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LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1853.

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THE TEA ESTABLISHMENT,
4 and 5, King William-street, City.
Inconsequence of the alteration in Duty, wo have this day made
alteduction of 4d. per Pound In the Price of all our Teas.
RIDGWAY & CO.
June 6, 1863.

THE OXFORD INSTI
FESTIVITIES..

OXFORD, THURSDAY.
The Christ Church dinner last night was the crowning
event of the festivities that have atic6nded the inaugura-
tion of the Chancellor. The Earl of Derby is himself a
member of that collegiate body, and it was to be ex-
pected that an institution so proud of its renown as the
head of alt the colleges of Oxford would offer a brilliant
reception to one of its alumni so highly distinguished.
The old hall, raised by the munificence of Wolsey for the
adornment of his favourite college, was occupied by a
distinguished and select company of more than a hun-
dred visitors, consisting chiefly of members, besides the
personal friends of Lord Derby. It derived additional
lustre from the presence of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Mr. Gladstone, who is a Christ Church man,
having come from London to attend the dinner. The
banquet overflowed with good cheer and luxuries of all
sorts, and the tables were decked with a sumptuous
display of plate. Dr. Gaisford, Jean of Christ Church,
presided. The speaking throughout was of a com-
plimentary character, and marked by perfect taste
and good feeling. Mr. Gladstone's health was
drank with the greatest enthusiasm, and in return-
ing thanks be adverted gracefully to the facts of
the choice of the University having fallen on a
Christ Church man, and to the benefits which might be
expected to result from the inquiries of the Royal Com-
mission, which had been issued by Government solely in
view of the-advantages that would result, both to the
cause of educational culture generally and to academic
interests, from widening and purifying the channels of
learning. The following wercsthe princikal guests pre-
sent :--The Vice-Chaneellorp the Matituts of Sailiburk;
the Marquis of Chandos, Earl Batkurst, the Earl of
Malmesbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Shef-
field, Earl Talbot, Viscount Lewisham, Sir R. H.
Inglis, M.P., the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Ox-
ford, Dr. Jelf, Sir R. Murchison, Lord Stafford, Sir J.
Pakington, M.P., Mr. Disraeli, M.P., Mr. Walpole,
M.P., Lord Dynevor, the Marquis of Lothian, the Earl
of Lincoln, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P.,
Lord Valletort, Viscount Fordwich, Lord Redesdale,
Lord E. Bruce, Earl Delaware, Sir R. Fraser, the Dean
of Peterborough, the Warden of Merton, the Warden
of Wadham, the Warden of All Souls, the Principals of
Brazenose and New Inn Hall, Dr. Bull, Ogilvie, &c.
The masonic ball in the evening was a brilliant though
fantastic affair enough, the rage for dancing being not a
whit damped by the heavy rain that came on about 9
o'clock. The Town-hall had been gaily fitted up with
rich hangings at a cost of 1601., the principal feature of
the decorations being the arms of the different colleges
and masonic emblems. Lord Derby honoured the ball
with his presence between eleven and twelve o'clock,
when mirth and enjoyment were at their climax. In
the course of yesterday the committee issued twenty ad-
ditional tickets at three guineas each, the price to be
given to the Infirmary. It is satisfactory to learn that
the charitable funds of the town will benefit to some ex-
tent by the celebrations of the week, the collection for
the Radcliffe Infirmary at St. Mary's having produced
1291. The list of the company present at the ball in-
cluded all the elite of the fashionable world now in Ox-
ford.

TIIE OXFORD COMMEMORATION.—See
"TILE PRESS" of SATURDAY NEXT, June 11. Office,
No. 110, Strand.
Money orders for subscriptions to be nude payable to Mr. Alfred

CONTRACT FOR COPPER.
Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy,
Somerset place, 9th June, 1853.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on Tursoav, the 21st
Instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such
Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying her Majesty's
Dockyard at Chatham with
:100 or 200 TONS OF ENGLISH TOUGH CAKE COPPER,
Half to be delivered in One Month and the Remainder in Two
Months. A Form of the Tender may be seen at the said Office. No
Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of Treaty, nor
will any be noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him,
duly authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi-
ralty. and bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for
Copper." and must also be delivered at Somersetlace. accompanied
by a letter signed by two responsible perilous. engaging to become
bound, with the person tendering, in the sum of 5,0001. for the duo
performance of the Contract.

SOUND and WHITE TEETH an not only
indispensably requisite to a pleasing exterior in both sexes,
but they are peculiarly appreciated through life as a blessing highly
conducive to the purposes of health and longevity. Among the vari-
ous preparations offered for the purpose, ROWLANDS ODONTO, or
Pearl Dentifrice, stands unrivalled in its capability of embellishing,
purifying, and preserving the teeth to the latest period of life. Pre-
pared from Oriental herbs, with unusual care, transmitted to this
country at great expense, this unique compound will be found to
eradicate all tartar and concretions, impart a pearl-like whiteness to
the enamelled surface, remove spots of incipient decay, render the
gums firm and red, fix the teeth firmly in their sockets, and, from its
aromatic influence, impart sweetness and purity to the breath. It is
Important to observe, that when used early In life. It effectually pre-
vents all aches in the teeth and gums, efface. spots and discoloura-
than, eradicates scurvy, and, in a word, soon realises the chief attri-
bute of health and beauty—a Fine Set of Pearly Teeth. Price 2s.
9d. per box.
Catrrrom.—The words " Rowlands' Odonto " are on the Label, and
"A. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-garden," engraved on the Govern-
ment Stamp affixed on each box. gold by them and by Chemists
and Perfumers.

THE ENCAMPMENT AT CHOBRAM.
TN the summer of I 851, we had an Exhibition of
Art, and the excitement created by this his scarcely abated,
when lo ! we are promised an Exhibition of Arms. Chobham-com-
mon is to furnish us with an uncommon spectacle.
This magnificent military fetewill attract thousands from all parts
of the kingdom, and will create a ferment of some five weeks dura-
tion. Special preparations are being made for this chivalric celebra-
tion; and as fashion will form an essential characteristic
of the same, L. HYAM has been on the alert, and has
replenished his Establishment with a variety of new styles in gentle-
men's Summer attire. A light and elegant Over-coat will be almost
indispensable on this great occasion.
Sultry and showery weather, smoke, clouds of dust, and crowds of
spectators may be reasonably calculated upon, and al these conco-
mitants will render this description of dress above referred to highly
requisite.
L. Hyam feels no hesitation in pronouncing all the Summer Gar-
ments which he supplies (Dress Coats, Frock Coats, Oxonian Coats,
Lounging Jackets, Trousers. Vests, &c ), as displaying all the excel-
lence and fashion for which his Establishment (situated in the centre
of the City), has ever been pre-eminently distinguished.
The sayings which purchasers will realize by L. Hymn's moderate
prices will materially counterbalance the expenses which the forth-
coming military ex hibition ust necesserily incur, and theietbre, on
this score also, a purchasem of the proprietor's summer dress is
advisable.
OBSERVE !—L. IIYAM begs to state that ho has no connexion
with any similar establishment in London. 36, Gracechurch-street,
City (established upwards of 15 years), is the only place of bust-
“ess carried on by L. lIYAM, where the public can be sapplied with
good, durable, and fashionable Clothing, of pound workmanship, at
such economical prices as must defy all competition.
L. lIYAM, Tailor. Clothier, Hatter, Hosier, and General Outfitter
.36, Gracechurch-street, City.

The proceedings of this morning at the Sheldonian
Theatre were very much a repetition of those of Tues-
day, though less noisy and more tame. The procession
from the Radcliffe Library to the theatre was not so
numerous or brilliant, most of the bishops and a consi-
derable proportion of the distinguished visitors having
left Oxford. The area and galleries were little less
crowded than on the previous occasion, though the un-
der-graduates were not quite so clamorous. At eleven
o'clock the Earl of Derby entered and took his scat as
Chancellor, accompanied, as before, by the Bishops of
Oxford and St. Asaph's, the Earl of Malmeshury, the
Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Redesdale, Mr. Disraeli, M.P.,
Mr. Walpole, M.P., Sir J. Pakington, Sir E. L.
Bulwer, M.P., and those who were to receive the aca-
demic laurel. The first business was that of conferring
honorary degrees on the gentlemen named in the sub-
joined list :

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The Hon. Joseph Randolph Ingersoll, Minister of the
United States.

The Hon. Martin Van Burn, formerly President of the
United States.

The Right Rev. George Jehosophat Mountain, Bishop of
Quebec.

The Right Rev. Charles Petit APllvaine, Bishop of
Ohio.

The Right Rev. Charles Wordsworth, Bishop of St.
Andrew's.
Sir John Buller Yarde Buller, Bart., M.P.
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart., M.P.
Sir Thomas Gladstone, Bart.
Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, F.R.S., Knight.
Sir Archibald Alison, Knight.
The Hon. Mr. Justice Haliburton.
Sir Charles Eastlake, Knight, President of the Royal
Academy.
Philip Pusey, Esq.
George Alexander Hatnilton, Esq., M.P.
Colonel Mure, M.P.
Charles Newdigate Newdegate,
Lieutenant•Geners,l Reeve.
Samuel Warren, Esq., Q.C.
Richard Bright, Esq., M.D.
Forbes Winslow, Esq., M.D.
George Grote, Esq.
Professor James D. Forbes.
Professor W. E. Aytoun.
John Henry Green, Esq.
William Thomas Brands, Esq., F.R.S.
The next feature of the proceedings, and the only one
which must distinguish them from those of Tuesday, was
the performance of the Installation Ode, by Mr. Claugh-
ton, the Professor of Poetry. It is a spirited composi-
tion, and rises up to, if it does not surpass, the ordinary
level of such effusions. It is as follows :
RECUT. (Tenor.)
" As when a mother home from far clime
Welcomes her son,
Who in the strife of men for masteries
. By bold advent'rous deeds of high omprize
Hath well ful6ll'd the promise of his prime—
Ev'n thus Oxonia welcomes back to day
With plaudits loud and pomp and bright array,
One who her fairest mead of praise bath won.
—Skilful erewhile to weave the flowers of song,
He wand'ring woo'd with soft Virgilian strains,
Isis, thy pleasant fields and groves among,
The tuneful Nine ;
Ahd, duteous, offer'd here at Learning's shrine
The first fruits of his sweet poetic pains.
" But these delights his ardent goal forbore :
For well he knew
That whose would achieve a nobler prize
And wield a mighty nation's destinies,
From heights serene the world's vast field must. view;
:Dwell with the pure and just in every ago,
Drink in their burning words ; in histey's page
The wide far-stretching wondrous past explore;
ken, Maxims, countries, laws therewith compare;
Trace in th' ungovern'd heart's deprav'd desires
Tho wasting fires
That desolated cities great and fair; _
In peaceful happy states progressive see
The glorious dawn of Truth and Liberty.
RECIT. (Bass.)
" Nor yet alone within these ancient walls
Learnt he this lore ;
For ore ho left his old ancestral halls,
Hung round with portraits of the good and great,
Who in the storied ages long before
Imporill'd lauds and life for England's state ;
Beheld from donjon keep and turret hoar
Spears wave like corn, and streams run red with
gOll3—
Oft, as from honoured lips their praise he heard,
A spirit stirr'd
Within his youthful breast ; he felt the fire
Kindle through all his veins, the strong desire
To live as they had liv'd, for truth and good,
To strive as they had striv'n, ev'n unto blood.

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May 5, 1853.

" For who of Stanley's line could ere forget
That woful day,
Remember'd still in many a mournful lay,
When Derby's Earl through Bolton's throngedstrest
On a vile palfrey rode, that death to meet,
Which he had courted oft on fields of strife,
The patriot's meed and crown. Ears tingle yet

To hear his words, the last on earth he spoke
Ere fell the stroke
Which tore that noble heart from love and life.
Thus sang the martyr, as his, failing eye
Sought still, through death's dark mist, God's
Sanctuary.
SOLO AND CHORUS.
Prais'd be his Holy name for ever and ever. Amen.
Let the whole earth be filled with His Glory."*
REaT. (Tenor.)
" And where was she, thy mate and true compeer,t
When thou to God
Didst render up thy soul and kiss the rod ?
QUARTETT.
" In lonely sea-girt isle afar she sate
Waiting the dreary tidings of thy fate ;
liemm'd in with traitors, full of grief and fear—
RECIT. (Bass.)
" Not as when erst in Lathom's leaguer'd tower,
Knowing that God could curb unrighteous power,
Unmov'd she heard the storm of battle roar !
The winds that whisper'd round the citadel—
The waves that rippled on the rocky shore—
The sea-birds shriek
Had something in its tone, that seem'd to tell
How traitors on her Lord their wrath did wreak.
Ant. (Tenor.)
" Shades of the mighty dela !
If in those spheres sublime
Where spirits rest from earthly toil and care,
Some dim and distant sense
Of mortal hopes and fears
Thrills through the peaceful mansion of the blest—
" If, as on earth we trace
Through azure fields of light
The swift-revolving courses of the stars--
So souls that dwell apart
In mirrors clear behold
The ever-varying phase of human destiny.
" What sweeter purer joy
Can blessed spirits know,

* Last words of the Great Earl of Derby, on the scaffold at Bolton-
le-bicors, Oct. 15, 1651, after be had caused the block to be so turned
that his face should look toward the church, saying, " I will look
toward Thy sanctuary while I am here; and 1 hope to llve.in Thy
heavenly sanctuary for ever hereafter."
. Charlotte de la Tremouille, Countess of Derby ; who,
at the time of her husband's death, was with her children
in the Isle of Man,

Than when the children of the wise and good
Walking in holy truth,
By pious upright deeds,
Recall the glorious past, and emulate their sires ?
• SOLO AND CHORUS.
" Hail we then now in Oxford's honoured Lord,
Great Derby's heir,. ' •
The virtues that adorn his patriot sire !
[(And now, 0 Pow'r unseen, our song inspire !)
The fear of God alone to be adored—
The love of man, that spurns ignoble pelf,
Regarding others oven more than self--
Honour, as fair
As virgin purity ; courage, as bold
As that which mark'd the eagle's race* of old—
Eloquent words, to plead the righteous cause—
Zeal to maintain his country's sacred laws—
And that which, lacking, marreth all renown,
-Firm loyalty to her who wears the Crown.]
RECIT. (Tenor.) .
" Such'be thy sons, Oxonia ; such' is he
Whom we to-day - • -
At this our high and solemn festival,
With honour due to worth, as Lord install.
[Go forth ! again thy strength in arms essay,
True heir of of England's old nobility !
None worthier found in all the land than thou
To wear the coronet that decks thy brow !
We give thee weapons, tried and prov'd, to wield—
Go forth, with this emblazon'd on thy shield,
God is cur Light.'
• Bear in thy hand; sharper than two.edg'd'sword,
The open volume of His written word—
Go
forth and prosper !' God defend the right .!]
CHORUS..

" Praise our God, -
AU ye his servants, andthat fear Him."—Rev. xix. 5.
[Tho lines inserted between brackets were not sung.]
The ode was set to music by Sir Henry Bishop, the
University Professoirentrusic, and performed under his
directions by a choir of vocalists, which included Miss
Pyne, Miss Dolby, Mdlle. Zerr, Mrs. Endersohn, Miss
M. Williams ; Stancligl, Pischek, Gardoni, LockeY,
Hobbs, Phillips, &c. The choir, though very select,
was rather weak and might with advantage have had its
numbers reinforced, and it is-, perhaps unfortunate tkat
more of the Oxford singers were not employed. These
include some excellent musicians, who are in' continual.
practice at the various college chapels, and we under-
stand that some dissatisfaction has been created among
them at their exclusion.
After the conclusion of the ode, Mr. Ridding, of
Exeter College, read his Latin Essay—" Quibus pneeipue
de eausis in artium, libercaium studiis Romani Grcecis
viz pares, nedum euperiores, evaserint," to which the
Chancellor's prize has been awarded. The Newdigate
Prize Poem in English verse, " On the ruins of Egyp-
tian Thebes," was then recited by Mr. Reynolds, of
Exeter College. The supplementary Installation Odes
followed ; by Mr. Walker, of Corpus Chrigti College, in
Greek verse ; by Mr. Wormald, of Lincoln College, in
Latin verse ; by Mr. Bell, of Baliol College, in English
verse ; by Mr. Sanderson, of Magdalen Hall, in Greek
verse ; and by Mr. Russell, of Magdalen Hall, in Eng-
lish verse.
After the conclusion of the proceedings, the Earl of
Derby, who was loudly cheered both on entering and
quitting the theatre, returned to Worcester College with
the Vice Chancellor. A grand dinner is given to him
this evening in the hall of Pembroke College, of which
he is official visitor, and the second installation ball takes
place in the Town-hall.

1,887 £452,219 29,763 3 1
" By the above statement it will appear that FIFTEEN
HUNDRED AND TWENTY POLICIES HAVE BEEN PAID
UPON AND ISSUED SINCE THE LAST MEETING, YIELDING
AN ANNUAL INCOME OF 7,8741. 18a 7d.
The total number of policies issued during the three pre-
ceding years, and up to the time of the last annual meet-
ing, was as follows :
Number of policies issued/ 1,679. Ann, income thereof £7,707 3 4
up to May, 1852.
Add to these figures the
total business of the last (1,520 ii
year, viz., from May,
1852. to June, 1853. £15.532 1 11
" And it will be at once perceived THAT IN THE LAST
YEAR THE DIRECTORS HAVE EQUALLED THE BUSINESS OF
THE THREE PRECEDING YEARS, a circumstance the more
remarkable, inashiuch as hitherto each year of the com-
pany's operation has exhibited similar results; the second
year doubling the first, the third year producing as much
as the first and second year, and this, the fourth year, pro-
ducing as much as the three prior years.
" The directors congratulate the shareholders upon this
statement, and they feel it must he evident to all persons
that the proceedings of this company exhibit a marked
amount of vitality and success ; and trust that they may
be permitted to indulge in the hope that, during the year
upon which they are now entering, the same amount of
public support and good fortune may be experienced.
"By reference to the foregoing figures, it will be seen
that the total ANNUAL INCOME OF THE COMPANY
AMOUNTS TO 15,5821. ls. 11d., and that the company has
issued, in the short space of four years, three thousand
two hundred policies.
"This large number of policies materially distributes
the total amount assured, and at the same tints that it ex-
hibits and secures connection, it lessens the chance of large
losses, by reducing the amount of individual policies.
" The force of this proposition is made apparent by the
experience of the last four years, inasmuch as the sum of
9501., the total amount paid upon life policies since the
commencement of the company, was claimed upon five
different policies—thus reducing the average of each loss
below 2001.
" The directors still find themselves compelled to decline
acilsaeT tt-erg'si
cornelfonthll'abvule msayeoaffrereret and2tas
pthroepoexsealis-
for the assurance in the aggregate of 48,6441.
" The large amount of business transacted by the com-
pany during the past year, the directors attribute to the
increased confidence of the public in the management of
institution, to the assistance derived from the operations of
the fire company, to a better knowledge and appreciation
on the part of the public of the principles of life assurance,
and to the growing popularity of the guarantee department,
—indeed, the sj stem of guarantee established by this com-
pany has met Is;th most decided approbation from the
leading institutions of the country, in proof of which the
directors append to this report a list of the companies and
societies which nave already accepted the guarantee poli-
cies of the company, for the honesty. of those whom they
have employed in situations ea? pecuniary trust.
"The losses during the year have amounted to the sum
of 2,1661. Bs. 11(1., 1,6101. Bs. lid., of which has been paid
1 for guarantee claims, leaving the life claims for the year
still far below the expected amount, whilst part of the suns
paid for guarantee claims may yet ba recovered. At the
same time it must be borne in mind, that the company has
received comparatively a large amount of premium for its
guarantee risks, and that as each year's i isk is met by each
year's premium, there is no continuation of liability for
the one payment, but each year the account can be
balanced, and the directors are in consequence enabled to
congratulate the shareholders on the hitherto profitable
working of this department ; and they feel assured that
by the time of the first valuation of the company's busi-
ness, the guarantee premium fund will be found in such a
position as to materially assist the valuer in the decla-
ration of profits.
" The directors have to remind the shareholders that at
the expiration of the next year, the fifth from the date of
complete registration, the first investigation will take
place of the financial condition of the company, when all
those circumstances which affect the soundness of the
institution will be strictly and impartially inquired into,
and a full and detailed report thereon laid before the
proprietors.
' The directors look forward to this event with increas-
ing satisfaction, fully believing that the result will show
the correctness of the principle upon which the company
was founded, and the vigour and energy which have cha-
racterised its management.
" The directors have to report that they have secured
the services of Mr. Jeukin Jones, one of the vice-presidents
of the Institute of Actuaries, as the consulting actuary of
the company, a gentleman whose ability in his profession
is a sufficient guarantee to the shareholders, policy holders,
and the public, that the valuation of the company's affairs
will be efficiently conducted.
"The directors recommend that the paid-up capital of
the company shall bear interest at the rate of 5/. per cent.
per annum, and that the same be paid in future half-
yearly.
" The register of directors' attendances is placed upon
the table, by which it will bo seen that the directors have
uniformly attended to the business of, the company, and,
in order to show the importance of the regular attendance
of the directors, they draw attention to the circumstance
that a vast number of proposals are made to the company
in each year, the number last year amounting to 1857, or
36 for every week in the year, covering assurances to the
extent of 452,2191., or nearly half a million of money,
and that a great many of these proposals they are at all
times compelled to decline, though not without the fullest
investigation; at the same time the directors also have to re-
mark that, as a consequence of the above circumstance,
together with the necessity of vigilance and close inquiry,
with each guarantee proposal, the sittings of the board
meetings are unusually prolonged and laborious."
The CHAIRMAN then moved the adoption of the report
and balance-sheet. The union of the assurance and gua-
rantee principles had been so successful that very few
institutions of the kind could show so favourable a re-
port as theirs. The business done in the year
amounted to nearly 8,0001. ; the whole losses were but
12 per cent. on the whole business. On the life busi-
ness from the commencement of the company there had
been a loss only of 5561., scattered over five policies,
which showed how carefully the policies were investi-
gated before they were issued. Under these cir-
cumstances there was every assurance that the company
would be able not only to meet any and every loss which
might possibly occur, but also materially to extend the
sphere of their operations. Happen what might, there
was no fear but that the office could sustain itself, and
he would say there was no company in London which could
stand upon a more favourable footing. Upon first read-
ing the report, it had seemed to him that a large
expenditure had been incurred upon local agencies ; but
he thought, when they came to look into that item, and
considering that they had agencies in all the great towns
of the kingdom—at Berlin,- Hamburg'', and other Con-
tinental cities—it would be found that that expenditure
was wisely incurred, and that it would produce considerable
profits in return. At this moment a Parliamentary
committee was sitting on the subject of life assurance,
and he thought the shareholders of this office might
congratulate themselves on that fact; because, when their
turn came to be submitted to examination, theywould pass
the ordeal with credit and honour, and would thereby
give an additional guarantee for ie prosperity and sta-
bility of the society. He must congratulate the share-
holders and policy-holders on the great increase which
had lately taken place in their business, and he believed
that the excellent proposal of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer to deduct the income tax from that part of a
man's income which he paid for assurance, would give a
greater stimulus to life assurance than had ever yet been
[ADVERTISEMENT:]—The Era newspaper of Saturday
a I known. Excellent as the plan of this company was, it
would never have been carried to such perfection had it
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not been for the energy and arduous efforts of the
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 9.
At the Court of Examination held to-day at the Royal
Naval College, the following young gentlemen passed
examinations, and accordingly entered the navy as cadets :
—J. G. F. Leacock, W. A. F. Phipps, A. Williams, H.
N. Hippisley, C. S. P. Woodruffe, A. B. Wodehouse, C.
N. Hoare, and R. D. R. Farquharson.
The Geyser, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Wilson, ar-
rived at Spithead to-day at noon, from Jamaica, to be
paid off. She sailed on the 27th of April, and arrived at
Bermuda on the 7th of May, whence she sailed on the 19th
with a mail for England. On the 27th ult. she spoke the
Leander, 50, Captain King, with the Earl of Ellesmere and
the contributions from England for the Great Exhibition
at New York on board, and on the 3d inst. she exchanged
numbers with the Alfred Indiaman, from Calcutta. The
following officers are passengers by the Geyser :—Colonel
Alexander, R.E. and Mrs. Alexander ; Captain Mon-
tressor, ; dr. G. R. Caldwell and Ensign Hurt, of
the 34th Regiment, in charge of a detachment of the 44th
part of the crew of the Bermuda schooner, recently paid
off at Jamaica, have also been brought home by the Gey-
ser. We gave the distribution of the West India squa-
dron in our yesterday's report of the arrival of the Poic-
tiers transport.
The Fire Queen steam-yacht, Master-Commander Paul,
conveyed the Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Thomas Byam
Martin, G.C.8., Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., Rear-
Admiral F. Martin, Captain Chads, C. 8., &c., to-day to
Sconce Point, to inspect the coast defences at that place.
The troop-ships Poictiers and Progress came into harbour
this morning, and discharged the 34th Regiment into the
Simoom steam-frigate for conveyance to Sunderland.

WOOLWICH, JUNE 9.

A PPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenant John Lyons Macleod (1848), to the Simoom
iron screw steam troop-ship at Portsmouth.
Master.—Francis Hale (1842), to the Tribune, 30, screw
steam-frigate, at Sheerness.
Paymaster Charles A. Thorn (1847), to the Terrible
steam-frigate, at Woolwich.
Assistant-Surgeon James G. T. Forbes (1849), recently
selling in the Rifleman steam-sloop, to the Simoom.
Master's Assistant H. R. Harris, to the St. Jean D'Acre,
101, screw steam-ship, at Devon rt.
Clerks.—Edward It. Key (1851),po recently serving in the
Hastings, 72, when on the East Indies station, to the
Sybille, 40, at Devonport, under orders to proceed to the
East Indies and China station; James T. Bignell (18/8),
from the Horatio, 24, steam guard-ship at Sheerness, to the
Tribune; W. N. Rowe, to the Tribune.
Commodore Henry Eden attended experiments which
were carried on between one and two o'clock to-day, at
the dockyard landing place with Mr. Parratt's life-boat
raft. The invention is very simple, and might be always
available on board ship if the hammocks of the crew were
made water-tight, and so constructed as to be capable of
being inflated in the same manner as an air-bed. The
boat experimented with by Mr. Parratt was 27 feet long
by about 6 feet breadth of beam, 3 feet 4 inches in depth,
and drawing one foot of water. On the outside of the
boat four hammock-shaped Indiarubber air-tight cases
were lashed, two on each side, and when inflated they
gave the boat three times its own natural buoyancy, ren-
dering it capable of carrying 50 men, who were rowed
about by four oars and four paddles, and making it-a safe
life-boat, not liable to be upset. On approaching a wreck
the two air-tight cases are extended by a cross beam to the
distance of six feet from each side, making in all a breadth
of 18 feet, the space from the boat to the cases being covered
with strong netting, so that any person may jump down
upon it from a height of 20 feet without being hurt or
being able to upset the boat. Sixty-one men were at one
time on the raft without having much effect on its immer-
sion, and the experiments exhibited the great advantage
which troop-ships, passenger steam vessels, and emigrant
ships would possess, in cases of danger from fire or ship-
wreck, if provided with a supply of the invention to every
boat on board; and if the rafts were expanded before being
thrown overboard there would be no danger of its cap-
sizing were the boat even to fill with water. In a heavy
sea it would still have sufficient buoyancy, with 50 persons
on board, to have its gunwale 11 inches above tho water-
line. The boats usually carried by steam vessels, if fitted
on Mr. Parratt's plan, would hold 100 persons, and convoy
them safely to the nearest shore.

PLYMOUTH, JUNE 9.
The Swedish frigate Eugenia arrived yesterday morning
and anchored in the Sound. She saluted the citadel and
the flag of the commander-in-chief, which wore duly
answered by both the citadel and the Impregnable.
The James Watt, steamer, was taken into No. 5 Dock
last evening to facilitate her fitment.
The Valorous, 16, paddle, Captain Buckle, sailed last
evening for Queenstown, where she is to remain as flag-
ship during the absence of the Ajax, one of the fleet or-
dered to be ready to accompany her Majesty on her sum-
mer cruise.

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Orders have been received at this yard to increase the
stock of coals for steam-vessels to 6,000 tons.
Letters from the Vestal, dated 25th May, state that
Captain Cospatrick B. Hamilton has invalided. The com-
mander-in-chief on the station waits instructions from the
Admiralty prior to filling up the vacancy.

MALTA, JUNE 2.
The stirring intelligence from the Levant, which reached
Malta on Tuesday evening, forms the only theme of gene-
ral conversation. The return of the Caradoc is anxiously
expected, for, apart from the arrival of Admiral Stewart,
she will, it is thought, bring orders to Admiral Dundas to
show his ships of war in the Archipelago. Beyond this
there is no news of the slightest importance.
The screw-steamers Astrologer and Manta have sr-
rived, the one yesterday, the other this morning. At
6 a.m., on the 24th of May, when off Cape St. Vincent,
the Astrologer was discovered to be on fire, from the
ignition of the coal through the heating of the bearings of
the shaft. Water was thrown down and the decks scut-
tled, and fortunately mastery over the fire was obtained,
and it was finally extinguished by 9 a.m. The cargo is
very considerably damaged.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Bengal,
which arrived here, on her third voyage, on the 28th ult.,
has made another splendid passage. In Channel she had
light S.E. winds, with a heavy N.W. swell, and from
Cape Finisterre to Gibraltar "strong N. winds and thick
weather. • From the Needles to Gibraltar she took but 3
days 23 hours, the quickest run by several hours ever
made. Remaining 6 hours at the Rock, she ran to Malta
in 3 days 16 hours, weather calm the whole way. Thus
has the Bengal made her outward voyage to Malta in 7
days 16 hours under steam, or 8 days, including stoppages.
Pier average speed to Gibraltar was 12 knots per hour, and
from Gibraltar to Malta 11i knots. It is doubtful if any
paddle-wheel boat could have done it in the time.