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AT GENERAL COURT of PROPRIETORS, held at the BANK OP ENGLAND, on THURSDAY, the 10th of September, 1863, Resolved —That the Thanks of this Court be given to the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Court of Directors of the Bank of England, for their able management of the affairs of this Corporation during the last half -year. Ordered —That the said Resolution be advertised in all the Daily Morning and Evening Papers. JAMES STEWART, Secy. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and Invested F un d s An nual Revenue 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insurances fzrante , l both at Home and in, Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARDIENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the participating principle, The new Life business , ransacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Aranunt In , iired. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished en application at the LONDON OFFICES : 58, Threadneedle -street. 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury. West-end Office.. 8, Waterloo -place, Pall-mall NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was 88,06 2, and the amo unt insured on farmi ng stock , £10,086,332.A bonus of three-fifths of the profits periodically made to Parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received sums amounting in the aggregate to £440,000; and the Society Pow holds a large Reserve applicable to a future Bonus. The rates of premium are in no case higher than those charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. For pro zpectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. T HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance buildings, Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500,010. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1 OOO,OOO. Chairman in Liverpool : CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London : WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. E XTRACTS 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. FE . _ The Directors have, as R pleasi ßßANCH ngly as unexpectedly, at the Tose of the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire rremiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. ', T he high comparative position held by the Royal in the ,Tovernment Returns of Duty is again fully maintained. The profit of th e b us i ness o f th e ye a r exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preceding year, and in fact sur rnasses that of any y ear , w ith but two exceptions, since the c ommencem en t of thi. Office, the balance to the credit on a ccount of British and Foreigm Insurances being £45,107 10s. ftrid of the North American business, which is k pt sepa• rate) Y, £11,097 16s. 10d. LIFE BRANCIT. Lf Tb e very gratifying (hay now falls upon the Directors to - *ate the sum assured on new policies for the year 1662 e xceeds even that of the year 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £701,427 on 1,498 new p o li c ies issued. Until within the last el" 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. T his Portion of the Company's business has been carefully Watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the futur e 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 as suran ^e a mounts to £143,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis sible in a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in Londpn or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken Place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Life Assurance for all classes. This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is .. £Bl,OOO The Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 00 It has paid in Claims .. • • .. 112000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already b een made ' when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the Policies - Dec. 31, 1847 71 3852 „ 1857 .. 1862 .. _,, Making. the total bonus additions, £96,600. Bonuses ma 7 be received in Irish or applied to the reduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the policy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid bP policies introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice so often submitt e d t o on t h e re li nquishment of po' icy is wholly avoided. The balance -sheets of the Association are open to all, Whether assurers or otherwise. Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. .. X 5,400 • • 11,500 .. 21200 56,500 WM. THOS. LINFORD, S ec r e tary. Chief Office, 15, WM. THOS. E.C., Aug 1, 1863. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-malL OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOAN HENRY FELIX, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. The lion. 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. i Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SASturr, SOLLY, Esq., F.H.S. FIRE and LIFE ASFATRANCES may be effected with this c.'orporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profit 2, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Batts 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 ?ersons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured—: Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonns 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. RALF. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve In the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCTTANOE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. 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. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduc e the p ri nciple of free a nd instant admission to the destitute sick , wi thout the for mality o f governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is ac eom- Milled 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 these s in the casual it !he° mostrder twc)rheathvbeesdoOofbeodusr funds in sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the tures. Moreover, c le re f a or the reception of _ gr_actuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, afevlaloilwab olvitlie average, than 3,000 ont-patients a week. EARNEST feel it their imperative duty to make an to enable them PEAL to the public for continued allpPart• em to admit cases that daily present and relieve the distressing themselves. Contributi M w is are received arerman, Es ci Co. ; Drummond' and Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, .• rr .!.. —erect; and Co. ; Ransom and and Co.Coand uo. Co.;' .Jones Lo and ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Nisbet and Coi Deaco n , and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and and at the II • -". ; Messrs. osPital. J. Barred and Co., Liverpool STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. IVIONFIF ---- --- PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a rentovj'ri"te Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without ka, in 8. Leasehold and Freehold Property, or Reversions, urns from £2O to £soo.—Mr. Howard, 18, Queen street, Chepside. P_ A_GE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE NIACHINE,;, for hand, horse, or steam rower, are the most Simple and effichtnt extant.—Fnl: particulars andprices obtained of the makers, E. Pane and Co., Laurence Pountney 1 4ce, Laurence Pountney-hill, Ca.inon-street, E.C., where `geY may be seen in operation daily. PERSIAN INSECT I)EsTROY- Xt::..lAN'Glinw'is un for which a Prize Medal was awarded —41111.7 Prod l u d PN e:e r G r W i a: S t p ci t E h t.i e ß it i e n h tej m na l t e l s o s nl . t o l E a x n h m ib a itiQ , l l B 3 6 n 2 t , n valle B l ° destroying Fleas, Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Nneoij: , C , mats, Mosquitos, ..toths infurs, and every other , t. t it Insect. 1 :„Pl : n1 „ ell will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy waioe4.-4 their Dogs, as also lLadies for their Pet Dogs. 4aut'tvet.h. ' e ll ha k , ° riainal importer of this . now i t n e v m alu te a d bl o e th ar e t r i s cl t e n , ,—,,„' 4so filled so great a sale that it has p • Powder bear the tle article the pub:ic are therefore cautioned to scold ov i , packets of the Genuine n pi, nOMAS KEATING It r " , 36 osil'ets, Lott 6d., and 4s. 6d. each, o_r post free for don, E.C. 4ul B.°4lll 4 e a r l i a by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. ",,,~. No. 22,216. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., LADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW NOVEL, "MARY LYNDAY." " 'Mary Lyndsay' is the best written iind most interesting of the author's works."—Post. " It is interesting and enthralling throughout"—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TROPICAL PO EMS. Now ready at all the Libraries, crown Bvo., pric e 6 5., BEAUTIES OF TROPICAL SCENERY, and Other TROPICAL POEMS. With Notes. By the Author of "The Nuptials of Barcelona." " A volume of word pictures."—Observer. "The amatory passages are worthy of Thomas Moore."— Critic. London: Robert Hardwick; 192, Piccadilly. ZADKIEL'S ALMANAC for 1864. P r i ce 64. Fiftieth Thousand. Contains a full Report of the Action for Libel and Verdict gained by the Editor. Stinging reply to the Critics of the Press. Letters from H.R.H. the late Prince Consort to Zadkiel ! London : G. Berger, Holywell-street, Strand, London. EGYPTIAN HALL-MR. J. K. LORD. F.Z.S., Nightly in his popular Entertainment, entitled " AT HOME IN TIIE WILDERNESS." Admission-55., 35., 25., Is. T"EXF O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, Sac., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean Sac. Comic, by lINSWORTH (" or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Performance by Herr SCIIALICENBACFI on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALL has just been newiy Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL " GaosT."—ln order to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pcpper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, "THE GHOST," from the Picture Gallery to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal cony, and body of the Halt He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &o. ; Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, aka, ROYAL ALITAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! The GHOST ! ! The ONLY COMIC GHOST !! ! —The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mariannioa and Signor Guiseppe France , co, assisted by a corps of Twenty young Ladies—Selections from favourite Operas : Principals, Bliss M`Gregor, Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini, and Mr. Vernon Rigby. NICOSIA, the Great Violinist, will make his Fonrth Appearance in England THIS EVENLNG and Every Evening, at the ALHAMBRA. Doors open at 7 —commence at halt-past 7. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill -street, Piccadilly. These elcuant Rooms, entirely and costly redecorated, are NOW OPEN for the Winter Seas on. The musical department is under the directorship of Mons. Jullien, conductor of the band. This celebrated band will be called for the future "The London Band." Manager of the ROOMS—M. (GENET. Sole Lessee, R. E. BIGNELL. Admission, is. Doors open at 8 o'clock. ESTABLISHED 1833. HHOWDEN'S A BATED GINGER BEER, in _Up glass or stone bottl,s, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, votass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manufactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, WC. THE LAUNDRESSES to her lute Mniestv Queen Adelaide say, that " BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN S rAucu needs but to be tried to be approved." Sole Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by B9w, Lonion, E. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT I , xIIIDITIONB OF 1851 AND 1862), e is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemn to oe the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of it EItN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the t ody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-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 be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to lit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A, Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 528. 6d. Postage, is Bd. Au Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, Arc., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on De an ordinary stocking. Prim 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 108., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer. 228. Piccadilly. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong reduced to 3s. ed. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd.; and' the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. lid, per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. ARMY CONTRACTS, Commissariat Office, Aldershot, 2d September, 1863. T ENDERS will be received at this office, until noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th September, 1863, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for the supply of FORAGE, in such quantities as may be required, from Ist November, 1863, to 31st October, 1861, for the use of Her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mand. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside "Tender for Forage"), and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. HENRY B. MORSE, Deputy Commissary-G eneral. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY o f the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Terc en t enary C omm i ttee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne. and co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co., bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. R 0 YAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. ITAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., v.?. D EPUTY -CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.s., APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since he beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of Engo and, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800 for which s erv i ces 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,00 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-cart iages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnificent Beet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and i• sCrews practised in the management of their boats, whi^li can only be effected by a large and permanent and perpetuating so great and truly nat onal a work. The Committee gratefully 't.on:nutarlyitnneeonmteo' tahiedyi earnestly appeal to all classes of their them in upholding acknowledge the following con tributions : £ s. d .. an k . el r . s , K ; :. C.F. p. .: :. Clerk. Colonel, R.A. • , _. annual t 1 0 annual 10 0 0 Campbell, p%raejlel,sttYhtelflleoQnu.e;lnrs. G, .. :: :: r in n , u u ' a q 5 5 0 C o ( 0 ) Esq., • • • • •• • . 4th don.lo 0 0 Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and 'Pran don. 10 10 0 CClluoriurerti,tesi,aownrddmcC„ho;o7iss:,e B_ Fanshawe, Vice-AdmiralFir ..A C •.. Id don. 25 0 0 Fenwick, G. J.. .. • • • • • • don. 15 15 o sporting Carriage • • • • • • • • • • 250 0 0 .. .. don. 30 o Moore, ilarvey' R ß ev e . v G J . }. B G . Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. • • • • .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Smith, Sirs. George, Greenwich . • .. .. 3 0 0 G. and Mrs. Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, KC•B• • • • • a nnual 20 0 re ceived Thom,. ti, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her Ladyship •• •• •• 1 6 16 0 .. .. • • Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord • • • • • • annual 50 0 Donations and Annual Eubscriptions will be thankfully re by the Rankers 01 the Inttitution, Messrs. M'illis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand ; Messrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. ch Lewi s , James's- street, London ; by a 1 the Collectors of Customs and Bankers In the United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary ai d Ba d John-street, Ad 'm: London, W.%;. Adele at the Office of the Institution, it. I le p so . '-~-- • • , '•••2 NEWSPAPER • 41, • ss:in • ( i ? • - • • 4 lf • • • • • • • "may Fy - • t ot = - • • - • • imam. ' c ' be 60ft long, and to average 12ft high, at Id' a cylinder would contain 5,760 cubic fe, power of that quantity of hydrogen would posing the silk and whatever apparatus furnished with to weigh 2601bs,—in reality f. nearly so much,—there would still remain Ag — r ) , sufficient to lift and sustain a man weighing lOsti A _ of ordinary strength is able to lift 6,0001bs to the height of one foot in a minute, when applying his strength under fair mechanical advantages. Five miles an hour is 440 ft in a minute, and 440 into 6,000 goes 131 times; so that the strength of one man, applied under proper conditions, would be sufficient to lift 13lbs 440 ft in a minute. A plane sur face, moving through the air at the rate of 440 ft in a minute. times 'OO5, or •125, of a pound on every square foot; and if 141o4eroefiledmpirloeis,ealnthheoucr.,,iwinotuieldr, experience a resistance of 25 the plane surface were equal in extent to the largeot section of the proposed cylinder, it would thus experience a total resistance of 141bs. In the case of the cylinder itself, owing ould be n is, sa t t o rteh t n l i l gt e . dt p hl a e r s a s b t ol paraboloidal f a tth l form :be sdouif reducing i n t an d e s t , titonhticarutetosei9.7(bn;c.ne Consequently. o propel this cyinlinaderat minute.tho ra l t l e Te of ha fi v v e e s m e i e l r e i s ti a i,i n t hour enof forewould,)rdthinearrey -1 require the exertion of a force cepable of lifting 'Albs could 1 - at the speed mentioned, with great ease. PRICE- -..4d. STAMPED ...M. A CRUMMLES FAMILY IN FRANCE. The members of the Family P. Salty were so fat awl so like one another--fathers, moth ere brothers, uncles, and aunts—that I think localtle sisters, audience were much confused about the pl o t of the piece under representation, and to the last expected that everybody must turn out to bo the long-lost relative of everybody else. The Theatre was esta blished on the top story of the Hotel de Ville, and was approached by a long bare staircase. whereon, in an airy situation, one of the P. Salty Family—a stout gentleman imperfectly repressed by a belt — took the money. This occasioned the greatest ex citement of the evening ; for, no sooner did the cur tain rise on the introductory Vaudeville, and re veal in the person of the young lover (singing a very short song with his eyebrows) apparently the very same identical stout gentleman imperfectly re pressed by a belt, than everybody rushed out to the paying-place, to ascertain whether he could pos sibly have put on that dress-coat, that clear com plexion, and those arched black vocal eyebrows, in so short a space of time. It then became manifest that this was another stout gentleman imperfectly repressed by a belt; to whom, before the spec tators had recovered their presence of mind, entered a third stout gentleman imperfectly repressed by a belt, exactly like him. These t wo " subjects," making with the money-taker three of the announced fifteen, fell into conversation touching a charming young widow : who, presently appearing, proved to be a stout lady altogether ir repressible by any means—quite a parallel case to the American Negro—fourth of the fifteen subjects, and sister of the fifth who presided over the check department. In good time the whole of the fifteen subjects were dramatically presented, and we had the inevitable Ma Mere, Ma ,Were! and also the inevitable malediction d'un pere, and likewise the inevitable Marquis, and also the inevitable provin cial young man, weak-minded but faithful, who followed Julie to Paris, and cried and laughed and choked all at once. The story was wrought out with the help of a virtuous spinning-wheel in the beginning, a vicious set of diamonds in the middle, and a rheumatic blessing (which arrived by post) from llla Mere towards the end; the whole result ing in a small sword in the body of one of the stout gentlemen imperfectly repressed by a belt, 50,000 francs per annum and a decoration to the other stout gentleman imperfectly repressed by a belt, and an assurance from everybody to the provincial f h l i a s ughi afforded ng him a final and choking opportunity man that if he were not supremely happy— which he seemed to have n o reason w h a t ever for being— he nity ou n g f nrhtytoin g and be.i all at once, and sent the audience home sentimen tally delighted.—New number of " All the year Round." Naval and llfilitary Intelligence. yesterdaya lew m Her Majesty's iron f tnr A n fi s i t c o a res, in readin ess to pay out of i , t l o B t 6 h l e , the eastern wharf in basin at 'Woolwich, h h a e u el led Bte a a lo ni n v g e s s i se de l T Bloodhound, Lieut. - Command er a N u aAt end v rdd eyr Stokes, from the . VnomeosrmtdiCesrsoiatoosntrooen Tuesday, the 15th in s t. Li eut. Stokes c cwoamem ap an p d oi o n f te t d he by ß l C o o o m dh m ou od n o d r o e n Ethdem6othnsstoenpet. and took up his commission in the Congo river, superseding Lieut. Dolben, who returned home. Lieut. Stokes sailed from England in the paddle sloop Alecto, in which vessel he served as First Lieut. in Feb., 1860, and was subsequently ap pointed to the command of the Brune, in which vessel he was present at the attack of Porto Novo, and was afterwards employed principally_ in the Bights of Biafra and Benin in the suppression of the traffic in slaNes, but took no prizes. In Sept., 1862, yellow fever manifested itself in several casea on board the Bloodhodnd, and carried off Mr. Hamp shire, the engineer in charge, and seven of the crew. The commander was likewise severely attacked with the disease, but recovered. Lieut. Stokes' services, in company with Capt. Barton, her Majesty's Con sul at Fernando Po, to assert the rights of Bri tish subjects in the Benin River, have been fa vourably reported. Captain Barton and Lieut. Stokes are the only white men who up to the present moment have been known to ascend the Elephant Mountain in Batanga, where they were attended by a numerous guard of bushmen, to whom they were objects of curiosity and wonder. Her Majesty's paddle sloop Hydra, about to re place the Medina in the Mediterranean, and in pro gress of fitmentat Woolwich, yesterday commenced coaling, in readiness for an early trial trip of her machinery. The iron paddlewheel steamer Recruit, 6, 160- horse power, is to be placed in No. 3 dock at Chatham, for the purpose of ascertaining the locality of her leak. The old line-of battle sailing ship Duncan, 74, is partially demolished at Chatham dockyard, and in the course of a few days will have entirely disap peared. Notwithstanding that she is one of the oldest vessels of her class belonging to the English navy, most of her timbers are sound, and give but few signs of decay. In consequence of the difficulty experienced in obtaining hired shipwrights to break her up, the work has to be performed by the me chanics belonging to the establishment. A number of workmen are employed at Chatham dockyard in erecting strong cast-iron girders on each side of No. 6 shed, beneath which the screw gunvessel Myrmidon is standing partially com pleted. These additions aro made in the expecta tion that this slip will be used in the construction of one of the new iron-cased vessels which are to be commenced at that establishment. The Myrmidon, which is about two-thirds comp; eted, will be the only wooden vessel taken in hand at Chatham dockyard. Master W. Shepley Taylor, whose name stands at the head of the list of successful candidates passed at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, as naval cadets of the first class, was educated during thir teen months previously on board the Conway train ing ship, Commander Richard Mould, R.N. While in the Conway, Master Taylor gained the first cadetship given by his Grace the Duke of Somerset, K.G., First Lord of the Admiralty, the gold medal for greatest general proficiency in all subjects of training and education, and the first mathematical prize in the first class. Master Robert Findlay, who passed his examination as first-class naval cadet at the Royal Naval College at the same time, was also educated on board the Conway, and gained the second cadetship given by the Duke of Somerset. The Lord Bishop of Salisbury held a confirmatiotl service on Tuesday at Wyke Regis, Dorset, spe , daily for the naval cadets of her Majesty's ship Britannia, Capt. R. Ashmore Powell, C.B. (cadet iP for her Majesty's navy stationed at Portland):rigs72 of the young gentl e m en presente d t r aining - ship themselves, and were confirmed. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1863, EARL RUSSELL AT DUNDEE. DUNDEE, Wednesday. The freedom of the town of Dundee was this morning conferred on Earl Russell, in presence of a vast assem blage, in the Corn-Exchange, the visit of the noble earl to the town being in compliance with an invitation to him to take part in the ceremony of opening the People's Park, presented to the town of Dundee by Sir David and Misses Baxter, at the cost of about £50,000. The town council and guildry took advantage of the Earl's visit to offer him the freedom of their respective corporations. The Earl and Countess Russell, with Lady deorgina Russell and Lord Amberley, drove in a carriage and four from Meikleour-house, Perthshire, where they were residing for the autumn, and arrived in Dundee, after a drive of 20 miles, about 11 o'clock. The noble lord was loudly cheered in the streets, which were filled with people, the day being a holiday in Dundee and neighbouring towns, on occasion of the opening of the park. Earl and Lady Russell and family were accompanied to the platform by the Earl of Dalhousie, the Earl of Camperdown, Sir D. Baxter, Sir David Brewster, Principal of Edinburgh University, Sir John Ogilvy, Hon. C. Carnegie, M.P., Mr. W. E. Baxter, M.P., the Sheriff, the Provost, and magistrates, &c. The Corn-Exchange was crowded by the influential citizens of Dundee, who gave the noble Earl a cordial welcome. Provost Parker read the addresses of the Town Couneil, which contained the following sentences : " When we pass in review the many great measures which your Lordship has introduced into Parliament during your long political career, and the important mea sures introduced by other distinguished men who had your hearty and powerful support, measures connected with civil and religious liberty and commercial freedom—measures which were often defeated, but which happily eventually triumphed, —we feel how large a debt of gratitude is due to your Lordship from this large and commercial community and the nation at large. " We cannot close this address without congratulating your lordship, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on the peaceful relations at present existing between the Crown and all the European Powers, and expressing our great satis faction that her Majesty's Government have kept the nation from entanglement in the much to be deplored conflict still existing betweeu the Northern and Southern States of Ame rica. The constitutional principles which have been the guide of your lordship hitherto are the best assurance the nation can have as regards the future." Dean of Guild KENNEDY then delivered the address of the Guildry, which in a few wards congratulated his lord ship on his political services in behalf of civil and religious liberty. Earl RUSSELL, who was received with loud and general cheering, read the following reply :—Sir and Gentlemen,. I receive with gratitude the freedom of the anci en t and Royal burgh of Dundee. I have come for the first time in order to add my tribute of respect to one of your most distin guished citizens, who has nobly provided for the health and recreation of his fellow citizens, and well deserves to be re membered to all time as a public benefactor. (Cheers.) The increase of large towns is a proof of increasing wealth, and the effect of prosperous industry is not without accompany ing evils. One of these evils is the exclusion of the face of Nature ; and happy is he who can give to those popu lous city pent'' a rest from exhausting toil, amid scenes which invigorate the body and turn the mind to the contem plation of the wonderful works of God. (Cheers.) In refer ring to measures which I have contributed to promote dur ing a long course of Parliamentary exertion, you have done me too much honour. I have been happy to contribute humbly to the victory of those eloquent and distinguished men who were foremost in the cause of Catholic emancipa tion—who won for the people the great battle of the repeal of the Corn Laws. (Cheers.) With regard to the measures in which I had a more immediate part in preparing —the re peal of the Corporation and Test Acts ; in framin g a p l an for the reform of Parliament , and introducing a bill for the re form of our Municipal Corporations —I have been studious to build upon the ancient foundations—(cheers)—t o adapt new measures to existing laws, and to put them in harmony with the institutions of a country justly proud of its liberty. (Loud cheers,) 'thirty years of experience have shown that I have not been mistaken in my hope ; every year has strengthened our political constitution, and con firmed, as you justly observe, our domestic tran qu illi ty. (Cheers.) As Secretary for Foreign Affairs it has been my object to preserve peace with honour. (Hear, hear.) You may rely with confi dence in the Administration of Lord Palmerston, who is so justly and universally popular— (cheers) —for maintaining a line of strict impartiality in the lamentable conflict in America. (Cheers.) The duties of neutrality between parties violently hostile are not easily performed. (Hear, hear.) It has been, and it will be, our endeavour to exercise the powers now intrusted, or which may be intrusted, to the Crown by Parliament in such a manner as at once to defeat every attempt to engag e our people in enterprizas inconsistent with our neutral position and to preserve for ourselves, our persons, and our p ro p er t y those safeguards of Bri tish law and British justice to which alone they are indebted for the security they now enjoy. (Loud and prolonged cheering.) A vote of thanks to the Provost and cheers for the Qu een and the Earl and Countess Russell closed the proceedings. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK RACES.-WEDNESDAY. A bright autumn sun pouring down its rays with the heat of July was a welcome change after the rather chilly air of yesterday, and helped to crowd the course and stand with gay pleasure-seekers. A sale of blood stock by Messrs. Bretherton and Harrison attracted a large audience to the course an hour before the races, and some of the stock fetched fair prices. Cadiz carried off the first race easily, Nebula in the Welter Cup squandering a great favourite in the person of Cheerful, who had been previously backed for the St. Leger. The County Handicap was another surprise for the gentlemen, a filly of Mr. Snewing's making all the run ning, and winning easily. The Warwick Cup brought only three horses to the post, the presence of Dr. Syntax, an extreme outsider for the Great Northern event, promising a taste of his quality. Ho pulled double all the way, and, taking the lead from the stand, won with comparative ease by three parts of a length. The pace was but indifferent. After the race 40 to 1 was taken about the winner for the St. Leger. The Nursery Handicap was won cleverly by Rizzi°, being the second time to-day his owner's colours first caught the judge's eye—a rather unusual circumstance for Mr. Robertson. The St. Leger betting will be found below. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs eieh, with 50 soya added ; for 2-yr olds, 6st 121 b ; 3-yr-olds, Bst 101 b. Fillies and geldings allowed 31b. Winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 8 subs.. Mr. Fleming's Cadiz, 3 yrs, 9st(inc. 71b extra) (Norman) 1 Capt. Gray's King's George, 2yrs, 7st 51b (inc. 71b ex.) (Dowling) 2 Mr. Barber's The Clown, 2 yrs, 7st 51b (inc. 71b extra) (E. Taylor) 3 Betting--5 to 4 agatt(at first 6to 4 on) King George, 6 to 4 agst The Clown, and 5 to 1 agst Cadiz. The Clown, followed by the favourite, made play to the straight, where the three closed and ran together to the distance, where Cadiz came out and won in a canter by two lengths; a bad third. The NV elter Cup, value 100 sove, the rest in specie, by sub scription of 15 says each, 10 ft, and sif declared. Winners extra. Professionals 61b extra. One mile. 23 subs 14 of whom declared. Mr. Down's Nebula, 3 yrs, 9st 41b .... (Mr. W. Beville) 1 Mr. Handley's Cheerful, 3 yrs, 9st 81b (Mr. G. Thompson) 2 Major Wombell's Alcibiade, 3 yrs, Bst 131 b (in. 61b ex) (Challoner) 3 Betting-9 to 4on Cheerful, 4to 1 agst Nebula, and 7to 1 agst Alcibiade. Cheerful, with Alcibiada at his Firths, made play, Nebula lying off two or three lengths until nearing the Star Close, where the favourite drew away, the latter at the same time taking the second place. On entering the st ra i g ht, N e b u l a ran up to Cheerful, the p air coming on in company to the distance, where Mr. Down's filly took a decided lead, and second each horse to save his won very easily by a leng th ; a ba d thud., 6 ft, with 100 soya a stake. One mile. 32 subs. n t y w H i n a n n e d r i s c a e p x t of r a .10 Thesov The added. C Mr. C. Snewing's Barter, 3 yrs, sst 12Ib (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr: W. S. Crawfurd's Crotchet colt, 4 yrs, 7st 41b Daley) 2 Mr. R. Boyce's The Principal, 4 yrs, 6st 131 b (T. Osborne) 3 The following also ran :—Aurelian, General Hess, Golden Dust, Paddy O'Rourke, Ossian, and Fletton. Several failures occurred before Mr. Marshall could get them in order. When the fla g w as lowered Barter jumped Aurelian and General Crotchet colt, Golden away Hes s s w i t h a e b y Dust, Ossian, and Paddy O'R our ke , Principal and Fletton d s e i c d i d e e ; d t l h e e a n d , followed cam eth the Crotchet being the two last. On entering the straight Barter some what increased his lead, and on reaching the distance had his horses beaten, General Hess being the first to give way, followed in a few strides after by Aurelian, which left the favourite and Principal (the latter having run past the pull ing up horses) in hopeless pursuit of Mr. Snewing's colt, which won in a canter by three lengths ; Principal finished a wretched third, Golden Dust was fourth, Paddy O'Rourke fifth, and Ossian sixth; Aurelian, in ccmpany with General Hess and Fletton, were the last three. The Members' Plate of £5O; for 2-yr-olds, Est 71b; 3-yr olds, Bst : 4-yr-olds and upwards, Bst 101 b. Winners extra. The winner to be sold for 50 sous. Lord Westmoreland's Usher, 2 yrs, Gst 111 b .. (Morgan) 1 Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham's Queen Fastrada, 2 yrs, Est 71b (Dowling) 2 Mr. Saxon's Wave, 3 yrs, Sat (Midgley) 3 Mr. W. 0 wen's Madame Tagliafico, 2 yrs, 6st 71b • (Cannon) 4 Mr. Arthur's Vulture, aged, 9st (Reeves) 5 Betting-7 to 4on U shcr, sto 1 agst Vulture, and 100 to 15 agst Queen Fastrada. Vulture, in company with Queen Fastrada, cut out the work, having Wave and the favourite side by side as her immediate followers, Madame Tagliafico acting as whipper in. They ran thus to the bend, where Usher drew forward and joiaed Vulture, who in a few strides after drew back, leav ing Lord Westmoreland's colt in command, who won cleverly by half a length, Queen Fastrad a defeating Wave by a length for second; a bad fourth. The winner was boughz in for 155 guineas. The Warwick Cup, value 200 soya, by subscription of 10 sovs each, 50 of which will be given to the second horse, and 25 to the third, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age, Winners extra, with maiden allowances. Two miles and a b alf. 24 subs. Mr. W. Ashworth's Dr. Syntax, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (E. Taylor) 1 Mr. Cartwright's Fairwater, 5 yrs, Bst 9lb ..(Cu stance ) 2 Mr. Fleming s Magnum Bonum, yrs, Bst 71b (Norman) 3 In consequence of the required number of horses not starting the added money was not given. Betting -11 to 8 agst Fairwater, 6to 4 agst Dr. Syntax, and 4 to 1 agst Magnum Bonum. Fairwater went to the flout immediately after starting, waited upon by Magnum Bonum and Dr. Syntax to the Star enclosure, where the latter overpulling Taylor, ran past his horses and came on with a commanding lead, but running extre mely wide at the bend, which enabled Fairwater once again to appear in front ; but on passing the stand the young one again went to the fore, and with th e favourite in close company made the rest of the running and won very cleverly by three parts of a length; Magnum Bonum finished a length and a half in their rear. After the race 1,000 to 30 was offered against the winner for the St. Leger, The Nursery H atc . cap al of 10 soya each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds ; the second horse to sa ve his stake. Winners extra: Three-quarters of a mile. 28 subs. Mr. W. Robertson's itizzio 7st 21b ..... (Whiteley) 1 Flemings Mr. Flemins Jet co l t 7st .... Est 'llb s Farnhurst, ... a l. Covey)) 2 Mr. G. Lambert' ............. (Morgan 3 The following also ran :.—,Verbena filly, The Sea Boy, Mary Copp colt, Black Friar, Gazehound, Eleanor, Im position, and Diploma. Betting-5 to 2 agst Eleanor, sto 1 each agst the Jet colt and Black Friar, R - to 1 each agst Farnhurst and the Sea Boy, 10 to 1 agst Rizzio. After several breaks away, the flag was lowered exactly a quarter of an hour after th e t i me set down . On settling into their places the Jet colt took a clear lead, followed by Imposition and Farnhurst side by s id e , with Diploma, Rizzio, and Black Friar lying up. Entering the Star en closure Farnlaurst took second place, Rizzio going on third, with Imposition next. On reaching the distance Rizzio joined the Jet colt, the pair running locked to the stand, where Mr. Robertson's colt drew away and won cleverly by a length and a half, Farnhuret was a bad third, Black Friar was fourth, Gazohound fifth, Eleanor sixth, and Imposition next ; the three last, beaten off, w ere Diploma, and the Mary Copp colt. the Sea Boy, The Grand Stand Plate (Handicap) of 100 sow, for all ages. Three-quarters of a mile. ----- Mr. Astley's Quicksand, 3 yrs, 7,it 21b - Grimellaw) 1 Lord Warwick's Calabria, 5 yrs B st 81b .. (J Osborne) 2 Mr. Payne's Margery, 4 yrs, The 21b (Herbert) 3 Vulture, Miss Livingstone) Coronet, and Kennett also ran. Betting-7 to 4 agst Miss Li vingstone, 4to 1 agst Coro net, 5 to 1 agst Calabria, 8 to 1 agst Margery. Won by half a length; two lengths between the second and third. LATEST BETTING . THE LEGER. 11 to 2 agst Avenger (taken) 6to 1 agst Ranger (taken) 6to 1 agst Queen Bertha (taken) 9to 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lord Clifden (tak en ) 16 to 1 agst Borealis (taken) 18 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (taken) 40 to 1 agst Dr. Syntax (taken) HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE- MENTS. Sept. 5, at 0 30 p.m. (to the Clerk of the Course), Dic tator, out of Northern Metropolitan Handicap, Manchester. 7, at 9 a.m. , Blackdown, out of Warwick Cup. 7, at 9 a.m., Cobbler, out of Scurry Handicap. Leicester. 7, at 9 am., Gem of the Sea, Mr. Lon field's Garotter, and all Mr. Bryan's horses, out of Warwick engagements. 7, at 0 33 c by Young Melbourne—Gameboy, out of Doncaster St. Leger, and Makeshift, out of the Great Yorkshire Handicap. 7, at 5 15 p.m. , Heber (dead), out of all engagements. 8, at 9 a.m,, Angelus, out of D oncaster St. Leg 8, at 9 a.m., Marq uis of Hastings's horses, out of War. wick and Leicester engagements. 8, at 9 a.m., Tarragona, Gordian Knot, and Captain Christie's horses, out of Leicester engagements. 8, at 9 a.m,, Southampton, out of Troy Plate, Monmouth. 8, at 9 a.m., Hilly Grove, out of Licensed Victuallers' Plate, Leicester. 8, at 1 18 p.m., Megador, out of Doncaster St. Leger. 9, at 10 45 a.m., Duchess of Kent, out of Leicester en ;ements. 9, at 11 18 aan., Sea King, out of Doncaster engagements. 9, at 2 56 p.m., Bryn Gwyn, out of Great Yorkshire Handicap. 9 at 8 p.m., Leonora, out of Doncaster engagements. DONCASTER, 1863—Doncaster should not have been in cluded among the acceptances for the Great Yorkshire Handicap. RICHMOND, 18G3—Alexandra should not have been in cluded among tne entries for the Belsay Castle Nursery. HORTICULTURAL GARDENS. ~- Yesterday the last fruit and flower show of the season was held at these gardens. The attendance of visitors, when the state of the weather and the time of the year is con sidered, was very good, and almost as numerous as at the exhibition which takes place in the midst of the flower show season in this fashionable promenade. The show was arranged in the long saloons which used to form the French refreshment department during the Exhibitit,n time, and here, protected from the weather, which, as is nearly always the case in nearly all horticultural fetes, was most unfavour able, it was seen to the greatest advantage. The collection shown, though not a large one, was emphatically one of the most excellent in all its branches that the society has brought together for some time past, and there was scarcely one Of the classes in which the specimens sent for competition were not of the highest order of merit. Messrs. Youell, of the Royal Nurseries, Great Yarmouth, showed a most mag nificent stand of cut flowers of the gladiolus, in which all the rarest and most delicately-tinted varieties of this splen did flower were shown in the utmost perfection of bloom. Mr. Standish and Mr. Prince also exhibited largely in blooms of the same kind, so that the united collections formed a bank of such varied and beautiful colours as only a large collection of this plant could ever display. In dahlia blooms Mr. Turner, of the Royal Nurseries, Slough, as usual dis tanced all eompetition, and it is difficult to imagine of their kind anything more beautiful in form and colour than the collections of these flowers with which he carried off all the chief prizes. Second to these, but to these only, were the specimens sent in by Mr. Reynes, of Salisbury. The dis play of phloxes, verbenas, and roses was equally remarkable for its excellence, and some noble specimens of hollyhocks attracted a great amount of admiration. The show of miscel laneous plants was good, especially in those of variegated foliage, though none in this class were sufficiently promi nent to merit a special prize. The fruit collection included almost every known specimen of hardy or hothouse plants, the plums, peaches, and grapes being unusually abundant and good. From the Chiswick gardens there was a splendid collection of varieties of grapes, which as a collection were unequalled by anything else of the kind exhibited. The pears, also, as might be expected after a season so unusually propitious to this fruit, were exhibited in their endless va rieties and in the highest perfection of size and shape. The following are the names of the chief prize-takers at this competition : Class 1-12 Hollyhocks, single flowers, distinct kinds (open)—First prize, Messrs W. Chater, nurserymen, Saf fron Walden ; second do, Messrs W. Minchin and Son, nurserymen, Hook Norton. Class 2-24 German Asters, quilled, distinct kinds (open) --First prize, Mr. R. H. Betteridge, Milton-hill, near Ste venton ; second do, Mr C. Wyatt, gardener to Mr. H. Wilies, Epsom. Class 3-24 French Asters, tasseled, distinct kinds (open) —First prize, Mr R. H. Betteridge, Milton-hill; second do., Mr. C. Wyatt, gardener to Mr H. Willes, Epsom. Class 4-24 Gladiolus, cut spikes, distinct kinds (open)— First prize, Messrs Youell and Co., Royal Nurseries, Great Yarmouth ; second do., Mr J. Standish, Royal Nurseries, Ascot. Class 5-12 Gladiolus, cut spikes, distinct kinds (ama teurs)—First prise, Mr J. Sladden, Ash next Sandwich, Kent; second do., Mr C. J. Perry, the Cedars, Castle Bromwich. Class 6-24 Phloxei, single trusses, distinct kinds (open) —First prize, Mr Chas. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough. Class 7-24 Verbenas, five trusses of each, distinct kinds (open)—First prize, Messrs Perkins and Son, Park Nursery, Coventry ; second do., Mr C. J. Perry, The Cedars, Castle Bromwich. Class 8-48 Dehlia Blooms, distinct kinds (nurserymen) —First prize, Mr C. Turner, Slough; second do., Mr J. Reynes, Salisbury. Class 9-24 Dahlia Blooms, distinct kinds (nurserymen) —First prize, Mr C. Turner, Slough; second do., Mr J. Reynes, Salisbury. Class 10-18 Dahlia Blooms, Fancies, distinct (nursery men)—First prize, Mr J. Reynes, Salisbury ; second do., Mr C. Turner, Slough. Class 11-18 Dahlia Blooms, distinct kinds (amateurs) — First prize, Mr H. Thorneycroft, Floors, Weedon ; second do., Mr J. Charlton, Ribworth. Class 12-12 Dahlia Blooms, Fancies, distinct kinds (amateurs)—First prize, the Rev. C. Fellows, Norwich ; second do., Mr W. Corp Milford, Salisbury. Class 13—Miscellaneous, for flowers not specified (open) —First prize, Mr C. Turner, for collection of cut roses; second do., Messrs Paul and Son, do. FRUIT. Class A—Collection of Fruit, eight dishes, six distinct kinds—First prize, Mr C. Turner, Slough; second do., Mr A. Henderson, gardener to the Duke of Sutherland. Class B—Peaches, four dishes, distinct kinds—First prize, Mr T. Dawson, gardener to Earl Cowper, Panshanger ; second do., Mr A. Henderson, gardener to the Duke of Sutherland, Trentham. Class C—Peaches, single dish—First prize, Mr J. Rust, gardener to the Right Hon. R. Sulivan, Fulham ; and Mr W. Haile, gardener to Earl Lovelace, Ripley, Surrey (equal). Class D—Nectarines, four dishes, distinct kinds —First prize, Mr T. Dawson, gardener to Earl Cowper, Panshan ger ; second do., Mr A. Henderson, gardener to the Duke of Sutherland, Trentham. Class E—Nectarines, single dish—First prize, Mr G. Wil son, Gishurst-cottage, Weybridge•heath ; second do., Mr T. Bailey, gardener to Mr T. T. Drake, Amersham. Class F—Figs, three dishes, distinct kinds, 12 fruits each —First prize, Mr A. Bousie, gardener to Lord Taunton, Stoke-park. Class I—Cherries, single dish, 50 fruits—First prize, Mr S. Snow, gardener to Countess Cowper, Silsoe, Bedford shire; second do., Mr C. Turner, Slough. Class J—Plums, 4 dishes, distinct kinds—First prize, Mr S. Snow, gardener to Countess Cowper, S lsoe, Bedford shire; second do., Mr J, Cox, gardener to Mr W. Wells, Redleaf, Penhurst. Class L—Apples, dessert, three dishes, distinct kinds— First prize, Mr A. Bousie, gardener to Lord Taunton, Stoke-para ; second do., Mr J. Martimore, Wallington, Carshalton. Class M—Apples, kitchen, three dishes, distinct kinds— First prize, Mr S. Snow, gardener to the Countess Cowper, Silsoe, Bedfordshire; second do., Mr H. Anstiss, market gardener, Chiswick. Class N—rears, dessert, three dishes, distinct kinds-- First prize, Mr W, Wren, gardener to Mr E. Purser, Car shalton ; second do., Mr G. Wilson, Geshurst-cottage, Weybridge-heath. Class o—Miscellaneous—First prize, Mr A. Henderson, for a box of 24 Apricots; second do., Mr G. Perry, for six dishes of Currants; third do., Mr J. Leslie, for a basket of ridge Cucumbers; fourth do., Messrs. H. Lane and Son, for a collection of Grapes in pots, and for a collection o Orchard-house Fruit Trees in pots. OPENING OF BAXTER. PARK. - - At 1 o'clock the variousbodieswhotook part in the grand ceremony of the day met in the Barrack Park. When the line had been formed the procession marched through the principal streets to the People's Park, which is situated at the north-eastern extremity of the town. The park occu pies a space of 38 acres, and is most tastefully laid out. In the centre stands a handsome pavilion in the Italian style, built at a cost of £6,000. At each entrance are handsome lodges. The cost of the park, its embellishment, and the sum set apart by the donor for its maintenance cannot be less than £50,000. A statue of Sir David Baxter, subsaribed for by upwards of 16,000 of the people of Dundee as a mark of their gratitude for his noble gift, and which was executed by Mr. Steel, sculptor, of Edinburgh, was uncovered on the occasion. Among the speakers at the opening of the park were Earl Dalhousie, the Earl of Camperdown, Sir David Baxter, and others. In replying to a vote of thanks for his presence, Earl RUSSELL, who was received with enthusiastic cheers by the vast multitude, said—l hope you will allow me, as the youngest burgess of Dundee, to say a few words with regard to a matter which I think may tend to the usefulness of this park, for which the town of Dundee is so much indebted to Sir D. Baxter. (Applause.) I was speaking to him of a notion which has occurred to my mind, and I found it had also occurred to his, and, indeed, from his benevolence and sagacity it was not likely to have escaped him. I have been accustomed in the course of my life to pay a great deal of attention to education; and I have been told of late years by those who are occupied in education in great towns—such as Glasgow, Birmingham, and similar large towns—that there is one great difficulty they have to contend with in their schools, and that is that in those towns there is no such thing as a playground. (Hear, hear.) I think a play ground is quite as useful as a school—(laughter and ap plause)—and it is still more easy to occupy a playground in these days, when we are told by some clever philosophers that the boy who is at school three days in the week learns quite as much, if not more, than the boy who goes six, and that the boy who is at school half a day learns quite as much as the boy who is at school the whole day. (Laughter and cheers.) Whether that be true or not lam not going to say, but I think it would be a great advantage to the schools in this town if they were to ask the permission of Lord Dalhousie and the other trustees, that from time to time, at certain fixed hours, this park should be made a playground for certain games during the hours of recrea tion which the school allows. There is a very great ten dency at the present time—which is a good tendency—of bringing people together in large towns, but it has a dis shouctlall advantage, and that is that the children are brought up d aro hi li s is m al in ph d ab t o u without having the least notion of the green fields ; or a game . at cricket, or a game at trap-ball. (Hear, hear.) And it is quite as essential that the body of a boy should be edu cated, that, bein g alphabet ande d o t i o p h t e h r e i e (Applause.) things, as a a m t he in e , the youngest burgess in Dundee, my pre sumption may be excused. (A. laugh.) I think it would be a great plea Dundee sure to know that the young generation of could enjoy the • advantages of this park as much as those who are the elders , and able to give themselves to more manly pursuit s . the name et Lady (Applause.) I beg to thank you in Russell. (Cheers.) I have certainly found by experience that there needs no better place to come to for a w if e than t recommend the practice to o Scotland, and I certainly shall others which I have adopted myself. (L aug h ter and great applause.) The weather wa s fortunately dry pro ceedings passed off with greatdc/at and sunny, and the display of fireworks in th e park, and. There was a grand vari ous parts. It was int en d e d to set illuminations in 1 the wind was unfavourabl e . off a large ball oon , but ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE ON A CHILD. --Yesterday a young man named Abraham Farrant was committed for trial by the borough magistrates at Guildford, fot a criminal and most brutal assault upon a child of two years old, the daughter of the landlord of the Rose and Crown public house in that town. It is feared that the poor little girl is not likely to survive the injuries she has sustained. THE ADVANTAGE OF A "POSTMAN'S KNOCK." At the Judges' Chambers, on Wednesday, a n „ pH _ cation was made to discharge a person named Onions out of custody, on the ground that the arrest had been effected by the sheriffs' officers breaking open the outer door. The officers swore they got into the house at night, after watch ing. for some time, by the dodge of a " postman's knock." The door was opened and after a struggle the capture we,s made. Mr. Justice Mellor refused to order the dischargo, believing that the arrest was through the "peist s fuan's knock." A FACTION FIGHT• -... At the Killaloe petty sessions, a few days ago, 18 persona were summoned for having been en g a g ed in a faction fight on the 26th ult. Two families, naized Connella and Skebans, had a long-standing dispute about the righ ant to acre of land, resulting in protracted litigation aod m . any collisions. They are all related as fiat and second cons;ns. The priest and the landlord vainly sought to reconcile then.: ; the latter even divided the piece of land between them, but all to no purpose. When they met they fought, and at a place called Fahybridge, on the day mentioned, they had an engage ment which, both for the vigour of the onslaught and the number of casualties, completely eclipsed all that had pre ceded it. It appeared that the fight was originated by the Skebans. Among other acts it was sworn th a t a l a d a b ou t 16 or 17 went behind Michael Connell with a stone, and felled him to the ground. The fight then raged with inde scribable fury. Pitchforks and other weapons were used, and such was the fury of the combatants that they broke the handles of some of the instruments on each other's per sons; loaded whip-handles prostrated those they struck, and stones flew in every direction. The melee ended at length more through the exhaustion of both parties than any other cause. Many of the combatants were left "ewe • less on the ground. 'rho Clare Freeman describes the parties on both s ides . as b e longing to the respectable class of farmer s, and comp ing all ages, from the grey-headed man of threescore years to the young giri and boy of 16. They were all haleo,nhee.ao cn rLy an d comfortably-dressed persons, and nearly every h b some marks of the savage affray in whic h (hey ad been w such brut;.... engaged. The magistrates said they never B` L lity in their lives. The prisoners conduct was a ,dis and their should have been expected to quell 8" Sentences of from two months to I hrt:grace to the t w;th hard labour were thehvaerryopersons who e weeks imprlsonme the combatants, the most guilty of were passed upon th,' others were bound to ke. (ountryn. vulocity. 3d. The resistance to motion through the atmosphere is greatly modified by the form of the moving body. The form that gives least resistance is nearly that of a parabola, virt i:v t . atio the trouble to head of a " nderful poultry of the or a form somewhat resembling the breast of a duck or the fish. The body should also taper backwards, like French-Flemish country, poultry ? Why not stop short h.t "tlitt in the rising the body of a fish." The resistance to a paraboloid is one begeneration, and die out and have done w it ? Parents third less than the resistance to a plane surface equal in n f g oll o o u w t e o d f b t y he n: their wretched extent to a section of the paraboloidal body, taken at its y of ou ch n i g ck fa en in s il h ie a s v , ese e ud with an widest part. air —tottering a bout on legs so scraggy and w ea k, that the From these data, both the lifting power of a cylinder of valiant word drumsticks becomes a mockery scratchingn thisndotahy; when ap p ',lied any given dimensions, and the resistance which the at to them, and the crow of the lord and master has been .a mosphere would oppose to its motion, at any given speed, mere dejected case of croup.—Dickettes last " UnCOMM can be readily calculated. cial." ,er- , • d indicated i ; . .et us suppose, then, a cylinder of the kin o R , .:0.11.1MM•1•^. HOW TO FLY ! A NEW SCHEME OF AERIAL NAVIGATION.—An article in the September number of Weldon's Register, after set ting forth some new and curious arguments and calcu lations with a view to disprove the doctrine taught by the 7 Imes, that " the problem of serial navigation will be readily solved [by means of artificial wings] whenever the pro gress of science shall place us in command of a motive power sufficiently lighter, in proportion to its capabilities, than the steam engine," and to show that, even if we had " an engine which, while capable of putting forth any re quired amount of force, should weigh absolutely nothing at all, the transport of passengers or merchandise by means of artificial wings would still be as impossible as it is at pre sent," proceeds as follows : And yet man may navigate the air if he will, and as soon as he will. To the question—" If by means neither of balloons nor of artificial wings, than by what means ?" I reply—By imitating, not the birds, but the fishes. The birds and the fishes constitute the only examples we have in nature of animals being able to sustain them selves in, and at the same time to propel themselves through, an element lighter than the heavier portions of their own bodies. We have seen by what means the birds do this, and that we cannot imitate them. In the case of the fishes, the matter is managed in another way. Unlike the bird in flying, the fish in swimming has no weight to bear, and so all the exertion it needs to put forth is for the purpose of propelling itself. The greater portion of its flesh and bones is of as nearly as possible the same specific gravity as the element which it inhabits, and the excess of weight of the heavier portions is balanced by means of a long narrow bag filled with some gaseous body by many more times lighter than water than hydrogen is lighter than atmospheric air. As a whole, the body of the fish is thus rendered of exactly this same weight as the quantity of water which it displaces, and it is, therefore. sustained in the water just as a balloon is sustained in the atmosphere,—and this, too, at least to some extent, by exactly parallel means, For man to navigate the sir, the machine by which he does so must have thus much in common with the balloon,—it must be as self-buoyant in the element it is to travel through as a fish is in its element. Therefore, although balloons cannot accomplish the nevi gation of the air, it can be effected only by the aid of those light gases by means of which balloons are rendered buoyant. The object in view can only be achieved by some method of applying the lifting power of the light gases more advantageously than this is done in the case of balloons. That method can only consist in an alteration of the form of the receptacles containing the gas. Instead of being spheroidal, they must be more or less fish-shaped; they must be flattened cylinders with paraboloidal ends. In order to show clearly, by a readily intelligible illus tration, what influence this simple change of form would have, let us suppose a hundred balloons, all orexactly the same size, to be ranged in a row, like the carriages of a railway train, and let the hundred balloons be all connected with, and so all assist to support, one long, narrow car. Such a train of balloons would represent the pro posed cylinder sufficiently nearly,—especially as the " cylinder" would itself virtually consist of a number of distinct bags of gas connected together, the chief differ ence between it and the train of balloons being that in it space would be economized, and steadiness of lifting power and uniformity of motion secured, by their being no suck interstices between the bags of gas composing it as there would in the case of the train of balloons. It is obvi ous that, to the motion through it, end-foremost, of the sup posed train of balloons, the atmosphere would be able to oppose only the same amount of resistance as it would oppose to the motion through it o f any one of the balloon s s i ng ly. No more force therefore would be required to propel the train of balloons than would be required to propel a single balloon, but the train would be able to lift an engine for the supply of that force a hundred times heavier than the single balloon could lift.:As the power of an engine in creases much more rapidly than its weight, there could thus be applied to the propulsion of the train of balloons several hundred times more force than could be applied to the pro pulsion of any one of them by itself, I have said that the aerial cylinder which this article is written to suggest would consist, in effect, of a combination of a number of separate bags of gas. It would never do to make it consist simply of one huge long narrow bag, because such a bag, if filled with light gas and allowed to rise into the atmosphere, instead of floating horizontally, as the cy linder must, in order to be available as a means of navigat ing the air, would float with its longest axis vertical tp, the earth's surface. To prevent its doing that, theme t t e g r s when not actually composed of a number of d ill l y:her of combined together, should be divided into should be separate compartments, or cells, each of som . higher than it was wide—should be le ak's to that is to tte longest perpendiF gla i r bsn in the other say, in the direction axis of the cylinder as a wholethat y b this simple ar direction. It will readily be Beal a that it should be impossible rangement it would be secu red der o er way than horizontally. for the cylinder to float i :id ny be propelled, and by such means That;such cylinder ce revetyforce as we have already at our for the supply of mot e l speculative opinion—an enthu command, is not a • on, w h ica , may or may not be well-founded siastic conviction, It rests on d ata which have long been established, and have been to ted by actual experienee thousands of time s . It s based on the following established facts : ; st b . Th e weight of a cubic foot of hydrogen is 36-5 grains, and that of a cubic foot of atmospheric air 623 r'us A cubic foot of hydrogen will, therefore, su sta i n i n the" atmosphere a heavy body weighing 486 '5 grains, being the difference between its own weight and that of the volume of air which it displaces. There are 7,000 grains to the pound avoirdupois, and 14 . 5 times 486 . 5 is 7,05-1.25. Consequently 141 cubic feet of hydrogen will sustain a pound and 51.25 grades. 2d. A body moving through the atmosphere at the rate of one mile en hour, and presenting a fiat surface for the auto:There to act, upon in opposing its motion, experiences a resistance of .005 of a pound ou every quare foot of such sutface, and this resistance increases as the square of the THE ARMY. The Hougonmont, Capt. Flamink, arrived at Fal mouth on Wednesday evening from Calcutta, and proceeded for Spithead to land time-expired troops, women and children, and some insane and con victs. She left Calcutta on the 30th of April, and experienced fine weather in rounding the Cape, but met with ten days' east wind off the Western Island. Passengers—Captains Roenbrigge and M'Gregor, Lieut. Kernin, and Assist. -Sur. Haystedt, in charge of troops; also Lieut. Cunningham, of the Madras army ; Assistant-Surgeon Kelgour, 29th Highlanders ; and Mr. M'Nair. The Adventure screw troopship, Commander Lethbridge, will embark tomorrow, at Portsmouth, for conveyance to Canada the following aggregate number of troops in detachments for the Guards, Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade, 30th Foot, and other corps serving in the colony :-21 officers and their families ; 453 men , 55 ' wo men, and 42 children. The Woolwich d i v i s ion of Royal Ma r i ne Li g h t Infantry, in com mand of Col. Michell, yesterday asse mbled in th ree battalions on Woolwich- common' an d went th rou g h a field day's evolutions. The b a ttalions were commanded by C o l . Travers , Lieut.- C o lonel Marriott, and Lieut.-Colonel Suther, and performed the various manoeuvres with admirable order and precision. Experimental practice is daily carried on by the Royal Artillery with the rifled guns erected on the sea defences commanding the approaches to Chatham harbour with the 70-pounder and 40-pounder Arm strong guns, in order to test the comparative effi ciency of the side-loading principle. The results hitherto obtained have been very satisfactory as regards the increased rapidity with which the load ing and firing can be carried on. The practice is made under the personal superintendence of Col. Nedham, commanding the Royal Artillery in the Chatham district, assisted by Lieut.-Colonel Talbot, commanding the First Division of the Depot Bri gade. The large general hospital just erected at Cha tham, which it on the eve of being opened, will have a commodious ward attached for the reception of female patients suffering from Lock diseases, the expenses connect3d with which department of the establishment will be almost entirely defrayed by the Government. A considerable portion of the funds for the erection of the hospital has been. coirri 'tinted by the Admiralty and the War Deputtun-mt, the Government at the same thee making nu annual. grant to the hospital on the express condition that one.portion of the hospital shall be di. veted exclu tie first s t ep t a k en by sively to Lock cases. 'Ph i s t the Goveinmetit to establish Leek hospitals in our large garrison and seaport towns. THE WIGWE,LL HALL MUR'DEII.—The prisoner, George Victor 'Townley, who awaits his trial for ',ha wilful murder of Miss Goodwin, still maintains the seine demeanour, and conducts lii..csolf as he did before and im mediately after his committal. lie has had interviews with his legal adviser, Mr. Leech, of the firm Of Gamble and Leech. Last week his brother visited him, Mr. Townley, se e., an d on Tuesday returned to Derby, and saw the pri soner. The f r i en d s o f T own l ey s till correspond with hitu in terms of the warmest affection ; and his conduct towards all with whom he comes in contact is marked by its civility and gratefulness for any favour conferred or duty done...—. Derby Mercury. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. THOMSON. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., NE X T D 0 0 It, By Mrs. THOMSON, Author of "Constance," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. of 26 [enTy Park" 0 , the e ater- Esq., jent, Mr. ••••••••_. 7VS , 012, itY of „~-. s'..,