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mum T HE LONDON COCOA - NUT FIBRE COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Ccrocianits Act, '1862, whereby the Liability of every Shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares. Capital £20,000, in 20;00 Shares of £l. each. Deposit ss. on application, and ss. on •11'lotment. Cells no to exceed ss. per share. No call to be made within three months from the Incorporation of the Company. and sub sequent Calls at intervals of not less than three months. DIRECTORS. F. M. (3 Hayward, Esq., 32, , orge-street, H m anover-squa Major Bamford, 6, Sutherland-street, Belgrave-square. Frederick Angerstein, Esq., 133, Sloane-street, and Carlton Club. Frank Cole, Esq., 76, Gower-street, Bedford-square. T. Littlewood, Esq., Broom llall, theffield. J. Stevens, Esq„ 68, Cot nhill. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. The English and Irish Bank (Limited), 25, Poultry, E.C. SOLICITOR. Charles Parke, Esq , 37, Mcorgate-street, E.C. AUDITOR. Mr. S. T. Cooper, Public Accountant, 10, Basinghall street, E.C. SECRETARY—Mr. C. H. Baker. MANAGER OF WORKS—Mr. James Lane. Temporary Works—Arthur -terrace, Holloway. Offices —No. 1, sun-court, Cornhill. ABRIDGYD PROSPECTUS. This Comp:my is formed for the purpose of manufacturing Cocoa-Nut Ftre Mats and Matting' un d er Letters Patent granted to George Davies, dated the 2ith April. 1862. The principal feature of Davies's Invention consists in the improved pile of the mat, and, owing to the mode of weaving, great durability is given to the fabric at a reduced cost of manufacture. The superiority of articles m anufactured by this process over the present method will be well understoc.d in the trade 'when it is stated that matting of all descriptions, and car riage and door mats, drc., have a thick fibrous pile upon the surface hitherto unattained. _ If no allotment be made, the deposit will be returned in cull. Specimens of the new and improved manufacture may be seen at the offices of the Company, where applicitions for prospectuses and shares may be made. THE LIFE ASSOCIATION OF ENGLAND (Limited). (Incorporated under " the Companies Act, 18132.") 40, Gracechurch-street, London. Capital, Half-a-Million Sterling, in shares of £5 each. First issue. 25,0(0 shares. Deposit. ss. per share on application, 55. on allotment, and probably les. not less than three months after, beyond which no further Call is contemplated. George Buchanan, Esq. (G. Buchanan and Co., 25, Bucklers bu). Geor ry ge Chamblrs, Esq. (Director, London and Hamburg Exchange Bank). Major Fred. Ditmas (late H.M. Madras Eneineers),Croydon. Edward F. Flit .t, Esq. (late Chief Magistrate of Madras), The Mount, Harrow-on- th e- Ft ill. Patrick P. Gordon, F.sq. (Chairman Eastern Bengal Tea Co.). E. Bassett Keeling, Esq., M.R.I. 8.A., Gray's-inn, W.C. Francis Laseellts, Esq. (late Civil and Sessions Judge in India). Lewis Munro, Esq. (late H.M. Bengal Army), Cavendish Club, W. George Peacock, Esq. (Australian Merchant), 1, Lime-street square. London, E.C. Charles G. Prowett, Esq. (Barrister at Law), 5, King's Bench alk, Temple CONSULTING REFEREE. Willia n Farr, Esq, D.C.L., F.R.S., General Register Office, S'ornerset'ti ouse. BANKERS. England—The London and County Bank, Head Office and Branches. Scotland—The National Bank of Scotland, Head Office and Branches. Ireland - The Provincial Bank of Ireland, Head Office and Branches. India—The Agra and United Service Bank. SOLICITORS Messrs. Wilkinson, Ste;en7, - a'Wei''i ; ll,iins on, Nicholas. lane, Lombard-street. MANAGER AND ACTUARY—W. J. Fred. Norfolk, Esq. SECRETARY—M. J. MacCormaCk, Esq. The Directors of the Life Association of England having secured the influence of very valuable connections throughout the United Kingdom, in most of the Colonies of the British Empire, and several Continental countries, and having re ceived promises of subscriptions for a large number of shares, will enter upon the business of Life Assurance on the 15th July next, on which day a compete prospectus, detailing the plan of the Company's operations, and containing tables of rates, will be issued to the public. Arrangements also have already been absolutely made by which a large business will be acquired by the Compiny at once and further negotiations to the same end are far ad vanced. _ The Directors will further carry out an entire reconstruc tion of the system of Life Assurance, on a plan devised by their Consulting Referee, by which the Association's business transactions will be rendered perfectly equitable in opera tion, and afford the best security, whilst the Association will be placed in the best condition to fulfil its future engage ments. The plan in question will be well adapted to the - wants of the people, aflordini all the alvantages of present life Offices, and some of those of a Bank. It will also ope rate at less risk, less expense, and lower premiums than offices ordinarily constituted. The Directors, therefore, confidently anticipate a very handsome dividend from the first year of business opera tions. The value of Insurance Shares as an Investment, evidenced by the large premiums to which most of them have gradually risen, and the handsome and increasing dividends and bonuses which have been paid upon them, is a fact so well ascertained and acknowledged as to need no comment. Interest will be paid upon the capital at 5 per cent. per annum, until a dividend of larger amount shall have accrued. The liability of the shareholders is limitei to the amount unpaid on their shares. The Local Boards in the principal Cities and Towns of the United Kingdom will be selected from the most influential shareholders. The sum the Directors have agreed to pay on account of preliminary expenses is merely sufficient to recoup the actual expenditure, which has been rec,rulated throughout with the strictest regard to economy. Prospectuses and all other information may be obtained from, and applications for the remaining shares, and for Agencies, may be made to, the Secretary, at the Office of the Company. or the Bankers, Solicitors, and Brokers before mentioned. T HE_ OIL-SEED (Li CITHING COMPANY Registered under the Companies Acts, 1862. Capital, £500,000, in 25,000 shares of £2O each. First issue £lOO,OOO in 5,0(0 shares of £2O each. Deposit on application Li, and on allotment 10s. No call to be made until two months alter ate of allotment, and all subsequent calls not to excee - i £2 Ns. each, nor to be made at less intervals than two months. DIRECTORS. The Lord Holmesdale. M.P., Lint° u Park, Staplehur st, Kent. William Blewitt, Esq. (firm of Messrs. Turner, Blewitt, and Co.) Bl.ckwall. Edward Hales, Esq., Managing Director (late of the firm of Messrs. H. a d J. Johnston and Co.), North Frith, Tun bridge. Kent. Walker Joy, Esq. (firm of Messrs. Edward Joy and Sons), Leeds. James Lamingr, Esq., Director of the London and County Bank, Birchington Hall, Isle of Thanet. S. Teulon, Esq., Director of the South-Eastern Railway Com , any. W. Curtels Whelan, Esq., Herondon Hall, Tenterden, Kent. T. S. Womersley. Esq. (firm of Messrs. Womersley and Burt), St. Michael's House, Cornhill, London. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Thomas and Hollams. Commercial chambers, Mincing-lane. BROKERS. 'Messrs. Huggins and Rowsell, No. 1, Threadneedle-street. AUDITORS. Messrs. Cooper Brothers and Co., 13, George-street, Mansion House. BATS KERS. The London and County Bank, Lombard-street. SECRETARY pro tem.—Mr. John Hooper. Temporary Offices-25, Birehin-lane, E.C. This Company is formed for the purpose of carrying oni 'upon an extensive scale the business of oil-seed crushing, - which has ranked for many years amongst the most profitable of our manufactures. The importance of this trade and the certainty of its future development to a much larger magnitude, are manifest from the great increase that has taken place in the consumption of - vegeta'le oils, both in England and upon the Continent, as shown by the amount of our imports of oil-seeds, which have risen since 1847 from 4/37,035 quarters, to an annual average, during the last three years, of 1,401,6)3 quarters ; whilst the annual export of seed oils to the Continent has grown up, during the past five years, from 16,250 to 32,000 tons. The consumr tion of oil-seed cake has advanced in a still gi eater ratio, the import of foreign descriptions having kept pace with the extra supply from our home manufactures, thus establishing the important fact that oil cake is an article of permanent and increasingly extensive demand ; and there is every reason to expect that England must become more and more a grazing country, owing to the high price of meat, and the disadvantage of competing in the growth of corn with countries more favoured by nature for this purpose. This statement Is made without reference to cotton-seed, which has increased in supply during the last few years more than tenfold; and although an article but recently applied to oil-producingand fats ening purposes, the profits arising from its manufacture have been highly satisfactory. In order to commence operations at an early date, the Di rectors have entered into a provisional contract for the pur chase of the Seed-crushing Mills situated at Dover, in Kent, which have lately been refitted with machinery upon the most approved principles. The price fixed for these mills is at the valuation of Messrs. Fuller and Horsey (the eminent valuers of this description of property), who in their report say :--•• We have no hesitation in expressing our opinion that for the purpuses for which the mills wore erected they are without a rival, both as to the substantial character and ar rangements of the buildings, and also as to the machinery, the whole of wh ch (or nearly so) may be said to have been renewed within the last year, and all the appliances that mo dern science and practical experience have suggested up to the present time for economical working with large results have been introduced in a most perfect manner." The Qituatlon of these mills, contiguous to the Harbour of Dover, and having the command of two railways , one of which loads at the doors, leaves nothing to be aesired either as re gards facilities for foreign imports, or the distribution of their manutacture throughout the kingdom. The cheap and rapid means of communication between Dover .and the rail aye of France and Belgium, also enable them in a peculiar way to derive benefit from the export of seed oils to the con tinental cities. Although the productive power of the Dover Mills is un equalled by any similar manufactory in the country, there are :07.1e facilities for greatly enlarging it at an inconsiderable t In the meantime, it is estimated that £BO,OOO only will ve it required now stands or the purchase of and working this property as us ß ua y l t d hi l a purchase the Directors will be enabled to avoid the e ay necessary for building, erection of machinery, &c., rat t i h m e a m te ll , is a are now in full wor'x ; and from carefully made cent. antici e g u pd the practical experience of a portion_ of the seated , pied with the fact th it Mr. Edward Hales has con- Dirs eto r e undertake the management of the business, the u Oula t 1 Pate with confidence a profit of at least 10 per reason to do- ar't,r"need Early le capital invested. tie Pusses • ns ems bs „,, Bl ° ,l of th.: property will be given, and opera able svitidn'T"' that a di s:athout delay, so that there is no proin zei ve inont Vend, from earnings, will be pay confined to thneatTsss"ro.",_B;,an The of the Company will be attic' ly must be accomina de, the All applications for shares ther bum ot " l ed byr_, ment ver share of £1 per share, and a fur re will be requited upon allot- Should no allotm ent in ull. m ade, deposit will be returned Prospectuses with forms of Bankers and Brokers of th e ,!2,l3l3lication may be had at the 'ParlY, and at the temporary otliees. APPLICATIOop £ m per Share payable on A s of tpplicalb7 SI L:I I tES. ent. To the Directorhe Ou.. t i e e l- Li ms. en 11.110- ( Limited). a. ,ni mu rili tbede shares ) , ano, and Gentlemen, -I request you to allot Tile £2O each, in the Oil-seed Crushimz c om ,, a I hereby agree to accept such shares, or a'nPi r may be allotted to me, subject to the r pany. and to pay the further depnsit or xi los. B , `t the Com allotment ; and I further aut , orise you to enter P r share on the reLzi,ter of the Company for the number of haresame in may be allotted to me. which Si,nature ....... . ... Address in fu11... ........-••• -- c"Clartulsoh"nsi Company Date OLDRID GE' S BALM OF COLUMBIA, established upwards of thirty years , i s the b est and only :ertain remedy ever discovered f or preserving, •st rengthe n nj beautifying, or restoring the hair, whiskers, or moustaches, and preventing them turning ;Trey. Sold in bottles, 3s. 6d., 65., a n d is., by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Wellington-street , Strand, London, W.C., and all chemists and perfumers. For chil dren's and ladies' hair It ill most eftteacious and unrivalled. IRNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, ~ nd Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, - Paper weights, &c., in Italian, Alabas'er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate , he• interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON"- CHOLOGY, end GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 60, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE. RALOI3r Y is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149. Strand. W.C. RIIPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT, NfiTHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXIIIRITED IN TILE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effeztive nvention in the curative treatment of ii ERNI A. The use of a steel spring*, so often hurtful in its effects, 's here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is sup lied by the lioc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease Ind closeness that it cannot be deteekd, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarAted by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two irr.^es below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHIT, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 2 1 ,5,, 265. ed., and 31s. 6d. Postage, le. A. Double Truss, 31s. 'ed., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orde'za to be made payable to John Virldte,s,Post- Ace, Piccadilly, NEW PATENT E L ASTIC STOCKINGS, ELNEE-CA PS, &C., for Varicose Veins and all eases of Weakiess and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Prim 4s. 6d., 7s. 61, 10s., to 16s. esuh. Postage 6d. N°. 22,164 Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols. , 285., LORD WILLIAM LENNOX'S FIFTY YEARS' BIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES. " Lord William Lennox has given us, in these two very charming volumes, a pleasant glimpse of society, and the different celebrities of every kind and character wtio, meteor like, have come and gone during the last half century. The work cannot fail to amuse and interest all who read it."— Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great 3larlborough-street. Now ready, ; in Bvo., with Illustration s, 165., bound, DR.E SEA MORCHUAT' S S ADVENTURESTHE AND ANDAMAN ISLANDERS. " Dr. Mouat's book, whilst forming a most important and valuable contribution to ethnology, will be read with interest by the general reader."—Athenxum. Hurst and Blackett, 11, Great Marlborough-street. LADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW NOVEL. Nov ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., MARY 1. YNDS AY. By the Lady EMILY PONSONBY. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. MR. CHURCH'S Naw Picture. the ICEBERGS, painted from studies made in the Northern Seas in the summer of 1859.—German Gallery, 168, Ne ,v Bond-street, W. Admission, ls. THOXF O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET. Will be performed Selections from the following Operas : LA CTRCASSIENNE, MARTHA, and MASANIELLO. Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Finish, Kimberley, and W. Evans, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos Master Sanders, the Juvenile Vocalist. LTNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutehenson, and the mat vellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND. 'I he CALL has been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and s now one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. The Last Week of the Marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND, the Two French Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly for him. SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and TAYLOR. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Townley; Mr. Green, Signor Bernardi, and Signor Tivoli. In a few days will be produced, with all the new OPTICAL EITECTS, and by permission of J. H. Pepper, Esq., THE GHOST, Medium, Mr. A. Silvester. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE: The RISARELIS, in an entirely new Performance of their own invention, EVERY EVENING during the Week. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN EVE ay EVENING, at Half past Ten o'clock. OYAL ALHAMBRA PAL ACE.—The XI) MAORI WARRlORS.—Unprecedented Attraction— The Maori Chiefs, who arrived from Australia on board the Dover Castle on the 22d June, will give a REPRESENTA TION of VARIOUS SCENES of NATIVE LIFE EVERY EVENING. The Maori War Dance—The Maori Game —Launching the War Canoe—Maori Wrestling—The Maori Double War Dance, &c., &c. Commencing at Half-past Nine o'clock. ARGYLL ROOM S.—JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. NOTlCE.—During the Week the Selections will be — " Der Frieschutz "—" La Forza del Destino "—"Il Trovatore " "Don Giovanni," &c. LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays from half-past Nine to Twelve. Admission, is. MR. T. CARRICK begs to announce to his Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic 14; stablishxnent, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now in full operation. Cartes de Visite, 10 for 10s. 6d; 21 for £l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S E RATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottles, 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, W.C. MARBRES ONYX d'ALGERIE.—One Thousand objects made from this beautiful marble, and comprehending every variety of work of decorative art, including clocks, candelabra, vases, gueridons, inkstands, tazze, card trays, jardinieres, porte-bouquets, lamps, ring stands, Sic., are now being exhibited in the Onyx Salon, at Messrs. HOWELL, JAMES, and Co.'s, 5,7, 9, Regent-street. THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a new Instrument, by Negretti and Zambra, will cor rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden ; 57, Conahill ; and 122, Regent-street. CARD PLATES ENGRAVED. Any Pattern 50 BEST CARDS, Printed from Plate is. PEAL HOROCCO CARD CASES 1,000 BUSINP=S ENVELO I'ES, gummed 3s. NEWSPAPER ENVELOPES, 4 doz 6d. F. ARNOLD, Manufacturing; Stationer, 86, Fleet-street, E.C. (ZPECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, includimr Viscount Palmerston. They afford tici extra ordinary reiief to weak, dim, and detective yision.—S. and B SOLOMONS, Opans, 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. ; Sous:dim: reduced to 35. 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. LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and Eyebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of ELLIOTT'S TONIC LOTION, the stimulative properties of which are unfailing in their operation. Thomas Elliott invites a trial from the most sceptical, that they may be con vinced of its infallible power. Price 3s. 13c1., ss. 6d., 10s. 6d., and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thomas Elliott, hairgrower (first floor), 51, Fenchurch-street. T. E.'s wigs. £1 10s. PICTURE FRAME MOULDINGS, Wholesale and for Exportation. Country dealers and the trade sup plied on advantageous terms. Superior Washable, Eft. lengths —1 inch bead, flat hollow, Ss. ; inch, 7s. ; 1 inch bead, 7s. 6d.; bead, ss. 6d. ; inch bead, is. ; 1 inch double hollow, 7s. 6d.; I inch, ss. 6d. ; inch slip hollow, 55.;'4 inch, 3s 6d per dozen. Discount off the above by the gross. Fancy Wood Mouldings, in 12f t, lengths-1i inch, 2s. per length, lls. per halt dozen ; 11 inch, 2s. 6d., 138. 6d. ; 2 inch, 35.. t 65. 6d. ; 2i inch, ?,s. 6d., 19s. ; 2i inch, 45., 228. Best Gold Mouldings. For list of reducea prices, see trade price list, forwarded on receipt of stamp.—G. Polley, Wholesale Warehouse, 19, Wych-street, Strand, W.C. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 22.8. OYAL FREE TIOSPITAL, Grac's-inn-road, it in the irumeqlate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCII, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and Instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tutio,n in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued suppcirt, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mae Lerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.. ; Drummond and Co. ; Ferries and Co. ; Ransom and - Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn *bd ' Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison CoNisbet 'Hams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overenci, Gurney, and 0 . ; and Co. ; Meisrs. J. Barned and Co:,Ilverpool and at the lloopitaL STANFOBD_S. SMITH, Secretary. p ..,....../1...;,...17-_- „ .:::7 1 :. ‘, : : 5E ,f;,,,,,..- I • R e <.. ::,:„... . , - --; ~, .1.:z..' :. ' f '', - ::1:i: 0.',,, , ':: `4 . ,'....:,?i 1 , 1 , V 0;.,.• _ --,.., '.,tiE• • S'''‘`Sl:,... - /IZ- , t i . :•,•,•,...> I ENGLAND AND RUSS __ _IA. 4: ~........„,/.,._.l, i\-dV • Di ...% II E: te ~..vz . .._: :: :,, ----.,- \ .1. ,)/ ---"l i„ ~......_ ?! .1 I f . - (A , -10 - - C.s o gITI. • 71t 4 , -, 1 - 0.- , :,...,. , .-`..;)))•-1;p01,'' 4. t iAL57,4,11 , 4 ( 7 - . . - ___./ ,‘',,,. 144 = ,• 41 ~,...., ~ • 111. K ... 1.... .: • . . t""----" I .%,,,,, , ,.,r, „, ., d i -- ;., , : ~, ' * 7- , ?, 4 , W I ,,,, j . ,,..---,, .„,- ~.„,_....„ ,:: 10 0-4_ . :// A N -• 1. 4.,• J O i '7 6 , 1- e",...1. 1 7 l b --cl=erP. 1 \ 7o- , DI I i ..... 111 L. :.. ...r ....... 1 .. t.. - 4 ,_ ..„ ...... ...,- -.- 1 4 .....e.-- 4. 11 N . .. ~._ 4- The following despatch from Lord Russell to Ambassador of Great Britain in St. Petersburg, re specting the insurrection in P oland, was p ublished yesterday : " EARL RUSSELL TO LORD N APIER. "Foreign-office, June 17, 1863 . "My Lord,—Her Majesty's Government have considered with the deepest attention the despatch of Prince Gortschakoff of the 26th of April, which was placed in my hands by Baron Brunnow on the 2d of May. " Her Majesty's Government are not desirous any more than Prince Gortschakoff, of continuing a barren discussion. I will, therefore, pass over all the controversy regarding my previous despatch ; I will not endeavour in the present communication to fix the precise meaning of the article regarding l'oland in the Treaty of Vienna, nor will I argue, us Prince Gortschakcfi seeing to expect I shouid do, l i i g ffi lt u e l n t e a d ne• E m m o p s e t ro im r p w or h t o an i t ias that there is only one form under which good go vernment can be est'tblished. Still less will I call in question the benevolent intentions of the en time Effected such marvellous changes in the legal problem. al r e a dy in a short condition of his Russian subjects. Emperor Majesty's Government are willing with the d. of Russia to seek a practical solution of a " Baron Brunnow, in presenting to me Prince Gortschakoff's despatch, said, ' The Imperial Cabi net is ready to enter upon an exchange of ideas upon the grounds and withi n the limits of the Treaties of 1815.' PRICE..... -...4d. STAMPED ....sd. and ordinary nature of the proceedings, it would be found in the fact that the police, laying aside for the oecasion their ordinary functions, formed them selves into a band and performed some musical selec- tions in a highly creditable manner. The proceed ings opened, according to precedent, with proceed. ings carried on under the auspices of a Master of the Revels, after which Lord Elcho, as President of the assembly for Business Purposes, told the volunteers that the Council had come there to be shot at with might wish to le ve l at was full, than t o . tilr e in c ib um led p on meeting, w h en a ny complaints which they them. It had bean thoug h t better to convene their rifle r d I' s a the r li a c m l o e s n e t of hit h t i h l o e competitors disappointed in their hopes of obtaining the Queen's prize would have left. He invited them to offer any suggestions to which they might attach importance, feeling convinced that in future years the movement, and consequently the meetings at Wimbledon, would attain increasing magnitude. The assembly cordially endorsed the compliments which Lord Elcho felt it due to Colonel Luard and Major Ruston to pass upon the camp administra tion, and did not supplement in any way the complaint which his Lordship said was the only one made to him on this subject—that of a gen tleman who had discovered three earwigs in his hut. They further expressed their approval audibly when the Commissariat arrangements were men tioned ; but a full burst of enthusiasm was elicited when Lady Elcho was incidentally referred to as "an enthusiastic Volunteer." The meeting, which before sat comfortably watching the blaze, or listen ing to the remarks of Lord Elcho, found its feet and its voice at exactly the same moment. A more animated or prettier tableau than the semicircle presented at that moment it would be difficult to imagine. Had some of our theatrical managers seen it they must have despaired of producing an effect so gratifying and so wholly unexpected. Lord Elcho explained the action of the Council in reference to the disc system by stating that their object was to have the bullet marks accurately pointed out, which volunteers felt was not the case under the old flag " Her Majesty's Government are thus invited by the Government of Russia to an exchange of ideas upon the basis of the Treaty of 1815, with a view to th e pacification and permanent tranquillity of Poland. "Before making any definite proposals, it is es sential to point out that there are two leading prin ciples upon which, as it appears to her 1114 ea t y , a Government, any future Government of Poland ought to rest. The first of these is the establish ment of confidence in the Government on the part of the governed. " The original views of the Emperor Alexander I. are stated by Lord Castlereagh, who had had heard from the Emperor's own lips in a long conversation, the plan he contemplated. " The plan of the Emperor is thus described by Lord Castlereagh t—' To retain the whole of the Duchy of Warsaw, with the exception of the small portion to the westward of Kalisch, which he meant to assign to Prussia, erecting the remainder, toge therwiththe t Po e li p sh eope: provinces i formerly dismem bered, into a kingdom under the dominio n of Russia, with a national Administration congenial t o the sentiments of the " The whole force of this plan consists in the latter words. " Whether power is retained in the hands of one, as in the old monarchy of France, or divided among [ a select body of the aristocracy, as in the Re i public of Venice, or distributed among a Sovereign, a House of Peers, and a Representative Assembly, as in England—its virtue and strength must con- L sist in its being a ' national Administration con- I genial to the sentiments of the people.' _ _ system. They deeply regretted the accidents with which the working of the disc system had been at tended ; but it was not introduced at Wimbledon till it had been tried for three months successfully at the butts of the London Scottish. He fully ad mitted that in what he had done Colonel Steele was quite justified—in fact, that in his position he could have done no less. But the volunteers, having been thrown upon their own resources, came forward 'pobly, and enabled the Council to man the butts. Subsequent experience had convinced the Council that, although the system of marking which had been in operation was perfectly safe, when properly carried out, for long ranges and at private butts, it was not equally reliable when masses of men came forward to shoot often in such a nervous and excited state that they saw three bull's-eyes instead of one. The Council at the same time did not like wholly to abandon the disc system, and therefore Captain Drake—whose absence from that meeting they lamented—was hard at work effecting arrange ments which would enable the disc-marking to be maintained, at the same time providing for the safety of the markers. This announcement afforded the most unqualified satisfaction, for on the part of the volunteers there seems to be a great dislike to any system which does not show the part of the target struck. A return to the mere recording of miters, centres, and bull's-eyes they regard as a retrograde move ment. The festive element, to the success of which the efforts of Lieutenant Harris and others, and the hospitable arrangements of the Victoria Rifles greatly contributed, asserted itself for a time. Afterwards the suggestions which had been invited by the chairman began to flow in pretty freely upon the Council. These were mainly to the effect that, when the number of entries was unusually great, additional prizes should be given ; that all the purely Volunteer prizes, including the Queen's prize, should be shot off on the opening days of the meeting, if possible on the first or second day ; that the prizes for small bores, universally regarded as the weapons of the man of leisure, should be post poned till afterwards; that measures should be taken for preventing overcrowding at the firing points ; and that the competitors, wherever practicable, should be squadded and told off to targets in every case, as in the shooting for the Queen's prize. Lord Elcho replied at some length to the different sug gestions which had been made. He left to Captain Page the task of explaining the intricacies of the arrangements at the firing points. He could call the exertions of that officer—which were entirely unre munerative—nothing less than Herculean; only that day he had worked at these details for eight hours consecutively. The question of prizes to be offered by the Association was simply a question of money and he thought it a disgrace to the people of England that a national institution, essential to the progress and even to the stability of rifle-shooting, should be dependent for its existence upon receipts from chance entries, pool and sighting targets. Somebody in the crowd ventured a suggestion that the Association was " not popular," an assertion which was met by an indignant storm of dissentient voices, which stifled that question in a manner as effectually ss that in which a previous attempt to excite discussion on " the dismissal clause" of the Volunteers' Bill had been got rid of. The meeting felt that the Council was taking an open and manly step in consulting their views end eliciting their opinions, and they were not disposed to tolerate the introduction of purely vexatious topics. An equally conclusive and conciliatory speech on the part of Capt. ap whicht . Phaagde beenfollowed touchedw with h u pon. regard to the great o details that The festivities were prolonged t ill a so me niadvancednight only, h hour, specialr, ‘' tattoroe"qubeesito! abolished, for necessarilykt institutionshi ne' "Such :g eTdihonme ins t itutions t. Emperor tudhteieopnhe sna sdwgsAilloyll one the a , tnhs received d ae e y r cs 0 n I , fi l A . d , ose speaking cot e ch a t e k h w e i pi n ta g f hr t I t t o wo u f f r b e t ti future, it he e an Administration as Alexander I. in -2 0 7 t t hh. those. Fulls e o ve vi in tended, such confidence, as Alexander 11. looked for, unhappily do not exist in Poland. " The next principle of order and stability must be found in the supremacy of law over arbitrary will. Where such supremacy exists, the subject or citizen may enjoy his property or exercise his in dustry in peace. and the security he feels as an in dividual will be felt in its turn by the Government under which he lives. "Partial tumults, secret conspiracies , and the in terference of cosmopolite strangers , will not shake the firm edifice of such a Government. “ This element of stability is likewise wanting in Poland. The religious liberty g uaranteed b y the solemn declarations of the E m p ress Catherine, the political freedom granted by the deliberate Charter of the Emperor Alexander 1. , h a v e alike been abro gated by succeeding Governments , a nd have been only partially revived by the present Emp eror. " It is no easy task to restore the confidenc e which has been lost, and to regain the peace wh i c h is now every where broken. ~ H er Majesty's Government would deem them selves guilty of great presumption if they were to e xpress an assurance that vague declarations of g ood intent i o ns, or even the enactment of some wise laws, wou ld make such an impression on the minds of the Polish pe o p le as t o obtain p eace and restore obedience. ":In present circumstances it appears t o her Alajesty's Government that nothing less t han the follow i ng outline of measures should be adop ted as the bases o f p acification : " 1. Compl ete and g eneral amnesty. " 2. National crepresentatithe charter of the on, with powers simila 15., r t "Poles to be named to publ ic o ffi ces in such a man ner as to form a distinct nations] Administra tion, having the confidence of the country. h m i b h er are ,1815. fixed by f conscience ; repeal 4 a nd entire libe rt y worship. " 5. The Poli sh language recognised in the king dom as the official language , and used as such in the administration of the law and in education. ,i 6. The establ is hment of a regul ar an d l ega l system of recruiting. These six points might serve a s th e i n di cat i ons of mea sures to b e ado p ted, after calm and full deli of the restriction s im p osed on Catholic o e d n iffi a c r u e lt b , e n co a ra y, ingdaily almost impossible, to create the requisite confidenc e an d ca l m w hil e th e t h e ir hatreds more deadly, th e i r d eterm i na ti on t o more excited, suc ceed or perish m ore fi xe d and immovable. "Your lordship h as sent me an extract from the St. Petersburg G aze tt e o f the 7th (19th) of May. I could send y our l ordsh i p, i n return, extracts from London new s • papers, giving accounts of atrocities, men equally horrible, committ e d byacting on be half of Russian au " It is not f or h er M a j es t y ' s G overnment to dis criminate between the re a l f ac t s an d th e e xaggera, tions of hostile parti es . " Many of the all ega ti ons o f eac h are p r obably unfounded, but some m us t i n a ll p ro b a bility be true. passionsber,antisont . i , otf is m How, then, are we to hope to conduct to any good end a negotiation carried on between parties thus exasperated ? " In an ordinary war, the successes of fleets and armies, Who fight with courage, but without hatred, may be balanced in a negotiation carried on in the midst of hostilities. An island more or leas to be transferred, a boundary more or less to be extended, might express the value of the last victory or con quest. But where the object is to attain civil peace, and to induce men to live under those against whom they have fought with rancour and desperation, the case is different. The first thing to be done, there fore, in the opinion of her Majesty's Government, is to establish a suspension of hostilities. This might be done in the name of humanity by a pro clamation of the Emperor of Russia, without any derogation of his dignity. The Poles, of coarse, would not be entitled to the benefi t of such an act, unless they themselves refraine d from host iliti e s of every kind during the suspension. restored, the " Tranquillity thus for the moment ha signed the next thing is to consult the Po,werisny ,Sweden, and Treaty of Vienna. Prussia, give t heir opinion as to Portugal must be asked toil g2 t r ia a treaty IP which the best mode of giving they were con triietingr ver • _ment pro pose, there. " Wat her Majesty sGo ri propositions:— c onsists fore, in thi ion:se of three the six points enumerated I, I s t. The adop t as bases o f negot e nsion of arms, to be " 2d. A provisions soap r of Russia. by the E n vero proclaimed conference o f the eight Powers who " 3d. A T re aty a wed the o f Vienna. read and • 0 Your excellency w ill give a copy or h i s despatch to P rince Gortsciaakoff.-1. am, Sze., t " RITRBELL." --------- ll IL FATAL CAB ACCIDENT IN ROL BORSl.—Acoroer, at the quiry was held by Mr. Walthew, deputy road, on Wednes., Albert Tavern, York - street , Kingslsnd d o , 30, who was day, respecting the death of G. Finney " at 12, Mans stances :—Deceased was a butchdero,n Saturday evening he injuries he had sustained. 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For General Hooker we must to-day read General Meade, the former having been relieved of his command, either at his own request, or because he had lost influence, or because he did not agree with the authorities at Wash ington as to the military value of the Maryland Heights, That, however, is a small affair. The Confederates at the last date were in possession of nearly the whole block of country between the Upper Potomac and the Susquehanna, north of Washington and Baltimore. They had traversed eastward the northern boundary of that region; they had shelled Harrisburg on the Susquehanna, and compelled the destruction of a fine and costly railway bridge over that river at Columbia ; they had broken up the Baltmore and Ohio Railway within 25 miles of Baltimore; they were making a similar attempt on the railway between Baltimore and Washington, which latter city had then only one commu nication left with the Northern States; their cavalry was passing, without fear of interruption, within 14 miles of the Federal capital on its own side of the Potomac, and at a much less distance on the Virginian side was waylaying and destroying the Federal cavalry. If at the last date there was any sign of a halt in this onward movement, it was only that the Confederates appeared to be collecting their forces in order to be able to strike a fatal blow as soon as the new Federal commander should give them an opportunity. Both armies were now north of the Potomac. The Con federates were prepared either to demolish General Meade, and, following up their victory, take possession of the panic struck and not very hostile capital; or to descend upon Baltimore and consider at leisure what next to do ; or to cross the Susquehanna and march straight upon Philadel phia. The only contingency that could deprive the Con federates of any one of these prizes and curtail their entire liberty of action was the chance of General Meade—of whom we are only told he commanded the Fifth Corps under his predecessor—proving a more able soldier than General Lee. Where one side is known, and the other unknown, it is im possible to make a comparison or anticipate a conclusion. But we may say that unless the Federals possess much higher qualities than they have hitherto shown to the world, we may expect, in a week or two, to hear of President Davis at Washington. The loss of Wash ington we have all come to regard as a great and critical contingency, almost decisive of the war, and of itself compelling overtures of pease from the unsuc cessful defenders. But we naturally borrow our estimate from these defenders themselves, and conclude that what they hold at so much cost must be really invaluable. Wash ington, however, was not selected either with a view to de fence, or as the military capital of the States. Its founders never contemplated its use as a means for overawing and holding the United States. The living generation has seen it fall after a few hours' fighting to a handful of soldiers. Converted into a fortress at enormous cost, it is at best only a Sebastopol, at the very extremity of the vast region of which it is now the nominal capital, and continually threat ened with attack. Its possession by the Federals has hitherto compelled the war to be carried on in the Confederate coun try, a circumstance which has its advantages, as well as its disadvantages, for the Confederates. Its loss would draw the latter into a country where they will, indeed, live at the cost of the foe, but will not be able to conceal their move ments and keep their own counsel so well as they have done hitherto. The loss of prestige is another affair ; and in this case it is not merely the prestige of power, it is rather the prestige of union that is in jeopardy. Should the Govern ment have to migrate to New York, that will materially affect the whole aspect of the question at issue. It will give colour to the scandal against which the Cabinet has hourly to struggle and protest—that the war is fought in the interest of New York, Philadelphia, and New England, not in the interest of the Union at large. From what ever reason, Washington is regarded as the palladium of the cause. Though selected simply as a convenient rendezvous, it has become as Rome or Jerusalem itself to their respective possessors, We presume the Federals were not fighting for a shadow when they constructed we know not how many miles of fortifications round their capital, and guarded every stream, every valley, every ferry, every mountain pass, and every river bluff that leads towards the sacred city. They must regard it as almost essential to their cause, and they must know as much about it as others. Apart from that inscrutable question of prestige, in which wo aro forced to take the valuations of others, however seem ingly irrational, we cannot help attaching at least as great importance to the news from the Mississippi as to that from Pennsylvania. From the Federal camp before Vicksburg there was still the same dreary, monotonous, and almost desponding daily bulletin. General Grant had an impos sible task before him, with an aivancing foe and increasing difficulties behind. General Banks had not even this much to say for himself. At the last date he had announced to his army that they must raise 1,000 'volunteers for one more assault, and, if they could not take the fort, they must retreat as fast as possible, if they could retreat at all. This was, of course, to give up the command of the great river to the Confederates; it was to expose General Grant to a similar reverse, to endanger the possession of New Orleans and Louisiana, and compromise the safety of the Federal forces in that quarter. As yet there were only rumours as to the results at Port Hudson and Vicksburg ; but one can not help feeling that in the state of things in the South there is a very small margin far success, and a very w:de margin indeed for every conceivable amount of disasters. In this dark and dreary prospect there is hardly a gleam of hope from any other quarter. In all the States, midway between the opposite poles of American opinion, there rages a social war even more dreadful than the occasional collision of great armies. Bands rove about without molestation, and, if not able to protect, are never without the power of plundering and destroying, This roving and marauding propensity has taken root in the people and is becoming habitual. " One year in seed, seven years in weed," says the old proverb ; and when the seed of licence and rapine is once sown broadcast, and allowed to germinate and grow up, it will take many years to pluck it up and rid the soil of the baneful intruder. From hand to foot, from the capital to every valley and village, the whole body politic is, in the words of Sacred Writ, full of "diseases." It is al most past hope that even peace should heal them, but the longer the war lasts the more incurable they become. HERALD—LordPalmerston is not an acutely sensitive in dividual, but he is evidently very keenly alive to the incon veniences of a prolonged discussion on the interview of Messrs. Roebuck and Lindsay with the Ruler of France. We should have expected that on a question so seriously involving the honour of the Ministry every opportunity would have been sought for bringing the whole truth to light. Instead of this our adroit Premier is only too anxious to stifle all discussion. The Government have had their say, and there is to be no response. Messrs. Roebuck and Lind say are to sit down quietly under the imputation of some thing worse than a want of discretion ; Lord Palmerston is to get rid at once of an inconvenient motion and a humiliat ing exposure. Be it so. We have had a session of motions withdrawn, and of animated recriminations. It would be a pity to alter the humdrum character of our parliamentary proceedings at the fag end of the session. Let the House of Commons agree that the Itioniteur is right, Messrs. Roebuck and Lindsay right, and Mr. Layard right, and illustrate the old proverb, the least said the soonest mended. There is great justice in Mr. Gregory's view that it would be a mis fortune if a vote of the House of Commons should make the House of Commons appear hostile to the independence of the Southern Confederacy; and we fear that the mode in which the French Emperor's name has been made use of would ensure a majority against recognition at the present moment. But whether Mr. Roebuck will be content to put up with the aspersions which the Ministerial press has heaped upon him is another question, which it would be impertinent in us to answer. But explanation of some sort is duo to all parties, to the House of Commons, to the French Emperor, to the public. The question of recognition may well stand over. It, with the Coutederate army threatening the very gates of Washington, of Philadelphia, and of Baltimore, the house of Commons cannot make up its mind to stand by the i• 1 in- ciples v, , hich have for centuries prescribed its policy, it is quite right to leave all responsibility to Lord Palmerston, and to suspend all consideration of the question until ano ther half million of lives have been sacrificed, until the lest cotton plantation has been ploughed up by Northern armies or Southern patriots, and another winter of starvation has told its tale upon the famished population of Lancashire. Poses—The capture of Mexico by the French possesses a significance which it is impossible to overrate. It may not be the crowning conquest of a successful war, but it is certainly one of those achievements which tend directly to bring hostilities to a speedy termination. The Mexican republic is peculiarly situated, and can better afford the loss of its capital than most States; but still the brilliant suc • ceases of the French army on the present occasion, follow ing so quickly after the capture of Puebla, must exercise some infinehCe on the future conduct of those at present guiding the affairs of the Confederation. We confess we did not expect to have heard so soon of the fall of Mexico. The progress of the French army has hitherto been ex tremely slow. A considerable time elapsed after the land ing at Vera Cruz before Orizaba fall, and then another long interval elapsed before the French general was enabled to announce the capture of Puebla, By Juarez, howover,the passibility of the capture of the capital was practically re cognised immediately after the evacuation of Puebla. Pre parations were indeed made to defend Mexico, but at the same time arrangements were made for the transfer of the Government from the latter city to San Luiz Potosi. The lines of defences, both natural anil artificial, which inter • vened between Mexico and Puebla, were turned to account, but proved unavailing to check the advance of an army flushed with recent victory, In the city itself not even the show of resistance appears to have been made. On the 20th May the garrison, numbering some 20,000 men, evacuated the town and retired into the interior. Immediately after wards a deputation of theleaders of the Church party commu nicated with the French general,and on the sth June the ad vanced guard of the French army entered the town without opposition. Three days later it was anticipated that the entire of the invading force would occupy the capital of the republic. With the scanty information which we at present possess it would be idle to speculate on the tactics which have been pursued by Juarez. When Puebla fell he evidently resolved on abandoning the city of Mexico. Indeed, strategically considered, its possession could not be regarded as valuable, whilst the effort to hold it would not improbably have led to a disastrous defeat. He has doubtless exercised a sound discretion in abandoning without a blow a town which he could never have hoped to have held against a vigorous op position for a considerable time. Mexico, as we had observed on a previous occasion, is, after all, only an outpost, and it equally suits the interest of the Mexican chief that the seat of government should be elsewhere. On the other hand, however, the prestige and glory gained by the French army through the occupation of the chief city in the State must operate in no small degree to the prejudice of the native Government. The most serious danger which threatened the French expedition to Mexico came from Europe. The French people, fond though they are of military glory, began to question the policy of endeavouring to plant the tricolor over the halls of Montezuma. For many months all that was known in France was that millions of francs were being expended on an expedition at the opposite side of .the Atlantic, and that thousands of lives were being sac rificed without any visible fruits. In the Legislative As sembly a small but fearless minority denounced the policy of the Imperial Government, and the sentiments they ex pressed were not received with disfavour by the mass of the population. Just at this time Puebla was captured, and with the news of that victory vanished for the time all ap pearances of popular discontent. But, atter all, the taking of Puebla was considered but as a step towards the far more brilliant achievement of capturing the city of Mexico ; and now that the latter is announced, the French people will not inquire too closely into the exact bearings it may have on the ultimate reduction to submission of the Mexican Government. We do not think that the occupation of Mexico by the French army can be accepted as a prog nostication of the speedy termination of the war, but there can be little doubt that its effect on the Government and on the people of France will be to excite the one to re newed exertions, and to induce the other to regard with more favourable eyes an expedition which at one time pro mised to entail upon the French armies many losses, unmi tigated by any increase of glory or of fame. If the capture of Mexico opened the way to a compromise between the contending parties, the value of the conquest would be in deed great. We doubt, however, that such will be the re sult. The capital was deliberately abandoned by its nume rous garrison with apparently other views than probable concessions to the invaders. The relinquishment of an un tenable position cannot be hailed as a sign of approaching, submission. Without, however, such submission, full and complete, the occupation of Mexico by the French army will be but a barren conquest. Hitherto the French generals have been operating on the confines of a vast territory, which they must overrun and subjugate before they can enforce compliance with their demands; They have not as yet penetrated into the interior. If the abandonment of Mexico is but the commencement of a series of operations by which the Mexican chief proposes to withdraw into the interior of the country, the war may be considered as having scarcely begun, instead of having almost reached its termination. The readiness with which Juarez has withdrawn the gar rison from Mexico makes us suspect that his tactics are those we have indicated. In the course of a short time, however, we shall be better informed upon this point. Meantime the French may justly congratulate themselves on having obtained possession of the city of Mexico; and if their army entered it without striking a blow, they have the satisfaction of feeling that its evacuation was rendered necessary by the prowess evinced by their troops on pre vious occasions. ture in connection with this target in motion that the side of this figure represented 113 a scarlet uni form was hit much less frequently than the gray tunic painted on the other side. On Wednesday, when the running-man was last exposed to the fire of the Volunteers, the gray side was struck 74 times, while the red side only exhibited 42 hits. This circumstance, no doubt, will be regarded as an argument in support of the view always entertained by military men that scarlet, though the most bril liant, is yet the colour most difficult to hit. The fact appears to be that against the sky line scarlet can be picked out at almost any distance ; but when, es at Wimbledon, there is a green or any dark background, scarlet in motion produces an optical illusion by leaving a deceptive red streak behind, which unsettles the aim of the marksman. Any one can try the experiment for himself by twisting round a lighted stick in the dark ; every one knows that it will produce the appearance of a circle of fire, and, exercising merely the organ of sight, and Lot of touch, it would puzzle even the holder of the stick to say whereabouts exactly the point of the stick was at a given second. The firing for the first stage of the Queen's Prize concluded last evening, and the excitement which had been exceedingly great as time advanced, cul minated when it became known that the high score of 49 had been made by two. The fortunate com petitors were not only cheered, but chaired ; and the enthusiasm of their friends was nearly as great as if the second instead of merely the first stage had been brought to a close. The following were the highest total scores at the 200, 500, and 600 yards ranges for the first stage of the Queen's Prize up to seven p.m. last evening : Private Whisker, 2d Essex, 49 marks ; Sergt. Milard (St. George's), 49 ; Private Miller ; let Gloucester, 47 ; Capt. Henderson, 12th Cornwall, 44; Sergeant Winser, 3d Kent, 44; Private Phillips, Ist Shrop shire, 43 ; Sergt. Allen, 25th Somerset, 43 ; Corp. Worth, Bth Warwick, 43 ; Private March, 12th Norfolk, 43 ; Private Pace, 26th Kent, 43 ; Sergeant Bingham, Ist Gloucester, 43; Private Ridler, Ist Gloucester, 43 ; Private Adamson, 47th Lancashire, 42; Corporal Marshall, 6th Lincoln, 42; Ensign Bland, 3th Lancashire, 42 ; Colour-Sergeant Gale, 10th Surrey, 42 ; Private Richardson, 10th Nor folk, 42 ; Private Cranford, 11th Renfrew, 42 ; I Private Fuller, sth Isle of Wight, 42 ; Sergeant Graham, 2d Wilts, 42 ; Sergeant Banning, 2d Bed ford, 42 ; Corporal Coldcleugh, 7th Durham, 42 ; Private Wyatt, Ist City of London, 42 ; Lieut. Mar riner, 9th Middlesex, 42; Private Mackenzie, Lon don Scottish, 42 ; Sergeant Smith, 15th Derby, 42 ; Sergeant Curtis, 15th Glamorgan, 42 ; Corporal Whitehouse, 3d Leicester, 41; Sergeant Darley, 9th Leicester, 41; Private Richardson, 6th Lincoln, 41 ; Corporal Clitheroe, 9th Lincoln, 41; Private Ellis, Bth Surrey, 41 ; C or p oral Allen, 14th Wilts, 41; Lieut. Brougham, 13th Stafford, 41; Private Trotter, 4th N. York, 41 ; Private Russell, 29th Kent, 41 ; Private Birkley, 2d Tower Ham lets, 41; Sergeant Brookes, 12th Middlesex, 41; Corporal Taylor, 21st Middlesex, 41; Lieut. Bea van, 17th Glamorgan, 41 ; Private Rhea, 3d Glou -4c e el s: e C r , a p 4 t l a Cl ß o r r o p o o k r s a , I A O t n h d eLres Leicester, t 4 e r, oth o L ; a n s c e a r g s h e i a r n e t , Brown, Ist Lanark, 40; Private Murray, Ist Mid lothian, 40 ; Major Pipon, 13th Sussex, 40 ; Ser geant Haines, 16th Surrey, 40; Private Chuter, 25th Surrey, 40 ; Private Coles, Ist Notts, 40 ; Sergeant Norseworthy, Ist Oxford, 40 ; Lieutenant Watson, Newcastle, 40 ; Private Houghton, sth Norfolk, 40 ; Private Garwood, 15th Norfolk, 40 ; Corporal Kettle, 16th Stafford, 40 ; Lieutenant Har rison, 36th West York, 40; Private Betts, lst War wick, 40 ; Private Read, 14th Suffolk, 40 ; Private Roberts, 12th Shropshire, 40; Private Bazeley, 3d Cambridge, 40; Lieut. Pollard, 13th Cornwall, 40; Lieut. Taylor, 26th Lancashire, 40; Colour Sergeant Gregory, 13th Dorset, 40; Colour Sergeant Pyman, 4th Bucks, 40; Colour Sergeant White, 39th Mid dlesex, 40; Private Kersey, 20th Middlesex, 40; Private Cree, London Scottish, 40 ; Private Avis, Ist Devon, 40; Gunner Hyde, Ist Glamorgan, AN., 30; Private Walters, Ist Edinburgh, 40. It will be seen that there were two ties of 49 points for the first place and silver medal ; 14 ties of 41 points for three places, 28 to 30, Whitworth rifts ; and 28 ties of 40 marks for 19 places, 42 to 60, in second 30 and £5. The ties will be shot off this day. When the firing for the day was over Private Wisker was carried on the shoulders of some of his comrades from the firing ground to the exhibition tent, where he was greeted with loud applause. The highest scores for the other prizes shot for during the day were as follows : First Stage, House of Lords, 500 yards—Corporal Kemp, 41st Middlesex, 22 marks ; Sergeant Col lett, 7th Sussex, 21 ; Colour Sergeant Gibbs, 80th Lancashire, 24 ; Private Scott, 3d Renfrew, 24; Private Horrard, 23d Middlesex, 22 ; Miller, Ist Lanark, 22 ; Sergeant Hesketh, 27th Lancashire, 23; Sergeant Tilley, 2d Derby, 23. First Series, Extra Prizes, 800 yards, Small Bores—Lieut. Branzill, 61st Lancashire, 23 marks; Lieut. Evans, Derby, 26; Captain Rowlands, 55th Regiment, 24. Second Series, Extra Prizes. 577 Bore, 600 yds. —Private Johnson, Bth Stafford, 19 marks ; Ser geant Dove, Ist Devon, 19; Sergeant Nodder, Ist Lancashire, 19; Corporal Harms, 29th Kent, 21. Small Bore, All Comers —2OO Yards—Major Margery, 23 marks ; Sergeant Palmer, 36th Staf ford, 23; Sergeant Wilkin, 6th Aberdeen, 23; Captain Thresher, sth Dorset, 25 ; Sergeant Cun liffe, 26th Cheshire, 23. 500 Yards—Ensign Peterkin, Cambridge, 23 ; Ensign Quarm, Civil Service, 23 ; Sergeant Brown, 26 ; Ensign Baynes, 12th Surrey, 23. 600 Yards—Colonel Dougall, Fife Artillery, 21 Sergeant Tuffnall, 61st Regiment, 21 ; Ensign Baynes, 12th Surrey, 23; Ensign Ross•Civiliai, 23 ; Lieut. Marriner, let Middlesex, 23. Enfield, All Comers.-200 Yards.— Corporal Rus sell, Ist Essex, 23 ; Private Cunliffe, 26th Cheshire, 23 ; Private Morris, Ist Hants, 24 ; Private Hollo way, 6th Gloucester, 24 ; Lieut. Perry, Ist Guern sey, 23; Ensign Walton, 17th West York, 23; En sign Saw, 4th London, 23; Ensign Lockhart, 11th Cheshire, 23. 600 Yards.--Private Brunk, Hants Engineers, 22 ; Private Coore, Cambridge University, 22 ; vate Westcott, 7th Surrey, 22; Sergeant Curtis, sth Glamorgan, 22 ; Sergeant Chase, 4th Suffolk, 22 ; Sergeant Blackmore, 2d Devon, 22. NIGHT MEETING IN CAMP. About 10 o'clock the meeting round the camp fire for purposes of discussion and conviviality, which has grown into an institution in connexion with these gatherings at Wimbledon , wa s held, Th..? scene was such as artists would deligh t to sketch, it, ti ; e indeed, to i any ts T p a e r n i C e i d l could fsatu r h e a s v . e c i a l u e g hl large r a g n e d done flickeringj u n - bonfire reflected its alternate glare and shadowcomposition. an assembly of most diverse dress an The white head-dresses almost universal imparted a don, owing to the heat of the lasthrche embraced all foreign aspect to the groups position. In what may be call were include,' , the tial portion of the a .' Lad n:Lady Anne Elchri, varieties and degrees of En Lord and Lady P uele ' l i :, dy Constance Grosvenor, Earl Gr,Thvenor , nn". l and L a dy 11,,urylb, l a l y t : In d a Y i y n 31b l i j. n a c E , - ,i a levelling tendency, and it Lard Ftilding , d other persons of distinction. The a Lroirdaltria Anson, Colonel and Mm. Fine, Lady w '-- the Count de Get-Arcs, MIT. Lloyd Lindsay, s aj , The Volunteer uniform, e' w m ith the grdwth Otto Goldemidt, ha.gla is l h l w e c d h t a h r:c in te o r r r i d o so u c e i n al . however, t r h t a a i t n s Ivy has large as grownan a assembly ociislifacintqhluuPeidtAmeedsee°o manytsi c ns i i a g , b t li certainly ; for while last year the attendance m i g ht have been counted by hundreds, this year it probably extended to thousands. The same feeling of cordial good fellowship, however, was still eviced, and if proof - were needed of 'the entirely amicable WIMBLEDON PRIZE MEETING. The shooting at Wimbledon continued y es terday ed at all the under the same conditions as on the pr evious after noon—that is to say, the troops ma ranges ges where flags were employ:drk, the butts at tached to the disc targets being filled with musketry instructors of Volunteer corps, and by Volunteers whose services had been accepted in t his ca p acit y , aided and superintended by one or tw o members of the Council, and among them Col. L lo y d Lindsa y . The Volunteer marking was universally admitted to be excellent, and was so entirely reliable ,that in some cases the tables were turned upon a marksman in a way that he little expected. One noble lord, while in the marker's butt, remarked that a shot was fired at his target before the danger disc had been lowered. He at once waved the danger flag to call attention to the fact, and allowed a little time to elapse before pointing out the bullet mark, which be did without indicating where the hit had been made, as the shot had been fired clearly in defiance of the regulations. In the course of the afternoon he was informed that the firer of the shot had lodged a protest, counter signed by a friend, aga i nst the neg lect of the marker to register the hit w hi c h h e h a d made. The ocer in charge of the fi r i ng party accepted the protest, knowing nothing of th e c i rcumsta nces; but the name and address thus gi ven a ff or d e d the Council a con venient opportunity of i n fli c ti ng the penalty for the breach of rule committed. Throughout the whole afternoon the marking was carried on without the slightest casualty ; but about 6 o'clock p.m. one ac cident did take place which, s li g ht as it was, in duced the Council se r io us ly to reconsider the ques tion of the propriety of con ti n uing that system of marking. It seems that one o f the Volunteers heard a bullet strike his target, but was unable to discover for nearly a minute whereabouts it had struck. Instead of putting up the danger-signal at once, he allowed this interval to elapse before doing so, and then proceeded to mark the hit and to paint it out in the usual way. Meanwhile, the firing party at the other end of the range, concluding that there had been a miss, proceeded to fire another shot, which reached its destination while the marker was thus occupied, and some splashes unfortunately grazed him, but so slightly that it was not necessary to resort to the professional assistance of Dr. West macott. But such an event having occurred, precisely one of that nature which cannot be foreseen or guarded against, the Council felt them selves placed in this position ;—Against the de- dared opinion of the military authorities, they were upholding a system of marking which was theoretically perfect, but which in practice it was evident called for the services of a more experienced class of markers than they were likely on the spur of the moment to obtain. It had worked well for the best part of two days, but the slightest inatten tion to rule rendered an accident all but inevitable. They, therefore, felt it best to retreat, and to retreat with a good grace, from the position they had occu pied. They accepted the scratch last received as con demnatory, not so much of the principle as of its expediency for the purposes of the present meeting ; and to-morrow morning a new system of marking, possessing the merits of the disc system, hut guard ing against its dangers, will be adopted.. The !mullets will be prolonged so as to gue:rd against the poso.ibliity of splashes coming into the butt; and the nutrker will indicate the place when- the shot has strick the iron target, not upcn that target itself, but upon a "dummy" wooden target of smaller size placed over his head. It need scarcely be said that this will entail considerable labour on the executive, but it was felt right at all hazards to put ges t e a d s taosp the to accidents, bes tme a n means and f guardingthis plan has ag a inesetn them without returning to the unsatisfactory flag $7 13 713 w is The running-man was perpetually traversi 0 in.- r kable lea notes a dangerous sharpp at ringing nyesterday,the aim of the marksman. It was a reraa danatdtensetaerdlytheevescryeutLY if y .--- ;- 1M nd, at ea )od. me. )ta :on- -o -o -0 56 1 0 71 nr and the very e of 'on of a Ige r. WEB rset, y, to flint Irah tain ger, don, xrn• uth, aG. oily auel WS , 112, / Of