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Tho lot oull '— Lb bat : ~1 1 1. Pi is in 0 10 to the , part o as . f - ;ed In a 1 copse' )l id and and the uppose pus mat: buildings.. Iverpos, Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500, 0 ,n. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,030,000. .-- ;lutinoil6 03 before ttractioa par; 4d. ), i s the in eyed ChairmTh in Liverpcol: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London WILLI - A. 31 WAINWRIG TIT, Esq. XTR&Cf S FROM THE REPORC FOR THE YEAR 1812. ri le Directors of the Royal Insurance CompanY a re now Palled upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the /sleeting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as p'easingly as unexpectedly , at t he that the Fire close of the year, to announce, for th e first time, Premiums have not only rea ched, but exc eed £300,000. i the Royal in the The hitli comparative position ,enroll msintained. Government Returns of Duty is ag ar t u- The profit o f the business of the y ear exceeds and c in siden y ra r s bl the amount realised in the precechng ye , c s r in ed e i s t t o h t e t Passes that of any year , w ith but ta'oexceptotiotnhse, commencement of ad= Office , the balance ess which is ep kt sepa account o B f ritish and Foreisr,n Insurances being £45,107 10s. - 54 ., and of the Nor th American busin „ rately, £11,097 16s. 10d. LIFE BRANCH. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state th e sum assured on n"w policies for fhe year 1862 exceeds even that of the ye 1801 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 assuran'e , mounts to .43,281. 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 attic 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 lon dm 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 leele, combialag distinguished -oommsreial success to the Office with a lex. gthened career of usefulness and protection to the publ.c. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY , Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRE, :TORS. Nenrp Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. I .l 4v.r o iai h i or, n ikrni a er camsu a ;Dr Davidson, ei a aen t v t cti d C I soE a os t sne t c; l , s , s q : .. s , q. Chas. Jno. Manning, q• Henry Nelson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samue l Leo Sc h u ster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann. Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. W illi a m Soltau, q. I?obt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Josep h Somes, Esq. , M.P. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Es 4' q. Medical Referee, SAmtrnt. SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.— file usual fifteen days allowed for payment of IRE PREMIUMS falling due at Michaelmas will expire on 11th October. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. The Reversionary Balm on British Life Policies has ave raged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums ayable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured — Liberal participation in Profits--with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large returns invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practie,e,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. SPECIAL NOTICE. Policies on the participating system, granted on or before the list December, 18A3 and in force at thP close of the year 1865, will be entitled to , share in the next division of profits ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1309. Incorporated by Royal Chrster and Special Acts of Parliament. A ccumu lated and Invested Fund s Annual Revenue 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insurair es .2:rante~ both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. N°. 22,229. erkeleyd on. , scobeb) k ith TO' tuchlinot ;htcr. NEW NOVEL, Just ready, in 3 vols., Trinitt S.E 01 Of A.Bll' FLORIAN'S HUSBAND. Also now ready, In 3 vols., GOOD SOCIETY. By Mrs. Gr.EY, Author of " The Gambler's Wife," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. jim, ill° )t Jeuncri F RASER'S MAGAZi Price 2 CONTI Etll?nd and America. Late Laurels. A Tale. Chap ters X VII. and XIX. England and her Colonies. _ On - Certain Physical and Natural - History Pheno mena of the Atlantic : especially with reference to the proposed Telegraphic Cominuritcation between • Ireland and Newfoundland. By Professor William King. A Rough Ride on classic Ground. ho Ite:; London: Parker, Son, ani , RhiDel ph Lim" ;INF for OCTOBER. !s. 6d. :h-placel than 49 , icil, any ,. without, ,NTS. The Second Part of Giithe's Every facility offe-ed to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of rind' r ofits divided among the Insurers on the participating pple. The new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Am , nnt Inured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the George " Faust." The Sketcher in the Ardennes and Moselle Ltnd. The Falling of the Leaf. Sequel to "Harvest." By Astley 11. Baldwin. Recreations of a London Re- cluse—ll. On the Present State of Rus sia, and the A dvantages to Europe of a Constitution for that Empire. Bourn, West Strand, W.C. Crown Bvo., sewed, is. 6d. ; cloth, 2r., THE NECESSARY EXISTENCE OF GOD, by W. H. GILLESPIE, Esq., of Torbanehill. The "Russel" Edition, being the fourth. "A valuable audition to the science of Natural Theology." Lord Brougham. "Among the very ablest specimens of Speculative Philo sophy which this country has latterly exhibited."-- Sir Wm. Hamilton. London Houlston and Wright , 65, Paternoster-row. NEW SPORTING NOVEL. Immediately, at all libraries, in Three Vols., Price 31s. 6d. SACKVILLE CH ASE. By C. J. COLLINS. London : John Maxwell and Company, 112, Fleet-street. T H X F ORD 6, OXFORD-STREET, THIS EVENING, Will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Bellini's SONNAMBULA. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, finish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean. &c. Lm•rOadi PRICE..... STAMPED )RE NO. 112 f UlitY Comic, by UNSWORTH (" or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Pei formance by Herr SCHALKENBACFI on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRA contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. Me HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. You will observe—and it is worthy of observation —that while in all foreign Countrice they have gone iu one direction againstforms ofgovernment baeedon absolute despotism, they equally discourage systems based on unmitigated democracy; and perhaps the close of the century will be chiefly remarkable to historians by the establishment throughout the fIANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order V) to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, "THE GHOST," from the Picture Gallery to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal cony, and body 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. whole of the civilised world of constitutional monar- POLYGRAPHIC HALL.-MISS HERAUD and Herr KRUEGER'S celebrated SHAKESPE RIAN ENTERTAINMENT Illufttrative of TIIE PAS SIONS, interspersed with Descriptive Music, THIS EVEN ING, and every Evening, at Eight; Saturdays_ at Thr ee . Music by J. C. Beuthin, Esq. Solos Miss Mabel Brent, Mrs, Beuthin. Herr Bonn, Mr, Page. Mr. Stedman, and Signor Nappi. An efficient chorus. Booking, &c., at the H a ll, Xing William-street, Strand, from Ten to Five, or Tickets of Musicsellers. OFFICES : LONDON 5B, Threadneedle -street. 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbtuy , „ West-end Office B, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. 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 )8 selected from the Crystal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, Is. Manager—M. GRENET. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GriosT ! new version—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN— Grand Divertissement—Favourite Opera Selections —NICO SIA, the eminent Violinist—RAPHAEL DE SOLLA. the Infant Tenor—LANGLOIS, the Great Juggler, Every Evening. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established IS4O. TRUSTEES. clues more or less imitative of this old monarchy of Thomas Baring, Esq., M.V. I Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Ilankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.ll, 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 .. 2 0,. 00 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 .. • • • /1 1857 .. • • • „ 1802 .. • • • making the total bonus additions, £91,000. Bonuses ma.; be received in elsh or applied to the reduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the tobey. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid up policies introduced by this Association, by which the 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 seated districts. ours. (Hear, hear.) Perhaps among the many .... .. X 1,400 .. 11,500 .. 23 200 .. 56,500 W3l. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. causes which contribute to our political tranquillity and the safety of our social progress is the due pro-. portion in which the influence of intelligence and of numbers upon legislative enactments and upon public opinion is divided between the two great classes which are happily represented in the as sembly which I have now the honour of addressing —I mean the class of those who pursue their occu pations in the busy life of the town and the class of those who form their habits of thought on the calmer life of the country, for thus political changes are pretty well considered and matujed. The re forms which may be pressed by the eager spirits which catch fire from each other in the heated at mosphere of towns are sure to be sifted carefully by those who, living more remote from popular excite ment, are accustomed to weigh well the conse quences of political change, and are not disposed to welcome a novelty merely because it is a novelty. (Hear, hear,) Thus public opinion, we see, has time to work itself free from public passion, and reforms, whether they are wise or whether they are not wise, still never take the violent character of revolution ; while when they are once adopted into the law of the land, no politician dreams of re voking what has become part and parcel of our free constitution—as safe from the riots of a mob as it DEAFNESS. —The SOUND 'MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptible, removes sinvine: noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMON S, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country).—A. GENTLEMAN is willing to MAKE ADVANCES of CASH, without delay, to respectable persons (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on.—Apply (it by letter enclose four s t amps) to vir at Mr. Robertson's, Accountant, 40. King William-street L on d o n -bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. is from the guards of a king. (Hear, hear.) Now, ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, 2d September, 1863. TENDERS will he received et this office, until noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th September, 1863, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for the supply of FORAGE, in such qnantities as may be required, from lst November, Majesty's 1563, to 3st October, 1861, for the use of ITer J Forces stationed at Aldershot Carop, and within the com mand. be ob tained of Tender and Condition s o f C on tract may on apnlication at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up a nd signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, mar ked on the outside „ Tender for Poraz e ") . and no Tender will be noticed unb.ss made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. HENRY R. MORSE, D eputy Commissary- G eneral. ARMY CONTRACTS. ENDERS will be received at t hi s 12 o'clock noon on the 3 d of October from Office until persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to suppi y FORAGR AND PAILLASsE STRAP {*, 3 in ra j s e u s e t h y 'sclutilatnidtiels'o'rseems asytabt? required, for the Use of Her from Ist November, 1563, to 31st October, 1864 g places, FORAGE. 1. Hyde-park, Kensington, Regent's-park, and Horse Guards. 2. tiounsl 1w and Kneller Hall. 3. Hampton Court. 4. Windsor. 5. Brighton. 6. Sandhurst. 7. Enfield. C ELEBR ATION of the TERCENTENARY o f the BIRTH of SHAKSPE ARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (ot 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- u pon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, an d GreellV7fLy, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Payne, and Co , Messrs Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Th e Tercentenary Commi t te e, in submitting the subscrip- GSmlynitha' Co , bankers , London. and 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 hr.nne, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. PAILLASSE STRAW. 1. Brompton House. Ilvde-pa , k, and KensimeTton. 2. Regent's-park, St. * John's-wood, an d Portman-Street Barracks. 3. New Barracks, Chelsea. 4. Wellington and St. George's Barracks. 5. The Tower. 6. Hounslow and Kneller 7. Hampton Court. S. Windsor. 9. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shore- ham. 10. Croydon. Separate Tenders mast be made for Forage and for Pail arse Straw for each of the above-mentioned Stations or Bar acks as groupe i and numbered. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at KiIIg'I3.CTOSS. Patron—The QUEEN. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, bet wecn the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up and si 'tied, and no Tender will be noticed unless delivered at the under-mentioned Office, under closed envelope (marked on the outside "'fender for Commissariat Supplies "), before 12 o'clock noon on the 3d October next. (Signed) W. 'l'. POWER, Commissary-General Deputy Commissary-General's Offiee, 5. New-street, Spring-gardens, London, S.W., 10th Sept., 1863. these two classes—the town and the country—must President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom penied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. •• - - both be gainers, and through them the nation which they compose, according as they can be brought into a friendly and familiar intercourse, as they are upon these occasions when the farmer and the trades man can sit side by side, and find as they talk together, that however they may differ as to individual measures, or the character of public men, they all feel the same love for their com mon country, the same zeal for her welfare, the same anxieties for her peril, the same stake in her freedom, the same patriot's pride in her renown. (Cheers.) Why should this meeting be called a meeting of the agricultural interest? Its object is one of national interest. In a paper by the illus trious Liebig, whose name is a connecting link be tween agriculture and science, I found a few words which are so impressed on my memory that I will repeat them to you, because if they were uttered by a farmer they would be considered an extravagant compliment to his own profession, but they assume the simple language of truth when they are uttered by a philosopher so disinterested and so profound. " Upoa agriculture (says he) depends the welfare and development of the whole human species, the riches of States and all commerce." Well, is it not so ? And may I not now call upon all pre. sent, tradesmen as well as farmers, inhabitants of the town as well as inhabitants of the country, to join with equal heartiness in the toast which I now propose, " Success to the Harts Agricultural Society." (Loud cheers.) The toast of the members for the county having been duly honoured. Mr. PULLER, M.P., said it was usual for a mem ber on returning thanks to make some allusion to the events of the past session. The last session must be characterised as one of a peculiarly quiet and tranquil character. Whether it was on account of Lord ealmerston's genial character, or his courteous manner, which had endeared him to the people of this country, or from the general conviction that he drives the team at least as well as any one else could do, there was no doubt that on the part of his political opponents there was an indisposition to disturb him. (Hear, hear.) It was now two years since there had been any great party fight in the House of Commons. The want of excite. ment might, perhaps, render the house rather dull for hon. members, but on the whole the country seemed disposed to acquiesce in the present state of things and to be satisfied. During the whole of the last year the country had realised the sentiment of the old Roman poet—how pleasant it is to sit upon the sea shore when the winds are agitating the waves, and to watch the raging of the elements and the havoc they make. In whatever other direction we looked we heard of wars and rumours of wars. If R. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. B , cott, of Bromley, gent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, ?„, fte s. giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, Are. For habitual ti a tt rn eness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier ta m , blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera rnoteli42:rateful to the stomach, they create appeite, ro- Sold and strengthen the whole nervous syst p em. Lundo",„ q• Lambert, 8, King William-street Charing-cross. truce til e nd by m o st druggists, in boxes,ls. , lid., and three Scott's Bilitantity in one, 2s. 9d. ' Be sure to ask for Dr. green pa c k „,,,' 8 and Liver Pills. The genuine are a , square "MP. -4CI With "William Lambert, ,, engraved on the TAMWORTH, . 1 1W. 24 Last night the electors of Tamworth held a meeting at the Town-hall for the purpose of hearing an address from the Hon. Mr. Cowper, the candidate who has the support of Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Robinson presided, and among these present were Sir Robert Peel and Mr. C. H. Bracebridge, the latter of whom had been a candidate for the borough, but had retired is favour of Mr. Cowper. Since then, however, Mr. John Peel, of Middleton, has offered himself as a candidate, so that it seems likely that the election will be a contested one. Mr. Co PER, on stepping forward, was received NI ith loud and continued cheering. He said he should be an in dependent supporter of Lord Palmerston's Government, be cause he was convinced that much .f the prosperity of the country was owing to the ability, skill, and experience of that statesman. After eulogieing what he considered as the wise provision s of the French treaty, he said that he did not think that his opponent, Mr. Peel, had been so eeplicit in the statement of his views as he ought to have been, He (Mr. Cowper) was in favour of a moderate extension of the franchise, but he thou..ht that it should be extended to individuals rather than to classes. With regard to Church-rates, he expressed himself in favour of a mea sure that should release all persons having a conscien tious objection to their payment, but he should never support a measure for their entire abolition—that of Sir John Trelawny, for instance. Ho entirely approved the policy of the Government with regard to the Ameri can struggle. He concluded by alluding to the Polish revo lution, stating that that country eminently deserved the sympathy of England. In answer to a question put to him, he said he should not support vote by ballot. He did not think it would be applicable to a borough like Tamovortle. Mr. Bracebridge then vainly endeavoured to address the meeting, after which Sir R. PEEL came forward, amid mingled cheers, laugh ter, and hisses. He said—Gentlemen and brother electors, I speak to you for the— [Voices—" You had better shut. up !" " Will you turn us out of our houses ?"] (Laughter and uproar.) Sir Robert Peel then insisted thee as a burgess he had a right to speak. If any ore persisted in interrupting him there were those present who would silence that per son. (Uproar.) He was not at all to sit down, and they need not alarm themselves in the least about that, Let them remember that a Peel had stood upon that platform for the last 70 years. [A voice—" A. better man than you."] (Cheers, laughter, and hisses.) Before remarking with re ference to the possible candidates lot the borough, he wished to bear testimony to the admirable manner in which their late member the Marquis Tow'ashend had discharged his Parliamentary duties. (Cheers.) He could speak to the re gularity of his attendance in the house, because during the last session no one had been more assiduous in the discharge of Parliamentary duties than he (Sir Robert) had. [A voice —Oh, gammon I] I have been obliged to, in the first place; and, in the second, I did it con amore. [A voice—Palmer ston made you do it.] (Turning to the quarter from which the last as well as many of the former interruptions had come)—Now, Mr. Barraclough, will you be silent? I know your voice very well. (Confusion.) Their late representative having been called to the House of Lords, they were unfor tunately in this position—There was not another Towns hend to come forward and take the vacant seat, and con tinue a long line of ancestral representatives which had been always welcome in the borough. (Cheers.) Directly the vacancy occurred there were numerous candidates in the field. There were Mr. Bracebridge and Mr. Sleigh, among the first, and he had hoped to have seen a gentleman who on one occasion contested the borough with him. He alluded to Mr. Daniel, Q.C., a thorough gentleman, who, although he differed from him (Sir Robert) in his views on political matters, behaved in a manly, straightforward manner. When that gentleman came forward there were no misre presentations, no handbills by Barraclough and ethers. (Laughter.) In Mr. Detniel he met an upright antagonist, who did not countersan ee any such men as the blunder headed bullies who were now bellowing out every sort of misrepresentative about coercion. (Cheers, laughter, and confusion.) Did Mr. Daniel ever speak of coercion cr say he could net get those to vote for him who wanted to do so? No, he was too much of a gentleman for that. (Cheers.) There had been intimidation in the present contest. [A. Voice—On which side ?] I will tell you directly, L e t the meeting recollect that Mr. Cowper was the popular candi date, and if any one dared to use intimidation there were thousands—hundreds at all events—who would come for.. ward and support the old —. (Cries of "Freedom" and "Free trade I" and cheers.) This time Mr. Daniel had not come forward. [A. Voice—You turned him back the last time he came.] At the conclusion of that contest Mr. Daniel said that he intended again to contest the borough. He, however, only mentioned this to show the position of affairs. There was Mr. Sleigh, who at once withdrew from the contest. Mr. Sleigh was undoubtedly a capital fellow, but a little too advanced for a place like Tamworth. Under these circumstances Mr, Cowper appeared —no nominee of his, for he gave the meeting his word and honour that until that gentleman came forward he (Sir Robert) had not the advantage of his personal acquaintance. [A Voice—What means the notice at the foot of the bill calling the meet in —" Sir Robert Peel is expected to attend ?"] Sir Robert said that he should attend when Mr. John Peel expressed his views. He, in common with the rest of the electors, wished t 3 know Mr. Peel's views, and what particular phase of his father's views he favoured. He was told that the farmers supported Mr. Peel. What was the fact with regard to his honourable friend ? He was heir presumptive to immense property in land, and would, there fore, be likely to watch the interests of the farmers quite as narrowly as Mr. Peel would. He held in his hand a copy of Mr. Cowper's address, and ho asked them whether it was not better for them to vote for a man who held and expressed such views as those contained in that address than for a man who traded upon the name of Peel and talked about coercion, (" Yes, yes!" "No, no I" uproar and hisses.) Immediately upon Mr. Cowper coming out Mr. Bracebridge withdrew. [Voices.—" We shall turn you out next time."] (Hurrah I hisses, cheers, and uproar.) Are these men voters. I hope you won't turn me out. I don't think you will. (Laughter,) [Voices.—We will if we can.] (Renewed laughter.) Oh no ; come now. (Uproar.) I won't go. Now, let me be serious for a moment. After Mr. Bracebridge withdrew Mr. Cowper was the only candidate in the field. Then came forward Mr. John Peel, and he would ask that gentleman whether he had come forward as an opponent of the Go vernment of Lord Palmerston, the only statesman who could take the helm of affairs at this moment. Mr. BARRACLOtiGH,—No, he is not. Sir R. PEEL.—Then he would take it that Mr. Peel now came forward to divide the interests which ought to be united. Mr. BARRACLOUGII—Did you tell your agent to compel the tenants to vote for Mr. Cowper? (Uproar, and cries of " Turn him out.") Sir H. PEEL—Turn him out. lam not a candidate, and decline to be questioned. I must say that a course of pro ceeding has been adopted by the party of Mr. Peel which has never been followed in the borough of Tamworth in my recollection, Mr. Peel was a namesake and a most honour able man ; and as to his personal character he (Sir Robert) would say nothing ; but there had been charges of coercing his tenants brought against him which were utterly untrue. Coercion had never been practised on his estate, and never should be. [Voices—Carmichael has coerced your tenants.] A gentleman sitting at the front—Have your agents never coerced or attempted to coerce your tenants ? Sir R. PEEL (emphatically)—Never. The same gentleman—Not to your knowledge? Sir R, PEEL—Never, upon my honour, I recollect on one occasion a tenant farmer on my estate at a county election said to me he should like to vote the same way that I did. I told him to vote for the man who in his opinion was the best of the two. He did so, and told me immediately after wards that he had not voted for the same candidate with me, and I told him that we should be none the less friendly on that account. Mr. BARRA.CLOUGH—Nonsense I Gammon I (Confusion, and " Turn him out.") Sir ROBERT said that he held handbills in his hand of the most scandal ous and scurrilous description— (applause) —and such as he never remembered to have seen in the borough before. If Mr. Peel was privy to them he did not deserve to be returned. (Cheers.) At any rate he had sufficient spirit to say that he should scorn to bear the name of Peel and descend to such disgraceful practices. (Applause.) [A. Voice—Supposing he is not privy to it ?] If he were not, then he would meet him fairly and frankly, and as a man deserving all the support of those holding opinions similar to his own. There had been no coercion on his part, and he most certainly had a right to express his opinion with regard to the candidates in the field, and he most unhesitat ingly said that in his opinion Mr.Cewper,who came there as a supporter of the Government of Lord Palmerston, was the best of the two candidates for the borough. (Cheers and hisses.) In many instances he had opposed the Government which had now given him one of its chief offices, and he said in all sincerity that he would resign his position to morrow and vote as an independent member if ho believed the Ministerial measures were not adapted to promote the best interests of the country. And (continued Sir Robert I believe that Lerd Palmerston is the only statesman who can guide the country to a satisfactory issue, and I have heard many of Lord Derby's principal supporters express the same opinion. (Cheers) I shall record my own vote in favour of my honourable friend Mr. Cowper, and I have no doubt that in the end he will finish with a triumphant ma jority. (Tremendous uproar.) I will say further, that if there are any electors who have pledged their votes under false pretences, they are absolved from I such pledges, and are perfectly at liberty to please themselves. will tell you. why I think you will return Mr. Cowper. You have re turned me for 15 years, and I do not think you will now turn round and elect a man who would sit upon the Opposi tion side of the House of Commons. (Cheers.) I know there are some persons who may think you ill-tempered, but this is not the case, for, with the exception of three or four blunder-headed fellows—(laughter) —you are all good tem pered. Let me give the meeting a p ar ti ng assurance that Mr. Cowper will win. (Laught er , c h eers , an d confusion.) Some confusion here ensued in consequence of some ex cited conduct on the part of Mr. Barraclough, when, in answer to an invitation, a man roughly dressed, and appear ing to be a mechanic, and who was said to be Barraclough himself, clambered on to the platform, and amide tornado of groans, cheers, &c,, endeavoured to speak. H e w vised not to, however, and desisted. The mee tingats ad vised after a formal vote of thanks to the CW441111412 1 , r pk e up, The Weekly Roard feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutt s an d Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Henries and Co. ; Ransom and CO. • Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison W lliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, an d acnod.nd ;CNois;bet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool a at the Hospital STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. ROYAL N A I LI T O IT N LI A IO L N LIFE-BOAT the Queen. PATTI° —Il 3 o (Incorporateddini st by Gracious Royal MajestyC h a r t e r ) . ce- e . iral the Duke of Northumberland, DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN — ThOn MB r I ' C E FI S ID A T E R N M TE A — Thos. i Th 0 5 B A ar p i p ng E , A E L sq . ., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. v us Lifeboat Estab- Institution has expended £ 32,000 on vario us Society,t Theshe Committee abeginning o f the o of year Management l G Bo o,t C h h e F.R.S.a h ß p a m o v y e a a l l i o w E s a s t t cl a i . t o ' e n F a t; . St" Lifeboat n. V .P. e . I i t i a To h nh m e e t t n t t ias z una on ibse t r he o C t oa li s v t e s s of s E av n e g t ian b d y , StchoetiaLnidle,-abncelatlsreolatudth. e portine ? -c e a x ri p i o i 123iwiLnhitc;oc can Lifeboats 1,1. . whch n e t ovticheesr 82 means Gol , d s u in p c d e al i s t , s 7B '' B° in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu formation,silver 3 Trans The r. , an d Boat-houses. I iesci Life-boat allgs- : 8a0n0d; e C ommi ttee desire to express their grateful sense Of e a n g fi e e s d67,too on Life-boats, the generous support which they have received from the Vritish public during the past few years, a support which has i'nabied them to establish their present magnificent fleet Deeply sensib!e, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and i's Crews practised in the management of their edonyultyehatbehrmone s hores of the United Kingdom. isin e ffected earnestly upholdingb appealy a tl to all perpetratingacnl a d s s es ofpermanentthesi so countrymen gratefulty acknowledge the following Co n " (neat and truly national a Wo r k . The C o mmitteetriblitions:— ba nantusa. we looked to the east we saw unhappy Poland strug gling in her very despair to throw off the iron yoke of the most cruel despotism upon the face of the earth. If we looked to the west we saw that great nation to which the chairman had alluded carrying on a civil war upon the most gigantic scale that had ever been seen since the world began. And for what pur pose ? The Federals were seeking to force their model republic upon those who wished to escape from it—they, the great sticklers and defenders of the right of men to govern themselves, were trying to compel, against their will, the seceding states to re-enter into union, and act in harmonious co-ope ration with themselves. On the other hand, the secessionists hoped that commercial and financial necessities would compel us to come to their assist ance, so that they might be enabled to found a new and mighty empire, based upon the wickedest and I most cruel institution in the world—the institution of slavery. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the legislation of the last session, the private busi ness afforded a proof of the growing prosperity of the country in the shape of railway extension, and the improvement and enlargement of docks and harbours and various other works required by our increasing commerce and manufactures. S ome afforded to the cou n t ry little relief had been by the reduction of twopence in the income tax and the remission of the war duty on tea. As one of the me mbers for the county, he had maintained a small fight on behalf of the maltsters, whose credit the Chancellor of the Exchequer had contracted by pursuing a - course which would have driven the weaker men out of the trade; and although the maltsters were not so successful as they ought to have been, the plan was so far modified that the injustice was mitigated, if not altogether removed. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member then ad verted to the distress whieh prevailed in the manu facturing dist r i cts and the steps which had bee n taken for its relief, and said it was satisfactory to find, notwithstanding the existence of that distress, that our imports and exports had increased to ouch an extent as almost to counterbalance the loss which had arisen from the combined causes of the manu facturing distress and the American war. (Hear.) Mr. A. SMITII, also acknowledged the toast, observing that his colleagues had exhausted almost every topic on which he might have touched. They might not have done anything very great last session, but he found on examination that they had passed 124 acts upon various subjects. At all events, they had done this—they had taken off the income tax to the extent of 2d. in the pound, which was a measure that must, he should think, prove highly acceptable to the whole country—as acceptable, he should suppose, as a sweeping reform bill, or even a commercial treaty, They had just been blessed by a most abundant harvest, and with the exception of the manufacturing districts in the north, the whole country was in a state of prosperity. There was one thing he might say, and that was that with respect to the national defences, the country did not grudge the expenditure which the House of Commons had granted for those defences. He had been struck with the cordial reception with which the Chancel fleet had been received, and the enthusiasm which it had created on all parts of the coast which it had visited. The people of England, he felt assured, would always support the army and navy, who on their part were always able to hold their own. England at this time occupied a proud position, being happy and prosperous at home and at peace with all the world. (Cheers.) Various other toasts were given and responded to, and the proceedings terminated. fTer Maiesti the Queen .. .. £ s. d I .... .... annual 50 0 0 A . .. • annual 50 0 essrs., Bankers . .. the Tien. Mrs. G. .. annual 1 1 0 annual 10 0 0 11:8(1 ;ustic .. • .• •• • • G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran 4th don.lo 0 0 Campbell, e l • • • don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admira Sir A.. K.C.8.C.11 .. 2d don. 25 0 0 sporting* Carriage , Clerk.CC F, °u r ur r l e t , it sL•Caol! dd:CeeLll3f i . ' . oand Mrs • • • • • • • • 250 0 0 • • • • don, flarveY, • 30 0 Martin, Sir lienry, Bar • . 7th don. 10 0 o Fenwick,nev • a. . . , Greenwich ~. ~ .toore, Rev. G. B. .. .. .. .. don. Smith, Mrs. Geor,,e, 15 15 0 3 0 0 „ annual 2 0 0 Stith, , T Weston -super-Mare, collectedby her Thombs, ..ady, Willoughby •• •• ••—•• 16 16 0 Ladyship ~ •.b Lord .. • . .. annual 50 0 - iq Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. • • • will b thankfully 4 nnual Subscriptions e ankflally r e . Donations and ~. .rs of the institution, Messrs. Willis, eived by the Bank, - mnbard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and Percival, and Co., 76, L. —lee, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. liei. - c t Eres y, the Collectors of Customs Jarnees-street, London; by sit and by the Secretary and Bankers in the United Kingdom; --. b o tituti c m, 11, Richard Lewis. Es q., at the office 01 tn. Jigualtreet, Adelplal, Lonclo, TY •4;. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING ; SEPTEMBER 25, 1863, klaval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The Achilles is to be furnished with four masts, and, should the results of the experimental trials be satisfactory, a similar rig will be adopted in future vessels of her size and class. The iron masts have been received at Chatham from the firm at Chep- stow by which they were manufactured, and are now placed temporarily on board two of the sailing ves sels in the ordinary until required to be shipped on board the Achilles. The foremast is 104 feet in length, and 2 ft. Bin. in diameter; the second mast is 103 ft. Gin. in length, and 3ft. 9in. in diameter; the mainmast measures 121 ft Sin, with a diameter of 3ft 4in, and mizen mast 81ft, and 2ft 2in in diameter. All the masts are hollow, and will serve as ventilators between decks. The bowsprit is of wood, and in this respect differs from that of the Royal Oak, and other iron-clad ships, which have their bowsprits of iron. Its length is 37ft 9in, and diameter 2ft Bin. The mainyard is 105 ft in length, with a circumference of Eft 3in, and the yard of the second mast is of the same dimensions. The fore mainyard is 71ft in length, and the cross jack-yard of the miaenmast the same length. The spankerboom is exactly 70ft in length. The sailing frigate Venus, lent by the Admiralty for the accommodation of the crew of the Peruvian frigate at Greenhithe, being no longer required for that purpose, is ordered to be sent round to Chat ham, where she will probably be fitted as a training ship for the volunteers of the Naval Reserve. It is announced that a considerable reduction will shortly be made at Chatham dockyard by the dis charge of several hundred boys and men. The re duction will affect the hands belonging to all the departments, and will, in the first instance, include a large number of the hired men who have been taken on during the last few years. The policy of discharging any number of mechanics employed on the iron frigate Achilles is questionable, seeing that the iron frigate Bellerophon and the iron-cased ship Lord Warden have been delayed in consequence of there being no hands who can be spared from the other ships in progress. The whole of the dockyard mechanics engaged on the Achilles were formerly shipwrights employed on the wooden ships, and since trained at the cost of considerable time and labour to become workers in iron. In addition to the ordinary established dockyard hands, hired workmen have also been taken on from time to time, and those have attained considerable proficiency in ironwork. If the country is not to stand still in the career of iron shipbuilding which it has commenced, the services of any men now dis charged will inevitably be required as soon as they have turned their backs on the dockyard gates. Two hundred men and boys will, it is understood, be discharged from the ropemaking department, the machinery recently introduced as well as that about to be erected enabling the authorities to dispense with their services. The contractors' trial of the engines of the iron plated screw steamship Prince Consort, 35 , took place outside Plymouth breakwater, and proved very successful. The mean speed of the six runs at the measured mile was 13.132 knots an hour; the revolutions of the engines were 561 per minute. Her Majesty's screw steam corvette Scylla, 21 guns, 1,467 tons, 400-horse power, Capt. Richard W. Courtenay, who has been appointed in the place of Capt. S. G. Cresswell, superseded at his own re quest in consequence of ill-health, was yesterday taken from Sheerness to the measured mile off Map lin Sands for the final trial of her engines and ma chinery previous to departing for sea. The trial was conducted under the superintendence of Capt. W. K. Hall, of her Majesty's ship Cumberland, 70, com manding the Steam Reserve at Sheerness. The en gines were in charge of Mr. W. Rumble, inspector of machinery afloat, and Mr. G. Blaxland, chief en gineer of Sheerness dockyard. Capt. Cresswell was also on board. The vessel made six runs at the mea sured mile with full boiler power, and attained an average speed of 10.387 knots an hour, with a draught of water 17ft, forward and 19ft. aft. The revolutions of engines were 57 per minute, pressure of steam 201 b., vacuum 24. Two runs were also made with half-boilerpower, giving a result of 9.092 knots, revolutions 45, pressure of steam 201 b., va cuum 241 b. There was a slight force of wind from S.S.W., and water smooth. The circle was turned at full boiler power, with helm port 21 de grees, in 4 min. 55 see., the diameter of circle being 405 feet ; at half-boiler power, with helm starboard 36 degrees, in 5 min. 30 sec., diameter 419 feet. Messrs. John Penn and Son are the builders of her engines, which are fitted with Smith's screw pro peller, diameter 16 feet, pitch 3 feet 6 inches, length 3 feet. The trial was considered to be of a highly satisfactory character, both the vessel and machinery ans wering every expectation. It is not yet decided when the vessel will leave for her destination, as she is waiting the arrival of Capt. Courtenay, when she will be inspected by Vice-Admiral Sir C. R. Lambert, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, and immediately afterwards proceed to sea. The following appointments and promotions have been made at the Admiralty :—Capt. R. W. Cour tenay to the Scylla, vice Capt. Cresswell, super seded on account of ill-health; W. H. Adams, sur geon, additional to the Britannia ; Dr W. M'Mahon and J. A. Macdonald, acting assist.-surgeon, addi tional, to the Euryalus; W. H. James, second master, to the Royal Adelaide, as supernumerary; Gerard J. Capes nominated to a naval cadetship; Arther G. Hall, naval cadet, to the Pelorus ; W. H. C. Pooke, naval cadet to the Euryalus; W. U. Moore, naval cadet, to the Revenge ; H. I. Wick ham, A. G. H. Hervey, H. N. Budding, J. Ferrers, F. R. Sandilands, and W. J. Moore, midshipmen, to the Gibraltar; M. A. S. Edye and C. H. P. Jones, midshipmen, to the Revenge ; T. Lumley, chief en gineer to the Indus, for the Research; John D. Lamont, in the Nile, promoted to engineer; A. Lawton, in the Orlando, promoted to first class assist.. engineer ; H. W. Wilkins, W. E. Blackburn, and Edward Boulton, assist.-engineers, to the Asia, as supernumeraries; J.T. Stockting, assist-engineer, to the -Dauntless, for charge of the engines of the Argus; R. E. Chiswell, assist.-engineer, to the Daunt less, for the Argus; J. W. Hawes, assist.-engineer, to the Colossus ; J. T. S. Flynn, assist.-engineer, to the Cumberland, as supernumerary ; George Tyree, Charles J. Cock, and W. G. M'Burney, assist.- engineers, to the Indus, as supernumeraries ; 'Wil liam J. Brown and Charles IL Crane, assisteelerks, additional, to the Eury alus. order. Quarters for 40 additional married men have been recently completed at the Cambridge cottages, besides the 80 already occupied there. Including 100 cottages on the common, comfort able accommodation is available for 220 married soldiers. In addition to the above, the War Department have sanctiont d the erection of other batches of cottages in the same locality. An infant's school is also to be built within the enclosure of Cambridge-cottages, for the accommodation and reception of 150 chil dren, The General and Staff subsequently visited and inspected the garrison and brigade schools under the superintendence of Mr. Wharry, where nearly 1,000 children are instructed, and where their moral progress, as well as their personal tidiness, is carefully directed. The General visited each class in succession, and examined many of the children rather sharply. The adults' schools were afterwards examined. There were about 400 non-commissioned officers and gunners present. The pupils of every class in these schools were likewise closely ques tioned, and at the conclusion of his inspection, Gen. Dacres announced that, except in a few cases of minor importance, he bad no remarks to make but those of unqualified approbation. Gen. Dacres, and the officers who accompanied him, were of opinion that the school instruction of the non-commissioned officers and gunners might with advantage be made to bear more directly on their ordinary duties as artillerymen. The Right Hon, Sir E.B. Lytton at Hitchin. HITCHIN G Thursday. The annual Aneetigg:tif the Hertfordshire Agri cultural Association was held at the Corn Ex- change, in this town, to-day. The Right Hon. Sir E. B. Lytton, Bart., presided at the dinner, and was supported by the Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. G. A. Puller, M.P., Mr. A. Smith, M.P., Mr. Ames, the Rev. G. B. Blomfield, the Rev. C. Pearson, the Rev. L. Hensley, the Rev. E. Prodgers, Mr. S. H. Smith, Mr. W. Baker, &c. On the removal of the cloth, the health of her Majesty having been given and duly honoured, The CHAIRMAN said—lf the sins of the parents are visited on the children, so, on the other hand, in the virtues of the parents the children often find a priceless inheritance of affection and esteem. In the joy of the nation at the nuptials of the heir apparent, in the welcome which was so enthusi astically accorded to the bride, no doubt there was an unconscious tribute to the virtues of his royal parents, and the Prince may be said to have en tered on the duties of life in the lustre reflected from his mother's reign. (Hear, hear.) But all that we know or can know of his royal highness and his august bride tends to confirm and to justify the loyal affection that was willing to take upon trust the virtues not yet put upon their trial. It is not the least happy sign of the strong sense and the general temper of his Royal High ness that we see him so readily and so graciously seeking to associate himself with the various callings and classes of his future subjects. In enrolling in the guilds and fraternities of British commerce, at tending the meetings and interested in the objects of British art, endeavouring also to acquire a prac tical acquaintance with the hardy pursuits of rural life, a country gentleman in his Norfolk manor house, a keen sportsman, and one of the boldest riders in the hunting field, he is acquiring that knowledge of mankind which is among the rare accomplishments of princes, and acquainting him self with those subdivisions which make up the national character, and sum up the total of what is public opinion. (Cheers.) As for her royal high ness the Princess, she needs no words of encomium of mine, for she has only to appear in order to charm all eyes and to win all hearts. I give you the health of the Prince and Princess of 'Wales and the rest of the Royal family. The toast was drunk with all honours. The next toast was " The army, navy, volunteers, and militia," which was responded to by W. Baker, jun Esq. W. BAKER, Esq., proposed " The bishop and clergy of the diocese," which was responded to by the Rev. L. Hensley. " The health of the Lord• Lieutenant of the county " (the Earl of Verulam) was proposed by C. G. Thornton, Esq., and received with great enthu siasm. The Rev. C. B. PEARSON proposed "The two Houses of Parliament." The Marquis of SALISBURY briefly responded on behalf of the House of Lords, and expressed a hope that as his order never had disgraced their name they never would disgrace it, and would always so discharge their duties as to merit the esteem of the country. (Cheers.) the ClTAlRMAN—Gentlemen, I now rise to propose what on these occasions is generally considered the toast of the evening, but one which it has become very difficult to say anything new upon to an agricultural audience so practical and intelligent as that which I have now the hon our to address. When these exhibitions were first instituted much might be usefully urged upon the advantage of securing particular occasions for the competition of skill end the interchange of ideas. Out that time has passed away. These exhibitions have now established a firm hold on all parts of the country; they have acquired a little more even than a purely agricultural interest, and there are few newspaper readers who do not honour with some kindly attention the reports of their proceedings. (Cheers.) Withrespect to the present show, I have heard from competent judges that it is one of which we need not be ashamed. It is not one which shows anything of retrogression. I am told that the ploughing has been excellent, and that it has not been surpassed on former occasions. I have been informed that the implements are exceedingly good, and that Hertfordshire ought to be proud of them, because to the greater part, if not the whole of them, we are indebted to the public spirit of Mr. Garwood, of Hitchin. I am told that the quality of the stock is not bad—that the sheep and lambs are good, but that the quantity is deficient. This is not a sign of retrogression. It would be so if the quality were bad, but so long as the deficiency is only in quantity, it shows a certain want of energy and a degree of supineness which we must endea vour to correct on some future occasion. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, Providence has blessed us this year with an abundant harvest, and in that blessing to the farmer it is perhaps net suffi• ciently considered how great is the benefit be• stowed upon the other sources of national wealth which give life and activity to other branches of our national industry; for although a nation in its domestic relations and interchanges is divided into various classes, pursuing various callings and occu pations, yet in its dealings with the foreigner a nation must be considered as a single customer, and in those circumstances in which we produce the main staple of food for our population so abun dantly as to cause a sensible diminution in the out lay of money devoted to the purchase of foreign corn, it is clear that there must be a correspondent saving —that is to say, a correspondent gain to the national moneyed capital, which again seeks for reproductive channels in stimulating the industry of the manufacturer, the merchant, and the trader, so that the whole community participate in the richness of the harvest which rewards the labours of the farmer. (Hear, h ear .) N o w it is a very cheering sign for our future prospects that the abundant yield of the corn crops this year is not owing exclusively or solely to the favourable season, because we find that on looking back to any former year in which the weather and the season were equally propitious, still the result of this year ex ceeds the produce of any former years under cir cumstances equally favourable. (Hear, hear.) And we are assured by statistical calculations that, on any average of previous years, taking good and bad seasons, impartially, the fields are now yielding many more bushels of corn per acre than they have done within any comparatively recent period, (Hear, hear.) This a proof that not to the season alone, but that also to the improved skill of the farmer, the nation is indebted for the increase iv the main element of its wealth, and perhaps Professor Liebig is not too sanguine when he says, in the remarkable pamphlet which has jest been published, recom mending the utilisation of the sewage of towns, that in the continued progress of agricultural im• provement in the three kingdoms, England, Ireland, and Scotland will give corn sufficient to supply the wants of the whole population, without purchasing corn front abroad. (Hear, hear.) I need not detail to you the many causes which havo con tributed to this progressive increase in the fertility of the soil, such as the more liberal employment of artificial manures, the bolder recourse to improve ments in machinery, the more careful selection of seeds, a better system of rotation of crops. Per haps I might mention among the minor causes some few things in which the landlords may claim some share of the merit—such for instance as when hey have not only permitted, but somewhat en- couraged the removal of superfluous hedges, the thinning, when it is neither useful nor ornamental, of hedge-row timber, and the opening the fields to the air, (Hear,hear.) While on this head perhaps I may be allowed to say that drainage would be more extensively practised if the stipulations with regard to Government aid were somewhat relaxed —(hear, hear)—for there really are some soils on which drains four feet deep and so far apart do little or no good. (Hear, hear.) lam aware that tenant farmers would be much more eager appli cants for drainage, and would much more cheer fully pay a per centage upon the outlay of the'Go vernment aid, to which unfortunately the landlords were often compelled to resort, if the landlords would take more into consultation the tenant far mers themselves as to the peculiar requirements of the soils in which they embark their capital. The bounty of the season has been the more opportune because, although the root crops are more promis ing than they were at the early part of the summer, still on the whole they are likely to be much below the average, and that circumstance, together with the very partial nature of the hay crop, which, although good in quality, and even abundant in some parts, is still deficient in others, is likely to raise the price or meat, and to diminish the quantity of stock which the small farmer may be able to keep through the winter. (Hear, hear.) That brings me to a matter of the most vital importance both to the farmer and to the public at large. I mean the alarming extent to which of late years disease has prevailed amongst all kinds of stock. I may point out more particu larly the prevalence of the lung complaint amongst cattle. A very eminent authority at the Interne- tional Congress of Veterinary Surgeons at Hamburg has given us an account of the mortality of stock in the three kingdoms, and his statement is really most startling, for he computes that in the six years end ing 1860 the value of the stock which have perished in Great Britain and Ireland is £24,500,000, whilst the quantity of stock which has been imported from abroad within the same period is less than £4,500,000; so that the nation has lost within that period four times the value of the stock which has been imported. Professor Gangee ascribes this great mortality prin cipally to the introduction of foreign stock, and he justly observes that, although he is not desirous of stopping free trade in foreign stock, still this amount of disease from which not the farmer alone, but the consumer, is the sufferer, partly because it must tend to increase the price of meat, and next because the consumer is the sufferer from the quality of the diseased meat which he purchases, and this enor mous amount of money which is lost not to the far mer only, but to the whole nation, has become a matter of paramount and serious importance. Pro fessor Gangee suggests, and very properly, that all persons who have discovered any effective remedy for that disease should make it known as a great public benefit. (Hear, hear.) Perhaps some one present may be able to give us the result of experi ments in inoculation. I may mention, with great deference, a slight experiment which I made at Tol leridge. Two cows out of ten were attacked by the lung disease, but I have not had one cow attacked since I tried the experiment of inoculation. Professor Gangee suggests as a valuable preservative against milk fever to which cows are subject, a dose of Epsom salts previous to calving. I know you will pardon me for these heavy and dry details, which I give as an inducement to those who are more competent judges than myself to offer hints and suggestions for our general instruction. (Hear, hear.) And now for a few moments allow me somewhat to widen the scope of our surveys. In proportion as England has extended not only her colonial empire, but her foreign trade, the condition of our country men, whatever their class and calling, is liable to be affected by the vicissitudes of foreign nations, some- times affecting our commerce,sometimes our honour, sometimes threatening our very safety itself; and if these vicissitudes should unhappily entangle us in the perils of war, there is no class in the commu nity which it would more sensibly affect than the inhabitants of the rural districts. War for a time may raise prices, but then it draws money, it impairs the facilities for credit, and it ends in taxes of which the land is pretty sure to bear the principal burden. And it weighs more heavily on the heart than the fear of pecu niary loss, because it is from the rural class that our armies are mainly drawn, and every newspaper which records a victory for which the streets of the metropolis may be joyfully illuminated announces to many a country home, from the hall to the cot tage, the mournful death of a brother or a son. (Hear.) When I addressed you in this room about two years ago I dwelt perhaps at some length upon those remarkable events which had rendered the age in which we live memorable for startling and sudden changes. During the two years that have elapsed since that time Europe has continued to exhibit the same political elements of change and disorder. While in America a civil war unprece dented for the merciless waste of treasure and of kindred blood continues animated by passions which appear to us at a distance so void of reason, at this moment the newspapers of the Northern States of America are actually inviting Canada to exchange the disorders and oppressions of British dominion for the mild blessings of American peace and bro therhood. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) One might have supposed that even the vainest American would have thought that this was not the most favourable moment to persuade Canada to desert the old Union Jack for the American flag of the stars and stripes, just at the moment when that flag is so torn in two that the stars are gone and the stripes remain. (Hear, and laughter.) Now, whilst the old world is thus disturbed and the new world is thus convulsed, it seems too commonplace to say that England must remain upon her guard. Not that I am one of those alarmists who suppose that these shores are always on the point of being in vaded, and certainly I am not disposed to render this as expensive as war by costly preparations for imaginary dangers. But still I consider that there is no duty more obvious to a British statesman than the vigilant maintenance of the British navy, for if even a fight for England as a first•rate power is to be decided by force of arms, the battle is more likely to be fought in the midst of the Mediterra nean or the Atlantic Ocean than in the straits of the British Channel. (Hear, hear.) It is not from any boast of national vanity that I say how much the great interests of universal civilisation and the noble cause of national freedom are bound up with the material prosperity and moral power of England; for it is not the least remarkable feature of those changes to which I have adverted that they all take England as their model and example in the institutions which they seek to establish. (Hear.) Yoa recognise in it the material prosperity of Eng land, the advantages of her political system; and you revere in it the moral power of England, as the advocate of humanity and freedom, (Rear, hear.) THE ARMY. The half -yearly inspection of the C field battery 9th brigade Royal Artillery, took place yesterday by Colonel W. R. Nedham, commanding the Royal Artillery in the Chatham district. The battery, numbering 6 officers and 157 non-commissioned offi cers and men, having assembled at the north square of the Artillery Barracks, Brompton, under the command of Capt. A. J. Macdougall, Col. Ned ham minutely surveyed the accoutrements, barrack room, stables, harness, &c., and afterwarde exa mined the books and official documents belonging to the battery. In the afternoon the officers and men assembled in review order in the barrack square, and executed a few movements, This morn ing Col. Nedham will inspect the battery on Chat ham Lines. The Artillery will go through the manoeuvres incidental to a field day, each gun being furnished with 15 wands of blank cartridge. The quarters of the married soldiers of the Royal Artillery on Woolwich-common and at the Cam bridge-cottages, in Mill-lane were yesterday in spected by Major-General Sir R. J. Dacres, K.C.8., accompanied by Moja Milward, Brigade Major, Major Reilly, Aide-de-Camp, Captain Naugle, De puty-Assistant-Quartermaster-General, and the commanding officers of the brigades at Woolwich. 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