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=BOP - ~ # ~{y;,. EIrEMBE Ft, 'WE SUP AT EVANS' : 14 xi E VERY EVENING THIS WEEK aft 2r Alf re d slellon's Promenade Concerts. EDINBURGH (Reduced Fires), from Irongate wharf, Tower.—Saloon. 20s ; fore cabin, 15s; deck (soldiers and sailors only), 7s fd; return tickets (available for a oute b month),3os-and ed. The cheapest and quickest sea rand y the splendid new sT EAMSITIPS of the LONDON EDINBURGH SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing every W ednesday, and Saturday, at 10 morning. Apply at the Spread Eagle, Regent-circus ,•or at Irongate-wharf. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SIJCIETY. The b usiness of tl•e Company exceeds £70,000,000. Th e xg s k s duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was C10(;:.333and the amount in sure d on f arm i ng s t oc k , ' A born o f pa r t, 1 3 three-fifths of the profi' s periodically made to s „__eg who have thus, from time o time, recelyed ~" ..!!_l B. arriounting• in the a.21 - 4 - re,r2 - ,ate to £140,0001 and the Society holds a.large Itesa•ve applimble to a future gonus. irharhoe rates of premium are in no case hhzlier than thos o e • ''' e d by th e other principal of fi ces making no returns t Aeir i nsurers. Ff r i e l. e ° + r ,17 6 •'pectuses apply at the Society's Offices : t, Black fri!, 'qrwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-strec Surrey ..rs, Ec. PROVIDEN T CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASiOCIATION. , Established 1540. , Tm-8 l'ho ~,, TRIISTEES. s lhomarint•T Esq M.P.. I V (I Wm. Geo. Prescott , .. . -- son llank'ey, ]': eq., M.P. I Baron L. de pothschild, M.P. ,Ilriitual Life Assurance for all classes. total slim of X Agtiociaion has now in existence COOO policies, for a 1 t ,500,000. - , T he Annual Income is . • • • • • . £51,000 ThetAccu mu l a t e d Fund exceeds .. 2 0, , 00 It has paid i n Claims ••- • • • • '112,000 th T e h'' wil6 re of the profits are divided quinqi.i.e:nniiailloa3mong Members. Three divisions have already..been made' "en the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies _ . . Dec. 31, 1847 . ..- -.. .. • ..,. • ' X 5,400 ~ 3852 .. •. . •• , . 1857 - • '• •• - '.. .. 23 200 : 1882 •• .. • • • • ••- , . . 56,50,0 Makin,the total bonus additions, .£05,600. tiornises ma; be received in - c'tqls or'applierl to the r 'dim "oti of premiums at. the option of the assured,,in• lieu of an addition to the policy. .., Attention is especially invited tO the systetirof tree or paid ni) policies introduced by this Association,-by which the s acrifice so often submitted to on the rehnquishinent.ot ,-,, Po icy is wholly avoided. .. . The balance-sheets of the Association are open ,to all,' t'hether assurers or otherwise. .. , Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre. Butted districts. WM.. THOS. LINFORI), Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorg,ate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. THE ' ROYAL INSURANCE ' COMPANY. READ OTTICESI, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Imitrance. buildings, Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £.%O ,o`O. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,0,30,000. ~ . . Chairman in Liverpool : O CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. , . , • • Chairman in London : . . : . WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. -• *N'TRA.CfS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as pieasingly as unexpectedly, at the close of the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £,300,000. • ; The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is again fully imam/tined. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preceding year, and in fact stir passes that of any year, with but two exceptions,:since•the c ommencement of this Office, the balance.totthe credit-on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 10s. ficl., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa rately, £11,097165. led. .1 LIFE BRANCFI. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on now policies for the year 1562 exceeds even that of the year 1801 by £lBO,OOO, and bag arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £701 ,427 on. 1,498 new policies issued. Until within 'the last few years it is believed that such a sum assured as that which " just been announced as the result of one year's business was all but:unheard of. T his portionof the Company's business h as b een carefully; Watched And cannot fail to give much sati s f ac ti on to * t h e .!hareliolder, as • well as no small encouragement for the iutEvidence are to the participating life assurer. of . continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have allmunted. .to 311 for the ; year, on which the aggregate sum I . D 3 r.Vo?ed for assuran^e mounts to £ I. Various degrees ineu.gibility have led to these lives being declined. • '`‘ 0 ':stßall, number of the Assurance Companies of the day, record theft' accepted lives annually' at a sum not much, if 'at • exceeding those which the Royal has declared as insidmis-• siule in a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. btlPflto complete . ..their review, th e Di rec t ors now advert fn yto the:United Kingdom, they have to announce that .Fire Biiiiiiess'its, progress has be en undoubtedly" more' rapid than that.of; any other- Company established either rti London or,elseivhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The'returna of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New. Policids• already reported make all - other evidence needless. , • ;The Directors Cli their resent Reort 'wih - the expression of an coin opiniide on that the prospects p of the-Royal Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope;loanaed on a grateful remembrance of the pait, that ' the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greatermiagni combiniag distinontshed commercial success to the Office with a lengthened eareer of usefulness and protection' to the public. PERCY DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. 4A.D. 1720. itiYAL EXCHANGE. ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Establisival 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. ~EORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. /Ten n , . • Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. -t,(abert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. '•„:?h11. G'arratt Cattlev, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. I ,_l/1 Currie Close, Esq. 'Henry Nelson, Esq. to Davidson, Esq. homes and Dent,er m E c e s , q - 'I The Hon. Josccline W. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster,. Esq. .cenk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. xtt ersdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. arn. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.: William Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. ' Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. _ T IRE and LIFE AS SURANCES may be effected with this .-erporation on advantageous terms. 1n the Lif e D epartment, assurances are granted with,par ciliation in Profits, or, at l ower P r emiu ms , without such participation. The Reversionary Banns 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 veers. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Lire. This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of nartnership. A rate of Boners 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 HALF. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. CONTRACT FOR PROVISIONS. Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 14th A. 119; , 1563. rtifiE RIGHT HONOURABLE S tchfethLisOußoDBS and OTHERS, COMMISSIONE h I'ITA.L do hereby give NOTICE, That t ey arfready asto Teceive TENDERS from and to treat with such persons I naY be Williniz to Contract for victualling the in-pen i o f the said Hospital from the Ist October, Nepternb - ' inclusive,with the following er g 186*, both days articles of provisions, &c. viz. :—Beef and Mutton, Brcad, 1863, to the 30 . th Cheese, Butter. Potatoes,' Salt, Oatmeal, Barley or Rice, enper, Flour. Suet, Cocoa, Black Tea. Sugar, Milk, Onions or and Pars Leeks, arrots, Cel ery, Thyme, Marjoram, Winter Savory ration ley, daily, at _.per head per diem for the whole aceordintr, to the established allowances of the house, as I, Peeified in the form of'f'ender, which may be obtained at the o'c offi locce of t whe Secretary any day b etween the hours of 10 and 3 k, hich Tender must be fill Hospital delivered, sealed, at the Board-room of the said by the party or parties tendering, or by an agent appointed on his or their 13Ghalt, on Tuesday, the tat of S eptember, at 12 o'clock. at which time their Lordships will be p repared to take the same tuba consid eration. It is to be observed that the Contractors will b to find Security to the Crown tor the due perto .etn required Contract, and that no Tender will be received after tehoef and hour above mentioned. The Commissioners do not pledge themselves to accept the d t a h y e lowest Tender. A. J. MOORREAD Secretary and Registrar. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION seter). (Ineorperated by ROY:ICh . PATRox-Ess—ller Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. I'ItESIDEN T — Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CriAlitmAx—Thos. :flaring, Esq., M.P., I7 F Ro .R. F B I.Vs•r V.P. DEP UTY-CIIAIRMANThornas Chapman, Esq. , S . APPEAL. the be The Committee of Management have to state that ,Li feboat ning of the y ear 1860, the Royai Nation al gin Inst itution has expended Z 32,000 on various Lifeboatltab - /tsliments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and I rel and. T he number of li ves saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800; for which serv i ces 82 Gold NlPdal s , 718 Sil ver M e d a l s, a nd £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,000 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-carriages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express th gra sense of the generous support which they haveeir received teful from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled th em to establish their present magni pp ficent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom . Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that I'l•S 8 on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their cat, only be e ff ected by a large and permanent l 0 annual income, they earnestly anneal to all classes of their trvelen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so court • , eat a nd truly national a work , g 'T - h - eCommittee ,gratefuliy acknowledge the following, con tributions : Her MaJ•sty the Queen .. .. „, annual 8. d Cambell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. „ so e , .• annual 5 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. • • • • • • • • annual 11 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. •• annu a l 10 0 0 Currie, Wm., Esq., . • • • •• • • 4th don.lo 0 0 Erie, Lo rd Cief Justice • • .. _. .• don. 10 10 0 Panshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A.. J.C. B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 l'en wick, G. J Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran .. sportb is Carriage • • • • • • • • • • 250 0 0 :: •:: 7dtolincion. 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 Harvey Rev. G. G. and Mrs. ..• Martin, , Sir Henry, Bart .. . o don. 15 15 0 Moore, ltev. G. B. •• • • Smith, Ere. George, Greenwich • • • • • • 30 0 St irling, Col- Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. .. annual 20 0 T hom. s, 'Lady, W es t on - su p er -Mare, collected by her Ladyship •• • • 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Ere.by, Lord :: .. .. annual 50 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re reived by the Bankers of the institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival.. and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 5 . 4 Strand; Messrs. Berries, Familiar, and Co., 16, St James's -street, London by a 1 the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in th elJnit ; edKlng,dom; and by the Secretary J it o l i. c u lni stre L e r a ti e ~E l i kl,c u. , , a tzi ,( 4l. i ze. of the InstitAtiOn, 11, No. 22,207. :Now ready, in crown Bvo., los. 6d., THE THIRD VOLUME of DE. MONIMSEN'S TiPiTORY R0.51E, Translated by the Rev. W. PITT DICKSON. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. RITIQU RS on the LEADERS of the I,_) NE WSP PICR PTlESS—Reviews of all New Rooks English and Foreign Scientific Intormation—Extracts— Gessp, &c., &c., in the LITERARY TIME,', every week. Twopence. 8 Fleet-street. m"E 0„F0R D, e. OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, 'will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and llalevy'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 other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and G eorge Hodson. ' Also, a Peiformance by Herr SUHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument,•the PIANO ORCHEbTItE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. '1 he HALL hss just been newiy Decorated and Ventilated, and Is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at S o'clock. Admission, ed. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. ed. PANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasinz crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pc pper snd Henry Dirks, Eso:'s, world-famed spectral "THE GHOST," from the ricture 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 fr en tleman's iatest im provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH ,E V ENING, at Ten o'clock. , All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, inchultrirrpMltre'Selections, ; fJi sworth (the mpilern Demosthenes), Eugene, Artbur Lloyd, George Hodson;ft,o. _ J • OYA L ALHAMBRA PALACE. The Ra j caIOST , The GEM -T ! ! The ONLY COML . , GliosT ! —The beautiful FAIRY POUNTAIN,—A Grand 'Divertissement by Signora Racliele and Mariannina and :'Signor Guiseppe Francezco, assis!ed by a corps of Twenty young Ladies—Selections front favourite Operas : Principals, Miss M'Gregor, Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini (the new Italian tenor), and Mr. Vernon Rigby. Nicosia, the eminent European Violinist, will make his first appearance in England on Monday, Sept. 7. A RGYLL ROOMS. Windmill-street. Piccadilly. NOTICE. —The above elegant Rooms will be Opened on SATURDAY, September 5, entirely redecorated under the Sole direction or Messrs. Delicourt, of Paris, decorators to the Palaces of the Emperor Naimleon. The artistical work will be done by Messrs. Biggs and assistants. The musical department under the directorship of Mons. Jullien, and chef a'orchestre. The band will be chosen from tbellousehold Troops and.the Royal Italian Opera Houses. ' This Celebrated band is well known by the public, and will be c4lled in future the London Band, and will be represented by the best art sts of the presant day. Conductor of the Rooms and Manager, Mona. GRENETA Eole Lessee, R. R. BIGNELL. Admission, Is. Q,EA.—VACANCIES for MIDSHIPMEN arid KJ , APPRENTICES in a first-class London shipping firm. Premium moderate. Al-o apprentices without premmm.— Apply to SI3I3IONDS and Co.. 88, St. 3lary-at-hill, East-. cheap, E.C. Third ufficers and Stewards wanted. A s ESTABLISHED 1833. POWDEN'S `IERATED GINGER BEER, •in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, votass, Seltzer, and every description of Minecal Waters.—Manufactory, No. 3, White •Hirt-street, Drury-lane,'W.C. TO 'ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, AND CONTRACTORS IN THE ,EASTERN,' SOUTH-EASTERN, AND SOUTH-WESTERN ,CO,IINTIES. • REAVES' , BLUE LIAS LIME, NA 14, SOUTH wamtr, PADDINGTON, W., i L. X. TATHAM, Agent. Arrangements are now made by 'which this well-known BLUE LIAS LIME can be sent direct from the kiln& in yi'arwic'kshire, in Greaves and Kirshaw's own trucks, to any ..sta.tions on the above-named lines, as fresh as though`burnt ,upon the q.ot„, And at a lolrer price. ANY QUANTITY, of either lump or ground can be sup tplied at a few days' notice, and trucks forwarded daily from i ttte kiln and mill. • . Contra s ctors will find this worth their notice, as they can .be, supplied at any time, in quantities to suit their require ments, from SIX 'TONS and upwards. TEA. --MORE BROTHERS respectfnlly inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend, their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Fouchong, reduced to 3s. scl. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd.; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. lid. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 33, London-bridge, City, E.C. " .. HAR• .:• PER ‘ , TVELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER makes its own St);:p, and saves one-half of time, two thircli of Soap, and three-fourths of labour ! Patentee : Harper Twelvetr -es, Bromley •by-Bow, London. Sold by Grocers, Druggists, and Oilmen. PISTOLGRAMS of BABIES (Guinea Jewellery Portraits), with album enlargements therefrom, taken daily at SKATFE'S Pistolgi aph Depot, 32, Sussex-place, Re gent's-park, N.W., where a classification of children's like nesses from the day of birth may now be seen. In valids and amines attended. pAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACHINE'', for hand, horse, or steam power, are the most simple and efficient extant.—Ful: particulars and prices obtained of the makers, E. Pape and Co., Laurence Pountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C., where they may be seen in operation daily. NIONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal\ Leasehold and Freehold Property, or Reversions, &e., 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 H, without delay, to respectable person. (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be cited on.—Apply (it by letter enclose four stamps) to W., Ht hlr . Robertson's, Accountant, 40. King:Willi am-street, London -bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. SPECTACLES.—me Patent Newly-invented Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including. Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary relief to weak, din, and detective vision.—S. and B SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly. ANEVER FAILIN G REMEDY.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who sutler from bilious and fiver complaint s , i ndigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxea,is. lid., and three timed the quantity in one, 2s. fid. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine ere a sq uare green package, with " William Lambert, ' engraved on the stamp. RIIPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. ITHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITBD IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 11151 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective ,nvention in the curative treatment of li ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir auniference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 18s., 21a., 265. 6d., and 318. 6d. Postage, Is. A. Doublo Truss, 31s. 6d., 428., and 525. 6d. Postage, le Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. Bd. Postage, is. lad. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, Ice., for Varicose Veins and all cases ot Weakness and Swelling ot the Legs, Sprains, dco. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on Ir ean ordinary stocking. Price 48, 61, 7s. 6d., 108., to 16a. each. Postage 6d. ______ JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer. 22R. PiecadillY. CELEBRATlON theßlßTHosH o x f ic t s ,h r e E T A EJ , C a E t N s T r E at N fo A r p u Y pon o ! N A . v c o n yr a T ii a i h tOTercentenaryn Bart, . sCommitteeChairman) (of are ich n o Sir w e o c e b v r t ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick;' or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and co , Messrs Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co , bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee , in submitting the subscrip of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakapeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he hived, and where he lived and died. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL. Gray's-inn-road, 11, in tii“ immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at hing's-cross. I'atron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCIT, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. . . This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom- Panted by sickness and disease, and is now of. sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support., it may be rendered capable of admitting', into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have WO beds available for the reception of . ARNEST these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. litereover, ii , gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. Th e Weekly Hoard feel it their imperative duty to make an t„,°_ ens them to dniit and relieve the distressing cases that APPEAL to the public for continued support, Co. ; Drum' 'Rq. ua , n „ 5' present themselves. Cu.;Prescott, Grote, and Co. o. ; Contributions are received by the Treasurer. Edward Alas Lerman p' , Nicholas -lane; also by • Messrs. Coutts and _ . mond and Co.;• Ilerries and Co. ; hansom and anti Co. ;Jones and Co.;NV anti nt the Hospital. Loyd and Co.;Barclay and Co. ; Denison , !Mains De" 'Co. - end, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co " Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Giyn Denton, and Co.; ( 1, er . Co., ; Messrs. J. Ilarned and C Liverpool BTANMED g. SMITH Se Cretan'. NE 1 ii's pAp E ii • -- c. ) --2-_- i. ,- --- - ,:- ?k 7 . .,/ , '`e_ ":‘,:, co '' -. '' -- 1,. • -.. ,li • . .- . ;„ \ , . 4\ , 4 ... . p i , n v4r P.I, 7/. r}-e_,z,jt e _, ~ t o „i• . 4 -.7.1 g., • _ . . ...-...,,, 1 - - - • 1.'7-.41:1: : :"...11:':' : ;.: ; 1 ., ( .;::: ----- 1, -' ... -- - lirckingbam, and Woking, 'which wali44*4 : ,:t . ,, , . . (~,, ? 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Wily with their notions should they not be? Would not peace make as certain an end of them as the first frost does of the moscinitoes ? The case of the Peterhoff, recently decided by Judge Betts, of this city, in favour of the captore, bits excited by little interest or attention. It is believed that Earl ltuesell is so satisfed with the sound law and the dignified impartiality of the judge, that the British C ihinet will' submit to his deuision in this as in all similar cases; and that nothing which Judge Betts can do will ever be con sidered a cases ball. It . would be well, however, for Earl Russell and the British public to know that Judge Betts, in the first place, is not a functionary of the rank of such men as Lord Stowell or Dr. Lushington ; but an attorney, elected to the office for a term by universal suarage, and paid by a salary that would have no attractions for a third rate, much lees for a leading professional advocate ; and in the second place, that no reporters regularly attend his court—and that.no official record what ever is kept of the proceedings or the judgments delivered. The judge keepS his own notes, and such professional gentlemen as are employed in theseveral cases . doubtless preserve a private record of the proceedings. But beyond this there is nothing to show the exact terms or phraseology of any judg ment that may be delivered, or the evidence on which it may be founded. As these 'decisions be come precedents, it, is obvious thatilt, L is iin pertant to the;comniercial public of .Great Britain. and other countries that there should be some ; official record of them. ~ B ut there is none. Thus, ' to a considerable extent, the fancy or caprice of Judge Betts, 'whose'Professional 'status . is not su• perior to that of a p olice magistrate in LonclaC, may decide 'upon the -most delicate queiticins -of international law, without other remedy, open. to the aggrieved owners of ships and cargoes than a costly and protracted appecaTto the Supreme Court of the United States. There ar e certain circumstances, too, in connexion withlhe case of the Peterhoff that ought to be better kiieivn in England than' they appear to be. The Peterhoff, it may be remem bered, was seizeditti thersouth of Cuba, on the regii lar track to Mataniorase Her papers were all regu lar, and all made out, for that port. Her insurance was on the voyage to Matamoras , and n ow h ere e l se . She drew too muc`h veatr. to enter any port in Texas or the Rio Grande, - except Matamoras. She 'was laden with'Saddles, horse-shoes, boots, and vari ous other articles that Adniiral Wilkes deemed to be contraband of war and destined for Confederate use. Judge Betts, after a 'lengthened incitairy, decided' cis s to th every point against the , vessel , and;she.was con demned accordingly., Yet within two-month s previ m vegiel7Was not allowed to is v tr e a ry de ti b m e e t; w ee h n e` "a a ß ß ri r t i' i t sh is and a Mexican port, no less than 59 American vessels-had cleared out.from New York 'to' Matamor!as laden ;with ex actly, the same kind of articles v as were seized of board the Peterhoff; besides siX,nr some s a y n i ne , other vessel s -f r o' In the 'perrts of'BOston and Phila delphia, bound en the came errand, with similar ventures, ' '- THE . NORTHERN CIRCUIT., 'Now that•the assizes on this circuit have come to' an end, and as ther6 is much comment on the busi • ness of,the circuit and talk of projects for diyiding it, or taking to'rl :away. from it, a' short statement of facts may not be without interest. • At York .Queen's counsel sat for, five days assist ing the Judges to get through the calendar, and on two of those days twn QJeen'sounsel sat. In other word 9, seven days' work for one Judge Was done by ",queen's houniel sitting as commissioners, and yet two long causes were made remall'ate. At Durham two Queen's counsel assisted the Judges i n t h e tr i a l of pr i soners two days each, or four day s ' work for one Judge was done by them, and wi t h great difficulty the assize work was got through late on the Newcastle commission day. At Newcastle Queen's counsel assisted the learned Judges i n the trial of prisoners two days, and a heavy cause was made a remanet there. At Carlisle one Judge remained after the com mission day for Appleby, and until the commission day for Lancaster, sitting two full days beyond the time appointed, and a heavy road case was, not withstanding, made a remanet. At Appleby there were five or six ordinary cri minal cases and a charge of murder to try before the sin g l e J udge in one day. There was no civil business, and the work was done in one long day. At Lancaster there was an unusually light calen dar. This enabled the two judges on the second day to try ca uses, an d a heavy cause list was thus got through :ate on the Liverpool commission day. At Liverpool, with a very heavy calendar, and the usual great cause list, the judges have found it ne cessary to call in the assistance of Queen's counsel to sit as commissioners for the trial of prisoners, and they have sat nearly every day for a fortnight—or rather, to be strictly accurate, Queen's counsel have sat on ten days, and on five of these two Queen's counsel have sat; in other words, our judge's work for 15 days has be en done by Queen's counsel, or two and a half weeks' work, excluding the Sun days. Two of these days Queen's counsel sat try ing common jury Cau ses . Queen's counsel have, therefore, eat '23 days this circuit-26 days trying criminal and two days trying civil causes. It may be fairly assumed from the remanets left on different parts of the ci rcu i t, they being all heavy causes put off to the laat, that, if tried, and if the pressure used in other cases in order to get through the work had not existed, the civil business of the circuit would have required the services of a judge one week longer th an it has taken, and it is e qually clear that without resorting to the gratuit ous assistance of various Queen's counsel the criminal business of the circuit would have required the ser vices of cne judge one month longer than the time taken. It would therefore have required ave the ser vices of three judges instead of two to get through t he work of the circuit in the ordinary time had not the aid of most of the Queen's couns e l been called in. It is proposed to make Manchester a new assize town. It is expected that that will materially in crease the local civil business, and that a great many causes of importance now tried by consent of parties before the Salford Borough Court to save expense will then be tried at the assizes. It is also certain that the commercial causes of Stockport, Altringham, K.nutsford, and Macclesfield—great manufacturing places in Cheshire, with a direct railway communication to Manchester, and nearer to Manchester than to Chester, with commercial juries at one place, and juries of farmers at the other, will go to the Manchester assizes for trial. There is, therefore, every probability of a fortnight's civil business being added to the circuit from this cause. A strong effort is also being made to get anew assize town for Yorkshire at Leeds or Wakefield. The probability is that the facility of trial so given will increase the local civil business so much as to take nearly a week longer to try. If two Judges, therefore, do the 'whole work assigned to them without calling in the constant aid of Queen's counsel to do a great part of it for them —and however ably these learned gentlemen may try prisoners or causes, trials in little back rooms, where judge, and counsel, and officers, and wit nesses, and jurymen, and prisoners are all huddled together on a level round table, are neither so dig nified, nor so satisfactory to any of the parties eon cerned, nor to the public, as trials conducted in open court—it follows that one's month's time additional to that now required to get through the circuit business, both civil and criminal, by two Judges will be necessary; and as the circuit now re quires nearly two months to get through the work, the Northern Circuit w ill require three months' time to get through the ordinary business of the circuit. Tbis it,, the sirn 1 e ple calculation of " t wo an d tWo mik four," based en factu as they exist. But THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Times' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, Aug. 18. Peremptory orders from Washington have been issued for the recommencement of the draught in this city. To-morrow has therefore been fixed upon for the renewal of the lottery, which, in the words of a labourer who declares that he will neither serve as a soldier nor endeavour to find a substitute, if he die for it, is to decide whether "the bodies of the men of the working classes are their own property or that of Abraham Lincoln." Governor. Seymour's remonstrance has not been altogether without effect upou the President's determination, for the officers charged with the duty of the conscription have re duced their demand upon six districts of the State of New York from 26,299 men to 12,300—a conces sion which amounts to an administration of the truth of Governor Seymour's charge that the enrol. meat was partial and unfair. In other respects the President holds firm, and has appointed Gan. Dix, the Federal officer in succession to Gen, Wood act ing independently of the authority of Governor Seymour, to carry out the provision of the Conscript Law and to maintain the peace of the city. Gen. Dix, who is one of the few respectable and judicious officers in the service of the President, has a large force under his command, and, in anticipation of disturbance, receives almost daily such reinforce ments as the Secretary of War can spare. It is thought by all those quiet citizens wholOve tranquillity se much that they fancy all others Must love it as affectionately as themselves, that the action of the municipality of New York in voting three millions of dollars to find substitutes for unwilling conscripts will act as a conductor to carry off the electricity of popular wrath. When the working classes are once convinced that, if draughted, the maternal city of New York will pay the exemption money that will enable them to re main at home with their families, in ownership of the fee simple of their own bodies, it is exceedingly probable that Gen. Dix, his armies, and his gu n _ boats will have nothing to do, and that no further breach of the peace will occur. Were there a new . insurrection ever so little more formidable than the last, it is scarcely probable that three millions of dollars would pay for the damage that would be done to property, to say nothing of the loss of life; . so that the civic magnates in insuring the safety of. the city for that handsome premium have perhaps `done a prudent stroke of business ; but if it should hitppen that they cannot borrow three millions of dollars for the purpose, the Federal Government, in ,their default, might ultimately find itself in a very serious dilemma. Time presses , as Mr. Lin c o ln takes , occasion to remiod Mr. Seymour,and as no draughted man is likely to offer himself for service, after such "an offer has been made to him by so wealthy a cor poration as that of the Empire City, Gen. Lee may take advantage of the halcyon days that have so un expectedly dawned upon his cause as to resume the offensive, and once again try his, chances against the city of Washington. It is possible, if the Mayor do not veto the bill of the two branches of the City 'Legislature, that the three millions of money may be borrowed upon the security of the local taxation, which these bodies have it in their power to levy : bat it is also possible that capitalists may refuse to take stock in the loan. In the neighbouring city aT Brooklyn. where the working classes are resolutely determined 'and closely banded not to servo in the Federal army, the municipality has agreed to bor row one million of dollars, for the purpose of paying substitutes to replace the bone and sinew that pre fer work to fighting. But the banks have refused to advance any funds on the securitky offered, and the loan, OT , I being put up to public competition, has produced only 20,000 dols. This is but a small step towards ; and as the working classei require cash down, the chances are that Brooklyn will take nothing by its action but the merit of good intentions. It remains to be seen whether the capitalists of New York . have no greater sense of the impending danger than those of Brooklyn, or whether house proprietors and others will not in vest in a stock, the issue of which may more effectu ally protect their property from plunder and con flagration than all the soldiers that General Dix can bring to bear in their defence. The city is full of troops, the militia is under arms, and will remain so during the night ; bat it is not probable any riots or disturbances will take place. The difficulty, as stated he my letter of the 21st ult., will occur when the Government shall en deavour to carry off the draughted men forcibly from their homes, unless, in the meantime, all danges from that cause shall be obviated by the judicious expenditure of the £3,000,000 which the corporation have voted to pay exemptions. While such is the aspect of political affairs in this c ity, Wall-street takes no heed of any of the angry portents that flare and flash on the horizon. It looks for the immediate capture of Charleston, and the certain repulse of General Teee, should that daring soldier once more resolve to attempt the capture of Washington. It considers, in the slang of the day, that Mr. Jefferson Davis is "squirm ing" under the heel of Mr. Abraham Lincoln ; that the rebellion is "squelched ;" and that row is the time for stocks of all description to rise rapidly, and for those who understand the manipulation of those articles to make fortunes before they begin to fall. The Stock-Exchange is wild with excitement. A veritable scrip mania has set in with a virulence equal to that of the dog-days. Lines such as the Harlem Railway, that prior to the war were at a discount of 75 per cent., and that have in no sense increased their traffic in the interval, have shot up to enormous premiums. The intrinsic value of the Harlem stock is estimated to be about 30, but it sold y es t er d ay as h i gh as 170 to persons who expect it will re ac h 180 to-morrow. Th e E r ie, that long slept between th e fif t i es an d s i xt i es , was yesterday at 1091 ; th e N ew Y ork Central at 130 ; the Illi nois Cent ra l at 1 24; and the Pacific Mail at 235 . In the H ar l em li ne the advance has b een 10 per cent. since yesterday; on the New York Central. 2a; on the Erie, 28; and on another line—the Pitts• burg and Fort Wayne—which has suddenly risen into popularity, 81. It is not surprising under such oes o thronged with It i the circumstances th a t a ll l eg iti ma t e b us i ness s t a gnates or dies. W e ll a street, Exchange-plane, and William street,hgterheeo edrd presence of all the old and young speculato rs o f th e cap i ta l, Th e i r pavemen ts a gamblers th t e ha s t o l u o t e h om sosa tirn i 8 difficult.monopolise Bubble and the Mississippi Scheme revived in a new latitude, a story that will run through the same developments, contain the same episodes, inflict the same miseries, end with the same crash, and point the same a m n ne o dv r ea desperate C . t h n e a s tl s g e : d amml gambling, yr more a gn n damdt more es s RRue Q u i n _ baseless speculation of far-seeing and rotten m ore knaves and over wise fools, than may be witne sse d to -d ay w i th i n a n s tr s e t,up circumference,thenarrow r which ow e n t t r h y e c v a e m te P ra ° t i e x circlecentre is 3 i o n O l y v a i r u d i s a m i that leads to the hall of meeting of the Board of Brokers; and all the people who rush to this Temple of Fortune know that the speculation. that attracts and dazzles them is based upon nothing—that it is unsound as a soap bubble, and must es certainly collapse. But, no one cares to-day—as no one cared daring the similar insanity of the Mississippi Scheme, or the more recent railway madness of the time when Hudson was King, and all England and Scotland thought of nothing but making profits upon the sale of railway s cri p , leavin g th e loss, the misery, and the broken hearts to the last new corners, who happened to be in possession wh en "Panic" blew on the card-castle with his hot breath, and brought the fragile fabric to the ground. There is a likelihood, too, that this is not even the climax, bat only the commencement of the "mad term!' Mr. Chase is compelled to issue more paper, whether he desire to do so or not, or else the armies of the Re public will go unpaid, and the contractors will grow clamorous for the realisation of the hr enormous the great manufacturing North does not stand still; nor does its population decrease. A three months' circuit is cle,:aly impracticable. It is proposed, it is said, to colke all things work well by taking off York and adding it to the Mid land Circuit. Yorkshire has now a fortnight al lotted to it ; with an additional assize town, it is assumed, it will require three weeks. Take three weeks from three months, and will an eight or nine weeks Northern Circuit be less oppressive than it now is? And yet the circuit, if two Judges do the work to be done with York, and with the proposed change, will clearly require that time. But, add three weeks of Yorkshire to the Mid land Circuits which now requires five weeks, and give the Midland Circuit a new assize town for Birmingham, which it urgently demands, and ought to have, and which would probably add another week to that circuit, and you make a nine weeks' circuit of the Midland, which is found to be almost impracticable on the Northern. And, again, York shire and Warwickshire will not stand still, nor their population decrease, It is clear that some other adjustment of the cir cuits is needed, whether that be to divide the Northern circuit simply into two circuits—York shire and the north-eastern counties, and Lanca shire and the north-western counties, which would require two additional Judges for the additional cir cuit ; or by dividing the Midland Circuit between the Norfolk. Circuit on the ; sotp4.l-el.fle-and 1-4 p nocaae. , "eastern. side of the Northerki29n 'the.noreh'sideohus EialF.ing,two good circuits, constituting. Lancasbire ,and i the noi•th-western counties` a distinct cirenit,. and thuS equalising the - bUsiness of the three cir deft's," without increasing the' staff ofthe Judges, •is the real question .which the Lord . Chancellor and the Gbvi4nh t leht, have ,to , determine., . Anything less. than. this will simply be useleSS, ineffectual, and mischievous.— limes. • - . , .. . , TEE PRINCE'AND PRINCESS OF WALES IN TtE.HIGtLANDS. I THE BRAEMAR GATHERING. The Braemar gathering, with a chance of witness ing a meeting of theclans—after the Modern fashion —hris of late been one of the principal attractions towards Deesideeand no doubt the numbers present this season, even. under ordinary circumstances, would have been considerable. There can be no question, however, but that the intimation which bad been publicly made that the Prince and Princess of Wales intended to hoiaoUr the' Highlanders by visiting the gathering, proved the loadstrrie which drew together the large company who eat week bent their steps to the upper valley of the Dee. For weeks past the . Earl and Countess of Fife have been making preparations to render the reception of the Prince and Princess worthy of this their first visit to the Highlands, a loyaltir end' thaughtfulness which have been fittingly recompensed by their Royal Highriesses graciously becoMing the guests of the Earl and Countess at Mar-ledge from Thurs day till Saturday. Mar-lodge,, hich tourists to the Linn of Dee will know better as the roman tically eitueted`Corriemulzie Cottage, in the vicinity of the eeautiful Falls'of Curriemerliie, was suddenly 'converted into as pretty a Highland palace' as eye could desire to look upon. The gathering of. the Highlanders: for competi tion in feats of strength and skill was fixed to take place, on the ample lawn in front of old Mar Castle, and to this spot tourists end residents alike con verged by midday on Thursday. Across the road leading to the castle a'very handsome triumphal arch, composed chiefly of heather and birch and sur mounted by a crown of the former, was erected, while the grim old castle itself looked quite gay in itslsedeekings. - Imtieediatety in - front of the castle snow white tents were placed for the reception of the Prince and Princess, and the company from Mar-lodge, a slightly elevated dais being so con structed that their Royal Highnesses could witness the sports comfortably, whether the weather should prove wet or dry, by being under or beyond canvass. Between 1 and 2 o'clock the sound of the pibrochs coming across the water an nounced the approach of the Fife and Farquharson Highlanders, " all plaided and plumed in their tartan array," &c. The Forbes, or " Lonach" men, from Strathdon, who have always made the most imposing appearance at these meetings, were un fortunately absent on the present occasion, through recent domestic affliction in the family of their re spected chief, Sir C. Forbes, of Newe. Eech of the Fife men carried a pike in hand and sported the family emblem, the sprig of the holly in his bonnet ; while the Farquharsons bore broadswords and displayed a branch of the yew. The former clans were com manded by Lord Maccluff, Mr. Kennedy Erskine, Mr. Duff Abercromby, M.P., and Mr. J. C. 0. Mill. In the absence of Colonel Farquharson the men of his clan were under the command of Mr. Brown, the resident factor on the In vercauld estates. Up till about 3 o'clock the day had been cold and dusty, "dirty weather," in short, as a sailor might say, while the portentous mist that floated in thick clouds overhead and crept like smoke up the sides of Craig-neich, Craig Vallech, Craig Nurron, Craig in taueht, and the other lofty mountains that enclose the old Castle of Mar and the fine valley in which it is set, gave no hopeful tokens of the sun lendieg his powerful influence to aid in the enjoyment—to say nothing of comfort—at the gathering. Just about 3 o'clock, however, the flying showers ceased, and when the Prince and Princess drove up, the weather may be said to have become on the whole favourable. Their Royal Highnesses, who were in an open carriage, were received by the High landers and the spectators with loud cheers, which they graciously acknowledged. The Prince was dressed in full Highland costume, with broadsword, sporran, and dirks complete. The" garb," it was universally admitted, became him remarkably well. The Princess wore a dress of the Victoria tartan pettern, and thereby won additional favour in the eyes of the Highlanders. Immediately on the Prince and Princess taking their seats on the dais prepared for them, the sports began. Among the company present were the Duchess of itoxburghe, the Master of Lovat, Mr. and Lady Susan Grant Suttie, Sir Thomas and Lady Louisa Moncrieffe and the Misses Moncrieffe, Lady Annally, the Hon. Miss G. White and the Hon. Capt. White, the Hon. Lewis Wing field, the Earl of Brecknock, Viscount Boringdon, Sir James Elphinstone, M.P. ; Sir Frederick John stone, the Earl and Countess of Listowel, Lord Berkeley Paget, Major Balfour, Mr. John Phillip, R e e,.; Col. Phipps ; Col. Forbes, of Inverarnon ; Mr. Charles Forbes, jun., of Newe; Mr. W. B. Duff, of Fetteresso, M.P. ; Mr. Augustus Lumley, Mr. Theodore Williams, Captain Balfour, of her Majesty's ship 'Winchester, and Mrs. Balfour, Dr. Will, Colonel Kinloch, &c. The games commenced with "putting the stone," followed by " throwing the hammer" and " tossing the caber," feats peculiar to the Highlanders, and in which excellence depends chiefly on strength of arm. For " putting the stone" Donald Dinnie, known as ," the Dceside Champion," and a sore thorn in the sides of the Highlanders, as he is not of them, being a modest-;oohing lowland lad, firmly knit, and evidently a man of vast power of arm, stood first, throwing a stone of 2Sib. a distance. of 27ft. Dinnie also was victor at the next exe se, making a hammer of 161 b. fly throug h the air 84it. At "tossing the caber"—that is, making a ,pon derous tree of 20 or 30ft. in length spin right over on end without touching the ground—Charles M' Hardy, a stout young son, a Glenislaman. But 0 . c h l e a r i o m . A t l o on a re n y rac p e a f r ' t the Hiehlandcre cannot, leer °tile:l:l:dig' merit in games where ahnladnwdears, won n s p by re l e l l o a b im er e t ! , pee d, agility, or skill are necessary. la rveitla or leaping they can give no examples of vehil, train petitors in , " and fleetness will achieve such as Wc.3thall, White, Brighton, or the crack English corn d i pl a y, while the grace of attitude and qeickneee of eye that characterise the I'cra;s bat cr Torn Lockyer leeepinte grea: ' n °ncl decidedlytlei their attractive,a and reach. their citi:j:ediff't,;lBrincile:airnnnt;teohreises on the present occasion. displayed and dezterity in the execution of (the sword danos) and their exciting strathspeys and reels. A Farquharson man named klacke P z eY " s carried off the dancing honours —though proba.hlye' fur grace of movement and variety of step a Cor poral Forbes, from Dundee, who entr.,r;d in the con test for all earners, won most admiration. Th e objection to his performance, however, was that it showed too much art, and consequently was wanting in the untutored naturalness, so .to speak, demanded in true " Highland" dancing. The Prince and Princess seemed much interested in the games—more especially the dancing—and did not leave the ground till nearly 6 o'clock, when they drove off amid loud cheering for Mar...lodge. " ce,altnes: The games were finished shortly after 6 o'clock, and by 7 the Highlanders and the spectators had also left the ground for Castletown, where the former were entertained to dinner by Lord Fife, and the latter entertained themselves as best they could-- the whole resources of Messrs. Fisher and Hunter and the villagers generally being iu constant• and urgent demand. At Mar-lodge the Earl and Countess of Fife en tertained the Prince and Princess of Wales and a was cloW*) - vith th'e o owing. ta eaux, Qiieen of Seets at Wernik's Castle. ' - Qumn :Wry ' ' - Miss G. MoncriEffe.: Mary Eaaton Mary Carmichael lion. Miss White. Mary Sefon• '• ' ft' "`. Mary (Lady Aiinel?uff. , IL—Mary ,Queen of Scots, attended by Rizzi°. Mary Stuart .. Miss G. Moncrieffe.' Rizzio = '• t ;: : Elaine •- • J . Lay the - letter in pay'hand "A little oral die, and - "616se'ilie liand UpOn - if; • ' "I shall guard it even in death. : • "And when the heat is, guile from out my, heart, , "Then take the little bed on which I ' "For Lauticelot'gliii , e;citUd 'decik it likaqhe' queen's ' "For richnes!,,awl pie also like t,lie queen "In all I have of rich, and lay,me on it * ' " et — Q . " So that day there was tole in,AStolat." of the King.", IV.—The Soldier's Return. Lady Ann Duff. ' • 1' " Ladq Agnes Duff. 3sster of Lovat. ' • " The wars Are o'er, and I'm come hame, "And find thee still true-hearted, 1 4 , r. " Though poor in gear, we're rich in Love, "And mair;•iviose ne'er be parted."—BUrns. V.—Charlotte CorditYcontemplating her Picture befoie her Execution.* Charlotte Corday Gaoler • • Mr. W. Kennedy Erskine. VL—Figth, Hope, and Charity, • , Faith Hops Charity ' Child • • ' 'Lady - Agnes Duff. The various ",tableaux" were admirably presented,, .the steadiness of the figures, so requisite for the proper, effect in these " living pictures,' being as nearly as possible pfect: The Piinae and Princess joined heartily in the applaUse bestoived upon the "distinguished performers," and7the encores wete frequent. During the night:watch and ward was faithfully kept at the lodge by a piakcii body-guard of the Fife Highlanders. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, The following is a'summary of the railway pro ceedings of the week. The report of the directors of the London, Chatham, and Dover states that the working for the n past six months shows an in creasoof 45 per cent. in the passenger and 40 per cent. in the goods traffic over the corresponding period of 1862, but they express their regret that this increase has not benefited the revenue, in con sequence of the large amount expended in earning it. The board further states that the receipts of the metropolitan extensions, although only opened for traffic between Victoria and the Elephant and Castle, have averaged about £9O per mile per week; that since the opening to Beckenham the receipts have averaged more than £133 por mile per week, and that the last week gave a return of £l5O per mile per week. At the half-yearly meeting the report was adopted ; Mr. Holroyd, the late secre tary, was elected a director of the company, and Mr. Johnson, who has been appointed in his place, was voted a salary of £5OO per annum. At the Sevenoaks meeting the report, which was adopted, stated that the receipts for the past year, which was the first year of working, had been £5,170, bat it was expected that there would be a consider able increase when the goods termini with the London, Chatham, and Dover, and the Lewisham and Tunbridge lines were completed. The net available balance of revenue on the half year's working of the Waterford and Limerick is £2,400, out of which the directors recommend a dividend of ss. per share on the original capital. The report of the directors of the West H artle p ool was adopted at the half-yearly meeting. At a special meeting of the company the d irectors were authorised to raise, under their act of the present year, £729,000 on debentures, to pay off the primary charges against the company, and £300,000 on de benture, for other purposes. The half- y earl y re port of the directors of the Metro p olitan was u nani . raously adopted at the g eneral meetin g , an d a divi dend at the rate of 5 p er cent. p er annu m declared. The chairman expressed his conviction that the traffic for the past six months was net one-third of what they might fairly expect hereafter. At the South.Eestern meeting the report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 41- per cent. per annum wa s declared on the half-y ear ' s wor ki ng. T he Great Northern meeting also adopted the report, and dividends were declared as follows:—At the rate of 1 per cent. on the 11=e:tford stock, 4 per cent. and 6 per cent. on the Luton stocks, 41 per cent. Pe r annum on the Great Northern original stock of 3 At the per cent. for the half-year on the B stock, and of y Per cent. i!,l ss. per cent. for the half-year on the A stock. of the company £30,000 to the Stockton and Wood- The directors were authosroisretdhtoansubd sscroilleho.n.wbeeshtaerlfn Wood ley Junction, £58,000 to the Stockport, Timberley, and Altrincbam ; £65,000 to the Cheshire Midland, £2,103,the directors recommend a divi dend nd Vale£ o 6 f 7 N , 0 e o a o t t h o at dividendh e s t Cheshire per annum was declared. The receipts on the half yeat'a working of th e Junction showed an increase of £604 over the cor responding period of the precious year, and out of per cent, per annum, which was declared at the meeting of shareholders. The report of the directors of dividend £s9'3ol, at antdhe trhaete t d h e e nd ba a l t an th ee e , rateofs the North-Western, which was a dopted at the meeting held at Leeds, stated that the receipts for the year 1862 amounted to Midland £11,910 for guaranteed interest and dividend. The Companye cent. per e ran hadnum paidwas of 3 per declared, and the chairman announced that the in creased dividend of 3; per cent. would commence at the beginnin— g of next year. At the meeting of the Corn wall the report was adopted, and the directors were authorised to issue a further amount of debentures to the extent of £82,980. Thu Taff Vale meeting declared a dividend at the rate of 9 per cent. per annum, and the agreement for working the Llantrissant line was approved of. The directors of the WhitchavFn end Farness Junction, at their meeting, congratulated the shareholders on the fact of the receipts having increased 25 per cent. over the corresponding half of 1852. A dividend at the rato of 5 per cent., as recommended, was declared. At the meeting of the Crystal Palace and South Lon don Junction the directors reported that the whole of the works were progressing very rapidly, end that the lino would be opened within the term of the contract. The half-yearly report of the stgincs, it 'crease of £1,937 over the previous half-year. The directors of theMid-Wales report that theworks on Lb line are in active 'progress, and that the line are in active progress, and that the line will be opa nod in the spring of next year. At. the Severn Val; ley the report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum declared on the ordia iary stock of the company. At the Bedford and Carn'nidge the report was adopted, and a divida , ..nd at the rate of 31 per cent. per annum dc clareC. The directors of the Kent Coast state in their :report, which was adopted at the share holder:V fneetieg, that the double line between Herne Bay nud Margate, and the second line of rails 14 Tweet' Faversham and Herne Bay, will he opened by the Ist of next month, and that the line to Itarna,• t ;ate will be opened by the commencement of OctoL , er. At the o,iwestry and Newtown, a At the yearly dividend at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum was i h v e i ; e l exrirdm ti d s e e e s la b r u e d d. bee lle £2 ( 7 li 7 r: 2 c o to l is i ( e )f ay the ecclarett . The directors of the Cannock Mineral recommend a (..',iraailend at the rate of 3;- per cent. meeting tile report was adopted and d d Grand . Trunk Company state in their report,,that that t.3 ti t the earnings of the half-year amounted to 4 '434,345; lug a balance of £157,136. THE WATER SUPPLY IN PARIS. The constantly increasing size, of Paris, the augmentati on in the extent of its gardens and plant a ti ons, and the great : superficies of street, road, end boulevard it is now deemed necessary to water in dry weather, obviously implies an increased consumption of water, for which it is urgent that the municipal authorities should provide. The subject is one upoa which a good deal has of late been written in the• newspapets and in pamphlets, and its importance is all the more pressinii because it appears that for a long time past fai fr. ''. 2 ast' r iT ri eces • Ft natisfyletroth - ealth * unit''_ : eleanliriest, anal :far less: * Thet • • ettjaYed: m ea t' baits European capitals. A. , recent writer ort ; ' , ;the subject eltleulates teat the total - supply dater Paris is hardly 90 litres' (a t:o pant) `per inhabitant, daily ; that is to say, six tames less than to the inhabitant of Marseilles, seven flings lees than to the inhabitant of New York„l2,times less than 'the' timedßo ne,,.Old,.Paris was, built at the bottom eta Chality basin;uP the sides of which it has beCia constantly climbing.. Withinita new oarri'er, - the fortifiCations sire.7,Boo.lae4tares of ground, or. more than-16,000• ecres..According.to.thalast census, ite.: inhabitants are 1,600,000. Converging towards it, and sniping' , areUnti: combineto supply its enormous consurupgtiii:of all imagii• able,thingS. :I:lle.Scioe, Wit ,a slender stream forso,great a city, flows lazily through its heart, and a ft erwar d s meander's, in many bends and :folds, through its pleasant environs; ' as if relitetant,to leave the greatest ornament of her banks. The annual consumption of Paris is of course prodigious ; everything et‘eotinds in this centre of gaiety 'and plea sure.. Fib thirty leagues around the'-"coltniri Contributes to .the, supply of its, wants ; from, the „south, ~the rail-c 2 o ,o n cl e d t o h o in e g 4 is ic w m at e e t r ire ways , bring fruit and much of the finest k oultry; from the various 'seaports' immense supplies' offish: canal and river „boats , bring wine,' wood, iron;: And . other, heavy mqchandise i s stone for building is plentitul • in' the quarries . of Paris itself. There is lack but of one thing— tfie most preeitMae the most 'infliaPensable of all'—'and that Sums i c h e e rt i n eyi ly: tioolBa t f can afford but a small ioriion of wh t. isneeded . Besides s of water daily'to ati that ,a very costly machinery would •be necessary t r • the city; it has been proved.laY;mentof - selence.that lif Such . a quantity' of water was taken . from tit the,chrrent .would no longer have suffi c i ent strength. to caltaroff the drainagefram the sewers. 'All that is taken, therefore; iii 4 abOut 40;000 cubic metres; which is used filtered a(a veryi expert eiva,proceas) for drinking, and in the s houses. , . The Canal de POureq affords 108,000 metres for other purposes. It Was hoped at one time that tho Akesean wells would be great resource, but thei r yield uncertainan a intermittent,de and they reckon for little., :The well, at ,Pa as y is barely sufficient to supply the Eois de Boulogne. Of course, a large qUantity of water is' reqUiied.' to SiaiSh rout the contents 'of the sewers into.the Spine, just as it:is necessary to leave the,river a sufficient water ; power to c a r r y th e d ra i nage away. In shcrt, the water boirowed fl'om that river and the? - 'Ourcq canabforms the sole supply Of the capital. The chaftrY character of the soil'of the basin in which Paris standaren tiers the springs that rise there unwholesome for drinking. purposes, and hence the necessity of incurring the expellee of filtering the Seine water, which, even when it has under ' gone that process, is by no means of first-rate quality. After a great deal of labour on the part of the Prefect of the Seine Department, after many, commissions have sat and many report's been made, it has been deeided to substitute for the • water of the SCine that of two streams—the Dhuis and the Surmelin, which is to be made to flow to Paris from a dis tance of 139 kilometres. For further wants there are kept in reserve 60,000 cubic metres from another stream, the Somme •Soude, but that would require w.orka alt.ng anextent of 252 kilometres. There was talk of making a diversion from the Loire by means of a canal 175 kilometres, in length, which would have supplied half a million of cubic metres a day, but this was abandoned, partly on account of difficul ties and expense and partly in consequence of the opposition made by the people dwelling on the banks of that river. Of course every attempt to divert streams for the use of Paris excites discontent somewhere or other. As soon as the works are completed which are required in order to bring the waters of the Dhuis and Surmelin to Paris, the quantity now de rived from the Seine for the use of the houses will be ap.. plied to purposes of general utility and cleanliness. The 148,000 cubic metres of water, which now constitutes the whole supply of Paris, is estimated to be quite 100,000 metres less than this capital ought to have. Only two-fifths of this deficiency is to be supplied by the works now in pro gress ;the great question is—whence is the rest to come 2 It is very costly t o divert streams from a groat distance. One writer on the subject has supposed to get water from the Seine at a moderate distance below Paris. Owing to the twists and turns the river makes in that part of its course, the water might be brought over a short distance from a very considerable one down the stream, which in the interval would have completely diluted the drainage of Paris. This water would not be used for drinking. Paris earnestly demands more water—the more earnestly that it has not yet recovered its usual complexion, or ceased to perspire from the effects of the late intense heat. In its warm weather still—although there was a good deal of rain early yesterday mornithr, and the day was sunless, the thermometer stood at 73 deg. at half-past two. But one feels delightfully cool by contrast with the temperature of 20 and even nearly 30 deg. higher which was endured in the earlier portion of the month. Scorched as it lately was, Paris would gladly have seen the kennels running all day, and the water cart perpetually at work. Instead of that, Paris had to swallow a vast deal of hot dust. Amid the many great things that have been done for b Paris as the present reign, the hydraulic department undeniably been somewhat neglected. Paris has been plenteously supplied with light and air, but it has not enough water. A Paris journal lately stated positively, and doubtless with perfect truth that the scarc it y of monumental fountains deficiency of water. It ' here is due to the reason be insiste d u p on that it is at l east as necessary to have water plentifully distributed through the houses of Paris, and especially to that topmost story in which poor people li ve , as to have g ets ill um i nating all the staircase an d conveyed into a vast number of the apartments. It we probably the scarcity of water that first led to the Parisian practice of waxing flaors and stairs instead of washing them—and the Englishman newly come to Paris is speedily apprised by the uncomfortably small dimensions of his basin and ewer that he is no longer in a land where pro fuse ablution is encouraged by an abundance of the refresh ing element. Messrs. 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