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THE LONDON.—The attention of Gentlemen
is especially drawn to the advantages offered in these
elegant and spacious Saloons, which fulfil all the require-
ments of a West-end club of the most aristocratic and exclu-
sive character.
Lion trouve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement les
meilleura journeaux Anglais, male suss! Allemand, Francais,
et Beige.

hood), added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya each,
3ft ; winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 25 subs.
Count Batthyany's Olympus, by Epirus, 6 yrs, 9st llb
(Wells) 1
Mr. Dennis's Rising Sun, 2 yrs, sst (in. 71b ex.) (Roper) 2
Mr. Towsey's Volatore, 4 yrs, 7st .71b (Pritchard) 3
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The following also ran :—Zitella, Accurate, Regius , R
Pro-
fessor, Queen Hess, osins, Gleudinnin, and Market Gar-

F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street.

THE LONDON.—S A W Y E It' S famous
LONDON DINNER, consisting of two soups, two
fish, two entrees, oints, two sweets, cheese, and salad, at a
fixed charge of 2s. 6d. (attendance, 3d.), is served from Two
till Eight in the spacious Saloon.
In the Coffee-room, Dinners from thejoint, with vegetables,
cheese, and salad, ls. 6d. (attendance 3d.), and soup, fish, en-
trees, &c., a la carte, are served from One till Nine o'clock.
Ladies' Private Rooms and ini Salons. Spacious and
well-ventilated Wine, Coffee, and Smokingo Saloon.
An extensive and carefully selected stock of Rhenish, Mo-
selle, and other Wines, imported expressly for the London
Dinner. Open On Sun d sys from Four till Nine.
F. SAWI ER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street.

Betting-5 to 4on Olympus, 6to 1 each agst Market
Gardener and Rising Sun, 7 to 1 agst Rosina, 8 to 1 agst
Queen Bess.

"London; Aug. 25

Won in a canter by two lengths; a length between the
second and third ; Zitell i was fonrth, and Rosina fifth ;
Queen Bess and Glendinning were the last two.

The All Aged Selling Stakes of 25 ROWS, added to a Sweep-
stakes of ssovs each, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Op-
tional selling weights. Three-quarters of a mile, straight.

5 subs.
Capt. Christie's Stanley, by Teddington, 2 yrs (L3O) sstslb
(Sadler) 1
Mr. Blanton's Miss Eleanor, 3 yrs (L2O), Est 91b
(Edwards) 2
Mr. Blanton's Arminius, 3 yrs (£2O), 6st 91b.... (Page) 3
Queen of the May also ran.

THE QUEEN'S HOTEL, Queenstown.—Mr.
ROBERT WILSON respectfully apprises tourists and
families visiting this delightful watering-place, the air of
which is famed throughout Europe, that the splendid esta-
blishment so well known as the " Queen's Hotel" has come
under his management. This hotel is one of the finest in the
United Kingdom; and besides being furnished with all the
luxuries and appliances of a First-class Hotel, it combines all
the advantages of a beautiful situation, commanding. charm-
ing views, the best attendance, ample accommodation either
for families or single visitors, close contiguity to the steam-
boat pier, and the finest promenades of Queenstown, and a
scale of prices so moderate as to enable its visitors to enjoy
all the advantages of a first-class hotel on the same terms
they would have to pay in a minor one. From its open and
healthful situation the Queen's Hotel is also peculiarly suit-
able for invalids.

Won by half a length.
The Stand Plate of 40 sovs, added to a Handicap Sweep-
stakes of 5 sovs each ; winners extra. One mile and a

half.
Mr. S. Williams's Hop Merchant, 3 yrs' 7st 71b.. (Bray) 1
Count Batthyany's Coxcomb, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (H. Bradley) 2
Mr. E. H. Clark's Mr. Sykes, aged, Bst 51b.... (French) 3

Grillade, Princess Royal, and Coroner also ran. Won
by two lengths.

METROPOLITAN, COUNTIES, AND
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
27, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London, S.W.
Life Assurance, Annuities, and Endowments.
Loans on real and person'al security.
F. FERGUSON CA3IROUX, Manager.,

MANCHESTER BETTING—FRIDAY.
ST. LEGES.
sto 4 on Promised Land (offered)
Bto 1 agst Marionette (taken)
9to 1 agst Saminerside (taken)
10 to 1 agst 'any other (offered)

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cent. See Report of Dr. Letheby, City Officer of Health ;Dr
Hassall, of the " Lancet" Commission, and others. Sold by
the Trade, in bottles labelled and capsuled. 'Wholesale, 63,
King William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Six Quart Sample
sent free to any Railway for 3s. 6d.

CESARDWITCR STAKES.
.40 to 1 on , the field (offered)
DERBY.

10 to 1 agst Buccaneer (taken)
12 to 1 agst Nutboume (taken)
12 to 1 agst Umpire (taken)
14 to 1 agst Thmmanby (taken)
1000 to 10 aget Upperhand (taken)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE. JOPEFUL STAKES AT YORK.-Mr: Hargreaves,
the •owner of Bankrupt, who came in second for this race,
has objected to Newcastle, the winner, on the ground that
he was not qualified to start, having won the Revival Plate
of 100 soya at Doncaster in ISSB, whereas the Hopeful was
confined to horses that had not won 100 soya before the
day of naming." The case awaits the decision of the
stewards.

STOCKTON RACES.-FRIDAY.

The Thornaby Scurry Stakes of 3 soya each, with 25 added ;
winners after the weights appear 51b extra ; the second
to save his stake. Half a mile, straight run in.
Mr. Powlett's La Hollandaise, 2 yrs, 4st 121 b.. (Hewey) 1
Mr. Jackson's Brother to Remedy, 2 yrs, sst 51b
(Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Osborne's Alfred, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Osborne) 3
The following also ran :—Miss Stewart, Jeannie Deans,
Polyanthus, and Helwith.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Brother to Remedy, 3to 1 agst La
Hollandaise.
Won easily by a length and a half; two lengths between
the second and third.

COAST DEFENCES.

ROYAL PROCLAMATION.
(From the Gazette of last evening.)

Victoria, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the
Faith, _ _

The Members' Plate of 50 move, added to a Handicap of 5
goys each, 3 ft, for all ages ; the second to save his stake.

To our trusty and well-belovsd Sir Harry David Jones,
Knight, Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the
Bath, Major-General in our army ;
Our trusty and well-beloved Duncan Alexander Cameron,
Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath,
Major-General in our army ;

One mile.
Mr. W. C. Harland's Maid of the Mist, 3 yrs' 6st 31b
(Challoner) 1
Capt. Gray's Duneany, 4 yrs, 9st 31b (Withington) 2
The following also ran :—Peggy Taft, Widgeon, and
Griffin.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Duneany, 6 to 1 agst Maid of the
Mist. .
A good race from the distance post the "Maid" winning
by a head.
The Third Zetland Biennial Stakes of 1.5 sovs each, 5 ft,
with 50 added, for two year olds ; colts Sgt 71b, fillies Bst
31b ; 31b and 51b allowed. T.Y.C., from the Red Post
(one mile and a half).
Mr. R. Ten Breeck's Umpire, Bst 71b (Fordham) 1
Mr. Jacques's High Treason, Bst 121 b (Aldcroft) 2
The following also ran :—Cramond, Vanquisher, Rosa-
mond, and Tormentor.
Betting-3 to 1 en Umpire, 4 to 1 agst High Treason.
Won in a canter. An objection has 'been laid against

Our trusty and well-beloved George Elliot, Rear-Admi-
ral of the Blue in our navy.

Our trusty and well-beloved Sir Frederick Abbott,
Knight, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the
Bath,. and Major-General in our Indian Forces ;
Our trusty and well-beloved Astley Cooper Key, Com-
panion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and
Captain in our Navy;
Our trusty and well-beloved John Henry Lofroy, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel in our Royal Regiment of Artillery, and
Colonel in our army ; and
Our trusty and well-beloved James Ferguason, Esquire,
greeting :
Whereas we have thought it expedient, for divers good
causes and considerations, that a Commission should forth-
with issue that inquiries may be made by our Commissioners
into the present state, condition, and sufficiency, of the for-
tifications existing for the defence of our United Kingdom,
and of examining into all works at present in progress, for
the improvement thereof, and for considering the most
effectual means of rendering the same complete, especially
all such works of defence as are intended for the protection
of our Royal arsenals and dockyards, in case of any hostile
attack being made by foreign enemies both by sea and
land.- . . . -

Empire.
The Middlesborough Handicap of 10 sous each, h ft, with
100 added. Ono mile and a half.

Mr. Grimsden's Shafto, 3 yrs, Est Sib (Grimshaw) 1
Mr. Hargreave's Bankrupt, 3 yrs, 6st 51b .... (Madden) 2
Mr. Chilton's Archduchess, 3 yrs, Est 61b (Challoner) 3
The following also ran :-Dilkoosh, Miss Stewart, and
Tunstall Maid.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Bankrupt, 7to 2 apt Shafto, who
won by half a length; two lengths separated the second
and third.

Now know ye, that we, reposing great trust and confi-
dence in your zeal, knowledge, and ability, have autho-
rised and appoin4ed, and do by these presents authorise and
appoint you, the said Sir Harry David Jones, Duncan
Alexander Cement-1, George Elliott, Sir Frederick Abbott,
Astley Cooper Key, John Henry Lefroy, and James
Fergusson, or any five or more of you, to be our Com-
missioners, for the purpose of such inquiries as afore-
said, and that you may offer such suggestions as may seem
to you meet as (regard being had to the works completed
and in progress, and to the ordinary number of our Royal
Artillery, voted by Parliament), will render our United
Kingdom in a complete state of defence.
And for the better enabling you to carry these our royal
intentions into effect, we do hertby authorise and empower
you, or any five or more of you, to call for, have access to,
and examine all plans, designs, estimates, and contracts for
all works of defence now in progress or under our considera-
tion, or any other plans or designs that may be laid before
you for the same object.
And we do give and grant to you, or any five or more of
you, full power and authority to call before you such per-
sons in our civil, military, or naval services as you shall

'he Garbutt Nursery Pedestrian Plate (Handicap) of 100
says, for twe-yr-olds ; the second to receive 10 sovs out

of the stakes. T.Y.C.
Mr. Calder's The Moulvie, 7st filb (Fordham) 1
Mr. F. W. Whitehead's Greta, 7st 21b .. (Challoner) 2
Mr. Gray's First Lord, 7st 71b (Ryan) 3
Mr. W. Scott's Prologue, 7st 21b
The following also ran :—Birdcage, Ben Webster, Spring-
well, The Swift, Slingsby, Slut, Annie, The Gem, and Miss
Conyngham filly..
Betting 2 to 1 agst Greta, 7 to 1 agst Miss Co-
nyngham filly, 10 to 1 agst The Moulvie. Won easily
by a length, hall a length separating the second, third, and
fourth. _

£59,000

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The Brancepeth Selling Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 25
added, was won by Mr. C. Dresser's Amy Sedgwick,
beating Knayton and three others.
The Licensed Victuallers' Plate (Handicap) of 60 Boys, was
won by Mr. C. Richmond's Stockton, beating La Vic-
time (second), Buttercup (third), and night others.

judge likely to afford you the best and fullest information
upon the subject of this our commission, and to inquire of
and concerning the premises by all other lawful ways and
means whatsoever.
And we do, by these presents, will and ordain that this
our commission shall continue in full force and virtue, and
that you, our said commissioners, or any five or more of
you, may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof,
and of every matter and thing therein contained, although
the same be not continued from time to time by adjourn-
ment.
And our further will and pleasure is, that you, our said
Commissioners, or any five or more of you, upon due in-
quiry into the premises, do report to us, in writing, under
your hands and seals, your several proceedings, under and
by virtue of this Commission, together with what you shall
find touching or concerning the premises.
And we further ordain, that you, or any five or more •f
you, may have liberty to report to us your proceedings
under this commission from time to time, should you judge
it expedient so to do.
And for your assistance in the due execution of those pre-
sents we have made choice of our trusty and well-beloved
William Francis Drummond Jervois, a Captain ix our corps
of Royal Engineers and Major in our Army, to be Secretary
to this our Commission, and to attend you, whose services
and assistance we require you to avail yourselves of from
time to time, as occasion may require.
Given at our Court at Osborne, the twentieth day of
August, in the.twenty-third year of our reign.
By her Majesty's command,
SIDNEY HERBERT.

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of the national independence of Belgium. Some of the first
artists in the kingdom are dedicating their talents to the
production of works allegorical and emblematic of the great
events of 1830.
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Betidingtini theriails•Will be commenced on MOnday.
Like the wooden masts, all the yards have been fur-
nished by Mr. Ferguson, and they are probably the
finest spars of the kind which have ever left that
gentleman's yard. With all sails set the total spread
of canvas will be about 4,800 square yards, and
witha strong breeze on the quarter this would suffice
without any other aid to drive the Great Eastern
through the water at the rate of some 15 knots an hour
at least. It is not anticipated, however, that she will
ever require much assistance from her canvass, pr
that sails will be hoisted with any other view than
that for' which they are generally used in fast sea-
going steamers,—namely, that of. making a strong
draught down into the engine-rooms and furnaces.
All the arrangements now making on board the
ship are with the view of startingler on the morn-,
ing of the 3d proximo. On that day, at 0 a.m.t
she is intended to leave her moorings•for the firs,
time. Four pqwerful tugs will take charge of hee
—two towing ahead and two pulling astern. Th
latter are thus placed to help the gigantic vessel to
turn in those sharp angles of the river which-eleur
just beloW Greenwich Hospital and just above
Blackwall; the Great Eastern herself will also
be under steam in her - paddle engines, which, if
occasion requires, can be turned round to assist the
tugs.' From Gravesend to the Nore the aid of the
tugs will.be merely nominal, if used at all. At the
Nore tivo- or-thrie days will probably be consumed
in adjusting' compasses and filling in with coal.
The latter, will bring her down to a, fair seagoing
trim,—that is to say, a little over 10 feet-deeper in
the water than • she now appears. The. slightest
poSsible addition will be made to her present
draught of water till the Nore is reached.. ,From
the Nore she proceeds under easy steam to Port-
land, and receives her passengers for the first trial
trip, 'returning afterwards to Holyhead, from which
harbour she starts on her trial trip to Canada on
or about the 15th.
The number of visitors who have inspected the
vessel during this week and last has been very
large,,the amount realised by the company on the
admission fees being upwards of .X 4,000. Early
on IVedinesday morning the Prince de Joinville
made a minute inspection of the vessel, and ex•.
pressed his. opinion that she was one of the most
wonderful specimens of engineering and. scientific
skill that human ingenuity had ever- constructed.
Speaking of her general equipment the Prince ex-
pressed an almost equally strong opinion in favour
of Mr. Trotman'S anchors, and said that he attri-
buted the safety of several French vessels-of-war
which were anchored off the coast of Algeiia in a
tremendous gale entirely to the use of smaller
anchors of the same patent. The Grand Duke
Constantine is expected to visit the ship early next

week. •
An immense number of applications for berths
auring the .trial trip have alreadybeen received by
the secretary of, the company, with a proportionate
number for cabins during the • voyage to Canada.
All the nonsense that one time pervaded the public
mind about the vessel being too large to be safe,
has apparently long since disappeared; and in its
stead has sprung up a confidence in her strength
and speed, which, though great, is not an atom
more than the noble • vessel really deserves.ln
truth, all the objections which were at one time
made to her were only the same old stories which
have' been used every time these ten years against
every large vessel in turn, and any time these 1,000
years against improvements of all kinds, from
burning sea coal to lighting the streets with gas,
or crossing them with locomotives. The grumbling
mechanical objections of nautical men of the old
school exploded months ago, and the doubts of
those who feared her as a commercial success seem
to be fast going with them. One of the great
complaints under this head used to be that the
Great Eastern would at least require a month or
six weeks to coal. Well, it is now seen that her
steam cranes can coal her to the extent of 10,000
tons in less than 48 hours. Another great objec-
tion with the opponents of large ships was, that
this one could never get a cargo, or, if she did, it,
would swamp . the market to which it was con-
signed. When these arguments arc fairly weighed
against the extent of our trade with the East, and
its gigantic annual increase, they appear literally
almost absurd. Even as late as 1851 steam commu-
nication with China and other parts of the East
was in its infancy. There was then only one mail
service a month. In 1852 this was made a fort-
nightly communication, and now, although there is
one a-week, the demand for steam freight and pas-
sage is very greatly in excess of the supply. In
1851, when this new system was first originated,
the trade to the• East in outward tonnage only
amounted to 452,852 tons. In 1858 it amounted
to 916,503 tons, or nearly double. The value of
this export trade has increased in the same short
interval in the same immense proportion, being
now with Australia £10,000,000 per annum, and
with India £18,000,000, exclusive of bullion. The
export trade with China from this country does not
so correctly indicate its true value, as much of the
tea and silk is paid for by the cotton and opium
sent from India. Yet the value of the silk and tea
imported from China is, like the India trade, double
now what it was in 1851, and is
.probably little
limier £15,000,000. If, then, the trade with the
East generally has increased at this tremendous
rate in seven years, when railways were not com-
menced, what may not fairly be anticipated when
the fast progressing lines arc completed in India,
Ceylon, and Australia, and when the new treaties
with China and Japan begin to bear fruit ? The
monthly clearances of vessels to the East are about
80,000 tons, so that vessels like the Great Eastern
leaving England once a-month could only carry
one-tenth of the existing trade, and probably not
more than one-fifteenth of what it will be in a
couple of years hence. But six Great Easterns
would be necessary to enable one to leave England
once a-month, and as vet we have only one Great
Eastern afloat, or even thought of. With such
plain facts as these, what becomes of the objection
that a ship which can do the long sea voyage to
India in 30 days will not get a cargo ? As to swamp-
ing the markets of India, China, and Australia, with
8,000 tons, which is only the cargo of one large
vessel to each place, the idea is simply ridiculous.
Persons are apt to forget when they speak of
the India and China market, that it means
supplying the wants of 200,000,000 of people, and
that two vessels like the Great Eastern always
loaded and going backwards and forwards as fast
as they could run would hardly supply those mar-
kets with nankeens and printed calicoes alone. The
only question that has now to be solved is that of
her speed. A few days more will settle this, and if
the ship only realises what the least sanguine of
her admirers expect, the Great Eastern will prove
a triumph as great in a commercial point of view as
she is already in an engineering and scientific one.

THE GREAT EASTERN AND THE
PATENT DERRIUK.

Yesterday
.the small derrick belonging to the
Patent Derrick Company was employed to hoist
the whole of the yards and the principal gaffs of
the great ship. These spars, manufactured by
Messrs. Ferguson, of Millwall, are considered to be
the largest of their respective kinds ever constructed
on the Thames or elsewhere. The mainyards are
124 feet in length, 33 inches in diameter at their
thickest part, and weigh from 15 to 17 tons. These
enormous spars were launched and hoisted to their
required positions during the brief space of a
single day, by means of the remarkable facilities
for handling heavy weights afforded by the der-

rick.
The operations, in so far as the Great, Eastern
was concerned, were conducted by Mr. IN esthorpe,
to whom the rigging of the :vessel entrusted,
while the direction of the derrick's hoisting powers
devolved upon The
proceedings
D. Bishop, the inventor of
the machine. The proceedings were watched with
great interest by Mr. Campbell the chairman of
the company, Mr. Herbert Ingram, and other of the
directors, as well as by Captain Harrison, the com-
mander, Mr. Yates, the secretary, and many influ•
ential persons intimately connected with the pro-
gress of mercantile marine affairs, among whom
were conspicuous Mr. G. F. Young, Captain Com-
stock, Mr. J. S. Oakford, &c. The time occupied
by the derrick in hoisting the largest yard to a
height of nearly 80 feet, after the operation of
slinging had been performed, was less than two
minutes. The novel application of the principle of
the lever, introduced by the inventor of the derrick,
enables the machinery while raising its load to run
it in or out, backwards or forwards, to any desired
point. By this arrangement the derrick was not
only enabled te hoist the yards over the ship's side,
but also to span the Great Eastern's deck amid-
ships, and hand her spars to the purchases rigged
on board the vessel to receive them— a feat which
neither crane nor shears on the Thames could ac-

complish.
The visitors who, owinc, to the weather's un-
favourable aspect throughout the day, were not so
numerous as usual, appeared to take great interest
in watching the arrangements, the results of which
decidedly impart to the Great Eastern's rig a more
Ehip-like appearance.