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(~~' s-~ot '€j ~G. ~/ ~~~~ • 111//Irte • - , - j 4),, \\‘ V? io g -k471* 17: 4:1 1 14 ""I ) ' 6 ro • A • • ztr i • V I NO .1* I • 41..... -1 ‘ AN '.:I I4P , er 4 NI • " e ' ' '„oitorr. \ /**4"; • - --ic p n i-:i-:,. , vw c4.c-v,'q .....,.... -- THE STAR and GARTER HOTEL COMPANY (Limited), RICHMOND, Surrey. Incorporated under the ('omranies' Act, 1E62, with Limited Liability. Capital, £120,000, in 12,000 Shares of £lO each. beposit, £1 per Share, and £2 on allotment. Cabs not to exceed £3, at intervals of not less than three months. ' DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. the Lord DE TABLEY, 32 Lower Brook street, Chairman. The Hon. Gerald C. Talbot, India Board, Cannon-row, West rainster and Surbitam Petre, The Bedford?, Romford. Henry Augustus Murray, Esq., 88, Park-street, Grosvenor squ re, John. Staples, Esq, The Albion, Aldersgate-street. Joseph Underwood, Esq. (Hills, Underwood, and Co., East cheap), 5, Hyde Park-gardens. BANKERS. Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co., 1, Pall-mall East. Messrs. Rob er t s, Lubbock, and Co., 15, Lombard-street. SOLORS. 3 VeEsra, March an t and Pead, IC IT 30, Great George-street, West minster. J. E. Col eman AUDITOR. , Esq. (Coleman, Thr.avmd, Youngs , and CO, Tokenhouse -yard, E.C. Edward M. Barry, EN., /Lit, A., 1, old Palace-yard, West- Intnstei. .13RoKER. J. G. Bone, Esq., 3 , milk-chambers, Lothbury, London, E.C., or Stock Exchange. SECRETARY. Augustus Browne, Esq., 17n, Great George-street, West mine!er. Offices-17n, Great George-street, Westminster, corner of Parliament-street. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. The Star and Garter at Richmond has a world-wide cele brity. This is due not only to its situation, which is unsur passed, but also to its high reputation for tavern and enter tainment purposes. The current business has outgrown the proportions of the present building. and there is a great demand for increased hotel accommodation in connection with the establishment. The object of this Company is to meet this difficulty, and, having purchased the hotel and ?oodwill of the business, im prove and enlarge the present building. The property will be conveyed to the i'empany as freehold, slid upon terms such as the Directors, with competent profes sional advice, believe to be moderate. The furniture, stock -In-trade,n-trade, and wines, will be taken at a valuation. In order to keep the present connection identified with the house, arrangements have been made with Mr. George Ellis, the present proprietor, to act as Managing Director of the Company for a period of two years, if desired so to do. This fact, aided to the presence of Mr. Staples on the board, will ensure more than ordinary attention to the details of prac tical management. The proposed improvements and additions—the construe /lon of which will be so arranged as not to interfere for a single day with the current business -will, it is estimated, cost £60,000. The additions, which will consist ot additional wings, and be more especially designed for hotel purposes, with a distinct entrance, will be of a substantial character, 'Without needless decoration. Starting as this company does with an hotel and business already in existence, an immediate income will be forth- Coming. The profits upon the current business are capable of paying a fair dividend on the whole ot the proposed capi tal ; and it is not too much to anticipate that when the con teisplated additions and improvements have been made, the profits will be such as to ensure the payment of large divi dends upon that capital. Mr. Coleman, of the firm of Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co., has satisfied himself of the merits of the project, and will act personally as the company's auditor. As the profits of the current business will allow of the payment of interest upon sums received from shareholders, without entrenching upon capital, Interest at £5 per cent. per an, um will be allowed all calls from the day of payment. The same rate of interest will be allowed on shares paid in full. No promotion money has been, or will be, paid. The present proprietor has agreed to accept, in shares of the Company, one-fourth part of his purchase-money, and the greater part of the capital has already been otherwise su ,, scribed. Applications for the remaining shares to be made in the Norm annexed to the prospectus, with tne deposit of Lt per share, to the Bankers, Me: srs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co., No. 1, Pail -mall East, or Messrs. Robsrts, Lubbock, a n d Co., 15, L om b ar d- str-et. Prospectuses may be obtained a' the offices of the Broker, 2. Bank Chambers, Lothbury, E.C.; at the offices of the Company, 17, Great George-street, Wstminster, S.W. (cor er of Parliament -street ; and at the Star and Garter, at Richmond. The liability of each shareholder will be limited to the amount of his subscription. If no allotment be made the deposit will be returned in full. T HE STAR and GARTER HOTEL COMPANY NO PILE IS HEREBY(Limited) GIVEN That NO FURTHER APPL ICATIONS for SHARES in this Company will be received after SATURDAY, the 3d day of October next. Dated this 25th day of F,eptember, 1863. By order. AUGUSTUS BROWNE, Secretary. T HE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established in 1836. Offices :-1, Dale-street, Liverpool ; 20 and 21, Poultry, London, E.C. PROGRESS OF THE COMPANY SINCE 1850: Year. Fire Premiums. Life Premiums. 1 Invested Funds. -------. 1851 £51,305 £27,157 £502 , 83 1861 30 1856 222,279 72,781 821,061 .130 135 . 97 4 1,3 , 1,905 1862 436,065 13Q,703 1,417.808 The Fire Duty r,,0,1 ~... —.— Was 71 [ 4 e Fire Duty paid by t hi s Company in England in 1862 ,214. SWINTON BOITLT, Fec-etary to the Company. JOHN ATKINS, Resdent Fe retary London. Fire Policies falling due at Mii haelmas shoul , d be renewed by the 14th October. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. READ OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Ineurance buildings, LiverpoeL Total Annual Revenue exceeds .C500, 0 ,0. Accumulated Panda in hand over 1,000,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, EN., M.P. Chairman in London : 'WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRA.C2S FRO3I THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1882. The Directors of the 'Royal Insurance Company are now railed upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. RANCH. The Directors have, as FIRE plea ß singly as unexpectedly, at the close of the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is again fully maintained. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably , the amount realised in the preceding year, and in fact sur passes that of any Year, with but two exceptions, since the commencement of thi4 Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107105. 5d., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa- rately, £11,097 Us. 10d. Th the e ve LIFE BRANCA. statery gratifying duty now fall s u p on th e D i rectors to s um assured on new policies for the year 1862 exceeds even that of the year 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £ 70 1,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last few years it is believed that such a sum acsured 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 carefull watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the y S hareholder, 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 amounts to £143,28 I. Various degrees of ineligibility have led t o th ese li ves being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day record their ac ce pt e d l i ves annually at a sum not much, if at sible all, exceeding those which th e R oyal has declared as inadmis in another. from deterioration single y ear fro deterioration of some kind or 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 Lond.in or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The returns ot 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 u n f o ld f or i t a sphere of still greater magni tude, combiniag distinguished commercial s uccess t o t h e Office with a lebgthened career of usef u l ness and protection to the publi c. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. ..............._ SAL E V.R.--TOWER. Ik a ,: SORES.—By W Order of the SECRETARY O F STATE FOR AR, Mr. GEORGE on TIIURSD SPILLMAN will SELL, by P u b lic Auction in the Tower, in the ForenoAonY, the Bth o f October, 1863, at Eleven o'clock Precisely, the following Bed Cases and Bl ankets. S Stores : mall Arms of various d e - Grey Clothing and Woollen scriptions. Caps. Hammock Rugs. Armourer's P a ck- sa d dle Frges. 20 Gal. Coppers. Sets o of Ironwork for do. Itanp:es complete, with Ovens I Files, various. and Boilers. May be viewed at the Tower from 10 to 4 o'clock the three days previous to the day of sale, and catalogues may be had at the War-office, Pall-Mall ; the Tower ; and Royal Arsenal, Woolly! AL ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PA'rnoxEssHer Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. rnmsrDE NT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CRAIIVIAN—Thos. Baring, Fsq., M.P., P.R.S., V.P. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., APPEAL. t,The Committee of Management have to state that, since f e b eginning' of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat _nstitution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab iltlments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. ._-uhee n umber of live s saved by the Life-boats of the 1 ty, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800; ils' which services 82 Gold MP 718 Medals, and .44 ,480 in cash have been paid in dals, rewards. Silver The Institu s phiPoha also expended £67,C00 on Life-boats, Life-boat rting-cart iag - es, and Boat-houses. th,fle Committee desire to express their grateful sense of 14erous support which they have received from the har t at :n_li during the past few years, a support which 12%‘1?)Fd them to establish their present magnificent fleet -urem l Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom r ests 00°.",hisible however, of the great responsibility that state , ,n,,,c?Tri to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient boats, 'Crews practised in the managemezt of their annual in co u Can only be effected by a large and permanent eountry na tae, they earnestl Ito all classes of their Teat "to aid t "Pea ' g and ati _hem in upholding and perpetuating so tributiorrnrnittee gr u r l i l t a l a Work ' s ulty acknowledge the following con- Her Majest y th, 0 £ s. d Campbell, the lion' tte ,.." l . • .. annual 50 0 0 Clerk. Colonel, it.',Z . 4l -trs• G. :. : • • • annual 50 0 Coutts and CO., Iles, ; • • • • • annual 1 1 0 Currie, W m . , 11,1.. R., Bankers •• • • annual 10 0 0 Erie, Lord Chief Justic;" • • •• • don.lo 0 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir'' • • don. 10 10 0 pen w i e k, G. J., Esq., e e ,i F A., R.C.8.0 .. 2d don. 25 0 0 sporting Carriage • a Lifeboat and Tran llarvey, Rev. G. G. and . m ax • • .. .. „. 250 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart.• •• • don. 30 0 Moore. Rev. G. B. • • ~' •• • • 7th don.lo 0 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich '• ' • don. 15 15 0 Stir ling, Col Sir .Anthony, Kc al. •• .. .. 3 0 0 T honus, Lady, Weston-super-M ar • cou •.. annual 2 0 0 Ladyship • • • " ectedby her 'Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. • • • .. 1 1 0 • annual 5 0 0 Donations and Annual Subnriptions willbetjbeasnkfu4yilfies: reived by the Bankers of the institution, Perdu', and Co., 76, Lombard-street ; Messrs•rtts and Co., 60, Strand; Messrs. 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The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. OELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid t o the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stonrbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Ba n k s, Strati ord-up on-Avon ; M e ssrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, l'ayne, and Co,, Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co., bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Grav's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, 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 periled by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. _ _ COntributiims are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Contts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.;Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and CO. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital STANFORD B f PITH Secretary. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1863. Adgar and Enfield. Won by three lengths. Lady Jane was a bad third. _ The Regimental Handicap of 5 soya each, with 30 aided; gentlemen riders ; professionals, 71b extra. One mile. Bonnington, 12st 71b (Captain Sharpe) I Regulator, list 51b (Captain IJnett) 2 Fa; her Daley, 12st ',(Mr. Donaldson) 3 Helvelley, lOst (Captain Grant) 4 Betting—Even on Bonnington, and 6 to 4 agst Father Daley. Won by two lengths. Father Daley was a bad third. The Buccleuch Handicap of 7 sovs each, with 50 added; winners extra. lm 3far 66yds. Mr, I'Anson's Bonny Bell, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Marson) 1 Mr Brodie's Lothian's King, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (llowey) 2 Mr. Calder's Miss Chaytor, 4 yrs, 6bt 121 b (Metcalf) 3 Betting-4 to lon Bonny Bell, who won by half a length. Miss Chaytor was a bad third. The Musselburgh Plato of 25 sous, added to a sweepstakes of 3 sous each. lm 3fur 66yds. Fernando, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (Goodall) Sherwood, 5 yrs, 7st 21b (Metcalf) Lady Jane. 5 yrs, 9st (in 241 b over) (Bunting) Benevolence, 3 yrs, sst 121 b _ . Betting-5 to 2on Sherwood, and 3to 1 agst Fernando. Won in a canter by four lengths. The winner was sold to Captain Christie for 58 guineas. Benevolence was left at the post. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; three-year-olds, Bst 51b ; four, 9st 71b ; five, 9st 121 b ; six and agel, 9st 131 b. Twice round, about two miles and a half. Mr. Merry's The Knave, 4 yrs (Hayward) 1 Mr. Temperley's Alice, 3 yrs (Snowden) 2 Mr. Ruddock's Dick Swiveller, aged (Bunting) 3 The betting was 6to 1 en, the iLneve,-who-won by a length. Dick Swiveller bolted. The Edinburgh Welter Handicap of 5 soya each, with 50 added ; gentlemen riders ; professionals, 71b extra. One mile and a half. Mr. Watson's Unfashionable Beauty, 3 yrs, 10st 31b (Snowden) 1 Mr. Ruddock nd Dick Swiveller, aged, list 51b (Bunting) 2 Mr. Charles's Adrift, 5 yrs, lOst 71b (Mr. Dryden) 3 The following also ran :—Aubone, Miss Taft, Manches ter, and Picco. The betting opened at even, and closed at 6 to 4 agst Manchester, and sto 2 agst Unfashionable Beauty. Won by a length; half a length separated the second and third. The Third Hamra' Tattoo Stakes. Margery, 1let llb Corney, list .. (Captain Unett) Lucifer, lOst 111 b Nelley Gray, 9st 131 b (Captain Grant) Betting—Even on Corney, and 5 to 4 agst Lucifer. - Won by a length; half a length separated the second and third. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, the members of the Common Council held a meeting at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor pre siding. They sat for some hpurs, and a speech by Deputy Elliott, reported below, in reference to certain matters in connection with the royal entertainment, gave rise to consi derable excitement and some angry feeling. On the motion of Alderman FtNNis, Mr, H. N. Nissen and Mr. T. Cave, recently elected Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, were invited to tyke their seatson the aldermen's bench, though not members of the Court of Aldermen. THE PRINCE OF WALES. The LORD MAYOR, addressing the Court, said that hav ing had the unprecedented honour of filling the office of chief magistrate of the city of London on the occasion of the Prince of Wales coming of age, and on the still more auspi cious one of the marriage of his royal highness, he (the Lord Mayor) had asked and obtained consent to present a marble bust of the Prince for the adornment of the Council Chamber. He now had the pleasure of asking the Court to accept the bust, and that the City Lands Commissioners be requested, with the assistance of the sculptor, Mr. M. Wood, to find an appropriate place for it. The bust is a very spirited work of art, portraying with great fidelity all the characteristic lineaments of the Prince, and their general expression. His royal highness gave seve ral sittings for it to Mr. Wood, the sculptor, at Buckingham Palace, a few days before his marriage, and was so pleased with it that the artist has since had the honour of executing a companion bust of the Princess at Marlborough-house. On the motion of Alderman DAKIN, the gift of the Lord Mayor was accepted by the Court, with an expression of their grateful thanks. THE GOVERNORSHIP OF THE IRISH SOCIETY. The LORD MAYOR said he was grieved to have to state that he had received a communication from the family of Mr. Alderman liumphery apprising him of the death of that gentleman, and another from Mr. Davis, tho secre tary of the Irish Society, stating that tho c ffice of governor of the society had become vacant in consequence of Mr. Humphery's decease. According to the terms of the char ter of the society, it was incumbent on him to announce, at the first Court after the event, that the office was vacant, in order that a fresh appointment should be made at their next meeting. Mr. Cox, M.P., the deputy-governor of the society, re minded the Court that the late governor was elected in 1843, at the time he filled the office of Lord Mayor, and that the charter of the society provided that the governor should take the Lath of office before the chief magistrate for the time being. That being so, it had been matter of doubt with some whether the late governor was legally sworn in, hav ing in fact taken the oath before himself, as Lord Mayor. He made those observations simply in order that the present Lord Mayor, who might possibly be elected to fill the vacant office, might not be prejudiced if, in the event of his elec tion, a question was raised as to whether he could take the oath of office before himself. The LORD MAYOR said he was advised by the Town Clerk that the swearing in did not necessarily take place on the occasion of the election, and that there would be no diffi culty in that respect, supposing the Court were disposed to confer the vacant appointment upon the present chief ma gistrate. Of course, it was difficult for him to express any opinion on that point, and he would only say that he should be proud to fill as honourable an office On the motion of Mr. Tauscorr, chairman of the City Lands Committee, it was resolved that the vacancy should be filled up at the next Court. THE LORD MAYOR ELECT. Mr. WOODTHORPE, the Town Clerk, read a letter ad dressed to the Lord Mayor by Alderman Lawrence, the Lord Mayor elect, stating that ho was prepared to assume the duties of the office when the proper time arrived. The letter was ordered to be entered on the journals of the Court. THE CITY sItCIIITECT. Tho Towx CLtnx. read a communication from Mr. Bun ning, the city architect, to tho Lord Mayor, resigning his office, whiz!' he had held for about 20 years, and assigning as a reason failing health du r i ng t h e l as t t wo y ears . M r . B unn i n g stated in his letter that while holding this distin guished position of city architect he had erected several im portant buildings, at a cost of £750,000, connected with the educational, trading, and social interests of this great city, and he trusted that they would worthily transmit his name as their officer to posterity. Among them he referred to the Freeman's Orphan School, Bil l ingsgate Market, the Coal Exchange, the New Cattle Market, the new city prison, and the lunatic asylum—all works of magnitude and of public utility. He referred to other public services, and in con clusion he asked the Court, in kind and just considerations of those services, to grant him, while it may please God to spare his life, such a pension as they might deem right. Alderman DAKIN, prefacing a motion he afterwards made on this subject, bore his testimony, among many sympathis ing expressions of the Court, to the fidelity and devotion with which Mr. Bunning had discharged his duties, adding that he would leave behind him Monuments of taste in the erection of many public buildings, and proofs of judgment in the application of his great talents to matters concerning tho well-being of the landed property of the corporation. He moved a resolution expressing the deep regret of the Court that severe indisposition had caused Mr. Bunning to tender his resignation, and their sense of the faithful and efficient planner in which he had discharged the duties of his office. To this a request was appended that he would continue to hold the appointment until arrangements could be made for the due execution of the department. The resolution was carried unanimously. pUBLIC WORKS IN THE CITY. Deputy FAY, chairman of the Improvement Committee, pursuant to notice, moved a resolution, founded on a report of that body presented to the Court on the 23d of July last. It had been referred to the committee to consider whether, and under what circumstances, the Court should aid, by grants of money from the corporation funds, in such im provements as the Commissioners of Sewers had at this time in hand, or might hereafter consider it desirable from time to time to effect for the public benefit. On that refer ence the committee came to the conclusion that it was un desirable the Court should pledge itself to any specific pay ment without knowing and assenting beforehand to the particular improvement proposed or effected, and he moved that the report containing that recommendation be adopted. To this Deputy DE JER SEY, ch airman of the Commis sioners of Sewers, moved an amendment, asking the Court to contribute £7,405 towards improvements in the streets of the city made and agre ed to be ma de b y the Commis sioners ainec the 18th of September, 1862. The subject led to a discussion, and in the event the original motion for the adoption of the report was carried on a division. THE LUDGATE-HILL VIADUCT. Deputy FRY brought up a report from the Improvement Committee, to whom it was referred on the 28th of May to consider a plan by Mr. Greenhill, engineer, for a rail way and road communication between the north and south sides of the Thames, and which had for its object to obviate the necessity for the proposed viaduct across Ludgate-hill, and contemplated raising the bottom of Ludgate-hill and 403 stated that Mr, Giveaill'e plan was 1:t one ee t e o d f h g reat eue m u r e r e i t u , a t n h d e i c f e c r a p r u r r i e e d t e i n u to e f e f f L e e c u t d w e o u u : d bhuatv ethey found that the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company had obtained an act of Parliament empowering them to erect a viaduct for their line across Ludgate-hill, and bad expended such large sums of money in constructing their works as to render it impossible for them to abandon the viaduct, which was an essential part of it. The directors, with whom the committee put themselves in communica tion, declined under those circumstances to consider any alternative plan, andthe committee had to relinquish an op position which was hopeless. The company, however, had undertaken to build a viaduct highly ornamental in design and appearance ; but he believed that, decorate it as they might, the thing would be a great eyesore in that part of the metropolis for all time. (Hear, hear.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. THURSDAY. A very interesting race for the Queen's Plate over the Beacon Course began to-day's spent. Six horses entered for it, though in reality only Harlequin and the ee inter of the Goodwood Cup were in the race, which, before they had breasted the hill, was left entirely to them. The issue was never in doubt, however, for the game Isolino answered to every call of her rider, and came in a clever winner by half a half. Walloon carried off the Handicap Sweepstakes, de • feating the favourite, Croagh Patrick, after a good race between them, by half a length. The Sixteenth Triennial brought together Midnight Mass, Evelina, and Ely, with five others of lesser degree. The Baron's filly was made the favourite, Ely being also backed for some money. Owing to a very straggling start Evelina was left a long way in the rear,—a disadvantage which she did not recover, and the race, which was looked upon almost as a certainty for her, was won cleverly by Ely, Midnight Mass succumb ing half way up the cords, and the celebrated Tomato gain ing second honours by three lengths from Olivia. The Two-year-old Handicap, bringing 16 to the post, was won by Land of the West, who made all the running, and won with the utmost ease by three lengths. The Plate A.F. Manrico put to Lord Strathmore's account, the favourite, Bosh, being second. The Rutland Stakes looked a cer tainty for Claremont, from his public running, the others being too unknown to fame to warrant any outlay on their chances. The Duke of Beaufort's filly made the running, followed by the favourite,-.going steadily within - himself, looking as if he only waited for Aldcroft's call to come out the winner. But to the dismay of his backers he stopped on mounting the hill, and Acolyte, who had been lying third, came with a rush and landed Lord Stamford's colours by some eight lengths. The weather changed for the worse this afternoon, a drizzling rain rendering the heath very disagreeable. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas, for 3-yr- olds, Bst llb ; 4- yr-olds, 9st 71b; 5-yr-old; lOst; 6-yr-olds and aged, lOst 21b. B.C. Mr. Naylor's Isoline, 3 yrs, Bst llb . ...... . (Challoner) 1 Mr. Savile's Harlequin, 4 yrs, 9st 71b.... (G. Fordham) 2 Baron Rothschild's Crafton Lass, 3 yrs, Bst llb (J. Daley) 3 Mi . R. Bignell's The Prophet, 6 yrs, lOst 21b (S. Rogers) 4 Mr. Parker's Farce, 3 yrs, Bst llb (S. Adams) 5 Sir W. Booth's Dunsinane, 3 yrs, Bst llb (A. Edwards) 6 Betting-11 to 10 agst Isoline, 6 to 4 agst Harlequin, and 10 to 1 agst The Prophet. They started at a slow pace, Dansinanc having the com mand, :the others lying nearly abreast for the first two miles, when he was beaten, and suddenly dropped into the rear, the lead being left with Harlequin, close up with whom was the favourite and Crafton Lass, the others, one by one, giving way. On entering the rails Isoline joined Harlequin, and half way up obtained a slight lead, which she retained to the end, and won very cleverly by half a length. Crafton Lass finished a bad third ; tke others trotted in some distance in the rear. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, sft, if declared, &c. for 3-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C. 23 subs, 9of whom pay 5 sovs ft. Mr. C, P. Hudson's Walloon, 5 yrs, Bst 21b (A. Edwards) 1 Mr. J. G. Blake's Croagh Patrick, 5 yrs, Bst 12Ib (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. W. G. Graven's Wild Duck, 4 yrs, 6st 41b (Morris) 3 The following also ran :—East Sheen, Humphrey, Pe g noir, Sparkle, Rosins, Actaeon, and Tom King. Betting-4 to 1 agst Croagh Patrick, 6to 1 each agst Sparkle, Rosina, and East Sheen, 7 to 1 agst Humphrey, and 9 to 1 agst Walloon. Sparkle cut out the work, closely attended by Rosina, Croagh Patrick, Walloon, and Peignoir into the cords, where Walloon came through his horses and took a decided lead, and won very cleverly by half a length, three lengths separating the second and third ; Resina was fourth, Sparkle fifth, Peignoir, sixth, and East Sheen next, Tom King was last, beaten off. First Year of the Sixteenth Triennial Produce Stakes of 10 soya each for the produce of mares covered in 1860 ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; the owner of the second horse to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent., and the third a sum equal to 5 per cent. on the whole stake. T.Y.C. 50 subs. Mr. W. S. Cartwright's Ely, Bst 71b (Fordham) 1 Baron Rothschild's Tomato, Bst 41b (J. Daley) 2 Mr. Payne's Olivia, Bst 41b .. (H. (irimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Midnight Mass, Baragah, Eve line, and Figaro. Betting-6 to 4 agst Evelina, 100 to 30 agst Ely, sto I agst Midnight Mass, and 8 to 1 agst Tomato. J. Goater weighed for Ambassador, who bolted prior to reaching the post, and ran to the top of the town, and in consequence did not reach the post in time to start. After one failure they left the post to a straggling start, in which the favourite was left a long way in the rear. Midnight Mass, lying wide on the extreme right, came on with a clear lead, followed in the centre of the course by Olivia, Tomato, and Ely, the two latter running wide on the lower side. Half way in the cords Ely drew in advance, and won, after a fine race home, by a head ; three lengths between the second and third. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, left, for 2-yr-olds. Last half of Ab, M. 23 subs. Mr. W. Baker's Land of the West, Est 21b .... (Morris) 1 Lord Stamford's Galileo, Est 12Ib (Loates) 2 Mr. Fleming's Overcast, 7st 81b (Daley) 3 The following also ran :—Algarsife, Birthday filly, Woodcraft, Usher, Lady Mary, Lady Fanny Cavendish, Daniel, Persiflage, Iphigenia, Pyrrha, Loretto, Toy filly, and Abderrahman. Betting-2 to 1 agst Land of the West, 6to 1 agst Lo rette and Pyrrha, 8 to 1 agst Birthday filly, and 10 to 1 agst Usher. The Birthday filly jumped away with the lead, which she held for the first 200 yards, when she was headed by Land of the west, who with Galileo, Overcast, Abderrah man, and the Toy filly following, made the rest of the run ning, and won in a canter by three lengths ; a bad third ; Abderrahman was fifth; the Toy filly sixth, Iphigenia seventh, and Lady Fanny Cavendish last. Handicap Plate of £5O, for 3.yr-olds and upwards. A.F. Lord Strathmore's Manrico, 4 yrs, 7st (Thomas) 1 Mr. W. Day's Bo.h, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (S. Adams) 2 Count F. de Lagrange's Jarnicoton, 3 yrs, Tat 51b (Hunter) 3 Lady Louisa, Queen of Trumps, Spark, Black Deer, Novice, Douche, Equinox, and Littlecote also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Bosh, sto 1 agst Equinox, and 100 to 15 agst Manrico. The latter getting away with a clear lead made strong running, followed by Equinox, Jarnicoton, Bosh, and Little cote to the Bushes-hill, where Bosh quitted his rearward position and joined the leader in the Abingdon Mile bottom, but was beaten after a severe struggle by a neck; Jarni coton was beaten three lengths for second ; Equinox finished fourth, and Littlecote next; the others, who were widely spread, were brcught up by Queen of Trumps. The Rutland Stakes of 30 sovs each, 20 ft, for 2.yr-old colts Bst 101 b, and fillies Bst 61b; the winner of a sweepstakes of 200 soy; including the winner's own stake, to carry 41b, of two such stakes, 71b extra. From tho turn of the lands in. 12 subs. Lord Stamford's Acolyte, Bst 101 b (A. Edwards) 1 Duke of Beaufort's Esperance, Bst 61b (Fordham) 2 Mr. Bowes's Claremont, 9st (including 41b extra) (Atdcroft) 3 Captain W. H. Cooper's Sister to Knutsford, Bst 61b (F. Adams) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Claremont, and 9to 4 agst Acolyte. Esperance made play, closely followed by Acolyte, with the favourite and Sister to Knutsford, side by side, lying up. On entering the rails Edwards brought up Lord Stamford's colt, and in a few strides headed Esperance, and won in a canter by eight lengths. A bad third. Sweepstakes of 5 soya each ; for 2-yr-olds Est 101 b, 3-yr olds Bst 81b, 4.yr-olds and upwards 9st. The winner to be sold for 70 soya if demanded, &c. Rutland Stakes Course. 6 subs. Mr. Fleming's Marpesia, 2 yrs, Est 101 b (Loates) 1 Mr. G. Angell'e Naxos, 2 yrs, fist 101 b (T French) 2 Mr. Greville's Verdiere, aged, Est 101 b .. (J. Grimshaw) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Naxos, 7to 2 agst Verdiere, and 4to 1 agst the Marpesia filly, The latter made all the running and won by three lengths; a bad third. The winner was sold to Mr. Angell. LATEST BETTING. CESAREWITCH. 12 to 1 agst Lioness (taken) 12 2 055 to t t o 1 o 1 1 agst aagg sa tt L DrummerFiamutFantail s i i (taken) t a (ktßoyaekn (taken) k e n) 28 to 1 ags t R omano ff ( ta k en ) 30 to 1 agst Anfield (taken) 100 to 3 eget Chere Arnie (taken) 100 to 3 agst Umpire (taken) 40 to 1 agst Hurricane (taken) 40 to 1 agst Buckenham (taken) 50 to 1 agst Twilight (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 100 to S agst Catch em Alive (taken) 25 to 1 agst Exchequer (taken) 40 to 1 agst Cairncastle (taken) 50 to, 1 agst liathilde (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Jacqueline c. (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Polynesia (taken) EDINBURGH AND LOTHIANS' CLUB MEETING, THURSDAY. The Stewards' Plate (handicap) of 30 Bove, add e d t o a sweepstakes of 3 sous each; gentlemen riders; profes• sionals, 71b extra. One mile. Mr. Thompson's Manchester, 3 yrs, 10st llb .. (Owner) a' Mr. Jenkinson's Enfield, aged, list 31b.. (Ur. Dry den) Mr. Reid's Lady Jane, 10st 51b (inc. 71b ex.) (Metmdte) The following also ran:—Wallachie, Adgtir, and. Spirit of Air. Dotting-4 to 2 on, Maw' 4 4E0 I ter and 6to eAck agat THE CITY TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT. Deputy Lorr, chairman of the Police Committee, stated, in reply to Mr. Kelday, that the Court of Aldermen, on whom the duty devolved under the act of last session of tasking a code of by.laws for the regulation of the city traffic, were now engaged on the work. BENEVOLENCES. On the recommendation of the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee, the Court granted £5OO to the City of London National Schools; 150 guineas to the Royal Infirmary for Asthma, Consumption, and other Diseases of the Chest ; s tid £lOO to the British Asylum for Deaf and Dumb females. I3ROKERS' CHARGES. gr. Ex-Sheriff Lusx gave notice of a motion, " That it be referred to a committee to consider the present charge gen brokers admitted to act within the city, and the law and p ractice of br o k erage t h ere; an d whether the same cannot be modified and improved, so that the control exercised by the co rporation may be rendered more efficient for the public, 8 20 advantageous to the brokers." THE ROYAL ENTERTAINMENT AT GUILDHALL. ivory Deputy ELL IOTT , p ursuant t o not i ce, b rought forwar d a m otion on a m a tt er ar i s i ng ou t o f th e R oya l enterta i nmen t a t Guildhall. H e sa id a cer t a i n ki n d o f a b use h a d f or many a hayear been pra c ti se d i n th e co rpo ra ti on , w hi c h on a l a t e oc casion he beli eve d was w h o lly un p ara ll e l e d i n it s magni tude, and a r e p et iti on o f w hi c h i t concerne d th e h onour an d c haracter of eve r y mem b er o f th e C ommon C ounc il, if pos sible, to prevent. H e h a d b een as k e d b y some members not to proceed with th e mo ti on o f w hi c h h e h a d given notice ; by others he had b een urge d t o mo dify it i n ev ery possible way, and by all means not to foul his awn nest. His ans wer to that ad v i ce was th a t t h e nes t was a l rea dy f ou l e nough — (a laugh) —and he wanted to cleanse it. To show that b e wa s not a cantankerous man, disposed to take ex ception on slight occas i ons, i t was real l y necessary th a t th e y h have so me concept i on of the abuses o f w hi c h h e h a d to a :c l t plain. On th e recent R oya l enter t a i nmen t a t Guild halivlarge sum o f money had been spent—t h e grea t er sl o a par t of it in a m un ifi cent an d h onoura bl e manner —b u t muc h of it in suc h a way as to warrant the extenuat i ng in f ere nce that th e E ntertainment Committee had b een f or t h e time in a chro n i c s t ate o f i ntox i ca ti on , e ith er f rom loyalty or wine. (A l aug h.) Thi ngs were ordered whic h it was a l most an affront to the graceful and well bred pests who were i nv i te d to suppose t h at t h ey cou ld have oc casion t o use in the few hours they spent at the en tertaiaon:etnhte. Oc ll ca e si h o e n l , d a i m n o h u is n h ti an ng d taobxilllof9o,ripnecrlufudminearysesvuepn £l2 10s.; ten tortoiseshell dressing olionlerdybs, 0 17s• hair- bru s h es, ; and five dozen bottles of eau de Cologne, S 6 1 48 . 6d. One would think that, instead of ladies of princely rank, the leading personages in the company were em ery, £5 Os. ; 117 soap tablets, £1 12e. 6 d." It was ties an of pe r the ICing of Dahomey a n d hi s bl ac k negr e ss es. (A laugh.) ~ A d o zen and a h a lf of fancy powder boxes, ten rose-cut °t ins ult, he repeat e d, to suppose that such things could ha ve been wanted at such a time. "Two patent hair brushes, 3 168 . ; 4 ivory cl o th-b r u s hes, £6 ;" and, to make a w ork of short dal, " Engraving ivory hair brushes, £7." These were th e p ur po ses to which much of the moil of the c or p orat i on h a d b een app li e d on th e occa sion. It m i g h t as well have been thrown into the fire. Th en there were a pair of Sevres vases, £32, and a costly porcelain t ra y , £ lO 1 7s. Now, if such things had after wards b f o od their way to the Kensington Museum or the Mansion -house to be t reasure d up as b eaut if u l spec i mens o f but not so. O n th e contrary, t h ey h a d s i nce dis tt ho altogether g c n er appared, or, as chymi s t s wou ld say, b een " su bli me d." (L a ughter) The n he held in his hand a bill, amounting ceramic art at th e p resent t i me, he shou ld h ave h e ld his to. £644, for p orce l a i n arti c les suppl i e d on t h e oc casion by Al derman Copeland—(hear, hear)—thr , ugh it was a standing order of that C ourt t h at no member of i t was to sell or furn ish goods t o the corporation. That account in cluded £9O for dessert plates. Those, he ought to say, were honestly b o ught aft er th e entertainment by some of the un privileged members of th e C ommon C ounc il , w h o w i s h e d to have mementoes of the o ccas i on an d t o pay f or th em . (A laugh.) Th en there was a fine porcelain tea service, £ lB 18s,, which , so far as he kn ew to the contrary, had also dis appeared. ~, A The Lon ]) ' I - von, interposing, said th a t was now p ar t of the perma nent pro p ert y of the Mansion-house. Deputy ELLIOTT was deli g ht e d t o h ear t h at i t was. Th ere was a toilet service, £. 52 lOs ; and h e s h ou ld b e g l a d t o h ear that that als o formed p art of the property of the Mansion house. There were two other similar services, costing £lB and £ll. Th e se, as far as he could make out, had all dis appeared. They ce rtainly there not in the sale of remanets which they, the unprivileged members of the Court, bought and paid for. lie might go over an enormous list of articles which had all disappeared. They ought not to have been ordered, for the y were never wanted by the distinguished persons who attended the ball only for a few hours. The answer, he apprehended, would be that the members of the Entertainment Committee, who gave gra tuitous and laborious services on the occasion, were entitled to a few souvenirs in the shape of waifs and strays. But the total cost of all that flotsam and jetsam amounted to no less than £soo—(a laugh) — eand the whole adornments of the Princess's boudoir had disappeared. Besides, the ,com mittee were precluded from setting up that excuse, seeing that during five or six weeks' work they spent £2OO in dinners and luncheons_ £l6O in a breaking up treat—(a laugh)— and, 00t satisfied with all that, they expended £ l 5O more for articles. of personal decoration used by them selves. Was not that payment twice over for six weeks' work in g etting 111) an entertainment whieh every true hearted citizen of London would have been delighted to do for nothing on so auspicious and joyous occasion? Now, he thought he had made out a case for putting a stop to an abuse of public funds which had grown up from small de grees until it had culminated in this great scandal. No single member of that Court, whatever his office, ought to take away from Guildhall property worth—h e w a s ashamed to say how much, but he believed £2OO. It concerned the honour of the corporation to put a stop to such reckless abuse. As it was , it would be nuts to their opponents, and Sir Geo. Grey, who signally failed in harming them when quarrel, they had a just might now prepare himself for another attack on their corporate privileges, assailing them in a vulnerable point; or the Metropolitan Board of Works might say, ti Are these the men to be entrusted with the execution of g r eat works of public utility and necessity, who spend their time, and, what is worse, the public money, on suc h gewgaws ?" He ought to say there was a retrieving c ircumstance connected with the subject he had brought under their consideration. Two very beautiful chairs of state used on the occa sion, he had been told, were by an immense effort saved by the vigorous exertions of one member—(a laugh)— and taken to the Mansion-house, where they remained as interesting memorials of an interesting event. 'With the exception, however, of the things that were sold—and there was some little trouble to save even them—a very large num ber of valuable articles had been taken away, how and by whom remained to be seen. There was but one thing for the parties concerned to do, but he should not say what it was. (A laugh.) Let bygones be bygones, but at the same time let the Court come to a manly and dignified resolution which would show to the world that the great majority of the cor poration had clean hands in the matter, and had no part in such a scandal. (Cheers.) lie concluded by moving " That it be referred to the law officers to consider and report whe ther it was competent for any member of that corporation, whatever official position he might hold, to accept or take into his own possession any chattels or other property of the corporation other than by a vote of the Common Council." The motion was seconded by Mr. WEBBER. Mr. TRUSCOTT, chairman of the Royal Entertainment Committee, said ho was prepared to give a satisfactory an swer to the charges which had been made against the com mittee, and to contend that what they had done on the oc casion redounded to their credit and to the renown of the answer corporation. Ho preferred, however , to make that a in a full court, and with that view he moved the adjourn ment of the debate. Mr. RICHARDSON declared that he laboured four or five weeks on the Reception Committee, and had not even a glasii‘of wine in that time ; but it was well known in the corporation that on these occasions everything in the way of refreshment depended on the presiding genius. (Laughter.) Mr. LAwrEY expressed his great regret that this matter heti been mooted before the report of the Entertainment Committee had been presented. Mr. KELDAY complained of the vague manner in which the charges had been made, and that Deputy Elliott had not been manly enough to prefer a specific charge against some individual or individuals, if he had any to make. The debate was then adjourned, and the Court broke up in the state of excitement which it produced. According to the Critic for October (just pub lished), Messrs. Longman and Co. have suspended the publication of Mr. D. D. Home's " Incidents of My Life," in consequence of Sir David Brewster' threatening legal proceedings on account of some statements contained in the book relating to spiritual manifestations said to have been witnessed by him at Ealing, STAMPED ....sd. Mr. Bentinek, M.P., on Foreign and Home Affairs. Last evening the Marshland Agricultural Asso ciation held its annual dinner at Terrington, S t . Clement's, near Kin g's Lynn, the Rector of Hilling ton, the Rev. H. Flokes, presiding. Mr. G. W. P. Bentinck, M.P., and Mr. B. Gurdon, M.P., were amongst the company. In reply to the toast of his hcalth, Mr. BENTINCK said—Gentlemen, you cannot for get that we all have our oppotents, and that even agricultural associations have theirs; and amongst the various opponents we have had no more active nor powerful one than the l imes newspaper. There are, probably, very few present who do not read the limes, and I will appeal to you whether we have not seen in the course of the last few years a series of attacks upon associations of this kind, upon the objects for which they were instituted, and upon the results which were likely to accrue from them. Now, gentlemen, that newspaper is a very powerful an tagonist. It is powerful from its wide circulation — it is powerful from the almost unrivalled ability of its writers, and it is also powerful from the equally unrivalled power of sarcasm and sophistry which it brings to bear upon every question with which it deals. (Hear, hear.) I would ask you to remember that the Times, though professing to be the organ of public opinion, is more especially and notoriously the organ of those who financially, and, therefore politically, are the avowed antagonists, and I might almost say the enemies, of the rural districts of this country. It is the organ of the great capitalists. It is the organ of those whose interest it is to see dear money and cheap labour. Now I apprehend that the interests of the rural districts is to see cheap money with a remunerative result for labour, and the produce of that labour; and I venture to say to you, and I appeal to the proof of history, that there is no country in the world which may not be tested by that result. Wherever you find a full remuneration for labour, and for the produce of labour, you will find the wealth and the pros perity of that country on the increase ; wherever you find the value of labour, consequent upon the decrease of the value of the produce of that labour, falling, you will find disaster. That I hold to be an axiom which no one will venture to dispute, and if he does dispute it he will dispute the history of the world. I have always considered that the interests of the landowner, of the occupier, and of the agricultural labourer, are one and iden• tical. (Cheers.) They are inseparable ; they cling together by the closest ties, and there is but this distinction between them—that, unfortunately, in this world the man who has the least feels the pinch the soonest. With that exception, I for ono contend that there is no possible distinction to be drawn between the interests of the landowner, the occupier, and the agricultural labourer. They must sink or swim together. When one does well, all do well ; when one does badly, all do badly ; and it is by their union that they can preserve their position in the country. The limes—acting wisely, I ad mit, in its own generation—has endeavoured to sow dissension among those classes ; it has endeavoured to show that these associations were got up for sel fish and for useless purposes, and that the rewards offered were inadequate to the merit of the services which were praised. I venture to think for one that those attempts will fail throughout the rural distric+s of this country ; and I will only ask you to remember when you read the Times—however much interested you may be by the great ability of the writers, however much amused you may be by the amount of sarcasm and sophistry which they bring to bear upon this question—that it is an ex ponent of an interest, numerically small, though powerful from its wealth, but which is antagonistic to the interests of the rural districts of this coun try. Now, gentlemen, the last time I had the good fortune to be present on the occasion of the meeting of the Marshland. Agricultural Associa tion I ventured to address you upon the subject of the war which is now raging in the northern continent of America, and I then expressed the opinion that the policy, and I thought the duty, of this country was at once to recognise the indepen dence of the Southern States of America. (Hear, hear.) I think that the result has shown I was right. We have all been horrified for two years past by the tyranny practised by President Lincoln, and by the brutalities of General Butler. (Hear, hear.) I think there is justly no limit to the strong expression of disgust with which the accounts of the transactions in that country have been received in what I, in contradistinction to them, will term the civilised world. We as Englishmen have learned that we ought to be thankful for those monarchical institutions under which this country, thanks to Providence, has en joyed the greatest amount of rational liberty ever known to any country in the world. (Cheers.) And whenever the time comes when we are called upon to discuss a question of—l will not use a word which creates alarm sometimes in public assem blages—but whenever wo are again called upon to discuss the question of any revision of our institu tions--I will put it in that more circuitous form— I venture to think that, without reference to party, there are very few present here, or anywhere in England—excepting one particular party, which I am sure is not represented here—who will not at once say, " Let us be careful before we t am p er rashly with those institutions under which we have enjoyed such manifold blessings." (Cheers.) But, gentlemen, since I had the honour of addressing you last, very nearly in the same locality, a new subject has arisen, certainly of equal interest, and perhaps, as far as this country is concerned,of almost equal importance—l refer to what is going on in Poland. New there can be no doubt, if we could deal with every question in the abstract, upon its own merits, that there are few men in England who would not say, and who do not say, that they deeply deplore the sufferings of the Poles ; that they deeply lament the course which has been taken by Russia in dealing with her Polish sub jects; that they, as Englishmen and lovers of freedom, would do all in their power to alle viate the sufferings of those people. In that sentiment I in the fullest degree coincide ; but un fortunately it is utterly impossible to deal with any great public question upon that limited, though natural view of the subject. Wo must go further into the question. We must see first what has given rise to the state of things which we lament, and we then are bound as Englishmen to ask our selves next what will be the effect of our conduct in dealing with this question upon the welfare and the prosperity of our own country. The hon. gentleman then went on to give his views as to the cause of the present condition of things in Poland. He considered that the insurrection was not brought about the oppression of Russia, but by the machinations of the Church of Rome. France's sympathy for Poland he believed to be entirely a selfish one; and he was, for both those reasons, glad that England had expressly declared her determination not to involve herself in a European quarrel on accaunt of Poland. Referring to he w ! ° questions, the hon. gentleman continued as foiloa If free trade means any thing—it means unrestrictedcompetition. Very good. Now what apes; hoot stricted competition mean 9 I opprei,,ll,,,ts upon presuming to have cliecivered any n . e ition means at the subject, that unrestricted coretiP::o the hemfit least this—t Lat if you are not taost i n bringing t o protective duties, that at u l r induEtrYl YO 'l shall Yuediment 01)z:ration market the produce of have no antagonistic ' r with other strugglers that you shall star t fair jth other strugglers ic world, and that neither in the market a ,hail be shown to one side or favour nor affection the other. I thine it would be a wo r k of .zuperero gation to ask au assembly as th at I have now the honour of addressing, if they ar e aw are o f the f ac t that, out of the large rev enue co ll ecte d i n t hi s country , five millions aro derived fro m th e duties on 1%, V l / 4 ; SPAT ER malt. (Hear.) Those duties on malt: go'd:eatan-V constitute a direct tax upon one of the no 9it ant of our cereal products. Take off th , :98e,Auties, and not only the value of that produce would be increased, but the sale for it would be enormously,l4 extended. Well, do you call that unrestricted corn-r''";-7 petition ? Is that carrying out the princip.'e of free - trade ? Now, take Ireland, and. take some portions of England, as illustrating another part of the question of free trade. lam prepared to say that there is a groat district in Ireland, and there is a certain extent of land in England, which could row to a much greater profit than it can any other produce—tobacco. Now, how do you stand with regard to tobacco? Mind you, free trade—no pro-. tection—but unrestricted competition in the market to all competitors. Well, you stand in this position, that a still larger amount of duty is levied every year for the r evenue b y th e pro hibi t i on th a t you s h a lt utilise the soil of this country for the growth of to bacco, in order that you may levy a customs duty of so many m illi ons a year upon the i mportat i on of foreign tobacco. Well, is that unrestricted com petition ? But I go further, gentlemen, I ab l e you is it cora loon sense—l s it reasonable? Is it rational? Is it tolerable ? But thinking as strongly as I do upon.s which the Wrong s o f t h e rura l di str i cts , I la other interest in this coun tryo u to ask, be found would submit for one hour there any w or for one minute to the intolerable injustice which I have just brought before yo u ? (Cheers.) We have only ourselves to blame. Fight your own battles with the means which you have. Disregard all questions of party and fight the interest of the rural districts of this country. Whenever the ti me comes for the revision of the representation, bear this fact in mind—that there is but one real grievance now existing which requires a remedy, and that is the inadequate represeC alio!) of the rural districts, Bear this in mind; fight your battle now to a man without flinching. Whenever you have to discuss the question of reform, say at once, "We are the majority of the people of England , and no reform shall take place till our grievances have been remedied." Mr. BRAMPTON GURDON, My., also responded to the toast, and said chat though a member of Par liament would ill fulfil the duties of his situationif he did not do his best to support the agricultural interest, his experience warned him that to rely upon any extraneous assistance from what Parliament could do, or was likely to do, would prove again, as it had done before, a broken reed. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Lieut. Wm. H. Liddell and Lieut. Fred. C. B. Robinson were yesterday promoted to the rank of commanders. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty ;—The Rev. W. V. Lloyd, chaplain and naval instructor to the Scylla ; John Tweedie, paymaster to the Hogue ; James W. Ozzard, paymaster to the Victory ; and Arthur C. Dowdell, second master to the Supply. THE ARMY. Col. Hawkins yesterday took he command of the Royal Engineer Department at Woolwich, in suc cession to Col. Ford, appointed to the command of the corps in Canada. On Col. Ford's forthcoming departure from Woolwich having been made known the members of the local Board of Health repre senting the Town Commissioners convoked a meet ing, anddrew up a memorial expressing their thanks to the gallant colonel for the valuable assistance rendered by him on the various questions which have arisen during his term of office. Lieut.-Col. Campbell, R.A.,a member of the select committee of Woolwich Arsenal, having been ap pointed Superintendent of the Royal Gun Factories, yesterday assumed the duties of the department. The B battery 9th Brigade Royal Artillery is under orders to leave Woolwich to-morrow, on a four day.' march, to Hilsea barracks, Portsmouth. The officers commanding the battery are as follows: —Major Milman (on leave) ; Capts. Whin; aces and and Sadleir ; Lieuts, Blackwood and Brodie. A number of passed recruits of the Royal Artil lery, numbering 153, in command of Capt. Stewart, arrived at headquarters, Woolwich, from Warley, yesterday- They were distributed in nearly equal numbers in the A, B, and C batteries. The commodious pile of buildings which bare been for some time in progress at Chatham, to be used as a gymnasium for carrying on the physical training of the officers and troops at that garrison, are now completed, and, in accordance with the terms of the contract, will be handed over to the War Department on the 12th, at which date they will be ready to be taken possession of by the mili tary authorities at the garrison. The building is the first of several of a similar kind, which, should the experiment about to be carried out at Chatham be found to answer, will be erected at each of the great military stations. It has been erected in a very substantial manner by the contractor, Mr. Alfred Matthews, of Dover, from designs prepared at the Royal Engineer-office, Chatham, under the direction of Colonel J. Twiss, commanding Royal Engineer, and its total cost, exclusive of the requi site fitments, &c., will be about £5,000. In compliance with the orders received some time since from the Horse Guards the staff of the Invalid depot at St. Mary's barracks, Chatham, has been broken up, and yesterday the portions of the esta blishment hitherto set apart for the transaction of the official business connected with the invalid depot, passed into the hands of the garrison barrack master's staff, preparatory to the necessary altera tions being carried out to adapt the various build ings for the reception of regular troops. For some time past a number of workmen have been employed at the barracks in making various alterations, pro viding extra ventilation, and carrying out other improvements, most of which were suggested by the Army Sanitary Commissioners on the occasion of their last visit to Chatham. Social Science Meeting in Edinburgh, The forthcoming meeting of the Social Science Association promises to be very successful both e: regards the number of members attending and the papers to be read. Several papers on subjects bear'_ ee _ ing more or less directly upon agriculture have no b 17, 5 forwarded to the secretary; among these is 0 60 : f Mr. Torrens " On Conveyancing by R e g i l o rli oc t in Titles as in operation in Australia." " operation in the colony of South An ri t; e all i v . w ß as . a paper given some time ago in the colatnne:l re i tid Agriculturist. Professor Garages is t ,, The Use and on " Diseases in Cattle ;" and one Abuse of Poisons in Agrieultueraon ~ The Condi- George Hope, Fentonbarns, ,0,13. fr. J . j Robb, rain. tions of Agricultural Success; l „ rot Scotland." We Inpractice ;" m r. i‘lr. Scot Skir burgh, one on " Hinds' houses.„ rr on " Th e c ondi. Combie, of Mel bourne, Campton, will re . a o d urT a eh r P s o l m. Eirectispisnipline '' ' Papers — one on " Gold Dis tiou of the Rural L joi a o b .,oa. understand that the object ; bE.sideert bourne, is to read two up r on p es =lc and Commerce ;" h h e e r o e n a e re b seven y A l r. coveries, their I, Feria. the other on e ig one by M T M'Combie, theArir. Add r. orrens, one by the er leY) M.P by .., one Right go. The co • Papers on the laf.totrer, Measor, S:c• c o m m i ttee have agreed to set the reading' of the papers on r ento pisctpltne mondaY '--the whole of the papers are to be read, and then the discussion will take place up on them.—N. B. Agriculturist. 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