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....% . ...../ ....- X, .--.'''' --...; . . . - - - - - - - - -- --, --.1:/•-• ),.... ~,,„),, ,t t utt , . ' ' ATs'el. Mats S - ' L C V 1 2114 ' C Ar2Stit lV It ' ."''. ' 1 : ---'''', ''' 'l / 4C i a k, la '\ \ .'-' - '."l %'' 'ib illllll 7- I_,Ns. glip _,.-- tu le -o), , Dm. ..%\\ 4 - I,`Ss i. DIE i tit. , 4 ..gfaiar k r. 6 - -.: e`rt 4111r.- *- • - - „...,.;.'' , ~ 4*7 .6" INNS OP COURT HOTEL COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Certificates for the , haraA allotted will be rea y to be exchanged for the Bankers' receipts on and alter the 27th inst. A pplications for the remaining unalloted Shares must be Made to the Secretary on or before the 27th in- t. By order. T. L. BEWLIIY, Secretary. 63, Lincoln's-inn-fields, W.C., 7th May, 1863. WESTERN MANCHESTER and LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY SOCIETY. No. 22,113. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1863. PRICE..... —..4d. STAMPED ....sd. - - - Established 1812. Chief Offices-3, Parliament-street, London, and 77, Kinz-street, Manchester. ACTUARY—Arthur Scratchley, Esq., M.A. SPECIMENS OF BONUS ALLOTTED. —E. G. has paid £lB3 115. 3d. in Premiums towards his Policy for £1,500 ; £lO6 12s. ld. itonus has already 1186 u) been allotted to him. R. 8. has paid J. 17 65 in Premiums towards his Policy for L'O ; 2a. 11d. Bonus has already (1860) been allotted to him. NOTICE. THE HON. Mns. NORTON'S NEW NOVEL "LOST AND SAVED," in 3 vols., will be rea•'y al all the Libraries TO-MORROW, May 15. Hurst and Blaekett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. Banquet to Major-General Lindsay, M. P, ROYAL LITERARY FUND. On Tuesday evening the Wigan friends of Major-General Lindsay, M.P., entertained the hon. and gallant member for the borough at a grand banquet in the public hall, the occasion being the departure of Major-General Lindsay for Canada to command a brigade of Guards. The room was comp'etely filled, and the gallery thronged by ladies. Mr. N. Eckensley presided, and commenced the atter-dinner pro ceedings by reading letters of apology from Lord Stanley, who regretted it was not in his power to attend, as he knew of no one who better deserved such a compliment than Major-General Lindsay; from General Wetherall, Lord Ske'mersdale, and others. The usual loyal toasts having been given, Mr, LORD proposed "The Army, Navy, and Volunteers." ANNUITIES AND ENDOWMENTS GRANTED. Full Prospectuses, Proposals, and every information may be obtained from the Actuary in London, the Local Secretary in Manchester, or any of the Society's Agents. AGENCY DEPARTMENT. This Society, always desirous of extending its operations and connections, offers to influential residents in the towns and villages of the United Kingdom liberal allowances on business which they may be able to introduce. The services of Soli citors Medical Men, Sur ve y ors , A uc ti oneers, or Tradesmen of good local standing, are invited in the clpaeity of Pri• vate or Public Agents. All applications to the Offices are treated as confidential. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, Almanacks, Sza, forwarded post free. On Tuesday next will be published, in Evo., price 1.5 s , a New and thoroughly revised Edition of the First Volume of THE CONSTITU I lONAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND, since the Accession of George 111. 1760-1660. By THOMAS ERSKINE MAY, C.B. 1: -- q" The Second Volume may also be had, price 188., and the Work complete in 2 vols., price 335. London : Longman, Green, and Co., 14, Ludgate-hill. This day, Demy Oc:avo, price 183., TREATISE ON THE CONTINUED FEVERS ON' GREAT BRITAIN. Illustrated by Coloured Plates, Diagrams, dm By CHARLES MURCHI SON, M.D., F.R.C.P., Senior Ithys clan to the London Fever Hospital and Assistaut Physician to Middlesex Hospital. London: Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SOCIETY (Limited). To be Incorporated under "The Companies Act, 18 0 12," by which the liability of each shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares. Capital, .0,000,100, in 150,000 s h ares, of £2O each. Payment on al'otment, £2 10s. per shares. Further calls will be Made as required The capital has been subscribed, with the exception of 10.010 shares, which have been reserved for allo ment to the public. Just ready, in 2 vols., post Bvo., price 215., cloth, WAR PICTURES FROM THE SOUTH. V By Colonel B. ESIVAN, of the Con ederate Army. Illustrated with Eight Portraits of the most distinguished Generals ana Plans of Battles. London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, Farringdon street. DIRECTORS. Robert Benson, Fs % (Messrs. Robert Benson and Co.) Ronan - 1y Dobree, jun., Esq. (Messrs. Samuel Dobree and Sons). John Frederlsk Elernmich, Esq. (Messrs. Frederick Huth and Co.) Robert A. Heath, Esq. (Messrs. Heath and Co.) J S. Morgan, Esq. (Messrs. G orge Peabody and CO W. E, Quentell, Esq. ( Messrs . Fruhling and Goschen). Hermanq. Stern, Esq. (Messrs. Stern Brothers.) NEW ENGLISH DICTIONARY. In crown Bvo., price 7s. 6d., half-b oun d , 960 pp., THE STANDARD PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY of the English Language. Based on the labours of Worcester, Webster, 04ilvie, Richai dson, Craig, Goodrich, and other eminent Lexicographers, com prising many thousand new words which modern Literature, science, Art, and Fashion have called into existence. 4.1 y. The above Work is being also issued in seven One Shilling Monthly Parts, the first of which was published on tA.e .st May. A Specimen, Gratis, will be - forwarded on application to , ADY43ookaeller. London : Routledge, W arne, and Routicdge, Farringdon- BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co. street WANDERINGS OF A BEAUTY, London : By Mrs. EDWIN JAMES. One Shil Routledge, W.rne, and Routledge, Farringdon• street. Messrs. Bircham, Dalry mp le, l Drake, and Ward, 4 3 , Parlia ment st-reet. litessrs. Crolr'27, Ma street. ynard, Son, and Lawford, 37, C o l em on-- Temporary Offices-1, Copthall-chambers, Aug. 1-eourt. The object of this -ociety is to assist and take part in financial and indusirlal undertakings, e pecially foreign loans and enterprises possessing Government guarantees. With the view of securing a wide field for the operations of the Society, and in order to its acquiring an international character, an understanding has been come to, and mutual relations tstablished with the undermentiod Foreign Com panies, Bankers, and Capitalists, with reference to important financial undertakings and operations entered upon in this country and abroad : Societ4 Generale de Credit Mobilier, Paris. 1 -- Ilt 11 11 11, Esp arm 01. „ „ Italie. Societe aenera M. l' e de Commerce et Industri n e a Amsterdam. M. liottinguer and Co., P ar i s. , „ Pould and Co., Pars. „ Piliett, Will, and Co., Paris. „ Mallet, Freres, and Co., Paris. „ Marclpmd, Andre, and Co., Paris. „ A. I. Stern an d C o., Paris. M. de Abaroa y Urribarren. M. P A. Sellliere. M. le Due de Galliera, Paris. MM. M. E and J. Pereire, rants. Le Baron Renouard de Bussiere (Directeur de la Monnaie), Paris. M I , R Biesta (Di rec t eur du Comptoir d'Escompte), Paris. WoThe financial and industrial relations of this country, not r ld with the 4 ..ontinent c.f Europe, but with all p ar t s o f the , have increa,ed so largely during the last few years, that corresponding financial facilities have become indispen sable. There is scarcely any undertakiog of foreign origin that does not seek the English market Governments re quiring loans, contractors of public works guaranteed by the State, concessionaires desiring to give effect to the privileges they have obtained—all a pply, di rec tl y or i nd i rectly, to Eng land for financial support ; and in a ll th ese cases the opera of the Society can be advantageously exercised. The operations of the Society will not include ordinary Banking or Mercantile business. Prospectuses and Forms of Applications for Shares may be obtained on application to the Interim Secretary, at the Temporary offices of the Society. No 1 2 nom/. application will be received a ft er Th ursday, May 14, at T HE DARTFORD CREEK PAPER-MILL COMPANY (Limited). Capital .4150,000, i n 15,000 shares of £lO each, of which £0 per share will be called up. Deposit £1 on Application, and £2 on Allotment. Calls not to exceed £3, at intervals of not less than three months. To be Registered under the Companies Act, amounty each subscriber's liabillty is strictly limited to the of his subscriptions. DIRECTORS. Sir John C. Dalrymple Hay, Bart, M.P., Chairman, 14, St James's-place, St. James's-square, S.W. Thomas Brassey, Esq., 56, Lowndes-square, W. William Hopp, Esq., 14, Park-lane, W. John Horatio Lloyd, Esq., I, King's Bench-walk, Temple, ion. Wm. Napier, 54, Green-street. ,PaGrosvenor-square John Folliott Powell, Esq., 7, Albion-place, Hyde k square, W. BRORS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson KE and Son, 15, Angel , court, Throginorton-street, E C. Messrs. Spooner, Att BANKERS. woods, and Co , 27, Gracechurch street, E.C. SOLICITORS. Messrs. West and Ring, 3, charlotte-place Mansion house, E.C. , Offices-2, Old Palace-yard, Westmi ns t er, S W. impul 1. The object of this enterp•ise is to take advantage of the given to the Manufacture of Paper by the repeal of the Excise l , uties, under circumstances peculiarly favourable, the materials being obtained by a patent process in full ope ration, at prices very h Oily remunerative, as compared with the cost of similar products in the of en market. 2. It is well known that very large fortunes have been realised in this trade, and the removal of a Tax which amounted to £2O to )5 per cent, upon the value of first-class News and Printing Papers, at a time when there is a con stantly increa-ing demand for the supply of Books, Periodi cals, Newspapers, and Writing Papers, ensures a large and Very remunerative business to a manufactory situated close to the metropolis, erected on the most scientific plant', with the greatest regard to economy of production by the saving; of labour and the introduc ion of machinery of the most per fect description. 3. Under the powers of the Limited Liability Act of 1862, it is proposed to purchase at their edits' cost, the under- Lakidgs of the Ettrick Forest Paper Mill Company and the unnate of Ammonia Company and to carry them on under the title of the Dartford Creek Paper 3lill Company. 4. file works of the Ulmate of Ammonia Company were esta blished in 1860, on t.,e Thames, at G ra y s , i n E ssex, f or the purpose of working Ward's Patent s f or o bt a i n i ng p a p er - Making materials from rags o f m i xe d f a b r i cs, and a valua b le Manure powder from th e res d ue. The patent process has proved, mechanically and commerc i ally, completely success ad, and working by day only, the machinery produces 25 tons of paper -making material per we k, and a b ou t th e same quantity of po w d er, containing about 15 per cent. of soluble nitrogen, estimated as ammonia, closely approaching in rich ness to the best qualities of Peruvian guano. 5. In 1862, a large mill for ma rufacturing into paper the fibrous products of the works at Grays, in mixture with other materials, was erected on the Dartford Creek, by the well known engineering firm, Messrs. Easton, Amos, and Sons, wit h every recognised practical improvement in construction and machinery. Driven by steam power, abundantly supplied With th.. purest water from an Artesian well, with coal and materials by water carriage, and cheap transport for the paper by rail to London, the power and economy of produc tion have proved highly advantageous as compared with mills located, as the great majority still are, on country streams, on which they are more or less dependent for mo tive power and for water for working purposes. and 6. present turn out of the P a p er M ill is 16 tons of news print ng pape r s p er wee k made t.) order, and the wor k s taWere built so as to admit of the doub ing of the production, lon outlay very largely below the cost of the original under 7. The capital in actual cost and working funds of the Ulmate of Ammonia Com p cost 39 The of the Paper .£ Mill is ,eOO 0 0 48,000 0 0 The estimat e d cost of the proposed exten sion, including increased cottage accom modation and. contingencies 20,000 o 0 Total ••. . . £117, 000 0 0 Add for Inot ease of working *Cal; .......... 18 ,000 0 0 Total . ded . .... .......... £135,000 0 0 8. To carry out the is Tot to double the scale of the Paper Mill, to utilise to the fulle.t extent the produc tive power of the works at Grays, and to provide the necessary Working funds, it is proposed to raise a capital of £150,000, in shares of £lO eac h , o f w hi c h £ 1 5 ,000 Will remain uncalled as a fund of credit, deemed highly desirable for the safe and Profitable working of a Limited Company. 9. After providing for every contingency, the net pro calculated upon th e present work i ng and receipts, as appliedfits to the enlarged production, viz., 32 to 36 tons of paper, and 26 to 30 tons of manure powder, perweek, will be from £20,(00 to £25,000 per annum, according to the condition of the mar kets, giving a dividend of from 15 to 20 per cent., vtith pros pects of considerable increase upon favourable developments of general trade, which it is well known is depressed by the state of affairs in America, and other di'turbinf causes. A very large share of the capital has already been sub scribed by the present owners of the properties. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained from the Hankers, Brokers, Solicitors, or at the Offices of the Company. Applications for shares must be made in the form annexed to the prospectus, accompanied by the deposit of £1 per share. If no allotment be made the deposit will be returned in full ; and it a less number be allotted than is applied for, the sur plus will be used towards the payment on allotment. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Dartford Creek Paper Mill C ompany (Limited). Gentlemen,—llaving paid to _your Bankers th e sum of 4 I request that you will allot to me shares of £lO each in the Dartford Creek Paper Mill Company (Limited). These or any less number which may be allotted to me I hereby agree to accept pursuant to the Articles of Associa tion, and - to pay the remainder of the deposit and the call s ther eon when required so to do, and I request you to p lace m loty nam e on the liqister of Shareholders for the shares so alted. Name in full Address Profession Date bignature Yq.n.—This form, When filled up the Bankers on payment of the dei,osit. and signed, to be left with WH RUPTURES * BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. IT E % - (PER„ MOC- MAIN LEVER TRUSS 1, XIIIIIITION9 CT" OmFeldfr 1 AND Two Ilundred AND EXHIBITED IN TIIE GREAT 1862), is allowed by upwards of ,nvention in the cat Gentlemen to rte the most effective The use ot a steel curative treatment of il EItN I A. Is here avoided_ a :P.r.inq, so often hurtful in its effects, body, while the rentti..l 3 4-`" wu ldage beino• wn,m round tk e e Lever bloc-Main Pad and 1 ..",•'y reolating w(4'i and closeness that it . ilMng wsitshuleglied t t -eanntlitvot be detected, and ma nl y u be worn much ease during slee cannotesc; to may be had, and the truss, whichfail toteti?rwe hen by post, on the cir cumference ut the body, two in hee below th sent to the manufacturer, 6.1 , ccadilly. e hips, being Mr. WRITE, 228 , p i laid srt‘da 31s. od • Postage, is. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265 , . Postage, ls Bd. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425. An Umbilical Truss, 42a. and 525. ed. 4 1;,,, 6 t i i, eg,ls.l d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to j°lin Whlte.'Post ulli..e, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT 111--iILAST IC STOciii NG s _4 KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all Oa ' Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprain ., ezo. Th ey ses n o t ()roue, li crin ht in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn orne l' We aftbr ary stocking. Price 4e. ed., 75. 6d., 1 08., to lac. eltoll. Postage 6d. J ob WHITE, Manufacturer, 225, Piccadilly. Just published, price 65., THE NORTH BRITISH No. LXXVI. MAY, 1863. CONTENTS. 1. The Disintegration of Empires. 2. Danish Literature—Past and Present. 3. Kinglake's Invasion of the Crimea. 4. Vegetable Epidemics. 6. Bill Tribes in India. 8. Modern Preaching. M. Saisset and Spinoza. 8. British Intervention in Foreign Struggles. Edinburgh : T. and T. Clark. London : Hamilton and Co. BALAKLAVA IN THE QUEEN'S BEN CH —Lives of Em i nent Statemen—A Skch of Academy, &c., &c., in FUN " this week. One Penny. the UNITED UNIVERSITY CLUB. —The Annual General Meeting of the Members of this Club will take place on THURSDAY, May2B. The Chair will be taken at Three o'clock. By order. ARTHUR RUMSEY, Secretary. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY. At 2s. Bd. each Person. SOUPS. Ox Tail. Macaroni. FISH. Soles, Maitre d'llotPl. Fried Fillets of Whitings. ENTREES. Stewed Kidneys. Lobster Patties. JOINTS. Roast Sirloins of Beef. Roast Saddles of Mutton. SWEETS. St. Clare Puddings. Strawberry Tartlets. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, MOSELLE, and other WINES, impo r t ed ex pressly for the London Dinner. THE LONDON. 191, FLEET-STREET. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT LES FRERES ATHOS. From the Cari,c-,nan Theatre, Turin. Muter EDWIN SAUNDERS, the Child of Song. THE NEAPOLITAN MINSTRELS. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Gree n , and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonahmans. The celebrated UNSWOR lII'S NEW ST UMP SPEECH., The only Negro Orator of the day. EUGENE and DULEY, with new Eccentricities. ARTHUR LLOYD, Miss SAUNDERS, and Mr. HILTON, the Comic Ventriloquist and Modern Magician, EVERY EVENING. Adm!ssion—Rall, 13d. ; stalls and balcony, is. T" oxF O RD , ~ OXFORD STREET. During the week will be performed Selections from the following popular Operas : Auber's MASANIELLO. GOUNOD'S FAUST. New Cantata, MAY DAY, 1;3;--lirTSterndale Bennett. 'npported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Stc.; Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, finish, Kimberley, &c. with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmsns. Drew Dean's Flute Solos UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. 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Open daily from 11 to 10, for Gentlemen only. Admission, One Shilling. Entrance 41 A, Maddox-street, Regent-street, London, W. Illustrated Catalogue, free by post for 12 stamps, scaled 20. Explanations throughout the day. Lecture at 4. Address th Secretary, as above. THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a new Instrumen%, by Negretti and Zambia, will cor rectly indicate whether the Barometer tails for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden ; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street. c i PECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented kJ Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary relief to weak, dim, and detective vislon.—S. and B. SOLOMON 5, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. TEA. -MOORS BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They ePpecially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong, reduced to 3s. rd. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd.; and the finest Assam, reduced from is. to 3s. lid. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. MR. T. CARRICK begs to announce to his Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic Estab ishment, 32, Regent-street, Piccaddly-circus, is now in full operation. Cartes de Visite, 10 for 14. 6d ; 21 for £l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and Eyebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of E LLIOTT'S TONI C LOTION, the stimulative propertl es of which are unfailing in their operation. Thomas Elliott invites a trial from the most sceptical, that they may be con vinced of its infallible power. Price 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., 10s. o cl., and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thomas Elliott, hairgrovver (first floor), 51, Fenchurch-street. T. E. 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ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS PER PAIR. PHEASANT REARING AND BREEDING —Aromatic Spanish Meal, Super. Greaves and Caycar Excelsior, the only proper food for rearing; and feeding Game and Poultry, sold only by JAMES CHAMBERLIN, who will send tree, on application, a Book containing the most valu able_ Information, wi t h R emar k s o f G ame k ee p ers an d Po u ltry Rear ers — Setting, Hatching, Feeding, &c. Address, MR. JAMES CHAMBERLIN, Foreign Wine Merchant, Norwich. Col. the Hon. C. H. LINDSAY responded. After a brief reference to the first two services, he said he felt it a great privilege to be called upon to respond to any compliment which might be paid to the volunteer force of England, and more so because that service had been universally ad mitted on ail occasions amongst the standard toasts of the country. When England thought it expedient to contem plate the undefended position of her shores and to look to the national feeling of her people on the subject, he toge ther with many others considered it his duty to give what ever experience he might have had in the army towards the arrangement of a system of volunteer organisation, at the time so much required ; and although the responsi bilities and anxieties which were heaped upon those who came forward to commence the work were great, yet the case was of such paramount and vital importance that they considered it their duty to help as much as possible in the furtherance of the movement. He need not speak under correction when he said that the must sanguine ex pectations had been realised. He had the honour of com manding one of the must interesting bodies of men in London—men of station, of education, and of substance, forming a regiment which he had raised, trained, and or ganised into discipline and efficiency. He need not say how proud he was to be at the heed of such a body of men who had thus submitted to the bonds of discipline and made themselves masters of the profession they considered it ex pedient to espouse. In conclusion, he said that, es long as officers and men pulled together, so long would the service be maintained in its integrity, and be considered an impor tant element of action in the regular army. (Cheers.) In responding, on behalf of his father, to the toast of the " House of Lords," Lord LINDSAY said that in this really free country the road to the highest position in every de partment of life was open to every one who was qualified by talent and character to fill such a position. (Cheers.) Besides this point, which had already been eloquently brought out by the proposer of the toast, there was another he wished to mention. This was the fact that the peers of Parliament had been in almost every instance members of the House of Commons. The sons of peers were all com moners, and were eligible for Parliament. In most cases the peers themselves had been members of the House of Commons, and consequently served an apprenticeship which enabled them to understand the feeling and spirit of the country. They thus acquired that practical acquaint ance with the necessities of the country, which they could get in no other way, The consequence of this was that the House of Lords in England had a deep sympathy with the whole country. In that respect it certainly differed from such assemblies somewhat like it in character which might exist abroad. In fact there was none like it. Where they had tried representative government they had been success ful to a small extent, but they had never had an assembly like the House of Lords, for this simple reason, that in England only was there a body which was in itself stable, and independent, and irremovable, and which, at the same time, was in origin and in sympathy, one with the country. (Loud cheers.) The " House of Commons" was responded to by Mr. F. S. Powell, M. P. for Cambridge, formerly member forWigan, and Mr. Henry Woods, M.P. for the borough. The toast of the evening, " Major-Gen. Lindsay, M.P.," was then given and drunk with great enthusiasm. Major•• Gen. LINDSAY, in reply, stated the circumstances under which the post of commander of the guards in Canada had been offered to him. He thought it his duty, without a moment's hesitation, to accept it, though he greatly regretted that he should be compelled to leave the many kind friends he had in Wigan. He hoped soon to rejoin them, for he did not think that, though he was a soldier, he was wrong in expressing a hope that no collision would occur between this country and the Federal States. (Cheers.) No doubt if it did occur the immediate effect would be the raising of the blockade—at least he trusted that the British navy would have power enough to do so, and he could not doubt it would. (Loud cheers.) Another result would naturally be that, by protection of the cruisers to Great Britain, a larger supply of cotton would be received in this country. But there were higher considerations than these, if it was acknowledged that war was the most fatal game nations could play at. They had been told by a great authority that there was nothing so horrid as a battle lost, except - , a battle won. (Cheers.) For the interests of the country, and for the success of our own merchants, they felt most anxious to be kept oat of war, bat he (Major. Gen. Lindsay) believed that they had in Lord Palmerston a Minister who would not truckle to any foreign country. (Cheers.) He had no doubt that the noble lord at the head of the Govern ment was anxious for peace; but they were in this state in the Commons and in the country, that the Government ould act through public opinion, and public opinion went with the Government. If they had to carry out a war, the people might depend upon it, it would be done with all the vigour that the nation could show, and all the enthusiasm that had ever characterised the British character. (Cheers.) Canada was a large country; it had no less than 1,600 miles of frontier, and it had great inland seas upon which a navy was as much wanted as upon the Atlantic. There was one point to which he would invite their attention. England at the present moment had only a force of 11,000 men in Canada, and in time of war that was not sufficient. If that force was not supplemented by the Canadians, they could not expect England to support them after a war was over. If there should be a war, England would go heart and soul into it, but it would be the last time unless the Canadians were ready to defend themselves. (Hear, hear.) Ho believed, however, that if such a thing occurred they would find the whole of Canadariseas one man. ( Hear.) There was another very important point. Soldiers were not made in a day, and any colony that wished to de fend its own liberties must improvise a force and have one ready to back up that from the mother country as soon as the emergency arose. This was not yet the case in Canada, but he trusted it would soon be so, and in case of any difficulty between England and America, Canada would have a force ready to co-operate. (Cheers.) After further and earnest thanks to his Wigan friends, Major-General Lindsay bade the company farewell, and sat down amidst a tempest of applause. Other toasts were given and responded to, and the corn. pant separated at a late hour. Another Frightful Murder in Liverpool. About a quarter past nine on Tuesday night, a man named Henry Cohen and a foreign sailor, said to be a Spaniard, jostled against each other in pass ing near the bottom of Ormond-street, whereupon a quarrel ensued between them, the foreigner ulti mately drawing a knife and striking Cohen a blow in the right side, which felled him. The sailor then ran away, but a man named James Harrison, also a sailor, having observed the act, attempted to stop him, and received in return two blows with a knife, which felled him also to the ground. The foreigner continued his escape; but being closely pursued by several boys who haa witnessed the whole tragedy he turned into Launcelot's-hey, where the lads lost sight of him, but affirming that they saw him turn into a cellar there. The two wounded men meanwhile were taken to the Northern Hospital, where every assistance was them, but Harrison died about twenty minutes after his admission. He received two wounds in the region of the stomach, either, it is said, being sufficient to cause death. Cohen, who is an assistant at a photograph gal lery, sustained a small incised wound in the right side. It is, however, supposed to be of considerable depth, probably having entered the liver. He lies in a very precarious state. We understand that the police have apprehended a man on suspicion. He is a Chilien sailor, who lodged at the boarding-house of Maria Burgess, 39, Launcelot's-hey. A prostitute, who said she was present when the murder took place, positively speaks to him as being the man who perpetrated it. NEW RAILWAY CARRIAGES IN FRANCE.--A trial is being made on the Eastern Railway of some new carriages which w i ll, it is expected, remedy many incon veniences long complained of. A passage in the centre communicating from one compartment to another enables the railway officials to see what is going on d ur i ng th e march of the t ra i n, and allows the passengers to freely move about from one end of the carriage to the other. A which can be opened or shut at plea platform or balcony for smokers is placed at one end. Ven of .fresh air. The new plan puliyllo wing advantages — s ecurity, plea appears rp l a p t e , e o as r ra s s are atso also top reg fixed, evnepresent a the s u p. facilities for smoking without annoyance to any one, and exemption from danger of fire, as the carriage is con stitleted of sheet iron. The 74th anniversary festival of this institution was held yesterday evening at Willis's Rooms, St. James's—the Right Hon. Earl Stanhope, the presi dent of the corporation, in the chair. The committee,in presenting their annual address, thought it only proper to state that the principle of the institution is to administer assistance to authors of genius and learning who may be reduced to distress by unavoidable calamities, or deprived by enfeebled faculties or declining life of the power of literary exertion. This assistance is renewed /0 often as the committee consider necessary, and is extended, at the death of an author, to his widow and children. In the application of this liberality the utmost caution is used both as to the reality of the distress and the merits of the in dividual. No writer can come within the views of the society who has not published a work of intelligence and public value, and something more than talent, however brilliant it be, is invariably exacted. While the bounty of the institution is bestowed without regard to national or political distinction, every author, without exception, is ex cluded, whose writings are offensive to morals or religion, and whose personal character is not proved, by satisfactory testimony, to be beyond suspicion. In its career of unobtrusive usefulness the Royal Literary Fund has devoted to the relief of the un fortunate scholar no loss a sum than £57,130, and 2,962 grants have been bestowed upon upwards of 1,300 applicants. About 150 sat down to dinner,among whom were : His Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hol stein, the Archbishop of Armagh, the Lord Mayor, the Hon. E. Stanhope, the Hon. W. Addington, M.P., Lieut.. Gen. the Hon. Sir E. Cust, K.C.8., Lord C. Hamilton, M.P., Sir B. Brid ges , M . P., Sir M.P., M r . Ni c h o l as, M.P., Mr. Marsh, M.P., Mr. H. A. Bruce, MY., Col. Sykes, M.P.,Mr. S. Western,M.P., Lord Crewe, Sir W. Jones, the Dean of Ripon, Sir Ch ar l es Bun bury, Mr. Beresford-Hope, Mr. M. Mil nes , M.P ., Sir . sr Ellis, in. M p r i . li t m G o u r r e n , e r y r ,t f. 1.P 0 ., Mr. E rs ki ne M ay , C. 8., Owen, F.R.S., Mr. Curling, F.R.S., Mr. Joseph Clarke, F.R.S., the Al.. R. B e ll, M r . Rev. Ernest Hawkins, the Rev. Charles Meri, Mr. vale, John Cal. Watson,Watson, Major W. o H I d . s m Smith, Mr i A. Heeps G. A. Sala, Mr. Anthony Trollope, Mr. W. H. Rus sell, Mr. E. Romer, Dr. Doran, Mr. Sketchley, Mr. George Scharf, and others. A number of ladies occupied seats round the room after dinner. On the cloth being drawn the noble CHAIRMAN proposed the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, which were duly honoured. Lord C. HAMILTON proposed "The Church and the Archbishop of Armagh," to which the latter responded. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the toast of the evening, said he came now to the constant and principal toast at each of their annual meetings, namely, " Prosperity to the Royal Literary Fund." (Cheers.) He could not propose the toast without, in the first place, most earnestly lamenting, as they all lamented, the loss which th e institution had sustained in the death of the late president, the Marquis of Lansdowne. At a very early age Lord Lansdowne occupied a high political position, but in his later years it might, in a great measure, be said of him that he filled even a higher place than that of leader of a political party, since he came to be regarded as their judge and umpire. (Hear, hear.) To literature and the fine arts Lord Lansdowne brought an exquisite taste, a highly cal tivated mind, and a generous temper, and in his case the impulses of a kindly heart were well supported by an ample fortune. (Hear, hear.) They had been pleased to call upon him to fill the place thus left vacant, and on the present occasion he ventured to address them not only as chairman of the day, but as president of the institution. (Loud cheers.) He wished to pass as rapidly as he could over all that related to himself; but still he would not be doing justice to those assembled around him if be did not show that he appreciated as he ought the honour of being the successor of such a chief to such a so ciety. (Loud cheers.) It would be his anxious wish during his tenure of office —let that tenure be long or short—that the position it had pleased them to confer upon him Should receive no deterioration at his hands, and that it should be handed over unim paired to his successor. (Hear, hear.) Passing over these personal matters, he would remark that, how veerri t difficult ofs i i t n the :t a i t a u t t i o o t w in i fresh nh ha d language fre quently and eloquently stated on so many former oc casions—still the claims upon their bounty were as pressing, as fresh, and as deserving of their sympathy as ever. The claims upon them extended as literature and science extended ; and they must be awar e th at at no period that could be named had science ex tended into wider fields than at present, and never was our ancient renown for literature more power fully upheld than at the present time. (Hear.) If we go through the sciences we should find it just the same. Take astronomy, for instance, and see how we had explained all those simple phenomena which were in ancient times hailed with astonish ment, and regarded as strange events. It might have been asked at one time how it was possible, after the great discoveries in that science by New ton and Laplace, that anything would be left for their successors to find out, and yet see what vast improvements had been ma d e i n the science since those persons lived, and if any had ever held that opinion, how completely was it disproved by the re sults of the labours of such:men as the Mt ronomer Royal and Mr. Adams. (Cheers.) If we looked to geography, let them see how much had been achieved, and was being achieved by the Geogra phical Society of L on d on , g uided as it was in it s efforts by its excellent and unwearied president, Sir Roderick Murchison. Tidings might be expected that month, or even perhaps that week, that one of the greatest geographical problems that had ever puzzled mankind in ancient or modern times had been successfully solved. He need scarcely say that he referred to the discovery of the sources of the Nile, of which a telegram had already been received, although in an imperfect form. , That was a dis covery which was once conceived to be an unfa thomable mystery, beyond the powers of mankind to unveil. An ancient poet described the Nile as running away from a general confl agra ti on, an d hiding its head, which he said was concealed to the present day. "Nilus extremum fugit per tentu orbem Occuluique cipet quod adhuc latet." Was it not a proud reflection in honour of the men of science of this age that this very week might per haps remove the mystery ? (Hear, hear.) From the mysteries of geography he would pass to those other mysteries which the earth hid beneath its surface—to the sciences of geology and archeo logy, and to the success achieved in those pursuits by such men as Sir Charles Lyell and others. It was not in these sciences as with astronomy, merely a progress of an ancient science advanced from cen tury to century, and developed from year to pear; but these were sciences of which not the faintest rudiments were known 100 years ago. (Hear, hear.) From science he would pass to the conside ration of literature, and hero they still found abun dant grounds for congratulation. As it chanced he was reading that morning in the _Revue des Deux Mondes an account of the state of poetry at the present time in France, which was very discourag ing. It was stated that at the present time there was no great work of poet ry recentl y b rought out in the French language. Les tresois de la poesie sont tree pauvre." That was speaking of France only, and he believed that that account was correct. He could not help th;Dking how very different was the case in England. Any' man who had paid a moment's attention to the subjec t would see how our ancient glories in poetry Were suported by such Ulm as the Poet Laureate, the Doan of West' mmster, and Mr. M. Mimes. (Loud cheers.) Was it not a subject for congratulation, whilst the great critics of France had been compelled to acknowledge a dearth of poets in their country, that, without any undeserved self-laudation or undue compliment, we could safely assert that our poets were maintaining that just renown in this branch of literature which we had acquired from the earliest times ? (Cheers.) With regard to works of fiction, he might say that the greatest eminence had been ob tamed in the present age. He did not merely allude to the old established fables that had for many years held possession of their smiles and sometimes of their tears from their first appearance, such as "Pelham," " Pickwick," and " Vanity Fair," which had so justly obtained popularity, but to those of more recent date. He would ask them to consider how well the rising school of novelists was repre sented, and how beautifully illustrated by such men as Wilkie Collins, Anthony Trollope, and others. (Hear, hear.) He thought the works of such per sons as he had referred to, and of others whom he would not pause to name, had afforded to them all sources of great pleasure, some in their more serious hours of health and strength when instruction was sought, and others in those hcurs of depression and pain which sometimes intervene when lighter works of literature come in with a healing power. (Hear, hear.) To those works applied the beautiful address to her books by a lady whom he did not do justice to when he omitted to place her among our poets— Mrs. Norton—when she said— " Silent companions of my lonely heart, Friends, we can never alter or forsake." (Cheers.) Looking, then, to the progress both of science and literature we have great ground for congratulation, but it clearly behoved them to re member not only those who succeeded in those paths but also those who failed. (Hear) They ought to be mindful not only of those who had climbed the rugged and arduous steep that leads to fame, but they ought to think of those who, without any fault of their own, perhaps, had found their strength give way, whose feet had slipped in climbing the ascent and had fallen, and had perhaps been maimed by the fall. (Hear.) Surely it behoved them to show their sympathy forjhose as they offered their admiration to their more fortunate brethren. (Hear.) Amidst all the subjects for rejoicing he had pointed out there were two circumstances which inspired him with a feeling of regret. The first was the one he had just adverted to—namely, that the wider the field of literature and science extended, the greater the number of claimants upon their bounty; but this was the inevitable result of all intellectual progress, and it was an evil which o a t s h e t r h e s y ub c j o e u c l t d, up t o o n w r e h m i c e h dy , h . e f ß el u t t r e t g n r e e r t e . it was the object of institutions lik e thi s , so f a r an wSaps eak ing for himself, and without committing any other person by what he was about to say, he felt that, from year to year, the various branches of know ledge had an increasing tendency to ruv in separate channels, and to have less communication with each other. It fell to his lot last week to preside over a commission which was sitting to consider the constitution of the Royal Academy, and they had before them as a witness an accomplished gentle man, with whose merits they were well acquainted, and who was then present—he meant Mr. Beres ford Hope ; and besides the remarks which that gen tleman made, which he would not allude to, on the immediate subject before the commission, he made some short remarks upon the intellectual progress of the country. He stated that in London there was a constant tendency to establish three socie ties where one would answer the purpose, and that in some respects this multiplication of societies might not have been so advantageous as their founders wished. (Hear, hear.) What he chiefly regretted was, that an increasing spirit of isolation prevailed among those who cultivated the different branches of science and literature—and he thought that would go on increasing unless they could provide ground on which those follow ing the different branches could meet. (Hear.) Without imputing blame to any particular class, he must say that they appeared to treat somewhat superciliously those following a different, and per haps as they thought, a less important branch of study. Those who had done so had, doubtless, a perfect right to follow their own course, and had done so from the purest motives; but he only wished to lay before them some grounds for doubting whether this tendency was a right one. (Hear, hear.) He wished them to observe that in France a very opposite system was adopted. There each set of men whilst cultivating his own par ticular branch of study was happy to meet with those pursuing other branches, and the result of that spirit had been the establishment of the Insti tute, which was one of the glories of France, and which had extended its influence, not only through that great nation, but through the world. (Laud cheers.) Now, we had nothing in England which bore even the faintest resemblance—the most dis tant similitude, to the Institute of France. Why, should that be the case ? It was not for want of men of merit, because it was sufficient to cast th e eye round the room in which] they then were to answer that question; but it was because the s pi r it of combination was wanting—it was the spirit of isolation that prevented them coming together. (Hear, hear.) He thought more was required of literary and scientific men than simply to cultivate with ardour their peculiar branch of study. That was the great fault of England at this time. Could not the French system be advantageously established amongst ourselves ? (Hear, hear.) It was one of the great advantages;of this institution that it tended somewhat to remove that isolation by bringing men of different pursuits together. (Hear.; For besides seeking to stretch forth their hand to the unfortunate man of genius, without letting his name become known (loud cheers), they had the ad vantage of meeting on occasions like the present men of every profession and of all classes of intellect. (Loud cheers.) With regard to the more immediate object, it was well known that this institution, in dispensing its charity, made no discrimination of country, party, or creed. (Cheers.) The Frenchman was as welcome to relief as one of ourselves. (Hear, hear.) They did not ask an applicant for relief whe ther he was a Protestant or belonged to the Roman Catholic religion (hear, hear), or whether he was a Liberal or a Conservative. (Cheers.) It was enough for them to know that he was a man of worth—that he was a man of talent and in distress, and the funds of the society were open for his relief. (Cheers.) All men from the various classes of knowledge combined to assist this society, which did not appeal to one class more than another for support; but they appealed to all classes who contributed either to the instruction or the intellectual power of mankind. (Cheers.) Let them combine in support of this one society which linked them together, and the only regret which would re main would be that there were not more frequently similar opportunities for their meeting. (Cheers.) Upon the whole, he was sure they wouid feel that this society commended itself to their .sup port in the exact proportion in which sci ence and literature extended, for in proportion as it was successful, in proportion as greater profits were reaped, so much the greater was the cluim of those who wero unsuccessful in the same pur suit from the want of opportunity, the failure of health and other causes beyond their control. (Bear, hear.) He t rusted that this institution would long continuo to afford assistance t o the u n fortunate au thor; and feeling, as he did, that their presence on that occasio n was a proof of their sympathy, he would call upon them with full hearts and • )rim mi„g glasses to drink to " the Prosperity of the Royal Literary Fund." (L oud and prolonged cheering. The toast was drank with three times three. Mr. GEORGE GioDwiN secret (the the list of subscriptions and (lonationa, whi c h 41 '32 then read amo unted in the whole t o b e t ween £7OO and £600,. The announcement was received with loud cheers. Mr. MONCKTON MILNES, in proposing "The Health of the Chairman," said—Lord Stanhope had already referred to the Institute of France; and it was the custom there when any new member was elected that he should speak for an hour in praise of the individual whom he suc ceeded, and that some one else should get up and peak for another hour in praise of the merits of the newly-elected member. There might be something in the peculiarity of the French language which might render such euphemistic nothings pleasant, hut there was something in our English language which rendered it repulsive to stand and heap praise upon an individual who was present. (Cheers and laughter.) He would therefore spare the president the annoyance of listening to his own praises, but still there were certain facts he might state which the noble lord had no reason to be ashamed of. For many years Lord Stanhope had taken a great inte rest in literary pursuits, and in conversation with him upon literature and literary men he did not recollect ever hearing him say one unjust word regarding either of them, but he rather erred on the side of expressing too much esteem and admiration for the writers. (Hear, hear.) He held very sound and sensible views, and he knew well that the influence a man in his position and rank should exercise in this country upon literature was a very useful and powerful one, and ought to be very beneficial in both its direct and its indirect associations, From the very beginning of his life he had been interested in literature, and there had been hardly any period for many years in which he had not been occupied in some work that had taken a high place in the literature of the country. (Hear, hear.) History occupied a prominent place in our literature, and required in the man who devoted himself to it accuracy of detail, freshness of judg ment, and power of criticism. There were few his tories of modern times more agreeable to read, or which conveyed more accurate images of the cir cumstances of the times than the last work written by Lord Stanhope. (Loud cheers.) He had vindicated the memory of that great man Pitt, and had shown how that man, eminent as a great Eng lishman, was above all political faction and party feelings. (hear, hear.) It was also to the noble lord at the head of the table that they were indebted for that revision of our sacred Liturgy—that one revi sion which, he believed, had received both the con sent and the approbation of the clergy and of the people at large of this country. (Cheers.) He was sure that, without any unpleasant interference, Lord Stanhope would exercise the influence he held as president of the society for the good and the ad vancement of literature and the sciences, and would fill that difficult office without permitting them to see the insolence of the patron or the servility of the client. (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN shortly responded, and proposed " The Writers on Science and Sir Charles Lyell," which was followed by " The Writers on Art and Mr. Beresford Hope," "The Lord Mayor and the City of London," " The Writers of Works of Fic tion and Mr. Anthony Trollope," and "The Ladies The company separated at a late hour. Naval and Military Intelligence. REVIE W THE NAVY. Of all the abuses existing in connection with the naval service of the country the steam reserves are perhaps the greatest. We are not now speaking of the "officers" of the steam reserves and the officials attached to them, but of the vessels standing on the official Nary List composing the reserves, their cost of maintenance by the different departments, and their actual value as ships of war, either as they are at present or could be rendered for any future time. No exact idea can, perhaps, be given of the total cost of the reserves. If, however, some mem ber of the house would move for full returns on the subject, he would find in them ample material with which he could assist the Administration in largely reducing future naval estimates. If the half-yearly returns now being examined at the Admiralty of the vessels forming the reserves at each of our ports were analysed, the total sums expended by the de partments in keeping these vessels in a supposed state of efficiency would be found to be enormous. At the same time, while not more than seven or eight vessels of the whole number can be pro nouncc.d ready to proceed to sea under three or four weeks' notice, others would take months to make ready, and the remainder could never be made avail able again as war ships under any circumstances. In proof that no part of this statement is at all ex aggerated, let one port be selected as an example— say Portsmouth, and, to keep clear from all compli cations, let a sum be selected from one department alone. The steam reserve at this port, as at the others, is formed of four divisions, and in the first will be found one line-of-battle ship, two screw corvettes, one paddle sloop, and nine gunboats — the latter of 60-horse power engines. The line. of battle ship, the Duncan, is one of the finest and fastest ships in the service, but could not be made ready for sea under three months, although a new ship. Of the two screw sloops, one, the Esk, is, with the exception of four or five days' storing, ready for see, having been specially preparing for commission for some months past. The other screw corvette, the Nimrod, is quite rotten, and was rejected on that account by Captain Sherard Osborn when offered to him by the Admiralty some time since for the Anglo-Chinese fleet. The one paddle sloop has been commenced as a floating factory, and will be finished some day if the steam factory officials and shipwlight department ever find time for the work. The six gunboats would bE available for coast service. In the second divi sion stand the Royal Sovereign, turret ship, two new three-deckers, two new liners, three screw cor vettes, and one paddle corvette. The turret ship is an experimental ship not yet tested; the two three deckers and two liners would each take three months to make ready. Two of the corvettes are of wood, and aro rotten, the remaining one being of iron and of so light a scantling as to be fit for nothing but river survey. Sho is now all to pieces in dock, and has been selected for the trial of Commander -War ren's bow rudder, if her repairs should ever be com pleted. The one paddle sloop may be placed in the useless category. In the third division are seven ix line-of-battle ships, eight first-class frigatesa,_s_ sloops, and two troop ships, all screws; fi v e r P One sloops, and seven gunboats of 20 horse of the liners has not yet been to seafrb,iu:t:wwsoieuxldlitnaekrse six months to complete. Theioreinai resources of Ports mouth occupy nearly mouth yard six or etilglehlvtiohonaeonths to make them is aro all half rotten, ready. The hulls of the stool and their machinery req uires . l . heavy overhaul and repairs. The two troopships Simoom and. Urgent have both seen long foreign service, and they n eces . sa rily require r epairs. The paddles, with th e excep. others b e of reckoned as tion of the Rosamond and Bulldog, ma y be sent to the same useless category as the s ame c lass, and the s even g u nboats may , fil l, One of the paddles, the Rosamond, as a steam factory for th e r , is fittin g afloat, and the other, the pitlairs of machinery best of the paddle class, is under heavy repair in og, probably the dock. In the fourth division and Retribution paddle frigates,on are the the Penelope keel to topsides ; both rotten from the Erebus h. and Glatton, floating iron -cased batteries, of ,w tell nothing need be said ; tk;ree paddle steam hulks. In the Haslar gunboat tenders,and three or four coal yard . are 47 gunboats, one half of which might be available. In the above is not included the Hector, new iron frigate, as she 18 preparin— g for sea, and her case does not apply to our present argument. Out of the whole of the vessels enumerated in the four divisions there is only ono vessel—the Esk, 17, screw, of 250-horse power—that is ready for sea. The Duncan, Fred. William, Prince Regent, and Neptune, liners; and °davit'. and G;asgow, screw frigates; Royal Soy( - 4eign, turret ship; Bulldog, Volcano, Rosamond, EWSYAIJI .7 .7 \ 74 -2e4 and Syra would take months to cohaplite; whitolt would be questionable policy to repair the rernai ‘ Z der under any circum s t ance& It ire fo e ! _ * l 4 expended for the annual maintenance OctissiUi e that we want to direct attention. If weeliscardes( charges under the head of wagas and victuals t 4 -- warrant officers, engineers, stokers, seamen, &c., and also under the steam factory and shipwright department, as well as any consideration of interest of the capital invested, and select only one item-- " the preservation and repair" of the machinery on board by the engineers and stokers of the steam re serve alone, it will be found that it alone in the ono port amounts to about £45,000 per annum. For this annual sum under one head Portsmouth dock. yard and harbour at this time possess but one vessel ready for sea, while the remaining vessels, if they ,ire ever to be completed and repaired, would occupy the whole of the present resources of the shipwright and engineering department forseven or eight years. In consequence of the great success which haa attended the newly-invented ventilating arr a n ge _ Flaunts on heard the iron-clad screw frigate Royal Oak, 35, Capt. Campbell, fitting for sea at Chatheni, the Lords of the Admiralty have decided on intro ducing a similar system on board the other vessels composing the squadron of armour-plated steamers. Orders have accordingly been received at Chatham dockyard for one of the officials from Devonport dockyerd to proceed to Chatham for the purpose of obtaining a knowledge of what has been done, with a view to their being applied to the armeece plated frigate Ocean, recently launched at Devonport. The system of ventilation carried out in the Royal Oak is from a plan submitted to the Admiralty by Capt. Fanshawe, superintendent of Chatham dockyard ; the engineroom and stokeholes being ventilated according to the principles laid down by Mr. Baker, inspector of machinery, and the chief of the engineering department at Chatham. The sailing frigate Volago, 26, hitherto used as a floating magazine in Chatham harbour for the re ception of shells, has been given up to the dockyard authorities by the War Department, in order that, she may be converted into a powder magazine, to be stationed at Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the supply of the North American and West India squadrons with powder, shot, and shell. By direction of the Admiralty, one of the officials from Devonport dockyard is to attend at Chatham for the purpose of acquiring a knowledge of the system adopted at that dockyard for annealing and bending the armour plates required in the construc tion of the iron and iron clad ships building, with a view to a similar plan being introduced at Devon port for preparing the plates required in armour plating the Ocean frigate. In order to hasten forward the completion of the Orlando, 46, 1,000 horse power, now undergoing extensive repairs at Chatham, a number of caulkers are to be sent there from Sheerness and Woolwich yards. The Prussian sailing frigate Gefion, Capt. Klatt, arrived at Spit head yesterday morning from the West Indies, and on anchoring exchanged salutes with the Victory, flagship of Vice -Admiral Sir AL Seymour, G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief ; the Edgar, 86, screw steamer, Capt. the Hon. F. Foley, flag ship of Rear-Admiral Sidney C. llacres, C. 8., lying at Spithead, and with the saluting battery of the garrison. Capt. Klatt afterwards landed, and, ac companied by the Chevalier Vandenberg, the Prus sian Vice-Consul at Portsmouth, paid an official visit to Major-General Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., and Sir Michael Seymour at their residences at the Go vernment and Admiralty Houses. The Gefion sailed from the Havannah on the 18th April, her Majesty's ship Nile sailing from there for Bermuda on the same day. The French liner St. Louis had landed her guns at Havannah, and was loading with stores for the French army in Mexico. All the ice that could be procured at the Havannah had been purchased and shipped on board the St. Louis for the use of the sick and wounded of the French army. The Swedish screw corvette Lagerbjelke, Capt. Herkepe, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena, sailing from tho Cape on the 10th of March and St. Helena on the 25th. Easterly winds and fine weather were expe rienced throughout the voyage until yesterday when a strong westerly gale was fallen in with. The Lagerbjelke on anchoring exchanged salutes with her Majesty's ships Victory and Edgar, and with the saluting battery of the garrison. A letter, received at Portsmouth from her Ma jesty's screw slocp Espoir, dated Feb. 22, at Ka bunda, says :—The fine Dutch bark Jane, which we some time since captured, has been condemned in the mixed court Sierra Leone. This makes our sixth capture on the coast. The slave question out here is getting more complicated than ever since the treaty with America. Our visits are much increased, and the slavers aro, if possible, more particular than ever in concealing all trace of the object of the voy age until the last hour, when six hours will convert a legal trader into a slave ship full of slaves, so well are these ventures organised. We sail in a day or two for a two months' cruise south of St. Paul's do Loando. With reference to the statement in The Sun of Monday last relative to the cylinder covers of the Black Prince, we are informed that the representa tives of the manufacturers of the engines, Messrs. John Penn and Son, after a careful examination, consider the objections raised of no importance, and that, so far as the firm are concerned, the ship can at once proceed on foreign service. The covers were tested with a water pressure of 451 b., and if they did " sweat" somewhat under such a test, as it is said they did, it is the only result which could bo possibly expected. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. J. A. H. Trotter to the Alert ; Lieut. Chas. E. Pearse to the Columbine ; Lieut. W. H. Maxwell to the Sutlej ; Lieut. Geo. B. Goolden to the Pembroke ; Thos. Warr, master, to the Alert ; Henry Y. Slader, master, to the Columbine ; Philip G. Richards, midshipman, to the Resistance; Reginald A. Brock, James F. Owen, Frank A. Harston, and Mark C. D. Osborn, mid shipmen, to the Alert; John G. W. Harris.on, mid shipman,to the Curacoa ; J. S. Alexanderl na3- Lionel A. de Saumarez, midshipmen, to the bine ; Francis W. Davis, surgeon, Ttoidteinte;Ao_leour.tn; Benjamin Crabbe, surgeon, to the John shJiellid, Hendsor, surgeon, to the Columbine; the Columbine ; George A acting-assist-surgeon, to acting assist.-surgeon, to the Alert; Thos. Browne, Welch, paymaster, to the Jason; Alfred 11. Martin, Paymaster, clerk, to paymaster, to the Alert ; Isaac Ifearden, to the Columbine ; John Davenport, engineer, to of the oth Brigade Royal the Megtera, on permanent service; W. r. to the C o lumb a i t n t e er ; y and 11. 'l'. Sc ale , Chatham clerk, Alert. D b garrison to p here it will be stationed during the l A o le m r Artillery has proceeded from el Aldershot camp, w the summer. ALARMING OCCURRENCE yvAy woRRs. yest aNacyE m AT or T n li ii E ,g l‘ , llD L betweenA N D RAfoluLr ____—. and five o'clock, neighbourhood ouootiiatoyii o ty f Agar Town works the er progressing at the former l Camden Town, in the immediate goods terminus of the Midland eTexwtennsainvcie p ace for the metropolitan y a loud crashing noise alarmed b Railway Company, was proceeding from the direc tion of the works in question. It appears that, amongst other erections, the Midland Company are building, under the management of their engineer, Mr. Croskill, of Derby, an enormous goods store, eloscdy abutting on that which was formerly known as Cambridge-street, Agar 'town. The contract for this building was entrusted to Messrs. Smith and Co., of L"icester, and for some days past the workmen, it is stated, have observed au apparent sinking of one l i do of the outer walls, and, as they had been built simply on the London clay, and without any. concretehtliav e be al a foundations, it was feared that there q rino'.clocx yetheroay slipping of the soil. Shortly after Q t_l iding to prepare for morning some men, who entered b {V al li a fortunately. had not the get era' body pirate retreat. 'They had ttrrivid, observed l o a f r;e wo fist hearing a crashing made 1 :vh ) e i n a large portion of the build erenos'orin the outward wals, and not done so a great while when crash, bringing a consider ing came down with a terrific able portion of the b' vent taken place about an hour later, ward walls. Had thewoere engaged, there is little doubt that , i dors and roofing along with the out when the w ork f ni n l e i'Q would have been the consequence. a great loss ill be remembered that it was from a spired; but it . w there is blame attaching to any one has not tran. the of the City arches kacrifice of the lives of the and 1I am ,. ,„„„mith Railway gave war, some two or three months p‘rVechie.,ehicyr,,tion.lar cause ----caused a lamentable bac k, an d workintat.