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ild, arm movided essels to rich the 2 wa s at Ameri- Spanish and the Pitimate• legal or [ j ug OUr its from anon, to s as cer- ca n be, Ming in [ Dg need e every violation America ient Act, its ovf . n, ❑ lave , 011 this Voidance r than for jab w heat American ces of this and b a rrel e d ,a 1 press r r. Ne w s Per q r i an d 403 36e to 24 s to vOs [4s,per • Red •-- g 4 barley, v . 4s Od t° ich Wet ek. 1 34 , - Lll, and !-11 6d down' 7d down• pd down. ocidow°' qrs qrs qrs qrs Od Lnd prices s also 10 6 but 01° 7d to 7 . 1 1 5d top! per stoD" Oct. 19 ' Oct. 1 ' Oct. °„' c Sept. ,Oct. 2 „ / Sept. * Septl, 2s. Oct. or. Sept. Sept. , 2°. Oct. ?. Oct. °. 1- 2d. Sept. Oct. 11 ,0 * Sept. u". Sept. 3°' .Sept. . Oct. 10. Oa. 2:3. Sept. j. Sept. 2S. late in pasNig e ' ck. Ti le bad some able por• 'eral head ragaziNe eilbroutty Iliugs the iutiort )11 nts Ine7 :sun and g of the w hich th no re the tidal Han, an d ever, the otion,o 8 ill Water le transit .enco th e e mood° Low more st. Th e not 01 1 9 but in °' Dr words, Dtt As in 50 t o to ,e part ° I illg, a 8 ;ged in t° in sonSe: 30iid and 3 9 and the BUpPO SO ous ma t : rrlutinou, 101 before ittractioll by Pil t ,; 5. 4d. an u : ), is the in ever)" only ft gi )tion, bu fievalelit* ,hick xi a d !To. 62, 014 ' men ha d b stage of otoration , w cheek 9. perfectly Eimaire do Frimlcf food, liver 21. 3. 11 ° ligestioo, ure, Norfoll‘. resisted 6,1; 51b, So. 77, ;' an d all int,,Ydoln• 3erkeler on. SCObelli iith TIV MUChlioo) ;hter. Trinity, . s. E , o f of A. Wr' iam, the Trull , Jelin6rf h a Rec. y, ,Gar 3 Rhine, ph Li nr h-placr, tha” eil, and vitiloutf George nproad, .....--d•••'• _---- )RE7P 3 No. 11'' DanfY NOMM P ' yLItENTENTTIER, WE SUP AT EVANS' s.OIIIVV Promenade.Ry EVE Concerts.NING THIS WEEK aft-2r Allred s HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. T Ib:AD OFFICES, 20, Lombard -street, London, and Royal Inturance buildings. Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £900,0 1 0. A ccumulated Funds in hand over 1 030,000. Chairman in Liverpool : CHARLES TURNER, Esq., I.P. Chairman in London : WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EX TI, --Aers FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. Directors of the Royal Insurance ComPanY called at the bpon to make their accustomed periodical Report eetin g of its Shareholders. are now FIE T he Directors have. as R p!easinglv asBRANCH. unexpec tedly, at the c lose o' the y ear, t o announce, f o r the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached but exceed £300,00 0 . The high comparative per,;tio'n h e ld by the Royal in the y vov ernment Returns of lilnat •is ag'in fully maintained. .„The profit ot the bUsirt'ess of the year exceeds considerably Ie amount realised the reced.ng year, and in fact sur- Passes that of any with P but two exceptions, sine , the account tilt ' office, the balance to the credit ou „--ourt of Briti`,h and 'Foreign Insurances being £15,107 10s. "u., and i,f the r ately, £ll North American busines s, which is ke p t se p a. ,09'7 16s. 10d. The "rery BRANCH.oTatifyingTd-JUrtvEnowiails n the Directors to state the sum assured on n 'w policies for the year 1 ,, 6'2 e Xceeds even that of the year 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived . at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of' ; 701 ,92'7 on 1,408 new policies issued. Until within the last few Years it is believed that such a sum a n sured as that ishich just been announced as the result of one year's business Was all but unheard of. 'nits portion of the Company's busine?s, has been carefully Watched. and cannot fail to give much satisfact!on to the s hareholder, as well as no small encouragement ibr the larPre 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 £'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 stele 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 vapid than that of any other Company established either in London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal Insurance Company were never bria•hter, and of a consequent hope, foanded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that re future may un f o ld for it a sphere o f s till grea t er rn &gni de, combi n i ng d i stinguished commerc i a l success t o th e uffice with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY DI. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. 1720. OYAL EXCH A' A D. NGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Ei tablished by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRA3I, Esq., Governor. UEOTICE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PF.LLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor . DIRECTORS. firY Painbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. iirr Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. 7 , 1 Gartt Cattlev, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Curri ra e Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. r i ,.. llll am Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. PeTCy. ;‘,lolllas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. i ,S'dk. Jos. Edlmann. Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Vversdale W. Grenfell,William Soltau, Esq. Obt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' William Wallace, Esq._ 'as. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. ' Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLT, Esq., F.R.S. IZTICE.— rile usal fien days allowed for payment of ' 4 ' l ' 3 PREMIUMS u falling due a t Michaelmas will expire 01 1 1 ftli October. C F IRE and LIFE ASSURANCES m ay be effected with this o rporation on advantageous NC terms. The Reversionary Bonus on British Life Policies has aye 'aced ' , early 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums I Yable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Life AnY sum not exceeding £ 15,000 ma y be insured on one 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 returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern p ra ctice, —with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A UALF. SPECIAL NOTICE. Policies on the participating system, granted on or before the list December, 18,13, and in force at th" 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 CO3IPANY. Established ISCO. Incorporated by Royal Cherter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and Invested Funds Annual Revenue 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Illsnrawes p-ranteri both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPAET3IENT. livery facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers en the participating principle. The new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Am , unt Insured. Premiums. 1,037 zE703,33-1 £23,611 0 0 Poring of Proposal and every infer .nation will be furnished on application at the Orricrs : LONDON 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buil dinffs. Lothbury. West-end Office.. 8. Waterloo -place, Pall-mall. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Barin , , Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. I Thomson Hankey, Esq., I.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Lib' 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 .. X 5,400 ▪ . 11,500 ▪ 23 200 . 56,500 Dec. 31,1P47 .• „ 1852 .. „ 1857 .. .• • • Making the tot l al Bll2 bonus additions, £9A,600 Bonuses ma; be received in cash or appliel to the Teduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the of cy. 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 rehnevishment of p 0 icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, whether assurers or otherwise. Activa and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, 2d September, MI TENDERS will he received nt this office, until noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th September, 18(33, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for the supply of FORAGE, In such quantities as may be required, from Ist November, 1863, to 3 st October, 1861, for the use of Her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mand. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside " Tender for Forsae"). and no Tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. HENRY B. MORSE, Deputy Commissary-General. CIELEBRATiON of the TERCENTENARY of ik..) the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart, K.C.8.. is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and G reen way, Warwick; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne. and Co , Messrs Hanburys and Co., or Messrs, Glyn and Co , bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the grouad that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeate. 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 lie lived and died. ARMY CONTRACTS TENDERS will be received at this Office until 12 o'clock noon on the 3d of October, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to supply FORAGE AND PAILLASSE STRAW, in such quantities ,s may be required. for the use of Her Majesty's Land Forces stationed in the following places, from Ist November, 1863, to 31st October, 1861 : FORAG. K en sington, Regent's-park, and Hor se 1. Hyde-park , Guards. 2. ITHoalminpsttoinw Court.and K ne ller Hall. 3. 4. Windsor. 5. Brighton. 6. Sandhurst. 7. Enfield. PAILLASSE STRAW. a. Brompton House, Ilyde-pat and Portman-street 2. Regent's-park, St. John's - w ood, Barracks. k, and Rensinton. 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 must be made for Foratve and for Pail asse Straw for each of the above-menticned Stations or Bar acks as groupet and numbered. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may he ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up and shtned, and no Tender will be noticed unless delivered at the under-mentioned t , flice, under closed envelope (marked on the outside " Tender for Commissariat Supplies "), before 12 o'clock noon on the 3d October next. (Signed) W. T. POWER, Comm ssary-General. Deputy Commissary-General's Office, J. New-street, Spring •gardens, London, S.W., 10th Sept., 1853. DR. SCOTT'S - BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RENlFDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial in g redi en t, f rom th e r e cipe of Dr. Emit, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, , Pasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual co stiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera (l°l, and grateful to he stomach, they create appetite, pro- Mdigestio n , and strengthen . the whole nervous system. Lond,, 3 ' W. Lambert, S, King William -street, Charing, ,- -cross. tin,„ll, and by niost druggists, in boxes,lB. lid., and three Seotv,"g.ipnantity in one:2s. Pd. Be sure to for Dr. eh Fak et b , .t.nd Liver Pills. The genuine are a square a t i tZP. fie. With " William Lambert," engraved on the 11,0YAL FREE HOSPITAL. Grav's-inn•road. in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Dail• way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, E.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 panied 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. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Co u tt s an d Co. . ;; Dr aud and Co.; Co. r ;ersrmieis anSmith, p d ay C n o e . , ; an lidansom ; G a i n yn and Co.andum Prescott, m ° Grote,Drummond and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay C Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W lliarns, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Mimed and Co Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. YAL NATIONAL LIF E-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. ritESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Raring, Esq., M.P., Ir.R.S., V.P. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since ;he beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the (oasts of England. Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society and other means, since its formatio n, is 12,800 ; tor' which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,1'00 on Life-boats, Life-boat generous cages, and Boat-houses. British public oThe C mmittee desire to express their grateful sense of T tl: a e n g: support ring t h which s past i h e e l y v have years, received from support Bich has enabled them to establish their present magnifcent fleet 01 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom r D e e s e li pl o y n s t e i n l e s m i b tl o m h a o i w n e t v a i e n r, t o h f ei trl e fle e t t rr i e n a a t t r h e o s r p o o i n i o s h i b ly i etsctithatt state, and Crews practised in the managemcct of their boats, which can only b e e f fected b y a large 'and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a w or k . - The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions ! ITer Majesty the Queen s. (.1 .. .. Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. „. anual 50 C 0 .. .. .: • .. annual 10 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. • • • • • • a n nual 50 0 Coutts and Co. Messrs., Bankers ••• • • annual 1 1 0 Ti on. 25 0 0 G. J., I.:sq., cost of a Lifeboat and 'tistici. • •• • • .• _ . 4thdon 10 0 0 CV"hilicieest-Admiral Sir A.. R.C.B. .• Z. 10 10 0 ( I} ',u il..,i r ne r s i , iela LordNxSem, ' (-,' Carriage . • • • • • sportin„ _ _ an • • .. 250 0 0 ITarvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. F cnwick, • • • • don. Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. • • • • 3 0 0 .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. • • • • •• • • don Greenwich • 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George, • • • • • Stirlin ,, , Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. • • • • • • 30 n annual 2 0 n Thom :s, Lady, Wes t on -super-Mare, collected by he r 0 LadyFhip • • • • - • • • •• • • 1 6 16 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .• • . .. annual 50 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re dived by the Banke rs of the Institution, Messrs. wini t ; l'ercival, and Co. 76, L o mbard-trect; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; s,lessrs. lierries, Farquhar. and Co., 16, St. Jainei's.street, London; by a I the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the ErnitedVim,,dom; and by the Secretary Richard Lewis. Esq. a t the Oilice of tho lualtation, 11, John-street, Adelolii,'Londoll, -- ii .\;. 7v --,, , ,a__-,,/,-- I 4 • 41- 17f , i'lVa-A - r 3, ' /7- (---e--- , ' , L 1 SPAPER v• ...._.„,_ . _. . i ;e12.----, - - - - 0 -----," --c,.il -Th , 1. \ t... --- •• .. ,—v2i..... . ..-„,.: ~t _.:, s ,u ‘, „ : : ; , , .... ,. .0.-ui ,...,.,, ih,_________, _,......,, „ ,.4 „ .i. .„ ,. ..V . , . :.1 .....7 4 :0 * : : . . ra-.1 • ' ,A , • . " ...* iiA, l *,; ‘ 4 1 1 1 L15 4( * '1 <=4, .! 41( 1 ..- f a . 1 7. 0 •', ''' '"''' --' •:‘,; l ''' . ott*.....Vic° 4.4`1'..f14'''.4.-- r W . l lli • r. Ai , ..' - ~., t ~ „ ,........................''.4,,,,•,..-., . .4 . ,, 74-o•ii.v:..-10: •,,,,, ~,., A ,.. , y. A 4/1 4 t •• - •4 .- 4 M k / ' c . . ' lhili. -, ••• vii . - '4 , , 1,., ••:,,, ' t. - 11..1 r ' k : A i: ': 4. (\ t B' e , . t , .... = 0 , -._ V TiA:ff : ' ' :*fe rj -4 -‘-' OWI , - '.' i ";41 6 ,1 ..' :l*, '..;. d 1- -;-. 4' k 411F1r., , , ,,,, ,,',,, ,:.. •,,,, • I,'. • .:* VA' . ' . , ____„,>- - .11,-- fo, , Duo. 4, 1. 4,441.4 L , 4, , 4 14 9 -,:vriv, .. , • 9( "cato E • 1 ' 111 -i-i - - Jr,r-- ' I -- ~ *..u111 ''' ' -, ~.., y . aR Sir Robert Peel and the Elector PAP . E Tamworth. 13‘, ,04743-- TAMWORTII, Last night the electors of Tamworth held a the Town-hall for the purpose of hearing an a( the Hon. Mr. Cowper, the candidate who has the , Sir Robert Peel. Mr. Robinson presided, and smell, Lose present were Sir Robert Peel and Mr. C. H. Bracebne,:e, II the latter of whom had been a candidate for the borough, but had retired in 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. COWPER, on stepping forward, was received with loud and continued cheering. lie said he should be an in dependent supporter of Lord Palmerston's Government, be cause he was convinced that much of the prosperity of the country was owing to the ability, skill, and experience of that statesman. After eulogizing what he considered es the wise provisions of the French treaty, he said that he did not think that his opponent, Mr. Peel, had been so explicit in the statement of his views as he ought to have been. Fe (Mr. Cowper) was in favour of a moderate extension of the franchise, but he thought 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. He 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. Ile did not think it would be applicable to a borough like Tamworth. 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 1" " Will you turn us out of our houses ?"] (Laughter and uproar.) Sir Robert Peel th insisted that as a burgess he had a right to speak. If any persiste d in interrupting 4 0 him there were those present w would silence that per son. (Uproar.) He was not at all likely 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 for the borough, he wished to bear testimony to the admirable manner in which their late member the Marquis Townehend 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. Barr ac l oug h, w ill you b e s il en t? 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 head 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 1 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 others. (Laughter.) In Mr. Daniel he met an upright antagonist, who did not countenance any such men as the blunder headed bullies who were now bellowing out every sort of misrepresentation about coercion. (Cheers, laughter, and confusion.) Did Mr. Daniel ever speak of coercion or say he could not 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 F] I will tall you directly. Let 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 1" 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 gentlemen came forward he (Sir Robert) had not the advantage of his personal acquaintance. [A. Voice—WhoA means the notice at the foot of the bill calling, the meet ina—" Sir Robert Peel is expected to attend ?"] Sir Robert said that he should attend when Mr. John Peel expressed hi. views. He, in common with the rest of the electors, wished 0 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 ? lie 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 he 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 se rious 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. BARRACLOUGH, —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 PRICE..... _..4d. STAMPED ....sd. You will observe—and it is worthy of observation —that while in allforeign countries they have gone in one direction against forms ofgovernment based on abiolute 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 whale of the civilised world of constitutional monar chies more or less imitative of this old monarchy of ours. (Hear, hear.) Perhaps among the many 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 matured. 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 is from the guards of a king. (Hear, hear.) Now, these two classes—the town and the country—must i 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 I 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. " Upon 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 Herts 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 he characterised as one of a peculiarly quiet and tranquil character. Whether it was on account of Lord Palmerston'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 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 faceof 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 most cruel institution in the world—the institution of slavery. (Hear, hear.) I'Vith 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. Some little relief had been afforded to the country by the reduction of twopence in the income tax and the remission of the war duty on t ea , As one of the members 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 tho maltsters wore not so successful as they ought the plan was so f ar mo dified to have b een, that the injustice was mitigated, if not altogether removed. (Hear, hear.) The hon, member then ad verted to the distress which prevailed in the manu facturing districts and the steps which h a d been taken for its relief, and said it was satisfa ctor y to find, notwithstanding the existence of that distress, that our imports and exports had increased to such 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. SMITH, M.P., also acknowledged the toast, observing that his colleagues had exhausted almost every topic on which be 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 in the pound, which was a tax to the extent of 2d. measure that must, he should think, prove highly acceptable to the tic hole 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 sav, and that was that with respect to the national defences, the country did not grudge the ex p e nditure which the House of Commons had granted for those defences. He had been struck with the cordial reception with which the Channel ' fleet had teen 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 Itheir own. Englaud at this time occupied a pr ou d position, being happy and prosperous at home and lat peace with all the world. (Cheers.) Various other toasts were given and responded to, und the proceedings terminated. united. Mr. BARRACLOUGH—Did you tell your agent to compel the tenants to vote for Mr. Cowper P (Uproar, and cries of " Turn him out.") Sir R. PEEL—Turn him out. lam not a candidate, and decline to be q uestioned. 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 It, PEEL (emphatically) — N ever. The same gentleman--Not to your knowledge? Sir It, 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. Fie 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. BARRACLOUGH—Nonsense T. Gammon I (Confusion, and " Turn him out.") Sir ROBERT said that he held handbills in his hand of the most scandalous 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 ho 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,whe 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 beet interests of the country. And (continued Sir Robert I believe that Lord Palmerston is the only statesman who can guide the country to a satisfactory issue, and I have hoard 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 pretene. , s, they are absolved from such I.ledgts, end are perfectly at liberty to please themselves. tell you why I thick you will return Mr. Cowper. ou 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 Oppo;_i. lion side of the House of Commons . (Cheers.) I know t he ro are some persons who may t hi n k you i I-tempered, but this ie not the case, f or, w i t h the exception 01 three or four blunder-headed fellows—(laughter)—you are all good tem pered. Let me give the meeting a parting assurance that (Laughter, cheers, and confusion.) Mr. Cowper will win. 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 honselr, clambered on to the platform, and amid a tornado of groans, cheers, &Q., endeavoured to speak. He was act vibed n ot to, however, and desisted. .be meeting then, after e, formal vote of thauka to the chairman, brae up. No. 22,229. NEW NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 vols., FLORIAN'S HUSBAND. Also now ready, in 3 vols., GOOD SOCIETY. By Mrs. GREY, Author of " The Gambler's Wife," ‘te. Burst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ;INE for OCTOBER. 2s. 6d. The Second Part of G6the's " Faust." The Sketcher in the Ardennes and Moselle Land. The Falling of the Leaf. Sequel to "Harvest." By Astley H. Baldwin. Recreations of a London Re- cluse—Ll. On the Present State of Rus sia, and the Advantages to Europe of a Coustitution for that Empire. Bourn, West Strand, W.C. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1803. Naval 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 e p e l l a s e i e n d the t e mporarily y o u n board n ti l required t to be sailing v eshippedosr-i 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. 4in. in diameter; the mainmast measures 121 ft sin, with a diameter of 3ft 4in, and mizen mast 84ft, 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 ironclad ships, which have their bowsprits of iron. Its length is 37ft 9in, and diameter 2ft Sin. The mainyard is 105 ft in length, with a circumference of Gft 3in, and the yard of the second mast is of the eame dimensions. The fore mainyard is 71ft in length, and the cross j ack-yard of the mizenmast 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 probab:y 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 i❑ 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 us 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 pla.ce 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 cif 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 Carnber;arad, 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. BlaxEnd, chief en gineer of Sheerness dockyard. Capt. Cresswell was also on beard. 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 19fr. aft. The revolutions of engines were 57 per minute, pressure of steam 201 b., vacuum 24. Two runs were also made with half-boiler power, 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.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 answering every expectaticn. It is not yet decides 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. 11. 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. J. Wick ham, A. G. H. Hervey, H. N. Dudding, 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. Chis well, assist.-engineer, to the Daunt - less, for the Argus; S. 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. l\Pßurney. assist.- engineers, to the Indus, as supernumeraries ; Wil liam J. Bro wn an d Charles H. Cron , assist. - clerks, additional, to the Euryalus. 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, comfortable accommodation is available for 220 married soldiers. In addition to the above, the War Department have sanctioned the erection of other batches of cottages in the same locality. An infant's school is also to he 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. Wherry, 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 had 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 n on-commissioned officers and gunners might with advantage be made to bear more directly on their ordinary duties as artillerymen. 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 in the main element of its wealth, and perhaps Professor Liebig is not too sanguine when he says, in the remarkable pamphlet which has just 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 from abroad. (Hear, hear.) I need not detail to you the many causes which have 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 reeds, 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 they have not only permitted, but somewhat en couraged the removal of superfluous hedges, the thinning, when it is neither useful uor 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 tentage 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 of 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 portico- laxly the prevalence of the lung complaint amongst cattle. A very eminent authority at the Interna 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 X 4,500,000; so that the nation has lost within that period four t imes the value of the stock which has been imported. Professor Gangee ascribes this great mortality prin cipally to the introduction of foreign steel:, 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 encl.- mous amount of money which is lost not to the fir 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 cne 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 et 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 aro 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 g uard. Not that I am ono 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 imagi nar y d ange rs. But still I consider that there is no d u ty m o re obvious to a British Stateman than the vigilant maintenance of the British navy, for if even a fight for England as a first-rate pow er i s 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 st ra i ts of the British Channel. (Hear, hear.) It is not from any boast of national vanity that I say how much the groat interests of universal civilieation 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 inetitutions which they seek to eseublish. (Hear.) You recognise in it the material prosperity of Eng land, the advantages of her political system; and you revere in it the moral power of Enelaud, as the advocate of humanity and freedom, hear.) THE ARMY. The half -yearly inspection of the C field battery 9th brigade Royal Artillery, took place yesterday by Colonel W. R. N e dh am , comma nding the Royal Artillery in the Ch a th am di str i c t. 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"Among the very ablest specimens of Speculative Philo sophy which this country has latterly exhibited." --Sir Win. Hamilton. London : Houlston and Wright, 65, Paternoster-row. NEW SPORTING NOVEL. Immediately, at all libraries, in Three Vols., Price 31s. Od. SACKVILLE CHASE. By C. J. COLLINS. London John Maxwell and Company, 112, Fleet-street. T" X F 0 R D 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Bellini's SOSNAMBULA. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss ElUson, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, finish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH (or any other man - "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and Gee Hodson. Alec', a Performance by Herr S AIAL KENB &CH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORGHEST RE, contain ing a full bawl of 40 instruments. '1 be HALL hqs just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, Cd. ; stalls andbalcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. Gd. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing. crowds, Mr.-C. MOUTON has transferred the representation ot Pro fessor Pt prier and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GHOST," from the Picture Gallery to the Concert Ball, where a new and ely.i.Tant 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), REPREStNTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; tic sworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, ,te. POLYGRAPHIC HALL.-MISS HERAUD and Herr KRUEGER'S celebrated SIIARESPE ItIAN ENTERTAINMENT IlluAtrative of TII I , ', PAS SIONS, interspersed with Descriptive Music, THIS EVEN ING, and every Evening, at Eight; Saturdays at Three. Music by J. C. Benthin, Esq. Soins Miss Mabel Brent Mrs. Betithin. Kerr Bonn, Mr. Page Mr. Stedman, a n d Si gnor ' Nappi. An efficient chorus. Booking, &c., at the Hall, King William-street, Strand, from Ten to Five, or Tickets of Musicsellers. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-strpct, Piccadilly. These elegant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of monster concerts cele brity. The band IS selected from the Cry'tal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ls. Manager—lL GRENET. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE..— The GilosT i new version—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN— Grand DivertissemPnt—Favourite Onera Selections —NICO SIA, the eminent iolinist —RAM' A.E uDE SOLLA. the Infant Tenor—LANG LOIS, the Great Juggler, Every Evening. Doors oxen at 7—commence at half-past 7. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great _EA) Musical Attraction Immense success of SIGNOR, Iv ICOSIA, the eminent, Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. ESTABLISHED 1833. OWDEN'S 1E RATED GINGER BEER, in It glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade. So4 , a-water, .'otass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Vaters,—Manulactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drary-lane, DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the car, not perceptib e, removes singing- noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country).—A GENTLEMAN is willing. to MAKE ADVANCES of CASH, without delay, to respectable person (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on.—Apply (it by letter enc'ose four stamps) to W., at Mr. Robertson's, Accountant, 40, Kim; Wit' lam-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. The Right Hon, Sir E. B. Lytton at Hitchin. HITCEIIN, Thursday. 1 The annual meeting of 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, &o. 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 elation 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, stie 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., E&q. W. BANEP., Esq., proposed "The bishop and clergy of the diocese," which was responded to by the Rev. L. Tinsley. " The health of the Lord-Lieutenant of the county " (the Earl of Vcrulam) 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 CHAlRMAN—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 bo usefully urged upon the advantage of securing particular occasions for the competition of skill and 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 aro few ne wspaper readers who do not honour with some kindly attention the reports of their proeeedings. (Cheers.) With respect 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 of retrogr ess i on . a nything 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 had—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 not 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 nati on in its doaaestic 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, hear.) Now it is a very cheering sign for cur 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 looki ng 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 squally favourabl e . (Hear, heal.) And we are aseured by statistical calculations that, on any average of previous years, taking good and bad eeasons, impartially, the fields are now yielding many more bushels of corn per acre than they have done within any co mparatively recent period, (Hear,