The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-20 00:00:00

Deaths.

BARRTTT.—On the 18th inst., at Rochester, Mr. James
twilit, late of 173, Fleet street, aged 63,
BLAIR --On the 6th inst., on board of H.M.S. Trafalgar,
Lieut. F. H. Blair, It.N., son of Captain 11. Blair, R.N.,
aged 26.

GODLEY.-0a the 17th inst., atWeston super- Mare, Lieut.'
Colonel Godley, of 13, Lansdowne-crescent, Bath, 118°4
77.
HONEY.--On the 19th inst., Miss Ann Honey, of 10, Glen-
gall- terrace, Old Kent-road, aged 94.
RAFFLES.—On the 18th inst., at Edge-hill, Liverpool, the
Rev. Thomas Raffles, D.D., LL.D., aged 76.
WELLS.—On the 12th inst., at Liverpool, accidentally
drowned, Edward Aldridge Wells, youngest son of the
Rev. G. Wells, rector of Boxford, Berks, aged 17.

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NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Established 1809.
Incorporated by Royal Cherter and Special Acts of
Parliament.
Accumulated and Invested Funds
Annual Revenue 422,401
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Insuran-es e•rante t both at Home and in Foreign Countries
On the most liberal terms.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
Every facility offered to Insurers.
Ninety per Cent, of the Profits divided among the Insurers
on the participating principle.
The new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows :
Policies. Amrunt Inured. Premiums.
1,037 £763,331 , £23.641 0 0
Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished
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58, Threadneedle-street.
4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury.
West-end Office B, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.

THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
READ OFFICES,
29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Ineurance-
buildings. Liverpool.
Total Annual Revenuf exceeds £500,0 .0,
Accumulated Funds in band over 1,030,000.
Chairman in Liverpool :
CHARLES TURNER, Fsq., MX. •
Chairman in London :
WILLIAM' WAINWRIGHT, Esq.

EXTRACTS FROM lIHE REPORT FOR THE YEAR

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RANCH.
The Directors have, as pFIRE easßingly as unexpectedly, at the
close o the year, to announce, for tie first time, that the Fire
Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000.
The high comparative position held by the Royal in the
Government Returns of Duty is ag+in fully im.intamed.
The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably
the amount realised in the preced.ng year, and in fact sur-
passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, sine,• the
commencement of thl. Office, the balance to the credit on
account of British and Foreirrn insurances being £45,10? 10s.
5d., and of the North American business, whichis kept sepa.
Tately, £11,097165. 10d.

LIFE 'BRANCH.
The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to
state the sum assured on n -tv policies for The year lge2
exceeds even that of the ye.r 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived
at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of
£701,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last
few years it is believed that such a sum aesnred as that which
has just been announced as the result of one year's business
was all but unheard of.
This portion of the Company's busineis has been carefully
watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfact,on to the
shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the
future to the participating life assurer.
Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply
afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have
amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum
proposed for assuran.e mounts to X 43,241. Various degrees
of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined.
No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day
record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much. if at
all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadrais-
sit,le in a single year from deterioration of some kind or
another.
If. to complete their review, the Directors now advert
briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that
in Fire Business Ps progress has been undoubtedly more
rapid than that of any other Company established either in
London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken
place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the
amount of New Policies already reported make all other
evidence needless.
The Directors conclude their present Report with the
expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal
Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent
hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that
the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater maeni-
tude, combiniag distinguished commercial success to
the
Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection
to the public.
PERCY M. DOVT, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London

ORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE
SOCIETY.
The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000.
The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was
£85,062, and the amount insured on farming stock,
£10,086,332.
A bonus of three-fifths of the profi's periodically made to
Parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received
sums amounting in the aggregate to X 440,000; and the Society
now holds a large Rearm appli7able to a future iionus.
The rates of premium are in no case higher than those
their insurers.
cnarged by the other principal offices making no returns to
Street For pro-pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey-
, Norwich ;and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black-
friars, E.C.

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GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C.
Established 1821.
Subscribed Capital, Two =lions.

DIRECTORS.
gir MINTO FARQTJHAR. Bart, M.P., Chairman.
CHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., •Tohn Labouchere, Esq.
Henry Bonham Carter, Esq. G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq.
Charles F. Devaa, Esq. John Martin, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar Bart, James Morris, Esq.
James Goodson, Es sHenry Norman, Esq.
Thomson Hankey, Esq.. M.P Henry R. Reynolds, Esq.
John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. Abraham J. Robarts Esq.
Fredk. H. Janson, Esq. Henry Vig,ne, Esq.
A.IIDITORS.
Lewis Loyd, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. I Noel Whiting*, Esq.
Thos.Tallemazh, Esq., Secretary I SamL Brown, Esq., Actuary

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LIFE DEPARTMENT.—UNDER TEE PROVISIONS OP AN
ACr OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In-
surers EIGHTY PER CENT, of the Profits, at Quinquennial
Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of
Profits.
Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the
Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in
rash value £560,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary
Bonuses of £1,058,000.
After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life
Assurances in force, with existing, Bonuses thereon,
amounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Use
Branch £207,000 per an, and the Life Assurance Fund,
independent of the capitnal, umexceeded £1,618,000.
LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No
Extra Premium is required for service therein.
LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their
values, if such value be not less than £5O.
ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re-
• eived and registered.
MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge
every
or Policy Stamps,
or
DEPARTMENT.—Insurances
Losses caused b are e descriplon of property at moderate rates.ffected upon
Company. y Explosion of Gas are admitted by this

NOW Ready, Syn., Illustrated by the Hon. ELIOT YORKE,

THE WANDERER in WESTERN FRANCE,
By G. T. LOWTH. Esq. .

" Mr. Lowth reminds us agreeably of Washington Irving.
We have enjoyed his b ok."—Atheneum.
" A very pleasant and animated account of Brittany, from
personal obse.vation, by an accomplished writer."—Daily
Ne WS.

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Now ready. In 2 vols., past Bvo., 21e.,

REMARKABLE ADVENTURERS AND
UNREV.EALED MYSTERIES.
_ _

_
By Sir F. W. LA.SCELLES WRAXALL, Bart.
"This work for interest may vie with many a clever ro-
mance."—Sun.
"A very treasure-house of attraction."—Reader.

A.D. 1720.
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First)
FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES.
Offices, Royal Exchange, London.
Branch Office, 20, Pall-mall.
OCTAVIUS WIGRA3I, Esq., Governor.
GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq.,b-Governor.
Su
Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.
Fleury Bainbridge, Esq. Wiimot Holland, Esq.
Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville.
John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy.
Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Fredk. Jos. Edlrnann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq.
Bobt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., 31. P.
Wrn. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' William Wallace, Esq.
Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMOEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this
Corporation on advantageous terms.
In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par-
ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such
participation.
The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged
nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The divisions of Profit take place every Five years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life.

This Corporation affords to the Assured—
Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from
the liabilities of partnership.
A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual
Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital
Stock.
PeThe advantages of modern practice,—with the security
ru Office whose resources have been tested by the ex-
-I,Ceence of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF.
In the
UnitedOooration have always allowed the Assured to serve
o
Yeomanry,Volunteer Corps within the
free of charge.
ROTAS. EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary.

ci E la E B 11, A 'lr
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k) the BIRTH nt R
Avon. The 'Percente—HAßSPE ARE, at Stratford-upon-
N. C. Hamilton, Rartna•
n.T7 Committee (of which Sir Robert
ing SUBSCRIPTION.4—",?,„'IL la m are now reedy-
account of the Tercent,;,;'"d themay also be paid to the
and Kidderminster or wrRY. Cptomittee, at the Stourbridge
Stratford-upon-Avon ; Afews;c,, and Leamington Ranks,
Greenway, Warwick ; or therit I,
Greenway, Smith, and
Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs II ondon agents, Messrs.
anburys and Co., or Kes,rs,
Glyn and Co . banker s, London.
The Tercmtenary Committ,,, in R, b
rattling the subscrip-
tion list to the nation, most and
aPPeal to the admirers
of t., 11a1:s p e a r e for their aid and assiit
centarttord is not only
rest their clams upon the grotbid that us i 7, . 'lle Committee
8 works, and that w his
the birthplace of Shakspeare. but th,
e of attraction to
all admirers of the great Poet'
home, the town he lived, and where he lived and died.as

MONEY PROMPTLY ADVArster„D by a
Private Gentleman noon PURNITURF;
removal'. Leasehold arta Freehold
,Property, or ReB, (Without
stre
(te., in sums from to .I:3oo.—Mr. toward, 1 Queen: et, Cheapside. "

Richard Bentley, New Burlington.street.

2FO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in ,sown
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(Thal A-NCES of CAS ti, without delay, to respectable per,on',
can eor female), on their own security. The utmost, secrecy
..‘„ut be elied on.—Apkly (it by letter enclose tour stamps) to
Lt:Otoßobertson s. , V% King
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THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections
from Sir Henry R. Pishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's
MUSKETEERS (first time in England).
Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs.
Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus.
Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Flute Solos by Drew Dean &c.
Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man"), Eugene,
W. Randall, E. Righton, and A. Lloyd.
a Performance by Herr SCJIALKENBACFI on his
wonderful inst, ument, the PIANO ORCHE6TRE, contain-
ing a full baad of 40 instruments.
I he HALL his just been newly Decorated and Ventilated,
and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis.
Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ed. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ;
private boxes, lOs. 6d.

NOTICE.—The GHOST! GFOST !! GHOST!!!
AT CANTERBURY HALL.
I wo representations of Professor I', pper's startling Illusion
will be given on Mondays. Wednesdays, and Sa.urd qs, at
Nine and a (pi ,rter past Eleven o'clock; other Evenings at
Eleven only; and produced with all the newest improve-
ments by Mr. A. Siivester, which can be seen only at this
establishment.
Dramatic Readings by Mr. Graham, in addition to Grand
Operatic Selections, Cantatas. Gte s, Songs, Comic and
Sentimental, and UN-;WORTH, the Stum, Orator.
Open every Evening at hall past Seven.
Admission, Sixpence.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The
FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by
Signora Bachele and Mariannina and Signor Guiseppe Fran-
ce•co, assisted by a corns of Twenty young Ladies—The
Conrads as the Original French Clowns and on the corde
Eiastique—Les Petit Monstres - Brian and Conly in an
amusing and novel Burlesque Mrs. Brian as Old Aunt Sally,
&c., &C.—Wood and his Wonderful Son—Grand Operatic
Selections :—Prineipals, Bliss M`Gregor. Mr. Albert, Si,-nor
Geomni (the new Italian tenor), and Mr. Vernon Rigby—
Band' and Chorus of Sixty Performers.

THE
GHOST, a hi
FIRST WEEK of the ALHAMBRA
of the popular opt. 1 ill i EVE IX EVENING, at
highly comical and amusing; representation
us on.—
Eleven o'clock.

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night, bringingpassengers, captain, clerk, and such
property as k d up. Th papers and all the
books of the,Thirty-one soldiers of com-
pany I, 9th were on board as guard to the pay-
:ltiaagstee
prslanu d command of Lthieiuleteinnatnhte
ifca.vvebolrlotiiicasnl
themodctgrnoiwibnomteesnhripneei:l
lost,
se t
one corporal and four privates were lost, thrteieerkilloefdthbeysea,
.yvaltogetherthere are about 30 lives lost. Four hundred tons
sary and sutlers' stores, and about 100 tons rohn-astec°fmr'4is-
were all lost. There were about 200 persons on board
all. The boat valw dat 100,000 doll., is insured for 5' OdOiY4
dull. The fire broke out in the after part of the boat, some,e°
say between decks, others fly in the nurse!
boat struck the share, the fire having driven the engineers
from their posts, the engines contined to work, r.nd as ,;;,An
as she struck a number jumped ashore, but her stern soon
swung around down stream, and as the engines continued
to work.her bow was soon turned from shore, and she again
started down river. When she left the shore there were
about 30 persons on her bow, nearly all of whom must have
perished. The soldiers are said to have acted heroically,
and to have stood by the boxes containing the money until
it was certain all were consumed. The boxes were iron-
bound, and too heavy to be removed. Besides, the flames
spread all over the boat in less than five minutes. There is
no satisfactory theory as to how the tire originated. It is
believed, however, to have been fired by an incendiary in
the interests of the rebel Government. An effort was made
to fire the naval depot here the night before last."
The correspondent of the Boston Herald, in a
letter dated off Charleston, August 2, says that the
new battery erected by General Gilmore on Morris
Island, is mounted by the largest guns ever cast at
the North :

"When these batteries are opened against Sumter, there
will be a dreadful scattering of bricks, legs, arms, and
bodies. One hour and a half is allowed for the bombard-
ment of that fort before it will be compelled to surrender."

ESTABLISHED 1833.
TeOWDEN'S iERATFD GINGER BEER, in
Zlass or stone bottles, warranted to keep rood twelve
months. Lemonade, Soda-water, rotass, Seltzer, and every
description of Mineral Waters. _Manufactory, No. 3, White
Hart-street, Drury-lane, W C.

also got coals, bat they were not good, es we (If'
wards found out. Oa the 16th, took ship B.
Hoxie, bound from California to England; from her
we got about 125,000 dols. worth of silver, and
burnt in her over 50 tons of silver ore. On the 27th
June, captured schooner V. H. Hill, and bonded her
for 10,000 dols. on condition that she would carry
our prisoners, some 50 or more, to Bermuda. Our
next prize was the ship Sunrise, eight days from
New York to Liverpool, having a neutral cargo;
bonded her for 60,(JC0 dols. This was on the 7th
July. We were now close to New York ; the Bth
July, were not more than 50 or 60 miles from that
city. At about 12 a.m. this day (Bth) we exchanged.
signals with an English brig. Another sail being
reported, started in pursuit, and as the fog cleared
up saw a large steamer lying by her, and had sent
her boat alongside. We ran doWn until we saw
the Yankee colours flying from her peak.
hands' were then called to quarters. After ma-
oceuvring about half an hour, she finally ran down
to us. As soon ns she was near enough we hauled
obueriand 4ton theish s
down English colours (which were flying at the
ran from their
colteaa and soughtup.
Bat protection
hjudge
time), and showed to their view the 'stars and bars,
and at the same time gave her a broadside. Her
mh iepn'st
when
na r I:ts
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dßcul
et a
rt huepwteoa t hs
ee
er was
in
the their favour, for just then the fog came down so
dense that the Ericsson could not be seen, so all we
emouenld do
vas
to
vvat aft
tillr p
Yankee about five or six miles ahead' of us, and
travelling for Sandy Hook. Now it was we, felt
the need of gocd coal. Our brave Captain Malfit
c.ffercd 1,500 dollars for fifteen pounds steam, but
we could not get but eight and ten pounds, although
we used pitch and resin. All hands were anxious
to catch her, for she brad been sent to catch 'rebel
cruisers,' but she nearly caught a Tartar this time.
However, we had the pleasure of burning two ves-
sels under her nose—the brig N. B. Nash, from
New York, and the whaling schooner Rienzi, from
Provincetown ; but the crew had left when they
saw us burn the brig. We showed the crew of the
Nash the steamer Ericsson making tracks for Ne Oil
York. With a sad heart we left the E., and steered
for Bermuda, at which place we arrived on the 16th
instant, and as soon as we coal we leave this place
for a cruise, and you and your readers may bo
assured that the Florida will sustain her reputa-
tion, and do all we can to annoy the Yankees."

THE LAUNDRESSES to her late rlestv
M
Queen Ade sa that " ' ASRALIAN
s rAitca needslaide but toy, be tried to beBRIGGS appUroveTd " Sole
Wholesaie Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by Buw,
London, E.

CARD PLATES ENGRAVED.
N./ Any Pattern
50 BEST CARDS, Printed from Plate . . is.
PEAL 310 ROCCO CARD CASES
1,000 BUSINESS ENVELOPES, gummed 3s.
NEWSPAPER ENVELOPES, 4 doz. 6d.
F. ARNOLD, Manufacturing Stationer, S 6, Fleet-street, E.C.

SPECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented
Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the
Nobility, including, Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra-
ordinary re def to weak, din, and defective 'llw:in.—S. and B
SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.

RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.

WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXIIIRITED IN TDB GREAT

XIIIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of
Two 1-1 unfired Medical Gentlemen to rye the most effective
nvention in the curative treatment of aEHN I A.
The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects,
s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
~ody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the
Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease
,nd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn
Turing sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the
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, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is.
Double Truss, 31s. ed., 425., and 525. ed. Postage, is Bd.
An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. lod.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-
office, Piccadilly.

CONTRACT FOR PROVISIONS.
Royal Hospital, Chelsea,
14th Aug., 1t63.
THE RTGHT HONOURABLE the LORDS
and OTHERS, COMMISQIONERS of this HOS-
PITAL, do hereby give NOTICE, That they are ready to
receive TENDERS from and to treat with saeh persons as
may be wiling to Contract for victualling the in-pensioners
of the said Hospital, from the Ist October, 1863, to the 30th
Septembar, 1864, both days inclusive, with the following
articles of provisions, ctra, viz. :—Beet and Mutton, Bread,
Cheese, Butter, Potatoes, Salt, Oatmeal, Barley or Rice,
Pepper. Flour, Suet, Cocoa, Black Tea, Sugar, Milk, Onions
or Leeks, Carrots, Celery, Thyme, Marjoram, Winter Savory
and Parsley, daily, at per head per diem for the whole
ration according to the established allowances of the house, as
specified in the form offender, which may be obtained at the
office of the Secretary any day between the hours of 10 and 3
o'clock, which Tender must be filled up and delivered, sealed,
at the Board-room of the said Hospital by the party or
parties tendering.. or by an agent appointed on his or their
behalf, on Tuesday. the Ist of ept ert. ber, at 12 o'clock at
which time heir Lordships will be prepared to take the same
iLto consideration.

It is to he observed that the Contractors be required
to find Seetvity to the crown for the due performan e of the
Contract, and that no Tender will be received after the day
and hour above mentioned.

The Commissioners do not pledge themselves to accept the
lowest Tender.

A. J. MOORHEAD,
Secretary and Registrar.

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

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT
INSTITUTION

(Incorporated by Royal Charter).
PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
nr.siDENT—Vicc-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland,
K.G., F.R.S.
CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Fsq., F.R.S., V.P.
DEPUTY-CnAutiumr —Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

In anticipation of a portion of the hands now,
employed on the iron frigate Achilles, 6,000 tons,
which is rapidly approaching completion at Chatham
dockyard, being shortly released from that vessel,
the massive oak framing for the new iron-cased
frigate Lord Warden has been deposited alongside
No. 7 slip, on which the new frigate is to be built.
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as soon as the dockyard resources will allow of the
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armour-plates ; so that she will have the same de-
scription of plates on her stem as on her broadsides,
the use to which it is intended to apply her ren-
dering it most important that her bow should be
carefully protected and of enormous strength. An-
other important feature in the Lord Warden will be
the placing of a powerful battery of guns at her
bow, in which shq will differ from all other vessels
of war now afloat\ The battery will be so placed
as to enable the guns to be fired straight ahead;
while the solid, iron-plated bow will be carried up
sufficiently high as to form a sort of tower, in which
the guns will be placed. As the Lord Warden is
designed to steam at least 13 knots an hour, this
powerful bow battery will prove of the utmost value
when chasing a hostile vessel. In order to support
this additional weight thrown on the bow, the body
of the frigate will be built out into a long projecting
prow several feet below water, and this will serve a
twofold advantage,that ofgiving increased buoyancy
to the frigate, and at the same time furnishing her
with a most powerful means of destruction, the Lord
Warden being in this respect different to every other
vessel afloat. The extremity of the prow will be
furnished with a huge steel stem, shaped somewhat
like a cleaver, and this formidable weapon will, it is
confidently anticipated, cut completely through a
hostile ship when used as a ram, as, from the enora
mous size and momentum of the vessel of the Lord
Warden's dimensions, one, or at most two blows
would be sufficient to sink the largest vessel afloat.
The ports in the new frigate will be more elevated
above the water-line, and the armour-plating carried
lower down than in any other vessel of the class,
notwithstanding which provision is made for a high
rate of speed.
The Lords of the Admiralty have issued instruc-
tions for a second vessel, in all respects similar to
the Lord Warden, to be immediately commenced,
and have decided on naming her the Lord Clyde.
She will be built at Pembroke, at which establish-.
raent there is no similar vessel now in hand.
The Lords of the Admiralty have directed the
dockyard officials to survey and report upon the pre-
sent condition and value of the Cyclops, 6, 1,195
tons, 320-horse power; the Phoenix, 6, 809 tons,
220-horse power; the Hermes, 6, 830 tons,
220-horse power; and the Dragon, 6, 1,270 tons,
560-horse power, paddlewheel steamers ; and the
Victor, 6, 859 tons, 350-horse power, screw gun..
vessel, all attached to the Chatham steam reserve
squadron in the Medway, preparatory to the whole
of the vessels named being sold. In making the
survey of the above ships the dockyard officials are
to make separate reports to the Admiralty of the
condition of the hull and machinery of the several
steamers, and are to forward a confidential report of
the value of each for the guidance of their Lordships.
Yestesday a detachment of the Ist battalion of the
4th King's Own Regiment, numbering 35 men of
all ranks, left Chatham garrison, and embarked at
Gravesend, for Bombay.

FATAL ACCIDENT TO COLONEL APGREGOR.—We
regret to hear of the death of Lieat.-Col. James
M'Gregor, who was in command of the 15th Regiment
Bombay N.I. at Aden. It appears that when bathing on
the 28th June, in the sea at Aden, he was carried out by
the strong under-current and drowned ; his body was re-
covered shortly afterwards, and was buried the same even-
ing. Colonel IPGregor entered the Bombay army in
1835, and belonged to the 21st N. 1., which, after the partia'
mutiny at Kurrachee, in Sept., 1857, was changed to th
30th N.I. He saw service under Sir Charles Napier in th,
campaigns that ended in the conquest of Scinde, and after.
wards in the campaign of 1844-5 to suppress the rebellion
which broke out in the Southein Mahratta country.—
Bombay Gazette.

APPEAL.
The Committee of Management have to state that, since
he beginning of the year 1860, the Royai National Lifeboat
Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab-
lishments m the Coasts of Eng.:and. Scotland, and Ireland.
The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the
Society. :it'd other means, since its formation, is 12,800;
for which services 82 Gold &Ledals, 718 Silver Medals, and
£16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu-
tion has also expended .£67.'
09 on Life-boats, Life-boat
TrAnsporting-can laces, and Boat-houses.
The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of
the generous support which they have received from the
Pritish public during the past few years, a support wbi,.n
has enab'ed them to establish their present magnificent fleet
of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom
Deeply sensib e, however, of the great responsibility that
res s 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:—

COLONIAL ARISTOCRACT.—There are of courts(
many persons in Melbourne who occupy their na-
tural positions, such as they would occupy in any part o.
the world—the members of the professions, for instance.
and others, who have the voice which they have a right tt
exercise in the administration of public affairs, But, or
the other hand, there are crowds of diggers and successfu'
adventurers of all kinds, who form a little aristocracy of thei.
own, sad who have bullied or bought their way into pro.
minent positions. Until a few months ago, every man ha,
a vote, and any man who Gould get votes enough migh
enter Parliament. The consequence was, the legislatut
became swamped with ruffianism, and Government w,
rendered impossible. In order to put a check upon th
popular exuberance, the present Parliament has just passe
a law, compelling nothing less than a property qualificatie
on the part of the candidate, and an education test on cl
part of the voter. The property qualification merely meat
the deposit of a small sum of money, sufficient to act as
check ou the imagination of the casual costermonger, or th
promiscuous loafer ; the educational test simply provid(
that the voter shall be able to write his name. There at
some other provisions, such as the enforcement of certai
residence in a place before voting; and the change alto
gether is expected to b 3 of a very salutary character. Th
"educational test" alone, it is said, will disfranchise they
sands of persons who will not take the trouble to qualif:
for the register. At present many of the conditions L.
society aro sufficiently startling to a stranger. The owner:
of many of the handsomest houses end equipages in Mel.
bourne are men belonging to the lowest class, who haw
made their fortunes at the diggings; while scions of grew;
families in England, and min who have taken honours at
universities, are found driving cabs, serving in the vu ice.
or following the profession of tavern Nvait,:rs,—.Dickci?s'
mil t/ Ica? ,sot lid,"

[icr Majesty the Queen .. .. ..
annualannul fg CO. dg
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Campbell, the Ifon. Mrs. G. .. .. ~
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annual
1 1 0
Clerk, Colonel, B.A. ..
Coutts and Co. Messrs., Bankers ... ....
4,.inhnduoanl.lloo 0
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Currie, Wm., I::sq., • • • • •
.• don. 10 10 0
Enralret,inLord Chief Justice ..
Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., 1i.C.8., .a.nd2Tdrdaonn: 25 0 0
Peni,vick, O. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat
Moore, Rev. G. B.
ThsPorncir.ting.• .. 250 0 0
Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs.
Carriage .. • • • •
•• • • don. 3 0 0
.. don. 15 15 0
.. • • ••
Bart. .. .. .. 7th don. 10 0 0
3 0 0
Smith, Mrs. Georre Greenwich • • • • • •
Stirling', Col. Sir Anthony, E.C.B. .. • • annual 20 0
Ladyship
.. .. • • 16 16 0
.. .. annual 5 0 0
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Donations and Annual ',lfscriptions will be thankfully re-
Percieived y the Rankers of thy institution, Messrs. Willis,
vabl and Co. 76, Loinbard—treet; Nlessrs. Coutts and
Izichard Lewis. I,;s
i 'O., 59. Strand ; ‘'ressrs. Berries, Familiar. and Co., 16, St.
'amos's-street, London by a I !lie Collectors of Customs
q7aittectlhhein,s,riridoeme ;or
till: iliaitutiou, a,
and Bankers the 17,,-; -:. ty tile Secretary
thilll-jalaUti 441elphis Load° w c
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