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Feb. 13, ICTS.''''' pitted to ree Pas ndertak- rhe emi -stricts of the enli' N.-011 e Irish Railway is due at p there, ion &tits railway f thecar brought ;mashed. ber, were culonsli •ee howl ❑med its o'clock• e is by a near the through eke a de- _~~ the wife he LadY a wifo of reet, the Xtoll, a; y soli °' uingliiret TbrOOkel • it Sain t Idest son )rfolk, to ntpelier 'onintari- La, wal - Eustor nea r " rne y, CO. 3. Lewin ,n, o f 30, DREW S, aloe, NO. ,e C° t 9 ~' J~ ~• GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM - PAN Y. (Incorporated by Act of Parliament.) 71, Lombard-street, London. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEE l'l NG of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held at the Company's Offices, 71, Lombard -street, on TUESDAY, the 24th inst., at Two o'clock precis( ly, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, to transact the Usual business, and to declare the Dividend for the Half year ending the 31st December, 1-62. MARTIN PRATT, Secretary. London, Feb. 2, 1863. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Established 184 1 . The 224 Annual General Meeting of this Associatfrat was bell on Wednesday, the 4th February, 1803. The Income for the year 1862 wa5........., 40,135 0 0 The Accumulated Fund . The Report and Balance-sheet may - ne had on applicati on to the Agents, or at the thief Office, 15, Moor gate-street E.C. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. February 5, 1563. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Established 1521. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Sir MINTO FARQUIIAR, Bart., M.P., Chairman. CHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., I G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq. Henry Bonham Carter, Esq. 'John Martin, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. 'Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. i Henry Norman, Esq. James Goodson, Esq. Henryl R. Reynolds, Esq. T homson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Abraham J. lobarts, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. James Tulloch, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. Lewis Loyd, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. C ornelius Paine, jun., Esq. I Noel Whiting, Esq. Thos. Tallemach, Esq., Secretary Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER. TIIE PROVISIONS OF AN ACT or PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In surers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions or a Low Rate of Premium withoutpartieipation of' Profits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in cash value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary / 3011 11ses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, Mounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Lite "'ranch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, :ndependent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No Extra Premium is required for service therein. LOANS zranted on Life Policies to the extent of their Values, if such value be not less than £5O. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re ceived and registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge or Policy Stamps. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon every description of property at moderate rates. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by thls Company. A.D. lno. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Esta blished by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-malL OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOUR HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. IT . e -rY Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. Dfark G eu ar r r ri a e tt c C lo tt , Eleys,qEsq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. 'William Davidson, Esq. ' The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Robt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.— ['he usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire On 9th January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Ir :'orporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation In Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Mums on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent, per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums Payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Life Any sum not exce e di ng £ 15,000 may be insured on one This Corporation affords to the Assured.- - Liberal participation in Profits —With exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A DALE. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCIIANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. ARMY CONTRACTS.—TENDERS will be received at this Office until noon on the Rd of March, trou t tpersons who may be willing to enter into CONTRACTS for e SUPPLY of WOOD for lighting tires in the London Military District, in such quantities as may be required for the use of her Majesty's land forces stationed in any of the following places, from Ist April, 186 1 , to slst March, 1864 :- 4 - ilyde-p,rk end Kensington Palace New Barracks. tarr. ack g s e . nt's-park, St. John's-wood, and Portman-street r ack Wel lington, St. fleorge's, and Buckingham Palace Bar -4 s Th e nd rnfa er ntry Guards, St. James's-park. .Tow. g. Hounslow and Killer HalL 6. Rampton Court. 7. Croydon. _.(Teparate tenders must be made for each of the above-men rneed stations or barracks as separately grouped and num- Obt Porrns of tender and conditions of contract may be ained on application at this O ffi ce, by letter or in person, i?etvveen the hours of i 0 and 4 o'clock. Tenders on the printed tornu must be properly filled up and signed, and no tender will be no unless delivered at the undermentioned office, finder c'osed env e l o p e ( mar k e d on t h e on ts dde, " Tender for 'MY Supplies") before noon on the 3d March next. W. A.TIJRIN, Deputy Commissary-Genera. D eputy Commissary General's- ffice, 5, New-street. spring-gardens, London, S.W., Feb. 10, 1863. ARAI Y CONTRACTS for FUEL And LIGHT. TFNDERS will be received at this office until noon on the 3d cf March, from persons who may be vrilline• to enter CANDLES, ‘z contracts for the SUPPLY of COAL, COKE, and u ANDLES, in su h quantiles as may be required for the 011 e of her Majesty's Land Forces ',rad Military Departments 4 ally of the following places, from lat April, 1 , 63, to 31st Larch, 1864 :- 1 , 1 . ilyde-park, _South Kensington. and Kensington-palace a'evr Barracks :—RSO tons Wallsend coals, 3 tons coke, 1,550 lbs. composite candles, 650 lbs. dip candles. Barracksntpk st. John's-wood, arid Portman-street :-1,109 tons War send ewes, 11 tons coke, 1,635 lbs. composite andles, 3,488 lbs. dip candles. Weilingto, St. George's, and Bnckingham-palace Bar l'ack ; Horse Guards, Infantry Guards, St. James's-park, a nd .Royal Fngineer Office, Buckingham-gate:-1,667 tons ~,vrallsend coals, 2fl) tons Wylam oor coals (tor Wellington .tatracks), 12 tons coke, 2,206 lbs. composite candles, 1,214 lbs. wit) candles. 4 . Military Store establishment, Pimlico i-228 tons Walls— da ...end coals, 364 tons Dowlar's Merthyr coals, 10 tons Tanfleld i l ep s o , acal 4o , o di c e h s. aldrons coke, lbs. composite candles, 5. The ` tower:-523 tons Walisend coals, 160 tons Dowlar's lbs 10 tons Tanfleld Moor coals, 10 i tons coke, 92Q _composite candles, 200 lbs. dip candles. 28 %-tiounslow and Kneller-hall : —740 ton s Inland best coals, tons coke 1 000 lbs. corn, osite candles, 4,000 lbs. dip candles. • Ra mpton-court:-115 tons Inland best coals, 150 lbs. composite candles, 500 lbs. dip candles. lbs, W indsor :-1,3( 0 tons Wallsend coals, 6 tons coke, 2,250 ..8. 9. B co mposite candles, 500 lbs. dip candles. r ighton with Coast F, - rts from Newhaven to Shore "am . ,0 1 , 8 113 . 37 64 ite candles, 6,310 lbs. dip candles. 5 1011 8 Wa'lsend eoals, 3 tons coke, 1,630 lbs. cora- Croydon :-200 tons WHllsend coals, 3 tons coke, comp,site candles, 1,500 lbs. dip candles. T he quantities above Fpecified of each article of supply are only aPProiimate estimates of what may probably be required ithin the period of the contract, but the contractor will be held liable to deliver such quantities as may be demanded Mader competent authority, whether more or less than the above. Separate tenders for fuel and for light must be made for each of the abovementioned stations or barracks as separately grouped and numbered. Forms of tender, and conditions of contract, may be obtained on appli ation at this office, by Letter or in person, between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up and 'dame 1 , and no tender will be noticed unless delvered at the U ndermentioned ffice, under ridged envelope (marked on the outside, "Tender for Army Supplies"), b e f ore noon on th e 3 d March next. W. R. MATIIIi IN, Deputy Commissary-General. Deputy Co mmissary -General's Office. 5, New-street, Spting-gardens, London, S.W., Feb. 10, 1863. *WROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, G ray ' R-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Gre a t N ort h ern Bail _ ay Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUcCLEUCH. K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. -T his was thefl7etilospital to introduce the principle of free 411,1 instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for- Malay of _ It is entirely devoted iss th uaffie c d c e io kl ei n t n i t: p t4 tu tt iOnditt its most pitiable form—vlaza,dthisatuwohwichuf ca k pbleo b: , sickness and disease, agnitude that ith adequate support, it may be rendered the admitting w into its wards aiviseryllatrgreeqpiresporbtluotnthost f un lesual sick of this great metrop . o th e 8 hl order to have 500 beds available faotrutle.recemporteiounveorf, 1 ,, ' e the moat wretched of our fellow-cre o'_gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, u the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. d atliat;ilione7l eekly Board feel it their imperative ti red Ike support ,an to "''EST APPEAL to the public for cont n able them to admit and relieve the distressing* cases that y present themselves. Ivic_sontributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Co,n rtnan, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Co s i: ru ts and 3,. Co.' Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ban . _ n'_, Prescott, Grote, and Co ; Smith, Payne, and Co.. bitYm :in Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison_ I , I ;e O Q . Co. • W lliams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gurney, ans! 'LI, Nisbet and Co • Messrs. J. Bulled and Co., Liverpool; sum at the Hospital: ' STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. U BT E 0 EID 0 N' Patent, March 1, 1812, No. 510. ,GABR !EL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE TEE VII and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, 7 1 1 29g5, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a ~ k . ,'lyfi, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and ,ILULATIO X', even when all others fail. Purest It ma nly,th at half the usual •:ost. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, BARLEY -STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON; . 68, N EW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKE STREET, LIVERPOOL. One visit only Complete Sets, 4 to 7 and 10 to 15 guineas. -u!sCt i cal Treatise gratis. required from country patients. Gabriel's Oonaultatlons free. ,__ N° 22.041 . . MISS FREER'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 2 vols., with Portraits, 218., THE LAST DECADE OF A GLORIOUS 1 REIGN : Belly , the Concluding. Part. of "The History of Henry IV., King of France and Navarre." From Original and Authentic Sources. By M. W. FREER. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. With Fifty beautiful Illustrations, by Wolf and Zwecker, BALDWIN'S AFRICAN HUNTING AND ADVENTURES from NATAL to the ZAMBESI FALLS. "A huntirg epic in prose."—Spectator. • Richard Bentley, Ntw Burlington-street.. ocular Edition, 65., with 2 Illustrations, TH E CH ANNI N G S. By Mrs. HENRY WOOD. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK'S WORK ON JAPAN. Now ready, in'2 vols., Bvo., with two Maps, and 142 Illustra tions on Wood and in Chromo-lithography, price 425., cloth, THE CAPITAL of the TYCOON: A Nar rative of a Three Years' Residence in Japan. By. Sir RUTHERFORD Ancocg, K.C.8., Her Majesty's Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan. London: Longman, Green, and Co., 14, Ludgate-hill. MR. KINGLAKE'S " INVASION OF THE CRIMEA." The SECOND EDITION IS NOW PUBLISHED, and may be had of all Booksellers. Vols. I. and 11. Bvo. Price 325., cloth. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. CHRONICLES OF CAR LINGFORD : In Two Volumes Post Octavo, price 24a., SA L E 3/1 CH A P Originally published in " Blackwood's Magazine." "This b,ok will take a permanent place in English iitera ture. " S ectator. "It is a picture of actual life, not copied, indeed, from any one existing community, but studied with a realistic stretv.th from many ; it has a combined humour, pathos, and vivid ness, not inferior o any n. vel that has a; peared for, at least, three or four years."—Morning fi erald. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY, At 2s. Cd. each Person. SOUPS. Mulligata FISH Brunoise. Soles ala Hollandaise: Fried Smelts. ENTREES. Stewed Kidneys au Madere. Fricatelle aux Champignons. JOINTS. Sirloins of Beef. Roast Legs of Mutton. Potatoes ala Lyunnaise. Choux Fleura au Beurre. SWEETS. Sir Watkin Puddings. Rhubard Tartlets. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH. MOELLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for The London Pinner. THE LONDON, 19', FLEET -STREET. OANTERBURY HALL. N...) Great success of the Third Editiin of the renowned Pantomimic Entertainment, THE ENCHANTED HASH, thirteen characters, soiely sustained by E. Marshall. The Comic by Unsworth, in his celebrated stump speech, "Or any other Man," Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, Frank Hall, and Miss Laura Sanders. GRAND OPERATIC SELECTIONS, as usual, conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. T H X F O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET. Re-appearance of Miss Russell. ALCESTE (by GLucx), By the entire company, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos. Ballads by Master Edwin Sanders, the juvenile vocalist, aged 9 years. George Hodson's Irish and Miscellaneous Entertainment. Unsworth's great Stump Speech, " Or any other man." Eugene's burlesque Scenas and Dances. W. Randall's New Comicalities. Miss Caroline Parkes' Pantomimic Sketch, "Little Red Riding Hood ;" and other varied attractions. Hall, 6d.—Balcony and Stalls, U.—Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. The Cantata, " HERNE THE HUNTER," by M.W. Lutz, will be produced on SATURDAY. T HE PRINCE of WALES' MARRIAGE will be celebrated at the LONDON PAVILION by a MONSTRE ENTERTAINMENT on the Evening of TUESDAY, the 10th of' March. Each visitor will be presented with A HANDSOME SOUVENIR in commemoration of the auspicious event ; and no expense or exertion will be spared to characterise the proceedings with that loyalty due to the occasioi of the nuptials of Eng land's future King, The London Pavilion, Tichbourne-street. MJULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. • EVERY EVENING at the ARGYLL ROOMS. Great Success.—See opinioliaof the Press. Conductor—Mons. JULLIE The celebrated Cornet-a- Piston, - Mr. J. LEVY, Will play at intervals from 9 to 12 o'clock. The Concert, composed of Classic 1 Music from the GREAT MASTERS, will terminate at a quarter-past Ten, and the Dance music at five minutes to Twelve. Promenade, ls.—Reserved seats, 2s. Doors open at Eight o'clock Manager, Mons. GRENET. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM ; containing the Wonders of Nature and Art, shown by Innumerable superbly executed Models, illustrating every part of the Human Frame, together with a variety of highly interesting Natural Preparations, Malformations, and Mon strosities. ( Ipen daily, from '1 to 10 (for Gentleman only). Admission One Shilling. Entrances 29, George-street, Han over-square, and 41A, Maddox-street, Regent-street, Lon don W • Explanatory Lecture every Afternoon at Four. Illus trated and Descriptive Catalogues sent, post free, for twelve stamps. Address the Secretary, as above. THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 50R., a new Instrument, by Negrettl and Zambra, wiil cor rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing' stamp.-1, Hatton-garden; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street. MOORE BROTHERS' TEAS. Choice SOUCHONG, recommended 3s. 9d. per lb. suitable for superior purposes, full rich Souchongflavour. M.xed ASSAM, ighly recommended 4s. Od. per 115. of very choice quality, and the cheapest Tea sold. id per lb. deduction on 20Th. Bags and 45Th. Chests. Prospectus free. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and Eyebrows produced in a, few weeks by the use of ELLIOTT'S TONIC LOTION, the stimulative properties of which are unfailing in their operation. Thomas Elliott invites a trial from the most sceptical, that they may be con vinced of its infallible power. Price 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., 105. 6d., and 21s. Forwarded on nceipt of postage stamps.—Thomas Ell iott, hairgrower (first floor), 51, Fenchurch-street. T. E.'s wigs , Ll 10s. OLDRIDGE'S BALM of COLUMBIA established upwards of- thirty years. Is the best and only certain remtcly ever disco vere d f or preserv i ng , strengthening, beautii,ing, or restoring the hair, whiskers, or moustaches, and preventing them turning grey. Sold in bottles, 3s. 6d., 65., and lls., by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Wellington-street, Strand, London, W.C., and all chemists and perfumers. For childrens' and ladies' hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. TEETH.-I3y MR. ESKELL'S INVENTION (Royal Seal granted 17th July, 1860), Sets or partial Sets of Teeth, exquisitely enamelled to nature, are made and fitted in a few hours by means of his patented soft elastic and imperishable base of the colour of the gum, to which it ad heres with wonderful tenacity, dispensing with springs or unsightly fastenings and defying detection by tne closest observer. The peculiar attribute of Mr. Eskell's invention is, the readiness with which these teeth can be re-adapted to any change of the mouth (even by the wearer); and as they act independently of all disturbing causes which affect teeth of ordinary construction, they are guaranteed tc, last a life time, as well as for mastication and articulation. Mr. E•AKF ‘ ,LL'S TREATISE, which fully explains his invention, B s' — s P i e ; t m i Id o er f post sulta f t r i e o e n i s or i s r e ee ve . n stamp s , —lnspection a s te pc_ B cim , en G s r a o n sv d e C n o o n r : Grosvenor street, Bond-street, London ; and 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. RUPTURES.—BY7ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. W HITE'S MO C-M AIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED TN THE GREAT xtuRITIONB OF 1851 AND 1 8 62), is allowed by upwards of Twohundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of If EItN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, '8 here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the ody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by th e Nloc-Main Pad an d P atent Lever, fitting with so much ease end closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn wring sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir 3umference of the body, two inches below the hips, being lent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. Ed., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. Cd. P os t age, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,:Post- Aloe, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c , for Varicose Veins and all cases o t w witness and Swelling he Legs, Sprains, Ito. They are porous, light in texture, nd inexpensive, and are drawn on IW ean ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Ploaadilly. AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY.—LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con -1 of slee consumption its gumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce IncurabLe. admirably allays the tickling which pro enr s approaching effects frequent y cboeungehfleintegi PI IN or even lying down for fear ot suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing— cross, London, and by all drugg ists, in bottles, 1341, and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and ad dl."' is engraved on the stamp. -- t • //;-- NE Wsp ~ ,7 s'at' 4 44 -k\ i" to A,7 :11.2, .0.111 • 21t 4) . : 1111111111 :: . works before referred to, an "" •„, .„.1 (N. - %to , , rlh c , ) carried. ;-6 t v i The proceedings concluded w tig , j' P -4 ‘ chairman. a SOUTH YORKSHIRE. - DIE • 141 aWiChil , ' 14° 4'4o# —fill' The report of the directors states that £51,228 had been added to the capital account during the half•year ending 31st December last. The revenue account showed a gross income from all sources of £87,616, and a total expenditure of £33,257, leav ing a balance of £54,359, which, after meeting the interest and preferential di7idende, would yield dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the ordinary capital, and the directors recom mended the declaration of that dividend. The capital account showed that £2,463,549 had been expended, leaving a balance in hand of £54,900. AP -El i 4 7 ~..,,,- 6 - 44 e c... -- b.. 1 SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1863 THE Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The Powerful target-ship is receiving alongside Portsmouth dock yard another supply of armour-plates for testing at the practice moorings in Porchester creek. They include five plates from the Thames Iron Works Company, one of five inches thickness of metal for the Ocean, and four others experimental, one 15-feet rolled plate is fromßlgbyand Beerdmore, of Glasgow. The Mersey Company, . Clare, Horsfall, and Co., send 12 plates of a somewhat novel charac ter both as regards their size and the way in which they will be bolted on the ship's side for firing at. Each of these plates are 6 feet long by only one foot wide, and are two and a-half inches through the metal. Six of them will he bolted on the ship's side in a longi tudinal position, and close to each other, forming a layer of iron planking of two and a-half inch iron, six feet square. Over this layer will he laid and bolted the remaining six plates of planks, but in a vertical position ; the whole thus forming a square of iron planking five inches in thickness, but divided in the centre, and laid at right angles. Two other plates have been fixed on the Powerful's side, for trial at the same time, and the result is watched with conside rable interest. This is purely a Government experiment. A Royal Alfred Plate was directed to be taken from the stock in the dock yard, cut through the centre, and the two parts then bent four-and a-half inches, the thickness of the plate, from a straight line, one part to be heated and then bent to the required' curve in the wedge press, and the other half to be bent cold in the hydraulic press—the object sought being to ascertain whether any or what difference ex isted consequent upon the two systems of bending as would be shown when struck by shot. The plate to be bent cold was first taken in hand, but owing to the opening of the metal, the plate was not bent beyond two-and-a-half inches, instead of four-and-a-half inches, as ordered. The remaining portion of the plate was therefore bent in the wedge press only to the same extent. It has,heell contended by many that iron armour plates can be bent cold with the same facility that they can when heated, but, so far as is known by experience in the Government yards at present, this cannot be done, nor can plates over three -inches in thickness be bent' at any time cold and with the hydraulic press in safety. This opinion is borne out also by that of more than one firm engaged in the manu facture of armour plates. More is known of the results attending the bending of rolled than hammered plates, and while it is said that the cracks in the latter caused by the bending are more destructive than is the case wills the former, enough is known of the results to the rolled plate to enable a tolerably safe prediction to be formed of the nature and extent of the openings in the metal, however excel lent may be the plate's quality. The reason of this is simple enough. If in bending a plate its inner circle could be made to submit to its due share of compression, and thus reduce itself and ease the outer circle in its expansion, it would throw the neutral axis in the centre of the plate, and there would be less risk of cracks or opening of the metal in a direction with the fibre. The inner edge or surface of the plate does not, however, when cold undergo any important compres sion, and the whole force is tensional and greatest on the outer edge. The pressure with the single ram hydraulic presses in use in her Majesty's dockyards is also local, instead of being diffused over the entire surface, and thus with a hammered plate risks the breaking of the metal, and with a rolled plate, the strain being thrown across the fibre of the metal, the risk is an opening of the plate's outer sur face in the direction of the fibre. This plate is the first which it has been attempted to any extent of curve, cold, by the hydraulic press at Portsmouth. With a different application of the hydraulic power to the single vertical ram at present in use to a plate's surface, the plate being heated in the furnace to a black heat, it is thought that plates may yet be bent with a certain degree of safety to any curva ture. This would probably be accomplished by six or eight rams placed horizontally, part bearing on the outer and part on the inner surface of the plate, bywhich means the tremendous pressure brought into service by the hydraulic press would be diffused over the plate's entire surface, which it is believed would render a good plate secure from any serious injury. Perhaps the safest and most economical plan would be to let the manufacturers of the plates bend them at the time of manufacture to moulds furnished them from the yard in which the ship for whom the armour is destined is being con structed. It cannot be doubted that not only the manufacture of armour plates, but also the preparation which they have to undergo after they are manufactured, is at the present moment a subject of the greatest interest, not only to iron-workers and scientific men, but to the public generally. In the Naval Estimates for 1663-64, iron and armour plates for iron-cased ships building at Chatham figures 15,0001., and iron for armour plates for wooden ships for 160,0001. The Curacoa, 24, screw frigate, in the basin at Portsmouth, has n a b and ou t stays. h her decks A a swarm twork of t o ship_ re ceived her lower masts, has got her tops on , h er t opmasts pointed, wanrdigihsts, joiners, gettingeeurs, ah up herd caulkers e r r iggig s are com plete her for the pennant. The Megmra, screw troopship, Commander L. H. Henderson, em barked the right wing of the 61st Regiment this morning at Ports mouth for conveyance to the Channel Islands, returning with a wing of the 2d battalion 18th (Royal Irish), under orders for New Zealand The Esk, 17, screw corvette, 1,162 tons and 250-horse power, was floated out of No. 5 dock yesterday at Portsmouth, where she has been undergoing very heavy repairs to her hull, having been, in fact, almost rebuilt, in consequence of her very defective condition. In the last week of the old year but part of the ship's frame was stand ing in the dock, owing to She removal of the decayed and weak por tions, both bows being entirely swept away as far aft as the fore channels, a great number of her timbers taken out and other parts of her framing removed, and planking and lining partially stripped. Since then she has been taken in hand conjointly with the Curacoa, and shipwrights crowded upon her as thick as they could conve niently use their tools to give her a thorough repair, yesterday being the exact time then fixed for bringing her to her present state of progress, and floating her out of dock; and, greatly to the credit of the shipwright department, the programme has been faith fully adhered to, the prescribed amount of work done, and the ship undocked on the day originally named when commencing the work. There is, it is asserted, no record of an equal amount of work in the repair of a ship having been done in the same time on any other occasion in any of the dockyards. It cannot be forgotten, however, that to execute this work the workmen were almost entirely with drawn from the iron-cased ships Royal Sovereign and Royal Alfred Indeed, at present there are not more than two men and a boy em ployed upon the Royal Alfred. A representative of this class of vessels will, however, be ready for commission, as stated by Lord Clarence Paget, on the 19th of March next. The Esk was built by contract in a private yard at Millwall, in 1853-4, and was a very unfavourable specimen of such work, judging by the official reports concerning her. Her frame was weak, and the materials not of the best description. In carrying out her present repairs it has been found necessary to strengthen her main-deck beams by 16 additional knees. Several of her lower-deck beams have also been strengthened in a similar manner, and other parts proportionately. The ship is, without doubt, much stronger now in every respect than she was when first off the stocks. The repairs have been made under the direction and supervision of the same foreman, Mr. Loney, to whom was assigned the outfit of the Warrior and Black Prince. The 2d of April is the date named when the Esk is to be out of the hands of the dockyard authorities and ready to hoist the pennant. The royal paddle yacht Osborne, Master-Commander G. K. Bower sailed from Portsmouth yesterday at 4 p.m. for Antwerp, to convey to England her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia. Intelligence has been received at Plymouth, announcing that cholera has entirely left the screw steam frigate Euryalus, 35, Capt. J. S. Josling, flag of the Commander-in-Chief on the East India and China station, and that the crew are now in good health. She continued at Hongkong. About 30 invalids from the frigate are coming home in the screw steamship Sanspareil, 70, Capt. George L. S. Bower. It is reported at Plymouth that, in consequence of the state of his health, Rear-Admiral L. Kuper is about to le ave his command. _ Last winter the French steam frigate Vauban left Vera Cruz with military invalids for France. When off Cape Hatteras she lost her mainmast, which, in falling, injured several of the crew. Shortly after she was exposed to a heavy gale, and bore up for Bermida where it was discovered that the head of the rudder and the pintles were seriously damaged, thus rendering her arrival 'at the island a H th . e G Ge las y s e e nt , %T en . subject of twofold congratulation. In the absence of Admiral Milne, resources Ca P t' F navallftle establishmentsoffice officer t in t charge, a r commandge ,placed f the th the captain of the Vauban, whose disabled alio was immediately handed over to the officers of the Royal Arsenal there. All the worst cases of disease among the crew and many of the soldiers wounded in the Mexican war were sent to the Naval Hospital in Ireland Island, where they were placed under the care of Deputy-Inspector-General R. E. Smart, M.D., and Dr. W. G. Doraville, of the flagship Nile. On the 6th of January the Vice-Consul for France, who resides at Hamilton, void an official visit to the Naval Hospital at Ireland Island, and was much gratified. at witnessing the comfort and order which prevailed, and on learning from the afflicted inmates themselves how much they felt indebted to their physicians for the benefit they had derived. The utmost cordiality exists between the officers of the Vauban and the residents at Bermuda. Her repairs were not completed up to the middle of January. The paddlewheel ateamvessel Caradoc, 2, Lieut.-Commander Wil kinson, having embarked supernumeraries, left Plymouth on Tues day for the Mediterranean. During the past six months several hundred of the convicts at tached to the convict establishment at Chatham have been engaged in preparing the materials, manufacturing the bricks, and iu various preparations to build the additional docks and basins at Chatham for the reception of a class of vessels considerably larger than any now afloat belonging to the British navy. The whole of the land required for the proposed undertaking has now been obtained Pos session of by the Admiralty, the various corporations, public bodies, and other parties interested having had their claims satisfied. The total cost of the construction of the proposed basins, docks, and locks at Chatham, including the embankment of a - considerable portion of the Medway, which is to be deepened from Chatham harbour to the Nore, so as to form a channel 600 ft. wide and 27ft. deep at half tides, which will give sift. at neaps and 35ft. at springs, is close upon 1,000,0001. sterling, the Admiralty estimate of the work being 943,8761. Of this sum 68,0001. has been already voted for the work. The Navy Estimates published on Tuesday show that only 20,0001. will be asked for by the Admiralty to carry on the works this year, so that no very extensive operations will be commenced in the proposed un dertakings for several months to come. In addition to the docks already existing at Chatham it is intended to construct five other docks, each of which will be very nearly double the length of the largest dock at that yard. The three centre docks of the intended number will be each 500 ft. in length at the clear, with two smaller docks of 400 ft. in length. Each of the new docks will communicate on the south side wilh a large basin 22 acres in extent, with a depth of 30ft. at the neap, thus enabling vessels of the Warrior and Achilles class to float alongside the wharf with all their guns, stores, &c., on board. There will also be two other basins at Chatham, the largest of which will be 31 acres in extent' by upwards of 2,000 ft. at its greatest length, and 700 ft. in breadth, with the same depth of water as in the adjoining dock. Between the two large docks will be a re pairing basin of somewhat lesser extent, this being intended to have an area of about seven acres, its length being 700 ft. by 400 ft. in breadth. The total basin area at Chatham will thus be ex actly 60 acres, which will be about half as much again as the whole of the basin accommodation at all the royal dockyards, the total ex tent of which is only 4 1 acres , includi n g the basins at Woolwich a n d Deptford, which are totally inaccessible to large ships. The new docks and basins intended to be f o rmed at Chatham will occupy the south side of• St. Mary's Island, the portion of whic h borderin g on Chatham harbour for a distance of about two miles having been ready embanked by the convicts, who have been employed on the work for several years past. Two locks, each of 500 feet in len g th and sufficiently wide to receive the largest cla ss of iron vessels, will communicate between the largest of the three basins and the river. Permission has been already granted by the corporation of Rochester, who are the owners of the Medway as far as the Nore, for the Admi ralty to dredge the bed of the river, whi•.ll .contains a valuable earth for the manufacture of cement to be us ed in constructing the new docks. and basins. The other works in progress at Chatham, for which a v o t e w ill b e requ ired this year, include a new caisson for the dock in which the Achilles, 50, is under construction, foundations for new machinery, the enlargement of the plumber's shop, clearing the harbour of mud, and for new machinery, the total estimate for the whole of the above being 21,6001. A further sum of 67,0401. will also be required to be voted for engines and machinery for the vessels under construction at Chatham and already or d e red, in cluding the machinery for the iron frigate Achilles. The exact cost of the latter vessel cannot be ascertained from the esti mates, but it is confidently t will be consider ablystated that I less than that of iron vessels built by private firms. The amount required her, beyond the 1 for armour-plates and iron to com plete at Chatham, is large stores of that material already accumu latedsum will be taken in the vot es in the estimates to be 15,0001., which Navy Estimates for 1863-4 is 1 , 0 55,2731. this year. The net decrease in the The following appointmen;ssB,273s. ralty :—Capt. F. A. Campbell, additional, made yesterday at the Admi in the Royal Oak ; W. G. Wratten nal, to the Fisgard, for service Marl borough ; Peter Steil, chief engineer, chief engineer, to the Marl- Atlas ; Robert J. Hay, chief engineer, to o the Cumberland, for the Bristol ; J. F. Chanson , engineer, to the Indus, Cumberland, for the and Thomas Rose, Ist class assistant engineer, us, as supernumerary ; , to the Indus, for the Fervent. at Netley Hospital during the first week in the ensuing month, im mediately after which the entire invalid depot at St. Mary's Barracks will also move to the same establishment. As soon as the new ar rangements are completed Chatham will cease to be the station to which troops will be forwarded from all parts of the world for the purpose of being discharged. Under the new system the vessels ar riving from abroad with troops will lie in Southampton Water, near Netley, where the time-expired men and invalids will be landed, when those not requiring medical or surgical treatment will be at once sent inland to their depots or forwarded to their homes, while the sick and wounded only will be detained in the hospital, the plan of keeping up what is termed an invalid depot, as at Chatham, being discontinued. The intention to convert Fort Pitt into barracks for the reception of officers and troops has, it is understood, been abandoned, and the building will s till b e reta i ne d f or a hospital, for which its excellent site eminently fits it. According to present arrangements, it is intended to make Fort Pitt the central hospital for the whole garrison, thus doing away with the necessity of separate hospitals for the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, and the Line, as is the case under . existing arran gements. Th e o ffi ce rs of the Staff already named as selected for the new hospital at Netley are Col. R. Wilbra ham, C. 8., Governor ; Major J. M. Kennedy, Paymaster ; and Capt. W. Hawtree, Captain of Orderlies. entrapped into fellowship with those who represented the principles of human slavery, and were themselves traf fickers in the sinews and the souls of their fellowmen. He contrasted the conduct of the corporation in decreeing busts of Granville Sharp and Clarkson, and said that the city of London would lie under a stigma which he be lieved it did not deserve until its citizens met in Common Council to resent the insult which the present Lord Mayor had put upon it in welcoming Mr. Mason. He concluded by moving— "That the Lord Mayor, by inviting and receiving at the Mansion-house Mr. Mason, the author of the iniquitous Fugitive Slave Law, as the representative of those Southern Confederate States in America whose independence the Bri tish Government has hitherto refused to recognise, has offered a wanton insult to the Government, to the citizens of London, and to the whole British nation, and has disgraced the annals of a Corporation not more renowned fcr its anti - quity than for its great and continued services in the cause of freedom, aad the honours it has rejoiced and been proud to render to men distinguished by their Christain and philanthropic labours and sacrifices for the liberties and welfare of mankind." Mr. ,T . CUNNINGHAM seconded the motion, which was supported with much energy by Mr. Washington Wilks, and carried, like the first, with entire unanimity. The proceedings terminated shortly before 11 o'clock, with a collection. THE ARMY. It is now definitely stated that the principal officers of the Staff at Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, together with the professors and heads of departments connected with the Army Medical sch ool at that establishment, will leave the garrison and enter on their duties NEGRO EMANCIPATION. A meeting of the friends and supporters of the Emancipa tion Society was held at St. James's hall last evening to hear addresses from various gentlemen upon this subject. The chair was taken by Mr. W. Evans, president of the society, and among the principal persons present on the platform where the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, Professor F. L. Newman, the Rev. W. Landells, Sir Benjamin Pine, Mr. Bosley, Mr. J. A. Nicholay, Mr. W. Wilks, the Rev. J. Stent, Mr. Malleson, Mr. L. A. Chamerovzow, &c. The great hall was crowded with people. The CHAIRMAN said that the response given throughout the whole country to the Exeter-hall meeting must have convinced all those who imagined there was a lull in the public mind on this question that though the hatred of slavery might appear dead it only slumbered. The old hatred of that atrocious wrong was now as intense in the hearts of the people as it was in the days when L .rd Derby introduced his famous measure declaring that the name of slavery should be erased from our statute-book. This society had been in existence only two or three months, yet meetings had been held in every metropolitan borough and in every large town in England, and associations had been formed in the Midland Counties and the West Riding To their detractors they were indebted for having served their purpose well, and chief among these detractors he would name the ?Imes. The article in that news paper declaring that slavery was consonant with Scripture had been worth a month's agitation to them. Again, Earl Russell had used expressions in this matter unworthy of his name. ("No," and confusion.) He had spoken of this rebellion of the South as for independence. (Hear, hear.) Now, if any meaning was to be attached to this word it meant freedom, and what could freedom mean in the South, where there were 4,000,000 slaves ? (Cheers.) Another cause of success was the lamentable exhibition made by the Lord Mayor in having welcomed Mr. Mason. (Hisses, and a cry of "Question.") Throughout the country the working men had taken a noble attitude on this question, and, with an intuitive perception of what was true to their principies, and to their country, they took the right stand upon this question. It was said that the North and South, so dire was their enmity, could not come together again. Having travelled through the country, he believed that the intimate domestic relations existing between the two sections would lead to their reunion when the monstrous wrong of slavery was redressed, and America would then become stronger and more powerful than ever. Professor NzwmArr passed in review the course of the struggle in America, and said it would have been criminal in President Lincoln to have gone to war for slavery. War was not a weapon which a philanthropist would choose to wield for the purpose of humanity. Every reasonable and wise man in the North at the outset sought for freedom through the Constitution, and desired that slavery should be extinguished by legal and constitutional means. When, however, the South broke into rebellion the first thing was to enforce the law and preserve the Union. Suppose the South, having missed its spring, had said, " We will come back to the Union with no submissions and with no condi tions." Mr. Lincoln would have received them, and rightly. The South would then have been cowed, no slavery Presi dent would thereafter have been elected, and slavery would slowly and legally have passed away. He believed that by and-bye the poor whites in the South would see that they had been cheated by the Southern leaders, who had promised ' them the re-opening of the slave-trade, so that each of them should have a cheap negro to work for him. No doubt, some of these poor whites had fought against what they regarded as an attack on their homes and liberties, and when they came into contact with the North they would see that the Northern whites were as gentlemen by their side, and that slavet7 degraded the white man, and was a greater curse to him even than to the black. When the Union was restored and slavery extinguished the uncultivated fields of the South would bear a thousandfold under free labour, and that was the way in which the expenses of the war, which so much terrified the Times, would be defrayed. Mr. Newman con cluded by moving the following resolution :—•' That the re volt of the Southern States of America against the Federal Government having avowedly originated in the determina tion not only to maintain but to extend slavery, and haVing been followed by the organisation of a Confederacy based upon the denial of human rights to the negro race, this meeting indignantly repels the assumption that the English people sympathise with a rebellion that thus violates every principle of political justice, or with institutions framed in defiance of the moral sense of civilised mankind, and which are an outrage upon the religion the sanction of which has been claimed for their support." The Rev. W. LANDELLS, in seconding the motion, said they had met not as out and out partisans of either North or South, but to consider whether the success of the South or of the North was most likely to lead to the liberation of the slave. Now, it was absurd to suppose that, having struggled for slavery as the corner-stone of their Confe deracy, the South would at once relinquish it when they obtained their independence, and to any one who held such a belief he could only say, " 0 man, great is thy faith 1" The leaders of the South were most likely to know their own minds, and they had spoken not one word to sho'w that they had abandoned their old opinions. The South going to abandon slavery when independent 1 Why, they might as well say that when the Devil had full s wing he would cease to do mischief. (Great applause.) It was far more likely that Southern success would increase the arrogance of the slaveholders, and that in some years there would be 8,000,000 slaves is the South instead of 4,000,000, Of course the North were fighting for the Union. They had no right to fight for anything else. Mr. Lincoln was bound by his oath to main tain the Union. It was said that the South were fighting for freedom. Yes, freedom to enslave others, to flog the negro, to sell for the vilest purposes their own flesh and blood, and inflict the worst tyranny upon the weak and de fenceless. They were fighting for independence, indeed, but it was independence of all laws, human and Divine. What infatuation had come over Englishmen to give their admiration and sympathy to such men ? How was it that Mr. Mason, the author of the Fugitive Slave Law, was the man whom the Mansion house of London delighted to hon our ? The maledictions of 10,000 slaves and the hatred of all true-hearted Englishmen must rest on the Mansion-house while it admitted to its table such " distinguished guests." (Loud applause.) At this stage of the proceedings some confusion was oc casioned by a gentleman in the body of the hall, who appa rently desired to address the meeting. (Loud cries of " Turn him out I" however, were raised, and the gentleman, yield ing to pressure, was escorted to the door. The Chairman then announced, amid laughter and cheers, that the author of the confusion, being a well-behaved man, had left the meeting. Mr. G. THOMPSON, in proposing the next resolution, said that the English people were now bestowing the fullness of their sympathy upon the cause of freedom, and the absence of every distinguished and of any respectable manin favour of the South 'on the public platforms proved, if there were these who sympathised with the South they were afraid to unveil their motives. (Here another person in the gallery ventured to dissent, but order was ultimately restored by his forcible expulsion, his hat and coat being thrown high in air after him.) The cause of this war was slavery, and the desire of Englishmen was that its result should be abolition. They did not desire so much the success of the North for the sake of the Union, as the defeat of the South in its wicked and malevolent attempt to found an aristo cratic form of government upon the basis of negro slavery. The Confederates were only fighting for indepen dence as a means to an end, that end being the reduction of God's immortal creatures into the condition of slaves. As for Mr. Mason, author of the Fugitive Slave Law, the Newgate Calendar did not contain the name of so black a felon, of so conspicuous a rebel against God, and so dire an enemy of man, as he who was recently entertained at the Mansion-house. The hospitality of the city was wantonly and flagrantly abused on that occasion, for Mr. Mason was a man stealer, and as a man-stealer and as a fugitive-slave kidnapper he was not worthy to loose the latchet of any gentlemanly highwayman. (Loud laughter and applause.) He might be speaking in the hearing of Mr. Mason, and, if so, he told him that there was one man in England, w h o knew him, and who dared and defied him to meet face to face and foot to foot in manly combat in the presence of an audience like this. (Loud applause, and a voice, " Put that in the papers.") Having traced the antecedents of Mr. Mason, in the course of which another dissentient, who reminded the meeting that Paul once sent back a fugitive slave, was immediately expelled, Mr. Thompson said the city of London was disgraced and the people of England belied by the Mansion-house hospitality. Until a man should fill the civic chair better abl e t o di scr i m i na t e who wer e worthy to receive the hospit a lit y o f th e c it y o f London, " Ichabod " would be written on the portico of the Mansion-house, and those citizens of London who would revive the glories of their ancient municipality should shun the banquet-room of Lord Mayor Rose, lest they were The Marriage of the Prince of Wales. The great reception to be given to the Prince's bride on her arrival in this country promises, as each day developes fresh preparations, to be one of the most spontaneous and magnificent popular wel comes ever given in England. Along the whole length to be traversed by the Princess, from Graves end to Windsor, there is not a municipality or cor poration which has not its thoughts fixed just now on how best to welcome and do honour to the caval cade while passing through its boundaries. There is not an important space along the entire route which has not been already marked out as the scene for some display, and the sites which have not yet been definitely allotted have many eager claimants from different bodies, all more or less qualified to occupy them with credit and effect. The efforts made by the people of Gravesend to do honour to the departure of the Princess Royal have led to high expectations of what the Corpora tion would do on the arrival of another royal bride. As on previous occasions, the portions of the town through which the procession will pass are to be given over from roof to basement to a professional decorator, Mr. Snelling, whose designs for the ap propriate and harmonious adornment of all the thoroughfares were accepted yesterday. This arrangement insures a completeness of effect and a harmony of parts to the whole that are impossible when the work is left to individual efforts, which on this occasion will only be suffered to expend them selves in the side streets off the main route. The principal features of the decoration will be a kind of light garlanded arch, bearing banners, with the arms of the Prince and Princess, surmounted in the centre with the Prince's coronet and plume, and having handsome winged Victories on either side extending chaplets of flowers. The greater portion of the line of procession will be roofed in as it were by these light structures, which are to be erected at intervals of every 40 ft. along Harmer-street, at the top of which a massive triumphal arch will be erected, with its four ribs meeting in the centre, over the intersection of the roadways. Here, also, will be a richly decorated stand for visitors. All along the New-road to the railway station similar decorations will be continued, so as to form one con tinned vista of arches and garlands throughout. The station itself will be beautifully adorned by the Com pany, and the Terrace-pier, on which the Princess will land, by the Corporation. Under the awning of this pier are to be seats for 1,200 visitors, for which seats there are already nearly 4,000 appli cants clamouring for tickets which really belong to the ratepayers, at whose expense the whole wel come is given, and whose claims the Corporation have most properly determined to consider first. The Danish man-of-war Slesvig, with the Princess on board, and escorted by two Danish frigates and the English ships, is expected to arrive off the pier a little before noon. The naval portion of the de monstration, will, it is probable, be increased from the Nore by several gunboats, manned by the officers and men -of the Naval Reserve of the port of London, who have petitioned the Admiralty to be allowed the honour of thus forming part of the river escort—a petition which, we believe, the Admiralty, have already acceded to. The military commandant of the district will furnish the guard of honour on the pier from Chatham, and the West Kent Yeo manry, one of the finest bodies of cavalry in the kingdom, will form the escort, under the command of Major the Earl of Darnley. The Prince of Wales, with the Danish Minister and other distinguished personages, will, it is expected, go on board the Slesvig to welcome the Princess, and her landing is to take place, with all the Royal ceremonies of salutes and manning yards, at one o'clock. On landing, Mrs. Sams, the wife of the Mayor of Gravesend, wiil present the Princess with a bouquet in a richly-jewelled case, which has been purchased by general subscription by the ladies of Gravesend. As on the occasion of the Princess Royal's depar ture, 60 young ladies, dressed alike in red and blue and white—the colours of England and Denmark— will be stationed along the Terrace-pier, 30 on each side. Each of these young ladies will be provided with ample, though pretty, baskets filled with violets and roses, which they will strew along the path as the Princess advances. Viscount Sidney, as Lord-Lieutenant of Kent, will receive her High ness at the upper end of the pier, and present the Mayor and the other members of the Corporation. An address will be presented by the town-clerk, but, following the admirable rule which has lately come into fashion on these State occasions, it will be presented only, and not road. The Royal party and their suites will then enter their State carriages, and proceed in procession through Gravesend by the route we have already in dicated to the railway station, the whole extent of the lino from pier to railway being kept by the Kent ish Volunteer Artillery and the various Kentish rifle corps. The Royal train is expected to arrive at the Bricklayers' Arms Station soon after 2 o'clock. It is understood to be the wish of Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, that the Royal progress should be facilitated as much as possible from the Bricklayers' Arms Station to that of the Great Western, at Paddington, in order to spare the Prin • cess unnecessary fatigue. Originally Sir George de sired that the Royal procession, after passing along London-bridge, should proceed by way of Cannon street to Temple-bar, an arrangement which would have materially abridged the distance ; but on being told that a large number of the principal citizens in King William-street, about the Royal Exchange and the Mansion-house, in Princes-street, the Poul try, and Cheapside would be deprived of the pleasure of seeing the pageant, he yielded the point, and so from London-bridge to Temple-bar the procession will follow the more circuitous route of King Wil liam-street, Cheapside, St. Paul's Churchyard, Lud gate-hill, and Fleet -street. An endeavour will be made to keep the civic retinue within reasonable limits, and to that end it will probably be composed of representatives of the different branches of the corporation, rather than of the whole body itself. It will consist chiefly of the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex; the members of the Reception Committee, about 40 in number, com posed of Aldermen and Commo n Councilmen ; a de putation from the Court of Lieuten a ncy ; the mestere and wardens of the 12 p rinci p al livery companies ; g ffi o c e r n s o s t f a t t e a C n o d r p t h o e rest of the civic au thorities in carria g es - —open, if r a a n t d i o Tm inisterial rwiaill will probablyhe Lothrde the day be fin e. The members of the Court of Lieutenancy will be in uniform; the Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Councilmen will wear their official robes, as will also the officers of the Corporation and the masters and wardens of companies. A grand triumphal arch is to be erected, by the authority of the Corporation, near Fishmongers'- PRICE..... -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. hall, at the entrance to the city, and London bridge will be decorated throughout its entire length with flags and trophies. In front of the Mansion-house a gallery for 400 people will be constructed, and the portico of the build ing appropriately ornamented. The whole of the open space within the enclosure on the east, south, and west sides of St. Paul's Cathedral will be occupied by seats, rising tier over tier, and with canopies, for the accommodation of about 10,000 people, including the Dean and Chapter, the governing bodies of the whole of the livery companies, nearly SO in number, with their friends, and about 700 boys from the City of Lon don School and the Orphan School. Tae whole of this vast amphitheatre of seats will be erected in the most substantial manner, under the direction of Mr. Bunning, the city architect, and some notion may be formed of the care which will be bestowed upon the work with a view to the public safety when it is stated that, with the exterior decora tions, it will probably cost about £7,000. The ex pense will be borne jointly by the Corporation and the livery companies. Temple•bar is also to be elaborately decorated, and on the evening of the nuptial day it and the Mansion-house, and probably Guildhall, will be illuminated. Yesterday the Court of Lieutenancy held another meeting at Guildhall to make their arrangements, and the Reception Committee will meet again on Saturday to forward the work. Along Pall-mall the windows and balconies of the clubs will be draped, and this fine thoroughfare will on this occasion present a really magnificent appearance. Perhaps, however, the great centre of attraction will be in Hyde Park, where not only will there be an immense concourse of spectators, but from 18,000 to 20,000 of the finest of our Metropoli tan Volunteers will be massed, so as to give the Princess a fair idea of the strength of that second line of defence within which she is in future to dwell. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. The adjourned half-yearly meeting of this com pany was held on Tuesday at the London Tavern to receive a report from the scrutineers, as to the result of the poll demanded on Friday and for the transaction of the remaining business of the half-yearly meeting. Mr. T. Broderick, the chairman, presided, The CHAIRMAN stated that the poll had closed at 2 o'clock on Saturday, and the result was that 78,749 shares, representing 19,055 votes, were re corded in favour of the adoption of the directors' report, and that 56,164 shares, representing 15,214 votes, were recorded in favour of Mr. Anderson's amendment; consequently there was a majority of 22,585 shares, representing 3,841 votes, in favour of adopting the report of the directors. Mr. WATKIN objected to that mode of stating the result of the poll, and required the chairman to read the report of the scrutineers, from which it appeared that there was a majority of 5,535 ordinary shares in favour of Mr. Anderson's amendment, and a majority of 28,120 preference shares in favour of the motion proposed by the directors. Deducting the majority of ordinary' shares, 6,535, from the 28,120 preference shares, left the majority for the directors' motion, 22,585 shares representing £3,841 votes. Mr. WATKIN thought the directors ought to con sider that the holders of ordinary shares, who were most interested, had voted against the adoption of the report, and in favour of Mr. Anderson's motion. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the report was received, and a dividend at the rate of 31 per cent. per annum on the ordinary shares of the company for the half year ending the 31st Dec. last, less in come tax, was declared, payable on the 28th inst. The CHAIRMAN then proposed that all the ordi nary shares of the company, upon which the sum of £lO 13i. 4d. per share had been paid up, be con verted into a capital stock of the company, Mr. GoEz thought that it would be better to give the shareholders a small bonus by consolidating the shares as £2O each. The CHAIRMAN said the secretary had suggested the repayment to the shareholders of odd shillings and pence, which would simplify the conversion into stock, and would only amount to a few shillings and pence per share. Mr. BURCHELL explained that the act authorised the company to raise £3,200,000 on shares, and if they adopted Mr. Goez's suggestion they would have a larger amount of share capital than Parliament had authorised. The motion of the chairman was then agreed to. Mr. ANDERSON said the result of the poll was most gratifying to him, giving a majority of 5,500 ordinary shares in favour of the amendment. He considered that the preference shares had no imme diate interest in the increase of the dividend. The preference shares were secured their dividend of 5 per cent. by £4,000,000 of stock. He hoped the holders of preference shares in future would refrain from voting against measures intended for the im provement of the ordinary dividend. Although the preference shareholders had defeated him on that occasion, he would not slacken his efforts to reform the board. Mr. GOES said they had now 13 directors, and they had power to elect 24 directors. He would propose that Mr. Atkinson, Mr. Watkin, and Mr. Leith be elected to seats at the board, and he hoped the directors would receive the sugges tion in a friendly spirit. Ile then gave notice that at the next meeting he would propose that a similar by-law to that passed at the Great Western meeting be adopted by this company. L Ird A. PAGET suggested that Mr. Anderson and Mr. Leith be elected directors. Mr. GoEZ proposed that Mr. Watkin be elected a director. The CHAIRMAN could not agree to the election of Mr. Watkin. After some farther observations, Mr. Anderson and Mr. Leith were elected mem bers of the board, and the proceedings terminated. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at Manchester. Mr. H. W. WicKnAm, M.P., the chairman, ex pressed his regret that owing to the continued de pression of trade in the cotton districts, the income of the company had suffered severely, but he be lieved there were slight symptoms of improvement , and those who looked at the traffic returns for the last five or six weeks would see that there was some increase as compared with the corresponding week of last year. The falling off in owing to the cause referredf 2 to, had been er cent x;130,000, equal equal to a dividen o p ar ed with the half-year ending De p eember,. 1860. The receipts of the last half-year were less than those in the corresponding half of 1861 by £78,000, and that amounted to about 8 per cent. on the whole but he was glad to say that the directors had also been able to make a saving in the working expenses during the same period equal to 7-1 ptr cont. He moved the adoption of the report and accounts. Mr. G. WILSON, dGputy•chait wan, seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously adopted. The CHAIRMAN then moved the declaration of the guaranteed dividends on preference and other stock, and 2 per cent. on the ordinary stock fox the half year, payable on the 2d of March. Mr. ANDUS seconded the motion and expressed a hope that, from the state of the traffic, next half year instead of paying a dividend of 4 per cent. per annum they should be able to pay 41 per cent. The motion was passed. Mr. Andus and Mr. Fielden, directors retiring by rotation, were then re-elected. Mr. Ilarpur was also re-elected. The CHAIRMAN then moved that the directors be authorised to expend not exceeding £lOO,OOO on the WEST HARTLEPOOL The report of the directors of this railway and harbour company states that the net re• venue of the undertakings for the last half year ending 31st of December amounts to £54,530, against £34,644 for the corresponding period, showing an increase of £19,886. The gross revenue for the half-year emounts to £116,156, and the gross expenditure to £61,626, against £114,526 and £79,917 respectively for the same half-year of 1861. For the year 1862 the gross receipts mount to £216,994, the gross expenditure to £124,210, and the net revenue to £92,784, against £65,519 in 1861, showing an increase of £27,265. The revenue account shows that the net earnings for the half-year amounted to £52,221, and the in terest on loans, dividends, and other fixed charges, to £89,035, showing a deficiency of £36 ; 814. The capital account shows that £3,701,167 had been received, and £2,657,420 expended, leaving £1,043,747, being the excess of receipts over ex penditure. WARE, HADIIAM, AND BUNTINGFORD. The report of the directors states that they had given notice to the Board of Trade to send an in spector to examine the line, which is I 5 miles in length. The Great Eastern Company has made every preparation for working the traffic, and no delay will arise after the necessary certificate has been received from the Board of Trade. The direc tors have introduced into Parliament a bill autho rising the raising additional capital, the amount originally authorised, £66,600, having been found insufficient. The financial statement showed that £66,650 had been received, and £76,415 expended, leaving a balance of £9,765, provided for by a tem porary loan. WHITEHAVEN AND EGREMONT. The report of the directors states that the accounts for the half-year just ended show an increase of 12,372 in the receipts, as compared with the cor responding period of 1861. The amount available for dividend is £6,274, and the directors recommend a payme►it at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, less income-tax, on the original new £lO shares and on the amount paid on tbo new £6 shares. There will then remain £1,415 to be carried to the reserve fund, which will then amount to £8,653. HARTLEY RELIEF FUND. Mr. W. F. Birkmyre, actuary, of London, has made a report to the Executive Committee of the Hartley Relief Committee, who was requested by them to make a valuation of the allowances to the sufferers by the accident at Hartley. The following is the substance of the report :—The scale of allow ances authorised by the committee, and which has been assumed in the valuation, is as follows :-7s per week to each widow ; lOs 6d per week to each widow and child ; 13s 6d per week to each widow and two children ; 15s Gd per week to each widow and three children ; 17s Gd per week to each widow and four children ; 198 Gd per week to each widow and five children ; 21s 6d per week to each widow and six children. These allowances are to continue, except in cases of gross misconduct, to the widows so long as they remain unmarried, to girls until they attain the age of 15 years, and to boys until they reach the age of 12 years. The allowance to infirm adults has, as a general rule, been fixed at 7s per week. Widows on remarrying are to have £2O. On widows or adults dying an allowance of £3 to he made for funeral expenses; and £1 to be paid ou the death of a child. The value of these allow ances has been estimated for two periods—first, for the next 15 years, at the expiration of which the children will have ceased to draw from the fund ; and secondly, for the remainder of the lives of such of the widows and adults as may survive that term. The reporter has not thought it proper to assume a higher rate of interest than 3! i per cent., and with the approval of the committee has based the calculations on that rate. It may be thought that a higher rate might have been taken, but when it is considered that the fund has to be invested, not for a few years merely, but for the whole of the lifetime of the recipients,and that per manent investments do not yield more than 4 per cent. at the utmost, and that a certain portion of the funds must always be necessarily lying in bank un invested, he thinks that the adoption of al per cent. will be deemed a prudent step. As the greater value of female life is well established, the calcula tions in connexion with the female lives have been based on the Government tables. The estima te of the amount to be deducted for the probability of the widows re-marrying, and so forfeiting their allow ances, and the value of their allowances to be made on marriage, are necessarily approximations. As, however correct the statistics of marriage for the population (which have been the guide in this in stance) may be, yet when we come to deal with com paratively limited numbers and with a particular class the application of such statistics can only be considered a rough approximation. In the present instance there are two counter influences—there is the inducement held out by the bonus on marriage on the one hand, while on the other hand there is the deterring influence of the loss of a liberal allow ance. It is doubtful, however, whether the for feiture of the allowance will very materially affect the marriage rate, as the sum down will no doubt prove attractive ; it is therefore assumed that the rate of marriage will not differ widely from that which generally prevails. It has not been thought necessary to estimate the probabilities of marriage after the expiry of 15 years, as the result would not be affected in any material degree. The result is that a sum of £35,252 118. 3d. will be for t required he n t e o x be fifteeninvestedetaorsp, r o a v n i d d e a fo f r u t r h t e h allowances f £15,170 14s. 9d. will be necessary to continue them at the same rate throughout the remainder of life after the expiration of that period—making a total of £50,420 Gs. as the fund to be invested to meet the allowances for the whole duration of life from the present time. The sum of £70,000 has been in vested in safe and available securities by the execu tive committee, and £5,500 lies in the hands of the bankers in Newcastle. So that there remains a surplus of nearly £25,000 to be disposed of. It is a remarkable fact that, though little more than twelve months have elapsed since the catastrophe at Hartley, ten of the widows have remarried. The consideration of the disposal of the surplus, it is understood, will he brought by the executive im mediately under the consideration of the general committee appointed at the county meeting held in Newcastle at the time of the catastrophe. Importing Tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing oil inferior leaves as in usual kinds. Ilotniman's 'lea is uncoloured, therefore, always flood a?t7.e. Sold in packets by 2,280 agent, Another " sensation" acrobat h as come t o grief. The great feat of a performer, named Matio e l , is swinging upon a wire, abou t the thickness of a tobacco p several &c. At !he C an t et b ury Hall, pike, rk,innyiven;ght, his wire was suspended over • be] nein— himself erect upo n ono foot, playing t E r r ii; g k h s N to n A i , th on ba s li a s tu , the stage, orchestra, and part of the pit, and ho had nearly compl e ted his performances When he lost his balance, and fell upon the footlights. On e o f t h e gas-burners passed th ro ugh his right foot, entering the sole, and coming out between the large toe and the next one to it. A few nights previously, at the Brighton Circus, an amateur, in attempt ing to imitate Leotard's performances on the flying trapeze, missed his hold, and fell with great force into the ring, the sawdust in which broke the fall, but he was considerably shaken.