The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-29 00:00:00

T o the 71 - FeTOR 7 , et the CITY of LONDON. J GENTLEMEN,—In compliance with Vse wishes of m slay of my friends in the City, who think that the sentiments 1 expressed at the meeting of the Liberal Associalon on Tuesday last have not been published so fully as they ex pected, I venture respectfully to place before the electors the grounds on which I claimed the honour se their suffrages. My politictl life began with the first agitation of the Corn Laws, and was a member of the Anti-Corn Law League Which, under the guidance of 31r. Richsrd Cobden, achieved their repeal—the greatest social revolution of the age. I then took an active interest in the abro ttion of the Naviga tion Laws, although it was a question which tried the con sisteney of free traders more than many of the old school of shipowners could endure. These and the other fiscal clurr;:ens of the last twenty years contr.buted so much to the ha: piltess : aid prosperity of the country that the grounds for controversy have been narrow d very much to the Church Rates and the Ballot. On the first of These I never li sitated for a moment to sulmit they were most discreoitable to churchmen, who would gladly raise the sum by a voluntary rate, anti that forcible exaction should cease without delay. As to the Ballot, althouvli never op po- ed to it, I considered that the growing indifference throughout the country, and the sickly course it Was runninz in the House of Commons, did cot warrant a Quixotic at tempt to press it on tire constituencies of Eng - anti at this time, feeling sure that if the want of it became a grievance it must coo. be it( dressed, arid I should be then ready to take my share in the work. On the question of the franchise I declined to commit my self to its immediate or early reduction, and 1 based this liesi•ation, not only on what had taken place in America, but in a field for a fairer trial of democratic government than any other place in the world—Victoria. Australia—where the working classes, being chiefly men who had paid their own passages, involving an outlay of £l5 to £2O, would compare very favourably wits those they had left behind —that they had at quired universal suffrage, and the use they had put it to, as far as they could, was social and political retro ression. `Etat the community had felt its effects so sensibly that it lost no time in retracing its steps, and within tour years new electoral amendment act was p ass i ng !riumplian tly a (in volving for the first time the educition test of the elector's signature) which would disfranchise from one-third to one half the electors. At the same time, I stated my willingnessto extend the .-£'o franchi se to lodgers, and also would be glad to see its equalisation in the country as in the towns. It is a great mistake, as I mentioned, tou s pp se ;hat me chanics are now debarr e d the right of voting, for four shil lings a week is so low in the social scale that no w rkman above the limit of an inferior labourer but lives in a house at a higher rent, and if he would b a yearly instead of a weekly occupier, he needs no reduction in the franchise to acqu re his qualifiettion. On t e question of our foreign Policy I was quite prepared to take my stand with Lord Palmerston's Government ; and in any vote for the suppo tt of the army and navy, I stated that while I would endeavour to control any unnecessary or doubtful expenditure, I should insist upon the st rength and efficiency of the ervices being such as would prevent tt repetition of the panics of former years, Which were - iscreditable to the nation, injurious to com merce, and invited insult, if not aggression—that the cost Was simply a premium of insurance for security, and a y ex - penditure was preferable. in a country like cwrs, to feeling that we were not covered from all ordinary or 'Oen extract{ dinary risks. In defending the privileges of the City I had no misgivings. It remains the last unimpaired memorial of the dawn of re presentttive government—its traditions are intimately asso ciate t with our national history -it still retains the vigour of maturity, and enjoys the confidence r f tire vast influential body within its bounds. Sup i a municipality de erves the respect of the country, and I should in common with my fellow-citizens endeavour to teach all rash innovators that we had the power and the will to enforce it. . . IN ". 22,127. Trig; EA" r INDIA IRRIGATION AND CANAL CO3IrANY. OR gOTICE LS ItEIiEBY GIVEN, That the FOURTH DUARY GIC \ ERA L A EETING of the shareholders of the East India Irritation and Canal Company will be yield, at the London Tavern, in Bishopsomte-street, in the City of London, on SATURDAY, the 30th day of May instant, at One o'clock p rec i sely. The Transfer B oo k s of the Company will be closed from the 20th to the 30th instant, both days inclosi:e. By order of the Board of Directors. 863 27, Cann on - s reet, London, E. C., Ist May, 1 . JOHN EVES I'WOOD. Secretary. WEgTERN MANCHESTER and LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY SOCIETY. Established 1842. Chief Offices-3, Parliament-street, London, and 77, King-street, Manchester. ACTUARY—Arthur scratcbley, Esq., M.A. SPECIII EN S OF BONUS ALLOTTED. —E. G. has paid £lB3 11s. 3d. in Premiums towards his Policy for £1,500 ; £lO6 12s. 1,1. Bonus has already (, 860) been allotted to him. It. S. has paid £7 6s. in Premiums towards his Policy for £5O ; £6 2s. 11d. Bonus has already (1860) been allotted to him. SEA. —FELLOWS raid CO., Shiphroker, 127, Fenchureh-Ftreet, E.C., require MIDEHIPMEN and FOUR First-class APPRENTICES in an Al clipper India man, 1,501 tons. Premium moderate, returnee( in wages. Also stout Lads, without premium, for other chips. Wages £35. Tho hon. member for Liekeard addressed a meeting of his constituents in the Guildhall of that borouga on Wed nesday evening, the Mayor, Mr. H. Caunter, presiding. Osnoneee said he thought he discovered in the Mayor, who had spoken of him as the "truant member," the author of a facetious paragraph in Punch, effering a re ward for their missing representative. (Laughter.) He (the hon. member) was, however, now before them, and was prepared to review the events of the past session. He was reminded of an anecdote told of the great Queen Bess, who was reported to have asked her Minister, the famous Lord Burleigh, " Whet have you passed in Parliament ?" To which he replied, " Six weeks." (Laughter.) He (Mr. Osborne's') answer must be a similar one, for, looking back to the last two sessions, he was not aware that they had passed anything but their time, and thatnot in a very bene ficial manner. (Laughter.) There was one question in the last session in which he had taken considerable interest, viz., the Revised Code. He thought the Government de served great credit for attempting to reform the educational system in this country ; for when they considered that the grants for education had risen from £30,000 in 1839 to £140,000 in 1862, they would ba of opinion that it was high time to grapple with the question. (Hear, hear.) He had come to the conclusion that we were going too far with these education grants—(hear)—and that the attempt to get the whole of the education of the country into the hands of a Government officer was a great and glaring mis take. He held that the Government was not bound to furnish more than the mere elementary parts of education —rameling, writing, and arithmetic; the rest should be done by voluntary efforts. • He pointed -to Prueeikee an example of the results of State interference in educa tion. They saw there a King defying his people, a Minis try sneering at the Parliament, and a people so patient that we held up our hands in wonder, and were induced to look upon a Prussian as a long suffering animal ; and yet Prussia was said to be the best educated country in the globe. Our Government, after a bold stand on this question, had succumbed, and a compromise was effected, but it would result in little good. It might check the votes, but we should still be called upon to vote hundreds of thousands for State education. Another question which had excited England in an enormous manner was the great Thames Embankment question. That was the great question of the session of 1862, and it was carried. There was another question which he did not look upon with satisfaction—that was the Night Poaching Bill, which he had voted against in all its stages. He did not wish to encourage poaching ; but he thought the whole system of the Game Laws was based upon wrong and bad principles. (Hear.) Poaching had considerably increased since 1857, and this he supposed was the motive for the introduction of the bill ; but he ob jected to the country being taxed for the maintenance of policemen who were to serve as gamekeepers. Coming to the session of 1863, the hon. gentleman said he felt much in the situation of the famous knife-grinder in Canning's poem,—" Story I God bless you, I've none to tell." The House of Commons was now an Agaperoone—an Abode of Love. (Laughter.) There were scarcely any differences of opinion, and party spirit seemed almost to have died out except when a debate was got up on foreign politics, in which respect the policy of the Government seemed to resemble that of the well-known Mrs. Jellaby in Dickens's story. They were drawing Reform Bills for Italy, but were neglecting the reform that was so much needed at home. He would like to see a little of the same "advice" given to Prussia. (Hear, hear.) We were putting a finger in every foreign pie, to the neglect of the roast beef of Old England (laughter) ; but his idea was that reform, like charity, should begin at home. (Applause.) He would have liked to hear of some domestic measures in contemplation, but he was sure there were none ; for a paragraph in The Times, which ;wasi the organ of everything and governed this country, stated that the ensuing session is not likely to be very busy or eventful, and the Home-office could not un dertake a more useful, or popular task than reform in the standard of bottles. (Loud laughter,) He had been look ing in vain for this great measure ; but if there had been no reform in the standard of bottles, there had been a great at• tempt to have reform in pots of porter. (Laughter.) He had been waited on that day by a deputation inreference to Mr. Somes's Sunday Closing bill, on which measure he would candidly tell them his opinion. (Hear.) The question was a much larger one than might at first appear. He did every justice to the conscientious and good men who thought that by closing the publichouses they would make men moral and good; but, although the measure might be good for the rural districts, in large towns it would be totally im possible to carry it out. The mechanics and industrial por tioae of the community were suppliedehettktee puleliehouses in their every-aay weute ; they hartleAr ping et porter ae regularly as their dinner, end fee could not see why they should be debarred from this enjoyment any more than the rich man who could get refreshment at his club. If there was to be legislation on this subject, let it be impartial, and apply to the rich as well as the poor. (Great applause.) It was utterly impossible that we could legislate for one class and not for the other. We could not expect that men would be made moral by act of Parliament. We might make hypocrites but fail to reach the heart, and he could not vote for Mr. Somes's bill without serious consideration. This was probably the only domestic question we should have during this session that was likely to excite the public mind, People were much more fond, it seemed, nowadays of call ing public meetings about the affairs of foreign countries; accordingly there was great excitement about Poland, but in holding these n.eetings we should consider whether we were not doing our best to foment a gallant but useless struggle. He thought a great responsibility rested upon us in this respect. (Hear.) We were holding meetings to sym pathise with the Poles in their struggle for freedom, but were we prepared to render them any material assistance ? If not, we were misleading that gallant people by mere un meaning resolutions of sympathy. What they required was aid, but was England prepared to go to war on behalf of the Poles—(No !)—or to incur an addition to the pre sent taxes to aid the war ? (No.) If not, it was wrong to encourage false hopes of assistance ; and for this reason he had refused to attend meetings of this kind, although he had promised readily to subscribe. Row much wiser had been our conduct in relation to the war in America. The Government had acted, he thought, with commendable prudence in this matter- e(hear)—and he gave Lord Pal merston credit for the mariner in which he had steered clear of the difficulties which beset him and avoided any partici pation on either side. (Hear.) The hon. member next re ferred to the distress in Lancashire, and applauded the pa tient endurance displayed by the operatives under their sufferings, and he thought the day would come when Par liament would best show its sense of that endurance by re membering that many of these men were not endowed with the suffrage. He did not think that the whole of the para lysis of industry in the Lancashire districts was attribut able to the war in America; he believed the great cause of distress was the system of over-production. A number of small mills had been built, and in the year 1859-60 the number of bales of cotton imported from America was one million in excess of the number imported in 1 848, all o f which had been manufactured in one year, causing a g l ut in the markets from which distress must sooner or later have arisen, independent of the war. But be this as it might, we had seen in our time the breaking up of one of the greatest empires the world had ever seen. No man could read the details of this war, which came home by every mail, without shuddering at the spectacle of a nation ar rayed in arms against each other. Whatever a man's feel ings might be in regard to North or South, he could not look upon the gallant stand made by the South in defence of their liberties without wishing them success. (Cheers,) Englishmen, too, would also regret the lo ss o f th at b rave and noble hero, " Stonewall" J a ckson, over wh ose t om b a nation's be n'steaeresneweoeureldtedfalfe ages to come. It was l—(aPPlause)—a n d w h ose memory impos sible to say at present wha t wo uld be the resu lt o f t hi s war. It would seem to him th a t there mu s t soon b e ex haustion of credit on the one side, and exh aus ti on o f men on the other; for, after all, the r esources of b o th N ort h an d r South in respect to men was limited, although he knew that the North was at this moment recruiting in the sister country. But take it as we might, a stru gg l e of mercenary so ldiers against a gallant band, how ever small, who were fighting for a good cause, could not suc cee d , and he did not this country in a p ro b a bl e war ; and a believe that the Union would ever be r es t ored. Any inter fmereenntcst onkendandn et m independent nd u de r would, p p tee a n r i t nevlvehis he believed, only provoke resent ember he c ou l d not but admire the consistent course which had been followed by her Majesty's Government in respect to this all - absorbing question —a course in which he trusted they would persist. (Hear, hear.) He could have wished that the same consi s t en t course had been persued in respect to the dispute with B raz il , i n which mb m ai a dt ttteedr, acted, heto o t theho x parti thought, ng 0 of the e e t h bully. o Belgians Government, rn Them e one of th e mos t states manlike forgetting its dignity, e question had been sub , and able men in Europe—for arbitration, and he hoped that it would be amicably settled ; but he thought that great discontent would be excited by our ungracious conduct. With regard to Italy, he wished to see liberty prevail all over the world, but he was not so Quixotic in his notions as to wish to involve this country in additional taxation in order to aid in the achievement of Italian inde pendence. Referring to the defeat of the Metropolitan Police Bill, the hon. member said he did not wish to see the police concentrated in the hands of the Home Minister—(applause) —and he desired to see municipal rights preserved. (Hear, hear.) He next spoke of the outlay on fortifications, and condemned strongly the waste of money on the land de fences, but said be would vote any amount of money that might be necessary to preserve the navy in a state of thorough efficiency, believing that to be the most reliable means of protection against foreign invasion. In the last 12 years there had been £ 293 ,000,000 spent on our military and naval defences, and now the Government was proposing to spend nine millions more ; but be believed that at least 25 THE ONLY OFFICE WHOSE - BONDS AND POLICIES OF GUA RANTEE ARE ACCEPTED BY THE TREASURY, CUSTOMS, INLANLL4EVRNIJE, GENERAL POST-OFFICE, WAR, ADMI.RAT/TY, HOME, COLONIAL, INDIA, AND OTHER GOVERN MENT DEPARTMENTS. THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY, DIRECTORS IN LONDON. HENRY WICKIIA.3I WICICHAM, Esq., 31. P., Chairman, John Cheetham, Esq., StalybridgP. John Field, Esq., Warnford Court, City. Charles Forster, Esq., M.P. for Walsall. Richard Francis George, Esq , Bath. Henry H. 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In Supply, resolution reported—" That a sum not exceed ing £250,000 be granted to her Majesty, on account, towards defraying the charge of the Post-office packet service, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1864, which sum includes provision for payments to Mr. Joseph George Churchward, for the conveyance of mails between Dover and Calais and Dover and Ostend, from the first day of April, 1863, to the 20th day of June, 1863, but no part of which sum is to be applicable or applied in or towards making any payment in respect of the period subsequent to the 20th day of June, 1863, to the said Mr. Joseph George Churchward, or to any person claiming through or under him by virtue of a certain contract, bearing date the 26th day of April, 1859, made between the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Admiralty (for and on behalf of her Majesty) of the first part, and the said Joseph George Churchward of the second part, or in or towards the satisfaction of any claim whatsoever of the said Joseph George Churchward, by virtue of that con tract, so far as relates to any period subsequent to the 20th day of June, 1863." Resolution read a second time. Amendment proposed, to leave out from the words " March, 1864," to the end of the resolution. Question put, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the resolution." The house divided—Ayes, 205 ; Noes, 191. AYES —205. Acton, Sir J. Foley, Hon. H. W. Packe, Col. Adeane, H. J. Forster, Charles D. Padmore, R. Agnew, Sir A. Forster, W. E. Paget, C. Alcock, T. Fortescue, Hon. F. Paget, Lord A. Antrobus, E. Fortescue, C. S, Paget, Lord C. E. Atherton, Sir W. Gibson. T. M. Palmer, Sir R. Aytoun, it. S. Gilpin, C. PaxtoM, Sir J. Bagwell, J. Gladstone, W. E. Pease, H. Baring, H. B. Glyn, G. C. Peel, Sir R. Baring, Sir F. Glyn, G. 0. Peel, F. Barnes, T. Gower, G. W. L. Pigott, Sergeant Bass, M. T. Greene, J. Pinn ey , Col. Baxter, W. E. Greenwood, J. Potter, E. Bazley, Thomas Gregson, S. Pryse, Capt. E. L. Beale, Samuel Grenfell, H. R. Pritchard, John Beaumont,Somerset Gordon, B. Proby, Lord G. L. Bellew, R. M. Gurney, John H. Pugh, D. Biddulph,:Col. R.M, Handley, John Puller, C. W. Black, Adam Hanmer, Sir J. Raynham, Viscount Blencowe, J. G. Hardcastle, Jos. A. Ricardo, 0. Bruce,Bß r. i u s a y v o 0 e e r I , iii. ) e . To , i . ;Pi I. r P. B. A A. _ jinn i 1 e: a rra. dy r vbt t t e i n heei yarre g tt ao, : t otsHei Lordn,T. , Gn M AW.. i a .su r . q B. u i 8 R it o o b b e a r r t t s e to s ii T. D . J . . A. RRR Russell, t t s I, es s el c l Russell,hh, l AS I d a i. r: D B. il .7rEt ao B. u n. r. M ss,;:s ß otcet u a.moe s ultA s yeti e l:a l vscb l nii ,. y nlrdl H ew,, a mjs s ... t i Hastings is . Bruce, H. A. Henley, Lord Buchanan, W. Buckley, Dial-Gen. i ll ie e J. lion. C, ss S th e a cha Seymour,o tp l 00 e : fi : e :: d r I , Dwa 32 N . V . b , y Bury, Viscount H H o ib w b a e r r d t, , Butler, C. S. Caird, James Hutt, W. Calthorpe, F. H. Ingham, R. Cardwell, Rt. Hn, E. Jackson, W. Carnegie Hn. C. Jervoise, Sir J. Castlerosse, Vist. King, Hon. P. Smith, J. A. C C h av u e r n e fi ffi s l NH o o rd n. A. 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D m l e a r th ry e , so j n a , m S e ir s J. Duff, M. E. Mildmay, H. Whitbread, S. Duff, R. Miller, William White, Jas. Dundas, Fredcrick Mills, J. R. White, L. Dundas, Sir David Moffatt, George Williams, W. Enfield, Viscount Monsell, Rt. lin. W. Winnington, Sir T. Ennis, John Morris, D. Wood, lit Hn. Sir C. Evans, T. W. Norris, J. T. Woods, Henry Ewart, William North, F. Wrightson, W. Ewing, H. E. C. O'Brien, Sir P. Wyvill, M. Fenwick, Henry O'Conor Don, The TELLERS. Finlay, A. S. Ogilvy, Sir J. Brand, H. B. Eitzroy, Lord F. O'Hagan, T. Dunbar, Sir Wm. NOES —l9l. e 1 1 ) ,„ ac tk k en e, h C. am, Col. AArrebhudthainio, H. Hardy, J. teta,i)Gtemn.,HE: Hardy, Hamilton, Ga t I. 0 T r n . Pakington, Sir J. S. Baillie H. J. Hay, Sir J. Palk, Si r L. Barttelot, Col. Heathcote, Sir W. Palmer, R. W . Astell, J. Bathurst, A. A. Hennessy, J. P. Papillon, P. 0. Beecroft, G. S. Henniker, Lord P ar k er, M a j or W. Bentinek, G. C. Holford, It. S. Patten, Col. W. Benyon, It. Holmesdale, Lord Paull, H. Beresford, W. Hope, G. W. Peacocke, G. M. Beresford, Denis Hopwood, J. T. Peel, Gen. Bernard, Col. Hornby, W. H. Pevensey, Viscount Bernard, Thos. T. Hotham, Gen. Lord Phillips, G. L. Booth, Sir It. G. Howes, E. Potts, George Bramston, T. W. Humberstone, P. S. Powell, F. S. Bridges, Sir B. Hume, W. Powell, J. Bruce, Sir H. Hunt,' G. W. Powys-Lybbe, P. L. Bruen, Henry Ingestre, Viscount Redmond, J. E. ButlerJohnstone,l7l. Jermyn, Earl Repton, G. W. J. Cairns, Sir H. Jervis, Captain Ridley, Sir M. W. Cartwright, CoL Jolliffe, Sir W. Rolt, J. Cecil, Lord R. Kekewich, S. Rowley, Hon. R. T. Chapman, J. Kelly, Sir F. Salt, T. Close, M. C. Kerrison, Sir E. Scott, Lord H. Cobbold, John C. Knight, F. Selwyn, C. J. Cochrane, A. D. Kennard, R. Shirley, E. P. Codrington, Sir W Knox, uol. Sidney, Thomas Cole, Ron. H. Knox, Major W. S. Smith, Sir F. Cole, J. L. Lacon, Sir E. Smith, M. Collins, T. Langton, W. G. Smollett, P. Corry, H. L. Leader, N. Somerset, Col. E. Cox, W. Leeke, Sir H. SOmes, Joseph Cubitt, George Lefroy, A. Spooner, It. Cubitt, Ald. Lennox, Lord G. G. Stanhope, Lord Curzon, Viscount Lennox Lord H. G. Stirling, Win. Dalkeith, Earl of Leslie, C. I'. Stewart, Si r M . R . Dickson, Col. Lever, John 0. Stuart, Col. W. Disraeli. Benjamin Liddell, Hon. H. G. Stracey, Sir H. Duke, Sir James Lindsay, W. S. Sturt, H. G. Duncombe, W. E. Longfield, Robert Sturt, C o l. Edwards, CoL Lyall, G. Sullivan, M. Egerton, A. F. Lygon, Hon. F. Talbot, Hon. W. C. Egerton, W. Lytton, Sir E. B. Tempest, Lord A.V. El mleY, Viscount Macaulay, K. Thynne, Lord E. Elphinstone, Sir J. M'Cormiek, W. Thynne, Lord H. Farquhar, Sir M. Malcolm, J. W. Torre ns, R . F ellowes, Edwa r d Malins, It. Trollope, Sir John Ferg - usson, Sir J. Manners, Lord J, Turner, C. Ferrand, W. Maxwell, Col. Vance, John Earner, Sir E. Miles, Sir W. Vansittart, Wm. Fitzgerald, W. S. Miller, T. Verner, Sir Wm. Franklyn, G. W. Mitford, W. T. Walpole, S. H. Galway, Viscount Montagu, Lord R. Walsh, Sir J. B. George, John Montgomery . , Sir G. Way, Arthur E. Getty, S. G. Morgan, Major Whiteside, J. Gordon, C. W. Morritt, W. Williams, Col. Gore, J. It. 0, Mowbray, Rt. Hn. J. Willoughby, Sir H. Gore, W. R. 0, Murray, William W ynn, B. T. Graham, Lord Wm. Newport, Visa. Wynn e, W. W. W. Gray, Capt. Nicol, William Wynne, W. W. B. Grocran Sir E. Noel, G. J. S' ' Haliburton, T. C. North , C o l . Yorke, Hon. E. Hamilton, Lord C. Northcote, Sir S. H. TELLERS. Hamilton, Major O'Donoghue, The Taylor, Colonel Hamilton, Viscount O'Neill, E. Whitmore, H. ___ THE ESCAPE OF A CONVICT FROM DARTMOOR PRlSON, ofthecon v A ie N t D B eHsclaSpeßd EfroCmAPtThErisßEp.:oon.n Tltuiess.duapypoosnede that he got out of the prison school, or secreted himself by some means so as not to go into the school. He was, at all " e ms, Missed during the school hours. On search being made it was discovered that he had escaped. He appears to have got over the prison wall by means of a rope and a Band- bag, and the feat is the more remarkable as he had only one hand. There was a great hue and cry after him all day, but nothing was heard of him till Wednesday morn ing, when the news arrived that the policem an at Ashburton, he had b een captured b y The prisoner — a Li verpoo l Irishman —was brou g h t back in th® course of th e morn i ng and given up t o th e authorities. ELECTION EXPENSES. —The charges incurred at the recent election for West Somerset, at which Mr. W. H. P. Gore Langton was returned unopposed, have just been published by the auditor. The total sum amounted to £684 25.; £lO4 4 s . 10d . was spent in printing and advertising, £331 as fees to lawyers, besides £7O 14s. i a t s em elpenses. The balance is made up of miscellaneous ARGYLL R 0 0 M S.-JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. NOTICE.—Deri g the Week the Selections will be—" II Trovatore "—" La lluguenots "—" a Forza del Destino," &c., at Eleven o'clock. Jullien's Grand Descriptive Galop, THE DERBY, To he dedicated to the OwLer of the Winning Horse. LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays from half-past Nine to Twelve. Admission, Is. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, ;Private Entrance, 44A, Maddox-street, Regent-street), containing upwards of 1,200 Models, Natural Preparations, N, onstrosities, illustrating. every part of the Human s Erame ; al so t h e Moving Anatomical Dying Zouave, Julia Eastrana, and o th er l i fe - size f i gures. Admission, One hil ling ktor Gentlemen only), from 11 till 10. Lecture at Four. - . . ~.. .. , r -.,....., : ....k4^-.. ' . „..:: .. ~,,......4 . , ,,, - .. ~ , ,‘, ,e: .. • QAT' . At li., ~,okr. 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Mr. °Acme liwlAi afterohor nmui which puttingthhruhao rd n e Armstrong W had th e d next referred to the Armstrong guns, which he believed would, after all, prove to be very costly failures. Sir Wm. driven country en t e o xceedinglyofgood threeb a o r r g i a b i u n r , and, nlil retiredpaaspaid t oa f r n o r mee enormous receive odirectorship year, af found o t , h ua e nn d O d r t d h9 n aot a , o n wo c eo e Ordnance, ao o d r r breaking his contract. We took up these things in an enor mous Russell,bsehei e dxi L c hhr f e o ew so thought expressive sv h f ne o oo r silence o ae ut difficultrh 3 pains.regrettedaen odn conduct at cnostAet sayo: f rt After aeGyrnhodi aanvhad passing crignrt iomojn inaction." Government tribute rti.eon: arhwe (thatntye yr to debhni Earl odecudenr nato to (the House of Lords) from which no traveller returned," he domestic policy had been fitly characterised by the term of appear capable even of settling the question of church rates, last been obliged to abandon it, notwithstanding the talk which had been indulged in about the British lion not sub miting to this obnoxious tax. It' the question was to be set tled at all it must be settled by the Government, who might introduce a wise and moderate measure that would satisfy both parties. But the people might rest satisfied that while they remained so apathetic they would have no reform in this or in any other matter. The measure which the Government might and ought to take up was the question of reform in the criminal law, Sydney Smith had said that railway re form would never be brought about until a bishop was burnt; and it was not until a member of Parliament had been gar rotted near the ugly monument in Pall-mall that the Legis lature had seriously ditectea their attention to the necessity of dealing with thee° hardenservillains-who had been let loose on society by the ticket-of-leave system. But, instead of dealing with these ruffians, and acting on the evidence at hand, the Government has merely appointed a commis sion, the result of which would be an inquiry and the publication of two or three blue-bootie ; after which the matter would be forgotten. (Laughter.) Under the present system criminals were treated with a degree of consideration that made the gaol a rather desirable place of abode ; and, in consequence of the maudlin sympathy that existed, these ruffians experienced a degree of comfort that was unknown to many honest and hardworking poor man. (Applause.) Commissions had also been appointed to inquire into the systems of promotions in the navy, and another had been ap pointed with respect to the Ordnance, but " commission" was only another word for " procrastination." (Hear.) He had been disappointed on one subject ; when Sir R. Bethell was appointed Lord Chancellor he had expected to see some use ful and much wanted measures of legal reform introduced ; but accession to the woolsaek seemed to have brought for getfulness of the past. There was one man in the Govern ment to whom the country might look with hope—he meant Mr. Gladstone, whose efforts in the way of financial reform entitled him to the gratitude of the country. It was an agreeable thing to find that Mr. Gladstone in his last bud get had reduced the income tax; and he (Mr. Osborne) thought that by judicious management the tax might be dispensed with altogether. He applauded the courage of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in bringing forward the subject of the taxation of charities, and believed that, al though opposition was shown to it now, the time must come when this question will be dealt with on its merits. The only complaint he had to make against Mr. Gladstone was that after having bade out such a good case against the mis- ' management—the swilling and guzzling that went on under the name of charity—he had not brought in a bill for the reform of all the charities throughout Eng land. (Applause.) Mr. Gladstone was a man to whom the people might look with confidence to sway the financial destinies of the country. He would eventually rise to a higher position than he had yet done, and if he pursued his present course, as a practical reformer of expenditure and finance, he ought to receive the support of the country. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member, after regretting the death of Sir C. Lewis, glanced at the recent changes in the Ministry, and expressed his objection to the policy of placing so much of the Ministerial power in the House of Lords. The Secretary of War and the First Lord of the Admiralty had both great funds at their disposal, and, as the House of Commons voted those funds, those two officials ought to be in the lower house. (Applause.; The effect of the Reform Bill, so far as it concerned the Liberal party, had been to throw the great Ministerial power into the House of Lords —and we had now probably the strongest aristocratic Minis try ever seen. He did not decry the aristocracy, and thought it a good thing that the wealth and the nobility of the country should be adequately represented in the councils of the nation—but he thought that the Government had thrown too much of the power of the Ministry into the 'louse of Lords. He thought Lord Ripon well qualified for the situation he held, but would have preferred to see him as Lord Goderich in the House of Commons. Coming back to the state of parties, the hon. member proceeded in a humorous vein to describe the effete Tories and Whigs of the old school. We no longer saw any specimens of the old gentlemen who were formerly depicted in yellow leathers and drab-coloured tops. They were extinct—possibly,a spe cimen might be found in the red sandstone of Devon—(laugh ter)—possibly,the jaw bone which had recently created such a sensation in France might have been the jaw bone of an aboriginal Tory. (Great laughter.) The Whigs pure,but not simple, were also extinct. A few might be found. In the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford there was a rare specimen of a bird—the dodo—which had neither wings nor tail, and possibly afew R ondering dodos might bo found in the House of Lords—(shouts of laughter)—but the great Whig party was extinct. He might be asked, and he would like to know, what had become of the great Liberal party—the t partythat rea had t Federal i n r a o r d m u y c e o d n t h t h e e R R e a f o p r m p a h ß a n i n l. c T t y h w e y e r e w like well provisioned and well supplied,but were without leaders —the consequence was that they were dispirited and disor ganised, and their policy was one of retreat rather than of advance. The leaders were performing a kind of Dutch concert, each man playing upon his own particular in strument—(laughter)—Mr. Berkeley performing an annual pipe upon the ballot, and Mr. Bright upon peace —(laughter)--and while the country remained so apathetic we might take it for granted that no useful measures of re form would be carried. He did not see why the two races mentioned being extinct, a new one should not be created in which the best elevation of the political spirit of the age should be blended, and which would be pledged to carry on ward the cause of progress and reform. The great thing to be grappled with in this country was the taxation. The taxation was too great—it had increased, and was increas ing, and ought to be diminished—(cheers)—but it never would be so long as the people were content to back up the Ministry in being frightened of foreign Powers and in in curring enormous expenses in armaments. (Applause.) Let the country be properly prepared for defence, but he implored them not to be led away by foolish ideas of inva sion into spending excessive sums which would burden not only themselves, but their posterity. (Applause.) A vote of confidence was passed in the hon. member. IG~~ /ice (J <-G'~~~ ~,C f4~i ~ r~2» G-~~ ~~ui~ /i- 2 ~~~ They are to be relieved et Woolwich by the 0 battery, in command of Major Hay, which left Aldershott yesterday morning. The West India, Pacific. and Mexican Mails. _,,,.., SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Night. The Royal Mail Company's screw steamer Tas manian, Capt. I'. W . S awyer, Lieut. R.N.R., arrived at 8 30 p.m. She left St. Thomas's at 6 a.m. on the 15th inst., and brings 2,394,102 doll. in specie, jewellery value 1,500 dole., plata piva value 6,875 dole., and a full cargo. Her total number of pas sengers is 256, among whom are Commodore Dun lop and staff from Jamaica. At, Callao were her Majesty's ships Sutlej, for Vancouver's Island; Charybdis, for Panama; and Bacchante, for Tobago. At Martinique, her Majes ty's ship Pt wton. The following Federal ships were at St. Thomas's —The Vanderbilt, 12; the Alabama, 6 ; the Oneida and theWauchuset, gunboats; the Sheppard The Royal Mail steamship Solent was on the Spanish Main route, the Tuviot at Jamaica, the Thames at Barbadoes ; the Trent (from Barbadoes and the Windward islands), the Clyde (from the Gulf ), the Tyne (from the Spanish Main), the Con way (from Jamaica), and the Tamar were •at St. Thomas. On the outward passage, on the 10th of April, 6 p.m., in lat. 45.43 N., long. 12 . 35 W., the Tas manian observed a boat on the port beam ; bore down and found it to be a white-painted lifeboat, half full of water, with a red.painted burgee with a black ball in the centre, and the word "Liverpool" on the boat's quarter. There was no person in the boat, neither oars, mast, nor sails. Two bundles in a red and blue handkerchief were laying in thebot torn of the boat, and the boat's painter was hanging overboard, The boat swamped alongside, 2 p.m., while passing Angra (Tereeira),Aalawaysd a large screw steamship, under Portuguese cOliirtea; eppa:' " • rently from the port and trying to overhaul this ship. Hoisted no night lights. At daylight next morning the suspicious vessel was astern out of PRICE..... —..4d. STAMPED ....sd. Naval and Military Intelligence. -- • THE NAVY. Lctfers received .1 35 , our Portsmouth correspondent from Madeira announce the arrival at that place of her Majesty's ship Archer on May 13, all well. She sailed again for Teneriffe on the 16th. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty : Lieutenant—A. W. Gillett, promoted to Commander. Naval Cadets nominated—J. G. M. Fielding and E. IL Gamble. sight. On the homeward passage the Tasmanian spoke the following vessels :—May 24, in lat. 41 12 N., long. 28 10 W., the bark Indian Queen, from Barbadoes, homeward; lat. 41 16 N., long. 28 7 W., the iron ship Clyde, from Bombay from Liver pool ; May 25, lat. 44 14 N., long. 21 37 W., the bark Refuge, from Buenos Ayres for London. The Tasmanian had on homeward voyage, mode rate north-east winds for the first week ; strong south-west breeze and thick rainy weather off the Western Islands; subsequently light easterly airs and calm. At Jamaica the Legislature had been prorogued by Lieutenant-Governor Eyre, who, in his speech, stated that no official announcement had been made as to a successor to Sir Charles Darling. Business, which for some time past had been dull, was becoming more active, and stocks of provisions were not large. The island was generally healthy. Heat had been excessive, the usual rainy season not having yet commenced. Crops were being gathered in in good condition, and shipping active. Among the recent Acts passed by the Legislature is the retransfer to the British Government at their re quest of the forts and fortifications ; and it is stated that Port Royal is to be at once strongly fortified. From Trinidad there is no political news. Weather very dry and favourable for sugar making; but the crop will be far short of what was anticipated, owing to the heavy rains in February and March ; while the cocoa crop, on the contrary, will far exceed any previous year by £2,000,000. Trade in general very dull throughout the island, owing to the low price of sugar, scarcity of money, and great commercial distress. Mr. Scott's ordinance for the relief of debtors under £lO came into operation on the Ist of May, when 40 were released from the Royal gaol. Shipping plentiful. Freights 435. for London and Clyde; Havre, 70f. per ton. Per French steamer Cacique (new line) 333 bags cocoa were shipped for Havre, being the opening of a direct trade with France. Bank rates of exchange—buying, 470; selling, 485. Our correspondent at St. Lucia writes as follows on the 11th instant :—" Sugar making progresses favourably, but still the yield is far from satisfac tory, and the crop in general throughout the island will fall short of that of last year. The Chancellor of the Exchequer says the duty is about half the cost of this article. I regret to say he has derived his information from a very bad source. In this island sugar of the very best quality made is sold from Bs. to 10s., and the duty charged on it in Eng land is 13s. 10d., which is fully 3s. 10d. per cwt. more than the cost of the article. Again, a hundred weight of sugar sold in England at 325., there are expenses upon it, including duty, freight, broker, and merchant's commissions, &c., not less than 21s. 6d., thereby leaving the producer only 10s. 6d., which cannot pay him. Sugar is considerably heavier taxed than tea, and this, lam sure, the right hon. gentleman would have admitted, had he obtained proper information on the subject.—No alteration in exchange." There is a complete dearth of news from Deme rara. The arrivals of breadstuffs for the fortnight had been moderate, and prices for flour fully sup ported. The market was well stocked with all kinds of salted provisions. The stock of rice was heavy, and no quotable change in price. Tonnage was ample for present requirements, and freights remained unaltered. The weather had been showery and favourable for growing crops. At Barbadoes dry weather had set in. Reaping operations in the outer parishes were considerably advanced. A deficient crop was considered certain. The quality of the sugar continued good. There had been 15,656 hhds., 1,296 tierces, 4,924 barrels sugar shipped to crate. Within the last month two crews of 500 and 345 negro slaves have been captured just previous to their being landed at Colon Bar, opposite Havan nah. In April the Vanderbilt, Linoma, Tioga, Oc toroon, and Hauttsville (Federal ships of war) were at Havannah, previous to leaving for their various cruising stations. The Wahachusetscalledin for coal, but was refused on the ground of scarcity. The cap tainmtoe Ttphir ieloo prosecute 1 i.rte cri the uoovt Nei n Dream ahcgeiarrlov.oo aoyrGvaregiervenne. General d aeA r Inc Admiral m o o, reporting i rti t tbrs i Ntaac n ehosla g egarwttoo t hett h aehhG a ea t rtdcahoani Bailey,op iods v at ifaan e gl s ahtn s wmha e e vessel s. was blockaded at Barracoon, about 15 miles from Havannah. A British gunboat was sent to his assistance, upon the appearance of which the Fede ral ship made a speedy retreat, leaping the Dream West Gulf blockade, has been superseded. all his power into its hands, to await the decision of t h e general election for the Presidency of which it was n n 1 u n : c o u a r r o s . . s, v l e ' about 3oo(io to o s. p be removed Ca h g and Santaprevraolin o t. Some G rt en a A r e u naer Ship ments of indiarubber business Martha were s h b e e a i l n t g h yd. done h e i p in rfectly quiet. American exchange, ton, ed to f the States had fallen to steamship an C d allao ports, arrived arrived at Panama from ama ' ont Whitehead difficulty in Chili hhe 6 th th e a S t o n u o t o h n. Pa T ci h fi e c the withdrawal of the claim almost British residents theby cniii th a o t f t opinioneffa affair ry had not been p ro p er l y represented to t h e Govern ment,, and th at t h e d eman d was n ot justi li a numerous u ho then naval squa tiable. Th e p rospects f or t h e harvest in Ch ili Were good. B o li v i a was qu iet. In Peru affairs were progressin g favourably since the Governme n t had passed into the hands of General CanSeCO, in ccolunsisevqeueii,ircieviolefgtobefodrea2toh yofeaSrsanhlatdombaene.n An gr an e t e x d to Mr. George Petrie for the establishment n w ier ic h h s w sh il i l p b p e in of g ft o rh f eeq a u n ger i ne i ta o i t n ne :t t h floatingimportancea that pod port, t, c a k si well to eCit Callao, s la drone in the Pacific ; San Franc isco being the only other place in those seas possessing this advantage. 'the news fron t Mexico is very vague and uncer tain. Reports were afloat that the French had mif fer d heavily in an engagement, but as yet no de , tails have come to hand. The NI" . of Prussia addresses his Generals in Berlin one day , and and his words are in print in London the next . Th e improvements on magnetic action hav e ren d ered this instance, Herri ng ' s ma gnetic brushes—in restoring g ray h air to its natural manyand colour, and in eradicating the agony of tic doloreux and nervous headache. N.B.—Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 32, Basinghall-Street, London. Jewry-chambers, IlnoxEns—Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, Angel court, Throgmorton street. MANAGERS—Messrs. John Taylor and Sons, GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT IN ITALY—Mr. Geo. Henfrey. SECRETARY—Mr. W. G. Williams. Offices--41, Queen-street-place, London. This Company has ABRIDGED been duly registered PROSPECTUS. with limited lia bility. Its object is the purchase of a large interest in the cele brated lead mines of Monteponi, in the Island of Sardinia, together with the extensive lead smelting establishp , ent of Pertusola and the Sarzanello Coal Mine in the Gull of Spezz. The purchase-money for these properties (including &even twelfths of the Monteponi Mine), plant, engines, .fie, is £150,000. and it is estimated that £50,000 will be required as floating capital, so that in fixing the nominal capi al at .V. 50,000, a margin of V,0.001 is lett to enable the Company to take advantaov of such opportunities as may present them selves of extending their interest in Italian mines. •••.41,1, This undertaking differs essentially in its vulture from ordi navy mining enterprises. Its ca ital being invested in the purchase of mines and works, which are in lull operation, and yielding very large returns. Full prospectuses with forms of application for shares may be had at the offices of the Comp ny, No. 6, Queen-street place. London, or of the Brokers of the Comnany, Messrs. .loshus Hutchinson and Son. No application will be con. sidered unless a deposit of for each share applied for shall have been previously mad.. , with the Bankers of the Com pany. This sum will be returned in full in the event of no allotment being made. -- THE, - RESIDENTIAL CLUBS COMPANY ( Incorr °rated under " The Limited Companies Acts, 1202 " whereby the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares Capital £l3O 000, in 26,0'0 shares of' £5 each, with power to increase. First issue 13,000 shares. Deposit 10s. per share, to be paid on application, and 10s. per share on allotment. No call will be made until the contracts for the ground, and for the building of one clubhouse, shall have been signed, and three months' notice will be given of all subsequent calls. Each call not to exceed £1 per shale. COUNCIL. Edward Hates, Esq., North Frith. Tunbridge. Robert Levick, Esq., Hornchurch, near Romford, Essex. J. G. Maloolmson, Esq., Junior United Service Club. Rothwell Pounsett, Esq. (Grimb le and Co.), London. Barnet Phillips, Esq. (L. and B. Phillips and Co., east India Merchants), London. Lieut.-Col. Wheatley, 17, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square. RANBERs —The Union Bank of England and Franco, 83, King William-street, City. AnenmeT--John Giles, Esq., 2, Verulam-buildings, Gray's inn. Sonicrroßs—Messrs. Hancock, Saunders, and Hawksford, 36, Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn. AUDITORS —Henry Lloyd Morgan, Esq., Walbrook-build ings ; Edwin Galsworthy, Esq., 32, York-place, Portman square. SECRETARY (pro tem.) -Robert De Neufville Lucas. Esq. OFFICES —l, Charlotterow, Mansion-house, E.O In the great increase made by the metropolis of late years, the residential and domestic wants of a large class of the community have been overlooked. Whilst aristocratic clubs have multiplied, and model lodging-houses for the working classes have been erected in different localities, the conve nience of the middle claases, in this respect, has been wholly forgotten ; and it is the object of the Council of the Residm tial Clubs Company to supply that desideratum by the erec tion of suitable buildings, combining comfort with economy. On this subject the leading article in the "Times" of the 28th April observes : " Clubs are one of the most remarkable and beneficial pro ducts of modern civil cation, and their alvant ages are not nearly developed. Among the upper classes they exercise the same control over the condu t and deportment of men as general society exercises over the conduct of women. A man with black mark upon his character has no chance of getting into a respectable club ; a man who does a dis honourable act is expelled from his club. The clubs, with their ballots, their committees, and their power of expulsion, keep up the tone of manners in this country. They are courts of honour as well as large families of equals. We should like to see associations exercising a like influence among the middle classes and among the workmen. We should like to see them a test of character as well as a me ans of comfort to the humble, as they are to the wealthy." The objcct of the Residential Clubs Company is to provide bachelors of limited income with gentlemanlike abodes, in the metronolis and suburbs, embracing moat of the advan tages of the principal club-houses, thus combining style, comfort, society, and amusements with economy. At present, the cheerl ssness of hired lodgings, and the want of society, to') often induce the desire to seek amusement at question able places of public resort. MODE OF OPERATION. it is proposed to purchase or take upon leases sufficient ground in London and the sub ur b s, easy of access by rail and road, and thereupon to erect commodious and substantial edifices, each bull tng to contain a sufficient number of cham bers (all having fire-places), club, dining, reception, and read ing rooms, kite ens, baths, and other conveniences ; the whole to be completely and appropriately furnished, including plate, linen, and all requisites for domestic use. The Suburban Residential Clubs will be surroundel by gardens, cricket and archery grounds, &c. A sufficient staff of domestic servants wilt be provided, suitably attired. The rent of the chambers will vary from 30 to 50 guinea s per annum. A fixed moderate tariff will be published, and a table d'hOte served at separate tours, thus will the members have entire control over their daily expenditure. The reading room will be supplied with writing materials and copies of the principal London journals, reviews, and other periodicals. A laundry will t e established upon an economical footing, and thus enable the members to have their washing performed at a lower rate than they otherwise could do. The Council will be invested with power to make and pstablish m ublish bye-laent. ws for the regul a ti on and good order of the e The advantages to be derived from the operations of the Company are security against impositlo ~ facility and cer tainty in the administration of a small income, the indepen dence of a home in an establishment of high order and character, amusements hithe rto reale investment only b y the wealthy, nd a safe and p ro fit able vestment for c ap i tal, on which, from careful estimates, a net profit of from 12 to 15 percent. may be confidently anticipated. There will be an entrance fee of two guineas, an d an annual subscription of two guineas. Theywho shallwili also ie e havedul y From registered proprietors of not less than 10 shares. who may desire to reside at elected, no entrance fee will be h aC r l eq ub u a re a d a . d the preference in the selection of any rooms which may be vacant. ra t w i o i n t b e It is the i n t en ti o n of the Council to commen ce by the e rect i on and open i ng building ae as little d e l ay as p:s of one subur ban Bible. Two sites have a lready bren pro posed contiguous to the Crystal Palace, and wi thin five mi nutes' walk o f t h e ra i lway s t a ti o ns to London - brid ge, Far rington-street. Charing- cro s a nd Victoria - stre et. Other ar rang , ments beneficial to themembers are in contemplation. Plans of the firm buildin will be shortly ready at the offices of th e Company. g The Council have already received notice of applications for the allotme n t of over 4 000 shares. The liability of sitar:l:folders is . limited to the amount for which they subscribe . Applications for shares be made in the usual form to the bankers, solicitors ( Mes srs. may 7, LothburY). or to the secretary Scott and Stlyester, brokers, ap plication will be entertained unl ess the company but no ap share shall have been Previouslydeposi t made to the ban kers . , company. This sum will be returned in full in the event o f no allotme, t being made. T HE hest TROUSERS fur aentlPmpri tO st reet are those mad e b y ELSTOB, of Co, New Bond-street. They are neither so low in price as t ) necessitate their behig careless ly put together, nor so dear as to . gain only the wealthy as purchasers. "In media via tutissimus ibis." ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWEN TY-ONE SHILLINGS PER PAIR. 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Brian and Cuiley, Weland, tte. SHAKESPEARIAN TERCENTENARY. A meeting was held at Stratford-upon-Avon yes terday, for the purpose of deciding upon the man ner of celebrating the tercentenary of Shakespeare's birthday in 1864, The chair was occupied by the Lord-Lieutenant of the county, Lord Leigh, and the meeting was one of the largest held in Stratford for several years. It was agreed " that a national memorial shall be raised to Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon," as the place of his birth. For this purpose money will be sought throughout the country. After some animated discussion as to the best mode of celebrating the tercentenary, it was re solved :-1. To extend the educational advantages of the Free Grammar School of Bing Edward VI., Stratford, in which Shakespeare was educated ; and to found and establish one or more scholarships and exhibitions at the Universities in connection with the school. 2. To found a triennial prize for the best poem or essay on Shakespeare, to be open to public competition. 3. To lay out New Place Gar dens, and open them to the public, and otherwise properly celebrate the tercentenary at Stratford. Mr. BENNETT, the tragedian. proposed that a magnificent statue should be erected in hie native town, which should be worthy of the nation and the genius of Shakespeare. Thirty-two voted for the motion , wrist the noble chairman giving his cas tin i , the motion. and v 3 o 2 t eltagg4iii.St ; ------ "We are requested to state that the next Exami nation for Direct Commissions will commence on Monday, the 3d August. We are also requested to state that the list of candidates for this examination is complete. SOUTHERN ENGINEERS. —The negro soldiers in the department of the Gulf having already proved themselves efficient and obedient soldiers, it has been deter mined to turn their mechanical skill to account. Decent letters from Baton Rouge report that a regiment engineers is now organising at that point. 1,200 able-bodied la n : , gro this regiment will consist of over en tilled who will be attached to the engine corps building und -l e l ; meat, and be employed in bridge ps of this depart. The blacks are proud the instruction of competent officer of the trust reposed in them, and whenevers they are em ployed in military duty proof of intelligence give ampl e industry, and capacity. Their first . detail for the difficult ' and important service of the. engineer department of the army is en important experiment , the result of which will be obierred with curious interest.-IVew York Times. THE ARMY. Lord de Grey, Secretary of State for War, accom panied by Col. Jervoise, R.E., of the Royal Defence Commission, has been engaged at Portsmouth during the Whitsuntide recess in inspecting the lines of de fensive fortifications surrounding the port. On Tuesday he embarked on board her Majesty's steamer Fire Queen, Master-Commander Paul, and, proceed ing to the westward, inspected the forts at Hurt point, the Needles, and Fort Victoria inside the Needles, afterwards landing at Yarmouth, and sleep ing at the hotel at Freshwater. The next morning he embarked at Yarmouth again on board the Fire Queen, and went to the Royal Military Hospital at Netley, in Southampton Water, where he spent a considerable time in going over the different parts of the hospital. After leaving Netley he returned to Portsmouth in the ,Fire atleen, and slept at the Portland (Hirst's) Hotel at Southsea. Yesterday morning he visited the dockyard, and accompanied by Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Sey mour, G.C.8., and Rear-Admiral Superintendent George Elliott and Captain C. P. Coles, R.N., went on board the Royal Sovereign turret ship. On leav ing the Royal Sovereign his lordship embarked on board the Fire Queen from the dockyard, and visited the sites of the proposed marine forts at Spithead on the Norman Horse, and Stourbridge shoals, and her Majesty's iron frigate Black Prince, lying at Spithead. He afterwards landed at Stokes Bay, and inspected the lines of defence on the west side of Portsmouth Harbour with the advanced outlying forts. This day, Friday, his Lordship will make a minute inspection of the forts on Portadown-hill, and the partly completed lines of defence, at Hilsea. On Tuesday, Major-Gen. Stransham, inspector- Gen. Royal Marines, commenced his half-yearly in spection of the Plymouth division, which was at 10 o'clock formed in marching order round the barrack- square at Stonehouse, where the Inspector-Genera, was received with the usual salute. After inspec- tion of the men under arms, the division was formed into open columns of companies, right in front, and Gen. Straasham made a minute exami nation of kits. At 3 p.m. another battalion, com posed of 10 companies of 20 files each, paraded in the Brickfieid, Devonport, for drill, and was drawn up in line, facing the east, to receive the inspector. The battalion was exercised by Lieut.-Col. Lam- brick at the manual and platoon drill. Lieut.-Col. Connolly was then called on to exercise the batta lion in the bayonet drill, which was admirably per formed. Col.-Commandant Holloway, C. 8., A.D.C,, then put the men through a series of battalion and light infantry manoeuvres, the whole of which were well executed: On Wednesday, at 9 a.m., the In spector-General visited the ship gun drill battery, for the purpose of seeing a detachment put through the gunnery exercise. He then went to the girls' school and to the Millbay barracks, where he exa mined the boys' school. In the afternoon a battalion of eight companies, of 16 files each, was paraded in the Brickfield, where various officers were called upon to manoeuvre the battalion, which then re turned to barracks. The inspector-general next proceeded to St. Nicholas's Island to witness the practice from the Armstrong guns. The Royal Artillery brigades otherwise unem ployed yesterday assembled in the barrack field at Woolwich, and, having been inspected by Major- Gen. Sir R. Dacres, commanding the garrison, they marched past in divisions. The battalions of Royal Marine Light Infantry were mustered on Woolwich common, and went through a course of battalion movements; and the 60th Rifles, in command of Sir E. F. Campbell, Ist battalion, stationed at Woolwich, went through a course of sword exer cise on the Royal Artillery parade. The enrolled pensioners belonging to the Wool wich division, consisting of 397 hale, robust looking men, averaging about 45 years of age, who have been called out for their eight days' annual drill, yesterday went through a most brilliant course of musketry and file firing, in command of Major D. H. Mackinnon, Staff Officer of Pensioners. The pensioners will assemble this morning and will go through a course of battalion movements,and on the following day they will be inspected by Col. Sir E. F. Campbell, Ist battalion 60th Rifles. Only three men have this year been absent on the sick list, which speaks well for the sanitary condition of the corps, 400 in number. During the whole course of training two absentees and defaulters only have been reported. By the established regulations, the pen sioners are not entitled to remain in the corps after the age of 50, but they retain their pension and are no longer called upon for eventual service and an nual drill. On their discharge the vacancies are filled up by more effective men. Official instructions, as announced yesterday at Woolwich, have been received from the Horse Guards to the effect that no military demonstration will take place on the 6th of June, as anticipated, in celebration of the Queen's birthday. The public departments of the dockyard and the Arsenal will be closed from Saturday to Monday, and the usual drills of the troops will be dispensed with. Detachments of the 53d Regiment returned to their headquarters yesterday from Portland and Wey mouth, having been relieved by other detachments from the 26th (Cameronians), the headquarters of which are stationed at Gosport. The enrolled pensioners of the South-west district numbering 350 men, under the command of Colonel Moon and Captain Driver, marched to Southsea common yesterday, where they were officially in spected by Colonel Inglis, 53d Regiment. The corps of local pensioners in the Chatham dis trict, having completed their usual period of train ing, were inspected on Chatham lines yesterday morning by Col. H. Jervis, commanding the first battalion at Chatham garrison. The number of men under training this year has b een reduced, and the force inspected yesterday consisted of about 400 men of all ranks, who were formed into six com panies, the whole un der the command of Col. R. Jenkins, the officer in charge of the out n ist r r o i u ct. d tOhe veterans n the ar rivalotih e r CI , s a Chatham e s i on of e r C s o 1 i j ni n n e the a a th d e g n were formed in lin e and gave the usual salu te , nea rly every man present having his left b reast orname nted with two , t hr e e, and in several instances five medals. The companies were then put through the manual and platoon exercise, w hi c h the force broke into after companies, usual marching past took placeand the . Orders have been received at Chatham garrison directing two officers and from the Horse Gua r d s, 76 non-commissioned officers and men of the Ist battalion of the 12th Regiment to be held in readi ness to 'embark for India, to reinforce the service companies of the regiment. The first division of the depot brigade Royal Artillery, being considerably below its fixed estab lishment, orders have been received from the Horse Guards, directing 200 non-commissioned officers and gunners to proceed on Tuesday next, from Warley, to join the head-quarters of the first division. The detachment, after undergoing a course of instruc . tion at the S c h oo l o f G unnery, Sh oe b uryness , will embark for I n di a w ith t h e re i n forcements of the Royal Artillery ab ou t t o b e despatched to India in the course of the present summer. mand of Lieut.-Col. Michell, marchsd from head quarters, Woolwich, yesterday morning, f Alder- shott, and will arrive at the camp on Soarturday. NM