The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-21 00:00:00

_~ m r • .r- ~ ~- ~~ -/‘ zia REMEMBER, 'WE SUP AT EVANS' ':VERY EVENING THIS WEEK after Alfred Mellon's Promenade Concerts. •, • -• \7 o- . ,0 4 ;•‘• - ..• * 27 :4 1 4 ,T\ . • $ in • 214 Z . 7 , 411 " 4 , P , 111- '*P ,l - • • . "*l*gb'( ) ) 4 Z. 4 : 4811 W , 1 7 111Z11 04).42 k . Alb • t. , 4,1. * • , " ND. •*l. ft ' DiE i" , 11 4.1 L ./ 1 • as • $ 4 e‘ ' SEA. —VAC kNCIES f or MIDSITIPMEN end APPRENTICES in a first-class London shipping, fir n. Premium mol'rate. Al-o apprenti , es without premium.— Apply to SIMNIONDS and Co.. 38, St. Mary-at-hill, East- Cheap. E.C. Third Offizers and Stewards wanted. ?ci SEA, —First-class APPRENTICES requ i re d in an East Indianian.—Fur premium, name (if ship, &c.. apply to Messrs. Lain , and Co., 27, Coleman-street, Bank. o control over or interference in the outfitting exercised. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1863, No. 22,109. P8.1CE.....-...4d. STAMPED ....sd. JAPAN AND ITS PEOPLE. Naval and Military Intelligence. and success are alike admitted by all, and yet the number of annual subscribers amounts only to 1,000. Our financial position therefore is anything but satisfactory, and we feel confident that it is only necessary to call attention to it to indue3 all who approve of the objects of the association, and whose means enable them to do so, to become subscribing members. In that cqse we should number our members by thousands instead of hundreds—our income would be ample, well-assured, and independent of the many chances of the prize meeting, where success or failure depend upon the acci dent of weather, and we should then be able to deal more libe-ally with the volunteers and the shooting public, and carry more fully into effect the objects for which the asso cia ion was feunded. as the climate, although hot, io everywhere good ; the cotton plant produces in six months, reckoned from the day it is sown, yields two harvests annually, and lasts six years. —From a source of high authority the following communi cation has been received :---" By our latest advices from the Aidin district - , it would appear that the cotton plants ;n that district have not suffered so much from locusts as was at one time expcct; t they had, The present crop of Turkey may, I think, be calculated about as follows :—Anatolia Cara.. man i a , Syria, 550,600 kintals; Itomoclla, from N 010 to the Dardanelles. 250,000 kintals; Cyprus tract other islands in the Archipelago, 20,000 kintals; Georgia, 30,000 kin tals; total, 9':0,000 kintals, or about 315,000 bales. And Greece will pram' about 70,000 kintals, or 25,000 bales; total, 340,000 balcs,"—The following intelligence was placed before the committee, supplied by the levant Herald of Aug, s:—" The reports received in town of the appear ance of the cotton crop in the neighbourhood of Dardanelles and Gallipoli are very favourable; the qr.araity sown this year being apparently greatly larger than any ever hitherto grown, and the quality at the same time being proportionably superior. The American. seed has suc ceeded excellently in the district in question, and the produce will be a class of staple which is freely taken by buyers at the present moment as equal to ordinary Orleans."—The following letter was read :—" Milford, near Derby, August 13, 1863.—Sir,—We beg to enclose a cheque on Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, for £5O, as our sub scription for the current year to the Cotton Supply Asso ciation. We shall be happy to continue our subscription for five years, if the Association continues its operations for that period. We cordially agree as to the importance of the undertaking.—We are, sir, yours faithfully, W. G. and J. STRUTT--Isaac Watts, Esq."—This concluded the busi ness of the meeting. EDINBURGH (RNinced Fares), from IronErate wharf, Tower.--Saloon, 20s ; fore cabin, 15s: deck (soldiers and sailors onTr. 7s M ; return tickets (available for a month\ 308 and 2ts rd. The cheapest and quickest sea route by the splendid new ST F AMSIII PS of the LONDON and EDINBURGH SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing . every Wednesday and Saturday, at 10 morning. Apply at the Spread Eagle, Regent-circus ; or at Irongate-wharf. The following extracts from a private letter, dated Yokohama, June 14, from a medical naval officer now on service in the Japanese waters, to his friends at Manchester, will be read with in terest : THE NAVY. Now ready at all the Librares, in 3 vols., L ADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW NOVEL, "MARY LYNO,AY." PASSENGERS AND TRAVF,T,LERS PROTECTION AND COMPENSATION OFFICES, "This story is interesting pnd enti railing throughout, • Mary Lyndssy' is a most charming heroine "—tiun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Nagasaki is beautifully situated at the head of a deep bay and at the foot of green hills, backed up by lofty mountains. The scenery is most beautiful, the land is most fertile, and almost every available spot is cultivated with rice, barley, &c., somewhat in the terraced manner of the Chinese. Tho approach and the passage to Yokohama is among innume rable islands, all clothed with cultivation or forests of every shade of green, with the white sandstone peeping out here and there. Each island is a gem in itself—the brilliant green of the young rice was beautifully contrasted with the many-coloured forests, and the whole was set in a broad frame of the purest blue water, dotted in every direction, as far as the eye could see, with islands or capes. The whole scene recalled to me the travels of Sinbad the Sailor, and more like a dream from a tairy tale than an actual reality. The shores were very populous ; we passed numerous large towns with their toy-like temples and sombre-coloured low houses, as clean and neat as those in China are dirty and untidy; innumerable junks of all sizes, whose captains threw up their arms as we passed in token of friendship; innumerable fishing boats, with two men, or a man, or per haps a single urchin, who grinned a good-humoured smile. innumerable pretty villages and houses to the water's edg4 I well remember where we passed within a cable of a sort of balcony, which was crowded with Japanese girls, who greeted ns with waving their fans and chattering in a way that women only can. IG, Craven-street, Strand, London, W.C. _ Passeneers by Rail, Rand, nr Water. and others sufforing from loss or injury to themselvda or pro ..erty, should apply for redress and compensat on at the above Offices ; established to render prompt assistance to all classes upon the most ad vantageous terms. Advice on application gratis. Letters must be addressed to "The Manager," enclosing a stamp for reply. T" oxF OR D , R. OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. fishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ell'son, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Iluish, ttc., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, E. Righton, and A. Lloyd. Alto, a Pet formance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful inst, ument, the PIANO ORCHEbTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. '1 he [TALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful iu the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. ELCHO (Chairman). JOHN LAIRD. SPENCER. RADSTOCK. HORATIO Ross. BURY, Lieut.-Col. G. RUSSELL. DE GREY and RIPON. H. A. TEmrLER, Major. J. S. NORTH, Col. W. WELLS. JOSEPH PAXTON. THOMAS FAIRBAIRN. DUCIE. M. M'MURDO. W. C. BEWES, Lt.-Col. THOS. STEELE, Col. GROSVENOR. S.FRASER, Master of Loyal. C. H. LINDSAY, Lt.-Col. C. HAY, Major-General. COLVILLE. J. C. KENNEDY, Col. ALGERNON EGERTON. LICHFIELD. L. LINDSAY, Lt.-Col. A. KINNAIRD, Treasurer. EDMOND ST. JOHN MILLMAN, Secretary. N ORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Cherter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and Invested Funds .42,122,828 Annual Revenue.. 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insuran - es Eranted both at Home and in Foreign Countries On the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the participating principle. The new Life busipess 4 ranlacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Am^nnt In nred. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,611 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application , at the NOTICE. —The GHOST! GHOST !! GHOST!!! AT CANTERBURY lIALL. representations of Professor P,er's startling Illusion will be given o n M on d a y s. W e d n esdays, and Sa• urdsys. Nine and aqu .rter past Eleven o'clock ; o ther Evenings at Eleven only; and produced with all the ne•ivezt improve ments by Mr. A. Silvester, which can be sten only at this establishment. i I i`w 1 .L •~,~~ P. S.—Twenty-five of the banking houses of London have within the last fortnight kindly agreed to open an account with the association for receiving subscribers' names and subscriptions, and it is confidently expected that their ex ample will be followed by the other banking establishments in London and throughout the country. It is only din to Messrs. Coutts and Co. to mention that at the formation of the association they opened an account for subscriptions, and have themselves given an annual do nation of 20 guineas. We may also state that although the annual subscription is only is., there are 28 members who subscribe sums varying from two to 20 guineas; and Sir W. Martins. Lady Martins, and Miss Martins have given as donations to the association the very large sum of £375. OrFICES : LONDON 58, Thresdneedle-street. 4, New Bank rE4 West-end Office B, Waterloo-place, Bui lding mallLothbnry, • Dramatic Readinn•s by Mr. Graham, in addition to Grand Operatic Selections. Cantatas, G!e•s, Sonirs, Comic and Sentimental, and UN •WORTH, the Stum Orator. Open every Ev ning at half past Seven. Admission, Sixpence. ng ar of The people at Yokohama do not appear so hostile as at Nagasaki, probably because there are here no Damios. The trading classes are, indeed, everywhere for us, and some of the Damios, but the majority of the Damios are dreidedly against us, and they hold all the power in their hands. One thing is quite certain, if we wish to extend or even preserve, our trade with Japan, the power of the Damios must be broken, and a war of a very bloody and ex pensive kind ensue sconer or later. No one of the fleet wishes war; the coolies and common classes are so civil and good that we should be sorry to fire a single shot at them, for they, and not the Damios, would suffer. All we can possibly do is to bombard their towns, of which, indeed, they are now so afraid that Jeddn is nearly deserted. We cannot march into the interior, or force Miako, without a very large army. The Japanese fight d esperately, and are in such respects totally unlike the Chinese, for whom they entertain a profound contempt. _ _ Meeting of Middlesex Magistrates. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. e` S, 29, Lo street Lon and It oyal Inn nrance building s, Livert,nel Total Annual Revenue exceeds Lsono Accumulated Funds in h and over 1,010 , ,0 0. 00. Chairman in Liverpool : CHARLES TURNER, lCsq., Chairman in London : WILLIAM W AINWRIGHT, Esq. he er 3d cr ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Stenors. Rachele and Mariannie a and Signor GUiSepr,e Fran ce co, gESiS ed by a corns of Twenty young Ladies—The Conrads as the Original French Clowns and on the orde Emstique—Les Petit Monstres Brian anti Conly in an amusing and novel Burlesque Mrs. Brian as Old Aunt Sally, (to., &c.—Wood and his Wonderful Son—Grand Operatic Selections :—PrincipalA, Miss M'Gregor. Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini (the new Italian tenor), and Mr. Vernon Rigby— Band and Chorus of Sixty Performers. COMPETITIVE TRIAL OF SMALL-BORE RIFLES, 1864. The annual competitive trial of small-bore rifles will, by permission, take place at Woolwich in the month of Feb. next. THE FIRST WEEK of the ALHAMBRA GHOST, a highly comical and amusing ' , presentation of the popular opt.cal illusion.—EVEla EVENING, at Eleven o'clock. Minimum bore . 451, maximum weight 91 lbs, minimum pull of trigger 6 lbs. Each gunmeker will have to bring 6 rifles of the same de. scription and quality. The rifles will he fired from fixed mechanical rests ; and the description of rifle that givrs the best figure of merit will, as heretofore, be selected as the one with which the Queen's Prize shall be competed for at the ensuing prize meeting of the association, subject to the conditions 'of the manufacturer undertaking to supply the number of rifles required by the council within a specified time, of their being in every respect equal to the one chosen, and of the price not exceeding £l5 per rifle. The mean figure of merit of all the rifles of each set that may be tried shall decide the position to be assigned to the particular description of rifle. In order to test to a certain extent the amount of recoil, it may be found desirable to try the shooting from the shoulder, but the shooting to determine the figure of merit will be made from the fixed rest. These Damios, or Princes, some of whom, as Satsuma, are enormously rich and powerful, with their proud swag. gering retainers, resemble much the old feudal barons of the middle ages. They resemble them, further, in having con tinual feuds amongst themselves, which are handed down from generation to generation. They are very cruel and exacting in their conduct to the lower classes. A day or two ago, before we entered Nagasaki, a Damio was passing with his suite along the great road, when two little girls ran across in front of the procession. Now, this to a Japanese is the greatest insult you could offer; but these children were too young to know it. They were immediately seized and de capitated, and their bodies left on the road with the Damio's mark. ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S lERATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, Potass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manutactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. RAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACIIINE';, for hand, horse, or steam rower, are the most simple and effici a nt e xt a nt.—F u l: p a rtic u l ars and prices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co , Lauren ce P ountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C., whe re they may be seen in operation daily. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchonz, reduced to 3s. M. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 48. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS. 35. London-britre, City, E.C. Rests similar to those used at the last competitive trial will be provided by the association. Gunmakers can, how ever, if they prefer it, bring their own mechanical rests. Competitors desirous of availing themselves of the rests pro vided by the association may, at any time previous to the trial, go to Woolwich Arsenal for the purpose of seeing that their rifles are properly fitted to the slides and rests. Gunmakers intending to compete will be charged an en trance fee of £lO, and must send in their names to the secretary of the association en or before the Ist of January next, after which date the entries will be closed. An early application for slide-bars must be made by those competitors who intend to use the association rest. By order, E. ST. JOHN MILDMAY. 11, Pall-mall East. 11. ler MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal. Leasehold ano Freehold Property, or Reversions, &a., in sums from £2O to £.500.-3lr. Iloward, 18, Queen street, Cheapside. delay, to respectable persons T o Persons in WANT or MONEY (in Town The utmost secrecy or Country).—A GENTLEMAN is willing to MAKE ter enclose tour stamps) c( A ma D na V lbee A or N re rieeEmdSaolonef? CAS female), on pt ph t I r y ioittwhbn ou l t security. to v., et Mr. Robertson's Accountant, 40. King* William -street, London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. . - . EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR The Directors of the Roy lB a 6 l 2. called upon to ma k e Insurance their ae i di Meeting of its Sh are holder: ust °rued per al Report at the o c Company are now The Directors have,FaisßE BRANCH. close o' the year, to ann otin i c e e7f i o u r gl th Y e a fi s r u st ne ti " me ect , th ed a l t y ih a e t E t i h re e Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The hi h g— coMparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is again fully msintained. The profit of the business o f the year ex ceeds the amotint realised in the preced,ng year, and in fact sur passes that of any yea r , s sine' the _1! th but two except on , commencement of thl4 Ofll i ce the balance to the credit on i considerably account of British and Foreign' Insurances beim: and of the North A merican business, which is kept sepa• rately, X 11,097 les. 10d.x45,107 10s. rtehde yoon. LIFE BRANCA. The very gratify i n exceedsstate th even v e s nuulthaatsosuf ing dutyfalls upon the Directors to . at the almost unexampled amount for a single year o f fo , r the year IF6? £701,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the las t and has arrive vi h , a s s ,T l s l t b b o e t e o n now r ll w 6l by £ policies 18 o o 0 fewa years it is new that such a sum assured as that which This n a h n e n a o rd un o c f ed as the /milt of one year's business s portion of the Company's business has been carefull y watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to t he e lutnre to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the Evidence life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amo unted to 311 f or the year, on which the aggregate s um proposed for assuran,e amounts to £143,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. record mall number of the Assurance Companies of the . da y a their accepted lives annually at a sum not much if at al exceeding those which the Royal has declared as in adml or sit:le in a sing le year from deterioration of some kind anothPr. advert . If , to complete their review, the Directors now more primly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly tatdd than that of any other Company established eith er taken Conlon or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have the amount of New Policies already reported P l ace. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, evidence needless. with the The Directors conclude their t Report present Royal expression of an opinion that the prospects of the make all other Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, fo un d ed on a grateful remembrance of the past, that t he future may unfold for it a sphere of still g tude ' combining distingui s h ed r cial success to th Office with a tell thenee areer ce(mune usefulness of an d protection to the public. g re ater maym e PERCY M. DOVE, Secret ary nd Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, in London. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of Vie Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was £8.1,062, and the amount insured on farming stock, 10 , 0 86,%32. A bonus of three-fifths of the profi s periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received BUMS amounting in the aggregate to £410,000 ; and the Society now holds a large Res rye appli able to a future Bonus. The rates of premium are in no case higher than those charged by the other prinLipal offices making no returns to their insurers. For pro pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey- Street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. ... fir hi FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Chairman. HCHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman. enryHulse Berens, Esq., iohn Labouchere, Esq. DenrY Bonham Carter Esc G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq. 1. ame,aleter ...Charles P. Devas, Esq.' ' John Martin, Esq. Leis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. R. Farquhar, Bart. James Morris, Esq. I,hom .00dson, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. - !ch B °n I hrikev Esq. M.P Henry R. Reynolds, E!iq. Fre t' (r * , Ru bbard,'Esq P. Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. '''. H.•Jans on, E sq . . Henry Vigne, Esq. Lewi s ir , „ los.Talletasch Esq., AUDITORS. CO • "Yd , Esq Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Tlruell" l'aine' 'inn" Esq. I Noel Whiting. Esq. , Secre fay t 1 Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary rerp,E DEIA RT3IENT.—UNDEIt THE PRovisiox n s e o w r l A n st_ PrOfits O DIVISI ACT or P ,u .11PaoRT.,,. S,AO:I4AmtNT, this Company now offers to PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial a Low Rate of Premium without participation t "TSA _ince.the establishment of the Company in 1821, _th .n e y n a n,' oi Profits allotted to the Assured has exceededi Bou uses ti o e f 4 4 66° L o ' sB ° l oo which represents equivalent Reversionary ranch £207,000 pe a n; the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life an; o a u r i a ,t l ., e d e t, i n force, with existing. Bonuses thereon, ii ,n B "- '" u Pwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the L ranch of annum,thercapital, exceeded £1,618,000. and the Life Assurance Fund, ~ LOCAL 3IILITLA. and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No r.xitra Premium is required for service therein. vaitt ( e )"B As:!i granted on Life Policies to the extent of their , if such value be not less than £5O. 0 eiy dIGMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re e and rerg•lstered. AIEDic AT U ley , Aatri s "l' li . RES Paid by the Company, and no charge I , lltp, D , • RPART3l ENT.—lnsurances are effected upon eTe-,rYs.descriPtion ot property at moderate rates. Co l : pan "! "used by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Ito y A I, A.D. 1'720. (Estalb,Olisithe:Eby EXC HANGE C onPoRATIoN FIRE of his Majesty O A, , LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. tases, Royal Exchange, George th e First) London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTA,vi t - Gmon GE p x _ S W IGRAM, Esq., Governor. Sir Jorcq TA"l'Es nARELAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Esq. Wilmot Bart, Deputy-Governor. D IRECTORS. 1 1: 1 oil: i b ct e l7 i r a, t . :B a a i t r n e e b l car tyld::::Eelq:11. Ssig: . WI - mot Holland, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. trarrickttarratt Cattley, Esq Chas Jno Mannino. Esq Tho,,,js roavidson, E s - Henry . Nelson, Escr . The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Alex a T ia bent, t s • c b Pred k. ler Dr nee N Charles Robinson, Esq. Riv er , et Edha a "I '., Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. 1? oh r , lialeW. G T , 11 -• ' , eq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. m. ',Vi n eus n e n gl‘,Esq. William Soltau i Esq. Jas. Stev r -w I libbert 'F'"' s q: Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. art lied g , o A 0. Wilfiam Wallace, Esq._ M edical lu te . ' B q. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Corporation on FIRE and tr i ,,.., `ee. s.llttrEt. SOLLY, Esq., E.R.S. In the Life A lta, acrv an S tal,,, o llll 4.NCES may be effected with this ticination in ext reent, - : err ee• participation. Or, at ,urances are granted with par- The Reversionary 8., L° Wer Premiums, without such nearly 2 per cent, pe r it n „ea,, en Brithteish Policies has averaged Equivalent reductio ns ' - nra on payable by persons whe have }_,,, en m ell i p assured. The divisions of P rolit P t r s e .ge erT ed th „a: in the Premiums Any sum not exceedir, ma ce e ag_ ftilof Bonus. Life, . 4 18,000 'l7 F ive years. nut, This Liberal participation io the Pr ont„_nred be insured on one --- the liabilities of partnership. —With e xemption from A rate of Bonus equal to the av , th .. Societies—with the guarantee of Err"-,,,geteiturns of Mutual Stock. in vested Capital The advantages of modern praetke,_. of an Office whose resources have be en With the security perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A. ii2n e ,d by the ex- The Corporation hare tilrays allowed the Ass ured to In the Mtia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corp s serve Wit hin the II YAL Eren GE, LONDON. United Kingdom ° , free of charz AN e. ROBT. P. STEELP, Seeretoy. ---_,, of the pF T A E R E R C a E t N s T t E:p7taoiAdAibltyt of Avon CELEBRATION ' (of which osri;iteopz.. A N._i v the BIRTH of CommitteeSalfryttlaS. ~,,,,. on. The Tercentenary ~,,,. e. Hamilton, Bart , fi.C. 8.. is Chairman) are now ree—etvrt.. a a l t so the e ry Committee. . ' ur rcl ing SUBSCRIPTION-', andthe ma d °ll ,.t of the Tereentena_ a y g , en S ts mit 3 h t , es a sr n s d . str,siddderininster or IN-arwick and Leamington Ranks, c ~iorti,..uvn -Avon ; Messrs. . Greenwa =ree l , . their London , Serliv i svay, Varwiek ; or b r ye and Co., or Messrs. t.il • L'pne, and Co , Messrs Ilan a Yll --''' Co bank London. The 7 , ' - e ' s ' bmittinz the subscrip- Con list e , re oafenary Committee, in su of s) '") the nation mosearnestly Mkg, apppal to the admirers rest their ei• or their al and , that Stratford is not . only their i 4 . •, [ 1 wisitatai.co. The Committee the hi 4, lns upon I he -roun.i . all st n i r eof Shakapeare. but 411 1 e, the t Nyn h and th it it was his ers of the ,e t Poet's works, --. _ ..,01" a. 11.11114 C . the ceutre of attriction to ,z, ; , a , Q.. — " lAA, - - 1 were he Lvta ..a TIVIMEDIATE CASH ADVANCES.—Persons requiring Capital, repayable by instalments, to enable them to increase or commenc( business, or for any other purpose, can readily obtain Advances on application at the Offices of the ST. GEORGE ADVANCE FUND ASSO CIATIONS, Pall-ma 1, S.W. Prospectus and forms sent free. E. H. GILBART, Manager. 4NEVER FAILING REMED Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOU and LIVER PILLS * pre- -ed without any mercurial ins r edient, from th e recipe of Dr. tt, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who offer from bilious ind iver complaints, indigestion, wind, giddiness, izziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual Pstiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier ( 1 t i le blood, they ire truly excellent; mild in their opera ion and grateful to he stomach, they create appe ite, pro- Tlmote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. ;?d by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, t haring-cross. ,T,ndoli, and by most druggists, to boxer, is. lid, and three „, e n the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's and Liver Pill s . Th e genuine are a square seen package. with " William Lambert." engraved on the s taraP• CONTRACT FOR PROVISIONS. Royal H ospital, Chelsea, 14th Aug., 1361. TtIE RIGHT HONOURABLE the LORDS and OTHERS, COMMIS 4 IONERS of this HOS PITAL, do hereby give NOTICE, That they are ready to receive TB% DERS from and to treat with such persons as m ay be wiling to Contract for victualling the in-pensioners of the said Hospital, from the Ist October, 1863, to the 30th 1863, both days inclusive, with the following provisions, die., viz. :—Beef and Mutton, Bread, rter. Potatoes, Salt, Oatmeal, Barley or Rice, ur, Suet, Cocoa, Black Tea, Sugar, Milk, Onions Carrots, Celery, Thyme, Marjoram, Winter Savory r Leeks, or ;Parsley, daily, at per head per diem for the whole Litton according to the established allowances of the house. as specified in the form of'f'ender, which may be obtained at the ice of the Secretary any day between the hours of 10 and 3 Cheese , : e e tP l, ietele e rns r . b° } 2 l l i , , r i t ' , l which Tender must be filled up and delivered, sealed, ts ard-room of the said Ho WI . I s 1 a by the party or at the o , or by p rties tenderin,„ %alt. on Tuesday, the Ist of September, at 12 o'clock at which b time tneir Lordships will be prepared to take the same into consideration. o'clock, which be observed that , the Contractors wi'l be required Security to the Crown for the due performan e of the find will be received after the day and ‘' hoar above mentioned. - The Commissioners do not pledge themselves to accept the and that no Tender A. J. MOORHEAD, Secretary and Registrar. lt(o;)ownetsrtneTtnder. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Grav's-inn-road in the immediate vicinity of the Great Norther n Ea wa y Terminus, at Eing's-cross. 11- Patron—The QUEEN. Pres id en t—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH , thate which is accom panied devoted to desti tution Masterman, E sq. This was the first hospit al to int roduce the principle o f f ree and instant admission to the destit ute sick, without th e for malityletsovmeornstoprsit'ilaebtlteerfso.rmlL iysiezn,tir panted by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient in magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to edmit and relieve the distressing* cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer. Edward slas erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. C ontts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote. ant Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Deniso n and Co.: Williams,Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATROICESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. I nEsIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CITAIRMAN—TIIO9 Baring, Fsq., M.P., F.R.S., DErtrry-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. _ _ ..... _ APPEAL. he beginning of the year 1860, the Royal The Committee of Management have to N s a t t a i Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments -n the Coasts of Eng.and, Scotland, and Ireland. olth e Society. nd other means, since its formation, is 12,8 a 0 n 0 _ tor which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, d £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion nag also expended £67,. 00 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting -cart cages, and Bo at-h on ses. The Committee desi re t o ex p res s their grateful " se o f the n g e-eruus support which they have received from the Pritiali public during the past few years, a support which has enab ed them to establish their present magnificent fleet o* 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom Deeply sensib e, however, of the great responsibility that res s on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, whi h can only be effected by a large and pc, manent annual Income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid teem in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions : £ s. d annual 50 0 0 _ Mrs. G. .. .• .. annual 5 0 0 Campbell, the Hon. ITer Majesty. .. annual 1 1 0 Clerk, Colonel, K.A. •• Bankers Currie, •.. annual 10 0 0 .. Coutts and Co. Messrs., the Queen .. •. .. .. 4th don.lo 0 0 Rrie, Lord Wm., blef • A , K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 ls'sq., sir ::. :: . don. 10 10 0 Panshawe, Vice-Admira • .• •• •• Pe nVelek, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and 'Fran -250 0 0 sporting, Carriage • • • • _ don. 3 0 0 IT arvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. • • • • don d0n.15 15 0 .. 7th lO 0 0 Moore, Rey. G. B. • • •. .. don. Simi • 3 0 0 . annual 2 0 0 Smite sirs. George, Greenwich _ • • • • Stirlin, Col. Sir Anthony, Ii.C.H. • • 59. Strand; N•I Thoni:',,L d Weston-super - Mar- , 4-. colle . ctedby her 1 DonationYs and d'Eresby, f_ 2 u LadyNhipa y• • ' • • • • • • 6 16 0 Willoughb e • : Lord .. • • • • annual 5 0 0 jived by the Bankers of filo Inetitn . tie , 5 )soriptionsw . ill u be tiheassnrkils:afies- Co., and 16, S Percival and Co, 76 Lombard-street, Mesers. Coutts and amens-stye L, ' 1' o e6 d a o r n . : by a 1 the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the 1? •ied&m• ,dor, ; and by the Secretary Elichszd Lewis, Esc,:mat he — (slfiet of the kastitiatic42,.p, Jan-street, 44141,43:L0nd0n, WAL ' - ' s Berries, Farouhar. Co.,. „, t. Yokohama is a considerable town of 80,000 inhabitants. The Japanese houses are rarely more than one storey, and most consist of two rooms, a front and a back. Built of bamboo and mud, and rarely of stone, they are always painted nicely outside, or varnished, and generally kept very clean. All ornamentation is eschewed except on tha roof, which is generally edged with chequered tiles. Wherever it can be afforded a small garden, with dwarfed trees, is sure to be in good condition ; and almost in every room you see vases with flowers or dwarfed trees growing in them. The floors are carpeted with a very even kind of matting, laid in strips a yard wide—the edges bound in black, so as to make an agreeable " parqueterie," and it is always kept very clean, even by the poorest classes. They take off their shoes before entering a house, leaving them outside the entrance, and look as jealous at your boots when you enter as any English lady could, proud of a new drawing room carpet. They never sit on chairs or stools, but squat down on the floor with their feet underneath, so that they appear to sit on their heels. And as you pass through the street thus you see them round a sort of square trough in the front room, in which there is always charcoal burning. They are either working or eating, or smoking a very fra grant tobacco out of a small bowled pipe, enjoying it im mensely, and puffing it out slowly through the nostrils. Women, even girls, smoke as much ar, the men, and with equal pleasure—or they are chattering with great earnest ness and volubility in a language much sotter and more liquid, less twanging and more harmonious,than the Chinese; or ►they are singing, accompanying themselves on an instru- ment like the banjo, which they play with great dexterity. They enjoy their own music immensely, and turn up their eyes, and beat time and look wisely critical, all in the most approved style. I cannot see much, or rather hear much beauty in their music, though some of the airs are plaintive ; but, on the other hand, they can see none in ours, and say it is too loud, and fit only for deaf people. Or they are washing themselves without any reservation, and apparently qu to unconscious of any harm therein. Indeed in the baths, which they frequent very often, the women are always washed all over by men, smiling in the most innocent man ner. This almost total disregard of mooesty, as we should say, is oue of the most curious features in Japan, and does not appear to lead to any licentiousness. Or they are busy at their toilette, which is soon accomplished, all but the hair. A Japanese lady appears to spend all her talent on her head. Her hair is black, glossy, thick and long, and is done up in a most imposing superstructure with the aid of cushions, false hair, combs, and daggers or cross bars of tortoise shell. I cannot describe it exactly, but there ap pears to be this plan :—Brushed back in two lateral and one central mass from the forehead, it meets with the back hair brushed straight up, and the consequence is a series of rolls intertwined with gold thread and silk stuff, and curiously fastened up with coral-headed pins, gilt combs, and tortoise shell bars. It really has a very pretty effect. The married ladies further adorn themselves by pulling out their eye brows and blackening their teeth, though I believe the ori gin of this was with the husbands, who, always free them selves, wished to make their wives unattractive to others. Any infidelity is punished by death; but before marriage women are perfectly free. Their faces, when they don't powder themselves—which they are very fond of doing, and painting their lips with red—are very pretty when you are become a little accustomed to the genuine Mongolian type. Their figures aro absolute perfection, and their hands and feet smaller and better shaped than any I ever saw in Eu rope. This is owing to their dress, which is never tight ; and to their never wearing boots, but only straw sandals, or a kind of patten in wet weather. The dress of men and women is almost the same. A long " knee-mo-no," descending to the ancles in men, and to the ground with women, though tucked up any height in walk ing out, is like a nightgown open in front right down, folded over the breast, and secured at the waist by a girdle. The sleeves aro very large, and hang down nearly to the knee. In addition, the women have a long piece of figured silk, which they wind twice or thrice round the waist, and then hang up behind so as to droop in a kind of rectangular festoon down to the back of the knees. Colours are generally sombre, and as well as the patterns, which are commonly checks, are regulated by the laws for the different classes. No cap is worn, but the coolie class generally bind round the head a piece of coarse stuff. The Yakonins wear a closer kind of kee-mo-no, and over this a kind of mantle, generally of gauze or crape, and marked with the devices of the Damio, to whom they belong, Th e y wear various shaped hats, and always carry two swords at the left side, one longer than the other, and both generally in admirable working order. You must keep an eye on these two •sworded men. If they draw, you must shoot the cur le champ, for there is a law (originally doubtless with a humane object) that if they draw their sword they must use it, otherwise they are either decapi tated, or eonimit hari-kari, that is, slit up their bowels. diet, however, The Japanese oat like the Chinese with chop-sticks, and appear to live chiefly on rice and fish. With this simple If you enter a house, th e y r i se u p j ug , b y (may you be happy). not tail '.. or fine men, appear able to endure much fatigue, they have very robust frames, VOtrci'aw deference e c r e u n p c of saying, " 0-hoo-io," and do the same when you leave, say- They generally Si -Morr-o" cburientgomyos,u andsom epthreianegutton and make a deep salaam, f to te y a o . ur European customs, will then take a sweetmeat between her fingers, and you will be expected to open your month, swallow it, look as if you liked it, and say "a -ring -a-to" (thank you), to which she will bow and say " Do-it-ashinaafti" (equivalent to don't mention it). Afterwards, she \l ll'and t ight a pipe, rens fort ing it from her lips to yours, will watch you smoke it, and then give you some more tea. They are exceedingly polite, and are much gratified if you are e qua ll y so. T ney are very curious, and examine everything about you—but tons, cloth, watch, knife, pipe, &c.---with various exclama tions of astonishment, almost invariably asking how much you gave for this or that. I think them a most intelligent and interesting people. All classes appear to be able to read and write, and to calcu late, which is more than can be said of us at home. Four hundred and seventy emigrants left Q ueens . town on Tuesday for Queensland, on board the Fiery Star one of the Black Ball line, specially chartered by the En gration Association. Just before the vessel sailed three respectable looking men, said to be from Manchester, were arested on warrants granted by the magistrates of that city for having forged certain documents by which they ob• tained cheap passages. Each of them lead a wife and a large quantity of luggage with him. The iron paddlewheel steamer Recruit, 6, 150 horse power, Commander G, F. Cottam, fitted at Chatham for the coast of Africa, was taken to the Ilaplin Sands on Wednesday for the purpose of making au official trial of her speed at her sea-going trim, with all her Armstrong and other guns, stores, &c., on board. On the occasion of her former trial, on the 9th ult., the Recruit, after one breakdown, attained an average speed of 10.508 knots per hour in six runs at full boiler power. In four runs, with half of the boilers cut off, the average speed was 8 652 knots, the paddlewheels making 31 revolu tions per minute. Her mean draught was eight feet. Since her former trial all her guns, stores, &r., have been put on board, and the result of her performance on Wednesday leaves little doubt that the Admiralty will abandon their intention ot send ing her to sea, and immediately transfer her officers and crew to another vessel. With all her stores on board the Recruit lies like a log in the water, and at times during the trial on Wednesday the sea washed over her sponsons in a manner which was rather alarming. Only two runs were made at the measured mile, when the speed attained was only about five knots an hour, Capt. Hall, in command of the steam reserve, was on board to superintend ►he trials ; the other officials present being Mr. Baker, chief engineer ; Mr. Moore, principal assist.- master-shipwright at Chatham dockyard; and Mr. 'tunable, inspector of machinery afloat. After steaming twice over the Maplins, the perform ance of the vessel was found to be in the high est degree unsatisfactory. Captain Hall conse quently determined on abandoning the trial, and the vessel was brought back to harbour, a very strong report of the unfavourable result of the trial being at once forwarded to the Admiralty. The Recruit is sister ship to the Weser, 6, now in the Mediterranean. Both vessels were originally constructed for the Prussian Government by Mr. Scott Russell on what is termed the wave line prin ciple. They were afterwards exchanged with the Admiralty for a couple:of our wooden sailing frigates. The fitting of the screw frigate Arethusa, 39, 500 horse power, for the pennant, is being hastened as much as possible, the Lords of the Admiralty hav ing decided on placing her in immediate commis sion. It is stated at Chatham that she, as well as the Octavia, 39, 500 horse power, and the Constance, 39, 500 horse power, will be despatched on an experimental cruise to test and compare their steaming and sailing qualities, the Arethusa, the last of the 50 gun sailing ships altered to screw steamers, not having been at sea since she under went the converting process at Chatham dockyard. On the recommendation of Capt.. J. K. Hall. com manding the Chatham reserve in the Medway, a method is to be adopted on board the Cumberland, 74, guardehip—provided it is found to be practica ble by the dockyard authorities—for roasting cor vettes and other similar classes of ships, without necessitating their being docked for that purpose. This will effect a considerable saving both of time and expense, the want of such an arrangement often operating most Injuriously to the service, by com pelling every vessel, however small, to be taken to the roasting shears in the steam basin of Chatham harbour. The plan only awaits the favourable re port of the dockyard officials, to whom it has been referred, to be at once carried into effect. THE ARMY. A notification has been received at Chatham gar rison, from the War-office, that, on the recommen dation of the Ordnance Select Committee, the Secre tary of State for War, with the concurrence of his Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding-in- Chief, has sanctioned a new method of marking cartridges, in order to reduce the number of the different descriptions of cannon cartridges, and to simplify their issue. In future the cartridges— with two exceptions only, are to be marked merely with the nature of the gun for which they are in• tended and the weight of the charge, without any other distinctive mark, and they are to be employed for any service for which the particular charge which they are to contain is in use. Capt. Howes has been appointed to take the com mand of the 39th company of Royal Engineers, at headquarters, Chatham, in succession to Captain Rimington, who has been ordered to do duty at Portsmouth. Parties of sappers and miners of the Royal En gineers have been employed for several days past in submarine mining operations in the Medway a short distance above Rochester-bridge. The ope rations are carried on under the superintendence of Lieut.-Col. Lovell, C 8., instructor in sapping and mining, and have for their object the instruction of the l junior officers and men of the Royal Engineers in diving and submarine operatims generally. The principal work on which the Royal Engineers en gaged are now employed is the removal of the re maining portions of old Rochester-bridge, which was taken down by them some few years since, but the massive foundations of which have not yet been entirely cleared away. The diving apparatus used by the Royal Engineers is that invented by Mr. Heinke, which is now adopted at all the Govern ment establishments where it is required. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The Council have directed me to request that you would kindly insert the enclosed letter and noticts in the columns of Me Sun.--I am, sir, yours, &c., Aug. 20, 1863. E. MILDmAY. National Rifle Association, Aug, 6. Sir,—Whilst the recollection of the recent Wimbledon prize meeting is still fresh we are anxious, through the me dium of the press, to call public attention more directly to the present financial position of the National Rifle Asso ciation. The prize meeting this year has been pronounced a great success. No doubt it has been a success in so far that the attendance has been greater, the shooting better, and the weather more favourable than in any of the three preceding years, but on the other hand the expenses have been heavier, and when all the bills and outstanding accounts have been settled we fear it will hardly turn out to have been also financially successful. The utmost indeed that we have now reason to hope is, that after paying all the ordinary and extraordinary expenses of the prize meeting, we may find our receipts slightly in excess of the expenditure of the year. Having no certain income, as we propose to show, of any considerable amount on which to rely, doubt and uncertainty as to our finances have hitherto attended and hampered our operations, and we are now prompted to bring our financial position thus immediately before the public, in the belief that a knowledge of it may induce many persons to become subscribing members of the association. The National Rifle Association has been in existence four years, its first prize meeting having been inaugurated by her Majesty in 1860. Its annual income is £2,2107s lid; of this £2,128 is 6d are derived from annual subscriptions, county associations, and volunteer corps subscriptions, and £B2 10s Id are received from dividends on investments. The annual expenditure amounts to £8,06918s 3d, of this rather more than £l,OOO are required to cover the office expenses, including rent, stationery, and salaries ; whilst £2,130 are given by the association in prizes, and £5,889 6s 8d are required to meet the expenses attendant on the annual prize meeting. It will thus be seer. that if the association had none other than its ordinary sources of income wherewith to meet its current annual expenditure, the yearly deficit would amount to no less a sum than £5,889 93 Bd. The difference happily has hitherto been made up by prize entries, pool and sight ing targets, and admissions to the enclosure at Wimbledon. These, however, are at best most uncei fain sources of in come, and we venture to think that an association such as this ought not to be left thus dependant upon chance for its continued existence, and that having been established to give permanence to the volunteer force, and for the pro motion of rifle shooting, it ought not to be compelled as is now the case to extract by all manner of devices from those who come to Wimbledon the money necessary for its sup port. The National Rifle Association, formed upon the model of the Swiss Tir National, has laboured, thus far with success, to make Englishmen of the 19th century as familiar with the rifle as their forefathers were with. the bow. It is now a re cognised national institution whose importance, usefulness, COTTON SUPPLY ASSOCIATION. At the usual weekly meeting of the Executive Committee on Wednesday, a letter was read on the cultivation of cotton in Paraguay, which the Government is earnestly endeavouring to promote. The President of the republic having directed the Minister of Foreign Affairs to forward a sample of the cotton grown in Paraguay, 12 bales have been sent to the Association for examination and sale. Samples of fabrics made in Paraguay from the same cotton have also been received, and may be seen at the rooms of the Association.—A letter was received from Trinidad, stating that cotton cultivation is extending; that numerous applications are made for seed ; and that in a year or two, should the price continue to be re munerative, cotton will no doubt again form a prin cipal item in the exports of the island. A letter was read from the British Legation, reporting the arrival of seed and its distribution in Ilayti,—A letter was received from Belize, Honduras, stating that notwith standing the failure of several experiments in cotton cultivation, there is no doubt of ultimate success. The staple, mahogany, being no longer profitable, land cultiva tion, one half of which is cotton, is the next resource. Cotton has been brought to Belize from Yucatan on the north, Peten on the west, and Ruatan on the south, and from the fact that it was readily taken by the merchants a much larger production will doubtless be offered next year. Samples of cotton from Jamaica, grown by inmates of the Reformatory at Kingston, were submitted for examination, and valued at 21d., 25d., 23d., 29d ~ and 31d. perlb. respectively.--A copy of a letter from the Government of Madras, dated the 26th June, forwarded by the India-office, was received, accom panying a sample of cotton grown in the Malabar district, and thus described by P. J. Brown, E,q. :—" About four or five years ago, long before the cotton famine, my notice was at tracted to a solitary cotton shrub growing neglected in a large orchard in consequence of seeing its head brilliantly white with a crop of expending bolls. The gardener's account was that it had been growing there, just as I saw it, for several years, and was either chance sown or bird sown. I had the remaining bolls gathered, the seeds separated, and these distributed in twos and threes among a few of ray labourers, with instructions to sow the seed in their grounds, and when the plants should bear, carefully to gather the cotton, and bring it to me. Sample 1 is the first year's produce from one seed and one shrub. The gross pro duce was I,llb ; of clear cotton 211 b, seed 111 b, and a frac tional quantity of refuse, not dirt. In cotton properly cleaned there is no dirt ; by native spinners what there is of ref use, after sending, is turned to account. Sample 2, sent to Madras was the produce of another shrub, which I afterwards found growing wild in one of the grounds, my attention being now drawn to this cotton. It is clear that both shrubs are foreign perennials originally from foreign toed, not native annuals. From the superior quality of the cotton they have pro duced, as well as from the situations and the manner in which they were found growing, I cannot have a doubt that both shrubs are the lineal and undegenerate descendants from the original Bourbon seed which my father obtained from Madras, and sowed at Anjarakendy in February, 1798, the very first month after he settled there; of which ho sent the first produce to the Court of Directors, and the Court sold in London at 2s 2d a lb. in 1802, at the time the Court were selling the best Surat cotton at 9d to lld a lb. This decisive trial and introduction of Burbon cotton dates, therefore, so far back as upwards of 65 years ago. But the peculiar value of sample lat the present time, when cotton-growing facts, not theories, are what the cotton grower seeks to guide him on his way, is the proof it fur nishes that this foreign cotton has continued to grow spon taneously and vigorously from that year to this. The soil in which it has grown is the very opposite to that which par excellence is called in India cotton soil; it is the ordinary ferruginous, stiff, red clay composing the steep hills and hillsides of Malabar, and which was no doubt erected from mud volcanoes in a former geological era. This cotton has not only withstood, but flourished, under a mean annual sin fall of 125 inches. There is, therefore, existing positive evidence—first, that good cotton, of the foreign kinds most required for the manufacturers of Lancashire, can be natu ralised in India, and grown there in every climate; ranging from that which is rainless, where the plant receives its indispensable moisture either froze tire copious dews of Heaven alone, or from artificial irrigation, to the tracts where the annual rainfall is from 120 to 140 inches ; second, that cotton of those kinds can be successfully grown on every soil in India, from the rich black, locustrine deposit, in which the plant delights, extending over vast surfaces in the inte rior, from the remote south to the far north, to the ordinary red clay cons: ituting more or less the rest of the agricul tural soil."—Consular despatches forwarded by the Fo reign -office were received from Guatemala, Mr. Consul W. Hell, under date June 25, stating that, although during last year 246 bales of cotton were shipped from the port of Son Jose de Guatemala, as also a quantity sent by land to the Mexican territory, all the produce of the coast on the Pacific, it is not likely that the cultivation will be carried to any extent. The working c l asses a r e chiefly Indians, content to subsist on plantains, the cultiva tion of which needs scarcely any labour. The absence of roads, too, is another formidable obstacle. From Guayquil, t Mr. Consul Mocatta, dated July 3, reporting that cotton of middling quality grows along the entire coast of Ecudor. About 200 quintals were exported last year, but in conse quence of the high price of this article, and of the establish ment of new manufactories in the interior of the country, the plantations have increased, and the production during the present year will probably exceed 2,000 quintale. The soil in which all that is desired can be grown, is excellent, and washed by navigable rivers. Much enthusiasm exists for the growth of cotton, but unfortunately there is a total want of labour. This is the only to be overcome, The usual meeting of the magistrates of Middlesex was held yesterday at the Sessions House, on Clerkenwell-green (Mr. Pownall, chairman of the bench, presiding), to consider business relating to the county. There were about 40 magistrates pre sent. The agenda-paper did not contain any mat ter of more than ordinary interest. Mr. BALDWIN, the deputy-clerk of the peace, read the minutes of the preceding Court. The report of the Committee for Accounts and General Purposes was then brought up, and amongst other matters it recommended that a sum of £582 should be voted for repairs at the militia store houses in the county. Mr. KEMSIIEAD the chairman of the committee, proposed, and Mr. TURNER seconded the motion that the report be adopted, which was carried, but Mr. Turner said he hoped they would not be called upon for this vote annually, though store-houses must be kept in repair, and it was resolved that that part of the report which related to the annual visitation of inspection by the committee be de ferred until the next Court, when it was understood it will be proposed that a committee of six should be appointed to make the inspection, instead of the general Committee of Accounts and General Fur poses. The report referred to the vacant office of ' Inspector of Weights and Measures, consequent upon the death of Mr. Thomas Reynolds, of the No. 1 Tower Hamlets division. Some discussion took place upon the recommendation of the com mittee that the situation should be offered seriatim to the three remaining inspectors, viz., Mr. John Wright of No. 2 division, Finsbury and Clerken well ; Mr. Morrison, of No. 3 division, Bloomsbury, St. Giles's, &c. ; and Mr. James Gregg, of No. 4, or the Brentford division. It was resolved that the vacant cffice should be offered for the acceptance of Mr. John Wright, the senior inspector, which he accepted, and was accordingly appointed to that district, one of the local justices remarking that, upon ;the death of Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Wright took charge of the duties of the situation, and discharged them not only to the satisfaction of the magistrates, but for the benefit of the poor, who only were the real sufferers by such nefarious practices, as was exemplified by the great increase of cases in which the magistrates had to inflict fines, which had been exceedingly large since Mr. Reynolds's death, and he was sure they could not have a better officer for the situation. Mr. Morrison, on being asked if he would accept of No. 2 district, very respectfully declined, so he still retains No. 3 district; and the inspector of the 4th district, Mr. J. Gregg, not :being present to make his choice, the matter concluded by the dis trict No. 2 being left vacant for the present. Mr. TuRNEB. approved of what had been done in the matter, but he thought that the election, being one by the Court, they ought not to adopt the prin ciple of seniority when these vacancies occurred, but to see that the office would be filled by an able and competent person. THE PRISON REPORTS. The usual reports from the three county prisons were brought up and read. It appeared that there were in Coldbath-fields in all 1,583 prisoners, of whom 69 were sick, but the general state of health and the discipline of the prison were good; and the Court, on the recommendation of the committee, granted several pensions to retiring officers. In the Westminster Bridewell there were in all 681 prisoners, all females, and the surgeon reported that, notwithstanding the prevalence of diarrhce dysentery, and other diseases, outside the prison, there had been no illness inside of anything like a serious nature. A notice of motion was given for improving the ventilation of some of the cells, gas repairs, and some minor a lterations, which had been recommended, and the s pecifications prepared by Mr. F. H. Pownall, the county surveyor. In the House of Detention there were 235 prisoners, six of whom were under medical treatment. A report was brought up from the Reformatory School Committee, appointed at the last Court-day, "as to the propriety of entering into any agree ment with the directors or managers of any refor matory school or schools for the reception and keeping in any such school or schools, juvenile offenders from this county eenteaced to be detained in a reformatory school." The committee recommended the adoption of the proposition, which was supported by Mr. W. H. Bodkin, the learned Assistant-Judge, who said that as they could not send boys over fourteen to their own school at Fathom, it was desirable and very important that they should be enabled to bend boys from 1 4 to 16 to some reformatory— an age at which the discipline of the reformatory would have most effect. After some discussion the proposition was adopted The Deputy-Clerk of the Peace, Mr. G. D. Bald win, laid before the Court a letter from the Home office, enclosing a letter from Mr. Perry, inspector of prisons of the southern district, recommending the further enlargement of Coldbath-fields Prison by two additional wings.—Referred. After some minor matters had been disposed of,• the Court adjourned. SUMMARY PUNISHMENT FOR A DRUNKEN WIFE. —" Manhattan" says :—" Dennis Haggerty ob tained a divorce from his wife this morning by the new mode. She had been in the habit of getting drunk for seven years. Mr. Haggerty went out early and warned his wife that if she got drunk before he returned he would kill her. She was drunk when he went home to dinner. He drew a pistol and shot her dead. He will be locked up for some time." [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Consumption, all nervous, bilious, liver, and stomach complaints, in every stage, arc only ag gravate] and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfec.ly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,914. Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had abandoned all hopes of her recovery from the last stage of pulmonary consumption, with f , arful cough, expectoration, exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow cheeks. emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a periectll healthy, blooming, fleshy girl,—N. Lange, Commissaire de Police. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement. and partial deafness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion.. gatherings, low spirits, and nervous ancies.—Cure, No. 64,816. Ibe Rev. James I'. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment. In tine, 11b, 28 id ; 21b, 48 ed ; 51b lls; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-strec+, London ; also Fortnum and Mason ; ar.d all grocers and chem ete in every town cf the tufted Kingdom. )P. . / , ...e'l r " -- 4 .-14 , ;?• ,4 ,- ~.- r_f.._ ere 4 ;e2 Area s/4 . i , THE REV. DR. NEL --kaer-7' - )' rq -.----- A : - --F717 &15/ ..... 7 ., ..:„..,.. (From the 7imes.) isi II If the verdict against Dr. Melia at Croydon is sound, all we can say is that we must begin to look sharply about ourselves. The case is this :—We owe a man a bill, about which there is, as there is about a great many bills, a little hitch. Uufortunately it is net unusual for creditors and debtors to take dif ferent views on this subject. In the meantime, while the dispute is going on—and these little dif ferences sometimes do go on for months—the time comes for our annual trip on the Continent. The year before last we went to the Pyrenees, last year to tho Tyrol, now let it be a little tour up the Me selle, or a month at Baden Baden. We let out in conversation that we "are going abroad." Upon this Jones, the upholsterer, where bill is the subject of discussion, makes an affidavit that we owe him such a sum, and that we are going abroad and km-- ing England. without paying, and that he considers the whole affair to be suspicious. He applies to a Judge in Chambers for an order of arrest. A eapias is issued, and a sheriff's officer pays us a visit, carries us off; and places us under lock and key. It must be admitted that this is not a pleasant proceeding, and that it is something of an interference with the liberty of the subject. Yet it is just what has hap pened in the case of Dr. Melia. Dr. Melia, a Catholic priest, an Italian by birth but a naturalised English ' subject, has a dispute with a Mr. Fish, a builder, about an account sent in for work done in the erec tion of a new Italian chapel. Dr. Melia presents all the appearance and circumstances of a respect able man who pays his bills and di scharges all fair demands upon him. Ho is working in the erection of this new chapel in combination with a committee of Italian gentlemen, at the head of which is the Marquis d'Azeglio. Having signed the contract he is formally responsible for the payment of this ace count; but the responsibility really belongs to the committee of Italian gentlemen representing Italian society in London. It is not a case of private ex penditure the settlement of which Dr. Melia is dis puting ; the question relates to a public fabric otitis ea. r ue.ic worship; and it might have bees snpposed even by the most nervous creditor that the Marquis d'Azeglio and his friends would not have left Dr. Melia in the lurch, but would have consi dered themselves the real debtors. In this state of the case, however, while the dispute about the builder's claim is going on, Dr. Melia communicates in conversation the fact that he is anxious to go abroad, "as he wants rest." Upon this the builder's attorney, Neate, sends Crump, the attorney's clerk, to hold an interview with Dr. Melia for the purpose of obtaining enough disclosure of Dr. Melia's wish for foreign travel to swear by. Cramp does ob. tain sufficient evidence of this wish or intention, and swears accordingly, and upon this application is immediately made to a Jadge in Chambers for an order of arrest, and Dr. Melia, in spite of his appeal —" For God's sake do not take me to prison to night, as lam unwell"—is locked up in the sheriff's officer's house till he finds bail. The question, then, is whether the case against Dr. Melia, as laid before the Judge in Chambers, was honestly stated, or Rhether it was not partially and unfairly stated with a view to obtain more immediate payment than under the circumstances the defendant had a right to expect. It must be remembered that though the sum claimed by the builder, Fish, was undoubtedly a large one, and one that might naturally create some anxiety, there was a clear right on the other side to dispute its justice, and nothing vexatious in a temporary re sistance to it. It had been agreed in the contract that the architect was to pass the builder's account previous to payment, and the architect in this case had not passed it—nay, had actually disputed it. Was this fact, then, laid before the Judge in Chambers ? It was not. Nor, again, was Dr. Melia's official relation of priest to the new chapel, which =de it improbable that his intended stay abroad would be permanent, mentioned. For to say that the Judge might have inferred, from the fact of the part he took in erecting the chapel, that Dr. Melia had this permanent appointment is simple nonsense. Here are two most important facts bearing upon the very question of Dr. Melia's intention, in his wish to go abroad, to defeat his creditor, which were omitted in the statement laid before the Judge. Taking a common sense view of the matter, we should have certainly said that we had here an unfair statement, and that an unfair statement proved an unfair purpose—the purpose, viz., on the part of the builder to obtain the full payment of his bill at once and by the bold stroke of bringing a sheriff's officer on the scene, before time had been allowed for the lair consideration of objections to the amount of the bill. It is impossible that Mr. Fish could soberly and seriously have believed that it was Dr. Melia's intention to go abroad for good and escape his creditors. He himself, in his evi dence, says that he did not Mr. Sergeant Shee—Did you believe that he meant to stay abroad? " Witness—l was fearful he did. " Mr. Sergeant Shee—Did you believe that he was going abroad to defeat your claim ? " Witness—No, I don't say that; but 1 feared that I should not receive my money for a considerable time." That is to say, the defendant knew that his debtor was an honest man and would sooner or tater pay, but that his objection to the amount of the bill (in which he was backed by the archits-ct) would take some time to satisfy, and therefore that he determined to get his money instantly by the weapon of an arrest. Respectable men do not like being arrested, and therefore this instrument gives you a power over them, and is convenient for quickening payment. On common sense grounds, then, we should have said that the builder's arrest of Dr. Melia was unfair, and unfair upon his own evidence; that is, that there was malice in it, as the law defines malice, the real fear of nonpayment, the only legi timate motive for arrest, being absent. What the proper conclusion may be on technical, legal grounds we cannot pretend to say, If, as Judge Blackburn says, we are obliged to take the credi tor's assertion upon his oath that he did feel his money in jeopardy as the criterion of a legitimate arrest, there can bo no doubt that such an assertion was made in the affidavit in Chambers, and that it was made in court in some parts of the evidence. But we should certainly have expected beforehand that tbo law would require something more than a creditor's assertion on this point,—that it would have required that his assertion should be borne out in some considerable degree by the facts of the case. A man may say that "he felt" and "he thought ;" but had he a right to feel and to think so ? Were the character and posi tion of the debtor and the circumstances of the whole case such as to justify him in enter taining such a suspicion ? If they were not, and if he had not the slightest right whatever to suppose that the person intended to cheat him, then whatever he thought, the act of arrest is plainly unjustifiable, and if it is law, it is very odd law, though, even taking this criterion of a legitimate arrest, this criterion appears to be very partially satisfied on this trial. Mr. Fish may assert that he felt his money in jeopardy, but the evidence which we have appears to us to go directly counter to that assertion, and to leave him an inconsistent and unsound witness. So much for this outrageous and indecent arrest on a respectable foreigner—a gentleman whose cha racter, station, and connections, and temperate ob jection, upon architects' authority, to a builder's bill, gave him not a fragment of right to auppose that ho was a proper subject for such a proceed ing. The Judge himself, indeed, though against Dr. Melia in point of law, calls it " a most impro per proceeding ;" and the jury agree. Such au act is, indeed, a violation of all the equities and cour tesies of English trade, even if it is technically legal. It is a disgrace to us as a business community, or would be a disgrace, did not the whole community rise up at once to repel and denounce it; and it is the worse for being a gross outrage upon a foreigner and a guest. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur ohasing Horniraan's pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4d. and 44. "High Standard" at is. 4d. (formerly 4s. 8 ( 1.), is tho strongest and nic:>t, delicious irziorted. Agents in tvcry town euprly it iu packets. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., IT ER O N I A. A NOVEL. Also now ready, in 3 vols., MARY LYNDSAY. By Lady EMILY PON SONEY. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. .8 28 Ss -a