The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-13 00:00:00

3 ) S g S ) 1 3 ) a V _.~ I ItEITEMBER, WE SUP AT EVANS' EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK aft,r Alfred 3 lellon's Promenade Concerts. EA. el ass APPRENTICES required kl in an East Indiaman.—}Thr premium, name 4 -, f ship, &c.. apply to Messrs. Lain.' and Co., 27, Coleman-street, Bank. No control over or interference in the outfitting exercised. EDINBURGH (Reduced. Fares), from Irongate wharf, Tower.--Saloon, 20s ; fore tabin, deck (soldiers aud sailors only), 7s (id ; return, tickets (available for a month), aos and 2?s ed. The cheapest and quickest sea route by the splendid new ST AnSIIIPS of the LONDON and EDINBURGH SIIIPPING COMPANY, sailing every Wednesday and Saturday, at 10 morning. Apply at the spread Eagle, Regent-circus ;or at Iroftgate-wharf. THE ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Comoanies' Act, 1862, by which the lability of each Shareholder is strictly limited to the amount of his Shares, Capital .V5q,000, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each. First I With power to increas e t o O ne .31illion Sterling.) ssue 12,500 Shares; whereof a portion will be reserved. for India. Deposit .£1 per Share on application, and £1 on allotment. Calla not to exceed £2 p er Sh are, w ith an interval of not less three months between each call. DIRECTORS. (Sir John Peter Grant, K.C.8., Chairman, late Lieutenant - Governor ol Bengal. C olonel Anderson, CIB., Director of the Eastern Bengal Rail waY Company. Geore Constable, Esq , Firm of Henderson and Co nstable, Cannon -street, E C. • Sir Frederick Currie,• Bart Member of the Council of India. Colonel French, Chairman of the Bombay xnd Baroda Rail way Company. Colonel Holland, Director of the Al.rra and United Service Bank. John Stewart, Esq., Director of the Marine Insurance Com pan John y. Robert Thomson, Esq., Chairman of the London and South African Bank. James Henry Young, Esq., late of the Bengal Civil Service. A urn Torts. T. R. Walker, Esq., 21, Hanover-square, and A Shareholder, to be elected at the First General Meeting. :SA.NKERS IN LONDON. The Ara and H'Aited Service Bank (Limit2d), 27, Cannon street, E.C. The London aud County Bank, Hanover-square, W. BANKERS IN INDIA. The Aura and Uni red Service Bank (Limited). SOLICITORS. Messrs. Uptons, Johnson, and Upton, 20, Austin- triars, E.O FrancisßßOKEß. BROKER. cis Eurnand, Esq., 78 ' Lombard-street, and 13 and 14, County-chimbers, Cornhill, E.C. SECRETARY (pro tern.) Macdonald Yates, Esq. Temporary Offices :-36, Cannon-street, E.C., and 5, Parii- ment-street, Westminster. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed for the purpose of introducing a system of efficient Hotel accommodation into India, China, and other places in the East. In Calcutta a joi.at-stock company has lately purchased and undertaken the management of a Hotel, and the pro spects of the enter, rise may be inferred from the very high premium at which their shares are quoted in the Calcutta market, see "Times" Ju'y 17, the "Englishman's Weekly Mail" of June 8, 1863, and " Allen's Indian Mail," of August 4—viz., £25 paid. present value, £45 ex div., equal to 80 per cent. prem., and the payment of a dividend of 10 per cent. for the halt-year ending 30th April last, equal to 20 per cent. per annum. It is proposed, in the first instance, to supply the urgent requirements of Bombay and Point de Galle. In the event of two-thirds of the first issue of shares not being, subscribed for, no allotment will take place, and the deposits will be returned to the subscrib rs, without deduc tion. It is proposed to pay to shareholders 5 per cent. interest upon the capital as paid up, until the first dividend is de clared. Detailed prospectuses and forms of application for shares May be obtained of the Secretary, Bankers, and Broker. ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Limited). V 7 NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That NO APPLICA TION for SHARES in the Oriental Hotels Company (Limited) WILL BE RECEIVED after SATURDAY, the 15th August current. MACDONALD YATES, Secretary pro tem. August 6, 1563. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and Invested Funds . £2,122,828 Annual Revenue . FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insurances granted both at home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent, of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the participating, principle. The new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Amount Insured, Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the OFFICES : LONtoON •.58, Threadneedle-street. ~ West -end ................ 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothb ur y . „ Office.. 8. Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. . . T HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. READ OFFICES 29, Lombard-street, London, mid , Royal Inturance buildings, Liverpool. Total AnnwAl Revenue exceeds £soo,o'o, Accumulat , ,td Funds in hand over 1,000,000. EXTRAC ES FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Direttors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upu - n to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting 'of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the close of the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. r .Che high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is again fully maintained. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preceding year, and in fact sur passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, since the commencement of this Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 10s. 5d., and of the North American business, 'which is kept sepa. rately, £11,097165. 10d. LIFE BRANCH. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on new policies for fhe year if 62 exceeds even that of the year 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £701,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last few years it is believed that such a sum assured as that which has Just been announced as the result of one year's business was all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's business has been carefully watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the future to the participating life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum proposed for assurance amounts to £148,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis siole in a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal - Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the tuture may untold for it a sphere of still greater magni tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. -- - • The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was -.1:85,062, and the amount insured on farming stock, £10,086,332. £5,400 .. 11,500 „ 23.200 .. 56,500 Chief Office, 15, Val THOS. LI NFORD, Secretary. Moorgate - street, R. 0 ., Aug 1,1863. A bonus of three-fifths of the profits periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received sums amounting in the agp•egate to £410,000 ; and the Society now holds a large Res .rve applicable to a future Bonus. The rates of premiam are In no case higher than those charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. For prospectus es apply at the Society's Offices. Surrey street, Norwich and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Life Assurance for all classes. This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is .. •• .. £51,000 The Accumulated Fund exceeds • . 0,600 It has paid in Claims .. .. 112,000 n The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among Members. Three divisions have already been made' when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the polici ,s _ Dec. 31, 1847 .. ~ 3852 .. 1857 .. ~ 1862 .. — snaking Bonuses lieu of an T na - S , be received in Irish or applied to the reduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in addition tot he I,obey. Attention is especially invited to the system i the up policies introduced by this Association, by which _ a of free orpaid sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of po icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all whether assurers or otherwise. , Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. il OYAL FREE HOST /TAT in the immediate vicinity oft -- h' j ", : Gray's: road way Terminus, at King's-cross, -- Great Northern Rail- Patron—The QuE ENT President —The Duke of Bucci - I ,* if , Treasurer — Edward Masterm -,,-;11", 'LG. This was the first hospital to introduc e a f i'''' S q* and instant admission to the destitute sick,ewlT principle of mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted the for_free tution in its most pitiable form—Viz., that wi%the,l to desti tution but the pr.nied by sickness and disease, and is "w ofianaccfsnm magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be 8----.ent capable of admitting into Its wards a very large proportionrendered the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires of funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception thes e the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. m l , ) , tion of it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. - more, The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to cases that E ARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued upper tdoaielynable them to admit and relieve the distressing cas Present themselves. mCaoantributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward rrna o , Esq Nicholas -lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and ,e. Co.;; Drummond and Co. ; Metrics and Co. ; Ransom and a ! -, n J ol : Co r . eseo .i,o t .n t i , eis G arn ro s t , e, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co.;. v7l.- Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison Co.;, Nisbet and Co. and at the Ho Deacon, and Co. ; Ocerend, Gurney, and , ; Messrs. J. named and Co., Liverpool sPitaL STA NFORD S. 531.1T11, Secretary 6 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING , AUGUST 13, 1863 N°. 22,192 CRITIQUES on the NEWSPAPER PRESS in the LITERARY TIMES, every week. Naval and Military Intelligence. her troops and invalids yesterday. The invalids were removed to Netley Hospital, and the troops to their several depots. The Royal Stuart sailed for the Thames yesterday afternoon. THE NAVY. The Sun of Wednesday, July 8, contained a de tailed account of the lengthened frigate Constance and a description of her engines. They were de scribed as double cylinder, or compound, of 500 horse power, and as designed especially to econo mise the use of fuel. In order to test them the fri gate was taken outside Plymouth Breakwater on Monday last. The trial was under the superinten dence of Capt. Edmonstone, chief of the steam re serve, aided by Mr. Dinnen, inspector of machinery afloat, and by Mr. Steil, assist.-engineer of Key ham-yard. Mr. Batt, master of the Indus, had charge of the ship, and Mr. Joseph H. Ellis of the engines. Mr. Randolph, senior partner of Messrs. Randolph, Elder, and Co., of Glasgow, the contrac tors, was also on board. The wind was from the south-west, the force from 2 to 5, and the weather moderate. The Constance made six runs at the measured mile, with the following results:—She made the first run in 4m. 545.; rate,12.245 knots ; the second in 4m. 405.; rate, 12 . 5 knots ; the third in 4m. 505.; rate, 12.081 knots; the fourth in sm. 25.; rate, 11.921 knots ; the fifth in 4m. 425.; rate, 12.766 knots ; the sixth in 4m. 425.; rate, 12.766 knots. The other results were—average speed per hour, 12.325 knots; revolutions per minute, 55 to 58 ; steam pressure, 321-Ib.; barometer pressure, 301 b.; vacuum, 282 in.; temperature of the stoke hole, 96 deg.; engineroom, 74 deg.; deck, 68 deg. There was no indication of hot bearings. With half-boiler power she made the first run in sm. 438.; rate, 10496 knots ; the second in 6m. Bs.; rate, 9'783 knots ; the third in sm. 125.; rate, 11.538 knots; the fourth in sm. 555.; rate, 10.141 knots. Her average speed was 10.544 knots per hour, the num ber of revolutions was 46, and the steam pressure 281 b. The results as to speed are very satisfac- ALFRED MELLON'S PROMENADE CON cEras, Royal Italian Opera, Covent -garden, THIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock. Vocalist—Mdlle. CARLOTTA PATTI. Band of nearly 100 performers. Admission, One Shilling. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Times' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, July 31. The conscription is to be enforced in the city as well as throughout the State of New York. In New Jersey the Governor has made an attempt to render it unnecessary by resorting to the old system of voluntary enlistments and high bounties—but his success is problematical. In New York the system has been twice tried, the last time unsuccessfully, and is even now in operation without perceptible results. And as the Government has actually put the whole machinery of the law into motion throughout the New England States, it is compelled, by regard for its own dignity, not to be, of seem to be, turned from its purpose in the principal city of the Union by the dictation of the mob. Consequently, it is ex pected, after a futile attempt on the part of the State authorities to raise the quota required under the Act, that the draught will be ordered to recommence. The Republican prints loudly proclaim the fact, and urge upon the Government the utmost rigour as well as vigour in carrying out the law. Apprehen sive of disturbance, or, as many affirm, anxious to provoke it, the Administration has sent either three or four gunboats to the North and East rivers, so as, in case of need, to command any of the lateral streets of the city in which disturbances may break out ; and poured into the neighbourhood all the Federal troops it can spare from other service. The emigrants from the Old World, who in continually increasing numbers arrive in the New, no sooner land at Castle Garden than they see before them all the means, appliances, and paraphernalia of war. The green sward of the Battery, where Castle Garden stands, is covered with the white tents of the soldiery. There are 12 pieces of artillery on the ground ; the lean, scraggy steeds of a whole regiment of cavalry are tethered to a rope, ready for immediate service ; and two regiments of infantry bivouac on the square. Should Charleston ever be occupied by a Federal force, it will scarcely present an appear ance more like that of a captured city than that which the lower part of New York presents at this moment. The sentinels pace to an fro, and allow no one to penetrate their lines, turning the nursery maids and children and the usual stream of pedes trians out of their precincts, with a brutal insolence of speech and demeanour that bespeaks the rowdy class from which they sprang—a " rowdyism" in tensified and aggravated by their war training, and that does not promise, in case of collision be tween troops and people, any such fraternisation of the military with the insurgents as the world has so often seen in the street revolutions of Paris and other European cities. The design of the Admi nistration to override local authority is glaring. Disappointed in Gen. Wood, who was too honest, and in General Harvey Brown, who was too indis creet to play into ita hands, it will doubtless find some strong and unscrupulous military tyrant who will take advantage of the first symptoms of riot or insurrection to declare the city under martial law. The object is openly avowed by all the " shoddy " contractors, negrophilists, war " Christians," doctrinaires, emancipationists , and zealots who usually support the Government. The favourite candidate for the office is General Butler. And as it is highly probable, if he should accept it, that he will irreparably ruin his present fair prospects for the Presidency, Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Stanton, and all the other Presidential candidates in the Cabinet, may not only see no objections to his appointment, but may gladly give him the chance to serve their purposes, and damage his own reputation by one and the same process. Persons whose houses, shops, and other property were destroyed during the late riots have sent in claims of compensation to the amount of 451,266 dais., equivalent, at the present depreciation of greenbacks as compared with gold, to about £70,00 sterling. But the list is far from complete. The negro claims have not been investigated ; and the stage and om nibus companies whose traffic was stopped for four days intend to demand compensation for the whole amount of the earnings which they did not receive, in consequence, as they allege, of the failure of the municipal authorities to keep the peace. The claim, it appears, will be resisted for the reason that, it allowed, the fashionable jewellers, haberdashers, and other rotail traders of Broadway, who wore compelled during the same interval to close their establishments, might, with as good a plea of equity, demand compensation for their lost custom. The operations of the draught, when resumed, will have to be carried on in booths or hustings in the open air, it having been found impossible to hire premises for the purpo se i n any par t o f th e town; so fearful ar e property-holders and occupants that new scenes of incendiarism and pillage will be the result of any attempt to make men soldiers against their will. The conscription—enforced or unenforced— threatens to be the test question of the war. If un enforced, Mr. Lincoln and his party will be defeated in the field for want of soldiers, and in the Council for want of that popular support without which no Government can live, least of all a Government that expires like the Parliaments of England by the operation of the law that brought it into being. If en forced, the chances a re t h at it will provoke civil strife in all the States where the Democratic party is in the majority, and that it will be so extensively evaded in the States Where the Republicans are in the ascendant as to becom e virtually a nullity. In New England, where it has not been contested with violence es in New York and the North-West, the prudent and "canny" people seem to have discovered that there arc other and better means of aveiding unpalatable military servic e than by taking up arms in the streets, plundering shops, burning down orphan asylums, and hangi ng inoffensive negroes. Persuasion being better than force in their estima tion, they have resolved to persuade the medical gentlemen of their villages, towns, and cities to tes tify to their physical incapacity to perform military duty. According to a Connecticut journal, the Hartford Times, the exemptions by surgeon's cer tificate of draughted men since the commencement of the draught in New England amount to the enormcus proportion of 73 per cent. The amount of fee given for this service is variously estimated. If a man be very poor—and the surgeon also—a glass of whisky is sufficient honorarium to offer and accept. But as a general rule the price varies with the worldly circumstances of the person " who will not be a soldier," and ranges from 1 to 20 dols. The would-be exempt is stripped, and if the surgeon finds a greenback between the man's toes, under his arm pit, behind his ear, between his teeth, or elsewhere, the matter becomes as clear to his capacity as it was previously to that of him who does not wish to risk his life for his country, and the business is settled to the mutual satisfaction of doctor and patient. But the dishonesty does not answer its purpose, the Government having resolved to treat all such cer tificates as of no avail, and to admit of no exemp tions but such as are signed by its own appointed army surgeons. The figures prove, nevertheless, how little real heart there is in the war, even in New England. In one of the municipal districts of the city of Bost on, conscripts out of 1,135 submitted to examination last week, 937 were exempted, either on the ground of foreign citizenship, physi cal incapacity, or error in the enrolling lists, which 09 substitutesls. e a ; h c a included boys under 18 and men over 45 years of age. Another batch of the exemption fine ; 1 08 provided vi d paid e 3 dand ten, being too strong for exemption, and too poor to pay for substitutes, were compelled to do duty, or suffer the penalty decreed against desertion. Nor do these numbers, unfavourable as they appear to the Government in its hour of need, convey the whole extent cf the evil. A regular business of " substitution" has been organised throughout New T" E OXFO R D, e, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean dm Comic, by UNSWORTII ("or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, E. Righton, and A. Lloyd. Also, a Performance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full band of 40 instruments. 'rhe HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 13d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. fid. N OTICE.—TheGHOST! GHOST!! GHOST!!! AT CANTERBURY lIALL. Two representations of Professor Pepper's startling Illusion will be given on Mondays. Wednesdays, and Saturdays, at Nine and a quarter•past Eleven o'clock; other Evenings at Eleven only ; and produced with all the newest improve ments by Mr. A. Silvester, which can be seen only at this establishment. Dramatic Readinzs by Mr. Graham, in addition to Grand Operatic Selections, Cantatas, Glees, Song,s, Comic and Sentimental, and UNSWORTH, the Stump Orator. Open every Evening at half past Seven. Admission, Sixpence. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—The Risarelis (last week pre vious to their departure for the Continent)—The Brothers Conrad—Les Petit Monstres—The Francesco Family, from La Scala, Milan, &c. Grand Operatic Selection :—Miss M'Gregor. Albert, Georgini, supported by Chorus and Band of Sixty Performers. Notice.—The Proprietor has much pleasure to announce that he has an eng ,gement with Mdlle. Taccani, from Her Majesty's Theatre, who will appear every evening. ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S JERATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottl e s , warran t e d to k eep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, votass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manufactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. tory. Although the consumption of fuel was less, and the labour of the stokers not so much as with other engines, yet it is considered that unless the the ship is sent on a comparatively long voyage no correct conclusion can be arrived at in reference to the quantity of fuel required. It is therefore sug gested as being very desirable to test the competing engines fitted on board the sister frigates Constance, Arethusa, and Octavio at an early period by placing them all in commission. The Constance went out on Friday last, but, owing to the state of the weather, her engines were not tried. When re turning through the Sound, about four p.m., three shots were fired from the practice battery in the lower fort of Plymouth citadel, which passed over the deck of the • Constance scarcely funnel high. They seemed to be only a few feet from the heads of those on her bridge. The brig Ferret, 8, Lieut.-Commander Robert Mansell, from Ireland, which arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday, was appointed to return again yester day. Tie troopship Windsor Castle, Capt. Price, left Plymouth on Monday evening for Bombay. The hulk Thisbe was towed on Tuesday from her moorings in Hamoaze to the Devonport dockyard, where she will be prepared for a chapel ship, and will probably leave for Cardiff on Saturday. The Fire Queen steam yacht, Master Comman der Pearl, with Vice-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.8., Commander-in -Chief at Portsmouth, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday morning for the Chan nel Islands, where the Admiral will make his an nual tour of inspections. During the absence of the the Commander-in -Chief the duties of the port will devolve on Rear-Admiral Elliott, Superintendent of Portsmouth dockyard, who has shifted his flag to the Victory. The Lucifer, paddle, in temporary command of Master-Commander Allen, accom panied the Fire Queen. The Orontes troopship, Capt. 11. W. Hire, is under orders to proceed to Gibraltar on or about Saturday next, to be employed in removing troops to and from Malta. This will occupy her until about the middle of September. She will take out a few supernumeraries, to be distributed among the ships on that station. The Admiralty have directed temporary roofs to be erected over the stacks of timber deposited at Chatham dockyard, in order to preserve them from the effects of the weather until required for use in wooden shipbuilding. This latter contingency, however, appears to be exceedingly remote, as the whole of the hands are at present employed, and will be employed for some years to come, in the con struction of those iron and iron-cased vessels which are already ordered to be built at Chatham. Mr. 0. Lang, the master-shipbuilder at Chatham dockyard, has within the last few days sent in a formal application to the Admiralty, requesting to be relieved of his appointment, and for permission to retire from the service. Mr. Lang is one of the most eminent shipbuilders in her Majesty's service, and during his comparatively brief career as master shipbuilder has designed and superintended the construction of nearly all the finest and best of our modern vessels of war. He was the constructor of the Royal Oak, the pioneer of the squadron of iron clads which has turned out so complete a success. His step has creat ed considerable sur p rise, not unmixed We have c r o e n a s s e o g n ue to ne b e e o li f ev s e o , m h e ow re e e v e e n r t , is firm in his intention to retire from withtha tA r i e r g . r L et a . n g ents at the Admiralty, has be come distasteful to him. It was yesterday i the m p s o e r ry t a c t e , a apvphoiicnht , m n nounced at the dockyard that a reply had been received from the Admiralty accepting Mr. Lang's resignation, but requesting him not to quit the ser vice until the completion of the iron frigate Achilles, the construction of which he has superintended up till now. It is probable that Mr. Lang's retirement will be followed by that of others at some of the dockyards. THE LAUNDRESSES to h er l a t e M a jesty Queen Adelaide say, that " BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN S LARCH needs but to be tried to be approved." Sole Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by Bow, London, E. CA" PLATES ENGRAVED. Any Pattern 2s. 50 BEST CARDS, Printed from Plate REAL MOROCCO CARD CASES 1,000 BUSINESS ENVELOPES, gummed 3B. NEWSPAPER ENVELOPES, 4 doz. P. ARNOLD, Manufacturing Stationer, 86, Fleet-street, E.O PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE NACIIINES, for hand, horse, or steam power, are the most simpl e and efficient extant.—Ful: particulars andprices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co., Laurence Pountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C., where they may be seen in operation daily. TEA, —MOORS BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong, reduced to 3s. Bd. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd.; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. AIOORE BROTHERS, 35, London -bridge, City, E.C. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal), Leasehold and Freehold Property, or Reversions, &e., in sums from £2O to £soo.—Mr. Howard, 18, Queen street, Cheapside. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country).—A GENTLEMAN is willing . to MAKE ADVANCES of CAS El, without delay, to respectable persons (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on.—Apply (if by letter enclose four stamps) to W., at Mr. Robertson s, Accountant, 40, King William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. IMMEDIATE CASH AD VANCES.—Persona requiring Capital, repayable by inftalments, to enable them to increase or commence business, or for any other purpose, can readily obtain Advances on application at the Offices of the ST. GEORGE ADVANCE FUND ASSO CIATIONS, 118, Pall-mall, S.W. Prospectus and forms sent free. E. H. GILBART, Manager. PASSENGERS AND TRAVELLERS PROTECTION AND COMPENSATION OFFICES, 16, Craven-street, Strand, London, W.C. Passengers by Rail, Road, or Water, and others suffering from loss or injury to themselves or property, should apply for redress and compensation at the above Offices ; established to render prompt assistance to all classes upon the most ad vantageous terms. Advice on aplication gratis. Letters must be addressed to " The Manage p r," enclosing a stamp for reply. RUPTURES. —BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT ExHIBITION 8 OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of IIERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the hoc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease Ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive c ircular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit , fo rwarded by post, on cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS) KNEE-CAPS, Sze., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. porous, light in textu re , an d i nexpens i ve , an d are drawn on liir e an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 100., to 165 . each. Postage 6d. They are THE ARMY. On Tuesday afternoon there was another removal ldershca, which has of troops from the camp at A been rendered necessary in conseq uence of the great scarcity of water which has this summer been ex perienced there. One hundred and eighty-nine non-commissioned officers and men of the D brigade of Artillery, with 92 horses, left for Shorneliffe Camp until the winter quarter, when the supply of water is usually greater than in the summer months, and when they will return to their old quarters. A movement is to be at once set on foot to procure an of the ca mp . adequat e supp l y , e i t h er by an arrangement wit h the water company of the town of Aldershott ci: by the sinking of ne w ar t es i an wells within the prec incts Still further removals of troop s are daily expected. The number of troops at Alder shott is was never s o sma ll s i nce it h as been a camp as it at present. Col. T. G. Greene, director of engineering and architectural works, and Mr. Charles Richards, the controller of the victualling department, arrived on Tuesday evening at Moorshead's Royal Hotel, Devonport. The Duke of Somerset, K.G, First Lord, and the other Lords of the Admiralty, in the paddle wheel steam yacht Enchantress, 1, Master John E. Potley, were expected to arr i ve at Devonport yes terday evening, and to commence their annual inspection to-day. Their lordships dine on Friday at Mount Wise with Port Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.B, the Commander•in-Cbief, and in the evening patronise a ball in favour of the Royal British Female Orphan Asylum, which will be held in the new mess-room of the Royal Marine Light Infantry at Stonehouse. On Saturday, at 11 a.m., the Duke of Somerset will hold a levee for the reception of s') officers in the office of the Admiral Superintendent Thos. M. C. Symonds, C. 8., at the dockyard, Davenport. Detachments of the 18th Hussars are expected to arrive at Norwich, Ipswich, and Northampton bar racks to-day or to-morrow. The headquarters o f the regiment will be at Norwich. Some of the men have already arrived. The regiment succeeds the sth Lancers at Norwich, Ipswich, and Northampton, The Royal Stuart, hired transport, disembarked ~., I f • Q.U I IIE4 -nn+ 4) 4 41011%; fmnrr. iniU t ir.4lPl4lll,'-„, • 41 / WN Ca JJ t , 7 England, the substitutes provided being for the most part " rowdies" and ruffians of the great cities, who have all the physical and none of the moral attri butes of the good soldier, and who make it their business to desert as soon as possible after receipt of their money, to carry on the same trade in a new locality. The name of " bounty jumpers" has re cently been applied to them. This morning a steamer with 117 conscripts and substitutes arrived an the East River, from Newhaven, in Connecticut. The vessel no sooner touched the pier than the men endeavoured to escape. Some jumped overboard, and a scene of the greatest confusion ensued, the bystanders generally doing all in their power to assist the runaways. The result was that 47 got clear cff and defied pursuit. The remaining 60 were marched to the Park Barracks under escort, to be removed forthwith to Washington. The enrolment of negro regiments has proved a greater failure in point of numbers than most people anticipated. There are about 2,000 white men be sieging the official bureaux at Washington for cap taincies and colonelcies in black regiments; but there are not nearly as many black candidates throughout the whole North for the perilous honour of serving the Federal Government in the capacity of private soldiers. The negroes know their friends from their enemies. They feel that the North has no affection for them, and that it is only anxious for black soldiers because it is running short of the white supply. If they did not, they might be un deceived by the speech of the Rev. Horace James, chaplain of a Massachusetts regiment, delivered a few nights ago at Roxbury, Boston, in favour of the establishment of a negro colony on Roanoke Island. " Remember," he said, " that every black soldier who is put into the field may intercept the bullet that would otherwise pierce the breast of a white man. How can any individual, with one spark of human feeling, look coldly on an experi ment the object of which is to save the lives of our own young men, as well as to elevate and interest an oppressed but tractable and courageous race ?" The tender mercies of the Northern Aboli- tionists are cruel. If this passage meant anything it meant that white blood was valuable, and that black blood was not, and that the cheapest food for the gunpowder of this strife was the black food. The negro understands the matter perfectly well. He says little, but he prefers to sweep chimneys, whitewash walls, or be a waiter in taverns and eating-houses, to shouldering the musket as a soldier; more especially since it has become the fashion, first set by General Banks,to place him in positions of the greatest danger, where the whole sale massacre of himself and his companions is in evitable. Though such a proceeding answers the double purpose of sparing white blood and of prov ing what no one ever doubted—that a negro pro perly drilled, educated, and fed, will make almost as good a soldier as an Irishman—the negro may be well excused for not seeing any advantage to him self in the experiment. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the Easton Station. Mr. R. Moon, the chairman, presided. The CHAIRMAN explained that, in order to enable the warrants to be prepared ready for issue, as usual, immediately after the declaration of the dividend, the transfer books had to be closed on the 29th July, and the meeting now called within a fortnight of that date was usually held on the 3d Friday in August ; but as the accounts could not be issued so as to be in the hands of the proprietors seven days prior to the day of meeting, the ordi nary business would be adjourned to the 21st inst. at noon. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know what the dividend was likely to be on the 21st ? The CHAIRMAN saidthat the dividend would be at the rate of 4/ per cent. per annum, which had been fairly earned, leaving a small balance over. He stated that since the first half of 1855 they had not been able to add anything to the surplus forward for the second half year. The remainder of the ordinary business of the half.-yearly meeting was then adjourned to the 21st inst. at noon. The special general meeting was then held, to consider the propriety of raising further capital. The CHAIRMAN moved a formal resolution autho rising the directors to create additional capital to the amount of £2,197,666, in shares of £lOO each, having a perpetual preference dividend of 5 per cent. per annum, payable half yearly, at the same time as the ordinary dividends. After some discussion the motion was carried by a large majority. Resolutions were passed authorising the directors to convert a further amount of the debenture bonds into a perpetual 4 per cent. debenture stock to the extent of £5,000,000. C_ PRICE.— —.4d. STAMPED ....sd. not been until recently made acquainted with the fact. Mr. SURGEY considered that it shook all confi dence in the board. Land, two acres, that was bought at £9OO per acre, was sought to be disposed of to the company for £lO,OOO per acre. The CHAIRMAN said it was absurd to suppose that men would become the purchasers of 130 acres for the sake merely of selling two acres. After much discussion and altercation, the resolu tion proposed by Mr. Surgey was put and carried unanimously. Mr. SURGEY then inquired whether the chair man and his colleagues intended to resign. The CHAIRMAN said he intended to consult with his friends as to the course to be pursued, Mr. SURGEY said it was now a question for new directors. The CHAIRMAN said that could not be done now, and the meeting broke up. SAN PAULO (BRAZILIAN). Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the proprie tors was held at the London Tavern, Mr. R. A. Heath in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the first section from Santos to Muji, 13 miles, was by this time finished. The inclines on the second section of 37 miles were proceeding rapidly. The contractors were under engagements to finish the line to Sau Paulo by 1866, but they were not forced to deliver the whole line until 1868. The contractors had applied to Government to give them a certain bonus if they finished the works sooner, and the directors had recommended the Government to give them £25,000 for every six months they saved of the contract time for com pleting the works. The report having been unanimously adopted, thanks were given to the chairman and directors, and the meeting separated. fj 'S JOHN WHITE, Mannf wawa. 22% Piccadilly. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs, Glyn and Co., bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. O YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Raring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. DEPUTY - CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F. 1.5., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since the beginning, of the year 1860, the Royai National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society. and other means, since its formation, is 12,800; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,000 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-can iages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support whi c h has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, whi^h can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions:— - - ~.... Her Majesty the Queen •• •• •• annual 50 0 0 Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. Cr. .. .. .. annual 50 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. • • .. • • annual 11 0 Coutts and Co. Messrs., Bankers .. • • annual 10 0 0 Currie, Wm. 1 , q., .. .. .. 4th don. l o 0 0 Erle, Lord Chief *Justice .... .. .. don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d den. 25 0 0 Fenwick, G. .T., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran sporting Carriage 250 0 0 .. .. .. .. .. Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. •• don. 3ri 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. .. .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. :: doi Smith, Mrs. George, Gree . nGreenwich:: Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.Ti. .. .. annual 2 0 0 t .. . 15 3 15 0 00 Thom s, Lady, Weston-super-Marc, collected by her Ladyship .. .. • • .. .. .. 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. .. .. annual 5 0 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co. 76, Lombard-street ; M essrs. C ou tt s an d Co., 59, Strand; lkTessrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co.. 16, St. James's-street, London ; by ad the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the Unitedßingdom ; and by the Secretary Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. W.C. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills.— Distempers of the Skin.—The readiness with which lio:lo- Way's unguent removes all obstructions in the circulation of the vessels, and lymphatics explains their irresistible in fluence in healing old sores, bad wounds, and indolent ulcers. To ensure the desired effect the skin surrounding the diseased parts should be fomented , dried, and imme diately well rubbed with the ointment. This will give purity to the foul blood, a nd strength to the weak ene d nerves —the only conditions necessary for the cure of all those ulcerations which render life almost intolerable. No sooner is the o i ntment ' s protect i ve power exerted, th an the destructi ve proces s ceases, and the constructive business begins. New healthy growths appear to fill up the lately painful ezeavated MARYPORT AND CARLISLE. The report of the directors states that the receipts for the half-year ending the 30th of June amounted to £34,699, and for the corresponding period of 1862 to £28,160, showing an increase of £6,533. The expenditure amounted to £14,883, against £11,370, showing an increase of £3,513. The balance for the half-year, after carrying £1,029 to the credit of the renewal and contingency ac count, was £15,994, which enabled the directors to recommend a dividend on the ordinary shares of the company at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. The capital account showed that £555,00Q had been expended. HAMMERSMITH AND CITY. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, —Mr. John Parsons in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said he had not much to say in addition to the report on the ordinary business, because they were at the present time constructing the railway which was sanctioned by Parliament in 1861. They were progressing satisfactorily, and from Mr. Fowler's report they might see that the railway would be opened for traffic in the course of a few months. There was one thing that might prevent it, and that was they had not yet come to an agreement with the Great Western Railway as to the mode of forming a junction with that line. The report having been adopted the meeting was made special, to consider the circumstances under which certain of the directors of the company had purchased and were about to sell to the company land required for the company's works, and to de termine the course to be pursued by the sharehol ders thereon. Mr. SURGEY went into the whole question, and concluded by moving, " That the conduct of Messrs. Parson and Blake as directors, in purchasing land part of which they knew would be required by the company, and their subsequent demand from the company of an enormously enhanced price for it, was, in the judgment of the meeting, inconsistent with their position as directors of the company, with their duties in their fiduciary condition as directors, as guardians of the interests as share holders, and with their retention of office as direc tors." Mr. TAYLOR seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN said the fact was that Mr. Blake, as a resident in the district, had bought the estate, and finding it too much for him, induced him (the chairman) to join in the purchase. The whole affair had arisen out of a refusal on his (the chair man's) part to release the contractor from his land contract unless he paid £15,000, and Mr. S urgey was the contractor's nominee. Mr. PAYNE and other proprietors deprecated such conduct as had been disclosed on the part of the, directors of public companies. Mr. FOAKES and Mr. STAUNTON, directors, de clared that they, although sitting at the Board, had The Railway Accident near Lynn. KING'S LYNN, Aug. 12. The inquest on the body of Mr. John Dennis, who died from the effects of injuries received on Mon day, the 3d, at the accident on the Lynn and Hun stanton Railway, was resumed at the Town-hall, Lynn, before Mr. E. M. Beloe, deputy coroner, this morning. Mr. Edwards appeared for the Great Eastern Railway Company, and stated that the verdict of the county jury was such an extraordinary one, and its terms so extravagant, that the company had de termined to appeal, as it were, from that jury to the present one, and to ask them, as gentlemen of the town, to go as fully into the inquiry as it had been gone into before ; for he (Mr. Edwards) could not believe that two bodies of men who brought un. biassed minds to the subject could arrive at the same decision as had been arrived at. Mr. Edward Blomfield repeated his evidence, He also said that he did not make any complaint to the company of the state of the fences before the 20th of July, except to the navvies when they were making the line. : He knew from tho nature of the soil that the ditches would be dry in summer. By Mr. Edwards—When I complained I appre hended that the bullocks might be killed ; but I did not suppose it would throw the train off the line. When I made the complaint, I was told wire fenc ing was being put up. By the Jury—l did not think the line safe as to the fences when the Government inspector gave his report. Thomas Andrews, whitesmith, Lynn, said he came home by the first train from Hunstanton, and went back to Wootton with the engine and carriages that went to the relief. He saw a third-class car riage on its side, with the compartments broken through. He observed a little bit of rottenness in the carriage ; but a part they had to knock out was as sound as when it was built, ho should say. By the Jury—lt was a till that was rotten, not the framework. In washing the carriage it might have become rotten. Mr. Billing produced a piece of rotten wood taken from the end of the carriage he came out of. Mr. Robert Howlett, of Stowbridge—l remember the 3d of August. I was travelling by the train from Cambridge. As we were getting near Lynn, I observed either a bullock or a heifer on the line. I did not communicate to either guard or engine driver, or any one. It was feeding by the side of the line. It did not appear to take any notice of the train, and I looked at it until the train was quite by. By the Jury—l was about midway of the train, and I did not observe that the engine -driver whistled or took any notice of it. John Thompson, the shepherd, said he had had bullocks in the fields since Michaelmas last, and they had not got on the line. Both at Mr. Blom field's and Mr. Hammond's fields there never was a fence since it was put up. He complained of the fences to the workpeople, and to " our squire," and to " Lawyer Swatman likewise." He haU never seen above a foot of water in the ditch. Mr. T. R. Mills, station-master at Lynn, said — The servants have never complained to me of stock on the line, not in one single instance. By the Coroner—Fifteen minutes is ample time between two trains ; we consider ten minutes enough. The second train cannot be called a fast train. It was a special train, which knew the cir cumstances under which it started, and it had to stop at two places on its journey. By the Jury—The driver should report to his foreman at the finish of his journey, and also at the next station he passes if he sees any obstruction on the line. The driver of the Cambridge train nor the driver of the next train from Hunstanton did not report that a bullock had been seen on the line. I believe the drivers of the first of the two trains might have pulled up with perfect safety, supposing he took immediate precautions to protect his train. I should certainly consider a bullock a dangerous impediment. The driver was guilty of a dereliction of duty if he did not report that ; but he did not arrive at Lynn in time to do so. The accident oc curred while he was coming into the yard. There was certainly time for him to have reported the ob struction to me. Mr. Edwards said it was not in evidence that any driver or guard had seen bullocks on the line. Witness continued—The Cambridge train only coming to the junction ought not to make any diff er - Elle° in his reporting t o me : I think the driver of the first of the two trains did the best thing in not stopping to put off the _bullock. James Beaumont sai . d—l drove the train om ge on Monday. I saw no Hunstanton to Cambridge obstruction on the line. I saW a bullock partly in the dike, and partly out on the other side of the fence . I just caught a glimpse of it as I went by. I had nothing to tell, a n d I to ld no thi n g. Mr. Howlett,recalled—l was sitting with my back to the engine. The bullock was to my left. Another person, my wife's sister, saw it as well as myself. The bullock that I saw was feeding by the side of the ballast. Thomas Wakefield was also examined. He had turned out many carriages for defects, but never an) for rottenness. Mr. Wm. Attock, superintendent of the carriage department at Stratford, said—My attention has been called to carriage 272. The last time it was in the shop was in December last. It went through a thorough repair and painting in 1856. [The witness gave the dates of several repairs and altera. tions of the carriage.] The other carriages were firmly built, and the decayed part of 279 no one could have detected if it had not been knocked to pieces. Timothy Wilson, foreman to Mr. Attock,said the facts which Mr. Attock had stated that he could corroborate. Mr. Alan H. Swatman said,—After the line was made Thompson came to me at least six or seven times to complain of the difficulty he had in keeping / f 2" the stock of Mr. Hammond's marshland off the line. I sent him to Mr. Durrant, who dismissed him very cavalierly. Up to the 15th of May I had called upon Mr. Durrant, and complained to him, among other things, of the fence. I subsequently called. upon Mr. Valentine. Mr. James Platt was next examined. In reply to the jury, he said no break-power could have stopped the train in the 40 yards. Mr. E. E. Durrant, Borough Treasurer of Lynn, and a director of the line, sworn, stated that be had never had a single complaint from those persons about the fences. He had received a letter of Mr. Baggy, through Mr. Simpson. He went down to the place indicated, and found that the fence had. been deepened, and it looked to him to be in a very fair and proper condition. He had frignently bleu a passenger on the line, but bad never seen any cause of complaint, nor had any, either through their own people or the Great Eastern. Most em phatically, he never had any complaint from Mr. Sw annul on behalf of Mr, Hammond as to the fences. Thompson, a shepherd, never complained to him. _ _ Thompson, - recalled, said he had spoken to Mt% Durrant in his office as to the water and the Fencing. Mr. Durrant said he might have had conversa tion as to the water—the culverts. In his opinion a nine-foot dike with a rail was a sufficient one. It was supposed the ditches never would be dry. The inquiry is still proceeding. Inquest on the Body of the late Sir F. W. Slade, Bart, Q.C. Yesterday an inquest was held at MaunsellHouse, near Bridgwater, by W. W. Munckton, Esq., coro ner, on the body of Sir F. Slade, who expired sud denly on Sunday morning. It was mentioned ,in the course of the inquiry that the deceased felt the death of Sir Cresswell Cresswell exceedingly, and mentioned the circumstance to Mr. Fitzgerald in the assize courts at Wells on Friday morning last. In the course of conversation he said that no ono knew who had a diseased heart, and God only knew who would die from it next. About two years ago a favourite servant of his died from diseased heart, and that circumstance also affected him. On Satur day, during his walk in his garden with his medical attendant, Mr. Summers, he repeatedly referred to the death of Sir Cresswell Cresswell. Marcus Slade, sworn, said—l am the son of the deceased. He returned to Maunsell from Wells Assizes on Friday night last, apparently in good health. The following morning, about half-past seven, he rode out on horseback, and on his return he walked to the dairy. On his way back, when he got to the coal house, he said he had a pain in his chest. He returned and had his breakfast with Lady Siade and the family_ He did not eat much. He drank a cup of hot coffee, and said that it did him good. After breakfast the pains came on worse. Mr. Summers saw him between ten and eleven o'clock that morning. After he left he went upstairs and lay down on my brother's bed, where he remained until half-past three o'clock, when he came down stairs and went out into the garden, and said that he felt better. At half-past seven o'clock he came into dinner, but did not eat any thing excepting some dry toast and hot brandy and water. He said that he felt better during the evening. He had a cup of tea about a quarter-past nine. He said he would go to bed early, but he changed his mind and did not go until after we had gone ; at dinner time he said his left hand was cold. which he considered as a sign of gout coming on. About halfpast ten o'clock that night I last saw him alive. I was then in the drawing room. In the night I was awoke up by bells ringing and mamma screaming. I ran into his bed room. He was lying near the edge on his left side. Mamma and a gentleman who was staying with us (Mr. Cantillu) were with him. Cold water was applied to his head, but it fell down again. He never spoke. Mr. Summers was sent for immediately. I felt him and he was quite warm. William Alexander Summers deposed—l am a surgeon residing at North Petherton. On Satur day morning last, about ten o'clock or a little after, I was sent for to see the deceased, and found him at Maunsell in the drawing room. He complained of an intense pain in his chest and stomach. His face was much flushed, and ho was in a great perspiration. His left hand and arm wars considerably colder than the right ones. I examined his heart, and found its action very laboured, al though regular. I attributed the symptoms to in digestion. I gave him some remedies, ordered a mustard poultice to be applied, and his arm to be rubbed. I saw him again at about half-past five o'clock in the afternoon, when he told me that the pains in the stomach and chest were almost gone, but that he had a slight headache. I found animation in the arm quite restored. He walked about the garden with me for upwards of three quarters of an hour and seemed very cheerful. I ordered the medicine to be repeated and left. About a quarter to twelve o'clock at night I had a, message to come to Maunsell directly, Sir Frederick was in a fit. I immediately went down and found him in his bed -room, lying rather on his left side, and quite dead, although still warm. I did not see any marks of violence about it. I attended him about 16 months ago for a similar attack, from which he soon recovered. Lady Slade informed me that she was awoke by his making a rattling noise in his throat as he was lying in bed, and that his face and neck were suffused with blood • when I saw him he was very pale, as he had been dead some 20 minutes. lam of opinion that he had fatty de generation of the heart, and that the immediate cause of death was, apoplexy, the result of natural causes. Remain Bouroon sworn—l am the butler at Maunsell, The family went to bed on Saturday night at 10 o'clock. Sir Frederick Slade remained up sitting in the drawing-room reading the limes; directly the family went to bed he called me to put out the lights, which I did and left him in the drawing-room. I heard him go to his bed room about 10 minutes to eleven o'clock. About forty minute s afterwards her ladyship's bell rang. I went to the bedroom and found Lady Slade out of bed, and Sir Frederick lying in bed on his left side. lie was insensible. I sent immediately for Mr. Summers. Sir Alfred Frederick' Adolphus Slade, Bart., sworn—l am the eldest son of the deceased. The letters which I now produce are in the handwrit ing of the deceased. They were delivered to me by Lady Slade. They were sealed and stamps put on them. I opened them : " Maunsell, Bth Aug. 1863. " My dear Sampson,—Will you be so kind as to send me here the name exact of the preparation of taraxacum, and the address of the shop in Loudon where it is to be had. You will remember having told me that I ought to take it for a series of weeks or months. I have lately had a severe bilious derangement, which brings your advice to my mind. We are looking very beautiful here now, all the flowers out and the harvest in full progress. We go to the nee at Faignton, near Torquay, for three weeks on the 19th of the month, after which we shall be here, and hope to see yoti and Mrs. Sampson—Yours very truly, (Signed) " F. W. SLADE. " George Sampson, Esc'!" Fisherton, Salisbury." " Maunsell Grange, Bth August, 1863. "My Dear Lord Bishop,—l was in Wells on Friday, but so busy in court that I could not pay my respects to Lady Auckland and yourself as I had wished. Business over, I returned here, leaving everything at my lodgings, ready for me to return to-morrow to have the honour of dining at the palace. L' honzme propose, litais Dieti dispose. I got up as well as any man this morning, rode out early before break fast, but was seized with what they call indigestion, but what I call the pains of hell, and have been in all day. Under these circumstances will you and Lady Auckland kindly excuse me, and believe yours very truly, (Signed) " F. W. SLIDE. " The Right Honourable the Lord Bishop, Palace, Wells, Somerset." The Coroner, in summing up the case, considered the jury could not have the slightest hesitation in coming to the conclusion that the deceased died from natural causes, and it appeared to him that the proximate cause of death was similar to that of Sir Cresswell Cresswell's—fatty degeneration of the heart. Possibly faintness came on, the heart put in increased action , m ore blood was sent to the brain than was normal, and a bloodvessel gave way, pro ducing apoplexy , which, as the surgeon truly stated, was the immediate cause of death. The jury returned a verdict of "Death from Natural Causes.", '~