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T" QUEEN IN:QUI-ONCE COMPANY. _IV), Leacienhall-street, London, F.C. Queen Insmance-buildings, Liverpool. Capital ONE MILLION STERLING. At the Anniill fleeting of the Proprietary, held at Liver- Doll, on the 21st OctOber, 1861, _BERNARD HALL, Esq.. Chairman of the Company, in the Cha'r, the Threcturs' Report for the year stated — That the Fire Premiums for the year amounted to £70,300 being an increase over the preceding year of 22,e80 That the Life Premium Receipts for the first three years were and for the past three years . . 43,557 being !in increase in the latter triennial period over the former of That the amount accumulated since last Meeting, as a Fire Reserve Fund, wa5..... 23,427 and the amount added to Life Fund was That during the past five years the Company had paid for Claims Ilia Actuary reported that the Life Liabilities had been Valued on the soundest prin2iples, viz., Net Premiums at 3 per cent. interest, and that the Bonus to part cipating Policy holders averaged as much as 46 per cent. per annum of the Premiums paid, while in some instances it was as high as 65, 70, and even 7:) per cent. A divid,nd was declared to proprietors at the rate of 8 per Cent. per annum. J. MONCRIEF'F WILSON, Manager and Actuary. "JOHN E. LEYLAND, Secretary. 108,515 Ti PERSONS SEEKING LANDED ESTATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, l'ltE EH OLD AND LEASEFIOLD INVESTMENTS, AND IItOPER PIES G EN E RALL Y To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Raliway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom. or at the Auction and Estate Offices, IVO. 67, chancery-lane, London, Messrs. .K and 11. Lumley' s FREE PROPERTY REGISTER , " containing a varied selection ft landed and house properties now in the market, from the uobleman's mansion , with its manorial domain, to the cottage with Ps few acres. OWNERS OP PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em b*aee the opportunity that the medium of this Resister *ffords sen ding the particu'ars of their prop er ti es to th e I,:state' by Offices, e 7, Chancery-lane, London, as t h e M essrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, *where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. THERE IS NO criAnGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then onlythe usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. SALE OF OLD STORES, AT THE ROYAL ARMY CLOTHING DEPARTMENT, PIMLICO. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, 17th October, 1863. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is prepared to receive on or before SATURDAY, 31st inst., Tenders for the purchase of Un'erviceable Stores now lying at the Royal Army Clothing Department at Pimlico, comprising Military Clothing, Great Co its, Tin Ware, Waterproof Articles, Tools, &c., Ato. The Stores may be viewed at Pimlico from 9 to 11 and from 1 to 4 o'clock during the four days previous to the 31st inst. Tenders must be made upon the proper printed form, Which may be obtained on application at this office, or to the Military ~ , ,torekeeper at Pimlico. The Secretary of State for War reserves the right to reject any or all of the Tenders. THOMAS HOWELL, Director of Contracts. CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS. Transport Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, Oct. 17,18 3. THE COMMISSIONERS for Executing the (Mc of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the United kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. do Hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 20th instant, at Half-past Om. o'clock, they will be re idy to treat under the Conditions contained in the Regulations for 11,r Majesty's Transport Service and the form of Charter Party, which may be seen at the above office, for the conveyance, from Woolwich to AUCKLAND, N.Z., in two fast-sailing ships, of abut In one Ship. In the other Ship. Officers . 14 Ladies Officer. , ' Children .... 4 Soldiers Women Soldiers' Children Stores (heavy) 10 tons Stores (iight) 106 tons. Tenders are to be made at rates per head (officers and Then separately), and per ton for Stores. The rates per head ,re to include conveyance, freight o f b' ggage according to ~ tovernment seal.. (App XXII. of the Transport Regulations), t he supply of articles for the mess place, cabins, and berths 11.. XV.), articles for table use of Troops (App. XVI.), and °f cooking utensils, fuel, lights, and necessaries tor their those (App. XVII.), as welt as of all such Stores (especially referred to In Art. 97), and other requisites as are re quired by the Transport Regulations to be provided by the ° Wners. N 7 essing for officers or other first and second class pass°ng - ers is to' a supplied by the owners, and will be paid -°r .in addition to the above charges "per head," at the rates s pecified in App. XXIII. of the Regulations, which rates are !o Include the supply of bedding exclusive of bed .inen and ~els), medical comforts, articles for table use, cooking Tensils, fuel, light, and other requisites ( , ee Art. 201 and "'pp. XV. to XVII. of the Regulations). Fittings will be * reeted, and provisions, a supply of water, medical comforts, "a Bedding for the t °idlers and their families, will be put pi board by Government. The owners are to supply a die ' l i ning apparatus, and water casks or tanks. Drinking tanks th e mess decks for the daily use of the troops will, how barrr, be lent by Government, in lieu of the usu a l mess water ls. The VeFsels are to be ready for immediate service, and to '" 1 1 as soon as the Government fittings, &c., are completed, i Ithout any delay on account of the shipment of private tar o. No private passengers are to be conveyed. All Tenders must be made on the printed form provided 'or the purpose, which may be obtained on application at the ; 41 .d office,addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, otherset House, and bear in the left-hand corner the words '` T ransport Department." t il l% tender will be received after half-past one o'clock on e daY of treaty. ARMY CONTRACTS. TENDERS will be received at this Office until 12 o'clock noon on the 3d of November, from persons Who may be willing to enter into Contracts to supply i BREAD AND MEAT RUch quantities ,s may be required, for the use of Her front'kaiest's Land Forces stationed in the following places, st . December, 1863, to 31st May, 1864 Brompton House, Hyde-park, and Kensington. 2. Regent's-park and St. John's-wood. 3. New Barracks, Chelsea. 4. Wellington Barracks, Buckingham Palace, and St. George's Barracks. o• The Tower. 6 . Hounslow and Kneller Hal 7 . Frampton Court. 8. Wind& r. 9 . Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shore ham. !". Croydon. AL Sandhurst. tacitPrte Tenders for Bread and for Meat must be made for ta ot the above-mentioned Stations or Barracks as se far grouped and numbered. t form s of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob b"'Ped on application at this office, by letter or in person, ‘'E weer' the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. 4 ,enders on the printed forms must be properly filled up sizned, and no Tender will be not unless debvered ,'‘ the under-menttoned Office, under closed envelope (marked ;'„4 th e outside " Tender for Commissariat Supplies "), before ' 4 o'clock noon on the 3d November next. W. T. POWER, Comm;ssary-GeneraL Deputy Commissary-General's Office, 5. New-street, Spring-gardens, London, S.W., 10th Oct., 1863. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Oct. 9, 1863. TENDERS will be received at this Office, until tro 12 o'eloek noon, on TUESDAY, the 3d November, 1863, Pply Persons who may be wili ng t o en t er i n t o C on t rac t s to FLOUR AND MEAT, qus nt' ties as may be required, fmm the Ist December. h.:3 ti t , ne o d at Aldershot , ls May, 1861. Camp th , and with for e use of in herthe M co ajes mm ty aud's F.orces ~'Parate Tenders are required for 'rigour and for Meat. a F orms of Tender and Co , witions of Contract may be ob 01,c1 on application at this office, by letter or in person, een the hours s c ot ten and four o'clock. ne Tenders must be properly filled up and si2ned, and delivered at office (under closed envelope, marked on the tutside " Tender for Army Supplies," and no Tender will e ne4 iced unless made on forms obtained from this office, 411 d delivered by the hoar appointed. TIDMAN'S SEA SALT is of great benefit to weakly children, and a boon to all who would obtain the invigorating effects of a sea bath in the comtortable se clu,ion of an apartment. Instructions for use are enclosed in each packet. ARMY ONTRACTS. TENDCommissariat -office, Aldershot, Oct. 9, 1863. E RS will b e rec e !ve d at this Office, until 31... 1163, f rom 12 o'clock, noon, on TUESDAY, the 3d November, to supply persons who may be willi ng t o en t er i n t o C on t rac t FLOUR FOR HOSPITAL BREAD, i n such quantities as may be required, from the Ist Decem ber,lnand 1863, to 31st M ay, 1 64. for the use of Her Majesty's orces stationed at Ald ershot Camp, and within the com- Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on aVlica'ion at this office, by letter or in person, be t Ween the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and sinned, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the o utside " Tender ter Army Supplies"), and no tender will be n oticed un'ess made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. CIELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of tJ 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 r. st their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakepeare, 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. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Alder Shot, Oct, 9, 1883. ENDERS will be received at this Office, until '1:41, 12 o'cl, ck, noon, on THURSDAY, the sth November fr m persons wh) may be willing to enter into Con- t to supply I'AILLASSE STRAW AND STRAW FOR ROYAL in ENGINEER SERVICE, 1 4 ,cm quantities as may be required Pram the Ist December, p oi ? to 30th . November. 180 t, for the use of her Majesty s es stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com b:l4lld. tatiortns of Tend er an d C on diti ons o f C on t ract may be ob betCa en een the appl hoursicationof ten and four at this office o' , by letter or in perso n , clock. out Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and Omueitir.ered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the be noticed ender for Supply of Straw)," and no Tender will unles4 made on forms obtained from this office, `'.lci delivered bY the hour appointed. 'J4MENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, n t k i ting-room, consisting of a new and Obeli assort a tan ds, SeZAES, Figures, Groups, Candlestickssks, Ink- Alabas er, Put inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian, Imported an, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, Arm tulogist to hj 4 anufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine- Mr. Tenna nt %tiesty, 149, Stand. W.C., Lonaon. MINERALs,I7,-anges elementary collections of SHELLS, facilitate t in and FOSSILS, which will g,reatly CHOLOGY. tug ~l'e,sting study a MINERALOGY, CON tach. N AOLoGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas PRACTICAL r tz „„ RALOtI is given=) , UC in GEOLOGY and MINE kr. TENNANr, at 149. Strand, W.C. . ..._. IVOTHING I1II;" --- 1.:1 m ost useful im-on o , SSIBLE.—The greatest and kessrs. JO TIN GOSisip,o l of the day, AGUA ANARELLA. street, London, Perfuni,Vad CO., 3, King-court, Lembard to the public this truly il :'° her Majesty, respectfully off er restores the human hair toarivellous fluid, which gradually What age. 'f he Agua Arna relits pristine hue—no matter at dY , s ; it, on the contrary, is t has none of the properties o f W hen the hair is once restore ~e n eflcial to the system, and Will keep it in perfect colour_ it i rle application per month h 1 half bottles, Ns. 6d. Testinig i One guinea per bottle, or ) ,:gliest order, a nd from vidua l , on application, Of als from artistes ot the "' l itY. may be seen undoubted respecta ,4od co. have been appointed Perf ume Messrs. John Gosnell 'esti the Princess of `Vales. ra to her Royal High- I)1. R. SCOTT'S BILIOUS PILL S.—A NEVER FAILING A nt im sr LIVER t'!tred without any mercurial ingredient, Iron, th EDY.—Pre -cott, of Bromley, Kent will be found invai li Z i r ecipe of Dr. 'llWer from bilious - and ' tiver complaints, indi a . eis '!..,t_o all who !Donis, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, s m . Ari r n 2 wind, operietr ua 9 a tiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as habitual il the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in thei r : 4 and grateful to ihe stomach, they create appeite, pr ~° , te digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system I,:tcl by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross: Ondon, and by most druggists, In boxes,lB. lid., and three eles the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. ~r ett's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are it square 1it,.. 11 Package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the Q. N ORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and Invested Funds Annual Revenue.... 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insnran , es granted both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the moat 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 Insured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the No. 22,253. NEW NOVEL by the Author of "ANNE DYSART." Just ready, in 2 vols., 215., THE BROWNS AND THE SMITHS By the Author of "Anne Dysart," .SAC. Also now ready, in 3 vols., QUEEN MAB. By JULIA KAVANAGH. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Shortly will be pablished, in magnificent emblematic cover, . _ . _ 4t0., 215., or in morocco, 31s. 6d., _ , THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, An Illustrated Edi , ion, from no less than 60 Original Drawings by George Cruikshank, Leech, and Tenniel. A lso now ready, 54th thousand, the CHEAP EDITION of INGOLDSBY, price ss. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. NOTICE. —The SECOND EDITION of NET) LOCKSLEY is now ready at all Libraries and Booksellers. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. 122, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. MESSRS. JOHN MAXWELL AND CO. beg to announce that the undermentioned new Works may be now had at every Circulating Library : SACKVILLE CHASE. 3 vols. 2d Edition. STRONGHAND. By G. AIMARD. 2 vols. BREAKFAST IN BED. By GEORGE Auouszus SALA. Second Edition. 1 vol. THE REV. ALFRED HOBLUSH AND HIS CURACIES. 1 vol. SECRETS OF MY OFFICE. 1 vol. CROSS OF HONOUR. 1 vol. [This day. London : John Maxwell and Co.. 122. Fleet-street. LGYPTIAN HALL—Continued Success of Mr. J. K. LORD. P.Z.S., in his AT HOME IN THE WILDERNESS, the ltGth Representation! assisted by Mr. REGALDI, the celebrated Vocalist. Nightly, at Eight. Saturday, at Three. Admission, 55., 35., 25., is. TH E OXFOR D, ( 1 , OXFORD STREET, IV. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE, CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, and Bellini's SONNAMBULA. . ----- - 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, &o. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Euzene, W. Randall, George Hodson, and those marvellous French Clowns, Messrs. ARTHUR and BERTRAND. Also, a Performance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRA 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, Cd. ; stalls and balcony, is. ; private boxes, 10s. Bd. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—I n or d e r to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and Henryllircks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GHOsT," to the Concert _Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Balcony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest improvements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENIAG, at half-past Nine o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and the marvellous Arthur and Bertrand. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! new version—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN— Grand Divertissement—Favourite Opera Selections—NlCO- SlA, the eminent V tolinist —RAPHAE 14 DE SOLLA. the Infant Tenor—LANGLOIS, the Great Juggler. Every Evening. Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR i\ 'COSTA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill -street, Piccadilly. These elegant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director and Conductor, Mons. L. JULLIEN. Great Success of his new Quadrille, " The Prince of Wales," nigbtly encored. .... _ The band is selected from the Italian Operas and the Household Troops. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, is. Manager—M. GRENET. T.UXURIANT WHISKERS or MOUSTACHES.—My formula Lire's them to grow heavily in six weeks upon the smoothest face, without injury to the skin, and a sure remedy for tardiness. 13 stamps.— Mr. FOX. Macclesfield. Fox's celebrated Hairwash Formula, for removing scurf and curling the hair, seven stamps, DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptible, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMON S, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. 11WALKER'S IMPROVED NEEDLES, • Elliptic Embroidery, and Loop-Eyed Darning; Chenille, Tapistry, Netting, Knitting, Carpeting ; p a t en t Penelope Crochets, Tambours, &c., sold by any respectable Dealer. H. WALKER is also Patentee of the Ridged-Eyed Needles for easy and rapid sewing. Manufacturer to Her Majesty, Queen's Works, Alcaster, and 47, Gresham-street, London. SEI ORTHAND.-PIT'MAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 7d. S TIORTHAND.-PITM AN'S PHONOGRA PHIC ➢IANUAL. Free by pest, is. 6d. SH 011. THAN D.-"PITMAN'S PHONO. GRAPIIY forms an exceedingly efficient —probably the MOST efficient —system of Shorthand that exists. —Sir Rowland Rill. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. A REAL SEA BATH in your own room by using TIDMAN'S SEA SALT. This article, extracted from the " foaming; billows," is a valuable adjunct to the daily bath, and the best possible sub - stitute for a visit to the sea-side. Price 16s. per cwt. For warded on receipt of post-office order or stamps. TIDMA..N and SON, Chemists, 10, Wormwood-street, Lon don, E.C. TIDMAN'S SEA SALT has been analysed by Dr. Hassall, who strongly recommends it as very superior to the rock and oth-r salts commonly used for bathing purposes. It is the only efficient substitute for sea bathing. In bags of 141b5., price 2s. ; 28Lbs., 4s. ; 56Ibs , Bs. 1121b5., Sole Proprietors, TID3IAN Sz SON, 10, Wormwood-street, London, E.C. Sold by all Chemists. OFFICES: LONDON 58, Threadneedle-street. .. 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury. 19 West-end Office.. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, tr in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEIICIT, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. - - - This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting' into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow -creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. „ . - ---- The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to s dmit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward ➢lasterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; hansom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co.; Wdliaras, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the LiQopital. suairwlDA szami,seoreUry, • 0 14 - t,toi . •I. • Ar 't;,%4• t ea;.A 4 , i. " "Pn' A , -J. 4r°— • Ame,„ —4 ' l l ••,„ . . 0 , • •52 \ 4, '4l; e), Rorr . 4: - 4. rr l . • '4'4l ( --777) -ce) Ki )37 . '.. i._ , • , '?) 7 1 -. Y is i t ast r ., -- cs laViciPeklj" 11 o c S PAPE R STAMPED ....sd. trious services to his country, resolved to erect a pub! monument to his memory in his native city." Mr. W. BUCHANAN, M.P., seconded the resolution, which was cordially agreed to. On the motion of Sir JAMES CAMPBELL, a number of noblemen and gentlemen were appointed a committee to collect subscriptions and decide upon the form and site of the monument, and the artist to be employed. The tom) PROVOST in . iroated hat al;. ,, ough no cff.rt hod bean male to obtain sal:sc; iptions, contributions amounting to upwards of £7OO had been voluntarily made. A vote of thanks to the Lord Provost brought the pro ceedings to a close. POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS. In two years, from Sept. 16, 1861, to Sept. 15, 1863, the Post-office banks have received £3,730,885 in 1,208,938 se parate deposits, and they have repaid £1,088,544 in 226,245 separate sums. They have opened accounts for 324,355 de positors; on September 15, 1863, the accounts of 266,857 of those depositors remained open in the books of the Post-office, and the total sum duo to those depositors was on that day £2,648,310. The establishment of Post-office savings banks has not resulted in a mere transfer of business from one public institution to another. It has resulted in a marked increase of business, and in a large addition to the number of those prudent and frugal persons who seek the security of the State for the safe cus tody and prompt repayment of their savings. In the ten years ending on Nov. 20, 1861--that is, in ten years prior to the establishment of Post-office savings banks—there had been an annual average increase at the rate of 3 4.stha per cent. in the total number of savings -bank depositors in the United Kingdom. In the year ending Nov. 20, 1862 —that is, in the year following the establishment of Post office savings banks—the increase in the number of depo sitors throughout the kingdom (taking the depositors in Post -office banks together with the depositors in old banks) was at the rate of 6/ per cent. Throughout the whole kingdom the old banks lost 55,000 and the Post-office banks gained 160,00 depositors. In the first place the Post-office banks are nearer to the deposi tors than it was possible for the old banks to be. Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and Bristol, had each a well• managed and thoroughly reliable savings bank; but in towns of such magnitude the distance of the savings bank from the homes of a large part of the popula tion must frequently have weakened the resolution of the prudent, and furnished the imprudent with a fresh excuse for improvidence. The Post-office has opened five banks in Edinburgh, five in Glasgow, twelve in Dublin, ten in Liver pool, sixteen in Manchester, ten in Birmingham, and seven in Bristol, and the result has proved that the accommoda tion which has been given was urgently required. In the county of Middlesex, before the establishment of Post-office savings banks, there was an appearance of abundant savings bank accommodation. It that county there were 41 old prosperous and well-managed savings banks, which seemed to hold out all needful inducem outs to prudence and fruga lity. The Post-office has opened more than 200 banks in Middlesex, and there was in the year following the estab lishment of those banks, a clear addition of 30,000 persons to the total number of depositors—which increase was at the rate of 10 per Gent, as compared with an increase of only 2} per cent. in previous years. Another marked advantage of the Post-office banks, and one which has been largely ap preciated, is this—that a depositor in any Post-office savings bank may continue his deposits or obtain repayment of his money at that bank, or at any other of the 3,000 banks in the United Kingdom, without change of book or breaking of account. This advantage, which could not be conferred by any but a central institution, such as the Post-office, is largely used, both by those whose occupations compel theta to MOW) frequently from place to place, and by those who travel for pleasure. The tourist, the commercial traveller, the mechanic who moves from town to town in search of employment, the reapers and haymakers who, at the proper season flock into the large agricultural districts; the nurses who go down from the London hospitals to tend the sick in various parts of the country; the travelling showman, and the strolling player—all these avail themselves freely of the peculiar faci lities thus afforded by the Post-of f ice banks. In the techni cal language of the Post-office banks, deposits and with drawals which are made at another bank than that at which the depositor first opened his account are called cross de posits and cross withdrawals, and in the two years over which the operations of the Post-office banks have extended there have been 51,000 cross deposits, and 41,000 cross withdrawals. Something remains to be said of the depositors who have been attracted to the Post-office banks by the ad vantages which I have described. The old savings banks and the Post-office banks were alike established with a view to give facilities for the deposit of small savings at in terest. The average amount of a single deposit in the old banks is £4 6s sd. The average amount of a deposit in the Post-office banks is only £3 is 9d. We must conclude, therefore, either that the Post-office banks have reached a poorer class of depositors than the old banks have been able to attract, or that, by affording facilities for the more fre quent deposit of small sums, they have increased the in. threements to frugality and removed some of the tempta tions to wastefulness, In either case it must be allowed that the object for which all savings banks were established has been most fully and completely attained by the Post office banks, and that thos 3 banks have supplied an accom modation which the poorer classes of the country had ur gently required.—From a Paper read at the Meeting of the Social Science Association by Frank Ives Scudatuore, Re ceiver and Accountant-General, General Post-office. Prince Czartoryski and the Poles. The following speech was addressed by Prince Czartoryski at the meeting in London, on the 21st inst., of the Committee of the National League for the Independence of Poland : Gentlemen,—Being in England for a few days I consi dered it my duty, as well as a great pleasure, to attend this meeting of the Committee of the National League for the Independence of Poland, in order to tender to you and to your president, for so many years past the devoted and talented friend and champion of my country, my own grate ful acknowledgments, and the grateful acknowledgments of the National Government, for the warm and useful interest displayed in our cause by the establishment of the League. While I deeply thank you, I do not hesitate to claim for my country, and with honest pride to say that we deserve and are entitled to, your best services. Our cause, however courts or cabinets or diplomatists may trifle with or undervalue it, p G e o a d nd an to d is emphatically your own suss —the cause . of . order and civilisation, of all that is precious in the institutions and g ee h s ts to w E in a ch ro principles of the West. Poland is in arms for . the vindica tion of her inalienable her history. and, Christendom, have conferred upon her. Those rights re amblaey r a i d g d b , te cer til se e rv n i re present individual liberty, political and religious equality before the law, justice rendered to all cla sses o f the po pulation, to Poles of a ll religions and persuasions, free dom of commerce, respect for the right s o f proper t y , and, in our relations with other nati ons , respec t for the same rights as those which we cl a i m f or ourse l ves . Such are the principles of which the National Government has proclaimed itself the representative ; and I need not remind any one who has closely followed its conduct, and realness yourselves, gentlemen, how strictly it has acted in accord ance with its professions. By so acting, though anonymous, it has become strong, and gained prompt and universal obedience, as expressing the aspirations of the country, and it is because it represents the idea of right and justice that the oppressor, notwithstanding his brutal power, strives in va i n to destroy it. These, gentlemen, are facts which it is difficult to reconcile with the statements of our enemies and their supporters—few, lam thankful to say—i n E ng l an d c alling in doubt the identification of th e po li cy o f t h e National Government with the principle s t o w hi c h a l one i t o wes its existence, and which it has loudly and repeatedly p roclaimed to the world. Having ne i t h er right nor truth on t heir side, they have recourse to perfilious insinuations, and es pecially to such as are m os t capable of deluding popular England. o pinion in The assertion that our struggle for in dependence is not without an Ultramontane colour, is evi dently a of such an insinuation .manceuvr Our enemies know well that eof this ki n d. It i s eas y t o p erce i ve th e object most t in ri g i gh s tl s y o so t er as tore religious e ous Englishfreedomp. England'seople—an das I no t b b l i e n s k t sons have shed their blood for this precious good. To blacken the Polish cause from this point of view, and to represent our struggle for national, political ; and religious freedom as a war of religion, seemed to them a cleverly de vised stratagem, Fortunately their accusations have fallen dead against the sound judgment of public opinion. The English people has as yet received no complaint of perse cution by the National Government from any Pole who does not profess the Catholic religion. On the other hand, it still remembers the recent cruel imprisonment of the spiritual and temporal representatives of the Protestant and Israelite communities in Warsaw by the Muscovite autho rities. The English people has never heard of proselytism by the Poles, but knows well that 5,000,003 of Poles were forced by the Czar Nicholas, by means of every sp ec ies of tortures of body and mind, to enter the so-called orthodox Greek-Russian Church. Finally, it knows that the very people who in England dare to speak of re ligion s freedom, at home strictly maintain a barbarous decre e which imposes most severe penalties on those who abandon the Greco-Rus sian faith, and force parents of differe nt religions to bring up their children in the orthodox Church. . Gan tlemen, let us no longer waste time on these accusations, which it is difficult to say which roost moves our disgust—th e groundlessness of the assertio n or the audacity with whi c h it is made. Let us rather hope that these brief remarks,and a reference to undeniab le facts, will suffice to un deceive those who accepted the s tatements of our enemies in good faith. Let us hope that the statement of the truth in this matter will be a ccepted as affording a true measure of the general accuracy of the accusations of our enemies, Should THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1863, QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY, correctness of the accounts which had been placed before the shareholders. (Loud applause.) Mr. SAMUEL STITT moved—" .I.That the thanks of this meeting be presented to the directors in London, Glasgow, Montreal, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Manchester, and Bristol, and to the bilkers, of the various branches, and to the agents at home and.abroarl, for their past services." (Applause.) . Mr. PATRICK liuNTER seconded the resolution. The directors and agents, both at home and abroad, had worked an-siduously and zealously, and deserved the warmest thanks of the shareholders. The motion was unanimously agreed to. Mr. BRUCE, chairman of the London boare, acknow ledged the vote. The CHAIRMAN moved—" That the thanks of this meet ing be presented to the manager and actuary, cub• manager, and the medical and legal officers of the company, for their past services." He said he was glad to bo able to give his testimony to the very great zeal and the very great ability with which Mr. Wilson, the manager, and Mr. Leyland, the sub-manager, had acted in the interat of the company. (Applause.) And he might also add, that their thanks were due to Mr. Turnbull for the close attention he had paid to his duties, Mr. Wilson and Mr, Leyland were unwearied in their labours to promote the prosperity of the company; and the gratifying way in which the officers generally had worked afforded to the dircetora the greatest satisfaction. (Applause,) Mr. BRUCE seconded the resolution, and said he did not think there were two men in the kingdom who could do more or show a more hearty zeal in the management of the affairs of an insurance company, than Mr. Wilson and Mr. Leyland. (Applause.) The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. WILSON having briefly acknowledged the compli ment that bad been : paid to himself and to his fellow officers, said that, from the Pub-manager, Mr. Leyland, the greatest possible assistance had always, and in every way, been re ceived. Mr. Leyland was an admirable officer : and although he regretted that that gentleman was being removed from Liverpool, yet it was satisfactory to know that he was going to the London management of the " Queen "—a policy that be believed would very largely increase the business of the company in London. Mr. FOWLER, of London, moved a vote of thanks to the chairman for presiding, The CHAIRMAN having briefly acknowledged the compli ment, constituted the meeting into an extraordinary one, for the purpose of carrying out certain alterations in the deed of settlement, which, after a long investigation by various committees of the board, had been found necessary. The alterations, after an explanation from Mr. Haigh, the solicitor, were unanimously approved. Thiti terminated the proceedings, Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The iron frigate Recruit, 6,150-hOrse power, in dock at Chatham, has been taken in hand by the mechanics and shipwrights to make good her defects prior to being de spatched on any service for which she may be intended. In consequence of the unfavourable reports made to the Admi ralty on her steaming and sailing capabilities on the occa sion of her late trial trip, arising chiefly from the vast quantity of stores on board and her unnecessarily heavy armament, directions have been received at the dockyard for her armament to be reduced by two 32-pounders —one from the fore sponson on the starboard side, and the other from the after sponson on the port side. A considerable por tion of her stores have also been removed into the dockyard, by which her trim will be very much improved. It was pro posed by the Admiralty to employ the Recruit as a tender to convey the officials and workmen to and from Chatham dockyard to the harbour's mouth while the Achilles was fitting for sea, but from the reports since made to their lordships it seems improbable that she will be employed on that service. The screw steam frigate Liverpool, 39, Capt. R. Lam bert, which left the Mersey on Sunday, at noon, arrived yesterday at Plymouth, She experienced strong winds from the south-west with very heavy weather. Her defects are slight, but she will probably be docked. The Liverpool is one of the Channel squadron. There is some expectation of her being sent to reinforce the fleet on the North Ame rican station. The Columbine, 6, screw gun vessel, Commander J. L. H. Ward, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday to the anchorage at Spithead, on the completion of her re pairs and outfit for service in tho Pacific. The new long dock in Devonport Dockyard proper, con structed on the sites of docks No. 1 and 2, which were one inside the other, was occupied yesterday for the first time by the iron screw steam frigate Black Prince, 41, Captain James F. B. Wainwright, of 6,109 tons. At present she draws 24ft. Gin. forward and 26ft. 10in, aft, and, although two days only have elapsed since the lowest neap tides at Plymouth, there was a depth of water in the dock yester• day, at 12.30 a.m., of 30ft. Rear -Admiral Thomas M. C. Symonds, C. 8., the Superintendent of the yard, and the principal officers were in attendance, Among the spectators was the Archbishop of Canterbury, now on a visit to the west of England. The Black Prince has all her guns and stores on board. The first British chip which entered a dock similarly equipped was the Prince Regent, 78 guns, 2,762 tons, at Sheerness, in 1863. She went in when the tides were at the full. It is expected that the new long dock at Davenport will hereafter be called the Prince's Dock. The paddle-v heel steam surveying vessel Hydra sailed yesterday from Plymouth for the Mediterranean, which the whole of the establishment is supplied with water, and by which every precaution is provided against fire. Preparations are in progress in Woolwich dockyard for carrying out the designs of the Admiralty to prepare at that yard, with as much expedition as possible, the whole of the armour-casing intended for the Enterprise, Favourite, and Pallas, as well as the future ships on Mr. Reed's design to be built at Woolwich and Deptford. Various kinds of ma chinery have been received, and are in course of erection, for that purpose, from Messrs. Smith, Beaceek, and Tari rett, of Leeds, and Glascow of Manchester, namely, band ing, planing, and slotting machines. The old shed is to be lengthened by a couple of spacious wings, capable of afford ing room for double the amount of machinery employed in preparing the plates for the C a l e d on i a, and all the avail able space adjoining the shed has been taken up and en closed. ANNUAL NE TING.% 011 Wednesday, at noon, pursuant to the deed of settle ment of the company, the ordinary annual general meeting of shareholders was held at the chief office, Queen Insur ance-buildings, Dalc-street, Mr. Bernard Bull, chairman of the board of directors, presiding. There was a large at tendance of proprietors, The notice convening the meeting was read. Mr. J. MONCRIEFF WILSON, the manager and actuary, read the statement of accounts. The directors' report was taken as read. We subjoin an abstract of it : REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST AUG. 1803 The directors present their report to the prop r i e t ors, i n accordance with the provisions of the deed of settlem en t o f the company. The details to be submitted will show a large increase in both departments of the business, and a larger profit realised than in any former year of the company's existence. The year under review having been the "Queen's" lifebonus year renders it desirable that the lif e b ranch should occupy a prominent position in this report. There are, in addition to the life and fire branches, several important topics to be referred to, but the directors will be as concise as possible, while endeavouring to convey to the proprietary a clear view of the actual position of the company. I.—LIFE BRANCH. Great care has been exercised by the board in the selec tion of lives, the directors being of opinion that the interests of the participating policy holders and of the proprietors will thus be subserved, and that a large number of the best de scription of lives will continue to be attracted to the com pany even in an increasing ratio, when it becomes more widely known that careful selection is held by the manage• went to be an important element of future profit. During the year, from various causes, proposals to the extent of about £55,000 have been declined, but notwithstanding this policies have been completed and issued for a much larger amount than during the preceding year, the excess in this respect being upwards of £53,000. The premium income of the year was £16,352 5a id, and during the six years of the working of this branch the premium receipts have been as follow :—During the first three years, X15,24818s 7d—during the last three years, £43,556 13s 10d—thus showing an in crease in the latter triennial period over the former of up wards of 180 per cent. This, as showing the progress of the life branch, is in itself sufficiently satisfactory, but a still more gratifying feature has yet to be referred to. The actuary of the company, Mr. J. Moncrieff Wilson, has just completed his first quinquennial investigation, and upon this topic the directors wish to convey to the proprietary that full information which the importance of the subject demands. The bonus to be declared is good, o wing to various causes, among which may be mentioned a smaller mortality than that expected,a larger rate of interest than that calculated upon, a careful watching of the important item of charges or expenditure, and the division among participating policy holders, according to the deed, of a share in the profits arising not only out of the participating policies: but out of non-participating also. The actuary reports—' A . s will be apparent, it has been my special desire to be careful for the future stability of the company,guardingaenst every . con tingency likely to present itself to the mind of a prudent actuary, No doubt by assuming four or eventhree and a half per cent. as the rate of interest,or by including a small por tion of the premium loadings in the calculations, an enor mously larger apparent profit might have been shown -- out such a proceeding would have been, in my es ti m ati on , in the e t e o n th fo e r f t u h t e ur 6 e Q o u f e t e h n e , c m om os p t a u n n y c , a a l n le d d , adopted, such gratifying results a s those alrea dy indicated have been arrived at—results which cannot i t h b ui r ga , hd s ed e si e tt l id n o egng:wteheoaudtladlinhgoeat:vvoeiuth s t a nding the wholesome check s bs fail to prove most acceptable to the policyholtdhee life branchproprietorsrnand theiredoefttohrse company." Before passing from have only to add that i n accordance wit h t heir recently in troduced, and as they believe entirely original sche me, th ey are prepared to grant sep arate free policies for the amount of the reversionary bonus when required. It i s d es i ra b le that the proprietors and participating policy holder s s h ou ld point out to their friends that the "Queen" bonus policy is free from any condition whatever, and payable absolutely at the de r a o t l h i c o y f w t h h e i c a h s red may i h t e h r o u l a t p a s n e y f o e m fe r n e n o n c p t a o y m the t o r of or become void from th e assure d pass i ng the p g, r in em al ium limits of residence; and, further, that in a " Queen" bonus policy the holder possesses an absolute z eversion of a defined market value, capable of being at any time converted into cash, II --FIRE BRANCII. The premium income of the year was £70,300 2s lid, x be 2 ian increase over that of th e p re vi ous year o f nearly The amount paid for r e -i ns ura nces , comm i ss i ons, 3 7 000. p o licy stamps, &O. was 1 7,766 19s ld ; and the fire l oss e s paid and outstanding were £20,909 is Ild. This branch has only been in existence for five complete years, but its growth during that period has been extraordinary, as will best be illustrated by the following comparative statement :—Gross premiums for 1859, .2,569 3s 5d ; 1860, £24,996 14s 8d ; 1861, £38,479 15s 4d; 1862, £47,420 8s; 1863, £70,300 2s 11d. The increase in the Home business has been much greater than in any former year, and the efforts which have been made in this direction by the opening of new branches and otherwise, will, it is expected, tell in a marked manner here after. The directors consider that the surest test of the amount of business transacted within the United Kingdom, by the fire offices, is contained in the Government return of fire insurance duty, and judging by this standard the " Que:n" holds a high place in public estimation. Taking the offices which had been in operation for two full years at the date to which the return is made up, the Queen" shows a larger increase over the preceding year than that of any London, Scotch, or Irish company, or than any insurance company established in the provinces, excepting only—and this is a somewhat remarkable circumstance —the other two great Liverpool offices, both of which, as the proprietors are aware, transacted business for many years before the " Queen" was founded. lII.—CAPTTAL. The recent distribution of shares among existing proprie tors at a premium of one hundred per cent. yielded in pre mium profit the sum of £15,259, and this, as is shown in the supplemental statement of accounts, has been carried to the credit of the fire reserve fund, in the terms of the deed of settlement. Tne capital is now fully subset ibed, except in respect of a small number of shares which are held by the board, to be dealt with in the future, as the interests of the company may require. IV.—BRANCHES AND AGENCIES. All the branches, at home and abroad, have contributed towards the increase of business which the directors have had the gratification to report, and several new branches have been opened in important commercial and manufac turing centres, while existing branches have been strength ened, and about 200 new agents appointed. V.—RETIRING DIRECTORS. The following di rec t ors retire by rotation, and, being eli gible, offer themselves for re-election, viz. : —Messrs. Stitt, Kitchen, Tutnicliffe, C. R. Hall, Bennett, Dowie, B. Hall, Hastie, Hind, and Picton. In tetras of the recommendation of the proprietors at the last annual meeting, the directors have, during the year, increased the number of the board by the addition of the following gentlemen who now retire and offer themselves for re-election by the proprietors, viz. : —Messrs. John Stewart, Aberdeen; Peter M'Lagan, Edin burgh ; G. B. lierferd, merchant, Liverpool ; J. R. Leish man (Leishman Brothers and Co.), London ; R. B. Rey nolds (Reynolds, Mann, and Co.), L on d on; T. R. Bridson li.. Brideonand Sons), Bolton ; George May (G. May and co.), Lont:on ; Archibald Robertson (Martin,Robertson, and Co.), London; John Bateson (James Bateson, Sons, and Co.), Liverpool; Christopher J. Thomas (Broad Plain Soap Works), Bristol ; Rogers 'Waterhou se (Ni c h o l as Water house and Sons), Liverpool ; and Win. Daiglish (James Dalglish and Co.), Liverpool. y.i.—DIVIDEND AND FUNDS. The directors recommend that a dividend for the past year, da2rianrigPedre"ltaoithe credit of the Life ouedertsitttshoanecthe credit of the Fire Reserve at the rate of 8 per cent. free of income tax, be paid to the after providing for and accounts, the F Fspwur u tlhom n nii d droh , a s t v nf iao h urdl i s ! h if4o n e2ra o nb w aldal3 a llsaa m nfo'Bt o unts to £23,427 2s 7d, all accumulated since the last annual meeting. During the past five years the large sum of £106,514 148 6d has been paid in satisfac tion of claims, and it must be gratifying to the shareholders that, notwithstanding this fact, the funds of the Company are in the sound position shown in the audited accounts and actuary's report. The marked success of b oth branches of ever in p th r e om bu p s tn in e e s s s s partly t n n o o do s u et b t t eementof owienlagittnosthat whichliberality itsv o and affairs ndisting company. distinguishing features in the administration of th e of the The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, said —Gentlemen, the time has again arrived when it again be comes the duty of the directors of this young, vigorous, and flourishing company to lay before you a statement of its affairs and transactions for the past year, and to inform you what are its present position and prospects, and I am ex tremely happy to be able to lay before you accounts so satis factory as those which have just been read to the meeting, and I now, gentlemen, beg to move—" That the report, balance sheet, and supplemental statement of accounts now read be received and adopted, and that the dividend for the past year, recommended by the directors, at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum, free of income tax, be paid to the pro prietors on and after the 2d November." (Applause.) Mr. KITCHEN seconded the resolution. The motion was then put, and carried unanimously. Mr. J. J. STITT proposed, "That Messrs. S. Stitt, Kit chen, Tunnicliffe, C. R. Hall, Bennett, Dowie, B. Hall, Hastie, Hind, Piston, Stewart, M'Lagan, Kerferd, Leish man, Reynolds, Bridson, May, Robertson, Bateson, Thomas, Waterhouse, and Dalglish, be re-elected directors of the company." Mr. PAGAN, of Rochdale, seconded the motion. Mr. COWIE moved that, in lieu of the names submitted, only six be selected. Mr. BIGHAM agreed with the motives which had actuated Mr, Cowie, but he could not second the proposition, be cause it involved the difficult point of naming the three to be taken off. Mr. BANNER, in reply to Mr. Cowie, said it was quite true that the expenses of establishing agencies did appear large; but upon the whole balance there was a good profit to the can pany. Mr. HUN TER spoke of the onerous duties of the directors, The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. C. ROWE moved—t , That the thanks of this meeting be presented to the chairman, deputy-chairman, and other directors of the company for their services during the past year." Mr. RICHARD BRYANS seconded the resolution. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said it affirded him the greatest possible pleasure to move—" That the thanks of this meeting be pre sented to the auditors for their services during the past year." (Applause.) Mr. W. HIND seconded the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. Mr. BANNER, in acknowledging the resolution, eaid the audit had been a continuous and a very close audit; every thing load beam iuveatiguted, aud he could auwor for the THE Anmy. The 76th (Hindostan) Regiment arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Aldershot in two divisions, and embarked on board the t Hoinet and the At a l anta hi re d t ranspor t s alongside the transport jetty of the dockyard, under the superintendence of Capt. R. Locke, embarkation officer to the Hon. Council for India, and Col. Somerset, C. 8., Deputy-Quartermaster-General of the South-Western Dis trict. The regiment was apportioned to the ships as fol lows :—To the Hornet, 1,155 tons, headquarters, band, and colours ; Col. Brewster, wife, and servant; Capts. Lacy, Caldicott, and Acton; Lieuts. Allardice, Hodges, Pasey, and West; Ensigns Alexander, Lloyd, Cookson, and Gos sett; Lieut. and Adjt. Butler, Quartermaster Davies; Surg. Mostyn, wife, and two children; 317 non-commis sioned officers and men, 43 soldiers' wives, and 78 children. to the Atalanta, 930 tons, Major Cator, Capts. Trigp, Pal liser, and Hincks ; Lieuts. Linton, Austen, Bartlett, and Pearce; Ensigns Denham a n d Simpson; Assist.-Surg. Horton, 317 non-commissioned o ffi cers and men, 29 soldiers ' wives, and 48 children. The Hornet carries 32,067 gallons of water in stock, and is fitted with an efficient distilling apparatus. The Atalanta has 25,E00 gallons of water in stock, and is fitted with one of Dr. Normandy's distilling apparatus, which furnishes 400 gallons of fresh water per day. The ships were towed out of Portsmouth harbour yes terday on the embarkation of the regiment being effected, and were anchored at Spithead, whence they will sail this morning for Madras. The late bandmaster of the regiment, M. Ri gaze oli, was presented yesterd a y b y C o l. S myth, C . 8., and the officers of the regiment, with a silver baton, in re cognition of his services when in charge of the regimental band. The members of the band at the same time pre sented him with a silver snuff-box. The authorities at the Horse Guards having decided on allowing the senior class of the army schoolmasters to rank as commissioned officers, with a corr esponding rate of pay, an amended code of regulations relating to that d e p ar t men t of the service has just been issued for general information by direction of Field-Marshal the Duke of Cambridge. Under the new regulations army schoolmasters of less than four years' service, who are desirous of accepting the new regulations laid down in the general order of the 25th o f May, 1863, w ill no t b e re quired to relinquish any port i on o f their present p a y a t 4 s . a day, but theywill not be allowed any increase until they have served EIX ye ars, when they will, if duly recommended, be entitled to receive an addition of 6d. a day. Other schoolmasters, on a ccepting the new regulations as to pay an d proportion, will draw th e pay cor responding to their serv i ce . wi A second-class schoolmaster who may accept th e new regulations will no t rece i ve the additional pay a ft er re-engagement, no r any increase to his pay until he has completed 12 year s ' serv i ce as increased schoolmaster, when, if recommended esed by ncr thea from ss. Council of Military Education, his pay will b 6d. to 6s. per diem. The periodical increase of pay is not to be considered in the light of good conduct pay, which, under certain circumstances, may be forfeited. It becomes, on the contrary, an integral part of the school master's salary. A schoolmaster of the second-class will take precedence over all army s choolmasters under the new regulations who have shorter service. Where a school master who retains the position of second-class, and an army schoolmaster who, hav i ng been passed ov er , may have since come under the new regulations, and who may have greater length of service, are eogaged in the same school room, a special reference will be made to the adjutant -gene ral as to which schoolmaster shall take precedence. Should an immediate decision be requisite the officer commanding at the station will exercise his discretion pending such refe rence, which is to contain the fullest particulars of the case submitted for consideration. Where a schoolmaster of the third-class and an army schoolmaster under the new regu lations are engaged in the same sc hoolroom they la ill take precedence according to the date o f their appointment as schoolmasters. The time allowed for the acceptance of the new regulations is extended until the 31st of March hext. Major General Tulloh, Director -General of Ordnance, who has been engaged during the past week in i nspect i ng the various departments of Woolwich Arsenal, yesterday terminated his inspeiton. The General, accompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel Shaw, Assistant Superintendent of the Royal Carriage Department, and Captain Inglis, Inspector of Works, yesterday went over the department belonging to the Royal, Eugitteere, and visited the tanks and maim by , The Late Field-Marshal Lord Clyde, On Wednesday afternoon a public meeting of the noble men and gentlemen of the county of Lanark, and of the merchants, bankers, and other citizens of Glasgow, was held in the Merchants'. hall, for the purpose of taking steps with a view to the erection in Glasgow of a monument to the late Field-Marshal Lord Clyde. Amongst those present were the Right Hon. Lord Belhaven, Sir Archibald Alison, Sir James Fergusson, Sir James Campbell, Mr. Walter Buchanan, M.P., the Lord Provost, Colonel Alison, the Lord. Dean of Guild, &c. The LORD PROVOST, who was called to the chair, said they had not met under the idea that any monumental statue was necessary to perpetuate the memory of Lord Clyde, for he believed that history would do the memory of the departed hero that justice to which he was so well en titled. But, considering that the departed soldier was; a citizen of Glasgow, it would indeed be strange if those of his own time should not leave to posterity some lasting me morial showing the estimation in which they held the many great and gallant services of his lordship—services which commenced with his early years. (Applause.) The Lord Provost also mentioned that, in endeavouring to raise a monument to Lord Clyde, it was not intended to ask large sums. The desire rather was that the subscriptions should be extensive in number, and while the maximum subscrip tion was of a limited character, it was hoped that a large number of small contributions would be received. The feel iug of the committee was that the whole community of Glasgow should aid in the effort to erect some monument to Lord Clyde worthy of his name. Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON then addressed the meeting as follows :—My Lord Provost and gentlemen, &o.—l am sure 1 express the unanimous opinion of all who hear me, when I say that the country owes your lordship a debt of gratitude for the trouble you have taken in giving it, by this meeting, an opportunity of expressing the feelings with which all are animated towards the late lamented Field-Marshal Lord Clyde. England has already taken the lead on this subject; a committee has been formed in London, having at its head the first in rank and the first in station, to promote the erec tion of a suitable memorial to his memory in the metropolis of the empire; and the unanimous voice of the nation has procured a last resting-place for his remains in that time honoured fane where the poets, the philosophers, and the statesmen of England Sleep with her Rings, and dignify the scene." It is not fitting at such a time that Scotland should be un mindful of one of the most illustrious of her sons—that Glasgow, his birthplace, should be without a monument to his memory. Such a testimonial is wanted, not to do honour to the dead so much as to testify the feelings of the living— not to record his deeds, but to evince our sense of their im portance, and to excite the emulation of our children by giving to it a suitable expression. I shall not attempt, at this time and in this place, to give any summary of the deeds of the lamented Field-Marshal, from the time when he joined the British army in 1808, amidst the wooded cliffs of Portugal, on tlie eve of the battle of Vimiera, to that when he closed his long career, by tz ampling under foot the last embers of the Sepoy insurrection on the bsnks of the foaming Raptee, beneath the shadow of the mountains of Nepaul. I will not speak of the young hero who led the forlorn hope at the first assault of St. Sebastian, or of the "thinlred line" at Balaklava, which has become a house hold word over the whole civilised world. I shall men- tion only four circumstances which demonstrate in what estimation, when danger threatened and it became indispen sable to bring real merit to the front, he was held by those under whom ho served. When victory on the banks of the Alma quivered in the balance, and the noble regiment of the Fusilier Guards was crushed by the Russian fire from the Great Redoubt, it was Sir Colin Campbell, at the head of the Highland Brigade, who made the decisive charge, and, in conjunction with the Grenadier and Coldstream Guards, under the immediate orders of the Duke of Cambridge, drove the enemy from their formidable stronghold and won the fight. (Applause.) When the long and dreary winter set in, and it had become essential to preserve at all hazards our connexion with Balaklava—the magazine of the army —it was to Sir Colin and his hardy Highlanders, in con junction with an equally brave body of Frenchmen, under General Vinoy, that the duty of defending the communica tion was assigned—the post of honour as the post of dan ger. When the British were repulsed from the Redan, it was to Sir Colin Campbell and the same Highland division that the task was intrusted of renewing the assault, an assault prevented only by the retreat of the enemy. And when Hindostan was involved in the horrors of the Sepoy revolt, and our Indian dominion racked to its foundation, it was to Sir Colin Campbell that Lord Palmerston applied to "restore a falling cause and a sinking empire ;" and then it was that, when asked when he could set out, ho gave the I memorable reply, "To -morrow morning." And well and nobly did he discharge that, the last and most important, duty intrusted to him by his country. Without going into details with which all are familiar, suffice it to say that when he advanced in November, 1857, from Cawnpore, to effect the deliverance of the long-beleaguered garrison of Lucknow, ho bore the fate of India on his sword's point, for he was marching with 6,000 men—our last reserve—to assail 60,000, intrenched to the teeth in the capital of Oude, with 15,000 victorious rebels threatening his rear and corn munications. If he had failed in his enterprise, India for the time was lost, and the renown of the British name for ever dimmed; for had our Eastern possessions been torn from us by our own troops, where would have been our prestige as a great, our security as an independent, Power ? I will not seek to magnify his victory by dwelling on the immensity of the interest then at issue; it is enough to say that never in British story was contest engaged in where the stakes were heavier or the victory more nobly won. (Applause.) I would rather linger, in a few words, over his private character, known to a narrower circle than his public exploits, but not less deserving of interest and admiration. His mind was simplicity itself; he never harboured a thought which did not belong to the heroic character. Heart and soul were wrapped up in his public duty. He was ambitious, but it was for his country, not himself. Like the Roman General whom Tacitus has immortalised, he "sought rather to be than to appear great, and thus the more he shunned praise the more was he de serving of glory." Too noble to be envious, too simple to be ostentatious, he was ever ready to bestow praise on others, and desired only to conceal from observation his own great exploits. He was alike superior to the love of gain, the first impulse of ordinary, and the thirst for praise, the " last infirmity of noble minds." His modesty was such that it amounted to a fault, for it often exposed him to mis construction, and made him appear what he was not, in different to the gratitude of his country. The thought of being the object of admiration in public assemblies, so often coveted by eminent men, was so painful to him that he would do anything to avoid it. After the sword had been presented to him at Glasgow in 1856, he said to me, " I would rather have stormed the Redan." And when about to embark from India, on his return to Europe in 1860, he wrote to me, imploring in the most earnest terms that I would endeavour, if possible, to have him spared the agony of any public reception in Glasgow. And if it be true that the "ruling passion is strong in death," we may well say that this was his ruling passion, for he left an express injunction on his executors that no mention should in any posthumous memoir be made of his actions, except in the simplest terms and without eulogy of any kind. He was avaricious, but it was only of the blood of his soldiers; he was prodigal, but it was of his own life alone. Se never would owe to force what he could gain by skill, and his first thought in every combination was how it could be accom plished with the least loss to his men. Profoundly versed in strategy his plans were generally successful, and the of de sired end attained with a surprisingly sm all loss life. But when the decisive moment arrived, and it was necessary to strike with an iron gauntlet, no one could strike a heavi er blow, and no one ever preceded him in the field in deliverin g it. He rode with the foremost skirmishers in the attack on the Russian redoubt on the Alma, and the Commander-in- Chief in India resumed his old post of leader of the forlorn hope on the assault of the Shah Nujeef Mosque at Lucknow. No general was ever more solicitous for the welfare of his soldiers, or exceeded him in the eloquence with which in moments of danger he animated their courage. He was too generous to be wea lth y ... 400 independent to b e early pros perous. The rank which he attained —the peerage, the field inarshaPs baton, were all earned by his right arm ; and the fortune which he left was the reward of his public services, not earned by his private exertions. What he gave away during his life would have made a handsome competence for an ordinary man. In a word, he was, to use the expression of the Roma annalist, " a man of ancient virtue, in all the duties of life most admirable." (Loud applause.) Sir Archi bald concluded by moving the following resolution : "That this public meeting, deeply impressed with the loss which the country has sustained in the death of Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, and anxious to testify their high ad miration of his military talents, and gratitude for his illus. ~. R ~~j~~, \ `~~ f/r you, however, at any thee be in doubt matter referring to Poland, I must le attention the public documents publishet Government, especially that of the 15th which you will find all the circumstances L *tape, gain your sympathies confirmed, Allow me to add a few words regarding the peasants in Poland. I think it will be admitted on all hands that however circumstances or the grossest misrepresentations may to a certain extent delay or vary the, interest taken by the peasants of certain dis tricts in the insurrection, their teeatnaent by the National Government has been fully in accordance with the prin ciples which it represents. At the very beginning of the insurrection it proclaimed a measure which the Ruaeian Government had never taken or contemplated—the grant to the peasants, not only of the land on which they work, but also of equal rights to those of the rest of the population. That the peasants have no ccanplaiat to make of the NA • tional Gevernment, bat, on the cont. ary, are often eager partizaus of the national cause, is proved by the Let that in all the political executions, as well as on the battle-fields of Po land, they are to be found in considereble numbers, fighting and dying by the aide of nobles, priests, and arti cans, for the f reedom i of their common country. There can be no doubt that the numbers of the peasants who fight in the ranks of the insurgents would immediately increase con siderably were tae National Government able to furnish them with arms. It is none the less true that an insurrection which has lasted for nine months in presence of the nume rous Muscovite troops in Poland could not have maintained itself without the support of the rural population. Gentle men, with these few words, words corroborative of your president's own written and eloquent addresses, I commit my country's cause, with thankful gratitude, to your sup port and advocacy in free and powerful England. We ask nothing of your noble country but what w e f a i r l y b e li eve to be the very least that in honour and good ftitb, in due re gard for her own interest, character, and consistency, and upon every principle of justice, she is bound to accord to us —viz., the withdrawal of her sanction of the dominion of Russia over our country, and the recognition of our belli gerent rights. We claim, as regards our past history, our centenary of oppression and suffering, our devotion to our country's freedom in the present and former struggles, at least all your moral sympathy and support, if you accord no more. To our own union, energy, and courage, and to Al mighty and All-righteous God of Hosts we trust for the rest." The Last Review of the Modenes Brigade FROM A CORRESPONDENT. On the 24th Sept., at 8 in the morning, the Modenes brigade was drawn up in a large walled field opposite the Palazzo Cappelle in Cortigiiano. H.R.H. the Duke on horseback, followed by a car riage in which was the duchess, passed for the last time along the front of their faithful troops. A military mass followed immediately. The altar was erected in the balcony of the first floor of the Palazzo Cappello, and the brigade was massed in front of the altar, which was visible to all from its elevated position. The service being over, the chaplain-in•chief gave the benediction to the honoured ranks. After the holy service, H.R.H. the duke again mounted on horseback, and a square being formed, the follow 'ng order of the day was read:— ORDER OF THE DAY. Guards Noble of Honour, officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Estensian Brigade. The moment of giving you en attestation of our esteem and gratitude is arrived. Providence has not permitted us to confer it, as we hoped, in our ONVII native home, after a glorious campaign along with you. Receive, then, from our hands this day the token of your virtues as soldiers and faithful subjects. All from first to last you have fulfilled your duty. We thank you, and accept the expression of our unalterable gratitude. The Duchess, our beloved Consort, and your Sovereign, who has come expressly to see you once more, shares en tirely these feelings of ours. Preserve ever stainless and honoured the mark of distinc tion which we consign to you this day. Those who will not return home—that is to say, almost the whole corps of officers, and a large proportion of the non-commissioned officers and men, will wear it proudly in the ranks of the army into which they are about to enter, and which will respect and value it. Those who return to their own country will keep it with care, until better days, and above all, will cherish in their hearts the feelings which animate them this day, and will spread them in their families, in whose bosom we wish that they may be able tranquilly to remain. (Signed) FRANCIS. Bassano, Sept, 24 , 1863 . ___ _ . When this Order had been read, all the officers, and two non-commissioned officers of each corps and battalion fell out from the ranks to be decorated by H.R.H. with the commemorative medal created by his Ductal decree of 31st July. This medal is of bror.ze, having on one side the effigy of the Dnke, and on the reverse the words "Fidelitati et Con stantio in adversis." H.R.H. addressed a few words in particular to the superior officers, and to each of the corps of the officers, for he knew thoroughly each and all; — and then he decorated them and the non-commis sioned officers and soldiers who had fallen out from their places, while, not to prolong too much a cere mony so painful, the captains in command of cora panics, in the Duke's name, attached upon the breasts of their men that mark of honour. The distribution of the medals ended, there was read a second Royal Order of thanks and farewell, which the Duke addressed to his faithful soldiers, and which ran as follows : Officers, non. commissioned officers, and soldiers I—Hav ing now decorated you with the badge of honour, which you have so well merited , before parting from you w e t h ank right heartily, in the first place, your most worthy Com. manding General for the untiring zeal, the attachment through every ordeal, and the prudence with which he suc ceeded in preserving this chosen band of faithful soldiers th ro ughout above four years, in the midst of most trying circumstances, and with the certainty that ho would have thus maintained it till better days, if circumstances foreign to us and equally foreign to you had not put an end to the existence of this b r i gaite. We thank also the chiefs of corps and all the staff and and subaltern officers, for the co-operation which, with no less zeal, they afforded their well-beloved cotamrnder. We cherish the like feelings towards the noble guard of honour who, freely quitting their homes and families, fol lowed us, and this day are at our side. Lastly, we thank the non-commissioned officers and sol diers, and all others who up to this day have been attached to the brigade, for the fidelity which they have maintained towards us, and for the exemplary discipline which they constantly observed up to this latest moment. Born and brought up among you, you know us enough to conceive what we suffer in this separation and bidding you, if only for the present, as we do, adieu to each and all, flittering ourselves that in no circumstances will you forget your lawful prince, whose lasting affection will remain with those who will not cease to follow the path which honour and conscience dictates. Imploring every blessing of God upon you, we hope that we may some dal find as many of you as possible gathered again around these honoured standards, which we shall keep as a precious deposit, praying that we may one and all contribute yet to the triumph of the cause of religion and justice. (Signed) FOtANCIS. Bassano, 24 September, 1563. A loud Evvira responded to this cordial farewel l, while tears burst from the eyes of officers and me n, of old and young,, Then the square was broken u e P r n and the brigade, still above 2,300 strong d arms, defiled before their Sovereign and his u royal Consort. The most painful moment has yet to come. In the afternoon the corps of officers wa s assembled before the Duke's quarters in Bao ano. A company of grenadiers, of the Ist and 2d of the line, advanced, bearing their colours to deposit them in their Sove reign's hands. Th e i r venerated General, Sucenzzi, after a short speech, i n which he traced the story o f the Estensian troops, an- A t he many proof s t h ey had given of their fidelity to their Prince and to their banner, which they now surrendered stainless, as they had received them, into their Sovereign's hands. H.K.H. ae awered, that in hi s sorrow it was at least a consolation to be able to reflect on that were thei r co lours which fatal day bow honoured must be lowered without fault of his or theirs, and t h at he would preserve them as precious memorials of his faithful troops, and with the hope of still see big them raised aloft again. From the han as of the General, H.R.H. received the two colours and consigned them to his Grand Steward, General Count Forni. Their Royal Hi , ri hnesE,es, immediately after this painful act, triok leave of the General, and the whole corps of e-ters, who, with profound emotion and tearful eyes, kissed hands, His Royal Highness, turning towards the Grenaidier company, which was drawn up before the door of his apartment teak leave of them also, saying, " Farewell, my Children ; da not forget me, and always remain tam of honour ;" and with these words, to which these admirable soldier, replied with a spontaneous and hearty cheer, and amidst the weeping f a milies of the officers g ath , m2,d in the court to bid a last adieu to the Doehesci, he hastily entered the carriage with her Royal Highness, and finally parted from so many hearts tb,at were besting warmly for their departing Sovere',gn. -----~