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The cheapest and quickest sea route by the spiendd new sTENMSITIPS of the LONDON and EDINBUR.GII SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing every Wednesday and Saturday, at i 0 morning. Apply at the, spread Eagle, Regent-circus ; or at Irongate-wharf. the ost we the er- THE LONDON MAIN-TRUNK UNDER GROUND RAILWAY COMPANY (Limited.) This Company has been 'registered, and an influential Board of Directors is in c the above project. Ar. 'Arse of formation for carrying out y particulars or information can be obtained on applicatt Poultry, London. Jn to Mr. CHARLES BAYLIS, N 0.30, THE OdUENTAL HOTELS COMPANY JL (Limited). IncorProtated under the Companies' Act, 1882, by which the Lixbili! c y of each Shareholder is strictly limited to the amount of his spares. Capital £159,000, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each. (With power to increase to One Million Sterling.) First Issue 12,500 Shares, whereof a portion will be reserved for India. Deposit £t per Share on application, and £1 on allotment. Calls not to exceed £2 per Share, with an interval of not less three months between each call. DIRECTORS. Sir jolra Peter Grant, 1i.C.8., Chairman, late Lieutenant- Governor in Bengal. Colonel Anderson, C. 8., Director of the Eastern Bengal Rail way Company. George Constable, Esq., Firm of Henderson and Constable, Cannon-street, E.C. Sir Frederick Frederick Currie. Bart . Member of the Cou d n Haroda R cil of India. Colonel French, Chairman of the Bombay an way Company. Colonel Holland, Director of the Agra and United Service Bank. John Stewart, Esq., Director of the Marine Insurance Com pany. John Robert Thomson, Esq., Chairman of the London and South African Bank. Esq.. late of the Bengal Civil Service. Junes Henry Young, AUDITORS. T. R. Walker, Esq., 21. Hanover-square, aid A Shareholder, to be elected at the First General Meeting. BANKERS IN Lo:gDo N . The Agra and United Service P.,ank (Limited), 27, Cannon street, E.C. ,ink, Hanover-square, W. The London and County B Ex".R.BRS IN INDIA. The Agra an United Service Bank (Limited). SOLICITORS, Messrs. Upton;, Johnson, and Upton, 20, Austin- rim, E.O Francis Bultand BROKER. , Esq., 78, Lombard-street, and 13 and 14 County-ch umbers, Cornhill, E.C. SECRETARY (pro tem.) -3 - I .acdonald Yates, Esq. Temporary Officeli l-36, Cannon-street, E.C., and 5, Parli bent-street, Westminster. The deficiency of Hotel accommodation in India, China, and other places in the East to — whicliEuropeans now resort in large and annually increasing numbers, is a subject of general compl ; and it is evident that the development of the means of transir by ocean and river steamers, and by rai lways, which has been in rapid progress now for some years, must imperfectly fulfil all Ps important objects, so far as European intercourse with the East is conc,rned, until thi s want f adequately supplied. In England, and on the unntinent of Europe, it is now an ascertained fact that the joint-stock system may most suc cessfully be applied to the establishment of Hotels of the first class. If this be so where good private Hotels before existed in large numbers, there seems no reason to doubt that an equal degree of commercial success is attainable by the application of capital, upon the same system, to the same object, in countries where, though the demand is great and increasing, it may almost be said that good private Hotels do not exist. In Calcutta a joint-stock company has lately purchased and undertaken the management of an Hotel, and the pro spects of the entererise, as a commercial speculation, may be inferred from the very high premium at which their shares are quoted in the Calcutta market, see "Times" July 17, the "Englishman's Weekly Mail" of June 8, 1863, and "Allen's Indian Mail," viz., £25 paid, present value, £42/ ex div., equal to 70 per cent. premium, and the payment of a dividend of 10 per cent. for the half-year ending 30th April last, equal to 20 per cent. per annum. Bombay offers a wide field for the establishment of an Hotel of a firs* class character. The early completion of vast lines of railway converging in the island of Bombay, and the more frequent steam communica tion between that pert and Europe which will soon talc.- place, must very much increase the demand for such accom modation. The same may be said of Madras. It is under these circumstances that the Oriental Hotels Company (Limited) is established, in the confident belief that the application of European capital to India in this form will not be less profitable than useful. It is proposed, in the first instance, to supply the urgent requirements of Bombay • - din i Point de Gayle. There are equally important places will naturally engage the early attent i o n o f th e r 0 which such for example as Madras, Singapore, and Ku cheer n o to speak of many very imp or t an t railway sia4.,.tons in e the in terior of India, where there are now no T; i , t where, at a comparatively sma ll ou tl ay e s at all, and , there is a large field for profitab' e °pet ations. The largerclass of the Company; conveniences of the best Env; S Hotels will afford all the climate, and to the habits pean Hotels, adapted to the whilst, in even 4 `,,f those for whom they are in tended;comfort of the inmates ne smallest class, the health and be carefully studied. It is intended tow in each President";infante local committees of management In the event where Hotels may be established. of two-thirds of the first issue of shares not being subscrilled for, no allotment will take place, and the deposits will be returned to the subscribers, without deduc tion. It is proposed to pay to shareholders 5 per cent. interest upon the capital as paid up, until the first dividend is de clared. Proep application , to the Bankers, the Broker, or the Secre tary. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. THE ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Limited). To the Directors of the Oriental Hotels Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to the Bankers of the above named Company the sum of £ , I hereby request that you will allot me shares in the said Company ; and I agree to accep y t such shares, or an a nailer number that may be allotted t o me, and to become a Member of the Company, and I authorise you to Place my name on the Register of Members in respect of the shares to be allotted to me, and I agree to be bound by all the conditions and regulations con tained in the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, , in mann er prov id e d b y " Th e C ompan i es A c t, 1862." I undertake to pay the balance (if any) of the Deposit of £2 per share on the shares allotted to me within ten days after notice of allotment, and in default thereof, 1 authorise you to cancel the allotment, and I agree that the Deposit paid shall be forfeited to the Company. Dated this day , 1863. Name in full Firm (if any) Business or Profession Place of Business Residence C ELEBRATION of the TERCENT:ENARY ot the BIRTH of SHA.KSPEARE, at tron, Avon. The Tercentenary Committee Hof w S hich Sir Bobert N. C. Hamilton, Bart , K.C.8.. is Ch'...irman) are now receiv« ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and theme ; in itt ay also be paid to onrbridg tht '.,cumee, at the St account of the Tercentenary C and Kidderminster or W .Fitick and Leami ng t on B anks, Stratiord-upon-Avon ; "ACessrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and e r ,) , Messrs Hanburys and C o ., or Messrs. Glyn and Co., banixere, London. School. Monu mental Memorial. General Fund for opening gardens and cel , -bration of Festival. £ s. d. 103 0 0 £ s. el. £ s. d. 10 10 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 2 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 5 0 10 0 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 5 5 0 10 10 0 2 10 0 10 10 0 2 10 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 -0 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 52 10 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 10 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subsc tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare. but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, an d Eyebrows Produced in a few weeks the of ELLIOTT'S TONIC LOTION, the stimulative prop use erties of Whichtrial from the m os t sceptical, that they may be eon its iniallible power. Price 3 s . 6d.. ss. 6d., 10s. 6d., Elliott, hai and 21a. Porwardedon receipt of p os t age stamps.—Thomas wigs. £1 10 s. rgro wer tlirst floor), 51, Penchurch-street. ~ T. E.'s nLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA, 13 established upwards of thirty years, isthe best and only certain remedy ever discovered tor preserving, st rengthening, beautifying, or restoring the hair,whiskersf or mustaches, and preventing them turning gre i is., by C. and A. OLD RIDGE y. Sold in bottl es, 3 s. 6 d ., 65., an d 22, Welling London, VW.. and all chemists and perf ton-street, Strand, For chil dren's and ladles . hair it is most efficaciousand unrivalled. RurrußES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS--------------- 1862), iir"(PVEIL'EScrEir AND LAIN LEVER PATENT. FRIIIBITION SOF 1851 AND B i rr s a la u n owed P b AT IN THE TRUSS , GREAT Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be Y upwards of f nven tion in the curative treatment the most effective The use of a ste el spring, so ott er hurrul in its e ff ects, ii E R N I A. Is here avoided —a soft bandage being body, while the req uisite resisting. power is round the , and the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting wit l l l: , Plied by the heand closeness that it cannot , be detected, and „„ e _mu° bell. ease during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had Worn truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, 0 cumference of the body, two inches below the hipst sent to the manufacturer , being Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 16s. 215., 265. 6 d. , and 31 s. 6 d. Postage 1 , A. Double Truss, 31s. '6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, 111 . 8 d: An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 528. 6d. Postage, Is. led. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White;yoßt. office, Pioeadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, .tc., for Varicose Veins and all oases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, acc. They are and are drawn on porous, light in texture, and inexpensiv e, lit can ordinary stocking. ?rice 18. 6d., iB. ed., 10s., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 225, Flooadilly, Name. The Right Hon. Lord Leigh E. F. Flower. Esq , Mayor Sir R. N. C. Hamilton, Bart, K.C.B Rev. G. Granville C. H. Bracebridge R. H. Hobbes W. 0. Hunt dgar Flower Charles E. Flower R. M. Bird R Gibbs Thompson and Col bourne W. Gibbs, Alveston , W. Lowry . James Cox and Son J. J. Nason ....... H. Samman W. J. Ranting, Bars. set .. C. F. L.,ggin ••••••• L, Norris.... • • ID, T. WardeClopton. W. 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LOWTH, Esq., Author of " The Wanderer in Arabia," &e. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., CHURCH AND CHAPEL. By the Author of " No Church," "Owen : a Waif," (tc. "This novel sustains the credit of the author's previous works. It is a st ry of well su-tamed interest." —Athenmurn. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. D UBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE.- No. 368. FOR AUGUST. Price 2s. 6d. CONTENTS. 1. Reynard the Fox. 6. Summer Novels. 2. Wylder's Hand. By the 7. Pictures of Irish Life— Author of "The House by Pagan and Early Chris the Churchyard." Part tian. 8. Dr. Pentagram on Divers 3. Progress of Criticism. Things. 4. Bella Donna ; or, ;he Cross 9. A Rhyming Legend of before the Name. A Ro— Shres mance. 13ook,the Seoond. 10. The : , ,risk ()hutch before 5. The Assassination of Per- Parliament. cival. Dublin: George Herbert. London Hurst and Blackett. 4R. T. CARRICK begs to announce to hie Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic stabiishment, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now In full operation. Cartes de Visite, 10 for 108. 6d ; 21 for £l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. 110 WELL, JAMES, and CO., respectfully announce that, in accordance with their custom at this season 01 the year, they will OFFER THIS DAY, and during the month, their STOCK of _ FANCY SILKS: LIGHT DRESS FABRICS, LACES, RIBBONS, LINGERIE, EMBROIDERY, &c., at a VERY LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICE. Ff., J., and CO., will offer, at the same time, a quantity of RICH FRENCH SILKS. principally MOIRE ANTIQUES, and a variety of beautiful ORGANDI NUBIANS, which they have recently purchased at about one-half the value.; THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a new Instrument, by Wegretti and Zambra, will car rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls for Rain or for Wind. Partic'iiars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden ; 57, Comhill k and 122, Regent-street. ESTABLISHED 1833. iIOWDEN'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. —Manufactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. MA RBRES ONYX d'ALGERIE.—One Thousand objects made from this beautiful marble, and comprehending every variety of work of decorative art, including clocks, candelabra, vases, gueridons, inkstands, tazze, card trays, jardinieres, Porte -bouquets, lamps, ring stands, Arc„ are now being exhibited in the Onyx Salon, at Messrs. HOWELL, JAMES, and Co.'s, 5,7, 9, Regent-street. CARD PLATES ENGR A VED. Any Pattern 2s. 50 BEST CARDS, Printed from Plate 18. REAL MOROCCO CARD CASES . 18, 1,000 BUSINESS ENVELOPES, gummed.. 3s. NEWSPAPER ENVELOPES, 4 d0z..... • • 6d. F. ARNOLD, Manufacturing Stationer, 86, Fleet-street, E.C. THE LAUNDRESSES to her late Majesty Queen Adelaide say, that " BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN srAßca needs but to be tried to be approved." Sole Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by_Bow, London, E. ROYAL ALHAM BRA. PALACE. —Signor and Signori FRANCESCO in a Grand Divertissement and Pas Deux—Operatic Selections from " Ernani " and " Lucia de Lammermoor." Di iss M'Gregor, Mr. Laurence Albert, Signor Georgini, Mr. Vernon Rigby, &a. &c. Band and Chorus of Sixty -Performers. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail• way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCU, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mae terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W (Maras, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. STAMPED ....sd. these guns were constructed before any experiments upon them had been concluded. A statement has been prepared by Mr. Whiffin, one of the Assistant Accountants-General of the War Office, showing the cost of guns and projectiles obtained from the Elswick Ordnance Company, compared with the rates of those produced at the Royal Arsenal, Wool wich. According to this statement, taking the class of stores which have been supplied from Fdswick and from Woolwich, and which there fore admit of P. direct comparison, the sum of £242,173 Ws , id, on an expenditure of £593,275 10s. 11d. would have been saved to the public had these guns, projectiles, and fuzes, supplied by the Elswick Ordnance Company, been manufactured in the Royal Arsenal. he value of this compatison this subject is conflicting. The comm i ttee believe rest supon l weni which c t h i r e h l a y tsh n be p e oecnno cost T h r ro e f accuracy tni and the f et hs the epervo principles rod t t pc h uo e rmp A mo r s a m e ns s d. t i r n o Hg n gii His Ro yal field - gu n W. Armstrong's system surp asses in completeness known k hF n i is o e w oup n .i formno Field-Mar s hal h e s l ai d ir d i g f us Highn e ss a i t s es t h th e a b that any other, and hie conviction is that England in this respect is ahead of any other country. Col. Bing ham, Adjutant-General of Artillery, states that he is perfectly satisfied with the Armstrong field-gun. At the same time, sortie of the military officers examined state that, in their opinion, we ought not entirely to rely (for field ar tillery) on breech-loading guns, as they are com plicated and liable to injuries from rough handling : and various accidents, and are in clined to retain a proportion of muzzle-load ing guns for horse artillery. The failure of some of these field-guns appears to have ark 'on from faulty manufacture. With respect to the 110- pounders, it is on all hands admitted that, although useful as chase guns, they ought not to be intro duced into the naval service as broadside guns. They were originally required for use against wooden ships, and whilst not sufficiently powerful for penetrating iron-plated ships, are as yet imper fect for general naval service, owing to the diffi culty of managing and manufacturing the vent piece. Nevertheless, the 110-pounder is considered by naval men of eminence in their profession as a most valuable weapon in its present proportion to the armament of a ship, and the Duke of Somerset is of opinion that the navy has not got too many of them. His grace states that "we have nothing better now for close quarters than the 68 pounder," and concurs with all the naval witnesses in con sidering that in the armament of her Majesty's ships only a small proportion of 100 pounders should be included. His grace farther adds, " that it was not till we tried a 100 pounder and a 68 pounder against Captain Coles' copola that he be came aware that the 68 pounder struck a harder blow than the 100 pounder at short range." This comparison was made when the charge of the 100 was 141b5.; it has now been reduced to 121bs. The Duke of Somerset informed the committee the Ad miralty " had a report that the Armstrong gun had the greatest range and the greatest power of pene tration of any gun tried ; when they came to try it themselves, that was not confirmed by the facts. For naval purposes at 200 yards, it certainly had not the greatest power; our old 68 pounder is a mare powerful gun than the 100 pounder Armstrong gun." The old 68 pounder is therefore the most effective gun in the service against iron plates. While almost every witness gave testimony to the superior accuracy and range of the Arm strong guns, great doubts have been expressed as to whether they are not too delicate a weapon. But the officers who commanded Armstrong batteries in the late operations in China found no difficulty in keeping them in order in all weathers and under all circumstances. The com mittee express a hope that the different systems, not of Sir W. Armstrong and Mr. Whitworth only, but of the other able men whose minds are now engaged on ordnance questions, may be fairly expe rimented upon. A uniform system of accounts is recommended for the manufacturing departments at Woolwich, by which the cost of guns and other produce may be clearly ascertained. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. PON TEFRACT:Maj or Waterhouse, who con , tested the seat with Mr. Childers, has come forward in the Conservative interest with a fair prospect of success. Sir Edmund Head, formerly governor of Canada, also offers himself. The hon. baronet, who is totally unacquainted with the borough, signifies his ad herence on the whole to the principles of her Majesty's present advisers. Still, however, he ms7mWbeer de clines to fetter himself with any specific promises. The writ was proclaimed yesterday afternoon at the Market Cross. In the evening Sir Edmund Head was to have addressed the electors. Both parties are, of course, busily canvassing, but it is still difficult to say which has the greatest pop., w ßir ille D: I s o T h ß n lc so T n, o t F he B re o s ii pe o e u t G e : larity. regret to have to announce the death of Captain In G o u itt el E for the above district. Captain Johnson was first elected for the Montgomery boron b ' g s in 1861, Jo M hn ON Sa l having succeeded Mr. David Pugh , ,hie father-in law, who represented Montgomery district from 1832 till 1861. We understand that the Conserva tive candidate for the seat is Mr. Pugh, son of Mr. David Pugh, and it is not probable there will be any opposition. DEVON PORT.—In the recent revision of the re gister in this borough, consequen t upon the inquiry into the payment of r a t es b y registered electors, it must be a gratifying fact to Conservatives to know that every Conservative qualified, while no less than 22 Radicals will have to deplore the absence of their names on the register. As Mr. Ferre.nd was returned by a majority of 20 against a First Lord of the Admiralty, his seat is now probably secure against all corners, and so in censed are the dockyard workmen with the unjust treatment they have met with from the Secretary of the Admiralty that the Government will have great difficulty in retaining their present seat. The recent success will be followed up energetically i n the registration courts, when, there is every reas c li i o believe, fresh gains will be realised. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. SOME CIRCUIT.—MAIDSTONE, July 29. CROWN SIDE. (Before Mr. Baron Channell.) MURDER. wi a s t m h ar t t he so w ld il i f e u r l -li m ke ur l d o e oki onfg h y i o s un eh g il m d, an e , le w ve as n Alfred Holden, 25p,laeaparitvoattlen iinndtilictemßoenyt,aalnAdratlislo leirmy, h placed at the bar to name the an inquisition by the coroner,r both of which charged l th h e en months old, named Alf re d J ames H o ld en . In some of the co unts o f t h e i n di c t men t the child was described as an i n f ant o f t en d er y ea rs, known by gu of i T lt o y m o prisoner . When r nwaostgui l ty of h called upon t to e s ay felony whether murder of whi c h h e was ac c u sed, he repli ed in a calm and delib era t e t one , "I am guilty." Baron Chan n el asked the prisoner 'whether be was aware that he was charged with the crime of wilful murder, for which his life m i g ht be forfeited, and he at the same time told him that he must clearly un d ers tand that pleading guilty would not And h e pleaded have the slightest effect or in any way alter the sentence that would have to be pronounced on him. The prisoner, coolly , said that he was aware of all that the learned judge had etated. Baron Channeil —And do y ou still say that you are guilty ? Prisoner —I do, my lard. His lordship then passed sentence of death in the usual form, and the prisoner, who was perfectly unmoved, when he had concluded, turned hastily ro und and retired from the bar apparently quite ' unconcerned. THE SUN LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1863, T H E 0 XFOIt I) ', OXFORD STREET. Will be performed Selections from the following Operas : LA CIRCASSIENNE, MARTHA, and MASANIELLO. Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Finish, Kimberley, and W. Evans, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos Master Sanders, the Juvenile Vocalist. UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. ARTHUR J . H and BERTutchenson, RAND.e and th mat vellous The HALL has been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is now one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. CANTEINE A R B URTS R GA Y LLERY.HALL AND, F The Last Week of the Marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND, the Two Fren‘ h Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S buriesburlesque D . rama, arranged expressly fo SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and TAYLOR. GRAND SELECTIO CAlfrom OPERAS, GLEES, and TATAS. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, Signor Bernardi, and Signor Tivoli. EVERY EVENING will be produced, with all the new ( )mac/a, EFFECTS, and by permission of J. H. Pepper, Esq., THE GHOST, Medium, Mr. A. Silvester. ROYAL ALHAMBBA PALACE ak. The MAORI WARRIOR CHIEFS will me their RE APPEARANCE THIS EVENING. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The 1A) RISARELIS, EVERY EVENING during the Week. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The 1_ I; FAIRY FOUNTAIN EVERY EVENING, at Ten o'clock. YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CRATRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since he beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has expended £ 32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,(00 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-carriages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful eanse of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, whi h can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions:— Her Majesty the Queen Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. - £ s. d .. annual 50 0 0 .. annual 5 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, B.A. • • _. • • . .. ann ua l 1 1 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. .. annual 10 0 0 Currie, Wm., Esq. • • • • .. .. 4th don.lo 0 0 Erle, Lord hief Astice .. • • . • don. in 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Fenwick, G. J.. Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran- sporting Carriage • • • • • • • • • • 250 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. don. 30 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. .. .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. • • • • • • • • don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. 3 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, .• annual 2 0 0 Thomas, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her Ladyship „ - _ .6 16 0 - - - Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. .. .. annual 50 0 D onations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re eived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 5 9, Strand; Messrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. James's-street, London -,by ail the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the UnitedKingdOm ; and by the Secretary Richard Lewi s . Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-otrect, Adelphi, London, W.C. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. PosT.—Her Majesty has, with her usual good feeling and good taste, addressed a letter, through Sir Charles Phipps, to the Mayor of Birmingham, on the subject of the recent accident to thts female rope dancer at Aston-park, which_will be read with sa tisfa i e, eot the b eht y y e thv patensrne o r en y - n v epe e ra before hase. mfg T o, eeantSovereign possessed, ae fiethibot i yi s 0, at ths y e c ae l ph presentrr g ea u ofit ta ecer l etiu s aoc o pntri licitude which she constantly manifests in the welfare of her subjects. It is in the recollection of the public that, on the occasion of some festivities at Aston-park, in the outskirts of Birmingham, about ten days since, awomen considerable a f i e d a e t r s ah o le f Bheloignhdtin fromthe upon a o ground.p e met with a most suspended The ar rope p a e was rotten, and, having snapped across, the un fortunate performer fell an d was instantane ously killed. The casualty was ren d ere d st ill more shocking by the circumsta nce th a t th e woman was at the time in an adv ance d state of Notwithstanding, however, the occurrence of this terrible calamity the comm itt ee engage d in the con duct of the festivities did no t think r shocking death whilst endeav our i ng t o emu l ate proper to bring them to a close, nor did the spectators consider them selves bound in common decency to desist from the amusements in which they were engaged. The pro gramme of the evening was strictly carried out, and a volley of fireworks terminated an entertainment in the coarse of which a human creature was with out a moment's notice hurried into the presence of her Creator. This catastrophe, the remote causes which produced it,and the conduct of the spectators after its occurrence, form the theme of her Majesty's letter. Writing by command of her Majesty, Col. Phipps expresses the horror with which she heard "that one of her subjects had been sacrificed to the gratification of the demoralising taste unfortunately prevalent for exhibitions attended with the greatest danger to the performers." e We are willing to be lieve that in this estimate of the character of the amusements to which she refers her Majesty will command the assent of every right-thinking person in the kingdom. The Queen is peculiarly fitted not only to express a just opinion of the tendency of these amusements, but to check their further de velopment by the example which she affords for the imitation of others. In the columns of this journal, and in those of others, the attention of the public has been frequently directed to the growing taste for exhibitions whose sole attraction consists in the danger which is entailed upon the perfor mers. The subject has been canvassed in Parlia ment, and proposals have been made to prohibit, by legislative enactment, performances equally perilous to those engaged in them and degrading to the spectators. But this is a free country, and, if people like to risk their necks , it is urged that the Legislature would not be justified in prevent ing them. Now, there is one way by which this growing perversion of public taste can be checked, and that way her Majesty has adopted. As a woman, she has expressed her personal feelings of horror at the late catastrophe; and, as an exalted lady, she has pronounced the exhibitions which are attended with such casualties to be revolting to humanity and demoralising to 'public taste. Her Majesty noticed with great appropri ateness the convincing proof afforded on the occasion of the fête at Aston - park that exhibi tions of the kind which she condemned had the at T h t a o t e o p e r t o i o n f u e w at the e shown v e i n a t t h h e e h d i e l c a i r s i i t o y n , effect of deadening the finer sentiments of human nature.arr ive and the sports of the occasion after an event so melancholy." We know by experience how much fashion has to do with determining the nature of public amusements, and through the Queen's letter we believe that those which, on account of their perilous nature, have been so frequently condemned, have now received their death-blow. As a kind hearted woman, her Majesty deprecates the en couragement of exhibitions which are fraught with danger to the performers; as a Queen, she protests against the lives of her subjects being needlessly sacrificed ; and as one who, by her high taste, is entitled to direct and control public taste, she con demns a practice whose effects are proved to be grossly demoralising. There is an amusing simpli city in the reply of the Mayor of Birmingham which cannot fail to arrest attention. That dignitary ape pears to have thought that her Majesty's sole object in addressing him was to reprove him for having failed in his duties in permitting an exhibition which resulted in loss of life. He hastens to assure her Majesty that no one laments more than he does the accident which has taken place, or regrets more sin cerely the introduction into Birmingham of "a bar barous species of amusement," which, he apologeti cally adds, " has become popular in the metropolis." So anxious is he to convince the Queen of his zeal, that he alludes to a previous occasion on which, though " not empowered by law to interfere," h e did interpose in preventing a similar exhibition with success, and not obscurely hints that, for the future, he will not hesitate, even though Aston park is beyond his jurisdiction, to prevent the pos sible repetition of such a scene as that witnessed ten days since. The intensely personal view which the worthy Mayor takes of her Majesty's letter, and the idea which was evidently upper most in his mind, that it never would have been addressed to him had not his name appeared in the list of the patrons of the fete, may well excite a smile. By the public the letter will be regarded in a different light. It will be accepted as one more proof of the warm interest which her Majesty takes in the occupations of her subjects ; and we enter tain a sincere conviction that it will exercise no trifling influence in checking the further develop ment of a form of public taste which is eminently discreditable to the age in which we live. TIMES.-0f all the States of Europe there is no one the movements of which are so difficult to calcu late aright, as the Empire of Austria. It possesses, like most States in which public opinion has had the opportunity of developing itself, two antagonistic parties ;—there is a Liberal and Constitutional party, which is for the moment in the ascendant ; there is a feudal and reactionary party, which is for the moment depressed and overborne. Men form different judgments as to the future career of Austria, according as they fall into the hands of one or the other of these sections of opinion. On the one side, Austria is repre sented as true at heart to the good old cause of divine right and the solidarity of monarchs against nations ; on the other hand, we are told that her Court is determined to act in accordance with her institutions, and that the days of arbitrary government and despotic alliances have passed never to return. We o urselves g ave the ex ample of a similar vacillation of p olic y and sentiment during the reign of Charles 11. when we were the allies or the adversaries of the libertie s of Europe, just as one party or the other might gain the ascendant in the Royal Councils. When the recent note on the affairs of Poland was laid before the Government of the Em peror of Russia it became exceedingly i mpor t a nt for him to ascertain what were the rea l intentions of Ans. triain joining the Western Powers. The Russian Mini ster at Vienna is said to have rep orted to his Court M. _de B most a a favourably hieefel l it o o t n h this e eo t subject. unusual e Probablyrr persons whose feelings and predilections were iden tical with his own; at any rate, he is said to have h received assurances from the quarter to which . e applied which left no doubt on his mind that Austria orof consulting was resolved to take the first opportunity that should be offered of showing her good will towards her ancient friend and ally. Without some such as surance it is surmised that Russia would never have ventured to address the Western Powers in the tone which she saw fit to use. The Russian Minister must have believed that by setting aside the Treaty of Vienna, refusing to grant an European Congress, and referring everything to a kind of family council, in which Austria should have a seat and a voice, he had effectually separated the alliance and enabled himself to flout the Western Powers with impunity. No scheme could be better laid, if, indeed, it could ever be worth the while of a country like Russia to make for herself an opportunity of spurning well meant advice, and of covering those who offered it with discredit and contumely, The scheme was well laid, but it has failed, and failed, owing, it must be said, to the honourable, sincere, and straightfor ward conduct of the Austrian Government. Rising entirely superior to the feeling on which Russia doubtless relied—to jealousy at the interference of the Western Powers with a matter so delicate as the affairs of Poland —rising superior to the cajole ries and menaces with which he has been alternately plied by Russian diplomacy, the Emperor of Austria has announced, in unmistakeable language, his in tention to stand firmly by France and England in their demand of justice to Poland. We have good reason to hope that this convincing proof that Austria has thrown in her lot with the cause of progress in Europe has not been lost on the Emperor of Russia. Ever since the attitude of neutrality as sumed by Austria at the time of the Crimean war the press and the diplomatic ag ents of Russia h ave been br e athing ven geance against her for so signal and notorious an act of ingratitude. And yet it has come to pass that instead of gratifying her wrath Russia finds herself compelled to sue for the good offices of Austria, and to sue in vain. We believe that no time has been lost in modifying and qualifying, by all the arts of which a subtle and unscrupulous diplomacy disposes, the disagreeable effect pro duced by the reply of Prince Gortschakoff upon the Western Powers. If this be so, we have escaped a great pun, and have to thank the Austrian Cabinet for extricating us from a dilemma in which our own imprudence and the arrogance of Russia had placid us. We had said that an unfavourable reply from Russia would leave this country little choice between disgrace or war, and the answer of Prince Gattschakoff more than realised oar prediction. It is to the firmness and good sense of Austria, and by no means to the wisdom of our own counsels, that we owo the prospect we enjoy of being relieved from an unfortunate dilemma which seemed perpetually pressing for a solution of a nature which we were not disposed to give. We shall sincerely rejoice if these anticipations be re alised, and shall accordingly hail the accession of Austria as a supporter of the cause of humanity and good government throughout the world. But while Austria is thus shaking off the shackles of her old traditions, and doing the highest honour to the new form of government which she has adopted, we look in vain for any symptoms of a similar spirit in the other Monarch on whose head has descended the other third part of the ter rible responsibility of the partition of Poland. If we owe to Austria the probability of an escape from an European war, it is undoubtedly due to the King of Prussia that the possibility of such a war ever existed. Had the King of Prussia been in any degree true to the solemn engagements towards his own people to which he has bound himself by oath, had he respected the constitution of his country, the feelings of his subjects, the interests of his Crown, the independence of his kingdom, or the dictates of humanity, the present dreadful civil war which is desolating Poland would have been long ago stayed, and those questions which are now left to the adjudication of the torch and the sword would have been decided by calm and im partial mediation. It is the heavy lot of the people of Prussia not only to be deprived by arbi trary violence of their own liberty, but to be made an unwilling and reluctant means of trampling down and overthrowing the liberties of others. The insurrection of Poland was the fruit of deliberate and intolerable provocation, of an act which con verted a process ostensibly designed for the recruit ing of the army into a cruel proscription of all that was best and bravest in the land. The Government of Russia would never have ventured on an act of such outrageous and preposterous tyranny if it had not calculated with a most perfect certainty on the support of that nation the whole territory of which is interposed between Russia and the Western Powers. The Emperor well knew that he might count on the support, the countenance, and, if ne cessary, the armed intervention of the army which is at the absolute disposal of the King and aristo cracy of Prussia, to put down any effort for Polish freedom. He was well aware that the feeble mon arch and the petty aristocracy who have taken in hand the subjugation of the Prussian nation dreaded nothing so much as the contagion of liberty, and would be ready to employ the whole usurped power of the nation to prevent the rise of anything like a liberal or constitutional spirit in the north-east of Europe. Nor has the Emperor of Russia any rea son to repent of the confidence which he has reposed in his Prussian brother. The telegraph informs us that the paper which has succeeded to the circula tion and to the political principles of the Krcutz Zeitung, as the organ of ab sol utism and feudality , considers it urgently important for the policy of Prussia to seek a better understanding with Aus tria, and especially with England, Russia alone is neither an entirely sufficient nor a reliable ally. Things must have gone far, indeed, when exhorta tions to the Government to retrace its steps are heard from such a quarter. The remonstrant news paper probably perceives that the King is acting too strenuously on the principles of his own party for the interest of those principles themselves. In the present conjuncture a little less zeal and a little more dissimulation would probably serve the cause better. The warning does not come too soon. The King of Prussia has broken definitively with his own subjects, he is entirely isolated in Europe, and be retains his present position by the forbearance of those Powers whom he has irritated. DAILY NEWS.—After such a disclosure of appal ling facts as the Indian Sanitary Report has given us, there should naturally be no delay in considering the recommendations of the Commissioners in re gard to a remedy of the disease and mortality. The admirable regulations of October, 1859, for which the country is indebted to Sidney . Herbert, and the whole constitution of our military sanitary system, owed their origin to the dismal proof we had had that the medical service is not only inadequate to the work of preserving the health of the array, but wholly inappropriate to it. Dr. Sutherland's testi mony to this fact, in the evidenc e before us, is very impressive. Being asked what he meant by there being no sanitary service in India , while there were medical men with every regiment, he showed that the care of health is a wholly differ ent thing from the cure of disease ; and that the ablest and most accomplished physicians and surgeons had no edu cation on sanitary matters, till the rec ent re g ulation required of medical officers that they should have gone through a course of sanitary instruction at Chatham. Again, the medical officer s o f a regiment have anywhere else. They may do their be st for their no power to establish a system in India, or own men ; but their nearest neighbours, or their next successors, may be subject to all the causes of sickness a n d morta lit y , without any body .being able to h e lp it. A ga i n, the doctors hav e q uite as much to do in th e i r own department as they can manage, and more exten s i ve sort o f work. Finally, the without undertaking a wholly diff erent treatment of the causes of disease and death must be as general as th e causes t h emse lves ; and this can be done only by aspecial most s t with the care of th e pu bli c health and armed with authority to p rov id e a ll the conditions of it. "say, m The public health," 'we experiencenis tra d t i n , informants charged. , a fter the Commis sioners and (heir In India, even more th an e l sew here, it is impos sible to take separate care of the health of the civil and military sections of society. There may be some purely military arrangements, such as the oc cupation and amusem ent o f so ldiers in barracks, desirable with a view t o h ea l t h ; but the great epi demics to which the special mortality of India is due arise from mischiefs under which natives and Europeans, civilians and so ldi e rs, suffer together ; and these evils can be dealt with only by a special administration, furnished with large powers and an indisputable authority. Such works as draining districts of land, bringing water from remote high lands, suppressing and i n t er di c ti ng the atrocious nuisances of the . bazaars, sup er i nten di n g river works, and the building of towns as well as barracks, in specting the public food, registering deaths and their causes, and many other reg u l a ti ons nee df u l t o the general health, are beyond the scope of any authority but that ofa department, and are no t di v i s ible be tween theinterests of the civil and military popu lation. There must, then, be a Sanitary Departmdnt for India ; and this once resolved on, the department ought to be made as good as the most liberal wis dom can make it. It is scarcely conceivable that objections will be made on the ground of expense. The most thorough and well-paid organisation that could be created could not absorb a tithe of the cost we are sustaining by the loss of trained soldiers, valued at £lO each; and by the loss of the service of many more lying sick in hospital, for the most part recoverable only so far as to be sent home in valided, and (most costly of all) by desertion. If, of the 20,000 annual desertions from the British a rmy, nearly all would in a few y ears b e p re vented by practicable improvements in the soldier's lot—by his being made healthier, happier, and more intel ligent, and by a better class of citizens being there by attracted to the military calling—the saving would pay for a dozen sanitary administrations. As for the cost of such public works as the new depart ment would at once require and institute—the new buildings, drains, aqueducts, &c.—the means are ready. Sir C. Trevelyan's budget showed us how pro • minent an object beneficial public works are in the policy of the Indian statesmen who are conducting the rapid progression of our great dependency ; and we may safely rely on the needful funds being forthcoming whenever the department about to come into existence is ready with its estimates. What, then, should this department be ? This is the last and most weighty recommendation of the Com mission? No one Commission could undertake, to any effectual purpose, the care of the health of a public consisting of one hundred and fifty millions of persons. Moreover, the conditions of health vary considerably in different parts of so vast a region as that of our Indian empire. It is proposed, there fore, that there shall be a Commission for each Pre sidency ; and certainly each Presidency w ill give any department quite enough to do in superintend ing the whole sanitary economy of stations and bazaurs, the improvement of towns and purification of the country, and the constant collection of know ledge,A and reporting of it for the public benefit e . s e w hav for the constitution of these Commissions, good guidance in the excellent operation of the one we have at the head of the army at home. The civil element must be represented, and the military ; the sanitary and the medical ; the engineering; and, we hope we may add, the statistical ; the latter being of essential importance to the advancement of medical science, and to the formation of sanitary arrangements for the generations to come. A body of trained sanitary physicians would be connected with the Commission, as would, no doubt i a suffi cient force of engineers familiar with the works re quisite for sanitary objects. It is obvious, however, that such Commissions cannot go to work inexperi enced and unaided. Men, chosen for their familiarity with India, could hardly know anything of the pra2.- tical working of our military direction at home; and again, if accomplished members are chosen from home they would have everything to learn of the Indian conditions of their work. The proper course clearly is to introduce an Indian element into the depart ment at home, which may learn what is already known and done, and guide the Indian Commis sions till they have gained experience enough to judge and act for themselves. The recommendation is that two officers of the Indian Government shall be 'associated with our War-office Commission at home, in order to render available for India such knowledge and such methods as have been already acquired and instituted. The delay of five months in the presentation of this Report and Evidence is much to be lamented, when it is considered that, by due punctuality in the production of the Blue Book, any needful modifications of the laws, and the appointment of the new Commissions, and the addition to the existing one, and -the new regula tions, and a very necessary plan for the registra tion of deaths and of the causes of death in the chief cities of India (to be extended in time over the whole country) might have occupied the atten tion and obtained by this time the cheerful recog nition of Parliament. There can be no doubt that the recommendations will be carried out in one way or another. The essential now is, that they shall be carried out in the true spirit, without damage from the hostility, tyranny, ignorance, apathy. or jobbing tendencies of Court, Horse-Guards, Minis ter, or any adverse influence whatever. THE ARMSTRONG GUNS. A very important parliamentary paper has been issued respecting the arrangements between the Government and Sir William Armstrong for the in. troduction of his artillery into the naval and mili tary services. The select committee appointed to inquire into the expenditure incurred since the be ginning of 1858 on improved ordnance, whether obtained by contract or manufactured in the Go vernment founderies, have presented a report dated July 23, 1883. They state that the Armstrong gun was first brought to the notice of the Government in December, 1854, when the Duke of Newcastle (then Secretary of State for War) gave Sir W. Armstrong (then Mr. Armstrong) an order for a number of his guns, not exceeding six, for trial. A three-pounder was delivered in July, 1855, when Mr. Armstrong forwarded a detailed report of the experiments he had made. The subject was referred to the Ord nance select committee, whose report, though quali fied, was in the main favourable to the gun, and who desired to make further experiments. The gun was re-bored up to a 5-pounder, and in December, 1856, was tried in the presence of Col. Eardley Wilmot (superintendent, Royal Gun Factory), near Newcastle, who reported, Dec. 30, 1856, that at 1,500 and 2,000 yards the gun had made remarkably good practice. In January, 1857, a second gun was ordered, to correspond as nearly as possible with the service 9-pounder field gun. Experiments were made with an 18-pounder in competition with a service 32-pounder gun. The result was so satisfac tory that Lord Panmure said—" I am clearly of opinion that this is a most valuable contribution to our army. For all purposes of projection and accu racy of flight of the projectiles, the experiments are conclusive. Further experiments should be made.'' In 1858 the attention of General Peel, Secretary of State for War, was directed to the circumstance that we were behind other countries in not having any rifled ordnance for field serrice. He accordingly called upon Col. Lefroy, his scientific adviser, for a report on all the experiments that had been tried on rifled ordnance ; and, in accordance with the recom mendation of that report, appointed a special com mittee to advise him as to the best rifled gun for field service. This special committee came to the conclusion that it was not expedient to incur the expense of trying further experiments with any ex cept those of Messrs. Whitworth and Armstrong. The experiments with the Whitworth gun were not of as extended a character as those with the Arm strong. At that time Mr. Whitworth had not any gun of his own construction, nor did he propose any system of constructing guns. The committee ap pointed to investigate the question recommended the Armstrong as the field gun of the service. A gua rantee was given to Sir W. Armstrong that he should not be a loser by the expenditure of £12,000 on a plant sufficient to enable him to turn out 100 guns a year. This guarantee was afterwards increased ; but Lord Derby, in a letter addressed to General Peel on the 18th of December, 1858, said that he should rather doubt the expediency—in the present infancy of the invention, and when, doubtless, time and ex perience will both suggest improvements and pro duce economy in manufacture—of pressing for the immediate supply of a large number of guns, of the first type and at the highest rate. He also sug gested that the first orders should be confined chiefly, if not exclusively, to that class of guns, say 32-pounders, of which we have had sufficient proof, and that we should defer any order for heavier guns till they had been rather more tested. On the 15th of January, 1859, Sir W. Armstrong assigned his interest in all patents for, and improvements in, the manufacture of ordnance to the Government. In order to obtain as soon as possible a supply of Arm strong guns, it was decided to enter into arrange ments with a company set u p at Elswick for the manufacture of Armstrong gun s and p rojectiles. A guarantee was given to this com p any to secure them against loss by the erecti on of buildings and machi tghuens to be provided machi nery, The Government u ndertook to keep them in full work, but kept in it s own hands the power of engagementeeeesieeeofn the e e s p e a r r ice ell r t e o ci f u e ir o i lll ng a larger - terminatingpenecom pensation. t ien h . Thet e t i n number a t first anticipated,Arms t r o ng by Lord Derby's Go vernment was increased, first than to £50,000 and the n to £60,000. After Gen. P eel of left e o a ffi e e c de pressure Lord forerb Herbert, r guns,t, in O c raised. , 1859,the guarantee to ow in g guaran te e o t gi v en voi h dd e were i its final amount of £85,000. This agreement was terminated in April of this year, and £85,000 has been paid to the company. Lord De Grey states that value of over £19,000 in plant andstores has been received. This would make the amount paid as compensation about £65,000. In the winter of 1858-59, the Board of Admiralty, acting upon the advice of Capt. Hewlett, RN • ~ of her Majesty's ship Excellent, gunnery ship at Portsmouth, de cided upon the introduction into the navy for boat service ; and in the summer of 1859, the same officer having urged the im portance of introducing into the navy larger calibres of Armstrong of guns, th e Board Ad miralty requested the Secretary of State for War, as in the stron ges t manner , t o supply them, wi th little delay as possible, with a large number of 40-pounder and 70-pounder Armstrong guns. At the same time careful and exteneive experiments fe system of were carried on to test wh ether any sa strengthening cast-iron guns c ould be found, or whether and better, speedier, or cheaper system of than that proposed exis t e d c onstructing rifled gu ns by W. Armstrong, None suc h hav i ng been found w ithin the period for inq uiry, the Armstrong sys tem was completely adopted by the Government. On September 24, 1859, a committee, of which Sir William Armstrong was a member, approved of the pattern of the Armstrong 40-pounder for naval ser vice. The system was first extended to the 110 Oalibre on the 14th October, 1859. The p ol itical necessities of the day appear to have been so urgent as not to allow time for maturing the design pre vious to its manufacture. In consequence of the pressure which existed at that time the first 100 of THE NAVY. late Ten of the foreign manufactured ar. suppiied to the Admiralty by Messrs. Petin ,auder and Co., of France, have been Be lated at Portsmouth for trial, and will be tested in the usual manner with the 68-pounder gun in Porchester Creek, on Tuesday next, under the superintendence of Capt, Astley C. Key, C. 8., commanding.the gunnery ship Excellent, at Portsmouth. Her Majesty's iron steam troopship TitIIIIIT, re cently built at Millwall by Messrs. Samuda, was yes terday despatched from Woolwich to Chathatv to be fitted for service. In getting under way one of the contractor's men slipped off the gangway and was drowned. After much exertion, and the lapse of upwards of an hour, the body of the unfortunate man was fished up. siiyoalinnhrsiasgdirathpf,dobe: about o w r une t i b . t g naeo t yyso l l h are i o n dletitonlayll l tste e u:ie n ,nslifp) g egruaho t eor h :ye.D3 , oam b ndon u cueocks i eyv l iyre t gttaar b ffbibr y s:l3,ii t ,tutb h eisr;: o o: A new p tstsye i is l Ecilsj o yi:een t locptek l aoaar i rnkr t tb ' id e ideay b mns3 o :.re a ote: t ,uoia.t , Brtsh 2 wodfoo 2 nomaf f raro t ilidpr . ra,era i 'Ur. Turner, the master shipwright of the f r S a h n i p d Fox.fi lled w i The thw boat,ate water which ni id i l s ir s ni e gs l ph f et r ci i tt g is h oen t l f - , s h t i r e e h ng is th fa e s n t i e n n g ed to by air cases and open tubes through the bottom. If steamal fnedCot with the exception or the long middle trunk, through wthheiebhotahte f o o p r en th tu e be p s u p r a p s o s s , e an o d f iv her her lengthways. Should any water penetrate into the trunk by any unforeseen mishap it can be cleared out readily by the remo val of some m etal screws in the lower part of the s i d es of the trunk. B ut should the boat ibtyvraenayicippossniboitilittra ship seconds. a sea filling lfaalma quantity of water sh ould find its way into the joints of the cases they can be emptied by taking up the s hort piece of midship bottom board and the case under each side. The sailing q ualiti es of the life boat were tested at variou s times in the river a pre paratoryntl to her being despatched from Woolwich yard. On one occasion duri n g a high wind when all her sails were set she continue d her course buoyantly boat y with her gunwale 1 2 inches u nder water. of sea is ordered to undergo an additional course of the Admiralty. I tiials at Devonport for the inform ation of the Lords THE ARMY. Yesterday the following troops left Chatham garrison and embarked at Gravesend on beard the Star of India, of 1,045 tons, Capt. H. Mortis, be longing to Messrs. Somes—viz., Brevet-Majoi 11. E. Jerome, V.C., Lieut. A. M. Handley, Ensign T. B. Emerson, and 60 non-commissioned officers of the Ist battalion of the 19th Regiment ; Lieut. E. D.. Oliver and 40 men of all ranks of the 51st (King's. Own) Light Infantry; and 128 non-commissioned officers and men of the 109th Bombay Infantry- Prior to the embarcation of the troops they were inspected by Major-Gen. Eyre, who also visited the Star of India at Gravesend in order to ascertain. that every requirement for the officers and men was on board. The vessel will quit the Thames this morning for Knrrachee, where the reinforcements will be landed. The following detachments of Royal Artillery at. tached to the first division of the Depot Brigade in. the Chatham district have been placed under orders to embark for colonial service—viz., 40 non-com missioned officers and gunners to embark for Gibral tar, to join the let Brigade; 30 gunners for Ber muda, to join the 10th Brigade; and 10 gunners for Nova Scotia, to join the 15th Brigade. The 2d battalion, let Regiment, will replace the 20th Regiment in Portsmouth garrison, from the camp at Aldershott, on the 4th proximo. The de parture of the 64th Regiment from the camp for Gosport has been deferred until the early part of September. The Himalaya screw troopship, Capt. Lacy, with the 2d battalion 25th Regiment and a detachment of the 50th Regiment on board, sailed from Spit head at daylight yesterday morning for Ceylon. In the list of officers' names embarked belonging to the 25th Regiment, published in The Sun of yester day, that of Ensign A. H. Turner was inadvertently omitted. The officers in command of the 25th, Lieut.-Col. Henry Torrens Walker, was gazetted to the Lieut.-Colonelcy of the regiment on the day of embarcation, vice Lieut.-Col. and Brevet-Col. Allan, retired. A further reduction is announced to take place in the royal gun factories at Woolwich. A number of brassfitters and moulders were yesterday dismissed from the Dial-square, a branch of the factory in which all castings have recently been made. No tices have also been given for the dismissal of others on Saturday next. The number of hands at pre sent employed in the Dial-square is below 100. The total number of workmen at the royal gun factories a few months ago was upwards of 3,500 men, in work on over time. The total does not now num ber 600 of all grades. STATE OP TRADE. DUNDEE, July 28.—Only a moderate busin ess has been done to-day, ar i s i ng more from the in ability of spinners and ma nufacturers to take on. farther orders than fr o m want of dema nd. The inquiry for flax con ti nues good, an d the sales made, although not of large extent, are at ver y full prices. Tow and codilla are also wanted , and brin g steady prices. The demand for jute is not active, but there is no change in value, and t he business done is at previous rates. Yarns c ontinue scarce and difficult ty for delivery even w eeks hence. For all qualities , flax, tow, and jute, demand is gre ater than the prod uction, which keeps prices very high. The Ame rican letters received yesterday ad vise large sales of burlaps and other heav y linens pr ices, and they contain considerable to be got in quant i ty at paying orders for linens suitable for war purposes. Buyers h ave been trying to place these orders here to-day, but in many cases it has been impossible to get manufacturers to undertake them within a reason able time, in consequence of previous engagements. LEICESTER, July 29.—There has been a good amount of business doing in hosiery during the past few days, and the operatives are well employed. The present brilliant weather will soon ripen the crops, and all surplus labour will be then employed. At Loughborough and Hinckley there is rather more doing. Yarns maintain rates, and spinners • are well employed. In wools there is no change, but the market keeps firm. NOTTINGHAM, July 29.—There is about the same amount of business doing in lace goods this week as last. Mechlin quillings continue in request, and in this branch there is a tolerable dogree of activity. There is little or no improvement in the cotton fancy branch. Silk laces and edgings continue in demand, and are likely to do so for some time to come. The buyers who have been lately in the market have been purchasing chiefly for the foreign trade. There is not much change in hosiery, but the amount of business now doing is equal to that transacted for some time past. 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