The Sun. — London, England, 1862-08-07 00:00:00

4 .6'e not afraid'—MLNDELSBOHN—* 1 - eVeti I , 4:1 ! Romish-harp'yists ore acting without my key note f altho their set Will-Bth r!eputy by 32 G m.c 21, '92 act (1820-25, by C tstlero:tgit's Calvin-prottnirant io FESCR'S ro double office of Archbishop of Lyons, and Cardinal of E-uey Ca nads--as Labradi.r successor , o 14th Clem Alt '72 Jesuit wing, to 93's NAP temporal holy see,)'ng—n Quebec's Virginian '64-76;d8 Admiralty High Cr'. of dele*ates on Ind.-Consort title Latties, Pocahontas & Mary March's as Crown probat, -Surrogate over Montagu Dalhousie's Commune Affranchie to red Scarf-chamber of Deputies. BALLOON ASCENTS without " LE NOR MAND'S" 1783 PARACHUTE FALL, AID. MEMO.—The Cruelty to Animals Act' gives civic cause for magisterial stopp I: re of these R. C. Coe l'rs fra-foolery ex citements, without wisdom being manifest in TO .EN (I col lapse efflux retreat, at Over-3-mile Zone-electric to gas lb. within the balloo - a. r.s seen--above Wolverhampton's poor Union mill' of the Dudley Somerie Swintoid Exchange— at which point 26in -b.a' rooter Foulairdrop .£'A-tribute out-brace Spring-Parachute, ought to have been Egypt_ spread, on 17 July, I,y Accidents & Suez Offences bill. Yard. 32- :: 36 in. Mr. Coxwell's omission to take up, car-affixed, the pure oxygenic wax taper flame (obtained in Piccadilly), used in its vehicle ' the lamp. , of life,' for nasal vace-shield-bone inhalation — by all Aeronauts, against the 15Ib square inch atmosph , ric pressure on the lungs —accounts for Blue. lipxd Glaisher suffering the 451 b in., tho descent-saved by hy enas-life circumvention—reminding him of Shen stone's Tulchan aw-calf' couplet (on 'Nun' Qu'endrida o f Tip' ton), for bringing down the mayn'othmilkuser : ( That in Clent, as 5 martyed, under a thorn 1 07 , 6'B l Lieth, King Ken'elm with head off-shorn.' 2 as the defunct ancestors of Emp. Conrad it 's G.-daughter Agatha, Malcolm m's maternal 9-Liz-offspring, now in Spa nish Escurial of Philip it., (whose daddy, II CAR. v., was Gaunt• constable of England), as Saxon kin of Edward * herein ambush'd—' Salve Lucein' Pornpeied, yr. 79. The quicksilver drop 16 tn.—show aloft, with di-luced Net expansion of *Won' evidenced the absence of Nitro-moist fog within the motive power, and influx of the dry elec tricity. I•y the drowning-like effects on the system—the pit a.; at pulse of a Tucked-up heart, o'er its key-diaphragm, sounded the Thumb-inch tic-dirge music of the spheres,' whilst the wiry hair and ruffled paper gave a Monochord that they were entering 'Paradise where the first pair meet' at 151 n. degree, for Specula-crystalization in the blood—on Airey's 31 barometer scale, false to This latitude so broken (in s trument 395 Strand), by the elements they 'Negretti, GlAisher. and Co., R. Obs.' —intended to correct. So Windsor-tie bowl-waft Z''erhead Afoot, Cole region of Wulfra Hampton of EDGAR'S sister—jahn-lifeseat to Phm on' d collapse, bull'srun (belly-paunch-like), on the Lang-hamlet of Oakham-n,—on Union deputy D.O.L. Pal merston's '9l Tulchan-pope vise, by x Wrottesley's @°rothy Dudley-Wardship of Bassett-wilton *Stamford. • This [' civil education code '3l evil Con - lift -go bye, 29th ..Lug., '2s—shows °ragas change']—for the man's safe re aeri form- within, in cases of Low fire- d.mp on Vaccue rarifi cation of the breath, for purification of the blood against any rrusian-police blue'skin-discolour of hands ' at four miles altitude' Wing life absence --sets a '32 TIBET precedent for future Pendul'umbrella-like dipfalls, tho' opposed to Cox well's Aeronaut-miltonic idea, with Virgil's oct-troy 9ch di scor d li ce _ (to Mundane-S -oval of Henry B's-lease at Bennington-'Butt's Et casters-1791', on sham Ctiich,ff of L'anker star's white-Alba-Bait for stinking-fish 'Ruff's) on the Isc.-Exeter stellar G'yegog : : gyration, fwithin night poach N. bill, 6 August J'eus-nomena/ise N day. A 13=- - - m " Facilis defeendius 7'verni." [lndia . x .] Atkyns- Montague C. z ACKERLEY, MOO. Fi • • 1-2 W. IV., N. 54, hamberlayne' Gie-sworn. pt• • PETER BASQUET, Income-tax chief (1842 unpaid§ • China Ruff wall circuit horizon of .London, Aug. 7. • 1862) its Montezuma-inch Admiralty red flag, not in Brant's power to give up IMP. 1793-China, to NercY, .Y2 l l & GREY-cause of Capt'n's xe-yr support, thB 112n's ministers use his brains, and mock him &c to death, With /ntimorito dalla voce, del Padrone sul'onde,' for holding to 182 0 - 25 - 3 7's Carib-protectorship oath on its £93. yr retaining fee for his duty expenditure of fuse £1,6 pay 0 00 fo r r Indian of America, which the Treasury re to reply to their own unrelieved Nimrod -sentinel appointment, under the Polar map inch Act, o f 1818, § 9, for Deputy soil title (on AB-juratlon act 1791, § 7. toAckerley's R.N. 'voice) —I o Romish Cat-14.01i° corporate &C. of Labrador, Baltimore rnaryland, and Brazil , under Luther church pay—for th e i r office oath, unknown t o him till Peter s arrival in 1851, as Pontiff's deputy—recognised by Earl Grey's November letter that Indian justice s heulcl he done,'—by his election as 'lit' l ieputy High Constable of England —on report of the theft of Tower stores J. King' issued to him in '42 for Ashburton Ind. survey of the New Found-land of Virginia, by the Earl of Derby' and Blackw od, sectry., holding the Indian lands at rederickton, N. Brunswick. To M— Jefferies, & ''ailiffs of Tame-(worth, Stour-Trent Anker ver DEE flsh'ry on Poor-law 0. S. audits, March 25, an d its Rate in aid on 43- Eliz.) in part of Guy's Hospital by 21 July, 1521-211 CARL. V. &H.B, of Southark bar' for Clapham's Conjugate reciprocity 3ty, to Yellow Tiber' Zoll verein trustee*ship, yr 42—on the 4 great nations of Gaul's Lion Pont del A t cubaUstar'y—Jetsam-statute of 4 Geo. 4, Ch. 74—on Barometer oz-libralis lb. Air-' - pressure. Ye I will ask the UNION for Loan to Indian and Self ? Was I in receipt of my father's life-hold name estate—its rental being withheld by Attorney Cole's freehold voting on my brother. Chamberlayne by 1-2 Will. iv., No. 54, (not Ackerley), whence the double forge of " Charles and C. Henry," in Master of Roll's foist-decree, 15th March, '62, touching the 'L'nourton ON the Water Act, by Cole'r as canal Ells-mere agent of Saugh-&-W ashen, of the Dean and Chatter of Chester's Crt. of delegates, Nov., 1809, on York fairfax—‘excommunication of name—Tie-palatine.' "As Hawksey'-owl, in desert lone ' Hugh Loop'd' am I, now—Lo las one." (See Sun April 19, 28, May 16, & July 19.) C ANTERBURY The renowned Performers, DEBONNAIRE and ATJUONARD (from Paris). Grand Selections from " DON SE SASTIEN" and " IL TROVATORE," Principal Artistes— Miss Russell. Signor Tivoli, Mr. Raynor, and Mr. Russell Grover. The great Comic Trio, Eugene, Duley, and Unsworth the oriolnat stump orator, 6* Or any other man." A ls, the fol lowing Comic favourites—Marshall, as andrd Dundreary ;" J. G. Forde, . B. Hollingsworth, Miss Georgina Smith son. Visitors to London are informed that the Picture Gallery is open to t h e public on Sunday evenings. HALL. E OXFORD, 6, OXFORD ST ti',EET, "THE DAUGHTER OF THE ISLES," a Cantata composed by H. LESLIE, Esq., and written by A. MATTIIISON Esq.. in honour of the Marriage of her 1 , oyal Highness the Princess Alice, EVERY EVENING, in addition to the usual entk rtainments, which include operatic selections by Miss Russell, Maaame Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, Greene , a nd Alber t , with Full Band and Chorus ; the Comic performances of Miss Caroline Parkes and Mr. W. Randall, the Ethior fan oddities of Rumsey, :Newcomb, Little Bob, Eugene, and Unsworth (the origina, " or any other ma-n") an d the astoundmg feats on the Flying 'Trapeze of DEBoNNAI Hall, Cd.; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes, 108. 6d. THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Mr. D. Boucicault, sole Lessee. EVeilillf_r, A KISS IN THE DARK. After which ' THE COLLEEN SAWN. Ntr. Boucicault, Mdme. Celeste Are. To conclude With THE ARABS 01 ' THE DE S E RT. A Troupe of the Beni-Zoug-Zoug. Commence at 7. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Sore Lessee and Manager, Mr. Bueicstone. This Evening, Tti E BALANCE OF COMFORT. After whiel;, CL. II it MEI:i CAN COUSIN : .nessrs. Buckstone, &Ahern ; Mrs. C. Miss Oliver, &c. With LA CON TRABA:.,a)ISTA : k'erca Nena, &c. And DEAF AS A POST. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Pro rietor and Marager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. This Evening, THE DEAD HEA RT. Messrs. Benjamin Websy‘r, J. L Toole, &c. ; Miss Woo!gar, &c. And 111 E SHILLING DAY. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Barris. Thi s Evenin , THE RENDEZVOUS. After which, at a Vgter to ONO HENRY VIII.: Mr. and Mrs. Charles a `e• With THRICE MARRIED. Comme.ce at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. This°le Lesse. and Manag•er, Mr. Edmund Falconer. Eve lig, PEEP O'DAY : Messrs. Lacy ere, . Falconer. A licUsnn ; Mrs B ow . , &c. Followed by KILLAJLNEY. Conclude with COLLEEN RAW SETTLED AT L A„ , r, Charles swby and Lydia T I , ompson. Commence at 7. AST LEY'S itery---4„. AMPHITHEATRE. proprietor and This ,T.A2F,pprger, Mr. W. Batty. , renes in the Circle by the unrivalled Mortimer. Brilliant Foreign Equestria7As. commen c e Ith a 9 Troupe of British and 44 t Comic;7 Ballet. A bridge , of boats was thro wn ------ seressthe Rhine 1 on Saturday last by O n e leerrsal°f the, Gth the pon.to n* Regiment of 1 on the Artillery, in the presence of n Two°oveliuzes where er eet , 4 covered •on a tour of inspection i:k Strasbourg. . stag„,: who is cloth and ornamentod—Will flags, Frendh bkii'MoCtlielthiiiit for the visitors invited tc , __'ttJa.. nass the operation. The bridge was fixed in 46 minut es 'which is considered to be an unusually short time. It Wa ; I -.fixed 200 yards below the railway brid ge , a nd was composed 1 .of 40 boats. Its length was 240 yards. As soon as the 'lridge *as completed. General Sevelinges, accom panied by the superior officers present, and the persons invited to Nvitness't he operation crossed the Rhine. They were re ceived with great ceremony by the governor of the fort of :Kehl and his suite. ENGLISH' MKS AT THE INTERNATIONAL EX itr3ITIoN, CLASS 20.—Mr. S. Taylor, of Friday-street, has an excellent show of fancy silks, made for Messrs. Grant end Gask, Swan and Edgar, and others. Messrs. Cpurtauld, of A.ldermanbury, have a most interesting show of crapes, and a similar class Ot goodsknown as areophanes, .for which they received the Paris gold Medal in 1855. :Messrs. drtnpbell, liarrison, and Lloyd, of Friday-street, -exhibit some beautiful Spitalfields silks in numerous pat terns, all of which do them and their workmen very great "credit. Messni: Grant and Gask, who appear to have lberight up the msfority of the tasteful end beautiful silks , indlaces in the Exhibition—as well on the forei gn as on , 1 `•'t:^ English s!dc—show on their own acc ount some beauti- 1 ' , .:-::. ) ,T - farniture damsel:, known as tissue de verre, the em- I 1 Oerlt upon which is actually oc finely spun glass, and is ci tri, 'MIS Elf_ well v tasteful ' • - r, of the ' a f and attractive. ~n te r , t ~ but, n , .„.: tb . ink, by no means the best shown, was , 0 , ,). ty her . t. ' , ; , Issim I.., l l a jesty sad by tile Court of Russia (for , Thb "Y 'here]-- , fact -h ) at• IC .- h save much for its 1. ,,,,,,, uty and splendour. Mr. r. Mr. J. J. Payn, of Alderman by sy, t i Rows some iu rn i tnre . a , . :;titer. Buckingham,amask in very good patterns. i(), jd show of Bcarf : and Slater, of Wood-street, , f IV ti' "tits. Messrs Varasgeur ,J 26 Cu., ''': " in g . street, show some • - anufactured for isl„„. s ome magnifi ca rnt eilkS,. 111 , ell and 'Webster, g. Grant and Gask: 111 [ism, Cc‘rnell, .14 , • ' st• P l' h h of the best ribbon, • • au s-c urc - y , show some with in th e b. )th rich awl beautiful, which, the - elan,, and silks Grouts'e'"bb° have been n Lade for Grant and Garb. Messrs. and Co., of 1 I los ter-lane, have some well. arranged and well. taan ‘ ;',._ e _ tl Ire d crapes, with which we find ladies are mu c h i'l , plea ew. 2 for sing Herald. 1 1 y CRYSTAL PAL A CR-TO-MORROW. ALL THE GREAT FOUNTAINS. One Shilling. -DALAIS vE CRISTAL.-O_S LES GRANDES EAUX DEUAIN, a 3.15. CRYSTAL PALACE.—To MORROW. TEMPERANCE FETE. Out-door Sports and Pastimes—Grand Processimis—Extra Baitl--Perfor minces t,n the Festival Organ—Concert of One Thousand Children on the Great Orchestra—The Shapcott Family, &o. Great Fountains also. Open at Nine. One Shilling. Children, Sixpence. `TUN" EVERY WEEK. ONE PENNY. TMPERIAL HOTEL, Great Malvern. - 11 - The public is respectfully informed that the IMPERIAL HOTEL wilt be OPENED on MON DAY, the 11th of August next, for the RECEPTION of VISI VO The t,,riff will be so arranged that I sullies and gentlemen may engage suites of apartments or single rooms, at a fixed charge per day, includinc , attendance, and may either take their.meals privately or at the table d'hote , breakfast, tea, and supper. A wholesale wine and spirit establishment for the sale of win , s and beverages of the highest class will be attached to the hot •1. Warm, cold, vapour, douche, running Sitz, and shower b , iths, will be obtainable at all times in ths, hotel, a portion of which is set apart for these baths. A covered way will conduct the v sitors direct from the railway platform to the hotel. GEORGE CURTIS, Manager. NOTICE. All remittances are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debid due in respect thereof. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIs DAY.—Morning, Rh. 30m.—Afternoon, h. m• ro-monßoW.-Morning, 12h. 7m.—Afternoon, 12h. 40m. '1 4f OP 4 . , T A ` 0 ' r •" " - THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1862. This afternoon, according to the postponed arrangement, Parliament was duly prorogued. It was prorogued as it was opened—by Royal Commis sion. That, under the melancholy circumstances, attendant upon 1862, was, of course, a thing inevit able. The shadow of the Royal, and, indeed, who will no say also of the National, Affliction has fallen upon the whole year, and as a matter of necessity also upon the whole session. The widowed QUEEN could not in reason be expected to take any part whatever personally in the pageantries connected annually, at the beginning and at the end of the political session, with the proceedings of the Legis lature. The House of Lords and Commons, there fore, as theywere opened by Royal Commission, were by necessity also closed or prorogued by Royal Commission. Her MAJESTY has thus been spared the bitterness of that reminder of her irre parable loss, which must inevitably have smitten her to the heart had she entered the House of Lords, even now in August, without the sustain ing hand of her beloved husband clasping her own as his Royal Highness had so often done in pre ceding years when conducting her MAJESTY from the doorway to the throne. The session, the season, the year, consequently, have together been flitting away under very obvious disadvantages. The London season, in truth, has not had one momen tary glimpse of her MAJESTY. The Court has not once even fugitively been in town, having passed its time alternately for 1862 at Osborne, at Wind sor, and at Balmoral. Not a single levee has there been at St. James's. Buckingham Palace has not even for one night sheltered the SOVEREIGN under its roof. Her MAJESTY has never once crossed the threshold of the Great Exhibition Building down at South Kensington. And this quite manifestly pre cisely because of the profound interest taken by the departed PRINCE CONSORT in the mere hope of its success while in preparation ! While the shadow of the Royal grief has thus fallen upon the whole London season, it has no less, by a loyal sympathy, darkened more or less the whole six months dedi cated annually at Westminster to the labours of the Parliamentary session, to the sayings and doings of the Lords and Commons of England. The custo mary half year's interval set apart for the session has in effect been little better than eked out, as it were, by the Imperial Parliament, Indus triously enough they have sat there in their respective c hambers—those hereditary and re presentative legislators of the United Kingdom. There they have dawdled out their usual time—viz , from one of the earliest days of February to the of August, to the eve of th e grouse-shoot beginning ing. Public and private business ,in turn, having occupied the attention of all parties alike, whether .‘ ins" or "outs," whether among the Peers or among the Commoners. Her MAJESTY'S Govern ment has been there confronted sedulously by her MAJESTY'S Opposition. The ball of debate has somenow been kept up between them. Their leaders have had, at intervals, contentions that we can hardly even dignify with the title of sham-fights, but should rather allude to as mere casual wrestling matches. Among these momentary tussles for political power, and for the lures also of place and patronage— one in which the right hon. and learned Member for Cambridge University was put forward by the Opposition as their champion only, however, for him to be thrown a moment afterwards with the most inimitable dexterity by the veteran First Lord of the Treasury. Committees there have been sitting upstairs, examining witnesses, draw ing up reports with their customary assiduity, now upon this theme, now upon that. Scarcely a question of anything like imperial importance, however, has been brought on all this while either in the Lords or in the Commons. About the only one thus frankly submitted to the two Houses in succession, in anything at all of a statesmanlike spirit, being, in roint of fact, that of the often-talked i O f and long-sighed-for facilitation of the Transfer \ ce e r o Land. P ar li am entary Reform has, by universal " t i and quite even as a matter of course, been a g a i ne _ ak . Irked as a bore, and, therefore, an intole rable inconv the s enience. Economy, just at the fag end of , has been for once in a way seriously recalled to 0 mind as a boon, one of these fine days or rather years; exceedingly to be desired. rur then, as we have said _ - " eettaiheeE: it has only happened I 10 0, and even then for ' jt.unesti:elot fag-andstthpeail because of its affordin g, an opportu nitypsonalities with er fora p l easa nt little effervescing admixture of generalities. Nothing seriously s i y iry l a lf e i n b t le bei ng even furtivelyglaring * and thrift—„ ut for sufficiently need being wh isp e h r e e a d r , d , shoot net o one ibis or cheeseparing b there is for retrenc - )11 :- Ineu : nt t , anything like parsimony while all for common-sense thrif; and ratiwonhailierethtreec7hm s while supplies were being voted, were in Committee of Ways and Means, parties both to the right hand and to the left hand of M r . SPEAKER were fresh from the last new Budget of our Master-Financier Mr. GLADSTONE. It was only when matters of a pecuniary kind had been definitively settled for the year, that there was any serious " talk" even about the need recognised long and long ago by us all, the painfully obvious need there is for at length and systematically enter ing upon a course of economy. With .an outlay set down for us of THE SUN, 1407ATIY) another expenditure within the financial year of £7o,ooo,ooo—with a narrow surplus only of four or five hundred thousand pounds sterling, arranged for by the termerity of our skilled but over-credulous Chancellor of the Exchequer -what is in truth the agreeable prospeet just now immediately before us? At the very best—a harvest under the average! Almost as a dead certainty a continuance and probably an increase of the dire struggle, with dearth and with all imaginable privations, in the manufacturing districts in the north! Necessitating —a struggle of this kind—among other things an ap preciable falling off in the Revenue under the head of Excise and Customs. A continuance also of that general interference with our com merce, resulting from the first, but of late increas ingly, from the prolongation of the civil war in America. The possibility of our new interposition in the affairs of China leading us there again into a new and alarming outlay both of gold and blood. The possibility, moreover —we know not of course but that it is very little imminent, yet still it is undeniably there before us as a possibility— yes, the possibility of a new European complication conseq uent upon the development of the later and more than ever enigmatical phase of the Italian E ve m ry ov th em in e g nt eo h n e s a i d d e e d re o d_ nce A m m o e r ra more by China, GAßi- GARI BALDI. Italy, the Cotton Famine, our enormous expendi ture, the exceedingly narrow surplus left for us at the very best by the calculations of the CHANCEL LOR of the EXCHEQUER, our interrupted commerce, and our moderate hopes of a harvest just barely about the average—we can either way only look with a perfectly comprehensible qualm under these rather anxious circumstances, whether our glance be retrospective or anticipative. There is of course a certain sense of satisfaction, perhaps, in the thought that we have reached to-day the end of the Parliamentary Session. But it is hardly satis factory to feel conscious at the same moment that there is an exceeding probability also, that, on account of some new turn given to the American War, or of some fresh complication in the affairs of Italy, and, consequently, of Europe—the approach of winter will bring us the chance of that always unwelcome political necessity—an Extraordinary Session of Parliament ! The New York people are a little too late. They have just found out that, if the PRESIDENT hoists the banner of Emancipation, " This will diminish the rebel army, by calling many rebel officers and men to the defence of their homes; and, that the Free States, and the civilized world will applaud the Emancipation proclamation." All this would have been true twelve months ago; but its truth may be very doubtful now. The North, twelve months ago, might, by an emancipation policy, have made the South afraid to move, afraid to collect an army. Now that it is so well up in arms the negroes dare not give trouble. There are soldiers every where to catch them. " The committees of the lead ing men of wealth and influence" in the great corn mercial city find that gold for remittances can only be had at twenty per cent. premium, and they see that the mightiest Northern armies can be driven away from the Southern capital. They look back on a war which, on their part, began with Bull's Run, and has ended with a seven days' defeat at Rich mond; and so now, at last, dollars and defeats com pel them to cry out for Emancipation as a weapon of war! As to the applause of the civilized world, what can they think of it ? Do they suppose the civilized world takes no account of motives in its applauses ; that it will bestow it equally on a GARI BALDI, and on a selfish EMPEROR, as Liberators of Italy ? In the very same breath, these "lead ing wealthy men," talk of the military gain of eman cipation as the motive for it, and then of the moral applause of Christendom ! Christendom might rejoice if it thought the proclamation of any avail, but it would, assuredly, never honour those who issued it, not in the interests of humanity and justice, but to serve themselves and to spite their enemies. President LINCOLN has issued his confiscation pro clamation ; the Confederates will only laugh, and bid him come to Richmond and put his confiscation threats in force. The Confederates appear, however, likely to give him very different work to do. The redoubtable STONEWALL JACKSON is—they wish they knew where—somewhere , threatening either POPE in the Valley of the Shenandoah, or M'CLELLAN on the James River. And, so rapid is he in his move ments, and so well do the Virginians keep their own counsel, that JACKSON keeps two armies in constant fear; the last rumour, that he was about with 60,000 men to pay MTLELLAN a second visit, being thought most likely ; but no one knows, and this half JACKSON'S strength. In the terrible rout of Gaines's Mill, the Federals had no idea that he was on their flank, and they had to abandon strong works and positions, and their guns, too, because he turned up where he was least expected. Most probably he will do so again, and we should not be surprised to hear that he had driven back POPE almost to Harper's Ferry, or that he had made such an onset on MTLELLAN as would render Federal reinforce ments of no further avail. Our very latest-intelligence, that by the City of New York, tells of nothing for the Federals but failure and dissatisfaction. We read of " a general uneasiness in all circles" for the last three days, of an increasing call for draughting into the army, because the recruiting, notwithstanding the high bounties offered, languishes ; yet it is incredible that compulsory enlistment would not prove the ruin of the Federal cause in the North. HALLECK'S appointment to the commandership in chief ie but coldly accepted ; even the great Mr. SEWARD'S dis missal has been under discussion, for we are told that he is to remain in the cabinet. Guerilla bands increase in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri, to add the blessings of hot work to the heat of the weather, in the semi-tropical Border States. Even at St. Louis a plot has been discovered, headed by some of the principal inha bitants, to seize the city for the Confederates. FARRAGUT has to give up Vicksburg, leave it un captured, and sail to New Orleans, probably to save BUTLER from capture and capital punishment by a Southern army ; and in Maryland itself, almost under the PRESIDENT'S eye, the Secession mem bers of the Baltimore municipality boldly resign rather than serve under a Federal Government. Everywhere on the side of the North we find social and political uneasiness, and petty failures. The picture may soon be changed, and the scene shift, for scenes shift quickly in America, but such is the scene at pres2nt. The Confederates, on the other hand, are in high spirits, and declare that one more v ictory will end the war. That victory is, however, Yet t o b e Woe. No One suspects English members of Parliament of using th e i r but it is • position f or merce n a ry purposes, quite coui their integrity to sally believ e with a full conviction of We all are so. Hence them susceptible of bias. are not surprised when ev en Mr. ROEBUCK, we e paper constitution s vh s ; c s i l l iows a faith in in Austrian commercial resoUneing practical faith neither litn gaAursitarniaslinor the English, as =Aver admirers of THErls9 EVENENI7, AUGUST 7 7 1862. Hungarian firmness, can cherish fora moment. Neither are we surprised that Mr. LAYARD 7 though now merely a shareholder in the Ottoman Bank, should look at the financial position of Turkey on its brightest side. In like manner we feel it to be perfectly natural that Mr. W. S. LINDSAY should take the most confident view of the perma nence of pacific relations between France and Eng land when his house is the London agency for a large French marine company with a capital of £1,600,00 0 . It is not easy for a gentleman to be lieve that we need run a race with a country in building iron-clid vessels when he is an agent for building and managing first rate packet vessels in England, which are to make their profits as French vessels and through very high French subsidies. Mr. LINDSAY would be more than an ordinary mortal, if he could easily imagine to himself that Frenchmen are very active in building ships of war which would ever trouble Portsmouth and Chatham, or that we should ever need Black Princes and Warriors against France. We confess we do not like the aspect of this company. For aught we know fair profits may be made out of the enormous French subventions. We are not in a position, yet, to affirm or deny that. But we also know that very large profits may be made out of French mercantile companies for carry ing on the slave trade. We trust, however, that Englishmen who have money to invest are not yet come to be quite indifferent to the bearing of the money invested on the general interests of their own country, or that they quite overlook moral con siderations. If there be "no friendship in trade," there is left, we may hope, something of patriotism —enough at least to recoil from a manifest though underhand attack on our naval position. Seeing that we are not to be outdone in iron sides, the EMPEROR appears to think that we may be outdone in packet ships. The company, on which Mr. LINDSAY is willing to bestow his influ ential patronage, for such we may call it, is neither more nor less than a company to trans fer to France the Transatlantic Mail Service, at present carried on by British packets. The com pany is established under an Imperial decree for performing postal services with the United States, the West Indies, the Isthmus Panama, and Mexico. The service to Mexico is now in active operation, with a subsidy of £148,000 per annum, or 21s. 9d. per mile. The other part of the scheme is not yet in active operation, but the American and West India lines, for which eight steamers are in course of constru tion by English builders, are to be carried on with a subsidy of £372,000 per annum, or at the rate of 15s. 4d. per mile, commencing in July next. Nor is this all the aid to be offered by French patronage; the French Government is to find a large part of the capital, and to re ceive it back in easy instalments, with scarcely anything for interest. The contract, we are told, is for 20 years, and the Government are also to advance £744,000 to aid in the construc tion of the requisite steamships, for which the company are to pay only £37,500 per annum during that period ! When we know that the subsidy granted by the British Government to the Royal Mail Com pany for the West India and Brazil services is at the rate of 9s. 10d. per mile, we may feel pretty sure that the French Government would not buy up, if they could, this important packet service, at this rate, without some adequate reason. And what can the reason be but that which lies on the sur • face—the creation, so far, of a French marine ? France has no commerce with these ports to be men tioned with our own, but her Government, at an enormous cost, offers to become the carrier for all other nations which have a commerce. It wants, in fact, sailors. It has ships of war built, or build ing, but it has not a seagoing marine from which to man them. The packet service, which, like our own, will of course be conducted by ships capable of carrying guns, will be an admirable nautical training school, and that, and that only, can be the object of the French Government. As we under stand this business, therefore, every Englishman who takes a share in the " Compagnie Generale Transatlantique" will take a share in a company for manning the French navy. It is a melancholy spectacle, that we are now looking at with breathless interest, afar off there in Sicily. GUISEPPE GARIBALDI, the Italian Hero and Liberator, retreating there inland among the more wooded districts of the island! Himself at the head of a little band of about 800 men and boys hastily and only partially armed—he and his followers being slowly pursued and nearly surrounded by 20,000 of the disciplined sol diers of King VICTOR EMMANUEL ! The Minister, RATAZZI, the while, almost reviling and maligning, certainly railing against, and shamelessly depre ciating the services done to the popular cause in Italy by the greatest and the most honest cf living adventurers ! A total oblivion seems to have descended upon the Royal counsels at Turin in regard to the historical facts first of all, that GARIBALDI liberated from the Bourbon yoke 12,000,000 Sicilians and Neapolitans, and, secondly, that after doing this, GARIBALDI retired voluntarily penniless and poweriess to his little island home at Caprera. Before any more invidious comments are uttered or written upon the course now being taken by GARIBALDI sinc, he has emerged from his retreat at Caprera, and again landed in Sicily—it will be well, it will be but fair and honourable, on the part of English spectators of these events, if they will take into account a statement but this very morning put forth through the columns of our liberal and ever out-spoken contemporary, the Daily News. The statement we are about to quote is advanced by our contemporary upon the autho rity of a reliable correspondent. Not of an anony mous correspondent—but of one who hesitates not an instant to authenticate his assertion by his signature. The name appended to this communica tion is that of Wm. DE BOHAN. His state ment is thus expressed : Asking himself, first of all how GARIBALDI was received when he appeared in the Chamber of Deputies at Turin, the writer observes--" I will not now answer this question, as I dislike recrimination or acri monious words on any su bj ect. B ut h a ving had oppor tunities and means, such as very few have, of knowing what really passed behind the curtain, I will content myself with saying that were I at liberty, : - .ls a ma n o f h onour, t o produce such do cumentary and other evidence as is within my possession a n d grasp, I am sure that public him opinion, so far from expressing itself against d o i ng tor what he i s n ow, as some do, or he si tating what to Li n k , as ot h e rs do, would speak with one voice o f stern an d u ncompromising re probation df the manner i n w hich Garibaldi has by turns been c a j o l e d , deceived, and betrayed b y the very men wh o now wou ld d e li ve r him over to imprisonment, exil e , not to sa y d ea th on the scaf fold." Nay, having said this, the writer adds— « I ag ain repeat that it would be painful to the to speak more plainly, but if calied on to substan ri,te my words I will not delay an instant in dong so, and the wor ld s h a ll t h en j u dge." Reading this before G ARIBALDI b con demned for th e as t o unding enterp r i se upon w hich he has PO w adventured, let us at least know something of the i provocations out in which the whole of that extra ordinary project has originated. LATF S r NEWS. MADRID, AUG. 7. The Biario and rpoca of to-day say that Spain must renounce her policy of isalation in Europe, and recognise the kingdlra of Italy. FRANCE. BOURSE, Aug. 6.—The market has been rather more buoyant, but the limited amount of business doing has prevented any very material advance in quotations. Threes, for the Account, are now at 69fr. 10c. The Railway Share Market quiet, but previous prices well maintained. The market closed as follows per Cent 5.....).. 97 80 Bank Shares 3200 Do. end month.... Credit 14oneier 1240 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 69 05 Italian Loan 72 55 New 3 per Cents .. Roman .... Do, end month.... Austrian Credit Mather.... 843 75 Spani.,l2 Threes — Do. end month.... 850 Home Debt r.AIL WAYS. Cush. Account. Orleans Northern .... New ditto .. . • _ • • Lyons and Mediterranean 1:08 75 . 1110 Geneva .. 352 50 • • Southern 833 75 .. 830 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SEN. SlR,—Believing that the state of affairs now existing in the Bahama Islands may possess some public interest, I beg to inform you that I arrived at this port on the Ist inst., having sailed from Nassau, N.P., on the 2d of July, in the British schooner Albert, under my command, and laden with cotton, resin. and logwood. On the 3d of July, at about 2 p.m., my vessel was brought to by a shot from a Federal cruiser about three miles on my port quarter, and was shortly after boarded by an armed boat's crew, under command of an officer wha asked the name, destination, &c., of the vessel, and demanded all my papers. These were delivered to him and un derwent a strict examination ; they were then re turned to me, with the following endorsement upon my clearance : " July 3, 1862, lat. 27.39 N., long. 76.17 W. Boarded from the United States' steamer Mercedita, Commander H. S. Steliwagen. Papers examined and found correct. " F. T. GOVER, U.S.N., Boarding Officer." This individual then returned to his boat, and I was, after a detention of an hour and a half, per mitted to proceed on my voyage. Now, in all this there is nothing to complain of if the Bahama Islands and passages are unde blockade by the United States' naval force, since all the customary forms prescribed for such a case were complied with ; but up to the time of my sailing from Nassau no notice of such blockade had been made public, and I have been unable to find any such notice in the newspapers since my return to England. The United States' vessels now on duty off Abaco are the Mercedita, Quaker City, and Albatross, and their vigilance and attention to the business in hand are such that no vessel bound to or from Nassau can pass either way without being overhauled and searched, except by a rare and fortunate accident. Such vessels es the commander of the cruiser fancies he seizes ; others he permits to escape. I consider myself fortunate in being among the latter on the present occasion. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, GILBERT ERIKSON, Master of the British schooner Albert, of Liverpool. Liverpool, Aug. 4. CRYSTAL PALACE.—One of the Banana plants (muse ensete) in the Crystal Palace is just bursting in flower in a remarkable manner. The petals of the bud are of the same nature as ordinary leaves of the plant, but smaller and more delicate, and, at present, of a cream colour, where not exposed to the light, instead of that peculiar tint so characteristic of the muss family. The bud springs out of the centre of the tree and bends over so as to be fully visible, and from the interior of it comes the flower itself, unusually large, and full of promise of fruit. The flower is fast opening, and every new wheel or circle of incipient fruit is disclosed, but, at present, the unopened portion has the appearance of a short thick closed umbrella, about 9 inches in diameter, and 2 feet long, with the point towards the spectator. So large a bud has not been seen before on the Bananas in the palace, indeed, it is probable, that even under a tropical sun, and in the most fav Durable circumstances, neither plant nor flower attain the great size which these have reached. The tree is in the basin in the tropical end, close to the monti fountain, and exactly opposite the Alhambra court. But no one who looks for it can fail to see it. LOCH TAY SALMON FISHING.—Loch Tay has during the past wet k been in fine ply for angling. On Saturday and Monday, especially, good sport was enjoyed, and a number of large salmon in fine condition were killed. At the east end of the loch salmon and grilse are plentiful, and both have risen freely to the flies in the evenings and mornings since the weather set in milder. Fishers have also been very successful on all the neighbouring streams and good sport is enjoyed with during the last few C la y s, minnow after sunset.—Scotsman. DUNBAR HERRING FISHING.-A very large number of boats went out on Monday night. About 20 of the Irish boats returned to the harbour at 9 o'clock, fearing a gale; the remainder of the Irish and all the other boats kept at sea, and were rewarded by a splendid fishing. Many of them had 20 craw. The fish were of the best quality, and current prices were 275. and 28s. per cran. Although a few of the last boats sold at 255., this price is exceptional. —August s.—Scotsman. THE COAL TRADE TO THE METROPGLIS.—The returns made of the quantity of coal conveyed to the metro polis by railway, canal, and seaborne, still show a very marked diminution. For the present year 755,85 • tons 14cwt of coal have been carried by railway, against 958,713 tons llcwt for the corresponding perio 1 of 1861, or a de• crease of 182,862 tons 17cwt. The canals show 6,722 tons, against 11,815 . 6 ons 15cwt, or 5,093 tons I.scwt less this year than last, The seaborne coal has declined 53,072 tons, the quantity for the present year being 1,932,581 tons, as compared with 1,985,653 tons for the first seven months of 1861. For July last the London and North-Western Rail way have conveyed 50,029 tot's lowt ; the Great Northern, 25,0661 tons; Midland, 14,588 tons; Eastern Counties, 12,256 tons; Great Western, 7,212 tons; t hathem and Dover, 243 tons ; llowt ; Tilbury, London and Southend, 60 tons, total, 109,455 tons 2cwt, against 119,677 tons 15ewt in the month of July, 1861. The receipts by canal for the last month were 534 tons, against 1,6',0 tons for July, 1861. The importations from Newcastle have been 80,999 tons ; Sunderland, 79,724 tons ; Hartlepool and West Hartlepool, 57,397; Seaham, 24,959; Middles borough ; 4,427 ; Blyth, 2,224 ; from Wales, 9,553 tons ; Yorkshire, 3,140; Scotch, 1,334. Of Duff, 1,559 tons; small, 1,313 ; and cinders, 2,358, making a total of 209,408 tons, against 290,918 tons for July, 1861. HEREFORD, HAY, AND BRECON RAILWAY.- Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this company was convened at the offices, 9, Bridge-street, Westminster, but as a sufficient number of shareholders were not present to form a meeting, it was adjourned. The report, which was circulated, referred with satisfaction to the fact that the act authorising the construction of a line from Kington to Eardisley, forming a junction there with the company's line, and calculated to form an important auxiliary, had been passed, and also the company's deviation bill, The report of the engineers, Messrs. Macneill and Pierey, stated that notwithstanding the difficulties an d delays that had occurred they had every reason to belitve that the line would be ready for opening up to Norton Canon during Sep ember next, and that negotiations were in a forward state for car rying on the section beyond. The Hon. G. Morgan, M.P., had been cho-en chairman, and Mr. W. B Buddicomb, deputy-chairman. M r. W. L. Banks had been elected a director in the place of Mr. Watkins; and Mr. R. Swan had been appointed secretary. The cash account showed a total receipt to June 30, of £105,951, and a balance in hand of £344. THE LATE CASE OF CRUELTY.—The statement made in the House of Corona ns on Monday night, by Sir G. C. Lewis, to the effect that Sergeant Ashton, who ordered the man Bishop to be scrubbed with sand, had been dis missed the service by the Commander-in-Chief, is in some respects incorrect, inasmuch es Sergeant Ashton still re tains his rank in the regiment, having been superseded only as chief officer of the military police, by which he loses Gs- a day. Evidence has been obtained which proves that Bishop is a deserter, and a court-martial is ordered to in vestigate the matter. An official inquiry ha a taken place relative to the cruel punishment to which this man was subjected, and although the result has not been made 'ublic, we beli eve we are correct in sating that th e prat:- ce of .crubbing prisoners with sand has been carried on to a considerable extent in Vie cells at Woolwich, and under the direction of an officer holding a Wall position under th e co mmandant. A senreant of the regiment, who tormerl3 acted as chief officer of the military police, invariably de clined to carry out this punishment, unless he received an order in writing, which was never given. but it is stated that Sergeant Ashton act'md on verbal instructions from his uperior officer. LITERATURE. The Lord Mayor of London; or, City Life in the Last Century. By W. Harrison Ainsworth. 3 vols. Chapman and Hall. As a historical romancist Mr. Ainsworth is always happy in his titles. And he has never been more so than in the present instance. If he has already inseparably associated his name as a story teller with Windsor Castle, with the Tower of Lonclen, with St. James's Palace, and with Old St. Paul's Cathedral, he has now done the like quite as effec tually with regard to two renowned historical per sonages. Both of these, official--one obsolete and even abolished—the other still surviving amongst us, though somewhat shorn of the pomps and cere monials heretofore attendant upon him whenever and wherever he chanced to make his appearance in public. The former official personage now purely titular and unsubstantial was the hero of Mr. Ains worth's last work of imagination. " The Con stable of the Tower" will long be remem bered by its readers as having again intro duced us to a perioo in our national annals that seems to have a peculiar fascination for our author, for he has more than once hesitated, as it were re luctantly, upan the verge of it. Several of the his torical characters there introduced upon the scene he had alreedy rendered familiar to us through tne picturesque narratives of Windsor Castle and the Tower of London. Having long ago sfforded us more than one gorgeous panoramic view of inci dents relating to the reign of King Henry VIII., our novelist has at length, in what is as yet his penulti mate work, narrated the closing scenes of that ter rible existence, and has even advanced far on into the reign of Henry's boy successor. A very different spectacle has here been unfolded to view in this last—and very far, indeed, from least successful— specimen of Mr. Ainsworth's well-sustained powers as a Novelist. During the progress of the work in its serial form of publication from month to month in the pages of Bentley's Miscellany, we have so repeatedly commented upon its merits and peculiarities, that it would be little better than a tedious repetition, it would be an act, in truth, of positive supererogation to attempt to examine it more in detail, or to regard it otherwise than as a whole. Those who, like ourselves, have watched its progress since its commencement when the year was young, following the course of the narrative from incident to inci dent, will need no reminder as to who are the lead ing personages introduced. While those who have waited patiently, until the whole tale was completed, before dipping even into the opening sentences of the first chapter, will prefer to any dry analysis of the plot as therein artistically fabricated, that more direct and obvious enjoyment of the fiction now tempting them to carve their freshly-prepared " feast of reason and flow of soul" with that harm less literary couteau the paper-knife. Wielding that never unwelcome instrument in. the hands of every genuine lover of the better portions of our current literature—and wielding it here with a gusto like that with which mine ancient Pistol may have flourished his Toledo over the emblematic Oyster of his Fortunes—what a pleasant, sparkling world is it not that here opens up to view under the gaze of the reader of these three volumes of Harri son Ainsworth's "Lord Mayor of London !" It is the world as it was—" city life" as it appeared (principally in gala dress) a hundred years ago! When George 111. was in his blooming youth— when (wonderful this to remember of that old mad king of half a century later !) he was as handsome and fresh-complexioned a young prince as ever wore a bob-wig and a pigtail, laughing and chatting, and crying out, ``What ! what !" upon every possible opportunity. Beside the gay, comely young King of Er.gland, his small, plait), pale-faced young Ger man Queen : that mother " that was to be' of a race of kings in the hereafter, the " sweet Queen" long afterwards of Madame d'Arblay (nee Fanny Burney)—the sovereign more familiarly though less amiably known to the mass of her subjects in a younger generation as " Old Queen Charlotte." Around these as Ihe two central theures in the historico.romantic pageant are recog nised upon Mr. Ainsworth's gorgeous canvas how many other of the then contemporary celebrities! There—the Great Commoner, afterwards almost greater as the Great Earlof Chatham ! There--Alder man Beckford later on to assume a conspicuous place in history as the patriotic Lord Mayor of London. There, too, more intimately mixed up with the fie , i tious characters introduced by the novelist into his picturesque and Most interesting narrative—the wealthy, noisy, roystering, licentious, squint-eyed, profligate patriot wit, caricatured by the brush of HoF,sarth, glorified by the pen of Junius, and here recalled to the semblance of life, almost to our sight and hearing, by the vivifying fancy of Harrison Ainsworth—Wilkes who in his time almost seemed to have taken Liberty into partnership with Lim, and who, together with her, used during that time to be driving a roaring trade (politically) under the name of " Wilkes and Liberty !" Insomuch did their title as th it incongruous firm become familarised in the mouths of the people—(it should rather have been dubbed, judging the gentleman from his habits and associates, " Wilkes and License !")—that it is related of a wag of that age that he facetiously began an epistle to an acquaintance, " Sir— I take the Wilkes and Liberty of addressing you. &c." Around the form of this slim Silenus, afflscred with an obliquity of vision so glaring as to he far more of a squint than of a cast—our romance writer has grouped a motley crowd of the livelier personages of the tale. Wilkes is the centre of the evil throng ; while the young hero of the story is for a long while, but happily not up to the end of it, its vic , im—meaning the Lord Mayor's only son, the handsome, foppish, spendthrift, Tradescant. The Hero of the Tale, however, par excellence, is, as the title of it indicates at the first glance, " The Lord Mayor of London." Honest, kindly, open-handed, large hearled, just but also generous, a liberal trader with plenty of wealth to back his enterprise, a good feeder with a splendid appetite, portly in form, rich in voice as in purse, well-looking and rubicund in visage—this Lord Mayor (Lorimer) is the very beau ideal of what a Lora Mayor ought to be. Mr. Ainsworth tells us in his earlier pages that the name, and career, and individuality oft he Lord Mayor here represented are not historical, but from first to last purekimaginary. He might has e added as truthfully —what we perhaps may here more gracefully assert for him—that in the person of Lord Mayor Lorime r he seems to have collected all the good qua lities of all the worthiest Lord Mayors upon record and rolled them into one ! Nothing, however, could well be more graceful, and we will even add more courtly, than the Dedicatory Epistle prefixed to these three voiumes, a letter in which Mr. Ainsworth inscribes this latest fruit of his genius to the present popular, able, and munificent Lord Mayor (Cubitt)—twice Lord Mayor of Lon don ! By his family, this dedication to his lordship of Mr. Ainsworth's brilliant romance, will assuredly be regarded as not the least valued or the least charming memorial of the civic reign of the present chief magistrate . Turning to tee story itself, how lever, as it now lies before us fully completed —we will, as brit fly and appropriately as may be, afford our readers a flavour of it, as it were, by way of an appetizing relish—before commending them to the entire banquet of the three courses, that is to say lof the three volumes, together with a wor d or two j of meritted commendation by way of appending to them theirdesserts. Here, then, is Mr. Ainsworth's pleasant little picture of the personal appearance of his Lord Mayor : "Tall, well proportioned, a n d s t ou t, hi s b u lki ness of per son rather heightened his dignity of deportment than de tracted from it, His pink cheeks, swooth-shaven and glossy, besp o k e hi m no enemy to good ' cheer ; but his eyes were bright, and his looks indicative of good health, and its best and surest promoters cheerfulness and kindness of heart. Though his face was round and full, its lineaments were regular; and of the genuine English stamp: His goodly person was arrayed in a WI court suit, over which he wore his robes awl' chain, as already mentioned. A well-powdered tie-wig completed his costum e ?* I Here, again, is a radiant portraiture not of any Lord Mayor at all but of the Lord Mayor's Land- Carriage : " The gorgeous state-coacla in which our Lord Mayor rode still exists, and constitutes a principal feature in the annual civic show. Since good Sir Gresham's day, a hundred Lord Mayors have ridden in it, and we hope it may serve to I convey a hundred more to Weatmin -ter and back. Though richly gilt and burnished, it is not gaudy, but has a grand, imposing, courtly appearance, and seems fitted for the City sovereign, or for any other sovereign. Indeed, it formed the model for the royal state-coach—still likewise in use— constructed for George 111. in 1762. Built abut four or five years previous to the date of our story, in the some what cumbrous but handsome style of the day, hung very low, having lar:e windows calculated to afford a toll view of those inside it, panels covered with exqui sitely - minted emblematical designs and elaborately carved woodwork, represen ing Cupids sustaining the City arms, this state•c oac h, b y i ts ant i quate d air and splendou r , carr i es b ac k t h e mind to another nge. The paintings on the panels, replete with grace and elegance, are by Cipriani ; th a t on the r i g h t d oor ex hibits Fame present ing the mayor to the genius of the city; w hile on the other door is depicted Britan n i a pointing with her spear o tthe shield of Henry Fitz-Al w i n , th e first Mayor of London, who enjoyed his office for the long term of twenty-four ea I. to . the loth of John. —Lamely, from the let of Richard Unti. of late years the root of this magnificent carriage was of •tbo}.B-..anpdp thenasgplbenasdkeeutrs surmounted by a carved group tht.ysn'o means trifling, but of fruit, but an accident deprived upwards. trthsis t].rn,eateent. The original coat of the coach w . a e s n u i p s ; oi -1,000, which will not appear surprising, when of its decorations and fittings. are taken. into account. The expense of keepineit y the corporation this is now borne ~ Whose property the view of his lordship's coach has become: in refer sketch to li mn i ng of the take this Lord m a yor's ke d n dec ar r i ege A s a companion vivid and water-car riage,brightly to gether e°l(coloured e with its ae quo i c entourage: — „ The City barge, with i ts double banks of rowe r owers in rich liver i es , its carved and burnished woodwork, the rich hang jugs of its stately cabi n, the brd silken banner in front displaying the City arras, and the numerous penzants be- decking its roof, flamed like the Venetian Bucentaur. Nor were the barges belonging to theCitycompanies interior ir sine and splendour to that destined for the recepsion of the Lord Mayor and the great civic dignitaries. Newly gilt and deco rated for the occasion, decke with pennons and displaying their banners, they were all provided with bands, and manned by watermen in their liveries. At the helm of each of these magnificent balks, which glittered in the sunbeams as if made of gold, stood the barge-master in his state livery. To several of them a fantastical a ppearance was given by the actors in the pageants exhibited in the land procession being taken on board, and so placed that they could be seen by the occupants iu the numerous wherries by which the river was crowded. Thus, the two giants, Colbrand and Brenda more, having quitted their chariots, were now comforta bl y seated on th roof of the gilded saloon of the Brewer's barge smoking their pipes, and occasionally drinkin g to the health of the good folks in the wherries. Sir John Hawkweed, leaning on his two-handed sword, stood at the prow of the Merchant Tailors' barge; St. Peter took the Fishmongers under his care; Vulcan and the Cyclops went on board the ironmongers' galley; and Bacchus and his crew re vexed with the Vinters. The Skinners were rowed by watermen disguised in strange spotted skins and painted hides, while their great brown bear, chained upon the cabin roof, continued to clamber up his pole." To complete our little cluster of quotations W s will now merely add to the foregoing Mr. Ains worth's interesting record in connexion with the Lord Mayor's official home, so well known to us all, in the very heart of the City, as the Mansion House : Stocks-market, which derived its name from a pair of stock anciently set upon the spot for the punishment of offenders, was one of the oldest markets in the city of LOU' don, having been established in 1282 by Henry de Walleis, then Mayor. Few would imagine that on the p l ace where the ponderous Man s i on House now stands, where th o usands upon thousands pass an d repass, where the pavement is always inconveniently crowded, and the street constantly stopped by carriages and public ccnveyances, little more than a century ago there was a pretty fruit 'market, planted on the east side with rows of trees, having an antique con duit at the north end and sut mounted by an equestrian statue, and stalls where fruitand vegetables of the choicestkind were vended. An odd story is told about the equestrian statue. It was designed for John Sobieski, King of Poland, but was left on the maker's hands, and e statue of Charles IL being wanted by Sir Robert Viner after the Restoration , he availed himself of this image with commendable thrift, converting the warlike Pole into the Merry Monarch, and the turbaned Turk, whom his horse was trampling beneath its feet into Oliver Cromwell. Trees, stalls, conduits, and statue were removed in 173 9 ' On digging the foundation of the proposed building, the ground proved to be so full of springs that strong piles were needed for the support of the erection. Nearly 14 years were occupied in the work—the first Lord Mayor who tenanted the Mansion House being Sir Crisp Gascoigne, in 1753," Having placed which extracts before our readers, it now scarcely remains for us to observe that, while the work under consideration possesses the superfi cial charm of a fiction, it also possesses abundantly, latent among its leaves, the fruits of much histori cal research. One is tempted, indeed, to avail oneself of the aptitude of this el" towable figure of speech by adding—fruits nutritiously instructive and ripened into flavour by the glowing imagination of the Novelist. The Lord Mayor of London is another and a sub stantial benefaction of Mr. Ainsworth's to all the lovers of a school of romance racy of the soil on which we live, stories among the familiar mazes of which we can look upon (and recognise) genuine London scenes, peopled wi.h unmistakable English characters. MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS. , The illustrations to Le Foll e t this month will be found exceedingly attractive. They consist of fashions for the bail-room, promenade, _ and sea side, with a whole host of caps, sleeves,, &c., in addition to which theentertainingstory My First Champagne and my Last Campaign "is brought to s , conclusion. It is, on the whole, a very excellent num ber.—Routledge's Illustrated Natural History is highly entertaining, as it contains the most solid instruction in the most attracti ve f orm. —C asse lls Illustrated Exhibitor—This work on its compietioi. will form a very splendid volume, as all the most striking and ingenious articles displayed in the Great Exhibition will be found amongst the illus trations. The exrlanations are alt very well a nd clearly written.—Cassells' Popular Natural His tory has reached its 41st part. In addition to those who have been subscribers from its commencement, we recommend this part more especially to all the followers of Old Isaac Walton.—Cassells' Illus trated Family Bibles are both this month more nal ordinarily rich in illustration ; and The Quiver, published by the same enterprising firm, contains a number of papers well calculated to suit the taste; of all classes of readers. EXE7E.R HALL.-THE CREATION. Haydn's graceful and ever-welcome oratorio, " The Creation," was the occasion of an extra per.. formance last evening., at Exeter Hall, by the Sacred Harmonic Society. The solo parts on this occasion were nobly upheld, and the fine fancy which pervades them fully expressed. Mr. Sims Reeves, Madame Len - amens-Sherrington, and Signor Bel' letti supported the tenor, soprano, and bass parts. The band, in the introductory descriptive music to parts 1 and 3, was peculiarly close and effective. Among the special beauties of the performance were the singing by Sims Reeves of the recitative Bed air, "With verdure clad," and the trio finale, Sims Reeves, Letnmens-Sherrington, and Belletti, " The Heavens a'e telling ;" the last a grand specimen et vocal harmony. "In native worth," Mr. Sims Reeves was also admirable. The favourite tenor , as well as Madame Lemmens Sherrington, sang the music allotted to tenor and soprano in the third part, often transferred to inferior artistes, "In r osf mantle," and " Oh, happy pair," thus fell to Sire: Reeves ; whil e t h e l ovely duet, " 0 star the fairest , and " Graceful consort," were splendidly executed by Signor Belletti and Madame Lemmens -Sher rington. The choruses, " Achieved is the g leriotell' work," and " Praise ye the Lord," were magei" ficently voiced, and place the Sacred Harmonic Society first of all choral bodies. The hall was fall in every part. HEALTH OF LONDON LURING Tta JVEI K. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) The weekly return continues to exhibit a cora' paratively favourable condition oh the public health• In the week ended last Saturday the deaths wer e 1,2119. In the ten corresponding weeks of the year° 1852 61 the average nutnber corrected for increase of population was 1,275. Compared with this esti• mated amount, the deaths actually returned las' week, show a reduction of 66. The births of last week exceeded the deaths i° the same period by 585. Seventy-seven pers ons di e d f rom diarrhoea; (7f, these 73 were c hild ren . Th ree d eaths occur red l from English cholera. The total deaths from 5/ causes to the age of 20 were 644 ; between the flg e of 20 and 60, 355; at the age of 60 and upwar ds 210. Four persons died of small-pox, 50 of measl es ' 59 of scarlatina, 68 of typhus, 158 of consumpti on! 20 apoplexy. Disease of the heart and arteries was fatal in 34 instances, bronchitis in 55, and pil e % monia in 50. Child - b ear i ng was fatal to mothere,, one of whom died from metria. The wire of a carpenter died at 75, Carlisle-str ee t Lambeth, from " choleraic diarrl sea,'' 4 days. printer, aged 56 years. died at 28, St, Thomd e : terrace, Islington, from "choleraic diarrhoea (1 day)' typhoid fever (1 week)." The daughter of a s ailor? aged 14 months, died at 1, Lyons-yard, G r eenwich' from " etoleraic di arr h oea (14 days)." The daughter of a baker, aged 4 months, died at 15, George . street, Lambeth, of . 4 choleraic diarrho ea ( 3 ti hours.)" In the district of St. George, Hanove r ' square, a clergyman, aged 66 years, died o f "die' ease of the aortic valves, with emboli in the Wei' vessels." _ _ Last week the births of 928 boys and 866 girls"' in all 2,794 children—were registered in London . In the ten correspondibg weeks of the years 1852" 61 the average number (corrected) was 2,773. KINGTON AND EARDISLEY day the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was helu.r the offices, 9, Bridge- st reet ; M r. W. L. Banks in the c hair. The report, which was read by Mr. Roberts, the secrets*: stated that the act incorporating the line had received t royal assent. Th e Kington Tramway had been tra nsferred • to this comp any, and would be converted into a locomenve line. Ihe company wer e on t h e b est terms wi th the It r°, ford, H ay, and Brecon Railway aed a contrac t would as soon as possible be made with Mr. SaNin, the contract fur constructing the line on favourable terms. At JUSTICES' JUSTICE IN THE ISLE OF WlG'i7:o„,ge, the Hyde Police- court, on Friday last, b e f ore T. T. was Esq., a poor creature named Selina Sheppard, aged brought up in custody of a police-constable, charg ed woo d, soliciti* alms in the parish of St. Helen's. Francis stran d, ford, the first witness, said—l live at Mr. Marvindea,T before R yde. The prisoner came to our house the Police' yesterday. I gave her some crusts of bread. John's constable Mair—l saw her coming from St. her fo r toll house. I went there and asked if they had given Iwent to her; thing. They had given her a haltpennY , , halfpenny 81161 she turned out her pocket ; it contamed .u sa ., she thou ot some crusts of bread. Prisoner in defen ce "starve. 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