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le. , an •kda.l e ;ed up )rob men both i t part , u t to owing rist et, 863. g e the f John [ a m to the cir cannot ng her —I are ? TON. ray. York pletely aggons passing d Dar nel for 1 tight a• train These )13 , and it per buffer° power-. la close of the A wah lour to isenger I gen ) con- B. ga cried es , but r jour' )Ives of in line rperin is stag , which blame This mines, I in the )11111 1 * Etytoe o named x Gale hive,'" ❑shing y from ossing• rriving ghtfulp igg osts lability le cur be in- nce of ded to ,out 4d cl peas quiet. stone. to 331_ per 24 errand 17s 00 1 19s 6cl 18s Ocl 208 0d 17s 6a 56s ocl 32 s 0(1 33s 0 ,1 27s vu vheat f stone ; St. ; Ir. for U and 0 . d. ) -- 1 ) 13 0 ) 26 6 ) 14 0 ) 20 0 ) 28 0 t. 1 1 . t. 10. t. 24. t. 48. t. 14. EMEMBER, WE SUP AT 'EVENS' VNERY EVENING THIS WEEK watt' Alfred kellon's Promenaq Concerts. BANK of ENGLAND, E.C,, 3d Sept., 1861. THF,' Court of Directors of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England give Notice : That a GEN ER AL COURT will be held at the Bank on THURSDAY NEXT, the 10th inst., at Twelve o'clock pre cisely, to consider of a Dividend. This will also be one of the Quarterly General Courts appointed by the Charter. HA 31310 N D CHUBB . A ssistant Fecretary. EA.—VACANCIES f or MI DSHIPME N an d 1.3 APPRENTICES in a first-class London hipping firm. Premium moderate. Alpo apprentices without premium.— Apply to SIMMONDS and Co.. 38. St. Mary-at-hill, East cheap, E.C. Third officers and Stewards wanted. N ORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Chrrter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and Invested Funds Annual Revenue.... 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. _ . . Insuran-es granted both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the participating principle. The new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Amount Ininred. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the OFFICES : LONDON .................. 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury, West-end Office.. 8. Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was £85,062, and the amount insured on farming stock, £10,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profits periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received sums amounting in the aggregate to £440,000 ; and the Society now holds a large Reserve applimble to a future Bonus. • The rates of premium are in no case higher than those charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. For prospectuses 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 £500,0n0. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,000,000. Chairman in Liverpool : CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the close of 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 agsin fully maintained. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preceding year, and in fact sur passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, since the commencement of thi' Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 10s. ficl., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa rately, £11,097 169 * j°cl ‘ LIFE BRANCH. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on new policies for fhe year 1862 exceeds even that of the year 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £ 701 ,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last few years it is believed that such a sum assured as that which has just been announced as the result 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 shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the lutnre 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 proposed forassuranse amounts to £143,281. Various degrees of ineligibility 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. . If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in Lon dan 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 Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOIIN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. I Wm. Ceo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Ilankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Life Assurance for all classes. This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is .. .. £51,000 The Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 200,e00 It has paid in Claims .. .. 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already been made' when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies £5,400 11,500 Dec. 31, 1847 .. 1852 .. 1857 .. makinz the total bonus additions, £96,600. Bonuses may be received in cash or applied to the reduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the policy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid -111) 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. .. 23.200 56,500 WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary, Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. A.D. 1720. 10 YAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JonN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. William Wallace, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Thomas Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. Hobt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. . . Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Banns on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured—' Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security , of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A ITALY. Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve i n the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United _liingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. OYAL FREE lIOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicin i ty f the Great Northern Rail wayicini ty o Terminus, at King's- , SS . Patron — Th e QUEEN. f BUCCLEUCIT, K.G. President—The Duke o Treasurer—Edward liasterman, Esq. the prille l l 3 • le of fre This was the first hospital to introduce sick, without the foreand instant admission to the destitute devoted to rnality of nvernors' letters. It is en tirely i that which is ae,com. desti tution in its most pitiable form — v.Z' A i s n ow of sufficient pcnied by sickness and disease, an d it may be rendered magnitude that, with adequate support , large proportion of capable of admitting into its wards a very but the the casual sick of this ,great metropolis. It requires of funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception Moreover, these the most wretched of creatures. more, it gratuitously affords medicaloil. fellow• a - n _ d medicine to on the average, than 3,000 out- The advice week. The w patients a duty to make an Weekly [bard feel it their Imperative EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Co rd Contributions are received by the Treasurer, 'Edwa _ ma s r rrrnart, Esq., Nicholas -lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransoni ,r co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; k3r.Yn and Co. ; `ones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co lllams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend. Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACIIINEg, for hand. horse, or steam Dower, are the Most simple and efficient extant.—Ful: particulars and prices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co., Laurence Pountney Place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C., where they may be seen in operation daily. A. NEVER FAILING It , EMEDY. tor SCOTT ' S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre _ out any ''''' rec i wit'h mercurial inedient, from the recipe of Dr. entt 01 d er 4 _ Bromley, Kent,rwill tie found invaluable to all who I, Das t ,"ern bilious and . aver complaints, indigestion, wind, tosti ve ; . giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual pe I nt medicine, and as a purifier ti t he b e i " ' aa a famil y a " r e cellent • mild in their opera --eu am 4 ood, they are truly ex , Sold b y Rion snot, 41 grateful to het stomach, they create appetite, pro tiitnedo"til."' 4La b ra Y be m r o t F;t B 'dr i u Soott's and strengthen the wl t io re le et n , er ha o ri va ng sy c e r t o e s m s .. Is lid., and three green paok. r . B and Liver Pills. The „ genuine are a square gingigsWts,iiiiiniambo-xses, . RIZ: . 'Alt) , in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. 44444 --.4; Wi th " William Lambert, engraved on the .N O . 22.215 MRS. GREY'S NEW" NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 vols., GO OD s ocIET Y. By MRS. GREY, Author of " The Gambler's Wife," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough stri et. NEW NOVEL by the Author of "COUSIN GEOFFREY." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., LEFT TO THEMSELVES. By the Author of "Cousin Geoffrey," dm " A very touching story. It is one of the most clever boors of the season."—United Service Mag. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ZADKIEL'S ALMANAC for 1864. Price 6i. Fiftieth Thousand. Contains a full Report of the Action for Libel and Verdict gained by the Editor. Stinging reply to the Critics of the Press. Letters from H.R.H. the late Prince Consort to Zadkiel ! London : G. Berger, Holywell-street, Strand, London. EGYPTIAN HALL.-MR. J. K. LORD. F.Z.S., Nightly in his popular Entertainment, entitled " AT HOME IN THE WIL DERNESS." Admission-55., 35., 25., is. T H E 0 X F O R D, e, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will 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, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any oilier man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Pei formance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full baud 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 and balcony, Is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GHOST," from the Picture Gallery to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal cony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (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. ; Ernsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! The GHOST 1 ! The ONLY COMIC GHOST ! ! !—The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mariannina and Signor Guiseppe Francesco, assisted by a corps of Twenty young Ladies—Selections from favourite Operas : Principals, Miss M`Gregor, Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini, and Mr. Vernon Rigby. NICO SI A, the Great Violinist, will make his Third Appearance in England THIS EVENIA G and Every Evening, at the ALHAMBRA. Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Th se elegant Rooms, entirely and costly redecorated, are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. The musical department is under the directorship of Mons. Jullien, conductor of the band. This celebrated band will be called for the future "The London Band." Manager of the Rooms—M. GRENET. Sole Lessee, R. R. BIGNELL. Admission, ls. Doors open at 8 o'clock. HARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER makes its own Soap, and saves one-half of time, two thirds of Soap, and three-fourths of laboLondonur ! Patentee Harper Twelvetr,es, B rom l ey .b y -B ow, . Sold by Grocers, Druggists, and Oilmen. TEA. --MOORS BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong, reduced to 3s. ed. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. 11d, per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 33, London-bridge, City, E.C. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptib:e, removes sinp, - inr , noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal). Leasehold and Freehold Property, or Reversions, ,te., in sums from £2O to £soo.—Mr. Howard, 18, Queen street, Cheapside. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country).—A GENTLEMAN is willing to MAKE ADVANCES of CASH, without delay, to respectable persorp, (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on.—Apply (if by letter enclose four stamps) to W., at Mr. Robertson s, Accountant, 40, King William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING PO WDER, for which a Prize Medal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1862, This Powder is quite harmless to animal life, but is un rivalled in destroying Fleas. Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Goats, Mosquitos, Moths in furs, and every other species of Insect. - Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy ing Fleas in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. Being the original importer of this now invaluable article, which has found so great a sale that it has tempted others to vend a so-called article, theublic are therefore cautioned to observe that the pack e t s of p the Genuine Powder bear the autogragh of ThouAs KEATING Sold in packets, ls., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. each, or post free for 14 or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. Paul's-churchyari, London, E.C. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, 2€l September, 1863. T ENDERS will be received at 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 3 , st October, 1861, for the use of Tier Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mand. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside "Tender for Forage"), and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. HENRY B. MORSE, Deputy Commissary-General. •, -, , . THE STN, LONDON, WEDINESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1863.. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The Speedwell gunboat, 428 tons and 80 horse power, now fitting for service in the inner basin at Woolwich, was yesterday commissioned by Mr. G. Metter for Commander George Cottam, late of the Recruit, the officers and crew of the latter vessel having been transferred to the Speedwell. The crews are berthed for the present on board the re ceiving ship Salsette, as the Speedwell is not ex pected to be ready for sea before the end of October. Her armament will consist of one 68-pounder, 95cwt. pivot gun, two 24-pounder howitzers, and two 20-pounder Armstrong guns. Commander Cottam has borne the brunt of much hard and dan gerous service. His appointment to the gunboat Speedwell is therefore a matter of surprise, and is accounted for on the supposition that the Speed. well is the only vessel of that class now to be com missioned, and that the gallant Commander's ser vices ►ill be requited shortly by his removal to a more honourable command. The steam storeship Industry, Master Comman der Youel, has returned to Woolwich from her trial trip after repairs, and is under orders to sail this morning in charge of Mr. Barnes, Admiralty pilot, at 5 o'clock, on her voyage for the West Coast o f Africa. On going down to Woolwich from th e Vic tualling-yard at Deptford, she was struck by a brig, the which Industry w as seriously damaged. Th e on l y in jurysustained was the dest ruct i on o f her lifebuoy, which was "replaced at W oo l w i ch. The sailing s hip Rosabund, Captain Arthur Symmers, yesterday made fast inside the T pier at Woolwich Arsenal, and commenced shipping 16 12- pounder Armstrong guns, waggons, and complete battery appurtenances for the 4th, 7th, and 10th brigades Royai Artillery at Montreal and Quebec. The Pelorus, 21, screw corvette, 1,464 tons, and 400-horse power, ordered by the Board of Admi ralty to be commissioned immediately, at Devon port, by Capt. Henry Boys, will have a complement of 260 officers and men. The Pelorus was launched at Devonport in 1856, and was first commissioned at that port by Capt. F. B. P. Seymour in July, 1857, and sailed from England in September fol lowing, and was employed on the East India, China, and Australian stations until paid off in December, 1862. In March last she was placed in the north basin at Keyham, to have her machinery taken out, preparatory to her defects being made good. She was taken out of dock in June and was masted on the 13th of July, and returned to Keyham to be rigged, stored, and armed for the Ist class reserve. She made a trial of her machinery on the 28th of August, and returned into harbour. Capt. Boys served in the Edinburgh, 72, as midshipman, and was much applauded during the operations on the coast of Syria, and was wounded at the bombard ment of St. Jean d'Acre. After further serving on particular service at the Cape of Good Hope, on the coast of Africa, and on the south-east coast of America, on the 14th of May, 1853, he was pro moted to the command of the Express, 6, on the last-named station, and paid her off in September, 1856. He obtained post rank on the 17th of October, 1857. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co., bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip 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 g roun d t h at 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. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-R OAT INSTITUTION _ (Inoorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Graelous Majesty the Queen. PRHSIDENT —Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, E.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Raring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., v.p. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. The Tamar, 3, iron screw troopship, 2,812 tons and 500-horse power, which was recently launched at Millwall, is being brought forward for commis sion at Sheerness with all possible despatch. Capt. Fred. Henry Stirling and Mr. Edwin Wise, master, have been appointed by the Board of Admiralty to the Cumberland, 24, guardahip of the steam re serve at Sheerness, for service in this ship. She has been surveyed by Capt. Mends, C. 8., Director of Transports, assisted by Capt. Wise, the Capt.- Superintendent of Sheerness dockyard, together with other officials, and the result was pronounced very satisfactory. Capt. Stirling obtained the rank of Lieutenant in May, 1848, and served in the St. Vincent from November following until April, 1840, when he removed into the Castor, 36, and served at the Cape of Good Hope until the close of 1851. He served in the Penelope, 16, on the West Coast of Africa, from February, 1852, until promoted to Commander, March, 25, 1854; com manded the Wasp, 13, on the South-East Coast of America station from July, 1856, until paid off at the close of 1858 ; and was commander of the Hero, 92 , attacl.ed to the Channel Squadron, and on par ticular service from March, 1859, until promoted to pest rank, November 19, 1860. The screw steam sloop Wrangler, 4, Commander H. 1 3. Beamish, which left Sierra Leone, August 1 ; St. Vincent, 13th; and Fayal, 30th, arrived in Ply mouth. Sound yesterday morning. She left at Sierra Leone the screw steam troopship Megvera, 6, Com mander Samuel H. Henderson, and the screw steam gun vessel Sparrow, 5, Commander the Hon. Ernest Cochrane. The paddlewheel steam frigate Odin, 1$ Commodore Lord John Hay, left for England on the 21st of July. The Himalaya was off St. Vincent on the 9th of August with troops, out ward bound. The American steam-sloop Kearsage was at Payed. The Wrangler has brought home four naval invalids from the squadron, and five sea men belonging to the ship Cariboo, of Liverpool, Capt. Cameran, belonging to Samuel Lawrence and Co., which took fire 360 miles west of St. Vincent, on the 20th of J u l y. Liver pool bound to B The Cariboo was from Liver ombay, with coals and machinery. The mate was in the hold with a lantern, and fell over a coil of rope. The lantern dropped from his hand, and set some turpentine on fire. The crew, 26 in all, were picked up by a Scotch bark 100 miles west of St. ar • incent. The Wrangler expe rienced fine weather until Saturday, when enter ing the Channel, since which strong northerly and westerly winds have prevailed. Several cases of fever have occured 0 /1 the passage, but none have pros ed fatal, and the crew are now quite healthy, The Wrangler was co mmissioned on the 4th of April, 1860, and has been constantly engaged on the coast of Africa. The following i apnl 3nt ——ments and promotions were made yesterday at the Admiral Ca t James C. Prevost, to the Gibraltar; Lieut. ty : Stratford Take, . Lieut. the Hon. Franci s G . Crofton, Lieut. Sebas tian Gassioi, and Lieut, Cecil F. W. Johnson, to the Pelorus ; Lieut Henry S. —4 ndys, to the Speedwell; Staff Commander Benjami n Gib raltar ; Christopher Albert, Renaud, to the master, to the Pelorus ; R. M. Curry, master, to the Speedwell ; John Jones, master, to the Scylla B. James as. Anderson, surg., to the Pelorus ; Willi am Rodney, surg., t o the -" Scylla; Charles M'Shane, s go to the Gibraltar ; Dr. Robert Hay, actin g assist..surg., t o the Pelorus ; William Carleton, acting assist.-surg., to the Scylla; Dr. Walter Reid, acting assist.-surg., to the Gibraltar; Albert T. 4 -. Robert s , p a ymaster, W. to the Pelorus; Warburton, paymaster, to the Scylla ; Thomas R. C. a , Gray, paymaster, to the Gibraltar; Alfred C lements, assist.-pay master, to the Scylla; Fred er i ck E, Perkis and Alfed G. Montagu, assist.-PaYmasters, to the Gib raltar; James E. Ray, assist.-paymaster to the Pelorus ; E. S. M. Power, assist.. paymaster, in charge, to the Speedwell; J ame , B. Rawlings, assist., Paymaster, to the Excellent; John W. Sec • combe, clerk, to the Peloru s ; Charles G. Ancell, clerk to the Scylla; C. E. G rant and R i c h ar d Harris, clerks, to the Gibralta r ; Charles J. Bolt, assist.-clerk, to the Speedwell ; John B_ Creagh, assist: clerk, to the Pel orus ; Henry W. H un t, ass i s t.- clerk to the Scylla; Abraham Turner and John D. Taylor, assist.- clerks, to the Gibraltar ; and F. E. Thompson, master's-assist.- to the Speedwell. The following appointments have bet,n made in the Royal Naval Reserve : To be Lieutenants— Henry Welchman Cing and William Stewart. Adventure, for the undermentioned colonial sta tions :—Two non-commissioned officers and 70 gun ners for Canada ; 10 men for Nova Scotia ; and one sergeant and 30 men for Bermuda. A party of 13 non-commissioned officers and sappers of the Royal Engineers will proceed from Chatham garrison with the detachment of the Royal Artillery, which will be under the command of Capt. T. A. de Mo leyns and Lieut. S. Alleyne. Yesterday Lieut. E. Johnson, Lieut. M. H. Hayes, Lieut. E. F. Cam bier, Lieut. H. Roberts, and Lieut. F. B. Knox, of the first division of the Depot Brigade, left head quarters and proceeded to Woolwich, where they embark with draughts of Royal Artillery, under orders to proceed to India for service in the Madras Presidency. Some important trials were made at Chatham yesterday with a pair of the new description of military pontoons which have been introduced into this country from Austria, the object being to test their buoyant powers under every variety of circum stances. For this purpose the two pontoons tested were floated up the Medway to the Ordnance-wharf, where the trials were made by a numerous party of officers and men of the Royal Engineers, acting under the instructions of Lieut.-Col. Louell, C. 8., one of the heads of departments at the Royal Engineer esta blishment. The peculiarity of the Austrian pontoons tried yesterday is that their shape is altogether dif ferent from that of the ordinary Blanshard pontoon in general use in the British army, which re sembles a huge cylinder, and being formed of zinc, or some other equally light metal, and made perfectly watertight, is possessed of extreme buoy ancy. The shape of the Austrian pontoons is ex actly that of the flat-bottomed river barges, and the material of which they are composed is_ thin plate iron firmly rhetted together. The length of each is 26ft, and width sft 6in, with a depth of about 3ft, The weight of the pontoons used in the trials yes terday was not stated, but it was believed to be be tween one and two tons each. When brought up to the wharf to receive the ordinary planking they were found to be exceedingly buoyant, but at the same time rather unsteady. Eight or ten Royal Engineers, all of whom were first weighed, were ordered to enter each pontoon, when scarcely any difference could be observed in their draught of water. Preparations were next made for form ing a raft, and a number of old 42-pounder solid shot, weighing, in the aggregate, nearly three tons, were placed on the planking in a solid pile, in addition to which about a ton weight of the cast-iron skidding used in transporting the heavy guns was also shipped. The total weight placed on the pontoons, inclusive of that of the officers and sappers, was probably between five and six tons, but as the pontoons are stated to be capable of sustaining a dead weight of 5601 b. to the foot, this had little effect in bringing them down to the depth anticpaced. With the planking stores, &c., on board, the unsteady motion previously ob served altogether ceased, and the raft was almost motionless in the water. The trials yesterday left no doubt as to the exceeding buoyancy of these pon toons, but the grave objection to their use will be their unwieldly shape and character, and the diffi culty which must exist in transporting them as part of the materiel of an army. This could be in part obviated by forming each section of the pontoon into a kind of waggon, placed on'wheels, easily removable when the pontoon is required for aquatic operations. 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At length William Johnson got into the house by en upstairs' window, and came down and forced oprn the front door. On the following day (Thursday) Mr Shaw and his family took the Na, hous ev,femtri,, art d running andwoman upstairs,y i lying o g n i upstairs , pe a : n tma d if,r some ba!v l crying,o t their Witness c , a There'sil d herselfr en , gave a d legn ala of aWoman, up into th e attic, and having seen the foot Wo mcan, ran b ac k d own sta l ls an d of the house. rm. The , police th en took possession_ Mary Eliz a Fi e l d, the w. said that on the Saturday as round, night of a ra il way guar d , ghr, a 1 loiu house fortnight e the woman Stead man she saw her at a quarter past 12 at th e d oor of the which e f s e h r e e afterwards took. She was dressed n and a lilac body. The ski r t was drawn a dark ski r t head, which was without a bonnet, i toev e e s r s did her "tar not see her again. Yesterday (M onday) she saw the body exhumed. By the c l ot h es she could r cognise that the body was that of the same woman she had been speaking of. Elizabeth Farnell, mother of the man Ciienery, was recalled. She averred she was the wife of the m an with whom she was now living. She saw the body that had been taken out of the grave. It was in th e tool-house of the cemetery, and the witness Was satisfied in her own mind that the body was that of Rosannah. A letter was here produced by Mr. Nesbitt, sur geon, of Wolverhampton, which was found in the pocket of the woman exhumed. The envelope was addressed to "Mrs. Welleham, Post-office, Willen hall" (Mrs. Farnell sometimes called herself by that. name). The letter inside was as follows : July 31, 1863. My dear Mother,—l have been trying to get work at Birmingham, and I cannot get any, I cannot live this un happy life any longer. You know the reason that I hav e never known what it was to have one day's peace since she came back. I cannot get work, or, mother, I would; and I am too tired of this work altogether. It is not selling—it is begging the people to buy. Tell that party if I could have got anything to do I would have done according to promise. Witness continued—There was no signature to the letter. The writing was that of her son. Wit ness also identified a purse found on the body of the exhumed woman as that which Rosannah used to have in the market. She could not tell whom her son referred to when he wrote " tell that party." She knew nothing of her son having "no pea ee since she came home." When she last saw her eon he said, " Mother, you look very bad, come a n d have a glass of port wine; I have got some money, for I have received it from that party, and I have got it here," pointing to his breast. Her son never complained to her of having been robbed by any one but the deceased woman. Mr. Francis A. Nesbitt, Mountford-place, Wol verhampton, surgeon to the South Staffordshire General Hospital, &c., deposed that in obedience to the coroner's order he proceeded to the cemetery at Dudley on Monday, Sept. 9,1863, at 3 p.m.,to be pre sent at the exhumation of the body of the deceased woman. The body was much decompos e d, The hair " • r (of a brown colour) had all fallen from the scalp, the eyes from their sockets, the flesh from the cheeks, and several teeth from the mouth Parts of her dress were removed for analysing. The re mains evidently belonged to a full developed th oug h a small woman, and w e ll and bore no marks of violence. It was impossible the cause of death. No bones werefractured, to and as far as could be f oun d there was no internal injuri c s . Henry Gibbons sworn—l am a surgeon, at 28, Stamford-st ree t, i n this town. residingamGis° medical officer to the Wolverhampton Union-hou ' and the Fever Hospit a l. O n F riday, Aug. 14, at' about a quarter after ten o'clock in the morning, as I was proceeding along Bqston-street to attend to my public duty at the union, I was, when opposite No. 4 Court, accosted by several people, who ap peared to be in a very excited state. I was informed that a man had just been found dead in an upstairs room in that court. As soon as a key of the house was procured, I entered the house and went upo stairs. At that time the effinviuna was almost in tolerable. I did not at that time make any thorough examination. By the direction of the coroner, and in conjunction with Mr. Shadweil, surgeon of this town, and Mr. Keogh, senior surgeon of the South Staffordshire General Hospital, I have since done so. After examining the room we then adjourned, to the dead-house at th e un i on to make thepost,, mortem examination. The body was black, -aNcLI" very much decomp ose d, and after minutely do. er'ahs t , ing the course of the examination, the witness eon ' tinued—l have made an analysis and • examination of th e s t omach and it allerQ''e°Pic the s contents, and various matt ers found in stomach did n o t reveal an tr room. The a . ce of oison. The mattress, th e s t raw, and the stains on the floor m revealed traces o f h uman blood in considerable quantities. The sheet had upon it ordinary gas tar, y as had also the ski n o f the o b d . From the inves gation and exami na ti on, l am of opinion, first, that the deceased died from injuries to the head and great loss of blood (appar en tl y several quarts) ; seeoid that these injuries and thi s violence were infli l teci by some person or persons o th er than the deceased himself ; third, that after d eath the bodY out, and the pillow pl ace d under its was head laid ; fourth, that after death th e b o d y was painted or brushed over with tolerably hot gas tar (this pro bably with a view of preventing detection from smell as long as possible) ; and, fifth, that the sheet and counterpane were placed on the body and tucked under the head by some person or persons other than the deceased. The Coroner then said he thought it would be better for them to adjourn the inquest to enable the police to make a further investigation of the circum stances. The identification of the woman Stead man, however, was now complete. Two or three other Wolverhampton witnesses then identified Steadman by her clothes. Mr. Gibbons afterwards remarked that there was one thing he wished to state to the jury. The mat tress beneath the head of the deceased was stained with a large quantity of blood. Another large quantity had also been shed upon the centre of the surface of the mattress, and both pools of blood bad met. He was therefore of opinion that not only the head had been injured but also another part of the person. A Juror—We can do no better than adjourn. The Coroner (to the jury)---We can get no fur ther at present. Policeman Bealey—We cannot find any one who avr them together, or who sa ever s W heron the road after she left Wolverhampton. A Juror remarked that much ha d cour t that ought t o b e said in been said out o f evidence. The Coroner said that if whom lived n ear the de any of the jury, all of forward any one ceased's house, could bring whose statement would tend to elucidate the matter, they ought to have it produced. The C j (,Droner ad fortnight, for ourned the inqui r y to that day further evidence. MICE ..... STAMPED ....sd. THREE FEDERAL CHIEFS. (From the new number of " All the Year Round," just published.) SECRETARY WILLIAM SEWARD. Mr. Seward may be forty-eight or fitty ; hi s h a i r, rt little in disorder, is light mingled with grey ; hip eyes, deep sank beneath his eyebrow?, are small. but very sharp; his aquiline nose presents a wry decided curve; his whole countenance reveals clever ness and intellect. He is an excellent companion, very merry, very lively, and familiar from the first shake of the hand. His manners are so free and cosy, that they almost excite suspicion at the outset. One is apt to believe that craft cannot help lying hid behind so frank an exterior, But such is nat . , at all the case. Mr. Seward is a capital fellow, very open, and a bit of a joker. Everybody knows, too, that although Mr. Lincoln is at the head of the Government, the real man of importance, the verit able chief of the Republican party, is Mr. Seward. Rich, independent, gifted to a high degree with the impassioned, aggressive, boastful, facetious elo quence whichpieases Anglo-Saxon meetings, he early acquired great popularity, When the Republican party had to choose a candidate for the presidency, Mr. Seward's supporters were sufficiently numerous to cause alarm. By a clever decision he avoided the risk of a check. He offered his support to Mr. Lin coln. The move succeeded, and he took for himself the next post after the presidency—the secretary ship of foreign affairs. He speaks no language besides English, and knows little about Europe; although he has the habit of saying with an em phasis which is somewhat comic, that he spent se veral years at the principal European Courts to acquire the art of governing men. PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN. A few minutes after Mr. Seward's entrance, Mr. Lincoln made his appearance. His stature is so much above the average that he might be styled a giant, were not the word—the expression of strength and power in the biblical and mythologi cal senses —now confined to the vocabulary of tum blers and showmen. His countenance bears no marked character, but approaches to the Celtic type of Auvergne, with a long head and a sharp nose. His hair is very black, as is also his beard, coming to a point after the American fashion. If this physiognomy expresses benevolence and frank ness, his attitude and manners are those of a modest, nay, a timid person. Perhaps his embarrassed ad dress—which communicates itself to those with whom he converses—is nothing more than the diffi culty experienced by men of his height in conceal ing it a little, and maintaining their equilibrium. GENERAL NI‘CLELLAN. Each of the great European armies offers a well characterised type of officer, beneath which type individual peculiarities of manner, language, and even constitution, in some sort disappear. An English officer does not resemble an Austrian officer ; a French officer differs from a Russian officer. M'Clellan reminds you of the type of the French Artillery officer. The reason is, that he was edu cated at West Point school, which is a mixture of the French Military and Polytechnic schools. The student of West Point speaks foreign languages, principally French. In respect to literature, science, and military art, he has been nursed in the worship of the great European models. Consequently he is a stranger to that narrow patriotism, that national exclusiveness, which concentrates all the ideas, studies, and admiration of tL , e Americans upcn America. The study of pure science and mathema tics has inspired him with a taste for theoretical speculations which is shared by few of his country men. He is polite, discreet, reserved. He has ac quired the art of appearing modest, and of obtaining respect by unpretending manners. He is able to conform to the habits and customs of the strangers with whom he comes in contest, and he practises every rule of the most scrupulous urbanity with a certain dash of republican pride which is wanting neither in charm nor in dignity. This class of men, so different from the Yankees, does not seem to have hitherto obtained, in the direction of public affairs, a share proportionate to the merit, the knowledge, and the conscientious integrity which distinguish the majority of its members. Suicide on the Railway at Wandsworth. _..._ - An inquest was held on Monday evening at the Union Workhouse (Wandsworth and Clapham Union), Wandsworth, before W. Carter, Esq., coro ner for the eastern division of Surrey, on the body of Daniel Lane, a bricklayer's labourer, who met his death on Saturday morning under very extra ordinary circumstances. James Saunders, the driver of an engine on the Brighton and South Coast line, stated that on Sa turday last, about 10.50 a.m., he left London for Victoria with a train which was to stop at all the stations. They stopped at Balham, and were to have stopped at New Wandsworth. Half a mile before reaching that station witness had shut off the steam with a view of stopping there, when he saw a man (deceased) standing beside the fence, n ear the Patriotic Fund School. When the train was within eight or ten yards of him he stepped between the metals with his back towards the appr oac hi ng train, which was then proceeding at a rate of be tween 25 and 30 miles an hour. Witness whistled for the breaks to be put on the carriages , and he him self put the engine break on. The man appeared to be watching the approach of the train. He was overtaken almost instantaneously, but the trai n could not be stopped until it had proceeded nearly 500 yards. Witness ing at once went t o th e f ront, and g on to th e l amp -i ron, which found deceased han had caught him at the back of the neck and entered ton he base o of the s , kull. Hi s toes had been dragging g the to r theu n Care , The body was ta k en down and com mitted of the plate-layers, and witness proceeded with the train. From his manner, wit ness was sure that the deceased meant to destroy himself. Evidence was then given to show that the un fortunate man h a d b een suffer i ng i n his head. The ju ry returned a verdict, "That the de ceased had dest roye d hi mself while i n a s t a t e o f temporary. insanity," and, i n re ply to the Coroner, th e jury declared that the engine-driver and other railway officials were entirely free from blame, ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S RATED GINGER BEER, i n glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, l'otass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manufactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. 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 ser v i ces 82 Gol d M e d a l s , 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,000 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-car t iages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support wbkh h a s enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet o r 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 s t a te, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, whirl' can only be eff ected b y a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their coun t r ymen to aid them in uph o ldi ng and perpetua ti n g so great Tle a c n o d ni t truly e n e ao gr o a n t e a ni l a l twy o acknowledge the following con tributions:— x B. d Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. .. .. annual 50 0 BA. • • • • • • .. 'annual 1 1 0 Clerk, Colonel, • „ .. .• .. 4th (butte and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. .. 2d a Td n on n rda. u onn a . l . 25 1 10 0 1 0 00 0 0:0) Currie, Wm., Esq., .Justice (Ter Majesty the Q ' • • • ... .a i 1l ' cl 7tl: . d0n 2 . 5 1 0 0 F t i ',, ae r nn l e wis , li: Lord k.w e,ay. Chief ise „ l sdgnl sporting Carriage o o 0 0 • • • . don. 30 0 .. .. .. don. 15 15 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. • • ~_ Harvey, Martin, Sirße Rev. G.• Henry, Bart. and ll's ... annual collectedby her 2 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .... .... .. 30 0 Thomas, Lady, Weston-super-D1 e' • • • . 16 16 0 Ladyship .. • • • ' „ annual 5 o Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord • • • • • o 4 tions will be thankfully re- Donations and Annual Subscr-p— Messrs. 'eived by the Bankers of the institution, Willis,i ue.e,iiircouistsiort..,Al.Ll....cl.:ol3a.t • . annual 50 0 0 er-Mare, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard,,traereqt:thllre.sasrnea Cc. 6 oonttl, s san t d . Co, 59, Strand; Messrs. Ilerries, Farquhar. James's-street, London ; by ad the Collectors of Secretary of Customs and Bankers in the United Kingdom; and Richard Lewis, E j o b j a-s t reeti Agelp l ii. q., L a o t ud th4 office the Institution, 14, * alomm== THE ARMY. The following detachments, selected from the first division of the Depot Brigad e , R oyal Artillery, stationed in the Chatham district, have been placed under orders to proceed from head -quarters on Fri day next, the 11th inst., to Portsmouth, where they Will embark on board the Government troopship Shipbuilding for the Confederates. The following memorial from the Union and Emancipation Society, on the subject of British shipbuilding for the Southern Confederacy, has been forwarded to the Foreign-office by the presi dent, Mr. Thomas B. Potter, of Manchester:— " To THE RIGHT HON. EARL RUSSELL, HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. "The memorial of the executive committee of the Union and Emancipation Society humbly showeth,— " That, in the month of March last, your memo rialists brought the subject of suipbuilding for the so-called Confederate States of America under the notice of your lordship. " That your memorialists feel called upon, as loyal British subjects, having regard to the honour and best interests of their country, again to implore your lordship's earnest attention to a matter of the most grave and pressing importance—the building of vessels of war in British dockyards intended to prey upon the peaceful commerce of a friendly nation, with whose citizens and Government we desire to remain on terms of amity and good will: " That your memorialists hailed with hopeful satisfaction the steps taken by her Majesty's Minis ters, in the case of the Alexandra, to put a stop to these dangerous proceedings, believing that such action would deter the offending parties and others from their reckless course, at least whilst the case was pending final decision. " That your memorialists have been informed that on Saturday last, the 29th of August, a powerful iron-clad steam Ram' was launched from the building yard of Messrs. Laird, at Birken head—that a companion war vessel of similar construction was launched by the same firm a few weeks since, and that both vessels are now fitting out in the graving docks, and are nearly reedy for sea. That the circumstances under which these vessels have been built and launched, together with the open declaration of Mr. Laird on the subject of shipbuilding for the so-called Con federate States of America, have created a strong conviction in the public mind that such vessels are intended for the use of the said Confederacy. Ano ther iron-plated war-vessel, your memorialists are informed, is being completed in the Clyde, destined for the same illegal service and purpose. " In view of the proceedings already taken by her Majesty's Government to vindicate our national good faith and the power of British law to suppress these illegal and dangerous practices, your memo rialists cannot doubt but that your lordship will take immediately the necessary steps to detain these iron-clad steamvessels, until full investigations have been made respecting their destination. " Your memorialists venture to say, that should these iron-clad warships be allowed to go to sea, and should they eventually be employed either to break the Federal blockade or prey upon American commerce, the peace now happily existing between this country and the United States will be seriously jeopardised. " Your memorialists are also convinced that if the course which the builders of these ships are pur suing can be continued with impunity, a most dan gerous precedent will be established, which may be hereafter used against the commerce of this country should we ever be involved in a foreign war. M a y it therefore please your lordship to order a prompt investigation into the matters referred to, and bring the law to bear with vigour to prevent all such hostile acts against a friendly Power. , "And your memor i al i sts w i ll ever pra y. signed on behalf and by order of the Executive. "THOMAS BAYLEY POTTER, President'" A POACHER DROWNED.—On Sunday morning last a man was drowned in the river Derwent, while endeavouring to escape from the river watchers. It appears that about one o'clock in th e morning, three men, namely, Harrison Walker, Daniel Banks, and David Camp bell, all coal miners at Great Clifton, were engaged in poaching fish in the river. Being surprised by the watchers, they endeavoured to make th eir escape by crossin g the so river, which was much swollen at the but the t time by hird recent rains. , Harrison Two of them succeeded in doing , Walker, was taken down by the current and drowned. Purouastd; [ADVERTISEMENT.] —A Share in a lucrative manufac turing business for disposal. From £1,500 remain according to the proportion of share 1, Apply to the rest ohfatlfhethseharame,otuontbeofp apiudroohirasf;ommovnreLtme.ayA ace, 132, Jermyu-street. HEALTH OP LONDON. (From the Registrar-General's -Weekly Return.) In the week that ended last Saturday (Sept. d), the deaths in London exhibited a considerable decrease; they fell to 1,232, which is a lower number than any that has been re turned since the first week of July. The chief decrease in the mortality arose from diarrhoea which fell from ISI to 120; whilst the deaths from small pox, scarlatina, diphtheria, whooping-cough, and typhus were about the same as the previous week. More than one half of the mortality during the week occurred to the younger portion of the population, v,z., to 704, who were under 20 years of age ; 326 were between 20 and 60, and 201 at 60 years and upwards. A gardener is recorded as having died at the advanced age of 97 years. Last week the births of 925 boys and 938 girls, in all 1563 children, were registered in London. In the ten correspond ing weeks of the years 1853.62 the average number (cor rected was 1,830. METROPOLITAN WATERS IN AUGUST, 1863. The domestic waters of London, according to the analyses of Dr. Robert Dundas Thompson, F.R.S., contain rather more organic and total impurity than in the preceding month, the most striking examples being illustrated by the Kent and Lambeth companies. The Thames water at London-bridge at high water has been highly charged with impurities and sea water, three experiments having yielded a mean of 232.67 deg. of total, and 26'38 deg. per gallon of organic impurity, while the amount of ammonia from the sewage was •748 grains per gallon. One of the wells in St. Mai ylebone contained as much as 212 grains ammonia per gallon, an evidence of the large admixture of sewage with which it is contaminated . Total impurity Organicim per gallon. purity. grs. ordeg. grs. or deg. Distilled Water o'o 0.0 Loch Katrine water, new supply to Glasgow 2.35 •605 Manchester water supply Upper Marylebone-street Well 10640 7150 Thames at London-bridge.. 232'67 26.38 THAMES COMPANIES. ~..... Chelsea Southwark West Middlesex l6/2 1.36 Grand Junction 16'64 160 Lambeth OTHER COMPANIES. East London New River Kent The table is read thus—Loch Katrine water contains in the gallon 2•35 degrees or grains of foreign matter in solution, of which '605 degrees or grains are of vegetable or animal origin. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.700 in. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 57.8 deg., which is 0.9 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 yea rs ( as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature occurred on Sunday, and was 72'1 deg. The lowest night temperature was 45.2 deg. on Tuesday. The range of tem perature in the week was therefore 26.9 deg. Th e mean daily range was 17.1 deg. The difference between th e mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 7.8 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 76, complete saturation being represented by 100. The wind was chiefly from the south-west, and rain fell hEavily on Friday and Saturday. CITY COMMISSION OP SEWERS. Yesterday this Commission held a meeting at Guildhall, after a recess of six weeks—Mr. De Jersey, the chairman, presiding. A design of the proposed railway viaduct across Ludgate-hill was submitted for their approval by Messrs. Freshfield and Newman, the solicitors to the London, Dover, and Chatham Railway Company, who had engaged to make the structure after a plan to be sanctioned by the Commissioners. The company propose to widen Ludgate hill to the extent of 16 feet, by setting back the houses that far on the south side of the hill, from about the Old Bailey to Bridge-street. The present width of the hill is 44 feet. It will thenceforward be 60ft., with a carriage way 30ft. broad. The proposed viaduct will allow a clear headway of 18ft. for the carriage traffic, and have sides Bft. high. It will be an iron structure, with a span of 60ft., and with orna mental brackets at each end, placed against the sides of the abutments, and leaving a headway for foot passengers of about 9ft. There will be a great deal of surface ornamenta tion on the sides, which will give it the appearance at first sight of an open, perforated bridge, but it will in fact have an interior lining to prevent the fall of burning cinders from passing trains. The design, as represented on paper, elicited some expressions of admiration from the Commissioners, but their engineer, Mr. Heywood, took occasion to warn them that the thing itself, when put up, would probably fall short of the expectations which the drawing was calculated to pro duce. They eventually passed a resolution to the effect that they saw no objection to the adoption of the design. A conversation took place on a memorial from inhabitants of the Ward of Cheap urging the widening of the thorough fare at the east end of the Poultry, in anticipation of the projected new street from Blackfriars to the Mansion-house. The old banking premises of Sir John Lubbock and Co., at the north-east corner of the Poultry, have recently been pulled down, to make way for a more commodious structure for the purposes of the bank, and it is urged upon the Commissioners that the opportunity should not be lost of setting back the new building some 25 or 30 feet, and buying so much of the ground from the banking firm, with a view to the eventual widening of the Poultry at the point of junction with the new street. The ground there, as in other of the central parts of the city, has a value which some people would regard as fabulous, the little patch which it is proposed to rescue in this case for purposes of public improvement being yesterday estimated by the surveyor to the Commission as probably worth tens of thousands of pounds ; and the Commissioners, convinced of the necessity for the suggested improvement, have invited the Metropolitan Board of Works to join them in bearing the cost. The matter is still under negotiation. Dr. Letheby, the Medical Officer of Health, reported on the state of 722 houses that had been inspected since the last meeting of the Court in July, and he submitted a list of 90 places for sanitary improvement. He also submitted a list of places that required further proceedings on account of orders already issued but not yet complied with. He re ported that the markets and slaughterhouses had been duly inspected, and that the officers had condemned in the course of the last six weeks 43,5231 b, or rather more than 19 tons of meat, as unfit for human food. It consisted of 166 sheep, 34 calves, 53 pigs, 193 quarters of beef, and 804 joints of meat-29,5161b, or more than half of the whole quantity was putrid, the putridity having been caused by the unusu ally warm weather in the early part of last month ; but 9,8661 b were diseased, and 3,2111 b were from animals that had died from accident or disease. In two cases proceed ings were taken against the persons who sent the meat to market, and in one instance the penalty was £5 and costs, and in the other a month's imprisonment with hard labour. The mortality returns were above the average for the sea son. During the last six weeks there had been 317 deaths in the city, whereas the average number for the correspond ing period of the last seven years was but 286 ; 129 of the deaths were among children of less than five years of age, and .55 among persons of 60 and upwards. The chief causes of death were as follow :—Phthisis and other tubercular diseases, 48—pneumonia and bronchitis, 24—continued fever, 11—scarlet fever, 28—smallpox, 7 croup, 7 whooping cough, 7—diphtheria, 4—measles, 3—erysipelas, 2—infantile diarrhoea, 23—and the diarrhoea of adults, 5. The number of births in the city during the six weeks was 340—namely, 163 boys and 177 girls. Touching the qua lity of gas supplied to the city, Dr. Letheby sub mitted the weekly returns of the testing of the gas sup piled by the three gas companies, from which it appeared that during the last seven weeks the average illuminating power of the Great Central Gas was 14.09 standard sperm candles, of the chartered 12.64, and of the City Company 14.21. The total number of observations was 381 ; or 127 for b each company. The gas of the Great Central had not been once under the standard, that of the Chartered had twi n ce lB times under it, and that of the City Company only t sulphu T r h i e n il t l h u e m g in a a s t i i t n h g a p a o r w an e i r ge o d f t fr h o e m g l as 3 , gr t a h i e ns ref t o o r n e, ea h r a ly d Central Company, 0 27 - in generally been e of the City Comp any p et tm, e l r o al o ly eu v b e i royfeseattiisnfacttho:. gas A s s up re p g li a e r d d e b d y th t e he am o o r u e n a t t these 13 were in excessa from 13 7 to nearly 31 grains in the gas Dee the case of the Great Central,l.odf f.rtohme 29 9 1 a 4 i at hm t to ee Parliamentary sr i ey n that osfta nthdeao standard the de tiyn Company, and 17 in th 3 o s f Chartered, observationsthe Chartered. T m h a e d e m , e a a n nd in 2a9s of ae the fe C ll h e art e Chartered. gas, the ty three ga s, and in 100 cubic feet of Great Centralw pipe had s :-19.09 grains of sulphur of the gas in the supply 23.8 grains of the Ci. The average pressure one inch of water. been in each case above Mr. Daw, clerk to the Commissioners, called their atten tion to an act passed in the last Session of Parliament in reference to the scale of diseased meat, and giving power to a single magistrate to impose a penalty of £2O on the owner of each piece of meat exposed for sal e an d unfit for humaner food, or, without the infliction of a fine, t o or d er him to be imprisoned in a common gaol for a term not exceeding th r ee months, with hard labour. It am en d s i n these re spects the Nuisances Removal Act of 1853. He also ad verted to a Statute passed last Session and containing very s t r i ngen t enactments for regulating the trad e o f b aking. At his suggestion, the Commissioners authorised Mr. Daw to prepare an abstrct of the provisions of the A c t and cir culate it widely among persons engaged in the trade within the city, with the view to give effect to the intentions of the Legislature. After the transaction of some routino business, the Commisssioners adjourned. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea ; very choice at 3s 4d. and 4s. " High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it iu packets. FRENCH IMPORTS. The last official Customs returns published show a progressive improvement in French imports, and a still greater one in exports. If the value of the corn and cotton imported into France be deducted from the gross amount it will be fonnd that the imports for the first seven months of the present year exceed those of the corresponding period of the year 1862 by 72,000,000 f. and those of 1861 by 123,000,000 f. Of the 84 articles mentioned in the official returns, the importations of 38 have in creased, and those of 46 have diminished, but the sum total has increased. The most considerable increase is 6,500,000 f. on fresh and salted meats, 35,000,000 f. on silks, 4,000,000 f. on tallow, 8,000,000 f. on guano, 3,000,000 f. on oil seeds, 1,500,000 f. on coffee, 1,000,000 f. on tobacco in leaf, 6,000,000 f. on flax, 36,000,000 f. on cotton, and 1,000,000 f. on sugar. The principal diminution is on corn and flour, 69,000,000 f. ; rice, 1,000,000 f. ; dried vegetables, 1,725,000 f.; table fruit, 1 ,000,000 f ; olive oil, 6,000,000 f. ; coal, 4,000,000 f. ; iron, 10,000,000 f. ; cast metal, 1,000,000 f. ; chymicals, 1,000,000 f ; woollen stuffs, 1 0,000,000 f ; cotton cloths, 7,000,000 f. On analysing these returns it appears that the importation of articles used by French manufacturers has increased, while that of foreign manufactured articles has diminished. The progressive improvement in ex ports is more remarkable. The Customs returns s h o w, by excluding cotton and corn, an increase during the first seven months of the present year over the corresponding period of the year 1862 of 185,000,600 f., and over that of the year 1861 of 310,000,000 f. Of the 82 articles mentioned in the official returns there was an increase in the exporta tion of 59 and a diminution of 23. The most re markable increase is on wrought silk, 30,000,000 f. ; woollen stuffs, 30,000,000 f. ; linen and hempen cloth, 2,000,000 f. ; linen and hemp thread,e lea -5,000,000f. ; tanned hides, 6,000,000 f.; dressedooo,ooof ; ther, 7,000,000 f.; clocks and wateih.flecoia. flowers, haberdashery, 4,000,000 f.; pasteboard, 2,000,000 f. ; P as- wines, 5,500,000 f • 1,000,000 f. ; paper and china and pottery, 1,000,000011i;:o oil, 1,000,000 f.: brandies, 11,000,000 f. ;, acids, 2,000,000 f. ; re. .; timber, 5 000 000 f • drugs, 1,000,000 f.; gear 00 0 0 00 beetroot sugar, .. oi native 2,500,000 f. ; rags , eggs (fowl and fined sugar, 25,00,,00, 3,000, 00 1 0 0 1 0, game), native resin, ' oooooof. ow wool, , ; hair of every 4,500,000 f. ; 000,000 f. ; raw silk, 24,000,000 f description , • horses, 1, 000 000 f.; corn flour and dried ve ge t a b les, 20,000,000 f. ; sundry articles, 10,000,000 f. Th e only art i c les on which th e di m i nut i on of the export is remarkable are jewellery, 3,000,00 0 f .; m ade-up linen, 9,000,000 f. ; madd er , 5 , 0 00,000 f; c hemical produce, 3,000,000 f .; preserved vegetable's, 2,000,000 f. ; cotton wool, 8,000,000 f.; sowing seed, 2,000,000 f. ; mules, 2,000,000. A FREE KIRK MINISTER AMONG TIIIEVES.—The Rev. Mr. Elder, of Free West Church, Rothesay, went away on a trip to the Continent a few weeks ago. Having visited Venice, he, in company with several friends, as also two or three foreigners, while proceeding in a dili gence from Venice to Chiavenna, Italy, were attacked by a party of brigands, who were all armed. The passengers were robbed of everything the brigands could lay their hands on, and about £3OO was taken from those in charge of the diligence. It is conjectured that the brigands knew of such a large sum of money being conveyed in the dili gence, and were on the outlook. We are glad to state that no personal injury was sustained by any one, and that the party arrived the same night in Chiavenna. areat . exer tions were being made by the Government author i ties to capture the brigands, and the country was being searched in all directions by soldiers, but as yet without success. We understand that the Rev. Mr. Elder has reached Brussels, and expects to be in England next week,—.4thesay Chronicle. imumi ,t. 1 8 . t. 12. 5. t. 28. t. 18. t. 12 t. 10. ,t. 18 t. 12. t. 10 t. 20. t. t. 12. t. 17. t. a, inci inci Pre- Fe of ,adf Jag. arY" ~ to rob brd, krlea VS 9 112. r Of