The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-02 00:00:00

T HE ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN BANK (Limited). To be established under the Companies Act, 1862, for carry ing on business in Russia by virtue of an exclusive Conces sion granted by the Imperial Russian Government. Capital £2,500 000, in 25,000 Shares of £IOO each, With power to increase. £5 per Share to be paid on Allotment. BANKERS. Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and OKERS. Co., 15, Lombard-street, T.C. BR Messrs. Ricardo, 11, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, E.C. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Ashurst, Morris, and Knight, 6, Old Jewry, E.O. This Bank will be established under an exclusive conces sion from the Imp eri a l Russian Government (limiting th e liability of the shareholders), with permission to open estab lishments in such cities and towns throughout the Russian Empire as the Court of Directors may deem proper. This Bank will be the first established in the Russian Em pire on Eng.ish principles of banking. In fact, in the interior o f Russia, with the exception of Moscow, the e is virtually no banking accommodation whatever; although, in order to keep pace with the rapidly increasing production and com mercial development of the Russian Empire, banking facility has become an absolute necessity. The exports of Russia dur , ng the last thirty-five years have trebled in amount and the average exports to E ng l an d alone, in the years 1800, 1861, and 1862, amounted to nearly £14,000,000 sterling per annum. The rate charged by the State Bank at the present moment is Si per eent., and in the open m ,rket the best mercantile paper cannot be discounted under 7 per cent. When the high standing of the firms engaged in the Russian trade is borne in m nd. it is evident that the St. Petersburgh trade alone will yield a large profit to a well-regulated Bank; and when it is remembered that in the interior interest rules (according to districts) at from 8 to 15 per cent., it may fairly be assumed that the prospects of this Bank are even better than those of the London Joint-Stock Banks, of which the four principal have, as is well known, paid Dividends of from 15 to 24 per cent. per annum on their paid-up Capital. The Court of Directors will be formed from the most in fluential of the shareholders in accordance with the terms of the preliminary concession already obta ned. No payment will be required nor liability incurred instil the Shares hive • been duly allotted. . , In the meantime applications in the annexed form will be received by the Brokers, Messrs. Ricardo, 11, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, E.C. ; and at the Temporary Offices of the Company, 69, Lombard-street, E.C., at both of which places the forms may be obtained. GEORGE WARD CHALLIS, Secretary, ad int. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the English and Russian Bank (Limited). Gentlemen,—l request yon to allot me shares in the English and Russian Bank (Limited), and I hereby agree to accept such shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and I request you to place my name on the Register of Shareholders in respect of the shares allotted me. on the understanding that I come under no liability, for preliminary expenses or otherwise, until the Court of Directors has been formed and the shares duly allotted. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Address in full Reference Date T HE LONDON AND LISBON CORK WOOD COMPANY (LIMITED). CAPITAL. £lO,OOO, IN 20,000 SHARES or £5 EACH. Deposit on Application, 10s. per Share, and £2 on Allotment. No further call except at Three Months' Notice. Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1862, by which the liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of his Shares. DIRECTORS. Sin HENRY J. LEEKE, K.H., M.P., Chairman, London. George Braginton, Esq., Director of the London and Pro vincial Marine Insurance Company, London Thomas Cotterell, Esq., Director of the Bank of Ilindostan, China, and Japan, London. William Loeder, Esq., Messrs. Loeder, Knapp, & Co., Mer chants, New Broad-street, London. Michael Rimington, Esq., Banker, Torrington, London. Count de Peniche, Peer of Portugal, K.C,C.. &e., Member of the Portuguese Legislature, Lisbon. Viscount de Montforte, Peer of Portugal, K.C.C., Member of the Portftuese Legislature, Lisbon Viscount da Praya, Peer of Portugal, K.C.C., Member of the Portuguese Legislature, Lisbon. C Senr. MM. Co u t o . D'Alb erg a. F r eyre, Counsellor toA.M.the King of Portug a l, ex-Member of the Cortex, KC . .Mll , K.T S., Managing Director in Portugal, Lisbon. (With power to add to their Number.) BANKERS. Messrs. Barnett, Mares, and Co., 62, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Lumley and Lumley, 2, Moorgate-street, Bank. SECRETARY. Samuel i ildfield, Esq. BROKER. Joseph Sebag, Esq., 12, Throgmorton-street, Bank. AUDITORS. Messrs. Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle and Co., 5, Lothbury. OrricEs. 12, St. Genet's-place, Gracechurch-street. This Company is formed under the highest auspices in Por tugal, to carry on the Cori Trade on a large scale, with ad vantages that hitherto have never been combined. The Directors have secured a large monot,° ly in supply for terms of years, o n L eases extending over the largest and most renowned Cork -producing districts. These Leases grant the sole right to take Cork in 142 forests, some contain ing as many as 15,000 to 30,0' 0 Cork Trees, in the districts of Alontemor, Evora, Arraiollos, Es remoz, Portel, Vianna, and Fronteira, in the province of Alem-1 cjo. The title and extent of these Leases have been ver fled by an independent agent at Lisbon deputed by the Solicitors of a London Bank. The South-Eastern Railway of Portugal will place this large district of Cork-producing country in immediate com munication with the Port of Lisbon. The It ilwav is open to Vendee Novas, and is about to be opened to St. Jag o , and in the present year the Branch Lines to Evora and Beja will also be completed. The Directors have secured for 96 years ample land adjoin ing the Railway Junction at St. Jago, for the erection of Warehouses and other necessary Buildings. The Cork Trade is at present carried n through the in strumentality of the Algraveos, persons who, travelling frum forest to forest,purch ase on the ground parcels of Cork,which, at great labour and expense, they carry to Lisbon and ~they places, where it is prepared for export. The nr these purchases is usually borrowed by them at high ratesr of in terest, frequently at 20 to 30 per cent. thereby considerably increasing the cost of the Cork by (his large item of ex p ruse. The waste attending the preparation of the Corkfor e the market is about one-halt. The Company having lame dis tricts of Cork Forest, with a central depot at the Railway Junction at St. Jago, and the establishments in the heart of this Cora-producing country, already in full wort, at Azarula, Igrejinha, Alcacovas, and Portel, will be enabled to effect a large saving in the waste and transport alone, as the cost of carrying Cork to the chief preparing and shipping ports, in a rough state, adds very considerably to the first cost of the Cork in the Forests, and the present large waste in prepar ing the Cork will be very greatly reduced in the amount. The Forests secured by this Company now produce with the inadequate and imperfTt means hitherto employed, the estimated annual value of £12,500, in marketable Cork, as established by the average shipments of the produce during the last four years, and which it is calculated will be in created by the superior available means of the Company to at least double the amount formerly obtained . _ The demand I and consumption of c<rk in England hincrased since the I year 1848 three hundred per cent is still increasing far beycnd the actual means of sup,p'lailh Cu:l*ring a certain basis for the profitable employmenl'of of Raw Cork, The Directors have secured last year'sPcrop estimated at 1,100 tons, which is in preparation therefore enabled to commence business at once, and llve Sales of Cork which have already been e fleeted from the CO W about V.O O net, patty's Stock, consisting of about 170 tons, have realised in addition to which a cargo of 5o ton., ex steamer Mavrocordatus, arrived at the London Docks on the 15th of May. The Purchase Money for the whole of the Leases, together with the Plant in Portugal, and the will last year's exceedyear's X 30,000, Of Cork, now preparing o Of this £B,f 00 only being lr mark et, less than the estimated value of the Company's Plant and Cork in hand. will be paid for in cash, the remainder is to be taken inSharescaoflis asthe Caollmoptahney, h alf - Paid up, with the same liability for Shares. The Directors will submit the following statement for the first year, w i th the greatest con fidence in the result, The prese t Crop willproduce in London, n Mouths—. within Six At least 500 tons of Cork, of an average value of £3O per t on Gross 'i15,000 0 0 At a cost of—F or Labour in Portugal,ooo 0 0 £3, ••Part Rent Freight and Landing, 2,000 0 0 ~ Rent, Salaries, &0.,. 1,100 0 0 6,500 0 0 Estimated Commission 0.500 0 0 on Consiernments expected by the Company, say £1,500. Equal to 16i per c:nt. upon the entire Capital about to be called up. The advantages posses-ed. by this Company are 1. The exclusiv e r i g h t of taking Cork overavast extent of Country. 2. The co-operation of the Landed Proprietors, Members of the Foreign Direction. 3. The present Crop of 500 tons, which is coming forward ° from the Company' s F orests (about 220 tonsfwhich have already arriv e d i n London and elsewhere); and at the first Public Sale of a part thereof, by Mr. T. SIDNEY SMITH, of No. 42, L ombard -street, it realised considerably m re than the Price stated by the Di rectors in the above Statement. The chief management of the affairs of this Company will be vested in the Directors in London, and subject to the fu lure control of the Shareholders. The Foreign Directors have stipulated that not lees than 10,000 of the Shares (but including those raid on purchase ac cOunt)shall be offered for allotment to Subscribers in Portugal. If no allotment be made the deposits will be returned in full. Applications for Shares must be made in the Form annexed to the Prospectus, end accompanied by a Banker's Draft or Cheque upon a Banker, for a deposit of 10s. per share. P rospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be Obtained at the offices of the Company, also of the Solicitors and Bcokere of the Comm'. THE PERTUSOLA LEAD WITNING AND SMELTING COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862, with Limited Llibility. Capital £250.000, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each. Deposit on application. £1 per share, and on allotment a further payment of £2 per share. Calls not to exceed £2 per share, at intervals of three months. DIRECTORS. Charles Bell, Esq. (Messrs. J. Thomson, T. Bonar, and Co.) James H. Enthoven, Esq. (Messr4. H. J. Enthoven and Sons) John P. .Tudd, Esq. (Messrs. Nathaniel Johnston and Sons). John erred, Esq., Aahwicke Hall, Gloucestershire. Edmund A. Ponelex. Esq (Messrs. Pont itex and Wood). John aylor, Esq. Eeq. l Messrs. John Taylor and Sons. Richard Taylor, BANKERS. Messrs. Barnett, Hoares, and Co., London. Messrs. J. Barned and I 'o , Liverpool. SOLICITORS—Messrs. John and William Gal.worthy,l2, Old Jewry-ch ambers. Bitoamts—Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, Angel court, Throgmorton scree.. MANAGERS—Messrs. John Taylor and Sons, GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT IN TTALT—Mr. Geo. Henftey, SECRETARY—Mr. W. G. Williams. Offices-6, Queen-street-place, London. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company has been duly registered with limited lia bility. Its object is the purchase of a large interest in the cele brated lead mines of Monteponi, in the L land of Sardinia. together with the extensive lead smelting establishment of Pertusola and the Sarzanello Coal Mine in the Gult of Spez z. The purchase-money for these properties (including &even twelfths of the Monteponi Mine), plant, engines, 4tc , is £150,000. and it is estimated that £50,000 will be required as floating capital, so that in fixing the nominal capi al at .V 50,000, a margin of V. 0.00 is left to enable the Company to take advanta'e of such opportunities as may present them selves of extending their interest in Italian mines. This undertaking differs essentially in its nature from ordi nary mining enterprises. Its ca i ,it a l b e i ng invested in the purchase of mines and works, which are in full operation, and yielding very large returns. Full prospectuses with forms of application for shares may be had st the offices of the Comp nv,•No. 6, Queen-street lace. London, or of the B ro k ers of the Company, Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son. No application will be con sidered unless a deposit of .£1 for each share applied for shall have been previously made with the Bankers of the Com pany. This sum will be returned in full in the event of no allotment bein: made. THE PERTUSOLA LEAD MINING and SMELTING COMPANY (Limited)• NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That NO APPLICATION for SH A RES in this Company will be received after SATUR DAY, the 6th day of June next. W. G. WILL TAMS, Sec. N°. 22,130. MR. FLEMING'S TRAVELS IN TARTARY. Now ready, in royal Bvo., with Map and 50 Illustrations, uniform with Mr. Atkinson's "Siberia," TRAVELS ON HORSEBACK IN MANTCHU TA RTARY ; Summer bei A 's Ride 1 GREAT WALL ()F CHI NA. By GEORGE FLEMINGE Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1863. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THIRD EDITION oi« LOST AND SAVED." By the Hon. MRS. NORTON. "`Lost and Saved' will be read with eaeer interest by these who love a touching story. It is a vigorous novel. —Times. L AW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. IsT Jura:, 1863, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SO , I ETY will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 4th day of June instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon precisely, to elect six Directors and two Auditors, and for general purposes. The Directors and Auditors who go out of office by rotation will be proposed for re-election. By order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. Lost and Saved' is a work of such rare excellence that It would create a stir among novel readers, even if it had not Mrs. Norton's name on the title page. It surpasses ' Stuart of Dunleath ' in strength, delicacy , and finish. "—Athenwum. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough steeet. WESTERN MANCHESTER and LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY SOCIETY. NOTICE.— MRS. HALLIBURTON'S TROUBLES. --A Cheap Edition of this popular Work, by the Author of " East Lynne," price 65., wAth Two Illustrations, IS NOW READY. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. This day is published, A NEW VOLUME OF CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD, Containing— THE RECTOR ; and THE DOCTOR'S FAMILY. Originally published in "Blackwood's Magazine." In Post Octavo. W. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MR. THOMAS ADOLPHUS TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. In Three Vole ., post S vc ., GIULIO MALATESTA. A NOVEL. By THOMAS ADOLPHUS TROLLOPE. [This Day. Chapman and Hall, 193. Piccadilly. NEW SPORTING NOVEL. In Three Vols., post Bvo., CHARLIE THORNHILL ; or, the Donee of the Family. A Novel. By CHARLES CLARKE. [This Day. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. In post Bvo., 7s. ed., STRANGE THINGS AMONG US. By H. SPICER. [This Day. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. Established 1842. Chief Offices-3, Parliament-street, London, and 77, King-street, Manchester. ACTUARY—Arthur Scratchley, Esq., M.A. SPECIMENS OF BONUS ALLOTTED.—E. U. has paid £lB3 lls. 3d. in Premiums towards his Policy for £1,500; £lO6 12s. ld. Bonus has already (1860) been allotted to him. R. S. has paid £7 6s. in Premiums towards his Policy for £5O ; £6 2s. 11d. Bonus has already (1860) been allotted to him. ANNUITIES AND ENDOWMENTS GRANTED. Full Prospectuses, Proposals, and every information may be obtained from the Actuary in London, the Local Secretary in Manchester, or any of the Society's Agents. AGENCY DEPARTMENT. This Society, always desirous of extending its operations awl connections, offers to influential residents in the towns and villages of the United Kingdom liberal allowances on business which they may be able to introduce. The services of Soli citors, Medical Men, Surveyors, Auctioneers, or Tradesmen of good local standing, are invited in the capacity of Pri vate or Public Agents. All applications to the Offices are treated as confidential. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, Almanacks, &c,, forwarded post free. THE ONLY OFFICE WHOSE BONDS AND POLICIES OF GUA RANTEE ARE ACCEPTED BY THE TREASURY, CUSTOMS, INLAND REVENUE, GENERAL POST-OFFICE, 1V AR, ADMI RALTY, HOME, COLONIAL, INDIA, AND OTHER GOVERN MENT DEPARTMENTS. T HE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. HENRY WICKHAM WICKHAM, Esq., M.P., Chairman, John Cheetham, Esq., Stalybridge. John Field, Esq., Warnford Court, City. Charles Forster, Esq., M.P. for Walsall. Richard Francis George, Esq , Bath. Hamilton-place, St. John's-wo o d . C. Hayward, Esq., E Esq., Minories and Highbury. Thomas Henry H. John Hedgins, Esq., Cavendish Club. James Edward M'Connell, Esq., Wolverton, C, W. Reynolds, Esq., Eaton-place, Belgravia. Richard Spooner, Esq., late her Majesty's Commissioner of Customs, Bombay. H. Wickham Wickham, Esq., M.P. for Bradford. Thomas Winkworth, Esq., Gresham Club, and Canonbury. J. P. Brown-Westhead, Esq., M.P, for York. Security is provided in approved cases for Officers of Bank inz and Commercial Establishments, Public Companies, Municipal Corporations, and for other places of trust. Life Assurance may be combined with Guarantee on ad vantageous terms. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every information may be obtained from the Chief Offices, 2, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London; and 39, George-street, Edinburgh. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. BERNAL OSBORNE. In Two Vols., post Bvo., FALS,E POSITIONS. By Mrs. OSBORNE. [Next Week. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. Price Four Shillings, cloth, 0 R E V E Or the Final State of the Redeemed Considered. "From first to last it is an awakening performance." — British Standard. "WrAten.withinuckcalunos and ability NirCK" de serves a perniaL"—Baptist Kagaziee. "Many very gtiod things to be found in it."—Theletee man. . "This earnest little work . is deserving of the truest respect for its thotightfulness, and for the thiliess and re verentness of its inquiry into the 'scriptural teaching on. u s • subjeet."—The Nonconformist. "This very beautiful and consolatory volume."— The Sun. "We commend this work."—Western Morning News. " The language is clear and forcible . . original ideas on the subjects which have perplexed many thoughtful per sons."—West Briton. "A work of much practical value."—The Christian World. London : John F. Shaw and Co., 48, Paternoster-row, and 27, Southampton-row. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER, FOR, THIS DAY. At 2e. 6d. each Person. SOUPS. Asparagus. Vermicelli. FISH. Stewed Eels. Fried Soles. Rolarde of Beef a la Indinienne. ENTREES Vol au Vole a la Toulouse. JOINTS. Roast Beef. Roast Mutton. SWEETS. Souffle au RI:. Cream Tartlets. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, !ROSELLE, and other WINES, Imported ex pressly for the London Dinner. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET-STREET. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and Invested Funds Annual Revenue 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insuranres granted both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. 1 Ninety Per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the participating pyinciplr. ' Thelew - rife business irimiacfed in 1862 as follows i • Policies. Amount. An cured , . PremiutOs• - 1,037' '£763,334 ' £23,641 0 0 1 Forma of Proposal and eery itiforniatioiwill be furnished pn application at the . • ' bri'icEs': ' . LONDON 58, Threadneedle-street. 9 1 4, New Bank B ui ldi ngs . Lothb ur y. • West-end Office B, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. ••• PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Wra. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Life Assurance for all classes. This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is The Accumulated Fund exceeds It has paid in Claims MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—A very fine Group, viz., Elward 111., Queen Philippa, and Edward the Black Prince—has been added to the Historical Collection in this Gallery, modelled from existing effigies, busts, and drawings. T" 0X F ORD, e, OXFORD STREET. Every Evening will be performed Selections from the following Operas : Verdi's LA FORZA DEL DESTINO ; and Flot,ow's MARTHA. Supported by Miss Russell Miss Townley,m Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimbe r le y, and W. Evans, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutohenson, and the marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND. " These two Parisian clowns have carried the art of tumbling to apparently the highest pitch of perfection, audit is impossible even for the most staid of visitors to avoid being amused by their original gambols. They elicit shouts of laughter and applause."—Times, April 7, 1863. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NoncE,— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT. This Evening the Marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND, the Two French Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly for him. A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH with his new Com!cantles, &c. SAM COLLINS with his Songs. UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, DULEY, and G. HUTCHINSON. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jongbmans. Admission—Hall, ed. ; stalls and balcony, ls. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The RISAKELIS, in addition to their other performances, will give during the week a NEW ENTERTAINMENT, entitled LA MAR ABELLOS A PERCHA SELLAS. .. £51,000 VO,coo .. 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already been made' when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies Dec. 31, 1847 .. . • • £5,400 1852 . • • • .. 11,600 „ 1857 .. • . • 23,200 1882 .. 56,500 making the total bonus additions, £96,600. Bonuses may be received in cash or applied to the reduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the policy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid up policies introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of a po icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, whether assurers or otherwise. Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., May 1,1883. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 11, Lombard-street,`London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Sir MINTO FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Chair man. CHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., John Labouchere, Esq. Henry Bonham Carter, Esq. 'G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. John Martin, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. James Morris, Esq. James Goodson, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Thomson Hankev , Esq., M.P Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. John G. Hubbar d, Esq., M.P. Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. Fredk. H. Janson, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. 'ORS. ATM: OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—The great _IL Spanish Gymnasts. RISARELIS and BALAGER, in Three separate Entertainments. ROYAL ALHAMI3RA PALACE.—The grace ful Madame ADAMS and the amusing CONRADE Clowns. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY-ADDITIONAL TRAINEL—The Trains in each direction ARE NOW CONSIDERABLY INCREASED, for the particulars of which see the Time Tables. Season Tickets are now issued, the terms for which may be had on application to the Superintendent, Bishop's. road. VO L UNTE ER S' BI L L.—Petitions for Bill HeSlogrnasitgunreataugraeiantst the Objectionable Clauses of this Mr. Metchim's, 20, Parliament-street. Mr. Sainsbury, 176, Strand. Mr. Jacobs, 146, Stand. Mr. Reynolds, 203, Fleet•street. And at the Whittington Club. SAMUEL PRICE, 2 Hon. Secs. HENRY NEW, 3 Ist June, 1863. MR. T. CARRICK begs to announce to his Artist Friends and the Public that his Photographic p.stablishment, 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 th e Photographic base in his former styles. T HE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a new Instrument, b3r Neti and Zamra, will cur rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Sir F. Nicolson, commodore at Woolwich, yester day struck his flag, and left the dockyard on leave of absence. The duties of commodore will be per formed temporarily by Commander Lysaght, senior officer in succession. One hundred petty officers and seamen were yes terday ordered to be held in readiness on board the flagship Fisgard, at Woolwich, to join the 20-gun corvette Cossack, at Sheerness. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—Varied MUSICAL ENTE lITAINMENT, by Messrs. Parkin son, Vernon, Ill2by, Bartleman ; Misses McGregor, Mrs. Brian ; Messrs. Brian and Conley, Weiland, eco. ARGYLL ROOM S.--JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. NOTlCE.—Daring the Week the Selections will be—" Il Trovatore "—" La Huguenots "—" La Forza del Destino," Atm, at Eleven o'clock. Jullien's Grand Descriptive Galop, THE DERBY, To be dedicated to the OwLer of the Winning Horse. LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays from half-past Nine to Twelve. Admission, Is. A N Illustiated an d D escr i pt i ve C ata l ogue o f t h e AN W onders contained in the LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM sent po s t f ree f or two stamps. Address the Secretary, 29, George •street, llanover-square. _______ N . O BTEOE I 1) o Patent March 1, 1862, No. 580. GABRIEL'S s elf-adhesive Patent Indestructible M RAL TEE 114 and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, a ,prings, or 'wires, and without operation. One set lasts iletime. and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and - A RTICULATION t h e n e when all others fail. Purest ma terials only, at halt usual , ost. Messrs. GA BR lEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, lIARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; IN- 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON ; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Complete Sets, 4 to 7 and 10 to 15 guineas. One visit only required from Practical Treatise gratis. country p a tients. G a b r i el ' s Con sultations free. native RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL WHITE'SLETTEIts, MOC-MAIN LEVER * (PERFECTED AND Ex HIBITED IN Hr TRUSS VRIIIBITION 8 OF 1851 AND 1462), is allowed by upw ards Two hundred Medical Gentlemen to he the most Wards of nvention in the curative treatment of El E The use of a steel spring , so often hurtful in its efre l et A s " 'a here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the m oc .lutin ro and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A. descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to tit, forwarded by post, on the oir 3umference of the body, two inches below the hips, being gent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 16a. 21.0„ Us. Gd., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. ti Double Truss, 31s. ' 64., i 2 s, 5414 Ns. 6d, Footage, is Bd. Xn Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John Wllite,'Post )fnoe, Piccadilly, Lieut. G. Wilainson, from her Majesty's survey ing ship Medina, Capt. Spratt, C. 8., ordered to be broken up at Malta, yesterday reported himself at Woolwich, in fulfilment of oripra to superintend the fitting out of the Hydra, about to take the place of the Medina in surveying service on the Mediter ranean. The internal fitment and armour-plating of the Caledonia, at Woolwich, continue to progress most favourably. Yesterday the process of bending the stern-p;ates, which require a red heat, was carried out successfully by means of a new a p para t us erected on trial. The L6 conning towers" erected on the quarter-deck, suggested by Mr. Turner, the master-shipwright of the yard, are Completed. They are intended to be used to oppose the attack of a the slanting roof c b o o n a s r i d s i t u s g of p m ar o t v y a . b F le o fl r a t p h s i , s throughpurpose which parties of riflemen could defend any part of the ship. The towers ' are built Of 18-inch teak, and are covered With 41-indh timber painted black, to - represent the armour-plating with which they are' to' be secured after her first voyage at sea. The burden of the ves sel will be 4,045 tons. decks.will be.Cift. in height, and her ventilation superior to that , of_any vessel now afloat. The hooks to support the hammocks are fixed on an improved principle, adopted by Mr.' Turner, and applied only in the Caledonia, viz.,made hot and shrunk to the iron beams, and are conse quently immovable, thereby remedying the inconve nience usually felt in the constant shifting of the hammocks at night. Her Majesty's screw steam gun vessel Colum bine, 4 guns, 669 tons, recently commissioned by Commander T. Le H. Ward for service in the Chan nel fleet, was taken for the final trial of her engines at the measured mile off Maplin Sands on Thurs day last. The vessel was in charge of Capt. Hall, C. 8., of the Cumberland, guardship of the Sheer. ness steam reserve. Messrs. W. Rumble, inspec tor of machinery afloat, and G. Blaxland, chief engineer of her Majesty's dockyard at Sheer ness, were in attendance to watch the results. The vessel made six runs at full speed on the mea sured mile. The following were the results : Average speed 9504 knots per hour, revolutions of engines maximum 107, mean 1035, pressure of steam 231 b., vacuum 23. Four runs were made at half-boiler, with an average speed of 7.541 knots per hour, the revolutions of engines being maximum 88, mean 80.5, vacuum 25, pressure of steam 20. The Columbine is fitted with direct aotion horizon tal engines of 150 nominal and 600 Indicated horse power. She has a Griffith's screw, the pitch of which is 13ft., and the diameter 10ft., supplied by the Greenock Foundry Comp a ny. During the trial the machinery worked in a most satisfactory man ner, there being no priming or hot bearings. The vessel is also fitted with Lumley's patent rudder, to test the advantages of which a series of competitive trials were conducted som e time ago, reports of hich appeared in The Sun, and which resulted in an advantage in favour of Lumley's over the old rudder by upwards of 50 per cent. On Friday the Columbine was again t ested on the c i rc l e at f ull and half speed. At full speed, with helm to starboard 21 degrees, the time of turning the circle was 4min. 12 sec., the diameter of the circle being 238 yards ; with helm to port 221 degrees the time taken was 4 min. 29 sec., the diameter being 318 yards. At half speed the helm to starboard 25 degrees, the time was 4 min. 27 sec., the diameter 212 yards ; helm to port 211 degrees, the time was 4 min. 59 sec., the diameter being 318 yar d s . The trial was considered most satisfacto ry. The name of the paymaster of the Sanspareil, who died during her passag e h o me from China, is Mr. George Penfold, who wa s appointed to her on the 7th of June, 1862. Lewis Loyd, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Cornelius Paine, Jun ., Esq. Noel Whiting, Esq. Thos. Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPA RTHENT.—ITNDER THE PROVISIONS or AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In girers Elwyn' PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium withoutpartioipation of Profits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in ash value £680,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing* Bonuses thereon, amounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Lite Branch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, ndependent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. va l ftVe A s, LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No NifSsugLva anted value Extra Premium is r e q u i re d f or serv i ce th ere i n. ° ti n e not Life e l e s P s o t l h i c a i n e s.f..St the extent of their ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re oeived and registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge or Policy Stamps. FIRE DEP ARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon every description of property at moderate rates. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. The plans submitted to the Admiralty for the conversion of the 50-gun frigate Belvidera, Low on the stocks at Chatham dockyard, to an iron-clad frigate of the Royal Oak class, from the designs of Mr. Lang, the master-shipbuilder at that establish ment, having received the sanction of their lord ships, orders have been given for the converting o f the Belvidera to be commenced as speedily as pos sible. The alterations will necessitate the remo va l of the frame of the frigate from No. 4 slip on which she is at present standing, and her re-erection on No. 7 slip, which latter alone presents facilities for car rying on the construction of an armour-plated vessel. The following appointments were made yes terday at the Admiralty:— W. B. Hutchison, paymaster, to the Eclipse, W. Hardie, engineer sup., to the Asia. Fisgard. Jos Joseph Gray, Ist class assist an t engineer sup., to the _ John West, to the Columbine. E. W. C. Smith, second acting master, supernumerary, to the Victory; Herbert D. Walker, do,, do.; John F. Barns, do., do.; W. C. Spain, do., do. ELASTvv eakness NEW PATENT IC STOCKINGS, ._ KNEE-CAPS, & c., for Varicose Veins and all cases 01 and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are V a n , ' light in texture and inexpensiTe, and are drawn on e n ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 108., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufaoturer, 17.5, Piooadilly. itn + 4 4 6ct A AA / A . t . • ‘I, , • =k . 1 , 12_7t, 4 , . kJ' 0 " P j ''• -- inzorr• ' 44\ ‘ c' k ••• , • • •• " DIE I n'•• • •7 -#, AJAA , Ar, ' tp\ - 1 4 .",-.Z.b -•-•0# . • t• • Russell's brigade, consisting of the Ist battalion 3d Buffs, the Ist battalion 24th Regiment, the 64th Regiment, and the Ist battalion 6th Regiment, passed over the pontoon in 20 minutes. After some further movements, the troops filed off to their respective quarters, and his Royal Highness pro ceeded to lunch with Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. L. Penne father, returning to London by the 120 train. The half-yearly inspections last week at Aldershott have comprised the following: —On Tuesday last Major- Gen. Russell inspected the Ist battalion 6th Regi ment (Royal Ist Warwickshire). The battalion, having marched past in slow and quick time, was put through the bayonet exercise, light infan try drill, and other movements, which were exe cuted in so satisfactory a manner that the Brigadier expressed his high approbation to the commanding officer, Col. Lowe, C.B. The Ist (Royal) Dragoons were inspected on Tuesday and Wednesday by Major-Gen. Hodge, C. 8., who expressed himself to Col. Wardlaw as much pleased with the soldierly bearing and general appearance of the regiment. In the previous week the Commissariat Staff Corps were inspected by Brigadier-Gen. Bates, who was much gratified with the efficiency displayed. De puty Acting Commissary• Gem Marston put the detachment through the manual and platoon exer cise, after which it was put through several batta lion movements by Acting Commissary-General Fagan, and the company drill by Deputy Acting Commissary-Gen. Elkington. Theschool-hut at the top of conver t te h d e i l n in t e o s a , S n o u a rs t e h ry C , a s m, im p il A ar ld t e o r t s h h a o t tt w , h h i a c s h been has been established for some time, and with so much success, at Chatham. • It is intended only for the children of soldiers married with leave, and is under the especial patronage of Lady Pennefather, assisted by the following committee of ladies : The Hon. Mrs. H. H. Clifford, Mrs. Gen. Hodge. Mrs. Col. Simmons, Mrs. Hugh Huleatt, Mrs. Col. Wilbraham Lennox, Mrs. Smith, and Mrs. Philip Twynam. The East Indiaman Copenhagen, 876 tons, Com mander J. R. Homab, belonging to Messrs. Allan Brothers, of London, arrived in the western Spit head channel yesterday morning with military invalids on board, from Calcutta. She sailed from Calcutta on the 7th of February, rounded the Cape of Good Hope on March 27, arrived at St. Helena on April 10, and sailed again on the follow ing day. She crossed the line on April 20. On board were Capt. V. Tonnochy, 81st Regiment (in military command), Mrs. Tonnochy, and three chil dren ; Lieut. Noyes, Royal Artillery ; Lieut. Betty, cl.Dragcon Guards ; Lieut. Loveridge, 54th Regt. ; Sta ff-Surgeon, W. Sincl a i r , i n me di ca l c h arge; M rs . i r neaclair and r 'd an tir s i f n er g re t d h y e e v ste y r a d g a e y . inclair and infant ; 161 men,' 5 women, end 8 chil dTrheen,.troops. Pon : by Government tender to Netley Military Hospi tal, and on this being effected the Copenhagen Would immediately resume her voyage-to London. She has brought home a valuable cargo of indigo, rice, silk, logwood, and saltpetre. The Orontes, screw iron troopship, Captain Hire, went into Ports mouth harbour yesterday, berthed alongside the dockyard, before being placed in dock to clean and afterwards coat her bottom with some protective composition. She possesses great carrying powers for her tonnage (2,812), and is said to be a Govern ment copy of the Himalaya, with the exception of being 641 tons less burden and 40 feet or so shorter. The deaths of the following officers have been officially reported at the War-office since the Ist of May :—Lieut.-Gen. J. M. Belsher ; Cols. G. V. Mundy, C. 8., 19th Regiment, and E. T. Tronson, 13th Light Infantry; Lieut.-Col. B. Groves, 12th Regiment ; Major A. M. Earle, 57th Regiment ; Captains R. N. Pedder, Bth Hussars ; F. E. Smal page, Royal Artillery ; A. D. M. Fleming, 44th Regiment ; J. Barton, 65th Regiment ; F. H. Elliot, 94th Regiment ; C. F. Holt, Gold Coast Artillery Corps ; D. Caulfield, 7th Royal Fusileers ; E. Paton (quartermaster), 42d Royal Highlanders. Lieu tenants H. T. Snooke, 10th Regiment; A. T. Edge, 2d West India Regiment; E. H. Hill, Royal Ma rine Artillery; R. Norris, 20th Dragoons; J. Mikinnon, 104th Bengal Fusileers ; and C. Brumby. Cornet M. Farrington, sth Lancers. Ensigns J. Cameron, 3d Provisional Battalion, and F. Dorn dorf, Bth Line Battalion. Surgeon E. W. C. King dom, M.D. Assistant-Surgeons J. Elliott, and E. Hallier, 37th Regiment. Purveyor W. Anderson. The Accident on the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. Up to a late hour last night no announcement had been made from the Military Hospital, St. Thomas's, or Streatham, of any death from the late accident in addition to those already reported. The most critical case is that of Tribe, the fireman, who still lies in a dangerous and almost hopeless condi tion, a large splinter of wood having been forced into the side of his head, and which with great difficulty was successfully extracted yesterday. Its removal gave him great relief. He suffers, however, from the infliction of severe blows on the forehead and burns and scads over his body. The inquest on the engine-driver, Salmon, was formally opened before Mr. Carter yesterday, but the pro ceedings are adjourned to give time for the requisite investigation and evidence. The preliminary steps for this purpose were taken yesterday by Colonel Yolland, the Government Inspector, who, with Mr. Banister, the resident engineer of the company, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Francis, and other officers, minutely inspected the spot where the accident happened, with the view of reporting on it to the Board of Trade and the railway company. The directors also had a special board meeting at the London-bridge Termi nus, with a view to further the inquiry and obtain all possible information as to the probable cause of it. The company, in compliance with the Act of Parliament, have already sent in a report of the accident to the Board of Trade, upon which the board take action. Upon inquiry at the GrenaCier Hospital last night our reporter was informed that, with the exception of two of the sufferers, C. Lewis and J. Chapman, the unfortunate men were progressing favourably. The condition of the two men above-mentioned is, however, not so satisfactory. Lewis is suffering from a broken arm and severe injuries to his hand. Chap man has also an arm broken in two places. Both are exceedingly weak, and will require much care. John Gettins, one of eight men who were in the fourth carriage at the timeof the catastrophe, being a married man, was permitted to leave the hospital yesterday. He has received sev(ral severe flesh wounds, but is now comparatively well. The fol lowing is his account of the accident : " When we left Eastbourne we proceeded very slowly till we reached Lewes, where the train started as an express, with about 30 carriages. As soon as we left the station our speed was increased to, I am sure, fully 50 miles an hour. We continued at this rate till we neared I think it is called Norwood station, where we stopped for a few minutes. During the journey to the station the carriage I was in roc k e d very much, and I remarked to one of my I comrades This is rough travelling.' Th e train, believe, was due at 20 minutes past 6, and it was exactly that time whea we arrived at Norwood sta tion. We again started at the shaemne speed and con the carriage I tinued for about three milehs,frwem the enggave was in—namely, the fourth at that moment the three tremendous rocks, and a loft. A minute afterwards train pitched over to back, hemmed in by broken I found myself on my s y best I could, and Twrakhneoddhmtahyde carriages. I got up s aw . t e he w b u o s d t i u es rn o e f d th ov os e e r way out. I then been killed. The engine five succeeding carriages seemed to have sprung over it. The rails, too, were torn up and twisted like pieces o f w ire. Strange to say, not one person in the first carriage was hurt, while those in the second, t hi r d, and fourth were more or less injured. The two poor fellows who were killed were riding in the fifth carriage from the engine. Ido not remember seeing , Three Vols., post Bvo., DEEP WATERS. A NOVEL. By Miss ANNA DRURY, [Now Ready. Author of "Misrepresentation " " Friends and Fortune," tc. " The story begins well. * * * If once taken up the book will be read through. * * * Some of the scenes are very forcible, and each character is nicely discriminated." Athenaeum. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wiimot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. M ann i ng, E sq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Robt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' William Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.— the usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE 9th April. PREMIUMS falling due a t L a d y D ay w il l exp i re on FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Bsnus on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent, per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured—; Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. UnitedAocklir.le of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ,nTthhee Cuoirgration have always allowed the Assured to serve g a d , on Y lf o r m ee an of ry cha o r r ge V . Volunteer Corps within the ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. _ ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. T".—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Pamily Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d.; Souchom: reduced to 3s. M. • mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest A.ssarn ;educed from 4s. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London -bridge, City, E.C. ouTshtotetches, and the use of LUXURIANT WHlSKEerat:n. Eyebrows produced in a few week t zperties _ ____ bet ELLIOTT'S TONIC LOTION, the stimuisati7 of which are unfailing* in their op invites a trial from the most sceptical, hatt the vinced of its infallible power. Price 356 d., 54 . 1 4 Y cop , 108 (W -and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.— 1 ' Thurnis Elliott, hair rower (first floor), 51, Fenohttrch-street.,,, T. g.', 3 wigs, £1 104 THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the F ield -Marshal Com manding-in-Chief will hold a Levee at 1 o'clock on Tuesday, the 9th inst. On Friday his Royal Highness the Commander in-Chief paid a long visit to Aldershot, and reviewed a Highness arrived a t large n bu body rou of gh troops. stat io n H b i y s Royal o'clock, c accompanied tcaArildete-de-Camp, 01. t, K.C.8., o s n i . r R. C y h o a r r k t e e ri ; and d L e l e t t; ; . C - n A.G., anti having proceeded to Cove-common, the manoeuvres commenced. The brigades, having marched past in open columns of grand divisions, formed up near Cove-wood,and the Royals advanced to the westward in skirmishing order, the remainder of the Ist Brigade forming the supports. The 2d Brigade, under General Bates, formed line and advanced, the 3d Brigade, under General Russell, composing the reserve. The troops advanced in this order for some distance, when they changed position to the left, and the 3d and 2d Brigades advanced in line, the former being covered by the 64th Regiment and the latter by the 60th Rifles, in skirmishing order. They then changed position half right, and marched to the bank of the Basingstoke Canal. The Royal Engineer train then advanced to the front and threw a bridge over the canal, performing their pontooning operations with such rapidity and efficiency as to elicit very high commendations from the Commander-in• Chief. The pontoons were removed from the waggons and fixed for the passage of the troops in 13 minutes. Gen. ~' . 6 ""' PRICE..... —..4d. STAMPED ....sd. any escape of steam before the accident happened, but when the carriage gave that awful rock I guessed what had happened. We were all in high spirits at the moment, as we were the two corps, one of each battalion, who had been proved to be the best shots in the brigade." No day has yet been fixed for the funeral of the Guards who were killed. It appears that the parti cular part of the line where the accident occurred has a considerable curve. The traffic yesterday went on as usual. Major-Gen. Craufurd, in command of the Brigade of Guards, has been constant in his at tendance at the hospital, and has manifested the kindest sympathy for the sufferers. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, TIMES.—On Friday evening there happened one of those events which excite alarm and commisera tion even in these days, when loss of life by accident is so frequent and on so large a scale. The express train from Brighton, proceeing at an immoderate speed, ran completely off the rails down an embank ment between Balham and Streatham, causing the death of four persons on the spot and inflicting wounds on 30 others, some of whom are still in danger. An accident of this kind, though it does not destroy life so largely as the wreck of an emi grant ship or an explosion in a northern colliery, has a deeper interest for the community at large. We do not all rush in swift steamers among the fogs and icebergs of Newfoundland; only a limited class tempt the mine, or the fishery, or the powder mill ; but railway travelling is part of the life of almost the entire nation. Every year a larger and larger number of persons are carried by train, for the most part over short but rather dangerous distances, from the hearts of great towns to spots in their suburbs. Thousands live a few miles from their husiness, and use the railway as their regalar means of convey ance. To all of those the late accident must come home forcibly, for they hear of a train, without any fault in the engine or the rails, without any mis taken signal or unremoved obstruction, being dragged down an embankment, and the carriages shivered to pieces, with 30 wounded victims lying among the fragments. They learn that the cause of this excessive effort was the fact that the train, which had left Brighton at 5 o'clock, was actually 20 minutes late at Croydon, having arrived at that place at 20 minutes after 6 o'clock instead of at 6 o'clock ; in other words, that an express train was 20 minutes late on a journey of a single hour. As to the precise details of the accident we must await the investigations that are being made. All that is known has already been stated in the newspapers. The accounts vary as to the number of carriages, but it appears that the train was a large one, as no less than 16 passenger carriages formed part of it. ' There were about 200 men of the Grenadier Guards, who were returning from a course of rifle practice at Eastbourne. As soon as the train left Croy don it went at excessive speed, and one of the wounded soldiers states that the jolting was such as to be noticed by all the men in his carriage. It passed the talham Station in safety, but just after wards, the engineleft- the• rails, taking with it the whole train.-The boiler of the locomotive exploded, and the whole train, both locomotive and carriages was mixed - in one "mass.' The unfortunate Guards huffeted -moat.' --Tab were killed, and there are 28, of them in the Grenadier Hospital. Col. Burnaby, who was in command, showed much coolness and resource. He formed all his effective men, as soon as he could get them out of the carriages, iu two lines, and employed th em , i n goo d order and without panic, in extricating the sufferers. One lady was killed, and several of the passengers, including the Rev. Canon Cureton and his family, were seriously hurt. No wonder that such an occurrence as this should receive some notice in Parliament. Lord Brougham thinks that the pro per way to prevent such accidents is to limit the speed of trains to 25 or 30 miles an hour. From this proposal we need hardly say we dissent. We hope that with the progress of science and enterprise trains will not only travel as fast as now, but increase the facility of communication by rates of speed hitherto unattained. Experience has shown that with proper care in driving, with well-constructed locomotives, and well-laid rails, there is little danger in the very highest rates of speed. The legislation which should pretend to limit the advance of science would be certainly disregarded. We do not wonder that the mer cantile men in Lord Brougham's Congress were opposed to any such interference as his Lordship recommended. The true point was touched by the other speakers. It is probable that the late acci dent happened because an excessive speed was put on a train in an incautious manner and at an improper place, in order to make up for a most in excusable unpunctuality. This is the matter to which attention must be directed, if there is to be legislation at all. We know the advantages we enjoy over the Continent in the superior average speed of our trains, and we have no wish to make invidious comparisons. But any traveller in France, for instance, must contrast the exact ness of French railway timing with the scanda lous unpunctuality of the English lines. It may be said of some of the lines out of London that for a train to arrive at its destination at the time promised is rather the exception than the rule. While a traveller from Paris to Calais or Lyons, or even Marseilles, may be almost certain to be put down at the terminus with the greatest exactness, no one can travel 60 miles on the lines we speak of without preparing to be 10 minutes, 15 minutes, or perhaps 20 minutes late, and correspondingly with greater distances. On ordinary occasions this is productive of simple inconvenience and disappoint ment, should any one be so simple as to think that on coming up from a town on the south coast he will be able to catch another train in London, or do some particular business before a certain time. But every now and then more serious consequences fel low. If Parliament is to interfere at all, it should be to force the companies to keep better time. There is no danger in a train going 40 or even 50 miles an hour at a proper place, but such "spurts" as a driver sometimes makes to remedy his own or somebody else's delay cannot but be full of peril. POST.—The population 3f the Northern States are certainly not unanimous in the desire to substi tute a military despotism for free institutions. The arbitrary arrest of Mr. Vallandigham, a citizen of the State of Cincinnati, and his trial and conviction before a military tribunal, have not been allowed to go unchallenged. In New York, the metropolis of the union, one of the most numerously attended of the many " monster" meetings which have been convened in that city since the commencement of the war has passed a series of resolutions denounc ing the conduct of the Administration in respect to Mr. Vallandigham's arrest and trial, whilst the Governor of the State of New York has written a letter in which the manifest illegality of the acts complained of, and the consequences to which they must inevitably lead if allowed to pass unques• tioned, are pointed out in language which must carry conviction to the minds of all. It is one of not the least curious of the many strange phenomena to which the present war has given rise, that a nation which not only enjoyed but had secured for itself by 1 l3ave its own prowess the institutions which distinguished. rea o d to i d y upon the American Government could so submitted to the reported outrages in i past for the i he historian it by the weak Administration which two years has conducted its affair_sfnno of the Presidentship of Abraham chronicling disastrous c ampa a ig rs n " with an inconver for conducting expensive unfolding the details of s,L'i anicialwshcehnemnoest tible paper lioncurrency,.or and jobbery, may fill his administrative p y instances in which Mr. Lin trampled under foot the laws n?Benr r s es pect, and arrogated to them selvespcoa advis to exercise belonged alone to the they Lin coin pages n w d i with s t h e powers whose Republic. It of the were now needless Legislaturete the various unconstitutional acts to reiterate were bound com mitted by the President and acquiesced i n b y the Amer ican nation. The first battle had not been fought between the North and South at Bull Run before Forts Warren and Lafayette were filled with prisoners accused of no definite• crime and who in vain demanded their trial according to the laws of their country. Later in the war the Habeas Cor pus Act was suspended by proclamation, and the entire area of the Northern States, from the waters of Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico, declared to be subject to martial law. 0 n the Ist of January the President, of his own mere motion and by a stroke of his pen, usurped the power which legiti mately belonged to the several State legislatures alone, and affected to emancipate the entire slave Population of the Southern States. And still the people of the North patiently submitted. From time to time a few of the organs of the press pro tested against this assumption of power, and mass meetings passed resolutions condemnatory of the policy of the Executive. But neither leading articles nor resolutions availed to arouse from their apathy a people which seemed bent alone on collecting the Treasury notes which a profligate Government scat tered about in boundless profusion. Whether it was that a pure despotism possessed the charms of novelty for a free people, or that the inhabitants of the Northern States were too busily engaged in mak ing money to trouble themselves about the security of their political institutions, is doubtful ; but the fact of Mr. Lincoln and his Ministers having re tained office during two Tears cannat but excite the astonishment of posterity, as it Has undoubtedly surprised the present generation of observant poli ticians. It would seem now, however, either that the Fe;deral executive has ventured a little too far, or that the popular sentiments on the subject of arbitrary government have undergone a change. The results of the elections of la:st autumn were to substitute a number of Democrats for 'Republicans, and in New York the administration failed to obtain the election of State officers belonging to its own political faction. At all events the Democratic party are evidently determined not to allow military tri bunals and martial law to take the place of civil courts and civil jurisdiction. In the person of Mr. Vallandigham they considered the rights and liber ties of every American citizen to be assailed, and in denouncing the illegality of the treatment to which ' he has been subjected they protest against the crea lion of a precedent which would, if acknowledged, • invest the Executive with absolute power. If any one who, like Mr. Vallandigham, thought proper at a public meeting to comment in strong, but what in this country would not be deemed repre hensible, language on the policy of the Adminis tration, could be arrested, tried by drum-head court-martial, and sentenced to be confined in a penal settlement for two years, there would of course be nn end to all public meetings whatever in which the action of the Government supplied the theme for discussion. The Northern popula tion, however, are not prepared to abandon the right of canvassing the policy 0, a chief magis trate whom they have elected for a brief period, or to grant to his soldiers the right of prescrib ing the exact limits within which they may dis cuss the possible future to which they are being conducted by a ma n w h o, i n any even t , mus t in two years time sink into obscurity. HERALD.—CoI. North's motion for a royal com mission on the subject of Army Mize is postponed, we understand, until June 23. We earnestly hope it will not be deferred beyond that period, and that this important topic will then be fully discussed. It is certain that in this matter very searching inquiry and extensive reforms are imperatively demanded. The cruel delays which attend the present system of distribution, the secret manner in which claims are investigated, the variable and inconsistent princi ples which in some instances determine the decision of the authorities, have made the existing practice odious in the eyes of all military men, and have compromised to a more than usual extent the jus tice and integrity of the British Government. It is notorious that under the present system no secu rity or assurance is given to the soldiers of realising even after years of protracted solicitation, the fruits of their own conquests and achievements. Army prize is declared to be distributable not by law or precedent, not by any settled principle of justice, but simply at the discretionary, that is to say, the arbitrary will of the Government of the day. It happens accordingly that one general may be per mitted by the award of the Minister to receive the exclusive benefit of his own captures, and also to take the lion's share of the booty captured, inde pendently, and at a great distance, by another officer. Others, - with stronger claims, preferred under analogouseonditions, are neither permitted to share in the good-fortune'of their comrades nor to take much benefit from,,the spoil acquired by their own corps d'armee. It may be that the Government, in such contradictory' decisions, dis= cerns, or fancies that it discerns, special circum stances which tend to justify its- apparently iin consistent course. Yet so long as the facts of the case are not made manifest by public inquiry, And established by open and- unimpeachable testi tnony, it is impossible that the world out of doors can appreciate, the equity of the judgment,.a_iid suspicions - of - favouritism inevitably he 'sug gested and received. It is from the absence of all judicial procedure in the distribution of mili tary prize that the army feels itself specially aggrieved; in cases of naval capture the claims of those entitled to share are speedily and equi tably determined by a legal tribunal. Hence it is that we hear of no such interminable discus sions with respect to maritime prizes as those which, on some well-known occasions, have made the con tention for army prize money so notorious. The judgment of the Court of Admiralty is given pub licly, upon evidence fairly and openly examined, and in conformity with certain fixed principles and rudiments of prize law, But the claims for military booty are not investigated openly. Infor mation is conveyed to the authorities by private and occult channels. Ex parte statements, and, in some instances, untrue data, are laid before them, and are perhaps accepted without being submitted, even for the most cursory examination, to the opposing parties. It is quite possible, under the present system, that falsified documents and other frauds may be employed to the injury of the actual captors of the booty, who, from being kept in ignorance of these devices, must be wholly powerless to counteract them. Now, if we do not go so far as to say that some or other of the Minis terial bureaux must necessarily be willing dupes under such circumstances, yet we must say that so long as they allow themselves to decide upon pri vate testimony, they must be held responsible for the greater share of the injustice. What would be said of a court of law if it allowed one party to plead openly, and subjected its witnesses to cross examination, but received all the evidence from the other side with closed doors, and finally pro ceeded to judgment in accordance with the tenor of these secret representations ? Still more, what would the whole country say if these secret repre sentations should subsequently be found in some important particular to be essentially incorrect ? Would such a tribunal exist for a week after so damaging an exposure of its incompetence or in justice? Yet we believe that prize-money justice is, under the existing system, occasionally admi nistered under some such inconveniences as we have just suggested, and any preliminary measure which promises in any way to correct such a state of things will certainly be supported by public opinion. No doubt we shall be told that this is entirely a matter of prerogative, and that military booty is altogether at the disposal of the Crown. This position it is not our present intention to contest, though the point seems open to some controversy, for we remember that in 1843 Mr. Hume denied the right of the Crown, inasmuch as it no longer paid the expenses of the war, to dispose of army prize money without the concurrence of Parliament. But, without discussing the accuracy or unsoundness of this opinion, we cannot allow that secret procedure or j adgment contrary to the evidence is a natural and necessary part of -the Royal prerogative. If the Crown declares that prize money shall be granted to those who can establish a right to share in it, this promise, it seems to us, ought to signify that the investigation shall be fair and open, that t the decision shall be in accordance with precedent, el ; o and that in points of difficulty the opinion l' s le id g e a r l ati a o u n. thorliftitehais is shanllotbethreeecxeiivsteidng practicewithde ciotnis ptirmoteectht injustice. at h P er arl m iam a je e s n t t y s ,s ho n u a l d m i e n t e f r T o p m a e s u l s r 1 p Ci c i r o d n e sr of a new Charleseonv e 11:11 gadriadiae e S d pitalfields, adjoining the NEW CONVENT AND GIRLS ' SCHOOL.—Cardinal Roman Catholic Church of that locality. Th ere was a yesterday opened large attendance of Roman Catholic clergymen from diffe giWriiss'emscahnool nt parts of London. After the religious ceremonial re ckieuner took place, at which the Hon. presided. After the usual toasts Cardinal 11 7 ', 1. eman ad dressed the meeting. He alluded to the rapid increase in the number of buildings devoted to He acknowledged that much kindnessworship and e d ucat i on. be shown in many l oca li t i es by liberal and good f ee li ng h a d beral-minded P towards Catholic cl ergymen rotestants engaged in the effort to pr ov id e education for th e poor. MAILS FROM A MERICA DUE THIS 1VEEK."•••• The Liverpool,New York, and Philadelphia Steam ship Company's screw steamer City of New York, which was to sail from New York on the 23d ult. with the United States' mail, will be due at Queenstown in the course of tonight. The Montreal Ocean Steamship Company's screw steamez Bohemian, with the Canadian mail, which was to leave Quebec on the 23d ult., is expected at Lon donderry in the course of to-night. The Cunard steam ship America, with the mails from Halifax and Boston on the 27th and 28th ult., will be due on Sunday at Queens town. ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT THROUGH FIRE.- Information has been forwarded to the coroner for Surrey of the death of Miss Anne Moore, lately residing at Chapel-street, Newington, which occurred under the following painful circumstances :—lt appears that the de c-ased, who was an invalid, got out of bed to sit by the fire, and while in this pesition it is supposed that a spark flew out of the grate and set fire to her night-dress. The ser vant smelling smoke, proceeded to her room, and was horri fied to find the unfortunate young lady in a sitting position on the hearth-rug enveloped in flames. The fire was ex tinguished, and ev ery means employed to allay her hitherto made, the glad new s to the but she sank under the combined effects of the burns and the shock to the system. 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