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THR Court of IYrector of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England give Notice : That a GENERAL COURT will be held at the Bank on THURSDAY NEXT, the 10th inst., at Twelve o'clock pre clselv, to consider of a Dividend. This will also be one of the Quarterly General Courts appointed by the Charter. HAMMOND CFIUIsB. Assistant Secretary. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1863. i o ra )ved d in. No. 22,215, PRICE..... -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. SEA. -VAC 4NCIES for MIDSHIPMEN end APPRENTICES in a first-class London shipping firm. Premium mod Prate. Also apprentices without p r emium.— APply to SIMMONDS and Co.. 38, St. Mary-at-hill, East cheap, E.C. Third Officers and Stewards wanted. NORTH BRITISH AND ATERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1800. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of A Parliament. c onrnulated and Invested Funds . L 2 ,12 2 ,828 An nual Revenue ..„ ............................... 422,401 . .......... FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insuran'es granted both at Rome and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the participating principle. The new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Amount Inured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished " application at the - -- OFFICES : LON rioN ...... 5 8, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury. West-end Office B, Waterloo-plate, Pall-mall. N ORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1662 was 6:85,062, and the amount insured on tarmfing stock, .E 10,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profits perioically made to parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received sums amounting in the aggregate to £410,900; and the Society now holds a large Reserve applimble td a future Bonus. - - The rates of premium ar e i n no case h i gher 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. T HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. DEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-FAreet, London, and Royal Insurance buildings, Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500, 0 10. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,000,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London : WILLIA.M WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXI - --.:RA.crs FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now Tailed upon to make their accustomed periodical .Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the cl ose of the y ear , t o announce , for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. _ e The high com y Returns p osition held by the Royal in the e rnment Returns of Duty is again fully mslntained. the he profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably amount realised in the preceding year, and in tact sur passes that of any year, with but two exceptions , s ince the ly com mencement of thi4 Office, the balance to the credit on Pe o Unt of British a n d Foreimi Insurances being £ 15,107 10 s. rate and of the N or th A me rican business, whichis kept sepa , £11 ,007 16s. 10d. LIFE BRA.NC IT. The ye— .l, gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on new policies for fhe year 1862 exceeds even that of the year 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £ 70 1,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last few years it i s b e li eve d that such a sum aesured as that which as Just been announced as the result of one year's business Was all but unheard of. Ibis portion of the Company's business has been carefully Watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement 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 assurance mounts to £143,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day record their accepted li v e s annua lly a t a sum not much. if at 'di, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis sible in a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in Lond)n or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, toonded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may untold 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. JOAN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRITSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. I T homson Ilankey, 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 , '0,(J00 It has paid in Claims .. .. 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the ] Stembers. Three divisions have already been made' when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the Policie s _ • . 0,400 .. 11,500 Dec. 31, 1847 „ 1852 „ 1857 1862 .. 'Making* the total bonus additions, £96,600. Bonuses ma - j - be received in cash or applied to the reduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the Toltcy. 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 po icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, Whether assurers or otherwise. Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. .. 23.200 .. 56,500 W3l. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chid Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PE ARSES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOAN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. WiiMOt Holland, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. The lion. Josceline W. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Wilham Wallace, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Thomas Den., Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. RiversdaleW. Greniell, Esq. obt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.: Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The - Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding X 15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured--; Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A nALF. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve In the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGT:,, LONDON. Rola. P. STEELE, Secretary. 'ROYAL FREE IfOSPI Gray's-inn-road, lit the immedt a te vicinity of ' the lj way Terminus, at T.ering's-cross. f QUEEN. Greatl JEEN. Northern Rail- Patron—The sc K.G. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, Esc. Treasurer—Ed w ard Masterman, This was the first hospital to introduce thep_rin and instant a d mission to the destitute sick, without for mality of go vernors ' letters. It is ent i re l y devoted to desti tution in it s most pitiable form — viz., t hat w hich is ACCOM --- i) e t the free Pealed by si c k ness and disease, and is now beof sufficient magnitude that , with adequate support, it may proportion of capable of admitting' into its wards a very large reception of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the over, these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. "ore ore, on the a.verage, It_gir.atuitously affords medical advice and medicine to m than 3,000 out-patients a week. ?t, The lyeekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an o.ARNI,..ST APPEAL to the public for continued support, _ enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. _ Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, I''s are Niel: 10 1 8.8 _1 =e . a lso by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries: and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W lliaras, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. AGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACHINE, for hand, horse, or steam power, are the m ostsimple and efficiunt extant. —Pull par Laurence and prices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co., Pountney th la ce. Laurence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C., whe re -5Y may be seen in operation daily. A . NEVER FAILING REMEDY.— kAr td. Dr. SCOTI"S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre z_,eott wi thout any mercurial ingredient , from the recipe of Dr. "We; 7 1 Bromley Kent, will be found invaluable to all who sPam A jorli bilious and dyer complaints, indigestion, wind, a t Piddiness, rtizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual ti t t4 e b,,,, 11,3 a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier • 'on they :ire truly excellent; mild in their opera old - ni. to the stomach, they create appetite, pro , old b y cesti o , • L ondn L , and strengthen . the whole nervous system. tim. and I, lllls ert, 8, King Wilham-street, Charing-cross. se - 0 4 8 , 5 t 'most drtt.rists, in boxes,l b. lid., and three Pa -- ' l.l o 4 at ntit Y in one, - 2s. d. 9 Be sure to ask for Dr. 8711 - 61. 13841 age a ll Liver Pills. The genuine are a square " 411 " William Lambert, engraved on the ~..... ..1.0111 MRS. GREY'S NEW NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 vols., GOOD SOCIETY. MRS. GREY, Author of " The Gambler's Wife," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. NEW NOVEL by the Author cf "COUSIN GEOFFREY." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., LEFT TO THEMSELVES. By the Author of "Cousin Geoffrey," &c. " A very touching story. It is one of the most clever bowls of the season."—United Service Mag. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great ➢larlborough-street. ZADKIEL'S ALMANAC for 1861_ Price 64. Fiftieth Thousand. Contains a fall Report of the Action for Libel and Verdict gained by the Editor. Stinging reply to the Critics of the Press. Letters from H.R.IL the late Prince Consort to Zadkiel! London : G. Berger, Holywell-street, Strand, London. FGYPTIAN HALL.-AIR. J. K. LORD, P.Z.S., Nightly in his popular Entertainment, entitled " AT HOME IN THE WILDERNESS." Admission-45., 35., 25., ls. T H 0 X F 0 It D, e, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, finish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any oilier man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Pei formance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTIIE, contain ing a ftill baud of 40 instruments. The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ed. ; stalls and balcony, 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 body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! The GHOST ! ! The ONLY COMIC GHOST !! ! —The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mariannina and Signor Guiseppe Francesco, assisted by a corps of Twenty young Ladies—Selections from favourite Operas : Principals, Miss M'Gregor, Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini, and Mr. Vernon Rigby. NICOSI A, the Great Violinist,. will make his Third Appaarance in England THIS EVENIN G and Every Evening, at the ALHAMBRA. Doors open at 7—commence at hall-past 7. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly Thee elegant Rooms, entirely and costly redecorated, are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. The musical department is under the directorship of Mons. Jullien, conductor of the band. This celebrated band will be called for the future "The London Band." Manager of the Rooms—M. GRENET. Sole Lessee, R. R. BIGNELL. Admission, ls. Isoors open at 8 o'clock. ESTABLISHED 1831 BOWDEN'S 2ERATED GINGER B EER, in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, l'otass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manufactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. H ARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER makes i own Soa, and saes one-half of time, two •thirds of Soap, ts and thre p e-fourths v of labour ! Patentee: Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley -by-Bow, London. Sold by Grocers, Druggists, and Oilmen. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchono,*, reduced to 3s. 6d. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 48. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS. 33. London-bridge, City, E.C. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe eases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptib'e, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED b y a Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal\ Leasehold and Freehold Property, or Reversions, tee., 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 persons (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on.—Apply (it by letter enclose four stamps) to W., at Mr. Robertson s, Accountant, 40, King William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING PO WDER, for which a Prize Medal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1862, This Powder is quite harmless to animal life, but is un rivalled in destroying Fleas, Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, Moths in furs, and every other species of Insect. Sportsmen - will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy in Fleas in their Dogs, as a l so L a di es f or t h e i r Pet Dogs. Rein g the original imp or t er o f thi s now i nva l ua ble 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 st amps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. P4uPs-churchyard, London, E.C. ARMY CONTRACTS. Cemmiss ariat Office Aldershot, 2d September, , 1863. T ENDERS will be received at this office, until noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th September, 1863, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for the supply of FORAGE, in such quantities as may be required, from Ist November, 1563, to 31st October, 1861, for the use of Her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mand. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside " Tender for Forage"), and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. HENRY B. MORSE, Deputy Commissary-General. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8.. is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratiord-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co., bankers, London. • The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved. and where he lived and died. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CnAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. D EPUTY -CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since he beginning* of the year 1860, the Royai National Lifeboat Institution has eended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12 ,8 00 ; lor which ser v i ces 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and 06,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,ee00 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-cartiages and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. D ee ply sensible, 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, tahiedytehaernmeisntlyupahpopledaini gtoanadllpcelrpasesteussotfintghlor countrymen OW edge the fellowino. tributions: — grrer a h t e a c n o d ni t ra ru i l t y te n e a u tio a n te a f l u a h vi y o a r c k kn . con- X s . d annual 50 0 Tier Male_stY. G. .. the , Queen riir s G Campbell, the lion. - 25 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. . annu a l 1 1 0 A. • • • .. annual 50 0 Coutts and Co. M es srs., Bankers annual 10 0 0 Currie, Win. l%sq, • • • • • • • • 4th don.lo 0 0 Erie Lord Cilia Justice • • .• don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice - Ad m iral Sir A., K.C.B. 2d don. 0 0 Fenwick, U. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran-__ , sporting Carriage . • • • • • • • • • 250 0 0 3la rt Harvey,in, Sir Rev.ll G e n . 4 , • • • • don. 30 0 • • • • 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. 13. • • • • •• • . don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich • • • • • • 30 0 r a t i l t l . lrs... Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, 1C.C.8. .. .. annual 20 0 Thom's, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her Lady s hi p • • • • • • • • 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord • • • • • • annual 50 0 Donations and Annual Su',seriptions will be thankfully re dyed by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willi s, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and & rd Bankers Lewis in . Co., 50, Strand; Messrs. Berries, Farquhar. a nd C o. , 16, St. James's-str ee t , London; by a'.l the Collectors of Customs ; t E h s e q U nitedKlngdom; and by the Secretary a ß n i London, don the s 0 17 1E2 of the Institution, ii, John-street, Adelohi - - a - '4 'elm" HEALTH OF LONDON. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) In the week that ended last Saturday (Sept. 5), the deaths in London exhibited a considerable decrease; they fell to 1,232, which is a lower number than any that has been re• turned since the first week of July. The chief decrease in the mortality arose from diarrhoea which fell from 181 to 120; whilst the deaths from small pox, scarlatina, diphtheria, whooping-cough, and typhus were about the same as the previous week. More than one half of the mortality during the week occurred to the younger portion of the population, v;z., to 704, who were under 20 years of age ; 326 wero between 20 and 60, and 201 at 60 years and upwards. A gardener is recorded as having died at the advanced age of 97 years. Last week the births of 925 boys and 933 girls, in all 1863 children, were registered in London. In the ten correspond ing weeks of the years 1853-62 the average number (cor rected was 1,830. METROPOLITAN WATERS IN AUGUST, 1863. The domestic waters of London, according to the analyses of Dr. Robert Dundas Thompson, F.R.S., contain rather more organic and total impurity, than in the preceding month, the most striking examples being illustrated by the Kent and Lambeth companies. Tho Thames water at London-bridge at high water has been highly charged with impurities and sea water, three experiments having yielded a mean of 232.67 deg. of total, and 26'38 deg. per gallon of organic impurity, while the amount of ammonia from the sewage was '748 grains per gallon. Ono of the wells in St. Matylebono contained as much as 212 grains ammonia per gallon, an evidence of the large admixture of sewage with which it is contaminated . Total Impurity Organioim per gallon. purity. gra. or deg. grs. or deg. 0 . 0 0.0 Distilled Water Loch Latrine water, new supply to Glasgow 2'35 •605 Manchester water supply Upper Marylebone-street Well 10640 7'60 Tnames at London-bridge..,. 232157 26.38 THAMES COMPANIES. Chelsea Southwark West Middlesex l6/2 1'36 Grand Junction 16.61 1 . 60 Lambeth OTHER COMPANIES. East London New River Kent The table is read thus—Loch Katrine water contains in the gallon 2'35 degrees or grains of foreign matter in soluti on, of which 1105 degrees or grains are of vegetable or animal origin. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.700 in. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 57'8 deg., w hi c h i s 0.9 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature occurred on Sunday, and was 72.1 deg. The lowest night temperature was 45.2 deg. on Tuesday. The range of tem perature in the week was therefore 26.9 deg. The mean daily range was 17.1 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 7.8 d eg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 76, complete saturation being represented by 100. The wind was chiefly from the south-west, and rain fell 'wavily on Friday and Saturday. ------ CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS. Yesterday this Commission held a meeting at Guildhall, after a recess of six weeks—Mr. De Jersey, the chairm an presiding. A design of the pr o p osed railwa y viaduct across Ludgate-hill was submitted for their approval by M essrs. Freshfield and Newman, the solicitors to the London, Dover, and Chatham Railway Company, who had engaged to make the structure after a plan to be sanctioned by th e Commissioners. The company propose to widen Ludgate hill to the extent of 16 feet, by setting back the houses that far on tho south side of the hill, from about the Old Bailey to Bridge-street. The present width of the hill is 44 feet. It will thenceforward be 60ft., with a carriage way 30ft. broad. The proposed viaduct will allow a clear headway o f 18ft. for the carriage traffic, and have aides Bft. high. It will be an iron structure, with a span of 60ft., and with orna. mental brackets at each end, placed against the sides of the abutments, and leaving a headway for foot passengers of about 9ft. There will be a groat deal of surface ornamenta tion on the sides, which will give it tho appearance at first sight of an open, perforated bridge, but it will in fact have an interior lining to prevent the fall of burning cinders from passing trains. The design, as represented on paper, elicited some expressions of admiration from the Commissioners, but their engineer, Mr. Heywood, took occasion to warn then that the thing itself, when put up , would probably fall short of the expectations which the drawing was calculated to pro duce. They eventually passed a resolution to the effect that they saw no objection to the adoption of the design. A conversation took place on a memorial from inhabitants of the Ward of Cheap urging the widening of the thorough. fare at the east end of the Poultry, in anticipation of the projected new street from Blackfriars to the Mansion-house. The old banking premises of Sir John Lubbock and Co., at the north-east corner of the Poultry, have recently been pulled down, to make way for a more commodious structure for the purposes of the bank, and it is urged upon the Commissioners that the opportunity should not be lost of setting back the new building some 25 or 30 feet, and buying so much of the ground from the banking firm, with a view to the eventual widening of the Poultry at the point of junction with the new street. The ground there, as in other of the central parts of the city, has a value which some people would regard as fabulous, the little patch which it is proposed to rescue in this case for purposes of public improvement being yesterday estimated by the surveyor to the Commission as probably worth tens of thousands of pounds; and the Commissioners, convinced of the necessity for the suggested improvement, have invited the Metropolitan Board of Works to join them in bearing the cost. The matter is still under negotiation. Dr. Letheby, the Medical Officer of Health, reported on the state of 722 houses that had been inspected since the last meeting of the Court in July, and he submitted a list of 90 places for sanitary improvement. He also submitted a list of places that required further proceedings on account of orders already issued but not yet complied with. He re ported that the markets and slaughterhouses had been du l y inspected, and that the officers had condemned in the course of the last six weeks 43,5231 b, or rather more than 19 tons of meat, as unfit for human food. It consisted of 166 sheep, 34 calves, 53 pigs, 193 quarters of beef, and 804 joints of meat-29,5161b, or more than half of the whole quantity was putrid, the putridity having been caused by the unusu ally warm weather in the early part of last month ; but 9,8661 b were diseased, and 3,2111 b were from animals that had died from accident or disease. In two cases proceed ings were taken against the persons who sent the meat to market, and in ono instance the penalty was £5 and costs, and in the other a month's imprisonment with hard labour. The mortality returns were above the average for the sea -1 son. During the last six weeks there had been 317 deaths in the city, whereas the average number for the correspond ing period of the last seven years was but 286 ; 129 of the deaths were among children of less than five years of age, and 55 among persons of 60 and upwards. The chief causes of death were as follow :—Phthisis and other tubercular diseases, 48—pneumonia and bronchitis, 24—continued fever, 11—scarlet fever, 28—smallpox, 7 croup, 7 whooping cough, 7—diphtheria, 4—measles, 3—erysipelas, 2—infantile diarrhoea, 23—and the diarrhoea of adults, 5. The number of births in the city during the six weeks was 340—namely, 163 boys and 177 girls. Touching the qua lity of gas supplied to the city, Dr. Letheby sub mitted the weekly returns of the testing of the gas sup piled by the three gas companies, from which it appeared that during the last seven weeks the average illuminating beenf been 18 e timesom undere p un any de . twice. power of th e G rea t C en t ra l G as was 14'09 standard sperm candles, of the chartered 12.64, and of the City Company 14.21. Th e t ota l num b er o f o b servat i ons was 381, or 127 each illuminating id g e a :otd s a o ettr f h t ooa h fft e t the feGreat gas,et City Company Charterede therefore,nt ra 1 h n o a o l y T once h had d t fr e e e ta t i , n l3 been generally very satisfactory. As regarded the amount 27 in the 100 eubic of the City Company, of sulphur gas f it had ranged from 13 grains to nearly Cchomarptearneyd: and d n t 7 he te g n a e s et s ly up 3 p l lie g d ra b in y e t i h n e th G e r g e a a s t t t h h e e se th l r 3 ee w c e as re es in w e:ce sass Central Company, y, cas an ' o d 3 from 14.4 to 25 in that of the the case of the Great Centr st a h l 17 in that of the Central, in observations the ewerease oof made, thoancdi city of f ollows . Parliamentaryehnrterod. The e n na da e r a d n in n l been inof the e 0 cubic g a 8 in :sot the supply p p 1 y Great p p Central e had a t r d City gas, and 20.20 of the Chartered. gas, T grains of as s e u sulphur 23.8 grains of the The average called ther pressureatteatten tion to the Commissioner passed in the last Sessioanundof Parliament in otinolveniirnt.ocDholowaf,cwet clerk to of Lg2oivoinnfgepow the owner r ne to r r a e s fe in re g n le ce in t e o g t i h st e re sc te al t e e oLd p i e s e e e as e ed ve m n e e a lt t y , of each piece of meat exposed for sale and unfit food, or, without the infliction of a fine, to order hi r t human imprisoned in a common gaol for a term not exceedingebe th r ee months, with hard labour. It amends in these re spects the Nuisances Removal Act of 1853. H e also ad verted to a Statute passed last Session and containing very stringent enactments for regulating the trade of baking. At his suggestion, the Co mmissi oners authorised Mr to prepare an abstrct o f the p rovisi o ns of the Act and w cir culate it widely among persons engaged in the trade within the city, with the view to give effect to the intentions of the Legislature. After the tr ansacti o n of some routine business, the Commisssioners adjourned. reduced Full benefit of duty obtained gay pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choke at P, s . 4d. and 4s. "High Standard "at 4 s. 4 d. (formerly 48 . '81), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Amts in every town supply it in packets. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The Speedwell gunboat, 428 tons and 80 horse power, now fitting for service in the inner basin at Woolwich, was yesterday commissioned by Mr. G. Metter for Commander George Cottam, late of the Recruit, the officers and crow of the latter vessel having been transferred to the Speedwell. The crews are berthed for the present on board the re ceiving ship Salactic., as the Speedwell is not cx- petted to be ready for sea before the end of October. Her armament will consist of one 68-pounder, 95cwt. pivot gun, two 24-pounder howitzers, and two 20-pounder Armstrong guns. Commander Cottam has borne the brunt of much hard and dan- gerous service. His appointment to the gunboat Speedwell is therefore a matter of surprise, and is accounted for on the supposition that the Speed- well is the only vessel of that class now to be com- missioned, and that the gallant Commander's ser vices will be requited shortly by his removal to a more honourable command. The steam storeship Industry, Master Comman der Yonel, has returned to Woolwich from her trial trip after repairs, and is under orders to sail this morning in charge of Mr. Barnes, Admiralty pilot, at 5 o'clock, on her voyage for the West Coast of Africa. On going down to Woolwich from the Vic tualling-yard at Deptford, she was struck by a brig, which was seriously damaged• The only in jury the Industry sustained was the destruction of her lifebuoy, which was replaced at Woolwich. The sailing ship Rosabund, Captain Arthur Symmers, yesterday made fast inside the T pier at Woolwich Arsenal, and commenced shipping 1612- and 10th al 7t an i d Quebec. pounder Armstrong gun s, wa gg ons, and complete b b r a i t g t e a rdy pp s s a The Pelorus, 21, screw c orve tte , 1 , 464 tons, and Ro u y r a t i e A na r n ti c l e i s ery for at t m he o 4 nt th re , 400-horse power, ordered by the Board of Admi ralty to be commissioned immediately, at Devon port, by Capt. Henry Boys, will have a complement of 260 officers and men. Tkie Pelorus was launched at Devonport in 1856, and was first commissioned at that port by Capt. F. B. P. Seymou r i n J uly, 1857, and sailed from England in September fol lowing, and was employed on the East India, China, and Australian stations until paid off in December, 1862. In March last she was placed in the north basin at Keyham, to have her machinery taken out, preparatory to her defects being made good. She was taken out of dock in June and was masted on the 13th of July, and returned to Keyham to be rigged, stored, and armed for the Ist class reserve. She made a trial of her machinery on the 28th of August, and returned into harbour. Capt. Boys served in the Edinburgh, 72, as midshipman, and was much applauded during the operations on the coast of Syria, and was wounded at the bombard ment of St. Jean d'Acre. After further serving on particular service at the Cape of Good Hope, on the coast of Africa, and on the south-east coast of America, on the 14th of May, 1853, he was pro moted to the command of the Express, 6, on the last-named station, aid paid her off in September, 1856. He obtained post rank on the 17th of October, 1857. 2,812 tone and 'ili s e oo l - ja hO i r a s r e ' p3o'w i e r r o , screw vg t troopship, 2,812 recently launched at Millwall, is being brought forward for commis sion at Sheerness with all possible despatch. Capt. Fred. Henry Stirling and Mr. Edwin Wise, master, have been appointed by the Board of Admiralty to the Cumberland, 24, guardship of the steam rE- serve at Sheerness, for service in this ship. She has been surveyed by Capt. Mends, C,8,, Director of Transports, assisted by Capt. Wise, the Capt.- Superintendent of Sheerness dockyard, together with other officials, and the result was pronounced Very satisfactory. Capt. Stirling obtained the rank of Lieutenant in May, 1848, and served in the St. Vincent from November following until April, 1840, when he removed into the Castor, 36, and served at the Cape of Geod Hope until the close of 1851. He served in the Penelope, 16, on the West Coast of Africa, from February, 1852, until promoted to Commander, March, 25, 1854 ; com manded the Wasp, 13, on the South-East Coast of America station from July, 1856, until paid off at the close of 1858 ; and was commander of the Hero, 91 , attacLed to the Channel Squadron, and on par ticular service from March, 1859, until promoted to post rank, November 19, 1860. The screw steam sloop Wrangler, 4, Commander H. H. Beamisb, which left Sierra Leone, August 1 ; St. Vincent, 13th; and Fayal, 30th, arrived in Ply mouth.s, Leone the screw steam troopship Megaera , 6, Com mander Samuel H, Henderson, and the scr ew stea m gun vessel Sparrow, 5, C Cochran e . Th ddlewheel steam frigate Odin , 16, Commodoree •paommander the Hon. Ernest Lord John Hay, left for Eng l and on the 21 st of Julyre * with the 9th of August troops, out ward bound. The The Himalaya was off St. Vincent on American steam -sloop Kearsage was at rap t '. The Wrangler has brought home four naval invalid s from the squadron, and five sea men belonging to th e ship Cariboo, of Liverpool, Capt. Cameron, 13, b 1 ..onging to Samuel Lawre n ce and CO., which took fire 360 miles west of St. Vincen t , on the 20th of July. The Cariboo was from Liver pool bound to Bombay, with coals and machinery. The mate was in t h e hold with a lantern , and fell over a coil of rope. T he lantern droppe d from his hand, and set some 26 in all, were turpentine on fire. The crew, - picked up by a Scotch bark 100 miles west of St. Vincent. The Wrangler expe rienced fine weather until Saturday, when enter ing the Channel, which since strong northerly and westerly winds have prevailed. Several cases of fever have occured on the proved fatal, and the cre w passage, but none hav e ar The Wrangler was co mmissioned on the 4 th of 1860, and has be cons t an tly engaged on the coast e appointmentse arniodwprqoumiotetiohnesawltheyre. following of Africa. The . made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Capt. Jame s C. Provost, to the Gibraltar ; Lieut. Stratford Tuke , Lieut. the Hon. Francis G • Crofton Lieut. Sebas tian Gassiot, and Lieut. Cecil -. - •E‘ F. W. Johnson, to the Pelorus ; Lieut Henry S. Sano .3 ys, to the Speedwell; Staff Commander Benjamin Renaud, to the Gib raltar; Christopher Albert, master, to the Peloru s ; R. M. Curry, master, to the speedwell ; John Jones, master, to the Scylla ; James R. Anderson, surg. , to the Pelorus ; William Edney, surg., to the Scylla; Charles M'Shane, s urg,, t o t h e Gib r altar ; Dr. Robert Hay , acting assist..surg., to the - Pelorus ; William Carleton, actin g the Scylla; Dr. Walter Reid , . acting assist.-surg., to the Gibraltar; Albert T. m Roberts,assist.-surg., to Iv. . h paymaster, Warburton, paymaster, Frederick E, Perkis and C. Gray, paymaster , to the Gibraltar. ; Alfred Clements, assist.-pay master, c t P y o e ll i t a ° h r ; e us :T c h y o l m l a ft: paymasters, to the : i r e . t tm o o at sh t t the Gib raltar; James E. Ray, assist -paymaster, to the Pelorus ;E.S. M. Power, assist.-paymaster, master, in Alfed G. Montagu, assist.- charge, to the Speedwell; J ames B. Rawlings, easier., Paymaster, to the Excellent; John W. Sec • combe, clerk, to the Pelorus ; Charles G. Ancell, clerk to the Scylla; C. B. Grant and Richard Harris, clerks, to the Gibraltar ; Charles J. Bolt, assist.•elerk, to the Speedwell ; John B_ Creagh, assist: clerk, to the Pelorus ; Henry --- - W. Hunt, assist.- clerk to the Scylla; Abraham Turner and John D. Taylor, assist.-clerks, to the Gibraltar; and F. E. Thompson, master's -assist.. to the Speedwell. The following appointments have been made in the Royal Naval Reserve : To be Lieutenants — Henry Welchnuin Cing and William Stewart. THE ARMY. The following detachments, selected from the first division of the Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery, stationed in the Chatham district, have been placed under orders to proceed from head-qaarters on Fri day next, the 11th inst., to Portsmouth, where they will embark on board the Government troopship Adventure, for the undermentioned colonial sta tions :—Two non-commissioned officers and 70 gun ners for Canada; 10 men for Nova Scotia ; and one sergeant and 30 men for Bermuda. A party of 13 non-commissioned officers and sappers of the Royal Engineers will proceed from Chatham garrison with the detachment of the Royal Artillery, which will be under the command of Capt. T. A. de Mo leyns and Lieut. J. Alleyne. 'Yesterday Lieut. E. Johnson, Lieut. M. H. Hayes, Lieut. E. F. Cam bier, Lieut. H. Roberts, and Lieut. F. B. Knox, of the first division of the Depot Brigade, left head quarters and proceeded to Woolwich, where they embark with draughts of Royal Artillery, under orders to proceed to India for service in the Madras Presidency. Some important trials were made at Chatham yesterday with a pair of the new description of military pontoons which have been introduced into this country from Austria, the object being to test their buoyant powers under every variety of circum stances. For this purpose the two pontoons tested were floated up the Medway to the Ordnance-wharf, where the trials were made by a numerous party of officers and men of the Royal Engineers, acting under the instructions of Lieut.-Col. Louell, C. 8., one of the heads of departments at the Royal Engineer esta blishment. The peculiarity of the Austrian pontoons tried yesterday is that their shape is altogether dif ferent from that of the ordinary Blanshard pontoon in general use in the British army, which re sembles a huge cylinder, and being formed of zinc, or some other equally light metal, and made perfectly watertight, is possessed of extreme buoy ancy_ The shape of the Austrian pontoons is ex actly that of the flat-bottomed river barges, and the material of which they are composed is thin plate iron firmly rhetted together. The length of each is 26ft, and width sft 6in, with a depth of about 3ft. The weight of the pontoons used in the trials yes terday was not stated, bat it was believed to be be tween one and two tons each. When brought up to the wharf to receive the ordinary planking they were found to be exceedingly buoyant, but at the same time rather unsteady. Eight or ten Royal Engineers, all of whom were first weighed, were ordered to enter each pontoon, when scarcely any difference could be observed in their draught of water. Preparations were next made for form ing a raft, and a number of old 42-pounder solid shot, weighing, in the aggregate, nearly three tons, were placed on the planking in a solid pile, in addition to which about a ton weight of the cast-iron skidding used in transporting the heavy guns was also shipped. The total weight placed on the pontoons, inclusive of that of the officers and sappers, was probably between five and six tons, but as the pontoons are stated to be capable of sustaining a dead weight of 5601 b. to the foot, this had little effect in bringing them down to the depth anticpaced. With the planking stores, &c., on board, the unsteady motion previously ob served altogether ceased, and the raft was almost motionless in the water. The trials yesterday left no doubt as to the exceeding buoyancy of these pon toons, but the grave objection to their use will be their unwieldly shape and character, and the diffi culty which must exist in transporting them as part v i n of ed h the y m ateriel h o i f s the could po n b t e oo in n part into h a kind of waggon , plac ed on:wheels, easil y removable each section obviated forming an army ecton d when the pontoon is required for aquaiic operations. , Their great depth would render them well adapted for the stowage of stores. Shipbuilding for the Confederates. The following memorial from the Union and Emancipation Society, on the subject of British shipbuilding for the Southern Confederacy, has been forwarded to the Foreign-office by the presi- dent, Mr. Thomas B. Potter, of Manchester:— " To THE RIGHT HON. EARL RUSSELL, HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. " The memorial of the executive committee of the Union and Emancipation Society humbly showeth,— " That, in the month of March last, your memo rialists brought the subject of suipbuilding for the so-called Confederate States of America under the notice of your lordship. " That your memorialists feel called upon, as loyal British subjects, having regard to the honour and best interests of their country, again to implore your lordship's earnest attention to a matter of the most grave and pressing importance—the building of vessels of war in British dockyards intended to prey upon the peaceful commerce of a friendly nation, with whose citizens and Government we desire to remain on terms of amity and good will: " That your memorialists hailed with hopeful satisfaction the steps taken by her Majesty's Minis ters, in the case of the Alexandra, to put a stop to these dangerous proceedings, believing that such action would deter the offending parties and others from their reckless course, at least whilst the case was pending final decision. " That your memorialists have been informed that on Saturday last, the 29th of August, a powerful iron-clad steam Ram' was launched from the building yard of Messrs. Laird, at Birken , head—that a companion war vessel of similar construction was launched by the same firm a few weeks since, and that both vessels are now fitting out in the graving docks, and are nearly ready for sea. That the circumstances under which these vessels have been built and launched, together with the open declaration of Mr. Laird on the subject of shipbuilding for the so-called Con federate States of America, have created a strong conviction in the public mind that such vessels are intended for the use of the said Confederacy. Ano ther iron-plated war-vessel, your memorialists aro informed, is being completed in the Clyde, destined for the same illegal service and purpose. "In view of the proceedings already taken by her Majesty's Government to vindicate our national good faith and the power of British law to suppress these illegal and dangerous practices, your memo rialists cannot doubt but that your lordship will take immediately the necessary steps to detain these iron-clad steamvessels, until full investigations have been made respecting their destination. " Your memorialists venture to say, that should convinced these iron-clad warships be a llo wed to go to sea, a nd should they eventually be employed either to seriously at if b r eak the Federal blockade or prey upon American comm erce, the peace now happily existing between this ycoouunrtrmyeamndortihaie memorialists s ni a te r d e States also willbe jeopardised. the course which the builders of these ships are pur suing can be continued with impunity, a most dan gerous precedent will be established, which may be hereafter used against the commerce of this country should we ever be involved in a foreign war. "May it therefore please your lordship to order a prompt investigation into the matters referred to, and bring the law to bear with vigour to prevent all such hostile acts against a friendly Power. "And your memorialists will ever pray. on behalf and by order of the Exe cutive re . Psident," "THOMAS BAYLEY POTT ER, Signed A POACHER. DROWNED. --On Sunday morning last a man was drowned in the river Der went, whil e en deavouring to escape from the river watchers. It appears that about one o'clock M the morning, three men, namely, Harrison Walk er, Daniel Banks, and David Camp bell, all coal miners at Great Clifton, were engaged in poaching fish in the river. Being surprised by the watchers, they endeavoured to make their escape by crossing the river, which was much swollen at the time by recent rains. fac '. Two of them succe eded in doing so, but the third, H arr i son Walker, was taken down by the current and drowned. [ApvenTisE mE N T.] manu —A Share in a lucrative tur i n g business for di s p osal. From £1,500 to £4 000 required, half theccordingamtootunhetporf purchaseoportiOnoimsohnaerye purchased nlareniLai , u if' desired, on security • Apply to the Post of the share, to be p aid off from profits A office, 132, Jerrayu-street. _ TYREE FEDERAL CHIEFS. (From the new number of "All the Year R oun d," j ust publisd.) SECRETARY WILLIAM SEWARD. Mr. Seward may be forty-eight or fifty; his hair, a little in disorder, is light mingled with grey ; his eyes, deep sunk beneath his eyebrows, are small, but very sharp; his aquiline nose presents a very decided curve; his whole countenance reveals clever ness and intellect. He is an excellent companion, very merry, very lively, and familiar from the first shake of the hand. His manners are so free and easy, that they almotit excite suspicion at the outset. One is apt to believe that craft cannot help lying hid behind so frank an exterior. But such is not at all the case. Mr. Seward is a capital fellow, very open, and a bit of a joker. Everybody knows, too, that although Mr. Lincoln is at the head of the Government, the real man of importance, the verit able chief of the Republican party, is Mr. Seward. Rich, independent, gifted to a high degree with the impassioned, aggressive, boastful, facetious elo quence whichpleases Anglo- S axon meetings, he early acquired great popularity. When the Republican party had to choose a candidate for the presidency, Mr. Seward's supporters were sufficiently numerous to cause alarm. By a_clever decision he avoided the risk of a check. He offered his support to Mr. Lin coln. The move succeeded, and he took for himself the next post after the presidency—the secretary ship of foreign affairs. He speaks no language besides English, and knows little about Europe ; although he has the habit of saying with an em phasis which is somewhat comic, that he spent se veral years at the principal European Courts to acquire the art of governing men. PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN. A few minutes after Mr. Seward's entrance, Mr. Lincoln made his appearance. His stature is so much above the average that he might be styled a giant, were not the word—the expression of strength and power in the biblical and mythologi cal senses—now confined to the vocabulary of tum blers and showmen. His countenance bears no marked character, but approaches to the Celtic type of Auvergne, with a long head and a sharp nose. His hair is very black, as is also his beard, coming to a point after the American fashion. If this physiognomy expresses benevolence and frank ness, his attitude and manners are those of a modest, nay, a timid person. Perhaps his embarrassed ad dress—which communicates itself to those with whom he converses—is nothing more than the diffi culty experienced by men of his height in conceal ing it a little, and maintaining their equilibrium. GENERAL M'CLELLAN. Each of the great European armies offers a well characterised type of officer, beneath which type individual peculiarities of manner, language, and even constitution, in some sort disappear. An English officer does not resemble an Austrian officer ; a French officer differs from a Russian officer. M'Clellan reminds you of the type of the French Artillery officer. The reason is, that he was edu cated at West Point school, which is a mixture of the French Military and Polytechnic schools. The student of West Point speaks foreign languages, principally French. In respect to literature, science, and military art, he has been nursed in the worship of the great European models. Consequently he is a stranger to that narrow patriotism, that national exclusiveness, which concentrates all the ideas, studies, and admiration of Cie Americans upon America. The study of pure science and mathema tics has inspired him with a taste for theoretical speculations which is shared by few of his country men. He is polite, discreet, reserved. He has ac quired the art of appearing modest, and of obtaining respect by unpretending manners. He is able to conform to the habits and customs of the strangers with whom he comes in contact, and he practises every rule of the most scrupulous urbanity with a certain dash of republican pride which is wanting neither i❑ charm nor in dignity. This class of men, so different from the Yankees, does not seem to Have hitherto obtained, in the direction of public affairs, a share proportionate to the merit, the knowledge, and the conscientious integrity which distinguish the majority of its members. FRENCH IMPORTS. The last official Customs returns published show a progressive improvement in French imports, and a still greater one in exports. If the value of the corn and cotton imported into France be deducted from the gross amount it will be found that the imports far the first seven months of the present year exceed those of the corresponding period of the year 1862 by 72,000,000 f, and those of 1861 by 123,000,000 f. Of the 84 articles mentioned in ethreeaoseffidc,iaelerdetthuernses, e t f he m im h p a o v r e ta d ti i o m n i s of 38 havehiehed,hut thein sum total has increased. The most considerable increase is 6,500,0001. on fresh and salted meats, 35,000,0 00 f. on silks, 4,000,000 f. on tallow, 8,000,000 f. on guano, 3,000,000 f. on oil seeds, 1,500,000 f. on coffee, 1,000,000 f. on tobacco in leaf, '6,000,000f. on flax, 36,000,000 f. on cotton, and 1,000,000 f. on sugar. The principal diminution is on corn and flour, 69,000,00 0 f. ; rice, 1,000,000 f. ; dried vegetables, 1,725,0001.; table fruit, 1,000,000 f ; ®rtsFoo;etTnfacothfr.eign manufactured articles has olive oil, 6,000,000 f.; coal, 4,000,000 f. ; iron, the importation of articles 10,000,0001. ; cast moental,anla,Olyosoi,nooaof.th; these returns 1,000,000 f ; woollen stuffs, 10,000,000 f ; cotton manufacturers has increased, c iuwt l s o he t id h lae s p , pbreh 7 aa , diminished. The progressive improvement in ex ports is more remarkable. The Customs returns show, by excluding cotton and corn, an increase during the first seven months of the present year over the corresponding period of the year 1862 of 185,000,000 f., and over that of the year 1861 of 310,000,000 f. Of the 82 articles mentioned in the official returns there was an increase in the exporta tion of 59 and a diminution of 23. The most re markable increase is on wrought silk, 30,000,000 L n; woollen stuffs, 30,000,000 f. ; linen and bemPaed, cloth, 2,000,000 f. ; linen and hempen stehdrelea -5,000,000f. ; tanned hides, 6,000,000 f. ; n i flowers, haberdashery, 4,000,0001.; board, 2,000,000 f. ; tiler, 7,000,000 f. ; clocks and watch.fiescpar°l 1,000,000 f. ; paper and P - s r wines, 5,500,000 f.; ' china and pottery, 1,000,0001i.v;e oil, 1,000,000 f brandies, 11,000,00 01 . ; esoo,ooof. ; 0 ° adds, 2,000,000 f.; re drugs, 1,000,000 f.; Botoeig; native beetroot sugar, 25 'n,50,000f.; timber, 6,000,000 f.; ow and game), native resin, 3, 00 °P 4,500,000 f. ; 01, 100,000,000 f. ; hair of every 3,000,000/. ; raw silk, 24,000,0001 • fi2,nseodo,osouOgr'raga• ; eggs cf 000 f.; cornflour and dri ed vegetables, sundry articles, 10,000,000 f. The • 20,0 0 only articles on which the diminution of the export is remarkable are jewellery, 3,000,000 f. ; made-up linen, 9,000,000 f. ; madder, 6,000,000 f. ; chemical produce, 3,000,0001.; preserved vegetables, 2,000,0001. ; cotton wool, 8,000,000 f.; sowing seed, 2,000,0001. ; mules, 2,000,000. description,h ers eoio,00; A FREE KIRK MINISTER AMONG THIEVES.—The Rev. Mr. Elder, of Free West Church, Rothesay, went away on a trip to the Contin e nt a few weeks ago. Having visited Venice. he, in company with several friends, as also two or three foreigners, while proceeding in a dili gence from Venice to Chiaveuna, I; aly, were attacked by a party of brigands, who were all armed. The passengers were robbed of everything the brigands could lay their hands on, and about £:300 was taken from those in charge of the diligence. It is conjectured that the brigands knew of such a large sum of money being conveyed in the dili gence, and were on the outlook. We are glad to state that no personal injury was sustained by any one, and that the party arrived the same night in Ch iavenna. Greal.exer tions were being made by the Government authorities to searched capture the brigands, and the country Was being in all directions by soldiers, but as yet without success. We understand that the Rev. Mr. Elder has reached Brussels, and expects to be in England next week.--Rothesay Chronicle. Yesterday the _ hampton on the body of William Chenery. Ann Corbett, of Dudley, deposed that on a Fri day, a month ago, a woman came to her at her house in Tower-street, Dudley, and asked her to , be allowed to see a house which she (witness) had to let. She went away, saying she would go and tell her husband. This was in the dusk. She af terwards returned, and told her her husband's name was William Smith, and that the house would suit him. Witness gave her the key, and did not see her again. The house remained locked, and a few days afterwards witness's husband went to the gns works and found that no one worked there of the I i f o t u e n r e running and given n a m e . At l e n g th William Johnson got into entered upstairs, the hou se b y an upsta i rs ' w i n d ow , and came down and forced o p en t h e f ront d oor . O n the following day (Thursday) Mr Shaw and his family took the a mad woman lying upst a i rs !" Witness herself went up into the atti c , and having seen the foot and leg of a woman, ran back down stairs, and then gave an alarm. The police c o r f y t i h n e g i , r c “ h l i , l h d e r r e e n ,:, took possession of the house. s b o a tn e ke Mary Eliza Field, the wife of a ashw her at skirt a t fortnightrailway guard, before e e her s s t a h i e d w th o a m t a o n n s th te e a S dm at a u n rd v a v y as ni g ht, found , quarter past t o l o 2 k. at the sh e door a ofd dressed e t s h s e e ho use which she afterwards i n a and a lilac body. The ski r t was drawn a dark over sk head, which was wit hout a bonne t , Wit ne ss did not see her again. Yesterda y (Monday) she saw the body exhumed. B y the clothes she c)uld re - cognise that the body w as that of the same woma n she had been speaking of. Elizabeth Farnell, mother of the man Chenery, wa s recalled. She averred she was the wife of the man with whom she was now living. She saw the body that had been taken out of the grave. It was in the tool-house of the cemetery, and the witness was satisfied in her own mind that the body was that of Rosannah. A letter was here produced by Mr. Nesbitt, sur geon, of Wolverhampton , w hich was found in the pocket of the woman exhumed . The envelope was addressed to " Mrs. Welleham , Post-office, Willen hall" (Mrs. Farnell sometimes c alled herself by that name). The letter inside was as f o llows: July 31, 1863. My dear Mother.—l have been trying to get work at Birmingham, and I cannot get any. I cannot live this un happy life any longer. You know the reason that I have never known what it was to have one day's peace since she came back. I cannot get work, or, mother , I w ould ; and I am too tired of this work altogether. It is not selling—it is begging the people to buy. Tell that party if I could have got anything to do I would have done according to promise. Witness continued—There was no signature to the letter. The writing was that of her son. Wit ness also identified a purse found on the body of the exhumed woman as that which Rosannah used to have in the market. She could not tell whom her son referred to when he wrote " tell that party." She knew nothing of her son having "no peace since she came home." When she last saw her son he said, " Mother, you look very bad, come and have a glass of port wine; I have got some money, for I have received it from that party, and I have got it here," pointing to his breast. Her son never e complained to her of having been robb ed b y an y one but the deceased woman. Mr. Francis A. Nesbitt, Mountferd - plac e, Wol verhampton, su r geon to the South Staffords hire General Hospit a l, & c ., deposed that in obedience t o the coroner's ord er he proceeded to the cemetery at Dudley on Mond a y, S e pt. 9,1863, at 3 p.m.,to be pre sent at the exhum a ti on o f th e body of the deceased bodyr removedwa s much f for r decomposed.anaiysng.TheTh The re mains i (of a brown colou r ) h a d a ll f a ll en f r om the scalp, the eyes from their s oc k e t s , th e fl es h from the cheeks, and several teeth f rom th e mou th. Parts of wo man.er dress h were evidently belonged to a full grown and well developed though a small woman, and bore no marks of violence. It was impossible to speak to the cause of death. No bones were fractured, and as far as could be found there was no internal injurics. Henry Gibbons sworn—l am a surgeon, residing at 28, Stamford-street, in this town. I am also medical officer to the Wolverhampton Union-house and the Fever Hospital. On Friday, Aug. 14, at about a quarter after ten o'clock in the morning, as I was proceedicg along Bilston-street to attend to my public duty at the union, I was, when opposite No. 4 Court, accosted by several people, who ap peared to be in a very excited state. I was informed that a man had just been found dead in an upstairs room in that court As soon as a key of the house was procured, I entered the house and went up stairs. At that time the Effluvium was almost in tolerable. I did not at that time make any thorough examination. By the direction (,f the coroner, and in conjunction with Mr. Shadweil, surgeon of this town, and Mr. Keogh. senior surgeon of the South Staffordshire General ll,)spital, I have since done so. After examining the room we then adjourned to the dead-house at the union to make the post. mortem examination. Phe body was black, was very much decomposed, and after minutely detcrib• ing the course of the examination, the witness con tinued—l have made an analysis and microscopic examination of the stomach and its contents, and various matters found in the room. The stomach thhe n e o s tshtereartwe had reveal dnl upon p a t n ohn y e i st t to r a a rid e n e isn aoonrfyt gashp e o i fi s to o ao n rr . , the skin of the body. From the inves a ex a mination , I am of opinion, first, that revealed.. traces of human blood in considerable The agg t s h ua the deceased quantities. 1 at alsolteandtsr mattress, xT, died from injuries to the head and great loss of blood (apparently several (parts) ; second. that these injuries and this violenee were inflicted by some person or persons other than the deceased himself ; third, that after death the body was laid out, and the pillow placed under its head ; fourth, that after death the body was painted or brushed over with tolerably hot . gas tar (this pro bably with a view' of preventing detection from smell as long as possible) ; and, fifth, that the sheet and counterpane were placed on the body and tucked under the head by some person or persons other than the deceased. The Coroner then said he thought it would be better for them to adjourn the inquest to enab le the police to make a further investigat ion of the circum stances. The identification of the woman Stead man, however, was now complete. Two or three other Wolverhampton witnesses then identified Steadman by her clothes. Mr. Gibbons afterwards remarked that there was i) hop owrien evidence. saw h er on a A hn t e n rg o s oe. no the 0 1 ar y d oue thing he wished to state to the jury. Another Tntt stai n e d erporfnaut tress beneath the head of the deceased NW e with a large quantity of blood. Bea l e y—We cannot find, any one who quantity had also been shed upon the better than adjourn. vole another h o centref blood t e rpart o a if r thi ofde surface of the mattress, andboatYls P o sheereo left ra e n nia r t t t o e o d bthtedhe Wolverha mp to n.o s a jry d m u ch m ttehhv e eee t r.hpseesar:sdoetnhh.awedn them sbteoteghnee ether he injuredef o r r , e o r but w A Juror—We can e g: e r hrt : r the evidence. said that if any of the jury, al l . of owta hfohrt:tAepToerri The ir h ot:eal e tui l thcci C vapoo o terrr r doeoo o snun n ne e r one e ther elucidate the matter , fortnight, for whose statement would . tend to 9 they ought to have it produced. forward any adjourned the inquiry to that day Suicide on the Railway at Wandsworth , An inquest was held on Monday evening at the Union Workhouse (Wandsworth and Clapham Union), Wandsworth, before W. Carter, Esq., coro ner for the eastern division of Surrey, on the body of Daniel Lane, a bricklayer's labourer, who met his death on Saturday morning under very extra ordinary circumstances. James Saunders, the driver of an engine on the Brighton and South Coast line, stated that on Sa turday last, about 10.50 a.m., he left London for Victoria with a train which was to stop at all the stations. They stopped at Balham, and were to have stopped at New Wandsworth. Half a mile before reaching that station witness had shut off the steam with a view of stopping there, when he saw a man (deceased) standing beside the fence, n ear the Patriotic Fund School. When the train was within eight or ten yards of him he stepped between the metals with his back towards the approaching train, which was then proceeding at a rate of bu r tween 25 and 30 miles an hour. Witness whistled for ges, and he hi the breaks to be put on the carria self put the engin e break on. The man appeared to be watching the approach of the train. He was overtaken almost instantaneously, but the train could not be stopped until it had proceeded nearly Went to the front, end 500 yards. Witness at once f o und deceased hanging on to the lamp-iron, which had caught him at the back of the neck and entered the base of the skull. His toes had been dragging on the ground. The body was taken down and com mitted to the care of the plate-layers, and w itness proceeded with the train. From his manner, wit ness was sure that the deceased meant to destroy himself. Evidence was then given to show that the un fortunate man had been suffering in his head. The jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased had destroyed himself while in a state of temporary insanity ;" and, in reply to the Coroner, the jury declared that the engine-driver and other railws officials were entirely free from blame, lave )rts. oent tlty heir Irtu- aro sibly ,o of die ems .xer - DS. ) wet lities erate las; y as rates And, 36s 389 —0 380 w of m in 3 per rain eek. B. d. 7 0 3 0 3 0 7 3 3 0 r 3 , 18. 12 5 28• 18. 12, ow! _......, rE f Ll . 101 ,~,,