The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-22 00:00:00

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Al.o apprentices without premium.— Apply to SI3IMONDS and Co.. 38. St. Mary-at-hill, East cheap, E.C. Third Officers and Stewards wanted. SEA,—First-class APPRENTICES required ►.7 in an East Indiaman.—Far premium, name of ship. &c.. apply to Messrs. Laing and Co., 27, ColAman-street, Bank. I\U control over or interfere= in the outfitting exercised, EDINBURGH (R'duced Faresl, from Irongate wharf, Tower.--Saloon. 20s ; tore cabin, 15s: deck (soldiers and sailors only), 7a ad; return tickets (available for a month), 30a and 228 ed. The cheapest and quickest sea route by the splendid new sT A.3ISH IPS of the LONDON and EDINBURGH SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing every Wednesday and Saturday, at 10 morning. Apply at the Spread Eagle, Regent-circus ; or at Irongate-wharf. PASSENGERS AND TRAVELLERS PROTECTION AND COMPENSATION OFFICES, 16, Craven-street, Strand, London, W.C. Passengers by Rail, Road, or Water, and other s sufferin g from loss or injury to themselves or pro,erty, should apply for redress and compensation at the above Offices ; established to render prompt assistance to all classes upon the most ad vantageous terms. Advice on application gratis. Letters must be addressed to "The Manager," enclosing a stamp for reply. N ORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Spec ial Acts of ' Par li a ment. Accumulated and Invested F unds ...... £2,1'22,828 Annual Revenue.... 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insuratees erranted both at Home 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 Insured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the OrricEs : .58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Butldinga. Lothbury. West-end Office S. Waterloo-place, Pall-mall LONDON.. T HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Inturanbc buildings. Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £son,o'e. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,000,000. Chairman in Liverpool : CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London : WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 18G2. 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 pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the close o' 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 mbinta.ned. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preceding year, and in fact sur passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, since the commencement of thi- Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being- £15.107 10s. 6d., and of the North American business, whichis kept sepa• rately, £11,007 Hs. 30d. LIFE BRANCH. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on w policies for the year 1862 exceeds even that of the yegr 1861 by £lBO.OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount foe a sinzle 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 has Just been announced as the result of one year's business was all but unheard of. This 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 preTosed for assuran fte mounts to .£ 43,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance C ompanies of the day record their accepted lives annually at a sum non much. if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis ahle 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 Compsny established either in London 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 Insuranca Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, tounded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater muni tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOIINSTO, Secretary in London. N ORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was £84,062, and the amount insured on farming stock, £10,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the pro - Ws periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received sums amounting in the aggregate to £440,000 ; and the Society now holds a large Reserve applicable to a future lionus. The rates of premium are in no case higher than those charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. For prospectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey. street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black• friars, E.C. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, L ombard -street - London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Sir MINTO FARQUHAR. Bart., M.P., Chairman. CHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., John Labouchere, Esq. Henry Bonham Carter, Esq. G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. John Martin, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. James Morris, Esq. James Goodson, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq.. M.P Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. .Tohn G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. Fredk. H. Janson, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. _ - AUDITORS. Lewis Loyd, Esq. 1 Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Co r nelius Paine, jun., Esq. Noel Whiti ng, E sq. Th os. Tallemach, Esq., Secretary Sarni Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISTONS OP AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT , this Company now offers to new I n - Furers EIGIITT PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low 'late of Premium without participation of Profits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in cash value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existinz Bonuses thereon, amounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Liie liranch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, independent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No Extra Premium is required for service therein. 1 -- O ANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their v „ 'ueg, if such value be not less than £5O. _ A S SIGNMENTS OF POLICIES. — Writt en Notices of, re uelved and registered. I‘, 11'charge 'DICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no 0, oliey Stamps. FIRF -" ever y ' EPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effecte d u p on description of property at moderate rates. L o sses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this _ PanY. A.D. 17 20 - ][I,°YAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE FOR ASSURANCE (Establi s h eci by Charter of his Majesty George SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNurr th l e E F S. irst) Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. CTAYIITS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GtonOcE PEARAES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir Joux HENRY "JELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. Bainbridgeo:hnkrYGeuarrrraltt a,EttsitE.. Tr t7EB D:LECTOIIB. WiiMOt Holland, Esq. -.Robert Ba rc l ay , a ---.. Earl of Leven and Melville. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. William Davidson e 9 1 ° 8 sq. Henry Nelson, Esq. i,rhonias Dent, n, Esq. The Hon. Joaceline W. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. RA ilvelierti „ E s (I ,_ Pedk el ; -"mo o, Suel Leo Schuster, Esq. acre nn Esc' E ric Carrington Smith, Esq. i obt. A eW. Orentell E'" Bohan, Esq. Wm.' , nla deoa Beath 'I , sq' William J., etlow Ribb er p, - -sq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. FlR;nd LIII°Fd;;s 4''sq... .8. Stew art ree, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. William Wallace, Esq. '`u - edical RZi e ' 4 "1. ' Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Corporation on ad ASSITRANCES may be effected with this In the Lite 121,,V_ITtageous t,„. ticipation in pr;3 l l‘ l " , toent, a s u i." -- participation. ts, or at 7 ances are gran t e d with par , l o wer Premiums, without such The Reversionary 1 3 , "Ear qu ly iv 2 a P le c i r at rie r r ekigi r on in h nni on the sum assured. us on British Policies has averaged pay-able by' personsprwontptaierrbeedetnhalntioerminoftßhoenPiii;.emiuma The divisions of Any sum not exceeding a : I:hlace eAsesvue:_ri Life. 41 5,000 - ve years. in Pprollts—witii exemption froin may be insured on one nig Corporation affords t Liberal particip ation the liabilities of partnershi A rate of Bonus equal to the . societies—with the guarantee o a f ‘ a er iZ g e rceituu,7Bgteodf Capital stock. d w b i y th t i l u ie e t .: - .- e The advantages of modern praette,,,_ iatith the security °Assured to serve of an Office whose resources have been perience of nearly L CENTURY AND A. vu'aerZyti: The Corp oration have always allowed the in the Mi litia, Ye f o r m ee an ut ry c . harg or eV. olunteer United Kingdom, ROYAL ExciI O AN B GE T: P. oincRSTEELS, Secretary. at Stratier n-----.D.,0:a1f of the TERCENTENAR v CELEBRATION ro mml te (of which Str d lto e - rt " FoiLthemßelßTeTrllcenotef uSaIi.?_I.CLo..PEAt9, ir c ir is Chairman) are now recbeiv 0. Hamilton. Bart, •-• d they may also be paid to Warwickth- C o m m an it d tee Le a a t in th in e g S t t o o l m ra i nkdge : a „„,. -1 Z SUBSCRIPTIONS, It 3rot ot the Tercentena a ry n N, Ridderminster or rs Greenway, Smith. and GrZ t ,,, l° _rd-upon-Avon ; Sinitr„a7, Warwick ; Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. orletsliseir. London agents, lUessrs. til 'LaYtte and CO Mess rs - TYll4:::iMbin submitting' the subscrip tion H a e t retnteo.ory Committee, .an n k vo ers, London. ti appeal to the admirers of sh ak ° the nation, most earnes Y The Committee the birthpiet rest the i r spea re for their aid and assis tan ce . , tt action to but the centre of a . r all admirers e - —ks works and that it was his - n - f upon the ground that Stratford is not only home +.l. ef the great Poet's wor , ' the t Glril he I;ved, and iitere he lived and died, RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TILE GREAT ExHIBITIONS OF IRSI AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to rye the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of H. ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, , s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease Ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn , luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being .ent to the manufacturer, Mr. WRITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 20s. 6d., and 31s. ed. Postage, ls. 1. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. Au Umbilical Truss, 425. and 628. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, fiocadilly. NEW PATENT LAST IC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, ix., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are oorous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on ean ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., les., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228. Piccadilly. No. 22,200. F r " E 0 X F 0 It I) , 5, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, «LI tie performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry li. l'ishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes —Miss Russell. Miss Ell'son, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean dro. Comic, by CNSAVORTH ("or any other man"), Eugene, W. Randall, E. Righton, and A. Lloyd. Als , , a Performance by Herr SCHALTIENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHE6TItE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. '1 he HALL his 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, Is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. NOTICE. —The GHOST! GHOST !! GHOST!!! AT CANTERBURY HALL. Two representations of Professor pper's startling Illusion will be given on Mondays. Wednesdays, and Saturdays, et Nine and a quarter. past Eleven o'clock ; other Evenings at Eleven only; and produced with all the newebt improve ments by Mr. A. Silvester, which can be seen only at this establishment. Dramatic Readinzs by Mr. Graham, in addition to Grand Operatic Selectiona. Cantatas, (Ile' s, Some, Comic and Sentimental, and UNSWORTH, the Stump Orator. Open tsery Evening at half past Seven. Admission, Sixpence. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mariannina and Signor Guisepne Fran cesco, assis! ed by a corns of Twenty young Ladies—The Conrads as the Original French Clowns and on the Corde Elastique—Les Petit Monstres- Brian and Conly in an amusing and novel Burlesque -Mrs. Brian as Old Aunt Sally, &c.—Wood and his Wonderful Son—Grand Operatic Selections :—Principals, Miss M`Gregor. Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini (the new Italian tenor), and Mr. Vernon Rigby— Band and Chorus of Sixty Performers. THE FIRST WEEK of the ALHAAIBRA GHOST, a highly comical and amuslngr.presentation of the popular opt:cal illusion.—EVEltY EVENING, at Eleven o'clock. ESTABLISHED 1831 1101VDEN'S AERATED GINGER BEER, in _KIP glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, :•otass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manutactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. TEA.-11100RE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to is. 2d. ; Souchonz ' reduced to is. Fd. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; a nd the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS. 33, London-bridge, City, E.C. THE LAUNDRESSES to her late tthiestv Queen Adelaide say, that " BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN S PARCH needs but to be tried to be approved " Sole Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by:Bow, London, E. CARD PLATES ENGRAVED. Any Pattern 2s. 50 REST CARDS, Printd from Plate PEAL NIOROCCO CARD CASES 1,000 BUSINESS ENVELOPES, gummed 3B. NEWSPAPER ENVELOPE, , ,z, 4 doz 6d. F. ARNOLD, Manufacturing Stationer, 86, Fleet-street, E.C. ‘ZPECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, ineludincr Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary re,ief to weak, di.n, and defective vision.—S. and B SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. 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 an ma life. but is un rivalled in destroying Fleas. Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, sloths in furs, and every other species of Insect. Spoi temen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy ing Fleas in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. Being the original importer of this now invaluable article, which has found so great a sale that it has tempted other, to vend a so-called article, the public are therefore cautioned to observe tha; the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the autogragh of THOMAS BEATING Sold in packets. ls., 2s. 6d., and 4s. M. each, or post free for 14 or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. Paul's-churcbyarJ, London, E.C. CONTRACT FOR PROVISIONS. Royal Hospital, Chelsea, ' 14th Aug., 1861. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE the LORDS and OTHERS, COMMISsIONERS of this HOS PITAL, do hereby give NOTICE, That they are ready to receive TENDERS from and to treat with Bitch persons as may be willing to Contract for victualling* the in-pensioners of the said Hospital, from the Ist October, 1863, to the 30th September, 1861, both days inclusive, with the following articles of provisions, &e., viz. :—Beef and Mutton, Bread, Cheese. Butter. Potatoes, Salt, Oatmeal, Barley or Rice, Pepper, Flour, Suet, Cocoa, Black Tea, Sugar, Milk, Onions or Leeks, Carrots, Celery, Thyme, Marjoram, Winter Savory and Parsley, daily, at per head per diem for the whole ration according to the established allowances of the house, as specified in the form of Tender, which may be obtained at the office of the Secretary any day between the hours of 10 and 3 o'clock, which Tender must be filled up and delivered, sealed, at the Board-room of the said Hospital by the party er narties tendering, or by an agent appointed on his or their behalt. on Tuesday, the Ist of September, at 12 o'clock at which time their Lordships will be prepared to take the same ha 1 o consideration. It is to be observed that the Contractors be required to find Security to the crown for the due performan e of the Contract, and that no Tender will be received after the day and hour above mentioned. The Commissioners do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest Tender. A. J. MOORHEAD, Secretary and Registrar. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail• way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President —The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, E.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 eove rnors ' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickne ss and disease, ad is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate sunpoe, it may be rendered the capa casual sick this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow -creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out - patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to r daily present themselves. dmit and relieve th e di stressing cases that Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Esq.' Nicholas - lane; also by M essrs. Coutts and Co.DrummondßansomCo.; and Co.l‘i ('rrin' Prescott, Grote, anct Co. ; Smith, P ayne, and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co.; IV dlianis, Deacon, and Co.: O veren d . Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and and at the Hospital STANFORD S. SMITH. Secretary. IQ, OIAL NATIONAL LIF E-130 AT kV.) INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PArnOxEss—Tier Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. £RESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CrimnmAN—Thos. Flaring, Esq., M.P., P. 8.5., V.P. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., Fats., P.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since the beginning of the year 1860, the Roya, National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number ot lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, end other means, since its formation, is 12,800; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £87,000 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-ears ages, and Boat-horses. The Committee desire to express their grateful SEIM 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 or 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, ot the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the mauatv,ement of their boats, which can only be effected by a large and permanent al income, they ato earnestly them tn appea to upholding l on al l countrymenannu Ipeelrpaseateusaotfintg so heir great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions:— s fTer Majesty the Queen .. • • .£ . annual 50 0 . d Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. annual 5 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, B.A. • • • • • • .. annual 1 1 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs. , Bankers annual 10 0 0 Currie, Wm., Esq., • • • • • • • - 4th don.lo 0 0 Erie, Lord Chief Justice • • • • • . don. 10 10 0 Panshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., R.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Fenwick, G. j., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran __ aMoorert, 7th don. 10 0 0 .. don. 15 15 0 Stirling, _sportiijz Carriage • • • • • • • . 250 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. • • .. don. 3 1 3 Sir Willoughby Henry, G.i Bart :. -mini, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. 30 0 Than, Col. Sir Anthony. K.C.B. .. annual 2 0 0 Ladyship -• 8 , Lady, 'Weston-super-Mare , jloahmile.so'srs-eesttr,ee4t• • collectedby he r • • • • • • 16 16 0 d'Eresby, Lord .. • • • • annual 50 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re eied p ereiva rY the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, and Co 59 Strand ; 51 s rs Berries, Parouhar. and Co., 16, St. London ; y a and Bankers i Richard L - n the United King:dem., " 48 * } Csol , at the Office of the Institution, 11, • and by the Secretary jj; um:::::::,v1-1-otthl.:ecto,•11:ecletsosrrss.oCfouctutsstoamsnd THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1863. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Aug. 21.—We have had a rather excited market, with a go d business and higher prices both for cloth and yarn. The excitement is, to a great extent, owing to the rising cotton market arid the increasing difficulty there is in buying goods, owing to the constant efforts of spinners and manufacturers to force up prices so as to cover the increased cost of c Aton. There has been a good deal of business to-day in yarns, and the advance in prices since Tuesday is fully Ad. per lb. In some cases (but these are exceptional, and where yarn is of peculiar and first-rate makes) we hear of Id. advance during the week. The de mand has been for India, China, the Mediterranean, and home trade. Some business has also been done by the Ger mans, bat, as usual, they have exhibited a good deal of cau tion or timidity, and their purchases have been compara tively small. On the other hand, the home trade have been rather free buyers. In cloth a very large business has been done since Tuesday, though the market has not been quite so active to-day, The business has evidently been, too, for actual shipment, not for speculation. The better accounts from India on Monday and again yesterday (bringing tele graphic dates to July 29 and 30) have evidently given a further impetus to the market, and the prices of 30in. shirt ings have advanced 3d. per piece on the average. For 45in., 50in., and wider cloths the advance has been Gd. per piece. Of cloths of this description of first-rate makes, and scarce, a much larger advadce has been given, but these cases are very exceptional, and ought to have very little influence in estimating the state of the market. One good feature of the market this week has been that the business has not been confined to the few houses, but has been more general than for some time past. The home-trade houses are buy ing, though not extensively, but the t rade is sound and healthy, and more hopeful than it has been. There has been more or less demand for all markets, and the Greeks who ship to Egypt are buying more freely, a result pro bably of the more plentiful supply of money to that part of the world, through the increased quantity sent:thence, and its greatly increased price. The influx of wealth to some other countries through the stoppage of the American cotton supply is also gradually producing a similar result in extending the market for our manufactures. A much larger business, it is said, could be done in yarns if stocks could be found to supply the demand. The market closes with a cheerful feeling, though no one looks upon the pre. sent active demand as likely to continue for more than a very short time. _ _ NOTTINGHAM, Aug. 21.—There was a rather better at tendance of merchants and manufacturers at this Exchange hall to-day, and the demand for lace yarns was improved, prices being the turn in favour of the seller. There is more doing in hosiery yarns, and late rates are being fully made. In silks there is no material alteration. All descriptions of brown nets are a very dull sale, and the tendency in prices is to give way. The Prince of Wales's Turkish Room, Marl borough House. (From the Building _News.) One of the rooms on the first floor of Marlborough House has recently been converted into a very good representation of a Turkish mandar'ah or reception. room. It is hung about with the many valuable and interesting articles which his royal highness brought home as souvenirs of his recent tour, and with the mat and other objects given to him by his New Zealand visitors. As pipes of every kind—from that which is fitted with the jewelled amber mouth-piece, a gift from the Sultan, to the common " garmasak" of the Egyptian peasant—are ranged about the room, it has been called a " smoking-room ;" some people, better acquainted, perhaps, with the Strand than the seraglio, have been calling it the "divan." :It should be remembered that there is no room specially used for smoking in a Turkish house. The women smoke in the harem, the men in their ordinary sitting-room, whether it be the enclosed mandar'ah or the open leewan. The door-keeper smokes on the mastabah, just inside the bab-el-hosh or door which separates the courtyard from the street ; the cook smokes in his or her kitchen, and the seis in the stable or at the stable door. The term divan is as incorrect as the smoking-room, because the " deewan" in not a room at all but the mattress and cushions placed against the sides of the room for people to sit upon. It would be wrong, then, to suppose that the prince has become addicted to the Eastern method of inhaling the fragrant weed. Neither nargheel, sheesheh, nor chibc,uque in the room is stained by actual contact with timbale or dukhhan. There is no gold leaf tobacco in the gold embroidered bags, and we have no doubt about the prince having the good taste to prefer a "choice Havanah cigar" to the finest Gebelee, Sooree, or Abourikee which was ever shown or sold in the Bazaar of Ladikice. The apartment at Marlborough House is only a represen tation of an ordinary Turkish reception-room, and the Eastern articles collected by the prince are placed in it. Not withstanding several shortcomings, the fittings of the room have been very successfully designed. On entering the room we find ourselves on a regularly arranged durkalah or lower floor,whereon, in Eastern houses, the shoes of the guests are left. This is floored with oil-cloth,instead of encaustic tiles ; the faekeeyeh (fountain) is of white marble,inlaid with gild ing, and on the right of the visitors, facing the deewan, is a tastefully designed suffeh or shelf backed with looking glass. There is an arch over and under it—the upper one being decorated with the well-known complex Eastern bracketing. On the shelf are laid out a calumdawn, or ink and pen case, perfume vessels, and the elegant jug and basin, the tisht and ibreek, used for washing the hands before meals. The floor of the auffeh is paved with tiles, and their beauty exhibits strikingly the shabby imitation of them on the floor of the durka'ah. At the side of the shelf there is a cupboard, fronted with carved woodwork and lined with Turkey red-cloth. The woodwork is very well carved, but it is hardly Eastern enough to be satisfac tory. It reminds us too strongly of English pianoforte makers' work. Instead of being pierced in the work, it is cut out and stuck upon it. The lining or this cupboard would likewise have pleased us better if the Turkey red had been here dispensed with, and the quiet green of dull red and white ornaments, seen in Eastern houses, had been adopted instead. It would have looked more Turkish, and, at the same time, formed a better back-ground to the articles in the cupboard. These articles are too numerous to specify ; but conspicuous among them are amber mouth • pieces, embroidered tobacco • bags, a coat of chain armour and a helmet, daggers, swords, &c., all artis tically arranged. Facing the visitor as he enters the room, is a window, with lattice work adm:rably and truthfully cut, which looks out into the gardens. The lattice work is the favourite reel pattern, but it is executed with rare fidelity and skill. There is a cushion on the window-seat, and some embroidered work executed by the Christians at Beyrout has been sewn upon it. The linings of the window are not equal to the lattice shutter, being painted in imitation of i n l a id wood work. So again the walls of the room are painted with Siena marble, and we miss the arable texts which nearly always adorn Eastern rooms. A few inscriptions are cer tainly hung about the room, but in Eastern houses they for m strings and friezes, and tire made the prircipal ornament of the walls. On the walls of the room hangs one of the most interesting articles in it. It is a fragment of real old Egyptian hieroglyphic in an admirable state of preservation and of rare beauty. The ceiling of the durka'ah is, as usual, of a different pattern to that over the leewan or raised portion. While the former is formed into patterns by interlaced lines, arranged in the form of a star and filled in with blue and red colour, the latter is coiled with beams with long and narrow retangular panels between them. Two large lanterns with an ostrich's egg attached to the bottom of each hang from the central beam. Three or four steps led from the durka'ah to the Newell, the floor of which is carpeted with Turkey-red cloth, and on it is laid a genuine Turkey carpet. The leewan or raised portion of the room is separated from the lower part by dwarf pierced wood partitions beautifully designed, and each of different pattern to the others. Two leathern water kboinettdldeeosef embroidery, va w 7 lt i h . hooks for fastening them to the camel's saddle, hang an this p art iti on . A ra i se d f ramewor k a bout 18in. high, call e d a takt, is put round the three sides of t h e leo wthan, and on it th e mattresses an d cus hi ons are p u t to form These w c h n i s e h h io w n e s n a e r t e iee c d ov e e n re t d h w at it i h n the the same win dow -seat. A round tray upon a low stool, inlaid with mother -of- Pearl, &a, which, if not a real Eastern sufrah, is indeed ben trovato, forms the only table in front of the dee wan. A splendid " water bubble" stands upon it. A range of shallow cupboards are fitted over the mantel-piece, where we find a magnificent coffee service, the finjans or caps being, of course, no bigger than our eggcups, and the zeds or holders most elaborately worked in filagree. Here, also, we see the different specimens of Eastern dress—waist-scarfs, abbas, keffiehs ; and in the centre, over the deewau, there is another group of Eastern weapons—laggers and swords of rare temper, armour, and helmets. On either side of this group there is a stained glass window, and a similar one over the cushions at the side of the room. The openings are cusped and filled with blue and red glass. They spoil the effect of the whole room by the quantity of light which they admit. It is not the colour of the glass which. we ob ject to ; that is correct enough. But if an Eastern builder had fashioned them they would have looked very diffe rent, and the effect would have been as charming as it is now unpleasant. The coloured glass in a real kamareeveh is in small pieces, and is separated by bands of plaster, arranged in patterns sometimes of the most elaborate and tasteful design. There would Lave been no difficulty i n making such work here. It could have been easily made with plaster of Paris, Keene's or Martin's cement. The h e g m e s l e e l e v ei in , the et room materially present effecton e y f uglyev everything in t n t —destroying that air of calm repose and perfect tranquil lity which pervades all Eastern apartments, and which con tribute so much to the " kef" of their occupants. We take the liberty of suggesting this alteration, and also the sub stitution of resl tiles for the bb Abbyail-cloth on the floor below, to whomsoever has the control of the work. When se much pains has been taken and so much expense has been incurred to make a fitting receptacle for the spoils of peacefu' travel, we notice with regret defects which can be so easily remedied. in width and s § Aan in thickness; and the second 15ft Tin in length by 3ft 4in in width and Olin in thick ness. The main conditions of the contract between Messrs. Petin and Gaudet and our Admiralty are — that the 41-inch plates shall withstand three shots planted as nearly as possible in the samo place with out penetration being effected, and that the 51 -inch plates shall resist four shots in the same manner. The 51 -inch plate received in all 10 shots fairly dis tributed over its surface. Only in three instances were the shots overlapping, or " planted as nearly as possible in the same place," but in all three in stances was the plate broken through, and penetra tion effected by two shots, instead of five, as per contract. Nos. 2 and 4 shots just impinged upon each other's circumference, with No. 3 in close proximity, all at the right hand end of the plate, but with no other shot near, and Nos, 2 and 4 were connected by a wide deep crack extending upwards of 15 inches. Petin and Gaudet's 41-inch plate re ceived only six shots, which, however, sufficiently decided its character. The first shot . on the lower left edge exhibited a crack seven inches in length in the indent. No. 2on the right lower edge, upon a bolt, opened the layer of metal and cracked two layers across. No. 3 shot, to the left of No. 2, opened wide fissures in the plate end drove the broken metal into the ship's side, with a large crack to the right. No. 5, in the centre of the plate, above and clear of 2 and 3, drove the plate into the ship's side four inches, with deep fissures in the metal. The last shot did no particular damage in the circum ference of its own impact, but opened up a deep crack across a previous shot-mark 13 inches in length. Penetration, it will be seen, was effected in this plate with single shots. The Odin, 16 gun paddle frigate, Commodore Lord John Hay, C. 8., arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from India and the Cape of Good Hope, and last from Teneriffe. She brought home a num ber of invalids and supernumeraries from India and the Cape, who were transferred to the Victory flag ship yesterday by the Pigmy steam tender. The Odia was commissioned at Portsmouth by Lord J. Hay on Sept. 20, 1859. The Lucifer paddle steamer, Mr. G. Allen, master in command (temporary), arrived at Portsmouth early yesterday morning from Cherbourg, which port she left the previous day, at 2 p.'., having conveyed Vice-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, G.C.8., naval Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth and in the, Channel Islands, to Cherbourg from Jersey. The Fire Queen steam tender was expected to arrive at Cherbourg yesterday to receive Sir Michael on board and convey him to Portsmouth. Sir Michael had been engaged in his annual inspection of the Channel Islands, and we regret to learn bad been compelled to leave his son suffering under a sudden attack of illness at Jersey. In Cherbourg Roads were lying when the Lucifer left two screw line-of battle ships, four iron-clads—one a two decker, car rying 90 or 100 guns, with very close parts, and with an enormous beak projecting in front, and a paddle steamer. The following appointments and promotions have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Thomas W. Simeon, to the Rattlesnake ; Powell C. Underwood has been nominated to a naval cadetship ; John G. Sheerman, in the Ringdove, promoted to acting chief engineer ; and John B. Gibson, in the Nile, promoted to acting first-class assistant-engineer. The squadron of the 18th Hussars, whose desti nation is Northampton, is to remain at Aldershot probably till the first week of October, under com mand of Capt. Peyton. IRON SHIPS AND IRON PLATING. The following extract from the .21fechanie's Maga zine of Saturday, June 5 ; 1824, shows how corn pletely the ideas of what are considered modern discoveries was anticipated by scientific writers 40 years ago. It woald seem as if 40 years represented the necessary time between the conception and the execution of an idea : " Since the discovery by Mr. Perkins of so vast a destructive power as his steam artillery, it becomes of more importance than ever that nations should learn to make their ships as shot and shell proof as possible. On this subject there is, in Ferusae's Bulletin des Sciences Technologiques, a memorial by M. de Montgery, a captain in the French navy, which is well worth attention, and from which chiefly we shall extract the materials of the present notice. " The author's object is to recommend the uni versal adoption of iron instead of wood in the struc ture of ships. A multiplicity of objects formerly composed of wood are now formed of iron—bridges, arches, aqueducts, public highways, and other objects not so colossal, but very important in their application to maritime affairs, such as wrought iron tanks and hollow cylinders for masts and yards, and chains in lieu of hempen cables and cordage. But why up to this time have there been so few vessels constructed entirely of ircn ? Will not man kind at some future period wonder how enlightened nations could have thought of building objects so stupendous and so expensive with so fragile and perishable a substance as wood, while they possessed a material to substitute for it so solid and durable as iron ? The ordinary term of duration of wooden ships is 20 years, and during that period they must be hove down and thoroughly repaired three or four times. To the duration of an iron ship, on the contrary, it would be difficult to assign any period. Vessels of this description have no need of caulking, or copper bottoming. Little sub ject to leaks, there is less fear of their running ashore; and still less are they subject to the casualty of fire. The first cost of them might be greater (that we doubt), but from their far greater durability, and standing so little in need of repairs, the saving in the end would be immense. It de serves further to be considered that large timber is becoming every day more and more scarce, while from the increased dimensions of new ships more wood is required in ship building; of iron, on the contrary. the stores are inexhaustible. It may be said that the adoption of iron would serve to uncraft or disqualify a numerous body of men (the ship wrights), and throw them for a time out of employ ment. A temporary inconvenience to a few ought not, however, to be opposed to a great general good, considering, moreover, how much the country at large would gain by the increased activity which this new demand for iron would give to our mines, commerce, and agriculture. eM. Montgery contends that while we have vessels of war constructed of wood they should at least be plated_ with iron, and it will be seen from the Passage that he had distin c tly antici pated suchapplication of projectile f orce as th a t following discovered by Mr. Perkins :- 66 I For more than 350 years it has been in agita tion to throw shells from mortars harizontally, in stead of elevating them according to the genera l practice. The adoption of howitzers iu the fie ld of battle, independently of a great number of s pecial experiments, has at length proved beyond doubt the importance of this mode of firing, which it has also been proposed to adopt on board ships and on marine batteries.' " Long before any ono had thought of substitut ing metal for wood in the construction of large vessels, plates of iron or brass had been used for covering ships of war and battering rams. The celebrated galley b uilt by Archytes and Arabi_ modes for Hiero, tyr ant of Syracuso, wan cased i n this way. Philo , of Byzantium, afterwards p ee _ posed using battering machines made entirely of metal ; but Father IVlersenne appears to ha ve b een the first who thought of adopting them for ships. they should h a ve a c,Montgery may s that to rend er the sides —that is, a ser i es o f o p f l a a t c ng s s o e f l i s ! h o o n t a a b n o d u s t h 6 e proof sheets of iron, with blocks of cast iron between. lie conceives that the block would only be neces sary in the parts exposed to the tire of the enemy, ce'tlen for them to and that there would 13e no ee! \ verde the keel , )f. the vest,,el," Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The cfficial trial of the paddlewheel steamer Sala mis, recently constructed at Chatham, which it is said will be the yacht of the Prince of Wales, took place yesterday at the measured mite off the Maplin Sands, under the superintendence of Captain J. K. Hall, commanding her Majesty's ship Cumberland, 74, and the steam reserve squadron at Chatham and Sheerness. The Salamis is a remarkably handsome vessel, her extreme length being 228 ft. Bin., and her breadth 28ft. 2in. Her burden is 834 tone. She is sister ship to the Pysche and Enchantress, but in appearance differs somewhat from both, from the circumstance of her stem being built without a knee, which gives it a square and " tumble•home" appearance. At present she is only rigged to carry two masts, but it is the intention of the Admiralty to fit her with three masts, like the steam yacht Enchantress. Her engines were manufactured by Messrs. B,avenhill, Salkeld, and Co., end their per formance yesterday fully j‘istified the estabashed reputation of that eminent firm. The diameter of the cylinders is 61 inches, and the length of the stroke 4 feet 6in. There are 12 furnaces and four boilers, and the latter are fitted with superheaters. The paddlewheels are 21 feet in diameter, and are fitted with Morgan's patent feathering floats, which add materially to the speed of the ship. The floats were immersed 6 feet. The coal bunkers are close to the furnaces, and there is space on board for 180 tons of coals. With her cables, coals, and anchors, &c., on board, yesterday, the Salamis drew 9 feet 10 inches aft, and 9 feet 2 inches forward. The officials belonging to the dockyard on board to watch the trials on the part of the Admiralty were Mr. Baker, chief engineer at Chatham, Mr. Moore, principal master-shipwright, and Mr. Rumble, inspector of machinery afloat. Mr. Blakey, Queen's pilot, navigated the vessel to the trial ground. The Salamis left her berth at Chatham dockyard at 9.50 a.m. and by 10.40 was abreast at Garrison Point. The engines were then stopped to take on board Capt. Hall and the other officials, when the vessel's head was laid for the east to place her on the trial ground, which was reached at 11.15. The wind at this time was blowing from the westward with a force of three, and there•was a moderate sea on. Six runs were taken at full boiler power, with the following results ;—lr. the first run the time was 4m. 345., the speed in knots 12.139, the pressure of steam 261 b., and the number of re volutions of engines 38; in the second run the time was 3m. 365., the speed in knots _16.667, the pres- sure of steam 261 b., and the number of revolutions of engines 39; in the third run the time was 4m. 365., the speed in knots 13 . 043, the pressure of steam 261 b., and the number of revolutions 381; in the fourth run the time was 3at. 355., the speed in knots 16744, the pressure of steam 261 b, and the number of revolutions of engines 371 ; in the fifth run the speed was 4m. 385., the speed in knots 12 . 95, the pressure of steam 261 b., and the number of revolutions of engines 38 ; in the last run the time was 3m. 405., the speed in knots 16.364, the pressure of steam, 261 b., and the number of revolu tions of engines 37. The average speed of the six runs was 14.843 knots, equal to 171, statute miles per hour. The result is in the highest degree satis factory, the Salamis having thus proved herself—as her designers and builders always predicated she would be—the fastest vessel of her class afloat. Her sister ship, the Psyche, realised only a mean speed of 14.521 knots per hour on the occasion of her offi cial trial, the Salamis thus beating her by a quarter of a knot per hour. The Salamis afterwards took a run towards the Girdlers to ease the steam down and enable two of the boilers to be cut off, after whicti she was again placed on the mile, and made four runs at half boiler power, with the following results :—ln the first run the time was sm. 125., sec., the speed in knots 11.538, the:numberr of revo lutions 38, the pressure of steam 26 ; in the secon d run the time was 4 min. 22 sec., the speed in knots 13.74, the number of revolutions 30, and the pres sure of steam 261 b.; in the third run the time was 5 min. 9 sec., the speed in knots 11.65, the number of revolutions 301, and the pressure of steam 26 ; in the fourth run the time was 4 min. 23 sec., the speed in knots 13.688, the number of revolutions 30, b,nd the pressure of steam 26. The mean ave rage speed of the four runs was 12.648 knots. From these data the Salamis may be pronounced a 13• knot vessel at sea, all circumstances taken into considera tion, which makes her one of the fastest of the pad dlewheel steamers belonging to the navy. At the close of the official runs some experiments were made in making the circle. At fall speed the complete circle was made in 5 min. 10 sec., the rudder being brought over to an angle of 35 deg. by three men with 31 turns of the wheel. At half-speed the com plete circle was made in 5 min. 29 sec. With the helm hard a port, the half circle was made in 2 min. 39 sec., and with the helm hard a starboard the half circle was accomplished in 2 min. 23 sec., the rudder in each case being over at an angle of 30 deg., and the diameter of the circle being about three times the vessel's length. At half speed, with the helm a port, the half circle was made in 2 min, 40 sees., and with the helm at starboard in 2 min. 53 secs., with three men at the wheel, the rudder, which was atan angle of 301 deg., being brought over in three turns. The engines from full speed were stopped dead in 13 secs. from the word being given from the bridge, and when going astern the engines were stopped in 3 sees., and turned ahead in 3 secs. From full speed ahead the engines were stopped and started astern in 40 secs. The experiments, which were watched by the officials with the keenest interest, were considered very satisfactory, and under more favourable circumstances of wind, (Pc 3,, it is confidently stated that the vessel will make at least another knot per hour. The boilers generated a full supply of steam, and not the slightest appearance of hot bearings was indicated. The engines, which were under the superintendence of Mr. Ravenhill, the head of the firm, worked with the greatest smoothness and regularity, and the diagrams of the expansion cards were exceedingly favourable. During the trials the average tempe rature was 82 deg. in the engine room, 92 deg. in the afterstokehole, and 94 deg. in the forward stoke hole. At the termination of the trials yesterday afternoon the Salamis returned to Chatham harbour to await orders from the Admiralty. The iron screw frigate Tamar, 2,800 tone, 500 horse power, was yesterday removed frcm Chatham harbour, and placed in the steam basin at Sheerness, to be brought forward for immediate commission. A second trial of the armour plates supplied by Messrs. Petin, Gaudet, and Co., of France, to our Board of Admiralty, through Mr. Begbio, of Man - sion-bouse-place, took place at Portsmouth on Wed nesday, and the results then obtained, together with a subsequent inspection of the plates, prove the two tried on Wednesday to be even inferior in their shot -resisting powers to the two previously tried in company with the Millwall plate. On Wednesday Messrs. John Brown and Co. sent a plate 15 ft. Gin. in length by 3ft. inin. In width, and 51in. in thick ness, for trial with the French plates, but not to compete with them. It was built up in a peculiar manner of cold blast and charcoal iron, according to a pla n laid before the firm, but the theory of the plate's construction has long been known to be unsound, and the result was, as had been anticipated, another failure among many. Notwithstanding its failure, how ever, as a merely experimental plate, it has received a higher official classification than either of the French manufactured plates. Messrs. Petin and Gaudet's two plates were of the following diroen siena—The first way I.sft 71a in length by :I ft 41a PR1CE.........1( I. STAMPED ....6( 1. Attempted Murder and Horrible Suicide; at Bethnal-green. Yesterday morning the vicinity of Bethnal-green was again thrown into a painful excitement th - r:ough a most determined attempt at murder and a tei-rible case of self-destruction, which took place at 8, Goodland-terrace, Upper Green-street, Beti-Lnal green (only a short distance from the scene of the late tragedy), where a shocking spectacle preseflted itself. It appears that the deceased, a man named George Williamson, had been in the service of the London Dock Company, and was a member of their rifle corps. He bad latterly given way to habits of in temperance, and lived rather unhappily with his wife, who was an industrious woman. The deceased did not return home on Thursday night ; but at 7 o'clock yesterday morning he entered the house in a state of half-obliviousness, when he found his wife at breakfast. Ho demanded the money she had in her possession and threatened her. She gave him a portion of the cash she had, and he wished for the whole. He then seized her and threw her upon the bed, when he drew a tableknife across her throat, but she, being a powerful woman, forced him back, but, in the act, her hands were severely cut. She escaped from the house, and left the deceased in the room about seven o'clock. There were no other persons in the house, and she proceeded to the resi dence of a relative in the neighbourhood. About half past 10 o'clock she sent a little boy (her brother) te the house to see if the deceased was there, and when the boy went upstairs into the first-floor front room he discovered the deceased (George Williamson) in a sitting position, with his head literally blown to atoms. The boy rushed from the house, in a state of terror, and hastened back, and when he saw the wife he said, " Oh, he has cut his throat !" The wife lost no time in repairing to the house, and the neigh bours, who had been alarmed by a loud report of fire-arms, had collected in front of the building. Police-constable Tarrant,l22 K, was attracted to the spot, and a messenger ran for Dr. Meldola, of Green street, who promptly hastened to the house, where an extraordinary scene was presented to him. He found that the room was covered with blood, and the deceased was leaning against the wall with the back portion and top of his head blown away, the face being still uninjured. The medical gentleman and Mr. J. W. Burrows, the coroner's officer of the district, discovered a rifled gun placed at the height of about five feet across the upright posts of the bed stead. The butt end of the gun was - fixed again s t I the wall and the barrel in two parts was tightly bound round with core. There was a long piece of cord tied to the trigger, and it would seem that the decensed had deliberately placed the right side of his head against the muzzle of the gun, which had been discharged through the head. Thebrain wasscattered in every direction upon the ceiling, walls, and front window. The teeth and lower jaws were also shat- tered, and it is a singular fact that a portion of the charge from the gun had passed through the upper portion of a portrait of her Majesty the Queen which wns hanging on the wall. There is no doubt but what the deceased must have died simultane ously. Mr. Burrows subsequently searched the room and found several percussion caps and a box of blank cartridges belonging to the authorities of the corps he was attached to. The police took charge of the knife which was given up at the station in Bethnal-green-road by the wife, who had the wounds upon ber hands dressed at the London Hospital by Mr. King, the house-surgeon. Last evening Mr. John Humphreys, the coroner for the county of Middlesex, received information respecting the sad occurrence, and an inquest will be held on the body this (Saturday) afternoon. LATEST PARTICULARS. Last night Mr. Burrows the constable proceeded to the house where the shocking affair took place, and made ti more minute search and inspection of the place. It seems that the deceased man had been engaged for some time in making the model of a farm, which was nearly completed, and w as placed on a sideboard in the room. The windows were bespattered with blood, and portions of the bones of the skull were foutd in various parts of the room, which was indifferently furnished. The deceased and his wife had only been in pos session were n q u o s f rr t e h l e l i n h g o u w s h e e a n b t o h u e t y a r e tfortnight,urned home. of N e lr. Burrows took charge of the body and secured the house to await the visit of the coroner and jury. Death through Disappointment in Love. An inquest was held yesterday afternoon at the Seven Stars Inn, Lawley-street, before the borough coroner, Dr. Birt Davies, to inquire into the cause of death of a young man named Edwin William Cowley, 18 years of age, living with his parents at 19, Rowland-street, Lawley-street. The first witness examined was the mother of the deceased, who stated that she was a widow and her son resided with her. He was eighteen years of age last birthday, and by trade a gun•screwer. He had been in and out cf the house all the afternoon of the day (Tuesday) he was taken ill, and about seven o'clock in the evening went out again and did not return until nearly half past nine o'clock. Witness said to him, Wh y, Bill, whatever is the matte r P " adding, " I know you are grieving about that girl ; but never mind, she'll be glad to make it up with you." Deceased replied, " I shall never speak to her again." The witness here explained that on the preceding Monday the deceased went, in company with the girl referred to, who is only 16 years of age, to be married at Handsworth Old Church, but through some mis management they arrived there too late for the cere mony to be performed. They made an appointment to go again the following morning (Tuesday), but through the persuasions of her father, who con sidered her much too young to be s wife, the girl would not go with him upon his c alling for her to accompany him. The result was that the deceased wandered about all day in a melancholy state o f mind until the evening. In answer to a question from the Coroner, 'wit ness said that at first it was suggested that the de ceased might have taken poison, and a search of the room was made, bat nothing was found to lead any one to conclude that he had done so. mr. Had l e y, surgeon, 5, Prospect-row, examined, stated that under the Coroner's precept he had made a careful post mortem examination of the body of deceased, and found great roughness of the brain m embrane and effusion of blood. The lungs were e xtensively diseased ; the right side of the heart was also in the same state, and in witness's opinion the deceased died from a fit of epilepsy, brought on by over -excitement. _ The jury returned a verdict "That the deceased ,lied by the -visitation of God."—Birmingham Paper. FORT WAGNER.—Fort Wagner is an irregular bastioned work, situated on the northern end of Morris Island, 2,500 yards distant from Fort Sumter. It is composed entirely of sand, which, beyond doubt, is the best material to withstand the effect of shell. Its armament is six guns ; but three guns hairs recently been mounted on the sea face to annoy the Monitors. OA the Southern face of the work ell the obstructions that engineering skill can devise have been placed so as to annoy our troops in case of an assault. On the northern side of the work there has been erected a musketry parapet, which not only commands the approach from the northward, but enables its garrison to be sheltered in the evont of our troops gaining an admittance to the interior. It has its ravellins, galleries, and covered ways, and upon the whole is a very formidable work. Tho magazine is situated in the southern centre of the seaward portion of the work, end although exposed to the fire of our iron-clads, it is so well built as to defy the projectiles which have already struck it.-4m6rican paper. For some little time past a system of deception has been carried on in Manchester by persons who, taking advantage of the assisted emigration system instituted for the benefit of distressed operatives, have, by representing themselves as belonging to that class, obtained forged certificates which entitle them to a passage to Queensland on the terms offered by the Queensland Emigration Society. The skip Fiery Star recently left London for Australia, con taining, among a large number of emigrants, several men, their wives, and families, from Manchester, who were found after the vessel had left dock to have falsely styled themselves operatives. Inspector Buckley, of the Manchester Detective Police, was ::ccordingly despatched to Queenstown to meet the vessel ou her passage, and he succeeded in appre hending three men named Peter Tickle, Joe Luck man,rcbetleei chil drenesn tv ;efi and rno,gr,aonfad John longLockmaneteoro, forui wm n mtete with a , noyb himeyae warrant charging them with obtaining forged passage orders. Tickle has n k nd e r ha h i 8. years wifewa- s k e aa e nn pde overseer i three u a a and took with him his wife and tour children ; and Hunter, who had no children, was a warper in a cotton mill. These men had ob tained a passage for themselves and families by stating that they were overlookers, and presenting certificates alleged to have been signed by manu facturers to that effect. Those signatures were, however, forgeries. The following is a copy of one of the certificates : " Certificate of character and occupation for persons aP plying for assisted passages to the Q ueens l an d Emigration.- offices, 17, Gracechurch-street, London. Certificate to be signed by an employer and by a magistrate. if the signa ture of a magistrate cannot be procured the signature of a minister of religion will answer as well. " We cettify that John Lukeman, now residing- at Sal ford, has been employed by us, Fothergill and Harvey, in. he capacity of overleoker, and that we believe him to be competent in his calling, and to be a person of unexceptional character, never to our knowledge having been convicted of " FOTHERGILL AND HARVEY. " ABEL HEYWOOD, crime, " ' July 1, " It will be seen that Luckman gave a wrong name. The signature of " Abel Heywood," th e mayor, was procured after that of Messrs. Father gill and Harvey, yarn agents, had been forged, the mayor, of course, being under the impression that it was genuine. The signature of " Fothergla and Harvey," in Hunter's certificate was also a forged one, and the document was further signed by the mayor, and " W. J. Townsend," a Methodist New Connection Minister. In the certificate held by Tickle the names of Charles Clark and Co., were forged, and the mayor's signature was also ap pended. The three men were brought before tee magis trates at the Manchester Police-court. The prose cution was conducted by Mr. Fletcher, solicitor, and secretary to the Emigrants' Aid Cemmittee, Inspector Buckley said—On Tuesday I appre headed the three prisoners at Queenstown, on board the emigrants' vessel the Fiery Star. I took them under three warrants, charging them on C h r i k m 's tha mill t order several obtainin g f ree p assages b y means o f f orge d orders from diff eren t gen tl emen . Th e pr i soner Tickle s a id th at t h e cert i f i cate I showed him was partly filled u p b y hi msel f , and that he had gone to Mr. la e v e r a w l occasions ould d o if getsigned ed the by signature of th e fi rm. H e also told me that the secretary of the O perat i ve Overlookers' Society had informed e any person, and that he had given this secretary, a person named Campbell, £4 for his trouble in get ting the certificate. Luckman, when I apprehended him, said he was out of a situation, and represented himself as being an overiooker in order to go out with the vessel, The ether prisoner said he did not know he was doing anything wrong, espe cially as Campbell, the Secretary of the Over lookers' Society, had recommended him to get the certificate, as he had given Campbell a good deal of money for getting the certificate. I went to Campbell's house at five this morning for the pur pose of bringing him to the court, but his wife told me he had not been home since Saturday, when the warrants were taken out. Campbell was present in court when they were applied for. Mr. Fletcher, the solicitor, said he was instructed by a number of charitable gentlemen in London, who had given money to the Operative Emigration Society to enable them to purchase assisted passages to Queensland through Mr. Jordan, the agent. The principal object of the prosecution was now obtained by the prisoners being prevented from going. He must, however, apply for a remand till Thursday, is order to communicate with the gentlemen in London as to farther proceedings. The case was accordingly remanded. We have been informed that several men who had possessed themselves of similar certificates have gone out in the Fiery Star. The wives and fami lies of the prisoners have been left in Cork, while the greater portion of their luggage is gone on tg Australis. THE TIME GIIN. The success which has attended the establish• ment of the Edinburgh time gun, which has now been in satisfactory operation above two years, has attracted the attention of various localities, with a view to the introduction of a similar time signal. Newcastle-on-Tyne in particular has been moving in the matter, and arangements have now been made for firing a gun there daily at one o'clock during the approaching meeting of the British Association, simultaneously with the gun at Edinburgh Castle and by means of the same electric discharge. The time is to be taken from the chronometer in the Royal Observatory, Calton-hill, Edinburgh, which is regulated to Greenwich time by dai y observations, and . the current i s t o be conveyed along the wires of the Electric Telegraph Company (other messages bei ng f or a few moments suspended), impelled b y P rofessor V magnetici exploder. Th e apparatus, first he tested of fu ses, was on M onday I c a:i t t e o d n e' by s theign brought into operation by the discharge of the gun, which told the time to the people of Newcastle at the exact moment of the signal being heard in Edinburgh. It is estimated that the deflection for loss of time does not exceed the tenth part of a second, although the distance to which the current has to be sent exceeds 125 miles. The experiments for the introduction of the signal were conducted, at the request of the Tyne commission, by Professor Smyth, Astronomer Royal for SzoLand; Mr. N. J. Holmes, of the Universal Private Telegraph Company; Mr. F. Ritchie, Edinburgh; and Mr. D. Reid, jun., Newcastle. It is intended to fire a. gun also at North Shields by the same electric dis charge during the meeting of the British Associa tion, and the hope has been generally expressed at the practicability of the arrangement being proved, the signal will be permanently established on the Tyne as well as on the Forth. On Tuesday last, on the gun at Newcastle being fired, the Mayor sent a complimentary message to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, which his Lordship received while presiding at a meeting of the Town Council, and which he read to the meeting. The Mayor, in his message, expressed the hope that he should have his Lordship among his guests at the approaching meeting of the British Association. The Lord Provost, in his immediate reply, congratulated toe Mayor on the successful introduction of the signal, returned thanks for the invitation, and expressed the hope that the approaching meeting would be a highly successful one. MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN PARIS.—An event has lately happened in Paris which promises to give mop'e work to the police of that metropolis. M. Franc kaert was, on Wednesday last, mysteriously murdered at his hotel in the Faubourg du Route. He formerly carried on busi ness as a perfumer in the Chanes.6s d'A.ntin, and has retired from his occupation with a fortune said to amount to 2,000,000 f. He was a very eccenti ict person, living ahne, seeing scarcely anybody, and rarely going out save at night. He was found dead at the door of his cellar, his skull having been beaten in with a heavy log of wood. Robbery was evi dently notthe object of the assassination, as noproperty s abstracted from the betel, while the murdered man's pursr, together with two watches, which it appears bo was accus tomed to :carry, were left untouched on his person. Tho police are more secret in their m ovementsin Paris than in London ; but, as far as is known, no clue has as ..et been discovered as to the perpetrator of the crime. ion as Ile thr at ist rue id me ed Ha of no 40s 1 to 305 qr. as h© 11. 0