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Sept. 23. steamer rpool on Bonides 3.c1 6 fug 3.30 a.m•, ,31egratilS3 Mrs. F• ear Cuck- Mauluivill non, MrBl 10 Wife of [loranS fe l city, an d Lughter 0, treet, Hn st., at St. to L a d,' :Duch° N° r e i' .A., tiijC Lel Chase, est eon of Salop' Lear Edin' 0-terrace, 'a -squar e/ W.C. I T N°' ' COUn tl ° aka EMEMBER, WE SUP AT EVANS' EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK aft.r Alfred ziellon's Promenade Concerts. £l,OOO REWARD.—Whereas, Anted for the a rehension of SIGMUND DTTRICIISrEIN, late of the Jamaica Coffee Rouse, and of Worthing, who has absconded, having by Means of a fraud obt a i ne d in London, on the 29th August last, the undermentioned PA.\ K NOTES, viz.:- 2of £5OO .. Nos. 92597 and 92598.. dated 16th February, 1863 6of £2OO .. r Nos. 85128 to 85132 and 84954 ++4th July, 18 32 of £ lOO 5 Nos. 42t35 to 426511 / and 4'2681 to 4206 1 " 19th May, 1863. 39 of £50.. Nos. 88309 to E 8517 „ 26th April, 1863. 11 of £29 Nos. 22451 to 22500 1 ++ 2lst July, 1853. and 19104 The said Sigmund Dit r i c h s t e i n i s a H unga ri a n, about 33 years of age, 5 tt. or 8 in. high, with dark hair, grey eyes of peculiar appearance, small head, thin face, sallow com plexion, slight moustache, small whiskers, very small hands, and very small furrow feet. He is accustomed, when speak inz to shrug up hi s s h ou ld ers con ti r ua lly. He was last seen London i n during the afternoon of 29th August. lie is married, and may be travelling with his wife and Child, a boy about th-ee years o'd. Mrs. Ditiichstein is an Austrian, and about 26 years of age. Whoever will within six months from this date g!ve such information as shall lead to the apprehension of the said Sigmund Ditrichstein shall receive £250 reward; and who ever shall within the same time give such information as shall lead to the rorovery of the said bank notes, shall re ceive a reward of £BOO, or a proportionate part thereof, ac cording to the amount recovered. Information to be given to Messrs.Mull.ns, Solicitors, 7, Poultry, Lnndon, E.C. ; or to Inspector fiamil lon, Detective Police-office, V, Old Jewry, London, E.C. London, 15th September, 1863. ' LIVRI4POoL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INAITRANCE COMPANY. Established in 1836. Offices :-1, Dale-street, Liverpool ; 20 and 21, Poultry, London, E.O PROGRESS OF THE COMPANY SINCE 185): Year. Fire Premiums. Life Premiums. Invested Funds. 1851, £54,3u5 1856 222,279 1861 30,130 1862 419,065 £27,157 72,781 135 974 13,,703 .£5'2,824 821,061 1,3 , 1,001 1,417.808 The Fire Duty paid by this Company in England in 1862 Was £71,2!4. SWINTON BOULT, Fee' etary tT. the Company. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Se retary, London. N ORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and Invested Funds Annual Revenue 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insuran'es granted both at Home and in Foreign Countrics 0 11 the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. IcioPty per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the particiw.ting principle. The new Life business iransacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Amr lint Inured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23.641 0 0 Porn's of Proposal and every inforaaation will be furnished on application at the LOND ON OFFICES: 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury. West-end Office B, Waterloo -place, Pall-malL N ORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Governmen t for the y ear 1862 was £ 85 ,062, and the amount insured on farming stock, £10 , 0 86,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profi , s periodically made to Parties insuring, w ho have thus. from time to t i m e, r e ceived Mims amounting in the aggregate to £440,000 ; and the Society now holds a large Res rve applimble to a future florins. The rates of premium are in no case higher than those Charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. For prozpectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. T HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance buildings, Liverpoel. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500,0"0. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,000,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London; WILLIAX WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now railed upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. E BRANCH. The Directors have, as FlR pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the close 01 the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is again fully maintained. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preced,m,r year, and in tan sur. passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, sine- the commencement of thl. , Office, the balance ti the credit on account of British and Foreivm Insurances being £45,107 10s. 5d., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa rately, £11,007 lOs. 10d. LIFE BRANCFI. The very gratifying, duty now falls upon the Direct ors t o state the sum assured on n w policies for fhe year iP62 exceeds even that of th e yeir 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £701,427 on 1,498 new po li c i es i ssued. U nt i l within the last few years it is believed that such a sum assured as that which has just been announced as the 'emit of one year's business was all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's business has been carefully watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the s hareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the rut , re to the participating life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum Pte!posed for assuraive q mounts to £ 41,281 . V arious de g rees eligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much. if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis sible in a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. jf, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that n Fire Business Ps progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken Place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal I nsurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent Rope, bounded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may unfold for It a sphere of still greater rnaeni tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the Office with a le, gthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PT RCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Barimr., Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual LIP Assurance for all classes. This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is £51,000 The Amumulated Fund exceeds .. 2 o, ' 00 It has paid in Claims 112,000 'The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the 14re,:nbers Th r ee divisions have alr ea dy b een made wh en the following sums have been added as bonuses to the Policies Dec. 31, 1847 • • „ 1852 .. „ 1857 .• 1862 .. • • • • ranking the total bonus additions, £96,606 l '"uses ma - i be received in cash or applied to the r , duc Lion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the i of cy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid tlP policies introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of po icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, Whether assurers or otherwise Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. .. 45,400 11,500 • • 23 200 • • 56,500 Chief Office, 15, e -s W 3.1. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary . Moorga reet, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. t t A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS IVIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. weary Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. john Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, E sc ,. dark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. ' 'William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy ' Thomas Dent, Esq Charles Robinson, Esq. *" Alexander Druce, E sq . Samuel Leo Schuster, E sq. F redk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrincton Smith, Esq, iliversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Lobt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P, 7 1 / 1 . Tetlow Hodgson,sq William Wallace, Esq , "as. Stewart Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. e FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this e rPoration on advantageous terms. ti el I.n the Life Department, assurances are granted with par nation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such I t t icipation. The Reversionary Mims on British Policies has averaged arty 2 per cent. per annum on th e s u m as sured. -, quivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums sa vable by persons w ho p r efe rre d th a t f orm o f B o nus. Abe divisions of Profit take place every Five years. sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one this Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from tile liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual o cieties—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stork ite advantages of modern practice,—with the security 4 , 3 , r an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex ,-ellence of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. iII th e Corporation h ave a l wa y s allowed the Assured t o serve "edtilitia, Yeomanry, h or Volunteer Corps within the m, free of carge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. • ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary, CET,- - LERRATION of the TERCENTENARY of Ap o the BIRTH of SHANSPE ARE, at Stratforcl-npon- The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert in g V,„antilton. Bart., K.C. 8.. is Chai rman) a re now reedy acconBSCRIPTION-z, and they may also be paid to the and hid et the Tercentenary C omm i ttee , at the S t our h r id ge derminster or Warwick and L eam i ng t on Ba n k s , fGr e ti 92l en ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Warwi c k ; or their I ondon azents, Messrs. tit y .„ an ‘,:ty s ze and Co , Messrs Hanburys and Co., or Ltlts,rs. 4 . Th e hanke - v London. . . . of i s yi,, t to t renary Committee, in submittinz the subscrip res't 1 t 4 ,.,k-ap,,,, l epation most earnestly appeal to the admirers th e Ligir el.Q.")t• their esd and assistauce. The Committee ,hnia e ;,. 4 ,he 9, - rould that Stratford s not . only trt , x,:trers o " f er 'shakspea' e. but the centre of attraction to the t o , n the 1., great Poet's works, and that it was his "e \Ted, and where he lived and (Ltd, N°.22,220. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. THOMSON. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., E X T D 0 0 R. By Mrs T 1:10MSON, Author of "Constance," &C. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MRS. GREY'S NEW NOVEL. On Friday, in 3 vols., GOOD SOCIETY. ByMI;S. GREY, Author of " The Gambler's Wife," Se. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough str.et. MR. HOSKINS' NEW WORK ON EGYPT. Just ready, in Eivo., with Illustrations, 155., AWINTER IN UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT. By G. A. HOSKINS, Esq., F.R.G.S., Author of " Travels in Ethtop'a," " Spain As it Is," .Sze. Hurst and Blackett, 33, Great Marlboroug,h-street. T " OXFOR D, e, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, wiil be performed Operatic Selections from Sir .Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, finish, em., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any oUier man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Performance by Herr SUIIALKENBACFI on his wonderful inst, ument, the PIANO ORCHE6TRE, contain ing a full bald of 40 instruments. The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls andbalcony, ls. ; private boxes, ] Os. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL "GHOST."—In order ki to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasinz crowds, Mr. C. AI ORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper snd Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GIIOST," from the Picture Gallery to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view has the Illusi on f rom St a ll s , Bal : A. cnLteavneadbr to give ofthe Hall. He asalsoarreinged for .11(r (with all that gentleman's latest im provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; (Jesworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Th, se el , zant 'looms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of monster concerts cele brity. The band selected from the Crystal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, I s. Manager—M. GRENET. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! The Polish Giantess, Countess Demolnth, will be introduced in the Ghost illusion this Week—The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN—Grand Divertissement by Twenty young Ladles—Operatic Selections, by XI iss M`Gregor, Mr. Albert, Vernon Rigby, and Signor Georgini—Band and Chorus of 60 Performers. First appearance of RAPHAEL DE SOLLA-. the Infant Tenor, and LANGLOIS VELOCIMAN, the Great Indian Juggler, THIS DAY (MONDAY). ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. G reat Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR i‘ICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. ESTABLISHED 1833. nOWDEN'S JE RATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, rotass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manulactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. PECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented ki Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, includin,e - Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary re.ief to weak, di n, and defective vision.—S. and B SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. TEA.--11100RE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They espec i a lly recommend their imp roved Family Tea, reduced to ' 38. 2d. ; Souchonr, reduced to 35. Fd. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 35. Bd.; and the finest Assam, reduced from is. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS. 31, London-bridge, City, E.C. KUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OP 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to tie the most effective nventiou in the curative treatment of ti ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so otten hurtful in its effects, , s here avoided — a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Nloc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease ind closeness that it cannw, be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips , being -lent to the manufacturer., Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s . 6d. Postage, ls. Double Truss, 31s. 6d ., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. k.n Umbilical Truss, 425. and Us. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT E KNEE-CAPS,LASTIC STOC KINGS, &G, f or V ar i cose V e i n s and all cases of Weakness and Swelli ng of the Legs, Sprains, &o. Th ey are porous, light in text ure, and inexpensive, and are d rawn on 11 ean ordinary stocking. price 4s. 6d., 78. 6d., 108., to 16s. euh. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer. 228. Piccadilly. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, 2d September, 1863. MENDERS will b e rece i ve d a t this office, until noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th September, 1863, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for the supply of FORAGE, in such quantities as may be required, from Ist November, 1863, to 3st Octob er, 186 1 , for the use of Her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mand. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on apidication at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be prop er l y f i lled up and sunned, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside "Tender for Forage"), and no Tender will he noticed unless made on forms obtained frum this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. HENRY B. MORSE, Deputy Commissary -General. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at Ring's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCIT, MG. 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 novernors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—VlZ., that which is accom punted 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 proport i on o f the ca sua l 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. Dloreover, iotnuie gratuitously average, a t ti rnh o Na r ns edlics3voeomedicalo uout-patients p a a d t vi i e c n e t a s nad week.medicine The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EA RNEST to enable APPEAL themt o d m a a i l e y , er present i an, Etshqe. admi t to an dthe relieve p übl i t c h efor distressingcontinued cases support,that Contributions are received ; Berries and Coutts and Co. ; Drummond' and Co. •Nicholas-lane e; b Y also th b e Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and co, Co. * yTreasurer.,CioesMessrs. r.hansom Edward and and Co. ;Jones Loyd and .., ;Smith . , Payne, Co. : Glyn ‘ ,O ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and CO. ; W Maw', Deacon, and Co. Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; o. ; Overend, Gurney, and and at the Hospital. STAN PORD S. SMITH Secretar R O YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PnEsiDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G, F.R.S. CITAIRmAN—Thosa. flaring, Faq., M.P., P.R.S. V.P. DEPUTY-ClIAIRMAN—Tbornas Chapman, Esq., p . h . i ., ` v.p. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since stlio:entibeettigaisning f the year 1860, the Royai. National Lifeboat Institution lrts o pended £32, 0 00 on various Lifeboat Estab wCtbeorthoefr Lis T il 6h in :s e o u n t, si ,qa the c ex Coasts of E ru, , 'an d , Scotland, SilverLifLife-boats is et i ds r a e ol l s a t , n a d tnh . de since its formation, is 12,800; al s;o .c expended X 67 .3 T i t :r r e a n g s :no generous o i id in rewards. The Institu have been tifiges, and I oat-houses. The Committeeoo on Life-boats, Life-boat British public sdul ntsls services the7t 8 nT e th c e l riTnert, which they years, a support which desire to expresshtahveeirreTitveefdul I r s o e has enalVed them to"esitiaTlillais:bleewpresent magnificent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores 'r ot the United Kingdom. Deeply sensib:e, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and i' tCrews practised in the management of their boats, whi'it can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to ail classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding. and perp e t u ating CO great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following Con tributions:— Tier Majesty the Queen •••• annual 50 0 0 annual 5 1 0 1 0 0 C C l a e m r k p , b c e Mrs... G Coutts and Co., • Bankers annual 10 0 0 Currie, Wm., h:sq., . .. • . 4th d on. l o 0 0 Erle, Lord Chief Justice don. 10 10 Eanshawe, 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. don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. • • 30 0 Stirling-, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. annual 2 0 0 Thom., s, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her Ladyship .. • • • • • • 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Ereby, Lord .. .. .. annual 5 0 0 Donations and Annual Sescriptions will be thankfully re- J e a i l v u e e d es b . y stre tli c e ,t. Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co. 76 Lomhard,•treet ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 5 9 . Strand; Messrs. 'terries, Farquhar. and Co., l es 6 ioarr S ny t s . and Bankers in IttndUnait'edblCY.inagldotmile;CaonldlecbtyortsheolSeCeru Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 11, Joau-street, Adelvln, Loudon, YIA:;. ( 1 Captur xst 4 . , A• , •- ji # aITI • 11- • 1 1 4. • v . „ , 4 ti b i lilb; . 67 A I '4 • ' - o - „ ~, • •s , - „ • , 06,7 4 ,4 1 / 4 -7, 3 ?1; 'OP ' 4. ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. Homage to the Divinity of Our Lord. tdtoSt.antiquity, Luke. It i s (PROCESSION AT ROME, AS DESCRIB ED BY THE CORRES PONDENT OF THE "HERALD" IN THE E TERNAL CITY.) The painting of the Saviour, which is th e princi of art, and though ru d e oa p fn a . l dt h o i es b j vt e re c ar t ydi of tei nornl the ai el d sl yt e v sac o th t t i ro o io n bl u , is e of remote enough in its execution is a very impressive picture, the traces of the Passion of Our Lord being ren dered with almost painful truth and vigour. It was covered by Pope Innocent 111. with exquisite gold and jewelled wrought platings, to preserve it from the injury of time, and it h as been kept in the inner chapel of the Scal a S an t a , on th e altar called " Sancta sanctorum" from time immemorial, and carried from time to time in solemn state to one of the great Basilicas, when any crisis menaced Christendom. In the war of the Ghibellines, when the Turks attacked Dalmatia, and before Lepanto, and in the last century, before the outbreak of the French Revolution. So much for historical remi niscences. In the present crisis the Pope was requested to order it in 1860, and again in 1862, and refused to accede to it, not wishing to create an alarm. The reason his Holiness is said now to have acceded to it is not on account of new political com plications, but on account of the great increase of open atheism, and the spread of works denying the truth of Scripture and Our Lord's divinity; and more especially Renan's " Vie de Jesus," which is being now translated into Italian all over the kingdom of Italy, and is recommended by the Independante as the " most evangelical work since the Gospels," and another book of Proudhon's " La Justice de la Revolution," dedicated openly "2r Satan," par Joseph Proudhon, which is doing infinite mischief in all the towns of Upper Italy, where nothing is read but the reproductions of the most infidel and blasphemous French works. This procession, which is especially a devo;ion to the divinity of Christ, was at length ordered by the Pope as an act of public reparation for the scandals of infidelity and avowal of Christian faith. Prayers were also ordered for the peace of Italy and Poland, but neither of them in any sense save the religious one. Therevolu tionists here and in the kingdom of Italy, however, chose to give a political significance to the order, and sent a counter circular round on Sunday morn ing to prevent people attending, and containing threatening notices—a measure which only served to show the little hold they have on the Roman population by increasing the attendance. At four o'clock the piazza and church of the Lateran were crowded with persons of all ranks and classes. Every window, , wall, and gallery within sight of the line of procession was occupied, and when it issued from the Basilica, headed by the clergy of the seven great churches, of the Maria Mag giore, Maria in Cosenedaro, Maria in Traste vere, St. Lorenzo in Damaso, St. Lorenzo Fuori le Muore, St. John Lateran, and St. Peter's, and followed by committees, guilds, religious orders, bodies of clergy, and thousands of people of every grade joining in the chaunt of the litanies, it would be difficult to imagine a more picturesque scene. There was a spirit of enthusiasm among those fol lowing the procession that was very striking from its depth and reality. A number of Poles were very conspicuous by the rather gesticulatory fashion of their devotions. They had attempted to make a demonstration of it by going barefoot and keeping in a separate body, but this was very wisely pre vented by the authorities, who refused to allow anything liable to be diverted from a simple act of prayer for peace and a speedy settlement of vexed questions either in Poland or Italy. The Pope did not assist himself, but wes represented by the Car dinal Vicar. The picture was carried from the Lateran to the Esquilene down the Via Bumerna tana, and was placed in St. Maria Maggiore, where it remained some days, and has been already visited by thousands of persons. The P, pe went in full state to the church of St. Maria del Popolo this morn ing, and was looking well. The cardinals and house hold attended him, and there was great cheering in the crowd on the Piazza and all down the Ripetta through which he passed. MEMORIALS NOW IN PROGRESS. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1863. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. VALETTA, Sept. 9.—Her M-jesty's screw frigate . Phcee, 35, Capt. T. D. A. Fortescue, went out of port on the 7th inst. to try her engines, and returned the same afternoon. She left a few hours afterwards for Athens with a mail and the despatches received by the overland mail from Marseilles for the Com mander-in-Chief. The Queen, 76, Captain C. F. Hillyar, will take up the next mail, on the 14th, and the Foxhound, 4, Commander W. H. Anderson, the following one of the 21st inst. The Queen will also convey stores and provisions for the fleet. This ship, which has been so long expecting to be sent home, is to remain on the station another three months. A court-martial was held on the sth inst on board her Majesty' s s hip Hib ern i a, i n M alta har bour, to try W. D. Calder, Royal Marine Light In fantry, of the Phoebe, on o. charge of having de serted from the said ship on or about the 13th of December, 1862. The Court was composed of the following officers :—Capt. C. F. Hillyar, of the Queen, President; Cape. T. A. B. Spratt, C. 8., of the Medina ; Commander R. B. Harvey, of the Hibernia ; Commander W. H. Anderson, of the Fox hound; and Commander H. B. Woollcombe, of the Queen. W. H. Fitz Patrick, Rs, R.N., officiating Jadge-Advocate. Capt. T. A. D. Fortescue, of the Phoebe, prosecuted. The Court found the pri soner not guilty of desertion, at guilty of ab sence without leave, and in consideration of the high testimonials produced, only adjudged him to be placed at the bottom of the list, there to remain for two years, and to be dismissed his ship. Her Majesty's ship Growler, 2, tender to the surveying ship Medina, Capt. T. A. B. Spratt, C. 8., left Malta harbour on the 3d inst,, for Sicily, under the command of Mr. J. Stokes, R.N., Master of the Medina. Her Majesty's gunboat Boxer is to be sent to the Piraeus, in charge of Lieut. F. S. D. Broughton, of the Queen, for particular service, to carry despatches and telegrams between the Piraeus and Syra, &c, The paddlewheel steam yacht Salamis, 835 tons, 250 horse-power, fitting at Chatham for special service, took on board at the dockyard yesterday one 40 pounder and one 9-pounder Armstrong gun, together with the usual supply of shot and shell. She is being rapidly completed for sea, but no orders have yet been received at the dockyard as to the particular service on which she will be employed. The drawings and plans for Mr. Reed's new iron frigate Bellerophon, proposed to be constructed at Chatham, have been prepared by the draughtsmen at that dockyard from the designs sent down from the office of the chief constructor at Whitehall, in readiness for the immediate commencement of that vessel on the completion of the Achilles, which occupies the same dock at Chatham as that in which the new iron frigate is intended to be built. In the construction of the Bellerophon several imper taut improvements will be introduced by Mr. Reed, the result of the experience acquired during the progress of the Achilles, Research, and other iro❑ ships of war now building. The thickness it is pro posed to make the sides of the Bellerophon has not yet been determined, the Admiralty awaiting the result of some experiments which are to be made upon a target constructing by the Millwall Ironworks Company before this is finally decided upon. The target which is now under construction is formed of 10in. iron frames, about 2ft. apart, covered first with iron near!) 2in. thick, then with teak 12in. i❑ thickness, and fit ally with Gin. armour-plating. The utmost confidence is entertained that this construc tion of sides will exceed in shot. resisting strength every other system hitherto actually adopted in any ship yet built, and should the proposed arrangement be found to succeed on the occasion of the trial, the Bellerophon will be built after the same manner from stem to stern. The Admiralty have determined to fit the Bellerophon with engines of the most powerful description, in order that she may steam at least 14 knots per hour, and this, coupled with her enormous strength and her shot-resisting power, will render her by far the most formidable of the iron vessels yet constructed. The whole of the remaining stores have now been removed from Deal Dockyard to Chatham, prepara• tory to the yard being handed over to the parties who have hired it of the Government for conversion to a private shipbuilding establishment. Among the stores landed at Chatham are some .50 anchors of all sizes, from 105 cwt. to 40cwt. each, and these have been tested and deposited in store in readiness for reissue. The naval transport Aid is now at Dept ford, discharging a cargo of stores belonging to the victualling department at Deal. The whole of the armour-plates required for the iron frigate Achilles, 6,079 tons, building at been forwarded to that dockyard Chatham, by the p a r h k a g vg a in te Iron works Company, in accord arce with the terms of the contract entered into with the Admiralty, the officer from Chatham Dockyard who superintended the manufacture of the whole of the plates supplied by that firm resumed his duties at the yard yesterday, in accordance with instruc tions to that effect. The plates now being fixed to the remaining portion of the Achilles are those manufactured by the firm of Brown and Co., of Sheffield, and are all of a tapered form to fit the receding sides of the stem and stern of that vessel. The Dalhousie, cm.vict ship, after embarking up. wards of 70 convicts from the convict prison at Portsmouth, sailed from Spithead yesterday after noon for Portland, Plymouth, and West Australia. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—W. H. Fawckner, master, to the Asia, for the Hector ; D. H. Wilder, master, to the Indus, for the Aurora; Thos. E. Biddiecombe, master, to the Asia, for the Lyra; Robt. Jackson, master, to the Asia, for the Falcon ; James Brown, midshipman, to the Earyalus ; Nicholas Giles, pay master, additional, to the Cumberland ; J o h n V alsler, assist. paymaster, to the Edinburgh ; Richard Cor nish, assist. clerk, to the Impregnable ; and Samuel E. Lark, assist. clerk, to the Royal Adelaide, as su pernumerary. The undernamed officers from her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert were yesterday promoted : Lieut. Charles Parry, to be Commander; Sub.-Lieut. Hugo J. Pearson, Sub-Lieut. Henry J. Fairlie, and Sub-Lieut. Hon Edward E. Dawson, to he Lieuts. The undernamed gentlemen were yesterday no minated to naval cadetships :—Hon. Robert W. Craven, Augustus H. Coker, Gallwey, Cecil R. Hervey, Richard Keown, Charles Edward Reynard, Gerald W. Russell, Richard B. Sayce, Leonard Oli ve Strachey, Cecil 11. Wish, and Robert Thomas Wood. At the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, the fol lowing cub lieutenants have successfully passed their examinations (five yearly), and received certificates to that effect for the rank of lieutenant :—A. G. M'Kechnie, H. H, Justice, and J. A. Dashwood. The following second masters have also passed thcir examinations, and received certificates for masters:—John F. Barns, George Royal, E. 11. C. Smith, and Frederick K. Taylor. w it Yesterday a det T ac il h E me A nt ß f i f 2 1' 2 . non-commissioned g menofthe togetherhath C am divisionh officers i‘larin end es Li ht Infantry, l7f ioyal non-com missioned officers and gunners of the Royal Marine Artillery, left headquarters, and embarked on board the screw corvette Scylla, 21, 1,467 tons, 400-horse power, commissioned by Captain S. E, Croswell. Yesterday a detachment of 42 con - commissioned officers and men arrived at head-quarters, Chatham, from the Royal Marine establishment, Deal, under the command of Lieut. Dixon, in readiness for em barcation on beard those vessels fitting for foreign service. A course of experiments is now in progress in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich which promises import ant results. A 32 pounder cast-iron service gun, strengthened on Co.pt Pallieer'a plan, has been tested by firing a double-proof service charge, of 361 b. of powder, and a cylinder gradually in creased in size. The gun was fired upwards of 103 rounds without manifesting the slightest signs of giving way, and burst. at the 107th round. The result is considered exceedingly favourable, and has been reported accordingly to the War Depart ment. A number of cast-iron service guns have been consequently placid at Capt. Paltiser's dis pesal, to ba bored and altered in accordance with his principle, and to be similarly tested at the Arsenal proof butt at Woolwich. Capt. Palliser, it appears, has for many years applied himself to te study of cast iron ordnance. His plan consists in removing a portion of the existing metal from the interior of the gun and inserting a combination of steel and iron tubes in such a manner as to re lieve the outer cast-iron case from all strain, whereby the gun acquires all the advantages of the present wrought-iron ordnance. Capt. Palliser, it is understood, maintains the principle that steel and wrought-iron tubes of limited thickness can be so inserted into cast-iron skins or outer portions of the existing service guns to relieve th© structure from all strain, and that only a small portion of the gun is required to resist explosion, the remaining por tion being useful merely to prevent recoil. Several guns are being prepared on Capt. Palliser's plan, and, should the issue of farther experiments be such as to establish more fully the correctness of his theory, the cast-iron guns nowin store in vast num bers may be utilised with economy and advantage. NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL. NORWICH, Sept. 14. The 14th triennial festival, in aid of the principal charities in the county of Norfolk and city of Norwich, begins this evening with a grand performance of Handel's " Judas MacceLseas. "The Jewish Oratorio," as it has been called —in consequence of the great favour it at one time enjoyed with the Jews,who recognized in the book the elements of a national story, and in the hero one of the greatest captains and deliverers of their often oppressed nation—is well chosen for Monday evening, the single occasion of which a large number of very worthy people who cannot meet the high prices charged for the subsequent performances on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, morning and evening, and whose business occupations render it virtually impossible for them to attend in the morning, are able to avail themselves. The prices of admission for Monday night—half a guinea to the reserved seats in the Patron's Gallery,and ss. to the unreserved seats in area and galleries —are, it must be allowed, still a little too high, the main object of this preliminary concert being kept in view. The present meeting bids fair to be one of the most in teresting on record, and let us hope, for the sake of the ad mirable charities on behalf of which the triennial festival was instituted, it may also be one of the most productive. It would be a great advantage if the use of the splendid old cathedral, the pride and ornament of the East Anglian capital, could be obtained for the morning oratorios ; but that favour is inexorably denied by the ecclesiastical authori ties, although while the Bishop of Norwich, as before. withholds both his influence and name from the proceedings, the Dean, Archdeacon, and four Canons are conspicuous among a list of vice-presidents upwards of 70 strong. It is consoling,at any rate,to know that the Church is not wholly unrepresented. The president of the festival is the Earl of Leicester, Lord-Lieutenant of the county ; the patrons are the Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duchess, the Duke, and the Princess Mary of Cambridge ; and Lord Suffield is chairman of the general committee of management, which, with the sub-committee, numbers about 60 noblemen and gentlemen. In short, not one of our great festivals is more powerfully represented, if a pro fusion of distinguished names from the highest ranks of society count for anything, It is to be wished that on this occasion there may be something in " a name," something, indeed, in more than a name; for it must be borne in mind that the Norwich Festival, like that of Birmingham, de pends entirely on the profits declared in the balance-sheet of the Lon. treasurer (Mr. J. F. Blake), added to such do nations as the wealthy are inclined to bestow—there being no collections at the door 4, as at the meetings of the Three Choirs. The number of charitable institutions which de rive benefit from these very costly and responsible under takings, and the gross amount of the sums received by each respectively-, at various periods, from 1824 to 1860 (the date of the 13th and last, festival), inclusive, may be seen in the following table : Norfolk and Norwich Hospital .. £5,768 2 0 West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital .. 795 0 0 Yarmouth Hospital 770 0 0 Norwich Dispensary .. .. 387 7 0 Eve Infirmary .. .. 292 7 0 Blind Hospital .. 287 7 0 Sick Poor Society .. 230 0 0 Lying-in Charity .. .. 140 0 0 District Visiting Society .. .. 140 0 0 Shipwrecked Mariners' Association .. 105 0 0 Jenny Lind Infirmary 65 0 0 Benevolent Society fcr Decayed Tradesmen 50 0 0 National Lifeboat Association .. .. 30 0 0 Stanley Home .. • • .. op 10 0 0 £9,070 1 0 The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital further enjoys a per manent annual income of £75 from £9,500 Consols invested after the first festival of 1824. The zealous and intelligent Mr. H. Kerrison has seceded from the post of hon. secretary to the festival, the duties of which he performed so admirably ; but in revenge he con tinues to prepare the literary descriptions of the pro grammes, which are more than usually full of information. His place as hon. secretary is filled up by Mr. I. 0. Howard Taylor, one of the most active members of the sub-com mittee. That the musical arrangements will leave little to desire the name of Mr. Benedict, director of all the performances, is a warrant. The services rendered by this accomplished musician since he was first appointed conductor have been dwelt upon frequently, and are acknowledged far and wide by none more emphatically, it should be stated, than by the general committee of management, who, as is well known, postponed the festival of 1851 to a year latter in consequence of Mr. Benedict's absence with the then Mademoiselle Jenny Lind in the then United States. Mr. Benedict has provided a company of principal singers hardly to be surpassed in effi ciency :—Sopranos, Mademoiselle Tietjens, Madame Lem teens Sherrington, Madame Weiss, and Miss Eleonora Wilkinson ; contraltos, Mademoiselle Trebelli and Miss Palmer ; tenors, Mr. Sons Reeves, Mr. Montem Smith, and Signor Bettini ; barytone, Mr. Santley ; basses, Mr. Weise and Signor Rossi. The band consists of 14 first fiddles (prin cipals, Messrs. Blagrove and Sainton) ; 14 second fiddles (principals, Messrs. Watson and Newsham) ; 11 violas (principals, Messrs. H. Webb and Glanville) ; 9 violoncellos (principal, M.Paque) ; 10 double basses (principals, Messrs. Howell and Severn)-58 "strings," with the usual comple ment of wood and brass instruments, &c., represented by eminent members of the London orchestras,—making in all a thoroughly competent force of upwards of 80 players. Messrs. S iinton, Blagrove, and Paquo are each to perform a solo at the evening concerts ; and Mr. Harcourt, of Nor wich, will occupy his accustomed post as organist at the oratorios in the morning, The chorus—comprising 76 trebles 60 altos, 64 tenors, and 75 basses—total, 275—is derived from the usual local sources (including the cathedral choir), ith the addition of some experienced singers from London, Birmingham, Glocester, and elsewhere. The performances of sacred music are as follows :—Tonight (Monday) "Judas Maccatteus ;" Wednesday, the new sacred drama called " Joash," composed expressly for the festival by Mr. Silas (who will take the conductor's stick in his own hand), fol. lowed by a scene from Mr. H. Leslie's " Immanuel," se lections from the various settings of the " Stabat Mater" by Pergelesi, Haydn, and Rossini—so combined as to appear in the form of a single work (a most infelicitous arrange ment, the styles of the three composers having absolutely nothing in common)—and a miscellaneous compilation from Handel, Cherubini, Beethoven, and Thouless, whoever " Thouless" may happen to be; on Thursday " Elijah ;" and on Friday " The Messiah." Wednesday's selection looks very long, if not very inviting; but the result will show whether quantity and quality, in this instance, go hand in hand. The chief features of interest at the first evening concert are "Beethoven's " Pastoral Symphony;" Mr. W. H . c tis i es ' "Royal Wedding Serenata" (pro duced under such u nfavourable circumstances at Her Majesty's Theatre, and deserving of a new and better chance) ; the overture to " Oberon " ; some pieces from M. Gounod's "Faust ;" and selections from the opera of " Ruy Blas," and the graceful little operetta, "Once too Often," both the composition of Mr. Howatd Glover. Wednesday evening's concert includes a promising selection from ;Mozart's operas. " Idonseneo, Le Nozze di Figaro," and " Cosi fan Tutti ;" a manuscript " war song," by Weber ; a selection from Mr. Sullivan's " Tempest " music ; and the overtures to "La Gazza Ladra " and " Fra Diavolo." The third and last concert, on Thursday evening, besides a symphony of Haydn (" The Surprise "), includes the over ture to Mr. Macfarren's opera, "Don Quixote," and the " cantata " prepared expressly for the festival by Mr. Bene dict, entitled "Richard Coeur de Lion," with the merits of which rumour is already busy. The chief points in these miscellaneous concerts have alone been named, the remain der being composed of interminable series of songs, duets, &c., so made out as to afford each of the principal singers a chance of display, and the audience no chance of repose. All the performances are to take place, as on former occa siens, in St, Andrew's Hal:, the repairs, decoration, and ci re l s o to f r t a h t e ion cit o y f o w f hNi ‘ch h, i a c ve a m nd "L a e r c r b a i p t d c t p t orotghree r ss, u p o l r d a e t r i o t n h ) e , superintendence o f M r . T . D. Barry (surveyor to the Coun sille9 the last festival. The building itself—aptly designated as a " noble structure in the perpendicular style of archi tecture, with some parts of earlier date"—has mere than once been fully described in reports of the music-meetings. What has recently been effected in the way of restoration may be seen by the subj3ined extract from the official description, prepared by Mr. Barry :—" The roofs have Len entirely stripped, thoroughly repaired, and covered with new lead. The internal decorations of the roof have a vary light and elegant effect; the panels are coloured deep blue, filled in with gold stars ; the hollow moulded parts of the timbers are coloured bright vermilion; those form ing the arched ribs of the roof, and those surrounding the cletestery windows, being ornamented with gilt flowers at stated distances ; and the lower members of the arch ribs being coloured alternately dark and oak colour in a spiral form, to develope its rounded character. The de corations of the aisles include the blue panels and gold stars, together with the vermilion in the hollows of mouldings— the remainder being oak colour. The lighting of the ball is effected by nine magnificent brass coronae, pendant from the centres of the roof timbers—the nave being provided with three of large size, and the aisles having each three of smaller diameter—the effect when lighted up being truly beautiful, bringing out the coloured and gilt decoration of the roof to the greatest advantage. Several excellent rooms have been erected on the north side for the use of commit tees and as retiringrooms. The whole of the internal stone work has been scraped and restored, including the beautiful moulded bases of the columns, which had been nearly de stroyed. The east wall of the neve has been entirely re moved, and a magnificent stone arch, nearly the entire breadth of the nave, has been inserted, by which the space formerly known as the Tower of the Dutch Church, is added to the hall; within this increased space, and extending as far as the dais in front, the organ and orchestra are placed, by which arrangement accommodation for nearly 300 addi tional sittings has been obtained in the hall. A new western window, of great beauty, has been erected instead of the old one, and is thrown open to the hall, producing an internal effect which it is impossible to convey to those who have not seen the hall with the west window thrown open to the in terior. The side windows at the north, south, and east have been restcred and reglazed, and the walls repaired and faced with flintwork. A new south porch of suitable cha racter has been erected in connection with the principal door. The west wall has been almost rebuilt and flintfaced, ac .d a spacious and handsome door provided under the great west window." Besides the preliminary rehearsals of the new works un der Mr. Wilkins (leader of rehearsals) and Mr. J. F. Hill (chorus master), Mr. Benedict has attended several in perscn. The grand rehearsal taking place to-day, and that which is to take place to-morrow (there being no oratorio on Tuesday morning), may be regarded as public performances rather than private rehearsals, inasmuch as the public are admitted for the moderate consideration of half-a-guinea a ticket. Those who are lured by this temptation must be uncommonly fond of music ; but the example is a bad one, end it is to be hoped may not be imitated elsewhere. The Norwich Festival has always been honourably dis tinguished, among other good qualities, for its spirit of en terprise. It has never been afraid of venturing upon new or unknown works, as was ehown by the production of Spohr's " Last Judgment," " Calvary," and " Fall of Babylon," Herr Melique's " Abraham," Mr. Benedict's " Undine," and other pieces of less importance. This year, as in 1860, we have a new sacred drama in the morning, and a new secular cantata in the evening. The Joash of Mr. Silas ventures on high ground, the subject being so nearly related to that of Racine's "Athaliah," which inspired Mendelssohn with some of his most wonderful music. Let us hope that the clever Dutch composer may not lose ground by a comparison which is inevitable. The characters intro duced in Mr. Silas's work are Jehoiada, the Jewish High Priest (bass); Mattan,Priest of Baal (barytone) ; Ishmael, Jehoiada's confidant and captain of the Levites (tenor) ; Joash, the boy-king (contralto) ; Zebiah, his mother (soprano) ; and Athaliah, usurper of the throne of Judah (soprano). How closely the subject is allied to that which Mendelssohn has treated may be gathered from the follow ing argument :—" Ahaziah, King of Judah, having been killed, his mother, Athaliab, seized upon the crown, and or dered every descendant of King David and her own grand children to be destroyed ; but Joash, the infant son of the late king, was wonderfully preserved by Jehosheba—the daughter of King Joram, the sister of Athaliab, and wife of the High Priest Jehoiada, who stole him from among the king's sons who ware slain, and secretly hid him in the Temple for six years, where he was brought up and edu cated by Jehoiada, unknown even to his mother, Zebiah, who believed that her child bad been murdered with the rest—(2 Kings, xi., verses 2 and 3.) When Joash was seven years old, the High Priest, Jehoiada, informed the Levites that one of the royal house of David still lived, produced the child, and annointed him King, and the people ' clapped their hands, and said, God save the King.'—(ver. 12.) When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she was informed that her Jewish subjects were in a state of revolt, and went to the temple to quell the tumult by her presence. —(ver. 13.) ' And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was and the princes and trumpeters by the King, and all the people of the land rejoiced and blew with trumpets, and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, treason,'—(ver. 14.) ' But Jehoiada the Priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the hest, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges ; and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord,'— (ver. 15). ' And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by - which the horses came in to the King's house; and there she was slain' (ver. 16) ' And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and broke it down ; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan, the priest of Baal, before the altar' (ver. 18.)" "And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the King, that they should be the Lord's people (ver. 16 )" The introduction of the Pagan element, it is true, dis tinguishes " Joash " from " Athaliah," but here again Mr. Silas will have to encounter Mendelssohn, in his " Elijah." For Mr. Benedict's "Richard Coeur de Lion" the author of the book has invented a new and for musical purposes extremely effective variation on the popular legend of Blondel de Nesle, the favourite minstrel of the " Lion King.'' In this cantata the old story has been modified to admit the introduction of a French character. The castle in which the King of England is confined jis supposed by the neighbouring villagers to bo haunted by a spectre called the White Lady, whose appearance they dread, while they commiserate her fate as a victim of un requited love. . None regard the legend with greater interest than Mathilde, daughter of the governor of the castle, who, though ignorant of the prisoner's rank, has become deeply enamoured of him, and compares the unhap piness of the White Lady with her own. When Blondel, to the surprise of the villagers, arrives at the place, and nar rates the trials he has undergone in his endeavours to dis cover a lost friend, he has almost begun to regard his enter prise as hopeless. However, the sound of his lute elicits a response from the castle ; Blondel recognises the person of his royal master ; and they accompany each other in an old song of the Minnielied kind. Mathilde overhears the song, learns the mission of Blondel, and promises to assist him by assuming the character of the White Lady, and thus terri fying the guards. The plan succeeds, and Richard is libe rated; but Mathilde, finding too late that the object of her affections is a king, already blessed with an august consort, resolves to end her days in the seclusion of a convent. How Mr. Benedict has dealt with these materials it would be pre mature to discuss; for although the cantata is already i n print, what looks admirably well on paper does not always in performance exactly respond to expectation. Mr. Bene dict, nevertheless, to judge by previous efforts, and especially his re mantic and beautiful " Undine"—with which "Richard Cceur-de-Lion" will naturally be competed—is net a musician about whom to be particularly apprehensive. The scene chosen from Mr. Henry Leslie's oratorio of "Immanuel" ( Wednesday morning) is the incident of the widow and her son at the gates of Nain. The selections from the three settings of the " Stabat" comprise the " Stabat Mater" (quartet and chorus), " Cujus animam" (tenor air), " Quis est home" (duet, soprano, and contralto), and "Pro peccatis" (bass air), of Rossini; "Eia mater" (contralto air), and "Fac ut ardeat" (duet for soprano and central*, of Pergolesi; "Fan me were tecum flere" (con tralto air), and " Virgo virginum prwclara" (quartet and chorus), of Haydn ; " Inflarnmatus" (soprano air, with chorus), and " Quando corpus" (unaccompanied quartet), of Rossini ; end " Paradisi gloria" (chorus, finale), of Haydn. In this singular concoction —in which Rossini has the lion's share, to the detriment of his highly re spectable Italian and German predecessors—Madereoiselle Tietjens, Madame Lemmens Sherrington, Mademoiselle Trebelli, Miss Palmer, Mr. Santley, and Mr. Sims Reeves are to take part, besides a second tenor and second bass from Her Majesty's Theatre. It may be presumed therefore that the Committee of Manegement view it as a sure card, likely to support " Joash," which, being a new work by a com poser hitherto unknown to Norfolk and Norwich, could hardly be relied neon as an attraction on the Wednesday, with "Elijah" to threaten it on Thursday and "Messiah" to overwhelm it on Friday. If so, "Joash'' may be con- I gratulated on such an acquisition of strength, however questionable the procedure by which it has been enlisted. The sufferers are Pergolesi and Haydn, who being dead could not be asked their consent to the premeditated jumbling together of their •' Stabats," and Rossini, who, though not dead, is indifferent to any liberties that may De taken with his music, and who, had he been applied to, would have responded laconically—Faites ce qui lons plaira. -.111111116- THE MEMORIAL TO WEDGWOOD. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has promised, if his engagements permit, to lay the first stone of the Wedgwood Memorial at Burslem, on the 20th October. The Committee of Council contribute £5OO in aid of the building. The Potteries district has honoured itself by taking up the fame of its great benefactor in a thorough way. The recently placed statue of Wedgwood, by Mr. Davis, is, we are glad to see, only an instalment of gratitude. THE MEMORIAL TO THE HARTLEY SUFFERERS. A plain but massive monument is about to be erected in Hartley churchyard over the graves of the sufferers by the Han ley calamity. The names of the 204 men and boys who lost their lives so terribly will be inscribed on it, with a suitable inscription recording their fate. The work will be executed by Mr. Elliot, of Hartley, from a design by Mr. A. Dunn, architect, of Newcastle —Building News. THE MEMORIAL TO MULREADY. The memorial to Mr. Mulready already alluded to in our columns is to consist of a tablet on his tomb at Kensal Green, to be supplemented by a statue in the National Gallery. THE MEMODIAL TO HAMPDEN. A memoral, consisting of an obelisk eight feet high, sur mounted by a Maltese Cross, is to be erected by public sub scription to John Hampden, in the field at Stoke Mandeville, where the first assessment for ship-money was made. An inscription, as follows, will be placed on the cross :—" For these lands, in Stoke Mandeville, John Hampden was assessed in twenty shillings, ship money, levied by com mand of the King without authority of law ; the 4th of August, 1635. By resisting the claim of the King in legal strife he upheld the rights of the people under the law, and became entitled to grateful remembrance. His works on earth ended after the conflict in Chalgrove Field, the 18th of June, 1643, and he rests in Great Hampden Church." We may record this as a singular improvement in taste over the fact that several professed lovers of Hampden did not scruple to dig up a body they believed to be his and mutilate it, in order to decide how he was killed.— At/be/mum. THE MEMORIAL TO THE LATE LADY CANNING, designed by Mr. 0. G. Scott, has been erected over her grave. It is of Sicilian marble, composed of a massive plinth supporting a coffin-shaped, horizontal slab, the top of which is wrought with a floriated cross ; a shield of arms is placed on either side of the stem of the cross. At the head of the tomb a tall stone rises, wrought at the top into a richly -carved cross, having an appropriate inscription beneath it. _ SUGAR FROM SERPENTS' SKINS.—In 1861 M. de Luca made some experiments, from which it ap• peered that the skins cast off by silkworms might, be trans formed into eugar. The same chemist has sent in a paper to the Academy of Sciences, in which he describes a similar process for changing serpents' skins into sugar. These skins contain a small quantity of a substance resembling the cellulose of plants, soluble in ammoniuret of copper, and transformable into glucose, which reduces the tartrate of copper end potash, and ferments under the influence of yeast, yielding thereby carbonic acid and alcohol. Concen trated sulphuric acid and a solution of potash are the best re-agents for depriving serpents' skins of their nitrogenous matter; the residue, although very refractory to chemical agents, may nevertheless be transformed into fermentable glucose, recognisable from its property of reducing the tartrate of copper and potash. Thus, M. de Luca boiled 50 grammes of serpents' skins in a litre of water containing 40 grammes of caustic potash, the skins having been pre viously treated with concentrated sulphuric acid. The liquid having been allowed to cool, a great deal of water was added, and the undissolved residue was several times washed by decantation, and then treated with ammoniuret of copper, whereby an alkaline solution was obtained which, on being neutralised by hydrochloric acid, yielded a white precipitate; this, heated in slightly acidulated water, re duced the tartrate of copper and potash, thereby showing that it was glucose, or the base of sugar. In another some what similar operation, glucose was obtained which fer mented in contact with yeast, producing carbonic acid and alcohol. The former was completely absorbed by caustic potash ; the alcohol extracted from the solution by distil lation, and insulated by means of crystallised carbonate of potash, was nearly pure, since it would burn without leav ing any residue ; rubbed between the hands it evaporated, emitting an agreeable smell, though still partaking of that of animal matter. From all this it may be concluded that serpents' skins contain a very small quantity of sugary matter or glucose.—Galignani. L ~7 i , . ~C-l~lim=~'~/ .e of Smashers in Birmingham. Birmingham has of late been infested with an unusually large number of that class of persons known as "smashers," or passers of counterfeit coin; but, fortunately, by the vigi lance of several members of the borough constabulary, many of them have been brought to justice. A few days ago a man was captured with three moulds for making base shil lings and sixpences in his possession ; but the traffic in the " smashing" line seems to be chiefly with bad half-crowns, As r, cently as Fridayayouth was committed by the borough magistrates for trial at the sessions for having passed three counterfeit half-crowns—two of them to a poor widow; and on Saturday last four men, well-known to the police, were brought before Mr. F. I. Welch, at the public office, on a charge of having passed three and attempting to pass one other base half-crown at the house of Mrs. Upton, licensed victualler, Bradford-street. They described themselves as 'Wm. Thornton, brass-caster, Bull-ring; Edward Jones, stamper, Mass. house-lane ; David Swift, striker, Thorpe street; and William Jones, stamper, Icknield-port-road. Mr. Dickens defended Swift. From the evidence it ap peared that on Friday evening, at about seven o'clock, five or six persons, amongst whom were the prisoners, were in the liquor shop of the prosccutrix. The prisoners in the course of the evening successfully passed three counterfeit half-crowns, one for gin, another for ale, and a third for some sherry. Th ey received a good amount of change in genuine money for th e i r base coins. At length one of the prisoners,Thornton, we believe, threw down another half crown and asked for change. Mrs. Upton who had re ceived the rest of the base mon ey examined the coin, and, discovering it to be a cou n t erfeit one, called out her son , and told him that she had taken three other similar coins from the prisoners. He at once looked into the till, and find - ing three bad half-crowns, went round the counter and en deavoured to arrest the four men. The latter, however, made a desperate resistance, and all, with the exception of Thornton, got away. The prisoner having been taken into an adjoining room, a police-constable was sent for. Before the arrival of an officer, however, the three men who had escaped returned, in company with five or six other wen, and at tempted to rescue their captured companion —but the son of the landlady, not willing to liberate his prisoner, seized a good strong poker, and laid it about his assailants pretty freely. At this point a police-officer came to the scene of action, but no sooner did he make his appearance than all Thornton's gallant rescuers ran away, Thornton was then quietly handed over to the officer, and removed to the po lice station, On the following morning Detective Serjeants Mountford, Seal, and Robinson, from a description they had received of the men who had escaped, apprehended the two Joneses at a lodging house in Mssshouse-lane, and Smith at a house of ill-fame in Thorpe-street. The whole of the prisoners were now clearly identified by the prose cutrix, and they were remanded for a week in order that the depositions may be sent to the Mint authorities, who in the meantime will consider the advisability of a prosecution at the sessions, Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea ; very choice at 38. 4d. and 4s. "High Standard" at 48. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.--The citizens of London have been cited to attend at the Guildhall on the 9 9th inst. for the purpose of proceeding to the election of a Lord Mayor for the year 1863-64, in succession to Mr William Anderson Rose, whose term of office will expire on the Bth of November. The Lord Mayor, sheriffs, and other civic officials, will attend Divine service in the parish church of St. Lawrence Jewry, where a sermon will be preached by the Rev. J. Lupton, M.A., minor canon of St. Paul's, and rector of St. Michael's Queenhithe. At the Guildhall the following gentlemen "below the chair" will be put in nomination ;--Mr. William Lawrence, alderman of Bread-street Ward, elected 1855 ; Mr. Warren Storms Bale, Coleman-street, 1856; Mr. Benjamin Samuel Phillips, Farringdon Within, 1857; Mr Thomas Gabriel, Wintry, 1857; Mr John Joseph Mechi, Lime-street, 1858; Mr Edward Conder, Bassishaw, 1859 ; Mr James Abiss, Bridge Within, 1859; Mr James Clarke Lawrence, Wal brook, 1860. The following aldermen, below the chair, are ineligible, inasmuch as they have not served the office of sheriff:—Mr Thomas Dakin, Candlewick, 1861 ; Mr Robert Besley, Aldersgate, 1861; Mr Sells John:Gibbons, Castle Bayard, 1862 ; Mr Sydney Waterlow, Lang-bourn, 1863. The livery will, no doubt, return Mr William Lawrence and Mr W. S. Hale, upon which the Court of Aldermen will select Mr Lawrence as the Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. He carries on the business of a builder in Lambeth. EMIGRATION—PLYMOUTH, Saturday.—The ship Derwentwater, 567 tons, Capt. Thompson, belong ing to Messrs. Richardson Brothers, of St. Helen's-place, arrived here this morning, the first of several ships which have left London within the last ten days for Plymouth, but have been detained in the channel by heavy weather. She is bound to Canterbury, New Zealand, with a full general cargo and 16 passengers, including Mr. Harper, son of the Bishop of Canterbury. The ship Duncan Dunbar, 1,371 tons, Uapt. J. B. Swanson, built by the late Mr, Dunbar ex pressly for the trade, now the property of Messrs. Gellatley, Hankey, and Sewell, of Leadenhall-street, arrived in the Sound this afternoon, bound for Sydney. She has a com plete cargo, including 150 tons of railway iron, a large quan tity of Burton and other ales is cask and bottle, and an un usual proportion of furniture, carriages, lc., belonging to the passengers, one of whom has 150 measurement tons. On deck there are three choice bulls, seven cows, 12 merino sheep, Sec. The Duncan Dunbar has, as usual, many pas sengers, there being no less than 60 in the chief cabin, be sides those in the steerage. Among the former are several old colonists, Mr. Land and family, Mr. George Thorneand family, Mrs. Carr and Son, and Mrs. Henderson, who has been here several days. It is intended that the Derwent water and the Duncan Dunbar shall sail for th e ir destina tion this evening. The Dover Castle. Capt. J. M, Ayles, belonging to Messrs. G reen, of Blac k well, b ound to Mel bourne, received Mr. Minn, her pilot, off Exmouth yester day. She is expected every hour. The Ida, Capt. Laws, with Government emigrants for Sydney, is due here on the 14th, and the Northumberland, Capt. Hawkings, for South Australia on the 21st. All these ships are despatched hence by Mr. Wilcocks. The total number of passengers and emigrants who have left this port during the quarter ended June 30 is 2,090, being 995 more than in the parallel quar ter of 1862. Of these 107 went to Canada, 533 toNew South Wales, 250 to Victoria, 389 to Queensland, 19 to South Australia, and 467 to New Zealand. SIIOC.TING DESERTING SUBSTITUTES.—The exe cution of the five deserting substitutes from the 118th Pennsylvania—Charles Walter, Emile Lai, John Reannese, G. Kuhn, and John Folany —took place yester day afternoon, at 20 minutes to 4 o'clock, within the lines of Col.Sweitzer's brigade, before the Filth Army Corps. Tho condemned were paraded, with hands manacled behind, accompanied by their priests, before each regiment in turn, preceded by their coffins and by a band playing a dirge. The different regimental bands either joined in as they passed or the drum corps beat a muffled roll. On reaching their graves each man was seated on his coffin, and Captain. Orme, Provost-Marshal of the First Division, read the several sentences, preceded by long and tedious charges and specifications. Through this trial of patience the agonised men appeared resigned. Their eyes were vacant and glazed, with a general idea that a m ars h a ll e d h ost o f men was before them, and that a few stood near by. They fixed their vision on no ono person or thing, they were ab sorbed in their fate. Walter was a Jew, and was attended by the Rev. Mr. Szold, Rabbi of the Gnebshalon Congrega tion in Baltimore. Lai and Reannese were Catholics, and attended by the Rev. C. L. Egan, of St. Dominick's,Wash ington, in lace canonicals. Kuhn and Folany woe Ger man Protestants, and were administered to by the Rev.W. O'Neill, chaplain of the 118th Pennsylvania. Walter, much agitated, stood up and recited in Hebrew after the Rabbi the Penitential Psalms and Voices of the Penta teuch, swinging his body rapidly backward and forward. The rest knelt, while their priests knelt and prayed. At the close the Rabbi kissed Walter, Walter kissed him in return, and crossing ever to Folany, with whom he had been intimate, also kissed him. The men again sat on their coffins. Their eyes were bandaged with white cloth. Fifty men, in two ranks, stood before them. A rapid " Ready, aim, fire I " was given, and they simultaneously fell back ward on the coffins, placid lumps of clay. Reannese, Kuhn, and Folany ran off and fell upon their faces. The two former hi eathed for a few moments, though insensible. Ten men fired at each, one of the ten muskets being unloaded, as is customary. An argument for precedence in the proces sion took place between the Rabbi and the Catholic priest. The latter claimed the first rank as representing what ho considered the first of churches. The former asserted his right as acting for the eldest of faiths. The provost-marshal decided in favour of the Rabbi. Another argument took place between Gens. Sykes and Griffin. The court-martial ordered the execution between the hours of 2 and 4. Tho troops of the sth corps had not all arrived till long after 3. Griffin, in whose division the transaction was to occur, said it 4 o'clock struck before their arrival he would feel himself to he murdering them to allow their death. Sykes, com manding the corps, did not see the point in the same light. The tarrying regiments, however, came up before the time had elapsed. Four of the culprits weremarried. Folany was single. Walter's wife lives in New York, and interceded with the President, but to no purpose. The families of the rest live in Europe. 'They had all hopes of pardon till the procession commenced.—New York "tribune. SUICIDE THROUGH DlSTRESS.—Yesterday Mr. John Humphreys, the coroner, held an inquest at the Bell Tavern, Church-lane, Whitechapel, respecting the death of James Hartley, aged 66, a coachman. The deceased lodged at No. 42, Church-lane, Whitechapel, and had been out of employment for a considerable period, which fact preyed on his mind , The deceased was a widower, and went, to bed about eleven o'clock on Thursday night. Oa the following morning the deceased did not make his appearance as usual, when the landlady opened his room door, and found him in a sitting position on the floor with a rope round his neck. When medical assistance was procured life had gone. After some further evidence, showing that deceased had been desponding and had threatened his life, the jury roturnPd a verdict of "Suicide while of unsound mind." .....-,.,...... i1i am1. 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