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1-1 PM ENT TIER, WE SUP AT F,VANS' VNRY EVENING THIS WEEK after Alfred Mellon's Pronnade Concerts. BANK of ENGLAND, Sept. 10, 180% GOVERN )R and COMPANY of the BANK of E:\ GLAND GIVE NOTICE, That the LiENERAL COURT held at the Bank This Day is AD JOURNE ;/ till TUESDAY NEXT, the 15th inst., at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of taking the de lerraination by vote, in print or writing, of the question on the following Resolution, proposed at the Court for a Divi dend, viz. : That a Iralf-year's Dividend of Interest and Profits be Made on the 10th October next of £1 10s. per ce.,t., without deducti ,n on account of income tax. The voting will commence at eleven o'clock, and terminate at f.mr. JAMES STEWART, Secy. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN - RAILWAY (Penns' lvania Divisior.).—Coupons due October Ist will be paid in London at the Consolidated Bank (limited), No. 4, Lombard-street, London (late Messrs. Hey- Wood, Kennards, and Co.), at the Exchange of 45. to the Dollar. The Coupons will be requi•ed to be lodged at the Office of the Company two days previously for examination. London, 2, Old Broad-street, September 10, 1.86 t. SEA. —VAC eiNCIES for MIDSI-4IPMEN firm. end APPRENTICES in a first-class London shipping remiurn moderate. Al.° apprentices without premium.— Apply to SIMNIONDS and Co.. 38, St. 31ary-at-hill. East cheap, E.C. Third ullicers and Stewards wanted. N ORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of P a rliament. Accumulated and Invest ed Funds L2,122422,,401 828 Annual Revenue FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insoranees aranted both at Home and in Foreign Countries 0 11 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. Amrunt In ured. Premiums. 1,037 £703,334 £23.041 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every infori,ation will be furnished on application at the OFFICES: .58; Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. Lotlibury. „ West-end Office.. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. LONDON • • NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of tt,e Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was £81,062, and the amount insured on farming stock, £10,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profi's periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus. from time to time, received Sams amounting in the aggregate to £440,000; and the Society now holds a large lies aye applinable to a future Bonus. The rates of prem ium are in no case hi g her than those charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. }'or p r o.pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Icorwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. „______- THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance building,s, Liverpool. Total Annual Revenu e exceeds ........ L 5 0 0 ,0, 0. Acc umu lated Funds in hand over 1 OOO,OOO. Chairman in Liverpool : CHARL ES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London : WILLIA.M WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTR&CIS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the M eeting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have. as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the close 0. the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed Z. 300,000. The high comparative position ld 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 thi4 Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being L 45,107 10s. Sd., and of the N or th American business, which is kept sepa rately, £11,097 16s. 10d. LIFE BRANC R. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors B to state the sum assured on new pol icies for the year 162 exceeds even that of the year 1 861 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 h y ears it is believed that such a sum as hat which as just been announced as the result ofassured 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 slim proposed for assurance amounts to .Z • 43,28 . Various degrees of ineligibility have led to the , e 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 shde in a single year from deterioration of some kind cr another. If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business ins 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 future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. P ROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring', Es q., M.P. I Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Flankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Lif. ABSUTNIC,P for all classes. This Association has uoW in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is • • £51,000 The Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 200,000 It has paid in Claims • • • • •112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already been made• when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies - Dec. 31, 1847 .. 1852 .. 1857 .. 1862 • • • making the total bonus additions, £96,600. Bonuses may be received in wish or applied to the redue tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the ol:cy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid up policies introduced by this relinquishmenty which the sacrifice so often submitted to on the of he 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 Bolted districts £5,400 11,500 .. 23.200 .. 56,500 W3I. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1,1863. A.D. 1720. RO YAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAg, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARRES , BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wiimot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. ohn Garret Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Joseeline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. ,Jos. Edimann, Esq. Eric Carrinzton Smith, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenf ell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Pobt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. I Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' I William Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. " Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this t.7x,rporation on advantageous terms. in the Lite Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The -Reversionary Banns on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions raver e made in the Premiums )Thvable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. ArlY sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Lire. This Corporation affords to the Assured— Lion from Liberal participation in Profits —with exemp the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, The advantages of modern practice, —with the security The a:o:fiorcaetiwhoseCENTUßY resources have been tested by the ex the Militia, Yeomanry, United Kingdom, f'rnlanrY' Volunteer Corps v. have always allowed the Assured to serve Or Rhin. the iri ee of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. TTI OYAL FRFE HOSPITAL, Grav's-m---rog d • way Terminus, in the im me d iatd vicinity of the Great Nor thern Rail at Ring's-cron. Patron—The QUEEN. President —The Duke of BUCCLEUCIT, Tr easurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free andittiistant a dmission to the destitute sick, w ith o ut the 10r - Y governors' letters. it is entirely dev oted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—liz•, that which is aecom rna Pnled by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient ma g ni tude that, with adequate support., it May be rendered capable of admitting Into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requiresbuf the 'finds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and med,thine to more, onthe average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. ~The Weekly Itoard feel it their imperative duty t o m a k e an to enable APPEAL to the public for continu e d su pport , „.' 'Zenable them to &dmit and relieve t he distressin g cases that ""IIY present. themselves. Contributions are received by th e Treasurer, Edward ... 'em ail , Esq., Ni c h o las-lane; also by Messrs. Coutta and . ; D,'-unimand and Co. ; Berries and Co, ; Ransom and Al ; Ire stt Grote, and Co.; S mith, Pa y ne, and Co. ; Glyn " L AsO Co.; Barclay Denison 4 , 1 1 d (i rs • ; acme; and Co.; Overend, Gurney, and ". • tv — ,' w d and Co Liverpool 41 nt' A4Qdrin, illarne at and C. Roepital. 5TA1 ,7F0 :5.14 TH Secretary GLYCP , E -3 , N E And 53SiVe TF AR I'E TWELN its own Soak— • snrtlis so A a ka; one-haii POWDER . a m p and tree-fG o f soa pf lab°ur of ta m e two tint. r Twe v and Oilmen. Loudon. „kteniee: llarpe Q 914 by orocero, Drug6.4° e t t o rres, Bromley•bpw~`v tle better the after s ter end to lock, and all ages, least half Linty de previous aad Irish ad polled se stocks .e, except w. The qual, in here was inclusion aet a fair id. The h High lighland siderable It prices. number but tbis .e beasts between [ighland eing ge ne lathe cl beasts, moment. on, were A COZISI3- rere 10 lOs ; 'tots, £S I.os 6d; ss; and 18, and rr-olde, 16; and I York- icularly to £46. t were 11, and lighter w, but have tate of t adia^ eat Was 1r than s dear. ands at Date ndance s slow, i lso in at last e. In wheat, enci es. end 40s 36s to t o 300 per qr. _Red ley, 69 9d to met A met a tearer. up. up. down. down. Id the nun - show. Is not t. 10. t. 18. t. 12. t. 10. t. 20. t. 10. t. 12. t. 17. No. 22,217 H E 0 X 1? OR 1) , e, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and llalevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Eluish, dm., with lull band and chorus. -, - Conductor, Mr. F. Jong,hmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any °Clan* man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Performance by Herr SCHALKENB tkCII on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO oRCHESTRE, contain ing a full band of 40 instruments. '1 he HALL his just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at S o'clock. Admission, ed. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In ord,T N._) to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transterred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GHOST," from the ricture Gallery to the Concert Ball, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal cony, and bendy of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The . 11) GHOST ! The GHOST ! ! The ONLY COMIC` GHOST !! ! —The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mariannina and Signor Guiseppe Francesco, assisted by a corps of Twenty young Ladies—Selections from favourite Operas : Principals, bliss M`Gregor, Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini, and Mr. Vernon Rigby. 'ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great ➢iusical Attraction Immense success of SIGNOR -- 'COSTA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Eveninz. RAPHAEL DE SOLLA, the Infant Tenor, will make his first appearance on ➢ionday next. ARGYLL ROOMS. Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of monster concerts cele brity. The band is selected from the Crptal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock, Admission, ls. Manager—M. GRENET. ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S 2ERATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, votass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manulactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACHINES, for hand, horse, or steam power, are the most simple and efficient extant.—Pul: particulars and prices 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. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptib'e, removes singing noises In the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle street, Viccadilly. MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal. Leasehold and Freehold Property, or Reversions, &c., in sums from £2O to £soo.—Mr. floward, 18, Queen street, Cheapside. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country).—A GENTLEMAN is willing to MARE ADVANCES of CASH, without delay, to respectable person 4 (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be elied on.—Apply (it, by letter enclose four stamps) to •4., at Mr. Robertson's, Accountant, 40, King William-street London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. ANEVER FAILING REMED Y.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre .ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. :-teott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who •ufTer from bilious and dyer complaints, indigestion, wind, s pasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the staMO. KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING POWDER, for which a Prize Medal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1862 ' This Powder is quite h arm l ess t o animal life, but is un rivalled in destroying Fleas. Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, _Loths in furs, and every other species of Insect. Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy ing Fleas in their Dogs, as also Ladles for their Pet Dogs. Being the original importer of this now invaluable article , which has found so great a sale that it has tempted other. to vend a so-called article, the public are therefore cautioned to observe that the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the autogragh of THOMAS KEATING Sold in packets, ls., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. each, or post free for 14 or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. Paul' s-churchyari, London, E.O ItUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TOE GREAT rXHIDITIONO OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to t,e the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of HERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, e here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the I ody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn l u ring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the air- Junderence of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufficturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A. Single Truss, 16e., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s, 6d. Postage, Is. A Doublo Truss, gle. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 42g, and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Ordertt to be wade payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT LAST IC STOCFANGS , KNEE-CAPS, &a., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprain s, &a They are ire an ordinary stocking. Price fo, 6d,, 7s. 6 d. , porous, lig-ht in texture, a nd inexpensive, and are drawn on 10$., to 16 s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228. Piccadilly. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, 2d September, 1863. TENDERS will be received at this office, until noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th September, 1803, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for the supply of FORAGE, in such quantities as may be required, from Ist November, 1863, to 3 4 st October, 1861, for the use of Her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mand. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside "Tender for Forage"), and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. HENRY B. MORSE, Deputy Commissary-General. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHAKSPE ARE, 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. flanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co., bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, moat earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakapeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakapeare. but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was hi s home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. ROYAL NATIONAL LIP' E•BOAT JNSTITUTION (InoorporaLe4 by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Fier Most Gracious Majesty the Queen: IItEgIDENT —Vice-Adm K.G iral the ß Duke S of Northumberland, ~ F... DEPUTY--ICilimiAAlTKTAlNl°—LTß.A.hocrimrnagEs'AECEap"m3ra.nP,"E74ll,,4,l3,:R' The Committee of Management have to state that, since 'he beginning of the year 1860, the Royai National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on variou s L if eboa t Estab lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats ot the Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800; tor which ser v i ces 82 Gold Medals, 7 18 Silv er Medals, and £10.480 in cash have been paid in Mwa rds. The Institu tion has also expen d e d £67,100 on Lite-boats, Life-boat Transporting-ear l rages, British public during the an p d asf w Boat-houses.e The Committee d es i re to expr ess their gr the generous enpport which they have received from the ateful sense of , a support which bas enabled them to establish their present m a g nificent fLet ot 123 Liteboats on the shores of the United litigdom Deeply sensible, however, of the great reepen sibilit y that re sts on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and I' ',Crews practised in the management ot their boats, whinii 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 n e s ;it and truly national a work. s The conimittee gratefully acknowledge GO k40 , ,,0133 - co n ' tributiolis;— .. .• .. annual fit C ki. 1 tier Majesty the Queen Campbell, the lion. Mrs. G. .. .. ~.. .. annual s!' Q R.A. lssrs., ** Bankers . ~ - , ilinual 1 1 0 ronial 10 0 0 , Esq., • • • • .• • . ti .. ;1 d0u.1.0 ri 0 Currie,(7 0 Clerk.tittsaiwnColonel, dmCo.,i G. 3., Esq., cost ot . a Lifeboat and Tran don. 10 10 0 bale, Lord ( I. l 7 ll c i e et . Justice. Admiral Sir A., K.(`.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 •••• • . ~ 250 0 0 Fenwick, sporting Carriage . Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. • •• •• 4oei. 30 0 Martin, Sir Ti airy, Bart. • • .. .. 7tinion.l.o 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. • • • • •• • • don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George , Greenwich .. .. .. 3 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. . • annual 2 0 0 Thom., s, Lady, Weston - s u p er-Mare, collected by lier c i' o e . r , c s i , zl s , Ladyship • . • • • • • • • • • 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord •• • • .. annual 63 0 F•cl7.•ouhar, and Co., 16, St. Donation 3 and Annual Su,,scriptions will be thatildllay re traanndd Strand; oNepAretstreet ; Messrs. Coutts an d eived by tine Rankers of the Institution, Messrs. Nv 1!!nz. Is t' . I anle 3 's-street, London ; by al the Collea4;:s of Custom, and Bankers in the United Kingdom; and by the Secretary gfAiiicra Lewis, Es tOffice of the Institution, 14 q., a the 14 1111•Nreitc - .. -...._._ 4.44,0114, LOIICIOII, VT .V.,,_ . . 5.//777V -e **. • under command of Capt. d o M ( .r. ,_ • • • 9 Alleyne, there will also ernbsrk 'TAY! r z ;:-...-:040 is k 3 0 .- « •q. 'eS• • - _:r,.E• i 1 42.4111 ; ( %, .„(A 4runners Royal Artillery for Ber ? t r.* ? • 11 # ners of the Royal Artillery for th . pie , ((% i t s fb). l z ,• • - , '''.(2 + 15417 . Nova Scotia. Lp vio. .0 - , i ; Rorr . ' 1 1111 'Du w , , ' Thursday afternoon the sion, Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery, commaotled by Lieut.-Col. R. Talbot, was assembled on the parade ground of the headquarters at Sheerness, to witness the distribution of medals for long service and good conduct to several members of the bri gade. The troops formed three sides of a hollow square, when they were addresFed in a few appro priate word by Col, W. R. Nedham, commanding the garrison at Sheerness, who afterwards handed. ITke medals to tl..e fortunate recipients—Sorg. Bombardier Hull, and Gunners Wm. Stephens had Jdroes Graham, rho have each served for a period, of 21 yeirß. PRICE ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. Naval and Military Intelligence. --- THE NAVY. Her Majesty's screw steam corvette Scylla, 21 guns, 400 horse-power, was commissioned for ser vice on the East India and China stations, on Wed nesday last, at Sheerness, the pennant being hoisted by Master John Jones, for Capt. S. G. Cresswell. The vessel's fitments are being completed with the greatest rapidity, and she will be ready for sea in a few days. The following detachments of the depot P..0pl Artillery yesterdayleft head quarters, WoolAicb, for : Col. Macirt':ire, Capt. c G a r m ar b e r s is e , n n d, ay a n n e d b, e: h a n rk so e n d , i o t n ob bo:d t K he no tr t, r n op fo li: I(.:3:udnrvilLiisan,vgo:eat:operta:L:iidn;r:iscok,::lo.iLne,niettuis.:Litlacartiry, Gamb.kr, men, -• 15 Women, and 16 children . officers wives, 149 The Gibraltar, 81, screw ship, 3,721 tons, and 800-horse power, fitting for ma at Devonport, is to have a complement of 860 officers and men, and will be commanded by Capt. James Charles Pre vost, The Gibraltar was launched at Devonport on the 16th of August, 1860, and is now for the first time being put into commission, and it is reported her first station is to b 3 the Mediterranean. Capt. Prevost entered the Navy in 1829, and, previous to his promotion to commander, which took place on the 22d of October, 1844, he served in the Mediter ranean, at Lisbon, on the North America and West India Station, and at Portsmouth. He was com mander of the Vernon, 50, on the South American station and in the East Indies ; of the Portland, 50, flagship in the Pacific, from August, 1850, to the spring of 1854; and commanded the Satellite, 21, on the last mentioned station from September, 18,66, until the spring of 1861. Improvements in M odern Schooling. Not only are tbQ 'oooks now used in teaching the anthdeLmatiinndvicaasttel pthroevpeda,rtbonft m ll u s c i li ng higher style of scholarship, and part of the pupils to a more intelligent rudiments of Gref y i O i theltehaedmethodteacher oth the s dv? Tye eciation of what they learn. Although we are surprised to find some clinging with amiable tenacity to the old " Eton Latin Grammar,"—whicti we had fancied the labours of Kennedy, Donaldson, and others had long superseded, —we congratulate these on their adoption of "an easy and pleasant The massive screw shaft for the iron frigate Achilles was landed yesterday at tke Centre-wharf, Chatham Dockyard, from ore of the transports which had conveyed it round from the establish ment of Messrs. Sohn Penn and Son, Ureenwich, who are making the 1,250-horse power engines for the Achill es . Th e screw s h a f t i s one o f t h e finest specimens of brass castings ever produced in this country, and it is finished and polished in the most perfect manner. Its gross weight is 3 tons, Bcwt., 2qrs., 31b., and its diameter clear, 2ft. 2in. The mechanics are now boring the passage in which the shafting will be inserted. This operation, which has been some days in progress, will be completed during the present week. method for the perfect acquisition of that gram mar." Until quite lately, the only idea of teaching Latin consisted in making the boy learn by rote unintelligible rules, written in the very language he was studying to acquire, in the fond hope that some time or other he would be able to understand and apply them: It is encouraging nowadays to find masters using the grammar as a book of reference before it is committed to the memory as a system of rules, explaining beforehand the form, usage, or construction on which the rule is founded, and in various ways leading their pupils to regard the grammar as made for the acquisition of the lan guage, and not the language for the acquisition of, the grammar. To be able to repeat the rule was the first and great commandment with the school master of the last generation ; to understand the principle and quote an illustration of it is tae wisertheir demand made by our present teachers, on youthful scholars. It were needless te. En l arge on the benefits, direct and indirect, resTaitiag from the single change. The steam dredging machine has been employed at the entrance to Chatham harbour, near Folly Point, for several weeks past in removing a spit of sand and in deepening the river at the spot selected for mooring the large iron frigate Achilles, 6,079 tons, when she has been floated out of the dock, where she is rapidly approaching completion. Under the direction of Commander Pope, Queen's harbour master at Chatham, suitable moorings are being laid down at the harbour's mouth, as she could not be moored alongside the dockyard without taking the ground at low tides. Two dockyard transports are now employed in removing the collection of stores from the naval establishment at Deal to Chatham, prior to the Deal dockyard being abolished, and its site disposed of by the Government. The quantity of stores already landed is very large, but a considerable proportion is altogether useless for naval purposes: In accord ance with instructions from the Admiralty, Mr. Hutchens, one of the assistant master-shipwrights at Chatham, proceeded yesterday to Deal to make a survey of the remaining stores, in order that the delay and expense of removing materiel ultimately proving valueless may be avoided. The stores con nected with the victualling department will not be landed at Chatham, but are to be forwarded direct to Deptford. The Pioneer, 6, screw despatch vessel, Comman der F. C. Robinson (acting), arrived at Spithead yesterday morning, from the Australian station, after a long passage, having sailed from England from Sydney, on the 12th pf April last. The Pioneer arrived at St. Vincents, Cape de Verde, on the Bth of August, and sailed from there again on the 11th, bringing with her a mail from her Ma jesty's steamer Himalaya, which was coaling there in prosecution of her voyage out ward from England. She called at Madeira on the 27th day of August, and ascertained that the Virago, 6, paddle sloop, sailed thence on the previous day for Halifax, Nova Scotia. Fine weather was experienced by the Pioneer on her passage home until making the Channel, where she fell in with strong S.W. winds. Mr. Phillips, late paymaster of her Majesty's ship Eclipse, a few naval invalids, and two naval invalids from the Tien-tsin, Commander Nicolas, received on b cino o ma the ei a s s t pi o t i h no e C ne deeaar at P ortsmouth of .a e so rt s pas s eng e rs.o o o u d th lio i u p I , Ta came yh ,e 1 to Bpszbe by England Pioneer w Com mander May, and proceeded to China. While on that station Commander May received ;his promo tion to post rank, and was succeeded by Comman der O'Reilly, who remained in the ship until after her arrival on the Australian station, to which she had been detached from the China squadron. Having lost his life by an accident while on horse • back ashore at Brisbane, Commander O'Reilly was succeeded by first Lieut. Robinson, who brought the vessel home to England. The acting rank of this officer will doubtless be confirmed by the Admiralty on paying the ship out of commission. The following appointments were made on Wed nesday at the Admiralty :—Capt. S. G. Cresswell to the Scylla ; Lieut. J. A. F. Luttrell, Lieut. Another improvement, hardly less valuable, seems to us to lie in the greater attention paid to philology in its various branches as an aid in teaching. How many boys, for example, thirty years ago, under stood the meaning of a " case ?" On the other hand, what a light must be thrown now on the chaos of genitives and datives, when most pupils are shown by their teachers at the beginning tb at these case-endings only serve the purpose of the prepositions which are placed before English 'words —that the " i " and "o" in " domini," " domino," simply express the "of" and " to" of their own tongue, and when the knowledge of eren the rudi ments of French and German will be made to illus trate by contrast the point in question ! The same holds in a still greater degree with etymology. Nothing is calculated to enlist a young pupil's at tention, improve his meniory, and make him see the use of what he is learning so much as the percep tion of the likeness between his own speech and, what he hears called " the dead languages." It is not that this was omitted by former schoolmasters, but their attempts were, to say the least, inc,elici tous—even if their false etymology has not con tributed in some degree to discredit the true, Hap pily, we shall not hear again raa —" I breathe," derived from the first and last letter of the alpha bet, as the first and last thing done iv life ; or 6' chic , traced to the reptile "d c¢ar" to Eve. Every new dictionary and lexicon a-40a something valua ble to this branch of study, and the increased ac quaintance with the modern languages makes its introduction still more 'welcome to the learners. Let an intelligent boy once have the likeness, not be tween single words merely, but (say, for instance) between the French and Latin conjugations pointed out to him, and a curiosity and mode of inquiry will have been awakened in him, which will cs a o rais ing for itself an d solving after a fashion, on aimilar pro blems in each day's lesson. A third point on which we car.not but think we have advanced is the diminishe a stress laid on mak ing Latin verses. We are "perfectly aware of all that can be urged in their favour, as teaching the delicacies of the language, cultivating general taste, supplying a correct pronunciation, and so forth ; but while we should be the last to undervalue these re sults when gained by the few, we cannot forgat the time wasted, the honest labour sacrificed, tide more valuable subjects neglected, by the mans who never gain any of the said results at all. Of all the unsavoury sacrifices presented at the shrine of Parnassus we can conceive none equal to the " notaswase verses" written by boys at their first school. Yet till quite recently Latin versification formed. A necessary and impor tant part in the classatr.l training of private as well as public schoo,ia l ; and there was no greater epoch in a boy's I;,fQ than when he first succeeded in making Bla aa s s horse " wander in wide fields," according co the correct measure of a Latin hexanr2te,r. We have a hearty satisfaction in the thouglA that it is no longer deemed necessary for a boy to have made some ten thousand Latin verses (more than are contained in the " /Eneid ") before he is nineteen years old ; that except for boys who are likely to distinguish themselves at the Univer sity, the system is now rarely retain e d ; an d that the time once expended in hunting out epithets in the " Gradus," is free to be used more wisely on subjects not less beneficial to the mind, and infinitely more valuable for life. And here, perhaps, lies the crowning improw ment of all. While the classics are taught enore intelligently, other subjects are made of scarcely less importance. Arithmetic, mathematics, history, and perhaps the rudiments of natural tei , ,nce, are now put on nearly an equal footing witt l the study of Virgil and Homer, Caesar and Xenophon. It can no more be said of the youtag Englishman or his preceptor, that his Mat, object is " not to reason, to imagine, or to invent, but to conjugate, decline, and derive." Many are beginning to believe, with Dr. 'Donaldson, that the study of Latin and Greek should not even be entered upon till 41, tenth or eleventh year of age, and 'that the previous years of boys are 'better spent in acquiring the geography and hid Tory of their own country, and storing their memory with passages from their vernacular litera ture. However this may be, it is certain that in all the better private schools a wiser adjustment be tween the classical and non-classical part of instruc tion is now made with due reference to what may be known or conjectured respecting the pupil's work and prospects in life. The boy who is to enter business at fifteen or the army at sixteen, has not only not to swallow the same dose of Greek para digms and Latin exercises as his companion 'who is destined for the University, but he is also furnished with the instruction that will best fit him for his calling. Such subjects as mathematics and moderta languages are not regarded in the light of " extras," to be left to chance teachers, but are being more and more incorporated with, the regular schoolwork, taught with the same precision and treßted with the same importances as the rest. There is yet, no doubt,, much to be done; but with improved books, better qualified teachers, and juster notions of education, with the various examinations challenging emula tion, testing acquirements, exposing the incapable schoolmasters, and recommending the successful-- we may fairly hope to see a still greater improve ment in the method and results of our privr,ta, school teaching than any we have hitherto attar red —London Review. Duncan Stewart, Lieut. G. G. Hunt, and Lieut. J. E. Pringle, to the Scylla ; Albert Warren, assis tant paymaster to the Blenheim ; and R. J. Willis, assistant clerk, to the Duke of Wellington. THE ARMY. The subjoined general order, dated Horse Guards, the 31st inst., in reference to distinc tions obtained by the several r e g iments of cavalry and infantry engaged in q uelling the mutiny i n I n di a, was pro mulgatedyesterday ts The Queen, m .commemoration of the se rv i ces o f th e un d er mentioned reg i ments in restori ng or d er i n h er Ma jesty's Indian dominions, i s grac i ously pleased to command t h a t the words ' Delhi," Lucknow," Central India,' re spectively be born e on t h e i r standards, colours, or appoint ments, &c. "Delhi-6th Dragoon Guards, 9th Lancers, Bth, 52d, 60th, 61st, 75th, 101st (late Ist Bengal Fusiliers), and 104th (late 2d Bengal Busiliers) Regiments. " Lucknow-For defence of Lucknow-sth, sea, 64th, 78th, 84th, 90th, and 102 d (late Ist Madras Fusiliers). For relief of Lucknow-91h Lancers, Military Train, sth, Bth, 23d, 53d, 75th, 82d, and 93d Regiments. For capture of Lucknow-2d Dragoon Guards, 7th linssars, 9th Lancers, Military Train, sth, 10th, 20th, 23d, 34th, 38th, 42d, 53d, 78th, 79th, 84th, 90th, 9 3d, 97th, 101 s t (late Bengal Fusiliers), 102 (late Ist Madras Fusiliers) Re giments, and the Rifle Brigade. "Central India-Bth Huss ars, 12th Lancers, 14th Hus sars, 71st, 72d, 80th, 83d, 86th, B Sth, 95th, 108th (late 3d Madras Europeans), an d 109th (late 3d B ombay European) Regiments. 64 command of his Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding - in-Chief.--Chief. "A, H. HORTFORD, Deputy Adjutant-General," A review of the troop in garrison at Ports- Mouth took place on Southsea-common yesterday afternoon, and a large number of residents and visitors assembled to witness the proceedings. The force consisted of three regiments of infantry, the 55th under Col. Hume, 53d under Major Harenc, and Ist battalion 2d under Col. Holcombe, mustering together.,l,663 of all ranks, and on each flank was drawn up a battery of field Armstrong artillery on the right the " I" battery of the 4th Brigade of six 12 pounders under Lieut.-Col. Barnston, and on the left the " K" battery of six 12 pounders under the command-in-chief of Lieut.-Col. Anderson, C.B. Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., the General commanding the district, reviewed the troops, who afterwards performed an animated series of field manwuvres. D ;tachments Of various regiments aro under orders to proeml 14 .) Portsmouth, to embark is the i t troop chi r• Adventure, Commander Lethbridge, on •• ins 11th inst. for conveyance to Canada-viz., 61 men of the Grenadier Guards, 62 men of the Scots Fusilier Guards, 20 men of the 30th Regiment, 15 men of the Rifle Brigade, 15 men of the Military Train, 32 men of the 16th Foot, 32 men of the 17th, 30 men of the 47th, 53 men of the 63d, with the above will embark 72 men of the Royal Artillery THE LOS DON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1863 WORCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL. WoncusTEß, Sept. 10. Herr Schachner must be difficult to satisfy if he was not pleased with the very admirable performance of his orcto rio in the Cathedral this morning. With regard to the work itself there is not a word to add to what was published the day following the production of " Israel's Return from Babylon" at Exeter. If its composer is neither a great master nor a man of genius, he is, at least, a conscientious musician, and does his best—which now •a-days can hardly be said of many who are more highly gifted, without being prodigies on that account. Herr Schachner was lucky to have his oratorio brought out at the Worcester Festival, and to get the place of honour assigned him in preference even to Handel, still luckier, in finding such zealous and congenial interpreters as the band, chorus, and solo singers, under the superintendence of Mr. Done. Rarely has a new work of pretension enjoyed a fairer ehance ; and if, at the end of the performance, the whole of the vast assembly crowding the nave and aisles of the Cathedral slid not rise from their seats with the firm conviction that they had been listening to a chef d'oeuvre, it was certainly no fault of the executants, Probably not a single amateur who had heard the ora torio in London, and was to-day equally fortunate at Worcester, would refuse to admit that the last attempt was better than the first, although the first—as may be readily imagined, with Mr. Alfred Mellon at the head of a splendid orchestra, a powerful chorus, and four of the most distin • guished singers of the day—offered very few points for cri ticism, By this performance, indeed, of " Israel's Return from Babylon" the Worcester Festival of 1863 deserves tobe remembered. The judgment that led to the selection of such a work, while the oratorios of 'lerr Ferdinand Hiller and one or two other living composers of universally recognised distinction, have never been produced in England, may be questioned by some people who like to pick a hole where they can without serious risk ; but the pains taken by every one concerned, from the wielder of the conductor's stick up to the owner of the double drums, the commendable anxiety of those in whom the direction of the music meeting is vested to have full justice done in all senses to the new work, and thus, as it were, to justify their choice, call for nothing less than hearty acknowledgment. The Worcesterian en thusiasts, in thus honouring Herr Schachner, have done honour to themselves, and earned unqualified credit. They would have made " Israel's Return" pass for a veritable chef d'oeuvre, had it lain in their power; but failing in that, they resolved it should sound as like a chef d oeuvre as the materials of which it is constructed would allow. One espe cial advantage was vouchsafed to the oratorio yesterday. There were, in all probability, just as many friends and partisans of Herr Schachner present as on that former me morable occasion when the walls of Exeter Hall reverbe rated with vociferous demonstrations of approval ; but the arena being now a cathedral church, whatever the impres sion created, there was no chance of applauding, either in right or wrong places ; and as not a single repetition was asked for, by those who enjoy the exclusive priatileee at these morning ceremonies, the performance was nowhere interrupted, so that Herr Schachner's work could be heard and judged fairly and Impartially as a whole ; and if this second experience suggested nothing new to say about it the inference to be drawn is palpable. "Israel's Return from Babylon"—the reader may core to be reminded— is divided into four parts—the Captivity, the Deliverance, the Reconcilement and Return to Zion, the Promise and. Song of Praise. These headings alone suffice to explain the plan of the book, which, as there are no inci dents, is all that is necessary to remember. They will also serve for reference in the few observations to be made in yesterday's performance. The band gave the orchestral pre lude -meant doubtless to describe the despondent feelings of the Israelites under the yoke of their bondage —as finely as it could possibly be given. Here were pianissimos no less than fortissimos pianissimos, too, the like of which it would be agreeable to welcome a little more frequently in London ; and this too without offence to the members of our London orchestra, seeing that the band engaged by the conductor of the Worcester Festival is almost entirely se lected from their ranks. Perhaps it is easier to play softly in a church than in a theatre or concert-room. The choruses in the Captivity—" Go ye conquerors" and " War against Babylon" —though wholly different in character, were equally well sung. The first, by the way, is one of several instances in which Herr Schachner imparts peculiar indi viduality to the celestial bequests—the words of the divine admonitions being always set to a single note. This note remains unchanged, and is reiterated upon each successive syllable, while the harmony is modulated in the accompani ments. The expedient was applied by Mendelssohn, in his comic operetta " Heinikekr," the part of the Mayor being cast to an amateur who could boast but ono available note in his voice ; but what Mendelssohn did for a joke Herr Schachner has imitated with the gravest conceivable inten tions. The admonition in the first part (Captivity)—" Go ye conquerors"—is uttered upon a series of E's; that in the third (Return to Zion)—" Whom I have spared from the sword"—trpon a series of G's ; that in the fourth (Promise) —" 'They shall be my people"—upon a series of C's. The idea was, perhaps, by the aid of simplicity, to confer in creased solemnity; but the effect is at the best mono tonous. The chorus in the Deliverance — " Sound the loud timbrel"—was given with extraordinary spirit ; that in the Return to Zion—" Go forth to the Mount," con veying the e xultation of the Israelities on their delivery and their joy at the thoughts of seeing Zion once again—splen didly ; the final chorus of the Song of Praise—" Praise to the Lord," which, like the chorus just named, involves an example of Herr Schachner's method of conducting a g preceded by an example of the light in which "fugue"--and u e he " a views d is chorale—best of all. In short, more effec tive singing has not been heard at any of the meetings of the three choirs; and, as the music was strange to the f — n singers, they may be said, without exaggerated eulo, to h a ve covered themselves with glory. Nor should the solid and continuous support they received from the members of the orchestra be passed over, inasmuch as to that was in great part due the highly satisfactory result. The solo singers were Mademoiselle Tietjens, Miss Pal mer, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Santley. Herr Schachner's "princip a l s ," and he oratorio e only s s i t h a l n y d h s aivnenfeaeldlenof in fo t u o r abler or more willing hands. The three quartets (with chorus)—" So when the dread clouds," " With singing. come we unto thee," and (t put on thy strength, 0 Zion I" (containing another spe cimen of "fugue")—the first of which occurs in The Deli verance, the second and third in The Return, were incom parably given by these excellent and invariably attentive singers. Another striking performance was the duet, " Hark I 'tis the breeze of twilight" (Evening Hymn— written strictly throughout in what is termed " canon on Mademoiselle Tietjens the octave," the voices answering each other note for note), b another, the duet for a sung nd m i n r. the sim most e v e e perfect and st y lagaine men's voices - - 4 The Lord has tried His children"—which, it is scarcely necessary to state, wa s equally fortunate. The solos were beyond reproach. Mademoiselle Tietjens, who was in magnificent voice, gave the eavatina, " Come not, 0 Lord," the air (with chorus), " On high resound our songs with praise," and the soprano recitatives (which are both incessant and fatiguing) as thoroughly well as the come poser, most nervous and exacting about his own music, could possibly have desired ; Miss Palmer threw genuine sentiment into the air, " Fallen is the throne, 0 Israel l" and the arietta, " The Lord bath laid bare His holy arm ;" Mr. Santley gave " Awake, rise, and s hine" (in which is observed a setting of the passage, " Behold, darkness shall cover the earth," materially differing fr om Handers "He sent a thick darkness"), with wonderful energy; and Mr. Sims Reeves surpassed himself in the air, " The Lord of Hosts is with us," and the solo, " He will bring them again into His holy place," finer singing than which. has not been heard. Thus every incident of the performance was in favour of Herr Schaehner, and the beat wish we could offer up in his behalf is that he may again have an opportunity of hearing " Israel's Return from Babylon" thus unim peachably performed. The selection from Handel comprised the overture to "Esther" (his first oratorio), the chorus "'Cherub and Seraphim," the air " Waft her Angels," with its impres sive recitative, " Deeper and deeper still" (Mr. Sims R eeves) ; the ulr " Farewell ye limpid streams" (Miss Gaza" a, , trumpet's ol ad e lofty t sound,'' reete. s including he rri n gt ton the solo "Ye "Totalm Palmer), and the chorus 't When his loud voice in thunder spoke," r t from " Jephtha" (his last) ; the chorus " Awake eclipse" (Mr. Wilbye Cooper) the chorus "0 first created beam," the air "Return, 0 dof los s' (Madams Sain ton-Dolby), the chorus " T P t would tread," the air " Honour and o dust his glory they the (Mademoi Harper), and the double chorus "Fixed in everlasting arm'4(Mr. We ' i ' s t air Weiss), the n of "Let the bright Seraphi m ., pet Mr. T seileTi s e e tj a e t n , s—trum which he would give the preferhetenseelef. concerts," the chorus from " "Messiah"rascn" oratorio which its composer ranked with theHere' Let t w h a e s i r a n celestial afte after noon's de rnscarcelyot terminate know i knowing to 4 in ll the Cathedra n a ler andmusic though The te performanceselection, , wile really admire thatthere was too yet the collection for p.m., no one was induced to complain much of it. The numbers were 2,170 — nearly 400 more than yesicrelay—ao Men ON' ; and If th e report astonishing, i t bei ng notorious th e charity was only £ 240 9 a. Bd. Tide is accounted f by a report generally circulated that a vast performance gratis a re never so number or of tickets lead bought up in certain quarters, for the a o lt n t:e is h t d o no b a t e lib e ral as those who h ave pa i d for their ad missions. chatph a e rt t i r c pu u e oe l a pt r hl ee o w e r c he a so s u i The last miscellaneous concert in the College Hall this evening, the " Messiah'? to-morrow efternoon (for both of which every ticket has been sold), and the ball in the Guild hall in the p ypina, will bring this unprecedentedly su eq , aa. ful festival to an PbOd A steady supply of gold to the amount of £20,000,000 a year has reached us of late years from Cali fornia and 41;strali4. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, LEICESTER RACES.-THURSDAY. The Beivoir Stakes, a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, with 20 added, for hunters that have been hunted with an esta blished pack of hounds at least seven days, to he bona fide the nominator's owu property at the time of entry ; for four-yr-olds and upwards. Three miles, 5 subs. Mr. I'. Hughes's Real Jam, 4 yrs, lOst 121 b (D. Hughes) 1 Mr. J. C. Pickering's Lady Bird, 5 yrs, list 71b (Mr. T. Price) 2 Capt. Shawe's Little Dick, aged, 12st (Mr. T. Brown) 3 Mr. T. Hunt's Jacob, 6 yrs, 12st (S. Rogers) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Real Jam, sto 2 agst Little Dick, 3 to 1 agst Jacob. The latter made play until the horse went on the wrong side of a post, when he was pulled up and left Real Jam in front, where she continued to the end, and won by six lengths; two lengths between second and third; Jacob walked in. The Leicestershire Handicap of 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and 3 if declared; winners extra. One mile and half. 25 subs, 7of whom declared. Mr. Lincoln's Tourist, 3 yrs, 7st 51b . (H. Taylor) 1 Mr. R. Bignell's The Prophet, 6 yrs, Bst 81b (S. Rogers) 2 Mr. John Osborne's Flytrap, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (J. Osborne) 3 Mr. Handley's Ossian, 3 yrs, 7st llb (E. Taylor) 4 Mr. Handley's Cheerful, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (Mr. G. S. Thompson) 5 Mr. Saxon's Formidable, 3 yrs, Est 61b ..(J. Grimshaw) 6 Mr. Redliff's Jack o'Newbury, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (mc. 71b ex) (Pearson) 7 Betting-7 to 4 agst Formidable, 3to 1 agst Tourist, 5 to 1 agst Flytrap, 8 to 1 agst The Prophet. After going a quarter of a mile Tourist took the lead from Formidable, was never afterwards headed, and won b y a length. Flytrap was a bad third ; and the rest came past the post in straggling order. The,SkeffiLgton Park Stakes of 10 sous each, 3 ft, with 40 added, for two•yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies Bst 71b; winners extra, and maiden allowances. T.Y.C. Half a mile. Mr. Lincoln's Light, 9st .............. (Challoner) 1 Mr. BMW's Cranbury, Bst 131 b (Payne) 2 Mr. W. Bevill's Junius, Bst slb ........ Grimshaw) 3 Mr. J. Osborne's Greenland, Bst 131 b (J. Osborne) 4 Lord Fitzwilliam's Ignorance filly, Bst 41b (Smith) 5 Betting—Even on Light, 5 to 2 agst Cranbury, 7 to 2 agst Junius, 100 to 15 agst Greenland. Cranbury jumped away first, but after going 200 yards resigned in favour of Junius, who held a c l ear l ea d i nto t h e s t r ai g ht. At the distance Light, who had been waiting upon Junius and Cranbury, went to the front and won easily by a length. Junius, who gave way to Cranbury half way within the distance, finished a bad third. The County Cup Stakes, by subscription of 10 says each, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; winner to be sold for 300 soya if demanded, &e. T wice round and a distance. 5 subs. • Mr. T. Stevens's Violet, 4 yrs, Bst .......... (Payne) W.O. The Selling Plate of 3 sous each, with 35 added, for all ages ; selling and other allowances. Three-quarters of a mile. 5 subs. Mr. Newbold's Vulture, aged (L 5O ), 9 st lib (S. Rogers) 1 ........ (Reeves) 3 Mr Mr .. I'S M I e e r l l e o t n ° ' R s ' B F T I e e t i t s o e n ° 7 1 3 b y e ' r s 2 ( Y £ r 5 s 0 ) ( , S 5 8 s_ o t l ' 6st llb (Zauker) 2 Betting-5 to 2on Vulture. Vulture made play throughout, and won by three-quar ters of a length ; half a length divided second and third. There was no advance on the selling price of the winner. i ( (Owner) Match : £lOO. Half a mil e . b),r 3 yrs, list 6lb J. Store un. 1 Marquis xi r.. w.om o b f Hastings'well's 0. T. ° 3 i yrs, 2 Betting-6 to 4on Oi Polloi, who waited on 0. T. un til approaching the distance, where he came a wa y an d won in a canter by 10 lengths. The Licensed Victuallers' Plate (Handicap), a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, I ft ; winners extra. Mr. Saxon's Churchman, 4 yrs, 7A ..(J. G r i ms h aw ) w . o . There was no betting on future events. Polloi j st 61bh( TATTERSALL'S - LAST EVENING. As might be anticipated on the " off day "—and the Leicester mee ti ng on—the attendance w as sma ll. Th e transactions were correspondingly meagre, and, save and except that the "turf talk" during the afternoon clearly indicated that Lord Clifden still occupied an equivocal position in the market, and that The Ranger was rather " shaky," there was no feature worth recording. Bto 1 was accepted about Lord St. Vincent's horse, although later OR, when but few were present, there were offers to take 7to 1. The Avenger was unmistakeably firm, sto 1 being the highest offer, but half a point more would have been taken kindly. Queen Bertha was very healthy, and at 6to 1 would have met with support.. A commission was out in the morning in favour of Golden Pledge, but the layers got on the scent, and in the City offers of 100 to 12 did not meet the views of the "commissioner," and conse quently nothing was done. At Hyde-park Corner he was even in better odour; and although his City price would have been readily snatched up, 8 to 1 was the highest offer, and which was accepted once or twice; £7OO to £2OO was booked about The Ranger and Lord Clifden coupled; £4OO to £2OO that The Ranger does not finish one of the first three, and £lOO to £4O against Lord Clifden being first, second, or third. One or two animals were " put up " for the Cesarewitch, but beyond some chaff about the "cripples," and offers of 1000 to 30 on the field for the Cesarewitch, the great autumn handicaps were scarcely touched upon. Closing prices : ST. LEGER. sto 1 agst Lord Stamford's Avenger (offers to take 11 to 2) 11 to 2 agst Mr. T. Valentine's Queen Bertha (offers to take 6 to 1) Bto 1 agst Mr. H. Owen's Golden Pledge (taken) Bto 1 agst Lord St. Vincent's Lord Clifden (taken) 16 to 1 agst Mr. I'Anson's Borealis (offered) 400 to 200 agst The Ranger being first, second, or third (taken) 100 to 40 agst Lord Clifden being first, second, or third (taken) 700 to 200 agst The Ranger and Lord Clifden, coupled (taken) CESAREWITCH. " 1000 to 30 on the field ( o ff ere d) The Subs cr i ption Room will be opened on S a t ur d ay next for comparing" on Doncaster, and the transaction of business as usual. BETTING AT MAN CHESTER—VE (3I .MAX. --- For the St. L eger, Avenger and The Ranger were about equal favourites, ee 6 to 1 would have been ta k en about either of them. T he same figure (offered) stood against Queen Bertha, but l ess than 13 to 2 was dec li ne d. Lord Clifden seemed firmer to-day, as Bto 1 was booked about him, and no higher o ff er than 7 to 1 was made at the close. A bet of 3 to 1 was taken during the day that he would be in the first three, and another of 2 to 1 was offered that he ran for the St. Leger. Closing prices : THE LEGER. 6to 1 agst Avenger (wanted) 6to 1 agst Ranger (taken) 13 to 2 agst Queen Bertha (wanted) I . d l Bto 1 agat Lord Clifden (taken) Bto 1 agat Golden Pledge (taken) 16 to 1 agat Blue Mantle (taken and offered) 100 to 1 agst Mogador ( offered)" 100 to 1 agst Blondie, (taken and offered) ...,........_ ST. LEGER PROPHECIES, b .,' B eaco n" and " Rhyming Richard," with Latest Betting, and exclusive information of Probable Starters, Jockeys, &c. List of Horses expected at Leicester. and Baden Baden M ew gs, n and all the Racing, Doncaster—the Sled mere Sale.-_s p Shooting, Cricket, and Aquatic News of the week —See Me ASpor!,ing Gazette (limited) of Saturday next, Sept. 12, the clay paper that prophesied Macaroni and Lord Clifden Ist and 2d for the Derby, Queen Bertha for the 081'6, the Ranger for the Grand Prix de and La ecialßeports of Warwick, Paris and Isoline Toucques 14 and 2d for Good pence, Stamped Vourpence. Office, 14, York-street, Covent garden, London, :--woodi Cup,—Price Three- ALLEGED MURDER OF A. BANK CLERK.—Yester day morning considerable excitement was created in the district of Aldgate, by a rumour that a 07 whg gentle man, a clerk in the City Bank, had been found murdered in night of Sept. 3. Mr. the gh river n 0 . u e l y t m a p o p r r e l a s r , s a g t e h d a pat b s i o n u c t e 2 2 I ;ears, was missing, and throughout the metropolis walls were placarded with de him in every direction. H - - e C ould nowhere be f o und. On s w cr e ip d ti ne o e n d s e o y f , h h e i w m e , v a e n r, d bi t s h b e p e d :lice h a d made inquiries a ft er as discovered floating in the Thames, off the St. Katharine's Neks. , It was removed to the Aldgate dead-house, and upon examination marks of ill usage 4 n o th e beofaecned body. There was no m oney or other property found in the pockets, but the de ceased was was found tated p to o i n l eomparati ve ly go od cir cumstances, and not to have been in t h e least likely to h ave comm itted self-destruction. It has b een ascerta i ne d , that a t midnight last Thursday Mr. Itt ---nrris was in Arthur-stree t s u East, near London-hridge, talking to a woman, and he was never seen alive after. He had been just previously stand ing with a man near the same spot, but whether the woman and the m an were connected is not Preci se l y mown. !,here appears to injuriesbe no doubt that the deceased was robbed, a n d the fact of t ' 'b e ing i n di c ate that he was robbed with violence. Such an (nit rage could hardly hav e taken place, even at midnight, in so en a spot, and t h e refore the infer ence is that the woman open a spot, and therefore the infe bOfl at mldiiight, in so must have enticed biro down the steps to the river side, where the crime might have been accomplished without ob servation. Who the woman Was has not as yet been ewer ' tained. - The Mina Journal states that a member of the Fiscal Chamber of Oszmiana, named Suadzki, has just been shot under sentence of a court-martial; he had belonged to an insurgent band, COTTON SUPPLY ASSOCIATION. At the usual weekly meeting of the Executive Committee held on Tuesday, the Bth September, a letter was read from Salto Republica de la Banda, Oriental South America, for warding a sample of cotton grown from Georgian seed, planted in October, 1862, and which was valued at 21d. per pound. The plants commenced flowering in January, the first cotton was picked at the end of February, and had continued producing up to the middle of July. Each plant has given on the average nearly a pound of cotton, and next year double that quantity is expected. The writer has farms of about 300 acres each, land on easy terms can be obtained from the Government, and a company with a capital might successfully and profitably extend the culti vation. A sample of cotton from Africa, grown in the vicinity of Accra, was submitted for examination, and valued at 19d. per lb., also one from Persia valued at lad. per lb. A beautiful specimen of hybrid cotton, grown at Lucknow, forwarded by the honorary agents of the associa, tion at Calcutta, together with samples grown in New Cale donia from Sea Island and Pernambuco seed, were sub mitted for inspection, and valued at 151, 24d., 25d,, and 36d. respectively, Consular despatches, relative to the amount of cotton likely to be grown in the respective districts this year, were received from the Foreign-office—viz., from Diarbekir, Mr. Consul Taylor, dated July 22, reporting that the ravages of the locusts still continued in the districts around, and " have completely put a stop to cotton cultivation for the present year, and that there is not the slightest probability of any cotton being available for export. No foreign seed of any description has in the meantime been made use of." From St. Domingo, Mr. Consul Hood, July 10, stating that a very large amount of cotton seed has been sown during this and the preceding year, that the country and climate are well adapted to the cultivation of cotton, which grows indigenously, and that a very large supply of good quality might be obtained if it were not for the scarcity of labour. As c•rrect an estimate as possible will be for warded. From the Acting Consul-General, Mr. J. V. Crawford, Havannah, August 4, enclosing a Government return of cotton cultivated in Cuba, and extracts from the reports of her Majesty's Vice-Consuls, from which it ap pears that the coming crop may be safely estimated at 1,500,0001 b, or 3,000 bales of 5001 b each. It is stated that the cultivation of ootton in Cuba is decidedly progressing, in spite of the hostility evinced towards it by the majority of the sugar planters, and that the encouragement afforded by the Government, together with the present high prices, will ensure the continuance of this progress. From Para, July 25, Mr. Consul Perry, reporting that in the province of Muranham this year's crop is considered good and ex ceads that of 1862 by some 9,000 bags. This province pro duces the:best Brazil cotton, and were it not for the scarcity of labour very large quantities might be raised ; and should prices be well supported, the crops.of 1864 will be far greater than it has been for years. From the provinces of Gram Para and Amazonas the rate of increase appears to be about 800 arrobas of 321 b each per annum ; the scarcity of labour is the great hindrance. From Lima, July 28, Mr. Consul Jerningham also reports the probable crop of this year in Peru to be 30,000 quintals of 1001 b each. From Callao, July 16, Mr. Consul Robertson, stating that the quantity of cotton likely to be grown in the province of Ica this year will be 10,000 quintals, from 2,000 to 3,000 more than last year. From the Acting-Consul, Mr. Cocks, Islay, July 23, enclosing a specimen of indigenous cotton from the Valley of lambo, Peru, valued at 245. per cwt., and stating that the cotton hitherto grown in his district has been for local use only, but that high prices are stimu lating the production with a view to exportation. Peru, in many parts of the interior, and in all the valleys along the coast, possesses advantages for the cultivation of cotton which few other countries enjoy—a suitable climate, the absence of strong winds, abundance of water, free labour, &c. Notwithstanding the almost insurmountable indolence and apathy of the population, many would embark their capital in this promising enterprise if they could have grants of land, secure possession, suitable protection, &c. Foreign assistance in the development of this branch of industry would be most useful, From Monte Video, July 21, Mr. Consul Lettsom, reporting that in his district no cotton of any consequence is likely to be produced this year. The ravages of the black ants have been most destructive, the price of labour and transport is a'serious obstacle, and only in the neighbourhood of navigable rivers is it likely that cotton will be grown to any extent. The demand for seed in Cuba is reported in the consular despatch from Havan nab. induced the committee to resolve to send out a quantity forthwith, to be disposed of to the planters at cost price. Government Emigration, The following are the details of the emigration to the Australian Colonies, the Cape of Good Hope, &c,, conducted by her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners during the year 5 1 i 8 0 6 0 2 : e r —s was a s3o— o number ine o f f ships these s chartered siled t o New e w b y Southth Ce Wales,s six to Queensland, four to Victoria, three to South Austra lia, two to Western Australia, two to the Cape of Good Hope, and four to Natal. The number of emigrants con veyed to the colony of New South Wales amounted to 3,078 souls, equal to 2,8115 statute adults, of whom 207 were mar ried men, 221 married women, 1,175 single men, 1,011 single women, 192 boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 203 girls between the same ages, 29 male infants, and 40 female —6Ol were English, 179 Scotch, and 2,298 Irish. The num ber of emigrants conveyed to Queensland was 1,659 souls, equal to 1,757 statute adults, of who 271 were married men, 271 married women, 558 single men, 515 single women, 132 were boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 152 girls between the same ages, 33 male infants, and 20 female-874 were English, 576 Scotch, and 502 Irish. The number of emi grants conveyed to Victoria was 1,505 souls, equal to 1,3945 statute adults, of whom 144 were married men, 144 married women, 28 angle men, 1,000 single women, 75 boys between the ages of one and 12, 82 girls between the same ages, 17 male infants, and 12 females-691 were English, 443Scolch, and 368 Irish. The number of emigrants conveyed to South Australia was 1,066 souls, equal to 969 statute adults, of whom 120 were married men, 124 married women, 325 single men, 320 single women, 58 boys between the ages of one and 12, 82 girls between the same ages, 12 male infants, and 15 female; 633 were English, 305 Scotch, and 228 Irish. The number of emigrants conveyed to Western Australia was 572 souls, equal to 601 statute adults, of whom 86 were married men, 88 married women, 69 single men, 207 single women, 48 boys between the ages of one and 12, 54 girls between the same ages, 12 male infants and 8 female-321 wore English, 33 Scotch, and 218 Irish. To Tasmania 19 emigrants were conveyed-2 were married women, 16 single women, and 1 girl-6 were English, and 13 Irish. The number of emi grants conveyed to the Cape of Good Hope was 500 souls, equal to 4545 adults, of whom 57 were married men, 67 married women, 167 single men, 127 single women, 44 boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 41 girls between the same ages, 3 male infants and 4 female-207 were English, 66 Scotch,'and 227 Irish. The number of emigrants conveyed to Natal, South Africa, was 422 souls, equal to 348 statute adults, of whom 66 were married men, 71 married women, 100 single men, 59 single women, 53 boys between the ages of 1 and 1.4, 51 girls between the same ages, 12 male infants and 10 female-329 were English, 46 Scotch, and 47 Irish. To the Falkland Islands 12 emigrants were conveyed, viz., 2 married men. married women, 6 single men, 1 girl, and 1 male infant-3 were English, 8 Scotch, and 1 Irish, To St. Helena only 2 emigrants were conveyed—one was a married woman and the other a girl, both English. The o t o f t w a lhamounts wereto9 m , la2rsriseoduls, men, 98 equal 1t08,26 married 2 wlstatute,onts66enad, Scotch 2,u41t358, single men, 3,255 single women, 602 boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 668 g i r l s b e t ween the same ages, 119 male in fants, and 109 female-3,567 were Engl ish, and 3,902 Irish, EFFECT OF WAR.—We have just received the annual report of the auditor of .Kentucky. It con tains a statement of the taxable property for 30 odd years, and from it we find that in 1860 the taxable property of our State was valued at nearly 517,000,000 dole ; in 1861 it fell off. 62,000,000 dols, and in 1862 1 13,060,000 dole, so that the aggregate depreciation has been over 165,000,000 dole, and our state has been put back eight or ten years. The decrease in the valuation of articles subject to taxation ex tends to every article in the list. Comparing their value in 1862 with that of the previous year, the valuation of land has decreased 50,468,747 dols ; of town lots, 10,3t35,260 dole; of slaves, 30,706,168 d o l s; o f h orses and mares, 4,089,6 25 dols; of mules, 1,539,113 dole; of jennies, 107,430 dots; of cattle, 1,078,045 dols; of stores, 3,905,574 dole; and under the Dlual;eation Law 10,759,491 d a l e, b e i ng an aggregate of nearly 113,000,000 d o l s for the financial year e nding the e de 10th of October, 1862 , w hil e for t h e year pre vious the crease was 52 , 29 4,131.—L0ui5vi11e yrournal. NOTTINGHAM CHAMBER OF dnesCOMMERCE.—At a day, the 9:h meeting of the council held on in the Portuguese taiiff of ie d s u inst., notice was read from the altera tionsßoatriNcelVs,:fanTdrasdleseansottoice o t htziee same countries ar t articles l o e n s accorded by Belgium to stat ing that the reduced rate of duties I the 'ra a l L 2 t3 t h b o y f i d into Belgium. Copies of of British origin whcAa imported the ikiay tr l e m a t t y ar c e on e c n l i u y d tsepi l Z w r t S v e .n cr d et e a f ri t e h s e of 4, c o E m m ul la e a r s c s Embassy andal re ports" . h e manufactures and commerce of the the report of her Legation, respecting t laiesty's Consuls abroad have been received ports" of her 1, , countries in which e wat t:lea: Y reside, M. Dann gave ntltiS,B A 41, a 110 7 from the Foreign-office and were brought i rfM ti 4 i n , Mr. e meeting of ward for:discussion the posi tion in which l ‘f%oitingham lace goods are placed in case of the council, iie should bring fn: damage or loss in transit by either railway, canal, or other carriers, no compensation being claimable from the carriers for such damage or loss of "lace," unless a high rate of car riage, by way of insurance, has been previously paid thereon. - ........I , w..eTor 320 d; to 7d to 51d stone. 18. t. 12. ~ t . . 28. t. 18. t. 12. 11. 11. 10. ;. 14. pr . and 3 the very • • a . ~ gen of a Geo. lore, of is tet, sq., pie 'sr- vs tv, /of • ,~ -: V