The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-03 00:00:00

~. -M " _:,:. -,. ~-~ ti #8 p 1 THE LONDON COCOA - NUT FIBRE COMPANY (Limited)• Incorporated under tho Cr mpanics Act, 1862, whereby the Liability of every Shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares. Capital £20,000, in 20, 00 Shares of £1 each. Deposit ss. on application, and ss. on • llotment. Calls not to exceed ss. per share. No call to be made within three months from the Incorporation of the Company, and sub sequent Calls at intervals of not less than tnree months. DIRECTORS. F. M. Hayward, Es 32 32, • e urge -street, Hanover-square. Major Bamford, 6, Sutherland- street, Belgrave-square. Frederick Angerstein, Esq., 133, Stoanc-street, and Carlton Club. Frank Cole, Req., 76, ( lower-street, Bedford-square. T. Little wood, Esq , Broom Hall, heffield. J. Stevens, _Psq„ 6r, Cornhill. With lower o add to their number. LINKERS. The English and Irish Bank (Limited), 25, Poultry, E.C. SOLICITOR. Charles Parke, Esq , 37, Moorgate-street, E.C. AUDITOR. Mr. S. T. Cooper, Public Accountant, 10, Basing,hall street, E.C. SECRETARY—Mr. C. IL Baker. MANAGER or WORKS—Mr. James Lane. Temporary Works—Arthur-terrace, fl olloway. Offices —No. 1, sun-court, CornhilL This Comnsny is formed for the purpose of manufacturing Coma-Nut F bre Mats and Matting, under Letters Patent granted to George Davies , dated the 241 n April. 1 862 . The princip a l feature of Davies's Invention consists in the improved pile ot the mat, and, owing to the mode of weaving, great durability is given to the fabric at a reduced cost of manufacture. The superiority of articles manufactured by this process over the present method will be well understo d in the trade When it is stated that matting of all descriptions, and car riage and door mats, dr,c., have a thick fibrous pile upon the surface hitherto unattained. The onti ninny extendir g demand for articles made of Cocoa fibre will be gr .etly stimulated by the introduction of the patent process into the manufacture. The harshness hitherto complained of in matting made of this material in the ordi nary method will no longer rema n a source of complaint, the patent process rendering the material and articles made of it not only more durable, but much softer. The Patent at the present time is being worked profitably to a limited extent. The proposed Capital will be ample for the payment of the purchase-money for the patent, for looms and other plant, and for working the business on a large scale. The calculations made warrant the probability that the profits will exceed 25 per cent., and as the manufactory re quired is of a simple and inexpensive character, the works will be in operation, and profits will be realised, within three months after allotment ot shares. The following is an Estimate of Profits to be realised : 60 Looms, produci ng 10ft . M a t s per day, at 2d. £ s. d. per foot profit (when sold at the lowest mar ket price), equal to .£llos. per week per loom ; atter allowing* for stoppages, tec.., say £1 per week per loom, equal to per annum .. AU° 0 0 20 litooms on Matting and Fancy Wefit anti - A.OM of Ws. per loom per week, equal to per annum 620 0 0 £3,f40 0 0 Rent, Taxes, Gas, and Firing for Manufactur- Wages and Management 3 Horses' keep .. E• , pense. of Offices and Staff Wear and Tear a count Reserve account Date ap )eech rted ainst e the jokes with vhieh ;ional aught 'fives, vasion aerate irnong eds of Dry of rtes of I e ad- F Gen. fficult to-day, conse ; sales s to Ms s to 50s s to 30s s to 45s 'et. At English week's on last to quo- It much ;0 17s Od to 21s 6d to 19s Od o 218 6d to 19s Od to 56s Od to 32s OA to 38s Od to 278 Od o. d. -17 0 ...17 0 ~.15 3 ~.16 6 ~.14 9 ~.16 6 ...16 6 ..16 9 ~.15 3 ~.15 9 ~.15 9 ~.15 6 ~.14 6 ..14 ~.16 6 ~.14 6 July 19. July 13. July 5. rune 29. July 19. Tuly 13. Fuly 2. July 2 . July 10. I uly 10. July 5. July 5. Fuly 2. July 5. July 8. Tuly 2. July 3. July 10 July 30. July 29. July 14. Herbert College, gt., of a las, Mrs. f Major- 'reatford, nmon, to "L'asswell, 3eorge's, d.P., to Hon. H. v-square, ,e of St. yde, Isle aged 93. Ligburth, Legent's- John's. Geo. W. -General DREWS, No. 112. ".•:otulty of •• •• .. 180 0 0 •• .. .. 824 0 0 •• .. .. 150 0 0 •• • 300 0 0 .. £2OO 0 0 •• 200 0 0 400 0 0 Balance of Profit on Capital of £5,000, nearly equal to 40 per cent. per annum .. 1,986 0 0 If no £.3,640 0 0 full, allotment be made, the deposit will be returned I n Specimens of the new and improved manufacture may be seen at the offices of the Company, where applications for prospectuses and shares may be made. - - FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the London cocoa-Nut Fibre Company (Limited). Gentlemen,— No. 1, Sun-court, C orn hill, E . C. avin paid to your Be kers the soi being the deposit of ss g . per share on shares in the Londnn Cocoa-Nut Fibre Company (Limited), I request that you will allot me that t.umber ; and I accept such shares, or any less number. And I further request that my name may be placed on th register of shareh lders for such shares so allotted. And I further agree to sign the Articles of Association when called upon so to do I am, Gentlemen, yo'ar most obedient Servant, game Address Profession or Business RECEIPT FOR DEPOSIT. Received, this day of . IFB3, from , the sum of pounds shillings, being a deposit of 58. per share on shares in the Loudon Cocoa-Nut F.bre Company (Limited). For If inconvenient to make the deposit with the Bankers, the entlr- form may be sent to the Comp"ny's offices, by post, accompani•-d by a Cheque crossed, or by Post-office Order, payable to the Secretary. THE CONTINENTAL GAS AND WATER COMPANY (Limited). ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. Capital £lOO,OOO, in 10,000 shares of £lO each. First issue £50.000 i 5,000 shares. Deposit, 10s. per share on application, and 10s. on allotment. No future call to exceed .C! per share, at intervals of not less than three months, Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum to be allowed for the first twelve months, during the construction of the new works. DIRECTORS. Alexander Beattie, Esq., M. 0., Medical Inspector Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company. Amyand Elliott, Esq., 29. Cadog,an-place, Belgrave-square. James Reynoids, Esq., Director of the Independent Gas Company, hn Romanes, Esq., Director of the G neral Iron Foundry Company. Charles Saundcrson, Esq., Director of the Guarantee Society. George Scamell, Esq., Director of the Submarine Telegraph Company. Henry Palfrey Stephenson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Crystal Palace Distri Gas Coman. Fel r ix Webber, Esq., Catf ct ord House p . Ca y tford Bridge, Kent. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Edwards and Co., Westminster. ENINEER. J. Hodgson J ones, Memb.G Inst. Civil Engineers, F.C.S,, 26, Great George-street, Westminster. BANKERS. Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 75, Cornhill. BROKERS. Messrs. Crossley Brothers, 30, Comhill. Offices : 30, Cornhill. The highly profitable results which have attended the in vestment ot English capital in gas works on the Continent favour an extension of enterprise in that direction. The following are the dividends paid on, and the present pric ot, the shares of English companies having works on the Continent:— Name of Company. !Dividend, Amount paid Present per share. Price. -- - £43 15 £B3 to £B4 £lO 0 £l6 42 10 £6 £3 0 Zi to 1 prn. The Imperial Conti. ' ) I nental Gas ..... j The European Gas .... Ditto New .... The Malta and Medi terranean Gas, re cently established.. 12 per ct. 10 „ 10 „ 6 19 Tnere is room for great improvement in the present sup ply of water on the Continent. The directors hwe already secured the water-works of Arras, the chief town of the de partment of the Pas-de-Calais, in France. The earnings of the current year will be suffici ent, to give six per cent. profit on this s , ction of the capital of the company. No payment is to be mad. to promoters. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained of the brokers, the solicitors, and at the offices of the company where the memorandum and articles of asso ciation can be seen. THE GREAT CAPER IDRIS LEAD. COPPER, IRON MINING, and SLATE COMPANY (Limited). This ompany being completely registered under the Joint- Stook Companies' Act, X 862, 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 6s. per share on allotment. - DIRECTORS. Col. Abbott, 150, Leadenial:street,tind 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 pa ,y), 34, Beaumont-street, Portland-pace. E. J. Cole, Esq., 76, Gower-street, Bedforu-square. ards Richards, Esq., Knightsbridge, and Westbourne, Emsworth. Sussex. James Young. Esq., 19, Great George-street, Westminster. With power to adcrto their number. • BANKERS. Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-street. SOLICITOR. G. R. Dodd, Esq., F.S.A., 26, New Broad-street, E.C. AUDITORS. Will be appointed by the Shareholders. SECRETARY (pro tem.)—Messrs. 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- An Iron vein runs through the entire grant. An extensive bed of Slate of good cleavage can be worked to ereat advantage. silver The Silver-lead, proved by assay, has yielded 40 ounces of andthe ton of ore. Lea Copper from a shaft at the end of the adit have realised £32 per ton. The Iron vein is estimated to produoe 01 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 fact, a Quarry opened upon the prope r ty w ill p ay we ll f or wor ki ng. The foregoing facts and the position of the grant, in a rich minel district, warrant the conclusion that, efficiently eft ri n , l the mine is capable of yielding returns equal to those _est profitable mines in the Principality. The mile f r garLbeing advantageously situated about half a be oon e t ruate Welsh Coast Railway, from which a siding can road from tt moderate cost, and only 21 miles facility of transit whiZ l PPing port of Barmonth, affords ay With these a reatly enhances its value. working Macht ne v ,„ an t..ages. and adeuate water power for careful upon ores, &c., the Directors, after share upon the eai a ta rniidently anticipate that 10s. per at te l l the Company will be sufficient to develops the wealth mine, and produce profitable re- Thesults without further caltae. d to Lessee having agree upwards u shares. assizos an his _take £3,000 in cash, and 5.000 his in the mine, inc uding shop, previous out of ICO acres Di ll lay—mining buildings, smith': immediate operations ffi ce s, dre , sing floors, bucking house, len. , commenced when, in the jud gment ons can therefore be Of the Directors, sufficient capital is subscribed. Samples of the different ores taken from the for shares, may e prospectuses, and forms of appl eatiou f mine, reports, the obtained at the TemporarY Offices or deposit paid on application will be returned y ; and the if no allotment be made to the applicant. O RNAMENTS for the Drawmg-r oorn, . in Italian, Library k.., •n d Dining-room, consisting of anew and e,ez an t am i t • ' went 4VA S ES, Pig - ure s, Groups, Can dlesticks, 0 efisks, Ink: stands, • eautiful inlaid Tables T aper weights, & A, Alabas er, Paean, Marble, Bronze, Derbishire Spar dm Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, i tine. ralogist to her ilajesty, 149. Stand. W. 0., London, Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate he interesting study of MINERA LOGY, co N . CHOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2, 5,10, 20, 50, to 10 0 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and Mn. R.ALOQY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strad, W.C. , / N°. 22,157. TE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SOCIETY Limited) are Prepared io Receive Snbscrip tions for the issue at par of Capital Stock, in the Hudson's Bay ompany. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1670. The Stock will be issued in certificates of £2O each, and the instalments will be payable as foil , Ars : X 1 being 5 per cent. on aplication (to be reture ,n the even p t of no allotment being made). 4 „ 20 „ on allotment. 5 „ 25 „ on Ist September, 1863. 5 „ 25 „ on 2d November, 1863. 5 „ 25 „ on Ist January, 1864. £2O With an option of prepayment in full on al'otment, or on either of the days fixed for payment of the instalments, under discount, at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. The Capital of the Hudson's Bay Compiny has been duly fixed at £2,000,000, of which amount the International Finan cial Society (Limited) have obtained and are prepared to offer to the public £1,930,000. The subscribers will be entitled to an interest, correspond ing to the amount of their subscription, in-- 1 The Assets (exclusive of Nos. 2 and 3) of the Hudson's Bay Company, recently and speoigny valued by competent valuers at £1,023,`,69. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1861 Now ready, Illustrated by Millais, 55., bound, C HEAP EDITION of " MISTRESS AND MAID," by the Author of "JOHN HALIFAX, GEN TLEI,IAN," forming the New Volume of " Hurst and Blackett's Standard Libra' y of Popular Modern Works." "A good, wholesome book, gracefully written, and as pleasant to read as it is instructive." —Athenaeum. A charming tale, charmingly told."— Herald. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., RESPECTABLE SINNERS. By MRS. BROTHERTON. •" Respectable Sinners' is very clev r ; the title is a happy one—the style is bright and lively. It is a valuable, enter taining book."— Athenaeum. "A very attractive novel. The story is very naturally and charmingly told."—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 7ADKIEL and HIS CRITICS, JUDICIAL Ana LITERARY.—A SPECIAL and EARLY EDITION of ZADKIEL'S ALMANAC for 864 will be Pnblished, con taining a TRIUMPHANT REPLY. G. Berger, London. Price 6d. ch 2 a . r T te h r e , L an a d nd w e h d ie T h er e rt t o e r n y as of o t v h e e r C a o n m e p s a ti v a , t h e e d ld ar u e n a de i r m th o e r i e r than 1,403,000 square miles, or upwards of 196,000,000. 3. A The present n ß t a l n a e n t c ei income, 0m £3 e 7 , 0 , a7v o a . ilable for dividend amongst Stockholders of the Company, secures a minimum interest exceeding TThhee DRrge ch 4 Right Honourable r so c e no of n ut t hr . ae o b eu the ro a n b ; o Bd v Bin e a l uyn 2, C d OO 0 0 Ope Head, , S y t Bart.,ao rcekas K u n . e . B r . (la c t u e r G ti o s v mfr erno a r n - d G a en L e am ra p o s f on C : i a s ii ci a . ), (C Go m ve . rnr. Lampson and Co.), Deputy Governor. Eden olville. Esq , Hudson's Bay House, Fenchurch-street. George Lyra, Esq., M.P., Headley Park; Surrey. Daniel Meinertzhagen, Esq. (F. Huth and Co.). James Stewart Hodgson, Esq. (Finlay. Hodgson, and Co.). John Henry William Schroder, Esq. (J. A. Schrtider and Co.). Richard Potter, Esq , Standish House, Gloucestershire. The Hudson's Bay Company were incorporated under a Royal Ch rter granted by King Charles IL in 1670 by the name of "The Governor and Company of ,Adventurers of ,Englaud trading intu Hudson: 431ty," and, ,by the. Charter, a vast - traet el--4erritolry was vea WA In the o..m a panr, with the sole right of trade and commerce, and all " mines royal," as well then discovered as not disowered, within the said territory. The operations of the Company, which, with slight excep tions, have been hitherto exclusively of a trading character, have been prosecuted from the date of the charter to the pre sent day. It has become evident that the time has arrived when those operations must be extended, and the immense resources of the Company's territory, lying as it does between Canada and British Columbia, should be developed in accordance with the industrial spirit of the age, and the rapid advance ment which colonisation has made in the countries adjacent to the Hudson Bay territories. The average net annual profits o f the Company (after set ting aside 40 per cent. of them as remuneration to the factors and se wants at the Company's posts and stations) for the 10 years ending the 3 tst May, 1862, amount to £Bl,OOO, or tal o up f wards of 4 per cent on the present nominal capi £2,000,000. A portion only of this income has been distributed as dividend, while the remainder is represented in she assets and balano s. The assets of the Company, in which the Subscribers :will .be entitled to an interest corresponding to the amount of their subscriptions, will consist of goods in the interior. on shipboard, and other s.ock in trade, includ ing shipi-ing business, premises, and other buildings nPces saryfor carrying on the fur trade, in addition to which there will be funds immediately available for the proposed ex tended operations of the Company, derived partly from the cash balance of the Hudson's Bay Company, and partly from tho new issue of Stock, and amounting in the whole to a sum not less than £70,000. The Company's territory embraces an estimated • area of more than 1,400,000 square miles , or. 890,000,000 of acres, of which a large area, on the southern frontier, is well adapted for European colonisation. The soil of this portion of the territory is fertile, producing in abundance wheat and other cereal crops, and is capable of sustaining a numerou pulation. It contains 1,400 miles of n .vigable lakes and rivers, running for the greater part east and west, whieh constitute an important feature in plans for establishing the means of communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, across the continent of British North America,as well as for immediate settlement in the intervening country. The territory is, moreover, rich in mineral wealth, including coal, lead, and iron. In addition to its chartered territory, the Company possess the following valuable landed property. Several plots of land in British Columbia, occupying most favourable sites at the mouths of rivers, the titles to which have been confirmed by her Majesty's Government; farms, building sites in Van couver's island ; and in Canada, ten square miles at Lacloche, on Lake Huron, and tracts of land at fourteen other p' aces. The tradingoperations of the Company are chiefly carried on in the fur bearing and northern portion of the territory, where the climate is too severe for European colonisation. These trading operations will be actively contfnued and, as far as .possible,. extended, whilst the management will be judiciously economised. Consistently with these objects, the outlying estates and valuable farms will be realised where the land is.not required for the use of the Company—the southern district will be opened to European colonisation, under a liberal and syste matic scheme ot land settlement. Possessing a staff of factors and officers who are distributed in small centres of civilisation over the territory, the Company can, without creating new and costly establishments, inaugurate the new policy of colo nisation, and at the same time dispose of mining grants. With the view of providing the means of to egraphic and postal communication between Canada and British Columbia, across the Com,.any's territo , y, and thereby of connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by an exclusively British route, negotiations have been pending, for some time past be tween certain parties and her Majesty's Government and the representatives of the. Government of Canada, and prelimi nary arrangements for the accomplishment of these objects have been made through her Majest's Government (subject to the final sanction of the Colonies, based upon a five per cent. guarantee from the Government of Canada, British Columbia, and Vancouver Island. In further aid of these Im perial objects, her Majesty's Government have signified their intention to make grants of land to the extent of about 1,000,00) acres, in portions of the Crown territory traversed by the proposed telegraphic line. One of the first objects of the Company will be to examine the facilities and consider the best means for carrying out this most important work, and there can be little doubt that it will be successfully executed either by the Hudson's Bay Company itself. or with their aid and sanction. For this, as well as fur the other proposed objects, Mr. Ed ward Watkin, who is now in Canada, will be commissioned, with other gentlemen spocially qualified for the duty, to visit the Red River and southern districts, to consult the Officers of the Company there, and to report as to the best and safest means of giving effect to the oonteniplated opera tions. • • • Applications for allotments of Certificates of Stock of £2O each, to be made to the International Financial Society (Limited), at their Offices, 84, Old Broad-street, E.C. A preference in allotment w 11 be given to parties hitherto holders of Stock in the Hudson's Bay Company, and to the Shareholders of the International Financial Society (Limited) No application will be received after Wednesday, Bth duly, at twelve o'clock. VP C. JONES'S HUNDRED L ECTURES.- xy• The Creation and the Deluge, Colenzo and Cumming, Astronomy and Philosophy, Athenian and English Laws compared, the Poets, Drama, Mythology, Elocution, and Oratory. W. H. Allen and Co., Waterloo-place. MR. CHURCH'S New Picture, the ICEBER GS, painted from studies made in the Northern Seas in the summer of 1859.—German Gallery, 168, Ne Bond-street, W. Admission, is. P ARI S.-GRAND HOTEL DU LOUVRE. Established in 1855.—Situated in the most Central part of Paris, Rue de Rivoli and Place du Palais Royal —Six hun drel Bedrooms at from 3 to 20fr—F0 Sitting-rooms at from 4 to 20fr.— a richly decorated Dining Saloon—Table d'Hote at six o'clock—Public Coffee and Dining Rooms —Choice Wines—Dinners served,_ a la carte both in the dng-rooms and the private---.psztmert+e—geadin= an d c onver sation saloons ; also saloons for Musical, Wedding, and other par ties all Newspapers and Serial Publications received— Divans, Coffee, Smoking, and Billiard Rooms—numerous Bath-roams —Carriages on the premises—first-class Private Equipages at command—Omnibuses running to all the rail way stations—Postal. Letter-box —Telegraph-office day and night—Photographic studio—a staff of Servants speaking all Languages. T " OXF ORD, (3, OXFORD STREET. Will be performed Selections from the following Operas : LA CIRCASSIENNE, MARTHA, and MASANIELLO. Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, and W. Evans, 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 has been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is now one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. CANTE FINEB ARURY AL F ALL AND RTS RY. NOTICE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT. The Last Two Weeks of the Marvellous ARTRUR and BERTRAND, the Two Frew h Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly for him. SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and TAYLOR. GRAND SELECTIONS NTATA from OPERAS, GLEES, faid CAS. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, Signor Bernardi, and Signor Tivoli. .... Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, ed. ; stalls and balcony, is. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. New Musical Invention, the GRAND PIANO ORCHEST RE, c mbining a full Band of 2f Instruments, will be Performed on by the Inventor, Herr SCH LKENBACH, EVERY AFT.ER.N 00N, between the hours of Three and Five o'clock. Admission —Sixpence and One Shilling. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—Continued IN Success of the marvellous RISARELIS. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN EVERY EVENING, at Hall past Ten o'clock. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—The MAORI WARRlORS.—Unprecedented Attraction— The Maori CM , fs, who arrived from Australia on board the Dover Castle on the 22d June, will give a REPRESENTA TION of VARIOUS SCENES of NATIVE LIFE on SA TURDAY NEXT. The Maori War Dance—The Maori Game --Launching the War Canoe—Maori Wrestling—The Maori Double War Dance, &c., &c. Commencing at Half-past Nine o'clock. ARGYLL ROOM S.-JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. NOTlCE.—During the Week the Selections will be—" Der Frieschutz "—" Forza del Destino "—" Trovatorc " " Don Giovanni," Bre. LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays from half-past Nine to Twelve. Admission, is. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. FORM OF APPLICATION TOCKFOR ALLOTMENT OF S. To the Directors of the International Financial Society (Limited). Gentlemen,—l request you to allot m e Certificates of £2O each of the Stock in the "Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay," and to reby agree to become a member of the Company, subject ts rules and regulations, and to accept such Stock, or any less amount that may be allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, Name in full Address in full Date ... N.B. If the applicant has hitherto been'a holder of Hud son's Bay Stock, or is a proprietor of shares in the Intel na tional Financial Society (Limited), the fact should be stated, together with a memorandum of the amount of the holding. MR. T. CARRICK. begs to announce to hi s Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic Nstablishment, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now in full operation. Cartes de Visite, 10 for 10s. 6d ; 21 for £l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. GEORGE HOBSON invites public attention to his Superfine West of England Woaden BLACK CL THS, for Beaufort and Frock Coats, £2 15s. to £3 3s. ; the New Neutral Colour Scotch Angola Travelling and Tourist Suits, £2los. to £' 18s. ; the new Summer Trousers, 16s. to 218.; the Baden Waistcoats, lls. Excellence wi h Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, 57, LOMBARD-STREET. good twelv e ESTABLISHED 1833. OBWDEN'S /ERATED G INGE R BEER, in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep months. Lemonade, Soda-water, rotass, Seltzer, and eve description of Mineral Waters. — Manu factor y , No. white Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. DEAFNESS.—The SOUND MAGNIFIER it INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptible, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle_ street, Piccadilly. SEA. —FELLOWS and CO., Shipbroker9, 127. Fenchurch-street, E.C., require MIDSHIPMEN and FOUR First-class APPRENTICES in an A 1 clipper India man, 1,50) tons. Premium moderate, returned in wages. Also stout Lads, without premium, for other ships. Wages SEA. —VACANCIES for MIDSH IPMEN and APPRENTICES in a first-class London shipping' firm. Premium moderate. Al.o apprentices without premium.— Apply to SIMMONDS and Co., 38, St. Mary-at-hill, East cheap, E.C. Third officers and Stewards wanted. , - crrii‘ 4.* (71u1.44 L. I =4 `4174r- , 4c . .° .40 1)n ,.. 5 , • • • ..(0 1111 t-ek '- , 0 41116 R01". 4II - 11 I PP - "\I ably adapted to take advantage of circumstances. This sagacious lady profited by the alarm caused by a man throwing himself over a bridge to effect her brother's escape from the bailiffs, and to declare that be had committed suicide to escape his mere'- less creditor. The sums of money which she con trived to extort from the unfortunate bill broker on this ground, before the imposture was discovered, were more profitable to herself and her coadjutor, than pleasant to the giver. The fifth part of " Royal Favourites" tells the oft told tale of the weakness and improvidence of our first Stuart King. An animated description of Arcot, an account of a Night at St, Bernard's, and a brief but interesting paper on the various unsucessful searches for the source of the Nile, are among the remaining contents, LONDON SOCIETY.—" A London Story," as it is styled, is the first thing to greet the reader in the July number •of this lively serial. It is entitled "The First Time I Saw Her," and is original and interesting enough to provoke the reader's curiosity as to the sequel. " The Derby Day under an Umbrella" is an animated sketch of the busy scenes on Epsom Downs under rather unfavourable cir cumstances. " Dickens's Dogs" is the name of a pleasantly written paper, which styles the popular novelist " the Landseer of fiction," in testimony to his pen-and-ink portraits of Bull's-eye, Boxer, Tip Merrylegs, and a host of other remarkable canine characters. It is curious how often we notice that great sketchers of men are equally successful in depicting the qualities of the lower creatures. The universal sympathy and quick insight which make the writer a master of his art enable him to draw with equal fidelity those varying characteristics of inferior creatures only perceptible to those whom they love and confide in. An essay on powder making is worth reading. It is headed " Among the Powder," and describes an expedition to a pow der mill, and the various processes witnessed in the course of it. The lovers of exciting narratives will find a" new sensation" in " The Doctor's Fortune." We leave them to discover the extraordinary crisis that brought fame and fortune to the humble sur geon of Hallowleigh, and turned his dangerous rival into his powerful auxiliary. A paper on " Holiday Walking Tours" concludes a pleasant number, in which the illustrations are of the usual nigh order. THE NEW REVIEW.—This new competitor for popular favour continues to run its race with vigour, and deals boldly with the gravest and most pressing questions of the day, as well as giving us articles— literary, social, or discursive—after the manner of the quarterly reviews. It manifests undoubted ability, and its writings are the work of no unprac tised hands, but of combatants who have fought in the arena of political conflict, and have familiarised themselves with every aspect of the problems and perplexities of the age. Its tendencies are decidedly conservative, but it is not by any means a party publication. It ranges, if not from grave to gay, from ancient to modern, from a discourse on the relative advantages of single and married life to a view of the prospects of Poland, from reflections on the antiquity of man to Irish facts and figures of the present day. One of the most singular and inte resting features in the general contents is the intro duction of several pages, with facsimiles of the autographs of celebrities of different times. As a whole, The New Review may be considered to have taken a high place among its associates and rivals. THE NATIONAL.—We find in this part the com panion picture to the plate in the last number, representing the different degrees of plainness when accompanied with expression and intellect, aril with out those embellishers of the human countenance. Captain Mayne Reid continues his story of " The White Gauntlet" at some length, and the two other tales that are going on in the magazine proceed with interest. The scene of one of them is laid in America, just at the outbreak of the war, so we shall probably have some of the stirring scenes of the opening of the conflict introduced. " The Discovery of the North-west Passage" and " Dress and the Dressed" are two among the subjects discussed, and due honour is paid to David Wingate and John Harris in a paper on our Wayside Poets. GOOD WORDS.—" Good Words" has long pos sessed, in a rare and fortunate degree, the art of making high principle and unshrinking morality interesting; of offering some entertainment for all readers, as well as grave thought and kindly sug gestions. Much is due to its entire absence of pro fession, dogmatism, and bitterness ; at any rate the result is as pleasant to the reader as it is reported to be satisfactory to the publisher. The number before us contains the continuation of Dr. Guthrie's papers on the Parables, and of Dr. Caird's "Essays for Sunday Reading." It has a story by Sarah Tytler, an essay by A.K.H.8., a sketch by Madame de Gasparin, a scientific paper by Sir John Herschel, and a poem by Isa Craig. There are other contri butions as well, including some by the able and accomplished editor, but those we have already enumerated are sufficient to establish the claim of " Good Words" on the attention of most readers. THE ECLECTIC REVIEW.—This serial certainly bears out its title in the character of its contents, for we meet in this number with essays on "A Modern Quaker Apostle," Stephen Grellet, Adam Ochlenschlager, and the Abbe Lacordaire, and these not in any party or sectarian spirit, but with the recognition of virtue and genius in every form. Mr. Laisset's recent work receives a careful criticism, suited for deep thinkers, and " Our Book Club" notices some recent works. The chief interest of the number, however, centres in its biographical papers. TIIE ODDFELLOWS.—The Manchester Unity of Oddfellows is no inconsiderable or insignificant body, and the magazine, especially since it has passed into the able hands of its present editor, is well worth reading. The quantity and variety of the contents can hardly fail to please,while many of the articles are of a high order. Eliza Cook con tributes a wise and witty prose sketch on the dangers of three little words—" Bye-and-bye," and an original poem, "The Infinite," teaching, as of old, a lofty moral from the simple things around us. " Summer Time," " The Salts in the Sea," " The Culture of the Mental Faculties," " Music as a Means of Culture" are among the graver contents, while song, sketch, and story enliven and vary the pages. All information connected with the pro ceedings of the Oddfellows is duly chronicled : among which intelligence we find a copy of their address to the Prince of Wales on a late auspicious occasion, and his Royal Highness's reply, We can assure our readers that they will find this northern magazine not unworthy of notice, even among the crowd of metropolitan serials. PRICE..... ~..4d. STAMPED ....sd. VATS PEE riZj z \ v 44 73'7 STEAM FIRE-ENGINES. The trials of the three different machines were continued throughout the whole of yesterday at the gardens of the Crystal Palace. The tests were on this occasion most severe, and devised to put the strength and durability of each machine to the most arduous proof. For this purpose each engine had to work by itself for two hours without stopping, drawing its supply of water up into the engine from a depth of 18ft., and delivering it through a hose no less than 400 ft. long, the hose being laid from the lower basin of the fountains up the steep incline along the bed of the cascades into the water temples at the top. To raise its feed-water up from a depth of 18ft., and afterwards deliver it up a very steep hill through a 400 ft. length of hose, requires the most powerful and perfect engines, and of course only those of the large size were used. The wea ther was very unfavourable for the trial, especially in the early part of the day, when the high wind scattered a great deal of the water as it came from the hose. The engine of Messrs. Shand and Mason, which was tried first, was exposed to great disad vantage from this cause, from 10 to 15 per cent. of the quantity of its jet being blown away before it could pass through the aperture of the target in the water temple. The American engine was unable to go through this ordeal, not being able to keep up steam enough for the great force required to raise and propel the water. Two other American engines, however, which are to be tried to-day, will, it is said, be able to accomplish the feat easily, one of them especially being very powerful, simple, and well put together. On the whole, the honours of yesterday decidedly remained with Mr. Merry wea ther, his powerful three hose engine accomplishing its two hours' task with great ease, notwithstanding that the hose burst twice under the very great pres sure of the water. Several other engines have to h be oped tried to hr in io a g s t i h m e i t l r a i r aletoa mannereonteol-udeaiyon. The , when it is gene ral results of this competition, and the names of the successful competitors, will not, however, be made known until the committee make their report in a few days. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by Pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4d. and 4s. "High Standard" at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. No. BANKERS' RECEIPT FOR M DEPOSIT ON APPLICA TION FOR ALLOTMENT OF STUCK. Received the day of , 1863, of on account of the Directors of the International Financial Society (Limited), the sum of £ being the first in stalment made in accordance with the terms of the Prospectus on an application for an allotment of Certificates of £2O each in the above undertaking. For Messrs. GLYN, MILLS, and Co. £ : : R OYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. 'RESIDENT —Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, 8.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. PEEUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since he beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments ~n the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society. nd other means, since its formation, is 12,800; :or which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,100 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-earl cages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet 01 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practis ed 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. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions : s. d tier Majesty the Queen • . .. annual 50 0 0 . annual 5 0 0 Campbell, the lion. Mrs. G . • • • . . . annual 1 1 0 Clerk. Colonel, R.A. • • • • .. . Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. annual 0 0 10 0 0 Currie, Wm., Esq., . • • • .. • 4th do annual Erle, Lord hief Justice .. . don. 10 1 0 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. 2d don 25 0 0 Fcnwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Trdn sporting Carriage .. • . c. 30 0 .. 250 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. don. Martin, Sir Henry, Bart .. • • .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. .• • • .. .. don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. • • .. 30 0 Stirling, CoL Sir Anthony , K.C.B . annual 2 0 0 Thom. s, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her 16 16 0 Ladyship Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord. .. annual 5 0 0 Donations and Annual Suhscriptionswillbe thankfully re eived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Berries, Farar.har, and Co., 16, St. James's-street, London ; by al the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the UnitedKingdorn; and by the Secretary Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. W.C. HOME and FOREIGN INQUIRY OFFICE. — Confidential inquiries and legal investigations pri vately Instituted with the utmost fidelity and despatch. in England and all parts on the Continent, by Mr. POLLAKY, 14, George-street, Mansion-house, E.C. ANEVER FAILING REMEDY. — Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre ,axed without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who uffer from bilious and dyer complaints, indigestion, wind. puma, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o.For habitual ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier .1 the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera ion and grateful to he 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 boxes,ls. 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 steam. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS TIMES.—The House of Commons has decided against the purchase of the Exhibition Building, with so much passion, and by a majority so over whelming, that the " International" of 1862 may now be considered a thing of the past. We do not even share the Chancellor of the Exchequer's fore bodings that, in the event of his proposal not being accepted, the fabric will long cumber the ground. It will probably follow its predecessor into the suburbs, and rear its much persecuted domes over Hampstead-heath or Aluswell-hill. Even nearer the heart of the metropolis it may be found very useful for purposes condemned by the rigorous taste of an Elcho, and beyond even the usual r ange of the First Lord of the Treasury. It may open its nave to charitable bazaars, and give three or four thousand people a chance of meeting together on a fine summer's day without raising the atmosphere to the tropical temperature of our metropolitan " Halls." The Aladdin's Lamp th a t reared it in a winter has passed into the hand of a hostile masgoi-f cian, who will transport it to serve the beh t if it re some rival power. Wherever it goes, tire as slowly and reluctantly tsgrog Al imagines, it will not soon be overtaken in i , 1 Instu 0 . by its happier successor. The Boys _ as I\ll.ve.Ggladstoni, British Architects have swept the ground clean, but they have not yet decided who is to enter in an , u de a c ll i y sio g n i\ o: , in the matter of architec possess it. For our part, Lure, w© will own to a decEed preference for those who do something or other, so as it answers the pu ,... pose. rfherelfliLesorodurEoinchlyo,reogrretevfoenthacet Sir 5. North cote, upon this site last night. cote, could be installed at_ once as cur chief autho groduensacriabgeadinbsyt rity in the Fine Arts, and if he could us, within three years, a building really sufficient for the three purpose s nior more than satisfied. Mr. Gladstone, and able fo hold its —which is far from adverse criticism, we should N a y, even if it should happe r i m p o ssible —that the edifice thus raised under the auspices of Lord Elcho and the great authorities of the age is quite as much abused as its predecessor, becausewanedaroinedlywstitahndthse work of the critics are ashamed and incessant railing, we shall be content to see something time--aye, i done, and suffered to stand, and growing . ~ dual vitiation of public taste—into ven by shotuhseehgorlad- THE MAGAZINES. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.—A simple story of domestic country life opens this number. It might with advantage have been curtailed, and has no very striking incid en t s ; b u t it i s rather refreshing in these days to meet with a tale of everyday life without great crimes or marvellous mysteries. The editor's romance of '° Cardinal Pole" proceeds with its usual animation and interest. The character of the good Cardinal is shown in strong contrast to some of his contemporaries. Frederick Marshall, who has previously attracted notice by his admir able series of essays on the commerce and institu tions of our neighbours, contributes an entertain ing sketch of " French Kitchens." He remarks that there is no mole radical or conspicucus difference between the English and French internal arrange ments than exists in the organisation of that im portant branch of domestic economy. Mrs. Bushby continues her narrative of a visit to Denmark and Sweden, and confirms her previous pleasant im pressions. A Crimean officer criticises Mr. King lake's strange eventful history, and a Garibaldian recounts a recent visit to his old chief at Caprera. The pleasant position of the Sultan's son-in-law is amusingly described in a paper on Turkish women and their ways, and there are several other papers, mostly on subjects of foreign interest. TEMPLE BAR.--" John Marchmont's Legacy" is very painful in this instalment, as Edward becomes convinced that his wife is dead. The character of Olivia is well sketched throughout, and she now begins to reap the consequences of her fearful acts. The account of th e mystery t h at enve l opes the dis appearance of Mary Marehmont is admirably sus tained, and altogetherAis promises to be one of the most exciting of — ther authoress's eventful tales. Cavinia, Weston is a very sharp woman ; she tyrannises over her wea k h us b an d, an d i s m i xe d up in her broth er P au l' s transact i ons. Edward Arundel is left on th e watc h , wh i c h he has resolved never to relinquish until some light is thrown upon the crime, and its consequences are revealed. " French at a Glance" is a light sketch of the mis chances that befel a man who went abroad to learn the language he ought to have known before to ensure comfort, especially as he travelled alone. " Nursery Classics" is an entertaining paper on that topic, and explains the great mischief that arises from substituting new-fangled notions for those beautiful old songs that have charmed and delighted so many children for successive generations. " Breakfast in Bed" takes us to Paris, which is an agreeable var i ety, an d furnishes a change of topics, which are of course dealt with in a very amusing style. " Forty per Cent." is an article that is de serving of attention, and brings before us a very solemn subject. In the bills of mortality it is stated that forty per cent. of the children born in England and Wales die before they are a year old. A long analysis is made as to the various causes which lead to so sad a result, and this paper is well worthy of the consideration of all likely to be of service to those referred to. It is truly said that "something ought to be done to clear us of the responsibility of this wholesale infanticide, which must shock every son' that gives it a moment's consideration." " The Trials of the Tredgolds" is proceeded with, and poor old Bryan is pronounced in a hopeless state. " Bohemia" is a clever article, that brings before us some striking phases of human life, and is original in some of its descriptions. " The Peril of Florence Weston" is a very extravagant sketch. It is written in an entertaining style, but is so very outre in its events that it scarcely comes under the pale of probability. There are other topics of interest in this number. " Working Men's Clubs" is on a subject that will prove attractive to many readers. THE CoRNHILL..—" Romola" is continued, and in this portion is truly dreadful. It is a most har rowing tale on the whole, and the last chapter brings before us a vivid picture of retributive justice. Baldasaire is at hand, when Tito lands after his desperate struggle with the waters, and he but ex changes one death for another. No one can lament the fate of such a deceiver. The tale is so fraught with horrors that it is not likely to prove attractive but it exhibits great skill in its general style, and some of the characters are very forcibly delineated, " The Small House at Allington" is continued, and this number is au attractive one. Lily Dale shows great spirit, and improves so much upon acquaint ance that, it is quite a relief to think that she is freed from such a wretch Crosbie. It is also a relief to fled that Crosbie is as unhappy as he de• serves to be. It is not often that such men reap their due deserts, but certainly Crosbie had out raged even the appearance of decorum. An elabo rate plan is made by the Earl de Guest regarding Johnny Eames and Lily Dale, but as yet it does not progress very far. There is something very natural in the manner in which this story is described, and it cannot fail to prove interesting to its readers. " Was Nero a Monster ?" is a really extraordinary sketch. It sets out to show that there is not any evidence whatever of the capital charges against the Roman Emperor, who has shared such unenviable notoriety. One argument adduced is, that the three historians who write so strong ly against Nero were not present at the events they describe. This reason applies with more force to the writer of this essay, since they were considerably nearer to the epoch described. " Professional Etiquette" is a readable paper which satirizes some of the absurd rules and regulations that have been laid down by some people. " Amateur Music" contains some very good advice for those concerned, and sets forward the doctrine that it is not impossible for the Eng 'lab to become a musical people. MACMILLAN. --Italian and ecclesiastical ques tions nearly divide the contents of this number be• tween them. We have a continuation of "Vin cenzo on Sunken Rocks," in which instalment the miserable hero escapes from his state of forced de pendence and inaction, and enters , we may hope, upon a mo re honourable and useful career. He rejoins his. friend at Turin, who, although dispirited at the result of his former experiment, does his best to befriend him. " Southern Italy, Its Condition and Prospects," is discussed in a paper by Aurelio Saffi. " Clerical Life in Scotland" and "Convocation and Bishop Colenso," are the two ecclesiastical papers ; the first revealing some curious peculiarities of the Northern cha racter. " Letters from a Competition Wal lah" give an amusing account of a novice's social adventures and experiences in India. A paper o n " C ottage Gardens " tells us the very gra tifying and successful results of an ailotment expe riment. The wr it er owned a large field, which he divided into several parts, and let out at a very low rental to some d eserv i ng l a b ourers o f his parish, The experiment answered perfectly well, and has proved of great benefit to the cultivators in more ways than one. One of the most noticeable articles of the magazine will be found near the conclusion. It is the first of a series on "Lord Bacon as a Natu ral Philosopher," by no less a person than Baron Liebig. It i s , moreover, a severe attack upon the claims of the E ng li s h celebrity to scientific distinc ti▪ on. As it would be a serious task to take part in such a battle, we will merely refer the scientific reader to the attack in question. Christina Ros setti contributes a quaint and original poem called "A Bird's- e y e Vi ew, " which, although par taking too much of the vagueness and mistiness of the modern school, bears evidence of talent. ST: JAMES'S—Though far inferior to what it . was in its ear l y d ays, has some entertaining read ing. It opens with a fresh instalment of the story of " Aubrey Marston," which contains a true inci dent of romance, for the hero succeeds in rescuing the heroine from imminent danger. Nevertheless, the tale is anything but a romantic one, the grim figures of sp ecu l ators and schemers continually passing across the page, while Aubrey Marston himself is evidently becoming the dupe of sharp practitioners. The popular and national style of art is considered in a b r i e f essay, headed " Wanted a National Gallery," the writer of which considers that our artists would be more generally admired and honoured if they selected subjects of popular interest, such as scenes in the lives of our great men, or striking incidents in the national history during the last two hundred years. The critic considers that if " at least halt of our collections were devoted to modern pictures of historical and human interest, both landscape and figure, works that would reflect the wants and feelings of the ninteenth century," more world be done to raise art in dignity and val ue th an all the Schools of Design can effect. We can hardly complain, however, that the modern element is altogether neglected. Maclise and Leslie have represented subjects snffi: ciently human in th e i r i n t erest to awa k e our sym pathies ; Millais's Hu g u enot an d O r d er o f Release ,_ are both drawn from hi s t ory , an d represen t possible occurrences. Stanfield's sea pieces and h scapes of Redgrave, Coop er , an d a host °t' others, ° land scapes t prove that ou r arti s ts h ave not altogether lost lost w h o t of the romance of reality. The Bid Broker , narrates his chequered experience, chicthis in drawn , tram the dark side of hu ma n life, !e month of the ingenious manner which ' his e admir. self was imposed upon by a lady who w" y: ~~ ~ .- €', _ ~=-,? - word. We grieve to say we anticipate no such result. The buildings which formed the subject of last night's discussion will be carted away ; and there will remain as we understand the buildings included in the purchase of the site—that is, the garden front, excepting the centre, which belongs to the Horticultural Society. Denuded of the nave and the northern courts, these refreshment rooms will present anything but a graceful exterior to the Cromwell-road. That exterior is all that the occu pants of the houses in Cromwell-road will see from their drawing-rooms for many a long year to come. Before long a lofty hoarding, with "Posters be ware !" at regular intervals, will surround the doomed site. Inside will be moun is, holes, brick bats, weeds, unburied animals, and castaway hu man raiment. Could that power which opened the eyes of eEneas to the airy warfare over , Troy do the like for us, we should see all the schools and all the styles, institutes, archmologists, engineers, fighting for the ground. The Soc iet y of Arts, the South Kensington Museum, would be seen in mor tal con flict with the outside world of Art and Science and the public instincts of utility and economy.. De bate after debate, commission after commission, will stir the endless question, till the topic becomes as familiar as the noise of street traffic and the cry of the costermonger. Ten years hence, when many of us have passed from the scene, and the rest of us are not quite so keen after historical portraits, ma jolica ware, and patent steam engines as perhaps we have been, the site will remain a howling wil derness. It will be as the site for the Fleet Prison has remained for a quarter of a cen tury, as the waste ground on the south side of Downing-street has remained for half a century, and as many other sites have remained for longer or shorter periods. Could we hope that something will at last be done, we cannot venture to hope that it will give us what we want, or satisfy the taste of the day, or even give us peace. In virtue of our own position, we cannot throw ourselves into this or that school with the enthusiasm which is not only allowable but even very graceful in some other quarters. Though disposed to prefer stone, and not insensible to the charms of red brick, we cannot for get that no nation of antiquity scrupled to use stucco, and that even the temples of Paestum were stuccoed and coloured. Though we like to see a building stand well, with a good open area before it, yet we can only regard that as a rare fortune, not as an absolute necessity. Though we should like to see these 17 acres raised almost any number of feet above the level of Brompton, yet we remember how many great edifices we have walked down into, and that the requisite elevations here insisted on would cost several hundred thousand pounds. Though we must confess to the usual craving for eternal structures, yet we have seen many works of the giants pulled down, and others come to grief. Hungerford-market was a most classic and most costly structure, but it has just been carted away. The Pantheon at Paris exhausted one quarry for its foundation, and another for its superstructure; but the latter has crushed the former, and half the windows have had to be filled with masonry. The south front of the British Museum is an eternal structure and an eternal nuisance. Waterloo-bridge is an eternal structure and has ruined the proprie tors. We are glad to find our opinion as to the capable character of the exterior corroborated by some eminent architects. The building is unfinished, and there is an old and true saying about the class of people who ought not to be allowed to see an un finished work. Every large building is sure to present difficulties, for the plain reason that all our theories of ornamentation are derived from a smaller scale. If we will have a Flavian amphitheatre, or an aqueduct forty miles long, or a Basilica to hold ten thousand people, or any other huge thing, we must have immense repetitions and accumulations, orders piled one upon another, and " the Pantheon mounted on the Temple of Peace." Wherever there is exaggeration. as there must be in many cases, the effort is sure to exceed the limits of taste and sense. The national Museum of France is Versailles, where the greatest mass of architecture and the most am bitious flights of genius have produced the smallest possible result. But we are told we may spare our say and husband our regrets, for that the truth is the House of Commons has set its face against the whole thing." It will stop the movement of art, which, with some pardonable indiscretions and some less pardonable foibles, has done so much for us lately. Teat we hardly believe. We have not yet come to such a pass that the richest aristocracy in the world, which pays the highest prices for pic tures, makes the most costly collections, and in dulges in the most magnificent houses and furni ture, should begin to grudge the public its compa ratively cheap enjoyment of collections belonging to all. That we do not believe. But it is a con clusion that the public will be driven to if they see the Legislature more eager to shut up and pull down than to open and raise. There is much to be said for last night's decision, but not if it rests there. POST —The House of Commons has refused, by an overwhelming majority, to sanction the purchase of the International Exhibition Building at South Kensington. On the division, the numbers were one hundred and twenty-one in favour of the Go vernment proposal, and two hundred and eighty seven against it. In the propriety of this decision a still greater majority of the public will coincide. Indeed, we doubt if ever a scheme was suggested which was received with more universal disfavour than that which last night was so decisively re jected by the Lower House of Parliament. A few public organs supported it, and, as will be seen, upwards of one hundred members of the Legisla ture sanctioned it with their formal approval ; but we venture to say that very few of our readers can call to mind one of their acquaintance who ex pressed himself in favour of the adaptation of the temporary shed at Brompton to the purposes of a museum which was to satisfy the wants of future generations. Literally speaking, almost every one who took the trouble of considering its merits was opposed to the project. Nor is it surprising. The International Exhibition Building was raised under a contract by which the builders were bound to remove it at the end of a year. As prudent men, they very properly avoided all useless expenditure in endeavouring to invest with solidity or strength a building which it was intended should bear the wear and tear of a few months. It was not drained, because, for the purposes of an Ex hibition, drainage was unnecessary. The walls, wherever bricks and mortar were employed, made of just sufficient strength to support a certair. number of iron girders and a glass roof wit The were cruu.bling to pieces before the end of a year. te ' m _ flooring was—well, even for the purposes as porary exhibition—shockingly bad, and th o e f m o of, t r ructed our readers can doubtless recollect, wasefieesadmis on some recondite principle which gave --e however sion to every falling shower. Irrespeetiv. of its faults of construction, the Internin this n city t o y f . s u ti n On si a g l h E tl xhi! bition Building was certainly the r the many unsightly edifices to bemeeoesn and its environs. And yet with all these tailings, besides, as a first the Public we re both physical and aesthetic , asked putting it in a to purchase it at a high price, Pay , a quarter of a instalment of the outlay necessary efofr uPvra osal has h a beens the exrejected,stieg tolerable state of repair, million of money. This proposal only to as it deserved to be; and no its generation reason to be thankful Fowke's representa tives for refusing to perpetuate Captain at house-building, maiden effort bless the lucky but posterity may in time to comechance which has saved it from the annoyance and the cost of keeping in a state of repair a tunable -down shed plastered ove r with stucco. We have endeavoured on pre vious occasions i ton place before the public the real issue involved the ad a pt at i on of t h e I nterna ti ona l E x hibition Building to the purposes of a national mu seum. Of the necessity of possessing some b u ilding Within which not merely to collect but to arrange the which the varied treasures of science and art nation is from year to year accumulating, almost every one is satisfied, and the large majority which a fortnight since in the House of Commons de cided on purchasing seventeen acres of land as a site for such a building fairly represented the opinion of the people upon this point. The museum in Blooms bury is confessedly too small for the purposes to which it is at present applied. A very consider able portion of its contents might, so far as the public are coneernsd, just as well be at the Anti pcdes. The only question that ever was raised on the subject of a change in the existing order of things regarded the site of the building, which was universally admitted to be absolutely indispensable. Some suggested the enlargement of the existing structure in Great Russell-street ; others advocated the erection of an independent building; some pro posed a central situation, whilst others, on econo mical grounds, expressed themselves contented with a suburban site. All disputes on these matters were however determined by the vote of the House of Commons appropriating the sum of £120,000 for the purchase of the grounds on which at present stands the Exhibition Building of last year. Last evening the issue was confined to the simple ques tion whether the country would avail itself of_ the building at present covering the g round whie l h th i e r has purchased, or whether it would compterae owners to remove it, and then s et about co n t s • • och ing an entirely new building according • 1 7 f,X r 1 : 1 7 ,41 \ gip 3 : 1! • ./3 1 • 'TO — 4t vd l a S designs as it should deem best suited to purposes for which a national museum is After a lengthened debate the former alter unconditionally rejected. The chief g which the Chancellor of the Exchequk moving the resolution for the purchase and tion of the Exhibition Building of last year, the Government proposal wer e these : to purchase the present structure would be cheaper than to build an entirely new one ; and t o secure possession. of an existing building would enable the nation_ forthwith to dispose of end arrangecollections which otherwise must remain for a much longer time hidden from the public view. The opposition to the pu.ca t_.c of the building rested upon equally broad grouene. The economy of buying it was denied, because lrO the nature of its construction the expenditure do.- mended for keeping it in repair would be infinitely' greater than that necessitated by a different descrip tion of building; and although it was admitted that the erection of an entirely new structure would in volve . 12 greater delay, still it was alleged that the present one was entirely unad elated for the purpoes which it was sought to be applied. The main on jection, however, to the Government proposal W3s based upon the irredeemable and irremovable ugli ness of the late Exhibition Buileing. On this point indeed there could be little dicipute ; but in a metro polis abounding with public buildii gs the immense majority of which possess no claim to architectural beauty, her Majesty's Government doubtless con sidered it was a hypercritical objection to cavil at one more being added to the number which might fail to Secure the approval of architectural connois seurs. The objections of the opponents of the scheme were in fact unanswerable. It was perfectly useless for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to exhibit co loured designs to the house, and endeavour to satisfy it that, if the opportunity was afforded, a very re spectable-looking building would be secured by the country as a national museum. In the course of his speech Mr. Gladstone was obliged to refer to the domes, and in doing so avoided a disquisition upon their merits, whether useful or ornamental, by say ing that it was the intention of the Government to what should bn done o The House of Commons f with postpone them t t c o o n thes id future.erat i evidently thought that what might be said of the domes might equally be said of the building they surmounted. 'No part of the scheme was it which prepared to adopt, and no portion of the building was it ready to purchase andforredtehceormataes.s of a i r r l o i n a : meat will not give £ BO,OOO glass, and bricks which constitute theseltatteo work kibuis tion Building, so the co ntractors . soon as thelease to reduce to r may, f t o s r c t o h m em po t n h e a n n t parts, and find so me other purchase the British public. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Capt. R. S. Hewlett, C. 8., Superintendent of the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, and command ing her Majesty's ship Excellent, yesterday, for the last time during his present period of command at Portsmouth, superintended the trials of armour plates at the practice range i n Porchester-creek. The plates on trial consisted of one from Messrs. John Brown and Co., of Sheffield, for the iron.' cased ship Ocean, 15ft. in length by 3ft. 3in. in width and 41in. in thickness, and one 42in. plate 6ft. by 4, made under the steam hammer in Ports' mouth Dockyard from a special quality of iron, stated to be foreign, supplied by Messrs. Walton, Sons, and Yates, of London. This last plate was virtually destroyed by the first shot, and utterly so by the second. The plate furnished by Messrs. Brown, for the Ocean, underwent a very severe testing by 13 shots (nine of which were edge blows, in three instances overlapping each other), very successfully, and fully maintained the reputation of its manufacturers. To-morrow Captain Hewlett will be succeeded in his duties as Superintendent of the Royal Naval College and Captain of her Majesty's ship Excellent by Captain Astley, C. 8., and will carry with him into his temporary retire ment general respect and esteem. The Warrior, 40, iron frigate, Capt . Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C. 8., in No. 10 Dock at Portsmouth, is having a portion ofher bottom covered with Brown's patent vitreous sheathing as an experiment. The ship will be undocked about the 11th inst. Yesterday Vice-Admiral Sir George Robert Lam bert, K.C.8., hoisted his flag, red at the fore, on board Her Majesty's ship Cumberland, guard-ship of the steam reserve at Sheerness, as Commander in-Chief at the Ncre, vice Sir W. J. Hope John stone, K.C.8., whose term of office has expired. The flag of Vice-Admiral Johnstone was hauled down at sunset from the Formidable (flagship), and the flag of the new Vice-Admiral was removed to the Formidable. The Alert, 17, screw steam sloop, 751 tons, 100 horse-power, Commander Henry C. Magendie, and the Columbine, 4, screw steam sloop, 669 tons, 150 horse-power, Commander Thomas L. H. Ward, arrived at Sheerness yesterday to be refitted, after which these vessels will proceed to the North for the protection of the Scotch fisheries. The Sphinx, 6, paddle, Commander Jones, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from China with the crew of the despatch vessel Beagle (recently con demned in China) on board, and a few naval and military invalids. She sailed from St. Helena on the 11th of May, and called in at Fayal on the 24th of June. Before she could let go her anchor, the Sphinx was signalled to proceed round to the south side of the Isle of Wight to the assistance of a small passe nger steamer on shore there. In the afternoon she returned to Spithead, and disman tl e d will 'sail for officers have been re- Woolwich, where she will be and paid out of commission. Lleuts. the Hon. C. The names of the following N. p. F. Lthington, C. G. Harvey, moved from the list of rally oyal . Navy by order of the Lords of the Admi.;7. Cadogan ; Masters E. J. Mait land H. H. Tracy, Sub-Lieuts. E. S. Watson, the and the Hon. A. C. voinstone, and W. E. Garnett ; Chief land and T. O G Y r i e er i : Assist.-Surg. S. H. Knaggs ; Hon. G. _p a yasters E. Weymouth and W, f C te . lll l - l o . on Fa : Tey, As T s h ilt f . ollowing appointments were made at the Admiralty Whittaker,. to the Russell. Commander IL 0. Ye rie ra ut! Y J a . Leach, to the • Liverpool. Lieut, R. B. Cay, to the Majestic. Lo I THE ARMY. A great review and sham fight took place yester day on yV oolwich-common. The whole of the troops and batteries in garrison were mustered on the occa sion, and were drawn up in two divisions, represent ing a besieging and defending army. The former, commanded by Col. Sir David Wood, were posted on the high ground near Shooter's-hill, while the other portion, commanded by Col. Kennedy and CoI. Ward, occupied the grounds and entrenchments surrounding the Royal Artillery Repository, near the barrack and the barrack field. Every preparation was in readiness for the attack and the defence by twelve o'clock, at which time the General commanding, Sir Richard Dacres, attended by the garrison staff, and accompanied by the Mar quis of Anglesey, Lieut.-Gen. the Earl of Rokeby, Brigadier-Gen. Staveley, recently commanding in India, and a number of mounted officers, arrived on the ground, when a most excitingscene commenced. The attacking force, consisting of a long line of in fantry and a number of 12-pounder batteries, toge ther with the batteries of 40-pounder Armstrong guns placed in position, poured in a volley of mus ketry and artillery. This was responded to by the defending party, who were taken in flank and speedily driven back behind the ha-ha, from which they again advanced, and were a second time driven back. The gunners then formed into an infantry column and pushed forward, but were soon repulsed and retired in a most orderly manner. A portion of the two battalions of Royal Marines engaged in the enemy's lines was ordered to advance as skirmishers. Upon this the embankments and parapets, which had literally bristled, during the attack with bayonets, and from which a well•sustained defence had b een kept up, covered by the batteries of the , a y n a d Artillery depot, suddenly dicapabryed No. 1 the enemy's skirmishers, accomp an ied colours s on of M inbearing the command of oftheßoryega d upon the defenders, and Lieut.-Col. Marriott, close double took the place by s t orm. going in at the and in Th e G e neral and party then p roceeded to the Royal MCSSr()ova and parto ok of luncheon, the tro ops ware bing o ff the ground to dinner. The fie ld-day, leas than two hours, wan which laste d eXteeditily interesting and attracted a large number o f sp .ton , tatora. The ground was well kept by s pare t he Royal Artillery, Royal Mari nes, and the Field Train. this, L the glish 1 the asion Drt h ; - P. R