, assistant paymaster in charge, to the Fox ; W. 0. Greens-. dale, assist.-clerk, to the Racoon; and Charles F. Roberts, assist.-clerk, to the Jackal. THE ARMY. The 21 Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, under he command of Col. Bruce, returned to Welling :on Barracks yesterday morning from Aldershot, where they hay() been doing duty under canvas for the past four weeks. The 19th Regiment left the Richmond-barracks in Dablin, for Queenstown, on the 26th ult., and embarked for Burmah on the 27th, in the Fanny Fawcett and the Trafalgar. A draught of the 70th Regiment, consisting of Lieut. Monteith, one ensign, two sergeants, and 117 rank and file, are under orders to proceed shortly to New Zealand from the camp at Colchester. About 50 volunteers from the various regiments have ar t he rived at the camp for the purp ose of joining regiment. The troops garrisoned in Portsmouth yesterday were reviewed on Southsea.common by Major-Gen. Lord W. Piulet, C. 8., the General officer command in.. the fortress of Portsmouth and the S.W. nun. tary district. The Secretary of State for War has considered it e xpedient to establish uniform mks in regard to the grant of public holidays to the artificers, labourers, &c., in the various branches of the War Depart ment, and has therefore decided that in future the following days only shall be observed as holydays with pay :—Good Friday and Christmas My, the latter, if falling on Sunday, may be observed on the following day ; the anniversary of the Coronation of the Sovereign; and the day fixed each year for the observance of the Sovereign's birthday. The new Government storehouses for ammunition, and military clothing, on the Surrey side of the river and close to the Charing-cross Railway, are now completed, and will be shortly appropriated for the reception of stores. Capt. Seymour, Lieuts. Richards and Kennedy six sergeants, s i x corporals, and 115 privates Royal Marine Light Infantry, in duty on the Victoria Victualling-yard at Deptford, returned to head quarters, Woolwich, yesterday, and were replaced by a detachment, consisting of Lie'its. Wright and Rule, six sergeants, six corporals, and 150 rank and file from 'Woolwich. The E and 1' batteries of the Horse Brigade and No. 7, 13th Brigade Royal Artillery, under the separate command of Capt. Newbolt, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. D. Fraser, and Major Craufurd, were yesterday relieved at Shoeburyness from Woolwich by the C and G batteries, in command of Capt. Gore and Major Newton. The troops arrived and de parted in the steamer Medusa, tender to the Cumber. land, guard ship, of the steam reserve at Sheerness. The barrack buildings formerly occupied by the Sappers and Miners at Woolwich, and appropriated for some years past to the use of the gentlemen cadets of the Royal Military Academy, have been. again vacated and transferred to the corps, now the Royal Engineers, in consequence of the reduction of the strength of the cadet company from 300 to 240, the latter number being the maximum until new arrangements are made. Many of the rooms are in consequence occupied by three and four beds. The deaths of the following officers have been officially reported at the War-office since the Ist of August :—Field-Marshal Colin Lord Clyde, G.C.8., K. 5.1., Colonel of the Coldstream Guards; Generals J. Oldfield, K.H., Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Engineers, and Lord Downes, G.C.8., Colonel of the 29th Regiment; Major-Gen.; W. Dunn, Royal Artillery; Lieut.-Col. I. H. Burke, 31 Buffs;; Majors J. Fraser, 60th Rifles, and R. Shepherd, 76th Regiment ; Captains W. Edgeworth, 3d Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards ; A: D. Gordon, 102 J Royal Madras Fasileera ; W. R. Mulliner, 3d Writ India Regiment ; H. T. Fox, Royal Marines ; N. Furnace, 60th Il fles ; T. H. Trafford, Royal Artillery ; J. Thomson, Gold Coast Artillery Corps; W. Smith, 6th Regiment ; S. Milder, 15:h Regiment ; J. Busteed, 16th Regiment ; W. Von Lubeck, Brunswick Cavalry ; and J. N. Stober, Cliasseurs Britanniques ; Ensign W. S. P. Keene, 2d West India Regiment ; Quartermasters W. Mansfield, 22d Regiment, and F. de Bothtmer, Brunswick Cavalry ; Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals A. Stewart, M.D.; Surgeons F. 0. Barker, M.D., 90th Light Infantry, and J. F. NiYison ; Assist,. a Surgeons T. F. Langstaff, and G. Rutherford, M,D. I Veterinary Surg. M. Poett. 3Ss 38s 13. 12. 3. 2S. 1. 1. 1. 1• 12. 10. 4. 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