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The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. „Tie duty p a id t o G overnment for t h e year 1862 was ' ,0 ,062, and the amount insured on farming stock, 10,056,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profi's periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received sums amounting in the aggregate to £450,000 ; and the Society now holds a large Reserve applimble to a future Bonus. The rates of premium are in no case higher than those charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. For pro-pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwi c h ; an d 6, Crescen t , N ew Bridge-street, Black: friars, E.C. pROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, It'sq , /11". P. Wm. Geo . Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, isq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual LH , . Assurance for all classes. This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000.61,000 The Annual Income is £ 2 5 0 1 : p 00 00 The Accumulated Fund exceeds • • It has paid in Claims • • .. 112,000 The whole of the profits ar e divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already been made' when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies Dec. 31, 18 47 .. • • .• V,400 3852 .. • - • • .• .. 11,500 ~ 1857 .• • • 23 200 „ 1862 .. • • • . .. 56,500 making the total bonus additions, £98,600. Bonuses may be received in ctsh or applied to the reduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the poFcy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid up policies introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of po icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, whether assurers or otherwise. Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. ULAD OgFiq*A, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance • . buildings. tiverpoel: Total Attnual ltevelius exceeds £500,010. Accumlllated Fulitdsitt Amyl over 1 030,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London : WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRACTS FROM TIIE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the close 01 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 maintained. 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 thi4 Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,101 10s. 5d., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa. rately, £11,097 les. 10d. LIFE BRANCH'. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on new policies for fhe year 1R62 exceeds even that of the year 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £701,427 on 1.498 new policies issued. Until within the last few years it is believed that such a sum assured as that which 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 fbr the future to the participating life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply 7 .afforded by a stateme n t of th e num b er re j ecte d . These have • amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum proposed for assuran.e amounts to £143,281. Various degrees otaneligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis sthle in a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. _ If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that In. Fire -Business its progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in LontiDn 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, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater maeni • tude, combining distin g uished commercial success to th e r Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. A.D. 1720. OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE _RAJ CORPORATION -- (Eatablished by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor, Sir JOHN lIENRY PELLY, Batt, Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wiimot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. ;John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Robt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.: Wilam Wallace Rq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. ° Chas. li Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAmrrxr. SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Bsnus on British Policie s h as averaged nearly 2 per nt. er annum on the sum assured. Equivalent ce redu p ctions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take plaza every Five years. Life Any sum not exceed i ng £15,000 may be insured on one This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits —with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. CONTRACT FOR PROVISIONS, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 14th Aug., 1161. 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 such persons as may be willing to Contract for victualline in-ensioners of the said Hospital, from the Ist Octobe g r, th 1 p 863, to the 30th September, 1861, both days inclusive, with the following articles of provisions, &a, 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'cl the hoard-room of the said Hospital by the party or T a les tendering-, or by an agent appointed on his or their , on Tuesday , the Ist of September, at 12 o'clock, at Lion.ordships will into consider It is to be observed that be prepardto take the same the Contractors will be required to find Security to the c Contract, and that no T r erlC.r for the due p erforman ' e o f th e will be received a ft er th e day and hour above me n ti oned. The Commissioners do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest Tender. , .J. MOORITEAD, ________ " cr am"' and Registrar. ____ OYAL NATIONAL LIFE -BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PA . /mei/iris—Her Most Grasious Majesty the Queen. FRESIDENT —Tice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. DEPeUTT-C Fsq._ TTAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, , , M.P., F.R S., P.P . IIAI RMAN — Thomas Chapman, Esq., P-M.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since the beginning of the ear 1880, the Royai National Lifeboat Institution has expen ded y £32,000 on various Lifeboat F.stab - lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland. and Irelan d . e The number of lives saved by the Life-boats f ociety, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and X 10,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £87,000 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transportine-cart 'ages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the iTenerous 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 ot 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible. however, of the great responsibility that res t s on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, whi 'h can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding, and perpetuating so great and truly national a work trib The Committee gratet ul iy acknowl edge the f o ll owing con utions:— .. • • .• ... :int::: 5 0 0 0 Her Majesty the Queen —X s d Campbell, the Ifon. Mrs. G. •••• . • • annual 50 C . 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers •, • • an nual 11 0 Currie, Wm., Esq., • • .. .. .• • annual 10 0 Erie, Lord Chief J usttce .. _ a on. ' lO 0 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., R.C.B. • • 2440 10 10 0 Feuwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tr an i ': 25 0 0 sporting Carriage • • • • ••• • • don Harvey, Rev. G. G. and M rs. • • 250 0 • .. a 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Dart. • • • • .. 7 th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. • • • • • • d on. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenw ich .. .. .. 3 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. . • annual 20 0 Thom a s Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her Ladyship . • • • • ' • • • ' • 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. .. .. annual 50 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the Bankers of the institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and C 0. ,, 59‘ St rand; M essrs. Berries, Farauhar. and Co., 16, St. •-raraeq's-str ee t , London • by all the Collectors of Customs rs in the Un• . and Ilankr , it e dlZh ag dom; and by the Secretary Richard L ewls. Esq l . at the Office of the Instit u t i o n, 11, Joh n • str eet, Adelob , , London, if. C./. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at Ring's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCII, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom 'milled by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 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 M as ce . : o r u i amn inEosnqd- EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. C ontributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Cu. ~ Nicholas -lane; also . by Messrs. Coutts and ::(I,e.to.rescott, Grote, and Co.; Berries and Cu. ; Ransom and Smith, Payne. and Co. ; Glyn and at the HospitalCO.; and co. : \s ae , n ii e i s ani L s 7 D , d ea a eo nd n,a Co.- Barclay and Co. ; Denison Co- ; Nisbet and - Messrs. J. Barnesand Co., Liverpool nd Co. ; Overend. dco Gurney, a n d STANFORD S, SMITIT Secretary, 4, tz . Now ready, in crown Bvo., los. ed., rip HE THIRD VOLUME of DR. MO MMSEN'S _IL HISTORY OF ROME, Translated by the Rev. W. PITT DICKSON. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. PRITIQUES on the LEADERS of the lJ NE WSPA PER PRESS—Reviews of all New Books— English and Foreign Scientific information—Extracts — Gossip, Ate., &c., in the LITERARY TIMES, every week. Twopence. 5.., Fleet-street. T E OXFOR D , A, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry IL Bishop's THE SLAVE and Ilalevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell. Miss Elllson, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, baud and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c. Comic, by UNSWORTII (" or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Performance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO OItCHE6TRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALL hqs just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls andbalcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, "THE GHOST," from the Picture Gallery to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, Affording; a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal cony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Ucsworth (tile modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. -- The GHOST ! The GHOST ! ! The ONLY COMIC GHOST ! ! !—The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mariannina and Signor Guiseppe France.co, assisted by a corps of Twenty young Ladies—Selections from favourite Operas : Principals, bliss M'Gregor, Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini (the new Italian tenor), and Mr. Vernon Rigby. Nicosia, the eminent European Violinist, will make his first appearance in England on Monday, Sept. 7. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street. Piccadilly. NOTICE. —The above elegant Rooms will be Opened on SATURDAY, September 5, entirely redecorated under the sole direction of Messrs. Delicourt, of Paris, decorators to the Palaces of the Emperor Napoleon. The artistical work will be done by Messrs. Biggs and assistants. The musical department under the directorship of Mons. Jullien, and chef d'orchest re . Th e b an d w ill b e c ho sen from the Household Troops and the Royal Italian Opera Houses. This celebrated band is well known by the public, and will be called in future the London Band, and will be represented by the best art.sts of the present day. Conductor of the Rooms and Manager, Mons. GRENET. Sole Lessee, R. R. BIGNELL. Admission, I s. SEA. —VACANCIES for MIDSHIPMEN and APPRENTICES in a first-class London shipping firm. Premium moderate. Aleo apprentices without premium.— Apply to SIMMONDS and Co.. 38. St. Mary-at-hill, East cheap, E.C. Third officers and Stewards wanted. ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S .1E RATED GINGER BEER. in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, eotass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral `paters.—Manufactory, No. 3, W bite Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. TO ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, AND CONTRACTORS IN THE EASTERN, SOUTHEASTERN, AND SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES. GREAVES' BLUE LIAS LIME, 14, SOUTH NV - HA.R.F, PADDINGTON, W., L. M. TATHAM, Agent. Arrangements are now made by which this well-known BLUE LIAS LIME can be sent direct from the kilns in Warwickshire, in Greaves and Kirshaw's own trucks, to any stations on the above-named lines, as fresh as though burnt upon the spot, and at a lover price. ANY QUANTITY, of either lump or ground can be sup plied at a few days' notice, and trucks forwarded daily from the kilns and mill. Contractors will find this worth their notice, as they can be supplied at any time, in quantities to suit their require ments, from SIX TONS and upwards. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced. to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong reduced to 38. 3d. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. HARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER, makes its own Soap, and saves one-half of time, two thirds of Soap, and turee-fourths of labour Patentee: Harper Twelvetr , es, Bromley •by-Bow, London. Sold by Oroocrs, Druggists, and Oilmen. pISTOLGRAMS of BABIES (Guinea Jewellery Portraits), with album enlargements therefrom, taken daily at SKATFE'S Pistolgraph Depot, 32, Sussex-place, Re gene's-park, N.W., where a cla.sification of children's like nesses from the day of birth may now be seen. Invalids and amilies attended. PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACHINE 4 , for hand, horse, or steam power, are the most simple and efficient extant.—Ful: particulars and prices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co., Laurence Pountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C., where they may Pe seen in operation daily. MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Private Gentleman upon FURNfTURE (without removal). Leasehold and Freehold Property, or Reversions, fie., in sums from £2O to £soo.—Mr. Howard, 18, Queen street, Cheapside. TPersons in WANT of MONEY (in To w n or Country).—A. GENTLEMAN is willing - to MAKE lE W o . ll , d at on hf .b r. ri ß dg ob e, er m t . s c onL ADVANCES of CAS without delay, to respectable person , * (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on.—Apply (it by letter enclose four stamps) to o Accountant,yadvanc4eoaloningoWekilyirliaama-asntrtese. t, PECTACLES.—The Patent Newlv-invented Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including. Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary redef to weak, dim, and detective vision.—S. and B SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. A NEVER FAILING REMEDY. — Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, trom the recipe of 1)r. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxesas. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease Ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the tress, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Trues, 168., 215., 265. Bd., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. fki. Postage, le Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, ILIA KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of 'Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, Am They are liorous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on 91 ean ordinary stocking. Price 48. 6d., 78. 6d., 10a., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer. 22ft. Piccadilly. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHAKSPE ARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8.. is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary C omm ittee. at the Stourbridge a nd Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stra tford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway,..,, r‘ Warwick or their London agents, Messrs. Sm dr" , raZne, and Co ' , Messrs Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Yn and Co , bankers, London. The Tercent enary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the gre at P o e t ' s hme, the town h e l oved , and where he ' lived and died. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Times' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, Aug. 18. Peremptory orders from Washington have been issuod for the recommencement of the draught in this city. To-morrow has therefore been fixed upon for the renewal of the lottery, which, in the words of a labourer who declares that he will neither serve as a soldier nor endeavour to find a substitute, if he die for it, is to decide whether " the bodies of the men of the working classes are their own property or that of Abraham Lincoln." Governor ievmour's remonstrance has not been altogether without effect upon the President's determination, for the officers charged with the duty of the conscription have re duced their demand upon six districts of the State of Now York from 26,299 men to 12,300—a conces sion which amounts to an administration of the truth of Governor Seymour's charge that the enrol ment was partial and unfair. In other respects the President holds firm, and has appointed Gen. Dix, the Federal officer in succession to Gen. Wood act ing independently of the authority of Governor Seymour, to carry out the provision of the Conscript Law and to maintain the peace of the city. Gen. Dix, who is one of the few respectable and judicious officers in the service of the President, has a large force under his command, and, in anticipation of disturbance, receives almost daily such reinforce. ments as the Secretary of War can spare. It is thought by all those quiet citizens who love tranquillity so much that they fancy ail others must love it as affectionately as themaelves, that the action of the municipality of New York in voting three millions of dollars to find substitutes for unwilling conscripts will act as a conductor to carry off the electricity of popular wrath. When the working classes are once convinced that, if draughted, the maternal city of New York will pay the exemption money that will enable them to re main at home with their families, in ownership of the fee simple of their own bodies, it is exceedingly probable that Gen. Dix, his armies, and his gun boats will have nothing to do, and that no further breach of the peace will occur. Were there a new insurrection ever so little more formidable than the last, it is scarcely probable that three millions of dollars would pay for the damage that would be done to property, to say nothing of the loss of life; so that the civic magnates in insuring the safety of the city for that handsome premium have perhaps done a prudent stroke of business ; but if it should happen that they cannot borrow three millions of dollars for the purpose, the Federal Government, in their default, might ultimately find itself in a very serious dilemma. Time presses, as Mr. Lincoln takes occasion to remind Mr. Seymour,and as no draughted man is likely to offer himself for service, after such an offer has been made to him by so wealthy a cor poration as that of the Empire City, Gen. Lee may take advantage of the halcyon days that have so un expectedly dawned upon his cause as to resume the offensive, and once' again try his chances against the city of Washington. It is possible, if the Mayor do not veto the bill of the two branches of the City Legislature, that the three millions of money may be borrowed upon the security of the local taxation, which these bodies have it in their power to levy : bat it is tilso possible that capitalists may refuse to take stock in the loan. In the neighbouring city of Brooklyn, where the working classes are resolutely determined and closely banded not to serve in the Federal army, the municipality has agreed to bor• row one million of dollars, fur the purpose of paying substitutes to replace the bone and sinew that pre fer work to fighting. But the banks have refused to advance any funds on the security offered, and the Joan, on being put up to public competition, has produced only 20,000 dols. This is but a small step towards a million; and as the working classes require cash down, the chances are that Brooklyn will take nothing by its action but the merit of good intentions. It remains to be seen whether the capitalists of New York have no greater sense of the impending danger than those of Brooklyn, or whether house proprietors and others will not in vest in a stock, the issue of which may more effectu ally protect their property from plunder and con flagration than all the soldiers that General Dix can bring to bear in their defence. The city is full of troops, the militia is under arms, and will remain so during the night ; but it is not probable any riots or disturbances will take place. The difficulty, as stated is my letter of the 21st ult., will occur when the Government shall en deavour to carry off the draughted men forcibly from their homes, unless, in the meantime, all danges from that cause shall be obviated by the judicious expenditure of the £3,000,000 which the corporation have voted to pay exemptions. While such is the aspect of political affairs in this city, Wall-street takes no heed of any of the angry portents that flare and flash on the horizon. It looks for the immediate capture of Charleston, and the certain repulse of General Lee, should that daring soldier once more resolve to attempt the capture of Washington. It considers, in the slang of the day, that Mr. Jefferson Davis is "squirm , ing" under the heel of Mr. Abraham Line )1n ; that the rebellion is "squelched ;" and that .now is the time for storks of all description to rise rapidly, and for those who understand the manipulation of those articles to make fortunes before they begin to fall. The Stock -Exchange is wild with excitement. A veritable scrip mania has set in with a virulence equal to that of the dog days. Lines such as the Harlem Railway, that prior to the war were at a discount of 75 per cent., and that have in no sense increased their traffic in the interval, have shot up to enormous premiums. The intrinsic value of the Harlem stock is estimated to be about 30, but it sold yesterday as high as 170 to persons who expect it will reach 180 to-morrow. The Erie, that long slept between the fifties and sixties, was yesterday , at 1091 ; th e N ew Y or k C entra l at 130 ; the Illi nois Cent ra l a t 124 ; an d t h e P ac ifi c Mail at 23 5 . in the Harlem line the advance has been 10 per cent. since yesterday; on the New York Central. 2' . 4; on the Erie, 28; and on another line—the Pitts- burg and Fort Wayne--which has suddenly risen into popularity, Si. It is not surprising under such circumstances that all legitimate business stagnates or dies. Well-street, Exchange-place, and William street, monopolise the presence of all the old and young speculators of the capital. Their pavements are so thronged with greedy gamblers that locomo tion is difficult. It is the old story of the South Sea Bubble and the Mississippi Scheme revived in a new latitude, a story that will run through the same developments, contain the same episodes, inflict the same miseries, end with the same crash, and point the same moral. Change-alley and the Rue Quin campois never witnessed more madness, more in veterate and desperate gambling, more rotten and baseless speculation of far-seeing► knaves and over wise fools, than may str e circumference, e t,up the be witnessed to-day within a circle of 300 1 y v a i r u d i s ain io . centre is in narrow whi ch the entry that leads to the hall of meeting of the Board of Brokers ; and all the people who rush to this Temple of Fortune know that the speculation that attracts and dazzles them is based upon nothing --that it is unsound as a soap bubble, and must as certainly collapse. But, no one cares to-day —as no one cared during the similar insanity of the Mississippi Scheme, or the more recent railway madness of the time when Hudson was King, and all Eugland and Scotland thought of nothing but malting profits upon the sale of railway scrip, leaving the loss, the misery, and the broken hearts to the last new comers, who happened to be in possession when " Panic' blew on the card-castle with his hot breath, and brought the fragile fabric to the ground. There is a likelihood, too, that this is not even the climax, but only the commencement of the "mad term." Mr. Chase is compelled to issue more paper, whether he desire to do so or not, or else the armies of the Re public will go unpaid, and the contractors will grow clamorous for the realisation of their enormous gains. And all these reople are war patriots. Why with their notions slould they not be? Would not peace make as certain an end of them as the first frost does of the nosquitoes ? The case of the Peterhoff, recently decided by Judge Betts, of this c ty, in favour of the captors, has excited by little i,,,terest or attention. It is believed that Earl Russell is so satisf ed with the sound law and the Signified impartiality of the judge, that the British. C tbinet will submit to his decision in this as is all similar cases; and that nothing which Judgeßetts can do will ever be con sidered a cam bclli. It would be well, however, for Earl Russell and the British public to know that Judge Betts, in the first place, is not a functionary of the rank of such mon as Lord Stowell or Dr. Lushington ; but an attorney, elected to the office for a term by univ‘rsal suffrage, and paid by a salary that would hive no attractions for a third rate, much less for a leading professional advocate ; and in the second phee, that no reporters regularly attend his court—anl that no official record what ever is kept of the proceedings or the judgments delivered. The judge keeps his own notes, and such professional gentlemen as are employed in the several cases doubtless preserve a private record of the proceedings. But beyond this there is nothing to show the exact terms or phraseology of any judg ment that may be delivered, or the evidence on which it may be founded. As these decisions be come precedents, it !s obvious that it is highly im portant to the commercial public of Great Britain and other countries tat there should bo 3omp official record of them. But there is none. Thue, to a considerable extent, the fancy or caprice of Judge Betts, whose professional status is not mi• perior to that of a police magistrate in London, may decide upon the most delicate questions of international law s without other remedy open to the aggrieved owners of ships and cargoes than a costly and protracted appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States. There are certain circumstances, too, in connexion with the case of the Peterhoff that ought to be better known in England than they appear to be. The Peterhoff, it may be remem bered, was seized, to the south of Cuba, on the regu lar track to Matamoros. Her papers were all regu lar, and all made out for that port. Her insurance was on the voyage to Matamoras, and nowhere else. She drew too much water to enter any port in Texas or the Rio Grande, except Matamoros. She was laden with saddlel, horse-shoes, boots, and vari oas other articles that Admiral Wilkes deemed to be contraband of war and destined for confederate use. Judge Betts, after a lengthened inquiry, decided every point against the vessel, and she was con demned accordingly. Yet within two months previ ous to this very time, when a British vessel was not allowed to trade between a British and a Mexican port, no less than 119 American vessels had cleared out from New York to Matamoros laden with ex actly the same kind of articles as were seized on board the Peterhoff; besides six, or some say nine, other vessels from the ports of Boston and Phila delphia, bound on the same errand, with similar ventures, THE NORTILERN CIRCUIT. Now that the assizes on this circuit have come to an end, and as there is much comment on the busi • ness of the circuit and talk of projects for dividing it, or taking York away from it, a short statement of facts may not be without interest. At York Queen's counsel sat for five days assist ing the Judges to get through the calendar, and on two of those days two Queen's counsel sat. In other words, seven days' work for one Judge was done by Queen's counsel sitting as commissioners, and yet I two long causes were made remanate. At Durham two Queen's counsel assisted the Judges in the trial of prisoners two days each, or four days' work for one Judge was done by them, and with great difficulty the assize work was got through late on the Newcastle commission day, At Ne wcastle Queen's counsel assisted the learned Judges in the trial of prisoners two days, a n d a heavy cause was made a remanet there. At Carlisle one Judge remaiced after the com mission day for Appleby, and until the commission day for Lancaster, sitting two full days beyond the time appointed, and a heavy road case was, not withstanding, made a remanet. At Appleby there were five or six ordinary cri minal cases and a charge of murder to try before the single Judge in one day. There was no civil business, and the work was done in one long day, At Lancaster there was an unusually light calen dar. This enabled the two judges on the second day to try causes, and a heavy cause list was thus got through late on the Liverpool commission day. At Liverpool, with a very heavy calendar, and the usual great cause list, the judges have found it ne cessary to call in the assistance of Queen's counsel to sit as commissioners for the trial of prisoners, and they have sat nearly every day for a fortnight—or rather, to be strictly accurate, Queen's counsel have sat on ten days, and on five of these two Queen's counsel have sat; in other words, our judge's work for 15 days has been done by Queen's counsel, or two and a half weeks' work, excluding the Sun days. Two of these days Queen's counsel sat try ing common jury causes. Queen's counsel have, therefore, sat 23 days this circuit-26 days trying criminal: and two days trying civil causes. It may be fairly assumed from the remanets left on different parts of the circuit, they being all heavy causes put off to the last, that, if tried, and if the pressure used in other cases in order to get through the work had not existed, the civil business of the circuit would have required the services of a judge one week longer than it has taken, and it is equally clear that without resorting to the gratuit ous assistance of various Queen's counsel the criminal business of the circuit would have required the ser vices of Inc judge one month longer than the time taken. It would therefore have required the ser vices of three judges instead of two to get through the work of the circuit in the ordinary time had not the aid of most of the Queen's counsel been called in. It is proposed to make Manchester a new assize tewn. It is expected that that will materially in crease the local civil business, and that a great many causes of importance now tried by consent of parties before the Salford Borough Court to save expense will then be tried at the assizes. It is also certain that the commercial causes of Stockport, Altringham, Knutsford, and Macclesfield—great manufacturing places in Cheshire, with a direct railway communication to Manchester, and nearer to Manchester than to Chester, with commercial juries at one place, and juries of farmers at the other, will go to the Manchester assizes for trial. There is, therefore, every probability of a fortnight's civil business being added to the circuit from this cause. A strong effort is also being made to get anew assize town for Yorkshire at Leeds or Wakefield. The probability is that the facility of trial so given will increase the local civil business so much as to take nearly a week longer to try. If two Judges, therefore, do the whole work assigned to them without calling in the constant aid of Queen's counsel to do a great part of it for them —and however ably these learned gentlemen may try prisoners or causes, trials in little back rooms, where judge, and counsel, and officers, and wit p nesses, and jurymen, and prisoners are all huddl e d together on a level round table, are neither so dig nified, nor so satisfactory to any of the parties con cerned, nor to the public, as trials conducted in open court—it follows that one's month's time additional to that now required to get through c the circuit business, both civil and criminal, by two Judges will be necessary; and as the circuit now re quires nearly two months to get through the work, the Northern Circuit will require three months' time to get through the ordinary business of the circuit. This is the simple calculation of " two and two make four," based on facts as they exist. But the great manufacturing North does not stand still; nor does its population decrease. A three months' circuit is clearly impracticable. It is proposed, it is said, to make all things work well by taking off York and adding it to the Mid land Circuit. Yorkshire has now a fortnight al lotted to it ; with an additional assize town, it is assumed, it will require three weeks. Take three weeks from three months, and will an eight or nine weeks Northern Circuit bo less oppressive than it now is ? And yet the circuit, if two Judges do the work to be done with York, and with the proposed change, will clear/y require that time. But, add three weeks of Yorkshire to the Mid land Circuits which now requires five weeks, and give the Midland Circuit a new assize town for Birmingham, which it urgently demands, and ought to have, and which would probably add another week to that circuit, and you make a nine weeks' circuit of the Midland, which is found to be almost impracticable on the Northern. And, again, York shire and Warwickshire will not stand still, nor their population decrease: It is clear that some other adjustment of the cir cuits is needed. whether that be to divide the Northern circuit simply into two circuits—York shire and the north-eastern counties, and Lanca shire and the north-western counties, which would require two additional Judges for the additional cir cuit; or by dividing the Midland Circuit between the Norfolk Circuit on the south side and the north eastern side of the Northern on the north side, thus making two good circuits, constituting Lancashire and the north-western counties a distinct circuit, and thus equalising the business of the three cir cuits, without increasing the staff of the Judges, is the real question which the Lord Chancellor and the Government have to determine. Anything less than this will simply be useless, ineffectual, and mischievous.-7intes, THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OP WALES IN THE HIGHLANDS. THE BRAEMAR GATHERING. The Braemar gathering, with a chance of witness ing a meeting of the clans—after the modern fashion —has of late been one of the principal attractions towards Deeside, and no doubt the numbers present this season, even under ordinary circumstances, would have been considerable, There can be no question, however, but that the intimation which had been publicly made that the Prince and Princess of Wales intended to honour the Highlanders by visiting the gathering, proved the loadstone which drew together the large company who last week bent their steps to the upper valley of the Dee. For weeks past the Earl and Countess of Fife have been making preparations to render the reception of the Prince and Princess worthy of this their first visit to the Highlands, a loyalty and thoughtfulness which have been fittingly recompensed by their Royal Highnesses graciously becoming the guests of the Earl and Countess at Mar-lodge from Thurs day till Saturday. Mar-lodge, which tourists to the Linn of Dee will know better as the roman tically situated Corriemulzio Cottage, in the vicinity of the beautiful Falls of Corriemulzie, was suddenly converted into as pretty a Highland palace as eye could desire to look upon. The gathering of the Highlanders for competi tion in feats of strength and skill was fixed to take Place on the ample lawn in front of old Mar Castle, and to this spot tourists and residents alike con verged by midday on Thursday. Across the road leading to the castle a very handsome triumphal arch, composed chiefly of heather and birch and sur mounted by a crown of the former, was erected, while the grim old castle itself looked quite gay in its bedeckings. Immediately in front of the castle snow white tents were placed for the reception of the Princa and Princess, and the company from Mar-lodge, a slightly elevated dais being so con structed that their Royal Highnesses could witness the sports comfortably, whether the weather should prove wet or dry, by being under or beyond canvass. Between 1 and 2 o'clock the sound of the pibrochs coming across the water an nounced the approach of the Fife and Farquharson Highlanders, " all plaided and plumed in their tartan array," &c. The Forbes, or " Lonach" men, from Strathdon, who have always made the most imposing appearance at these meetings, were un fortunately absent on the present occasion, through recent domestic affliction in the family of their re spected chief, Sir C, Forbes, of Newe. Each of the Fife men carried a pike in hand and sported the family emblem, the sprig of the holly in his bonnet; while the Farquharsons bore broadswords and displayed a branch of the yew. The former clans were com manded by Lord Macduff, Mr. Kennedy Erakine, Mr. Duff Abercromby, M.P., and Mr. J. C. U. Mill. In the absence of Colonel Farquharson the me .n of his clan were under the command of Mr. Brown, the resident factor on the Invercauld estates. Up till about 3 o'clock the day had been cold and dusty, "dirty weather," in short, as a sailor might say, while the portentous mist that floated in thick clouds overhead and crept like smoke up the sides of Craig-neich, Craig Vallech, Craig Nurron, Craigin taucht, and the other lofty mountains that enclose the old Castle of Mar and the fine valley in which it is set, gave no hopeful tokens of the sun lending his powerful influence to aid in the enjoyment—to say nothing of comfort—at the gathering. Just about 3 o'clock, however, the flying showers ceased, and when the Prince and Princess drove up, the weather may be said to have become on the whole favourable. Their Royal Highnesses, who were in an open carriage, were received by the High landers and the spectators with loud cheers, which they graciously acknowledged. The Prince was dressed in full Highland costume, with broadsword, sporran, and dirks complete. 'r " garb," it was universally admitted, became him remarkably well. The Princess worn a dress of the Victoria tartan pattern, and thereby won additional favour in the eyes of the Highlanders. Immediately on the Prince and Princess taking their seats on t he dais prepared for them, the sports began. Among the company present were the Duchess of Roxburghe, the Master of Lovat, Mr. and Lady Susan Grant Suttie, Sir Thomas and Lady Louisa Moncrieffe and the Misses Moncrieffe, Lady Annally, the Hon. Miss G. White and the Hon. Capt. White, the Hon. Lewis Wing field, the Earl of Brecknoek, Viscount Boringdon, Sir James Elphinstone, M.P. ; Sir Frederick John stone, the Earl and Countess of Listowel, Lord Berkeley Paget, Major Balfour, Mr. John Phillip R.A.; Col. Phipps ; Col. Forbes, of Inverarnon Mr. Charles Forbes, jun., of Newe ; Mr. W. R. Duff, of Fetteresso, M.P. ; Mr. Augustus Lumley, Mr. Theodore Williams, Captain Balfour, of her Majesty's ship Winchester, and Mrs. Balfour, Dr. Will, Colonel Kinloch, &c. The games commenced with "putting , the stone, " followed by " throwing th e hammer" and s t a ssi the arm c. whicha bFcro,r" excellence feats peculiar depends to the chiefly Highlanders, on strength in ' 1 putting the stone" Donald Mimic, known as ,“ the Deeside Champion," and a sore thorn in the sides of the Highlanders, as he is not of them, being a modtst-looking lowland lad, firmly knit, and evidently a man of vast power of arm, stood first, throwing a stone of 281 b• a distance of 27ft. Dinnie also was victor at the next exercise, making a hammer of 161 b. fly through the air 84ft. At "tossing the caber'' --that is, making a pon derous tree of 20 or 30ft. in length spin right over the ground—Charles ga nder, was proclaimed hero. end without touchiilni Al' Hardy, a stout you n g hero. A long race followed, and was won by Robert son, a Glenisla man. But the Highlanders cannot lay claim to any particular merit in games ewsthhearu' where speed, agili t y , " or skill are necessary. l ' wi ping they can g ive no exam p les of what rh:eittnrg o ainr jog and fleetness w ill achieve suc h as ly W h it e , Brighton, or the crack English comp etitors display, while the grace of attime e. Tv oiliness of eye that characterise the feats of Caffyn at the bat or Tom Lockyer keeping be yond their aim an d roac h . - the wicket seem Bu their dancing is decidedly attractive, and some o f the Highlanders on the present occasi on displayed great neatness and dexterity in the execution of " Gillie Callum" (the sword dance) and their exciting strathspe y s and reels. A Farquharson m an name d Mackenzie, carried off the dancing honours —though probably for grace of movement and variety of step a Cor poral Forbes, from Dundee, who entered in the con test for all corners, won most admiration. The objection to his performance, however, w as that it showed too much art, and consequently was wanting in the untutored naturalness, so to speak, demanded in true " Highland"dancing. The Prince and Princess seemed much interested in the games—more especially the dancing—and did not leave the ground till nearly 6 o'clock, when they drove off amid loud cheering for Mar. lodge. The games were finished shortly after 6 o'clock, and by 7 the Highlanders and the spectators bad also left the ground for Castletown, where the former were entertained to dinner by Lord Fife, and the latter entertained themselves as best they could — the whole resources of Messrs. Fisher and Hunter and the villagers generally being in constant and urgent demand. At Mar-lodge the Earl and Countess of Fife en tertained the Prince and Princess of Wales and a distinguished company to dinner, and the evening was closed with the following tableaux : I.—Mary Queen of Scots at Wemyes Castle. Queen Mary .. Miss G. Moncrieffe. Mary Beaton Mary Carmichael Mary Seton .. Miss H. Moncrieffe. Mary Livingstone ll.—Mary Queen of Scots, attended by Rizzio. Mary Stuart Rizzio lll.—Elaine. Elaine " Lay the letter in my hand "A little ere I die, and close the hand upon it; "I shall guard it even in death. "And when the heat is gone from out my heart, "Then take the little bed on which I died "For Launcelot's love, and deck it like the queen's " For richness, and me also like the queen "In all I have of rich, and lay me on it ♦ • ; So that day there was dole in Astolat." —"ldylls of the Bing." IV.—The Soldier's RetTurn, Lady Ann Duff. Lady Agnes Duff. Master of Lovat. " The wars are o'er, and I'm come hame, "And find thee still true-hearted I Though poor in gear, we're rich in Love, "And mair, we'se ne'er be parted."—Burns. V.—Charlotte Corday contemplating her Picture before her Execution. Charlotte Corday . . Hon. Miss White. Gaoler Mr. W. Kennedy Erskine. Vl.—Faith, Hope, and Charity. Faith Hope Charity Child The various " tableaux" were admirably presented, the steadiness of the figures, so requisite for the proper effect in these " living pictures," being as nearly as possible perfect. The Prince and Princess joined heartily in the applause bestowed upon the " distinguished performers," and the encores were frequent. During the night watch and ward was faithfully kept at the lodge by a picked body-guard of the Fife Highlanders. • ' RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The following is a summary of the railway pro ceedings of the week. The report of the directors of the London, Chatham, and Dover states that the working for the past six months shows an in crease:of 45 per cent. in the passenger and 40 per cent. in the goods traffic over the corresponding period of 1862, but they express their regret that this increase has not benefited the revenue, in con sequence of the large amount expended in earning it. The board further states that the receipts on the metropolitan extensions, although only opened for traffic between Victoria and the Elephant and Castle, have averaged about £9O per mile per week; that sine the opening to Beckenham the receipts have averaged more than £133 per mile per week, and that the last week gave a return of £l5O per mile per week. At the half-yearly meeting the report was adopted ; Mr. Holroyd, the late secre tary, was elected a director of the company, and Mr. Johnson, who has been appointed in his place, was voted a salary of £5OO per annum. At the Sevenoaks meeting the report, which was adopted, stated that the receipts for the past year, which was the first year of working, had been £5,170, but it was expected that there would be a consider. able increase when the goods termini with the London, Chatham, and Dover, and the Lewisham and Tunbridge lines were completed. The net available balance of revenue on the half year's working of the Waterford and Limerick is £2,400, out of which the directors recommend a dividend of 53. per share on. the original capital. The report of the directors of the West Hartlepool was adapted at the half-yearly meeting. At a special meeting of the company the directors were authorised to raise, under their act of the present year, £729,000 on debentures, to pay off the primary charges against the company, and £300,000 on de benture, for other purposes. The half-yearly report of the directors of the Metropolitan was unani mously adopted at the general meeting, and a divi dend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum declared. The chairman expressed his conviction that the traffic for the past six months was not one-third of what they might fairly expect hereafter. At the Sonth.Eastern meeting the report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 4 1 2 per cent. per annum was declared on the half-year's working. The Great Northern meeting also adopted the report, and dividends were declared as follows;—At the rate of 1 per cent. on the Hertford stock, 4 per cent. and 6 per cent. on the Luton stocks, 41 per cent. per annum on the Great Northern original stock of 3 per cent. for the half-year on the B s tock, and of £1 ss. per cent. for the half-year on the A stock. The directors were authorised to subscribe on behalf of the comp an y £30,000 t o the Stockton and Wood ley Junction, £58,000 to the Stockpor t Ti : mb erleY, and Altrincham ; £65,000 to the Cheshire Midland, and £67,000 to the West Ches hire Company. At th e Vale of Neath a dividend at the rate of 31 per cent. per annum was dec l ar ed. The receipts on the h a lf_ year's working of the No rth and South-W estern Junction showed an in crease of £604 over the cor responding per i o d of the precious year, and out of th e b a lance, 2,103,the directors recom mend a divi dend at th e rate of 5 per cent, per annum, which wa s declared at the meeting of shareholders. The report of the directors of the North-Western, which was adopted at the meeting held at Leeds, stated that the receipts for the year 1862 amounted to £59,301, and the Midland Company had paid £11,910 for guaranteed interest and dividend. The dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum was declared, and the chairman announced that the in creased dividend of 31 per pent. would commence at the beginning of next year. At the meeting of the Corn wall the report was adopted, and the directors Were authorised to issue a further amount of debentures to the extent of £82,980. The Taff Vale meeting the 1,1 declared a dividend at the rate of 9 per cent, per annum, and the agreement for working entrissant line was approved of. The directors of the Whitehaven and Furness Junction, at their meeting, congratulated the shareholders on the fact of the receipts having increased 25 per cent. ovei the corresponding half of 1862. A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent., as recommended, was declared. At the meeting of the Crystal Palace and South Lon don Junction the directors reported that the whole of the works were progressing very rapidly, and that the line would be opened within the term of the contract, The half-yearly report of the Staines, „_. -r \ T -EIVS PAPE R 4=k: 10 : % .' t .' • •iv (et,. Wriie ; 5 ; 112 C Wokingham, and Woking, which was 'it4 the meeting of shareholders, showed the gkis ceipts for the year to have been £12,275, being an increase of £1,937 over the previous half-year. The directors of theMid-Wales report that the works on the line are in active progress, and that the lino ~ive progress, and that the line will be open , qth - t year. At the Severn . Valley the report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum declared on the ordinary stock of the company. At the Bedford and Cambridge the report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of :3.y per cent. per annum de clared. The directors of the Kent Coast state in . their report, which was adopted at the share holders' meeting, that the double line between Herne Bay and' Margate, and the second line of rails between Faversham and Herne Bay, will be opened by the let of next month, and that the line to Ramsgate will be opened by the commencement of October. At the Oswestry and Newtown, a dividend at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum was declared. The directors of the Cannock Mineral recommend a dividend at the rate of 31 per cent. At the half -yearly meeting the report was adopted atGa the ed d the Grand entadhr anTti d nrtu i hg v nes i k d oe end declared. Th e di rec t ors o f th e Companyfxtphee n I:eas fb. ..ya de s a t b a r e t ae e I on n r t h t i 7d i r 2t oo r l e x p ; 4 o I r 3e t 4a , v 3 that ;.,ls a balance of £167,136. THE WATER SITPPLY IN PARIS, The constantly increasin g s i ze o f Paris, the augmentation in the extent of its gardens and plantations, and the great er superficies of street, road, end bo u l evar d i t i s now deemed r necessary to water in dry weather, obviously implies an increased consumption of water, for which it is urgent that the municipal authorities should provide. The subject is one upon which a good deal has of late been written in the newspapers and in pamphlets, and its importance is all the more pressing because it appears that for a long time past the supply of water in Paris has been less than was necessary to satisfy all the demands of health and cleanliness, and far less than that enjoyed by most other European, capitals— A . recent writer on i the subject calculates that the total supply of water to Paris is hardly 90 litres (a litre is equal to 1 760 English pint) per inhabitant daily ; that is to say, six times less than to the inhabitant of Marseilles, seven times less than to the inhabitant of New York, 12 times less than to the inhabi tant of Rome. Old Paris was built at the bottom of a chalky basin, up the sides of which it has beat cons tantly climbing. Within its new barrier, the fortifications are 7,800 hectares of ground, or more than 16,000 acres. According to the last census, its inhabitants are 1,600,000. Converging towards it, and running around it, numerous railways and canals combine to supply its enormous consumption of all imagin • able things. The Seine, but a slender stream for so great a city, flows lazily through its heart, and afterwards meanders, in many bends and folds, through its pleasant environs, as if reluctant to leave the greatest ornament of her banks. The annual consumption of Paris is of course prodigious ; everything atnunds in this centre of gaiety and plea sure. Fur thirty leagues around the country contributes to the supply of its wants ; from the south the rail ways bring fruit and much of the finest poultry, from the various seaports immense supplies of fish. The canal and river boats bring wine, wood, iron, and other heavy merchandise; stone for building is plentiful in the quarries of Paris itself. There is lack but of one thing-- the most precious, the most indispensable of all—and that one thing is water. The Seine is there, certainly; but it can afford but a small portion of what is needed. Besides that a very costly machinery would be necessary 'to raise 200,000 cubic metres of water daily to all the elevations of the city; it has been proved by:men of science that if such a quantity of water was taken from it the current would no longer have sufficient strength to carry off the drainage from the sewers. All that is taken, therefore, is about 40,000 cubic m e t res, w hi ch is used filtered (a very expen sive process) for drinking, and in the houses. The Canal de POureq affords 108,000 metres for other purposes. It resource,o p t3d a t o n b e n tim e th e e i t r h y a e l t d h is A n n r t e e e s r e t a n n i n w a e n l d l s w in t o e u l r t b t e e n a t g w r a e s a t h and they reckon for little. The well at Passy is barely sufficient to supply the Bois de Boulogne. Of course, a large quantity of water i s requ i re d to wash out the contents of the sewers into the Seine, just as it is necessary to leave the river a sufficient water power to carry the drainage away. In short, the water borrowed from that river and the Ourcq canal forms the sole supply of the capital. The chalky character of the soil of the basin in which Paris stands ren ders the springs that rise there unwholesome for drinking purposes, and hence the necessity of incurring the expense of filtering the Seine water, which, even when it has under gone that process, is by no means of first-rate quality. After a great deal of labour on the part of the Prefect of the Scino Department, after many commissions have sat and many reports been stride, it has been decided to substitute for the water of the Seine that of two streams—the Dhuis and the Surmelin, which is to be made to flow to Paris from a dis tance of 139 kilometres. For further wants there aro kept in reserve 60,000 cubic metres from another stream, the Somme Sonde, but that would require works alang an extent of 252 kilometres. There was talk of making a diversion from the Loire by means of a canal 175 kilometres, in length, which would have supplied half a million of cubic metres a day, but this was abandoned, partly on account of difficul ties and expense and partly in consequence of the opposition made by the people dwelling on the banks of that river. Of course every attempt to divert streams for the use of Paris excites discontent somewhere or other. As soon as the works are completed which are required in order to bring the waters of the Dhuis and Surmelin to Paris, the quantity now des rived from the Seine for the use of the houses will be aps plied to purposes of general utility and cleanliness. Tho 148,000 cubic metres of water, which now constitutes the whole supply of Paris, is estimated to be quite 100,000 metres less than this capital ought to have. Only two-fitths of this deficiency is to be supplied by the works now in pro gress ; the great question is—whence is the rest to come ? .It is very costly to divert streams from a great distance. One writer on the subject has supposed to get water from the Seine at a moderate distance below Paris. Owing to the twists and turns the river makes in that part of its course, the water might be brought over a short distance from a very considerable one down the stream, which in the interval would have completely diluted the drainage of Paris. This water would not be used for drinking. Paris earnestly demands more water—the more earnestly that it has not yet recovered its usual complexion, or ceased to perspire from the effects of tho late intense heat. In its warm weather still—although there was a good ,deal of rain early yesterday morning, and the day was sunless, the thermometer stood at 73 deg. at half-past two. But one feels delightfully cool by contrast with the temperature of 20 and even nearly 30 deg. higher which wa . s endured t t the earlier portion of the month. Scorche d as lately was, running Paris would gladly have seen the kennels all day, and the water cart perpetually at w ork. Instead of that, Paris had to swallow a vast dea l of hot dust. Amid the many great things that have been donefor Parishun deniably under the as present reign, the hydraulic Parisdepartmenthas s been plenteously been somewhat neglec ted. but it has not enough supplied with light and air, but enou, water. positively, and doubtless with A Paris journal lately seated perfect truth, that the . scarcity of monumental fountains here is due to the deficiency of water. It may w i th great reason be insist ed u p on that it is at least as necessary to h ave water plentifully distributed th rough the houses of Pa d s , a nd especially to that topmost story in which poor people u s e, as to have gas illuminating all the staircase And conveyed into a vast number of the apartments. It watt probably the scarcity of water that first led to the Parisian practice of waxing floors and stairs instead of washing them—and the En g li s h man newly come to Par i s i s spee dil y apprised bythe uncomfortably small dimensions of his basin and ewer that ho is no longer in a land where pro fuse ablution is encouraged by an abundance of the refresh ing element. Messrs. 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