The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-31 00:00:00

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No. 22,260.

THE NATIONAL' STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY (Limited).
Incorporated under " The Companies' Act, 18(12," by which
the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of
his Shares.

Now ready at all the Libraries. in 3 vols.,
UEEN M A B.
NA. By JULIA KAVANAGH, Author of "Nathalie," &c.
" This is one IA the best .productions of Miss Kavannh's
pen. 'Queen blab' is more charming Man any of tier former
creations. The story will surely flim much favour with the
public."—Observer.
Hurst and Binekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

Caiital X2,00%000, in ¶O,OOO Shares of £lOO each,
with power to increase.
Deposit on Application, £1 per Share; on Allotment, £1
per Share. Soon after Allotment a First Cail of £3 per share
will be made ; subsequent Calls are not to exceed £5 per
Share, and are not to be made at intervals of less than Three
Months from the date of prior Calls.
It is not at present proposed to call up more than £5O per
Share,

Shortly will be published, in 4t0., with magnificent Enable-
matio Cover, 21s. ; or in morocco, 31s. 64.,
THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS,
An Illustrated Edi ion, from no less than 6) Original
Drawings by George Cruikehank, Leech, and Tenniel.
Also now ready, 54th Thousand,

DIRECTORS.
Thomas Ch lion, Esq (Holderness and Chilton), Chairman of
the Shipowners' Association, Liverpool.
Robert Dirom, Esq. (Dirom, Davidson, and Co.), Director of
the Nattonal Bank of Liverpool.
William James Ferule, E.,q. (Ferule Brothers and Co.), Direc-
tor of the British and American Exchange Banking Cor-
poration, Liverpool.
Thomas Bernard Gunsten, Esq. (Gunston, Wilson, and Co.),
Liverpool.
Edward Lawrence, Esq. (Edward Lawrence and Co.), Direc-
tor of the British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company,
Liverpool.
Harvey Lewis, Esq., ALP Director of the National Bank,
L ;ndon.
Joseph Neale Milienna, Esq., Directo: of the National Bank,
London.
Robert Maxwell, Esq. (A., F., and 11. Maxwell), Director of
the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company,
Liverpool.
Andrew Malcolm -on, Esq. (J. and D. Malcolmson and Co.),
• Liverpool.
Thomas Wilkinson Tetley, Esq. (Hollinshead, Tetley, and
Co.), Liverpool.
Major Usborne, Esq. (Usborne and Sons), Director of the
National Bank, London.
Henry ThreLtall Wilson, Esq. (11. T. Wilson, and Chambers),
Deputy Chairman of the British and Foreign Marine In-
surance Company, Liverpool.
E&NIIERS.
London• 0.6,0." • The National Bank, Old Broad street.

The CHEAP EDITION of INGOLDSBY LEGENDS.
Price ss.
Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.

PHEAP EDITIONS of POPULAR NOVELS.
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The INITIALS. By the Author of "Quits" and "At Odds."

Also, just ready,
The LAST of the CAVALIERS. 6s.
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THE FOURTH EDITION of
MR. ANTHONY TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL,
RACHEL RAY, will be ready for delivery on November 3d.
Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

DUBLIN UNIVER
No. 371. FOR NOV
CON T:

Ireland .. ...... The Branches of the National Bank.

Manchester.... The Bank of England.
Liverpool ....The National Bank of Liverpool.

London BROKER*. •
J and J. Whitehead, 8, Moorgate-street.
Manchester.. - homas Warner, Esq., 9, Stamp-oflice Build-

lugs, Cross-stieet.
Liverpcol Thomas Tinley and Sons, 44, Brown's-
buildings.
Dublin Edward Fox, Esq., 51, Dame-street.

• SOLICITORS.
London Flux lnd Argles, 9. Mincing-lane.
Liverpool Fletcher and Hull, 6, Cook-street.

SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER AND NAVAL ARCHITECT.

John Jordan, Esq., 1 tte Chief Surveyor to the
Underwriters' Registry of Iron ships.
SECRETARY.
Joseph Treffry, Esq.
• TEMPORARY OFFICES.
London 21, Throgmorton-street.
Liverpool Commercial-buildings, Water-street.
Nothing has been more remarkable, in connection with the
progress of Lancashire, than the rapid extension of the
Steam Trade of Liverpool. In the y,ar :852 the tonnage of
foreign steamers entered inwards at the Custom-house was
188,715 tons, while i❑ 18r2 it was 595,339, which, in the year
ending June, 1813, increased to 756,120 tons.
In the earlier days of steam, and before the recent improve-
ments for the economy of fuel had been introduced, steamers
could be employed with advantage only for the carrying of
mails and passengers, but latterly, owing to the improve-
ments in marine engines, econom; of fuel and space has been
effected, thereby greatly reducing the working expenses, and
screw steamers have not only be. n employed in alt the near
trades for the conveyance of goods, with large profit to their
owners, but, owing to the advantages which they afford to
shippers, they have, in these trades, almost entirely displaced
sailing vessels.
For some years the carrying trade out of Liverpool has been
gradually undergoing a change. In the Amer can trade screw
steamers have taken the place of the once celebrated New
York liners, but as yet only as carriers of the highest class of
fine goods and passengers. Other descriptions of goods and
a large number of intermediate and steerage passengers be.ng
Jahn conveyed by sailing vessels.
In the important branches of the American import trade,
viz., those of grain, flour, and provisions, the loss annually
sustained by boating' during* the protr cted voyages fre-
quently made by sailing vessels is so great, that the interest
of all engaged in these trades will be enlisted in favour of
any scheme for the extension of steam shipping to include
such freight, and there c.,n be no doubt but that the whole of
the enormous trade in these articles, which in Liverpool
• alone amounts annually to 750,000 tons, will fa.l entirely into
the hands of steam companies.
The first object of this Company is to place on the New
York station a fleet of screw steamers from Liverpool and
London, of large size and great capacity, which will be able
,to carry almost, if not quite, as cheap as sailing vessels,
-whilst at the same time, frost the regularity of their passages,
they will command a full share of the steam trade, and the
Directors also intend sending steamers to the American
'Cotton Ports when the war is brought to an end and the
`trade re-opened, and have also under their consideration the
wants of the Brazil and other trades.
In organising this Company the Directors believe that it
wilt not enter into undue competition with the existing lines.
The Cunard Line is a subsidised company, carrying the
mails and passengers with fast and expensive steamers.
'The Inman Line has no subsidy, but nevertheless has been
most succeszful, and it now employs eleven vessels, having
commenced its operations with two steamers, the City of
Glasgow and City of Manchester. The steamships of the
Inman Line are, however, of greater proportionate horse-
power than those projected by this Company, which will be
sailed at much ie-s cost, and will be constructed to consume
a comparatively small amount of coal; at the same time of
such capacity that, in addition to a large cargo of merchan-
dise and passengers, they will be able to carry sufficient fuel
for their voyages both out and home, and so avoid the ex-
pense and delay incurred by coaling abroad.
In order that the objects of this Company may not be even
partially antic pared, and that the stations may at once be
occupied, provisional arrangements have been made whereby
three new steamers, of the description indicated, and in all
respects suitable tor the service, have been secured, and con-
tr Jct.+ have been entered into for the bu 'dim; of others of about
3,500 tons each, and it is proposed to c ,mmence with a fort-
nightly service each way, to be increased to weekly sailings
as soon as the vessels can be ;rot ready. The ports of depar-
ture shall be Liverpool for the weekly line, au,/ London to
the extent the metropolitan trade may require.
The ships will be built under the inspection of Mr. John
Jordan—late Chief Surveyor to the Underwriter's Regis ry
of Iron Ships,—whose services as Inspecting En., ineer and
Naval Architect the Directors have secured to th s Company.
The success which has attended the formation of well-
managed steam companies has been very marked. That of
Cunard and tnman Company is well known. the Pacific
Steam Navigation Company, whose sbares,£so paid, are sell-
ing at £7B per share, has out et profits given to its share-
h Asters new paid-up shares exceeding the amount of the ori-
ginal capital• and pays a regular dividend of 10 per cent. on
the increased issue, carrying over at each annual meeting an
almost equal sum, white many private steamship owners,
with similar descriptions of vessels, but much sm4ller than
those this Conpa..y intend to possess, have reaped like
results. . .

SITY MAGAZINE.-
EMBER. Price 2s. 6d.

:NTS.

1. Life and Literature of An-
cient Ireland.
lircylder's Band. B the
Author of " The House by
the Churchyard." Part
VI.
3. Slides of Fancy's Lantern.
4. Bella Donn, ; or, the Cross
before the Name. A Ro-
mance. Book 111.
Dublin: George Herbert. I

Waifs of Northern Legend.
6. A Digressive' Essay on
Wills.
Gas Light and Star Light.
8. Hibernian Country Pas-
times and Festivals
Fifty Years Since.
9. Wilks, the Actor.
10. Irish Educational Sta-
tistics.
.ondon Hurst and Blackett.

On Monday, Nov. 2, Never Before Published, price 25.,
BE L DEMONIO. A LO :E STOE.Y.
By PAUL FETAL,

Author of "The Duke's Motto."
*** The New Drama at the Lyceum Theatre is founded
upon this most powerful Romance of the Heart.
London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street.

Fcap. Svo., 280 pp., cloth, lettered, 3s. free by post,
THE PRINCIPLES and P itACIICE of
VEGETARIAN COOKERY,
Founded on Chemical Analysis, and embracing the most
approved Methods of the Art.
By the Author of " Fruits and Farinacea the Proper Food
of Man."
London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C.

T E X F OR D,
R, OXFORD STREET, W.

THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections
from Sir Henry R. Bishop's T EIE SLAVE, CLARA, the
MAID of MILAN, and Bellini's SONN MBULA.

The Directors have, therefore, every reason to anticipate a
very great success to the undertaking. They are not en-
tering upon an experiment, but are providing for this Com-
pany a similar description of vessel, but of larger size, ban
those which have proved so remunerative to severa well-
known private firms engaged in the Mediterranean and other
trades, and have thus the advantage of the experience so
acquired, which proves that what is needed, under efficient
management, to ensure profitable results, are large ships,
with moderate but sufficient hot se-power and great carrying
capacity.
The introduction of the limited liability principle has en-
abled undertakings ot great magnitude like the present to be
carried out by joint-stock companies, which m .y embrace the
co-operation of shippers an of others interested, instead of
by private capital,sts as heretofore; the result being that
the supporters of this line will•become interested in its suc-
cess, and participate in the profits which they assist to earn.
Applications for shares may be addressed in the annexed
form to the Directors, and copies of the prospectus may be
obtained at the Temporary Offices ot the Company, or at the
offices of the Brokers and Solicitors, but no application will
be considered unless a deposit of £1 per share on the number
of shares applied for. has been paid.

Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs,
Green, Bernardi, Iluish, &c., with full band and chorus.

Conductor, Mr. F. Jonglunans.
Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c.

Comic, by lINSWORTH ("or any oilier•man "), Eurrene,
W. Randall, George Ilodson, and those marvellous French
Clowns, Messrs. ARTHUR and BERTRAND.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To be retained by the Bankers.
To the Directors of the National Steam Navigation Company
(Limited.
Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers the sum of
, being a deposit of £1 per share on shares in
the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me
that number, and I agree to become a member of the Com-
pany in respect of such shares, or in respect of any less num-
ber yon may allot me; and to execute the Ardcles of Associa-
tion when required ; and I request that my name may be
placed on the Register of Members for the shares so allotted.
Name in full
Residence
Profession or Business
Date

Also, a Peiformauce by Herr SC ICI:NB/ten on his
wonderful instrument, the PIANO UltellblaTitE, contain-
ing a full baud of 40 instruments.
'I he HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated,
and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis.

THE QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY.
156, Leadenhall-street, London, E.C.
Queen Insurance-buildings, Liverpool.
Capital ONE MILLION STERLING.
At the Annual Meeting of the Proprietors, held at Liver-
pool, on the 21st October, 1863, BERNARD HALL, Esq..
Chairman of the Company, in the Chair, the Directors'
Report for the year stated—
That the Fire Premiums for the year amountedto £70,300
being an increase over the precedintr year of 22,880
That the Life Premium Receipts for the first three
years were
and for the past three years
being an increase in the latter triennial period
over the former of
That the amount accumulated since last Meeting, as
a Fire Reserve Fund, was 23,427
and the amount added to Life Fund was 13,743
That during the past five years the Company had paid
fbr Claims
The Actuary reported that the Life Liabilities had been
valued on the soundest principles, viz., Net Premiums at 3
per cent. interest, and that the Bonus to participating Policy-
holders averaged as much as 46 per cent. per annum of the
Premiums paid, while in some instances it was as high as 65.
70, and even 73 per cent.
A dividend was declared to proprietors at the rate of.B per
cent. per annum.
J. MONCRIEFF WILSON, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN E. LEYLAND, Secretary.

Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ed. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ;
private boxes, 3 Os. 6d.

fNNTERBURY HALL " GROS l'."—ln order
to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds,
Mr. C. MOILTON has transferred the representation of Pro-
fessor Pt pper end Henry Dircks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral
Illusion, " T 1114; GHOST," to the Concert Hall, where a
new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample
view of the Illusion from Stalls, Balcony, and bjdy of the
Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. ,A. Silvester to give
(with all that gentleman's iatest improvements and effects),
REPRESILNTATIONS EACH EVENENG, at hall-past
Nine o'clock.

All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual,
including Operatic Selections, ; Comedy by Unsworth
(the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George _Hodson, E.
Marshall, and the marvellous Arthur and Bertrand.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The
Marvels of Peru, the most wonderful Performers in
the WorId—LANCLOIS, the marvellous Indian Juggler.
—Grand Comic Divertissement, by the Francesco Family
and Mons. Rate', assisted by 12 Young Ladit s. - The beauti-
ful FAIRY FOUNTAIN—NICOSIA, the eminent Italian

A GREAT DRAWING OF PRIZES
WILL TAKE PLACE AT

ST. JOSEPH'S RETREAT, HIGHGATE, LONDON, N.,
On THURSDAY, the 261 h of NOVEMBER, 1863, to aid in
liquidating the Debt still remaining on the New Church and
Organ ; and to assist in establishing the English Mission of
St. Nicholas in Paris, now under the charge of the Passionist
Fathers.
The prizes of the first catalogue consist principally of
objects of art and other precious articles, presented by His
Holiness, several Cardinals, Princes, and other persons of
distinction in Rome.
TICKETS ONE SHILLING EACH.
The amount realised will be disposed of as follows :—That
arising from the sale of tickets in England will be applied to
St. Joseph's, and that from the sale of tickets in France to
St. Nicholas', in Paris.
THE DRAWING OF PRIZES WILL BE ON THE
PRINCIPLE OF THE ART UNION'.
Any one purchasing or aiding in selling 25 tickets will be
entitled to a large Engraving, either of the Death of St.
Joseph, or of Bb- seed Paul of the Cros4, which will be
forwarded by post upon receipt of 4 postage stamps.
Catalogues as well as tickets may be had on application at
St. Joseph's Retreat, Highgate, and at 39, Rue de Berri, Faris.

Special Notice.— Immense attraction on THURSDAY, sth
November, e celebrated French Clown Q, AUTII U it and
BERTRA.ND, will make their appearance in a new Enter-
tainment, reserTcd expressly for their engagement at this
establit hment.

Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great
Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR
NICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every
Evening.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.

CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
k..) the BIRTH of SHA.KSPEARE, at Stratford-upon-
Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert
N. C. Hamilton, Bart.. K.C.8.. is Chairman) are now receiv-
ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the
account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the btourbridge
and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks,
Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and
Greenway, Warwick ; or their I.ondon agents, Messrs.
Smith, Payne, and co., Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs.
Glyn and Co., bankers, London.

The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip-
tion lid to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers
of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee
rtst their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only
tile birthplace ofShakspeace, but the centre of attraction to
.home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
ThEse elegant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter
Season. They have been entirely redecorated.
Musical Director and Conductor, Mons. L. .TULLIEN.
Great Success of his new Quadrille, " The Prince of Wales,"

nigrrtly encored.
The band is selected from the Italian Operas and the
Household Troops.
Doors open at 8 o'clock.
Admission, ls.
Manager—M. GRENET.

29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE.
THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM.
Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7
•
o'clock. Where may be seen the .Astecs ; Bushman and
Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the
Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre-
parations, &c. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years
old. Admission, One :Shilling (tor Gentlemen only),.

TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti-
mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They
especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced
to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong, reduced to 38. 6d. ; mixed Assam, re-
duced to 3s. Bd.; and the finest Assam, reduced from 48. 4d.
to 35. lid. per lb.
MOORE BROTHERS. 33. London-bridge. City, E.C.

Handicap Plate of 100 sous, for 3-yr-olds and upwards.

D.I.
- .
Mr Naylor's Touch-and-go, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (S iyers) 1
Mr T. Hughes's Reserve, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Morden) 2
Mr Saion's Sweet Willie, 3 yrs, sst 13!b (J. Grimshaw) 3
The following also ran :—Oberon, Stockinger, Dunkeld,
Weatherspy, Hypermnestra, and Warhorse.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Stockinger, sto 1 agst Hyperm-
nestra, 6 to 1 each agst Touch-and-go and Sweet Willie,
10 to each agst Reserve and Oberon, and 100 to 8 agst
Dunkeld.

Weatherspy, Stockinger, and Sweet Willie, and Touch-
and- go got away together, and ran in close company to the
entrance of the rails; Stockinger then dropping back.
Touch-and-go took second place, and getting up half a
dozen strides from home, won in the la:t stride by a head,
three lengths separated the second and third, Warhorse
was a bad fourth, Stockinger fifth, and Dunkeld next.
Oberon was last.

The Audley End Stakes of 30 soya each, 10 ft, if declined,
for 3-yr-olds and upwards; A.E,C.; 5 subs, two of
whom have declared.
Lord Glasgow's Clarissimus, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Aldcroft) 1
Baron Rothschild's Gorse, 4 yrs, 7st 41b.... (E. Martin) 2
Doyle weighed for Minnie, but did not get to the post in
time to start.

Betting-6 to 5 on-Gorse, 'who made play to half way in
the rails, where Clarissimus came up and won easily by
eight lengths.

Match, 200 sovs, h ft; Sst 101 b each. Bretby Stakes

Course.

Sir .11. Des Vutux';,6
_Vat ...
Mr Craven's Llangollen (J. Goater) 2
Betting-2 to lon the Bridle colt, who waited upon
Llangollen to the bushes, where he went up and won by
half a length.

Match, 100 sois, h ft. Last half of Ab.M.

Lord Westmoreland's Annington, 2 yrs, Bst slb

(J. Goater) 1
Mr Mansfield's Wee Aggie, 2 yrs, Bst 10lb (Perry) 2
Betting-3 to 2on Annington, who got away in front,
and won easily by a length.
Handicap Sweepstakes, of soya each, and only 5 ft, if de-
. clared (to go to the second), for 3-yr-olds and upwards.
T.Y.C. 29 subs, 17Pewhom declared.
_ _

Mr R. Bo'ce's Principal, 4 yrs, fist 101 b (E. Taylor). 1
.Mr Naylor's Fiancee, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (carried fist 121 b)
(T. French) 2
Mr G. Bryan's Welland,'4,yrs, 9st (Custance)
.3
The following also ran:—Lady Clifden, Vivid, Roman
Bee, Tplurno, Blue' Maritle, Eastern Princess, and Sau-
tOrelleJ
Challoner weighed ,for,Lord Stamford's Cassidia, 3 yrs,
7st 71b, 14t did nowt, go to the post.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Lady Clifden, 4to 1 agst Roman
Bee, 71to'1 each aist Bine Mantle and Welland, 8 to 1 agst
Sauterelle, 10,to 1 ;oast Principal, and 12 to agst Eastern
Prince's& • .
Fiancee, wit' Tol-rno; Lady Clifden, Welland, Blue
Mantle,"and frineip4 •in close attendance came on in
front to half way in the cords, where Principal drew for-
ward. ,When within a,few strides of the chair he got up,
and won fine race by a head; Fiancee defeated Welland
by a lefigt for' second. place ; Lady Clifden was fourth,
close up ;41tere.a.p. Bee fifth; Blue Mantle sixth, and Eastern
Princess next.
Sweeepstalies of jcso Scoii each, 200 ft; colts Bst 101b,' fillies
Bse7lb.l T.Y.C. 4 subs
Mr Ten Broeck's Echo, Bst 71b
Lord Stamford's Battaglia, Bst 71b (Chalfoner) 2
Betting-L1 to 1 on..Edlio. • •

Battaglia, With a 'slight lead, made play to within a short
di3tance of the_post,..when Fordham brought up EchO and
won cleverly by halt a length.
Sweepstakes 'of 10 s'oVri'eadh, for 3-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b,
fillies 85t..71b. Wbe winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Bretby
Stakes Course. 5 subs.

Mr Savile's Prince Loe 800 (Aldcroft) 1
Lord Starnforirs.K.nave of Trumps (Uhalloner) 2.
Mr Wybrow. Robertson's Paddy O'Rourke 3
Betting-5 4 on Knave of Trumps, 2 to 1 agst Paddy
O'Rourke, and 6 to 4 agst Prince Lee 800.
Paddy. O'Rourke was the first away, and came on slightly
in advance of Knave of Trumps, Prince Lee 800 lying off.
On reaching the bushes hill Mr Savile's colt got upon better
terms with his &nes, and on reaching the cords he came up
with a wet sail, and won cleverly by three parts of a length,
Knave of Trumps beating Paddy O'Rourke by a length.
Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 100 says each, h ft, for 3-yr-
olda and upwards ; winners extra. R.M. 4 subs.

nette, Balderdash, Garotter, Corsica, Highland Mary,
Atlas, Birdfinder, Faretra, Musk, The Hare, and Bubble.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Orphene, sto 1 agst Balderdash, 7
to 1 agst Wangle Eye, and 8 to 1 agst Birdfinder.
The favourite, with Jessie and Wangle Eye lying up,
made all the running, and won in a canter by two lengths,
'a similar distance separating the second and third; the
others beaten off.

Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, Bst 101 b each. Ab. M.

3 subs.

Lord Aunesley's Sister to Ace of Clubs.. (J. Goater) w.o.
Match, 200 h ft. T.Y.C.

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using TIDMAN'S SEA SALT.

Lard Westmoreland's Merry Hart, 3 yrs, Tat 11Ib
(Morris) w.o.
(First Class)—The Nursery Stakes (a free handicap) of 25
soya each, for 2-yr-olds. RM. 16 subs.

Lord Rendlesham's Sheridan, 6st Gib (illordan) 1
11,.fr J. Osborne's Prince Arthur, 8-3 t 101 b (Osborne) 2
Sir J. Hawley's Washington, Tat olb (Uustance) 3
Attraction, Echo, Aunt Judy, The Beadle, Rouge Crosse,
New York, Dovedale, Royston, Wild Thyme, Brother to
Dreadnought, Lady Bohun, and Guerilla also ran.

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Bohun, 100 to 8 agat Prince Arthur, 100 to 7 each agst
Dovedale and Wild Thyme, 20 to 1 agst Echo, and 100 to
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Lord Glasgow's Maid of Mash= filly, 3 yrs 7et (Covey) 0

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At the third attempt they left the post, widely spread
across the course, the colours scarcely discernible through
the heavy storm that raged. As nearly as we could make
out, after they had run to the Ditch Gap, New York took a
clear lead on:the extreme right, followed by Washington,
Sheridan, and Attraction ; then came, in the centre, Echo,
Lady Bohun, Guerilla, and Rouge Crosse, who headed the
next lot, the rear being brought up by The Beadle, Royston,
and Prince Arthur. They ran thus into the cords, where
the last named gradually chew forward ; half way in the
cords he headed Washington, and joined Sheridan, the pair
finishing a fine race home. Sheridan, who was never fairly
reached, won by a length and a half; a head only separated
the second and third; Wild Thyme was fourth, close up,
Echo fifth, and the others were pulling up as they ran past
the post, the last two being The Beadle and Aunt Judy.
Second Class Nursery Stakes (a free handicap), of 25 soya
_ _

The betting opened at 3 to .1 on the Maid of Mash=
filly, and closed at 5 to 4 on Peignoir.
The favourite wade all the running, and won by a
length.

Suspicion, with Wandering Minstrel, the favourite, and
Rizzio lying up, made the running, closely attended by
Farnhurst and Merry Wife, the top-weight following next.
In the dip Suspicion dropped back, and Farnhurst and
Merry Wife came on in attendance upon the Wandering
Minstrel to half-way in the cords, when they were joined
by Union Jack. In a few strides further the four closed,
and raced for the lead, which Union Jack obtained a short
di,tance from the chair, and won very cleverly by a couple
of lengths, Wandering Minstrel defeated Diviner by a
head for second place, and there was a like distance between
the third and fourth ; Farnhurst was fifth, and Suspicion
next; Rizzio and Esperanea were beaten off.
Match-200 sous, h ft. T.Y.C.
Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip filly, 2 yrs, Bst 101 b

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ti
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highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respecta-
bility, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell
and Co. have been appointed Perfumers toiler Royal High_
flees the Princess of Wales.

(Aldcroft) 1
Lord Westmoreland's Rothschild, 2 yrs, Bst 71b
(J. Goater) 2
Betting-7 to 4on the Miss Whip filly, who made all
the running, and won by a length.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards,
weight for sge. The winner to be sold for 400 sous.
T.Y.C. 8 subs.
Mr B. J. Angell's Lord Burleigh, 4 yrs, 3st 101 b

of the Restors.tion clown,te the novelistetf ViCtOrirr,'
we have a constant Succession of writir4,"very feud
of whom have succeeded in so treating indedent stab;
jects as not to do more harm than good. .Scott did ;.
perhaps George Elliott. has done; but ;we doubt if
there is a third name. In the earlier writers of
all, in the " Beaux's Stratagem," the 1‘ Relapse,"
and so on, the intention wad to` do harm. ' These,
therefore, may be dismissed' from 'consideration.
But take three famous English' Classics—Richard-
son, Fielding, and Smollett : how, we.should like
to know, have they served the cause. of ;
virtue ?
Richardson's efforts in that direction, good enough
in conception, were wholly neutralised by the
execution. To impress upon maid' servants,
governesses, and lady's maids, the worldlyeidvan-
tages of chastity, and to generate in their minds
the belief that this virtue did exist in the class
to which they themselves belonged, was, unques-
tionably, a useful purpose in the middle of the
18th century. But readers of " Pamela " and
socould e
l iofe t tdthoemht
" Clarissa Harlow" will understand what we
mean when we
tpha
es s
reason.
aosueled. d o
If far
amt
eovreer byg 0
stay that the realism of Richard-
son'sFthid
idtnhe.gsecrpoi
Iprettiareiyraml trials
agveee a throughhbayd
ewhichwereeevie
nQithey:neg:
iondflarainitnegnttihonespaessitihoneis
tralised by a similar element; and, coming dovin
;to writers of our. own time, we regret to say filil
the evil has only changed its guise. ' '' •

1:1i5 e tuve" be found in
that it would
No contemporary wrier-would venture to repro:
idupceamelai
ug et s
weenodli:emes
have occurred to Richardson to introduce into a
novel such characters as Cecil in " Sword and
Gown," and Florence in " Guy Livingstone:l
These last are the hind of novel which is really
dangerous to morals, insinuating as it does that
among English young ladies chastity is a hum-
drum virtue, which the cleverest, the prettiest,
and the most spirituel are ready to sacrifice
almost at a moment's notice, if needs be, for the
sake of their favourite hero. We are not exagge-
rating. Space precludes us, even if nothing else
did, from supplying proofs of what we say. But
those who are curious in such matters will do well
to refer to the "conservatory scene" in " Guy
Livingstone," and the proposal of Royston Keene
to Cecil in " Sword and Gown."
Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.
As the time approaches for undocking the iron
frigate Achilles, 35, 1,250-horse power at Chatham,
increased exertions are being used by the officials.
so that no delay May be experienced in completing
and equipping her for sea immediately afterwards.
The whole of the broadside plating which protects
her midship battery has been completed 'for seine
time, and is now being cleared down preparatory
to receiving the final coating of paint. In this
portion of the Achilles the armour plating is ex-
tended to her upper deck, which, cgain, is plated
with iron varying from 5-16ths to 5-Sths of an inch
in thickness, to protect the gunners on the manacle&
from the effects of shell and molten metal. The mid-
ship's battery is protected at the stem and stern by
armour-plated bulkheads, rendering the central
portion of the main deck to all intents a shot and
shell proof battery, the guns in which may Still be
employed long efter those on the other parts of the
main deck have been silenced. Beyond the armour-
plated bulkheads the 4a-inch armour-plating is not
carried any higher than the main deck floors. With
the exception of some 20 plates to be fixed to the
counter and buttock of the stern portion of the
frigate, the entire plating is completed. This nor-
lion of the work, however, proceeAs but slowly, in
consequence of the extreme nicety required—first in
cutting the slabs of irolt; to the eale-afaaliepe of the,
stern of the vessel, and afterwards fitting them in
their place, both operations requiring the greatest
possible care. In order to lessen, as much as pos-
ible, the tendency to roll, which, more or less,
characterises the whale of our iron ships, the
Achilles has been built flatter on the floor thau was
the case with the Warrior and Black Prince. In
addition, she has been furnished with two iron
bilge pieces, running nearly the entire length of
the vessel, and placed about midway between her
keel and water-line. These, there is little doubt,
will have considerable effect in lessening any ten-
dencies to roll which she may exhibit when at sea.
With regard to the remarks which have been made
respecting the time spent in building the Achilles,
a few facts will prove, perhaps, that her construc-
tion has occupied a shorter period than that of the
Warrior, with which she has been unfavourably
compared. The Admiralty records show that the
Warrior was commenced in the month of May,
1859, and, according to the contract, was to be
ready to receive her engines in 11 months from that
date, and to proceed to sea in three months after-
wards. Instead, however, of being ready by the
time specified, the Warrior did not leave the Ttiaases
until the month of October, 1861. She then pros
to Portsmouth, where she remained a consi-
derable time before being finally ready for sea ;
thus
only a few months short of three years wefor sea,
re em-
ployed in her construction and equipment
In the case of the Achilles the order to begin to
build the vessel together with the sheer draught,
arrived at Chatham Dockyard from the Admiralty,
on the 19th of April, 1861, at which date not a
single piece of the vast machinery afterwards re-
quired had arrived at the dockyard, In addition
to this the best portion of a year was lost in the
erection of the requisite factories, sheds, workshops,
&e., for carrying on the construction oi an iron ves-
sel of vast size, the first of the kind ever attempted
at either of the Royal dockyards. Within about a
month, however, after the commencement of the
Achilles—namely, on the 30th May, 1801—an Ad-
miralty order arrived at Chatham for commencing
the iron-plated frigate Royal Oak, and as she was
required to be completed and sent to sea before the
Achilles, all the available force of the dockyard was
placed on her, while her machinery erected for the
Achilles was devoted, almost exclusively, to the
preparation of the armour-plates for the Royal Oak,
which was completed and launched in little more
than a year from being commenced and despatched
to sea from Chatham at the beginning of the present
year. Had not the Achilles been consequently de-
layed in order to complete the Royal Oak, the for-
mer vessel would have been out of hand and des-
patched to sea at least 12 months since. The first
armour-plate was fixed on the broadside of the
Achilles on the sth of February last, so that in little
more than eight months she will have been entirely
plated from stem to stern, whereas, in the case of
the Warrior, the armour-plating is carried only for
some 200 ft. along each broadside, leaving nearly
double the number of plates to be bolted to the ex-
terior of the Achilles to those placed on the sides of
the Warrior. Taking into consideration the superior
quality of the work in the Achilles, as compared
with that in the Warrior, the former is as
much superior to the latter as the Warrior was to
the Mersey, theeprlando, and other fine frigates of
their dey. An announcement has been received
from Messrs. Penn and Sons that the whole of the
machinery for the Achilles will be ready by
the
middle of December.
Yesterday the "aVar Department tranesports Marl-
Ordnance-
borough and Petrel went alongsidad
tulln loading the
wharf at Chatham, and commenced
with the Arm -
Armstrong and other gaushto"na's•
of shot from the
strong and other descriPotw'
Emerald, 35, 600-horse p Copt. A. Cumming,
lately attached to the ChannelN squadron, but note
ore, preparatory to beingv
and placed in the third di-
being dismantled at the
put. out of commission
vision of the eteane reserve. The powder and shell
did yesterday from the Botnursund, and
were lau
in the Government magazines at Upuor
deposited
Castle. -
The Widgeon, 2, 90-borte PoWer, pnlalewheel

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,

(Fordham) 1
Mr Carrington's Bellman, 5 yrs, 9st lib ...... (Reeves) 2
Lord Exeter's Amelia, 3 yrs.Bst 21b......
.(Challoner) 3
Lord Westmoreland's Confidence, 5 yrs, 9st llb
(J. Goater) 4
Mr Wybrow Robertson's Queen Elizabeth, 4 yrs, Bst
101 b. ................................... (Brewtey) 5
Mr Watt's Miss Armstrong, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (J. Snowden) 6
Betting-6 to 4 agst Lord Burleigh, and. sto 2 agst Miss
Armstrong.
They ran together into the dip, Lord Burleizh with a
slight lead, which he retained to the end, and won easily by
three lengths; Amelia finished a bad third. Mr H. Bird
claimed the winner.
Sweepstakes of 10 soya each; 2 .yr-olds, 7st 31b; 3-yr-olds,
Bst 101 b. The winner to be sold for 300 sues. T.Y.C.
11 subs.
Mr J. Whittaker's Countersign, 2 yrs, Tat 3lb
(E. Foster) 1
Mr H. Bird's Regina, 2 yrs, 7st 31b.... (H. haw) 2
Sir F. Johnstone's Lord Adolphus, 2 yrs, 76t 31b
(Morris 3
Duke of Beaufort's Crytheia, 2 yrs, 7st 31b..,,Deacon)) 4
Mr Reeve's Topsy, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b ............ (Reeves) 5
Mr W. Hart's Loafer, 2 yrs, 7st 31b........ (E, Taylor) 6
Betting-5 to 4 agst Crytheia, sto 2 agst Countersign,
and 5 to 1 agst Lord Adolphus.
Some time was lost at the post through the fractiousness
of one or two of the animals. When the flag was lowered
they ran together into the dip, when Countersign took a
decided lead, and won easily by two lengths, a neck sepa-
rating the second and third; the favourite was fourth,
close up.
Optional Selling Plate of 50 soya ; 2.yr-olds, 7st 71b ;
3-yr-olds, Oat 41b, with optional selling allowances.

T . Y. C .
Mr S. Thellusson's Orphene, 2 yrs, bat 61b (£5O)
(S. Mordan) 1
Mr H. Marsh's Jessie, 2 yrs, 6st 6lb (car 6st 81b) (L 53)
(Cannon) 2
Mr Handley's Wangle Eye, 2 yrs, 6st 61b (£5O)
(Herbert) 3
The following also ran :—Lady Mary, Norma, Antoi •

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:from her Majesty's ship Himalaya, by ou. _
„barked the !re
for jhe Cape of .Good Hopei and anchored i-7, Simon's
dinacteigedt!totwoLnet 497;143:cat11.4e,1174\.: J ,
Bay on tia,ith, at I aft. On the sth of •Sepf.77
we sailedifrom Sinion'S Bly, With the 25th regi-. -
anent on board, --for-Colombo, where we arrived on
..
4;t111.1.1r,
pf•Septem~bet, at iir a.m. Having diet ,
.27ili for this,place, to coal, ,where we arrivdd the' -• l
ve, we sailed from Colombo on the
same day', and are'now. eng4ged in that very neees• ';
-.Ye leave her ie.-Morrow (Sept,
Fart' operation.
30) on our:return'• to Cola bo; - and- anticipate " •
sailing thence-, fOr,Xtjoklanß; New Zealand, atOu, .- . v
the 7th of October. , P
-Cape we encohnteredf.stroag' head-winds: Our
passage from •Portsn; rth9ln,ao 'S,ct.cdpliiblenht
only 56 days:., 19 • hours, including 10 ' days., fit! •
r
anchor—a .feat,,l -shanlsl gllPPoae, , never before;
accomplished by any other
,vessel having so. large, `•
a number of-souls on board. __.
,Notwithstanding
the htavytea seas we have experienced during' -
por ,
tionsl of our Voyage,
,there has never, been
'txdeption.when close to Ceylon;
occasion, Withane . . ,
,s
to stop the liimalap's nicliittery for one moment.'
Every part still-work!. beautifully,
,acid On'rl, 'Cont.!
samption of coal has been veryspaa
the azia!'llnl
:
mount being 40 tons in 24 hours, and average •
a is sprung, and we aro,
ing 35 tontiTGarratatryar , s .
to enteriO '-'
; Civi at . wort fishing it, preparato.y
,•,., • a .
t Ligon our New•Zcaland voyage., 4 , , . ~
asto :bete.:
vli.:.
‘r .
ja . noW., YiC*,'
DeptiOra,,laeopold,G. beath,C.l3..!-,. ..] •
..
m ites of.'
• Chairman of • the `Orstai4V*lrtaf4o --2, ,tihiS,::-.'
4,
Woolwich Arlene', he having, succeeded •P4r ,' ..:
Liam Wiseman in that office.
..", THE ARMY.
T. 13'
The Adventure screw troopship, Capt.
from Quebec and Maffei.' The Adventure steamed
Lethbridge, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning
into Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon,
during a lull in the gale; whips prevailed thereto
greater part of the daY,:land'bbrtb.ed alongside ti.e
transport jetty, where %het troops will be disem-
barked this morning,*atirtthetiihe-ttpired men for-•
warded to the depetinf theirrespectiie regiments,
and the invalids to the iitoyetoMilitarY'Hospital at'
Netley. - The navaLintralids brOnght. home in the
ship will be transferred to her Majesty's ship Vie-
tory, and the Royal Naval ...Hospital at Hasler.
The- Adventure , sailed from Portsmouth On
her outward voyage on 'the nth„ of Sep-
tember✓, and Queenstown' on • the 14th, arriving 'at
Quebec on the gdof October, , She sailed again from
Quebec on the 10th, and arrived at Halifax on the
14th, sailing again, from ,Halifax : kir 'England on
the 18th. At Halifax, when the Adventure, sailed,
were her Majesty's ships Nile; Phaetori; Greyhound,
Styx, and Nimble. The 'mails from the stranded
Canard steamship. Africa arriYO4if Halifax on the
18th inst. in her Majesty's .steamer Wink vius. Dar-
ing Capt. Lethbridge's .absence on this last trip from
England to Canada and ,back he hatikbeiM pirmoted
from Commander to the post rank •by the Admiralty.
It will be, however, a loss to the service if this\ pro-
motion should cause his removal.,from the command
of the Adventure, for which he has proved,himself,
qualified. A precedent for Cap'..
Lethbridge con-
tinuity,. to hold his' present appointment exisfa3 in
.the command of
Capt. Seeeombe being continued-in
by his energy, tact, ana, seanianShip; to be eminently
t231727-alhticovvrreesipefont_
1 the Himalaya, under similar circumstances.

1/4..

Abolition of the Punishiaent`of Death and
the Author of ' " The. 'Last Days of ai
Condemned,"

The Legislature of the State of Columbia having
determined, to abolio.h the pithishment of da,Ath,
lettkr was athliesse'cl by the envoy extraordinary, and
minister plenipotentiary. of that State to Victor
Hugo, informing him of the fact, to which letter the
di,sticlguished exile hal returned a rep'y, of which
the following Is wirlns'
"Hanteville House, Guernsey, 12th Oct.

"I hope that some journal will have appri:3ed you
of my absence from Guernsey since the end of July,
and that the delay of my answer will have thus
been explained.
"I only opened your honourable letter of the 17th
August to-day, having returned here but yesterday.
I need not tell you bow much your communication:
has touched me. I have devoted my life to the prin-
ciple of progress, and the starting-point of the pro-
gress of this earth is, in my opinion, the inviola-
bility of human life. From that principle springs
the end of war and the abolition of the scaffold.
" The end of war and the abolition of the scaffold
profound emotion I thank
oisfhyi
noon your constitution. sptei tnuatlitoyn .
of Yourd.eathe constitution
sgtiivtuetsi "in
is the suppression of the sword. Theyosawoarrde sup-
pressed,
sodnesspoortinisme a
ndsisfaoprpietagrse.x
iTsrtahtenenirdcnee.atrheisn
magnifi-
ce•
nt laognngi:r_
~ You remit me, in the name of your free Repub.
othertate to: Cards glo,y.
,i The great road is opened. Lseot olut,:bia..
one• towards happiness,takes a double step—the
America pursue
it—Europe will follow her.

" Transmit, M. the Envoy Extraordinary, the ex.:-
pression of my gratitude to your noble and free
fellow citizens, and receive the assurance of my high
consideration.

VICTOR HUGO.

CLEVER CAPTURE OF A BIGAMIST.—It seems that
James Hill, a good-looking man of about 30 or 35
years of age, and who is captain of a flat called the Martha,
some time in February last took it into his head to present
his wife with a cal* de visite of himself. For this purpose
he went into a photographic establishment in Liverpool,
where he found a young woman, named Elizabeth Hood,
waiting to have her likeness also taken. Miss Hood's per"
sonal attractions at once struck the captain, who engaged
conversation with her, and represented that he was an un-
married man. Captain Hill's courtship was not of
wlon,i.g
duration, for on the third day of forming an intitna.nYairr.
the young woman he led her to the hymeneaoilcing. i,
The second Mrs. Hill was now a happy womahnurfoi_.un.ately
the prospect of soon becoming a mother; but
_rot_rh'er lips,
I her cup of happiness was soon to be dashed
I for one day two women presented themselveseher name was
and asked her to give her name. Of coursedst
the strangers
Mrs. Captain Hill, and this she announced h
one of the
with some degree of pride. On hoanningarried
to my hus..
women exclaimed, " Then you fafian-er house
shock to the second Mrs.
band 1" This was a dreadful shdoe
his victim and went to
Hilt. The bigamist now deseLts
_iili.
The second Mrs-.
live again with the original 3„, .1
wan who had deceived
iifieendured great suffering
communicated with the police.
her, and
asneedmitodwanas xniootusunttott ssehreec
that she and her friend,:
first informed of the matter ;
The Liverpool force were
f[ +t was said to reside when
tere,avoarsyreferred to the police of that
but as the roaster od,
Inspector ascertained that the Eliza-
tovvnship. Garston. About midnight
on T 1108."
beth was lyinoo6r
ashore at Birkenhead
who was accompanied by a
day, Or°VrY' II boat and proceeded to ,
Some flats which
engaged a snia from
G.l #
bored not far , ream. At last he found the
were anc
and boarded her, but the Liverpool officer re-
Elizabeth
turned Captain
3.
to the shore. Hill and Mrs. Hill wore on
man
board, besidesthe who officiated as "hand" of the
no. The officer produced his warrant for the apprehen-
sion of the bigamist, and had the anchor weighed. A sail
was hoisted, and the flat's head was turned in the direction
of the Birkenhead docks. The first Mrs. Hill cried bit-
terly, but the officer was inexorable. The flat went
rapidly down the river with a strong ebb tide, and between
two and three o'clock in the morning she made the Birken-
head low water basin. Grt,gory then marched his prisoner
to Bridewell.--Liverpou Mercury.
FALLING DOWN A MINE.--A 3 eurg;,r brothcr of
M'. P. 1). Cooke, or G wpaney, fell down an old
lead thine, shaft on Faturdav last, about two miles from
Mold, on the Ruthin side. The shaft is stated to be about
30 yards deep, and appears to have been quite unprotected,
except by a few decayed rails and briars. Althoughhoseri-
ously injured, Mr. Coolie's friends have great hopesh il
it be,
recover. It is hoped this occurrence, painful thohue...to
with
may lead to the closing up of numberless open seop,ia have
which this country abounds. 'Numbers of '
aPd it is high
rich by the minerals of Fliutsbire; a
grown or the
• in°. company
time to try the question whether a nun r,
with
a
railway
proprietor of the land is not equally liable
company in c,se of an accident.

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