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HOTELS, &c. C H A P L I N'S HOTEL. 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, 3s. per Day. Bed Rooms, is. 6d. and zs. per Night. A Night Porter in attendance. No INCREASE OF CHARGES. INDIA AND THE COLONIES. pASSENGERS Embarking or Disembarking will find superior accommodation and moderate charger 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 THIS DAY, the 22d inst., will consist of POTAGES. A l'Anglais—A la Julienne. POISSON. Rougets sauce aux Capres—Merlans frits. ENTREES. Escalopes de Veau a l'Ecosaise—Petits Pates de Homard. Bceuf bouilli—Hanche de Mouton rota. ENTREMETS. Fowling de Biscuit—Beigneta a la Victoria. Frc mag,e et Sal de. TO - MORROW, the 23d inst., "THE LONDON DINNER" Will consist of POTAGES. Queue de Bceuf—A la Jardiniere. POISSON. Morue sauce aux Huitres—Soles fetes. ENTREES. Salmi de Perdrix—Cotelettes de Mouton sauce Tomate. ROTS. Bceuf —llanche de Venaison. ENTREMETS. Blanc-mange -Tourte de Pomme. Fromage et Salade. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, IiENIs IT , ITOSELLE, and other WINES imrorted ex pressly for THE LONDON DINNER. A fine Haunch of Venison every day at 5 o'clock. Turti Soup and all Fish in season daily. The attention of Clereymen, Officers, and Professional Gentlemen is especially drawn to the advantages offered by these elegart Saloons, which fulfil all the requirements of a West-end Club of the most aristocratic and exclusive cha 'acter, L'on trorve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement les m ei;2 curs Journ AUX Angl ale, mats aussi JotnmauxAllemands, Francais et Beiges. N.B.—Durin g 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 untillo o'clock. Open on Sundays at 4 o'clock. SAWYER, Proprietor. AMUSEMENTS. ANTE_RBURY HALL, STECKEL, The greatest Trapeze perforiner In the world. Grand Operatic Selection as usual, with toll Band and Chorus. Principal Artiste—Miss Russell. Unsworth, with the original Stump speech, " Or any other man," in conjunction with Eugene and Duley, forming the greatest Comic Trio in London; and a host of other Comic avourites. THE 0 X F ORD, 6, OXFORD STREET. Every Evening, Grand Operatic Select'ons by Miss Russell, Miss Towneley ; Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert, with Full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. solos, Glees, Four-part Songs, &c., by the Company. The Cr mic performances of Miss Caroline Parkes, Mr. W. Randall, the renowned Rumsey and Newcomb 31instrels, and liugene, and Unsworth (the original "or any other man"). " The miraculous Steckel " on the Flying Trapeze. &1.; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes. 10s. 6d. The Opera of ALCESTE, by GLucx, is in preparation, and will shortly be produced. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "AT HOME." at HER MAJESTY'S CONCERT ROOM, Haymarket. THIS EVENING (MONDAY). at 5, in an entirely New and Original Entertainment, written by Henry J. Byron, Esq. PART L "MY WIFE AND L" PART 11. A Romance of intense Interest, 3 , clept THE "SENSA TION" FORK ; or, The Ma'den, the IVlaniac, and the Mid eight Yurderers. Performed by a double Company (Two). EVE R Y EVENING (except Saturday), at Eight ; SATUR DAI MOITh'INGS at Three. Places may b e secured at the Pox-office, fn . = Ten till Five ; at Mr. Mitchell's Royai Library, :IS, Old Pond-street; at Austin's Ticket Office, St. James's Hall, and of all Booksellers. No extra charge for booking. Open at 170-past Seven. Carriages at a quarter to Ten. W. CORBYN, Acting Manager. S. WOODIN'S CABINET of CURIO • SITIES—NewIy Polished and Re-Iined—POLY GRAPHIC HALL, King William-street, Charing-cross, Every Evening, at eight (except Saturday), with new characters, music, songs, and dances. The scenic Ilustrations and effects, entirely new, painted by and under the direction of Mr. William Callcott. Morning Performance, Saturday, sept. 27, at 3. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 25.; amphitheatre, le. Box-office open from eleven to five. Mr. Woodin ae Mr: Sothern, of tho Haymarket_ i in hie celebrated character of "Lord Dundreary ," Morn ng and Evening. EXHIBITION OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE. This beautiful Work of Art, representing the GOLDEN EAGLE with outspread wings, displays upwards of 10100 coloured feathers, each feather being separate and formed of Malleable copper. Mr. Phillips, of Skinner-street. Snow bill, was occupied six years in the execution. It will be EXHIBITED to the Public on WEDNESDAY NY/CT, the f.'.4th inst., at 191, PICrADILLY, and continue open daily Admission, ls. ; and on Fridays 2s. 6d. "With bead pro truding and open beak, he absolutely seems to scream warn ing and defiance. Is instinct with life and has the appear ance of a real bird electrotyped by some miracle."—Times. "Its plumage is the fac-simile of the living bird, down to the finest quill and the most exquisitely delicate feathering."— Court Journal. A RGNML ROOMS. Great Windmill-street, Haynyerket.—GßAND CASINO FRANCAISE.— Open every Evoning Tor Pro mena d e an d D ancing, with the relehrated 'Band oi * SO performers. Conductor an d P r i nc ip a l Cornet-a-Piston, 31 - . fflotiLrounT.—The new Imperial Qua- Vslse Cotillion, and L. Mosca's Peep o'DayValse will te played nightly. A new Conversation Salon has been added to the above Cffee, and Refreshments.— Vsfablishment for Readfne*, Admission Is.—Manager, Df. GrenZ4. OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. TATS EVENING, Bellinrs Opera, SONNAMBULA : Miss Sara Dobson, Mrs. Ay ns ley Cook' e, Miss Thirlwall ; Messrs. Santlcy, John Rouse, C. Lyall, and G. Perren. Conductor—Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past 7—Commence at S. THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY.LANE. Dion . Lessee. TIM EVENING, THE Poucicault ROUGH DIAMOND. Atter which, at R o'clock, the new Scottish Drama, THE RELIEF Oil' LITC,RNOW: Ms. Dion lloucicault, Madame Celeste, ,rordan ; Messrs. Dion Boucicault, Ryder, Atkins, C. Vanden Koff, Swinbourne, Mellon. T To conelulle with THE ARABS OF THE DESERT: a Troupe of the Beni-Zong-Zoug, at 10. Commence at 7—terminate at 11. • THEATRE-RONA). HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J, B. Bucketone. THIS EVENING, a Household Picture, und er T wo Li g h ts, entitled THE WIFE'S PORTRAIT , Mr. Howe, Mr. W. Farren, Mrs. C. Yount*, &c. After which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (214th time) CUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Spanish Ballet entitled CELOS I"CA LIA ; or, Love and Jealousy. Senora Perea Nene, Se nor Riesreln Morazas. grid the ('errs de Ballet To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. T essee, Mr A. Parris. 'THIS EVENING, THE LOST LETTER. After which, at a quarter to Eight, KING HENRY VITT. Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Charles Kean ; Queen Katharine, Mrs. Charles Roan. To cenclude with THE TWO POLTS. Mr. Widdicomb. Commence at 7. No half-price. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manazer. —Mr. Edmund Falconer. 2 87th Nieht of the r . entinuons run of "Peep o'Day." 111 S 1 VENING, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Veßsrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville. ,nd on Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers. Miss Clara Weston, and Miss M. Hudson. After which, a new musical pi c t or i al, poetical, mterludo entitled B N'EY. Mi ss Anna Whitty and Miss Lydia Th om sonILLAR and ballet Followed by 'Lydi DAWNa T SET homp on TLD AT LAST. Mr. Charles Selby and Miss -office open daily pTiecg Re ctioz l. m anaZer—Mr. F. B. Ch a tt erton. ilo; A "UR DOOTR open at half-past from 1 1 tills. 6, to commence at `c c on , meoce a 7 \TF , . w TIT FATI/ p_Rn --------------- - VAL, ADFLP j , 1 901 P Proprintor Rnd Nrnoncror, Arr. Tt. Web's Hl. rms EVENING, THE FLowE its OF THE IT' O r. E T Howard ; Miss Proolgar, Miss Kate 11Tessrs. J. L. Toole. P. Bedford, Rillinz,ton, Stuart,PtC__,SJ: tstnith, "Romer, Beeves, Reny, and Mrs. Billint,rton. After which, oNE TOUCH OF NAT URE. Mr, Ben .) • . Webster, Mr. Pillim - ,ton. Mis H. Simms, & m. To conclude with TILE SHIT LING Diky A T THE CrtIEAT EXHIBITION. Me.Fars •.1• L • Toole. P. Redford, It Phillips, Sefton, C. J. Smith , Romer ; Bu s , R. Bland and Mrs. H. Lewis. • - Commence at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE._ Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. Revival of "Mazeppa." TRIG TrvENrrier will be performed MAZEPPA ; or, The Eud rtifons. orse of Tartary, with New Scenery , D resses, and eoora Tc be followed by I brilliant routine of novel and daring ~cenea in the Circle, in which Madame Hislop and Young 4-Tyerenx Will appear. fj . ?_ co.: elude with a COMIC BALLET, in which Miss Annie ""unirk . alld Harry Croueste will appear. Comment at 7.—,Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle. ABOON TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.- Dr. SMITH has just published a FREE EDITION 20,000 copies of his valuable work, THE PRIVATE MEDI CAL FRIEND (116 pages), on the Self-cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, dm. resulting from the secret sins of. youth. Copies may be had free by sending a stamped directed envelope to the,Author's residence, 8, Burton-crescent, London, W.C. Consultation by Letter without Fee. Dr. SMITH will, for the BENEFIT of persons suffering from NERVOUS DEBILITY, ,tc., on receiving a description of their case (enclosing a stamped directed envelope for re ply), send his written opinion, with advice and directions for the moat successful treatment and cum —Address, Dr. Smith, 8, Burton-crescent, London, W.C. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre ,ared without any mercurial ingredient, front the recipe of Dr. 'cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, Qpasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual ^ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera 'ion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 90. Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by most druggists, in boxes. le. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. TOZEAU'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 bas 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. lid.; post free, ss. 2d.— At G. 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Rioord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at VP., or four quantities in one forl3s., and wilf be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-oftice order payable to Pront and ( 0., Patent Medicine Warehouse. 229, Strand London. THE CAUSES of PREMATURE DECAY. — Authors of eminence have ascribed the decline of the Roman empire, not so much to barbarian aggression as to the effeminacy - of manners, which precluded resistance; and this effeminacy they trace chiefly to vicious habits, by which, in our own time, an influential journalist has endeavoured to account for the decline of population in the Asiatic provinces of Turkey. The peculiar source of physical and moral degeneracy al luded to has at all times been specially deprecated by philo sophers and philanthropists. It besets inexperienced youth, laying the foundation of future misery, poisoninc , the nuptial cup with bitter malignity, or rendering the matrimonial con tract impossible; destroying health, curtailing life, and making it, during its brief career, a scene of anguish, from the consciousness of humiliating infirmity, The evil is but too rife in our age and country ; and expe rience can often discern the sad results in the early deaths, the hereditary, and perpetuated ailments, and the matri monial discords and s^andals, e dscribed, In convential par lance, as " unaccountable " and "mysterious." In eases of threatened or excitent injury , to or suspension of faculties whose soundness and vigour form such a prominent consti tuent in human happiness, sufferers may have their fears re moved, the mischief, however severe and inveterate, eradi cated, and their warmest hopes of restoration to life's pr gatives fully realised. Dr. T.A'MERT, M.D., has been engaged for 20 ears in the treatment of these disorders , and his treßti,e on "Self-Pre servation" describes how all the attributes of Manhood are lost or suspended, and how they can be restored and main tained in health and vigour to an advanced period of life. Price s., post free in a sealed envel o p e 20 stamps, by Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or from the Author, at his residence, 37. BEDFORD-SQUARE. London. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD: MEDTCAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRTICE NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. :Ist Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, In a sealed envelope, price la., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, forl 2 stamps, * ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MA TURF DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions `or Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour_ By Dr. J. L. 'lnane, 15, .d.lberrnarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological itructure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER IT.—Causes of Spermatorrlices and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulge-noes; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications Marria,ge ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of 3onorrheea and Syphilis. The Book onoludes with numerous varied and interesting ases,,to which is added the Author'S recipe of a preventive Lotion. " REVIEWS OF THE WORK. Curtis on Man "--" hood.—This is a truly valuable work, and ld literati 1856. should be in the hands of young and old Sunday Times, he author has conferred a great boon by publishing 0 ttle work, in which is deasribed the source of those diseases whim pTduee decline in youth or more frequently premature o? d age.' —"Daily Telegraph," Marc„ V. 1856 . f ...feadon : Published by J. a l, —...en, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row: 11 nn. i sg . combili. i n tin 4 LEGIVII of COUSAltotion 77 lo to i an d ot o */ AumdaYlh .- - this - - N°. 21,912 PUBLICATIONS -.... Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., J O H N A ND I: A NOVEL As knightly swords of polished grain Are proven perfect when they bend— True hearts may swerve, but in the end Will right themselves and win again. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough -street. TENDER FOR CLOTHING. Royal Hospital, Chelsea, Sept. 18, 1862. rPHE RIGHT HONOURABLE the LORDS and OTHERS, COMMISSIONERS of this HOSPITAL, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that they are ready to re ceive Tenders and to treat with such persons as may be will ing to CONTRACT for CLOTHING- the INVALID SOL DIERS, &c., belonging to the Hospital for Two Years, viz.: WHOLE MOUNTING for 1863. HALF DITTO for 18e4. Those persons, therefore, who may be disposed to treat for the same are desired to apply at the Secretary's Office, any day between the hours of Eleven and Three o'clock, for fur ther particulars, where Patterns may be seen and Forms of Tenders obtained, the latter of which must be filled up and delivered, sealed, at the Board-room of the said Hospital by the party or parties tendering, or by an agent appointed on his or their behalf, on TUESDAY, the 14th day of October next, at 12 o'clock, at which time the Commissioners will be be prepared to receive and take the same into consideration. 'A. J. MOORHEAD, Secretary and Registrar. OSTE() EIDON : What is it? See Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. 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.DPA (fists, 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. TEETH. -By MR. 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Sunday, 11 till 1 o'clock. 7 - ) 7 )/ C)4 / - / F , t e 4.2 :0/144‘° . * : , l 7 .6:.xiio l : l : ,s,ovi T; ; 01111:::: ;; ; ; • . • 411'; . • 4 , 7'i t ) -te . ; • , !I; B : • • .-, • ev r ••• , - , • 4 41 111 0 , • AMR.IIIO / A. - -49 1 k 111 111W. .„4 7N , - 4c s" b? ';' ' l3 -talk e b - .rE , . 1 AA. 1., i 4 15 . 1 / 4 f 4 " STAMPED ....sd. reaction may take place, and that APClellan, with the troops at his command—veterans who have con fidence in him, if in none else—may meet the-Con federates on the soil of Maryland and defeat them. But if this is to he done, it must be done quickly. The moments are precious, and thousands of people who have - a' blind but passionate faith in the Union—who lob); upon that and that alone as the thing worth fighting for, who care nothing about slavery, and little about principles of Government, would hail the presence of Mr. Jefferson Davis as a conqueror at Washington, if lie would assume the Presidency of the whole Union with an amended constitution, based upon that of the Montgomery Convention, and so reunite South and North on a pro-slavery basis. Boston in such a contingency, would, perhaps, re-enact the part of Charleston ; and Massachusetts would become the South Carolina of a new Secession ; but a large and growing party in New York and the Middle States would rejoice at such a solution of the difficulty, and at the oppor tunity of turning against the Abolitionists and against the New England States the arguments which these have employed against the South, and of forcing them back into the Union with fire, sword, proscription, and extermination, such as they themselves have recommended in Louisiana and the Carolinas. Although the perilous position of Washington, the possession of the State capitals of Maryland and Kentucky by the Confederate armies, the danger that menaces both Cincinnati and Louisville, and the possibility that an attack on General Butler at New Orleans has led to the recapture or the de struction of that city, are events or surmises of such stupendous importance as to throw all minor mat ters into the shade, yet many of these are of a character to claim the earnest attention both of Americans and Europeans. In the revolutions of most countries it has been found that the tyranny of Governments increases in proportion to the danger of the State. This has also been the case here. Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Stanton, unable to touch the "treason" of the Southern leaders, have displayed what energy they possessed in acts of oppression against very small traitors, only occasionally ven turing to arrest an antagonist of note—such as General Stone, who was kept in captivity for a twelvemonth, without any specific allegation against his loyalty or his honour, and then discharged with out trial ; or Mr. Pierre Soule, of New Orleans, who is still a close prisoner in Fort Lafayette, for real or supposed offences, of the nature of which he has never been informed. But in consequence of indi cations—neither few nor faint—arriving at Wash ington from all points of the compass within the last fortnight that the frantic desire of the Northern people to subdue the South, and hold it on the prin ciple that England holds Gibraltar and Malta, had not entirely driven out of their minds the love of their own liberty, the Government seems to have made a pause in its career of illegality. The arbi trary arrests so constantly made were not suffered to pass without remonstrance. Mr. Ingersoll, who was arrested the other day in Philadelphia, and who would undoubtedly have been consigned to Fort M'Henry or Fort Lafayette, to pine for months if not until the conclusion of the war, without trial, has been suddenly released, because it came to the knowledge of Mr. Lincoln that the people of Phila delphia, irrespective of party, were indignant at the outrage on the liberty of free discussion which had been committed in his case, and were organising a mass meeting to protest against it. The 10 insur ance brokers arrested in this city have in like man ner been discharged, after a week's detention in Fort Lafayette —not because the Government was unwilling to keep them in durance, but because the arrest was too much for the patience of the people or the subservience of the press to tolerate. Go vernor Olden, of New Jersey, remains firm in his determination to maintain the laws of that State, invaded by the illegal detention of Colonel Wall ; and the civil authorities of Vermont are in open con flict with the Provost-Marshal and the Secretary of War. This last case is perhaps the most important of the many that have occurred. It shows that even in New England, which has done so much to support the Government, and which has sent so many thousands of unreasoning patriots to perish in pes tilential swamps and useless battle-fields, there is a determination to resist the encroachment of arbi trary power, and to make a straggle for the liberties of the Republic. Three persons, named Lyman, Barney, and Field, were, it appears, arrested by the Provost-Marshal a month ago, at a place called Jericho, near Burlington, in Vermont, on a charge of disloyalty, and committed to prison. Applica tion was made on behalf of Mr, Field to Judge Smalley, who thereupon issued a writ of habeas corpus to the Provost-Marshal, returnable on the 28th of August. That functionary, not knowing what course to adopt, telegraphed to Washington for instructions, and received a reply from the Judge-Advocate, by order of the Secretary of War, to the effect that he should pay no attention to the habeas corpus for the liberation of Lyman, Barnes, and Field, and that if any attempt were made to rescue them he should resist to the utmost, and transmit to the Secretary at War the names of all concerned. The Marshal thought it expedient to appear, though without his prisoners. He was accompanied by his counsel, and pleaded the orders of the Secretary of War in justification of his ree cusancy. The Judge held that the Secretary of War had no power to suspend the execution of the writ, and that it was a grave question whether the President himself could exercise it without the posi tive sanction of Congress. Declining to enter upon the question at that time, he directed the Marshal to produce the men within four hours, adding that if he refused the Court would issue a further order requiring him and the Sheriff to show cause, at the next term of the Circuit Court on the 3d October, why an attachment should not be issued against them for contempt. The Marshal failed to produce his prisoners, and, unless the Government shall in the meantime be wise enough to back out of the conflict, the case will enter into its second stage at the date appointed. Most likely the Government will give way. It stri ves t o str i ke terror, but, no t having the courage to persevere in a course that it knows to be illegal, it always breaks down before the decisive moment without having inspired any other feeling than anger and contempt. It would seem from a War Gaz e tt e pu bli s h e d yesterday morning that Mr. Stanton is alarmed; though not a moment too proceedings.siving that it may fare ill with him ; of soon, at the violence of his in thi s an d other cases, and filet he has a misgiving w hen outoffice, however broad may be the aegis of the President, do of the Constitution he . the pbaythsehe Judge-Advocate states not return to enrolment of t he militia, and document signed the of Volunteers h truthfully that u n t r uthfully, that t he q uota the necessity avin having b een co mpleted in t he s everal States, " for strin gen t e nforcement of the orders of the War Department in respect to vol unteering and draug g no hts l on ger exists," and th at for the future i a ait "ar rests for violation of these orders and for disloyal pra ctices are only to be made upon express warant /Vac of the Judge-Advocate, or by direction of the mili tary commander or Governor of the State in which such arrests may take 1 P ace-" Had this order been issued a month ago Messrs, Barnes, Lyman, and Field might have escaped captivity. Under the circumstances of Mr. Stanton's repentance it is not easy to see how they can be detained. This morning it is further announced that the Judge-Advocate has received instructions to visit Fort Lafayette, examine the prisoners, and discharge such of them as he pleases. Time will show whether some of them will not be able to call Mr. Stanton to account be fore the legally established tribunals of the country for the wrong they have suffered, immediately fell, and paper twinned former vahue.; owing, however, to the 1)141p:A discussion in C:.ngthess as to ihe vque3tion of the capital and • the' f;rorts. made by a party whose actions are in direct hostility to the interest of busi ness, the money market, has been subject to con siderable. fluctuations. From the interior of the provinces there.nre large rewitlanees of specie and produce. Nearly all our importers are holders of Federal eh igations, which have been hypothecated to them as security for the goods they sold to the provincial trade; these documents, as evidences of debt by a are now b e i ng recognised by dtheeruirtircet government, present, and ina few days it is expected the in terest and . 21 per cent. of the principal will be paid. The honest, straightforward manner in which the present government has met not only its own lia bilities, but also those of Parana, has gained for it the countenance and support of all influential foreigners ; and the petition signed by our city mer chants in favour of Senor Riestra's financial scheme is unprecedented in the history of the Argentine Republic. • Some slight disturbances have occurred in Cata marca. The province of Santiago interfered im properly, and as dangerous complications might ensue the President elect has dispatched General Roja to arrange pending difficulties. There has been a revolt in Coorientes, but it is not against the nation, merely a conspiracy of the actual party in power to substitute another go • vernor in place of Pampin. Gen. Mitre has, how ever, thought it necessary to inculcate order by sending the Minister of War with troops to the scene of action. General Urquiza has also pro mised aid in suppressing the mutiny. Oar produce market, which had been consider ably depressed by the unfavourable news from Europe, has shown greater animation this fort night than for some time past. Currency has experienced no sensible fluctuation since last mail. The price to-day is 421. Present rates of exchange are—Bolivian silver, 21- 3 ; per oz ; England, 654 to 65 ; France, 82 814 811 ; .Antwerp, 811 to 811; Hamburgh, no transactions ; Genoa, 811; Spain, 3 per cent. prem. ; United States, -. 1 , per cent. die. RIO DE 'JANEIRO, AUGUST 25. There has been but a limited supply of provi sions imported. Exchange on London opened - on the 12th at 26 to 261 ; after arrival of this steamer (Estremadure) prices remain firm at 26 to 261, closing at these quotations ; France, 356 re. to 364 rs. ; Ilamburgh, 680 rs. BAHIA, AUGUST 28. Sugar has been in fair demand; prices are firm. No sales of coffee of importance have been effected, but holders are demanding higher prices ; the last sales of Nazareths was at mils. 5,700. Small lots of cocoa have been disposed of. Freights for the Channel and British ports 47s 8d and 458. per ton. Exchange has varied between 261 26Z and 261 ; on Paris 36 ors. Transaqlons by the Estremadure amount to 50,000. DA the im port market last sales of Irish butter, 680 rs. and 660 rs. per pound; French ditto., i3O rs. to 620 rs. per pound. cearlierpresent t k : t o r 1 p usual the aukted, P ERNANBUCO, AUGU ST 3 0. Thehaving greatest of tragar stock at the sug ar es t ates are almost exh , and the new su gar cannot appear at market bef ore are nominal re s t en p t a t r o t m of mar the ke t October. Quotatio ns for whits and yellow qualities , as there is no stock a t h and. been a Freights.—There are but few vessels in port ; produce is scarce, and only one charter effected for Liverpool at 225. 6d. per ton. For sugar, ballast, and cotton, K .I. per pound. In exchange about £50,000 has been negociated on London at 264 per milrie ; and 100,000 f. on Paris, at 360 re. per franc, all at 90 days' sight. MONTEVIDEO, AUGUST 16. The Senate has adopted the Anglo-French con vention. _______. HE CONDITION OF GARIBALDI. A private letter has been received from Mr. P. A. Taylor, M.P., dated Spezzia, Sept. 17 ; the follow.. ing extracts from which have been forwarded to us for publication : " We went by boat to the fortress this morning, some five miles off. The general's room and surroundings are too barrack like for any idea of comfort as an Englishman un derstands it, but to a soldier these things neither seem nor are what they would both seem and be to us under similar conditions ; still I think there is too much bustle, too many managers and so forth. I felt a want to put a despot there, who should rule with a firm hand and with unseen and un heard authority --a Florence Nightingale or a Jessie Mario. The main elements, however, of interest and affection are evidently there, and probably to hardly any other man could the little overmuch of bustle be so innocuous ; his calm, his wonderful serenity of demeanour seem not to heed, still less to be excited by the surroundings. When Mr. Partridge went into his room to examine the wound, &c., I remained in an ante-room, not liking to add another to the already sufficient number. Presently, how ever—the examination being over—G ar ib aldi sent for lale, and held out his hand. I have already given you above in two words the impression produced at the moment, and returning after—wonderful serenity. Calm, courteous,and tranquil; thankful for the least service rendered by any of his attendants ; an utter absence of anything like the peevishness of a suffering man, yet without any appearance of pressure or the exorcise of control over himself. It was an atmosphere of moral elevation. ,4I expressed in a few words the profound symPathy we all feel for and with him, and which I felt justified in r owing was shared by all England. He thanked me warmly, or rather earnestly, and said it was not tho first time he had had to express his thants to my country. I expressed also the hope that ho would be able to main tain that quiet and rest so ev.,ential to his early recovery, as Italy and all of us would have much aced of him. Re acquiesced, :old presently pointed to a seat by the bedo ho p in g Would Tki, d octor , soon concl pardon uded their consultation, tal k much.' leave, and we to o k that he could not "He appears less ill than I was prepared to but his limbs are, they say, muc h fallen find hi m , away. Whil s g were there he was supporting himself i n a Bitting posture we osture by grasping a rope stretched above him. Ile t he bear no motion of the leg without great sufferifag, and there is evi dence that the necessity of remaining in one posture is pro ducing that soreness so distressing to the invalid. A kind lady, Mrs. Sehwabe, has already obtained a water bed from Paris, and it is also t o o b viate this danger that I asked you to s end out telegram. the su rg i cal apparatus mentioned in my "The injury consists of a gunshot wound, half an inch in length, over the internal ankle, which has been broken off and the joint laid open. Some portion of the garments were driven into the wound, but the ball did not enter, The wound is free from inflammation, and the patient is, as regards his general health, in a not unsatisfactory condition. The great necessity is perfect quiet. " There have been rumours of an intention on the part of the Government to move him. It can be but foolish rumour. There can be no such intention. It would be murder. Months must elapse before the injury can be cured ; and there is fear that there may remain a stiff joint, The appearance of the wound is healthy, and the suppura tion is also free and satisfactory. His condition is a little under the maik, and I think Mr. Partridge will gradually try if he cannot stand a more generous diet. There has been no bleeding, which is a mercy ; merely the application of leeches. "The Government arc acting very unwisely in main taining —as I h ear in several quarters they are —much mystery about Garibaldi's condition. I have seen a gentle man from Naples, who says that much irritation prevails in the south, and especially in Sicily, under the idea that their hero is being intentionally neglected. lam persuaded that there is no ground for this. Two or three of his medi cal attendants are personal friends and fellow-prisoners, so that there is not room for such suspicion, and the conduct I have referred to on the part of the Government ig the more incomprehensible and weak." The number of visitors to Ostend this season seems likely to exceed that of the exceptional year 1857. On the Ist October of that YeAt the number attained was 15 , 0 00; in the present year at the present time 14,643 have been inscribed, Azor," pr i n cipal character, in which sh e made a de: Gretry's pretty operetta," Zetnire and has just b ee n rev i v ed at the Opera-Cota Nue, with Atine Baretti in the i de cidedly f av ourable improssam, and p rOD3 i B CB to be come a valuable aoq ttisition. VSPAPEIt *' l / 4 14, 04 44 I . l, tzakitlM. • (Per French mail steamer Estremadure, ziu fibtl , S Beaux.) " BUENOS AYRE, AUGUST 14. sltteOhe sailing of the British packet C o ngress hus.beedko engros se d i n th e cap it al question that 01l measures of an industrial natpro.am bought iu a stand-Ail!. Senor Ricstra r re vonding to the appeal of the governor and of the whole commercial body,- both foreign and native, in this city, has resumed sitgoe as 11 inister of ll:teienda. THE SUN, LoNnor!, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1862 The following is a letter from Malta, dated Va letta, Sept. 16 :—We have news from the Com mander-in-Chief to the 11th inst., by the gunvessel Alacrity, 4, Commander K. E. Baird, which arrived from Corfu on Sunday. The Marlborough, 131, Capt. W. H. Steward, C.B. had left the island on the 9th for ten days' cruise, the Admiral having previously transferred his flag temporarily to the Algiers, 89, Capt. E. B. Rice. The Trident, 3, Com mander C. J. Balfour, had gone to Ancona and other ports of the Adriatic. There were very strong rumours that the Admiral and a portion of the Me diterranean fleet would winter at Corfu. But the cessation of hostilities between the Turks and Mon tenegrins renders the presence of the Admiral and his fleet in thosewaters unnecessary. We werevisited with, a slight shock of earthquake at 1.45 a.m. of the Bth, and some persons affirm having felt another on the previous day. From the coast of Syria we have nothing of a very late date, except the depar ture of her Majesty's sloop Icarus, 11, Commander Salmon, V.C., from Beyrout for this island, where she is daily expected. The remainder of the squad ron on the coast of Syria had orders to assemble at Beyrout about the middle of September. Nothing more is said about the Mars, 80, Capt. S. N. Strange, going home, although her time has expired. The Wanderer, 4, Commander C. M. Seymour, had been ordered to Malta. The :London, 86, Capt. H. Chads, and the Neptune, 86, Capt. G. Hornby, continue at Naples; but the Amphion, 36,Capt. A. C. Gordon, and the Doris,.32, Capt. Sir F. L. M'Clintock, have changed places, the former vessel having proceeded from Naples to Messina, and the latter from Mes sina to Naples. The naval movements in Malta har bour during the week comprise the departure to and arrival from Corfu of the Alacrity, and the departure yesterday of the Foxhound, 4, Lieut. Doughty,with mails for that island; the arrival of the Shannon, 35, Capt. C. 0. Jones, on the Bth inst., from Ply mouth and Gibraltar, and her departure on the 13th to join the Admiral. The Pelican, 17, Commander P. Brook, has also left to join the Commander-in- Chief at Corfu. Admiral Codrington w ill probably return to Malta by the Fre nc h packet due from icienne i s Italy t -morrow. The Mag expected to leave for Sicily and Italy some time next week. The following officers of the garrison have recently left Malta for England on leave of absence :—per Vectis on the sth inst., via Marseilles, Brigadier -Gen. H. Bates, Lieut. C. F. Legh, and Ensign R. Higgins, 25th Regiment, Lieut. F. T. Bircham, R.A., and Ensign S. P. Majoribanks, 15th Regiment —per Mooltan, on the sth inst., via Southampton, Lieut.- Col. J. Gubbins, 23d, R.W.F. ; per Euxine, on the Bth inst., via Marseilles, Capt. J. J. Dudgeon, Ist battalion, 22d Regiment, and Lieut. R. N. Camp bell, R.E. ; per Pera, on the Bth inst., via South ampton, Major F. M. Ommanney, R.A. The Ripon, which arrived from Southampton on the 13th inst., brought out Ensign Linley, Serg. Esmond, and 24 sailors; and the Vectis, from Marseilles, on the 14th, had on board for Malta, Capt. and Mrs. Bonavita, R:M.F.A. Mr. Andrews, engineer and superin tendent of the Mediterranean Extension Telegraph, and Mr. Gibson, inspector of telegraphs, left in the Foxhound, for Corfu, to test the Corfu end of the Otranto cable.. The working of the telegraph to England continues to be most satisfactory. A tele gram was received from Liverpool the day before yesterday in two hours. A marble tablet, with a suitable inscription, was laid on the 10th inst., in a conspicuous part of the Malta Exchange, in com memoration of the honour which his R.H. the Prince of W ales conferred on the establishment by visiting it during his stay at Malta. The inscription is sur mounted by his Royal Highness's crest. The Revenge, 73, Capt. C. Fellowes, of 3,320 tons and 800 horse power, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Robert Smart, K.H., Commander-in-Chief of the Channel squadron ; the Defence, 18, iron frigate, Capt. R. A. Powell, C. 8., of 3,668 tons and 600 horse power; the Emerald, 36 guns, Captain Arthur Cumming, of 2,913 tons and 600 horse power ; the Galatea, 26 guns, Capt, R. Maguire, of 3,227 tons and 800. horse power; and the Princulo, gunboat, of 60-horse power, arrived at Spithead on Saturday morning on their return from their cruise in the Baltic. The Resistance, 18, iron frigate, Capt. Chamber lain, in No. 10 Dock at Portsmouth, has had the starboard side of her bottom paid over with Pea cock and Buchan's preservative composition, and her port side with the composition prepared by Mr. Hay, the Admiralty chymist. The Sutlej, 36, screw frigate, has been commis sioned at Portsmouth by Capt. M. Connolly. The Sharpshooter, iron gunvessel, on being docked at Portsmouth on Friday, was found to have her bottom so thickly covered with oysters that the only means to remove them was by dubbing them off with the shipwright's adzes. Flakes of shells from 18in. to 2ft. square were got off in this manner, in all cases bringing off with them a con siderable amount of the scale of the iron from the vessel's plates. The paddle-wheel steamer Terrible, 21, 800-horse power, attached to the steam reserve in the Med- way, is to undergo a most complete and thorough repair, at a cost amounting to about £15,000, after which she is to be again commissioned. Her Majesty's iron screw troopship Adventurer, Commander Lethbridge, from Canada, with a de tachment of troops, the detail of which was given in The Sun of Friday last, arrived alongside the T pier, at Woolwich, on Saturday. Her log records the deaths of 10 of her passengers during the voyage home—viz., three soldiers (consumptive invalids) and seven children, three of whom, the entire family of one woman, died on three succes sive days of measles. and were buried at sea. The Adventurer is ordered to be docked, to be over hauled and to repair damages sustained on the coral reefs at Bermuda. The undermentioned gentlemen have been nomi nated to naval cadetships :—William E. Adderley John Dunn Auberton, Hans Hamilton Brooke, Harry Bryant, Robert Boyle, Anthony Marcus Hammond, Alexander Bohun Hawkes, Charles Hervey, Edmund Samuel Poe, Francis Powell, John Grey Russell, Charles Arthur Stephenson, Foster Lechmere Wade, Wm. Moore West, Wm. Henry Young, George Hector Bruce, and Edward Pakenham Brooks. The following appointments were ma3e at Satur day at the Admiralty :—Lieuts. T. Stackhouse, H. M. Fox, C. R. Buckle, and R. E. Stopford, to the Sutlej ; Sub-Lieuts. G. R. Keating, H. B. Stewart and A. T. C. Warrington, to the Sutlej ; A. D. Fanshawe, midshipman, to the Edgar, as supernu- merary ; F. L. C. Reece, G. S. La Coste,R. C. Jolliffe, J. 1). Maycock, and E. T. Wingfield, mid shipmen, to the Sutlej ; J. Noble, assist.-surg., to the Phcebe ; A. W. Miller, second master, to the Sutlej ; 8, H. Liddell, second master, to the Phcrbe ; H. D. Stanistreet, acting assistesurg., to the Phoebe; J. H. Datton and H. Bath, masters' assistant., to the Sutlej. THE PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON. On Saturday afternoon the following official report was published from the committee of inquiry respecting the proposed substitute for cotton : " A meeting was held in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce, Manchester, on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the re quest of Mr. Harben, the discoverer of anew. fibre. Mr. H. Ashworth, president of the Chamber, in the chair. The following gentlemen were present :—Messrs. T. Bazley, M.P., R. R. Jackson, J. Leese, H. Mason, J. Burton, jun., H. J. Leppoc, H. Nicholls, S. Hollins, and M. Ross. "Mr. Harben, on being introduced, stated that he was not an inventor, but a discoverer, He then, first, showed fibres on pap3r—a few threads only ; second, small speci mens in the gray state, as picked by hand, with a small specimen dyed; third, dried specimens of the plant, exhi biting the natural and fibrous state.. The discoverer stated in confidence the name of the plant which furnished the fibres exhibited, and then exhibited specimens of the plant in its natural state. Mr. Harben suggested that the un employed should at once be occupied in collecting the mate rial. He stated in reply to an inquiry, that he had not gone into particular calculations of expense ; nor had he made any experiments as to the mode of rendering the fibre avail, able for cotton-spinning machinery, his wish being that, on recommendation of the committee, chymists, spinners, and others may further investigate the properties, with a view to public good. " Mr. Harben then retired, when, after deliberation, the following resolution was adopted : " Moved by Mr. BAZLEY, M.P.; seconded by Mr. MAL coLm Ross— " That this committee has heard with much interest the statement of Mr. Harben, and have examined the samples and specimens of plants and fibres submitted. This com mittee not having been asked for any decision on the merits of this discovery, do not express any opinion in its favour or otherwise, and Mr. Harben having expressed his wish, with out reference to any pecuniary advantage to himself, that the discovery should be given to the world with a view to chemists, manufacturers, and machinists seeking out the best mode of making it available for the general interests of the trade, this committee acknowledges the disinterested conduct and candour with which Mr. Harben has commu nicated his discovery and views.' " The resolution having been read fo Mr. Harben, that gentleman, with the view to giving full effect to his inten tion, desires now to state, for the information of the public, that his discovery is the applicability of the fibres of the marine plant known as Zostera Marina, or common grass wrack, for manufacturing or other purposes." The plant in question is one so common on the sea coast that it is difficult to account for its having been overlooked unless by reason of extreme familiarity with its appearanc e , lulling perception to sleep. The following paragraph re specting it occurs in a popular work published by Messrs. Routledge, "Common Objects of the Sea Shore," by the Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A. : " A plant has been mentioned which does not belong to the seaweeds, although from its residence at the bottom of the sea it is often thought to be of that family ; this is the Zostere Manna, for a drawing of which see plate J., fig. 2, a true flowering plant, growing with a real root at the bot tom of the sea. Its entire character is so com?letely terres trial, that it can at once be distinguished from the alga." (Chap. IV.) This plant, under the name of Alva, is largely used by upholsterers as a material for bed-stuffing. It has also been applied with success to the manufacture of paper, for which purpose a large trade in it has sprung up from the Medi terranean. This important fact has gone far to encourage sanguine anticipations of the results to be obtained from the experiments now to be instituted. The circumstances under which this familiar plant has been "discovered," so as suddenly to become an object of national solicitude, are both singular and instructive. The gentleman to whom we owe the discovery is Mr. Henry Harben, of Oxford Villa, Haverstock-hill. He was taking a sea -side holi day a few weeks back, when his attention was attracted to the scarcity of material suitable for paper - making, and while wa' king with his children along the shore, and seeing the quantity of seaweed lying idle and waste, it occurred to him to try what could be done with it towards supplying the want he had been thinking about. He made certain experiments with different kinds of seaweed, such as blad der wrack, notched wrack, &c., and found that they pro duced a small quantity of fibre. But on coming to examine the grass wrack he found it to contain fibre to an extent that surprised him. He immediately collected a quantity, and, separating the filament, submitted it to a powerful micro scope. It was then only that the resemblance of what he saw to cotton first suggested the idea that here was some thing which might turn out useful as a substitute for that material. He at once made experiments, which satisfied him of the value of the discovery, and his conviction of its im portance was so strong as to induce him to note down on the spot the time and place—"Dovercourt, near Harwich, Aug. 6, 1862." He submitted the material to Mr. J. H. Wrigley, in Liverpool, who, on being acquainted with Mr. Harben's intention to make a present of his discovery to the public, kindly fell in with his views. 41r. Wrigley did not press to handle the material or test its strength; but, before he gave the report as to which some objections have been made, the material was seen by another cotton-broker in Liverpool, who confirmed Mr. Wrigley's opinion. Mr. Harben has been offered large sums of money by persons who proposed to work the material by private undertaking. Many manufacturers also gave him most generous offers of pecuniary assistance in working it himself; and in one in fluential quarter it was most strongly represented to him that, by reserving at any rate a small royalty, he might realise a fund for charitable purposes which would itself be an immortal memorial of his disinterestedness. But to all these propositions Mr. Harben returned the same answer, that the adoption of any one of them might entail at least six months' secrecy and delay while thousands of people were starving. He preferred to make the matter known at once, that the worth of the material might be tested universally and immediately, and declares himself most thankful that he has been enabled to keep to his first in tention, in fervent hope of the blessings that may flow from it. With respect to immediate supply of the material, Mr. Harben suggests that the unemployed operatives and their children might at once be transported to different points on all the coasts of the United Kingdom, and be housed in temporary huts similar to those of navvies, to find remune rative employment during the winter in collecting the plant. To insure a future supply, - he proposes that its cultivation in the estuaries of rivers, the lowlands of Lincolnshire and Norfolk, and the low sandy shores all round England, Scotland, and Ireland, should be protected by an Act of Parliament similar to that now in operation for the protec tion of oyster-beds. He believed that in the Mediterranean and other seas the material is to ba had in great abundance. One of the facilities to be expected is that the plant, like common grass, after being cut will grow up again, and yield two crops in the year. Whatever may be the results of the experiments, it is all but impossible not to sympathise with Mr. Harben in the sanguine hopes he entertains of the many advantages which may flow from his discovery, He is so sanguine himself, of of its value that he believes, from its strength, elasticity, and silky texture, it will be more likely to supersede than substitute the use of cotton. THE CONFORMATION OF 7HE ALPS. Cuu T t h ai e us S u ep hi te g m h b ly er in n t r re b s e ti r u o g f p t a h p e er _Ph by di rfe sop ru hie s al Magazine s or Tyndall , F.R.S., on the agencies whioh must have b een a t wor k t o excavate the valleys of the Alps in their present form. Can the formation of that stupendous chain be entirely ascribed to upheaval in certain spots, and sinking in certain others ? Or have the present valleys been exclusively the work of powerful torrents?- Professor Tyndall thinks not. In the uplifting of the land, cracks and fissures would probably be produced, and the valleys might be regarded as the traces of those cracks and fissures ; but their directions are not such as to war/ant that opinion. Our author consequently has arrived at the conclusion that those valleys have been excavated by descending glaciers. It is well known that those stupendous masses of ice are gradually detached from the subjacent soil by the warmth of the earth, and being thus set at liberty, acquire a sliding motion downwards, ploughing their way through every obstacle, and scarring the rocks with longitudinal marks which the lapse of ages is insufficient to efface, while the blocks lying on their passage are polished by their con tinued friction. " Shall we assume," says Professor Tyn dall, "that the glaciers filled valleys previously formed by to the heights, anidNyttsahsuopfs eehriffelaccieulyd water-denudation, or shall we conclude that they have been the excavators which have furrowed the uplifted land with the valleys which now intersect it ? Ido not hesitate to accept the latter view, and this view will carry us still further. According to it the glacier is essentially self destructive. The more deeply it ploughs the surface of va I I Y 8 i 8 a violent While kind o f astanding furnaceth draught o w n h t i h c which the earth, the more must it retreat. Let the present Alpine valleys be filled to the level of the adjacent ridges, and vas t glaciers would again start into existence; s but en desvderryauognhetsofufthhesuteair up Marked by the vapours which chanced be afloat at the time, precipitated a a i l r l y rose vpreventserti vertically formationyirofrom the o N f , ailc ased. t_ toijys. a su st m ou m is it he o d f th at e t O h r e au fo g r h c a e u wi pt t a h s w h h or ie t h tim th e e a se go gus , given the upliftedela from a factory chimney. Thus, ice work down the earth, and we have a glacial epoch; let the earth, its own diminution; the vertical gusts were often every foot it sinks necessitates n, en d finally we vethe glaciers sink as the valleys deep state of things in stupendous operations of a a key to the barely serve as i bygone geological ago ." which the ice has e dwindled to limits which IRE ARMY. On Saturday, Col. J. W. Ormsby, commanding the Royal Artillery at Shorncliffe, completed his half-yearly inspection of the field battery, 9th brigade, Royal Artillery, stationed at Chatham garrison. After making a minute inspection of the kits and accoutrements of the non-commissioned officers and men, who were draw n Up i n the barrack square at Brompton for that purpose, Col. Ormsby had the battery, together with the Arm strong guns, waggons, &c., marched to the Lines, where the officers and men were put through an extended course of field artillery movements, the whole of which were most rapidly carried out. On Saturday, Major C. W. Burt on, Second Lieu tenant W. D. Calder, and 53 non-commissioned officers and men of the Chatham division of Royal Marines left headquarters for Plymouth, to embark on board the screw frigate Phoebe, 51, 500 horse power, just commissioned for service in the Medi terranean. By the death of Major-General J. Alves, on the retired list, a pension for distinguished and merito rious service is placed at the disposal of his Royal Highness the Commander-in -Chief. The large martello tower which guarded the en • trance to Chatham harbour has been entirely de molished, the removal of the fort having been ren dered necessary by the enlargement and extension of Chatham dockyard, one of the proposed new basins occupying the site on which the tower for merly stood, For several weeks past a number of the sappers and miners of the Royal Engineers act ing under the direction of Col, Lovell, C. 8., the principal director of field -works at the Royal En gineer establishment, have been employed in driving the galleries in order to remove the tower by heavy charges of .gunpowder. The charges of powder used on the occasion were each of 401 b. weight, dis tributed at equal distances beneath the foundations, the whole being connected by wires. The explo sion was under the immediate direction of Captain Scott, the head of the electrical department at the Royal Engineers establishment. At a given signal the electric spark was sent through the wires, and in an instant after the base of the tower was seen to force itself outwards, followed by the entire structure rising bodily in the air and descending in a shower of stones, bricks, and mortar, the effect being exceedingly grand. THE CIVIL ivAB AMERICA. (From the Time? Correspondent.) NEW YORK, SEPT. 9. The Federal Government has lost more than battles at Bull Dann and Centreville. It has lost the confidence of the people, in itself, in its gene rals, in its conduct of the war, and in its whole system of administration, At this moment there is not a public man, from Mr. President Lincoln downwards, in whom the country has the slightest faith. Each member of the Cabinet, and each general in the army, has doubtless his supporters, and partisans, his toadies and suppliants, who ex pect to profit by and through him ; but no single individual in high office, civil or military, com mands the public esteem in any higher degree than that of cold respect. With the capture of Baltimore or Washing ton, both of which are probable, the whole fabric of the Northern Government will be shaken. Whether it will fall depends upon the merest accident. Were there but half a Cromwell, or one-quarter of a Bonaparte.in the army, its over throw would be the easy result of a coup avetat. The President, his Cabinet, and his generals are at variance, more or less envenomed with each other and with their subordinates. The personal regard which most people felt• for Mr. Lincoln, as a quiet, honest, unpretending man, placed in a situation the most unenviable in the world, is fast giving place to a feeling of angry discontent. The cry is foi energy, and not for good nature. If the President, instead of continually "putting his foot down" to maintain a friend in office, would put his foot up a little oftener to expel a man of proved incapacity, whether he were friend or foe, the public would be better pleased. So suddenly has he fallen from the pinnacle of popularity that people, undismayed by the possible presence of one of the eavesdroppers of the Provost Marshal, talk at street corners of his glaring unfitness to guide the destinies of the country, and some of the Abolitionist newspapers openly call upon him to resign a post which neither his natural talent nor his education qualifies him to fill with dignity or usefulness. Mr. Stanton is all but universally hated, as the prime agent of thousands of illegal arrests in every part of the country. Mr. Chase is thought an un safe Minister by every one unconnected with spe culations on the Stock-Exchange who has either the time or the capacity to think about the matter. Mr. Seward enjoys the small popularity he has achieved on the sole strength of his presunied hos tility to Great Britain, and has lost to a great ex tent the confidence of the Republican party, in which he was nurtured, by his gradual change of view on the slavery question. The other Ministers are duMmies, whom nobddy thinks it worth while either to attack or defend. General M'Clellan, though beloved by his soldiers, is distrusted by the people as a commander, because he has fulfilled none of the exaggerated expectations which were formed of him, because whenever he has made an advance it has been a mistake, and because the only suc cesses of which he can boast are skilful, but not al ways cheaply accomplished, retreats from positions into which he ought never to have thrust himse] General Halleck has done nothing to justify the President's choice in appointing him to the chief command, and shares the blame and discredit of the recent disasters, which every one expected that he was nominated to prevent. General M'Dowell, damaged at the first battle of Bull Run, has been ruined at the second and third, and, openly accused of treachery, has been allowed a furlough of 15 days that he may be out of the way of further mischief, instead of being put on his trial, and honourably acquitted if the accusation be false, and shot if it be true. General Pope—who ought never with his antecedents to have been intrusted with a chief command—has proved to be the most egregious mistake the President has made, and justified the epigrammatic description of his "great brains, great indolence, and great want of veracity," in every item but the first. These estimates of their leading men are formed by Americans themselves, are cir culated in every society and percolate through the newspapers, in spite of the Provost-Marshal, the War-office, and the censorship. To add to the confusion, General Pope whom nobody be lieves, who accuses three of his subordinate generals of disobedience, or worse ; and who is himself accused by public opinion of fatal incapacity, is removed by the President from the command of the army of Virginia, and appointed to the command of the army of the North-West ; while the three Generals, who, if his allegations were true, ought to be shot, and who, whether they be true or false, ought to be tried by court-martial, are ap pointed by General M'Clellan, with the consent and approbation of General Halleck and the Presi dent, to important commands in the army with which M'Clellan is moving from Washington to expel, if he can, the victorious legions of the South from the pleasant fields and rich granaries of sym pathising Maryland. And while this demoralisa tion exists in the upper ranks of the civil and mili tary service it is less wonderful than deplorable that a similar demoralization spreads to the lower. Even in this utmost extremity of the national dan ger, runaway " officers" are captured by "hun dreds" in Alexandria and Washington and marched off in disgrace —not to prison nor to be shot by drumhead sentence—but to the army which they disgrace, and which their cowardice may destroy. The same letters, published in all the New York papers, which narrate these facts, report that not three-fourths of all the thousands of sick and wounded men who make sickness and wounds the plea of transport from the scene of battle are really side; that they sham disease and injury to escape service, and that suc h i s th e con f us i on and want of control that pervades all d e p ar tments, that any soldier is but t o go on b oar d a Governmentyork or trans port to be convey e d, unquestioned , to New Philadelphia. 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