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London, England, 1857-06-23 00:00:00

LONDON, 1 LTESUAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1857.

UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
Cornhill, and Baker-street, London ' *
College•green, Dublin; and Gronengen-street, Hamburg.
Instituted in the reign of Queen Anne, A.D. 1714.
DIRECTORS, TRUSTEES, &C.
JOHN REMINGTON MILLS, Esq.. CHAIRMAN.
HENRY ALDWIN SOAMpiS, Esq., DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN.
James Bentley, Esq. John Poynter, Esq.
Thomas Bodley, Esq. John Rogers, Esq.
Daniel Britten, Esq. Henry Butt, Esq.
Nicholas Charrington, Esq. George Spencer Smith, Esq.
S. Preston Child, Esq. k ichd. Horsman Solly, Esq.
William Gilpin, Esq. W. Foster White, Esq.
Thomas Lewis, Esq. Facnnel Wilson, Esq., Ald.
Thomas Mills, Esq., M.P. Stephen Wilson, Esq.
John Morley; Esq.
The Directors are ready to receive proposals for insuring every
description of Property in Great Britain and Ireland, including
hips in dock, rent of houses, loss by fire from lightning, and farm-
ing stock

BONUS ON LIFE POLICIES.
The following will shew the relative amount of the recent Sep.
.:ennial Bonus added to the sum insured, on Policied for 1,0001.,
effected in Great Britain, according to the ages of the lives when
assured :

Age when Amount of Premium Bonus for
Policy received for the
effected, the last Sevea Years. same time.
{Being about 70 per
105/. et.on such amotmt
of premium.
25 .. 1681. ss. 10d. .. 1051. Being 60 p. et. do:
30 .. 186/. 19s. 2d. 1051. Being 55 p. et. do.
35 .. 2091. Bs. 4d. .. 105/. Being 50 p. et. do.
40 .. 2371. 14s. 2d. • . 1051. Being 45 p. ct. do.
This BONUS, including the previous additions, has been applied
either—
By having the Annual Premium reduced for the next Seven Years,
which iu many cases extinguished the same for that period;
Or, by adding the amount to the Sum Insured;
Or, the present value thereof was received immediately in money.
Further particulars may be obtained at the Offices, as above, or by
written application to the Secretary.
Policy Stamps and Medical Fees paid by this Company.
Advances are made on the sole security of Policies effected with
this Office to the extent of their value
Two-thirds only of the Premium may be paid until death.
Decreasing and Increasing Rates of Premium.
Persons whose Lives are Assured, and not being of sea-faring
occupation, are allowed daring peace to pass by sea from one part
of Europe, direct to any other part thereof, in steamer or other
decked vessels.

152/. 10s. 10d.

WILLI IM B. LEWIS, Secretary.

ADY FRANKLIN'S FINAL SEARCH.—
..Lel The Government having come to the con-
clusion that the fate of the crews of her Majesty's ships
Erebus and Terror requires no further investigation on their
part, Lady Franklin, in accordance with her sense of what is
due to the lost navigators, ,is now fitting out an expedition at
her own cost.

As apreliminary measure she sought assistance from the
Admiralty, by asking for the loan of the Arctic ship Reso-
lute, which had been restored in perfect other to our Queen
by ;he American nation, and also for the gift (as granted in
her former private expeditions) of such stores from her Ma-
jesty's dockyards as are available for this special service only.
Compliance with these requests having been declined, Lady
Franklin is now devoting her whole fortune, to' this final
search ; and a large screw yacht (the Fox) lying at Aberdeen,
has been purchased, which the distinguished Arctic officer
who has accepted the command of her (Captain McClintock,
R.N.) has pronounced to be perfectly adapted to this em-
ployment.
Not repeating the arguments we formerly made use of to
induce the _Government to undertake a final and exhaus-
tive search, we hold to the opinion that it is the duty of
Englishmen to examine that limited area whence the traces
of our missing countrymen were derived, which, though
it lies to the south of well-searched tracts, and has been ap-
proachea by vessels that have returned without loss, has
never yet been explored.
Supported by the advice of those experienced Arctic sea-
men, in whom she has every reason to confide, Lady Franklin
makes this last effort to clear away the mystery that shrouds
the fate of her husband and his crews, and possibly to rescue
from- their insulated icy abode among the Esquimaux some of
his younger companions, who may still be prolonging a dreary
existence.

On such an occasion we, whose names are hereunto sub-
scribed, feel confident that this our appeal will not remain
unanswered by the British people, who will, we doubt not,
tender to the widow of the illustrious navigator that sym-
pathy which his fame and her devotion must call forth, and
will aid her in carrying out an enterprise involving, as we
believe, the honour of the nation.
We earnestly, therefore, entreat our countrymen to unite
with us in contributing to this noble object.
Roderick I. Murchison, Pres. Royal Geographical SOciety,
F.R.S. ; Francis Beaufort, Rear-Admiral, F.R.S. • Wrot-
tesley, Pres. fl. Society; Edward Sabine, M.-General, Treas.
RI. Society, F.R.G.S. ; Robert Brown, F.R.S., v.p.L.s. ;
Richard Collinson, Captain R.N., F.R.G.S. ; John Barrow,
F. R. S. , F. R. G. S.

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TOE AND REF RIGE LIATOR S. —T best
_IL. Pure BLOCK ICE and'EEPRIGEATORS are to be had only
at SHEETING'S Fish, Oyster, and lee Establishment,.ls9, Cheap-
side, City. -- • .

ADEN WAISTCOATS, two for one Gainea ;
1-10 the new summer trousers, one guinea; the Beaufort frock
coat, two b-u,neas. Excellence and economy,—GAOßGE ELOBSON,
tailor, 57,Lombard-street.

•
TO the SPORTING WORLD. DEER-
STALKING arid' GROVSE-SHOOTTNG.—The undersigned
is at 24, Brewer-street,. Regent-street .(in a line with Gla ssbouse-
street), with all the necessary CLOTHING for deem stalking, grouse-
shooting, salmon-fishing; and some' new and Iseautiful Twweds, for
own wear, &c. Plaids, Tartans, Socks, Winceys, &c. A large
stwik of tee famous Highland Cloaks, for town and country use, and
for Deer-stalking. The favourite Flora McDonald Cl9aks for Ladies,
in all the best colours.—Rooms open from 2 to 6 o'clock, rd sill 10th
July, when McD. returns to Inverness.
London, May, 1857. D. MACDOTTGALL, of Inve mess.

TSTHMIJS. OF • SUEZ • • SHIP C.A.NAL.-
1_ A PUBLIC MEETING will be held of the Banker Mer-
chants, Shipowners, &c., of r.„ Londo OR WED:.•.TE,SDAY, the 24th
instant, at the London Tavern, at One o'clock p.m., for the purpose
of hearing the explanations wh;ch I am desirous of layini; before
them relative to the proposed Ship Canal across the Isthmus of Suez.
Sir JAME* piJKE, Bart., M.P. in the Chair.
FERDINAND DE LENSEPS-
Bath Hotel, Piccadilly.

CIIIELSEA NEW BRIDGE, Battersea-p
The Largo OPEN AIR DEMONSTRATION will ta2u3 place
on Thursday next, at 6 p.m., June 25th, at the foot of the Bridge,
near Chelsea Hospital, Middlesex side, to consider the best means to
be taken to obtain the repeal of the Act -empowering Toll Bars to be
placed on the above bridge,

Sir JOHN VILLIERS SHELLEY, Earl., M.P., will preside,
And Sir De Lacy *Eiatts, Lotd' Robert Grosvenor, J. Alleock,
and other metropolitan Members have promised to attend.

By order of the CoMmittee.
WALTER THOMAS JONES, Hon. Sec.

ST. JOHN DEL_ REY MINING COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the "Maio th half-
yearly DIVIDEND; 'being 'tine pound per share (less income tax) on
the shares of this Company will be payable ox. tips office on Fri-
day, the 26th of June, and every succeedhof hy,--Saturctays ex-
cepted) between the hours of ten and four. Forms for claim ning the
Dividend may be obtained at the Company's office, on and after
the 22d inst., and must be left, with the Coupons, three clear days
for examination, preview to payment.
JOHN HOCKIN, Managing Director.
8, Tokenhouse-yard, 19th, June; 1857.

Naval and Military inteiligencke.

Yesterday orders were forwarded to the corn-

manding officers of regiments in which those 'gallant
_ .

officers and men who have.been selected foci. their

bravery to wear the decoration of the Victoria Cross
may be serving to send them per railway to the
metropolis. This noble band of warriors will ar-
rive in London from. their 'respective regiments on
Thursday, .and be. billeted.for the night. On Fri
day morning they. will.parade in St. James Park,

at the rear of the Horse Guards, and thence march
to the Cavalry exercising ground, Hyde Park, _ where
the investiture by her Majesty will take placae. In
addition to tho regiments already named, ivhich will
occupy positibna on the ground, detachm.ent,:s from
regments quartered at Aldershot, &c., which
served dining the war from the battle of Alma
to the captiire of Sebastopol will be preierit' to
witness the imposing ceremony. A position on
the extreme left will be reserved focr the
boys of tte 'Royal...Military Asylum. Two field
batteries of Artillery and a-troop of Royal Horse
Artillery have been ordered from Woolwich .to as-
sist at the ceremony. Royal salutes will ben- fired
on the arrival of her Majesty. and at the conclusion
of the distribution. The ground will be kept by
the Ist Life Guards, assisted by a strong force of
the metropolitan police.
The half-yearly examination at the Royal. Mili •
tary Academy, Woolwich, having been brought to
a close early on the 15th inst., the remainder of
the term has been occupied in giving the :gentle-
man cadets of that institution a practical :insight
' into the different drills -and exercises conitidered
necessary for officers of Artillery and Engineers.
esterday 'the company under Capt. Shakeepear,
with the whole of the officers attached, paraded at
2.30 in review order, under arms, and were sup-
plied with blank ammunition for inspection. The
battalion then performed evolutions. At foe ter-
mination of the inspection• the company was highly
complimented by Col. Elwyn, on their • steadiness
under arms, their high state of discipline, and uni-
formly good conduct during the half7year.: ' The
gallant Colonel proceeded to distribute the prizes.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Strange's C troop of
Royal Horse Artillery at head-qUarters, Woolwich,
aae under orders to be at Hyde-prk on the 26th
inst., to be present at a grand field-day.
Yesterday the D and.F troops of the Ennis-
:l4lkm- Dragoons, under the comnaa4(.l of ?Lieut.-
Colonel C. C. Shute, arrived at Chithara from

Maidstone under orders to proceed to. London to
be present on the occasion of her Majetty distri-
buting the Victoria Cross.
Yesterday the officers and men of the Royal Ma-
rine Light Infantry who are to be present in Lop.-
don on the occasion of the distribution of the Vic-

toria Cross were inspected at Chatham by the
Colonel Commandant. The battalion of. Marini
will be 800 strong, and those from Chatham will
leave the garrison this morning.
The advises of our Malta coirespondeut reach to

the 17th Juno, and report the departuroon the 11th
from Tunis, for Cagliari, of the squadron under
Admiral Lord Lyons for which port the Vigilant
screw steam gunboat took her departure on the
15th, from Matta, with the mails and. despatches
by the Vectis, from Marseilles, and the Indus,
from Southampton.
The Victor, 6, dispatch gun-boat, Commander
T. R. De Horsey, arrived at - Sheerness about six
p.m. on Sunday. The Pioneer was to sail from
Bermuda the day after she left.
The Myrtle, paddle, Mr. Bourchier, master com-
manding,,left Sheerness yesterday morning, with
the crew of. the Locust, to work the gun-boats Jas-e
per 'and Jasseur to Portsmouth.'
The Renown, 90, screw, Sheerness; got steam up
in the basin for a contractor's trial. We hear her
machinery worked satisfactorily ; but her sternpost
and frame worked, which
vroves that she is too
weak there. Report says that she will have to be
re-docked.
The Ganges, 84, is daily expected to be commis-
sioned at Sheerness as a flag-ship.
screw despatch gunvessel, The Intrepid, 6, Com-
roa,nder W. Wood, arrived at Portsmouth yester-
day forenoon from the West India station to be
paid off.
The Flying Fish, 6, screw despatch gunvessel
was taken out of Portsmouth harbour.yesterday to
make a trial with a new four-bladed propeller upon
the French principle.
Vice-Admiral SirE. C.Strode has had the vacant
good service pension conferred on him by the First
Lord of the Admiralty.
Mr. C. H. Carpenter is appointed mate to the
Hawke. •

LORD IVAPIER AT WASHINGTON.

We take the following characteristic account of
the festivities of the English Mission at Washing-
ton from the New York .Herald

" Her Majesty Queen Victoria completed her
38th year on the 24th dust., which it may not be
very gallant to state, but Queen's must pty some
penalty for their greatness, and the annual revela-
tion of their age is one of them. This auspicious
event was seized bold of by Lord Napier, the new
British Minister at Washington, to inaugurate his
social advent, and he could hardly have adopted a
happier expedient to crown the popularity he has
so rapidly acquired. For a week past his invita-
tions have been flying about Washington, and
many an expectant was full of suspense lest their
hopes of sharing in the gay scene might be disap-
pointed. These pleasant missives were distributed
with tact and liberality, and when the occasion
arrived all the fashionable world of Washington,
with a few outside barbarians, were driving from
all directions to the scene of festivity. ,
"His Excellency the English Envoy has rented
the late residence of Governor Fish, which was in
quite a shabby state when it came into his hands
a few weeks since, but the paperhangers andgilders
have been kept busy at work, and the appearance
of the mansion on the night of the ball was the
wonder of all who remembered its recent sorry con-
dition. It had a bright, fresh, and jaunty look,
and the radiance of numberless histres and candela-
bras threw a brilliancy over its aspect that asto-
nished some and delighted all. •
" By 10 o'clock most of the company had assem-
bled, and the large and curious crowd that sur-
rounded the house without laid quite a treat in
gazing at the showy toilettes an distinguished per-
sOnilifritapidly lighted from their carriages and
passed within the glittering precincts. Three large
rooms were thrown open to the guests, one of which
was used as the ball-room, while a fourth of equal
size was reserved as the supper-room. Dancing
began at half-past 10 o'clock, at which time ,the
crowd was at its height. Unusual vivacity seemed
to pervade the throng, which may, in part, be
attributed to the unexpectert-iess of such an enter-
tainment at this dead seasonsaef the year, as well as
to the splendour of the scene itself, but more still,
perhaps, to the unlooked for novelty of assembling
once more under the hospitable roof of a British
Minister, when only a few months since it was sup-
posed that years might elapse before such rn event
would probably occur again. Joyousness was on
every face, animation in every movement. The
ladies were wreathed in smiles, while grim-visaged
men looked placid and disposed for enjoyment. It
would be too severe a tax on your readers to attempt
any detailed enumeration of all the beautiful wo-
men end their costly toilets, or the remarkable and
distinguished men that shared in the bounteous
hospitalities of Napier-house, as it might be ,very
properly called, and yet it were a slight to the thou-
sands who look to your columns for news both
grave and gay, not to make some brief mention of
those who were more or less the observed of all
observers." It would be hardly less than rudeness
not to single out at a start the noble host and his
lovely partner for a word of merited compliment.
Lord Nap:3r has scarcely resided two months in
Washington, and yet the remark is universal, that
he is the most popular Minister that England has
ever sent us. This unanimous admission does credit
to the discernment of the town, for to say nothing
of the rare intelligence which manifests itself in the
smallest things, he is the personification of a well-
bred gentleman. Unassuming in deportment, re-
filled in manners, gentle in phrase, he is at all times
and places—in his own house and elsewhere, cour-
teous, straightforward, distinguO, yet conciliating.
On the present occasion he moved noiselessly about,
seeking in every way to promote the hilariey of his
guests, flattering some by a pleasant smile of recog-
nition, entertaining others with a lively word of wel-
come, and not omitting some kindly attention to the
humblest of those bidden to the feast. Should the
reader be inclined to regard this hasty portrait as one
of studied panegyric, let him, if he be fa New Yorker,
step forthwith into Brady's famous gallery and con-
template the inimitable photograph of his lordship
suspended there, and then„ be he or she the
most superficial of physiognomists, they will be
convinced that 'lord Napier looks every word I
have pronounced him, aye, every inch a noble-
man.'
" Lady Napier is in every respect worthy such a
compeer. In person her ladyship is of the medium
height,, .and of symmetriCal figure, Her face is
handsome, but it is its expression of genuine affabi-
lity that constitutes its greatest charm. A winning
smile of kindness is constantly playing over her fine
features, and any one cantor) it is the reflex of the
happy dispoktion within. She received her company
on Tuursday night with such ready welcome, ex-
tending her hand to nearly all, as to captivate every
one who approached her. With becoming taste, she
was dressed in the simplest attire, that she might
not rival the toilets of her lady guests. A i ich neck-
lace of diamonds and emeralds was the only orna-
ment she wore.
" The diplomatic corps assembled in great force
to do honour to their new confrere, and in compli-
ment to the day several of them wore their various
orders and decorations. The French Minister,
Count Sartiges, was conspicuous from his broad red
riband of the Legion of Honour, and the star on his
left breast. The count is quiet and subdued in his
manners, with a spice of hauteur that does very
well in an ambassador. His countess, ci-devant
Miss Thorndike, was one of the ornaments of the
ball. She_was elegantly attired in blue'satin, with
white lace flounces. Though somewhat stout for so
yOnng a person her claims to beauty ere undeniable.
Her bust is magnificent, and her face is singularly
attractive from its expression of real good nature.
Her bearing, too, is easy and distinguished, and
reminds one of a duchess of the Faubourg St. Ger-

main.
" The Russian Minister, the Baron Stoeckel, tra
yelled all night from New York rather than fail in
responding in person to the invitation of the Eng-
lish Minister, which would have been a serious
slight, as the ball was in honour of the Queen. The
peculiar relations, too, that are supposed, on the
strength of rumour, to exist between our Govern-
went and those of Russia and:England in reference
to China at this juncture, would have led to all
kinds of inference if the Russian Minister had
Missed the ball. In order to dissipate suspicion and
prevent `surmise, Baron Stoeckel was unusually
animated in his attentions to all parties, and seemed
anxious to do all in his power to contribute to the
eclat of tifeYete. His charming wife, autrefois Miss
Thompson; of Massachusetts, whether from a hint
of her diplomatic spouse, or from her own inclina-
tion, was eiceedingly gay. She danced the whole
evening, and was singularly graceful in her move-
ments. She is a tall and well-shaped woman,
pleasing expression of face, and delightfully unaf-
fected manners. Madame Cramer, the wife of a
Secretary of the Russian Legation, attracted much
attention. She is a Russian by birth, but was ad-
mired more for her beauty than that. She wore
her hair a /a Chinoi.se, which enhanced the effect of
her striking physiognomy.
" The absence of the amiable Minister from Prus-
sia, Baron Gerolt, was regretted, but he is now on
his way to Europe on leave. There were many
others of the diplomatic world worthy of remark,
but I must turn my attention now to other quar-
ters.
" It did credit to the Cabinet that they turned
out to a man on this interesting occasion, and,
happily for the ball, they brought their wives and
daughters with them. The Secretary of State,
General Cass, was not there, and if any one could
find fault with this amiable man, he would deserve
it now. He ought to have taken a hint from Baron
Stoeckel, and shown himself at the house of the
English Minister lest quidnuncs might infer a
number of absurd things from his absence. Every-
body knows he is writing a.despatch to Lord Napier,
and in the ticklish state of things existing between
the two countries General Cass ought to have imi-
tated Paul Pry, and just " popped in," if only for
a moment. The truth is, however, that the Gene-
ral carries out his hygienic habits and regulations
with the rigour of the laws of the Medes and Per-
sians. So careful is he of his health that he will
not dine out, not even with the President, and I
doubt if he would sit up after 10 p.m. were he sure
of the nomination in 1860. Twenty years ago, in
Paris, at balls at his own splendid house—and he
gave no end of thein—he would quietly slip off to
-bed at • 10 ' o'clock as though he dreaded the
fate of Cinderella ; but fortunately, he left his
amiable wife, three charming daughters, and a host
of attaches to supply his place. Verily, be has his
reward, for at 75 he has the appearance and vigour,
mental and bodily, of a man of 50, and he will go
through his career of Secretary of State with the
rattle and dash of an impetuous juvenile, but with
the caution and sagacity of an experienced veteran.
The tall and very gentlemanly Secretary of the
Navy, Governor Toucey, was there with his wife,
who is nearly as tall, and equally distinguished in
appearance and demeanour. The genial face of the
plump Secretary of the Treasury wore an expres-
sion of the heartiest 'satisfaction. Howell Cobb is