The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-08 00:00:00

DIRECTORS.

F. M. Hayward, Esq., 32, ,Norge-street, Hanover-square.
Major B4mford, 6, Sutherland-street, Belgrave-square.
Frederick Angeratein, Esq., 133, S.oane-street, and Carlton

Club.
Frank Cole, Esq., 76, Gower-street, Bedford-square.
T. Littlewood, Esq , Broom Hall, bheffield.
J. Stevens, Esq„ 6z, Cornhill.
With power to add to their number.
BANKERS.
The English and Irish Bank (Limited), 25, Poultry, E.C.

SOLICITOR.
Charles Parke, Esq , 37, Moorgate-street, B.C.
AUDITOR.
Mr. S. T. Cooper, Public Accountant, 10, Basinghall-
street, E.C.
SECRETARY—Mr. C. H. Baker.
MANAGER OF WORKS-11r. James Lane.
Temporary Works—Arthur-terrace, Holloway.
Offices —No. 1, Sun-court, Cornhill.
ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS.
This Company is formed for the purpose of manufacturing
Cocoa-Nut F.bre Mats and Matting, under Letters Patent
granted to George Davies, dated the 24th April, 1862.
The principal feature of Davies's Invention consists in the
improved pile of the mat, and, owing to the mode of weaving-,
great durability is given to the fabric at a reduced cost of
man.uf acture.
• The superiority of articles manufactured by this process
over the present method will be well understood in the trade
when it is stated that matting of all descriptions, and car-
riage and door mats, &c., have a thick fibrous pile upon the
surface hitherto unattained.

If no allotment be made, the deposit will be returned in
full.
Specimens of the new and improved manufacture may be
seen at the offices of the Company, where applications for
prospectuses and shares may be made.

THE LIFE ASSOCIATION OF ENGLAND
(Limited).
(Incorporated under " the Companies Act, 1862.")
40, Graceehurch-street, London.
Capital, Half-a-Million Sterling, in shares of 45 each.
First issue, 25,000 shares.
Deposit, ss. per share on application, ss. on allotment, and
probably 10s. not less than three months after, beyond
which no further Call is contemplated.
DIRECTORS.
George Buchanan, Esq. (G. Buchanan and Co., 25, Bucklers-
bury).
George Chambers, Esq. (Director, London and Hamburg
Exchange Bank).
Major Fred. Ditmas (late H.M. Madras Engineers), Croydon.
Edward F. Elliot, Esq. (late Chief Magistrate of Madras), The
Mount, Harrow-on-the-Hill.
Patrick P. Gordon, Esq. (Chairman Eastern Bengal Tea Co.).
E. Bassett Keeling, Esq., M.R.I. 8.A., Gray's-inn, W.C.
Francis Lascelles, Esq. (late Civil and Sessions Judge in
In dial.
Lewis Munro, Esq. (late H.M. Bengal Army), Cavendish
Club, W.
George Peacock, Esq. (Australian Merchant), 1, Lime-street-
square. London, E.C.
Charles G. Prowett, Esq. (Barrister at Law), 5, King's Bench-
walk, Temple.

CONSULTING REFEREE.

William Farr, Esq.,, General Register

Office, SOmerseCHouse,

BANKERS.

England—The London and County Bank, Head Office and
Brav ches.
Scotland—The National Bank of Scotland, Head Office and

Branches. - -----
Ireland—The Provincial Bank of Ireland, Head Office and

Branches. -
India—The Agra and United Service Bank.

SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Wilkinson, Stevens, and Wilkinson, Nicholas. lane

Lombhrd-street,
MANAGER AND ACTUARY—W. J. Fred. Norfolk, Eeq.
SECRETARY—M. J. Mac Cormack, Esq.

The Directors of the Life Association of England having
secured the influence of very valuable connections throughout
the United Kingdom, in most of the Colonies of the British
Empire, and several Continental countries, and having re-
ceived promises of subscriptions for a large number of shares,
will enter upon the business of Life Assurance on the 15th
July next, on which day a compete prospectus, detailing the
plan of the Company's operations, and containing tables of
rates, will be Issued to the public.
Arrangements also have already been absolutely made by
which a large business will be acquired by the Company at
once and further negotiations to the same end are far ad-
vanced.

The Directors will further carry out an entire reconstruc-
tion of the system cf Life Assurance, on a plan devised by
their Consulting Referee, by which the Association's business
transactions will be rendered perfectly equitable in opera-
tion, and afford the best security, whilst the Association will
be placed in the best condition to fulfil its future engage-
ments. The plan in question will be well adapted to the
wants of the people, affording all the aivantages of present
Life Offices, and some of those of a Bank. It will also ope-
rate at less risk, less expense, and lower premiums than
offices ordinarily constituted.
The Directors, therefore, confidently anticipate a very
handsome dividend from the first year of business opera-
tions. _ _ _

N°. 22,161

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CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD.
C REAP EDITION.

The value of Insurance Shares as an Investment, evidenced
by the large premiums to which most of them have gradually
risen, and the handsome and increasing dividends and
bonuses which have been paid upon them, is a fact so well
ascertained and acknowledged as to need no comment.
Interest will be paid upon the capital at 5 per cent. per
annum, until a dividend of larger amount shall have accrued.
The liability of the shareholders is limitei to the amount
unpaid on their shares.

This day is published,
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A New Edition, complete in One Vol., price ss.
11.
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THE RECTOR; and
THE DOCTOR'S FAMILY.
In One Vol., Post Octavo, price 10s. 6d.
Originally published in " Blackwood's Magazine."
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MR. CHURCH'S New Picture, thb ICEBERGS,
painted from studies made in the Northern Seas in
the summer of 1859.—German Gallery, 168, Ne w.liond-street,
W. Admission, ls.

FRENCH GALLERY, 120, Pall-mall.—The
TENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of PICTURES,
the Contributions of Artists of the French and Flemish
Schools, is NOW OPEN. Admission, is. Catalogue, 6d.

T H 0 X F OR D,
6, OXFORD STREET.

Will be performed Selections from the following Operas :

I.A. CIRCASSIENNE, MARTHA, and
MASANIELLO.

Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Ellison
Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, and

W. Eians, with full band and chorus.
Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans.
Drew Dean's Flute Solos
Master Sanders, the Juvenile Vocalist.
UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes.

Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the marvellous
ARTHUR and BERTRAND.

The HALL has been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and
s now one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis.

CANTERBURY HALL AND
FINE ARTS GALLERY.
NOTICE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT.
The Last Two Weeks of the' Marvellous ARTHUR and
BERTRAND, the Two French Clowns.

ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque
him. Drama, arranged expressly
for

SAM COLLINS, with new Songs.
UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator.
EUGENE, and TAYLOR.

GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and
CANTATAS.

Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green,
Signor Bernardi, and Signor Tivoli.

Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans.
Admission—Hall, ed. ; stalls and balcony, is.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE; The
RISARELIS, in an entirely new Performance of their
own invention, EVERY EVENING during the Week.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. - The
FAIRY FOUNTAIN EVERY EVENING, at Half-
past Ten o'clock.

AMERICA.

(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)

THE RAID INTO EAST TENNESSEE.
(Official report from Col. Saunders.)
CINCINNATI, Thursday, June 25.

The following despatch has been received by
Major-Gen. Burnside from the expedition sent into
East Tennessee :

ROYAL ALHAMBRA P A LACE.—The
MAORI WARRlORS.—Unprecedented Attraction—
The Maori Chi( fs, who arrived from Australia on board the
Dover Castle on the 22d June, will give a REPRESENTA-
TION of VARIOUS SCENES of NATIVE LIFE EVERY
EVENING. The Maori War Dance—The Maori Game

BOSTON, June 23.

I arrived here with my command at 11 o'clock
this morning. I struck the railroad at Lenoir, de-
stroyed the road up to Knoxville, and made a
demonstration against Knoxville, so as to have the
troops drawn from above. I then destroyed the
railroad track, and started for Strawberry Plains.
I burnt the State'Creek Bridge, 312 feet long, and
the Strawberry Plain Bridge, 1,600 feet long, also
the Massey Creek Bridge, 325 feet long.
I captured three pieces of artillery, some 200
boxes of artillery ammunition, over 500 prisoners,
and 100 stands of arms.

I destroyed a large amount of salt, sugar, flour,
meal, saltpetre, and one saltpetre work, and other

stores.

My command are much fatigued. We have had
but two nights' sleep since leaving Williamsburgh.
The rebel force in East Tennessee is larger than
I had supposed,
I did not attack London Bridge for reasons that
I will explain.
At Massey Creek I determined to return into the
mountains. I had very great difficulties that were
unexpected. I found the Gap, through which I
intended to return, strongly guarded with artillery
and infantry ; a force was also following in our
rear. I then determined to cross at Smith's Gap,
which I did.

I will report more fully as soon as possible.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
S. H. SAUNDERS, Colonel Commanding.
The following are the latest detailed despatches
from Pennsylvania end Maryland
Yarmouth, N.S., Friday, Juna 26.—The packet
schooner Monitor, from Boston, reports as follows—
" At 12 o'clock last night, 30 miles west by south of
Yarmouth, fell in with a large ship, burned to the
water's edge, name unknown. She was still burn-
ing, and in tow of two Westport schooners. At 4
o'clock this morning, saw a steamer standing south-
wardly ; she partially changed her course and speed
two or three times. Saw a similar looking steamer
on Wednesday, 70 miles east of Cape Ann, standing
north-east."

Portland, Me., June 26.—The schooner Julia
Elens, from the Bay of Fundy, arrived to-day, and
reports a large steamer, a barque, and a three-
masted schooner, at the mouth of the bay, destroy-
ing vessels. They had burned the schooner Archer,
of Southport, and bonded a barque—name un-
known. Fishing vessels arrived here report a large
rebel steam barque and a three-masted schooner off
Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, burning our fishing ves-
sels. They spoke the ship Angine, of Boston, which
had been captured and bonded for 80,000 dole., and
was bound for New York with the crews of three
burned fishing vessels.
Boston, Friday, June 26.—The schooner Vision,
at WeMeet, reports that on Tuesday last, at 3 p.m.,
12 miles S.S.W. of the South Shoal Light, saw a
side-wheeled steamer of about 700 tons on fire. Re-
mained by her until she sunk. Could not ascertain
her name.

of Philadelphia, or Florida, No. 2. I was invited into the
cabin, and the crew were sent below. I found on board
Captain Robinson, of the ship Byzantium, burnt that
morning. The Good Speed was in flames at 8p m. The
privateer then stood to north-east all night, and at 10 a.m.
of the 22d saw the fishing schooner Marengo, which crew
was also brought on board and the schooner burned. Dur-
ing this time there was a thick fog and little wind. At 5
p m. the fog lifted, when we found ourselves in a fleet of
fishing vessels. Three of them were burnt—schooners
Elizabeth Atli, Captain Thomas; Rufus Choate, Captain
Smith; and schooner Ripple, Gearing. The schooner
Florence, Captain Gardner, was then captured and bonded,
and we were all put on board of her to proceed to New York.
At 9 p.m., being short of water, a portion of the men left at
No-Man's-Land. We then proceeded to New York, where
we arrived on the 26th.

Gloucester, Cape Ann, June 26.—The schooner
Crusader has just arrived from the Fishing Banks,
and reports that on Thursday at 11 a.m., twenty-
five miles from Chatham, heard heavy
firing, supposed to be from a U. S. gunboat, which
passed here the evening previous.
Gloucester, June 26.—The fishing schooner Van-
guard has arrived here from the Banks, and makes
the following report :
" On Tuesday, saw the schooner Wanderer, of
Gloucester, on fire on the west end of George's.
At the same time, thirty fishermen were in sight.
Saw nothing of the pirate."

- Launching the War Canoe—Maori Wrestling—The Maori
Double War Dance, &c., dm Commencing at Half-past Nine
o'clock.

The
The Local Boards in the principal Cities and Towns of the
United Kingdom will be selected from the most influential
shareholders.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GAL-
LERY-27 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street.—CON-
TlN UATION of EARLY ENGLIS R KINGS and QUEENS,
in appropriate costumes (studied from ancient manuscripts)
—E iward 111., Queen Phdippa, and Edward the Black
Prince, in a magnificent suit of armour, by Granger, of Paris,
which has elicited the highest encomiums. Open from 1t in
the morning till 10 at night. Admission, Is ; extra rooms, 6d.

The sum the Directors have agreed to pay on account of
preliminary expenses is merely sufficient to recoup the actual
expenditure, which has been regulated throughout with the
strictest reg and to economy.
Prospectuses and all other information may be obtained
from, and applications for the remaining shares, and for
Agencies, may be made to, the Secretary, at the Office of the
Company, or the Bankers, Solicitors, and Brokers before
mentioned.

THE LONDON and AFRICAN TRADING
COMPANY (Limited).
Capital £500,000, in 203,000 shares of £25 each.
First Issue, 4,000 shares.
Deposit on Application, £1 per Share. Payment on Allot-
ment, £1 per Share. No Call to exceed £5, and an interval
of not less than three months between each Call.
Should less than two-thirds of the Shares be applied for, the
Deposit money will be immediately returned in full.
The Liability of the Shareholders is limited to the amount of
their Shares, the Company being registered under the
" Companies Act, 1862,' with Limited Liability.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
VICTOR F. WEBER, Esq.. of Messrs Weber and Biddulph,
18, Philpot-lane, London, Chairman.
D avid hinery, Esq., African merchant, 155, Fenchurch-street,
London.
William Vaughan Morgan, Esq, Messrs. Morgan Brothers,
Bow-lane, London.
J. Irving Pascoe, Esq., Beresford House, Highbury New
Park, London.
H. Seligmaun, Esq., of Messrs. Seiigmann and Haarbleicher,
Manehei ter.
C. Sevin, Esq., of Messrs. Sevin, Chinery, and Co., 155, Pen-
church-street, London, and Sfax (Tunis), and Badagry and
Lagos, West Africa.
Benjamin S. Smith, }7, Messrs. Smith Brothers and Co.,
6, Crosby-square, London.
H. Southwood Smith, Esq Little Stanhope-street, Mayfair,
London.

With power to add to their number.
BANKERS.—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths.
SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Howard, Dollman, and Lowther, 14:

FelletliCii-stret.
STOCKBROKERS.—London h : Messrs.e
Fenn and Crosthwaite,
3, Royal Exchange-buildings.
Temporary Offices—Colonial louse, Fenchurch-street, City.
This Company is formed to carry on a trade with the na-
tives on the West Coast ef Africa, by bartering Manchester,
Glasgow, Birmingham, and other manufactured goods, for
Palm Oil, Cotton, Ivory, Ground Nuts, and the various pro-
ducts of that great continent ; to throw open to the public
the benefit of that which has hitherto been a close and pro-
fitable trade to a few, and, by extending its operations into
the interior, to spread at the same time the benefiotal influ-
ence of commerce and civilisation amongst its dense and active
population.

(From the Boston Transcript, June 25.)

fti;;;;Z known that the African trade, particularly on
the great rivers, has hitherto been exclusive, and that la .ge
fortunes have been realised, wherever the required capitai
Was at command, by the simple system of barter carried on
With the natives.
At present Palm Oil foams the most important article of
trade with the whole coast of Africa. The production is un-
limited, so much so, that wherever the civilised trader has
not penetrated, the nuts of vast regions of palm trees are left
to rot in the forest. The constant demand for Palm Oil in
all European markets is such that any quantity can be sold
on its arrival in Enaland.

ARGYLL ROOM S.-JULLIEN'S
PROMENADE CONCERTS.
NOTICE.—During the Week the Selections will be—" Der
Frieschutz "—" I.a Forza del Destino "—"Il Trovatore
" Don Giovanni," &c.
LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays
from half-past Nine to Twelve.

MARBRES ONYX d'ALGERIE.—One
Thousand objects made from this beautiful marble,
and comprehending every variety of work of decorative art,
including clocks, candelabra, vases, gueridons, inkstands,
tazze, card trays, jardinieres, porte-bouquets, lamps, ring-
stands, &c., are now being exhibited in the Onyx Salon, at
Messrs. HOWELL, JAMES, and Co.'s, 5,7, 9, Regent-street.

HOME and FOREIGN INQUIRY OFFICE.—
Confidential inquiries and legal investigations pri-
vately instituted with the utmost fidelity and despatch, in
England and all parts on the Continent, by Mr. POLLAKY,
14, George-street, Mansion-house, E.C.

ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
And Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort-
ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink-
stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &a, in Italian,
Alabas per, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c.
Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine-
ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London.

Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS,
MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly
facilitate •he interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON-
CHOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 60, to 100 guineas
each.

The export of Palm Oil from the Bight of Biafrahas proved
to be on the average about 40,000 tons a year, representing a
value of about £1,600,000, and this large amount has been col-
lected by the natives within the small part of coast line from
Cape Formosa to the Cameroona, not more than anout 300
miles. This trade is almost exc naively in the hands of a
few English merchants, and is susceptible of very consider-
able increase.
The Bight of Benin is next in importance in the export of
Palm
Oil ; according to an official report of the trade in 1857,
no leas than 21,172 tons of Palm Oil, of near £850,000 value,
were exported from the factories of Palma, Benin, Lagos,
"tfV.a2rY, Porto Novo, and Whydah.
of I liat'pa is
trie generally known to be indigenous to every part
e West Coast of Africa but particularly so in the coun-
s bordering the Bights Of Benin and Biafra. In Yoruba
country and
Cotton tonna already one of the staple productions of the
ket ; it ' great quantities are brought regularly to mar-
tat Properly organised a larger supply than hitherto ob-
ned could be in this
province
secured for exportation ; it is computed that
otton from
nneay into
na4 alone. 8,000,0001 b. of Cotton are made up all-
ot* C vAeficilt:athiss tsoterandiomiyeicnocnresaumsinpgti. on. The import
eeArytnennt.athe numerous products of Africa one article de-
PidlY 147 ! notice, which has lately been exported in r a-
most 01 ....easing. quantities • this is the Palm Nut Kernel,
after tA.naicih has hitherto 'been thrown away by the natives
Bele that war%
very considerte
undo
has been extracted from the fibrous pel-
e the nuts. The value of this kernel is
value to rt)coa tilde about 30 per cent. oil, equal in
Nut itr *
t r ict of Lagos and nal:,although the natives in the dis-
a rule way and with gagry no w manufacture the Nut Oil in
great loss, the exports of this article are
very limited.
In order to secure at
the company has sueneeds ? an immediate profitable trade
has for some years past carried
rangemeut with a firm ~,,,Willn effecting an advantageous ar-
rotrriade wilh Africa, by purchasing
on a lucrative and increagsti
their business, includin ''
gaging theLtert
„pits, supercargoes, and
aiiriee, now in full operation
on the coast, and en
general staff employed by them.
is enabled to
have undert,ken to assist in the diruejirincipals of this firm
westedrnin
a_
of the business of i he Company, eu"nn and management
The Company. therefore,
armed on every point, and free from the Commence. business
Coast of
to ex- of Africa a
consequent on experimental trials ; ithaelliati risk and loss
tend as far as possible to the whole
business which is already established, an
ration in a particular and eery important 1 u
to ope-
A t•plimtions for shares must be made in theitY,._
_n
to the Directors of the Company, at the Ternpne.;.?,4 nexed,
to the Bankers or Brokers, and accompanied by-Vdefikes' or
Posit of 41 per share.

PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE.
RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149. Strand. W.C.

ANEVER FAILING REMEDY.-
Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre-
,ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
`cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who
~uffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind.
spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual
costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera-
tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro-
mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross.
London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three
times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square
green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the
stamp.

TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti-
JL that their New Prospectus is now ready. They
especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced
to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong, reduced to 3s. ed. ; mixed Assam, re-
duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 48. 4d.
to 3s. 11d. per lb.
MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C.

Form OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the London and Atrican Trading Company
(Limited).
Gentlemen,—l here' y request that you will allot me
Shares of £25 each in the London and African Trading Com.
patty (Limited), and I hereby agree to accept such Shares, or
any smaller number that may be allotted to me, and I autho-
portvhoeusthoarpelsacseo
my name upon the Register of Shareholders
I am, Gentlemen,
Name in full
Residence OOOOOOOOOOO .•• • • .
Profession or Business
Date aro

LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and
Eyebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of
ELLIOTT'S TONIC LOTION, the stimulative properties
of which are unfailing in their operation. Thomas Elliott
invites a trial from the most sceptical, that they may be con-
vinced of its infallible power. Price Is. 6d.. ss. fid., 10s. 6d.,
and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of vostage stamps.—Thomas
Elliott, hairgrower (first floor), 51, 1 enchurch-street. T. E.'s
wigs. .£1 10s.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, at King's-cross.
Patron—The QUEEN.
President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.
Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq.

The naval agent at this port has to-day chartered
and armed the steamships Admiral Dupont and
Daniel Webster, which will sail before night in
search of the Tacony. Their armament are small
but powerful. The Shattuck will undoubtedly be
dispatched tomorrow. No more sailing vessels will
be taken for this purpose, but steamers only.
The war steamer Iron Age and Howqua received
orders to-day to sail immediately, and will proba-
bly be far at sea before midnight. The revenue
cutter Morris sailed early this morning.

This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free
and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for-
mality of eovernors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti-
tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom-
penied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient
magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered
capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of
the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the
funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of
these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover,
it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more,
on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week.

,
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. Coutts and
Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and
Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Giyn
and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison
and ; lliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and
. ; 'Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool
and at the Ito
pita
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been determined to be, although the most

inviting, the most treacherous place along
the entire line of rebel defences. Our soldiers in

their charge found it to be filled with deep, narrow
gullies, too small to cover a large body of troops and
too large to make a passage over them even for in-

antry barely possible. gorses are out of the ques-

tion and were not used at this point. These artifi-
cial ravines ere completely covered with fallen trees

and vines, which are so arranged as to nearly obs-

cure them from sight, and to make an advance over
them a matter of extreme difficulty. In our charge

upon the enemy's lines at this spot it was impos-
sible for our soldiers to keep in regular order of
battle. Frequently whole squads of men would
sink out of sight only to be resurrected by the

assistance of their comrades, Down the right line
of the enemy's work 3 all approach to the fortifica-
tions is made exceedingly difficult by high bluffs

and deep irregular gullies. The enemy's rifle pits
are, although bearing the appearance of very wide

constructions, built upon the most approved modern
engineering skill. Here again fallen trees have
been so arranged as to make it impossible to move
artillery or troops in line of battle. The entire dis-
tance of rebel works presented for our reduction are
nearly eight miles in extent.
Last Saturday evening the order of attack was
determined on at the head-quarters, and communi-
cated to the generals who were to command the
assaulting columns. Most of the details were ar-
ranged by Gen. Grover. The point of attack was the
extreme north-easterly angle of the enemy's breast-
works. Five or six days previous to the assault

several pieces of the enemy's artillery, which had
been in position behind their fortifications imme=•

diately in our front, were dismounted by our guns

and abandoned. Those still in position were ren-
dered useless to the rebels by our sharpshooters.
Rebel deserters and prisoners brought into camp

speak of our artillery practice as splendid, and say
that they were not able to fire a gun more than 5 or

6 times before they had to move it as the accuracy

of our range would work it certain destruction. As
before mentioned, we commenced preparations for
the attack while yet it was scarcely daylight. The
plan of the assault was briefly as follows :—The
75th New York, under command of Capt. Cray, and
the 12th Connecticut, led by the Lieut.-Colonel

Peck, were detailed as skirmishers forming a sepa-
rate command under Lieut.-Col. Balcock, of 75th
New York. The 91st New York, Col. Van Zands,

commanding—each soldier carrying a five pound
hand grenade, with his musket thrown over his
shoulder—followed next in order. The skirmishers
were to creep up and lie on the exterior slope
of the enemy's breastworks, while the regiment
carrying the grenades were to come up to the same
position, and throw over the grenades into the
enemy's lines, with a view to rout them and drive
them from behind their works. The 24th Connec-
ticut, Colonel Mansfield, with their arms in like

manner to the grenade regiment, followed, carry-
ing sand bags filled with cotton, which were to be
used to fill up the ditch in front of the enemy's
breastworks, to enable the assaulting party the
more easily to scale them and charge upon the rebels.
Following these regiments came, properly speak-
ing, the balance of Gen. Weitzel's whole brigade,
under command of Colonel Smith, of 114th New
York. This command consisted of the Bth Vermont,
Lieut.-Col. Billing Lam ; the 114th New York, Ma-
jor Morse; and the 116th New York, Lieut.-Col.
Van Patten. Next came Col. Kimble's and Col.

Morgan's brigade, the last of which, with another
brigade (the name of which I was unable to learn),
was under the general command of Col. Birge.
This force was held to support the assaulting column,
which was under the immediate command of Gen.
Weitzel, who made the attack on the right. Gen.
Emory's old division moved in conjunction with
General Weitzel on the left, forming a separate
column.

The two Divisions—General Weitzel's and Gene
ral Paine's—were under command of Gen. Grover,
who, as has been before stated, planned the whole
assault after General Bank's order to advance was
received by him. Hence the mcde of attack was
entirely his own. Gen, Weitzel's Division was
expected to make a lodgement inside of the enemy's
works, and in that manner prepare the way for
General Paine's Division. After the inside of the
enemy's fortification had been reached, skirmishers
were to push forward and clear the way, while
both columns were to be deployed in line of battle
and move towards the town of Port Hudson, where
a grand citadel, which forms the last means of rebel
defence, is situated.
I have thus far been speaking of General Grover's
command exclusively, and the plan above given is
applicable only to his movements as determined on
at the time of its adoption.
About daylight the 75th New York, which had
been slowly advancing, approached the enemy's
works sufficiently near to see his fire. Previously,
the columns of the main body of General Grover's
command were found in the woods skirting the
enemy's breastworks. The 12th Connecticut during
the night had lost its way in the woods, and the
91st New York was ordered by General Weitzel to
take the place that had been assigned to it, and
follow immediately in the rear of the 75th New
York. After the advance of the 75th and 91st
regiments. General Weitzel's entire command
commenced moving forward. Several days previ-
ous our army engineers had been preparing a
covered way, which extended from the woods where
our troops lay to within about 150 yards of the
enemy's position. Through this covered way our
troops marched in single file up to the point where
the first line-of-battle was formed. It should be
remarked that the covered way spoken of was re-
lied upon as being sufficiently deep to afford pro-
tection to our soldiers. It turned out, however, to
be of no considerable consequence, owing to some
fault in its construction. After the advance had
arrived at the end of the covered way, they
began strongly to push over the innumerable
barriers that had been planted by the rebels to
obstruct their march. The difficulties I have
before spoken off concerning the open field
immediately facing the enemy's works were here
experienced. The deep gullies, covered over by
brush and creeping vines, were completely ob-
scured from sight, and were only known to exist
after our soldiers had plunged into them. Pert
of our skirmishers deployed to the right while suf-
fering severely from the enemy's fire, and a portion
of the advance took up a position on the left of the
point to be attacked. They were immediately fol-
lowed by General Weitzel's column, General Paine
in the meantime advancing towards the enemy's
works with his command further on the left. It
should be stated that our troops, as soon as they
had left the cover of the woods, which were scarcely
300 yards from the enemy's breastworks, were e
sub-
ject to the constant fire of the rebel infantry. A
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of the 75th N.York that succeeded in reaching the
ditch, the hand grenaders could, accomplish but
little. In fact, although they made many desperate
and gallant attempts
to
be of service, they rather
damaged than benefitte
d our prospects of success;
for as they threw their
actually
over the rebel
breastworks, the rebels
leaught them and
hurled them back upon us.
while the skirmishers were nobly nti eri the meantime
endeavouring to
sustain themselves in their position.
Weitzel's column moved up as rapidly as General
possible,tb
and made a series of desperate assaults on
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enemy's works, which for bravery and daring the
history of the war can hardly furnish a parallel
At this time, the sun having fairly risen, the fight
became general. A fog, which had partially ob-
scured the contending armies, lifted, and revealed
their respective positions. The enemy were fully
prepared for us, and they lined every part of the
fortifications with heavy bodies of infantry. The
battle had begun in earnest, and General Paine's
column, as well as General Weitzel's was actively
engeged. Before proceeding further with the details
of the fight of General Grover's command, it will be
necessary to mention a fact that I have previously
omitted—namely, that under the general plan of
attack, as directed by General Banks, Generals
Anger and Dwight were to make feints on the
extreme left of General Grover's position to dis-
tract the attention of the enemy from the main as-
sault. Accordingly, before the engagement became
general between General Grover's command and the
enemy, Generals Augur and Dwight had attacked
the enemy, as before indicated, on General Grover's
extreme left.

It was not the intention that the last named of
these forces should storm the rebel works, bat hold
the enemy in check while General Grover was per-
forming his part of the work according to the ori-
ginal, which, had he been successful, would have
opened the way for the advance of our entire army
on to it. Hudson proper is surrounded, as
it is understood, by a series of fortifications more
impregnable than any we have yet assaulted. The
fight on the part of General Dwight's command was
exceedingly severe, and scarcely less so with Gene-
ral Grover's. General Dwight's loss in killed and
wounded will probably exceed 200. General
Augur's loss will fall considerably short of that
number. Under General Grover's command pro-
bably the most desperate fighting was done by
General Weitzel's old brigade. Colonel Smith
leading these veterans, the heroes of many fights,
fell early in the action mortally wounded. A ball
pierced his spine and passed round to the right
side. The colonel still lingers; but his death is
hourly. expected. The charges made on the rebel
works by our brave soldiers showed a deter-
mination to carry them at all hazards; but human
bravery on this occasion was not adequate to the
accomplishment of their object. The most formi-
dable obstacle that presented itself as a barrier to
our success was the rebel glacis, which, at the point
attacked, had been constructed in such a manner as
to make every bullet tell that was firea from the
rebel breastworks while our troops were endeavour-
ing to make ascent. In fact, the great natural
advantages and engineering ability at Port
Hudson have been rather under than over-
rated. Immediately upon the fall of Colonel
Smith, Lieutenant-Colonel Von Petten, of the 160th
New York, took command of the brigade, and gal-
lantly led the charge until all further hope of driv-
ing the rebels from their position was gone. Bri-
gade after brigade followed in rapid succession,
storming the rebel works, until compelled to fall
back under the terrible fire of the enemy. Conspi-
cuous among the brigades that did the most despe-
rate fighting were those under the command of
Colonels Kimball, Morgan, and Birge. They were
all, however, eventually repulsed with great

slaughter.
The fighting ceased at 11 o'clock in the morning.
We having been repulsed in every assault, our
soldiers, under command of their officers, laid
themselves down under the shelter of the gullies,
trees, covered way, in fact everything that could
afford them protection, and waited for the day to
pass and darkness come on. Many of our wounded
who were accessible were carried from the field by
squads detailed for that purpose. It is a shameful
reflection on humanity that a large number of our
soldiers, carrying the wounded and dying from the
field on stretchers, were shot down by the enemy,
and in several instances the wounded were killed
while being borne from the field. At nightfall,
however, we commenced the burial of our dead, and
succeeded before the morning in carrying most of
our wounded from the battleground.
I have no time to give you further details, as we
have not yet entirely recovered from the confusion
of the battle, and a courier is about leaving with
despatches. The many gallant acts, scenes, and in-
cidents, lists of killed arid wounded, Sc., I shall
have to reserve for my next letter.
Our total loss in this last attack upon Port Hud-
son will probably not fall much short of 1,000.
It is rumoured, just as I am closing this letter,
that we are to attack the enemy again to-night.