The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-30 00:00:00

nEAR DOCTOR, what do you advise P 1 ior advise Alf red Mellon ' s Concerts, a f terwards t o A NS', Covent-garden, h ear s ome charming singing, order Pne of their capital cho p s-, and magnificent potatoes, and that is the b est advice I can give you. - RINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC This BRANDY. 4 ENCEI BR • celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest ANDY, It iq Pure, Mild, Hellow, - Delicious, and very Wholesome. atLSeold in Bottl es, Bs. Bd.; at the Retail Houses in London ; by Agents in the p r i nc i pal towns in England ; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL -STREET, LONDON, W. _ Ob serve the R e d Seal, Pink Label and Cork branded LL Whisky.' , HE. WELLINGTON ST. JAMES'S-STREET. La dies elnnuaedindeint o e t i i l lt ), th: e PSaloon p o i o n t i t i i l go Roomst h e G r a o r u e n o d pe F n l o f o or r a dies and Parties, Daily, from One o'clo k. ~..The WE LLINGTON Three Shilling Dinner of Soup, Fish, :lade Dish, Joi n t , S weet, &c., from 3to 9 p.m. On 6un d ays from 5 to 8.30. BY Order of the London and Paris Hotel Co. (limited). JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington rntrance, 160, Piccadilly. Ladies' Entrance, 53, St. James's-street. JJARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. CHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Chairman. tCHARLES F. D 'WAS, Esq., Deputy Chairman. i re nrY Hulse Berens, Esq., G. J. Shaw Lefevre, -., e urY Bonham Carter, Esq. 'John Martin, Esq. Sir Mint° Farquhar, Bt., M.P. James Morris, Esq. Esq. TrWaiter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq. es Goodson, E,sq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. omson Hankey, Esq. M.P Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. °lin G. H F '14.1 P l'redk. Janson ; " sq '' • • . Esq. illiam Steven, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. Levvi s T C Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. ornellus Paine, jun., Esq. I Noel Whiting, Esq. Thos.T allemaeh, Esq., Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary AtTD: LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS of AN ACT or PARLIAMENT this Company now offers to new In ;rerl E/GIITY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial visions or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. . si nce the establi s h men t o f th e C om pany in 1821, the Qriount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in ;!tsh value £860,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary zonuses of .£1,058,000, After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, amounted to upwards of £1,730,000, the Income from the Lite r anch £207,0 per annum, and the Life AssurAUCIL-Fund, dependent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon every description of property at home and abroad at mode rate rates. No exrense is incurred in effecting a new Insurance be yond the paymmt of the Annual Premium and Duty, when the Premium amounts to ss. Claims liberally and promptly settled. NOTICE IS HERESY GIVEN, that FIRE Policies 'which expire it Michaelmas must be renewed within fifteen (1 3's at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's — et, co rner of Pall-Mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. 4, 4 Pacation for Prospectuses and Agencies to be made to 6ecretary. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.-HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Fifth Appearance of THE BAND OF THE DANISH GUARDS, AND OF THE DANISH NATIONAL VOCALISTS. Fifth Night of the Eng-gement of (b T ITE BAND OF THE IST LIFE GUARDS fhe kind permission of Lieut.-Col. the H n. Dudley Ros). Fifth Appearance of the Performer on the Saxophone, ALI BEN JEN- KISS, i n h i s pecu li ar Co s t u me. Fifth time o f the new Danish Fanta• i a, arrange d ex - Pre s B lY for this occasion b y I . uM J lien , entitled DAN SITE 'TONER. Vocalist Mdlle. Liebhart. Violin M. Lotto. Conductor ➢l. Jullien. Admission—ONE SHILLING. ULLTN'S ANNUAL BAL D'OPERA on WED 'AESDA, Y, October 19. ST. I A'M E S'S H A L L, Entrances in Regent-street and Piccadilly. Prates •or ANDERSON'S Grand Entertainment, the An WORLD of MAGIC, d 3liss A NDERSON'S extraordinary powers of SECOND SIGHT, 4, 4 4 rnnde U s a ccess hitherto unparalleled in the annals of the Ilagi The PROGRAMME, in its present form, will be repeated every E vening at Eight. 1,2 n SATURDAYS, a FASHIONABLE JUVENILE DAY ~"E O RNIA. NCE, at 'three p.m. Loon open at seven and two. CoSrltalls (Dress, Numbered, and strictly Reserved), 3 s. ; Mr!i stare 28 ' : Area and Galleries is. Juvenile Tickets for the 8 ai,d balcony, 2s. each. Reser y ricaadilled Beata may be secured at the Ticket Office, 28, HR WORLD OF MAGIC.-DAY will PERPORMANQE. -'lhe Great Wizard • f the North . „Ve his FOURTH MATINEE JUVENILE ENTER a ',2-will V-lIRNT T OMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING-, r, peat his Seance Magique EVERY EVENING,P for these St James's Ha 1, at ei4ht o'clock. The best stalls Ticketsecured at the e att-actire representations may bo scour °Mee, 28, Piccadilly. 4R. GERMAN REED'S New OPERA. cl cAIIIERA ENTERTAINMENT.—TO-NIGHT, at Its' t °c lock, TIIE SLEEPING QUEEN, by M. W. Balfe, 1124,,,1 ; , the libre. to by IT P'arnie, Esq , and sustained by Miss , ste 1 i i 1 - nLaY on, Mr . . Whiffin M . r. Wilkinson, and Miss frr e. .. To be followed by TO'o MANY COOKS, adapte . 1, 11 . 'I -st. Offenbach by Mr . . German Reed, tbe libretto by C. Nvil"°' Esq and in which Mi , 44 D'Este Finlayson, Mr. .T.,,itnn, sno Mr. J. A Stilly will appear. ROYAL GAL („a - '. ve ' , of ILLU,)TRATION 14, Regent-street. Every t r ,rhng 'except Sat rday), at' 8. Saturday morning, at 3. ~,_"sreserved seats, ts . 28.; stalls 35.• stall chairs, ss. can L. be ecured at the Gyllery without fee. ........________ T E 0 XF O RD, 61 OXFORD STREET, W. T he Oxford and Canterbury H 11 Company „ A\ ORITE, MARTHA, 1111ETR o vA (I T i (limited). e E d , ). (1, o I f %Re following Artistes, viz., Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry, urted c on a pl7. Tyrn 11, ,te With augmented Band and Chorus, 3lr. F. Jonghmans. f Mr. JACKSON HANES, the Champion Skater, in his per ,9,rrnan ‘, on the L rawing Room Skates, of Quadrilles, vareovienneo, H1J,,.-NSWORTII (or any oth er man ), EUGENE, W. Randall, ' l ash, Herr He mann, and Mdlle. Cava ho. u axes, dmissi on d. —Area 6d. • stalls and balcony, 10. ; private 10s. 6 CANTERBURY HALL. Triumphant Success of ,rIINCE PERFUME AND PRINCESS BOUQUET. is Und er the title of Prince Perfume and Princess Bouquet nightly to be seen at the Canterbury all a Magic Spectacle !ar, tr anscending, in poetry of concept on, b auty and in uity of arrangement, scenic effect, and brilliancy of liaht and colour any former aprlication (even at this Hall) of the Prineiolek,own as the OPTICAL ILLUSION. In this last Collective disp' ay of scenic art and of brilliant choreographic and statuesque grouping will be found pio'ures surpassing sor ne of the greatest achievements of the Modern Extra vaZanza—St e " THE SHIPWRECK," "THE PHANTOM CORSA l'," and " rnE CURTAIN OF FIRE." The "Illusive Sketch," w hi c h i s th e cen tre of these corns cat oil is by Mr. W. F. Vandervell ; the overture and inci dental music by Willem Vandervell. Prince Perfume, Mrs. William Randall. The Oxford and Canterbury flan Company (limited). 3/I[ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. Established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION. A full length portrait model of MULLER, taken from life, is now added. Admission, Is. ; Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Sole Proprietor, R. R. BIGN ELL. During the week, and till further notice, in addition to the D ance m anee Music, Selections fr, Verdi's popular Operas, Il T rovatore, Traviata, Ri ro l e tt o , ; Aleyerbeer's Etoile du Nord, Huouenoti, &c. ; Melodies of the Forest, Valse, Guy 341111, ri g, Polka, &c. Conductor—L. CURTI. Doors open at half-past B.—Admission, One Shilling. Manager—M. GRENET. EE T IL—Mr. ESKELL'S PATENT,—The 1 Eskellexclusive right to this Patent was secured to Mr. of Grosvenor -street, Grosvenor-square, by her Ma rty,. Royal Seal (J u ly 17, 1860) , an d can on l y b e p rocure d a t is residence, where specimens maybe seen, and every infor /nation can be obtained. Under this Patent, Artificial Teeth, to last a lifetime, are made, and fitted in a few hours without pain or extractions. They support loose teeth, and protect tender RUms ; their resemblance to nature is perfect and un detectable, and they are guaranteed for mastication and articulatim Treatise on the subject sent for seven stamps. Co nsultations free. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "Mr. Rakell, dental-surgeon, has succeeded in producing artificial teeth, and so construct' , g them that they last their purpose a lifetime. . . . The process has been'patented, and promises to be most valuable,"—Court Journal, August 4, 1860. "A surpr:sing novelty in the adaptation of artificial teeth to the gum by a patented principle, which secures the most Perfect aid, combined with the greatest ease and agreeable appea , ance."—Morning Advertiser, August 0, 1860. Decayed teeth stopped, &c. Terms strictly moderate. 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY _.Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from th e recip e of Di Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluabl e t o all who . suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, dm For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and gr.teful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious rnd Liver Pills. The genuine arc a square green mp package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the sta, MP2ROSCOPE and TELESCOPE combined, Just introduced, both of wonderful power, in Case, 258. PO, KET TELESCOPES, define 5 miles, 108. 6d ; 215.; Ditto, and for Astronomy, 40s. MICROSCOPES in 0 Allies, Cabinets, 3 Powero, 10s. M., magnifies 15,000 times; Ditto, Magnifying 3C,00 215., with Animalcutze Cage, Life Box, &C. Lat. e Compound Achromatic Ditto, power (35,000, 84s. at The most powerful Rac e Gl asses, made with sling cases, MAGIC LAN TERNS atd DISSOLVING VlEWS.—Magic LarAerns and 36 Pictures, 7s. Cd. ; Lareer Size, 10s. Bd. Dissolving Apparatus complete, 70s. Descriptive Catalogues for two stamps. Post Orders pay able Upper Baker -street. BERNARD DAVIS, 41n, EUSTON-ROAD, LONDON. Optician to the Institutions. „„ - ,11) ECTA C LE S.—Lenses ground on a new k> principle, requ'ring less than half th e usual magnifying power, and with which the smallest print may be read to ex treme old age, (From the "Medical Circular," N0v.16, 1859.) "We have seen Mr. Davis's improved spectacles, and by their aid the most detective vision may be improved." Steel Frames and Pebbles, 10s. 6d. and 78. 6d. Glasses, ss, gd., is. 64j„ 3s. Cd. Country residents suited by stating age. ' r.,1 simmempow.i... N°. 22,549. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1864. Now ready all at the Libraries, in 3 vols., LA W lh E NC E, Mayor.—ln a Meeting or Assembly of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Liverymen , of the several Companies of the City of London, in, on Thu Comnann Hall assembled at the Guildhall of the said Cityrs day, the 29th day of September, 1861— Resolved unanimously— That this Common Ilall desired to express to the Hight Hon. William Lawrence, Lord Mayor, their high apprecia tion of the earnest and faithful manner is which he has dis charged the important duties of his office, and to tender to his lordship tti , it thanks for the liberal support he has rendered to the numerous charitable institutions of London, for maintaining on all occasions the dignity of his ofdoo. and for the hospitality he has so freely dispensed. The citizens of London regard with satisfaction the frien ly and }wept table reception given b 3 the Lord Mayor to General G on his being presented with the freedom of the City, thereby manifesting the strong attachment of his lordship to the arse of liberty ; and this Common Hall desired to express their conviction that whatever position the Lord Mayor may bl cal ed upon to fill he will ever be found a strenu us advo cate of the cause of freedom and a firm upholder of the rights and privileges of the citizens of London. Resolved unanimously— That the thanks of the Livery are due, and are hereby given, to Hilary Nicholas Nissen, Esq., and Thomas Cave, Esq., Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, during the pa t year, for the courteous and dignified manner in which they have discharged the important duties of that ancient and honourable offi .e, for their generous hospitality, and for their munificent contributions to the numerous charitable institu tions of the metropolis. Resolved unanimously— That the best thanks of this Common Hall be given ti the Livery Committee for their exertions in securing this Hall on the present occasion from the int , usion of strangers who are not Liverymen ; and to the Lord ISlayor, Aldermen, and Common Council for the kind assistance they have rendered to the Committee in the accomplishment of their bject. WOODTHOR PE, real Roman army; in defending Rome it will defend its own flag ; and there will not be anything in its organisation to hurt any principle. There are numerous precedents, and, without going so far back as the Republic of Venice, we need only cast a glance, as we have already said, on what is actually taking place in the Republic of the United States. The Pontifical Government will, therefore, have an army. It will also have finances. Italy, by taking upon herself the portion of the debt adhering to the ancient provinces of the Church, has, evidently, simply done her duty. She has obeyed the principles of political economy and natural equity, which imply that the cost must go with the advantages ob tained. It is no less certain that the Treasury of the Holy See will find itself relieved of very heavy charges. More over, how can it be supposed that the great Catholic com munity which daily by its donations comes to the aid of the Holy See, struck by the events, and feeling the centre coup of a great revolution, will not double its devotion and zeal when the point is the reconstruction of the power and of the independence of the Sovereign Pontiff? Snch is, as regards the temporal power, the bearing of the stipulations of the 15th September. But, we are told, have you forgotten that the consent of the Holy Father is necessary ? No, we have not forgotten it. We have simply fancied that a Power which has for so many years been maintained by foreign protection, and to which means are given to support itself, could nut reject such propositions without justifying its enemies. Secret clauses have been hinted at ; there are none. Every one was in a false position before the 15th of Septem ber—there is a real situation now for all—real for Italy, who has no foreigners left except at Venice—real for the Holy See, which re-enters into the normal conditions of all power—real for France, who, faithful to herself, will not have left Rome without having given guarantees to the Holy See against external dangers and the means of assur ing its safety at home. The object has been attained. To know how to wait, in _fact, le the _best cqndition of.. alig4esli ._f~r. poling-Much knows what it wants and desires what is just. National Association for the Promotion of Social Science. MA T T I E. A STRAY. By the Author of "No Church," "Owen : A Waif," &c. " A very attractive, interesting, and na urally told tale. It well sustains the author's high reputation."—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. YORK, Thursday. The business of the congress was formally brought to a close. The whole of the departments concluded their labours yesterday.. According to the opinions of those best qualified to judge), so far as the value of the papers read and the discussions - which have taken place, the meeting has been a success. As regards the number of members and associates who gathered on the occasion, it has not reached to the height of the wishes of the chief supporters of the institution, although the estimate must be taken as relative sad by comparison in this respect with that of last year at Edinburgh. The predominance of ladies at the sittings of the departments was remarkable. There are those who say that social science or its objects, and as it is illustrated by this society, is grave, if not dull ; but assuredly its meet ing on this occasion has made the ancient and picturesque city of York gay. Nor must it be forgotten that contrary to all meteorological predictions, scientific and local, the weather has been most propitious, bright sunny days, and soft tranquil, starlight nights, combining to make up a second summer-time of the year. The arrangements for the conduct of the business, and the ctmfort and conve nience of visitors under the auspices of the indefatigable executive of the association, have been as nearly perfect as possible, and it may well be said that, assuming that the meeting has not achieved quite the success which its pro meters endeavoured to give it, at least it has deserved it. DUBLIN UNIVER No. 382. FOR OCT( ,SITY MAGAZINE.— DBER. Price 2s. 6d. CON T] :NTS. 1. The Story of Lord Bacon's 5. Poland duringthelnsurrec - Life. tion of 1163-4 2. Yaxley and its Neighbour- 6. George Anne Bellamy an hood. Concluded. Irish Actress. 3. Current English Poetry. 7. Char es Lev. r's Essays. 4. Uncle Silas and Maud 8. Sayings and Doings of the Ruthyn. By J. S. Le Cymri. Fanu. Chaps. XXXIV. to X LIM Dublin: George Herbert. ,ondon : Uurst and Blackett. At all Libraries, in 2 vols., post Bvo.. PUBLIC MEN AND PRETTY WOMEN, Episodes in Real Life. By Mrs. FLORA DAWSON, The Friend and Correspondent of Washington Irving. "An amusing book from more than one point of view. We have read it with an interest in which curi_sity was largely mingled."—Reader. Richard Bentley, Publisher in oral:tat) , to her l!ilajesty. VURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First•class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CIA IiGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and Co are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo win/ -able engravin s of everyy description of Furniture and Dea5te348..31130-; copy sent gzatia and poet-tree on app cation. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised scale : A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto ........ A Twelve-roomed ditto fogether with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valnable informationto all requiring househ3ld furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen In or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborotur,h, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon, Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great lint COI3BETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London. S.E. Adoption of the Public-house Closing Act in Manchester. A special meeting of the City Council was held on Wed nesday—the MAYOR (J. M. Bennett, Esq.) in the chair — to receive a report from the General Purposes Committee, and to adopt a resolution thereon. The committee had recommended unanimously that the Public-house Closing Act, 1861, should be adopted in this city. The DEPUTY Towx CLERK (Mr Austin) said it was ne cessary for the adoption of the act that a meeting should be called by the Mayor, upon a requisition signed by a num ber of ratepayers. Such a requisition had been received in PIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in ngland, Ws 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. equal to 1 cwt. barley or any meal. Delivered free in Lon don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PE A.RCE, Manager, 66, Lant-street, Southwark. this case, The act would come into operation one month after its adoption by the Council, Mr Alderman HEYWOOD moved the adoption of the act. He said he believed the act would be a benefit, not only to the public, but also to those who desired to keep public houses without being compelled to have thein open during the small hours. In London the act had given general 'REAL SEAL SKIN JACKETS.—MPsers. HOWELL, JAMES, and CO. res cattily intimate that they have now ready for SALE an unu ually large variety of JACKE FS and PALETOTS, made of the very finest skins of the seal. They are in six different sizes, and in shapes the most con venient for either driving or the promenade. Messrs. Howell and Co. will esteem the favour of a visit of inspection. 5,7, 9, REGENT-STREET. satisfaction, and caused a remarkable change in the neigh bourhoods where night houses were formerly open. A com plaint had been made that compositors on the morning papers would be inconvenienced by being unable to obtain refreshment. But a gentleman who a h ea a n d tu b c e y en ha c d on s n t e a c t t e e d d , g al e f ments at the principal fromwith t t h h e e p ß r e i n n t e i h n , g business thatth e f a o r r ra h n offices were such that the men could get refreshments at any hour, and that it would be much better for them if they would go home when they left work at 2 or 3 o'clock, instead ofgoing to the night houses. There could be no doubt that a necessity existed for the act to be put in operation in Man chester. The 7th clause gave power to the chief officer of police, subject to the approbation of the Mayor, to grant occasional licenses exempting parties from the provisions of the act during certain hours and upon special occa sions, to be specified in such license. If, therefore, any necessity should be found to exist for one or two houses to be open for the accommodation of market people or others, such houses would be specially licensed. He believed that the bulk of the publicans in Manchester would approve the adoption of the acc. Alderman Sir E. ARMITAGE seconded the motion. Mr Alderman GRUNDY said he believed the act had been conducive to public order and morality in London. Ar Mr G. Boone said the act only altered existing arrange ments in one respect—that the publichouse would be closed from 1 o'clock to 4 a.m. CATTLE FATTENED in HALF the USUAL TIME through mixing THORLEY'S DELICIOUS CONDIMENT with the ordinary produce of the farm. Only to be had in Penny Packets. Sold by most respectable earn dealers, grocer druggists, and oilmen throughout the world. JOSEPH THORLEY, the Inventor, Steam Mills and Fac tory, Thornhill-bridge, King's-Q. - Les, London. City Depot, 145, Fleet-street. T HE BENEFACTOR OF THE SK I N. - MOLLARD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry. Nothing, equals the properties and qualit:es of the Soap No. 1 for ordinary toilet purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases of cutaneous affections or rheumatism. Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatum for the hair. Barege cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable odour. All these preparations may be had at the central depot, 221 A, Regent-street, London, \V. ; and at Messrs. Newbery and Sons, Barclay and Sons. Edwards, Keating, Sanger and Son, Jonaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlets and test,- mon'als free on a plication. Agent for Edinbargh—Mr. John 3PKay, chemist, 119, George-street R OYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated ty Royal Charter.) PATRONESS—Her Moat Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of .Northumberland, KG., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thom. Baring, Esq., M.P., V.P. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq , F. V.P. 'I he Committee des re to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past kw ye its, a support which has enabe th , in to establish their present magnificent fleet of i 23 Lif boats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great res onsibility that rests on them to tr aintain their fleet In a thoroughly efficient utaiita_ thirrnsasu-ngemc.rt at -vim-1r- Mr RMINEY said he would commend the resolution to those who sought to obtain further restrictions. It was absurd to attempt to prohibit the sale ot intoxicating liquors. The act before teem was, however, a step in the right uirec tion. There were places open iu Manchester during the night which were a disgrace to civilisation and Christianity. It the Council had the power to enforce further restrictions upon publichouses, st',:h as Sunday closing, they would gladly put them into operation. Air Ci.ovrzo said he believed that no respcotablo iuu- Keeper would object to the act. Mr STIACY said great discretion would be necessary in granting licenses in the neighbourhood ot Smithfield mar ket. Twice a week the business of the market was con• tinned all night, and those who brought commodities to the market must have places of shelter. He thought the act would haye been more valuable if the hour at which houses were permitted to be opened had been five or six o'clock in stead of four. A man who went home tipsy at one o'clock had scarcely time to get sober by four o'clock, whet eas he might recover by six, (Laughter.) In 1844 he moved are solution in the Council in favour of closing publichouses during church hours. That provision was afterwards adopted in the local act of parliament, and it was the first break in the continued keeping open of publichouses, Mr WGILL made a few remarks, which were not heard. Mr WHITEHOUSE said he objected to the act, because it would involve some injustice and cruelty to those who, by any misadventure on the railway or from any other cause, arrived in the city between one and four in the morning. Mr KING said Mr Whitehouse's objection would be met by the fact that hotels Would be open during the night, and the persons staying at hotels could obtain refreshments. With respect to the market, it had been suggested that all the publichouses in the neighbourhood sh ould be licensed in turn. A better plan would be for the Mark ets Committee to provide a comfortabl e room to be opened during the night, where good tea and coffee, and wholesome refresh ment might be obtained by the country people. Mr. ROBINSON said he considered that the act would not interfere with persons arriving at night by railway. The fifth clause forbade the keeping open of a public house be tween one and four o'clock for the sale of certain liquors; it wasperfectly competent for any inn to keep a night porter, an d admit arrivals by night trains. He ho p ed that when the act came to be construed the fact o f a house bein g open would not be considered evidence of intention to sell ex ciseable liquors. Proof must be given of an actual sale, to cause a conviction under this act. He had ascertained by inquiry that all the hotel keepers and the respectable licensed victuallers were in favour of the act. Most of them already did more than the act required, as they closed at 12 o'clock, and opened again between six and eight o'clock. The act would affect some night houses in Manchester, whose number did not exceed a dozen.—The resolution was ,opted unanimously,—lffanchester Guardian. cer •L i - onry S - e7ffeeted by .1. largeand permanent annual income, they earnestly al peal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work, Donations and annual subscriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand ; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and ( 0., 16, at. James's-street, London ; by all the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the United Kingd , m ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis. Esq , at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London, W.C. PILGRIMAGES IN INDIA.—The Bombay Times inserts the following statement :—" Thirty miles north-east of Sholapoor, at Toolazapoor, is the great temple of the goddess Bhowani, and twice a year the place is thronged by men and women of every grade, who come to p ay t h e i r vows and sacrific e to the idol. Besides this, at every f u ll mo on long trains of pilgrims may be seen R oc ki ng t hi ther, an d such is the fa ith of the people in the healing power of the goddess that the sick are resorting th ere constantly in the vain hope of some relief. The temple at Punderpoor is the writer saw near Barsee, still more renowned. Not to speak of the myriads who go there at the great festivals,. persons make a pilgrimage thi ther every month from a distance of 50 or 100 miles, and the practice is kept up for many years, One man, who had ap parentlymaking the journey prostrations, measuring his length upon the ground. It was under the burning sun of noon day,and, hardly able to proceed, he seemed the very picture come from lie at rst did not seem to hear but at of despair. Bata c a a b s Yd e l a st t ae m e oreremarkable was that of a exhausted upon the ground, and man performing the journey . by rolling himself upon the that he was going to Punderpoor. ground. We came up with him two miles east of Wairag, and asked him where he was fi going,. and why he was thus la u .y estiona, as the writer remonstrated ltaeonnrstgwutrhei answered torturing h in im fe stopping,al with him upon the folly of such a course, he raised his head from the ground, and, half reclining, said that he After some further q had come so far already that he ct,uld not desist now. He stated that his village was near Chandrapoor, 450 miles to the east from there, that he had spent fifteen months on the way thus far, and that . it was forty miles more, and he wished to complete the pilgrimage. He was accustomed finitevoice to go about a mile each day- He would then note the he had place where l stopped, and walking back to the nearest village, would remain until the next day, re ceiving his food from the vill agers, Th en h o w ould return and from the place le ft the previous day, would begin again his toilsome pilgrimage. If he came to a river that could not be passed in this manner, he would go back a distance equal to this space, and roll over the ground a second time. He had for clothing only a coarse cloth bound tightly about his loins and another about his head, and thus almost naked, over roads extremely rough an d s t on y, ex p o sed to heat and cold, sometimes drenched with rain or covered with mud,— for a yea 3 months this man had been rolling himself along, towardsy the sh r i ne o f Vith o ba. Yet it was not a sense of sin ra desire f or pardon that induced him to undertake this painful journey. 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Iv"- - - '- : BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION AT ELECTIONS. Yesterday evening a special meeting was held in the Fes tival Concert-rooms for the discussion of the best means of restricting bribery, corrupt practices, and extravagant ex penditure at elections. Lord Brougham was in the chair, and was supported by Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr Eclesin ,Ptlk4F-kike -.ceßey gekerollar-4 - Urquhart, M.P., Mr Neate, M. 1"„ Mr Hastings, &c., and there was a rather moderate general attendance, the majority being ladies. The discussion was commenced by Mr CHADWICK, who gave an account of an attempt made by Mr Christie, late Minister at Brazil, to discourage bri bery, and corruption by the signing, by persons engaged in election contests, of a declaration against the practice, which it was supposed would have greatermoral weight and success than almost any penal enactments passed for the purpose of repressing the evil. Me Christie had read a paper on the subject before the Jurisprudence section of the Association, and a committee had been appointed to consider it. Mr Chadwick read the statements of Earl Derby, Lord Palmerston, Sir R. Peel, and Mr J. S. Mill, all strongly condemnatory of electoral corruption. Whether the association succeeded in getting large declarations or not, Mr Chadwick thought there were some points of ex penditure upon which they could obtain legislative interfe rence. As illustrations of enormous expenditure he quoted that of the return of Lord J. Russell for the city of London —£4,000 of which one-third was paid to printers, another for committee rooms, and another for bringing electors to vote. In the return of Roupell for Lambeth, £6,000 was spent and 1,000 agents employed, whose receipts were con sidered as in fact bribes. (Applause.) He suggested the formation of an association, every member of which should sign a declaration that he would discountenance bribery and corruption in every form, and that elections should be car ried on by voting papers. Mr POLLARD-URQUHART, M.P,, trusted that reformers would not be daunted by the slow progress their efforts to put down bribery was making. It would be a step in the right direction if the leaders of the different parties in tho State would resolve to take no part in the election which was now pending ; or to put out their influence, directly or indirectly, by working the treasury streams—or allowing their confidential friends to make use of their influence at elections. Lord BROUGHAM Or by subscribing to a general fund. Mr POLLARD- URQUHART said it would be a great step. It would also be beneficial if they could obtain the en forcement and the practical working of the bill brought in by the learned gentleman now present, Sir Fitzroy Kelly. (Applause.) Members should be made to give a true and complete return of the expenses attending their election ; and it had often struck him that one of the best modes of enforcing this would be to exclude from Parliament for a certain time, say from five to tea years, every member who dil not make such a return. (Applause.) Mr 'JOLT OAKE gave an account of an experiment made at Berwick-on-Tweed by a society with which he was connected —the Northern Reform Union. Sir FITZUOY KELLY Said it was upon the constitution and touching the constitution of this country that this great question affected the first interests of the nation, the first interests of all society, the character and well-being of the country, and the laws in which they were most deeply inte rested. That the Idols° of Commons ought to be the express image of the poople. that it ought truly to reprosoa . t—it it I-a Impossible to suppose that it can represent the, entire people of this country—at least the constituencies who return the members of the House of Commons—all depends entirely upon whether those who are returned as members of the House of Commons are returned as men of the free, true, e e d n . tchoice ne di d o f n t o h t constituencye hesitate to sa y b y t hlavthi thech itpnhufleryueemnacnaeydobifnedtrheepetuemnrndinisters of the Crown should be unexer cised or unfelt in the election of members of Parliament, but admitted that such a state of things was nearly impos sible. (Cheers.) The hon. and learned gentleman laid down that there was no bribery in counties, and gave a history of the legislative attempts which had been made to prevent corrupt practices at elections. Mr Alderman LEEMIN asserted that if there wits not ex actly bribery is county elections, at least there was intimi dation and undue influence, and that no tenant in a county constituency could with safety vote against the will and opinions of his landlord. The only true remedy for the existing state of things was the ballot. Lord BROUGHAM, on closing the proceedings, said he be lieved that there was a great exaggeration with regard to the effect on elections which would be produced by the bal lot. In his opinion it was not the fact that in counties elections were influenced widely in the sense of coercion by landlords on their tenants. No doubt the landlords exer cised influences, but that influence was derived not from fear of harsh consequences to the tenant, but arose from the re spect and attachment which naturally existed between the owner and the occupier of the land. He strongly denounced all bribery and corrupt practices at election, and laid down broadly that anyone who took a bribe was morally guilty of perjury, because after he had taken it and went to give his vote he must be prepared t o t a k e t h e oat h aga i ns t bribery, which he was liable to have tendered to him. PRICE ..4d. STAMPED'....Sd. to the local secretaries for their able and indefatigable labours, and to the press, local and general, for their reports of the proceedings. Abolition of the Upper House in Greece, (From the Times Correspondent.) ATHENS, Sept, 22. On Monday tioth) the National Assembly de.' Bided by a lsrge majority that there is to be no Senate or Upper House in the constitutional mon archy of Greece. The votes were 211 to 62. A single legislativ.) Chamber places the sove :eignty of the people in the strongest light, and the revolution which is now working out its own pro blems in a small sphere at Athens may perhaps on this occasion be the forerunner of a change in the thoughts and feelings of continental reformers. Greece is not so free from the direct influence of Western democracy as the Greeks themselves sup pose. The revolution of 1821 was the first fruits of the principle of nationality that ripened in the poli tical system of Europe, and the Greek revolution of 1843 was the herald of the popular commotions of 1848. The abolition of a Senate places monarchy and democracy in that direct connection which must soon produce alliance, antagonism, or compromise. It is a logical consequence of the overthrow of King Otho's system ' and of the perjury of the Greek senators. Society is undergoing so rapid a change from violence and illegality to a state of regular organi zation that even experienced Greeks do not_pretcnd to see very distinctly how the constitutional eys• tern will ultimately work in their country under this new phase of Government with a single Chamber. It may therefore appear presumptuous in a foreigner to attempt forecasting its effects. But if more than 40 years' study can teach anything about Greek politics, "A man who fought, toil'd, travell'd, and each part Of a true citizen fulfilled," when Greece found few to join her cause, may ven ture to offer an opinion. Your readers are not likely to take it for more than it is worth. Judg ing, then, of the future by the light of the past, it seems that there is a better chance of tranquillity for the reign of King George by the adoption of measures which place the Sovereign, and the people face to face,to frame a common policy, and effect an honest compromise, than there would have been in attempting to revive the old system by which the Greek people were comp►etely hidden from the King by a crowd of false officials and venal senators. The history of the Greek revolution proves that the people generally acted under the guidance of simple and sound impulses, and that the ruling classes, civil and military, phanariats and palikaria, have been a curse and desolation to the country. For some time it has been evident that there would be great difficulty in the way of re-establishing a Senate 4 and it was decided in the palace that it should not be made either a Government or a Minis- terial question. Count Sponneck, on the part of the Crown, announced perfect neutrality. Mr Bulgares, as the leader of the Conservative section of the Opposition, pretended that he considered a Senate consisting of members named for life to be absolutely necessary as a Conservative element in the Mon archy. Yet this Conservative leader, when the question was put in the Assembly, voted for the abolition of the Senate. Mr Koumoundouros, who leads the Ministerial party, advocated the establish ment of an elective Senate. The impossibility of constituting a new Senate without admitting some of the elements of the old Senate, persuaded the members of the National Assembly that the re establishment of the body was for the present im possible. The case against the Senate created in 1844 stands thus:—The Witt article of the Constitution declares that the Senators are to receive 500 drachmas monthly during the legislative Sessions. In order to secure large saliries they contrived to make the legiAative Sessions last ten months. Bar, after receiving an annual salary of 5,000 drachmas for some time, they considered that they were 13:Ater able to appreciate ihe value of their services than the Constitution could be, and by forming a conspiracy with a corrupt House of Representatives they violated the consti• tution, and appropriated to 'themselves larger salaries than they would have been entitled to receive even had their legislative sessions been rendered perpe tual. When the people drove Otho from his throne for not respecting the Constitution, they could not allow the senators who had deliberately violated the Constitution to retain their Beats as legislators. Monarchy escaped destruction, because it was pos. stble to find a foreign King whose name was con stitutionally pure ; but there was no salvation for the perjured senators, since, in making a new Con. stitution, it was impossible to forget the violation of the old Constitution. The decision of last Monday announced the judgment of the nation, and it must not be forgotten that every member of the late Senate has rendered himself liable to a criminal prosecution by the Attorney-General for perjury, and to a civil action on the part of the Greek Treasury for the large sums of money which be has received beyond his legal indemnity of 500 drachmas a month dur. ing the legislative Sessions of the Senate. We ought really to give Democracy credit for the mer ciful manner in which it has consigned the late Senate to oblivion. The question concerning the existence of a Senate in Greece presents a choice of evils and ad vantages somewhat different from what it offers in other countries. No class of society exists from which an unpaid Senate can be formed, for the ablest and the wealthiest men in the country pre fer a seat in the Chamber of Representatives. A Senate can, therefore, be little else than what the Athenian newspapers have termed it in their recent discussions—an hospital for worn-out officials. There are only two political powers in Greek society—the Government and the people. The power inherent in the Greek Government far ex ceeds the power of the English Government, and the complete centralization of the administrative procedure invests the Crown with almost despotic authority over the Government. On the other hand, no people can be more helpless in ordi nary times than the people in Greece. There are no national institutions in the Greek king dom, no parishes, no corporations, no local enter prises, no popularly constituted municipalities, and not a trace of self-government. The people have, therefore no legitimate sphere of action except unia vernal suffrage, and they have hitherto exerted no influence in the State. Their real power has only been displayed in a few irregular and revolutionary movements, when misgovernment goaded them to action and aroused. the energy of popular passions. Time can alone show what will be the ultimate effect of bringing the tendencies towards despotism and democracy which operate on Greek society into direct antagonism. There are some indications that a compromise will be effected which will pro duce a centralized constitutional system better suited to the exigencies of a rude state of society than could be obtained by a blind imitation of any older forms of government presented by Western nations. Considerable ability on the part of the Crown, and some prudence on the part of the Chamber of Representatives, will be necessary to insure success in giving stability to the new type of constitutional government which Greece has now adopted. But the circumstances are extremely favourable, for at this moment the interests of the Crown and the people are identical, Both are injured by the arbitrary authority assumed by the official classes, and both would profit greatly by rooting out the corruption that pervades every branch of the public service. The cordial union of the King and the people in en forcing obedience to the law would be sufficient to render Greece what King George declared that it was his ambition to makd her—a model kingdom in the East. The Franco-Italian Convention. The following is the full text of tho article in the Constitutionnel, of which a summary has already appeared in our columns. The article, which is signed Paulin Limayrac, bears the heading, " The Temporal Power and the Convention of the 15th September : Which is the chief argument of the adversaries of the Holy See in France, in Italy, and in the rest of the world ? Which is in newspapers and in books the principal objec tion directed against the temporal power of the Holy Father? The principal argument of the radical school of philosophy and the principal objection of revolutionary policy may be thus slimmed up : " The temporal power of the Holy Father is no longer possible, because it no longer contains the essential condi tions of all power ; at one time it exists under the protection of Austrian troops, at another time under the protection of French troops. It passes, according to political circum• stances, from one military occupation to another military occupation ; but it is always a foreign flag which floats over the Vatican." The argument and the objection were the mere serious as the fact had long existed. In our opinion, however, the fact was transitory. Was it to be allowed to become permanent? and when a favourable opportunity presented itself for re placing the Pontifical Government in the normal and logi cal conditions of every Government, was it to bo missed? we do not think so. To have so acted would have been to share the reasons of those irreconcilable adversaries of the Papacy who will not have the temporal power at any price, and subsidiarily to have been like those deluded friends who fancy they glorify the Holy See by condemning it to perpetual protection. The policy of the Imperial Government has always kept at an equal distance from these two extreme parties, which definitively come to the same conclusion ; for let us repeat it, to declare that the temporal power is no longer a thing of our days, as asserted by freethinkers and revolutionists, or to declare that it can only be maintained by a French or Austrian army at Rome, as is now asserted by certain Ul tramontane organs, is one and the same thing. The diplomatic acts of Sept. 15 have been inspired by a more elevated and just idea, and they are the consecration of the policy invariably followed by the Government of the Emperor in the affairs of Italy ; they are the consecration of those two fundamental ideas which are to be found in the words of the Emperor and in all the despatches of his Mini sters ; that, on the one hand, our troops could not remain for ever at Rome, , and on the other hand, that they could not leave, handing over Rome to revolutionary passions. The mission of France was therefore olearly defined, and it was to remain faithful to that mission that the French Government accepted the overtures made to it when the Italian Government, with a view to its internal organisa tion and safety, considering the present and the future, to respond to the aspirations of reform at home, and to guard against certain possible dangers from without,showed itself disposed to respect the territory of the Holy Father, and not to allow that territory to be attacked. By acting otherwise, it would have disavowed the principles which it has never ceased to obey. The French occupation wounded the legitimate pride of Italy ; that occupation will now cease. The Holy See, en the departure of our troops, might fear an invasion from without ;it is guaranteed against all invasion. It might also fear internal commotions ; it has the possibility and the resources for constituting a real armed force. Thus the enlightened friends of the Holy See, those who do not mix up political passions with religion, must rejoice at a new era opening for Rome. Instead of an abnormal power maintained by foreign troops, the Sovereign Pontiff has refound the real conditions of all power in this world, as it now depends upon him to have an army and finances. According to the terms of the Convention, the Papal army, recruited from Roman subjects, and, if it suits the Holy Father, from foreign Catholic volunteers, will natu rally wear the uniform, cockade, and flag, which are the distinguishing signs of a national army. The foreign armies which have for so long a period occupied the Pontifical States always remained foreigners ; the soldiers of Austria remained Aus rians,the soldiers of France remained French, and the Vatican was guarded by troops which it dial not command. 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The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture Wax Candles for the use of the Altar --- INTERNATIONAL GENERAL AVERAGE. Daring the meeting of the association a section, the object of which was to discuss the subject of international general average, held its sittings on the 26th, 27th, and 28th inst., at the Museum. Sir J. Wilde was in the chair on the 26th, and Sir F. Kelly on the 27th and 28th. There were present commissioners appointed by the Governments of Russia and Belgium, and delegates from various commercial and insur aece associations of New York, Boston, France, Holland, and other continental states ; and from London, Liverpool, Sunderland, and other towns. birJ.WILDE in his opening address dwelt on the importance of the object aimed at by the section. It was most desirable if practicable that one uniform rule should prevail amongst maritime countries in a matter in which seafaring men were continually brought into collison with foreign laws. A long discussion ensued on the clauses of the draft of a bill or general code introduced by the committee. The filth section, which related to voluntary strandings, was struck out, and a clause was substituted to the effect that when a ship is intentionally run ashore because she is sink ing or driven on shore on rocks, the consequent damage should not be admitted as general average. It was resolved that means should be forthwith taken towards obtaining the sanction of the several legislatures of the countries represented to the rules here framed, which were henceforth to be known as " The General Average Rules, framed at York, in 1864." The co-operation of mercantile associations and the leading mercantile men in the several countries was also to be invited. To-day meetings of the several departments were held for she purpose of preparing reports of their proceedings, and subsequently a meeting of the council was held at the Guildhall. CLOSING GENERAL MEETING.. -- - At half-past one o'clock the final general meeting of the association was held at the Festival Concert-rooms. Lord BROUGHAM took the chair. Mr. HASTINGS read the report of the council, which con gratulated the association on the interest and value of the prveedings. It had not been expected that at York so large an assemblage would take place as in ether cities, but it was hoped that valuable results would ensue, especially in reference to the welfare of the rural population. Never theless, the number of members, being 1,019, was larger in proportion than that which attended the meetings of the association at any other city. The result of the discussions had been most valuable. Especial allusion was made to tL e working men's meeting, which had been accepted by the associltion as a marked success. The report alluded spa. cifically to each of the departments, particularly to that in which the question of mental responsibility of criminals, the sewage of towns, agriculture, and reformatory disci pline, had been discussed, as well as to the conference on internatioal averages. It was stated that Mr Peabody and Mr Jarvis, of Massachusetts, were honorary members of the association. The council gave their thanks to the Lord Mayor and corporation, to the various bodies which had afforded accommodation to the association, to the dean and chapter for lighting up the Minster, to the railway com panies for the facilities aff‘.)rded to the members for transit, 'A PER , • THE CAPE OF GOOD OPE MAIL. " \, L The Diamond Steam Navi ( ation Compare's • e-e- e 'e screw steamer Kaffraria, Capta a' §tarks,-- -arrive:l at Plymouth yesterday, from Por ate!, 4:61 . 40i, —Port Elizabeth, August 20—Table.5lay,,* ti evening of August 23—St, Helena, September Z— and Madeira, September 21. She had head winds from Table Bay, and put in to Madeira to eca l ., , Cargo-1,099 bales wool, 99 bundles sheepskins, 33 ditto goatskins, 4 cases ostrich feathers, and several i cases of sundries, all from Algoa Bay, and valued I L-- at £20,529. Also from Natal, 290 tons sugar, and 1,500 boxes arrowroot. The Kaffraria brings three days' later news from the Cape colony, but nothing of much import had transpired in the ieterim. Business continued quiet, but an improvement was drawing nearer every day. Seasonable rains had fallen i ❑ and around Port Elizabeth duiiog the last day or two, and it was hoped that they hid ex tended to the country districts also, There had recently been considerable discontent on the part of the labouring chases in C:pc Town at the scarcity of employment, owing to_the discon tinuance of gove'rnment works, but some oralkies had been issued for the continuance of those works, and this had had a beneficial (ffect. The governor lied instructed the colonial railway engineer to proceed immediately with the new raiiway at falbahKloof. The Wynberg line of railway was very shortly to be opened for public traffic, The disputed doctrinal trial of ,the Rev. Mr. Kobse v. The Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church was to come off in the Supreme Court the day after the Kaffraria sailed. The proceedings throughout, as well ae the final decision of the court, would be watched and waited for by the public in the colony with the deepest interest. The Dromedary, 2, iron screw troopship, Master Commander Alexander Brown, en rode for the Brazils, arrived at Madeira the same day as the Kaffraria. The Brisk, 16, screw-corvette, Captain C. Wr. Hope, passed the Kaffraria, exchanging -signals, on Sept. 27, about 240 miles off Falmouth, also the Bremen steamer Concordia, bound for the Mediterranean. The passengers of the Kaffraria, on their arrival at Falmouth, presented an address to Captain Starks, expressive of their great satis faction at the accommodation afforded them on the passage. The KAraria brings a supplemental mail of 11 bags. Naval and Military Intelligence, On Wednesday, Col. Woodhouse, C. 8., Commandant of the Woolwich Depot, inspected the Ist Division of the Depot Brigade of Royal Artillery, stationed at Sheerness• The troops received the inspection in line, and after giving the customary salute were inspected; they then marched past in quick time in quarter-distance column, and were again formed in line. The inspector addressed them in complimentary terms upon their clean and smart appear ance. The Colonel then proceeded to inspect the barracks, the soldiers' recreation rooms, the military hospital, and the garrison books, and expressed his entire satisfaction with the mode in which everything was kept. At 10 o'clock on Wednesday night 150 officers and men of the 13th Brigade of Royal Artillery, with their accoutre- ments, landed at the Camber dock, Sheerness, from Shoed baryness, and in three hours bf [erwards proceeded by special train to Dover. At 9 the same evening No. 3 Battery of the 2d Brigade of Royal Artillery arrived at Sheerness from Woolwich, and were embarked for Shoeburyness. The Serpent, 4, steam gunboat, 695 tone, 200 horse power, was taken out of the large basin in Sheerness Dockyard on Wednesday, and proceeded on a trip to the Nore Light and back to the coal ship in the river, in order to test the ma chinery previous to the trial trip at the measured mile off the Maplin Sands. The result was most satisfactory, and the vessel wilt be taken on trial this day. On Saturday last one of Captain Blakely's 11 inch ham- mered cast steel guns, weighing 24 tons, underwent two rounds of proof at the Woolwich butt, with charges of 451 b of powder, and cylinders of 2401 b each. After the second round Mr Mainlay, the proof master, detected a hissing sound, which seemed to be caused by the passage of a mis sile through the butt. On examination it appeared that the 2-101 b cylinder had struck on an old shot, which had been fired in some former proof and had not been extracted, and that the latter had been forced upwards and passed through the top of the butt. The continuation of the proof was there fore deferred to a future day. In the meantime the Royal Engineer department undertook the examination and repair of the butt, which was completed :on Wednesday morning; the proof was then renewed. The charges were increased to 601 b of powder and 6001 b cylinders, and at the conc:usion of the proof, notwithstanding the enormous amount of the charges, not the slightest blemish or strain was detected in the inns. Many parsons interested in the EI'CUSS of the gun were in attendance each day, among whom were Mr Ken'Wl, the Peruvian Consul in London; Col. Bolognese, an artillery officer in the service of the Peruvian Gaavern"-- mene ; c..ipt. Palliser, latt - Pjat nassars, and others. The company was represented by Capt. Blakely, Mr Campbeil, Mr Vavasecur, and Mr Wood: Yesterday theßlal.ely ordnancr 7 inch steel gun, made to the order of our own Government for naval purposes, was proved at the butt, with charges of 311 lb of powder end shot weighing 110Ib each. The gun is rilid with 18 grooves. and weighs 6 tons 2 cwt. The proof was likewise satisfac tory, and the gun was taken in charge by the department of the inspectors of artillery, and will be fitted as a ship's gun for service. ._ We have been furnished with the following interesting return of the steaming capabilities of some of the vessels in the Channel fleet, as ascertained on two recent occasions : —On the 27th August, in a trial of two hours, under full boiler power, the results were as follows :—The Prince Con sort gained on the Hector 3,200 yards, on the Defence 3,880 yards, and on the Enterprise 5,300 yards. The Research was not tested on this trial. On Sept. 20 trials took place with half boiler power, of three hours' duration, with the following results, the Research and Black Prince being included in this trial :-.The Black Prince gained on the Prince Consort 6,974 yards, the Prince Consort gained on the Hector 5,475 yards, on the Defence 3,300 yards, on the Research 19,614 yards, and on the Enterprise 19,825 yards. As the speed of the slowest ship in a fleet must become the speed of the entire fleet in all combined offensive and defensive operations, vessels like the Research and En terprise would appear to be misplaced when occupying posi tions as component parts of a British fleet in the Channel. An almost universal feeling is entertained by naval officers that for all purposes of warfare a slow vessel is worse than useless, as her career can only end in capture by the enemy. The paddlewheel steamsloop Gladiator, 6, Capt. Francis H. Shortt, from Madeira, arrived in the Sound on Wednes day morning. She left Plymouth on June 21 for Madeira, and arrived there on the 29th. On July 26 she took charge of the sailing transport Wanboojeeg, which had been towed to Madeira by the paddlewheel steamvessel Bulldog. The Gladiator arrived with her at Sierra Leone on July 18, coaled there, and left on the 20th for Cape Coast Castle. The Wanboojeeg then embarked parts of the Ist and 2d West Indian Regiments, and left Cape Coast Castle in charge of the Gladiator on July 30, and was towed to lat 1 8 S. long 017 E, and on August 5 proceeded to Barbadoes. The Gladiator returned to Cape Coast Castle, and on the Bth embarked a part of the 4th West India Regiment, with which she sailed on the 9th for Lagos. On the 12th she disembarked them into the Investigator, 2. The Gladiator then embarked a detachment of the 3d West India Regi ment, and proceeded to Palma. There she took on board another detachment of the 3d, with whom she left on the 20th, and she arrived on the 30th at Sierra Leone. She then embarked 75 men of the 3d West India Regiment, and the crew of the Spanish slave vessel America, captured by the Arid in the MEE ambigua Channel, and proceeded to Gambia. She disembarked her detachment of the 3d West India Regiment there, and sailed on the 4th of September, with the slaver's crew, to Teneriffe. She left on the 13th for Madeira, arrived there on the 16th, and left on the 20th for England. The Gladiator has experienced light easterly winds on the homeward passage. She brings es passengers from Lagos EnsignM'Callagh and a soldier belonging to the 3d West India Regiment, and from Madeira 22 naval in valids. Having some slight injuries in her coal bunkers, she will probably be sent to Keyham for repair. The 'West Coast squadron were stationed at intervals of 15 miles up and down the coast. The Russian storeship Guiliack sailed from Plymouth on. Monday for the River Amoor. The screw steam corvette Brisk, 16, Capt. Charles W. Hops, left Plymouth on Tuesday for Australia and New Zealand. The Channel squadron is expected at Plymouth towards the close cf October or in the beginning of November. Several hired mechanics and others working in the Devonport dockyard will shortly be discharged, to reduce the expenditure. The following appointments were made on Wednesday at the Admiralty : —Lieut. H. A. Clavering to command the Sharpshooter, commissioned—Lieut, W. T.W. Hatubly to the Orontes—and John Bruce (b.), chiof engineer, to the Cumberland, for the Star. The following appointments were made yesterday a t t h e Admiralty :—Lieut. F. W. Hallewes to commend the Nimble, commissioned in a separate coterssm:_uut. R. M. Spsrling, Lieut. 0. 11. Parker, and Lieut. E. G. Bourke to the Rattlesnake—Lieut. J. E. Stokes to the Euryalus ; Lieut. G. N, Smallpiece and Lieut. R. T. Clarke to the Hector—Sub.Lieut. F, Romilly to the Racoon—Subs Lieut, A. H. Duthie, Sub-Lieut. W. Neilson, and Sub- Lieut, R. B. Wilkinson to the Rattlesnake—Sub-Lieut. A. R. Cooper to the Sharpshooter --J. Southwick, second master to the Sharpshooter; W. L. Harrison, master's assist., to the Sharpshooter --W. Lovely, assist.-paymaster, o the Cumberland—A. P. Cox, assist.-paymaster, in charge - o the Sharpshooter—G. C. E, A. Townsend, assist.-clerk, o the Warrior —and C. Rasworthy, assist,-clerk, to the Sharpshooter. NEW SPORTING WORK BY THE AUTHOR or ' 6 HANDLEY CROSS." Illustrated by John Leech. This day is published, price Is.. with Two coloure d illustrations by John Leech, No. VL of mR. FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS. Being a Sequel to " Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour." London : Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-s'reet,