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veek's r has looks to im. to 269 to 44s to —a r, 40s [erste, to 3s 16 st.; xi de r qr.; sale— , and ) same 7thing to 58s to 40a to 30M bene. well. Barley o 395; to 323 ,t was of last o 61s. Oats at 44a Lly • ig. 10. tly 31. Lly 29. tly 29. .Cork, morn obtain )rovin. ON.- Surrey, e, knew after it , een ad the sad and the icciden le van Diges appre- all dis- They iorough flatu o watch loway's he face is corn. y. Tho Le coca health, nd it ah e, Chel- n-placeg Esq., 01 )ark, S. daugh" :,,, grs. eerge 'B o th /111S auntort. ounge st Vett.,. Dhurellf to Ja na 11, BSCII rksbir e ' Charl es , t field, E s her/ -talrellB r, B8(14 L pleta , , st oke y 1,1.1 ., 50. tUItY of _~ HOTELS, &c. C H A. P L I N'S AND SPREAD EAGLE TAVERN, 84, GRACECHURCH-STREET, LONDON. Comfort, combined with moderate charges, will be found at this Establishment. PRIVATE APARTMENTS FOR FAMILIES. Sitting Room, is. per Day. Bed Rooms, is. 6d. and 28. per Night. A Night Porter in attendance. No INCREASE OP CHARGES. H 0 T EL INDIA AND THE COLONIES. PASSENGERS Embarking or Disembarki ng will find superior accommodation and moderate charges at CHAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. A Lawn in front, extending to the River. THE LONDON, 191, :FLEET-STREET, near Temple-bar. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER for TO MORROW, the 29th inst., will consist of POTAGES. Purée de Venaison a la Chasseur—A la IsTivernaise. POISSON. Turbot sauce liomard—Merlans frites, ENTREES. Cotelettes de Veau a l'ltallenne—Rissoles en Salpicon. ROTS. Agneau—Bceuf. ENTRE—METS. Blanc-mange—Tartelettes de Grc seines. Frontage et Salade. An extensive and carefully selected stock of RHENISH, MOSELLE, and other WINES imrorted expressly for T. 13., LONDON DINNER. All Fish in season daily. A fine Haunch of Venison every day at 2 o'clock. The attention of Clergymen Officers and Professional Ge ntlemen is espe c i a ll y drawn to the advantages offered by these elegant Saloons, which fulfil all the requirements of a 'West -end Club of the most aristocratic and exclusive cha racter. L'on tronve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement les meilleurs Joiumeaux Anglais, aussi Allemands, Francais et .BDuring the Exhibition Season, THE LONDON DINNER Will be served daily from 2 until 9 o'clock ; and Dinners in the Coffee-room, ala Carte, from 1 until it o'clock. Open on Sundays at 4 o'clock. FREDERICK SAWYER, Proprietor. AMUSEMENTS. • MR AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "A HOME." at HER MAJESTY'S CONCERT 1 100 g , Haymarket, THIS EVENING (MONDAY), at 8, Henryentirely New and Original Entertainment, written by J. Byron, Esq. "MY WIPE AND I."PART L ART 11. A Roman ce o f intenseP Interest ,„, let THE " SENSA ION " PO !1K ; or, The 31a,den, th yc e Maniac, and the Mid i:light Murderers. Performed by a double Company (Two). EVERT EVENING (except Saturday), at Eight ; SATUR ,I)AY MORNINGS at Three. Places may be se cure d a t th e -00 x-office, from Ten till Five; at Mr. Mitchell's Royal tLibrary, 33, Old Bond - street : at Austin' s Ticket Office, St. tmes's Hall, and of all Booksellers. No extra charge for ooking. Open at Hall-past Seven. Carriages at a qu ar t er to Ten. W. CORBYN, Acting Manager. NVS. WOODIN'S CABINET of CURIO • SITIES—NewIy Polished and Re-Iined—POLY GRAPHIC BALL, King William-street, Chafing-cross, Every Evening, at eight (except Saturday), With new characters, music, songs, and dances. The scenic illustrations and effects, entirel new, painted by and und er the direction of M r . William Cadcott. Morning Performance, Saturday, Aug. 2, at 3. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 25.; amphitheatre, ls. Box-office open from eleven to five. Mr. Woodin as Mr. Sothern, of the Hay , Tarket, in and Evening. character of "Lord Dundreary, Mottling and Evening.. ARGYLL ROOMS. Great Windmill -street, Haymarket.—GßAND CASINO FRANCAISE.— Open every Evening fbr Promenade and Dancing, with the celebrated Band of 50 performers. Conductor and Principal Cornet-a-Piston M. BOUM OURT.—The new Imperi a l Qua drille, Valse Cotillion, and L. Mosca's Peep o'Day Valse will be played nightly. A new Conversation Salon has been added to the above r stablishment for Reading, Coffee, and Refreshments.— Admission ls.—M an ager, M. G ren et. THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY.LANE. Dion Boucicault, Lessee. TO-NIGHT, MONDAY, July 28, 186', the performances will commence at 7, with the SPITALFIELDS WEAVER : Messrs. Atkins, P. Robinson, Sara Stevins. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN: Messrs. Dion Boucicault, H. Vandenhoff, F. Robinson ; Madame Celeste, Jessie 31'1, ean, Stcvins. To conclude with THE RISS IN THE DARK : Messrs. Atkins, Farrell ; Mrs. (3. Jordan. Box-office open from 10 to 5. THEATRE-RO A HAY MARKET, Lessee Mr. J B. Buckstone COMFORT. . THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE BALANCE OF Alter which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (188th time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck atone; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by anew Spanish Ballet entitied LA CONTRA BANDISTA. Senora Perea Nene, Senor Ricardo, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with DEAF AS A POST. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THE RENDEZVOUS. Messrs. Higgie keadows, &c., and Miss Maria Harris. Alter which, at a quarter to Eight, KING HENRY VIII. Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Charles Kean ; Queen Katharine, Mrs. Charles Kean. To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Commence at 7. No hall-price. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. 219th Night of the - ontinnous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS EVENING, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. / l lessrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund Falcone! ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston, and Miss M. Hudson. After which, a new musical, pictorial, poetical, and ballet interlude, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna Whitty and Anse Lydia Thomson. _ Followed by a new Farce, entitled THE COLLEEN -uN SETTLED AT LAST. Mr. Charles Selby and Miss Lydia -1 - , Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. 13. Chatterton. 7 P Bo ric x-offi ce open daily es as usual. Doors from 11 tills.en at half-past 6, to commence a t l•orntnence a 7 EW THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHL— Web Bole Prooristor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. ste r EVENING. THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Oster, J. L. Toole, D. Fisher, P. Bedford, Billington, C. .`quitb, Stuart Eburne, ; MissWoolgar, Miss K. Kelly, alias Laidlaw. To con clude with THE SHIT LING DAY. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Emery, Miss Latimer, Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. AsTLEy's ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. Trr To Revival of "Mazeppa." 'pil l —. EVENING will be performed MAZEPPA ; or, The e b_cor d aHtioorse of Tartary, with New Scenery, Dresses, and ns. sn T ne e be n the followedcle. by a brilliant routine of novel and daring sZs i Cir G.2 -°c onclude with a COMIC BALLET, in which the Misses unnis and Harry Croueste will appear. Commence at 7.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle. Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. ld., N SPERMA TORRHCE A. B F. B. CLTRTENAY.R.C.S.E., A nd former l y Surgeon O to the Metro p , olitan M Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view t the Causes, Nat free h o and Treatment of this i sease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fa llacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of ,Quackery by w hi c h th eyhave hitherto been surrounded, to the de struction of the health an d h app i ness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical Manner."—Medical Circular. MIDWIFERY. —Private Medical Advice in Pregnancy, Obstructions, Sterility, and Disappoint ment of Marriage, by HENRY SCOTT, F.R.A.S., Accoucheur of 26 years' London practice. All secret cases cured before charged. Female Obstruction Pills, 4s. the box. The " Ladies' Medical Confidant" post free for 13 stamps. Address, 17 Adam-street, Strand, London. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street SAUCE.-LEA AND PERRINS K.) beg to caution the Public against Spurious Imitations of their world-renowed WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. Purchasers should ASK FOR LEA AND PERKINS' SAUCE, Pronounced by Connoisseurs to be "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." Wholesale and for Export, by the Proprietors, nrcester MeFSTS. CROSSE and BLACKWELL; Messrs. BAR jjerasnadnyS.ONS, London, ac., &c., and by Grocers and Oilmen EATING'S PALE NEWFOUNDLAND COD LIVER OIL. —Having frequently examined TgPles of PALE COD LIVER OIL, as imported by Mr. ab. REATING , I can testify that it is uniformly of the best in n . purest quality that can be desired or obtained, posses,- as it does the nutrient properties of that valuable me.di with,o the highest degree, unassociated at the same time th e " n anY disagreeable and irritating quaiities resulting from in r'e - R r ,a!,noe of decayed matter, thus making it an exception Verff,V , of purity from many of the oils so abundantly ad . .EDWIN PAYNE M.D., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., Assistant Phyaician to , the Royal General Dispensary, kc., ft.—September 27, 1861. 4r,,% ° , 1 d .. Ralf-pint Bottles, Is. 6d. ; Pints, 2s. 6d. ; Quarts, s =l 's iCvhu-Pricnht-yßarodtt,l L es o , n l d O o s n . 6d., Imperial Measure, DR A 171— CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD : 'WET) ICA L ESSAY ON SPERMATORRIICE A, I'ERV OUS AND GENER ATIVE DEBILITY, s t , &0. Published the 150th tho usan d , with numerous plates, " la a sealed envelope, price ls., S o l d by all Booksellers, and Post paid by the Author, for 12 stamps, 11 ANHOOD : the CAUSE and CURE of PRE for 4E,,AIAT (=THE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions ~,t7 k.rfeet Restoration to Health and Vigo,,,._ By Dr. J. L. "Is, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: p,,r"-4rPRODIJCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological I,',,Ucture and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. T., , lIAPTER IL—Causes of Spervnatorrheea and Impotence; MT? 'vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. m-ji, APTPR 111 —7A Review of the various Disqualifications i 77 44-arria,,e4; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse the - °'des or katurity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection.' p CIRAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of '°,.4l,orrheea and Syphilis. e : u e Book oncludes with numerous varied and interesting - i "ee, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. 7 -.... REVTEWS ON 'THE WORTC, i f ._ tap,,,..'' . . , '":18 on :V.lanhood.—This is a truly valuable 'work, and ''''"' Ix , in the hands of young and old —" Sunday Tirdes,', ,td arch, ''6 cc ~ .l p ii .,' nn author has unierred a great boon by nublishing this ' ut` nor Iwhich is described the source of those diseases 1 4 .), ; , n . en produce decline in youth or more frequently premature 't ) 0 e n ~ . q ,,,'" • — "Daily 'Telegraph," Mare„ 77, 1 , 45 A, '—'4oll: Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater -4°ltra Qt Consultation--l o to S t and 6 to b Co s; rnhll. iandaya, 10 till 2 JOZEAU'S COPAHINE MEGE.—Copaiba and Cubebs are doubtless the best remedies, but are of a re pulsive taste and odour, and occasion collicky pains, nausea, and gastric disturbance. M. Jozeau has succeeded in render ing them perfectly innocuous by increasing all their curative properties. It has been adopted by the Paris Academy of Medicine after more than a thousand trials in Paris and the different London hospitals, viz., St. Thomas's, Guy's. and St. Bartholomew's, under the care of Messrs. Lloyd, Poland, and Legros Clark.—(Lancet, Nov. 6, 1857). The Copahine, which is in form of a pretty pink sugar plum, effects a cure in about six days. 100 Capsules, 4s. 6d. ; p os t free, ss. 2d.—At G. JOZEAU'S, French Chemist, 49, Haymarket, London; 22, Rue St. Quentin, Paris; and all Chemists. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, ere pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. , cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and iiver complaints, indigestion, wind spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they &re truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to •he stomach, they create appe ite, pro mote digestion, and -trengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. led., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine Kre a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. ENR Y SMITH. M.D., of the University of k Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous Sufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, TIIE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, 'Loss of Memory, Dimne ss o f Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike o Society. Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Lang uor, L i stlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature leath ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour. The bo c k w i ll be sent, post free, secure from ob servat on, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITU, M.D., e Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. DR. WATSON (OF THE LOCK HOSPITA.L) ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND SECRET DISORDERS. ELF-TREATMENT SIMPLIFIED, through the aid of the TEST-TUBE, ITRINOMET ER, and MICROSCOPE, when employed for special diagnosis in all disorders of the nervous, sexual, and generative system, in cluding spermatorrhcea seminology, loss of power, noctur nal and diurnal wa stings, and withering of the nervous tissues, &c. By Dr. WATSON, Member of the Ecole de Medicine, Rouen, National Academy of Sciences, Paris, and Fellow of the Imperial Institute of France, &c. Presented to " Nervous invalids," with a view of superseding dngerous medicimm and expensive consultations. Sent post free on receipc of two stamps, by Dr. Watson, 27, Alfred-place, Bed ford-square, London. Consultations daily from eleven till two, and six till eight, on all those ailments and infirmities peculiar to youth, manhood, and old age, and which tend to embitter ana shorten life. For distini-ruished qualifications vide diplomas. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTHRESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OP This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent It is acknowledged by the medicai press to be tl.ie greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Pr. Rioord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use,to any atll p s. a , dof theorfour ldqwuaonrtit,lecsarienfuolnlye fpoarc3k3eds.: ' ••nd will be sent on receiptco., Patentot' remittance m edi cin e o w r post-office areh 0 use, order 229, Strand paya to London. Pro t and AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION.-Ti? "Times," the "Lancet ," and other leadi ng journals have been lately canvassing the social considerations in volved in " the amount of death and disease caused by vice." Some interesting statistics are brought to bear upon the inquiry ; but it would greatly add to their value if they in cluded the facts respecting the origin, the ravages, and the prevention of that SPECIAL VICE, which wars more than any other against the welfare of society—destroying' the happi ness and d!sappointing the objects of matrimony, ur der mining the constitutions, blasting the prospects , embit t ering and shortening the lives of its victims, and spreading desola tion through families. The essential particulars relating , to this great social evil (the besetting snare of inexperienced youth and the curse of maturity), together with ample instructions for removing its zffects, and recovering health, vigour, and all the ennobling Privileges of our being, are , ,c:on a ta4 , 'n r e'd in Dr. LA'MERT'S ii S httx : e L i NA; Debility,ft "SEEN'-PRESERVATION," SE i V o A f Tat: which the 39 v and Inbllshed by Mann and C 0 . , 9 c o o l r L e n l h l i t i irt! 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THE BEST PARIS FASHIONS A_ will be found in the PARIS ELEGANT for AUGUST, which contains three beautifully-coloured Engravings, and can be ordered of any Bookseller or News Agent. Price ls., post free ls. ld. W. Thomas, Publisher, No. 26, Brydges-street, Covent garden, " FALLACIES OF THE FACULTY." Just published, a new Edition of this popular Work, with Additions, price 55., cloth, F ALLACIES OF THE FACULTY. By Dr. DICKSON. " Any educated person who will carefully read this work, and compare it with his own experience, will at once perceive how much Dr. Dickson's theory has the advantage over any other, and how readily a man may understand his own ail ments, and in most cases be able to adopt timely remedies." —Journal of Education. Tinsley, Brother s, 18, Catharine-street, Strand, and all Libraries, THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin. oiples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. V. R.—TOWEM—SALE OF STORES. BY Order of the SECRETARY OF STATE for WAR.—TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, in the Tower, on MONDAY, the 4th of August, 1862, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, precisely, the following STORES : Great Coats, Stable Fitments, Oil-dressed Coats and Sou'- Chimney Pieces, Officers, westers, Large Quantity of Common Copper Stills, Ti, in sheets, Cooking Stoves, various, Surgical Instruments, Ranges, Pumps, Grates, Accoutrements. Old Iron, Steel, and Miscellaneous Articles. The Oil-dressed Coats and Sou'westers may be viewed at the Military Store Department, Pimlico, and the remainder of the Stores at the Tower, from 10 to 4 o'clock, the Three Days previous to the Day of Sale, and Catalogues may be had at the War-office, Pall-mall; the Tower; and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. TEA.—STRAC RAN aid CO.'S Strong Rough " Domestic" Black at 3s. 9d. per lb.---26, Cornhill, London, E.C. TEA*—STRACHAN and CO.'S Fin© " Inter ..., mediate " Black at 3s. Bd. per lb.-26, Cornhill, Lon don, E.C. TEA. STRACHAN and CO.'S D e li c i ous " Drawing" Room" Black at 4s. 2d. per lb.-26, Corn hill, London, E.C. Dr. Hassall's Certificate of Purity, and a Price Current ree on application, 26, Cornhill, London, E.C. (IS TEO EID oN: What is it? See Patent, March 1, 1862 No. 56 0 . GABRIEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEEM and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, springs, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a lifetime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and ARTICULATION. Purest materials only, at half the usual cost. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old - established Dentists, 27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON; 6.5, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKK-STREET, LIVERPOOL. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, CLASS 17. One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Consultations free. TEETH.-By MR. ESKELL'S INVENTION (Royal Seal granted 17th July, 1860), Sets or partial Sets of Teeth, exquisitely enamelled to nature, are made and fitted in a few hours by means of his patented soft elastic and imperishable base of the colour of the gum, to which it ad heres with wonderful tenacity, dispensing with springs or unsightly fastenings, and defying detection by tne closest observer. The peculiar attribute of Mr. Eskell's invention is, the readiness with which these teeth can be re-adapted to any change of the mouth (even by the wearer); and as they act independently of all disturbing causes which affect teeth of ordinary construction, they are guaranteed to last a life time, as well as for mastication and articulation. Mr. ESK ELL'S TREATISE, which fully explains hisinvention, post free for seven stamps.—lnspection of specimens and Con sultations free. Terms strictly moderate. -8, Grosvenor street, Bond-street, London ; and 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. .. , . ~,,.... . ~.. -- - " ... 7-e'--2..- - c..-- z---- (--2c_- -e4( . .; ---- .c3,_ , ) e) l - - ----1 --' - - 4—c----,--' . , • • ~- • ' -------'''‘..-"--- '-- , .. . . _ . r ~,•",._-..... . .. • • .. . , :;•, •••., ... • f' i . 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JULY 28, 1862 7HE CALCU2TA AND CHINA MAILS. -,- The dat es b rought by overland mail are Calcutta, June 22 ; Madras, June 28; 11. The general news from India has been antici pated by the late Bombay mail, which brought papers to the 27th ult. The Chamber of Commerce at Calcutta had or cued a subscription list in aid of the distressed operatives in Lancashire, and some very handsome contributions Lad been made. The Viceroy headed the list with one thousand rupees, and the mercan tiletinterest nobly followed. It is expected, says the Hurkaru, that the result will be very gratifying. A monster petition, signed by over 3,000, one-third of whom were natives of high character and position, had been presented to the Viceroy to spare the life of the Englishman who had been found guilty of mur dering a native. The prayer had not been complied with, and the unfortunate man was to suffer on the 23d June. The supposed Nana Sahib, who was arrested at Kurrachee, but about whose identity considerable sh p ae O t h iiss C f e at . I ch t e io v n f eritable villi an , i t w i ll be some trifling doubts exi s t e d , has died whilst in the custody of the tboy knowany c t h h a a n t c h e iits death ld t trans is ti m p e i r i e s t c h e art_ :am. On commercial affairs the Calcutta Englishman says : " We have again to record a scarcitj of commp -cial news, and a general du ness ~m the markets, both import and export. In the former market things are but little altered since our last. The same stagnation prevails, and holders are showing no disposition to compel sales, more especially as the recent intelligence from home will induce buyers to hold off in the hope that holders may eventually moderate their charges. Should, how ever, sellers be moderately firm, present prices must be maintained, at least for the present, as the active season is approaching, and supplies are coming in slowly. Yarns, however, continue in steady de mand, and stocks in first hands are diminishing. In exports, too, there is but moderate business doing, and the prices of all articles, except salt petre, are looking down. Government securities are still dull ; money is but little in demand, though the supply is abundant, and the share market con tinues firm. With the exception of a slight altera tion in the rates for seeds there is no change to re port in the freight mallet since our last." dened the mud around the forts, and so enabled the troops to act. " But no sooner were our opera tions over, and the forts ours, than a tremendous storm of thunder an d ra i n broke from the heavens. If it had come a fzav hours earlier it would have rendered us perfectly helpless." Tae country on the south bank of the river is described as being one continuous garden and orchard, full of delicious fruits and all kinds of vegetables. In these gardens the French made themselves at home, whilst our troops occupied the aria plain. The Chinese now entered into negotiations, treacherously seized Mr. Parkes and his companions, and the occupation of Pekin and the looting and burning of the summer Palace were the consequences. On. arriving in sight of the city thf French mysteriously disap peared, but found their way, unintentionally no doubt, to the Summer Palace. "It was a curious accident," says the author, "that we should be separated but once during the campaign, and that upon that occasion the French should march to the Ewen-Ming-Ewen (Summer Palace). And another curious fact is, that while General Montauban assured Sir H. Grant that " nothing had been touched" (which, of course, he believed to be the case), any number of richly-jewelled watches were to be bought at that moment in the French Camp, " with a very large portion of silver and gold," while the soldiers' tents and the ground around them was a perfect blaze of silk and 'embroidery." The beauty ..1161 extent of the palace and grounds, Mr. -- M l Ghee describes as Mar vellous. "The grounds extended for six or seven miles in every direction, and further towards the hills. If you can, you must imagine a vast laby rinth of picturesque rocks and noble timber, lakes and streams, summer houses roofed with porcelain of the imperial yellow, theatres and their store houses, filled with all the parapharnalia for masquer ades upon a gigantic scale, one theatre and its be longings covering from five to ten acres of ground, all richly planted around ; temples more numerous still, full of quaint deities (some of them, as it has since turned out, of gold), and every building with a view of at least one other, and all these filled with works of Chinese art of great age, beauty, and value, and in the background a range of hills, their outline cut clear against the sky; you must think of all the best gifts of nature, in colour and in form, of trees, shrubs, and wild flowers; wood, water, rock, hill, and mountain, you must add ; then deck the scene with all the' world-famed skill of the celestial in landscape gardening, thrown in here and there so well that it looks like nature's own hand ; scatter those beautiful buildings round, with their gorgeous roofs peeping through the dark forest timber; Fee there is an imperial stag bounding across your paths; conjure up the quaint old Chinese bridges here and there, to carry you across the feeder of some placid lake, with its ornamental waterfowl, and you may be able to form some very faint and indistinct idea of the Ming Ewen, which you can no more conceive than I can describe." With the city of Pekin, Mr. M'Ghee expresses some disappointment; he says " it is soon seen, nor are you long in making the dis covery that every street is exactly like its brother," and "it looks better from the wall than anywhere else." And of the climate of Pekin in the winter he speaks with anything but pleasure. "We imagine that the bracing cold would be the very thing for us all, and set us up again, after the re laxing heat of summer; but experience taught us another lesson. Any weak point was seized upon by the cold, and it was only the man who had no such point about him that kept his health unim paired. Diarrhoea, dysentery, chest complaints, and fever were the prevalent diseases ; and there fore the greatest part of the winter we had ten per cent. of the force in the hospital, and I was informed upon the best authority, that the month of January at Tieu-tsin was more fatal to the troops than the worst month in autumn had been at Hong Kong." The volume contains translations of various Chinese State papers as well as documents relating to the captivity of Messrs. Parkes, Loch, &c. Some illustrations, too, are given, and although the theme has somewhat lost its novelty, the plea sant manner in which Mr. M'Ghee has treated it will ensure his work a favourable reception. An Inquiry into the Theories of History. W. H. Allen and Co. With the intention of clearing the ground for atudents of history, and of affording them a firm basis on which to rest their investigations, the author of the work before us has examined the principal theories respecting it, with especial refe rence to the positivism of 111 % Comte. " There are three principal theories," says the writer, " to which men adapt their ideas of the events of history. The first is, that events happen by chance; in mere suc cession as regards time, in mere contiguity as re gards place, without order or design, without co herence or connection, without mutual dependence or relation. The second is, that events happen according to law; law fixed and invariable, neces sitating the most stable order; law final and abso lute, the ultimate and highest concession of the hu man mind. The third is, that events happen according to law fixed and invariable, necessitating the most stable order, but that that law, instead of being the ultimate and highest conception of the human mind, is the expression of a Supreme Will. These three theories, with their re spective modifications in different ages and nations, apparently exhaust human speculation on this question. The first theory, that of chance, the writer considers to be wholly unten able. Nor is the second, that of law, entirely sa tisfactory, " Since law implies, while the theory of mere law negatives, the existence of a lawgiver. The third theory supplies this deficiency, and affirms a Supreme will, the source and support of law." The tone of the writer is temperate, his style is clear, and those to whom the subject is of interest will find his work repay perusal. Harebell Chimes, or Summer _Memories, and _Mus ings. By Andrew James Symington. Longman and Co. If these poems show no great power or originality, they evince, at least, considerable taste, feeling, and fancy, together with a healthy tone of thought. About fifty of them are reprinted from a former edition, the rest are either collected from magazines or published for the first time_ As a short speci men we give— ASPIRATION AND DITTY. Oh I what is earth to those who long , ' For higher, holier, nobler thing s ?- I'd soar aloft, on burning song, Amid the rush of spirit wings I But; hush, fond heart I while here below, At duty's call, fulfil thy fate ; And humbly, onward—upward go, So shalt thou enter Heaven's g a t e I Brother -Help. Darton and Hodge. The aim of this work is to illustrate "The heroism and humanity of every age." It is inscribed to Geo. Peabody, Esq., and consists of five chapters treating of education, liberty, the influence of the clergy, sla very, and the prison, hospital, &c. Thus the scheme is sufficiently comprehensive, and as a great num ber of anecdotes are given, a readable volume is the result. It is, in fact, a series of biographical sketches of those who have distinguished themselves by doing good, and its influence, especially on young people, is likely to be beneficial. The letters from Frankfort state that in that dis trict and the whole south of Germany the harvest has been got in, and that the yield proves to be excellent, both in quality and quantity. Prices, nevertheless, have been well maintained in the various corn-markets —a circumstance which is attributed to the fact that cultivators in recent years have always found that they obtained better prices by holding back than by selling at once. Hops look well, and also the vines, but these will yet depend on the weather, which thus far remained unsettled. At the Frankfort Ex change money is abundant, an d the prices of stocks firm , th e Russian loan being a favourite investment, while there was also a c leniand for the various kinds of Italian pre ference share s• CHINA. We take the following summary of news, which relate almost exclusively to the rebels before Shanghae, from the China lllail of June 11 : " The rebels are withdrawing their forces from above Nanking, and are proceeding to reoccupy the country about Shanghae, from which they had been driven by the allied troops. For the last few months we have regularly recorded the capture of towns, villages, and stockaded positions by our own and the French forces, assisted by the force of ' disci plined' Chinese under the American, Ward. The admiral's plans have hitherto been to clear the country of rebels for a distance of about 25 miles from Shanghae. In various expeditions, in none of which the forces numbered more than 1,500, many places were captured without a single casualty, by the mere superiority of Western artillery. Large quantities of Taeping plunder were recovered at several of the places captured, and divided among our soldiers and sailors under the name of loot ; by some unaccountable neglect none of this easily-won treasure, possibly amounting in all to half a million dollars, was applied to the relief of the famishing losers who are refugees in Shanghae. This career of plunder has been pretty suddenly checked by the arrival of one of the leading Taeping generals, the Chung Wang. This did not take place, however, until the French admiral's life had paid the penalty for this series of loot-hunting excursions. That species of bravery which leads a man sword in hand to assault a rebel post that has been thoroughly shelled for a couple of hours, and in which a few frightened soldiers are usually found, is nut worthy of a really great officer, and we have already recorded our regret that the troops should achieve such easy triumphs and take large spoil for their trouble. In the case of Nanjao, however, where Admiral Protet fell on the 17th ult., there was more courage wanted than the attacking force imaginei ; for, instead of, as usual, finding the walls deserted and the garrison in a panic of terror, they were suddenly faced by an ambuscade which had lain under cover during the two hours bombardment. It was then that a volley carried the fatal messenger to the French admiral, whose death was the signal for a most indiscriminate carnage on the part of our allies at the taking of Cholin on the 21st ultimo. With the capture of Cholin is likely to close, for the present, our account of artillery practice upon towns and villages of the 100t -yielding description. The noise of our doings has reached Nanking, and has resulted in the despatch of ' The Fighting King' (Chung Wing) to the Shanghae province. This rebel chief is reported to have taken a very practi- , cal view of existing affairs. His first step was to give foundation for a rumour that an immense force was menacing Shanghae; this rumour, as was in tended, caused the withdrawal of our expeditionary forces from the captured towns, which we had in dulged the hope of garrisoning with handfuls of men and guns. Very soon after the capture of Cho lin word was brought to the English admiral that the town of Kah-ding, held by Major Taylor and a party of the sth 8.N.L.1., was seriously threatened. A return to Shanghae was at once ordered ; and on the Queen's birthday our troops started with guns and reinforcements for Kah-ding. An Armstrong gun with ammunition had previously been sent on in charge of 17 sailors and 6 Sikhs. On the way, however, there is reason to suppose that the Jacks went on shore to loot, for the half dozen boat-loads of ammunition and provisions were taken and the Sikhs killed, while the Jacks returned to Shanghae without a scratch, reporting themselves to have fought desperately. The only Shanghae newspaper —which seems, by the way, to be hopelessly sold to the military interest—is quite silent upon this remarkable little circumstance, as well as upon a good many more points on which it becomes ajour nal to speak out. The relief party which proceeded to Kah-ding to relieve Major Taylor found the coun try in a changed state, consequent, it is said, upon the superior tactics of the Chung Wang. It was found that large numbers of Taepings were kept continually employed in making mock attacks, with banners, on various parts of our encampment succes sively. This mode of procedure was eventually found to be so easy to the enemy—whose numbers are large—and so painfully harassing to feoor urselvesd, h that the place was decided to be toous, an an order was given to withdrawtuhren to Shanghae,garrison from Kah-ding and make a general return and there remain at bay. Of course the various Cs soon ng Wang's as we posts were reoecupied by the rebels vacated them, so that, on the whole, a Chung tactics show him to be a man of some judgment. in effect, driven us back to Shanghae ; and beyond s, yo h n a dthe loot and a little experience in the field, we have gained nothing at all by our country ex cursions. The sudden accession of force to the Taeping ranks has drained the army at Nankin, and the Imperialists' gun boats (small craft carry ing a bow gun) are engaged in another desultory attack upon the forts on the river bank fronting the city. tcshanghae appears to be sufficiently defended for the present; if it be not surprised there is not much to fear with the existing force to defend it. There will be a good deal of trouble yet, and we are now certain to find in the rebels a much more formidable foe than we did in the army that San ko-lin-sin led; but, as we insisted upon a footing in China, we must accept the consequences of our request having been granted. " From Peki n th ere is no important news. At Teintsin the b u ildi ng of merchants' gouon . THAMES EXPRESS STEAM-BOAT COMPANY (Limited). Capital, £75,000, in 15,000 shares of £5 each, with power to increase. Deposit, 10s. per share on application, and 20s. on allotment. A Call of 20s. per share will be made at no shorter date than one month, and no further Call will be made at a less in terval than three months. A Dividend of 6 per cent. per annum, payable half• yearly, is guaranteed for the first two years, for which securities will be placed in the hands of the Directors. DIRECTORS. Algernon Greville, Esq., 39, George-street, Portman -square, Director of the Turin and Savona Railway Company. Capt. E. E. 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Bentley. __ . _ Having been chaplain to the forces in the late expedition to China, Mr. M'Ghee had excellent op portunities for observation, and the amusing volume before us shows that he turned them to extremely good account. He describes what he saw neither from a military nor a clerical point of view, but as it would appear as an intelligent and comparatively unprejudiced spectator. His style, too, is lively and agreeable, his philosophy is evidently that of mak ing the best of things, and he shows a quick per ception of the ludicrous. The work he has produced, then, is essentially a readable one, and not only re lates the progress of the English army to Pekin, but conveys a good idea of th e country an d t h e peop l e . The place at whi c h h e j o i ne d th e expe diti on was Hong Kong, and he was much struck with its pic turesque appearance, stating that it has many of the beauties of Naples upon a smaller scale. Here he says, " Probyn's Horse and Fane's Horse were the objects of the greatest attraction, although the Armstrong guns excited a good deal of attention. I never saw anything more gay, and yet thoroughly soldierlike, than those two Irregular Regiments. Probyn's regiment had been embodied much longer than the other, and yet Fane's fellows were just as well drilled and in as good order, although they had only been raised for service in China. The light grey tunic and that most handsome of head dresses, the turban (Probyn's blue, Fane's red), set off the men to the best advantage, and some of them were not only handsome but noble-looking fellows on horseback—for they did not seem as if they were ever intended to walk—their legs were not good, and required the largo boots to hide them. They were armed with pistols, carbine, lance, and sword. Until I became accustomed to them I could not help speculating as to what sort of people they really were; they looked almost knightly when tilt ing with the lance ; yet there was clearly a dash of the freebooter about them, so that one was re minded of Byron's criticism on William of Pole raine, ' Not quite a robber, yet but half a knight.' Of the officers commanding both these regiments there was but one opinion in China, as there bad been but one in India—that they were two of the finest fellows in the service, and you could hardly avoid finding it out by looking at them." Leaving at Hong Kong and touching at Shanghai, the author paid a visit to the sacred island of Pootoo, which is occupied entirely by temples in and around which about a thousand Buddhist priests reside. " From the landing-place you walk along a flagged road, which ascends with an easy incline; ancient temples on your left near the shore, and noble trees casting a pleasant shade around them ; while on every side magnificent camellias, 20 and 30 feet high, are to be seen glistening with their wax-like blos • soms to the top. Azaleas innumerable of humbler growth, and wild flowers of various hues, form a rich carpet of surpe,ssing beauty the maps latter of being that springs b eneath your feet. " Here are s o o f l t d h e picture w o world, d, h sa r c ep re r ci ese i n s t lnd elongated pa ra ll e l ogram, of which the Celestial represented as as and an Empire covers nearly the whole, though a small bor der is considerately left all round for the different Barbarian nations; each h • aving a square patch, and being described in a few words, whilst it is re presented as bringing its chief produce to China as tribute. The expedition then arrived at Talien whan ; a large bay, some 20 miles long b y about nine wide, where, as the French were not ready, the troops were disembarked and encamped. In the attack on the forts, which soon after followed, the author speaks highly of the effect of the Arr nstrong guns. " I was standing close to Barry's 'battery, and it was at once a beautiful and yeta fearful sight to see the precision of their fire, as the shells struck the exact spot aimed at, and knocked the guns of the Tartars about their ears, am'de t I c ouds of dust." Strange as it may seem, tea was not used by the natives of that part of China, as Mr. M`Ghee found on making excursions into the country, and even when he did meet with it, afterwards, h e speak s anything but favourably of its quality. The cap ture of the Takoo forts is well described, the Tartars fought desperately, and our success seems to have been owing to the dry weather which har- __.._.t_._,__ ~! 62 , =_ PRICE..... -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. being pidceeded with ; trade is promisin hot weather appears to prevail, the thermomete g r ; beinc, reported at 93 in the shade. No further disturh'' ances have been reported at Newchwang, and the place may yet become a prosperous port. "In Japan matters are going ou smoothly. It i e reported that a steamer owned by a J apanese has arrived at Shanghae, having been worked by a native crew. It is said to be only one of a pro spective fleet about to be organised for foreign trade. The Japanese evidently do not possess that timidity of innovation which marks their Chinese neighbours. "From the ports on the coast south of Shanghae ' there is little news. Ningpo is still as when we last wrote. The rebels are said to be mustering in the district, probably with a view to trying the chances of recapture. A few more fire-arms have been seized on board ships. It is only too evident that more forces will be wanted to establish Im perial sway in the districts about Ningpo and Shanghae. " An Imperial commissioner is expected at Can ton immediately Via Hong Kong, from Shanghae, It is only known that he is coming by steamer from Shanghae, the authorities being in utter ignorance as to the date of his departure. His business is to superintend the collection of the Chow-li war tax The last Imperial commissioner who passed through Hong Kong was Yeh. 2empora mutantur. Hong Kong_ there ismothiug_ doing coil for attention. The heat is still comparatively mode rate. The governor is said to be going home, as soon as Mr. Mercer, the colonial secretary, shall hove come out to relieve him." C_, i.EIVSPAPER cic--F•fiTpY), 1:-.- - - ,;.I.9`;?' 'Z '--. t e r i , : . THE NEW BRIDGES AT ' a" M i 44 After delays, councils, debate ,':'--. .- i1 , .. 1 ments almost innumerable definite acta isilia 43 being taken in the matter of the new bridges at Blackfriars. The time that has been wasted by the City authorities in quarrelling over the various 1 schemes submitted to their consideration has been long enough to have almost finished both the struc tures in dispute. It is more than a year since Mr. Page's designs were accepted, end about four mom lis since the Common Council overruled the Bridge house Committee, and rejEczed them. This time I it is Mr. Cubitt's design which hes been cliusee, and we are assured that this decision is final, and that vacillation and delays are at an end. We hope this is so, not only as rtgards the decision itself, but as regards immediate steps to carry it into exe cution. What the public wants is a convenient, strong, and handsome bridge, and if they get 1 his they won't much care to inquire whether Mr. Page or Mr. Cubitt builds it. Much of .the delay, it is said, has been caused by the fact that alongside the new City bridg e at Blaekfriars the railway bridge of the London, Chatham, and Dover Company was also to be erected. As both these structures are important ptfelic works, and as new Blackfriars-bridge especially is one on the quick completion of which great interest is felt, a short outline of its chief features will be acceptable. This bridge, to be built by Mr. Cubitt, is to be five arched, of mixed atone and wrought iron, and, while its gradient on either side will be reduced to a slope less than half that of the present structure, the headway or space between high water mark and the crowns of the arches will be quite as great, the increased strength of the wrought.. iron ribs not necessitating their being of such a depth. The site of the new bridge will be exactly that which the old one now occupies, allowing, of course, for the differetr.9 of increased• space which the larger dimensions of the new one will require. Its length is to be 9631 t., and its width for traffic 75ft. This latter space is to be divided into one roadway 45ft. wide (wider than the entire width of the present bridge) and two footways of 16ft. each. Of the five arches the centre is to have a span of 189 ft., the two arches on either side of this a span of 176 ft., and the shore arches at either end a span of 167 ft. each. The clear headway between high water mark and the crown of the centre arch- will be 27ft., the sprining of the arches commencing about 18ft. above the water. The whole structure will be about sft. lower than the present bridge. The piers are to be of solid masonry, taken down into the Lon don clay no less than 40ft. below high-water mark. These, by means of iron caissons, can be built with out resorting to the cumbrous and expensivesystem of cofferdams. The caissons will be sunk on the exact spot to be occupied by the masonry of the pier, and forced down by pressure into the bed of the river. The water will then be pumped out, and the mud and gravel at the bottom dredged away, and as the dredging progresses the caisson will be forced deeper and deeper till the ultimate site of the foundations on the London clay is deeply penetrated. Here the masonry will be laid in immense blocks of granite, which will be bolted together and continued to the point above high-water mark where the springing of the arches commences. The arches are to be formed of ribs of wrought iron, light in appearance, but, of course, of immense strength. Each arch will be composed of 10 of these ribs, each rib being placed at intervals of about 62ft apart. They are to be con nected together by cross girders and covered in above with an iron floor. On this floor will be placed a thick layer of asphalte, and over all the light granite roadway pavement known as " stone pitching." The spandrils of the outer iron ribs on the east and west sides will be filled in with wrought iron scroll work, and the whole surmounted with a handsome iron cornice and balustrade. Above the five stone piers we have spoken of red granite columns will be placed, so as to screen the junction of the wrought iron ribs behind them. These granite columns. which are to be highly polished, will be nearly 7ft in diameter and 18ft high, with hand some pediments and capitals, the latter surmounted with richly carved recesses in white stone. The cost of the bridge, including temporary wooden bridge for the traffic while the new one is building, is to be £263,000, and the whole is to be completed in from two and a half to three years from the present date. The railway bridge is hereafter to form, with that at Charing-cross and that at Chelsea, the great main avenues of communication between the lines north and south of the Thames. The size and position of its piers will exactly correspond with those for the City bridge, and (as the end of the cutwaters will only be 25ft. distant) it is proposed to connect the two together by a slight line of masonry or iron casing_ Some such measure will, we think, be neces sary to prevent the dangerous eddy currents which are otherwise certain to arise between the pier heads. This railway bridge, of course, is taken at an uniform level across the Thames, leaving a clear straight headway between the openings(which, like the piers, correspond in width with those of the City bridge) of more than 294 from high water, making it on the whole 2ft higher than the highest part of new Blackfriars. On each pier will be placed three groups of cast-iron columns—one in the centre and one at each end ; each group con sisting of four columns braced together, and each column Gft in diameter and 18ft high. These co- umns will be tinted bronze colour, with highly de corative castings on pediment and capital, and their general effect from the river as to size and massive ness will more resemble the gigantic columns of Egyptian temples than any modern work we have yet seen. Resting on these groups of columns will be very powerful flat wrought-iron lattice girders, the outermost ones on the east and west w i s l i s de k s t . like the outermost ribs of the brid ge, b e i ng filled in w ith ornamental bracket s and scroll o ir f o r n a . or This bridge is to be laid f or four lines run into the new stati on on the site of the old Fleet Prison, whence by the Subterra. t n h ean Railway, the communication will b e direct with cross A s awned haveG rea t s a W i d e , es tern ebren works i o n rks es. of this tbhreidKgeinhga'vse already commenced, and their_ p rogress is likely to hasten considerably the construction of the temporary wooden bridge that is to be erected when Blackfriars falls into such a state of dilapi dation as to be unable to support its o wn me of the most d o e n fe ballastt i ands stone c The piers of th w ill come so e railway bridge weight. close to the arche s . B ut the foundations f or the rail wa y viaduct are to b e taken into the L o ndon clay, an d v e oof r t e h enabl ed ose which to s b u y pp d o i n r t of timb er i ng t the rotten basement of old Blsckfriars will never bear this disturbance. I:efmoroentthhe it seemsrailway verypiers have been commenced likely that Blackfriars must be closed against all traffic. This contingency, however, has been foreseen, and Mr. Cubitt is instructed to make a wo oden bridge for the foot an d carriage temporary traffic the instant the old one becomes danger ous or that he commences his works for the new. 1 This temporary one will be commeneed on the east side of the present bridge, and midway between that and the intended railway viaduct. Its width for carriages will be the same as the present bridge roadway, but the footpath will be little more than, half. It is to have five openings for water traffic of 70ft. span, and one at each shore end of 30ft. Of course the roadway over these openings will be carried on iron girders. By lowering the present approaches, the height of the temporary roadway- can be brought Bft. lower than that of the present o bridge, and raised on beams above this tteaporarr roadway the footway will be carried 9-tt. high er Not more than two or three months is required tx; complete the temporary bridge, which, though very ill e s h A i ft s strong, is simple in its method of cons truction. far ss the public are concern e d this m thoroughfare cannot be corm:Le/leo There has been delay enough in '-i, too soon. coming to a whethert o o h it ialasnebweenbridgewas want shown buta d t ec a i l s l i , onas nw t peratively necessar t o be un y the least that may be ex pected is to b eg i n the The designs h ave b een accepted, the work as soon as poss ible. working draw ings are nearly all , if the COMMOII complete, a Council do not a • and minds and re voke this decisio g n ain c h han e g s e oo t n to r eport that the works 0 8 long nee w d e ed °fay) actually been com menced. IHE NAVY. VALETTA, July 23.—Her Majesty's screw gun vessel Foxhound, Commander the Hon. A. C. Ho bart, which left Malta on the 15th inst., with mails for the Commander-in -Chief, returned on the 21st, two days from Zante. On her passage to Corfu she met the Marlborough, 131, Captain W. H. Stewart, C.B. (bearing Admiral Martin's flag), and the Amphion, 36, Captain A. C. Gordon, cruizing outside, and took the former vessel in tow as far as Zante, the Amphion following. On the 29th, when 100 miles from Malta, she met the screw line-of battle ship Algiers, 89, Captain E. B. Price, which left this island on th e 19 t h. This shi p, w i t h the screw frigate Doris, 32, C a pt a i n Si r F. L. Clin tock, which left Malta on the 16th ult., was to join the flagship on her return to Corfu, in the vicinity of which island the Admiral intended to exercise the ships immediately under his orders in those waters. Fresh orders had been received by the Commander-in-Chief from England to con tinue in the neighbourhood of Greece, as notwith standing that country remains quiet, apprehensions exist for the future. The only English man-of- war now at Athens is the screw line-of-battle ship Exmouth, 86, Capt. J. A. Paynter ; but it is thought not improbable that this force may be shortly in creased. Some anxiety has also lately been shown to add to our naval force on the coast of Syria, and the gun vessels Wanderer, 4, Commander M. C. Seymour, and the Surprise, 4, Commander W. H. Whyte, are being got ready with all possible dispatch for that important station. The paddle wheel steam-frigate Magicienne, Capt. his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, returned to Malta on the 22d inst. from conveying invalids to Gibraltar for passage home in the iron screw troop ship Himalaya, Capt. J. Seccombe. By her we learn that his Excellency Lieut.-Uen. Sir W. Codrington, Governor of that fortress, embarked on board the Himalaya from England, on short leave of absence. Major-Gen. Sir R. Walpole assumed the command of Gibraltar on the departure of Gen. Codrington. The Scylla, 22, Capt. R. Lambert, was hourly ex pecting to be relieved by the screw sloop Malacca, 17, Capt, G. I. Napier, from Malta. The Alacrity, 4, screw gun vessel, Commander K. E. Baird, left Malta for Corfu after the receipt of the last over land mail from England with despatches for the Admiral and a mail. The Trident, 3, Commander C. J. Balfour, is having her engines repaired, and it is expected will be ready for sea about the 4th proximo. The Medina, surveying ship, Capt. T. A. Sprat, C. 8., is engaged in examining a coral bed lately discovered in the vicinity of Gozo, from which in the course of two or three days several hundred pounds' worth of the coral of commerce was extracted by a single boat. It is not yet knows whether the quantity of coral to be obtained in these waters will come up to the expectations formed by the public from the great success of the first operations. She will leave shortly to resume her surveying duties in the East. Major Young, 22d Regiment, Lieut. Bourchier, and Archdeacon Lemesurier, for many years chaplain to the forces, but now on the retired list, left Malta by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Delta ; and Surg. Lawlor, Lieut. Cuff, and Captain Maul arrived here by the Pera from Southampton. The Pera on her way from Gibraltar passed two Russian frigates, one of them the Gramoboi, sailing in an easterly direction." The Shannon, screw frigate, Capt. Oliver J.Jones, sailed from Spithead on Saturday afternoon, on a eruise, pending the casting of the blades for the ex perimental Griffits trial, for the purpose of fully testing the merits and demerits of the four-bladed Mangin (French screw), in the various positions and circumstances in which a ship would be placed under both steam and sail,separately and combined, during sea service. This screw, which is of the same pattern as the one now in use in the French Imperial navy, has its four blades set in parallel pairs, and was tried by the Shannon on the second of her recent series of experimental trials on the 17th of May last, when it gave the ship a speed of 11.328 knots, w th an indicated horse-power of en gines of 2,030.72. The mean pitch of the screw is 25ft., its diameter 18ft, and its iength 31t. The area of one blade is 19. ft. ; the four blades, 78ft. The weight is 7 tons 7 cwt. 3 qrs. From its peculiar form it requires but a narrow aperture as a " lift ing" screw for the screw well in the ship's stern. It has in consequence been looked upon with much favour. Its blades, however, from being set close together lock the water between them in the screw's revolutions, and, with a peculiar and violent beat in the water, the working of the screw transmits an extraordinary amount of perpendicular motion to the ship's hull, which must always prevent it s adoption in the English navy in its present form. So great was this movement on board the Shannon that the bell of the captai n ' s cabin was kept ing by it during the trial —an unprecedented cir cumstance. On the Shannon's return from her cruise with the " Mangin" she will commence her trials with the ' Griffits" with two, three, and four blades. The Osborne, paddle yacht, Master Commander 1 George R. Bowers, sailed from P or t smo uth on Sa turday for th e eastward, to convey the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty, on their annual visit of insr Islands.eeti°ll, to the w es t ern por t s and the Channel The Warrior 40, iron screw frigate, Capt. the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C. 8., is expected to sail from Spithead to-morrow on a cruise westward. 7HE ARUM' His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and a brilliant staff from head quarters are expected to be present at the grand review appointed for to day of the whole of the troops stationed at Alder shot. It will be the last divisional field day at the camp this season. DIE WATERLOO MURDER.--The conduct of the raurderer, Gipsy Lee, who wa s t r i e d a t the Winchester a ssizes for the murder of his wife, has, since he was brought up, been more violent than ever. Itis stated that two per sons are constantly with him, and that great restraint is exercised upon him of necessity. His appearance is much altered, and evidences of insanity appear every day more manifest. - - - ... are an d un- Mr. ited; A all were )3 , ed tilt', had I. his the latis- f the 3r, at