The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1863.

were feeling their way in this naval architecture.
Lord STANLEY concluded his able speech by the
following pertinent remarks concerning the part
that was assigned to the Legislature in the difficult
task of naval transa3tions :—" It is our duty to
grudge no outlay which is necessary for purposes of
efficient defence, and that is a duty from which
assuredly we shall not shrink. It is our duty, above
all, to shrink from no outlay which may be ne-
cessary for the purpose of experiment, but it
is not the less our duty at the same time to
avoid that fault into which we have often
fallen before, and into which, while men
remain what they are, it is always pos-
sible we may fall again. I mean the fault of being
satisfied with what we have accomplished, of rest-
ing upon our oars, and of assuming that what we
consider as the perfect model of the day will be an
equally perfect model 10 years hence." If Lord
STANLEY'S advice was followed, and members of
Parliament took more heed to the tentative and
experimental character of the work before them,
it would be better for the navy, more profitable for
the country, and more creditable to themselves.
Admiral DACRES made a smart speech, which gave
great satisfaction, and produced considerable amuse-
ment. He paid a compliment to Liverpool for its
treatment of the sailors, and said that there had
been fewer reports of misconduct among the sailors
here than at any other place at which the Channel
Fleet had stopped, and that was because " JACK was
a knowing fellow, and knew when he was well off,
and would not kick up a row." On the whole, alt
those assembled appeared to be highly pleased with
the evening's entertainment, and it was a very
creditable affair to all engaged in it. It must be
of essential service in keeping alive the public in-
terest in the navy to witness these displays in vari-
ous parts of the coast. It is to be trusted that
everywhere the same enthusiasm will be excited as
in Liverpool, and that the same unanimity may
prevail wherever the Channel Fleet may proceed.
At this time, more especially when wars and ru-
mours of wars are rife, it is most important to relax
no efforts in maintaining the efficiency of our navy
and in stimulating the interest that should be'
taken in its welfare. Such results can but be pro-
fitable and satisfactory.

LATEST INTETiLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.
BRESLAU, 24 SEPTEMBER.

The Breslauer Zeitung of to-day sacs :—Colonel
" Colonel Lebouchine, whotook a prominent part in
the destruction of Count Zamoyski's palace was
stabbed yesterday in Warsaw."

AMERICA.
SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 23.

The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Sasonia, Captain Trautman, sailed hence to-day for
New York, with the Unitei States mails and 602
passengers from Hamburg. Havre, and this port, of
whom 35 are first, and 84 second-class, and 483
steerage.

The Saxonia takes out about 900 tons of cargo,
of which 250 tons of tea and 150 tons of general
merchandise were shipped from this port, and
17,000 f. worth of jewellery, &a., from Havre.
The company's steamer Germania, Captain
Elhers, with New York dates of the 19th inst., is
expected off Cowes on the 13th inst.

FRANCE.

PARIS, SEPT. 24.

BOURSE, Sept. 23.—The market has not recovered
from the feeling which produced the fall of yester-
day. The downward tendency, however, has been
checked—Threes, for the Account, beitg now un-
varied at 67f 80e. Railway Shares heavy, with
little change in quotations. The market closed as
follows :

li per Cents .. 95 85 Italian Loan 73 60
Do. end month.... Do. end month —
3 per Cents
Do. end month.... 67 80 Do. end month —
Credit Mobilier.... 1170 Russian
Do. end m0nth....1177 50 Austrian
Bank Shares 3100 Spanish Threes.... 52
Credit k °lacier 1350 Home Debt

RAIL

rAYB.

Cash. Account.
Orleans lO2O .. 1027 50
Northern ....
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1025 .. 1022 60
Geneva 497 50 ..
Southern . . 735 .. 732 5 )
Western
Eastern .... 512 50 .. 507 50
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa 655 .. 655
Ditto to Barcelona

HOLLAND.
THE KING'S SPEECH.

The session 1863.64 of the Etats Generaux was
opened on the 21st by his Majesty in person, when
he delivered the following speech :
" Gentlemen,—With feelings of the utmost satis •
faction I find myself again amongst you. Let us
thank Providence for the prosperity which He has
granted to us during the last year.
" The amicable relations with the other Powers
have not been interrupted.
"The good understanding with Belgium has
been confirmed upon solid basis by treaties recently
concluded between the two States.
" The land and sea forces both in the mother
country and the colonial possessions respond in a
laudable manner to their mission.
The defence of the country will be augmented by
the new organisation of the national guard. A
projet de lei will be submitted to you on this sub-

ject.
"The establishment of railways at Java will con-
tribute to spread prosperity
also amongst the

natives.

" the slave population in our western possessions
have shown from the commencement that they
attach a high value to their freedom.
"Among the projects of law concerning our colo-
nies which will be submitted to your consideration
will be found those relating to the responsibility of
the colonial finances and to the new administrative
regulation of the West Indies.
"Conformably to article 77 of the fundamental
law, the number of deputies to the. Sec mid Chamber
of the Etats Generaux ought to be augmented in
proportion to the increase of the population of the
kingdom.
" We are occupied actively in preparing the orga.
nisation of establishments in harmony with the
provisions of the law upon the education Moyen.
"A projet de loi will be presented to you pretend-
ing to regulate the provisions for the education of
those who devote themselves to the administrative
career in the East Indies.
" Tne projets de loi upon the medical police will
be again presented to you.
ver‘y‘ The harvestabundant.
layhpeeparrsodtuocehaof thvebe een generally
sea
fisheries
and of the rivers has been alike satisfactory.
" The progress of our industry is evident"
We observe with pleasure the extension of the
works of public utility undertaken either by the
State, the provinces, the communes, or by particular
societies.
" The plan of works to be executed in the course
of next year on the State railways will be presented
to you. Thanks to the arrangement of the manner
of exploitation voted in the last session, many lines
of railway may be shortly opened to the public
service, Concessions are, or will be, granted for the
construction of lines intended to complete
the net-
work of State railwaYs•
" You will receive immediately the projects of a
new code of criminal instruction. The project of a
new code of civil instruction is upon the point of
being completed.
"The situation of the finances of the State con-
tinues to be favourable. Whilst the works of the
State railways exact much more considerable
amounts than those allotted up to
the present, we
will be able at the same time to anticipate those
expenses without being obliged to have recourse to
extraordinary measures, and
without suspending
the process for the extinction of the public debt.
4. Various projects of law Will be presented to you
forming the ensemble of a plan for the gradual
re,visioo of our imposts system.
" May the accomplishment of the task which now
devolves on you tend, under the benediction of
Heaven, to the greater h
-aPpinesa of the country.
" I declare open the ordinary session of the Etats
Generaux."

FINLAND.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 18.
More than (-5° years having elapsed since a Fin-
nish Diet really existed, the calling together of this
body
has caused extraordinary excitement in Fin-
land. The Diet was opened to-day by the Em-
person, and the speech from the throne,
the following is the resume just received
ohpfeerrwoe,rh in
icexcitedh the greatest enthusiasm :
" Since I see you assembled around me I esteem
myself fortunate that I can satisfy my wishes and
your hopes,
The financial statement will
show that the revenue has always been sufficient to
meet the current expenditure. Tne increa-ing re-
turns of the indirect taxes—an eloquent proof of
the
general prosperity of the country—has allowed
more extensive means to be employed towards the
material and moral development of the country.
" 1 had empowered the Government or the grand
duchy to contract loans for the purpose of meeting
claims arising out of the last war, and covering the
cost of the construction of the railroad from Helsing-
fore to Tavasthans. The accounts that will be fur-
nished you as to the application of these loans will
prove that the present receip is are sufficient to pay
the interest of the debt, and provide for its extin-
guishment. My desire, however, is that, for the
future, no loan should be created without the con-
currence of the States of the grand duchy, except
in the case of ac unexpected invasion by an enemy,
or any unforeseen public calamity. The new
taxes which I shall cause to be proposed to the Diet
have been determined upon in order to enable various
measures for the welfare of the country, and the
promotion of the education of the people, to be
carried out.

"Mans of the provisions of the fundamental laws
are no longer applicable to the state of things which

has arisen since the union of the grand duchy with
the empire ; in other cases there is a want of clear-
ness and precision. Wishing to remove these de-
fects, I purpose ordering the preparation of bills con-
taining explanatory and supplementary provisions,
which will be laid before the next Diet that I in-
tend calling together three years hence. Firmly
maintaining the constitutional monarchical prin-
ciple which is deeply rooted in the customs of the
Finnish people, and which is distinctly stamped on
all their laws and institutionz,, I will concede, in
these measures to the States, a more extensive right
to the revision of the taxes than that which they at
present possess, and also the right, which they
formerly had, of introducing measures; reserving to
myself, however, the right of initiative in all ques-
tions which relate to an alteration in the funda-
mental laws.

" You know my sentiments, my desires for the
welfare and prosperity of the peoples committed to
my care. No one of my acts has been of a nature
to disturb the relations which ought to exist between
the Sovereign and the nation. I desire that this
may continue, that it may, as heretofore, be a secu-
rity for a continuance of the good relations which
unite me with the brave win loyal Finnish people.
It will powerfully contribute to the welfare—so
dear to my heart—of the country, and give me an
additional motive for assembling you around me at
regular periods.
" It is for you to prove, by the dignity, modera-
tion, and order of your deliberations that, in the
hands of an intelligent people determined to labour,
in a practical manner, in concert with their Sove-
reign, at the development of their own welfare,
liberal institutions are far from being a danger, but
are much rather guarantees of order and pro-
sperity."

PORTUGAL.
(From the Correspondent of the Timcs.)
LISBON, Sept. 16.

The South-Eastern of Portugal Railway from
Vendee Novas to Evora was opened on Sunday last
by the Duke of Louie (President of the Council and
Minister of Public Works), Viscount Sada Ban-
deira (Minister of War), some members of the
Diplomatic Corps,'and many Portuguese dignitaries,
whom the contractor (Mr. Edward Price) had in-
vited, with several of his peesonal friends.
The party, after crossing the Tagus by a steamer
between 7 and 8 in the morning, partook of a capi-
tal breakfast at the Barreiro station. After pass-
ing over the first section of railway to Vendas
Novas, the Don Luiz, prize engine of the late Exhi-
bition, opened the new section by conveying them
along the rails to Evora, a distance of 38 miles, in
65 minutes, including eight minutes' stoppage.
The ancient and celebrated city of Evora seemed
mad with joy ; the Archbishop gave his benediction
to the engine, the Municipality invited their visitors
to a splendid lunch, while many thousand mouths,
congregated from different parts of the province,
gave hearty vivas of congratulation (as well they
might) in anticipation of the benefits they will derive
from the progress of the South-Eastern Railway.
Evora --was gaily decked out with flags, and illumi-
nations were preparing for the evening, when the
Duke of Louie and party were obliged to return
along the line to Barreiro (where a recherché dinner
was served to them at six o'clock by the proprietor of
the Braganza Hotel, and by order of Mr. Price).
The Tagus was recrossed in the steamer, and the
party re-landed at Lisbon before 11 at night, de-
lighted with the excursion, and particularly with
their rapid and easy transit over the new line of
railway they had opened, the speed of the Don Luiz
being at times above 50 miles the hour. Its mate-
rial and construction are considered equal to the
best lines in Europe, and I believe there is no doubt
of the fact that the Portuguese Government, repre-
sented by its intelligent fiscal engineer, M Sebastiao
do Canto, has not had a single dispute or disagree-
ment with the company or contractor during the
progress of the works—a very rare occurrence in
public contracts executed by foreigners, and parti-
cularly by Englishmen, in this country.
The Queen's expected confinement prevented the
King attending the opening of the railway. The
healths of their Majesties and the royal family of
Portugal were given with great enthusiasm, as also
those of the Duke of Loule, the South Eastern
Company, Mr. Price the contracto", Mr. Symonds
the engineer, and others too numerous to report.
Upon returning thanks Mr. Price bore testimony to
the consideration, good faith, and assistance he had
received from the Duke of Louie, and from the other
Ministers in office, since the commencement of the
works, and to which he attributed the satisfactory
completion of the section just opened to Evora, and
the favourable progress of the rest of the line.
In two or three months it is expected anoth r
section will be opened to Beija, and the line will
doubtless then be continued from the province ce
Atlentejo through the Algarvas to the Guadiana and
Spanish frontier, which will develop great agricul-
tural resources and an important traffic.

The railway from Lisbon to Badajoz is already
open, and this capital is now placarded with adver-
tisements of excursion trains for next Sunday's bull
fight and fair at Badajoz. The northern line, also
contracted for by M. Salamanca, has several sections
already open, and the whole is expected soon to be
so from Cintra to Oporto—thus the principal Portu-
guese lines of railway through the heart of the
country from Lisbon north to the Douro, south to
the Gudiana, and east to Badajoz, are now so near
completion that their progressive influence upon the
trade and resources of the country may be fairly
relied upon as tangible realities, already demon•
strated in the large increase of revenue actually
collected to the end of the financial year on the
30th of June last, which I mentioned in a previous
letter.
The wheat harvest in Portugal has turned out
rather better than exprcted ; maize is expected to
be very large ; wine also promises well, both as
respects quantity and quality.

And, as compared with the month ending the 23d Aug.,
1862, the above returns show a decrease of £891,920
i a the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of
£871,231 in the circulation of the United Kingdom :
On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the seve-
ral banks the following is the state of the circulation :
The English private banks are below their fixed
issue ... £1,273,533
The English joint-stock banks are below their
fixed issue £537,392

Total below fixed issue in England.... £l,B :0,925
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue .. £1,364,330
The Irish banks are below their fixed issue .... £1,472,321

The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending the 19th
Aug, was £14,927,54Z", being an increase of 1108,550 as
compared with the previous month, and a decrease of
£3,037,160 when compared with the same period last year.
The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch
and Irish banks during the month ending the 22d Aug. :
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks .. 12,311,90S
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 1,906,425

£4,''18,333
Being a decrease of £99,047 as compared with the
previous return, and a decrease of £140,890 when compared
with the corresponding period of last year.

The Municipal Council of Paris has definitely
decided on laying open the grand entrance of the fine old
Church of St. Severin by prolonging the widening of the
Rue Beutebrio as far as ;he corner of the Rue Zacharie,
On the occasion of the great Jewish fast which
was celebrated yesterday, the soldiers of that religion who
form part of the garrison of Paris, were, by order of the
authorities, exempted from service for 24 hours.

Funeral of Professor CockerelL--This Day,

The interment of the mortal remains of Charles
Robert Cockerel', 1.R.5., Sze. &c., took place this
morning in St. Paul's Cathedral. The funeral
cortege started at eleven o'clock precisely from
the late professor's residence, 13, Chester-terrace,
Regent's-park. It consisted of four mutes, the
esquire's plume, a kind of gothic hearse drawn
by six horses, four mourning coaches, each drawn
by four horses, family carriages, and ether at-
tendants. The chief mourners were the four sons
of the deceased, Mr. Penson, his son-in-law, Mr. R.
Rennie, Mr. J. Rennie, Mr. C. Rennie, Sir Hugh
Palliser, Bart., Major Goodenough, Mr. J. Good-
child, Mr. Pepys Cockerel!, the Rev. Henry
Cockerell, vicar of North Weald Bassett, and Cap-
tain Cockerell.

A few minutes before the hour appointed for the
arrival of the funeral procession, the pall-bearers,
each having a wreath of immortelles in hand, took
up their station in the following order outside the
great door facing Ludgate-hill, which had been
heavily draped with black cloth curtains, held par-
tially open by white silk cords and tassels.
The Left Side—Royal Institute of British Archi-
tects—President Donaldson, Professor of Architec-
ture, University College ; Vice-President Owen
Jones; Fellow F. C. Penrose, Architect to St. Paul's
Cathedral; and C. C. Nelson, Hon. Sec. Foreign
Correspondence.
The Right Side—The Royal Academy—Calder
Marshall (sculptor); C. Landseer, Keeper (in the
absence of Boxall, Eq.); J. R Knight, Esq.,
Secretary ; and Sidney Suairke (architect), Trea-
surer.

Precisely at 12 o'clock the body of the deceased
arrived at the cathedral, where it was met by the
Very Rev. Dr. H. Milman, the dean ; Most Ven.
W. H. Hale, M.A., archdeacon of London ; the
Rev. Canon Melville, the Rev. Canon Dale, t he Rev.
Canon Champneys, the Rev. W. C. F. Webber,
M.A., sub dean; the Minor Canons Mr. Buckiand,
Mr. Francis, the vicars choral of the cathedral, who
conducted it with mournful ceremony to the choir,
amidst the solemn chanting of "I am the resur-
rection and the life."

The members of the Royal Academy took their
place in the procession immediately after the rela-
tives of the deceased, and then followed the Council,
Fellows, and Hon. Secretary of the Royal Institu-
tion of British Architects, and a large number of
the members of the most learned and scientific in-
stitutions of the three kingdoms.
At that part of the ceremony which directed that
the body should be taken to the grave, the pro-
cession moved to the spot at which the remains of
Sir Christopher Wren and Sir 'John Rennie lie
buried, and by the side of his relative and friend
the corpse of Professor Cockerell was consigned
to its last resting•piace. There was a full choral
service in choir. Mr. John Goss presided at the
organ. The Lord Mayor, Mr. Kirkman D.
Hodgson, M.P., the Governor of the Bank of
England, the president of the Royal Society,
and other distinguished persons were pi-, sent. Mr.
Howard, of Olc Quebec-streer, was the undertaker,
and Mr. Garston, of Welbeck-street, supplied the
appointments.

In the album d'honneur, presented Ist January, 1863,
by the members of the Institute to the deceased, the rank
he had obtained was stated in the following formed terms :
—" To Charles Robert Cockerel!, Esq., 8.A., D.C.L.,
F.R.1.E.A., late Professor of Architecture in the Royal
Academy of Arts, Royal Gold Medalist and late President
of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Associated
Member of the Institute of France, Chevalier of the Legion
of Honour, Member of Merit of the Pontifical Academy of
St. Luke's at Rome; honorary member of the Royal
Academy of Fine Arts of Bavaria, of the Royal Academy
of Denmark, cf the Academy of Arts of Genoa, of the
Archaeological Society of Athens, and of the American In.
stitute of Architects, associate of the Royal Academy of
Belgium, member of the Society of Dilettanti."

This album comprised the autograph signatures of nearly
all the members of all great societies, and accompanying the
address which had been illuminated appropriately by Mr.
Owen Jones, and contained the expression of the unani-
mous voice of the Institute, in acknowledgment of his
eminent merits as an architect and as a promoter of art,
whose reputation had been long established and widely-
spread, and whose dignity and courtesy, united with those
resources of knowledge and graces of character, had done
so much honour to the highest office in the gift of the roam-
hers as to cause them, besides having recommended him
(1848) as the first recipient of her Majesty's Gold Medal in
Architecture, to communion Mr. Boxall, R A., to paint
Mr. Cuckerell's portrait for preservation in the Rooms of
the Institute.

Mr. Charles Robert Cockerell, born 1788, was a pupil of
his father, Samuel Pepys Cockerell, who was at that time
architect to the East India Company. He was also with
Mr. Smirke at the building of Covent Garden Theatre;
passed several years of study in Asia Minor, Sicily, Greece,
and Southern Europe, where he was one of the party that
excavated, in 1811 12, the ruins of the Temple to Jupiter at
.2gina,•and to Apollo at Phigaleia, and brought to light
the now well •known specimens of early Greek sculpture
secured by a foreign potentate, but to be seen in casts in
the British Museum.

In 1829, he was elected an associate of the Royal Aca-
demy, obtained full rank of academician in 1836, and was
appointed Professor of Architecture in 1840, since which
time that chair assumed the importance which properly
belonged to it. The illustrations prepared for his lectures
would alone form a large and valuable exhibition. His de •
cidcd predilection for what is termed the classic style, was
electrically tempered by an honest and warm appreciation
of the beauties due to Gothic art.

The principal structutes, which we call to mind, due to
his professional skill consists of the new University Library
in 1839, and the completion of the Fitzwitliam Museum, after
the death of Mr. G. Basevi, both at Cambridge, the Taylor's
Institute at Oxford, the Philosophical Institute, 1820-3,
the branch office of the Bank of E agland about 1847, and
the Trinity Church, Hotwells, 1829-32, at Bristol, St.
David's College, at Lampeter, abou 1836 ; the branch office
of the Bank of England, at Liverpool, where he continued
the building of St. George's Hall, after the death of its archi-
tect, Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, in 1847, to its completion, in
1854; the concert room at the north end of the structure,
entirely filled up from Mr. Cockerell's designs, received
great approbation at the hands of the public as well as
from the occupiers of the orchestra.

The sculpture for the pediment of St. George's Hall was
designed and executed during Mr. Elmes' lifetime.
Mr. Cockerell's last work was at Liverpool, being a noble
rang eof offices for the Liverpool and London Insurance.

Iu London he executed Hanover Chapel, Regent-street,
1823-5; the British Fire•office, Strand, 1842; the Sun
Fire-office, Threadneedle. street, 1842 ; the London and
Westminster Bank, Lothbury, 1837 8, in which he was asso-
ciated with Mr. Tite; various alterations in the Bank of Eng-
land (including the new Drawing-office, in 1849), to which
establishment he held the appointment of architect since
the resignation of Sir John,Seane in 1833. Mr. Cockerell
was appointed architect to the Dean and Chapter of St.
Paul's Cathedral, by whose direction he took down the old
ball and cross, and put up new ones in the year 1821, and
under his direction the whole interior was cleaned and the
painting in the dome renewed in 1842. A few years ago
Mr. Cockerell resigned these and other appointments, retir-
ing from the arduous duties of an active life; but, neverthe-
less, accepted the honourable office of President of the
Royal Institute of British Architects on the death of the
Earl de Grey, at the end of the year 1859. After a few
months of declining health he quietly breathed his last in
the army of his family, on the 17th inst., aged 76 years.
Amongst the literary productions which have appeared
from his pen and pencil are the descriptions and illustrations
of the "Temple of Jupiter, Olympius, and the Temple of
Hercules, at Agricutum" (folio 1825). "The Ichnography
of the west front of Wells Cathedral, with an appendix on
the sculpture of other medireval churches in England"
(about 1850). " The Temple of Jupiter Panhellenius at
.2Egina and of A?ollo Epicurius at Bass's, near Phigleia"
(large folio, 1860), &c., &c.

FATAL FREAK OF A RAILWAY PASSENGER.—On
Tuesday afternoon an inquest wee held at Timperley
on the body of a young man, 20 years of age, name] James
Smith, and who had lived at 73, Phillips-street,lme. It
appeared that on Sunday afternoon a party of five young
men, one of whom was the deceased, left Manchester at 3.20
per train for Bowdon, where the annual wakes were being
held, and large numbers of passengers were consequently
conveyed by rail. During the ride the five friends had some
larking amongst them, in the course of which two of them
exchanged hate. One of these was looking out of the window
wawa the train was approaching Timperley station, and the
bat which he had put on was blown off. tt was agreed
by the others that they should get out at the station tine
go back for the hat. The deceased, however, against the
remonstrances of his companions, said that he would jump
out of the carriage and get the hat. Opening the dour lie
stepped on the footboard, and telling his companions to be
sure to wait for him at Timperley station, ho closed the door
and leaped off the train. Whether he struck a signal post
near by, or lost his balance by getting in the hollow betwixt
the sleepers is not known, but he had fallen back under the
train, and was killed instantaneously, part of the skull and
brain being carried a yard from the body. A verdict of
accidental death was returned, no one being to blame but
the unfortunate victim ; but the coroner (Mr. Dunstan)
severely censured the practice of leaping out of trains whilst
in paotiou.

(u art C !LUZ.

THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND.

BALMORAL, Sept. 22.
The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princess
Louis of Hesse, drove to Invercauld yesterday.
Princess Helena and Princess Ljuise, attended
by Lady Churchill and Baroness Schenck, rode on
horseback.

The Prince and Princess of Wales dined at Bal-
moral, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel and
the Hon. Mrs. Bruce.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo-
nial-office from the Governors of Gibraltar and
Malta. Despatches were sent to the Governors of
the West Coast of Africa.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left
town on Monday evening for Gedling Lodge, Notts, 011 a
visit to the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield.

Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess
Edward of Saxe-Weimar, who arrived on Tuesday on
visit to the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield at Gedling
Lodge, Notts, from Gordon Castle, the seat of the Duke
and Duchess of Richmond, in Scotland, will return to town
to-morrow.

The Princess Czernicheff, with a numerous suite,
has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from the Isle of Wight,
The Duke and Duchess of Grafton arrived in
town on Tuesday from Baden-Baden.

The Marquis of Bristol and the Ladies Hervey
were to arrive in Paris yesterday from a tour in Germany.
The noble marquis and daughters are expected home in a
few days.

The Earl and Countess of Derby left Knowsley
on Monday, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Chester-
field, at their seat in Nottinghamshire.

The Earl and Countess of Wilton, who arrived
in town a few days since from the west of England, depart
to-morrow for Heaton Hall, near Manchester.

The Dowager Countess of Jersey, aceempanied
by Lady Harriet Ponsonby, has arrived at Brighton. Her
ladyship has taken a house in Lewes-crescent.

Lord and Lady Lyndhurst are expected to
return to town the week after next from Tunbridge-wells.
The noble and learned lord, notwithstanding his great age,
is in excellent health.

Lord Charles Fitzroy has returned to town from
visiting the Earl and Countess of Cawdor, at Golden Grove?
Carmarthenshire.

Lady Francis Gordon and Miss Gordon arrived
in the early part of last week at Crimonmogate, Aberdeen-
shire, on a visit to Sir Alexander and Lady Arabella Ban-
nerman.

Baroness de Clifford has returned from a tour
in Germany, and leave on Saturday for the family seat in
Leicestershire.

DISTINGUISHED SHOOTING PARTY.—The Earl
of Chesterfield, with his guests, the Duke of Cambridge,
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Lord Stanhope, and the
Earl of Derby, commenced their annual sport on Tuesday
last, starting from Mrs. Tomlin's farm, near Ratcliffe, on
the Morken Hills. In the course of the day the party
brought down 741 brace of partridges, one quail, and 134
hares. The day's excursion closed at 5.40, and the noble
earl and his guests returned to Gedling Lodge. The sport
will continue about eight days. The same guests assembled
at Gelling Lodge last year.

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FUNERAL OF ADMIRAL WASIIINGTON.— The
funeral of this distinguished officer, the hydro-
grapher to the Admiralty, took place at Havre, where he
died, on Saturday last, and was numerously attended by
most of the British residents and visitors at Havre, and by
all the English seamen that could be spared from the ships
in port. The coffin, with the union-jack for pall, was
borne from the hearse and lowered into the grave by Bri-
tish seamen. The British Consul did not attend, but her
Majesty's Government and the naval service were repre-
sented by Captain Hoare, R,N., attached to the British
embassy at Paris. The generous feeling existing between
the services of the two countries were never more fully es-
emplfied than by the noble conduct of the French naval
military authorities, who attended the funeral, together
with a considerable body of men-of•war's men, both of
officers and sailors, in full uniform, at their own request,
preferred to the widow of the deceased admiral. This
spontaneous tribute of respect will doubtless be some solace
to Admiral Washington's family in their bereavement, and
most gratifying to his personal friends and brother officers
of the royal navy.

A FINE FRAGMENT OF METEORIC IRON, weigh-
ing 29 ounces, has been given by M. Gustav Rose to the
Minerological Museum, at Berlin. It is stated by M.
Domeyko to have been discovered in the Sierra de Chaco,
in the desert of Atacama, to the north of Chili,

" THE CHISHOLM," gave rise to a sarcasm of the
celebrated Simon Lord Lovat of "The '45," who had often
bickering 3 with his neighbour, •' the Chisholm." The old
chief of t Frasers (whose title is Mac Shim) alluding to
something connected with " The Chisholm," exclaimed,
" I never heard of more than three The's' in the High-
lands, ' The King,' The Devil,' and The Chisholm.'

NEW INVENTION IN SHIPS' SIGNALS, introduced
on board the Infanta Isabel, by Don J. M. do Satrustiqui.—
It consists of a signal lamp, which shows various coloured
lights in rapid succession, by which means the orders of the
officer in charge on the bridge are silently and with cer-
tainty conveyed to those in charge at the wheel. This
lamp can also be used in communicating at night with ves-
sels at a distance.

ACCIDENT UN THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.
On Tuesday evening, as the 4.5 p.m. down train from Nor-
wich to Great Yarmouth was running between Reedham
and Yarmouth, the tender of one of two engines by which
it was propelled left the rails. Both the engines and the
other tender, and all the carriages, remained on the metals,
and no injury was sustained by any of the passengers, as
the train was promptly brought to a stand-still. The way
was, however, slightly injured for some little distance, and
a delay of 50 minutes ensued before the tender was again
placed on the metals.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A COLLEGE CADET AT
CHELTENHAM.—On .9aturday evening, between siX
and seven, while the College Cadet Corps were engaged in
practice with blank cartridge in the college ground, P.
Allsopp, a son of the eminent Burton brewer, sustained
serious injury to his face, through his rifle discharging it-
self at the " order." He had incautiously let the hammer
fall on the cap when it should only have been at " half-
cock," and the sudden jerk on the ground caused the cap
to explode. Every attention was paid to the young gen-
tleman, and, although his right eyebrow has been shat-
tered, it is hoped no more serious result will arise from the
untoward accident. His right hand man also had his uni-
form considerably damaged.

BIN GING BY ELECTRICITY I.—The singer, say, at
London, the listener at Liverpool. The medium,
an Acoustic Telegraph, by Mr. Ladd.—This instrument
consists essentially of two distinct pieces of apparatus. That
for transmitting the signal has a small mouth-piece. On
the right hand side tuere is a finger-key, forming part of
the circuit, and an electro-magnet, with a vibrating arma-
ture and binding-screw to connect with one of the line
wires. Withiu a case, under a glass cover, is au eltotio
membrane, in the centre of which is fixed a platinum plate
in connection with the finger .key. A light piece of angu-
lar metal, resting on three pins, is so placed that the pin at
the angle rests on the plate in the centre of the membrane,
the other two resting in cups on its edge, so as to allow of
free motion on the points. In the body of the receiver-box
is suspended a soft iron core, surrounded by a coil of silk-
covered wire, one end of which is in connection with the
finger-key and the other with a binding-screw. The me-
thod of pi oducing sound in the receiving instrument depends
upon the fact that, at the moment of magnetising
or demag-
netising a piece of iron, there is an alteration in the arrange-
ment of the particles which gives rise to a slight ticking
noise. Having connected the transmitter, by means of an
insulated wire, with the receiver, and the binding•scrows
having been brought in connection with a battery of three
or four elements, it the finger-key on the transmitter be
pressed the person at the receiving station hears the ticking
noise; and, as all musical notes are the production of pul-
sations at regular intervals, we have simply to find some
means of making and breaking contact a number of times
equal to the pulsations of the note to be conveyed. This is
dune by the elastic membrane. The operators place his
mouth to the tube in front of the instrument and sings a
note, when immediately the membrane begins vibrating in
accordance with the note sounded, and at each vibration
breaks contact between the pin and plate in its centre.
his, forming part of the circuit, causes the iron core in the
receiving instrument to be. magnetised and demageictised a
number of times equal to the number of vibrations of the
membrane, and so conveys to the receiver an impression of
a musical sound. The finger-keys and small magnet at
the sides of the instruments aro for the purpose of varying
the methods of communication by the combination of single
sounds, and can also be used with the other parts for the
purpose of regulating the lengths of the notes, and dividing
them into varying portions, so as to form a sound-alphabet
somewhat similar to the signals written by Morse's tele-
graph.

A sharp fall of hail took place on Tuesday morn-
ing in Paris, the sun shining cut brightly afterwards.
According to advices from the Atlantic ports, the weather
along the coast is rainy, with heavy winds from the west,
and a rough sea.
The 43d quarterly drawing of the 3 and 4 per
Cent. Credit Fancier Bonds took place on Tuesday, when
No. 33,204 gained the premium. of 100,000 f; 71,816, 50,000 f;
and 101,108, 20,0001. The sixth halt-yearly drawing of the
3 per Cent. Communal Bonds was afterwards pr, needed to,
when No. 114,068 gained the premium of 100,0004 and
Nos, 49,0731 33,287, 34,594, 936745, each 10,000 f,