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171URNI ['UBE, UARI'ETS, BEDDING, and
FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in
the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First•class
goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to
Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select
from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground.
Every article warranted.
CLERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR-
LUSH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett ana
Co are publishing* an entirely New Edition of their un-
equalled HOUSE FURNIsHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo
adm,-able engravings of every description of Furniture and
t;easteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gt ells and
post-free on application. This costly work also contains
complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised
scale ;
A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0
An Eight-roomed ditto
A Ten-ro ailed ditto
A Twelve-roomed ditto

Woldga was fourth, close up ; Myrtle fifth, Vivid sixth;
and Almack next. Then camo at wide intervals Crytheia,
'Lora, Biondella, Hersey filly, and Echo. The last lot were
Soapstone, Isca, Baliverue, and Balornock.
The Buckenhara Stakes of 304 sovs. ench, h. ft. ; colts, Bst
10lb; fillies, Bat 71b, T.Y.C. 3 subs.
Mr Merry's Cantata, Bst 10lb .............. (Fordham) 1
Mr Saxon's Bonnie Lass,
Betting-5 to 4on Bonnie Lass.
Bst. ............... (Midgley) 2

The Chain Cable Testing Bill,

The indefatigable exertions of Mr John Laird,
M.P., to secure the safety of our mariners by making
the public testing of chains and anchors compulsory
have at length been brought to a successful issue.
The Chain•cable and Anchor-v.:sting, Bill is now
fairly in operation, the Board of Trade having ap-
pointed Mr Robt, Galloway, of London, inspecting
engineer under its provisions. Mr Galloway has
already paid an official visit to the powerful chain-
testing machine eructed at great expense by the
Mersey Board at Birkenhead, and, after a careful
inspection, he pronounced the Machinery excellen'
and the arrangements most complete. The Birken
head establishment is considered the most perfec•
in the country, and it will confer an immense benE fit
on shipping by thoroughly testing that portion of
the outfit on which the safety of a vessel and all on
board so frequently depends. It would be immensely
for the public good if machines of a similar power-
ful quality were erected in other places.

Cantata cut out the work into the cords, where he was
headed by Bonnie Liss, who retained her advantage to
within a few strides of the chair, when Fordham came with
a rush and landed the non-favourite the NI inner by half a
length. _ _

Together with a ?rice List of purified Bedding, and a mass
of valuable informationto all requiring Irmiseh3ld furniture,
.•arpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy-
men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton,
Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth,
Wells. Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder-
minster, Wellington, Croydon, Cambridge, Staines, Dorking,
St. Aiban's„ Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's,
Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great
Brita:r...
COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford-
bridge, London, S.E.

S icepstakes of 10 soya each; for 2-3l—Ads, Gat 101 b; 3-
yi-Ads, Bst 101 b; 4-yr-olds and uOvards, 9st 31b. The
winner to bo sold for 50 sous if demanded, T.Y.C.

Four subs.
Lord Stamford's Gownsman, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b (A. Edwards) 1
Mr Perry's Goldylocks, 3 yrs, Bst 10lb (W. Boyce) 2
Mr W. Day's Tribune filly, 2 yrs, 6st 101 b (S. Adams) 3
Betting— 6 to 4 on Tribute filly, and 9 to 4 agst Goldy-

Goldylocks cut out the work to tbereords, where she was
headed by Gownsman, who came on with a clear lead, and
won easily by four lengths. „ . - -
The Grand Duke Michael Stakes of 50 says. each, for 3-yr-
olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; filres, Bst 611 r. The winner of the
Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, or St. Leger to carry 7th
extra; maiden horses allowed 51b. The second horses to

ATLANTIC and GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY.
NEW YORK DIVISION, SECOND MORTGAGE BONDS.
PENNSYLVANIA. DIVISION, FIRST MORTGAGE

The chain and anchor manufacturers of the Wear
are combining for the formation of a company to
erect a chain and anchor teat in Sunderland, to
comply with the new rules of Lloyd's. The
building and machinery, it is estimated, will cost
from £5,000 to £7,000. Lloyd's rules are already
in force, but to relieve the Wear manufacturers
from the difficulty they were in owing to the want
of a test, the authorities have agreed to accept certi-
ficates from the present test, under proper inspec-
tion, for a period of three months. At the end of
that time the rules will be rigorously enforced, and
if there be no test completed the manufacturers must
either shut up shop or send all their produce to be
tested on the Tyne.

BONDS.

Interest payable let October, at the Consolidated Bank
(Limited).

The COUPONS from the above BONDS will be PAID on
the Ist October, at the rate of 4s. to the dollar, and must be
left two clear days at the Office of the Company, No. 2, Old
Broad-street, London, E.C., for examination. If sent by post,
a cheque for the amount will be remitted in course,
2, Old Broad-street, Lon on, E.C., Sept., 1864.

save his stake. A.F. 16 subs.
Mr W. S. Cartwright's Ely, Bst 101 b (Custance) 1
Mr Bowes's Baragab, Bst 101 b .............. (Ashmall) 2
Mr Sutton's Skeffingten, Bst 101 b ............ (Thomas) 3
Betting-2 to lon Ely, and 3to
1 agst Baragah.
The favourite, with a slight lead of Baragah, made the
running into the dip, when he,,,gradtially drew away, and
won very easily by a fength.. Skeifington was beaten off a
long wak.4

(From the

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street, Bloomsbury, whose experience has enabled him to
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means, and which are so perfectly efficient.

BETTING AT MIDNIGHT.
cEBAREWITCH STAKES.
11 to 1 agst Calista colt (taken)
100 to 7 agst Gratitude (taken)
100 to 6 agat Thalestris (taken)
20 to 1 agst Mail Train (taken)
20 to 1 agst Fanfreluche (taken)
30 to 1 agst Fantail (taken)
30 to 1 agst Dr. Syntax (taken)
50 to 1 agst Myrtle (taken)
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
33 to 1 agst Giant:(taken)
40 to 1 agst Stockinger (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Moulsoy (taken)
1000 to 15 agat Mahometan (taken)

The report adopted at the annual meeting in
London of the General Shipowners' Society, on
August 2, states that " the bill mentioned in the
previous report, which was introduced into Par-
liament last session by the hon. member for Birken.
head, having for its object the regulating, the
proving, and sale of chain cable and anchors, was,
for several reasons, withdrawn. Early in the session
of the present a bill for similar objects was intro-
duced into the House of Commons, which bill has
now, after considerable opposition, passed the Legis-
lature and come into operation. Your committee
regret that the provisions of this bill, conferring

THE DERBY.
30 to 1 agst Archimedes (taken)

City Sewers Comniiksion,

°were on the Board of Trade to grant licences, did
not cor.fine the testing of the cables and anchors to
public machines, instead of extending it also to
private persons.' It is still, however, in the power
of shipowners and others to have their cables and
anchors tested at public establishments should
they prefer it. And no ship can now be classed
with the figure 1, in Lloyd's register of shipping,
unless provided with anchors and chains proved at
a public machine. On the whole, your committee
regard the measure as a benefit conferred, not only
on shipowners but on the public interest in general,
affording as it does protection to life and propertyen..
gaged in maritime commerce; and they would em-
brace this opportunity of expressing the deep sense
entertained by them of the obligations which they
and the shipping interest must feel to the hon.
member, Mr Lckird. who not only brought the bill
into Parliament, but by his personal exertions
greatly contributed to carrying this important mea-
sure to a successful issue."

The Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London mat
yesterday at Guildhall for the despatch of public business,
Henry do Jersey, Esq., ecputy, presided.
After the despatch of some formal matters, a memorial
signed by a number of the inhabitants of Aldei•sgato Ward,
was read, complaining of the want of light In Aldersgate-
street. The matter was referred to the General Purposes
Committee for consideration and repoit.
An application by a Mr Percival for permission to apply
a newly-invented carburetor to the public lamps of the City,
and which, it was said, would be the means of effecting a
great saving to the ratepayers while giving. a good light to
the lamps, was referred to the Special Gas Committee.
One of the contractors to the Commission was fined XS
for neglecting to cleanse certain thoroughfares in his district.
SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENT AT THE JUNCTION OF LUD
GATE-HILL, BRIDGE-STREET, FLEET-STREET, AND
FARRINGDON. STREET.
The Engineer to the Commission, Mr Was. HAYWOOD,
presented to the Court the folios ing report :
" To the Honourable the Commissioners of Sewers of the
City of London.

" Gentlemen,—lt has been arranged with the London,
Chatham, and Dover Railway Company that the Commis-
sion shall, under certain conditions, purchase of the com-
pany ground belonging to them, sa as to make Ludgate-
hill, west of the point where the railway bridge will cross
that street, 60 feet in width.
"The time for making final arrangements as to this
widening is now approaching, and it appears to me upon con-
sideration that a favourable opportunity presents itself for
effecdng a larger and infire important improv, went at that
spot, by which the mixing of the traffic, which is now incon-
venient and even dangerous to pedestrians as well as to
vehicles, may be greatly reduced, if not altogether prevented.
"By the plan which I beg to lay before yotiit is proposed
to form a circus 160 feet in diameter at the junction of Lud-
gate-hill, Bridge-street, Fleet-street, and Farringdon-street;
to make a resting place in the centre of the &rcus, and thus
to cause the traffic going in any direction to travel round it
to get to the opposite side.
The obelisks are to be set back, resting places aro to bo
formed round them so as to facilitate the crossing of foot
passengers, and further to regulate the cerriage traffic.
"As the whole of the property on the Ludgate-hill side
of the circus is to be removed, the commission will only have
to acquire such vacant ground as may
be requisite, and one
half of the circus can be earried out very shortly. It will be
to the traffic, in itself a great easement even if the other
side be not completed. -
" To complete the western half of the circus three houses
only would have to be taken down ; these the commission
can acquire under the powers of its act,
should it approve of
the plan, and be able to obtain the funds to carry it out.e
cinsi cr
" Submitting this to th - •d ation of your honour-
able Court,

There are other gentlemen too, besides Mr Laird,
to whom the cha:nmakers and the public owe many
thanks for their energy and devotion in the agita-
don for the establishment of a compulsory proof.
Foremost amongst these is Mr John Trotinan, the
inventor of the patent anchor. The wreck of the
Royal Charter proved to Mr Trotraan the greo in
terest the c( u it ry had in abolishing the sale of in-
ferior eagles. He wrote to newspapers, discussed
the question with pi actical men, and corresponded
with the operative chainmakers, who seven'
months previous to the wreck of the Royal Char-
ter had issued a circular describing the inferior cha-
racter of much of the chain that was manufac-

Lured, and otherwise aided in bringing about the
passing of the bill.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

MALTA, Sept. 22.
Her Majesty's despatch steamer Psyche left
Malta on the 15th September with despatches for
the Naval Commander-in-Chief, and mails for the
ships of war accompanying him, which reached
Casteliamare, in the Bay of Naples, on the 10th.
Mr Nugent, the flag.lienienant of Rear-Admiral
Austin, end Mrs Nugent and child, were passen-
gers by the Pbyche, which returned to Malta with
despatches and mails for England on the 21st of
September. Her Majesty's screw steam corvette
Racer, left on the 15th for Cape Ras-el-Tien, in the
Peshalic of Beng4zi, to assist the Fanny Lambert
in lifting, splicing, and repairing the cable between
this last named port and Alexandria. Mr Gibson,
the Government Inspector of Telegraphs, went by
the Racer. Her Majesty's screw steam gunboat
Wanderer arrived on the 16th from Z inte. Her
Majesty's screw steam gunboat Foxhound left on
the 19th for Gibraltar and Spithead, having been
upwards of four years in commission. Her Ma-
jesty's screw line of-battle ship Meeanee arrived on
the 21st from Gibraltar, with supernumeraries for
the squadron, brought out as far as Gibraltar by
the Warrior. The French steam frigate Cacique,
having on board their Highnesses the Prince and
Princess Lucien Murat and family, left Malta for
the Piraeus of Athens on the 13th of September. The
Ottoman steam frigate Feizi Bahri left for Alex-
andria and Constantinople on the 14th of Sept. The
Russian screw steam frigate Ileg arrived at
.Malta
from the Pincus on the 16th of Sept., and imme.
diately saluted the garrison. Zhcsalute was not re-
turned until 14 hours after, which gave great um.
brage, and is said to have been the subject of an
official complaint. She put to sea again on the even-
ing of the 19th for Cadiz, Cherbourg, and Cron-
stadt. A Confederate war steamer, bark rigged,

Lremain, your obedient servant,
(Signed) " WILLIAM HAYWOOD."
Tho CHAIRMAN explained the nature of the suggested
improvement, which ho thought was one of the
greatest
importance t,) the public-.
In answer to a question,
Mr llANwoon said h e had every reflect) to believe that
the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway would be dis-
posed to give their assistance to the carrying out of the im-
provement. _ .

lic importance, and thou
Mr GREEN considered the subject to be one of great pub-
be referred to the Improvement Committee to consider and
report. Ire would therefore move to that effect.
Mr U. WALTEu seconded the motion, and it was put and
pub-
ought it was desirable that it should
agreed to.

SANATORY STATE OF TILE CITY.
Dr LETHEBY, the medical officer of health for the My,
reported on the state of 273 houses that were inspected
during the past week, and he submitted a list of 49 places
where the orders of the Court had not been complied with,
and ho recommended that the landlords should be summoned
before the justices. lie likewise submitted three certificates
of the filthy condition of the houses Nos. 6,7, and 8 W ide•
gate-street, in order that they might be registered as com•
mon lodging houses.
The markets and slaughter houses had been duly in-
spected, and the officers had conde.nned 1,7821 b. of meat as
unfit for human food. It consisted of 19 sheep, 6 pigs, 8
quarters of beef, and 6 joints of meat; 1,3051 b. were dis-
eased, 4391 b. were from animals that had died from natural
causes, and the rest was putrid.
Dr LETHEBY added that the mortality returns for the
City had not been delivered, and could not therefore be re
ported upon.

PRICE ...... ...4d.
STAMPED ....sd.

of the new description of box target at Shoebury-
ness havo returned to Chatham, it being nearly
ready for experimental testing. The target, which
has been constructed on an entirely new principle,
will be tested undcr the direction of the Ordnance
l.ielect Committee.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Commander T. A. Swinburne
to be an inspector commander of the coast, vice J.
C. Campbell, whose period of service has expired ;
the Rev. E. Good to be chaplain of the Achilles;
the Rev. E. L. Bowman to be chaplain of the Tra-
falgar, vice'good, whose period of three years' home
service has expired ; the Rev. H. Parminton to be
chaplain and navel instructor of the Aboukir, vice
Howe, deceased ; the Rev. D. E. Domviile to be
chaplain and naval instructor of the Britannia, vice
Parminton, whose period of three years' home service
has expired, and complement of ship having been
altered; the Rev. G. W. R. Incledon to be chaplain
and naval instructor of the Aurora, vice Doraville ;
the Rev. W. H. Holman to be chaplain of the Fora
midable, and the Rev. H. A. Middleton to the
Frederick William, those officers having been allowed
to exchange ; C. H. S. Leicester to be naval in-
structor to the Achilles ; C. L. Giles, paymaster, to
the Wellesley; and Josh. Whittall, paymaster, to
the Hawke.

The Rebellion in China.

Times Correspondent.) .
SHANGHAI, Aug. 4.
The Taeping rebellion has at length been brought
o a close, and the question as to whether our policy
should be one of intervention or non-intervention
effectually set at rest, at least for a time. Nankin
fell into the hands of the Imperialists, after several
days' fighting, on the 19th inst., together with the
principal rebel leaders. The Tien-wang, the rebel
Emperor, avoided the pain of witnessing this final
disaster by taking gold-leaf two days previously.
When the besiegers commenced their attack the
Chung.wang escaped, with the Tien.wang's young
son and several others, but was taken, having given
up his pony to the young Prince; the Kan-wang,
who has frequently been mentioned by visitors to
Nankin as the Shield King, is also a prisoner.
Whether it be that recent information by spies of
the miserable state of the garrison induced the Im-
perialist leaders to shake off the apathy in the hope
of an easy (Inquest, or whether Gordon's instruc-
tions during his recent visit showed them that their
task was easier than they anticipated, they shortly
after his visit began 'to show signs of unwonted
vigour. A breach of 120 feet in width was made
in the outer wall, by the explosion of a mine near the
east gate, containing above 60,0001 b of powder, and
by the 19th, the whole city was in their hands.
The news reached Pekin on the 24th, having been
forwarded by couriers, at the rate of more than 100
miles a day. Few details have yet been received
of the .losing scenes of the siege, so I am only able
to give you a brief outline of the occurrences. Nan-
kin, as is well known, was defended by three walls—
an outer wall, a second surrounding the Tartar city,
and a third which had been constructed round the
Tien-wang's Palace. The Tartar city was not gar-
risoned by the rebels, so the assailants had only two
lines of defence to attack. An assault was made
on the outer wall at dawn on the 18th, and
before noon it had been carried at every part, and
the garrison bad fallen back within the inner line
if fortifications. The steamer Confucius, which is
under charter to the Shangtung guild of merchants
at Shanghai, ohancad to be lying off Nankin at the
time, and rendered efficient service by engaging
two strong batteries that the rebels had erected
g the river, and which had hitherto defied the
distant Lilies 'of the Imperialist gunboats. The
Confucius, which is commanded by an American,
nad been sent up by the Chinese authorities to con-
vey treasure to the Imperialist troops, and Captain
R awee deemed he would be rendering them agree-
able service by availing himself of the opportunity
ff,red to lied them the aid of other metal which he
carried as well. Her 18 pounders soon made the
batteries untenable for the rebels, who abandoned
them after half an holies sharp engagement during
which the Confucius lost two men killed and had a

third wounded, and the Imperialist gunboats came
up and took possession. The troops, on their
part, lest very little time in following up their
first success; the second line of dtLeice was ate
tacked and carried before daylight on the fol-
lowing morning, and by the evening of the
19th all Nankin was in their hands. The
fortifications which. had been' erected round the
Fien-wang's palace are said to have been defended
with desperation; but the garrison was too weak
to resist the large forces that the Imperialists were
able to bring against thern,and the latter soon t Elected
an entrance by battering down one cf the gates.
The first sight which met the victors on entering
the palace was the corpse of the Tien-wang, lying
evidently in the position in which he had died, and
the bodies of a number of his wives hanging from
the trees in the garden. The Kan-wang was here
arrested, and with the Chung-wang, whose capture
1 have already alluded to, now lies a prisoner in the
house of the Imperialist commander, awaiting sen-
tence from Pekin. Chung-wang estimates the
strength of the rebel garrison at from 18,000 to
20,000, and does not attempt to disguise the straits
to which they were reduced. He is said to be intent
on writing his life. There can be little doubt that he
will be condemned to death ; indeed, it would be
unwise on the part of the Government to set so fa-
mous a leader at liberty, as his name would attract
thousands of the disaffected from every part of the
empire if he chose again to raise the standard of
rebellion. Of the garrison, part escaped, and
cart were made prisoners, It does not seem that
any excesses were committed by the Imperialist
soldiery, as has been the case on other occasions.
The city is miserably dilapidated, and the
streets were full of the bodies of persons who
had evidently died of starvation. No loot

is reported by Capt. Browne, of the bark Craw- of value was found, except the Tien-wang's seal,
fords, which arrived yesterday from Newcastle, to which was ofsolid gold, and weighing 301 b. Neither
have been fallen in with by him between Pantel- Tsan-kwo-fan, the Viceroy of the two Kiangs, nor
leria and Gozo on the afternoon of the 20th of Sept the Futsi, was present at the capture. The forlu-
tember. A large Federal merchant ship, with nate commander is Tsan-kwo-tsun, brother of the
wheat, from Taganrog for Malta, for orders, and Viceroy, who is not unlikely to got the Futaiship
several fruit ships homeward bound, from Smyrna, of this province as a reward. The present Futai
are known to be on their voyage, and may possibly will probably be speedily promoted to a Viceroyalty,
be the game for which the Confederate war steamer and as he has established a reputation for talent in
is seeking. crushing rebellion, a part of the empire which is
The iron frigate Achilles, 20, 6,121 tons, 1,250 infested by other bands of brigands will no doubt
horse power, Capt. B. W. Vansittart, will only re- be selected as his new scene of action. There are
ceive a portion of her officers and crew at Chatham, plenty such—Fokhein, Kiangsi, Tze-chnen, Honan,
the remainder of the ship's company joining on the Shensea Kansuh, are all more or less disturbed by
frigate arriving at Spithead. It was originally in- hordes of Nien-feis—as these bands of robbers are
tended not to commission the Achilles until she termed—so numerous and formidable that they
arrived at Portsmouth, but as it was essential that almost deserve the name of rebels. Disturbance and
she should be completed and sent to sea before the brigandage are the normal conditions of China, and
winter, it was considered that a portion of her erne at the present moment Kiang-su and Che-keang,
cers and crew, as well as the whole of her Marines, lately the scene of so severe a struggle, are pro.
should join to hasten the work of fitting her. The bably the most tranquil provinces in the empire.
following officers who have been appointed to the But, whatever other disturbances may exist, the
Achilles have already joined and taken up their Taeping rebellion may now be fully said to be sub-
commissions :—Capt. E. W. Vansittart ; Commane clued, since the Emperor is dead, end all its noted
der W. H. Mist ; R. L. Cleveland, master ; G. P. o'liefs in the hands of the Imperialists.
A. Drew, surgeon ;G. R. Pickthorn, M.D., assist.- Nankin will now be opened to foreign trade. it
surg. ; 11. N. M. Sedgwick, acting assist.-Eurg, ; was not named in our treaty, but the sixth f,rticlo
J. Leye, chief engineer ; W. H. Elliott, G. L. P. D. of the French treaty stipulated that French sub-
Koehn, and T. Richards, engineers; H. It. Lloyd, jects should be allowed to establish themselves
assist. clerk ; J. Barnett, E. J. Murphy, It. 11. there directly it was re-covered from the rebels;
Trubshaw, J. Phillips, J. Shore, and M. A. Fothere and under the " most favoured nation" clause in the
gill, In accordance with the decision of th© Lords treaties with England and America, subjects of
of the Admiralty, the present rig of the Achilles those countries will enjoy the same privilege. The
will be altered to one of a lighter description, the privilege, however, \via certainly for a long time b
whole of the ships composing the iron clad squadron a barren one, and even in the end is not likely to be
being intended to carry a fore and aft rig. The worth much. The city is a heap of ruins, with the
work of completing the iron clad frigate being now exception of the small corner occupied by the
nearly completed, 100 of the mechanics and work- rebels ; even the Palace of the Tien-wang has been
men employed on the Achilles have been trans- burnt, and years will elapse before it can approache
fereed to the Bellerophon, building at Chatham. nearly to its former size. The country immediately
The workmen from Chatham dockyard who have surrounding it is a desert,and what trade there is in
been employed for some weeks past in the erection produce with the neighbouring districts flows to