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NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. NOTICE. -MIDSUMMER RENEWALS. .Mercantile and Dock Insurances at the Reduced Rates. The business of t. e Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1861 was £83,076, and the amount insured on farming stock, £10,036,762. 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 £410,000. The rates of premium are In no case higher than those charged by the other principal offices msking no returns to their insurers. For pro•pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwich, and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. T HE TORQUAY HOTEL COMPANY (Limited). Capital £70,000, in 7,000 Shares of £lO each. Of which it is anticipated that not more than two-thirds will be required for the immediate objects of the Company. Deposit per Share, £1 on application, and £1 on allotment. Calls not to exceed £2 per share, and to be made at inter vals of not less than three months. Incorporated under the Joint-Stock Limited Liability Act, which expressly limits the Liability of each Shareholder to the amount of his subscription. DIRECTORS. Sir LAWRENCE PALK, Bart., M.P , Haldon Muss, and Tor Manor, Torquay, Lord of the Manor of Tor Moliam, Chairman. Henry Wheeler, Esq., Wandsworth-coamon, Surrey, De puty-Chairman. Lord A an Spencer Churchill, 4, Lowndes-square, London. C. G. Cholmendeley, Esq., Torquay. Lawson Cape, Esq., M.D., 2 , , Curzon-street, London, W. William F. Splatt, Esq., Torquay. J. B. Toogood, Esq., Torquay. Edward Gulson, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon. BANKERS. The Imperial Bank, Lothbury, London, E.C. Messrs. Vivian, Kitson, and Co., Torquay. . • BROKERS. Messrs. Ricardo, 11, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, London, E.C. ARCHITECT. E. N. Clifton, Esq., :7, St. Helen's-place, London, E.C. SOLICITOR. W. Toogood, Esq., 16, Parliament-street, Westminster, S.W. Offices of the Company --16 Parliament-street. Westminster, S.W. It has long been felt that Torquay, with its large, wealthy, and increasing population, and the great number of visitors who resort to it both in winti r and summer for health and pleasure, stands much in need of the accommodation of a first-class modern Hotel of the character so successfully esta blished in London and some of the leading watering places England and,on the Continent- This Company is formed o supply this requisite, and a most eligible site, upon which the favourite residence of Col. Meyrick now stands, has been pecured for the purpose. The Hotel, with pleasure grounds of considerable e xtent sloping to the sea, will have a southern aspect, and occupy a situation generally c nsidered the most salubrious in Tor quay. Here the invalid may enjoy the benefits of an Italian winter without losing the comforts an English residence. The property selected commands one of those delightful sea views which have contributed to obtain for Torquay the high reputation it has so long enjoyed. Provisional arrangements have been made with the pro prietor of the Royal Hotel, whereby the Company will be placed at once in possession of a valuable connection and lucrative business on most favourable terms. The Company will thus obtain an immediate source of profit, with the op portunity of ensuring prospective advantages. The experience of the last few years has abundantly shown that the attractions of the modern first-class Hotel are eagerly sought after, and having regard to this circumstance, and to the determination of the Directors to combine in every department a judicious supervision with the highest attain able excellence of management, no reasonable doubt can be entertained that the present undertaking will prove success ful and amply remunerative to the shareholders. Torbay and the immediate Channel have long been known to yachtsmen as one of the most unrivalled cruising grounds on the English coast. A valuable accessory will be found in the new harbour, the formation of which in the immediate vicinity of the town is contemplated, and which, when com pleted, will afford greatly increased accommodation for the anchorage of yachts. Application for Shares to be made in the annexed form to the Brokers to the Solicitor, and from whom prospectuses mai also be obtained. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Torquay Hotel Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to the sum of being a deposit of £1 per share upon shares , I request you will allot me shares in the above-named Company, and I agree to accept the same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, to pay the calls thereon as they may be made, and to sign the Articles of Association when required, and I hereby authorise and empower you to insert my name in th" register of shareholders of the Company for the num ber of shares that may be allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, ame in full Address Description Place of business Dated the day of , 1863. SALE of INTEREST in MILL PREMISES and LANDS at O'BRIEN'S BRIDGE, in the County of Clare. IN THE COURT of BANKRUPfCY and INSOLVENCY. IN BANKRUPTCY. In the Matter of William Digan and Henry Wickham Hird, both of O'Brien's Bridge, in the County of Clare, Killers, Bankrupts. TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, pur suant to the order. and subject to the approbation of the said Court, at Michael Hartigan 's Auction Rooms, Cecil-street, LIMERICK, on WEDSESDAY, the Ist day of July, 1863, at the hour of One o'clock in the Afternoon, All the Estate, Right, Title, and interest of the said Bank rupts, alid of their Assignees. and of the Mortgagee of, in, and to all that and those, the Dwelling-house, offices, Stores, and Mills situate, lying, and being at O'Brien's Bridge, in the County of Clare, held' under rn Indenture of Fee Grant, bearing date the 15th Aug,ust, 1854, for ever, at the Yearly Rent of £l2O 13s. 10d., with the right of turbery on the Red Bog at O'Brien's Bridge. And also all that and those that part of the lands of O'Brien's Bridge, containing 2 roods, and known by the name of the New Mid Pond, situate, lying, and being at O'Brien's Bridge aforesaid, held under Indenture of Lease dated 19th November, 1828, for the lives therein named, at the Yearly Rent of £2 (Os.; and also All that and those, that part of the Lands or Building Ground of O'Brien's Bridge, held under Indenture of Lease, dated 19th November, 1828, tor the term of three lives therein nam ed, at the yearly rent of £3; and also All that and those, the Watercourse or Mill Stream run ning through the lands of Moss Bank, part of the said lands of O'Brien's-lodge, t g - ,ether with the strip of gruund orpat.h way running alongside said new Watercourse to the 'eft thereof, as it proceeds from the Bridge at Bridgetown, con taining in length, from the Bridge at Bridge; own to where said course joins the old Mill stream, 95 perches and 6 feet, or thereabouts, and in breadth 8 feet, held under lease of 25th November, 1828, for lives renewable for ever, and subject to no rent. CHEYNE BRADY, Chiet Registrar. For particulars of Title and conditions of Sale, see Abstract of Title posted for inspection at the Court of Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Four Courts. Dubin; at the Auctioneer's Rooms, Cecil-street, in the City of Limerick; or at the office of Joseph Murphy, Solicitor for the Mortgagee, having car riage of the Sale, No. 11, Bachelor's-walk, Dublin, and 55, George-street, Limerick. Michael Murphy, Esq., Official Assignee, No. 33, Upper Ormond -quay, Dublin. DESCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS. These Mills are within seven miles of Limerick, in the centre of an extens ye corn-groom counry, embracing part of the counties of Clare, Limerick, and Tipperary, are situate on the banks of the River Shannon, with water carriage al most to the Mill door, and haying the same communication with Dublin, Athlone, &c., &c., and are in every possible re spect about the best circumstanced in the South of Ireland. They are nearly quite new, and have been erected with all the new and modern improvements, and have cost, from time to time, over £20,000, and consist of No. I—A Steam Mill, driven by a powerful Steam Engine, by Caird and Company, of GI . sgow, with three very large Boilers, which work up to 100-horsepower, and for the supply of which there is abundance of fuel in the immediate neigh bourhood. This Mill is in the most perfect order, is fitted up with 9 pier of first-class 4-fee'; Belgian stones, with Bovill's patent exhaust, 4 Silk-dressiv Machines. 1 Wire Machine (Ameri can) an-ther patent gleaning and Screening Machine, all on the new. st and moat approved principles, and are capable of Grinding and Dreising, 1.200 Barrels of Wheat per week. No. 2—A Water Mill, fitted up comnlete, with four pair of new 4 feet 6 inch French Burr Stones, two Silk-dressing Ma chines, and is capable of Grinding and Dressing a very large quantity of both - Wheat and Indian Corn. In this Mill t' , ere is room for two pair more of Mill Stones, and the Water power has been vastly increased this season by extensive drainage works, which are being carried out in the neigh bourhood. No. 3—A 1 , nre and convenient Cern Stores, quite free and independent of the Mille, and capable of containing 10,000 Barrels of Grain. No. 4—A. large range of Shedding. Stan Coach-houses, Bake-house , Piggeries, ftc bliAre.g for 12 Horses, No. s—The Dwelling- House and Garden, mdern and con venient, handsomely fitted up, and is in perfect order and repair. The whole of the premises are thoroughly enclosed, are all in the most substantial order and repair, ready for immediate occupation, and do not require an outlay of one shillin.; for the Milling Trade on either Machinery or Buildings. Those Premises axe so extensive that there is ample room and sufficient spare buildings. so that a portion, with great advantage and at a small outlay, could be easily converted into a first-class Bre .ery, for the carrying on of which trade there is every possible facility, and for which this situation presents many most important advantages, offering; thus on the whole to traiers and capitalists a rare and most desirable investment. TEA. —MOORS BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 35. 2d. ; reduced to 3s. ed. ; mixed Assam re duced to 38. Sd. ; h and the finest Assam, reduced from 45. , 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London -bridge, City, E.C. cIPECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented I , —) Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including, Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary relief to weak, din, and detective vision.—S. and B SOLOSIONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1662), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to he the most effective invention in the curative treatment of II ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in Its effects, Is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Bloc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn (luring sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6c1., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 528. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,"Post oXce, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, ac., for Varicose Veins and all eases of Weakness and Swelling of he LegS. Sprains, &c. They are porous, Unlit in texture, a nd inexpensive, and are drawn ton lik ean ordinary stocking. Price ls . Gd., 78. , 10s., to cash. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer. 22g. Piccadilly. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward 3fasterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of uovernors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied 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 the publicir Imperatfor ivecontiny dut to make an EARNEST APPEAL to thecontinued Ruppert, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. N°. 22,150. HURST AND BLACKETT'S STANDARD LIBRARY. Now ready, Illustrated by Millais, 55., bound, MISTRESS AND MAID, by the Author of "JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLE M AN," forming the New Volume of " Hurst and Blackett's Standard Libra' y of Cheap Editions of Popular Modern Works." Hurst and Blackett, 13, treat Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "NO CHURCH." Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., CHURCH AND CHAPEL. By the Author of " No Church," " Owen: a Waif," tc. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. Now ready, Svo., with Illustrations, 165., bound, DR. MOUAT'S ADVENTURES AND R E SEA RULES AMONG THE ANDAMAN ISLANDERS. "Dr. Mouat's book, whilst forming a most important and valuable contribution to ethnology, will be read with interest by the general reader."—Athenmum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in One Volume, antique cloth, price 7s. 6d., Illustrated by numerous superior Wood Engravings, LONDON SCENES and LONDON PEOPLE. Anecdotes, Reminiscences, and Sketches of Places, Personages, Events. Customs, and Curiosities of London City, Past and Present. By " ALEPH." - • - - • W. H. Collingridge, " City Press," 117 to 119, Aldersgate street, E.C., London. T HEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE, JUNE 39, 1863. A Grand MELANGE DRAMATIQUE will take place in AID of the FUNDS for a NATIONAL METROPOLITAN MONUMENT to SHAKESPEARE, under the immediate Patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin cess of Wales, before whom 60 eminent artistes will have the honour of appearing. —Hon. Sec., Mr. Adolphus Francis, 43, Cumberland-street, Hyde-park. THOXF O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET. _ .__ . _ Will be performed Selections from the following Operas : LA CJRCASSIENNE, MARTHA, and MASANIELLO. Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, and W. Diane, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos Master Sanders, the Juvenile Vocalist. UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND. • - The HALL his been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is now one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.—ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT. This Evening the e Two Fren Rrh th Marvellous ATH ClownsUß and BERTRAND, ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly for him. A. 13. HOLLINGSWORTH'S new Comicslities, &c, SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and G. HUTCHINSON. GRAND SELECTIONS CANTATA from OPERAS, GLEES, and S. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell. Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, Signor Bunali, and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, ed. ; stalls and balcony, is. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Miss M',;regor, Messrs. Albert, Vernon, Rigby, dm., &c., with Full Chorus and Band of 60 Performers. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.-THIS EVENING, and during the Week, at Half-past Ten, the FAIRY FOUNTAIN. "It is indeed a remarkable and beautiful speetae.e."—lllustrated London News. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—Trium phant Success of the marvellous RISARELIS and LES TROIS NICHOLETS. ARGYLL ROOM S.-JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. NOTlCE.—During the Week the Selections will be—" Der Frieschutz "—" I .a Forza del Destino "—" Ii Trovatore " " Don Giovanni," &o. LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays from half-past Nine to Twelve. Admission, ls. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, containing 1,200 Models, Natural Preparations, Monstro sities, &c., illustrating every part of the Human Frame ; also the Moving Anatomical Dying Zouave, Julia Pastrana, &c. Admission, One Shilling for Gentlemen only), from 10 till 10. Lecture at Four. Illustrated Catalogue free for 14 stamps, sealed 20. Address the Secretary, as above. MR. T. CARRICK begs to announce to his Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic Establishment, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now in full operation. Cartes de Visite, 10 for Its. 6d ; 21 for £l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former Otyles. T HE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a new Instrument, by Negretti and Zambra, will cor rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden ; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street. LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and Eyebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of ELLIOTT'S TONIC LOTION, the stimulative properties 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., 55. 6d., 10s. 6d., and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thomas Elliott, hairgrower (first floor), 51, Fenchurch-street. T. E.'s wigs. £1 10s. THE GREAT CADER IDRIS LEAD, COPPER, IRON MINING, and SLATE COMPANY (Limited). This Company being completely registered under the Joint- Stook Companies Act, 1862, with Limited Liability, no Shareholder can, under any circumstances, be made re sponsible for a greater amount than the shares for which he subscribes. Capital £40,00?, in 40,000 Shares of £1 each. .. _ Deposit, ss. per share on application, and be. per share on allotment. DIRECTORS. Col:Abbott, 150, Leadenhall-street, and Upper Spring-street, Portman-square. William Ancrum, Esq. (formerly H.M. Consul at Tunis), Penge, Surrey. E. J. Bridell, Esq. (Director of the St. David's Mining Com pany), 34, Beaumont-street, Portland-p ace. E. J. Cole, Esq., 76, Gower-street, Bedford-square. Edwards Richards, Esq., Knightsbridge, and Westbourne, Emsworth, Sussex. James Young. Esq., 19, Great George-street, Westminster. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-stree'. SOLICITOR. G. R. Dodd, Esq., F.S.A., 26, New Broad-street, E.C. AUDITORS. Will be appointed by the Shareholders. SECRETARY (pro tem.)—lifessrs. Lerch and Maguire. Temporary Offices—No. 1, Coleman-street-buildings, Moor gate-street, E.C. This Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing an extensive and valuable grant of Lead, Copper, Iron Ore, and Slate, en the north side of the noted Cader Idris Mountain, known as the Cyfannedd-fawr, in the parish of Llanegryn, Merionethshire, North Wales, held under lease for 21 years, at 1-15th Royalty on all minerals (except Iron Ore, at a Royalty of only 4d. per ton). The great grant includes numerous lodes of Lead, Zinc, and Copper -Iron of the best quality, and blende with traces of Gold—also excellent Slate. An adit-level intersects several lodes of Silver-lead, or Galena. A Copper lode opened upon, gives promise of excellent re sults. An Iron vein runs through the entire grant. An extensive bed of Slate of good cleavage can be worked to great advantage. The Silver-lead, proved by assay, has yielded 40 ounces of silver to the ton of ore. Lead and Copper from a shaft at the end of the adit have realised £32 per ton. The Iron vein is estimated to produce 61 per cent. of iron. The Slate is of superior Quality, and can be cut into pave , ment, flooring, chimney pieces, &c. The streams of water running through the grant offer great facilities for working, scouring, and cutting the slate. In facL a Quarry opened upon the property will pay well for working. The foregoing facts and the position of the grant, in a rich mineral district, warrant the conclusion that, efficiently worked, the mine is capable of yielding returns equal to those of the most profitable mines in the Principality. The property being advantageously situated about half a mile from the Welsh Coast Railway, from which a siding can be constructed at moderate cost, and only miles by public road from the shipping port of Barmonth, affords a facility of transit which greatly enhances its value. With these ar,vantages, and adequate water power for working . machinery, dressing ores, &c., the Directors, after careful investigation, confidently anticipate that 10s. per share upon the capital of the Company will be sufficient to develope the wealth of the mine, and produce profitable re sults without further calls. The Lessee having agreed to take £3,000 in cash, and 5,000 paid up shares, assigns all his interest in the mine, inc uding upwards of IGO acres of mineral ground—the previoua out commencedpcbaru poc Samples si k tp i a n ele g it su h ss o euo u sb s e, when, &c., n i t m h e m j e u d d i g a in t e e n t operationsof the D lay—mining buildings, smith's shop, offices, dressing flo ors, ir c e a c n to t r h s e , S t e ll a r i n e b d d e i d f te r r m e !I s t o o t re a s p t p ak ic e a n ti f o r n om f o t r h e sh m a i r n e e s: r m e p a o y rt s e , r efo re sufficient b e obtained at the Temporary Offices of the Company ' • and the deposit paid on application will be returned if no allotment be made to the applicant. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Great Cader Idris Lead, Copper, Iron Mining, and Slate Company, (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your credit with Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., £ , I hereby request you w 11 allot me shares in the above Company, and I agree to accept such shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I authorise you to insert my Dame in the register of Shareholders for the same. Name Address Protes,ion or business Date BANKERS' RECEIPT FOR DEPOSIT. The Great Caller Idris Lead, Copper. Iron Mining, and Slate Comi any (Limited). - _ London, 180. Received of the sum of £ , being the deposit of ss. per share on shares, to the credit of the Great Cader Idris Lead, Copter, Iron Mining, and Slate Company (Limited). For ROBARTS, LUBBOCK, and CO.. The above forme to be filled in by the applicant, and for warded to the Bankers, with the deposit, when the receipt will be returned, signed Pp the Bankers as a moiler. --,,----..e 4-' i,°A. 4:,:,-..:H , ..,... ,14 .. , • , ;;;;:; -. 4 .—v:,,-. • - 1 0 ,6 ' . 4 hi 1! . - M r, . - '• - I),..\ v e z , A . ,,: . „. ..... ,- . , ~:,.... t „,„.......... 7 . , -. . 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By this arrival we learn that the mail steamer Norwegian, Captain 1M 'Master, ran ashore on St. Paul's Island, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, during a dense fog on the afternoon of Sunday, the 14th inst. This was reported by the captain of the news boat when the Jura called off Cape Race. The mails, crew, and passengers were saved, and hopes were entertained that the ship would be got off. The Norwegian was on her outward voyage from Liver- _pool l whence she sailed on the 4th inst., with a fair amount of cargo and about 500 passengers, and appears to have made a quick passage to the St. Lawrence, where she met with the mishap. The Norwegian is an iron screw steamer of 1,888 tons register, was built in 1860, and was bark-rigged. She belongs to Messrs. Allan Brothers and Co.'s line of steamers. A despatch to the Tribune, dated Washington, the 11th, says : " The opinion is entertained in quarters likely to be ac quainted with the facts, that not a man has been detached from Bragg's army since General Grant opened the siege of Vicksburg. General Rosecrans has been so watchful, has found means to keep himself so thoroughly informed as to Bragg's designs, and has so constantly threatened him with an attack in force, that he has deemed it imprudent to weaken his strength in the least, even for the purpose of attempting to relieve Vicksburg. By pursuing this course for the present Bosecrans is believed to be contributing more toward permanent triumph than he could by such a victory as that of Stone River. Bragg was ordered to go South to reinforce Johnstone, when the men and some of the officers mutinied. Bragg ordered out a brigade to surround the mutinous regiments, and swore he would hang 100 men a day until discipline was restored." From Cincinnati it is stated that a spirited en gagement took place at Monticello on the 10th inst. The Federal troops, under command of Col. Kantz, had driven the Confederates from Monticello, and they were falling back towards the Cumberland river, when they rallied in force and attacked the rear guard. The Feder&la retreated slowly. Re inforcements subsequently went to their relief, when a desperate hand-to-hand conflict ensued, lasting two hours, and resulting in the defeat of the Confederates. The Federal loss, says the de spatch, was 80 killed and wounded; the Confede rate loss is not stated. An unofficial telegram, received in Washing ton on the 12th from the vicinity of Vicksburg, says the Confederates, in small force, attacked Milliken's Bend and Young's Point on the 6th inst., but were decisively repulsed at both points. The coloured troops at the former place at first gave way, but, upon hearing that those of their number who were captured were killed, they ral lied with great fury and rooted the enemy. The Tribune of the 11th says : " We have a letter from our correspondent ' Zenophe' to the 6th inst. He gives a hopeful view of the progress of the siege; reports the repulse of a sortie against one of our mining parties on the night of the 3d; demonstrates that General Joe Johnstone cannot possibly get near enough to strike Grant without being extinguished, and says the gar rison will soon be compelled by famine to capitulate." A special despatch of the New York Herald, dated headquarters of the army of the Potomac, says : " Our forces remain in possession of the flats south of Fredericksburg. The enemy manifests no inclination to attack us. Our defences are impregnable, and it is not be lieved that the rebels will risk an assault. Work has been suspended in their own fortifications. Their troops, how ever, display themselves extensively and are evidently in large force, No firing has been heard since Tuesday even ing, and this morning the utmost quiet prevails. A num ber of prisoners arrived last night from the upper works. Most of them are members of the 4th Virginia Cavalry. Stuart's attempt to make a raid into Pennsylvania is frustrated. Lee is in the vicinity of Culpepper with a large body of infantry, and a heavy force remains near Frede ricksburg. Troops from the Blackwater, North and South Carolina, and elsewhere, have been hurried up to the army of Northern Virginia, and there can be no doubt that Lee contemplates a grand and desperate effort for the annihila tion of Hooker's army." The Tribune's special correspondent, writing on the 10th, says : "The Rappahannock was again crossed by detachments from the Ist, 3d, and sth corps this morning near Kelly's Ford without the loss of a single man on our side. The rebels seemed to be entirely taken by surprise ; so silently were our men embarked that their pickets of six cavalry men did not discover our designs until the canvas boats had reached the middle of the stream. We were then ordered by the rebels to halt, which injunction our men seemed to consider a very good joke. Two shots were then fired at the boats, neither of which took effect. Several of our men answered the salute, killing one man, who was immediately carried off by his comrades, who beat a hasty retreat as our boats neared the shore. Two boat-loads were landed, and immediately commenced reconnoitring on the other side, but found no rebels. The remainder of our forces, in all perhaps a division, afterwards forded the river." - The Ohio Democrat states that a Convention met at Columbus on the 11th, and was very largely attended. Ex-Governor Medill presided. General Clement Vallandigham was nominated for Governor on the first ballot, receiving 448 out of 461 votes. His nomination was then made unanimous. The Hon. George E. Pugh was nominated for Lieute nant-Governor by acclamation. Resolutions were unanimously adopted protesting against President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, condemning martial law in loyal States whore war does not exist ; denouncing the suppression of the writ of habeas corpus; protesting in strong terms against the banishment of the Hon. C. L. Vallandigham, and calling on the President to recall him and restore to him all his rights as a citizen of the United States; and declaring that they would hail with delight a desire of the seceded States to return to their allegiance, and that they would co-operate with the citizens of those States to restore peace, and that they insisted upon freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right of trial by jury. Under the date of the 11th inst. Captain Butler, of the bark Whistling Wind, states that his vessel was boarded on the 6th inst., in lat 33.30, long. 71 29, by the rebel pirate Coquette. The Whistling wind was set on fire and burnt. The Coquette was formerly the brig Clarence, of Baltimore, and was captured by the pirate Florida, to which vessel she is a tender. A letter to the New York Herald of the 12th reports the capture and burning under the guns of Fort Morgan, below Mobile, of the schooner Ripple (Hunter) with cotton. She had been taken by the Kanawha, on the 7th, about 30 miles south of Mobile. The United States' ship Desota chased the Con. _._ _ federate steamer Cuba from Havannah, laden with arms and ammunition, and compelled the crew to set fire to her and to escape in boats. The Cuba formerly ran between Mobile and New Orleans, and was capable of carrying 10,000 bales of cotton. The Canadian elections are proceeding with con siderable activity ; the Montreal Herald says : The electoral returns from the country at large ;till show a considerable Ministerial majority ; but it is of course un derstood that in all these cases the safest constituencies are those which are the first called upon. We have to-day to add to our Ministerial list one more Upper Canadian name, that of Dickson, for Huron and Bruce, and two lower Ca nadians, Messrs. Dufresne for Iberville, and Labreche Viger for Terrebonne. The return of the latter, though by a small majority, shows that though at no great distance from the city the result was not influenced, to an over whelming extent, by the rebound of our own elections. We have classed Mr. Sicotte among the Ministerial candidates, because we have too much respect for one of the most high spirited men in public life to place him among the doubtful; and because we believe, that, having no personal interests which he will for a moment but in competition with the public advantage, he will be found, as usual with the party with which he has always acted, if he shall, as we have no doubt he will, find their programme to be such as he can approve. We, of course, do not disguise from ourselves that there are some differences in policy between himself and his late colleague—but we do not imagine that these are in any, respect, irremediable. Upper Canada still appears PRICE.-- -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. THE NEW GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA, Last evening a grand banquet was given at Wil lis's Rooms, in honour of his Excellency Sir Charles Darling, K.C.8., who is about to proceed to Victoria as the Governor-in-Chief of that colony. Mr. H. Childers, M.P., long connected with the colony, had intended to act as chairman, but was prevented being present by a domestic effliction, and strange to say Sir C. Darling himself was absent from the dinner in consequence of illness, though at some risk he came and I aid his respects to the company after they bad assembled. The Duke of Newcastle who had accepted an invitation, was likewise com pelled by indisposition to be absent, but his Grace end the Colonial-office were represented by Mr. Chichester Fortescue. In the absence of Mr. Childers, the chair was occupied by Mr. J. V. L. Foster, late Cliief Secretary to the colony of Vic toria, and the following gentlemen, including several leading colonists now in England, were also present :—The Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of Mel bourne, Mr. Vansittart, M.P., Sir Chas. Nicholson, Sir Charles Clifford, Sir Edward Macarthur, Judge Therry, Mr. Charles Kean, Mr. E. Wilson, Mr. L. Mackinnon, Major Pasley, Colonel Tidy, Captain Clarke, Mr. Engleheart, Captain Begot, Mr. E. Hamilton, Mr. C. H. Ebden, Mr. H. Creswick, Mr.' Landsborough, Mr. Hodgson, and Mr. George Macleay, the company mustering in number to up. wards of 100. After the usual loyal toasts, the chairman, in proposing the toast of the evening, " His Excellency Sir Charles Darling," said that, although it was a subject for regret that his Excel lency was not then present, he bad testified his sense of the honour they had intended to confer upon him by leaving a sick bed and coming among them in the early part of the evening. His Excellency, suffering from fever, had not only left his bed, but within the next forty-eight hours was about to em bark on a voyage to Melbourne, which, under the circumstances, was a great trial to him. He would go out not altogether a stranger to Australia, for in early life he was there during the Governorship of his uncle, Sir Ralph Darling. Daring that time an expedition went down to Port Philip, and on its return the Colonial-office reported that the country was worth nothing, and was only fit for kangaroos. Yet that country was colonised in spite of the Colonial-office, who absolutely forbade people to go there. Now, again, there was no encouragement from that quarter to settle in North Australia ; but he would say, in the presence of the Under-Secretary for the Colo nies, that whether the Colonial Minister liked it or no he must establish a colony in North Australia. Sir Charles Darling went out no untried man. He had already filled the office of Governor of St. Lucia, the Cape of Good Hope, Newfoundland, and Jamaica, and had been a successful governor wherever be had represented his Sovereign. It might almost be said of him, nihil tetigit quod non ornavit. He believed that the same amount of success would await him in Victoria, the more so as the new system of re sponsible Government had established order in the colony, and had made the duties of a colonial Go vernor comparatively easy. Mr. Chichester For tescue, in speaking to the toast of " Her Majesty's Ministers," dwelt upon the spirit of justice and fair dealing with which his noble friend and chief had conducted himself during his long career as Colonial Minister, and the liberality and loyalty with which he had carried into effect the great principle of co lonial self-government in domestic affairs. He re marked that in these days, with respect to the colo nies, the Minister, from whichever side of the house he might be taken, was not the Einister of a party but of the nation and the Crown. This country had never been, and never could be, governed by a man more thoroughly devoted to its interests than his noble friend Lord Palmerston, and every colonist present might rest assured that in no hands could the honour and interest of British subjects, whether here or at the antipodes, be safer than in those of the noble lord. With him he must couple the name of the Foreign Minister, Earl Russell, who for many years served the country at the Colonial-office. Some years ago, he said, the then French Minister at this Court, M. Guizot, informed Lord Russell, then at the head of the Colonial-office, that the French were desirous of establishing a penal settlement in New Zealand, and asked what part of the ter ritory so called the English considered their own. Lord Russell coolly replied that New Zealand was all their own. The French Minister then inquired how much of New Holland they regarded as be- longing to them. The Colonial Minister again an swered that they claimed the whole of it. He (Mr. Fortescue) mentioned the circumstance merely to show the spirit in which British Colonial Mini sters regarded the colonies, and how ready they were to extend over them the cagis of England. It was in that spirit, he was convinced, that the wish he was about to express would, under the provi dence of Heaven, be fully carried out—that fer many ages to come the prosperity of the Australian colonies would continue, as now, to excite the pride of Great Britain and the envy and admiration of the world. The company separated about 11 o'clock. Mr. Harker, jun., acted as toastmaster. THE FRENCH ELECTIONS. M. de Persigny is good enough to let the public know what he thinks of the elections. The semi official papers this evening publish the following circular, which his excellency has addressed to the prefects : ' Paris, June 21. " M. le Prefet,—After having received and ana lysed your reports, and those of. your colleagues, on the late elections, and taken due note of the order and fairness with which the electoral operations have been conducted, as also the perfect freedom with which candidates of every description have been able to come forward, I am happy to have to congratulate you on the zeal which you, your sub prefets, mayors, and other subalterns have displayed in your efforts to enlighten the populations as to the choice they were called on to make. With the ex ception of incidents which may have given rise to protests on one or the other side, the peaceable man ner in which the elections have been accomplished, does the more honour to the country as they have been hotly contested. "For the first time during the last 10 years the opinions more or less connected with previous Go vernments have formed a coalition. On a few points, and especially in the great centres of population, generally more easily impressed by the excitations of the press, that coalition has succeeded in taking universal suffrage unawares ; but the immense majority of the country has responded to the ap peal by the Government, and has left the coalition but a few names to console it for its defeat. "The election, however, will have considerable influence on the future of the cou ntry. When the l i Emperor was raised to the t hrone, amid the accla mations of a whole people, arriving alone at the summit of power, he had no party of his own, but by a few points was connected with all the panics existing in the country. Some considered him as the representative of order—others as the embodi ment of unity of power; some looked upon him as the principle of authority—others as a wise liberty; for the greater number his accession wasthetri umph of democracy — for all, the dignity of France abroad. Out of all these various elements was formed what may be called the party of the Government, whether in the aggregate of the agents of public authority, from the ministers down to the humblest functionaries, or in the constituted bodies, the Chambers, the councils general, and the municipali • ties. Thus composed, the general organization of the country was deficient in homogeneity, and it is natural that, according to circumstances, and until they had been amalgamated by time, these various elements should betray some trace of their origin. Bat the Tate elections will have done more for their NAVAL INTEL LICENCE. Lieutenant his Royal Highness Prince Alfred accompanied by Major Cowell, landed yesterday at Portsmouth dockyard from his ship, the Racoon, 20, screw corvette, Captain Count Gleichen, lying at Spithead, and paid a farewell visit to Capt. Scott and the officers of her Majesty's ship Victory. The Racoon is under orders to sail for the coast of Scot land this day. The Royal Oak, 32, iron-cased frigate, Captain Campbell, sails from Spithead to-day to join the Channel fleet. The screw gun-vessel Renard, 4, 630 tons, 200- : horse power, Commander Charles J. Rowley, ar rived at the Nore on Tuesday from the East Indies and China, and saluted the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. I. Hope Johnstone, X.C.8., Commander-in- Chief at the Nore. Shortly after her arrival the Vice-Admiral, accompanied by his suite, went on board and inspected the ship, when the crew were mustered and exercised at quarters. Since the Re nard has been in commission, a period of close upon four years, she has been employed principally in China, Japan, and the islands of the Indian Archi pelago, and has lost a considerable number of men from sickness. Only one officer who was appointed to the ship at the time she was commissioned re turns with her. The Renard is to be immediately dismantled and paid off into the third division of the steam reserve, and orders have been received at Chatham that none of her bulkheads or other inter nal fittings are to be removed. Admiralty orders have been forwarded to Chat ham dire,:ting that the following screw gunboats, attached to the steam reserve in the Medway, toge ther with their engines, and the whole of their masts and gear, complete, are to be sold out of the service—viz., the Dwarf, the Fidget, the Mastiff the Manly, the Pelter, the Spey, the Thistle, and the Tickler. The whole of the above were con structed for the Admiralty during the time of the Russian war, and nearly all were built by private shipbuilding firms. They are, generally, in good re pair. It is probable that some, if not the whole of them, may be purchased for the Anglo-Chinese squadron, their light draught of water and the com parative high rate of speed attained by their high pressure engines, rendering them exceedingly effec tive for ascending the shallow rivers or running close in shore. The Admiralty are still undecided as to the ultimate use of the large squadron of iron mortar vessels now lying high and dry at Chatham dockyard, in the same position which they have occupied for years past. Means, how ever, have been taken to arrest any signs of decay in them by ventilating the inner parts of the boats, all of which are housed over with wooden rooffing. The whole have also recently received a coating of red lead. It is questionable, however, whether, from their size and other circumstances, any of them will ever again be available for the purposes for which they were originally built, and their re tention, therefore, in the service, in their present form, is open to question. The squadron of gun boats ordered to be disposed of are to be sold by public tender. After a protracted illness, Admiral the Hon. Sir G. Elliot, K.C.8., died yesterday morning shortly after 9 o'clock, at his residence at Prince's-terrace, Kensington. The gallant officer, who was the se cond son of Gilbert, 12th Earl of Minto, by Anne Maria, eldest daughter of Sir George Amyand, and consequently brother of the late and uncle of the present Earl of Minto, was born the 12th August, 1784, and married in May, 1810, Cecilia, youngest daughter of Mr. Jas. Ness, of Osgodrie, Yorkshire, by whom, who died in May, 1848, he bad a nume rous family, his eldest son, George, having obtained his flag rank in the navy, and among his married daughters are the Countess of Northesk, Lady W. Compton, and Mrs. Drummond, wife of Captain the Hon. Jas. R. Drummond, C. 8., one of the Lords of the Admiralty. The Admiral entered the navy in 1794, as a first class volunteer, on board the St. George, 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, and was present in Lord Hotham's actions in March and July, 1795, and was on board the Goliah when that ship led the British fleet into action, on the Ist August, 1798. For some time he was on board the San Josef and the St. George, flagships of Lord Nelson and Sir Charles M. Pole, in the latter of which, under the gallant Captain Masterman Hardy, he was present at the action off Copenhagen in April, 1801. After various services afloat hr, according to O'Byrne, in October, 1808, captured La Jena, French corvette, of 18 guns and 150 men, after a running action of nearly an hour. He also, when in command of the Aurora, in an action of three hours with some Spanish gunboats near Tarifa, captured three of the enemy's ships. At the reduction of Java he was recommended to the notice of the Admiralty for the ability he displayed in superintending the landing of the troops. After chastising the pirates of Sambas, in Borneo, and afterwards assisting Col. Macgregor in reinstating Sultanbeing, m Palembang, he returned home, and was unemployed, his next appoint ment to the Victory guardship at thefor e is nog o :f intime 1 82 7 Portsmouth. In September, 1837, the year he obtained his flag rank, he was appointed Comman der-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope, and in February, 1840, assumed the command of the fleet in China, where, in the additional capacity of joint plenipotentiary with Capt. Charles Elliot, R.N., he superintended the earlier operations of the war from July to November. He returned home in 1841 in ill health, from the combined effects of the climate and over exertion in the discharge of the onerous duties attached to the command. Admiral Elliot filled the office of First Secretary to the Admiralty from December, 1834, until April, 1835, and was subsequently, until his appointment to the command at the Cape, a Junior Lord of the Admiralty. In 1830 he was appointed a naval aide-de-camp to King William IV.; in September, 1831, nominated a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and made a Knight Commander of the Order in November last. His commissions bore date as follows :—Lieutenant, 12th August, 1800 ; commander, 14th April, 1802 ; captain, 2d January, 1804; rear-admiral, 10th January, 1837; vice-admiral, 13th May, 1847; and admiral, sth May, 1853. The following appointments were made at the Admiralty yesterday : J. W. B. Baron, Assistant-Engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary. W. H. Sedgwick, ditto, to the Himalaya. Richard Stevens, ditto, to the Ajax. E. E. Williams, ditto, to the Dee. A. H. Symes, ditto, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary. ' W. B. Cleaverley, ditto, to the Excellent, for the Stork. Nominated Naval Cadets—M. W. H. Somerset, R. Find , lay, and W. S. Taylor. _ . Lieut. Thomas V. Williams, to the Excellent. Lieut. the Lord Arthur P. Clinton, to the Revenge. Lieut. C. S. P. Woodruff, to the Excellent. Lieut. J. B. Barnett, to the Majestic. THE ALLEGED ASSAULT AT EPSOM ON THE DERBY DAY.—An application was made at the judges' chambers on Tuesday for a writ of procedendo in re spect to an indictment against a sporting gentleman named Saunders, which had been removed by certiorari, as stated in the Morning Post, from the Surrey Sessions to the Cen tral Criminal Court, for trial at the July sessions. The in dictment was for an assault on a policeman at Epsom on the Derby-day. Mr. Saunders, who was described as of Sus sex House, Hyde-park, was held to bail, and Mr. Lewis (Lewis and Lewis) obtained a writ of certiorari from Mr Justice Keating to remove the proceedings from the Surrey Sessions. Mr. Pollard, from the Treasury, now applied to quash the writ, on the ground that Epsom was not within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court, and there fore the learned judge had no power to make the order. Mr. Lewis, jun., attended, and admitted that, as Epsom was not within the limits of the Central Criminal Court, the case was not tried as directed. Mr. Justice Williams granted the writ of procedendo, and the indictment will be tried at the Surrey Sessions, commencing on Monday nest. BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM. Whether considered merely as a brilliant fete or as the means of adding largely to the pecuniary re sources of a deserving charity, tt e festival held in celebration of the opening of the new buildings at Slough by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, must be regarded as one of the greatest successes of the season. The number of scholars belonging to the Asylum had increased so largely by the ens of last year that the energetic board of dii•eetors determined on moving their whole establishment from Clapham-rise to more spacious premises. The building at Slough, of which they have bought the freehold, was formerly known as the Royal Hotel, and was built at a time when it was supposed that the Great Western Railway would never be carried into the town of Windsor. The completion of the railway, of course, ruined the proprietors, and the hotel re mained closed for many years. The directors of the Orphan Asylum have added another story to it since it has been in their possession, and the healthy situation and spacious grounds surrounding it ren der it peculiarly fitted for the purposes to which it is now applied. The loveliness of the weather and the presence of the Prince and Princess of Wales drew a large number of visitors from London and the surround ing counties. The grounds were filled long before the time named in the programme for the com meneement of the ceremony by crowds of gaily dressed spectators, who were loud in their com mendations of the beauty of the site and the con venience of the various buildings. The Prince and Princess arrived by special train from London to Slough at four o'clock, and were received at the station by a deputation of directors, by whom they were conducted to the reception room prepared for them in the main building. The procession was then formed, and consisted of the board of directors of the Institution, headed by the chairman (Mr. Thomas Tilson) and the vice-chairman (Mr. Chas. Woolloton), the clergy of the neighbourhood, the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, the Lord Mayor, the Bishop of Ripon, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and lastly their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by Lord Mount- Edgcumbe, Lord Sermyn, General Knollys, and a numerous suite. They proceeded from the west door through two lines of pupils of the school to a dais prepared for them beneath a large marquee erected on the lawn, and communicating with the main portion of the building. During the procession the National Anthem was played by the band of the 18th Hussars and the Commissionaires, who were in attendance the whole day. On the arrival of the Prince and Princess at the dais the pupils of the in sitution sang the Old Hundredth Psalm very sweetly, and an address to the Prince was read by Mr. Thos. Tilson, the chairman of the Board of Directors. It gave a short account of the foundation and gradual progress of the institution, stating the reasons that had determined the directors to move to the present premises. It alluded in grateful terms to the patron age already bestowed on the asylum by the Queen, the late Prince Consort, and the Prince of Wales, and concluded by expressing a hope that the Prince and Princess would allow their names to be enrolled as the Royal Vice-patron and Vice patroness of the Institution. His Royal Highness then delivered the following reply : " It has given the Princess and myself great pleasure to be present at the opening of your most excellent Asylum, and to have been invited to take part in so good awork. The benevolent purposes of this widely-extended institution speak for themselves. It is one in which the Queen and my lamented father, the promoter of every scheme for the relief of the miserable, evinced a warm interest, and the details which you have given of its formation and progress furnish another appeal for aid from those whose highest enjoyment it is to give a home and education to the fatherless and destitute. It is a privilege, I assure you, that the Princess and myself value greatly to have our names associated with the British Orphan Asylum." The Prince then formally declared the building to be for ever dedicated to the purposes of the British Orphan Asylum, and announced that Mr. Edward Mackenzie, of Maidenhead, had made the munificent donation of £12,000 to the Building Fund of the Institution. The Bishop of Bath and Wells (in the absence of the Archbishop of York) then offered up a prayer, and the ladies of the Royal Academy of Music sang a very beautiful chorale composed expressly for the occasion by Dr. Sterndale Bennett. The ladies who had collected purses for the institution then filed past in an almost endless procession, leaving their offerings on the table in front of their Royal Highnesses. The National Anthem was then sung by the ladies of the Royal Academy, the solos being charmingly given by Miss Fanny Army tage. The procession then re-formed, and conducted their Royal Highnesses to the south lawn, where they each planted a specimen of the W ellingtonea gigantea in commemoration of the event of the day. During this portion of the ceremony the bands per formed the Danish National Anthem, after which the Prince and Princess and suite were conducted by the officers of the institution to the station, whence they took their departure for London. The whole of the building and the grounds were decorated with rare flowers by Messrs. Turner, of Slough, the Queen's nurserymen. The Princess's boudoir and the Royal reception room were thrown open after the conclusion of the ceremony, and were visited by great numbers in the course of the day. After the departure of the Prince and Princess a grand cold collation was served by Mr. Chater, of the London Tavern, in a large marquee erected for the purpose, and the company remained straying about the grounds and admiring the beauty of the lawns and shrubberies until long after dusk. The Volunteer Review at Oxford, An important gathering of the volunteers of the midland counties, &c., numbering in all about 7,500 men, took place in Port Meadow, Oxford, yesterday, under the command of Major-Gen. R. Burnley. At an early hour Oxford was all alive with volunteers and country visitors. The parade was set down to take place at two o'clock, shortly after which hour the artillery and brigade of infantry took their posi tions in front of a very commodious stand erected for the occasion by Mr. Castle, of Oxford. As the various corps marched past the stand they were more or less applauded, the Oxfordshire corps, as was natural, receiving the greatest share. The Bristol men were the next in demand, and, although it may be invidious to particularise, we cannot re frain from bestowing upon them a word of praise for the regularity of their movements. The Duke of Manchester's band were the observed of all ob servers, their high-bred chargers also being the sub jects of general admiration. After repassing the stand in double-quick time the various corps moved off for the purpose of carrying out a sham fight, but the spectators, who had previously shown bid taste in not keeping clear lines, scattered themselves in all direcEons, and with the aid of the smoke from the rifles and the artillery, rendered it impossible to discern any of the military evolutions. After firing and manoeuvring for nearly an hour and a half, the burgesses returned to the front of the stand and formed into squares for the resistance of cavalry, which concluded the day's performance. Tis sight was a great recompense for the loss of the other portions of the review, which, on the whole, was exceedingly successful. The number of spec tators was estimated at over 50,000, many of whom had come from distant parts of the county, the vari ous railway companies having run excursions for the occasion. TEMPORARY WOODEN BRIDGE AT BLACRFRIARS. —Messrs. Rennie and Co., builders, have been the success ful contractors for the erection of the temporary wooden bridge at Blackfriars, to be used for carriage and foot traffic during the taking down the old and rebuilding of the new structure. Nine tenders were sent in. The work will be begun without delay. -~ cohesion than time itself. Attacked on R . and resisting the shock, our politica: gained in strength, and in the Chit; sate , country the party of the Governmen ;04 144 rit5`: constituted. "Another important result is due tions—our institutions, criticised by t: JosiOon under the pretence of their being capjfkle 01 . improvement, have received a fresh consecration from the success of the Government candidates.- What the French people meant to express, when they voted the plebiscite in 1851, was not only their wish to establish authority and liberty on unshakeable foundations, but also their intention to give up copying, in a democratic country like ours, the aristocratic constitution of a neighbouring nation ; it was above all a resolution condemning the fatal doctrine, the result of which was to trans fer power from the hands of the Sovereign to orators in the Legislature. " The Opposition loudly esserted, timt in the last 10 years the country had cico,ngr.d its mind, that it tspired not only to perfect and modify the working of our libnrtics, but to change its essenti6l principles. Ile country has protested against these assertions. " And now that the struggle is over, I recommend you, M. le Prefet, as quiet is gradually restored, to take counsel from those sentiments of moderation which are the mark of a strong Government and a paternal administration. " The Emperor's Government, you are aware, excludes none. Consisting itself of men of all parties, and unceasingly recruited from among them, it remains faithful to the mission of reconciling them all. It is open to all men of good will, and sets aside only those who, not accepting the fundamental bases of our institutions, such as they are laid down in the plebiscite of 1851, are thereby in opposition with the will of the French people,—Receive, &c., "F. DE PERSIGNY. " This extraordinary document is described as the last will and testament of M. de Persigny. .I,tfdiac,tt-14,ijk--r-, . , -- 7,,, ,m IT ID t 41- s .- .!:- ':,.. ,,i. . - - ....4 :: :.. .. t .:\ s :,,,i , r, e _ `,h :01 I cli, -;.,'•.'::::,„ - c ,,,,,,, ~.,,?....-, -..vi-1 4.1. ,., 'IZ-___.N.,:?/A'''' The late Accident on the Brighton and Victoria Line. Yesterday the adjourned inquest on John Salmon, the engine driver, whose death resulted from the fearful injuries he received during the recent acci dent at Streatham, on the Brighton Railway, was held in the lecture room of St. Thomas's Hospital, before Mr, Carter, the coroner for the eastern divi sion of the county of Surrey. As, however, a jury could not be empannelled in consequence of the ab sence of two of them, who it is stated were fined in the sum of 20 each, the coroner said hs thought it advisable, more particularly pending the public and official investigation into all the circumstances of the accident, appointed to take place to-morrow (Friday), to adjourn the inquiry to the Bth July. Tribe, the fireman, who, it will be recollected, was so severely injured, was found so far convalescent, 's Hospital, yesterday, as on inquiry at St. Thomas to be able to go about and in a condition to give his evidence, the most important that can be adduced relative to the probable causes of the catastrophe. The causes that conspire to produce this particular class of accidents, denominated in French railway nomenclature by the term " derailment," or the escape of the engine and train from the rails, are, it may be usefully mentioned from the reported expe riences of the raitway department of the Board of Trade, attributable either to impediments left on the rails, to the wheels or axles breaking, or to the rails or chairs being out of gear, but to which of these the accident in question is to be traced remains to be discovered by the scientific inquiry which has been most assiduously prosecuted by Col. Yolland, the Government inspector, and the officers of the company since the accident occurred. The Guards are going on well, so much so that 20 of them have already left the Military Hospital in Rochester-row, where they were under the super intendence of Drs. Lane and Wardrope, and Ser geant Ruston, and have resumed their duties at the Wellington Barracks for some days past. Only seven now remain is hospital, and all save one, who is feared to have been permanently disabled, will leave the hospital for barracks very shortly. Up to the present time no clue appears to have been discovered to account for the unexplained accident, and as no photograph appears to have been taken of the scene of the disaster, and as the line was not left in statu quo until such time as an inspection on the following morning could be made, great diffi culty will be experienced in arriving at a clear practical conclusion. THE COTTON SUPPLY ASSOCIATION. The sixth annual meeting of the the Cotton Supply Asso ciation was held at the Town-hall, Manchester, yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock—Mr. John Cheetham, the president, took the chair. There was a good attendance of spinners and manufacturers. The report of the executive committee stated that they had had to deal with an amount of correspondence far ex ceeding that of the previous year, including communications from all parts of the world where it was posible to grow cotton. In reply they had given instructions, and, to the extent of their resources, assistance. So great had been the demand that they were reluctantly compelled, in conse quence of scarcity, to restrict the quantity of seed supplied, and in some instances to decline applications. Their re sources, if doubled, would have been insufficient. In five years they had distributed 6,107 cwt. of cotton seed, and had placed in the hands of those who could most usefully em ploy them 642 cotton gins, 62 ploughs, and numerous other agricultural implements, horse and cattle gear and driving wheels for gins where steam power could not be obtained. Medals and prizes had been awarded in India, Egypt, Turkey, Asia Minor, &c., for valuable assistance and for the best treatises on the management and cultivation of the cotton plant. They had called into existence a variety of agencies in Turkey,ltaly,Egypt, Spain, Portugal,Australia, Brazils, Paraguay, and South America, whose efforts were relied upon as valuable in developing the resources of their respective countries. After alluding to the enlightened policy of the Turkish Government in granting uncultivated lands belonging to the state for cotton cultivation, rent free, with exemption from all taxes for five years from import duties on implements and machines, and commutation of tithes, together with a liberal distribution of seed, the report states that in Upper Egypt uncultivated lands are to be exempt for ever from all contributions to the state if turned to cotton growing ; whilst the Portuguese-Govern ment in India had granted a like exemption for fifty years --an example of Government interest and encouragement in striking contrast to the inertness of our Indian Govern ment, of which the committee had so often had reason to complain. In Madras an improved policy had been initiated in a few cases by the remission of assessment for five years, but in July, 1862, Sir C. Wood revoked the offer of the local government, and ordered their instructions to be withdrawn, on the ground that the remission of rent was not only objectionable in principle, but rendered the trials to grow cotton quite unsatisfactory. During the past a tisfactory. year cotton had been received from Belize, Canary Island s, lonian Islands, River Gambia, China, Hong Kong, Vie. toria (Australia), Japan, Tortola, St. Lucia, Cuba, Mexico, Central America, and Chili; all of which places, had sent no supplies in 1861. The large supplies of cotton which the American war had suspended could only be gradually obtained elsewhere after yea rs of exertion; but in propor tion as the association , b y the s p read of information, supply of seed, and establishment of agencies, should be able to multiply the sources of new supply, it w ou ld contri bute to abridge the present severe crisis, and prevent recur rence. The committee call the attention of machinists to the fact that there is still great room for improvement in ma chines for cleaning cotton. The aggregate quantity of seed dud so i s w tr 4 i b s,o t o e o a i r t e h s e o p f a l s a t n d y . e aTr The a c s 1n2,2m0i5t t c e w e t h . , a d or 62 cotton gins to Queensland, also suffi sentcien sufficient to t Sydney, Adelaide, Africa Bonny, Natal, and other part s o f the world. The c o mmittee think any relaxation of eff or t now would' be grea tly to be deplored, and say that a t a t i me like the present, when so many mills are sta n di ng i dle for want of cotton, no means should beleft untried t o remedy such a state o f t hi ng s. The instincts of self-p reservation ought to obtain for the associa tion the hearty support of the trade. " The large amoun t o f capital embarked in the cotton industry, the vast population employed and dependent upon it, the remembrance of its former prosp er it y, an d t h e i mper i a l as well as local interests involved in its restoration, shall doubtless make every one eager to rescue it from the ruin with which it was now threatened." The accounts state the subscriptions at £4,096 10s. 4d., and the total receipts at £6,235 Os. bd., of which there is a balance of £145 Is. lid. still in the bank. Resol ut ions were moved adopting t he report and accounts, and appointing t h e president, committee, and officers to can. duct the hwiness for the ensuing . year, which were aeopted unanimeurly. RUSSIAN CLEMENCV.—The Posen Journal has the following:—" Madame M—, the wife of a landed proprietor in the neighbourhood of IVilna, waited on General Mouravieff, the new governor, and requested him to revise the papers connected with the case of her hus band, who, she said, had been condemned unjustly by the former governor, Nazimoff, to six years' banishment to a distant government of the empire. Mouravieff listened very politely to what she had to say, and promised to make known the result. On the Bth Madame M— received information that her husband was condemned to be shot, and on the 10th sentence was carried into execution."