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TRE IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT Are auth ASSO CIATION (Limited). orised to receive applications for £2,800,000 Ana*" Certificat es o f Debenture of the - qte AND GREAT WESTERN R iILWAY (New Y ork — Pennsylvania—Ohio). Of which O ne Million Two Hundred Thousand Pounds have been al rea d y app li ed for. Ibeao have will be issued at £9O for £lO O , to be s _Te72ae te d at p ar, £ lO O sterling, at th e en d o f th r ee ye ars , t7nutlioinrest at 8 p er cent, per annum, payable half-yearly, 15 tb of May and 15th of November in each year, the 3roent of t he Interest i n L ondon being guaranteed by T:U CONSOLIDATED BANK (LIMITED), LONDON. TRUSTEES. Samuel Gurney, Esq., M.P, John P. Kennard, Esq. Charles Mozley, Esq. BANKERS. The Consolidated Bank, London aril Manchester. , Messrs A. Heywood, Sons, and Co., Liverpool. SOLICITORS. Preshfi e ld s and Newman, Bank-buildings, Lou den, E.C. BROKERS. 41,688Lra Joshua H u t c hi nson and Sou, 15, Angel-court a ., ; `,t . r°graort on-street, Londo n , E.C. Sattert hwaite, Esq., 38, Throgmorton-strect, Lon. llt don t eas ' • • 1 , 0 :1. T . Tinley and Son s , 44, B rawn ' s -b u ildi ngs, Li ver . )4 4 ,rs Chester, Shore and Kirk, 14, St. Ann's-square, Man. Tfl o 1 ar c ~, Imperial Mercantile Credit Association (Limited), o f d'oPared to receive Subscriptions for the above amount beeriez.tificates of Debentures, of which £1,200,000 have ,4211 ready applied for. 10114atiantic and Great Western Railway consists of:the The Ma Divisions and Branches : ; 11 Lille in New York .. .. .. 50 Miles, ', ~ in Pennsylvania .. .. 90 •• in Ohio .. .. .. .. 245 ~ - l: Xtclli ,la 4 -in New Y or k (Buffalo) • • 385 • • 33 to Oil C reek in Pennsylvania . • 35 •• " to Coal Regions in Ohio (New Lisben) .. • • ~ to Cleveland .. .. 20 „ - 16 7 kizio 4L Total .. 552 Mlles. ey s t e Eye) and Ni agara R a il way, b elong i ng to same an 840, 40 miles i n l ength, is wholly in Canada, and secures Qre at . .,. 1 )(11°11.este8 coal traffic over 200 miles of the Atlantic and t ow r; by whom it has been constructed, and is ,r,,ebiefly owned. tele route of this Great Railway, connecting New York f ella t „ 'o 8 t o • Louis, a di s t ance o f 1,200 m il es ( w ith ou t Freeg carriages or break of gauge) passes throuh lie e , i Vatee, far removed from the scene of war. T g he Vhibh , _now completed, and in possession of a traffic leg th • - , •.e fairly b e eall e c i extraordinary. For September ezet tab b brow earnings on 322 miles open were, at ordinary • of t h e k g; at the rate of £1,100,000 per annum (exclusive thr oup rune of 10 per cent. paid by the Erie Railway on all 11 4Inj" traffic , which will probably reach £lOO,OOO per Natilel additional), the earnings having increased since the the ell eereent of the year by 100 per cent. This, even at payiresent exchange, would leave a large surplus, after Pele e : l . 4 Pt the interest in gold on the bonded debt. The Pre te) ; 4 ."° increase the fares will of course be exercised, if the he ex ceptional rates of exch a n ge s h ou ld con ti nue .. letitree.to,tel bonded d e bt over th e w h o l e sys t em o f the At. the ease d Great W es t ern R a il way i s £3 , 600 , 110 , and with tabli c e Ption of pr ocee d s o f b on d s £1,7b5 , 070, h e ld b y t h e Y '. tile line has been constructed with funds advanced ralists, whose anticipations of profitable results have Parti a ', l ,r More than realised ; the railway, although only I,e,aueul developed, exhibiting returns of traffic and re. tka "101 l may without exaggeration be designated un rePled Wh o , • -ary to tills Undertaking was projected 2 it was found neces throh,,Obtain powers for its construction frora each State t which it would pass. This compelled independent !oel,;""tious and separate financial arrangements; the in tl le d A ll t l ettoe attending which h a s b ecome so mani f es t, th a t kiej at `; e rtained to consolidate the whole line under one ad- Seate i°74 . Pending the completion of legislative enact eb,l:tit has been resolved to issue Sterling Certificates of n t'er 4,, t1 ,re, payable in three ears bearing interest at 8 ' o 4 o ji ll ' Per annum, which interest . is guaranteed by the I '4o l t , ked Bank ; and the Principal secured by a deposit eze44e Trustees of Bonds and Shares amounting at usual 1 . : 11 ge to £4,230,493. Paiii t e r , l3 , ends and Shares so deposited will be kept at the Vre l ,r,togland., in the names of the Trustees, and the • u eelaration of Trust to be executed by them may ka4-Peeted at the office of Messrs. Freehfields and New c, :ftst„ - ' l rie Railway, of which the Atlantic — and Great ne is practically an extension, upon a mileage of about moa es awe extent, but constructed at a 'cost nearly three : ) 1 111 Y t:„g r eati has earned in the present year sufficient . not f Cy interest on all its bonded debt, but also a dive. r„teat ead \v - " Per cent. on ordinary stock. The Atlantic and eom "tern Railway, in addition to its through traffic Preroittlott With the Erie, has almost a monopoly of the • %h er 7 4 re traffic in Pennsylvania, with vast coal fields, and tls ,i l letr:„ l3 ,°rtant sources of local revenue. The cost of its 0 - ,7 01 1 having been so much less, and its mortgage - t bt e ts ;" l eqUently so much smeller, with an assured d tr r a i ffi n c 'dos" equal, it is estimated that in the three years, during ou theg Pri 4o ; the certificates of debenture run, the p e ay n m e e . f lh e k N al.will be provided for out of revenue lo -I)treetors of the Erie Company haya manifested the presi ltl " in which they hold the Atlantic and Great : r1•1 Railway, and the opinion they entertain of its ! I leir%„,P r eePects, by contracting to supply for its use, at ' 4 erli b i l l expense, rolling stock to the extentof one million 7 1 , 0 stal ruel Atlantic and Great Western Railway has been on thief th• e l by Thomas W. K ennar d, C.E., as engineer-in eg et; and und er th e i mmediate superintendence of an I ,,,, rieneed agent of Messr s P e t o and Butts. A re "tt trot S r S. Morton Peto, Bart., M.P., i s an t:l(4.o, showi ng th at the works have been executed i g t the most substantial manner . '‘etisties, • . Appended are some tr_ derived . from official returns, relating to the in -4,i,',"00 in the carriage eastwards of produce during the past tirYears from some of the chief cities of the West, with reioli traffic the Atlantic and Great Western Railway is et r e ,, t i l Y,.connected ; from these figures the causes of its Tilluoraltna!y revenue may be deduced. atld C ertificates of Debenture are in sums of:£100, L5OO, De r ',CO each ; with Coupons attached for interest a t 8 tj . q. tel. per annum, payable half-yearly. The interest d hank Whole . term will be guaranteed by the Consolidate 1.12 , With whom securities have been lodged.. A re b e P r ice of issue is fixed at 90; and the instalments Payable as follows :- 4 pe r cent, on application. le ~ allotment. 15 If 17th January, 1865. 15 ~ 17th February, „ 17 17th March, 18 ~ 17th April, ~ 15th May 1)) 18 07. Cer tificates will be paid off at par, on sth Nciyem • h Interest on the investment, including the redemption i„ Fa, ', I gtere r i t upwards of 12 per cent. per annum, exclusive of Set,deferred instalments. `N at ''eribers have the option of paying any or all of the Per c e l3l 4 , en te in advance, and will be allowed a discount of 8 l'aAft '• Per annum on such payments. allotment scrip will be issued to "bearer." On t °r -ett t. of the final ' instalment, the scrip will be exchanged eert Leates of debenture with guaranteed interest 84 Ye 1 —B ar at tached, payable 151 May and 15th November in ~ „ less coupon £4 per cent. due on that day. 9, Great George-street, Westminster, November 4, 1864, GURNEY, Esq., M.P. '-, (3 ltiv P. KENNARD, Esq., and Trustees. b `44/I.IILES MOzLEY, Esq. I, 4 ,l)i e t a a rB ,ira.—You are aware that at the request of the t_ 4 e 4,4 2 's furnishing the funds for the construction' of Nolt e a ntic and Great Western Railway, my Firm under th,7B,grave responsibility of the supervision of the Works Vtley , hie, to be executed uuder a contract with Mr k e l t Y. and from the plans an d . designs of Mr Thomas idof r , "'bard, the engineer-in -chief of the Railway. Zilloi r i e the works were commenced, my Firm sent one of experienced agents, who had superintended the p - Is `uol ,; °ll of several large works, and who had been in its ,;,,`Larkc'„' le of thirty years, and entrusted to his tV "le supervision of the various works to be executed QRailway. 4 . + ll (lt l 4 : 3 u dne both to Mr. Kennard, the Engineer-in-Chief, so"' ' 4 "- McHenry, the Contractor, that I should state kk ell that the position we occupied, which might have tkitelittl3. i nvidious one, has not in the slightest degree par- L " that character. Every recommendation of our 0:14Z as been at once cheerfully carried out, and Mr. ,7astiry has executed his contract with an honest desire .. i f out every engagement in a fair and liberal spirit. k t) ,, , th o o . 'a i h t a o s f bee ballasted and laid in a style fully equal English railways, while the extremely 4 'a 4" ' I lle nat our f the country through which it passes ure o t.t'kle e 'red necessary so few works of art, that its main „'lllv4 heed tot exceed the average cost per mile of our ;ktt zit Y B at home. The stations throughout are of ample . Itti l .'„ . . 4ll d the siding accommodation fully equal to the „tt :""erits of the traffic. . s tset e ,„ O.st be very satisfactory to you to find that the En thretietitinv-ohie.f states in his last report that the tra ffi c at the I, , `° (14,;,,' 132 0 is suf fi cient to pay, at the then price of gold, `"er.d on 11 the Consolidated Bonds of e entire assi l ,„,. a 1 1 6 .00 -. l ng them not to be issued to a greater e xtent than tais b ,,,g'. (six thousand five hundred pounds sterling) per 1 , -e d, Cr- Estimates and predictions are so often falai t4 th", t his fact becomes peculiarly valuable, the more so V k lal t kresent time the Rolling Stock is not more than 1 , -0 14 ° requirements of the local traffic.; and when the ;4 , 3 ?, Sto ck; to be provided under; the agreement with a°jlitiCompany is placed on the line, these increased Nit,7,2unot fail to produce an amount of traffic far ex ° It. —"0 estimates which have been prepared in regard am ' dear sirs, for Betts and self, yours faithfully, S. MORTON PETO. 14 r , cra„ (aig th e nt he Carriage of Produce from West to East dur Pitat Five Years derived from Official Returns. CHICAGO. 1 1354 . Total Grain. Fat Cattle. Figs. 140 ........ 16,751,138 b s hl s . .. 32,500 .. 110,246 18 61. ....... 31 ,108,759 92,000 .. 22:,' 64 " ..... 50,48 1,867 .. 1 5,000 .. 289001 1 863 .......... 56,987,110 .. 107,966 .. 991,135 ••...51,711,639 .. 197,311 .. 862,200 MILWAUKEE. Pork, B ef, 18 59 Total Grain. Lard and Tallow. 113 co. • .......... 6 ,550,896 Lshls. .. 10,206,400 lbs. 34,.• • ......... 9,995,0 „ 11,0 3 180)0 18 G2 ' • ....... _16,730,580 , 14,684103 18 c ., • .• .......... 18,732,389 • • 30,553,`'68 ... ... • —16,992,335 „ 41,659,550 TOLEDO. 1 860 Flour. Wheat. 18 91 '••• • 8( 3,700 brls. 5,033,331 bshls. 1862. .•" • • 1 ,3:2,111 6,2 , 36,936 ~ •..1,585,325 „ 9,827,629 ~ Cattle, Piga, and Sheep. 209,6` S 281,495 481,804 BUFFALO. Cattle, Pigs, 18 55. Total Grain. and Sheep. 1 861 ..... • • 3 7,089,461 bails. 14,040,303 lbs. )Bq2 ..... • . 61,469,601 , 25,999,823 ~ , 1 863 . ••• • • 72 .572,454 i i, 107,129,461 3, . ... A A rea ... 6 4,735,570 ~ 149,428,894 „ 1,, Pile Prod!'' PETROLEum, in the carriage of which this -t tolen th Y has principally the monopoly : ~ -----, u ced i n 1859 a 750 bbls. of 40 gallons ~ ~ 1860 .. 50,000 ~ ~ 3 861 .. 550,000 „ ~ 1862 .. 2,000,000 „ 1tT1i ; , , ,, c „ ,11 1863 „ 411Vial!eileinlici Branch of the Atlantic and Great Western ''' Vr tßagecl to the full extent of its capacity in the carriage of Iron, the Ore from the mines of Lake Superior, and in shipping Coals in return vessels. These Ilinea pro duced, in 1556 1863 Iron Ore. 65,679 tons. 280,000 „ Copper. 6,041 tons. 10,00 ,„ TRADE OF CINCINNATI.—Some idea ( f the enormous growth of trade at the West may be formed from the follow ing statement of the va ue of the Imports and Exports of leading staples at Cincinnati : Dols. • Dols. 18:8-59 160,220,954 1861.6° 179,733,695 1859-6) 1 8 1,384,404 1.62-63 ........246,517,384 1860-61 147,226,202 1863-61 578,870,362 ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. NEW YORK-PENNSYLVANIA -OHIO. No FORM OF APPLICATION. (To be retained by the Bankers.) To the Imperial . Mercantile Credit Association (Limited). Having paid to the Consolidated Bank (Limited) the sum of £ , I hereby request you will allot me Certificates of Debenture of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, and I hereby agree to accept such Certificates of Debenture, or any icss number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the instalments thereon, accord ing to the terms of the Prospectus. I am, your obedient Servant, Signature • Address in full Date MIDDLESBROUGH EXTENSION AND IMPROVEMENT. (To extend and alter boundaries of municipal borough and district of Middlesbrough ; extension of time for compul sory purchase of land for and for completion of market place; powers to raise further monies' for gas works, and other purposes of Improvement Acts of 18'.6- and 1858; to define the boundaries of the parishes and . townships of Middlesbrough, Acklam, and Linthorpe ; repeal of provisions as to, and compulsory purchase of rights of West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company in Port Clarence Landing Place, and powers to construct and complete same ; to purchase lands compulsorily for that purpose, and for other purposes.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is in _ _ tended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing session for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal, alter, amend, and extend all or some of the powers and provisions of "The Middles brough Tin p mvement Act, 1841" (herein called the Act of 1841), " The Middlehbrough Improvement Act, 1853" (herein called the Act of 1856), and "The Middlesbrough Improvement Act, 1858 i) (herein called the Act of 1858), or some or .one of these Acts, or the Acts therein recited, and to grant further and other powers in lieu thereof and in addition thereto, and par ticularly to alter and repeal all or any of the provisions of the said Acts or any of them which are now in force for the protection of the owner, lessee, or occupier of any property af fected by the said Acts, or the works thereby authorised or to be affected by the said Bill, ex for the protection or benefit of any Public Trustees or Commissioners, Corporation, Com pany, or person specifically named in such provisions, which it may be necessary to alter or repeal for the purposes of the said Bill, and to make other provisions in lieu of the powers and provisions so repealed, altered, or amended ; and in such. Bill so to be applied for, powers and provisions will be in serted for effecting or authorising* all or some of the several objects and purposes following ; that is to say To alter, enlarge, extend, improve, and define the boun daries of the Municipal Borough of Middlesbrough (herein called the Boroughs, and also of the District of the said Borough herein called the District, now subject to the Local Board of Health of the said Borough (herein called the Local Board), and to add to and include within the said Borough and District respectively portions ot the adjoining Parishes and Townships of Middlesbrough, Linthorpe, Acklam, Marton Ormesby, and Normanby, which are now outside ot the existing boundary of the said Borough and District, which Borough and District when so enlarged will be com prised within the following boundaries or 1 mite or some of them ; that is to say : A line commencing at a point in the mid-channel line of the River Tees, immediately opposite to and parallel with the north-eastern side of a certain jetty, called the Normanby Jetty, the same jetty being the northern terminus of the Cleveland Railway, and being situate in the township of Normanby, and in the parish of Ormesby, in the said Riding, thence along such mid-channel line up the said River Tees past the town of Middlesbrough, first in a north-westerly an i afterwards in a south westerly direction to a point in such mid-channel line, opposite to, end parallel with the second jetty or breakwater in the said river, which jetty or breakwater is situate about 330 yards t 3 the south or south-west of the granery in the village or Hamlet of Newport, thence from such point in the said mid-channel line in a str fight line to the principal entrance gate leading out of the public highway from Linthorpe to Acklam, to a farm house called "Marsh House," belonging to Thomas Hustler, Esq., and in the occupation of Mr Christopher Dobson, thence along the centre line of a small streamer watercourse which runs through the land on the south side of the Village of Linthorpe to a point on the east side of the highway or bridle road leading from Acklam to Linthorpe, 270 yards (measuring in a straight line) to the south of a house in the village of Linthorpe occupied by Robert Manners, called "The Old Hall." otherwise "The Blue Hall," thence in an easterly direction along the line of the fence commencing at the said last mentioned point, to a certain stream or watercourse called Marton Becir, thence across the said stream or watercourse, and alon the line of fence immediately opposite the point ot crossing it, to the north-western corner of an orchard situate on the west side of the house called Marton Grove, belongingto Thomas Gar butt, Esq., thence for a distance of 40 yards along the line of Puce extending northwards, to the point where the same line of fence joins another fence, which ex ends therefrom to the Marton Road, and along the line of such last men tioned fence to the said road called Marton Road, thence for a distance of 150 yards in a southerly direction along the western side of the said Marton-road to a point immediately opposite to the extreme south western corner of a certain farm cal ed Longlands, belonging to Joseph Pease, Nsq., and some time since purchased by him of James Emerson, Esq., thence along the southern boundary fence of he same farm, and continuing in a straight line across the Middlesb - ough and Guisbrough branch of the North Eastern Railway, to the point in the centre line of the stream or watercourse called Ormesby Beck, ii hich is immediately op posite sech southern boundary fence, thence in a nor herlv direction along the centre line of such stream or watercourse to a point in the same 91 yards to the northward of a public footpath called the "Second bailors' Trod," thence in a straight line in a north easterly direction to a point in the Middlesbrough and Ormesby-road 95 yards to the north of a certain farm house called Waite llt use, the:ice in in an easterly directioc, first along the -the of fence which commences at such last named point, and afterwards in a straight line running immediately to the north of a farm house called Cold Knuckles, to the stream or watercourse called Norman by Beck, thence across the same stream nr water coueee to the eastern or north eastern fence of the Cleveland Railway, opposite the south western corner of a plantation called Anstey's Plantation, thence along the same fence to, and across the Middlesbrough and Recline Branch of the North Eastern Railway, and from thence along the north eastern side of the said jetty called the Normanby Jetty, mentioned at the commencement of this description, to the said point in the said mid-channel line of the said River Tees, immediately opposite to and parallel with such north eastern side —w hich said line or limits are shown on a plan deposited with the Town Clerk of the said borough of Middlesbrough at his office therein. To alter, amend, and extend the provisions contained in the Charter incorporating the borough, and the order in Council subsequently dividing the borough into wards, and to substitute other provisions in-lieu thereof, and to alter and increase thenumber of Wards, and to increase the number of Aldermen and Councillors ; and to alter the number of Alder men and Councillors to be elected for each Ward, or if needful to increase the extent of the existing Wards( by ad ding thereto portions of the new District, to be added to the said Borough, or otherwise to alter the division of the Borough into Wards, and in other respects to alter, amend, and extend some of the powers and provisions of the said Charter of Incorporation, and of the several Acts now in force regulating Municipal Corporations, so far as the same apply to the borough, the division thereof into wards, the preparation oft le first burgess lists and the revision thereof, the election of the first aldermen, councillors, and ward asses sors within such new wards, and for all other matters inci dent thereto. To vest the property now vested in the existing Corpo ration of the said borough in their corporate capacity for any municipal or other public purpose in the Corporation of the said borough as so extended, and to vest in the Corporation as the Local Board all property now vested in them in that capacity. To extend to the new or extended portions of the borough and district all the powers and provisions which under the charter incorporating the borough and the several Aots re lating to Municipal Corporations in England and Wales, or under " The Public Health Act, 1848," -" The Public Health Supplemental Act, 1855" or the provisional order set forth in the schedule thereto annexed, or the Acts therein mentioned, or under " The Local Government Act, 1855," " The Local Government Act (1858), Amendment Act, 1861," "The Local Government Act, Amendment Act, 1863," the Act of 1841, the Act of 1856, the Act of 1858, or any of them or any other Acts now in force 'within the said borough or district can be exercised within the existing borough or district, by the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses, of the said borough (herein called "The Corporation' 1. or by the Local Board of Health of the said district (herein called "The Local Board,"), and to exempt the lands to be so added to the said borough and district, and all the houses, buildings, and works therein, from all contribution to the rates levied within the North Riding, of the County of York for the support of the County Police, and from all other County Rates (save and except such as are now leviable within the existing Borough), and to alter such County Rates accordingly, and also from the payment of highway rates and other rates to the several townships of Middlesbrough, Lin thorpe, Acklam, Marton Ormesby, and Normanby, respec tively, and from the liability to repair any turnpike road or highway or contribute to the maintenance thereof, or to any other parochial or township purposes beyond the limits of such extended borough and district. To enable the corporation to purchase and take com pulsorily or otherwise the Port Clarence landing place, in the parish of Dillingham, on. the north side of the river Tees, opposite the corporation landing place, and all lands necessary for the completion thereof, and all the estate and interest of the West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company and others in the said landing place and lands and in the Middlesbrough Passage as defined by the Act of 1858, and the vessels employed thereat, and the tolls, rates, and duties taken or demandable in respect thereof, or of the said Port Clarence landing place, and to provide for the ascertaining and determining, and for the recovery of the purchase and compensation money for the same, and to repeal all or some of the provisions contained in the Act of 185 6. In the Act of 1858, in relation tolhe said landing place and passage, and the rights and Interests of the said railway company therein. To enable the Corporation to complete the Port Clarence landing place within the limits defined by the Act of 1858 on the deposited plans therein rt ferrod to, and to maintain and carry on the same and the Middlesbrough P.assage, and to take tolls, rates, and duties in respect thereof respectively, and to vary and alter such tolls, rates, and duties, and confer, vary, and extinguish exemptions therefrom. To extend the time by the Act of 1856, limited for the com pulsory purchase by the Local Board of lends and houses for the purpose of enlarging the Market Place in the borough and district, and also the time limited for the completion of the said Market Place, and to repeal, alter, amend, and extend all provisions of the Act of 1856, and of any other Act, affected by such extension of time. To confer upon the Local Board further and additional powers for cleansing, lighting, and improving the district of the borough as proposed to be extended under the said Bill. To authorise the Corporation to raise by borrowing and reborrowing at interest, on mortgage of the Wharf and Passage Tolls, Borough fund and rates in the nature of borough rates, to be made for the purposes of the said Bill, or on any of those securities, further sums of money for the several purposes by the Act of 1856, the Act of lese, and the said Bill or any of them authorised, or to be authorised, to be carried into execution by the Corporation. To enable the local Board to raise by borrowing and re borrowing at interest on mortgage of the District Revenue Fund, and on the security of other rates and sums to be carried to the credit of that fund further sums of money for the purposes of the Gas Works, enlarging the Market Place and other works and purposes by the Act of 1851, the Act of 1858, and the said Bill or any of them authorised or to be authorised to be carried into execution by the Local Board, - and to confer other powers in relation to the borrowing and reborrowing of money by the Corporation and Local Board respectively, and the payment of the interest for the same, and for providing a sinking fund to pay off the principal thereof respectively. To authorise the Corporation and the Local Board respec tively to levy borough rates, general district and other rates and assessments upon the owners and occupiers or owners or occupiers of houses, lands, tenements, railways, and other works and property within the extended municipal borough and district for carryinginto effect the several objects,powers, and purposes of the several acts relating to municipal cor porations in England and Wales, and of the Act of 1841, the Act of 1856, the Act of 1858, the Public Health Ace 1848, the , Local Government Act 1858, and the subs:quent acts amend ing the same, and the said Bill or any of them, and to , continue or increau or diminish the amount of rates , and tents authorised to be taken by the Corporation or the Local Board under the same Acts or or any of them, and to levy for all or any of the purposes of the said Acts or of the said Bill new or additional borough rates, general or special district rates, and other rates, tolls, rents, and duties, and to levy such rates respec tively of different amounts in different parts of the borough or district, and to levy the 'hatch rates within the borough as part of the borough rate of the borough, and not as a separate rate, and to regulate and provde for the receipt and application of the several sources of income and profits of the Corporation and of the Local Board, and of the several sums of money charged and to be charged thereon, and to confer, vary, or extinguish exemptions from the payment of tolls rates, or duties, and to confer, vary, or extinguish other rights, privileges, and exemptions. And it is intended by ' the said Bill to enabTe the Cor poration or the Local Board on the one part, and the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the respec tive parishes or townships of Acklam and Linthorpe or either of them on the other part, to define or agree upon some refc:ence to an arbitrator, or otherwise to define and settle the boundaries between the said parishes cr townships and the parish or township of Middlesbrough, and to provide for carrying such settle ment into effect, and for giving due notice thereof, and for exempting the lands, houses, works, and other property declared to be in either parish' or township from the La bility to future rates and assessments to be made on the other parish or township party to such settlement. And it is intended by the said Bill to incorporate or ex tend and make applicable for the purposes thereof all or some of the existing powers and authorities now vested in the Corporation and Local Board respectively under the said Acts of 1841, 1856, and 1858 respectively, and the several Ants respectively incorpo. ated therewith ; also all or some of the powers and provisions of " The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," " The Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts Amend ment Act, 1860," " The Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1817," " The Markets and Fairs Clauses Act 1817," and " The Gas Works Clauses Act 1847," and to confer upon those bodies respectively all other powers and authorities necessary for effecting the objects comprised in this notice, and to repeal, vary, or extinguish all existing rights, privi leges, and exemptions which would interfere therewith. And it is intended by the said Bill, so far as may be neces sary for effecting the objects and purposes thereof or other wise, to repeal, alter, or amend all or some of the powers and provisions of the several local and personal Acts of Parliament following, that is to say—" The Stockton and Middlesbrough Waterworks Act, 1864;" and the several Acts therein recited ; " The Stockton and Middlesbrough Road Act, 1856 ;" "The Middlesbrough Improvement Act, 1841," " The Middles brough Improvement Act, 1856 ;"' "The Middlesbrough Im provement Act, 1858 ;" " The Cleveland Railway Act, 1858 ;" "The Cleveland Railway Act, 1861 ;" "The Cleveland Rail way Act, 1863 ;" " The Tees Conservancy an , t Stockton Dock Act, 1852 ;" " The Tees Conservancy Act, 1854." " The Tees Conservancy Act, 1858 ;" " The Tees Conservancy Act. 1803 ;"" The Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway Act,1845 ;" • " The Middlesbrough and Gut sbrough Railway Act, 1852 ,• ' 15 and 16 Vic.. cap. 142 • 20 and 21 Vic., cap. 43 ; 24 and 25 Vic., cap. 244 and 249 ; and 26 and 27 Vic., cap. 154 ; and any other Acts relating to the West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company or their undertaking, and to make other provi sion in lieu of the powers and provisions so repealed, altered, or amended ; and also if need be, to alter or vary the toils, rates, andrcharges authorise' to be taken by or under any of the said acts, and to grant exemptions from such tolls, rates, and charges, and other rights, privileges, ar.d exemptions. And notice is hereby given, That duplicate plans and sec tions of the Port-Clarence Landing Place and works, and of the Lands required for the purposes thereof, together with a Book of Reference thereto, and a Copy of this Notice as pub lished in the London Gazette, will, on or before the 30th day of November instant, be deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Durham, at his office in the City of Dur ham, and on or before the same day a copy of the said plans, sections, and a book of reference. together with a copy of this notice as published in the London Gazette, will also be de posited with the Clerk of the parish of Billingliam, in the county of Durham. at his place of abode in such parish. Printed copies of the said Bill will be deposited on or be • fore the 23d day of December next in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons. Dated this 17th day of November, 1864. JOHN S. PEACOCK, 1 Solicitor for Town Clerk, Middlesbrough, i the 818. 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Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 600 other places in all parts of Great Brita: COB BETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford. bridge, London, S.E. ESTABLISHED 1837. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE com F ANY. Empowered by special Act of Parlianient 4 Vict., cap. 9. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. . . Every description of' Life Assurance business transacted at the lowest rates of Premium consistent with security. The various Tables, some of whin are peculiar to this Com pany, have been studiously adapted to the requirements of every class of Assurers. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. THE VOLUNTEERS, LONDON SCOTTISH. On Saturday evening a regimental ceremony of much interest took plac3 in Westminster-hall. The London Scot- tish assembled to receive at the hands of Lady Elate prizes won by the more distinguished marksmen in their ranks, and to hear from their Lieut,-Col. Lord Elcho, a short ad. dress on the present state of the corps and the arrangements for the coming regimental year. There was a large attend anca of friends of the officers and members, so that, to afford the space requisite for drawing up the eight companies of which the regiment is composed, the male portion of the bystanders had to be roped up with at narrow bounds at either side of the hall. For the ladies present seats wore placed on the steps and terraces at the upper end leading to St. Stephen's, where they found themselves more comfort ably placed, and contributed at the same time advantage ously to the general effect. To the larger gatherings of the London Scottish somewhat of a family character always attaches, owing in part to the nationality of the assembly, but attributable still further to the clannish spirit—in the best sense of that term—which constitutes a bond of union in all Scotch regiments. It seemed, therefore, quite as a matter of course that printed statements should bo in hands of every one, entering into details about the battalion, such as in other regiments are scarcely ever disinterred from the orderly-room books, and furnishing just the class of infor mation which the public would never dream of asking for, but which is all in all to private friends. This résumé in cluded complete lists of the officers of the corps, with their total numbers in 1863 and 1864 ; comparative returns of the strength of the regiment in those two years, tracing the members through all the grades of life and honorary effi. cleats, "30s. efficients," fired in classes, marksman, first class, second class, third class recruits, resignations, and deaths; records of all the rifle matches shot in 1864, with the names of the members who fired in them, as well as of those who represented the regiment at the National Rifle meeting; the names of members who served on regimental committees; the names of all the marksmen for 1864, with the points obtained by eaoh in class shooting; the winners of all the different regimental prizes, and the scores with which these were gained; lastly, with a view of completing the record of the regimental achievements, an entire page devoted to the names of members who gained prizes at all corners' meetings in different parts of the kingdom, and even at greater distances, I'rivate Kerr, of No. 7 company, being credited with having won the second prize for central shoot ing at the Tir National at Brussels. This private his: ory of the regiment, every line of which was a testimony to the accuracy and care of the adjutant who prepared It, sliowea not only that in the total numbers as well as through all its different ramifications, the London Scottish was main taining and increasing its efficiency, but that there must be something singularly healthy either in volunteering pur suits or else in the Caledonian physique, since out of totals respectively of 696 in 1863 and 632 in 1864 the number of deaths in the first year was only 6, while in the latter it had fallen to 3. The parade was fixed for 7 o'clock, and after an interval of half or three quarters of an hour spent in lis tening to the performance of the band, in rehearsing the manual exercise, or in proving companies —that useful but perplexing portion of drill which looks- to the uninitiated like breaking the backbone of all the companies seriatim, and then knitting it together again by some inexplicable process—Lord Elcho passed slowly down the ranks, ex amining them narrowly as he went. When the last of the companies had been inspected, he returned to the ter race or platform at the upper end where the rewards to be conferred awaited distribution, and Lady Elcho then came forward and said—" Before presenting the prizes I wish to say how very glad I am—every year more glad—to have the honour of performing this ceremony. With all my heart, I wish prosperity to the London Scottish, and health and happiness to every one of you during the regimental year that we are about to enter on." The prize winners in the various classes were called for. ward in order; and, although they came and went as rapidly as possible, the list to be exhausted was so comprehensive that half an hour elapsed before Lady Elcho had given away the last of the distinctions placed in ter hands. Several of the prizemen appeared again and again, a few for as many as the fourth and even the fifth time—not "of asking," but of taking. With regard to the " Railway prizes," Lord Eloho, to prevent miseonception. stated that these were not given by railway companies, who ought properly to do so, but were made up from the premiums upon attendance at the butts not claimed by members who incurred the trouble and expense of going down. At the close of the distribution Lord Echo proceeded with his address concerning the affairs of the regiment, which he prefaced by reading the names of all the marksmen who qualified during the past year, observing of one of them— Professor Masson, who was the best shot in 1862, but stood third on the list in 1863 and 1864—that his case established the close connexion between volunteering and the highest branches of study—a result not to be wondered at, since rifle shooting had become one of the exact sciences. (Laughter.) The fact that fi3 marksmen qualified out of 240 who fired their classes were satisfactory, for, though the total number of those who fired was less by nine than in 1863, the shooting was much better in the present year. In 1864 there were 63 marksmen, as against 50 in 1863-41 first class men, against 20 in 1862-73 in the second class against 71 in 1863—and 13 in the third class, against 16 in 1863. There was probably no corps in the kingdom—cer•. tainly none of the metropolitan colps.--whioh had greater facilities for shooting than they possessed in their range at Wimbledon, It was easy of access, the cost of conveyance small, and everyone who went there acknowledged that it was delightfully situate. He trusted no alteration in the position of corps now having ranges at Wimbledon would be wrought by the bill which Lord Spencer was to intro duce, and that the heath and wildness of the common would never be turned into trimness and fiowerbeds such as those in the parks in London over which his friend Mr Russell, sitting near him, exercised supervision in the Office of Public Works. As far as Lord Spencer had explained his views to him, he believed there was no intention whatever of transforming Wimbledon-common into anything resem bling Hyde-park, but that the design was merely to enclose it, so as to keep off gipsies and tramps, whoburnt the heather and injured the place; and that. Lord Spencer, after making roads and draining the common, would allow it to maintain the wild character which it at present bore. Viewed in such a light, the proposal was not merely beneficial to the volun teers, but to all persons frequenting that part of the coun try. Referring to the regimental prizes which would be competed for in the coming year, Lord Elcho said he had received a letter from Mr W. S. Riddell, a former member of the London Scottish, announcing that he and other fel low countrymen in Hongkong and Shanghai were subscrib ing for a cup to be presented to the corps, leaving the con ditions to be framed by the council. They had determined to call this the "China" Cup, to be shot for annually, and felt that they were much indebted to those gentlemen for their kindly sympathy, and for proving that out of sight was not out of mind. Another former member of the corps, Mr Mane, belonging to the War-office, proceeded to China and recently, when there was a call for volunteers there, Col. Gordon was so much struck with his aptitude for drill, and thorough knowledge of all the minutiae of rifle shooting that he asked where he had been drilled, and finding it was in the London Scottish at once promoted him to be captain. (Laughter and applause.) liming announced the teems upon which a new prize offered by Lord Wemyss would be shot for, Lord Eteho touched upon the constitution of the games committee, and went on to say that the regiment was in possession of capital curling grounds, and that he hoped young Scotchmen who were now standing about him dressed in brown and all sorts of mufti, instead of wearing gray and being in the ranks, would come forward and join the club, A golf club had also been started at Wimbledon,and though he did not think the ground very favourable for the pur pose he was glad to hear of its establishment. One of the most successful things at the Wimbledon meeting last year was the Scotch camp, and neither he nor Lady Elebo could ever forget the cordial welcome and very charming enter tainment which were there prepared for them. The only complaints made were on the score of limited accommoda tion,so many persons having been anxious to join the camp. Ho trusted that the rules of the National Association-would permit this drawback to be rectified next year. Their band was, as usual, very efficient; but he confessed to a little feeling of uneasiness as to the attendance of the pipers since he had read the account of the great Darbar held by Sir J. Lawrence, fearing that the passion for Highland music dis played by the 630 native princes might have led these musi cians to dash out by the overland route to avail themselves of such splendid openings. (Laughter.) He must say that this predilection for the bagpipes showed the Indians to be a highly civilized people. (Renewed laughter.) In the Department of Science and Art at South Kensington the Indian designs and patterns were upheld as the best in the world; and surely, when we found this highly civi lized_ and - cultivated people taking to. the bagpipes the Scotch had a right to say that those who did not appreciate such music were in a melancholy state of darkness. (Much laughter and applause.) Having explained that Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hope Grant had accepted the post of honorary colonel, rendered vacant by the death of Lord Clyde, Lord Elcho went on to speak of the arrangements as to di ill for the coming year. Experience showed that hitherto in metro politan corps too many opportunities for drill had been given, the result being that Volunteers wore hardly ever collected together in numbers sufficient for a good battalion drill until they came to be inspected. No one was to be blamed for this ; every one no doubt came when he could, and the day which suited one was not convenient for an other; but the evil was not one from which country corps suffered, because the companies comprising the administra tive battalions were always drilled near their own homes by their own officers, and generally had pretty full musters. A couple of times in the year they meet for battalion drill, each company in its integrity going by train to a central point, and eventually in the same way to their inspection. Therefore, unless the metropolitan corps took some means of getting good battalion drills before inspection, they ran the danger of being worse drilled than the country corps. What was proposed with this end in view was to concen trate the drills, taking pains to ascertain beforehand what times would be most convenient to the members generally. All that was requisite was six battalion drills, or nine ap pearances in the year, and he felt convinced that volunteers generally would co4operate with their officers in distribut ing these attendances as advantageously as possible. One of the great features in the coming volunteer year was, as they no doubt knew, the change of Inspector.. General. The rules of the service as regarded staff appointments ob liged Col. M'Murdo at the end of five years to retire from the office which he had filled with so much credit and honour to himself, and unquestionably with such advantage to the service. It was not by any means desirable that testimo nials should be given to every inspector, but Col. M'Murdo had seen the birth of the movement and had nursed it into vigour and efficiency,so that among a very large section of the volunteer force a desire, he knew, existed to present Col. M'Murdo with some solid recognition on his retirement from office. He was to be succeeded by Col. Erskine; and, though it was always invidious to say that one man was better qualified for a particular post than another, he confessed that if he had to give his vote on the matter there was no man whom he should prefer to Col. Erskine, who had been trained under Col. M'Murdo, and was, in all respects, a good and admirable officer, thoroughly fitted for his position. He hoped that when the London Scottish were next inspected they would not lose the high character which they had deserved from the late Inspector-General; and in conclusion he joined most heartily in the wishes which Lady Elcho had expressed. The companies, which had been drawn up so as to form three sides of a square during the address and distribution of prizes were then marched back to their original position, lodged arms, dismissed, and the proceedings terminated. THE LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE. The annual distribution of prizes competed for and won by the members of the London Rifle Brigade took place on Saturday at the Crystal Palace. It is rather curious that this corps, which especially represents in the Volunteer force the great city of London, sheu'd hold its annual meet ing at a distance of six miles from its head quarters, while in almost every other instance the ceremony of distributing prizes is performed in the district to which the particular corps is attached. It would seem to be more appropriate to invite the City of London Rifles to Guildhall rather than to compel the Lord Mayor to meet them on a winter's - c my at Sydenbai.i. The ceremony on Saturday took place in front of the Handel Orchestra, which was hand somely decorated, and the fortunate winners received their respective rewards from the hands of the Lady Mayoress. Among those who occupied places near her ladyship were Lady Harriett Warde, the Lord M yor, the Sheriff; Aldermen Dakin and Bagley, Mr Alderman Rose, 241. P. (Major in the London Rifle Brigade), Mr Alder man Finnis, Colonel Erskine, Deputy-Inspector of Volun teers, Colonel Wilkinson, Rev. Dr. Mortimer, &o. The prizes, which were numerous, and of a varied character, exceeding £7OO in value, were exhibited upon tables on either hand of the Lady Mayoress, and among the contri bators were the Merchant Taylors', the Clothworkers', the Grocers', the Fishmongers, the Vintners', and the Drapers' Companies, but there was still noticeable the absence of the great names associated with the wealthy commerce of the city of London, Messrs. Silver being almost the only re presentatives of that numerous class who might be expected to take an especial interest in this the city corps of Volun. tears. The list of prizes and prize winners was too long for quotation l and it must suffice to state that among the most successful members of the corps were Private Wyatt (win. ner of the Queen's prize at Wimbledon) Colour-Sergeants Phythian, Stuckey, Churchill, and Cross, Corporal Wor tham, Privates Cranwell, Stanford and Butler. The prize given to the best shot in the brigade fell to the lot of Private Wyatt, whose appearance on the platform was hailed by his comrades with loud and continued cheers. One prize was given by the father of the late Ensign Bannister, "in re membrance of the many happy hours spent by hie late son in the London Rifle Brigade." Precisely at 6 o'clock the brigade, which mustered in fair strength, marched into the Palace, headed by their band, which it was especially announced had taken first prize at the late competition in the Horticultural Gardens. Lieutenant-Colonel WARDS, commanding the brigade, briefly addressed the corps, and congratulated them upon the increased list of prizes which were to be distributed on the present occasion, exceeding in value those of last year by nearly £4OO. That, however, was not the only subject for congratulation, but it was especially gratifying to find that the great city companies and those whose good opinion it was desirable to obtain had shown their approval of the efforts of the members of the corps to arrive at excellence of shooting and efficiency of drill. The past year had been to him, as commander of the corps, one of great satisfaction. His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, the hono rary colonel of the brigade, had inspected theni, and had bestowed npon them a praise which they highly valued. (Cheers.) They had done well in shooting, and he could not but refer with pride to the fact that the first prize in Eng land, the Queen's Prize, had been won by a member of the London Rifle Brigade. (Cheers.) Not only that, but in the first 30 there were included three members of this corps, and in the second 30 one member, making four members of the Lontron Rifle Brigade who were eligible to compete for that great prize. Although they could not hope to carry off the Queen's Prize always, yet he hoped their success this year He he mi g ht,t o unt the it ceo ° ne(r w sc n yepw e ffi a h v e et o m eo e cuet o r i e kr ' le dsnront. f:toonaw t fo h li t . would encourage them to persevere in their efforts to arrive at excellence. The strength of the regiment had been steadily increasing, no less than 250 secruits having joined within the last year, and the accessions had much outnum bered the resignations. The distribution of prizes was then proceeded with, and at the conclusion of that ceremony a vote of thanks was pased to the Lord Mayer and the Lady Mayoress. The LORD MA.YOR, in responding, said he thought the Volunteer movement had begun at the right time, had been carried on in the right way, and would produce the right result, by warning other nations not to interfere with our rights or our liberties. Volunteers, disciplineenhLo permitabl t out h en ni h a idto t ioevsneecrssoduofß, gallant leetow:the in:aheeeeto..l Lieut.-Col. WARDS said he had hoped that Col. M'Murdo would have been present to address a few words to the Bri gade, but that gallant o ffi cer was engaged in inspecting officer'santhe c ab or s p en s. ce Brigade, express their high admiration of the manner in which Col. M'Murdo had performed his duties towards the Volunteers during the five years in which ho had been in had it not beenofblo.erhECarlosflk.oiMfute‘hleanaßrdroiogffi'sacdseetrehawedyhexohparwnesadsseoedvmerhinitsehnerimely. movement,the g r ect Volunteers would not be so decidedly pronounced as they ci tpeh i nr i ee a ais l br i e fi ln ee present friends.uht p o i om supply ttto i t this gave hieapv interesting eo p vh l e a i place . official o s t l 100 soldierly Colonel E h rnl e e b c r u t li Cli Kt o l u e a i s l t wi o E t i f i s i i et tDhe qualities ea e ta p h t n i s u e s d e m tf r ya t i c h . 11I'Murdo to remain longer at the head of the Volunteer nowsor were. would be Ci C n h occasion , acquaintanceCc ( Cheers .) e s i d e io r , s n m u n m uch t only pleasure w t with becauseth s t to fi e e t was received with cheers, then addressed the Volunteers and his corps, but al s o b ecause h e cons i dered it to age 4 dal of one holding the office which he had the honour to hold in connexion with the Volunteer force to avail himself of every opportunity to forward the interests and to encourage its efforts. A question had been raised as to whether the distribution of prizes were as conducive to the real interests of the volunteers as their frequency at this season of the year would seem to imply they were held to be by the force at large. For himself, he had no hesitation in saying that he believed they were beneficial. He was quite aware that many officers of high standing and long experience in the military profession were by no means agreed as to the exact degree of value which should be attached to individual skill in shooting when considering the efficiency of an army for actual warfare. Although no one would deny that every soldier should be able to make the best possible use of the arms intrusted to him, yet there were persons who laid much greater stress upon individual skill in musketry than did others, who maintained that in over-estimating the value of individual skill there was danger of losing sight of matters of still greater importance in the training of volun teers and of soldiers generally. Ho would not pronounce any opinion upon the question as it affected the regular army ? but, viewing it in connexion with the volunteers, he bad no hesitation in saying that his experience led him to the belief that among all classes of vuluoteers nu part of their train ing was so intresting as target practice. Ho theroloro thought that, in the interest of the volunteer cans° it was desirable that every encouragement should be giv,:n to the attainment of skill in rids shooting, He did not mean to imply that the existence of the volunteer force depended upon such encouragement, or would be ignoring the admi rable patriotic spirit which led to its formation, which still maintained it in more than its original strength, and which would vastly increase the number within its ranks if ever our coasts were threatened with invasion. (Cheers ) With respect to the London Rifle Brigade in par ticular, he had that day looked through the returns at the War-office, and he was glad to find that its enrolled srrength had been steadily mantained, and of late had been on the increase. (Cheers.) He found, too, that the general military efficiency of the corps had Leen well kept up, and he'said that not upon his own authority, but upon that of their honorary colonel, his Royal Highness the Commander-. in-Chief. (Cheers.) He was still more gratified to state that such a state of things was not peculiar to the London Rifle Brigade, as the volunteer force generally was increas ing in strength and well maintaining its military efficiency. (Renewed cheers.) Colonel Mellfunno, who had just arrived, then,rose, and was greeted with such hearty cheering as indisputably proved his popularity with the volunteer... The gallant colonel said he had determined to be present if possible, and although he had that afternoon inspected a corps at Rich mond, and had to inspect another in some, to him, unknown district in the north-east of London, he had contrived to reach Sydenham in time to address a few words to them. In the first place, he must express his gratification at seeing the London Rifle Brigade once more under arms before he severed his official connection with them. He thought it was well that such meetings as this should take place an- nually, not only to reward the winners of prizes and to encourage those who had not yet been fortunate, but also to enable those ladies and gentlemen who were friends and supporters of the cause to see the volunteers face to face. It was well that those friends and supporters should see the volunteers under arms, their soldierly bearing, and should be made acquainted with the proficiency acquired in the use of the weapons intrusted to the volunteers, thus assuring them of the manner in which those arms would be used should they ever be needed fur the defence of the country. As he viewed the volunteer movement, he be lieved the time was very distant when they would be called into the field for the defence of the country, because he be lieved the very fact of the existence of the volunteer force was sufficient to deter other nations from making any attempt upon our shores. (Cheers.) So long as the volunteer army maintained its numbers—and he regarded it as only the nucleus of an army—so long as it maintained the effi ciency at whieh he could testify it had attained, he was sure it would of itself preserve our coasts from invasion by foreign armies. Their gallant colonel had thanked him in their name for the manner in which he had performed his duties in connection with the Volunteer force. Ho thanked them for that expression of their opinion concerning him, and he could only most truthfully declare that his labourk; and he had not spared himself—(loud cheers)—his labours from'first to last were labours of love. (Cheers.) He knew, as every reflecting soldier must know, that good as was our regular army, it was not numerous enough for the defence of our coasts as well as for the protection of our colonies. They all knew if war were to break out to-morrow we should not have more than 40,000 regular troops in this country. They all knew—and none better than the mer chants of London—the enormous weight of the Military Estimates every year. Since the Crimean war the Army Estimates had unavoidably swelled to a very large amount, and it was hardly possible to expect that the country should be taxed for the maintenance of a larger standing army than we now had. He looked upon this Volunteer movement, which was begun five years ago, as if the people had said, " What we cannot do with our regular army we will do ourselves." (Cheers.) He remembered well that on the very day in 1859 when he first received instructions to enter upon the duties of Inspector of Volunteers he met a body clad in dark green with black cocks' feathers in their shakoes, whose marching was so good that he had scarcely ever seen any soldier.; march better. 'Upon inquiry he;found that those men belonged to the London Rifle Bri gade. (Loud cheers.) He then perceived what the Vo lunteer force would come to, and he had not been deceived, and he thanked God that it was in the power of this corm. try to maintain such an army so cheaply and so efficiently- Although he was about to leave thew, he should ever re tain a vivid recollection of the pleasure he had experienced in labouring with the Volunteers. (Loud cheers.) The proceedings were then brought to a close with loyal cheers and the National Anthem. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHERTSE Y STEEPLECHASES—SA.TuunIy, The Maiden Steeplechase of 3 Bova each, with 25 added, weight for age, with selling allowances. About three miles. Mr Elphick's Gorsehawk, 6 yrs, 10st (£6O) (T. Clement) 1 Mr Fowler's Claurus, aged, lOst 71b (£6o) (Jewell) 2 Mr W. Harman's Remunerator, aged, lOst 71b (£WO) (Searle) 3 The following also ran:—lrish Boy, Betsy Baker, and Surbiton. Betting-6 to 4 agst Remunerator, sto 2 agst Surbiton, 6 to 1 agst Betsy Baker. Irish Boy made play, and passing the stand was followed by Gorsehawk and Claurus, Remunerator going on last. They ran without any particular change till clearing the brook on the far side. where Betsy Baker came to grief, after which Gorsehawk took a clear lead. Atter passing the stand the second time, Surbiton fell at the next fence, and Gorsehawk went on with Claurus in pursuit, but the former won without being approached by a distance. The winner was bought in for 157 guineas. The Surrey and Middlesex Open Handicap Steeplechase of 50 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each, 2 ft; win ners extra. About 3i miles. Mr R. Rowland's Meanwood (12, b), llet 51b .... (Knott) 1 Mr Nugent's Yaller Gal, list 61b (Mr Barry) 2 - - - The following also ran : Zodiac, Odds or Evens, and Stays. Betting-5 to 2on Meanwood, bto 2 apt Yaller Gal, 6 to 1 agat Meanwood took a strong lead and fencing beautifully, maintained his advantage to the end and won by a distance ; Stays cantered in, and nothing else passed the post. The Open Hunters' Steeplechase of 3 soya each, with 20 added; 12st 71b each, with selling allowances ; profess sionals, 71b extra. About three miles. Mr A. Yates's Storm, aged, lOst 71b (L 10) (Knott) 1 Mr J. F. Burkill's Holdersyke, aged, list (£GO) (Owner) 2 Mr Hurman's The Sprat, aged, lOst (Z 10) (Mr Harford) 3 The following also ran :Kitty, Mystery, Sweep, Blair Athol, Aunt Sally, Confederate, Polly Hopkins, and Irish Lass. Betting-2 to 1 agat Storm, sto 2 agst Confederate, sto 1 agst Polly Hopkins, 6 to 1 agat Mystery. Storm led over the first fence, but was soon passed by Blair Athol and Heldersyke, the termer of whom carried on: the running the first time round. Approaching the straight Storm again came to the front, Blair Athol having gradually retired amongst the ruck. From this period Storm went on in advance, and won by eight lengths ; The Sprat was a bad third, and nothing else passed the post. The winner was bought in for 95 guineas. Match, 50sovs, list 71b each—Mr Biddlecombe's Momue agst Mr Land's Piggy.--off by consent. ZGeand Military Steeplechase of 5 sous each, with a Cart added, lOst 71h . each, with penalties and allowances. About three miles. Caps. Knox's Puss, list 71b'Owner) 1 Mr F. Grenville's Yaller Gal, 12st 71b (inc. 141 b ex.) (Ur Harford) 2 Traviata also ran, Betting-7 to 4on Puss-2 to I agst Yaller Gal, The favourite made all the running, and won by a length and a half. Traviata did not pass the post, AQUATICS. GENTLEMEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE CAM. The concluding race for the Colquhoun sculls and cup, open for competition to the University of Cambridge was rowed on Friday. It was a time race, and the gentlemen were started 100 yards apart. The following were the comm petitors, with their times M. s. Mr Redpath, Trinity College 8 43 Mr Watney, St. John's College... 8 48 Mr Griffiths, Trinity College 8 55 Mr Griffith picked up Mr Watney soon atter the start, and held a good position at " Grassy;" but was unable after wards to retain his advautage. Mr Redpath gained consi derably to Ditton, and it was thought by his rowing that he would make a very hollow race of it ; but here Mr Watney settled well to his work and decreased his lead. It was, however, evident to all that Mr Redpath must win, and he arrived first at the goal, beating Mr Watney by five seconds, and Mr Griffiths by twelve. All the three boats were fine new specimens of outriggers, and were built expressly for this occasion by Mr Edward Searle., NEW NOVEL BY MR. C. J. COLLINS. This Day is published. in 3 vols., price 31s. 6d., IN GE D MOTHS. By the Author of "SACKVILLE CHASE," &O. . 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