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BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
BIRTH INSURANCE COMPANY

Established 1800.
Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of
Amu Parliament.
mulated and Invested Funds
-.lineal Revenue.... L 2,122,828
A
422,401
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
faiToran• es 0-ran te4. both at Home and in Foreign Countries
the most liberal terms.

LIFE DEPARTMENT.
;ery facility offered to Insurers.
on ty per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers
the participAing principle.
7131 e new Life business' 'ransacted in 1862 as follows :
Policies. Am, not In,ured. Premiums.
1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0
pII aPplic utionof Propo and every infor ation will be furnished
at the

Lov OFFICES:
58, Thresdneedle-street.
4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury.
West-end Office 8, Waterloo-Place, Pall-mall.

T..antitedHE GREAT CADER IDRIS LEAD.
fl . COPPER, IRON MINING, and SLATE COMPANY
This ,
Company belng completely registered under the Joint-
rhuk Companies' Act, 1862, wth Limited Lia bility, no
areholder can, under any circumstances, be made re-
Ponsible for a greater amount than the shares tor which
he subscribes.

Capital £40,00?, in 40,000 Shares of £1 each.
lePosit, ss. per share on application, and Es. per share on
allotment.

DIRECTORS.
Cl.:A.bbott, 150, Leadenhall-street, and Upper Spring-street,
Wri,°,rtnaan-square.
Ancrum, Esq. (formerly H.M. Consul at Tunis),
..jcnge, Surrey.
Bilden, Esq. (Director of the St. David's Mining Corn-
-01), 34, Beaumont -street, Portland-p ace.
Cole, Esq., 76, Gower-street Bedfora-square.
''. ards Richards, Esq., Knightsbridge, and Westbourne,
4:4lll6'worth. Sussex.
'Met' Young. Esq., 19, Great George-street, Westminster.
With power to add to their number.
RANKERS.
Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-stree.
SOLICITOR.
Q R. Dodd, Esq., F.S.A., 26, New Broad-street, E.C.
AUDITORS,
Will be appointed by the Shareholders.
SECRETARY (pro tem.)—Messrs. Letch and Maguire.
Temporary Offices—No. 1, Colemanstreet-buildings, Moor-
gate-street, E.C.
This Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing an
t,Xtensive and valuable grant of Lead, Copper, Iron Ore, and
iciate, en the north side of the noted Cader Idris Mountain,
;town as the Cyfannedd-fawr, in the parish of Llanegryn,
4terionethshlre, North Wales, held under lease for 21 years,
It 1-15th Royalty on all minerals (except Iron Ore, at a
40jaliy of only 4d. per ton).
CThe great grant includes numerous lodes of Lead, Zinc, and
(I°Vlier Iron of the beat quality, and blende with traces of
'°,lll—also excellent Slate.
Gal adit-level intersects several lodes of Silver-lead, or
sal-& Copper lode openc d upon, gives promise of excellent re-
An Iron vein runs through the entire grant.
a reat extensive b
advantage. ed of Slate of good cleavage can be worked
silver Silver-lead, proved by assay, has yielded 40 ounces of
to the ton of ore.
tea trad
ed £32 p and Copp
ter from a shaft at the end of the adit have
~er on.
~_lle iron vein is estimated to produce 61 per cent of iron.
Slate is of superior quality, and can be cut into pave-
.ent, flooring, chimney pieces, 3:c. The streams of water
o,lenning throuah the grant offer great faciities tor working,
ouring, and cutting the slate. In fact,l a Quarry opened
"Pon the rorty will pay well for working.
The foregoing facts and the position of the grant, in a rich
w'neral district, warrant the conclusion that, efficiently
of "lked, the mine is capable of yielding returns equal to those
e most profitable mines in the Principality.
Thin The.
roperty being advantageous situated about a
e fropm the Welsh Coast Railway,l fy rom which a sidinghalf can
constructed at moderate cost, ani only 2} miles by public
(Pa from the shipping- port of Barmonth, affords a facility
‘".ransit which greatly enhances its value.
with these a,vantageo, and adequate water power for
zorking. machinery, dressing ores, Directors, after
nl'eful investigation, confidently anticipate that 105. per
~4are upon the capital of The Company will be sufficient to
;eyelope the wealth of the mine, and produce profitable re-
',its without further calls.
'lie Lessee having agreed to take £3,000 in cash, and 5,000
taid up shares, assigns all his interest in the mine, inc uding
trards of 100 acres of mineral ground—the previous out-
b Y—taining; buildings, smith's shop, offices, dressing floors,
..,,ticking house, &c., immediate operations can therefore be
nlnaenced when, in the judgment of the Directors, sufficient
vapital is subscribed.
T,,,aluples of the different ores taken from the mine, reports,
"""),Pectuses, and forms of application for shares, may e
t?btained at the Temporary Offices of the Company ; and the
iesit maded on application will be returned if no allotment
beto the applicant.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the Great Cr-der Idris Toad, Copper, Iron
Mininff, and Slate Company, (Limited).
,Gentlemen
,—Having paid to your crrdit with Messrs.
Atobarts, Lubbock, and Co., £ , I hereby request you
117. 11 allot me shares in the above Company, and I agree
accept such shares, or any less number that may be allotted
; and I authorise you to insert my name in the register
w 4 Shareholders for the same.

Name
Address
Profession or business
Date

BANKERS' RECEIPT FOR DEPOSIT.
The Great Cader Idris Lead, Copper. Iron Mining, and Slate
Comkany (Limited).
London, 1863.
Received of the sum of £ , being the
Mining,
to the credit of
4,1),8it of ss. per share on
the Great Ceder Idris Lead, Copier, Iron Mining, and Slate
Company (Limited).
For ROBARTS, LUBBOCK, and CO.,

: :
The above forms to be filled in by the applicant, and for,
warded to the Bankers, with the deposit, when the receip
'will be returned, signed by the Bankers as a voucher.

BALE of INTEREST in MILL PREMISES and LANDS at
O'BRIEN'S BRIDGE, in the County of Clare.
IN THE COURT of BANKRUPTCY and INSOLVENCY.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
In the Matter of William Dian and Henry Wickham Hird,
both of O'Brien's Bridge, in the County of Clare, Millers,
Bankrupts.
To BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, pur-
suant to the order. and subject to the approbation of
the said Court, at 3lichael Hartigan's Auction Rooms,
crec.l-street, LIMERICK, on WEDNESDAY, the Ist day of
"IY, 1863, at the hour of One o'clock in the Afternoon,
E All the state, Right, Title, and interest of the said B
ofank-
rupts, aid of their Assignees, and of the Mortgagee , in,
and to all that and those, the Dwelling-house, offices, Stores,
ZMills situate, lying, and being at 0' lirien's Bridge, in
he County of Clare, held under n Indenture of Fee Grant,
"ring— date the 15th August, 1854, for ecer, at the Yearly
-.lntent of £120135. 10d., with the right of turbery on the Red
Bog at O'Brien's Bridge.
And also all that and those that part of the lands of
Brien's Bridge, containing 2 roods, and Imown by the name
of the New Mid Pond, situate, lying, and being at O'Brien's
Midge aforesaid, held under Indenture of Leas. dated 19th
November, 1828, for the lives therein named, at the Yearly
Rent of £2 10s.; and also
All that and those, that part of the Lands or Building
Ground of O'Brien's Bridge, held under It denture of Lease,
dated 19th November, 1828, tor the term of three lives therein
named, at the yearly rent of £3; and also
All that and those, the Watercourse or Mill stream run-
ning through the lands of Moss Bank, part of the said lands
of O'Brien's-lodge. t gether with the strip of gr.und orpath-
Way running alongside said new Watercourse to the !eft
thereof, as it proceeds from the Bridge at Bridgetown. con-
taining. in length, from the Bridge at Bridgetown to where
said course joins the old Mill stream, 95 perches and 6 feet, or
thereabouts, and in breadth 8 feet, held under lease of 25th
November, for lives renewable for ever, and subject to
no rent.
CHEYNE BRADY, Chiet Registrar.
Por particulars of Title and conditions of Sale, see Abstract
at Title posted for inspection at the Court of Bankruptcy
and Insolvency, Four Courts. Dubin ; at the Auctioneer's
-"nine, Cecil-street, in the City of Limerick; or at the office
of Joseph Murphy, Solicitor for the Mortg-agee, having car-
riage of the Sale, No. 11, Bachelor's-walk, Dublin, and 55,
enrge-street Limerick. Michael Murphy, Esq., Official
Assignee, No. 33, Upper Ormond-quay, Dublin.

DESCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS.
These Mills are within seven miles of Limerick, in the
centre of an extens ye corn-growing country, embracing part
of the counties of Clare, Limerick, and Tipperary, are situate
an the banks of the River Shannon, with water carriage al-
baost to the Mill door, and having the same communication
With Dublin, Athlone, drc., &c., and are in every possible re-
qect about the best circumstanced in the South of Ireland.
They are nearly quite new, and have been erected with all
the new and modern improvements, and have cost, from time
to time, over £20,000, and consist of
No. I—A. Steam Mill, driven by a powerful Steam Engine,
by Caird and Company, of Glasgow, with three very large
Rollers, which work up to 100-horsepower, and for the supply
of which there is abundance of fuel in the immediate neigh-
bourhood.
This Mill is in the most perfect order, is fitted up with 9
Pair of first-class 4-feet Belgian stones, with Bovill's patent
exhaust, 4 Silx-dressing Machines, 1 Wire Machine (Ameri-
can) another patent Cleaning and Screening Machine, all on
the new, st and most approved principles, and are capable of
Grinding and DressinT 1.200 Barrels of Wheat per week.
No. 2—A Water Mill, fitted up comnlete, with four pair of
new 4 feet 6 inch French Burr Stones, two Silk-dressing Ma-
chines, and is capable of Grinding and Dressing a very large
quantity of both Wheat and Indian Corn. In this Mill tbere
is room for two pair more of Mill Stones, and the Water-
power has been vastly increased this season by extensive
drainage works, which are being carried out in the neigh-
bourhood.
N. 3—A 1 rge and convenient Corn Stores, quite free and
independent of the Mills, and capable of containing 10,000
Barrels of Grain.
No. 4—A. large range of Shedding. Stabling for 12 Horses,
Coach-houses, Bake-house, Piggeries, &c &c.
No. s—The Dwelling House and Garden, modern and con-
venient, handsomely fitted up, and is in perfect order and
repair.
remises are thoroughly enclosed, are all
The whole of the p
in the most substantial order and repair, ready for immediate
occupation, and do not require an outlay of one shillin; for
the Milling Trade on either Machinery or Buildings.
Those Premises are so extensive that there is ample room
and sufficient spare buildings. so that a portion, with great
advantage and at a small outlay, could be easily converted
into a first-class Bre cry, for
the carrying on of which trade
there is every possible facility, and for which tis situat
thusion
on
presents many most important advantages, offerings
the whole to tracers and capitalists a rare and most desirable
investment

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 BUCCLEUCTI,
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 oovernors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti-
tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom-
Pznied 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 catmal 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
'
Mas.erruan, Esq. Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and
Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and
Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn
and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison
and Co. ; W Mani% Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and
Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Banned and Co., Liverpool
and at the Hospital.
STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary,

THE NEW NOVEL,

VICISSITUDES OF A GENTLEWOMAN,
In 3 vols.,
Will be ready at all the Libraries on Friday, June 26.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-
street.

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., Bvo., 285..
LORD WILLIAM LENNOX'S FIFTY
YEARS' BIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES.
Hurst and Llackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-
street.

Now ready at all the Booksellers, I vol , 10s. Gd.,
Ar
HNI;LOSOORPIIY ; THE
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Curious, with Especial Reference to recent Wri
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Subject of the Origin of Man. By thc Rev. B. WAVILE,
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FRASER'S MAGA
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CONT:

Indian FrOspeCtS.
Late Laurels. A Tale. Chap-
ters X. and XI.
Ballad. By Sir Edmund Head,

Bart.
Liberty of Criticism and the
Law of Libel.
A Chapter showing how Lord
P- became our Rector.
Mr. Kin lake and his Re-
viewers.

ZINE FOR JULY.
2s. 6d.
'ENT&

A Derby - day among the
Arabs.
Life in Death.
British Snails and their
Homes.
Lawrence Bloomfield in Ire-
land. Part IX.—The Fair.
Tacitus and his Times.
Our Modern Youth.
Patmore's Poems.

London: Parker, Son, an,

Bourn, West Strand, W.C.

WYLD'S MAP of the SOURCES of the NILE
and the ROUTES of Captains Spele and Grant,
1 sheet, ls. 6d.
WYLD'S MAP of POLAND, 1 sheet, 2s. 6d.; case, Os. Bd.
THE ‘TRE of WAR, POLAND, 1 sheet, 4s. ; ease, 7s. 6d.
WYLD'S MAPS of the UNITED STATES, from is.
to 10s.

James Wyld, GeogTapher to the Queen, 457, Strand, W.C. ;
2, Royal Exchange, E.C. ; 11 and 12, Charing-Cross, S.W.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE,
JUNE 30, 1863.
A Grand MELANGE DRAMATIQUE will take place in
AID of the FUNDS for a NATIONAL METROPOLITAN
MONUMENT to SHAKESPEARE, under the immediate
Patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales, before whom 60 eminent artistes will have the
honour of appearing. —Hon. Sec., Mr. Adolphus Francis, 43,
Cumberland-street, Hyde-park.

T il E
0 X F OR D,
6, OXFORD STREET.
Will be performed Selections from the following Operas :
LA. CIRCASSIENNE, MARTHA, and
MASANIELLO.

Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Ellison,
Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, and
W. Evans, 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. RandallTHU, .I.R
a Hutchenson
nd BERT,
RAND. and the marvellous
AR
The HALL has been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and
is now one of' the most Beautiful in the Metropolis.

CANTERBURY HALL AND
FINE ARTS GALLERY.
NOTICE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT.
This Evening the Marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND,
the Two French Clowns.
ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly
for him.
A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH'S new Comicalities,
SAM COLLINS, with new Songs.
UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator.
EUGENE, and G. HUTCHINSON.
GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and
CANTATAS.
Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green,
Signor Buns% and Signor Tivoli.
Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans.
Admission—Hall, (3d. ; stalls and balcony, ls.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. —miss
xv.;regor, Messrs. Albert, Vernon, Rigby, &c., &c.,
with Full Chorus and Band of 60 Performers.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.-THIS
EVENING, and during the Week, at Half-past Ten,
the FAIRY FOUNTAIN. "It is indeed a remarkable and
beautiful spectac e."—lllustrated London News.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—Trium-
phant Success of the marvellous RISARELIS and
LES TROIS NICHOLETS.

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

NR. T. CARRICI( begs to announce to his
Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic
I stanshment, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now
in full operation.
Cartes de Visite, 10 for 10s. 6d; 21 for £l. Miniatures on
Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former
styles.

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

T" FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a
new Instrument, by Negretti and Zambra, will cor-
rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls for Rain or fbr
Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden ;
57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street.

ANEVER FAILING REMEDY.—
Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre-
eared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who
suffer from bilious and Liver complaints, indigestion, wind,
spasmi, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &a 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.

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT
ERHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of
Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective
nvention in the curative treatment of HERN I A.
The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects,
Is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the
floc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease
end closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn
dung sleep. A descriptive circular may be had,' and the
during
truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir-
cumference of the body, two inches below the hips being
,
sent to the manufacturer,
Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
A Single Truss, 16s. 215., 265. 6d., and 315. 6d. Postage, Is.
A. Double Truss, 31s. '6d., 42e., and 525. 6d. Posage, is Bd.
An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls.t
10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,;Post-
office, Piccadilly.
NEW PATENT
ELASTIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPS, etc., for Varicose Veins and all cases of
Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are
porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on
li) ean ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 100., to 16s.
each. Postage 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228. Piccadilly.

O YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT
RINSTITUTION
(Incorporated by Royal Charter).
PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
I'BESIDENT —Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland,
K.G., F.R.S.
CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., S.V.P.

APPEAL.
hleibleeg-Cinomnimngitotefethoet
Lifeboat Estab-
lishmentslnstitution has expended £32,000 on various
yboliaarnalgB6oem, etnhte have
The number of lives saved by the Life-boats
on the Coasts of England, Scotland, andlreolatndth.
Royal toNsattai ten
atlh a since
Lifeboat
e
Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800;ior' which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medal s, nd
£t 480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu.
not,. has also expended £67,t00 on Life-boats, Life-boat
Transporting-can lazes, and Boat-houses.
The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of
the generous support which they have received from the
British public during the past few years, a support which
has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet
of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom.
Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that
rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient
state, and its Crews practised in the management of their
boats, whi h can only be effected by 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 work.
The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con-
tributions:—

Her Majesty the Queen • • £s. d
annual
ll
101
01
oo
Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. annual :: annual 5 050 C o 0
Clerk, Colonel, R.A.
Coutts and Co. Messrs., Bankers
Currie, Wm. 1::sq. .„ 4th don.lo 0 0
Erie, Lord Chief don. 10 10 0
Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., R.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0
Fenwick, G. J., Esq , cost of a Lifeboat and Tran-
sporting Carriage .• • . .. 250 0 0
Harvey, Rev. G. 0. and Mrs. .. don. 30 0
Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. .• 7th don.
15 15 0
10 0 0
Moore, Rev. G. B. • • • • .. dom
Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich 0 0
Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, 1.C.8.18 • • annual 2 0 0
Thom4s, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her
16 16 0
Ladyship • • • • • •
Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord •• • ••
. .. annual 5 0 0
Donations and Annual iubscriptions will be thankfully re-
ceived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis,
Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and
Co., 59, Strand; Afesers. Ilerries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St.
Jarnes's-street London ; by a'l the Collectors of Customs
and Bankers in the Unitedlilngdom; and by the Secretary
Richard Lewis. Esq. at the Office of the Institution, 14,
John
-street, AdelphicLondon,

Captains Speke and Grant at the Royal
Institution.

An extra meeting of the Royal Society—the session
having recently terminated—was held yesterday evening in
the lecture-room of the institution, Albemarle-street. So
far from having been exhausted or perceptibly diminished
at the dense gathering at Burlington House on the prece-
ding evening, the curiosity of the scientific and fashionable
world seemed to have acquired increased intensity, and the
rush, though better regulated, was equally vehement with
that witnessed at the rooms of the Royal Geographical
Society. From half-past seven until nine, the hour at
which the proceedings of the society always commence,there
was a con inuous arrival of carriages in Albemarle-street ,
by a quarter to 8 the entrance and staircase had become
completely blocked that the barrier, instead of being kept
up till the appointed hour of 8, was prudently lowered to
make way for fresh corners. The issue of tickets to non-
members, as well as the exercise of the privilege of members
had, as already intimated, been wisely limited to the actual
capacity of the room ; but long before 9 o'clock every avail-
able seat was occupied, the attendance of ladies at least
equalling that of gentleman. The comfort of ventilation
was amply provided for. The two African boys brought
by the heroes of the Nile from the neighbourhood of the
great Lake Victoria Nyanza, the now ascertained source of
the Nile, were in the theatre an hour before the meeting
began, attired, the one in red, and the other in a blue
woollen snit, wearing a fez cap, and seemed to enjoy the
glances directed towards them, apparently regarding them-
selves no insignificant part of the evening's entertainment.
As an aid to the narrative of the discovery of the
Nile,large maps were suspended on the walls indicating the
route of the distinguished travellers and the general cha-
racter of the scenery along the banks of the river. Vivid
photographs of many of the scenes witnessed and places
visited in the various parts of the interior were provided ;
and Professor Faraday, in inviting attention to them after
the close of the meeting, shortly before the proceedings com-
menced, created some amusement by naively remarking that
the authorities hoped that, for the sake of the character of
the house, none of them would disappear during the process
of inspection.
In accordance with the announcement made by Sir
Roderick Murchison at Burlington House on Monday even-
ing, the Prince of Wales arrived about 9 o'clock, accom-
panied by the Count of Paris. His Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, on entering the lecture-room, was en-
thusiastically greeted, the assembly rising to receive him.
His Royal Highness was at once conducted by several
members of the council to the chair, which he occupied as
president of the meeting.
Captain SPEKE, who was received with loud cheers, then
proceeded to deliver a lecture consisting mainly of a history
of the tribe called " The Wahuma," to which the two
African boys before alluded to belong, a tribe to whose as-
sistance he acknowledges himself to be mainly indebted for
having been enabled to discover the source of the Nile. He
traced the history of this nation as a part of the Ethiopic race
back to a very remote period, and followed it through its
various phases down to the present day. Unlike the pure
negroes they had, he observed, a bridged instead of a bridge-
less nose, and were physically a very fine race. Their coun-
try had till recently been generally called Kattara—an ap-
pellation which was now comparatively disappearing. The
nation was, he believed, schematic, though it was difficult
to track it through its successive changes. The lecturer, in
the course of his narrative, gave a number of genealogical
and traditionary details, which he enlivened by many ludi-
crous incidents and sayings derived from native records. On
the occasion of the accession of a new sovereign, all the sans
of some hundreds of royal wives were killed except two, who

were preserved to provide for cases of accident. (Great
laughter, in which the Prince of Wales joined.) The enu-
meration of the royal officers included first and second-class
executioners, and men who whistled on their fingers.
(Laughter.) The present salutations were, the lecturer re-
marked, most laborious, forming at court a great impedi-
ment to business. Women attended the sovereign with
lizards on their heads to keep away evil spirits, and messen-
gers who must never walk were in constant readiness.
There was a commander-in-chief and a high admiral to

carry out the royal orders ; and their duties consisted chiefly
in levying duties by war on neighbouring nations, The dis-
cipline of the exterior court was strict, but that of the inte-
rior court was far more severe. Should a wife be guilty of
any indiscretion she was instantly carried off to execu-
tion ; and strong naked women acted as servants. The king
sometimes spent a fortnight yachting on the Murchison
Frith ; but wherever he went the same ceremonies pre-
vailed. The coronation was a matter of great importance,
and when it was performed the king took leave of his
mother, and his brothers were burned to death. Captain
Speke then described the progress of himself and his fellow-
travellers through the equatorial regions, filling up with
interesting and amusing details his sketch of the previous
evening, whioh appeared at length in 2he Sun of yesterday.
Having spoken about an hour, the gallant explorer concluded
amid loud cheers.

Immediately after the Prince of Wales and the Count of
Paris inspected the photographs before referred to, and
having completed their examination, they retired.
the proceedings then terminated.
It should be added that Captain Grant was present, but
did not speak.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

A Russian corvette and two large Russian gun-
vessels (steamers), last from the Cape of Good.
Hope, arrived on Sunday morning in Plymouth
Sound, and exchanged salutes with the citadel and
with Port-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, at De-
vonport.
The following is a list of the naval cadets who
successfully passed their examinations for the
June quarter for seagoing service, and received
certificates accordingly, on board the cadet train-
ing ship Britannia, Capt. R. H. Powell, C. 8., at
Portland. Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour,
G.C.8., naval 'commander-in-chief at Portsmouth,
presented the certificates and prizes to each
recipient, at the conclusion of his official
inspection of the ship, as noticed in Vie Sun
of yesterday. First Class, with rating of midship-
men and 12 months' sea time. Mr. A. F. St. Clair
(Admiralty prize for seamanship and good conduct
prize), W. Hailstone (Admiralty prize for mathe••
matics and navigation), J. Giles (prize for good con-
duct, and progress in study), H. B. Beresford (good
conduct prize), F. Haigh, W. Temple (Admiralty
prize for drawing), J. A. Baker (first prize for sea-
manship and second for drawing), W. N. Madan
(good conduct prize), R. F. Hoskyn (prize for pro-
gress in steam), A. M. Gardiner (good conduct prize),
C. E. Hutton, and P. G. Evans. Second-class, with
six months' sea time. E. J. Fellowes, R. W. Fawkes,
S. B. Kemble, F. S. Pelly (good conduct prize), J.
Pipon, W. Billing (good conduct prize), W. A.
Beckles (good conduct prize), J. L. Hammett, T. E.
Heathcote, J. Phelips, F. Maitland, H. H. Barnard,
E. Goldney, C. H. Buckle (good conduct prize) J.
D. Deane, C. J. Barlow, H. B. 'W ynyard, F. T.
Deane, R. D. Bruce, and R. 0. Carey. Third-class
certificates.—C. W. Dickenson, V. A. Bradshaw,
R. H. Davies (first prize for drawing), F. E. Lam-
bert, F. S. Knowles, E. J. Bawtree, H. T. Knight,
G. P. Freeman, Lord Lewis Gordon, C. H. Wright,
C. RoydF, A. W. Ogilvy, and A. R. Harenc.

The following appointments were made at the Admiralty
yesterday
W. E. Filmer, master's-assistant-supernumerary, to the
Victory.
F. H. Whitelock, ditto, ditto, to the Orlando.
Lieutenant Alfred A. S. Watts, to the Liverpool.

'THE GUARDS' BALL.

Before the Princess of Wales gives her great
ball, which is already spoken of as to be the Royal
fete of the season, she will have taken part in so
many entertainments of the sere kind as to learn
exactly the rules which guide and govern the suc-
cess of these great assemblages in Eagland. She has
honoured the gorgeous yet somewhat ponderous fes-
tivities of the city at Guildhall, the provincial
gaieties at Oxford, and on Friday evening next,
will honour the ball given by the Brigade of
Guards to herself and her Royal husband—a ball
which, from the rank and position of those invited
to take part in it, will be the most select and bril-
liant entertainment of the kind that has been wit-
nessed for many years. It is, we believe, the first
time that the Brigade of Guards have, as a brigade,
ever entertained Royalty at a ball; and it may
easily be imagined, therefore, that no pains and
no expense will be spared to make this ball
as brilliant as it can be made, by a carefully
chosen list of visitors, and by making the spacious
apartments which are to serve as supper, ball, and
ante-rooms, as rich and striking in appearance as
the most perfect good taste and the most ample
expenditure can render them.
The ball, as our readers are aware, is to be given
in the picture galleries of the Exhibition—that is
to say, in the eastern half of them ; the portion
which last year was devoted to the display of
works of the British School. We need say nothing
more about the noble proportions of these galleries.
The most captions of the enemies of the Exhibition
never denied that they were the loftiest, best pro-
portioned, and best lighted picture galleries in
Europe, and we believe the experience of Friday
next will show that they will appear to equal ad-
vantage in their new festive capacity. At all events,
when the Guards' officers charged to carry oit the
details of this fête cast about to find a suite of
apartments suitable for the purpose, which should
be at once very large, very lofty, very well venti-
lated, and completely under their own control, they
found there were none in the metropolis which
offered these facilities in such perfection as the
Exhibition picture galleries. Of course a good deal
has had to be done to make even these fine rooms
suitable to a great State festival such as this is, in
fact, to be; but by the combined exertions of some
200 or 300 soldiers, aided by various corps of deco-
rators, trophy fitters, and carpenters, the rooms are
at last emerging out of their chaos of dust and
chips, and assuming sufficiently the aspect of their
final decorated state to warrant us in giving some
outline of what they will be on Friday evening.
To begin at the very 'commencement, the entrance
for all visitors is to be in the Cromwell-road, where
the width of the approaches admits of such admi-
rable police arrangements that the whole of the
1,400 guests who are invited can set down in an
hour and a half, if they will only come within that
time. The wide, ample awning from Buckingham
Palace will make a sheltered porch over this

entrance—

" Where tender beauty, waiting for her coach,
Protrudes her gloveless hand and feels the shower,"
and where, if the shower does really come to make
the porch useful, all, either on arriving or departing,
will be under its cover. From this porch the wide
entrance which used to give ingress to the main
body of the Exhibition building has been screened
off with hangings of red, white, and blue, the colours
of the brigade. On the left a beautifnl cloak-room
will be fitted up for the Duchess and Princess Mary
of Cambridge and the ladies of the late Royal family
of France, &c. The cloak-rooms for the general
visitors will be beyond this again, on the right and
left. From the porch lining the entrance on both
sides and up the stairs lee.ding to the ballroom will
be stationed a picked detachment of the Guards—
the finest and most distinguished of the private sol-
diers in this magnificent brigade. The staircase
will be carpeted with the same red, white, and blue,
and the walls draped with festoons of similar tints.
Along the gallery where the stained glass used to
be shown during the Exhibition will be hung
screens of the same kind, and this outer gallery will
be used as a sort of cool promenade and a place for
such light refreshments as ices, tea, coffee, &c. On
the right, just before the entrance to the rooms, an
octagon boudoir, in the form of a pavilion tent, is
being erected for the Princess of Wales. This
apartment is, it is said, to be a perfect gem of de-
corative art, Mr. Nosotti, to whose hands it has
been committed, having been required only to suc-
ceed in making it supremely beautiful. The entrance
to the ballroom has been divided by lofty draped
screens which reach the roof into an apartment of
about 40 feet by 40, where the Duke of Cambridge
and all the chief officers of the Brigade will receive
g the general company, their guests, before the arrival
of the guests of the evening. Their Royal High-
nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will, of
course, be received upon their alighting at the
entrance, at 10 o'clock.
Passing beyond this reception room, which is to be
exquisitely decorated, the remaining long length of
apartment which constitutes the gallery proper has
been divided into three portions; the first is called
the conservatory, the central portion is the ball-
room, and the last will be the supper-room. The
conservatory and the supper-room, the Alpha and
Omega of the fete, are to be the most charac-
teristic and the most beautiful salons, if we may
use such a term to a conservatory, ever seen of the
kind. In the first the walls, almost up to the very
ceiling, will be hidden with palms from Kew, with
banks of ferns, heaths, and rare exotics in full bloom,
and the background of wall, where it can be seen
between the tall stems, will be covered with mirrors
placed at opposite sides of the apartment so as to give
an endless perspective to the beautiful effect. Foun-
tains and statuary, too, will be interspersed among
the plants, and in the'centre of the room will be one
large fountain, with its margin surrounded by
flowers.

From this beautiful apartment, in which also re-
freshments will be served, a draped entrance leads to
the ballroom, a room having a dancing floor 200 feet
long by 38 wide. or rather more than double the size
of any known ballroom in London. Over the whole
extent, a pitch fine floor has been carefully laid,
smoothed down, and finely planed so as to make it
as level and as smooth as a sheet of satin wood. In
the centre of the room is a raised dais for the guests
of the evening and the members of the Royal family.
All round the room, except in the space fronting
this dais, there are raised seats for those who wish
to enjoy the brilliant scene without fatigue. The
background to these seats is scarlet drapery, the
walls above are tinted of a light maize colour with
the emblems of the brigade in wreaths and garlands.
The ceiling has simply been left as it used to be,
and immediately below the glass lights a kind of
ceiling is formed by a stretched screen of maize-
coloured cloth, At the west end of the gallery, about
midway up the wall, a spacious orchestra has been
built, and will be beautifully decorated. The whole
apartment is lit from above with triple rows of cir-
cular burners, and every pains has been taken to
make the ventilation as perfect and as ample as pos-
sible. This ballroom will afford sufficient space for
800 guests to dance at the same time. Beyond the
ballroom is the supper room, the brilliant glories of
which have yet in a great measure to be arranged
and developed. Just now they are only prefigured
by groaps of colours or by awnings on the walls,
of which
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which mark the place of massive trophies, in some
filEasukttelviluryemtsbsicseoh had just taken place, an idea which
mutQrne
is made more suggestive still by stiff-look-
jog human figures stitched up in blankets—figures
which must call up dismal memories to some of the
officers superintending the preparations. These
rather ghastly-looking objects, however, are only
the suits of armour from the Tower, which will, on

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the night of the fete, shine forth cap-A.-pie with
lance and halberd in hand. At the upper end of
the room, in the niche which all our readers will so
well remember as occupied last year by Foley's
noble statue of Caractacus, is to be the great mili-
tary trophy of all, the background star of which
has already consumed some thousand ramcoads in
its formation, and will absorb the martial equip-
ments of a respectable force of cavalry and infantry
before it is completed. The base of this, to a height
of about eight feet, NI ill be one broad and magni-
ficent display of gold plate. The show of gold and
silver is likely to be as rich and as rare and as
massive as it was at the Guildhall, a large number
of the principal nobility having on this occasion
placed their stores, without reserve, at the disposal
of the officers of the brigade. For the first time the
Duke of Wellington lends the whole of his famous
service of gold plate, including the renowned Flax-
man shield, which is on this evening to occupy the
place of honour in the centre of the buffet. What
with the plate, the military trophies, the brilliant
lighting, and the noble proportions of this supper
room, the scene during the banquet itself is likely
to be one of unprecedented splendour and magni-
ficence.

As some misapprehension seems to have arisen as
. _ ._

to whether gentlemen are to wear uniform or Court
dress on this occasion, we have been requested to
state that all gentlemen, whether in the service or
not, are expected to appear in plain evening dress.
The only Exception to this rule will be the officers
of the Brigade of-Guards, who .as IMO and enter-
tainers, appear in uniform ; but all guests, even his
Royal Highness, will, as we have said, wear even-
ing dress. Of course, all of the company who are
honoured with invitations are expected to assemble
in the ball-room to receive their Royal Highnesses,

who are to arrive at 10 o'clock. Not a single in-
vitation beyond the 1,400 originally invited has
been issued for this splendid fete.

THE KING OF DAHOMEY.

Two despatches from Commodore Wilmot respect

,ng his visits to the King of Dahomey in December,
1862, and January, 1863, have been published,

The commodore was received with great ceremony

Every one kneels down while delivering a message,
and the men touch the ground with their head and

lips before the king. The women do not kiss the
ground. nor sprinkle themselves with dust as the
men do. When a man appears before the king he

is obliged to perform the ceremony of covering his
head and upper part of his body with dust before
he rises, as much as to say, "I am nothing bat dirt

before thee!"

The king is a very fine looking man, upwards of
six feet high, broad shouldered, and a pleasant coun-
tenance when he likes. His eyes are bloodshot,
which may arise from want of rest or other causes.
He is a great smoker, tut does not indulge much in
the bottle. His skin is much lighter than most of
his people, resembling the copper colour of the
American Indians. He is very active, and fond of

dancing and singing, which he practises in public
during the " customs." He is much addicted to the
fair sex, of whom he possesses as many as he likes.

He is about 43 years old.
The commodore, who was accompanied by Capt.
Luce and Dr. Haran, of the Brisk, were in Abomey
upwards of five weeks, and daily witnessed scenes
of a very extraordinary character, such as the danc-
ing of the amazons, their warlike songs, the dancing
and songs of the soldiers, the distribution of pre-
sents to the princes, chiefs, captains, and head men
of the troops, the passing of the king's drummers,
of the captains of the amazons, of the king's jesters,
and a variety of other people which appear before
the king during the customs.
On some of the days when customs were going
on there wad a procession of the king's " treasures,"
including the human sacrifices, which consisted of
_ _

men with their hands and feet tied, each carried in
a baSket by one man on the top of his head. The
men were carried three times round the square, the
first time stopping opposite to where the king was
sitting, where the bearers received a glass of rum
each from an amazon in attendance. They then
passed through the gates to the platform half a mile
off. The procession lasted two days, and human
sacrifices passed round both days ; on the first eight
went round, and on the second day six; half of

these wera killed, and half spared—so we were told.
Probably they are only spared till the next cus-
toms. The unfortunate men looked at us as they
passed, but it was not in our power to help them in
any way.
The commodore would not witness the slaying of

the men which took place, and the king on one
occasion gave him one of the victims who was about
to be slaughtered. With regard to the slave trade
the king said that the trade had been carried on in
his country for centuries, and that it was his great
means of living and paying his people. He did not
send slaves away in his own ships, but white men
came to him for them, and was there any harm in
his selling ? We ought to prevent the white men
from coming to him; if they did not come he would
not sell. We had seen what a great deal he had
to give away every year to his people, who were
dependent on him ; that this could not be done by
selling palm oil alone. If people came for palm oil
he would sell it; he could not carry on his govern-
ment upon trade alone. If he gave np the slave
trade where was he to get money P It was not his
fault that he sold slaves, but those who made his
fathers do it, and hence it became an institution of
his country. He said, " I cannot stop it all at once ;
what will my people do ? And besides this, I should
be in danger of losing my life." The commodore
says :—" I asked him how much money he would
take to give it up. He replied, No money will in-
duce me to do so ; I am not like the Kings of Lagos,
Porto Novo, Benin, &c. There are only two kings
in Africa, Ashantee and Dahomey ; I am the king
of all the blacks. Nothing will recompense me for
the slave trade.' I argued that it must be stopped
in time; that even now very few ships came for
them ; and what would he do when it was all done?
I found it useless to go any further on this subject."
In reference to human sacrifices the king said it
was impossible for him to give them up at once. His
words were, " Softly, softly ; it shall be done in
time, but not yet; my head would be cut off to-
morrow if I stopped it suddenly." Commodore
Wilmot says if we can only prove to the king that
we are really sincere in our wishes to be friendly
with him he is quite certain that potentate will
think very seriously of our proposals to him for
giving up the slave trade as well as the human sa-
crifices." The commodore also says—" A few have
au idea of a Supreme Being, but still a very imper-
fect one. The king knows more of these important
truths than any of his subjects, and we shall see the
good effects of this knowledge by and bye."
As war is so constant in Dahomey, there is an in •
cessant drain on the male population, and there are
nearly 5,000 women in the Dahomian army. Com-
modore Wilmot says of these Amazons—" They are
far superior to men in everything—in appearance,
in dress, in figure, in aztivity, in their performance-
as soldiers, and in bravery. Their numbers are kept
up by young girls of 13 or 14 years of age being at-
tached to each company, who learn their duties from
them; they dance with them, sing with them, and
live with them, but do not go to war with them until
they have arrived at a certain age, and can handle a
musket. These women seem to be fully aware of the
authority they possess, which is seen in their bid
and free manner, as well as by a certain swagger in
their walk. Most of them are young, Wag in
and have not that ferocity in their expres-
sion of countenance which might be expected from
their peculiar vocation; but many have passed that
time of life when all passions have ceased to ani-
mate, and make their mode of life at least worth re-
taining. They are supposed to lead a life of Chas-
' tity, and there is no doubt that they do so, because
it is impossible for them to do anything wrong

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without being discovered, and such discovery would
lead to certain death. The king alone has the pri-
vilege of selecting any of these women for his
wives, which is rarely the case. As soldiers in an
African kingdom, and engaged solely in African
warfare, they are very formidable enemies. They
fully understand the use of the musket, and load
and fire with remarkable rapidity. Their activity
is surprising—they would run with some of our
best performers in England. The captains' carry
the skulls of their enemies in their girdles, and en
occasional jaw is also seen."
The number of the army, including amcz.)ns, is
set down by the commodore at 10,000, and the
population of all the Dahurnian territory at 180,000,
of whom three-fourths are women and children.

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