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Ti • LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE T D LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established in 1830. Oftlees :-1, Dale-street, Liverpool ; 20 and 21, Poultry, London: E.C. PROGRESS OF THE COMPANY SINCE 1850 : Year. Fire Premiums. Life Premiums. Invested Funds. -_____ -.......___ .___ 1851 .£51,305 £27,157 £502,824 1856 222,279 72,781 821,061 1861 360,130 135,971 1,3 1 1,905 —________ 1862 136,065 134,703 1 , 417 . 808 -- The Fire Duty paid by this Company in England in 1862 WaB X 71,214. SWINTON BOULT, Fec - etary to the Company. JOHN ATKINS, Rc sident Fe. retary, London. Fire Policies failing due at AlLhaelmas should be renewed by the 14th October. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds :C70,000,00 0 . The duty paid to Governm en t for the year 1562 Was X 85,0 62, and. the amount insured on. f an ning stock, £10,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profit's periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received sums amounting in the aggregate to £iio,ooo ; and the Society now holds a large Reserve appli-able 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.peetuses apply a t the Society's Offices, Surrey- Street, No rw i c h • an d 6, C rescen t, New Bridge-st ree t , Bl ac k - Iriars, E.C. PROVIDE NT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1810. TRUSTEES. Thomas Bari= 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, 00 0 Po/ides , for a t•tal sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is £51,000 The Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 200,c00 It has paid in Claims .. 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already been made' when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies £5,400 .. 11,500 .. 23 200 .. 56,500 Dec. 31, 1847 .. „ 1852 .. „ 1857 .. „ 1862 .. 3 naklttz the total bonus additions, £66,600. Bonuses ma:i be received in wish or applied to the reduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the ' , obey. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid -111) policies introduced by thi s Association, by which the sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of pc 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. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE. COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. _ . _ - ----- Accumulated and Invested Funds Annual Revenue 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insuran , es eranted both at Home and in Foreign 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 1882 as follows : Policies. Amount Inired, Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every infor,nation will be furnished on application at the Orritms : LONDON 58, Threadneedle-street. I ** West-end Office ,1, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. 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. tiCTA.VITIS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JonN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay,' Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. obn Garratt Cattlev, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Drupe, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. RiversdaleW. Grenieli, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Robt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Sames, Esq.. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' William Wallace, Esq._ Jae. Stewart Hodgson, E sq . ! Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.— file usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Michaelmas will expire on 14th October. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. The Reversionary Bonus on British Life Policies has ave raged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums ayable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take-place every Five years. Life. Any sum not excee di ng £15,000 may be insured on one This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Stock. Societies — with the guara n t ee o f a large invested Capital 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 DALY. SPECIAL NOTICE. Policies on the participating system, granted on or before the 31st December, 1813, and in force at the close of the year 1165, will be entitled to share in the next division of profits ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard -street, London, and Royal Insurance buildings, LiverpoeL Total Annual Revenue exceeds £soo,ono, Aocilmulated Funds in hand over 1,000,000, Chairman in Liverpool : CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London : WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of th e Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the ] Meeting of Its Shareholders. FIE RANCH. The Directors have, as R ple ß asingly as unexpectedly, at the close of the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The high comparative positiohd by the Royal in the Governraent Returns of Duty is agslu fully maintained. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the precechng year, and in fact sur passes that of any Year, with but two exceptions, since the commencement of this Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Forelem Insurances being £45,107 10s. 6d., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa rately, £11,097 16s. 10d. LIFE BRANCH'. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on now policies for the year 1862 exceeds even that of the yes r 1861 by ZlBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £ 70 1,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last few :rears 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 fail to give much satisfaction to the shar eholder, as well as no small encouragement for the future to the participating life assurer. afforded by of continued care in the selecti on o f li ves i s amply a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum proposed for assurance amounts to X 143,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. Companies No small n umber of the Assurance of the day record their acc epted liyes annual) a yat sum not tmuch, if at all, exceeding tho se which the Royal has declared es inadmis stole in a single Year from deterioration of some ki n d 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 Londsn or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The returns of duty have prepsroed this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already prted make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the ex pression of an opinion that th e p ros pects of the Royal Insurance Company were never brizhter, and of a consequent a hope, fo un d ed on a grateful remembrance of the past, .. the future m ay unfold for it a sphere of still greater mss.n 1 tude, co m bi ning distinguished commercial success to the Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Manager and Actuary. Secretary in London SALE V.R.—TOWER. OF STORES.—By Order of the °n SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR, Mr. GEORGE lI.T.MAN will SELL, by Public Auction, in the Tower, THURSDAY, the Bth of October, 1883, at Eleven o'clock 111 the Forenoon precisely, the following Stores : 11N Cases and Blankets. Small Arms of various de- Grey Clothing and Woollen scriptions. Itp I S. Armourer's Pack-saddle o reirnOck R u , s /ta?l._(.‘oppei.:9.. Forges. Sets of Ironwork for do. at,7ll oi tti s lete, with O vens Files, various. 1%4 1r be i aYti /ni . v ewed a- the Tower from 10 to 4 o'clock the three at ti„ w vioum to the day of sale and catalogues may be had W°°lwicZr:°lnee, Pall -Mali ; the Tower ; and Royal - Arsenal, 11:3VAI, T e n ttb, ,FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, Way Tern-usoltnediae vicinit of the Great Northern Rail ' at Xili'scrossY. PresidentSatron—The QUEEN. This was the n Irrea,,, rhe Duke of 111 .TCCLEUCIL E.G. rer---Edward Masterman, Esq. and instant adtufesst,ospital to introduce the principle of free 11,08 t Pitiable"' mality of e-overnoi.nl:,4o the destitute sick, without the for tution in its It Is entirely devoted to desti pcnied by that and e ! ornl _ . _ , viz., that which is accom magnitude that, with ad, l ' g eage • and is now of sufficient capable of admitting i nto Zlnate support, largey be rendered ,re.,ttet wards a very proportion of the casual sick of this funds in order to h ave 500 berlet ro polis. It requir es b u t th e these the most wretch ed of our , f tvai lable for the rece pti on o f it gratuitously affords medical aglicrw. on the av erage, th an 3,000 out- creatures. 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Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. T " OXFOR D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE, CLA.RA, the MAID of MILAN, and Bellini's SONNAMBULA. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean dm. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or arty oilier man "), Eugene, W. Randall, George Hodson, and those marvellous French Clowns, Messrs. ARTHUR and BERTRAND. Also, a Petformance by Herr SCHALKENBACFI on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain inga full band 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, lOs. 6d. THE SUN, LONDON, SA tURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1863. The Lord Chief Baron on Agricultural Science.—Mr. Lindsay, M.P., on American Slavery and the War. ♦ SIIEPPERTON, Friday. The annual meeting of the Middlesex Agricultural Asso ciation took place to• day in the village. In the absence of Lord Enfield (who is at present in Ireland), Major General Wood presided at the dinner, and was supported by a large gathering of the gentry, clergy, and farmers of the district. The dinner took place at the Anchor, and the proceedings were enlivened by some excellent glee and part-singing . . under the direction of Mr. Simpson, assisted by Mr. Chap lin Henry and Mr. G. Ford. After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, The CIIAIMIAN gave " The Health of Lord Chief Baron Pollock and the Judges of England," which toast was re ceived with loud cheers. The LORD CHIEF BARON, in responding, said that he acknowledged with gratitude the honour that they had con ferred upon him and his colleagues in the administration of justice. They had, no doubt, arduous duties to perform, and it was always gratifying to them to find that they dis charged their duties to the satisfaction of the public whom they served, He must confess that he was more pleased with this kind of public recognition of their services when it cccurred at a meeting of his friends and neighbours in this part of the country ; and he was, therefore, highly delighted to find himself received at the present meeting as one whom they respected and were glad to see. He might, perhaps, be asked what he had to do at an agricultural meeting. He was afraid that there were very few now present who were able to recollect that he took the chair at the first meeting of the Middlesex Agricultural Association. (Hear, hear.) He also had the honour of filling the chair on a second, and he believed on a third occasion. Although he was not much addicted to agricultural pursuits himself, he had not alto. gether neglected other studies than those which belonged to his school and college ; nor had he entirely confined his pur poses as a lawyer to the dry details of his profession, but he had studied other matters which had afforded him the delight of an enlightened existence. Perhaps he might be permitted to say that he thought agricultural as compared with other science was a little behind hand, although it was the first branch of industry that was cultivated by the human race. He was very glad to hear the tribute which had been paid by the gallant officer who returned thanks for the army and navy to the agricultural classes, and hear him say that it was from that class that our best soldiers were obtained. Still it was rather to be lamented that agriculture was at he present moment behind almost all other pursuits of life. They were, he thought, as a class at least 50 years behind any other cla= s following pursuits the objects of which were to increase human means and human happiness, and to do it by availing themselves of all the circumstances necessary to ensure success. Mineralogy, meteorology, chemistry, and mechanics had as yet contributed little or nothing to agri cultural science compared with what might be expected from them—(hear, hear)—and in his view of the question the science of meteorology alone would become one of the greatest exponents to teach farmers when it would be pro per to cultivate one particular description of produce rather than another. At the present moment the study of meteo rology as an agricultural science was entirely neglected, and there was no man who attended to it in the slightest OANTERBUItY HALL " GHOST."—In order NJ to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and HenryDircks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GHOST." to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Balcony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest improvements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at half-past Nine o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, and the marvellous Arthur and Bertrand. There could be no question whatever that the Nor therners were very highly prejudiced against the ne groes. But apart from all considerations of that kind, had those who cried out about the emancipation of the slaves ever considered how that great question was to be dealt with—how it was possible to liberate all at once more than 4,000,000 of blacks,who had unfortunately been trained to slavery ? The thing was impossible. It could not be done, It would not take merely one, but two generations to do it. He said still more, with that object in view, if it was their object, which he did not believe, their conduct had bothbegin vain and wicked. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Lincoln, in his proclamation, bad talked of giving freedom to the whole of the slaves, and of their being sent away to some district Far West, where the foot of civilised roan had never trod ; but when offered freedom on these terms the blacks had re fused to accept it. Thep hay talked of sending them away to some other country. But they had never considered the possibility of carrying out such a scheme—had they ever considered how utterly impossible it was to convey 4,000,000 of men, or in what ships they could be conveyed ? The LORD CHIEF BARON—Twenty Great Easterns could not do it. (Hear, hear.) Mr. LINDSAY—NO, nor a hundred nor a thousand Great Easterns. Where were they to take them to ? To Africa, from where their forefathers came ? Why, if they were sent to Africa they would have to endure far greater miseries than they did at the present moment. He had conversed with Dr. Livingstone on the subject,and Dr. Livingstone had told him that it was not possible to conceive the amount of de gradation to which the black people were subjected in Africa. (Hear, hear.) If, therefore, they were sent back to that land from whence their forefathers came they would be sent to en amount of misery far worse than that to which they were subjected in the South. (Hear, hear.) Any one who gave these questions a calm consideration, and who did not speak upon them merelyfor the purpose of carrying with them the popular voice, who find, however much he might de sire to root out slavery, that any attempt to do so suddenly by means of a civil war would create an immense amount of injury, not merely to the proprietors—the white people in the Southern States—but to the blacks themselves. This had been found to be the case. He had just received a letter from New Orleans, in which the writer stated that the plan of giving freedom had been tried, and that the result had been that the negroes in general had returned to their owners on the nominal condition of payment for the labour. (Hear, hear.) Emancipation had been found impossible, un less the 'United States would consent to the establishment of poor-houses and asylums to support the negroes in idle ness. The emancipation proclamation had hurt no one but its author and his party. It had been stated on reliable authority that the American Government, in answer to communications upon the subject, had said, "If the free negroes refuse to work whip them." So that, after all, they would get nothing by the change, and the same system of discipline would be carried out, and probably in a more cruel manner, by the Southerns than by the Northerns. (Hear, hear.) He was surprised to find that some gentle men, and especially clergymen, had stated that the procla mation of emancipation from slavery by President Lincoln was a humane act. Humane to whom ? It could not be humane to the slaves, who were not yet prepared for freedom, and it certainly would not be humane to the five or six mil lions of white people in the Southern States, because the real object, aim, and end of that proclamation was nothing less than this—" You black men, henceforth be free ; if any one resist you in your desire to live, resist him, and the arms of the North will support you in that resistance," Practically, that is—" Massacre your masters, massacre your mistresses, and massacre their children, so that you may obtain your freedom." (Hear, hear.) Instead of being a humane proclamation, it was in fact a specimen of the most horrible barbarity, and a more terrible proclamation than had ever been issued in any part of the world. There was one question on which he wished to say a word, he meant the building of ships here to be afterwards used by the Con federate Government. He was not going to enter into any discussion of the legal part of the question in the presence of the Lord Chief Baron, but a good deal had been said about maintaining an impartial neutrality. He was in favour of doing so, but were they ? It was said that they ought not to allow ships to be built in this country for the Southern States; but ought they to allow cannon and ammunition to go out of this country to supply the Northern States? The cannota now being used to bombard Charleston was obtained front this country, and for aught he knew the horrible Greek fire, of which so much had been saisl, was manufactured here too. He could not see why they should prevent the Southern people from being supplied with ships while the Fedex als continued to be supplied with arms. 0 f course if a clear infringement of the Foreign Enlistment Act could be proved the case would be different, but the whole question at present amounted to this, the South American coast had been declared to be under blockade, and if they attempted to run the blockade the Queen's proclamation said that they must do it at their own risk. Of coarse if a vessel which was running the blockade, having been made here and in tended for the Southerners, was captured, her owners must bear the loss. For his own part he confessed that ho could see no immediate chance of the war terminating, but he could see what the end would be. It would not be reunion but separation, and he believed that before many years had elapsed that separation would not be merely into two countries—the Northern and Southern—but that it would be separated into four different parts—that was into North and South, and West and California. The Southern men and Southern women would fight to the last Murder and Robbery in the Public Street. degree in an agricultural point of view. Who could doubt that if due attention was paid, and a proper record made of the various changes in recurring seasons, such an accumu lation of experience would be obtained as would enable the farmer to judge beforehand in what manner he should direct his industry and his course of crops. So again with respect to the improvement of the soil and the application of manure much remained to be done. Then again, in regard to the application of mechanical power to agricultural labour, no one could doubt that a great change had come over the far mers, and many prejudices had been dispelled. Of this, therefore, they might be assured that no riots worth' ever take place because machinery was resorted to as a means of assisting agriculture. It was a remarkable fact that, according to all experience that had yet been obtained on the subject, wherever they had introduced machinery, and had thereby displaced one labourer, they had actually introduced two others in conse quence of the adoption of improved machinery. That ought to be borne in mind by every one interested in the question. He recollected very well being Attorney-General at the time of the introduction of railway traffic, when a deputation of ARGYLL ROOMS. Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of monster concerts cele brity. The band is selected from the Cry.tal I'alace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ls. Manager—M. GRENET. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! new version—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN — Grand Divertissement—Favourite Opera Selections—NlCO- SlA, the eminent Violinist—RAPHAEL DE SOLLA. the Infant Tenor—LANGLOIS, the Great Juggler, Every Evening. Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7. puOYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great Musical Attraction Immense success of SIGNOR NICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. THE LAUNDRESSES to her late Majesty Queen Adelaide say, that " BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN srAnoil needs but to be tried to be approved." Sole Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by Bow, London, E. SZPECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majnrity of the Nobility, including:Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary relief to weak, dim, and detective vision.—S. and B SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, 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. ; Souchonz, reduced to 3s. Cd. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from is. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. post-horse masters waited upon the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr, Goulburn, and put in a strong claim for the reduction of the post-horse duty, on the ground that the CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart, K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co , bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee 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. diminution in the amount of duty might be so great that it would be hardly worth collecting. But, said Mr. Goulburn, " Gentlemen, if that be the only ground on which you can urge for a remission of the duty, I assure you that you are very much mistaken, for so far from there having been any diminution in the number of posts horses consequent upon the introduction of railway traffic, the post-horse duty has actually doubled." And that was perfectly true. Those who expected that the number of horses would be diminished by the introduction of the railway system were never more mistaken in their lives, for the number of horses was doubled. So, again, when a new mode of conveyance was started in the metropolis, great complaints were made by the hackney coach and cab proprietors that their business would be ruined, whereas, on the contrary, it was greatly increased, because people soon found out that it was a great advantage to them not to use up that strength in walking which they required for the performance of their ordinary duties. (Cheers.) It was a great pleasure to him to find himself respected by those among whom he lived,'and ho thought he might say he had been of some service—(cheers)—for although he was Attorney-General at the time of the Re becca riots, he was engaged and successfully engaged, in the removal of a toll-bar in that neighbourhood, for which he had the pleasure of receiving a testimonial at the hands of the farmers and others passing that road. (Hear, bear.) In conclusion, he begged to return his sincere and hearty thanks for the manner in which his name had upon all oc casions been received by them. (Cheers.) The health of the county members was then drunk, the chairman apologising for their unavoidable absence on the present occasion. drop of their blood before they would be reunited to the States, and if the Northerners persisted in the course they were now taking, terrible as the war had been, he grieved to say it would become far more terrible before it was brought to a conclusion. At present the Southerners felt that they had got sufficient white men to defend themselves and maintain their independence ; but if they once called out the slaves, as they would be justified in doing, no more horrible scenes hod ever been witnessed than would be wit nessed in the American war. In endeavouring to subjugate the South, the North had committed a grievous mistake. The employment of slaves would be the last resources of the South, but when that period came, the retribution and the vengeance would be terrible. (Hear, hear.) He believed that he only spoke the sentiments of a large majority of the people of this country when he said it would be impossible to restore the Union, and in those sentiments he believed the House of Commons joined. (Cheers.) Various toasts of a local character followed, and the pro ceedings did not terminate till a late hour. The next toast was, " The House of Commons, in connec tion with the name of Mr. Lindsay, M.P." Mr. LINDSAY, on rising, was received with cheers. He thanked them very warmly for 'associating his name with the House of Commons, of which he had now been a mem ber for some years. The longer he was a member of that house the prouder he was of his connection with it. It was indeed a noble assembly, and, after all, the palladium of our national liberties. It was an assembly to which not only the people of the British Empire looked as an impartial re presentative body, but it was an assembly to which the four quarters of the world looked, and were actuated by the opi nions expressed in it, because they believed that the opinions there expressed were always boldly and honestly avowed. Above all, it was an assembly which truly represented the opinions of the great B itish people. No doubt there were times and occasions when the leaders of that assembly did not fully adopt the sentiments of the people and the house, and when even the leaders of the Executive Government did not fully express the feelings and sentiments of that assembly. (Hear, hear.) Even at the present moment he believed there were some great questions on which he was afraid the Government did not altogether represent the opinions and sentiments of the people or of the House of Commons. The noble earl at the head of the Foreign office, when speaking the other evening as a member of the Government and a leader of the executive, said he thought the sympathies of the majority of the people of this country were in favour of a particular section of those who were now engaged in a great civil war in America. He might have been speaking his own sentiments when he gave utter ance to such words, but he (Mr. Lindsay) denied that Lord Russell had spoken the sentiments of the country or of th e House of Commons on that occasion. It might be per fectly true that the House of Commons felt the propriety of leaving the Government unfettered in its responsibitity on this question. The house felt that the responsibility ought to rest on the Government, and on it alone, because it was not certainly the duty of the house to dictate to the Government what course it should pursue in respect to the civil war now raging on the other side of the Atlantic; but the noble lord did not express the sentiments of the people of England when he said that the sympathies of the nation were with the Northern section of that great people now unhappily engaged in war. (Hear, hear.) If the people of England believed that horrible war was being waged in order to put an end to slavery, then he could understand that their sympathies would be with the Federals. We, in this country, however, had seen sufficient to persuade us that they wore neither honest nor earnest in their profession to put down slavery, but that there were other reasons which induced them to wage war against the Southerners. He had this:i institution country ad •t m vl i i r ie ed h , few they would have obtained the seen enough to k now that if they really desired to put down y people, he was happy to say, in sym pathies of a very large majority of thepeople of this country. (Hear, hear.) But when they found that the President himself entered office and mad e i t his platform, that he did not enter office for the purpose of putting down slavery, and did not intend to take any steps t o put down slavery, nor did ho believe ho could legally de so, the people of England could not - believe that ho was in earnest, and it was vain for him to attempt to support a mere political cry by endeavour ' in; to persuade the people of this country that his motive for carrying on the war was to put down slavery, and the' upon that grOund he was entitled to their sympathies. Was it the fact that the Northern people entertained a n y i t i endly feeling towards the coloured population ? No r.m e w h o had travelled in America could believe they did, On the contrary, they lost no opportunity of showing their disgust when they were brought into contact in a public carriage, or a steam boat, with the negro. He had often witnessed their conduct on such occasions, and their attempts to exclude even the most educated and well behaved negroes from puli cipation in, the rights and amenities ei: civilised We, The Ship Run Down by the Great Eastern. The Receiver of Wreck of the port of Liverpool has for warded to the Marine Department of the Board of Trade the depositions of Capt, Pato n , th e co mmander o f th e G r eat E as t er n steamship, and Capt, Duff, of the ship Jane, of Liverpool, which latter vessel was run down in the Atlantic and two of the crew killed. Capt. Paton thus reports the catastrophe :—The Great Eastern left New York on Sept, 8, with passengers and a comprising grain, provisions, and cargo of merchandi s e , tobacco, and reached lat 51 deg 15 min N, long 14 deg 4 min W, without casualty. On the 18th, at 2 15 a.m., weather dark and rainy, wi n d W ., un d er steam an d sa il, s t an di n g about E.S. E., at about 13 knot speed, regulation light burning in proper position, watch on deck, saw a bright light three points on starboard bow. Put helm hard aster board, but finding we were closing with th e li g ht, stopped and reversed the engines, when the ship Jane, of Liverpool, came alongside on starboard bow, both rolling heavily; car ried away Jane's mainmast, foretopraast head, and bowsprit. As the ship was apparently breaking up fast, succeeded in saving the master, mate, second mate, and 18 of the crew, one man being killed, and an other supposed to have fallen overboard. Having ascertained that no more of the crew were left on board, backed clear of the wrec k. At 225 a.m., heavy swell, ship rolling heav ily, found it impossible to lower a boat, and stayed by the wreck until daylight. At 4 35 a.m., steamed twice close past the Jane slowly, but could not discern any one on board, the rolling of the ship still rendering it impracticable to lower a boat, continued our course towards Liverpool. The crew of the Jane were taken to Liverpool by the Great Eastern. Capt. Duff states the ship Jane left Liverpool for Quebec, in ballast, on Sept. 10, and had reach e d l a t 51 15 N, long 14 11 W, without meeting wit h any c asua lty. O n the 18th, at 2 30 a.m., weather thick, with rain, wind W.S.W., under all plain sail, standing at NM., watch on deck, saw the masthead light of a steamer two point s on the portbow, steeling eastward. Immediately put helm hard sport, the regulation lights at this time on board the Jane were burn ing brightly and in position • The vess e l s b e ing very near, a collision occurred immediately. The other vessel, which was the Great Eastern, struck the Jane on the portbow, carrying away the bowsprit and gear, fore-topmast, main topmast, and all attached, and the mizen top gallantmast. The vessels now swung a l o ngside each other, and the rolling of the Great Eastern caused the sponsons to cut the . Jane down on the port side, so that all hands considered it un safe to remain longer on the vessel, and got on board the Great Eastern as best they could. got n of the Jane were killed by the casualty. ' The names of the dece ased men are not given. The Jane was a ship of nearly 1,000 tons. ALONG WALK.—Mr.Elihu Burritt, " the learned blacksmith," well known as the great linguist, and whose " Sparks from the Anvil" has made his name a household word, was yesterday to complete a long walk. He has ac tually walked all the way from London to John o'Groat's. He was in Wick.on Saturday, and was to complete his walk to John o' Groat's House yesterday. He is to lecture this evening (Tuesday) in the Free Church, on "The Benevo lent Institutions of the Day—their Plliloeophy and Power." a niiVi irf ,Tn nci G ... .... . ' - ,•• ...... , f ....• ~fJ . ...1..... , , . , ' , 40.-s , car. ...., , . a , ... '.--''' .'tl , t ::,:: .--;),.. -- - • l ' #k \ • 77.1 4 1 ,,vis : i n vor . qiri ..- 4,. . . . \ik • t,. ''' ''t , .., : ,,,,,,, \ ,,,..,1»:,;,,,, m ,...0,..„ 4 ,..7#.,,„,,„. - n.,...,_,,, A ,,L — ife, - di. , ,‘„ , ~,_...„. ...... . I LF - .41 / 4 4 , ,..-0:-.4,..,,r • ~.,, v -,-- ,„. 4.-41 1. —2 O " ~_ .. ....... ~,, , k,..„6, : - 4 ./- : - . 4. '- . 1.-, - ,-; ,- ....- _ .4,. „ acute :Z . ..-- "'•4:Wor","" -•" frr < 7 ' 4 ' ' 4 ',.t,t* , ..k 4 , 1 Ar ”,, . •--- , , . -. Considerable excitement has been created in the neigh bourhood of Shoreditch, by the murder in Old-street-road, of a pork butcher named Edward Vial, who was brutally attacked and robbed of a small sum of money by some mis creants, who subsequently made their escape. Last evening Mr. John Humphreys,one of the Middlesex coroners, opened an inquiry into the circumstances, at the Princess Royal Tavern, Paul-street, Shoreditch,when the following evidence was adduced : Mrs. Phoebe Humphreys, 40, Willow-street, Shoreditch, said that she was the sister of the deceased, who lived at 14, Willow-street. On Tuesday week, having heard that he had been robbed, and had received dreadful injuries, and that his life was in great danger, she went to his house. she found him lying on the bed. He had been rendered deaf by the manner in which ho had been beaten on the head. He was, however, then sensible. He said that on t he preceding evening he had been to the West-end. On his wa y back he felt thirsty, and he turned into the Luke's jl e ad Tavern and called for half a pint of beer. Deceased said that when he left the house, which he did soon, he pro ceeded along the Old-street-road, until he came to Mr. Fel ' tol es coach factory at the corner of Pump-row. He had then i n his pocket a bag, containing the following pieces of sil ver: —two florins, four shilling pieces, one sixpence, and a threepenny-bit. He said that he saw no person a b ou t a t the t i me , but he suddenly received a dreadful blow on the tem ple which dashed him at once to the ground. It was so v i o lent that he was instantly rendered senseless. He knew not hing whatever further about the attack, it was so sudden w oo violent. He had no idea of how he got home. By the Coroner—lt was well known that deceased was in the habit of coming home by the corner of Pump-row. At t hat spot there was a stack of timber, and a person could eas ily have concealed himself behind it and have inflicted t he injury upon the deceased before the latter was aware tha t any one was there. Emily Vial, 15, Willow-street, widow of deceased, said her late husband was a pork-butcher. On the night in ques tion he left home at six o'clock to sell some German sau sages' She saw no more of him until one o'clock the fol inwipg morning, when he knocked at the door. ,She opened it. and be rushed past her in a terrified state exclaiming ~ T h e y're after me. There they are." When he became sensible he made a statement to his sister. lie said, "My God i they have not on ly ro bb e d but they have injured me, and do not know who they are." There were signs of blows on the back of his head as well:as upon the temple. Dr. J. Poole Collier said that on the 23d ult. he was calle d in to see the deceased. Deceased was then dull and heav y, and was suffering great pain in the temple and back. He sa id that he had received a blow which stunned him, and he believed he had fallen on the ground. Death took p lace on the 20th ultimo. Witness made a post mortem examination, and there were extensive bruises around the neck and on the back of the head and on the shoulders. Those bruises were the result of a frightful fall. on the temple there was a lump as if from a blow. Upon removing the scalp he found the temple muscle iei eimoof the e atber brain cause from o f high ly congested wh ere th e bl o w had been delivered. A blow there would pr o d uce a lmost instant insensibility. On the back part of th e h ea d an d corres p o nding with the mark from the fall there w a s an extravasation of blood. The r the death violence w as inflicted. effusion 1 B y t h e Coroner—Th e bl ow on t h e t em ple was such as into the ve n - t s woul d be inflicted by a knuckle-duster. A person skilled in the use of the knuckl e -d us t er wo uld have produced pre cisely such an injury. After some further evidence, The c o roner said th at one f ac t h a d b een very clearly p ascertain, if possibl e , who the perpetrators were, an d to bring the m to justice. He should adjourn the in quiry, to give the police an o pp or t un ity of discovering some c l u e to the guilty parti es . The c o urt was acc or di ngly adjourned. would -- t d be to ascertain, deceased h a d b een mur d ere d. The next step . - "_€. PRICE...—. -....4d. STAMPED ....Isd. e - -4 10+ flexions, and 119 vaults aro also completed. The value of these and other works incidental thereto, ineluling a b out 1,000 yards super of new gran;to paving, amount to X 12,500 £4,500 more than at the date of my last report. " J. W. BAZALGETTE, Engineer." The report was received and ordered to be printed. PROPOSED NEW STREET ntom HOLBORN TO LINCOLN'S INN •FIELDS. A report was brought up from the Works and Improve ment Committee, stating, in reference to a letter received on the subject of opening a thoroughfare from Holborn to Lin coln's• inn-fields, through Little-turnstile, that it was not of such acharacter that they could recommend the Board to entertain it, as it would cost £30,000. Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE said the sum of £30,000 was not such an enormous burden to be cast upon the ratepayers of the metropolis that it should be weighed against the great benefits which would be derived in throwing open a new roadway from Holborn to Lincoln's.inn- fields. It was cer tainly extraordinary that they should have a large park-- for so Lincoln's-inn-fields was—so enclosed and shut up, and have no public thoroughfare for carriages. He moved that the subject be referred to the committee for considera tion and report. Mr. LE BRETON seconded the amendment. _ _ Mr. FREEMAN said there was no doubt that this would be a great improvement, but it was not so urgent as many others, and he thought that if they attempted to drive the public too fast in making improvements they would be doing more harm than' good. After a few words from Mr. H. L. TAYLOR the amend ment was negatived, and the original motion agreed to. ..e..: W S PA PER wag yesterday, after the inspection on Woolly ~._ ..7 . 7 3. 7 . 7 f . Common, presented with a medal and 4;10 grat._ - : z ij...kla , AN-e, for gallant bearing in the Crimea and subseclue , 0 1 -,V4. # good conduct. i -,, ,, .' , . \ -`4* -7,3 '"ter :--,il;i;' s, *4 —...... tt.... -,' , At -, . ' / _ ,—. $ ' --- % r-111:r" - rA-- ,4 ROYAL VISITORS IN EDINBURGH;43'444 --. .'' ka, ii S EDINBURGH, Friday Morning. The Prince and Princess of Waleslleft Abergeldice Castle yesterday morning at half-past nine o'clock, and posted to Aboyne, which they reached about 11, and from that point they commenced their rail way journey to Edinburgh, travelling in a saloon carriage attached to the ordinary train. At Ferry hill Junction, Perth, Larbert, and other places where stoppages were made, there were large as semblages, and the Prince and Princess were re ceived with cor di a l c h eer i ng . Th e t ra i n , which was heavy, reached Waverley-bridge station at 6 47, nearly half -an-hour behind its appointed time. At the platform the Crown Prince and Princess uf Prus sia waited thearrival of their distinguished relatives General Walker and Staff, the Earl of Kintore, Mr. Sheriff Gordon, and other gentlemen were present. There was no guard of honour as on the last occa sion, the high constables being entrusted with keep ing the platform, but, an escort of the 3d Hussars waited outside. An affectionate meeting took place between the Royal Party, who left the station in one carriage, amid the loud cheering of a numerous and rather eager crowd. Darkness having fallen during the delay of the train's arrival, the many hundreds waiting outside could see nothing but the car riage which contain ed the illustrious visitors, whom, m h e o n w h e e v r. however, they The e welcomedcarriage r riage proceeded t o the in a very enthusi astic Douglas Hotel, which was reached at a few minutes after 7 o'clock. Apartments bad been taken there for two nights for the Prince and Princess of Wales and for their suite, consisting of the Hon. Mrs. Grey, Lieutenant-General Reel y , 1 s the Hon. m . Meade, and the Hon. Colonel Keppel. The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, who arrived in Edinburgh from London yesterday morn ing, left Waverley-station this morning at a quarter past 9 o'clock by the ordinary train for the north, en route to Balmoral on a visit to her Majesty the Queen. They are accompained by their infant children, the Princes Frederick William and Henry and the Princess Victoria, and by the Countess Hohenthal, Lord Charles Fitzroy, &c. After break fast yesterday their Royal Highnesses drove out from the Douglas Hotel, and having made some purchases of Scottish jewelry and tartans, and driven through some of the principal streets, they paid a visit to the Castle. They were received at the New Barracks there by the Fort Alajor, who cooducted them through the Crown-room in which the Scottish regalia are kept, Queen Mary's rooms, and St. Margaret's Chapel. Their Royal High nesses returned to the hotel about 2 o'clock by way of High -street and North-bridge. The Lord Pro vost, the Prussian Consul, and other gentlemen had the honour of waiting upon the Prince and Princess, and Earl Russell, who was staying for a few hours at the hotel, on his way to Aleiklecmr to Minto-house, Roxburghshire, had also an interview with their Royal Highness. At half past three the Prince and Princess again drove out in order to visit Holyrood Palace. There they were shown through the Royal apartments, and they also visited the Picture Gallery, Queen Mary's room, and the Royal Chapel, and took a walk through the grounds. Leaving by the park entrance, their Royal Highnesses went round the Queen's Drive by way of St. Margaret's Loch, Dunsappie, and St. Leonard's, returning to town about half-past five o'clock. At a quarter past six they proceeded to the station to await the arrival of the Prince and Princess of Wales, in whose company they spent the greater part of the evening in the hotel. In the course of the afternoon the infant children of the Prince and Princess were taken out for an airing. The Prince of Wales was present at the depar ture of the Crown Prince. Prince Alfred is expected to arrive in Edinburgh from Balmoral on Tuesday next and take up his abode in Holyrood Palace, where he is to reside for several months in the prosecution of his studies. His Royal Highness is to attend the meetings of the Social Science Congress, which opens on Wed. nesday next. NEW STREETS FROM OXFORD-STREET AND NEW BOND- STREET. The sanction of the Board was given to a plan for the for mation of two new streets to run from Oxford-street and New Bond-street, in lieu of the existing thoroughfares in the:parish of St. George, Hanover-square. FRIDAY NIGHT. The Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of Edinburgh attended at Holyrood Palace to-day for the purpose of presenting an address to the Prince of Wales, which, at a meeting held in the morning, they had voted. At twelve o'clock the Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Holyrood in an open carriage. They were loudly cheered by a large assemblage of persons. The civic address was re ceived in the throne-room. The Lord Provost in troduced the corporation, and the City Cierk read the address, which was in the following terms W "TO HIS nploeYaseeLylofurGrlEßNoEySaSlTllTigrhltnleNBZ_Clwre7tAhLeE. Lord s Pr‘o‘vi‘olsaty, Isitlagistrates, and Council of the city of Edin burgh, most gladly avail ourselves of this the earliest opportunity of offering to your Royal Highness and your illustrious Consort our warmest welcome to this city. In the profound admiration and love entertained by all classes of the people for the exalted virtues of our beloved Queen and her illustrious Consort, your Royal Highness, and every member of the royal family, has a strong hold on the gratitude and affection of the nation. But the citizens of Edinburgh cherish the remembrance of more personal claims established by your Royal Highness during your residence in this city while prosecuting your studies, and we rejoice that your visit to Scotland at this time with your illustrious Consort affords us an opportunity of renewing to your Royal Highnesses the expression of our warmest loyalty and devotion. We earnestly trust that her Royal Highness may have enjoyed and benefited by her residence in Scotland, and that the associations of her Highland home may be such as she may recall with satisfaction and renew with pleasure. We hail her presence in this old Palace of Holyrood, associated as it is with the most stirring inci dents of our national history, in which the destinies of our Royal House were long centuries ago intertwined with those of Denmark, as they now happily are. Kindred in race to that from which her Royal Highness has sprung, the people of Scotland have rejoiced in the union which your Royal Highness has formed; and rich as you are in the enjoy• ment of a noble heritage of love and veneration derived from your illustrious parents, as well as in the possession of personal qualities which have commanded the admira tion and love of a great and free people, wo earnestly ho ft and pray that you may be endowed with every other gift and grace which can adorn your exalted station, and fit you for the discharge of its high duties. " Signed in name and by appointment of the Lord PT: vest, Magistrates, and Council, and the seal o f f o w e : city affixed thereto, at Edinburgh, the 2 d day o tuber, 1863. "CHARLES LAWSON, Lord provost." reP _ Oll for your The PRINCE read the following " Lord Provost and Gentlemen, —I thaucti } F aye alluded address and for the kind terms in srbie i t g Y ra y studies in a dd the Princess 'B to my residence among you while Pa rs % oo many interest jilt, g o 1 y eventsr oo d P i n a l yourac e— history.apalace a lra c v i g a e t s:E t L v e expressed to thanks to mine for the sentiments Y° j beg you to believe wards her and towards her e? burg ' h a re among the most that my recollections of T aloa early impressions have agreeable of my life, and t d t' y the hearty weleome which the been forcibly strengtben:, received on our return from the Princess and my self 11:1,-will ever be attended with the most Queen and my Highlands,a visit wil , , _,, 10 t but record my gratitude for pleasing associationse•p:icit'' to the mpossible for either the much the tribute you ba y .a _ d it will be i a t l i n on a s n , y an bu a t its th i e nte sv r a e r s m ts e ., s , t feel• lamented fathercif t% ur a tY , ings for yo ittee of Ladies The C o mm its inenstteirttu Princess or roi . e n t the gifts ofthe ladies of Edinburgh. Mrs. preSe rai rsal made the Presentation, and read the ll' ' following address:-- „ T o JEER RONAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES. , OlaY it Please your Royal Highness,—The ladies of Edinburgh are glad to have this opportunity of testifying their loyalty and devotion to her Most Gracious Majesty the Quccn and the Royal Family. They desire to express their warmest congratulations on the marriage of your Royal highness with his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and they pray your Royal Highness's acceptance of this gift as a token for the joY with which you are welcomed to this anti. IA capital." The Princess briefly expressed her thanks and admiration of the gift. In the afternoon the Prince and Princess drove out to Thilkeith-house. The Prince and Princess honoured the Lord Pro vost by dining at his house with a select company. The houso was beautifully decorated, and his Lord ship afterwards held an evening party. Their Royal liighnet , scs were warmly-cheered on their way to the Lord Provost's. They will leave to-morro w (Saturday) by . the London express train, at 10 o ' clock in the morning. • /L. ;_ .„ MOORE BROTHERS, 33, London-bridge, City, E.C. • (IRNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, Vl and Dining-room, consisting of a new and eAegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &0., in Italian, Alabair, er, Farlan, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY. and GEOLOGY, at 2, 5,10, 20, 50 , to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149, Strand, W.C. RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. 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To his relict, Lady Pollen, he b equeaths a life interest in his estate and residence at Rendenhato, with the lands thereto, and directs that certain portions of the plate, Ste., shall be held as heirlooms with the succession to his estate and title, which has descended to his nephew, n ow Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen, Bart. Tho testator al so leaves to his relict, Lady Pollen, the interest arising from his personal estate, which, upon her ladyship's decease, is to be applied to the renewal of the leases of the advowson and tithes of Andover. The will of the Rev. John Russell, D.D., Canon of Can terbury, Rector of St. Botolph, Bishopegate, was proved in the London Court by his sons and executors—Francis Rus sell, Esq., barrister-at-law, and the Rev. 'William Russell. The personal property was sworn under £35,000. Dr. Russell was appointed to a canonry in Canterbury in 1827, and to the rectory of St. Botolph's in 1832. his valuable living is returned in the Clcryy List at £2,290 a-year, Dr. Russell executed his will April, 1852, and died in the Oak Frecincts, in the city of Canterbury, in June last. The will is attested by the Revs. James Dell and William Gill, curates of St. Botolph's. He bequeaths to his wife a life interest in his property, saving an annuity of £250 to his daughter Mary ; and upon the decease of his relict leaves to each of his daughters, Augusta and Mary, such a sum as, with other securities, will make up £B,OOO to each. The remainder of his property to be equally divided betweed his two sons, his executors, Some liberal legacies are left to servants. The will of Major Francis Wingrave Pinkney, C. 8., late a Commissioner of Jhansee, in Central India, a major in her Majesty's Indian Forces, was proved in London by John Itees Whitecombe, Esq., M.D., one of the executors—power being reserved to Lieutenant If. P. Lane, of the Madras Artillery, the other executor and trustee nominated in the will. This gallant military officer executed his will a few months before his decease, devising his freehold estate in Glamorganshire to his eldest son, end dividing his personal property ar.uongF.lt his children. THE TENDER FOR THE THAMES EMBANKMENT FROM WEST. MINSTER-BRIDGE TO WATERLOO BRIDGE. The Board sat upwards of two hours with closed doors to receive from the solicitor of the Board a report of the result of his inquiries into the sufficiency of the sureties proposq, by Mr. Samuel Ridley, to whom the tender was last week conditionally awarded. As the reporters were excluded no information could be obtained as to whether they were considered to be satisfactory or not. After transacting some uninteresting business the Board adjourned. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The Scylla, 20, screw, Capt. Courtney, is expected to sail from Spithead this morning for Japan, tak ing out supernumerary seamen and marines for ships serving on that station. The Sharpshooter, iron screw sloop, of 503 tons and 200 horse power of engines, is drawing near the completion of her repairs in dock at Portsmouth. She has been fitted with Commander Warren's pa tent bow rudder, and her inner skin, from her keel to a level with her water line, has been coated with Spence's paten; non-conducting and preservative composition. An official trial of Commander War ren's bow rudder will be made by the officials of Portsmouth dockyard on the Sharpshooter coming out of dock. Yesterday the iron screw frigate Marley Hill ar rived alongside the dockyard at Chatham from Liverpool, having on board about 50 tons of machi nery and tramways ordered by the Admiralty to be erected beneath the building sheds on which it is intended to construct the iron frigates about to be laid down. Her Majesty's ship Majestic, 80 guns, Capt. Ingle field, C. 13., left Holyhead for Liverpool on Thursday. She was stationed at llolyhead for nearly three months for the purpose of training her crew and the Naval Coast Volunteers on the station. Her Majesty's ship Hydra, now completed at Woolwich for surveying duties in the Mediterra nean, yesterday returned to the dockyard after a two days' trial trip of her machinery down the river. Her average rate of speed was i 1 knots, the wind blowing fresh the whole time. On Tuesday she will be swung at Greenhithe for the adjustment of com passes, and onWednesday will proceed on her voyage, calling at Plymouth on her way down the Channel. She is expected to arrive at Malta about the 21st inst. She was commanded by Lieut. George R. Wilkin son, of the Medina, who, on his arrival at Malta, will transfer his command to Capt. Spratt. The officers and crew, being appointed for the voyage only, will be turned over as supernumeraries to the flagship Marlborough. Four of the large iron cylinders cast at the foun dry of Messrs. Aveling and Porter, Rochester, have been received at Chatham dockyard, to be used in the works now in progress for the enlargement and extension of that establishment by taking iu the whole of St. Mary's Island. The cylinders, which are the largest of the kind ever manufactured for that particular operation, are intended to be used in the construction of the new basins and docks, the foundations for which aro now being excavated. In the construction of the new basins and docks, ad vantage has been taken of St. Mary's Creek, which intersects the southern portion of the island, and the bed of the creek, which is now being drained, will, in fact, form the site of the three basins, the u nited area of which will be nearly 90 acres, or about double the extent of the whol e of the existing avail able basin accommodation at all the Royal dock yards. Up to the present time the e ntire work in connection with the enlargement of Chatham dock yard has been performed by convicts, of whom be. tween 800 and 900 are daily employed. The whole of the shipwrights and other dockyard mechanics have been withdrawn from the p a ddl e . wheel steamer Salamis, 4, 250-horse power, lying alongside the dockyard in Chatham harbour, and that vessel is now entirely completed and in all re spects ready for commission. THE AR?IY. Field-Marshal his Royal Highness the Duke o General Commanding-in-Chief, Cambridge, L H . , arrived yesterday at the Gosport terminus of the South -Western Railway on a visit to the garrison and fortifications of Portsmouth and the South- Western District. His Royal Highness, on alight ing from the train, was received by Major-General Lord W. runlet, C. 8., the Lieut.. Governor of the garrison and commanding general officer of the district, attended by Col. Thackwell, Deputy-Ad jatant-General ; Col. E. Somerset, C. 8., Deputy- Quartermaster -General ; Col. Warde, C. 8., com manding the Royal Artillery ; Col. Gordon, C. 8., commanding the Royal Engineers; Capt. Paulet, Aide-dc-Camp, and other officers; the Royal Stan dard being hoisted on the flagstaff of the garrison on the King's Bastion, and a Royal salute fired from the garrison saluting battery and also from the guns of her Majesty's ship Victory. On alight ing from the train, the duke, accompanied by the officers named and his own personal staff, rode round the outer lines of the defences of Portsmouth —from Stokes Bay to Portsmouth harbour, and thence past Forts Fareham and Wallingford to the commanding position of Portsdown, crowned with the gigantic works now drawing near their first stage of completion. Descending from Portsdown, his Royal highness entered the island of Portsea, through the extensive and but partially completed lines of Hilsea, and proceeded to the Government house, Portsmouth, where he remains the guest of Lord William Paulet during his stay in Portsmouth• Major-Gen. Sir Richard Dacres yesterday 7; sp?eted the local division of Royal Marineerfilvigas Infantry on Woolwich C.munon, The G attended by Col. Buchanan an d C°l r e ar r a s : 13th Brigade Royal Artillery, Ir'iftr.,affip, Capt. Brigade Major, Mr;jor Ai ,e d r e in ' dtiter.Gen., and Nan gle, DeputyAssistan - ( , 2 "_ 9 (i n iy i s ion mustered i n other officers of the staff. ° th, with the ex heavy marching order , in full strength, of Capt. Fraser ception of a detachment lo in co the Pianist d ea marsh. engaged in rifle practice they v i s i on s, rctired, m arched past in grand di- After the inspection form ed out in companies, and we n t f battalion ni • overuents, Before through a series 0, Gen. dismissing the In" i -"acres testified his appro bation to the common( ant, Col. Mitchell, of the effi• c:eney of the corps. c o lour-Sergt. John Willoughby, Royal Marines, yETDOPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. T usu al meeting of th e M etropolitan B oar d o f W or k s was held yesterday at the office in Spring-gardens, Mr. J. Thw ofu accounts chair. The financial statement was presente d , an d th e pr i nc ip a l heads were as t o ll ows :—Current accoun t s i n t h e B an k of L o ndon, £26,383 15 s . ; i n the Ban k o f E ng l an d, £15,460 7s. 6d. Deposit accou nts in the Bank of Engl and, £74,000. Government securities, £87,500 9 s , Id. The sums to be set a side this year for re p a yment of mortage deb t s are £9,268 50. rd ' EMBANKMENT OF THE THAMES. Th e following report wa s b roug ht up f rom th e Th ames E m b an kment Committee :.. ai te " Spring-gardens, Sept. 28. "Your bon. Board, on the 7th of August, having refer. red to your committee for consideration and report the plans for the construction of that part of the northern embank ment of the river between Waterloo-bridge and the eastern end of the Temple-gardens, and instructed your solicitor to report to your committee as to the several properties which t h e y have con s id ered said plans, and have re will be effected by these works, y our comm i ttee have now to your superintendin g arc hi tect a report w hi c h rep o ef v o e r d t thatfrom has been carefully examined by your solicitor with regard not i c es to be serv e d f or acquiring or otherw i se to the prope rties referred to, and t hey have directed the dealingnecessariYvith those properties. Your committee have also ascertaine d that the question with regard to the interest of t he foreshore requ i red for the works has b een an d that no impedim en t now ex i sts to t h e B oar d arranged, e en C g ro ed 7 in a pproving the p lans and lettin g the contract for the works t in he q be question Thames for the E m b an k ment (N ort h) f rom Water l oo -bridge n a nd your committee therefore recommend that to the east en d o f t h e T emp l e-gar d ens , su b m itt e d to the Board b y the engineer on the 7th August last (No. l 7 ), approved , and that a d ver ti semen t s b e i ss ued inviting tende rs for the execution of the works. All which your committee beg to submit." Mr. FREEMAN moved that the Board do receive the put the motion, which was unanimously re port and sanction the re commendations of the committee. • THE PILO agreed presented the following report on Gl ass OF THE MAIN DRAINAGE WORKS. ( :' ll t g h i e n ln eear iu drainage works : the T p h r e og C r h e i e e e f y progress continues, upon the whole, to be " Spring-gardens, Oct. 1. ecution of the several sections of the works main drainage of the metropolis. Messrs. ra lSa it t l is t f h a e ct e o x r Brassey and Co. have now completed about 10k miles of the intended for the Middle Level Sewer and its branches, in sizes varying from 4ft by 2ft Bin to 12ft by 9ft Gi n. A junction has been effected between the works passing under the various private pro perties from Wilderness-row to Clerkenwell Sessions-house, and the sewer, w ith slight exception, is now complete from Old Ford up to that point. The Metropolitan Railway has yet to be crossed at Victoria-street, the design (a single wrought iron a queduct ), for e ff ect i ng wh i ch o bj ect i s now u nder the consideration of the Board. The works for the diversion of the Fleet Sewer are progressing as fast as their nature and the difficulties of the locality and ground will permit. The main line westward of the Fleet, passing along Liquorpoid - street, Oxford-street, and other leading thoroughfares, Is; with the exception of a portion by Saffron-hill and some minor works, completed. The works of the Piccadilly branch are also in progress. The total value of the work executed up to this date is about £278,000, being £20,000 in excess of my last report. Rather more than two miles of the Western sewers, of sizes varying from 3 ft 9 in to 2ft Sin to 4ft circular, have been completed by Messrs. Moxon and Co,, at a probable cost of £32,000, or £6,000 more than at the date of my last monthly report. The Northern Out fall Sower, with the exception of some portion of the embankment, the pa rapets of the bridges, and the apron in the bed of the river, may y be said to be com pleted throughout its entire length of 54 miles. The sewage of the High and Middle Level Sewers has now been permanently turned into two of the 9-feet sewers, and is discharged through the tumbling -bay direct into the Thames near Barking Creek—thus permitting the abandonment of the temporary measures adopted in July eat for diverting the sewage from the River Lea. The accomplishment of these works has facilitate d the tes ting o f the third 9-feet sewer, which has been satisfactory, no leakage being per ceptible from either the ironwork or brickwork. The total cost of the work done by Mr. Furness under the con tract is about £630,000—L 15 , 000 being due to the progress made since presenting my last report. One compartment of the Northern Outfall Reservoir is completed, and a second is in a forward state. The foundations of the • in re mainder are nearly all got in , and the brick piers and walls are being built thereon. The amount of the work done under this contract by Mr. Furness is estimated at £BO,OOO or £17,000 more than last reported. At the Crossness Pumping Station the engine and boiler houses, reservoir, culverts, and other works are all advancing. Upwards of 130,000 cobs yards of excavation and 66,000 cube yards of concrete have been executed, in addition to about 25,000 cubic feat of masonry. 56,000 superficial feet of York paving have been laid, and 50 penstocks fixed. The v.ilue of Mr. Webster's works under the contract is about £147,000, of which .022,000 is due to the work done since my last report. Upwards of 11 mile of the Southern Low Level Sewer have been constructed by Mr. Webster, at a cost of about £17,500, being £23,501 in excess of my last report. Messrs. Aird and Son have completed a length of nearly three miles of the Bermondsey branch of the Southern Low Level Sewer at an estimated cost of £86,000, or £I,OOO more than last reported. Mr. Pearson is making fair progress with his contract for the completion of the Southwark new street, between Great Guildford-street and the Blackfriars road. Up to the present date he has completed 1,130 ft. of the subway, with about 500 ft. in progress, 1,140 ft. of power 710 ft, of area WA about 1,200tt, of pipe C°4- de d to, 3ach said said else- tad a 1, by Sting lain- Am- Lpon Lt he ourt, MS. erry, as in pos- page, 'lain to the ;er let Lour-. I, and that L spo il the ;eery, would Ld de- arded slan of the 8. d t. 19. t. 13. A. 5. t. 29. t. 2. t. 13. t. 8, I I