The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-22 00:00:00

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'• -4. , , , , , -, - : .• c •-F. •• • 4-, ..,,,,, It ll lollllll.- l ii. ~ ,.6, i gi l i. • - -4' '7-.clP., %,..''" ~, • ... .f . . ---- e- -- ---_ - _ ~ - . k_7 APPRENTICES in a fiat-class London shipping firm. -,„ ;e7-, - 1 - 0111e :tip, .,, . , • 4 44 ,,, , ,, ..„. pi ,4 4....,, ,, , , ..-.....e.,70 4 D ° 0 ~_ . . • ) • ~c a • _ . rE 6 I A 4. , ,P , ... .DX rr .....e... _ , it 4 -1 64 n AO 1 ' ). • , ' ' ''" 3N all `p . •'4'• , Premium moderate. Al.o apprentices without premium.— 4 ,`...;.2' ,_. .. • , • -- Apply- i., , -- - - -- DS ld Cr 38, St. Mary-at-hill, East- ______ their f the ntest rhich ce of serve •iPPIy to SENIIIONL , cheap, E.C, Third Officers and Stewards wanted. mien. SEA. First. class APPRENTICES required in an East Indiaman.--FDr premium, name of ship, &c.. apply control over or interference in the outfitting exercised, these Suits, their L now the Id all leable prices uoted Ldy at Irish. ed 6d sday. ation a Old Aides I]DINBURGII (Reduced Fares), from Iron gate wharf, Tower.--Saloon, 20s ; fore cabin, 15s: deck (soldiers and sailors on l r,7s td; return tickets (available for a month), 30s and 22s fd. The cheapest and quickest sea route by the splendid new STEAMSHIPS of the LONDON and EDINBURGH SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing every Wednesday and Saturday, at 10 morning. Apply at the spread Eagle, Regent-circus ; or at Irongate-wharf. PASSENGERS AND TRAVELLERS PROTECTION AND COMPENSATION OFFICES, ,ipally prices rable. stone. , er qr. -s per No. 22,200. Tl I E 0 XFO R D, r, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Elltson, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean. .sto. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, E. Righton, and A. Lloyd. Also, a Performance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ed. ; stalls and balcony, is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. rvest, es are and a 16, Craven-street, Strand, London, W.C. Passengers by Rail, Road, or Water, and others suffering from loss or injury to themselves or property, should apply for redress and compensation at the above Offices ; established to render prompt assistance to all classes upon the most ad- Vantag,eous terms. Advice on application gratis. Letters must be addressed to " The Manager," enclosing a stamp for reply. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and Invested Funds Annual R ev enue.... ............................ FIRE DEPARTIIENT. Insuran-es granted both at Hom e and in Forei g n Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the participating principle. The new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Amount Insured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23.641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the ... £2,122,828 ... 422,401 LONDON ... OFFICES : .58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury. West-end Office B. Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. NOTICE. —The GHOST! GHOST!! GHOST!!! AT CANTERBURY HALL. Two representations of Professor Pepper's startling Illusion will be given on Mondays. Wednesdays, and Saturdays, at Nine and a quarter. past Eleven o'clock ; other Evenings at Eleven only ; and produced with all the newest improve ments by Mr. A. Silvester, which can be seen only at this establishment. Dramatic Readings by Mr. Graham, in addition to Grand Operatic Selections, Cantatas, Glees, Songs, Comic and Sentimental, and UNSWORTH, the Stump Orator. Open every Evening at half past Seven. Admission, Sixpence. T HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD Orricxs, 29, Lombard-street,dings, London, and Royal IneuranCe buil Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500, 0 10. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,000,000. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mariannina and Signor Guiseppe Fran ce co, assisted by a corps of Twenty young Ladies—The Conrads as the Original French Clowns and on the Corde Elastique—Les Petit Monstres—Brian and Conly in- an amusing and novel Burlesque —Mrs. Brian as Old Aunt Sally, &c.—Wood and his Wonderful Son—Grand Operatic Selections :—Principals, Miss M`Gregor. Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini (the new Italian tenor), and Mr. Vernon Rigby— Band and Chorus of Sixty Performers. Chairman in Liverpool : CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London : WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. THE FIRST WEEK of the ALHAMBRA GHOST, a highly comical and amusing rPpresentation of the popular optical illusion.—EVEßY EVENING, at Eleven o'clock. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchonz, reduced to 3s. 6d. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 48. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. THE LAUNDRESSES to her late Majesty Queen Adelaide say, that " BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN S I'ARCEI needs but to be tried to be approved." Sole Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by:Bow, London, E. CARD PLATES ENGRAVED. Any Pattern 2B. 50 BEST CARDS, Printed from Plate... Ss. PEAL noßocco CARD GASES .•.••••• 1,000 BUSINES ENVELOPES, gummed 3s. NEWSPAPER RNVELOPES, 4 doz 6d. F. ARNOLD, Manufacturing Stationer, 86, Fleet-street, E.C. PECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the mak , rity of the Nobility, includinsrViscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary re ief to weak, o, and detective and B SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarlestreet, Piccadilly. KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY to the Producer at theßl n t erna tional Exhibition, w 1862 awarded, This Powder is quite harmless to an,mal life, but is un rivalled in destroying Fleas, Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, IN oths in furs, and every other species of Insect. Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy ing Fleas in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. Being the original importer of this now invaluable article, which has found so great a sale that it has tempted others to vend a so-called article, the public are therefore cautioned to observe that the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the autogragh of THOMAS KEATING Sold in packets, is., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. each, or post free for 14 or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79 , St. PAurs-churchyari, London, E.C. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MO C-M ALN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT KEHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two H unfired Medical Gentlemen to tte the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of It ERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, 's here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the aloe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, mad the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir oumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being gent to the manufacturer, i❑ width and sAin in thickness; slid the second loft 7in in length by 3ft 4iu in width and 41in in thick ness. The main conditions of the contract between Messrs. Petin and Gaudet and our Admiralty are— Bethnal••green. that the 4i-inch plates shall withstand three shots planted as nearly as possible in the same place with out penetration being effected, and that the 51 -inch plates shall resist four shots in the same manner. The 5.-1-inch plate received in all 10 shots fairly dis tributed over its surface. Only in three instances were the shots overlapping, or " planted as nearly as possible in the same place," but in all three in stances Was the plate broken through, and penetra tion effected by two shots, instead of fire, as per contract. Nos. 2 and 4 shots just impinged upon each other's circumference, with No. 3 in close proximity, all at the right hand end of the plate, but with no other shot near, and Nos, 2 and 4 were connected by a wide deep crack extending upwards of 15 inches. Petin and Gaudet's 42-inch plate re ceived only six shots, which, however, sufficiently decided its character. The first shot on the lower left edge exhibited a crack seven inches in length in the indent. No. 2on the right lower edge, upon a bolt, opened the layer of metal and cracked two layers across. No. 3 shot, to the left of No. 2, opened wide fissures in the plate and drove the broken metal into the ship's side, with a large crack to the ;right. No. 5, in the centre of the plate, above and clear of 2 and 3, drove the plate into the ship's side four inches, with deep fissures in the metal. The last shot did no particular damage in the circum ference of its own lmpaot, but opened up a deep crack across a previous shot-mark 13 inches in length. Penetration, it will be seen, was effected in this plate with single shots. The Odin, 16 gun paddle frigate, Commodore Lord John Hay, C. 8., arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from India and the Cape of Good Hope, and last from Teneriffe. She brought home a num ber of invalids and supernumeraries from India and the Cape, who were transferred to the Victory flag ship yesterday by the Pigmy steam tender. The Odin was commissioned at Portsmouth by Lord J. Hay on Sept. 20, 1859. The Lucifer paddle steamer, Mr. G. Allen, master in command (temporary), arrived at Portsmouth early yesterday morning from Cherbourg, which port she left the previous day, at 2 p.e., having conveyed Vice-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, G.C.8., naval Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth and in the Checanel Islands, to Cherbourg from Jersey. The Fire Queen steam tender was expected to arrive at Cherbourg yesterday to receive Sir Michael on board and convey him to Portsmouth. Sir Michael had been engaged in his annual inspection of the Channel Islands, and wo regret to learn Lad been compelled to leave his son suffering under a sudden attack of illness at Jersey. In Cherbourg Roads were lying when the Lucifer left two screw line-of battle ships, four iron-clads--one a two decker, car ing 90 or 100 guns, with very close prts, and with an enormous beak projecting in front, and a paddle steamer. The following appointments and promotions have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Thomas W. Simeon, to the Rattlesnake ; Powell C. Underwood has been nominated to a naval cadetship ; Jshn G. Sheerman, in the Ringdove, promoted to acting chief engineer ; and John B. Gibson, in the Nile, promoted to acting first-class assistant-engineer. The squadron of the 18th Hussars, whose desti nation is Northampton, is to remain at Aldershot Iprobably till the first week of October, under com mand of Capt. Peyton. a. d. ) ...- 0 ) 7 0 ) ) 15 6 ) 21 0 70 PRICE ..... -...4d. STAMPED ...M. Attempted Murder and Horrible Suicide at Yesterday morning the vicinity of Bethnal-green was again thrown into a painful excitement through a most determined attempt at murder and a terrible case of self-destruction, which took place at 8, Goodland-terrace, Upper Green -street, Bethnal green (only a short distance from the scene of the late tragedy), where a shocking spectacle presented itself. It appears that the deceased, a man named George Williamson, had been in the service of the London Dock Company, and was a member of their rifle corps. He had latterly given way to habits of in- temperance, and lived rather unhappily with his wife, who was an industrious woman. The deceased did not return home on Thursday night ; but at 7 o'clock yesterday morning he entered the house in a state of half-obliviousness, when he found his wife at breakfast. He demanded the money she had in her possession and threatened her. She gave him a portion of the cash she had, and he wished for the whole. He then seized her and threw her upon the bed, when he drew a tableknife across her throat, but she, being a powerful woman, forced him back, but, in the act, her hands were severely cut. She escaped from the house, and left the deceased in the room about seven o'clock. There were no other persons in the house, and she proceeded to the resi dence of a relative in the neighbourhood. About half past 10 o'clock she sent a little boy (her brother) t 6 the house to see if the deceased was there, and when the boy went upstairs into the first-floor front room he discovered the deceased (George Williamson) in a sitting position, with his head literally blown to atoms. The boy rushed from the house, in a state of terror, and hastened back, and when he saw the wife he said, " Oh, he has cut his throat !" The wife lost no time in repairing to the house, and the neigh bours, who had been alarmed by a loud report of fire-arms, had collected in front of the building- Police -constable Tarri,n t, 122 K, was attracted to the spot, and a messenger ran for Dr. Meldola, of Green street, who promptly hastened to the house, where an extraordinary scene was presented to him. He found that the room was covered with blood, and the deceased was leaning against the wall with the back portion and top of his head blown away, the face being still uninjured. Tne medical gentleman and Mr. J. W. Burrows, the coroner's officer of the district, discovered a rifled gun placed at the height of about five feet across the upright posts of the bed stead. The butt end of the gun was fixed against tie wall and the barrel in two parts was tightly bound round with core. There was a long piece of cord tied to the trigger, and it would seem that the deceased had deliberately placed the right side of his head against the muzzle of the gun, which had been discharged through the head. The brain wasscattered in every direction upon the ceiling, walls, and front window. The teeth and lower jaws were also shat tered, and it is a singular fact that a portion of the I charge from the gun had passed through the upper portion of a portrait of her Majesty the Queen which was hanging on the wall. There is no doubt but what the deceased must have died simultane ously. Mr. Burrows subsequently searched the room and found several percussion caps and a box of blank cartridges belonging to the authorities of the corps be was attached to. The police took charge of the knife which was given up at the station in Bethnal-green-road by the wife, who had the wounds upon her handi , dressed at the London Hospital by Mr. King, the house-surgeon. Last evening Mr. John Humphreys, the coroner for the county of Middlesex, received information respecting the sad occurrence, and an inquest will be held on the body this (Saturday) afternoon. EXTRAUS FROM THE _REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the close o , the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is ag'in fully miinta•ned. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preceding year, and in fact sur passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, since the commencement of thi. Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 10s. 5d., and if the North American business, whichis kept sepa , rately, X 11,097 16s. 10d. LIFE BRANCH. The very ~ , ratifying•Tuiinow falls upon the Directors to Mate the sum assured on n w policies for fhe year 1562 exceeds even that of the ye.r 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a sine•le year of £701,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last few years it is believed that such a sum assured as that which has just been announced as the result of one year's business was all but unheard of. . . --- This portion of the Company's business has been carefully watched, and cannot tail to give much satisfaction to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the future to the participating life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum proposed for assuran , e Amounts to £143,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much. if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis siole in a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The returns of dut have roved this. In Lite, the amount of New Policies y already p reported make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the tuture may unfold for it a s p here of still greater maani tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was X 8.5,062, and the amount insured on farming stock, Z 10,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profi's periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received sums amounting in the aggregate to £440,000 ; and the Society now holds a large Reserve applicable to a future Eonus. The rates of premium are in no case higher than those charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. For prospectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey , street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black. friars, E.C. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, __ No. 11, Lombard-street,Zondon, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Sir MINTO FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Chairman. CHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., John Labouchere, Esq. Henry Bonham Carter, Esq. G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. John Martin, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. • Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. James Morris, Esq. James Goodson, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. ohn G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. Fredk. H. Janson, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. Lewis Loyd, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. C orn elius Paine, jun., Esq. Noel Whiting, Esq. Thos,Tallemach, Esq., Secretary ! Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—IINDER TEE Pnov N ip ACT OF PARLIAMENT , this Com p an y now offers p tiocnsa OtiewyoAif In surers EIGIITY PER CENT. o f the P ro fi ts , at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without art Profits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the A mount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in cash value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assu ra nces in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, amounted to upwards of £1,730,000, the Income from the Lite Branch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, independent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No Extra Premium is required for service therein. LOA susatd on Life Policies to the extent of their vslueq, if value be not less than X5O. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES. —Written Notices of, re- Calved and registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge or Policy Stamps. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon e 'rerY description of property at moderate rates. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this , °I , 11) any. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE lON (Established by Charter of NRAGTEASSURANCE ITIES. F OR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNU his Majesty George the F irst) Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. GE ORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. rnor. Sir JonN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy - Governo r. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wiimot Holland, Esq. _ Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. 3 ohn Garratt Cattle Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Iraltaeamsu7Doaev2M, PEAlliqq.. xander DlitinEcesqk sd T H h e e nr H y o N n e . l j s o o s n ce , E lin sq e . W. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. • Almann, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Riverdk. 3 - 0 , p • act. Eric Carrineton Smith, Esq. wni mad Reath Esq, William Soltau, Esq.__ P bt . ' ° • Amadeus Reath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., lax. Jas. Stw art ni .,,_---rt, Esq.: William Wallace, . 08 %.• Medical Refer' -•Loon Esq. ' Chas. Baring Young, Esq. }-,ntE andee, SAmilEt, SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. Corporation oLniEill ASSURANCES may be effected with this In the Lite D—vantageous terms, ticipation in prer,Pfirment, assurances are granted with par participation. --- `' S ' cr, at lower Premiums, without such The Reversions TI nearly 2 per cent. 7,4 -40118 on Equivalent reductions" The divisions of Profit- British Policies has averaged have been made in the Premiums Any sum not e xceedi take Place e IN rs This Corporation affordtsg.t:the Life. L' ,oo o be insured on one Liberal participation in P m a y ve vea . the liabilities of partnerShinr° Assured— the rate of Bonus equal to the tita—with exemption from average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarante Stock. e "a la rge invested Capital The advantages of modem have,,, tested by the ex of an Office whose resources b: e,-- with the security perience of nearly a CENTURY A 14 , 1, In ee °Assured to serve The Corporation have always allowed thnALr. S within the hp tia Yeomanry, or Volunteer t t i t - e - dTi ng dom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, L ONDON. t, secretary. ROBT. P. STE: oft( whireabtfosrird-upon a St pai----d to the CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARYitobert ‘.l the BIRTH of Committee'STINPEA.RE Avon. Th. , Tercentenary NS and they may also be "w - N. C. Hamilton, [tart , K.C. 8.. is Chairman I are in T _g SL TISCRIPTIO , receiv. . 4 0count ot the Tercenter Committee. at the VO Kidderminster or 1 a ick and Leami Stourbridge Greenw ngt, " Baks irattord-upon-Avon ; Messrs. ay, smith, and f;re e Smitray Warwick ; or their J.ondon R ae /I t, m Gly n ' , 1 an, and Co , Messrs ilanburys and esers. C 0.,., or Bilessrs. tr h al 'd Coe banke s, London. ti nisil:eretntenarit Committee, in submit-tin thr, subscrip_ of ° ;il;',' to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers rEst - "Pe.re tor their aid and assistabce. The Committee the birthplace claim s upon the ground that Stratford is not . only all of Shako Bare. but the centre of attraction to adintrerg of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the tow n he loved, and where he lived and died. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING = AUGUST 22, 1863 STATE OF TRADE, MANeuEsTsa, Aug. 21.—We have had a rather excited market, with a go d business and higher prices both for cloth and yarn. The excitement is, to a great extent, owing to the rising cotton market and the increasing difficulty there is in buying goods, owing to the constant efforts of t o b f force ba e up prices been a so good a deal s t o of cover tsbpieninneerrseaasned manufacturersd cost ofe ,tton. There business to-day in yarns, and the advance in prices since Tuesday is fully id. per lb. In some cases (but these are exceptional, and where yarn is of peculiar and first-rate makes) we hear of Id. advance during the week. The de mand has been for India, China, the Mediterranean, and home trade. Some business has also been done by the Ger mans, bat, as usual, they have exhibited a good deal of cau tion or timidity, and the;r purchases have been compara tively small. On the other hand, the home trade have been rather free buyers. In cloth a very large business has been done since Tuesday, though the market has not been quite so active to-day, The business has evidently been, too, for actual shipment, not for speculation. The better accounts from India on Monday and again yesterday (bringing tele graphic dates to July 29 and 30) have evidently given a further impetus to the market, and the prices of 30in. shirt ings have advanced 3d. per piece on the average. For 45in., 50in., and wider cloths the advance has been 6d. per piece. Of cloths of this description of first-rate makes, and scarce, a much larger advadce has been given, but these cases are very exceptional, and ought to have very little influence in estimating the state of the market. One good feature of the market this week has been that the business has not been confined to the few houses, but has been more general than for some time past. The home-trade houses are buy ing, though not extensively, but the t rade is sound and healthy, and more hopeful than it has been. — there haS been more or less demand for all markets, and the Greeks who ship to Egypt are buying more freely, a result pro bably of the more plentiful supply of money to that part of the world, through the increased quantity sent:thence, and its greatly increased price. The influx of wealth to some other countries through the stoppage of the American cotton supply is also gradually producing a similar result in extending the market for our manufactures. A much larger business, it is said, could be done in yarns if stocks could be found to supply the demand. The market closes with a cheerful feeling, though no one looks upon the pre. sent active demand as likely to continue for more than a very short time. NOTTINGHAM, Aug. 21.—There was a rather better at tendance of merchants and manufacturers at this Exchange hall to-day, and the demand for lace yarns was improved, prices being the turn in favour of the seller. There is more doing in hosiery yarns, and late rates are being fully made. In silks there is no material alteration. All descriptions of brown nets are a very dull sale, and the tendency in prices is to give way, The Prince of Wales's Turkish Room, Marl borough House. (From the Building News.) _ _ One of the rooms on the first floor of Marlborough House has recently been converted into a very good representation of a Turkish mandar'ah or reception• room. It is hung about with the many valuable and interesting articles which his royal highness brought home as souvenirs of his recent tour, and with the mat and other objects given to him by his New Zealand visitors. As pipes of every kind—from that which is fisted with the jewelled amber mouth-piece, a gift from the Sultan, to the common " garmasak" of the Egyptian peasant—are ranged about the room, it has been called a "smoking-room ;" some people, better acquainted, perhap3, with the Strand than the seraglio, have been calling it the "divan." ,It should be remembered- that there is no room specially used for smoking in a Turkish house. The women smoke in the harem, the men in their ordinary sitting-room, whether it be the enclosed mandar'ah or the open leewan. The door-keeper smokes on the mastabah, just inside the bab-el-hosh or door which separates the courtyard from the street ; the cook smokes in his or her kitchen, and the seis in the stable or at the stable door. The term divan is as incorrect as the smoking-room, because the "deewan" in not a room at all but the mattress and cushions placed against the sides of the room for people to sit upon. It would be wrong, then, to suppose that the prince has become addicted to the Eastern method of inhaling the fragrant weed. Neither nargheel, sheesheh, nor chibc,uque in the room is stained by actual contact with timbale or dukhhan. There is no gold leaf tobacco in the gold embroidered bags, and we have no doubt about the prince having the good taste to prefer a "choice Havanah cigar" to the finest Gebelee, Sooree, or Abourikee which was ever shown or sold in the Bazaar of Ladikice. The apartment at Marlborough House is only a represen tation of au ordinary Turkish reception-room, and the Eastern articles collected by the prince are placed in it. Not withstanding several shortcomings, the fittings of the room have been very successfully designed. On entering the room we find ourselves on a regularly arranged durkalah or lower fioor,whereon, in Eastern houses, the shoes of the guests are left. This is floored with oil-cloth,instead of encaustic tiles ; the faskeeyeh (fountain) is of white marble,inlaid with gild ing, and on the right of the visitors, facing the deewan, is a tastefully designed snffeh or shelf backed with looking glass. There is an arch over and under it—the upper one being decorated with the well-known complex Eastern bracketing. On the shelf are laid out a calumdawn, or ink and pen case, perfume vessels, and the elegant jug and basin, the tisht and ibreek, used for washing the hands before meals. The floor of the auffeh is paved with tiles, and their beauty exhibits strikingly the shabby imitation of them on the floor of the durka'ah. At the side of the shelf there is a cupboard, fronted with carved woodwork and lined with Turkey red-cloth. The woodwork is very well carved, but it is hardly Eastern: enough to be satisfac tory. It reminds us too strongly of English pianoforte makers' work. Instead of being pierced in the work, it is cut out and stuck upon it. The lining of this cupboard would likewise have pleased us better if the Turkey red had been here dispensed with, and the quiet green of dull red and white ornaments, seen in Eastern houses, had been adopted instead. It would have looked more Turkish, and, at the same time, formed a better back-ground to the articles in the cupboard. These articles are too numerous to .specify; but conspicuous among them are amber mouth pieces, embroidered tobacco • bags, a coat of chain armour and a helmet, daggers, swords, &c., all artis tically arranged. Facing the visitor as he enters the room, is a window, with lattice work admirably and truthfully cut, which looks out into the gardens. The lattice work is the favourite reel pattern, but it is executed with rare fidelity and skill. There is a cushion on the window-seat, and some embroidered work executed by the Christians at Beyrout has been sewn upon it. The linings of the window are not equal to the lattice shutter, being painted in imitation of inlaid wood work. So again the walls of the room are painted with Siena marble, and we miss the arabic texts which nearly always adorn Eastern rooms. A few inscriptions are cer tainly hung about the room, but in Eastern houses they form strings and friezes, and are made the principal ornament of the walls. On the walls of the room hangs one of the most interesting articles in it. It is a fragment of real old Egypt ian hieroglyphic in an admirable state of preservation and of rare beauty. The ceiling of the durka'ah is, as usual, of a different pattern to that over the leewan or raised portion. While the former is formed into patterns by interlaced lines, arranged in the form of a star and filled in with blue and red colour, the latter is ceiled with beams with long and narrow retangular panels between them. Two large lanterns with an ostrich's egg attached to the bottom of each hang from the central beam. Three or four steps led from the durka'ah to the leewan, the floor of which is carpeted with Turkey-red cloth, and on it is laid a genuine Turkey carpet. The leewan or raised portion of the room is separated from the lower part by dwarf pierced wood partitions beautifully designed, and each of different pattern to the others. Two leathern water bottles, with hooks for fastening them to the camel' s saddle, hang on this partition. A raised framework about 18in. high, called a takt, is put round the three sides of the lee wan, and on it the mattresses and cushions are put to form the deewan. These cushions are covered with the same kind of embroiderywhiell; noticed on that in the w in dow-sea t. A round tray upon a low stool, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, fee., which, if not a real Eastern sufrah, is indeed ben treoato, forms the only table in front of the dee wan. A splendid "water bubble" stands upon it. A range of shallow cupboards are fitted over the mantel-piece, where we find a magnificent coffee service, the finjans or cups being, of course, no bigger than our eggcups, and the zarfs or holders most elaborately worked in filagree. Here, also, we see the different specimens of Eastern dress—waist-scarfs, abbas, keffiehs ; and in the centre, over the deewan, there is another group of Eastern weapons —daggers and swords of rare temper, armour, and helmets. On either side of this group there is a stained glass window, and a similar one over the cushions at the side of the room. The openings are cusped and filled with blue and red glass. They spoil the effect of the whole room by the quantity of light which a they a d m it. It is not the colour of th e g l ass which we l e a e s n s a in s a charming real km v as r ee it e ish is in smallob jectto;diffe- rent, pieces, and is sep arated by bands of plast er , arranged in patterns 1 sometimes of the most elaborat e and t as teful design. There would Lave been no dif fi cult y in here. It could have been easily m a d e with plaster of Paris, effect t Tbe wouldcoloured have g b now unpleasant. and present openings are not on l y ugly in themselves, but they making such work —destroying that air of calm repose and perfect tranquil lity which pervades all Eastern apartments , a nd which con-. tribute so much to the " kef" of their occup a n We take materially injure the elfeot of everything else in the room stitution of real tiles for the shabby oil cloth on the liberty of suggesting this alteration, and also thethe a below, to whomsoever has the control of the work. When se much pains has been taken and so much expense has been incurred to snake a fitting receptacle for the spoils of peaceful travel, we notice with regret defect 3 which can be so easily remedied. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The cfficial trial of the paddlewheel steamer Sala mis, recently constructed at Chatham, which it is said will be the yacht of the Prince of Wales, took place yesterday at the measured mite off the Maplin Sands, under the superintendence of Captain J. K. Hall, commanding her Majesty's ship Cumberland, 74, and the steam reserve squadron at Chatham and Sheerness. The Salamis is a remarkably handsome vessel, her extreme length being 228 ft. Bin., and her breadth 28ft. tin. Her burden is 834 tons. She is sister ship to'the Pysche and Enchantress, but in appearance differs somewhat from both, from the circumstance of her stem being built without a knee, which gives it a square and " tumble-home" appearance. At present she is only rigged' to carry two masts, but it is the intention of the Admiralty to fit her with three masts, like the steam yacht Enchantress. Her engines were manufactured by Messrs. Ravenhill, Sklkeld, and Co., and their per formance yesterday fully justified the established reputation of that eminent firm. The diameter of the cylinders is 6Vtualltss, and the length of the stroke 4 feet Gin. There are 12 furnaces and four boilers, and the latter are fitted with superheaters. The paddlewheels are 21 feet in diameter, and are fitted with Morgan's patent feathering floats, which add materially to the speed of the ship. The floats were immersed 6 feet. The coal bunkers are close to the furnaces, and there is space on board for 180 tons of coals. With her cables, coals, and anchors, &c., on board, yesterday, the Salamis drew 9 feet 10 inches aft, and 9 feet 2 inches forward. The officials belonging to the dockyard on board to watch the trials on the part of the Admiralty were Mr. Baker, chief engineer at Chatham, Mr. Moore, principal master shipwright, and Mr. Rumble, inspector of maehinety afloat. Mr. Blakey, Queen's pilot, navigated the vessel to the trial ground. The Salamis left her berth at Chatham dockyard at 9.50 a.m. and by 10.40 was abreast at Garrison Point. The engines were then stopped to take on board Capt. Hill and the other officials, when the vessel's head was laid for the east to place her on the trial ground, which was reached at 11.15. The wind at this time was blowing from the westward with a force of three, and there was a moderate sea on. Six runs were taken at full boiler power, with the following results ;—lr. the first run he time was 4m. 345,, the speed in knots 12.139, the pressure of steam 261 b., and the number of re volutions of engiues 38; in the second run the time was 3m. 365,, the speed in knots 16 . 667, the pres sure of steam 261 b., and the number of revolutions of engines 39; in the third run the time was 4m. 365., the speed in knots 13'043, the pressure of steam 201 b., and the number of revolutions 381 ; in the fourth run the time was 3m. 353., the speed in knots 16 744, the pressure of steam 261 b, and the number of revolutions of engines 37* ; in the fifth run the speed was 4m. 38 5., the speed in knots 12.95, the pressure of steam 261. b., and the number of revolutions of engines 38 ; in the last run the time was 3m. 405., the speed in knots 16.364, the pressure of steam, 26113., and the number of revolu tions of engines 37. The average speed of the six runs was 14.843 knots, equal to 171- statute miles per hour. The result is in the highest degree satis factory, the Salamis having thus proved herself—as her designers and builders always predicated she would be—the fastest vessel of her class afloat. Her sister ship, the Psyche, realised only a mean speed of 14 . 521 knots per hour on the occasion of her offi cial trial, the Salamis thus beating her by a quarter of a knot per hour. The Salamis afterwards took a run towards the Girdlers to ease the steam down and enable two of the boilers to be cut off, after which she was again placed on the mile, and made four runs at half boiler power, with the following results :—ln the first run the time was sm. 125., sec., the speed in knots 11.538, the:number of revo lutions 38, the pressure of steam 26 ; in the mon d run the time was 4 min. 22 sec., the speed in knots 13.74, the number of revolutions 30, and the pres sure of steam 261 b.; in the third run the time was 5 min. 9 sec., the speed in knots 11.65, the number of revolutions 3C -A-, attd the pressure of steam 26 ; in the fourth run the time was 4 min. 23 sec., the speed in knots 13.688, the number of revolutions 30, land the pressure of steam 26. The mean ave rage speed of the four runs was 12.648 knots. From these data the Salam is may be pronounced a 13-knot vessel at sea, all circumstances taken into consider& tion, which makes her one of the fastest of the pad• dlewheel steamers belonging to the navy. At the close of the official rune some experiments were made in making the circle. At fall speed the complete circle was made in 5 rain. 10 sec., the rudder being brought over to an angle of 35 deg. by three men with 34 turns of the wheel. At half-speed the com plete circle was made in 5 min. 29 sec. With the helm hard a port, the half circle was made in 2 min. 39 sec., and with the helm hard a starboard the half circle was accomplished in 2 min. 23 sec., the rudder in each case being over at an angle of 30 deg., and the diameter of the circle being about three times the vessel's length. At half speed, with the helm a port, the half circle was made in 2 min, 40 sees., and with the helm at starboard in 2 min. 53 secs., with three men at the wheel, the rudder, which was at an angle of 303 deg., being brought over in three turns. The engines from full speed were stopped dead in 13 secs. from the word being given from the bridge, and when going astern the engines were stopped in 3 secs., and turned ahem' in 3 secs. From full speed ahead the engines were stopped and started astern in 40 secs. The experiments, which were watched by the officials with the keenest interest, were considered very satisfactory, and under more favourable circumstances of wind, &c., it is confidently stated that the vessel will make at least another knot per hour. The boilers generated a full supply of steam, and not the slightest appearance of hot bearings was indicated. The engines, which were under the superintendence of Mr. Ravenhill, the head of the firm, worked with the greatest smoothness and regularity, and the diagrams of the expansion cards were exceedingly favourable. During the trials the average tempe rature was 82 deg. in the engine room, 92 deg. in the after stokehole, and 94 deg. in the forward stoke hole. At the termination of the trials yesterday afternoon the Salamis returned to Chatham harbour to await orders from the Admiralty. The iron screw frigate Tamar, 2,800 tons, 500 horse power, was yesterday removed from Chatham harbour, and placed in the steam basin at Sheerness, to be brought forward for immediate commission. A second trial of the armour plates supplied by Messrs. Petin, Gaudet, and Co., of France, to our Board of Admiralty, through Mr. Begbie, of Man sion-house-place, took place at Portsmouth on Wed nesday, and the results then obtained, together with a subsequent inspection of the plates, prove the two tried on Wednesday co be even inferior in their shot-resisting powers to the two previously tried in company with the Millwall plate. On Wednesday Messrs. John Brown and Co. sent a plate 151 t. Gin. in length by 3ft. nin. in width, and 51in. in thick ness, for trial with the French plates, but not to compete with them. It was built up in a peculiar manner of cold blast and charcoal iron, according to a plan laid before the firm, but the theory of the plate's construction has long been known to be unsound, and the result was, as had been anticipated, another failure among many. Notwithstanding its failure, how ever, as a merely experiment al plate, it has received a higher official classification than either of the French manufactund plate% Messrs. Petin and Gaudtt's •wo plates were of the following Oimen bi"6—Th° Ura Was 13ft Tits in length by aft 4in IRON SHIPS AND IRON PLATING. The following extract from the Mechanic's Maga zine of Saturday, June 5, 1824, shows how corn pletely the ideas of what are considered modern discoveries was anticipated by scientific writers 40 years ago. It would seem as if 40 years represented the necessary time between the conception and the execution of an idea : " Since the discovery by Mr. Perkins of so vast a destructive power as his steam artillery, it becomes of more importance than ever that nations should learn to make their ships as shot and shell proof as possible. On this subject there is, in Ferusae's Bulletin des Sciences Technologiques, a memorial by M. de Montgery, a captain in the French navy, which is well worth attention, and from which chiefly we shall extract the materials of the present notice. " The author's object is to recommend the uni- I versal adoption of iron instead of wood in the struc ture of ships. A. multiplicity of objects formerly composed of wood are now formed of iron—bridges, arches, aqueducts, public highways, and other objects not so colossal, but very important in their application to maritime affairs, such as wrought iron tanks and hollow cylinders for masts and yards, and chains in lieu of hempen cables and cordage. But why up to this time have there been so few vessels constructed entirely of iron ? Will not man kind at some future period wonder how enlightened nations could have thought of building objects so stupendous and so expensive with so fragile and perishable a substance as wood, while they possessed a material to substitute for it so solid and durable as iron ? The ordinary term of duration of wooden ships is 20 years, and during that period they must be hove down and thoroughly repaired three or four times. To the duration of an iron ship, on the contrary, it would be difficult to assign any period. Vessels of this description have no need of caulking, or copper bottoming. Little sub ject to leaks, there is less fear of their running ashore ; and still less are they subject to the casualty of fire. The first cost of them might be greater (that we doubt), but from their far greater durability, and standing so little in need of repairs, the saving in the end would be immense. It de serves further to be considered that large timber is becoming every day more and more scarce, while from the increased dimensions of new ships more wood is required in ship building ; of iron, on the contrary, the stores are inexhaustible. It may be said that the adoption of iron would serve to uncraft or disqualify a numerous body of men (the ship wrights), and throw them for a time out of employ ment. A temporary inconvenience to a few ought not, however, to be opposed to a great general good, considering, moreover, how much the country at large would gain by the increased activity which this new demand for iron would give to our mines, commerce, and agriculture. "M. Mon tgery contends that while we have vessels of war constructed of wood they should at least be plated with iron, and it will be seen from the following passage that he had distinctly antici pated such an application of projectile force as that discovered by Mr. Perkins : For more than 350 years it has been in agita tion to throw shells from mortars horizontally, in stead of elevating them according to the general practice. The adoption of howitzers in the field of battle, independently of a great number of sp ecial experiments, has at l engt h prove d beyond doubt the importance of this mode of firing, which it has also been proposed to adopt on board ships and on marine batteries.' "Loag before any one had thought of substitut ing metal for wood in the construction of large vessels, plates of iron or brass had been used for coverin g ships of war a nd batterin g rams. T he cerebrated galley built by Archytas and Archi medes for Hien, tyrant of Syracuse, was cased in this way. Philo, of Byzantium, afterwards pro- posed using battering machines made entirely of metal ; but Father Mersenne appears to have been the first who thought of adopting them for ships. Montgery says that to lender the sides of a vessel shot and shell proof they should have a plating of iron about Gin. thick—that is, a series of sheets of iron, with blocks of cast iron between. He conceives that the block would only be neces sary in the parts exposed to the tire of the enemy, and that there would be no occasion for them to wards the keel of the vessel." It. 12. pt. 3. .4*. 29. 27• g. 21. )t.. 10. m. 27. g. 28. ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S YERATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, Potass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manufactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. Cd., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. kid. Postage, is Bd. kn Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. Bd. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of 'Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are t.orous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on Ike an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6c1., 7e. 6d., 10s., to 168. eadh. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer. 228. Piccadilly. CONTRACT FOR PROVISIONS. Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 14th Aug., 1863. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE the LORDS and OTHERS, COMMISSIONERS of this HOS PITAL, do hereby give NOTICE, Tha t they are ready to receive TENDERS from and to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for victuallinc. , the in-pensioners of the said Hospital, from the Ist October, 1863, to the 30th September, 1861, both days inclusive, with the following articles of provisions, &c., viz. :—Beef and Mutton, Bread, Cheese, Butler, Potatoes, Salt, Oatmeal, Barley or Rice, Pepper. Flour, Suet, Cocoa, Black Tea , Sugar, Milk, Onions or Leeks, Carrots. Celery, Thyme, Marjoram, Winter Savory end Parsley, daily, at per head per diem for the whole ration according to the established allowances of the house, as specified in the form of Tender, which may be obtained at the office of the Secretary any day between the hours of 10 and 3 o'clock, which Tender must be filled up and delivered, sealed, at the Board-room of the said Hospital by the party or parties tendering, or by an agent appointed on his or their behalf, on Tuesday, the Ist of September, at 12 o'clock at which time their Lordships will be prepared to take the same into consideration. It is to be observed that the Contractors will be required to find Security to the Crown for the due performan' e of the Contract, and that no Tender will be received after the day and hour above mentioned. The Commissioners do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest Tender. A. J. MOORHEAD, Secretary and Registrar. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL. Gray's-inn-road in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail. way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. T reasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission fo 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 toad mit and relieve th e di s t ress i ng cases t h a t daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mari I erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and co. ; Prescott, Grote and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn an d co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. • Denison Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney ; , and and Co. Co. ;Niebet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and C o., Liverpool d at the Hospital an STANFORD S. SMITH . Secretary. ---___ ROYAL NATIONAL LIE E-BOATT-in INSTITUTION (Incor p o rated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS —Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. rEESIDENT—Vice-Ad m iral the F.R.S. Duke of Northumb er l an d , K.G., CtrAinmAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S. V.P. DEPUTY-CIIMMIAN—Thoma s C ha p man, Esq., F . R.S.,v.p. y 3 e r a sti r A ag l P B6 e P o m E , Management have to state that, since APPEAL ' the Royai National Lifeboat ,h T e h b e eg C in om ni Zt o te f e th of e the o t I a L n i d i e , - a b n o d a t i s r e 0 1 an t d t h . e Institution has expended L 32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of 8 1+ a ] v n e g d an b d y . The number of lives Society and other means , since its formation, is 12,800; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been pat inonreLwiafer!lbso. a t T s, he L l ff n e s - t b i o tu at - Hon has also expended £67, 0 Transporting-carriages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magi?ifieelit fleet ot 123 Lifeboats on the shores of t he Unitra Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the mat responsibility cient that r ests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly effi state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, which cau only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions:— x 5. d tier Majesty the Queen .. .. .. annual 50 0 0 . . .. .. .. .. .. .. 4a a tnnhnn annual nl l Campbell, the lion. Mrs. G. .. _ .. annual 5 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .• Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .„ .. ... ... 7 2 dt d ohn d d. 0 0 n n . . 2 10 5 5 10 0 5 0 0 0 Currie, Wm., Esq., .10 01 0 01 00 0 don. 10 10 0 Erie, Lord hlef Justice .. .. Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., Kam .. Fenwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat rt ., :id d ' o r n ra . n- 3 0 0 Tran sporting Carriage • • • • • • • • .. 250 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. MMartinoore. Rev. Henry, G B. Bart... .... ...... Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. • . ~ 30 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. .. annual 20 0 '. l lom.s. Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her 4;22 d'Ere — sby, Lord .... .... .. annual 165 1 0 6 0 0 i D v ottations and Annual :•,uhseriptions will be thankfully re f-LT by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, c o . 7 5 1 1 1. and co., 76, Lombard -street; :Messrs. Coutts an J a , otrand • Messrs. Berries Farquhar. and Co., 16, St. James's -street, s-str ' • 'the Collectors and eet, London ; by a 1 of Customs Bankersßichard in the United Kingdom; and by the Secretary JOll/I. B t r eV7lB . Esq., at the Office of the Institution, )4, e. , Adelphi, Loud= W C I a a LATEST PARTICULARS. Last night Mr. Burrows the constable proceeded to the house where the shocking affair took place, and made a more minute search and inspection of the place. It seems that the deceased man had been engaged for some time in making the model of a farm, which was nearly completed, and was placed on a sideboard in the room. The windows were bespattered with blood, and portions of the bones of the skull were found in various parts of the room, which was indifferently furnished. The deceased and his wife had only been in pos session of the house about a fortnight, and were often quarrelling when they returned home. Mr. Burrows took charge of the body and secured the house to await the visit of the coroner and jury. Death through Disappointment in Love. An inquest was held yesterday afternoon at the Seven Stars Inn, Lawley-street, before the borough coroner, Dr, Birt Davies, to inquire into the cause of death of a young man named Edwin William Cowley, 18 years of age, living with his parents at 19, Rowland-street, Lawley-street. The first witness examined was the mother of the deceased, who stated that she was a widow and her son resided with her. He Wa• eighteen years of age last birthday, and by trade a gun-screwer. He had been in and out of the house all the afternoon of the day (Tuesday) he was taken ill, and about seven o'clock in the evening went out again and did not return until nearly half past nine o'clock. Witness said to him, " Why, Bill, whatever is the matte r ? " adding, << I k now y ou are grieving about that girl ; but never mind, she'll be glad to make it IQ with you." Deceased replied, " I shall never speak to her again." The witness here explained that on the preceding Monday the deceased went, in company with the girl referred to, who is only 16 years of age, to be married at Handsworth Old Church, but through some mis management they arrived there too late for the cere mony to be performed. They made an appointment to go again the following morning (Tuesday), but through the persuasions of her father, who con sidered h er muc h too young to b e a wife, the girl would not go with him upon his calling for her to accompany him. The result was that the deceased wandered about all day in a melancholy state of mind until the evening. In answer to a question from the Coroner, wit ness said that at first it was suggested that the de ceased might have taken poison, and a search of the room was made, but nothing was found to lead any one to conclude that he had done so. Mr. Hadley, surgeon, 5, Prospect-row, examined, stated that under the Coroner's precept he had made a careful post mortem examination of the body of deceased, and found great roughness of the brain membrane and effusion of blood. The burgs were extensively diseased ; the right side of the heart was also in the same state, and in witness's opinion the deceased died from a fit of epilepsy, brought on by over-excitement. The jury returned a verdict That the decease died by the visitation of God."—Birmingham Paper. FORT WAGNER.—Fort Wagner is an irregular bastioned work, situated on the northern end of Morris Island, 2,500 yards distant from Fort Sumter. It is composed entirely of sand, which, beyond doubt, is the best material to withstand the effect of shell. Its armament is six guns ; but three guns have recently been mounted on the sea face to annoy the Monitors, Oa the Southern face of the work all the obstructions that engineering skill can devise have been placed so as to annoy our troops in case of an assault. On the northern side of the work there has been erected a musketry parapet, which not only commands the approach from the northward, but enables its garrison to be sheltered in the event of our troops gaining an admittance to the interior. It has its myelin's, galleries, and covered ways, and upon the whole is a very formidable work. The magazine is situated in the southern centre of the seaward portion of the work, and although exposed to the fire of our iron•cleris, it is so well built as to defy the projectiles which have already struck it, incrican paper. dd --4 '-- _.;r--,-, Defrauding the Queensland Emigration Committee. For some little time pest a system of deception has been carried on in Manchester by persons who, taking advantage of the assisted emigration system instituted for the benefit of distressed operatives, have, by representing themselves as belonging . to that class; obtained forged certificates which entitle them to a passage to Queensland on the terms offered by the Queensland Emigration Society. The ship Fiery Star recently left London for Australia., con raining, among a large number of emigrants, several ;nen, their wives, and families, from Manchester, who were found after the vessel had left dock to have falsely styled themselves operatives. Inspector Buckley, of the Manchester Detective Police, was Accordingly despatched to Queenstown to meet the vessel on her passage, and he succeeded in appre hending three men named Peter Tickle, Joe Luck man, and John Hunter, on a warrant charging theta with obtaining forged passage orders. Tickle has been for a long time a beerhouse-keeper in Man chester, and took with him his wife and three chil dren ; Luckman for many years was an overseer and relieving officer, and took with him his wife and four children ; and Hunter, who had no children, was a wa r p er i n a cotton mill. These men had ob tained a p assage for themselves and families by stating that th ey were overlookers and presenting certificates alleg e d to have been s ' igned by manu facturers to that effect.. Those signatures were, however, forgeries. The following is a copy of one of the certificates : " Certificate of character and occupation for persons ap plying for assisted passages to the Queensland Emigration offices, 17, Gracechurch-street, London. Certificate to be signed by an employer and by a magistrate. if the signa ture of a magistrate cannot be procured the signature of a minister of religion will answer as well. " We csatify that John Lukeman, now residing at Sal ford, has been employed by us, Fothergill and Harvey, in the capacity of overleoker, and that we believe him to be competent in his calling, and to be a person of unexceptional character, never to our knowledge having been convicted of crime. " FOTHERGILL AND HARVEY. " ' ABEL HEYWOOD, " ' July 1, 1863.' " _ . It will be seen that Luckman gave a wrong name. The signature of " Abel Heywood," the mayor, was procured after that of Messrs. Fother gill and Harvey, yarn agents, had been forged, the mayor, of course, being under the impression that it was genuine. The signature of " Fothergill and Harvey," in Hunter's certificate was also a forged one, and the document was further signed by the mayor, and " W. J. Townsend," a Methodist New Connection Minister. In the certificate held by Tickle the names of Charles Clark and Co., were forged, and the mayor's signature was also ap pended. The three men were brought before tile tangis trates at the Manchester Police court. The prose cution was conducted by Mr. Fletcher, solicitor, and secretary to the Emigrants' Aid C )mmittee. Inspector Buckley said—On Tuesday I appre hended the three prisoners at Queenstown, on board the emigrants' vessel the Fiery Star. I took them under three warrants, charging them with obtaining free passages by means of forged orders from different gentlemen. The prisoner Tickle said that the certificate I showed him was partly filled up by himself, and that he had gone to Mr. Clark's mill on several occasions to get the signature of the firm. Ho also told me that the secretary of the Operative Overlookers' Society had informed him that the order would do if signed by any persona, and that he had given this secretary, a person named Campbell, £4 for his trouble in get ting the certificate. Luckman, when I apprehended him, said ho was out of a situation, and represented himself as being an overiooker in order to go out with the vessel, The other prisoner said he did not know he was doing anything wrong, espe cially as Campbell, the Secretary of the Over lookers' Society, had recommended him to get the certificate, as he had given Campbell a good deal of money for getting the certificate. I went to Campbell's house at five this morning for the pur pose of bringing him to the court, but his wife told me he had not been home since Saturday, when the warrants were taken out. Campbell was present in court 'when they were applied for. Mr. Fletcher, the solicitlr, said he was instructed by a number of charitable gentlemen in London, who had given money to the Operative Emigration Society to enable them to purchase assisted passages to Queensland through Mr. Jordan, the agent. The principal object of the prosecution was now obtained by the prisoners being prevented from going. He must, however, apply for a remand till Thursday, in order to communicate with the gentlemen in London as to further proceedings. The case was accordingly remanded. We have been informed that several men who had possessed themselves of similar certificates have gone out in the Fiery Star. The wives and fami lies of the prisoners have been left in Cork, while the greater portion of their luggage is gone on to Australia. THE TIME GUN. The success which has attended the establish. ment of the Edinburgh time gun, which has now been in satisfactory operation above two years, has attracted the attention of various localities, with a view to the introduction of a similar time signal. Newcastle-on-Tyne in particular has been moving in the matter, and arange meats have now been made for firing a gun there daily at one o'clock during the approaching meeting of the British Association, simultaneously with the gun at Edinburgh Castle and by means of the same electric discharge. The time is to be taken from the c hronometer in the Royal Observatory, Calton-hill, Edinburgh, which is regulated to Greenwich time by dai y observations, and the current is to 'be conveyed along the wires of the Electric Telegraph Company (other messages being for a few moments s uspended), impelled by Professor Ir e he magnetic exploder. Th e apparatus , first tested n e by s the ignition of f uses, was on M on d ay r t a: t to' brought into operation by the discharge of the gun, which told the time to the people of Newcastle at the exact moment of the signal being heard in Edinburgh. It is estimated that the deflection for loss of time does not exceed the tenth part of a second, although the distance to which the current has to be sent exceeds 125 miles. The experiments for the introduction of the signal were conducted, at the request of the Tyne commission, by Professor Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland; Mr. N. J. Holmes, of the Universal Private Telegraph Company; Mr. F. Ritchie, Edinburgh; and Mr. D. Reid, jun., Newcastle. It is intended to fire a gun also at North Shields by the same electric dis charge during the meeting of the British Associa tion, and the hope has been generally expressed at the practicability of the arrangement being proved, the signal will be permanently established on the Tyne us well as on the Forth. On Tuesday last, on the gun at Newcastle being fired, the Mayor sent a complimentary message to the Lord l'rovost of Edinburgh, which his Lordship received while presiding at a meeting of the Town Council, and which he read to the meeting. The Mayor, in his message, expressed the hope that he should have his Lordship among his guests at the approaching meeting of the British Association. 'The Lord Provost, in his immediate reply, congratulated the Mayor on the successful introduction of the signal, returned thanks for the invitation, and expressed the hope that the approaching meeting would be a highly successful one. MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN PARIS.—An event has lately happened in Paris which peomises to give ample work to the police of that metropolis. M. Franc kaert was, on Wednesday last, mysteriously murdered at his hotel in the Faubourg du Roule. He formerly carried on busi ness as a perfumer in the Chauss6e d' Antin, and has retired from his occupation with a fortune said to amount to 2,000,000 f. He was a very eccentric person, living alone, seeing scarcely anybody, and rarely g,oiug out save at night. He was found dead at the door of his cellar, his skull having been beaten in with a heavy log of wood . Robbery NCtIS evi dent ly not the abject of the assassination, as noproperty was abstracted from the hotel, while the murdered man's purse, together with two watches, which it appears he was accus tomed to carry, were left untouched on his person. 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