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110TE:LS, &t. C H AP L I N ' S AND HOT E L, s'READ EAGLE TAVERN, 84, GRACECHURCFI-STREET, LONDON. _ . :. Consist, combined with moderate charges, will be found at this Establishment - . PRIVATE APARTMENTS FOR FAMILIES. Sitting Room, 3s. per Day. Bed Rooms, Is. 6d. and 'is. per Night. A Night Porter in attendance. No INCREASE OF CHARGES. INDIA AND THE COLONIES. pASSENGERS Embarking or Disembarking find superior accommodation and moderate eh arges at CHAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, gRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. .X Lawn in front, extending to the River. pARIS.-GRAND HOTEL, Boulevard des Capucines. GRAND HOTEL DU LOUVRE, Rue de Rivoli. Those two large Hotels are carried on by the Compaq lie Irnmobiliere de Paris. They contain together 1,400 bedrooms or salons, the rent of Which, at fixed prices, is established at from 4fr. to 30fr. a day for the Grand Hotel, and from 3fr. to 2Cfr. a day for the Grand Hotel du Louvre. By the variety in the price, and by the situation of those two Hoteld, in the finest quarters of Paris, travellers aim families are always sure of being able to find accommodation suitable to their wants, their tastes, and their means. The Tables d'Hote of the two Hotels, having together 700 places, are served at six o'clock ; the public are admitted to them as well as those who reside in the Hotels. The two Hotels have, moreover, a public restaurant at fixed prices. The Salons of those two Hotels are appropriated for public or wedding dinners, and for fetes or family meetings. There is in each Hotel a reading-room, a cite-billiard divan, bath-rooms, and a public telegraphic office, corres ponding day and night with all Europe. The persons employed in the service of the two Hotels speak every language. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET-STREET, near Temple-bar. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER for THIS DAY, the 19th inst„ will consist of POTAGES. Tete de Veau a l'Anglais—A l'ltalienne. POISSON. Anguille etuvee—Soles frites. ENTREES. Cotelettes de Veau a la Zingara—Rissoles en Salpicon. Handle de Mouton rota—Boeut bouilli. ENTREMETS. Pending aux Vermicelle—Beignets de Pomme. Frcmage et Sal de. TOMORROW, the 20th inst., "TIM LONDON DINNER" will consist of POTAGES. De Tortue a la Francais—Aux Macaroni. Poisson. Saumon sauce Homard—Filets de Merlans frits. ENTREES. Cotelettes de Mouton a la Saubise—Petit Pates de Volaille. Bceuf braiscs---Veau refl. ENTREMETS. Gelee aux Citron—Pouding a la St. Cloud. Fromage et Salade. Turtle Soup included in the London Dinner three times a week without extra charge. An extensive and carefully selected stock of RHENISH, MOSELLE, and other WINES imlorted expressly for THE LONDON DINNER. Turtle Soup and all Fish in season daily. The attention of Clergymen, Officers, and Professional Gentlemen is especially 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 r aster. L'on trouve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement lea meilleurs Journaux Anglais, mais aussi Journaux Allemande, Francais et Belges. N.B.—During the Exhibition Season, THE LONDON DINNER will be served daily from 2 until 9 o'clock ; and Dinners in the Coffee-room, a la Carte, from 1 until 10 o'clock. Open on Sundays at 4 o'clock. FREDERICK SAWYER, Proprietor. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- On SATURDAY, August 23, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave PADDINGTON at 2.25 p.m., and Reading at 3.35 p.m., for CIRENCESTER and Stroud (12s. and 65.); Glou cester and Cheltenham (14s. and 75.); Ross and Hereford (168. and 8s.); returning at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, August 26. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- On SUNDAY, August 24, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Paddington at 8.40 a.m. for TAPLOW (ss. and 2s. 6d.), Twyford and Henley (ss. 6d. and 35.), Pangbourne, Goring, Wallingford-road (6s. and 3s. 6d.), Abingdon and Oxford (6s. 6d. and 45.), returning the same day at 7.30 p.m. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.— On TUESDAY, August 26, an EXCURSION TRAIN will st irt from Paddington at 12.25 p.m., and Reading at 1.35 p.m., for WORCESTER (12s. and 75.), Malvern (la and 7s. Ed.), Ledbury (14s. and Bs.), Hereford (16s. and Bs.), Aberga wenny (:78. 6d. and 10s. 6d.), Newport (19s. and 125.), Kidder minster, -tourbridge. and Dudley, , 12s. 641. and 7s. 6d.), Bewd ley (13s. and Bs.), and Bridgnorth (15s. and 95.), returning either on Thursday, August 28, Wednesday, September 3, or Friday, September 5, as per bills. B ANK OF ENGLAND NOTES.-L 1,500 REWARD.—WHEREAS the Directors of the BANK OF ENGLAND have recently discovered that some of the Paper manufactured for their Notes has been feloniously taken from the mills of Mears. Portal and Co., at Laverstoke, near Whitchurch, in Hampshire, and that such paper has been used in the fabrication of Forged Notes, Notice is hereby given, that a REWARD of £5OO will be paid to any one who shall give such information as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of any person concerned in the stealing of the paper ; and a FURTHER REWARD OF £l,OOO will be paid to any one who shall give such information as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of any person concerned in the fabrication of Forged Notes by means of such paper. Information to be given to Mr. Superintendent llodgson, Police-office, Old Jewry, London ; or to Messrs. Freshfields and Newman, 5, Bank-buildings, London. By order of the Directors, E. WELSH, Assistant Secretary. Bank of England, 16th August, 1862. CAUTION. —BANK of ENGLAND NOTES.— The Directors of the Bank of England hereby give Notice, that it has recently come to their knowledge that some of the Paper manufactured for their Notes has been feloniously taken from the Mills ; and they desire to caution all Bankers, Money-changers, and other persons, in taking payment by Bank of England Notes, not to depend upon the apparent genuineness of the Paper alone, but to examine with increased care the PRINTING also ; and in all cases, for their own protection, to obtain and preserve the Names of the persons from whom the Notes are received. By order of the Directors, E. WELSH, Assistant Secretary. Bank of England, 16th August, 1862. CAMBRIAN CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINES COMPANY (LIMITED). 7 - Notice is Hereby Given, that NO APPLICATIONS FOR SHARES in this Company will be received after THIS DAY (TUESDAY), the 19th instant. By order of the Board. 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AN IMPO R T ANT DISCUSSION.—The "Times," the "Lancet," and other leading 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 disappointing the objects of matrimony, under mining the constitutions, blasting the prospects, embittering 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 effects. and recovering health, vigour, and all the ennobling privileges of our being, ar e contained in Dr. LA'MERT'S "SELP-PRESE EtVATION," a Treatise on Nervous and Physical Debility, of which the 90th Edition has just been published by Mann and Co., 39. Cornhill, London, price ls., sent post free for 13, or in a'sealed envelope for 20 stamp s ' Dr. LAWERT, &c., having for 20 years devoted himself entirely to this branch of practice, may be consulted daily, either personally or by correspondence, at his residence, No BED FORD-gQIJARE, London.. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS, HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous Sufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work , THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). 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L. fluaTis,l s , Albermarle - street , Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS : INTRODUCTORYCoIIAthPeTREeRon the Physiological g th ers ev o a f rrou eg st et is Structure and Functions productive Organs. CHAPTER ll—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence; Early VICIOIIs Indulgenictee;lewDaont CHAPTER lII.—A qualifications jt Marriarze ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse. the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. e CHAPTERS IV, and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhea and Syphilis. The Book onoludes with numerous varied and interesting cases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the, hands of young and old " " Sunday Tim m ,' 3d March, 1856. üblishing "The author has conferred a great boo n b y p this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases whim produce decline in youth or more frequently premature o!d age."—" Daily Telegraph," Mara 27, 1856. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwi ck aii Lane, Pater noster-row; M ann . 39. Corium" 1301111 of CQUIUltatl9ll:-_lO to g mu 6 to Si §v,pdairlh 10 WI 2 N°. 21,883. AMUSEMEN TS. CANTERBUR!Y HALL. Re-appearance of the miraculous STECKEL, the greatest Trapeze performer in the world. Grand Selections from "DON SEBASTIEN" and "IL TROVATORE." Unsworth, with the celebrated Stump speech, "Or any other man." A lso Eugene and Duley, forminc; the greatest Comic Trio in London; and all the other Comic favourites of the day. T H E oXFOR p, 6 OXFORD STREET Verdi's "IL CORSARO " Every Evening, by Miss Russell, Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert, with Pull Band and Chorus; the Comic performances of Miss Caroline Parkes and Mr. W. Randall, the Ethiopian oddities of Rumsey, Newcomb, Little Bob, Eugene, and Unsworth (the original " or any other man"), and the astounding feats on the Flying Trapeze of DEBONNAME. Hall, 6d. ; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "AT HOME." at HER MAJESTY'S CONCERT ROOM, Haymarket, THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), at 8, i n an entirely New and Original Entertainment, written by Henry J. Byron, Esq. PART L "MY WIFE AND I." _ PART 11. A Romance of intense Interest, yclept THE "SENSA TION" FORK; or, The Maiden, the Maniac, and the Mid night Murderers. Performed by a double Company (Two). EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at Eight; SATUR DAI MORNINGS, at Three. Places may be secured at the Box-office, from Ten till Five ; at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; at Austin's Ticket Office, St. James's Hall, and of all Booksellers. No extra charge for booking. Open at Half-past Seven. Carriages at a quarter to Ten. W. CORBYN, Acting Manager. MR. and MRS. GERMAN REED. with Mr. JOHN PARRY, will give their NEW ENTERTAIN MENT, "The Family Legend," by Tom Taylor, Esq.. and Mr. John Parry's Musical Narrative of a Colleen Bawn, every evening (except Saturday), at 8. Morning representa tions Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 3.—Royal Gallery of Illustration, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved sets, Is. and 25. ; stalls, 3s. ; stall (spring) chairs, ss. Secured in advance, without fee, at the Gallery ; and at Messrs. Cramer and Co.'s 201, Regent-street. NOTICE.—The Extra RepresentatiOn on Tueday be discontinued after the 2Gth inst. - • - WS. WOODIN'S CABINET of CURIO • SITIES—NewIy Polished and Re-Iined—POLY GRAPHIC BALL, lung William-street, Charing-cross, Every Evening, at eight (except Saturday), with new characters, music, songs, and dances. The scenic illustrations and effects, entirely new, painted by and under the direction of Mr. William Callcott. Morning Performance, Saturday, Aug. 23, at 3. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, Is. Box-office open from eleven to five. Mr. Woodin as Mr. Sothern, of the Haymarket, in his celebrated character of "Lord Dundreary," Morning and Evening. A RGYLI, ROOMS. Great Windmill-street, E 1 Haymarket. —GRAND CASINO FRANCAISE.— Open every Evening fbr Promenade and Dancing, with the celebrated Band of 50 performers. Conductor and Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. BOULCOURT.—The new Imperial Qua drille, Valse Cotillion, and L. Mosca's Peep o'DayValse will be played nightly. A new Conversation Salon has been added to the above Establishment for Reading, Coffee, and Refreshments.— Admission ls.—Manager, M. Grenet. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT. GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. The nobility, gentry, subscribers, and the public are re spectfully infJrmed that the SEVENTH SEASON of the ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA will COMMENCE at the above Theatre, on MONDAY, August 25, with Benedict's highly successful Opera, THE LILY OF KILLARNEY. Box-office open on Saturday next, the 23d inst. T HEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY.LANE. Dion Boucicault, Lessee. THIS EVENING, A KISS IN THE DARK. Followed by the first part of the Arab Entertainment at half -past 7. After which, THE COLLEEN . HAWN Messrs. Dion Boucicault, H. Vaudenhoff, F. Robinson, Searle; Madame Celeste, Jordan, Stevens. To conclude with THE ARABS OF THE DESERT : a Troupe of the.Beni-Zour,r-Zoug, at 10. Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 to 5. THEATRE-RO Y AL. HAY MARKET, Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven, FISH OUT OF WATER. Mr. Compton, Mr. Rogers, Miss Caroline Hill, &c. Alter which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (177th time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Spanish Ballet entitied CELOS Y'CALIA ; or, Love and Jealousy. Senora Perea Nene, Se nor Ricardo Moragas, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with THE CHRISTENING. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THE RENDEZVOUS. Messrs. Higgie, lleadows, &c., and Miss Maria Harris. Atter which, at a quarter to Eight, KING HENRY VIII. Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Charles Kean ; Queen Katharine, Mrs. Charles Kean. To cenclude with THE TWO DOLTS. Mr. Widdicomb. Commence at 7. No hall-price. I)OVAL LYCEUM THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. 237th Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS EVENING, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund Falconer ; 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 Miss Lydia Thomson. Followed by a new Farce, entitled THE COLLEEN SAWN SETTLED AT LAST. Mr. Charles Selby and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open athalt-past 8, to commence at 7. Box-office open daily from it tills. Commence a' 7. NEW THEATRE-R0 irAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING. THAT BLESSED BABY : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Billington, and Miss L. Keeley. After which, MEDEA : Messrs. Stuart, Billington, Sefton ; Miss Avonia Jones, Miss B. Simms, and Mrs. IL Marston, Followed by THE PRETTY HORSEBREAKER. Mr. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, MissWoolgar. To conclude with THE SHILLING DAY. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Phillips, Miss Latimer, Mrs. 11. Lewis. Commence at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. Revival of " Mazeppa." THIS EVENING will be performed MAZEPPA ; or, The Wild Horse of Tartary, with New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. Tc be followed by a brilliant routine of novel and daring Scenes in the Circle. To conclude with a COMIC BALLET, in which the Misses Gunnis and Harry Croneste will appear. Commence at 7.—Stage Manager. Mr. W. Searle. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of anew and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &b., in Italian, Alabas 'er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149. Stand. W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate The interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE. RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.C. OS TEO EIDON: V What is it? See Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 580. GABRIEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEETH 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; 65. 'NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, CLASS 17. One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Consultations free. - 2 P Z } % e,c_e 7,,xv ~~t t ~ • iii , liftkit 1; ' .'c' •,- . \,...,...""t i'ell..--..71.:'.:: Ote .:^kr, 4 ..4. . k ...it ^ ... , ~ . .0 1 :11N,A. ~.•,.. .„4",.______...,, . ~,,„ ~. ✓ ~. ~.,..... ; --- ,.. • . „ ,c, , :,... ~,, i , --, —....— ,„ ,„,.. e , _._ _..., ~,,,_..„, .,, ..„,~ , , , 4"" . - , -,- , ,„, ~ - , 4,.. . )— -,- .?,-, ,,. i- -- z---- ta \oi • , r t i p ...,,, 4 ' I 1.4 . .X . 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On the termination of the meeting, thanks were voted to the chairman for presiding. • The Flag of Truce. Dedicated to the Emperor of the French. Ridgway, London. Why the writer dedicates his "Flag of Truce" to the Emperor of the French it is not easy to see, since he hardly adverts to him or to France in its pages. His object is to advocate a friendly inter vention to stay the war, and, notwithstanding his impracticable beginning, some of the arguments are well and practically stated. He is, however, partial to such appeals as we find on page 11 : " With all due deference to the diplomatic caution of European Cabinets; we do not believe in the policy of coolly looking on with folded arms while a young and powerful member of the family of nations, in a fit of passion, is tear ing its own flesh, and rending its own limbs asunder. In ternational duty is not discharged by assuming an attitude of calm and complacent neutrality. Something more is due to the combatants than to form a sort of sportsman's ring, and insist on fair play. When the courage and the skill of the parties has been preyed, and their strength and manhood fully tested, non-interference on the part of the witnesses to the mortal combat is to become particeps iminis in the eye of the common law. Let them be re cognised and treated as equals, invited to shake hands and separate in peace. " Fair play is a phrase much used by Englishmen, and even in pugilistic encounters a fair fight and no favour is strenuously demanded. In the great contest between the North and the South, the recognition of both parties as belligerents, entitled to equal rights, was undoubtedly in tended as an application of the fair play principle to the parties at war. But in order to place the North and the South on a footing of equality, the ports and markets of the world should be equally open to each. If the laws, treaties, and agreements of nations prevent the supply of articles contraband of war to either party by foreign mer chants in foreign vessels, still the North has the vast ad vantage of purchasing powder, leac_l„yifles, sworday_es....„ and-ittrttiter-f.qtcuhreins - i t deign in all the marts of Europe ; while the South, shut out from all the world, depends entirely upon its own resources for means of de fence, extemporising the manufacture of arms and muni tions of war, instead of importing them ready made from abroad. To respect the blockade is, in effect, to take part with the North against the South—with the strong (numeri cally) against the weak—with the invader against the in vaded. Is this the boasted fair play of non-intervention ? Why, even in a cock-fight the gallant bird that loses his spur is immediately taken from the pit in accordance with the cry of the spectators, and not permitted to renew the contest until supplied with weapons equal in length and sharpness to those of his antagonist. These diplomatic sticklers for noninterference with the deadly struggle in America forcibly remind one of the impartiality of the old woman in Oregon, who, when she saw her husband fighting with a bear, only prayed for fair play, not caring a fig which licked.' " Mr. LITTLEDALE seconded the adoption of the report, which was carried unanimously. The retiring directors and officers were then re-elected, with the exception cf Ore chairman, who, being a contractor with the company, resigned his office. Mr. HAYWOOD said that his first duty was to visit Egypt, and in The Times and Cotton Supply Reporter the result of his investigations had been recorded. He had that day had an interview with an agent of the estates of several of the Pashas of Egypt, vie informed him that last year the growth of Egyptian cotton increased from 120,000 to 200,000 bales, and that next year, in all probability, we should be supplied wia 250,000 bales. He (Mr, Haywood) was therefore not without hope that the efforts made by the Cotton Supply Associttion to direct the attention of the au thorities of Egypt tc the importance of increasing their cotton productions wasnot without useful results. It was unfortunate for the company in many respects that the transfer of North Canals from the Madras to the Bombay Government was not called out, as he was informed by Sir Charles Wood, persmally, it would ba by the time of his (Mr. Haywood's) 4nding at Bombay. He was un able to proceed up the Tyga Ghaut Road, as there was not even a track cut throngs the forests. He then proceeded further down the coast and ultimately pushed forward to other districts of the Madras Presidency. The Government of India and the East_ India Company formerly made very great efforts to improve the cultivation of cotton in India, and renumber of American planters were employed in various pars of the different presidencies in improving that cultivatios4 Some persons had attributed to these men the intenticnisf defeating their own efforts, stating that it was not p.4lo6tic on their part to seek suc cess. What - St/Cr might be the truth on ths ca,ni es s. th en were not discuss; but anyhow, not one of those planters succeeded in the attempt to cultivate cotton. The Dharwar was the only district in which American seed had succeeded as a culture, and it was mainly owing to the efforts of Mr. Shaw, a collector of the district, who was determined to carry out the experiment, that Dharwar was now covered with American cotton. Ina recent minute. p u bli s hed by the Governor of Madras, the culture of American cotton was to some extent deprecated, under the impression that all previous efforts were a failure. The Dharwar American cotton, however, stood at the head of the London and Liver pool markets. The Cotton Supply Association had endea voured to extend the culture, but his impression was that it required time to acclimatise the seed. The successful culti vation of American cotton in India ought to be the first effort of the Government. The seed already acclamatised should be spread over as wide a portion of suitable soil as possible. Although Sir William Denison recommended the improvement of native cotton, he (Mr. Haywood) be lieved the nearest road to success was through the exten sive distribution of the acclimatised seed. No one ac quainted with the subject could doubt that the soil of the Indian cotton fields would yield ample cotton produce. Out of 180 millions of population, at least four millions — equal to the population of the American slave States—• could certainly be found for the cultivation of cotton. (Hear, hear.) The cotton received from India had, unfor tunately, a bad reputation ; but this did not arise so much from its intrinsic nature as from an indifferent system of picking, cleaning, and packing. To make the growth of cotton in India successful, this system must be altered. Great attention was paid to this in Egypt. The whole of the productions of Caudeish, Dharwar, and other districts, found their way into Bombay through two lines of railway, but, unfortunately, neither was complete. They would probably be finished in a couple of years, but more were re quired. What was wanted in these districts was the estab lishment of cotton presses to diminish the bulk of the cotton and facilitate transit, The greater portion of goods was carried on the old country carts, employing hundreds of thousands of bullocks. To make the operations of the com pany successful, all that was required was the united efforts of the trade. He was convinced that the presence of Euro peans as merchants or agents, or in any other capacity, in the interior was necessary to direct and guide the willing efforts of the labour of the natives. The natives were in telligent, keen at a bargain, and willing to make a profit of a rupee when they saw the possibility, but they had not that practical knowledge which was requisite to make India a competitor with the United States. The sooner efforts were made to send out European agents in numbers to go into the various fields of labour, the sooner the cotton trade of this country would realise its great hope of making India not only its great field for the supply of cotton, but its great market for manufactures. The merchants of India had had their attention chiefly taken up with their business at the chief centres of trade. The great bulk of the cotton trade rested iu the hands of natives, who were pursuing it much in the same way as they ever had done. There was great room for improvement, and all that was wanted was the active, energetic efforts of Europeans in the interior. The Bombay merchants were not jealous of the action of any cotton company in India. They had expressed to him their readiness to co-operate with any efforts that might be made from Manchester; and although they were, to a certain extent, like to operate in the same fields as this company, it must be well known to them that there was room in India for all who were ever likely to go there. He had taken an opportunity of visiting the new road from Sedashegur to Dharwar while it was in course of construction, and it then seemed to him, or to any one who had a practical knowledge of the roads in India, that, being newly made, a very few cotton carts would render it almost impassable, by plough ing it up, owing to the softness of the earth. It was abso lutely necessary in India, after the construction of a road, to await the action of the monsoon upon it, so as to consoli date it, and then the road should be metalled and finished. The Indian Government must have foreknown these condi tions when it was promised that the road should be opened by a certain time. Not only could the road not be used in its present state, but all carts travelling down the road must pass down during the day time, and any return traffic must go down during the night, ae carts could not pass each other on the road. But immediately the North Canara province was transferred the executive engineer of Bombay struck out another road deviating from the Ryga Ghaut road to connect with the Arbyle Ghaut road, a road which, had it been thought of previously, might very well have been substituted for the Ryga Ghaut road altogether. This road was already open to some extent ; and another line had been commenced with the view of connecting Sedashegur with the Arbyle road, avoiding a rather difficult ghaut on the road just mentioned. He did not much condemn the Government for its failure in promises when he came to know the difficulty the Bombay executive must have in grasping the whole of the public works in that Presidency, there being few Europeans in India, and the inferior native agency having to be employed. By December r ext great progress would have been made with the erection of one or more cotton presses at Sedashegur, and probably the whole would be ready in time to operate on the next crop ; but during the four months of the monsoon there would be great difficulty in working, and it would be almost impossible to get the foundations in much before the month following the monsoon. It was the intention of the company to establish in the cotton districts cotton cleaning establish ments, and dispose of machinery to such natives (and there were not a few) who would purchase on their own account. He had found machines as high as £l6 a-piece purchased. The people in the district to be worked by the companies were well off, and prepared to do a great deal in the way of introducing new machinery. The cotton press establish ments in Bombay were known to realise from 20 to 30 per cent. profit ; and when he mentioned that a Bombay firm had also been forwarding presses to Sedashegur, it would be seen that those who were on the spot and knew the country had the fullest confidence in the operations of this company. There was, therefore, every ground for confi • and purchasing trade itself and the supporters g T 1 a h n e d question s t h ti a o n i n o te f r aex mustrdence in the action of the company.purchaain If the company were adequately sup ported, there was no question but Indi a wou ld a fford a suf errettattiowrristhant tendin e g nt i i t r s el o y p of the company suf ficiently wide and profitable field for such operations ) pro perly conducted. It would require great care in the selection of agents. They must not be men who went from this country without a knowledge of the languages or customs of but men who had already a th p e r r a e c g ti i c o a n l s k t n h a a w y l w ed e g r e e agfoinl India ita and its trade from residence o there. (Hear.) Mr. Haywood added, in answer to in quiries with respect to the actual production of cotton in India, that the districts he had travelled over formed but a very small portion of India ; but he had seen statements promulgated by high authorities with which he certainly could not agree. It was incredible, for instance, that 6,000,000 bales were waiting in India to be sent away. The statement to that effect might ariso from the previously published statement that India produced annually about 6,000,000 bales per annum. That was, ho believed, so far as a general estimate could be formed, correct. In the ab sence of all statistics, or any earthly means of discovering the facts, there could be no true estimate. (Hear.) In answer to another question, Mr. Haywood said it was not the intention of this company to grow cotton. That opera tion would require such an amount of machinery and agency, and such a number of skilled cotton'agriculturists, as it would be difficult to find ; besides which, the natives knew sufficiently well how to grow cotton ; a ll they re quired was European direction. A vote of thanks to Mr. Haywood—moved by the Chair man, and seconded by Mr. Radcliffe—was passed unani mously. Ma. HAYWOoDi in his reply, sa id th e t ra de were ranch indebted to Mr. R. Burn for his efforts to pre vail on them would be to utilise Indian cotton, and ho hop e d no pane // PRICE.... STAMPED ....sd. Many persons believe the Arkansas will pay us another visit very speedily, especially since our fleet has been reduced by the departure of the Taylor, Conestoga, Carondelet, Sumter, and Essex; hut Commodore Davis has no tear of the rebel gunboat, and thinks, with his present force, he could destroy her, if she were to assume an Offensive position. Commo dore Farragut and Colonel Eliot, as well as Commodore Davis, are burning to destroy the Arkansas, and would engage in almost any undertaking to secure that end. At present, however, circumstances are too unfavourable to th e project." L 1 W 44 nuests444, bE9itneAvol: 11= it rase any approximation to the truth in these figures, it is indeed time for the North to feel anxious, and for General APClellan to make eNety exertion to ascertain his real position. It is only with such an object that he can have made his recent reeonnai sauces, of which we have news by the Asia. The crossing of 1,500 men in the neighbourhood of City Point or anywhere else is utterly inexplicable in conjunction with the statement that the Confede rates have massed great bodies of men near the Appomatox and on the south side of the James. It is equally difficult to reconcile with the assertions that the Confederates are in immense force between Rio'mond and M'Clellan his reported recommit safes to the Malvern Hills and to the White o.tk Swamp Bridge, within ten miles of Richmond. The range of hills in question is in continuation of the high ridges at the other side of the James, on which Fort Darling is built, and the Confederates show some weakness or other designs if they permit it to be permanently cccupied. The enemy is also on both banks below him. He is connected with the outer world by a thread of gunboats, and if this is cut or destroyed he is lest also. Such is the resu l t of " boa constr i ctor stra tegy" and an a ff ec i at i on of high campaign i ng and military capacity which could not be brought to bear on bodies without mobility. So long as the lie reinforcements, Confederates hesitate t o a t tac k , the Federals are im not on i f y e ys a t f h e e , b rut eiv are k e iy t opro n their d p con dition,pe,s diversion on the north-west of Richmond may lead to material consequences if that officer's perform ances be at all equal to his promises. But, with out such conditions there is small hope of M'Clel lan's escaping with any large portion of his forces, unless the new rams are delusions and the Confe derate gunners above and below him are as bad shots now as they proved when they manned the batteries of the Potomac blockade. The James River at Harrisen's Point has a breadth of about three-quarters of a mile across. At City Point, higher up the river, it is more than one mile broad, and then nearer Richmond it contracts to half a mile. Here the Confederates occupy, it is said, both sides of the stream. Below Harrison's Point, where M'Clellan is posted, the river increases in breadth to 1-1- miles, with a channel varying in depth from 18 to 100 feet, gradually widening to Dancing Point and the mouth of the Chickahominy, 17 miles below Harrison's Point, and nearly 30 miles from Rich mond, where it forms a bay four miles across. Lower down it becomes narrower, and at James River Island, the last point of danger from Confederate guns, the Southern Channel, is only one mile wide. Harrison's Point is 22 miles from Richmond as the crow flies, and is about GO miles from Newport News and the cover of Fortress Monroe. The New I ork World, reviewing the suggestion, suggests despair ingly that it may be a good thing the army is menaced with destruction, in order " that it may be compelled to fight to save itself," and canvasses the chances of M'Clellan's escape with much diffidence and despondency. Should these gunboats indeed be driven down by the rams, and the batteries be permitted to work their will with the overcrowded transports, while an attack is made on the torte covering the embarcation, all the horrors of which we have heard bid fair to be eclipsed, but they may at the same time be finally terminated. The World trusts to Pope's diversion, and thinks that M'Clellan may cross the river in his transports covered by the flotilla, and proceed to take Fort Darling, with which Richmond itself would fall. It is assumed that M'Clellan has several weeks' sup plies even if the Confederates establish a transport blockade, and enough to hold his own till Pope is ready to act in concert with him in an attack on Richmond. If M'Clellan succeeded in getting away, nothing could save Pope's army from annihilation, as all the Confederate army would be set free to attack him, and it would be quite possible to seize Washington in that case before M'Clellan had even disembarked his army. It is singular, beyond ail explanation, to find, ac cording to Federal accounts, these facts admitted : —Firstly, that the great army of the Potomac, vastly outnumbered, is surrounded on all sides save one, and in danger of being destroyed, or forced to capitulate; secondly, that Buell, before Chatta nooga, is held motionless by a superior force of the enemy ; thirdly, that Morgan is held in check at Knoxville by a superior force of the enemy ; fourthly, that the Federal fleet does not think it prudent to take Vicksburg, because " the rebels outnumber any force we have in that neighbour hood to maintain possession of the place ;" fifthly, that General Hunter has had to retreat from Charleston because the Confederates were stronger than he was ; sixthly, that they have not been able to get nearer to Savannah, though they reduced Fort Pulaski long ago. The list might be indefi nitely extended. Burnside has for the present aban doned all active operations, and the Federal gene. rals elsewhere are content to fight Secession with proclamations and Cossack severities. Some papers find fault with the President, others with the Ad ministration, others with the generals, others with the policy. No one dare say that there is an utter absence of enterprise, military skill, and ability on the part of the officers of the army, or of the quali ties which render armies formidable in the field. If a battalion could be formed out of the extra bri gadiers of the United States' army, and e xposed to one of these murderous fires we read of, the service would be all the better for it, though some excel lent lawyers, able stump orators, adroit " wire pullers," and active contractors suffered severely. " A fugitive British subject" named Dolan , who passed up on his passport by the author i t ies f rom the South, where he had been employe d as a printer in several offices, instantly rushed off to a Phila delphia io n s e t w or s y pa w p e lereosffirocetthostteallll. what he . he could, and to Charles ton hthoerecfuitsey,cl military andthat several s sh rve b h : jeuentderfiedeesinogf fromwere obliged per sons calling themselves Briti South,htheesrrived there, waiting for were in the single city of N or f o lk when passports from the ac ting British Con sul. The most interesting part of his story r elates to the M err i mac No. 2, of b e e g d a r o s Worksbeing t smallero have wh i c h he avers he was on board on or about July the llth. She was taken on the 12th of July to is thh th er an pl t a h te e s eri p . u g t in e a n l , , and r ironed sides rising to a sharp peak almoht from the water, with a beak rising e des Tred cri 4ft. above the deck and projecting 6ft. or Bft. into the water. The plates are 10ft. long, an d only 10in.in width, puncheden tirely through, with holes for the bolts, and will overlap one another in position, the plating extends below the water-line, and her armament consists of three broadside, one bow, and one stern rifled gun, with steel-pointed balls, and she is manned by the crew of the old Merrimac. What she has been doing for the week since she first fluttered the Volscians at Corioli to the latest dates we kn ow no t, b u t, if she is not an utter failure, it is impossible to exag gerate the importance of the part she may play. — Times. THE VOLUNTEER OF HALF A CENTURY AG 0. Among my earliest rec o ll ec ti ons i s t h at o f t roo ps of little ra boys playing Pitt and being volunt eers . Th a t wa s when Mr. i a nd the country gentlemen were reported in the newspapers to be training their:volunteers in expectation of the land ing of the French. I n th e s t ree t s of towns troops of little boys were marchin g an d h a lting, and scarin g who called g horses with their drum and fif e , unde r some ga n e local lord. W e w himself Mr. Pitt, or King George, o r r the of three or four in a join them ; so we drilled in companiesthat we might do it with garden, and longed to go to d. school, t who saw these things from thewindows might not go outand 1 seems to me that boys physical energies then than since, more effect in the found more scope for th lt eir u rselves very small in comparison though we certainly felt by ourselves what they told us of their early feats our father, judging . of mine used to tell us about a schoolfellow playgroun —who led in such enterprises as we of his, — feats . An Horatio Nelson, —who Nelson helpedset s ona of boys out in the dared not attempt. - t o rob an orchard, in a verydaring way. we climbed night, . but it was not in the night ; and somehow we apple-trees tuncle fancied it was tame work in comparison. An aunt of mine us ed to tell us of her frolics in cou n t ry visits, when a whole villagea wa s filled with young People wh o came to one of the t balls of those days. Th e b a ll was all very well; b ut there was better fun wh en t h e girls jumped up behind the b o ys on any horse they cou ld catch, and rode the country ro und, with or with out hats and bonnets, astonishing the farmers, and mystif y i ng great the cottagers, and being lost some times for hou rs together. The practica l jokes involved feats of activity w hi ch we knew ourse l ves to be u n equal to; and wished We had been born a generation earlier.—Once a Irea. 711 E MANCHESTER COTTON COMPANY. The first annual meeting of the shareholders was held on Friday afternoon, in one of the committee-rooms of the Manchester Town-hall. The gentlemen present included Mr. H. Mason (Ashton), Mr. J. R. Kaye, Mr. W. Morris, and many other well •known cotton .spinners. Mr. J. Platt, the chairman of the company, presided. Mr. D. Chadwick, the secretary, read the report of the directors. The following is an abstract : The first business of the executive committee, after their appointment, was to communicate with the Secretary of State for India in reference to Mr. Haywood's proposed mission. This resulted in the Government agreeing to order the completion of the road at the Keggah Ghaut from Dharwar to the harbour of Sedashegur without delay; to afford to the Manchester Cotton Company the opportunity of purchasing land at the new port of Sedashegur for the erection of cotton gin factories, presshouses, offices, and stores ; and to send to the Governors of the Bombay and Madras presidencies, and also to the collectors, surveyors, and other Government offices in the districts through which Mr. Haywood might have to pass,instructions to afford him all the assistance and information in their power. The Cot ton Supply Association contributed £5OO, being about one fourth of the expenses of Mr. Haywood's mission. Mr. Hay wood arrived in Bombay in September. He was detained in India in consequence of the anxiety felt in regard to the transfer of North Canara from the Madras to the Bombay Government, without which no satisfactory progress could be expected in the making of the new road from Dharwar to Sedashegur. Mr. Haywood's official report, when ready,will contain valuable information upon the system of cotton cul ture, its purchase from ryots, and its present mode of clean ing and packing, and other details relative to roads, &c. Last month the chairman of the company received 11 bales of cotton grown from American seed in Dharwar, and for warded thence to Sedashegur. The present value in Liver pool of this Dharwar cotton is stated by brokers at 16d. to 17d. per lb., while under ordinary circumstances the average price has only been from sd. to 6d. Although the Govern ment of India promised that the new road over the Khyga Ghaut should be open for traffic last May, it was onlyopened to a width of 12 feet-6 feet scarped out of the side hills, the remainder being for the most part only loose earth thrown over to form the rest of the 12 feet road. The consequence has been that the rains of the monsoon have already com pletely destroyed the . road in many places, and rendered it impassable for traffic. Carts could not safely pass each other on the 12 feet road, even if in repair. It is the inten tion of the Government to commence opening this road to a width of 24 feet immediately after the monsoon. The work will occupy, probably, two years. A temporary but inferior cart track has been opened to connect the Arbyle Ghaut Road with Sedashegur. The Seringapatam was chartered for the company, and was despatched on the 10th of December with a full cargo of machinery, cotton presses, cotton gins, &d., together with a quantity of ploughs, sent by the Cotton Supply Association. The harbour of Sedas hegur has been proved to be quite equal to the expectations of the committee, formed from the reports of Lieutenant Taylor, R.N., and other Indian officers. Six experienced mechanics were sent out with the machinery—one of them died on the passage. The company's warehouses,workshops, and machinery are now being erected on a site of land (19 acres)selected by Mr. Haywood, at Allyghuddy, and front ing the harbour of Sedashegur. A second shipload of ma chinery, stores, &c.—about 600 tons—was sent out on the 28th of July, in the Harriet Humble. It is much to be re gretted that the object of Mr. Haywood'a mission to India has been to a large extent misunderstood and misrepre sented, and he has, therefore, had many difficulties to con tend with which were not foreseen. The committee have much pleasure in recording their high opinion of the manner in which he has discharged his trust. At Winnebah,on the West Coast of Africa, the committee have entered into a satisfactory arrangement with and have afforded assistance to Mr. A. C. Hutton, an active and energetic Englishman, who has purchased 300 acres of land from the King of Winnebah, the greater portion of which is under the culti vation of cotton. If it can be proved that cotton can be profitably grown by free labour in Africa, it is hoped that the success of this great experiment will induce the native chiefs to follow this example. Being desirous that some steps should be taken to introduce into the Berar districts the improved machinery for cleaning and packing cotton, arrangements have been entered into to supply Messrs. Robert Watson and Co., of Nagpore, with the new gins, bullock power machines, and a cotton press. It is ex pected that the railway between Nagpore and Bombay will shortly be completed, and this will afford largely increased facilities. The total receipts of the company up to July 31, 1862, are £41,990 7s. 7d. ; payments, £38,064105. 6d.; leaving a balance in hand of L 3,925 17s. ld. It is expected that in a few months the press houses at Sedashegur, with the machinery, will be completed. It is estimated that the machinery will clean about 1,400 bales of cotton per week. The six cotton presses will press one bale per minute. Up to the present time the company's ope rations have been necessarily preliminary; but the directors must look to and require from the Government of India that assistance which it is bound to render by means of the speedy construction of roads and other public works, which all commercial communities have a right to expect at the hands of a Government. The position of the company is now such as entitles it to the prompt and fullest support of the trade and the public in the present crisis. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, and congratulated the shareholders upon the cheering appear ance of their first annual meeting. When they first com menced operations they looked upon India in some mea sure as a maiden field. The sole object in sending out Mr. Haywood was to see how far the Government reports were correct, and also to gather information as to the best dis tricts in India for the operations of the company. It had been found that the districts of Dharwar and North Canara were those especially adapted for their operations. When the matter was first decided upon by the committee, North Canara was under the presidency of Madras, which was notorious for its dilatoriness in all mutters connected with trade. The company represented to Sir Charles Wood that it was advisable to transfer North Canara to the Bombay Government. A great delay followed. The district of North Canara contained Sedashegur, one of the best ports in India; and the moment it w as discover ed that the transfer of this harbour to Bombay was probable, a ll th e app li ances of red-tapism were put into requisition to prevent it. But, by Sir Charles Wood's perseverance, the transfer was effected. Since then progress has b een very rapid, the failure of h th a e rb B o o u m r ha ile d s fromo m f a r t o e a r diallyimpeded o perations, and it was to be n regretted ester that Cotton m c m on : the interior of Dharwar to the anicy Ic ations did no t receive grea t er Manchester acc o attention at the h a nds of the Gwoeveonied rnmenatl.l companies(Hear.) The d and associations, both p r ivate and public , They had no J o . t THE AMERICAN WAR. The influence of climate and education on the human race would be strikingly exemplified in the contrast between the Americans of August, 1862, and the British in 1792, or in the midst of their greatest struggle, if we could prove that the natives of the Northern States of the present day were the same stock as the British, or even were of the same race, undoubtedly British, and removed from the home people by only a couple of generations; who successfully carried to its end the rebellion of 1776, and in concert with the French defeated all the efforts which England could make, while engaged in European wars, to overcome their distant resist ance. It is difficult to say, indeed, what " Ameri can news" means or is—to determine what is " Stan ton," and what is truth ; but there can be no doubt concerning the depression of the publie, and the comparative moderation of tone, the enforced de cency, and the reasonableness, in fact, of the North ern, or more properly of the New York papers, compared with the style which they naturally in dulged in towards Great Britain in particular and the world in general before the recent disasters to their arms, now aggravated by the apparent absence of the means of redressing them. This is a whole some moral change, but it is, we fear, not perma nent; it is the result of apprehension, perhaps, lest ttihnets great slave Confederation shall succeed in get gproduce out of the grasp of what has been called the " Union," and that in dealing directly with European Powers it may be relieved from the necessity of contributing a large percentage of its imports to the manufacturers and capitalists of the North. One New York paper attributes what it is pleased to call " a change in British policy" towards the United States, as exemplified in the Lindsay debate, to " the influence of Queen Victoria—our only friend in the British Government," and, with an affectation of knowledge we do not care to cha racterise as it deserves, declares that Prince Albert, with " almost the last pulsiition of his heart, softened and amended the first despatches to Lord Lyons" on the Trent affair. Another New York journal, not more disposed to look kindly on Eng land or her policy, is forced to confess that "the British Government deserves the praise of having held to the obligations of neutrality under condi tions such as never before urged a people to their vio lation." But it also adds, " Lord Palmerston says the time has not come for mediation to be offered— the time will never come when British mediation can be accepted." Perhaps, however, as "the House of Commons and the British Government have created new claims to the respect of our people," their opinion may have its legitimate in fluence hereafter. " Never" is a long day, and the New York times admits that "no sympathy with our cause can be expected to stand for ever such trials as the conduct of the war has exposed the English people to." Those who once menaced us with war, if we ven tured to exercise the right of a non-belligerent in recognising a State engaged in hostility with another as belligerent, are now very grateful be cause Lord Palmerston resists a proposal to do what England was almost dared to do ever since the con test began. In fact, the North has at least awoke to the knock at the door. She hears at last the question, " Can we save the Union ?" where once nothing was audible but the cry, "We will put this thing through in 30 days, and then whip the rest of the world." The answer given to the question by the North will determine the result, and the most curious problem solved for many a year, and not without significance for us, will be whether the forced action of the Militia will be more effective than the voluntary assistance of the earlier levies, and whether the Militia force itself is not consider ably affected in its materiel and constitution by the volunteer enrolments which preceded. The applica tion of the Militia laws will certainly overcome the repugnance which is stated to exist in a large part of the people to a life on " crackers and salt pork," in fever swamps and inactivity. It is to be noted that i food and rations which would be considered luxu rious by a Russian, excellent by a French, and quite good enough by an English soldier, are regarded almost with loathing by an American Volunteer. A correspondent of the New York World, with the Federal army retiring from Charleston, who lets as know, by the by, that Hunter's force was leaving the North Edasto River on July 19, attributes a good deal of the backwardness in recruiting to complaints about the diet, and insinuates that regiments " have been left for days on half rations." Then he says, " You know what tremendous letter writers our soldiers are. Such cases of privation are reported home and talked of all over the neighbourhood." But such cases are not :the worst, " a regiment is crowded for six weeks into a small steamer till the men swarm with vermin." Another "is sent off without tents, knapsacks, or equipage, and spends a week now scorched by sun, now steeped in mala rious:dew, sleeping on the soaked earth without kettles to cook their food," or another regiment " is ordered to march ; all its equipage is sent on board, and is carried cff. Then it is found out there is not transportation for the men, and they lie on the beach, day after day, unsheltered, comfortless, and miserable!' The effect of these fall and faithful records at home is described as "tremendous." But " a la guerre comme a la guerre! Messieurs!' This bad food leads to "intemperance and the squander ing of money upon lollypops." Then, again, the clothing is wretched—a pair of pantaloons lasts only _ three weeks ; men have been obliged to spend 14 or 16 dollars in two months on their cl othes, and di the ration, which is nominally won— -300. a-day, ought not to cost more than 160 - to 18c. While reading of these complaints and the am ount o f the a ro:n vetne h defua N till o ne r gn t h , t e wo r e n t h e s ruess,lpoeot suspect, cannot help rendering th e . of the Federals to endure effects produced by them gr eatest praise to th e people of the South, wh o and wno nevertheless swarm around their standard with unflagging e , "crackers would probably content themconst ancy. very we ll with th eir por k, and they c lothes at any price, nor can it be ex- Northe t r o n get indeed ex pected t h e ir interior economy is much m ore pe r fect in an y respect than that of the Northern But would be gla d indeed gd a army. it is imperative, we are assured by the New york Times, to send 100,000 men at bast to re inforce M'Clellan, because the Confederates in his neighbourhood can now be little short of 250,000 men. The troops which were protecting Charles ton and Sava nna h are now free to reinforce the army at Richmond. ~ If M'Clellan is not reinforced he must withdraw his army"—if he can —"" and take up a new and more feasib:e line of approach" to the Confederate capital, though where that is to be found does not readily appear. This journal, indeed, admits that M'Clellan's position most certainly looks unfortunate, if not precarious," and does not affect to disbelieve what appears almost incredible —namely that the Confederates have sent a force round M'Clellan's right rear, and have a position below th e Chi ca h osn i n y on the left of the James Ri ver , a s t ep w hi c h taken h a up ek argues no small share of confidence in their owe 1 strength and the weakness and want of enterprise f the enem y. Above M'Clellan both sides of t he o river are studded with i mpregna bl e b a tteries; Another journal insists on it that the Confederates h a ve 300,000 me n un d er arms i n Vi r gin's' and yetthat they can make Richmond quite secure, an d move2oo,ooo men as they please ag ainst Pope , THE IRON RAM ARKANSAS. The correspondent of the /1 1 ew York Tribune who described the defeat of the Federal flotilla off Vicksburg on July 15 by the Arkansas has given an account of the unsuccessful attempt of the Federal officers to destroy this formidable vessel of the Confederates. The correspondent says : " So patent had been the demoralising effect of the late achievement of the Arkansas, and so greatly has fear dif fused itself as day by day went by without her capture or destruction, that Lieut.-Col. Ellet deemed it necessary to call Commodore Davis's attention to the matter, and renew the proposition—the execution of which was attended with so much hazard —made to him immediately after the rebel vessel reached Vicksburg. " This proposal was to attack the Arkansas at her moor ings, off the town, and endeavour to sink her by running her down. For this purpose the following plan of opera tions was formed—Three of the vessels of Commodore Davis, the Benton, the Cincinnati, and the Louisville, were to stream, andto give raptphlee Queenh er as she an passed, en gage the u p per rebel batteries, the Bragg to li e b e hi n d t h e bend in re a di ness to butt the Arkansas in the event o f h er appearance above, a n d th e E ssex t o run d own in advance of the Queen ram her. Farragut meanwhile engaged the lower batteries. After the Queen had s t ruck the enemy she was to come up excellent draw ra opportunity her out into the to or go down the river, as was most advantageous, the Ben ton protecting her reti eat in the former and the Essex in the latter case ; the Sumter to rum the hostile gunboat if the Queen failed to perform her task. This arrangement was good, and entirely satisfactory to all parties, and promised to be faithfully carried out. The three gunboats opened fire; the Bragg took her position, and the Essex led off in fine style, the Queen following at a high rate of speed, and under very favourable auspice.. As th© ram passed the flag °Li r aviloauuore Davis waived his hand to Cul. EnAt. .1- a - ing near the pilot-house, and cried out, Good luck, good luck l' The Colonel misunderstood the words, supposing the Commodore said ' Go back, go back 1' and therefore turned the Queen about and steamed towards the Benton, when he heard Go on, go onl' Without comprehending this appa rent inconsistency, and believing the first duty of a soldier is to obey, the Colonel steamed down under the batteries, and arriving at the first water battery near the Marine Hos pital, where the hostile gunboat was lying, he discovered the Essex had gone on, and was then in advance one-half or three-quarters of a mile. "The Queen was now exposed not only to the batteries of the enemy, but to those of the gunboat, which lay with her stern into shore and her bow up stream, apparently expect ing and prepared for an attack. All this while, so far from the gunboats drawing the hostile fire, and standing between the Queen and harm, she was receiving most damaging at tention from all sides. Shot and shell were raining around her, and she had been struck a number of times in very de licate localities. Col. Ellet saw his was a desperate chance ; that he had staked his life upon a cast, and that he had probably lost, that those on whom he had depended had failed, and he could now depend only on himself and fate. " To attempt to strike the Arkansas with his wooden boat while a score of tho heaviest guns were pouring their fire upon him seemed certain destruction. There appeared no chance for escape above, and none below. He was hemmed in on every side. A wall of fire on both sides. And still he saw and heard nothing of Farragut, who was to occupy the lower batteries, while the ram relieved herself from her hazardous strait. " Col. Ellet now determined, come what might, to strike the Arkansas—willing, if he could but sink her, to lose his existence. The Arkansas position was unfavourable. He would have to take a roundabout course, before he could reach her, and strike her going against the current; thus decreasing the rate of his speed, and diminishing the accuracy of his aim. But even these adverse cir cumstances did not deter him, nor the fact that heavy shot were every moment piercing his vessel, going through and through her, as if she were made of paper. The colonel determined to take the odds, sink or not, and he took them ; he went against the Arkansas partially up stream, designing to butt her forward of her side guns, her weakest place—but the eddies in the river altered his course somewhat, and he struck her aft of the aft side gun, and, unfortunately, a glancing though violent blow, that made both the traitorous and the loyal craft tremble. The Arkansas seemed to shrink and yield before the blow, and for a moment it was thought her side would give way ; but she recoiled, and the ram flew back from her, and, in moving toward her again, ran into the bank. The Queen reversed engines, and, as she went sternward into the stream, her head veered up the river, and it was then evident her sole opportunity was above. " Nothing more oould bo dono, and Col. Ellet resolved, if possible, save his men, though that, under the circum stances, was the most forlorn of forlorn hopes. No friendly gunboat or Union vessel was near. Three or four of the hostile battorieo were playing upon the devoted and seem ingly doomed Queen, which must run by the great death belching guns before she could be regarded as in any way secure. She had already been struck by more than 20 shots. Her chimney. stacks were perforated with balls ; one of her steam pipes had been shot away ; in various places large holes had been bored through the sides and bow of the dauntless vessel, and yet no one was hurt, though many of the escapes had been almost miraculous. The Arkansas had given her broadside just as she was passing, and it was feared she would soon be water-logged. She therefore moved up the river, the Confederate batteries increasing their fire, as she did so. Heavy shot and shell fell before, behind, and around her, and every few seconds one would go tearing through her deck or cabin. As she passed one of the upper batteries a 34-pounder shot struck her in the rear, went through every one of her larboard state rooms, in which no person happened to be at the time, into the cap tain's office, penetrating the iron safe, and passing out, shattered the wooden carriage of one of the mounted brass pieces on the boiler deck, dismounting the gun, This shot, which was afterwards picked up, was a peculiar one. It was composed of.pewter mostly, with a mixture of lead and zinc, and weighs, probably, as much as 501 b. It is probably moulded out of tha heterogeneous materials which the citi zens—the wives, mothers, and daughters of the Confede racy—have from time to time been urged by the rebel leaders to contribute to the glorious cause. " The Queen ran by the hostile batteries through a ter rible fire, and made her appearance above the bend riddled with shot, but not a man on board seriously injured. She was received with acclamations by the crews of the fleet, who had as little hope of seeing her return as Col. Ellet himself had of returning. His escape was what the orthodox call miraculous, and the philosophic fortu nate. The same experiment could not be tried with the same result once in ten thousand times, though her almost entire freedom from casualty is partially due to the precau tion of Colonel Ellet in taking as tew persons as possible, knowing that the probability of injury wouid be propor tioned to the number of his crew. "On comming out of the action the Queen presented a most dismantled and forlorn appearance, and is as nearly shot to pieces, for any vessel that will float, as can well be imagined. The many who have visited her since her ter rible experience are with difficulty persuaded that not one of her crew was killed or dangerously -wounded. She has the semblance of a complete wreck, and it will be necessary to send her north at once for repairs, although some think her injury too great for remedy—that she is not worth the mending. " After Colonel Ellet's return it may be supposed he felt as if he had been, to say the least, unfairly treated by the two commodores, who had in no wise fulfilled their portion of the covenant, while he had done a great deal more than his. The cslonel chiefly regrets the contretemps because he is firmly of the opinion that if Farragut and Davis had performed what they agreed he would have been successful in capturing or destroying the Arkansas, and he expressed himself not only willing but anxious to repeat the attempt whenever they will assure him they will achieve their por tion of the task. " Commodore Davis crying out Good luck' to Colonel Ellet, was very unfortunate, for it threw the ram behind, and gave the Essex leisure to get too far ahead. Had the Queen and Essex been nearer together, it is quite possible they might have achieved a favourable result. " Commodore Davis informs Colonel Ellet that after the Queen had passed down his position was very much ex posed, and ho ordered the Cincinnati and Louisville up the river, following them with the flag ship, forgetting, until they they had ascended the stream some distance, his Prwx!lse to cover the Queen's retreat. The Commodore immediate ly ordered a downward movement again, b u t his boats are so slow that before he could recover the gT°Un d he had lost the Queen was out of danger and save d, but without any cause of gratitude to the distinguishe d commanders of the The Essex lost one man s not killed, and three wounde d, all sailors. combined fleets. but a i jured, and he has no loss of me n to re p ort. The Cincinnati received some 20 shots ; but is also little damaged. The Louisville entirely escape d • tg Th e Arkansas was very little hurt, it is s u p posed, by v in " The Benton was struck sever al times, the butting of the Queen of the West, as she h a d up steam, and was moving about an hour agsi in the ri ver . D ou b t l ess she needs repairs f or the injuries inflicted on her on the 15th inst., and is not by any means her fo rmer se lf , thoug h, I appre h e nd, she could still do us a great deal of damage if she were bold enough to attack our fleet. The best evidence as I have said before, that she is or was badly damaged, lies in the fact that she has not made a second attempt to engage our flotilla. Had she passed unscathed through the gauntlet she had selected for her self, she would most assuredly have had sufficient confidence to attempt the renewal of her first brilliant performance. 041 1