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_HOTELS, &c. HAP L I N's h 0 TEL AND SPREAD EAGLE TAVERN, 84, GRACECHURCII-STREET, LONDON. Comfort, combined with moderate charges, will be found at this Establishment. PRIVATE APARTMENTS FOR FAMILIES. Sitting Room, 3s. per Da. Bed Rooms, ls. 6d. and 2s. per y Night. A Night Porter in attendance. No INCREASE OF CHARGES. INDIA AND THE COLONIES. PASSENGERS Embarking or Disembarking chal,ewsWill find superior accommodation and moderate CHAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. A Lawn in front, extending to the River. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET-S.:MEET, near Temple-bar. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER for THIS DAY, the 26th inst„ will consist of Puree de NaNel--AuOTAGS. x Vermicelle. POISSON. Rougets sauce aux Capres—Filets de Ilrille Poulet a IaENTREES. ENTREES. a Marengo—Saute de Bceui anx Cornielions. ROTS. Filet de Veau—llanche de Venaison. ENTREMETS. Pouding a la Victoire—Tourte de Pomme. Fromag,e et Sal de. TO-MORROW, the 27th i nst., " THE LONDON DINNER' will consist of POTAGES. Queue de Bceut—A la Brunoise. POISSON. Anguille etuvde—Soles fritcs. Venalson ENTREES. riache—Rissoles de Veau avec du Jambon. Rancho de Mouton roti—Bceuf bouilli. ENTREMETS Pouding de Cabinet—Patisserie a la Francais. Fromage et Salade. An extensive and carefully selected stock of RHENISH, MOSELLE, and other WINES imported expressly for THE LONDON DINNER, A fine taunch of Venison every day at Five o'clock. 'urtle 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 racter. L'on tronve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement les 711 eilleurs Journaux Anglais, mats aussi Journaux Allemands, Francais et Beiges. 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 untlllo o'clock. Open on Sundays at .1 o'clock. FREDERICK SAWYER, Proprietor. O S E 0 EI1) 0 N: What is it? See Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. GABRIEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEErn 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, BIRMING li AM ; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, CLASS 17. One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel's I'ractical Treatise gratis. AMUSEMENTS. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. Exeter Hall, Conductor, Mr COSTA. To afford strangers to London at this period the opportu- IlitY of witnessing the great Oratorio performances of this Society, an EXTRA CONCERT (the four hundred and thirty second of the Society) will be given on FRIDAY next, 29th August, when HANDEL'S MESSIAH will be performed. The band and chorus, on the most extensive scale available in Exeter -hall, will cons i s t o f (including. 16 double basses) SETEN lIWNDRED PERFORMERS. Tickets of admission, 3s. ; reserved seats, 5s ; stalls, num bered In the area, half-a-guinea. at the Society's office, No. 6, in Exeter-hall ;or of the usual agents. The oratorio will commence precisely at 8 o'clock. Residents in the country may secure places by sending Post -office order to Mr. James Peck, 6, Exeter HalL TIRE MESSIAH w ill b e aga i n per f orme d a t 31- Exeter Hall by the Sacred Harmonic Society on FRIDAY EVENING next. C ANTERBURY HALL. STECKEL, The greatest Trapeze performer in the world. Grand Selections trom the Operas, "DON SEBASTIEN" and "IL TROVATORE." Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, SignorTivoll, Mr. Raynor, and Mr. Russell Grover. Unswortb, 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 favourites. T H E XF O 6, OXFORD STREET. R D, Verdi's! "IL COR SA RO " Every Evening, by Miss Russell, Miss Towneley ' • Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert, with Full Band and Chorus, in addition to the usual musical and other attractions. Comic—Miss Caroline Parkes, Mr. W. Randall, and those unrivalled Ethiopian comedians, Rumsey, Newcomb, Little Bob, Eugene, and Unexvorth (the original "or any other man"). "The miraculous Steckel " on the Flying Trapeze. Hall, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "AT HOME." at ITER. MAJESTY'S CONCERT ROOM, Haymarket, THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), at 8, in an entirely New and Original Entertainment,-written by ilenryJ. Byron, Esq. PART I. "DIY WIFE AND I." PART 11. A Romance of intense Interest, yclept THE "SENSA TION" FORK ; or, The Maiden, the Maniac, and the Mid tight Murderers. Performed by a double Company (Two). EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at Eight; SATUR DAY MORNINGS, at Three. Places may be secured at the Box-office, from Ten till Five ; at Mr. Mitchell's Royai 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. W S. WOODIN'S CABINET o f CURIO • SITIES—NewIy Polished and Re-Iined—POLY EAPIIIC HALL, King 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 ('allcott. Morning Performance, Saturday, Aug. 30, at 3. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 25.; amphitheatre, 1 5. Box-office open from eleven to five. Mr. Woodin as Mr. Sothern, the ITaymarket in his celebrated character of "Lord Dundreary, Mo ning and Evening. A RGYLL ROOMS. Great Windmill-street, Baymarket.—GßAND CASINO FRANCAISE.— tien every Evening - for Promenade and Dancing, with the celebrated Band of 60 performers. Conductor and Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. BOULCOURT.—The new Imperial Qua drille, Valse Cotillion, and L. Mosca's Peep o'DayValse will /'n played nightly. A new Conversation Salon has been added to the above l'stablishrnent for Reading', Coffee, and Refreshments.— Admission ls.—Manager, M. Grenet. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the Management of Mica Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, Balfe's popular Opera, THE ROSE or CASTILLE : Misses Louisa Pyne, Aynsley Cook, and Susan Pyne. Messrs. W. Ti. Weiss. A. St. Albyn, J. Rouse (his Ist aPpearance in English opera), Aynsley Cook, and W. Harri son. Conductor—Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past 7—Commence at 8. THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY.LANE. Dion Boucicault, Lessee. THIS EVRNING, A KISS IN THE DARK. Followed by the first part of the Arab Entertainment at half-past 7. After which, THE COLLEEN 'DAWN: Messrs. Dion Iloneicault, H . Vandenhoff, F. Robinson, Searle ; Madame Celeste, Jordan, Stevens. To conclude with THE ARABS OF THE DESERT : a Troupe of the Beni-Zouz-Zomr, at 10. Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 to 5. T HE ATRE-RONAL HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS ETENING, at Seven, FISH OUT OF WATER. Mr. Compton, Mr. Rogers, Miss Caroline Bill, &C. OURAfter ICAN AME w ß hich, a t a quarter to 8, will be perf orme d (211th ti me ) stone ; Lo r d Dund reary COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, M r . Buck , Mr. Soth ern . Y'CALIA Followed by a new Spanish B a ll e t ent i tied CELOS ; or, Love and Je a l ousy. Senora Perea Nena, Se nor Ricardo Moragas, and the i'orps de Ballet. To conclude with TUE CHRISTENING. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENTNG, THE RENDEZVOUS. Messrs. Hil.v,gie, lieadows, &c., and Miss Maria Harris. After which, at a quarter to Eight, KING HENRY VIII. cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Charles Kean; Queen Katharine, Mrs. Charles Bean. To eenelnde with THE. TWO POLTS. Mr. Widalcomb. Commence at 7. No half-price. OYAI, LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manfiffer —Mr. Edmund Falconer. 243 d Night of the rontinnous run of "Peep o'Day." Bah. S E VENING, PEEP O'D.AY ; or, Savourneen Dee Messrs. Walter Lacy, A.Aidison, Charles Selby , Geo. Melville, and Edmund Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston, and Mss M. Hudson. After - which a new musical, pictor ial, p oetical, and ballet Interlude, entitled KILLARNI4.II'. lilies Anna Whitty and Miss Lydia Thomson. Followed by a new Farce, en titled THE COLLEEN 1 1 AWN SETTLED AT LAST. Mr. Charles Selby and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Ch9tterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Hog-office open daily from 11 till S. Conintenoe a' 7. KNAT TN ATE - E.-110 VAL, A DELPHI.- -1-1 Sole Proprietor and IVranntyer. Mr. R. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE PRE"( ITOBSEBREAKER. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, MissWoolgar, Miss Kate Kelly, and Mrs. 11. 31"arston. After which, ADRIENNE LE COUVREUR : Messrs J. L. Toole, Billinzton, D. Fisher, Sefton, Stephenson, Eburne, Miss Avonia Jones, Miss Latimer, Miss K. Bland. Miss Latimer, and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with THE SHIT LING DAY. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Phillips, Miss Latimer, Mrs. IL L ew i s. Commence at 7. AsTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,—. Sole l'roprietor and Mann,,cr, Mr. W. BATTY. Revival of " Mazeppa." THIS EVENING will be performed MA ZEPPA ; or, T he Wild Horse of Tartary, with New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. Tc be followed by a brilliant routine of novel and daring , hcenes in the Circle. To conclude with a COMIC BALLET, in which the Misses Gunnis and Harry Croueste will appear. Commence at 7.—Stage manager, Mr. W. Searle. N°o 21,889. PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " GREYMORE." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., MEASURE FOR MEASURE. By the Author of " Greymore," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. This Day, Demy Svo., price 2s. 6c1., B RITONS ROBBED, TORTURED, AND MURDERED IN PERU. From the pen of Captain MELVILLE WHITE, M.E. London : Robert llardwickc,l92, Piccadilly ; and all Book sellers. FRASER'S MAGAZID 2s. Essays on Political Economy. Being a Sequel to Papers which appeared in the " Cornhill Magazine." By John Ruskin. A First Friendship. A Tale. 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TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.— ° Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre mired without any mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. , rott, of Bromley, Rent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious rind liver complaints, indigestion, wind spasms, giddiness, ilizziness of the eyes, &o For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and , trengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 20. Jerroyn-street, ilarnarket, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 25. 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 t Cubebs are doubtless the best remedies, but are of a re pulsive taste and odour, and occasion collicky pains, nausea, and gastric disturbance. M..Tozeau has succeeded in render ing them perfectly innocuous by increasing, all their curative properties. It has been adopted by the Paris Academy of Medicine after more than a thousand trials in Paris and the different London hospitals, viz., St. Thomas's, Guy's. and St. Bartholomew's, under the care of Messrs. Lloyd, Poland, and Legros Clark.---(Lancet, Nov. 6, 1857). The Copahine, which is in form of a pretty pink sugar plum, effects a cure in about six days. 100 Capsules, 4s. 6d.; post free, ss. 2d.—At G. JOZEATPS, French Chemist, 49, Haymarket, London; 22, Rue St. Quentin, Paris; and all Chemists. DR. 'WATSON (OF THE LOCK HOSPITAL) ON NERVOUS DEMLITY ANO stentyr DISORDERS. ELF-TREATMENT SIMPLIFIED, through the aid of the TEST-TUBE, URINOMETER, and MICROSCOPE, When employed for special diagnosis in all disorders of the nervous, sexual, and generative system, in cluding spermatorrlicea or aeminology, loss of power, noctur nal and diurnal wastings, and withering of the nervous tissues, &c. By Dr. WATSON, Member of the Ecole de Medicine, Rouen, National Academy of Sciences, Paris, and Fellow of the Imperial Institute of France, &c. Presented to "Nervous Invalids," with a view of superseding dangerous medicines and expensive consultations. Sent post free on receipt of two stamps, by Dr. Watson, 27. Alfred-place, Bed ford-square, London. Consultations daily from eleven till two, and six till eight, on all those ailments and infirmities peeuliar to youth, manhood, and old age, and which tend to embitter and shorten lite. For disting-uished qualifications vide diplomas. RUPTURES.—RY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of if ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Hoc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn (hiring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, Which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. VEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS' KNEE-CAPS, &c. for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling 01 he Legs, Sprains, &a. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on lilre an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to les. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. AN IMPORTANT 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 d'sappointier, 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 ;Teets, and recovering health, vigour, and all the ennobling privileges of our being are contained in Dr. LA'MERT'S "SELF-PRESERVATION," a Treatise on Nervous and Ply_s_iee Debility, of which th e 90th Editi on h as j us t b een published by Mann and Co., 39, Cornhill, London, price is., sent post free for 13, or in a sealed envelope for 20 stamps , Dr. LA'ATERT, M.D., &c., having for 20 years devoted himself entirely to this br anch of practice , may be consulted daily, either personally or by correspondence, at his residence, No 37, REDPORQUAItE, London. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL 'WORK, MANIIOOD: 147 T) (CAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRWEA, NERVOUS AND OPNERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. :ost Published, UK , ibelh thousand, with numerous plates, in 9 sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Booksellers, and post by the Author, 11 rl2 stamps, ANy r 00T) : the CAUSE and CURE of PRE- rtAu RE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directi ons icill T f A y rieot Restoration to Health and Vigour_ By Dr. J. L. 1 0 , A' bermarle-street, Plocadilly, Lo u do n . CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CD AFTER on the Phyatoinm,.., :Structure Mid Functions of the Reproducti ve O rga n s. - '"" 4 T it I 1.--Causes of Sperma torrhcra and Impotence; from Youthful Abuse, the CHAP Fr.rly Vicious Indulgences; Dangers ot Neglect. CHAPTER. I Tir.—A - Review of the various Disqualifications i t il s g et Climate, or Infection. a e r s r 0 1 a f giver;atwulrtiettyh,etrh e r c } s l u i l ec t CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Uonorrhcca and Syphilis. The Book onoludes with numerous varied and interesting cases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive f.otion. REVIEWS or Tm; WORM 'Curtis on Nlanhood.----This is a truly valuable work, and s' tuft be in i he bands of yeuri,pAid old "---" Sunday Times," h] itch. 1 " "The author has coftterred a great hoi. , ” by pu Mishin i r this ttle work, in which is described the Kmiec of those diseases whicn produce decline iu youth or more fret; neat ly premature std age."—" Daily Telegraph,"ldareii 27, 1856. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick. Lane, Pater rester-row; Mann. q 9. Cornbill. Hoare Qt Consultation-10 to i and 6to x i Sundayti,lQ ti " 4 ~' EIVS PAPE R ;0!":„••• sri 7RE Alan' . S O 7462. se\ P -,a, - 0 111111 11100 1 " f -Oeq, k 7" : .• - . ;x o/7 . • 7 4 AO' A general order, signed by Col. C. Bill:Pam, De puty-Adjutant-General, Royal Artillery, has been received at Chatham garrison, from the gorse Guards, announcing the names of 131 non-commis- Bioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery, to whom the Duke of Cam brid g e, with the concu r r ence of the Secretary o f State for War, has a w arded sil ver medals and gratu ities, amountin g in the aggre gate to the sum of £ l,OlO, for long service and meri torious conduct. Of the non-commissioned officers selected for these rewards 21 received a gratuit y of 9 7cmmissioned ern hO and 81 rec e i ve £ .£ s ls ea e c a h e . h, 29 gratuities rnaaturnietiseos of 20 01 n(i cers of the Royal Artillery are Ills° given in the general order who have bsen awarde d medals, with out gratuities, for long service and good conduct. First Lieut. D. G. Campbell, of the ::hathern division of Royal Marines, who was ordered to be tried by general court-martial on t everal charoes affecting his character as an officer and gentleman, having resigned his ecnunibsion in the Royal Matinee, the order for the assembling of the general court•martial at head-quarters yesterday was Ti- STAMPED ....sd. to make an inch for hours together." Of the fitness of the country for agricultural and mining enterprise the author speaks favourably, stating that in the in terior are vast tracts of great fertility capable of con version into thefinest agricultural and pasture lands, and that the rearing of cattle, sheep, and pigs can• not fail to be highly remunerative. The climate he describes as remarkably healthy and bracing, vege tables can he grown in abundance, and of fish there is a seemingly inexhaustible supply. Upon the whole, his opinion is decidedly favourable to the country as a field for emigration, at least as regards the farmer, the capitalist, and the labouring classes. The information respecting routes is copious, and apparently trustworthy, and those who intend to try their fortunes in such far off regions may con sult the work with profit. scinded. By direction of the Dt.:Ye of Cambridge a board of officers, of which Col. R. N. Phillips, command ing the 2d battalion, is the president, has been sitting for several days past at Chat Lam for the purpose of examining the best sites on which to erect an extensive range of buildings to be used as quarters for the married troops of tht Line quartered at the garrison. As soon as a conven.ent site has been determined upon it is the intention of the Government to erect a suitable range of build ings capable of accommodating several hundred married non-commissioned officers and men. erison'orders Some slight change having been in troduc e d in the arrangements since the issue of the g on Saturday for the continuation of General Stran sham's inspection of the Woolwich diyisiou of Royal Marines, the General yesterday morning assembled the officers and non-commissioned officers of the division in the barrack-square at half-past 10. Having previously inspected the regimental schools, he proceeded to the square and witnessed a series of cutlass exercises by the officers and non commissioned officers abovenamed. The officers were afterwards put through a course of company drills as a test of their efficiency. In the afternoon every disposable man of the division, including the undisciplined recruits, W4B brigaded on Wool wich-common, and formed in three battalions of six companies each, in command of Col. Gascoigne, C. 8., Col. Marriott, Col. Sather, and Brigade-Major Bunce. They went through a most interesting series of manwuvres represent ing an active engagement of infantry troops in the field. According to the amended garrison orders, the general will terminate his inspection at Wool wich this morning by witnessing a course of drills in the Plumstead Marshes, in command of Capt.. Bunce, rifle instructor t o the division, and actin g Brigade-Major. In the a fternoon the Ins p ector- General will muster the detachm en t of t he di v i s i o doing duty at Deptford. HIE WAR IN AMERICA. - The commercial letters from New York show that one of the effects of the inflation of the Azur xency continues to be to keep up the prices of steel; and to cause orders for purchases to be sent to this side, the mass of the people, in their complacent ignorance, being still totally free from anything like panic with regard to the finances of the coun try. At the departure of the present mail, however, the public mind was very uncomfortable from the fact that all intelligence from the army of General Pope since the severe battle at Culpepper Court house had been kept back by the War Department at Washington, and it was consequently appre hended that the contest may have been continued and have resulted in a complete defeat. Business of all kinds was very quiet with the exception of the operations connected with the despatch of grain and provisions. During the week the shipments from New York had been equal to about 160,000 quarters of wheat and flour, and about 5,100,0001 b. of lard, pork, cheese, butter, and other provisions. The-accounts of the harvest are generally good, but the want of bands to gather it is severely felt, so that, reckoning the cost of wages and the en hanced freight, comparatively good prices must be obtained to yield a remunerative return. The im ports of New York since the commencement of the present year are stated to have been of the aggre gate value of £21,440,000, against £ 17 , 740 , 000 in the corresponding period of 1861 and £ 28 , 400 , 000, in 1860. The exports exclusive of s pecie have been £16,700,000, against £16,000,000 in 1861, and £11,000,000 in 1860. Hitherto a large proportion of the balance between imports and exports at New York has been provided for by consignments of cotton from the South, but this year, since the lst of January, specie has had to be sent, and the amount has reached £7,400,000 against only £640,000 in the corresponding interval of 1861. The letters on this occasion comprise several from persons .in a position to furnish perfectly trust worthy news regarding the South, and from these it appears that the tales circulated at New York of the city of Richmond being decimated by pestilence were unfounded, the place being healthy and well supplied with common food, although some especial particulars articles were scarcely to be had at any price — tea , for instance, having advanced to £ 3 p er sterling per lb. An expectation was current amon g many per sons that should Pope be defea ted General Jackson May, have a on e n lo l n would forthwith march on 'W as hington. In rela has been n has g suffered greatly given i o ev n ne en in the General a lette r, i M'Cle ll an,on dated t A and he prospects fuoglluoswttnhge o flare 0 theth from army oneo f of the Federal officers to a f r iend in 1 ondon t— ,l August 10, 1862. ‘ fought one pitched drawn battl e with th e enemy, in which we had a heavy loss in killed and wounded ; by a sin gular anomaly both sides r etreated after the ba ttle. We heard that the enemy had been largely rein forced, and the enemy heard the same of us, as we from since si c a the es co r pss. 3d to o f We Te which a y b h a ve since ascertained from p r i so ners. The battles b e fore Richmond last e d seven days, and the sun never shone upon more t err ible fighting. Both sides included, 51,000 men w ere killed and wounded, as admitted in th e o ffi c i a l despatches of both armies. -- Our General, M'Clellan, fought bravely and dis puted every y ar d of ground, but he was clearly overpowered and beaten , and the cit y of Ri chmond disengaged. We are now c ollectin g a large army to the north of Richmond , abo ut a hundred miles distant, of which we form a p ar t , and we shall, pro bably, march upon Richmon d early in September, provided the enemy offe r no objection. M'Clellan's ar my is 27 miles south of Richmond. With the exce ption of the capture of Ne w O r leans, we have i thel "The e fieldf Federalr mk obtained no solid advantage over the rebels. We have merely the ground we are encamped upon, and the war seems as far from being settled as at the commencement. You must not believe one-half you read of our Federal victories ; they are either unfounded, or gross exaggerations. From what I have seen of the enemy, they are in point of strategy quite a match for us, and our best chance is the failure of their resources. For the present there is a perfect lull in the war, the valorous pro pensities of both parties seem somewhat cooled down, but it is merely the precursor of the storm that will soon break over us. By reliable accounts the rebels have contentrated fully 200,000 - men at Richmond to meet us." MALIGNANT SORE THROAT.—The Registrar • General for Scotland reports that in the second quarter of this year ulcerated sore throats and diphtheria were re marked in scattered localities, and that in Mid and South - y e ll (Shetland) the sore throats were accompanied by an affection of the hands, which raises the suspicion that sore throat and diphtheria in the human subject is but a variety of that epidemic disease in cattle known by the name of murrain or epizootic aphtha, characterized in them by the aphthous and ulcerated mouth and sore hoofs. An intelli gent veterinary surgeon has brought under notice a few cases, in which it was c l ear ly e stablished that th e milk of cows affected with murrain caused a phthous mouths and diphtheria in children, and fatal a phthaa, a phthal, terminating in ulcerous affections of the mouth , throat, and windpipe, in th® ease of pigs, /- 7 711 E NAVY. The official trial at the measured mile of the iron frigate Black Prince, Capt. J. F. B. Wainwright, was deferred at Portsmouth yesterday owing to the force of the wind. It will take place to-day, should the weather prove to be more favourable. The Victoria and Albert, Royal paddle yacht, Captain G. H. Seymour, C. 8., will sail from Ports mouth at 6 a.m. to-morrow morning for Gravesend, in readiness to convey her Ma.ptity and Court to. the Continent on the occasion of the forthcoming Royal visit to Germany. The Jasper, screw gunboat, cold to the Chinese Government by the Board of -Admiralty, and re named the Amoy, was removed from the steam basin at Portsmouth yesterday and placed on the gridiron at the south end of the dockyard, to exa mine her copper, valves, &c. The Sultan target ship, at Portsmouth, is now having six sample armour plates bolted on her sides for testing by the Stork gunboat. They consist of four from the Mersey Steel and Iron Works, two from the Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company, one from the Monkbridge Works, and one from Messrs. Hill and Smith. In February last a 4k-inch plate from the Thames Iron Shipbuilding Compatiy was tested on the sides of the Java target-ship and re ceived six solid 681 b. shot (the ordinary cast shot) within a space of six inches before any parts of the metal could be-detached. The excellent quality of this plate attracted considerable notice at the time. Shortly afterwards, in the course of some similar experiments on the sides of the same ship, Captain Hewlett determined to test the plate's resisting powers still further by firing a wrought-iron shot at-it from the 95-cwt. gun at the same distance at which the cast-iron shot had been fired-200 yards, but with 231 b charge of powder, instead of 16,which is the ordinary full service charge on all such occa sions. The result was that the shot embedded it self in the plate to the extent of one half its own diameter, flattening its diameter on the plates surface at the point of entry from eight to nine inches, thus increasing its diameter here one inch. A bolt is within two inches of the blow ; but there is not the slightest appearance of a crack in the metal, surface or otherwise,anywhere in the vicinity of the shot, which now remains embedded in the plate, as though it were stuck into a mass of putty. Small fringes of plate are squeezed out round the shot. This plate has now been taken off the side of the Java, and this week will be returned to the makers, on their application, by order of the Lords of the Admiralty. As a specimen of ship's plate armour and its power of resisting shot, this plate is, perhaps, unequalled, and it should be at once placed in the International Exhibition. Her Majesty's screw steamer Cossack, 20, 1,296 tons, 250-horse power, Capt. R. Moorman, was put out of commission and paid off at the Nore on Satur day, after being in commission, upwards of three years, during which period she was employed on active duties in nearly every part of the globe. Owing to the length of time the Cossack was in commission, only about 30 of the 200 men who joined the ship at the time she was commissioned return in her. About 70 medals were distributed to those of the crew who were engaged in the recent opera tions in China With the exception of about 50 men the whole are continuous service men, and these have been granted six weeks' run ashore, at the ex piration of which they will rejoin one of the guard ships at either of the naval ports, in order to be sent to any ships requiring men. During the time the Cossack was in commission she sailed and steamed upwards of 75,000 miles. She will be placed in the second division of the steam reserve at Chatham. The ships of war on the Australian station are! the Fawn, 17, Capt. Cayter, on a cruise ; the Har rier, 17, Capt. Sir M. M'Gregor, at New Zealand ; the Miranda, 14, Capt. Jenkins, on a cruise to the Fiji Islands, and the Pelorus, 21, Commodore Sey mour, at Sydney. The steam store-ship Supply, Master Commander Balliston, yesterday went down to Woolwich from Deptford, laden with victualling stores for the Mediterranean, and, after shipping dockyard stores, and adjusting compasses at Greenhithe, will take her departure for Gibraltar and Malta. The Netherlands steamer Cyclops, with a number of officials from the Government departments of Holland, as visitors to the Great Exhibition, took her departure from Woolwich Arsenal yesterday morning. The Himalaya, screw troopship, Capt. E. Lacey, with women and children on board, belonging to regiments in Canada, sailed from Portsmouth at 9.15 a.m. yesterday morning, calling in at Queens town to take in the remainder of her complement. She went out by the Needles passage before a fine easterly breeze, and with every prospect of a smooth, pleasant, and speedy passage across to Queenstown. Yesterday a party of 80 convicts arrived at the Chatham convict establishment, from Pentonville, for the purpose of being employed on the works now in progress for the enlargement and extension of Chatham Dockyard. The number of convicts daily employed in the undertaking exceeds 1,000. Yesterday the whole of the hands employed on the Salamis, paddlewheel steamer, under construc tion at Chatham dockyard, were transferred to the armour-plated frigate Royal Oak, which, with the exception of the iron frigate Achilles, 50, now ab sorbs the whole of the available strength of the dockyard, the most strenuous exertions being used to have her complete and ready for launching by the date ordered, the 10th prox. The following circular has been received by the shipping mas ters in the Tyn e : " General Register and Record-office of Seamen, Adelaide -place, London-bridge, Aug. 19. 44 my dear Sir, -4 this day forward you a Shipping Gazette containing the copy of a letter addressed to myself by Captain Hough, commanding the steamship Hercules, reporting praiseworthy conduct of his late crew , the Naval composed Reserve men, in withstand ing"oal the offer made to them to desert his ship and violate their agreement during his recent voyage to New York. It is desirable the volunteers of that force should know that all cases of good conduct and eharacter, and particularly such praiseworthy behaviour as this, is duly recorded on the Register of the Reserve, in order that their application to be reinstated at the expiration of their term of five years, may be favourably considered by reference to their recorded character ; and in like manner all reported misconduct, or offences, and particularly desertions and breach of agreements, are entered, in order that those guilty of these offences may, at such time, be rejected from the force. The best means of impressing this information will he—Firstly, on the delivery of his book, V. 2, to the volunteer, and afterwards, whenever the agreement for a voyage is under signature, the person explaining the condi tions should then take the opportunity of making this re gulation known to every reserve man who may form a member of the crew. It is the zeal which the shipping masters have displayed in establishing a measure calculated to improve the condition of the Merchant Service that the Naval Reserve has already acquired a standing reputation, and this reputation can only be maintained by the continued attention observed in expounding the regulations and ad monitions, until they are generally understood by the sea men of the United Kingdom.—T have, &c., " JAMES 13ovn, pro Registrar-General of Seamen." THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEN! G, AUGUST 26, 1862. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER. The report of the directors states that the arrangements for commencing the continental traffic were not completed until the Ist of May. The revenue account for the half year must not therefore be taken as a criterion either of the present or future profits of the company. Since the opening of the continental mato there has been a gradual increase in the receipts, and diminution in expenditure. For the fortnight ending the 18th of May the receipts were £4,616, and the expenses £4,276, or 9263 per cent ; for the fortnight ending Ist of June the receipts were £5,410, and the ex penses £4,351, or 80 . 42 per cent. ; ending the 15th of June the receipts were £7,042, and the expenses £1,500, or 63.89 per cent, ; ending the 29th of June the receipts were £7,489, and the expenses £4,490, or 59.96 per cent. ; ending July 13 the receipts were £8,347, and the expenses £4,941, or 59.19 per cent. ; and for the fortnight ending the 27th of July the receipts Were £9,416, and the expenses £4,777, or 50.73 per cent. of the receipts. Some delay has arisen in the opening of the Metropolitan Extensions, in comae , quenee of the requirements of the Board of Trade, to sub stitute spikes for wooden Italians in the permanent way. The length, however, between Herne-hill and the Victoria Station was opened on Monday last, and the second portion, between Herne-hill and the Elephant and Castle, will be opened in a few weeks. The works at the tunnel are proceeding with vigottr, and the whole line to the station at Blaekfriars will be completed during the autumn of next year. The directors regret that they have not yet been able to obtain the approval of the city autho rities to the design for the bridge across the Thames. Much progress cannot be made with the abutments and piers un til the design of the entire bridge has been approved. The whole of the bills promoted by the company, or in their in terest, during the past session have received the Royal assent. The Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway Company have obtained power to construct a line from Peckham to the Crystal Palace, with a station on a level with the floor of the building ; and the Brighton Company to make new lines from Peckham to New-cross, and from Peckham to a junction with the company's Metro politan Extension at Britton. By these lines a large traffic will be brought over the company's Metropolitan Exten sions both to the city and the west-end. The Sevenoaks Company have obtained power to extend their line to Maidstone, and also to make a junction with the pro posed Lewisham and Tunbridge line of the South- Eastern Company at Sevenoaks, and the latter com pany have agreed to book through for the company to and from their Victoria and Blackfriars stations from and to Tunbridge, Tunbridge-wells, and Hastings. The Kent Coast Company have obtained power to make arrangements with the Board of Trade for laying down and using tramways on the harbour at Ramsgate in connection with their line and station, and the whole of the works on this company's line between Herne Bay and Margate and Ramsgate are in active operation. The company's bill for leasing the Crays line from the Ist of September, 1863, at 4 per cent. upon the outlay has received the Royal assent. By this arrangement the company will obtain in their' own hands an uninterrupted line of railway between London and Dover. The company's Bill for erecting a goods sta tion on the river at Blackfriars and for making a junc tion with the West London ektension of Battersea has also become law. By this junction the whole of the northern system of railways will be brought into communication with the company's line. The company have also obtained power to construct a line between Dover and Deal, making a junc tion with the South-Eastern line at the latter place, by which the coast communication of the county of Kent will be com pleted. The capital account shows that £3,237,757 had been received, and 13,207,683 expended, leaving a balance of £20,894. The Metropolitan Extension capital account shows that £2,198,908 had been expended, leaving a balance against the account of £3,505. The revenue account for the half year ending the 30th of June shows that £59,251 had been received, and £54,338 expended, leaving a balance of £4,913 THE KING OF DAHOMEY. HUMAN SACRIFICES AND THE SLAVE TRADE. The following account is extracted from the pri vate letter of a gentleman residing on the West Coast of Africa : " The King of Dahomey is named Baddahuug. He is not the ruffian described in the English papers. Personally, ho is well looking, and, indeed, few black men are better look ing. He is perfectly black. Human sacrifices are regarded by the Africans as they were regarded by the Jews—as a part of their religion. They are not committed out of sheer wickedness, but in obedience to a paramount sense of reli gious duty, just as we bow the head at the utterance of the name of the Saviour. The persms who are selected to die, die cheerfully, The selection is an honour. "Dahomey is not under the British flag. It is an inde pendent State, and Baddahung is an independent sovereign. If he has one feeling more intense than another it is hatred of the English. Ho hates us because we interfere with the revenue of his kingdom. _ "He lives at Abomey, which is his capital. It lies 130 miles to the rear of our new colony of Lagos. Lagos stands on an island. Abomey is not a strong place, but a wall surrounds it, and it stands on flat land. An attack on Abo mey would be foolhardy. Dahomey was never mentioned by civilised people until the King got possession of Why doh, Whydah is on the seaboard, and not far from Lagos. It is, in fact, on the Slave Coast. The Slave Coast extends from the river Volta to the river Lagos. It includes a ter ritory blessed by Nature in many ways. The soil is fertile; the men are a fine race, and the water communication ex tends by means of a vast lagoon from end to end of the ter ritory. No gold is found there, as on the Gold Coast, but the palm-oil supplies the place of the dumb god.' Cow ries, a kind of shell found on the coast of Zanzibar, are the coin of the country, and the common,medium of exchange. The chief towns of the Slave Coast are Lagos, Whydah, Badagoy, and Porto Novo. " Whydah, as I have said, belongs to the King of Dahomey, and is about 70 miles from Abomey. It is his principal seaport. Take it from him and he would be re duced to the original insignificance and harmlessness of his forefathers. Whydah is very prettily situate. It has an excellent market, where beet, pork, mutton, fish of various kinds, pigeons, fowls, ducks, turkeys, guinea-fowls, fruits, vegetables, and European and native manufactured goods may bo had. The town is regularly laid out in streets. It stands back about three miles from the seashore. It is three miles long and one mile broad, The population is dense; for on one occasion it sent a contingent of 10,000 fighting men to the King of Dahomey. " There is a Governor of the town. Ho is called the Avogah,' or ' the Father of the White Man ;' that is the meaning of the word. The Avogah is a black man—a chief of the King, in fact. The Avegah also acts as a judge. He presides over a Supreme Court, in which all disputes be tween the white man and the natives are settled. There is likewise an inferior Court, and that is presided over by another officer of the King. He is called Shassah.' The Shassah' settles all disputes between the natives. There is an appeal from him to the Avogah ; but from the deci sion of the Avogali there lies no appeal, except to the King himself. "All vessels going to Whydah pay a duty to the King. Vessels with two masts pay £64, and vessels with three masts pay £93. The duty clears the whole cargo, be it worth what it may. Sometimes, however, and under certain cir cumstances, no duty is paid. For instance—between the town and the sea these is a lagoon, and between the lagoon and the sea there is a long thin slip of sand. If the master of a vessel chose to land his goods upon this strip of sand, and to sell them there, he need pay neither the £64 nor the £93 ; but if he takes the goods across the lagoon, into the town, he pays according to the number of the masts of his vessel. "Again. There are two great stores or warehouses, or shops, or, as they are called here, factories, in Whydah ; the one is a French factory and the other is a factory which belongs to the famous slave-dealer, Domingo Martinez. Domingo is a Brazilian. " This Domingo Martinez carzies on the slave trade. He is a friend and chief of Baddahung. If the Avogah should come across Domingo in the streets of Whydah he is obliged to prostrate himself in the dust and dirt before the illustrious Brazilian. When I say 'prostrate himself,' I mean that he must literally go down on both knees and clap the palm of the right hand several times over the back of the left hand, in true African supplicatory style. Now, the Avogah is a greater subject at Whydah than the Vice roy of India is at Calcutta; and when I thus put my illus tration you may fancy what enormous power and influence Domingo must have in the realms of Dahomey. Not three months ago this same Martinez shipped a cargo of slaves from Whydah whose gross value was set down at £lBO,OOO sterling. The vessel which bore this spldndid cargo safely off to the Brazils was a steamer, and she ran away from the land at not less than 16 knots an hour. I know some good folks here who saw the shipment; they counted 1,600 poor devils go up the side. They were chained together in gangs by means of iron collars, and they were chattering, and singing, and laughing as they mounted out of the canoes up to the deck of the steamer. It is understood on the coast that Domingo is regarded by Baddabung as the heir to the throne of Dahomey. " But to return. The French factory pays 10,000 dols. (4s. 6d. to the dollar) to the King of Dahomey for the right of trading there ; and Domingo pays 20,000 dole, for the like privilege. Now, if a vessel discharges her goods and, sends them to the French factory for the purpose of sale the vessel pays no duty; the same with Domingo. • " As you walk along the streets of Whydah you will often come across the ruins of a house. The town is dotted with these wretched tokens of past comfort and prosperity. These ruins were once the mansions of people who have given offence to the King. So soon as the King fancies that he has been offended by any person he sends from Abomey for the offender. The offender is carried off, his family and all, into the interior, to Abomey, and he is never seen again. His house tumbles to pieces, of course, and no one is al lowed on any pretence whatsoever to build upon the spot where the offender once lived ; neither can the house be kept in repair,—to the ground it must fall, and on the ground remain. " To send an expedition up to Dahomey would be mad ness. You good people in England have no conception what Africa is like. You have no conception of the furious heat. Even at sea, unless captains of ships look sharp, the intense heat of-the sun will crack their deck planks and play mischief with their spars. Can you conceive what a country is like which has no roads? Suppose all London were surrounded by a thick jungle, swarming with tigers, panthers, and every imaginable venomous snake, and having footpaths to it about half a foot broad ; and suppose a broil ing sun over head, and musquitoes and gnats doing their best to set up violent inflammation of the nose, eyes, and ears. What could you de ? No. If we really mean to put down the King of Dahomey and his truculencies, we must deprive him of Whydah and Godomey, his only two sea ports. Without them he cannot carry or. the slave trade. "As I have said before, the King is not so vile as they paint him in England. All the atrocities committed in his territories are committed by the coercion of his chiefs. No African King can sneeze without the consent of his chiefs. The monarchies here are strictly limited. The King alone is unable to do what he likes. " The King of Ashantee himself is not despotic—not nearly so despotic as any British Governor on the West Coast. If the Governor of the Gold Coast write to him a letter, he does not open it at the moment of its receipt, but he waits till midnight, and then, in the presence of some confidential old Mentor, he opens it and reads it, or, rather, has it read, for read or write he cannot. He acts in this way in order that he may know what the Governor has written about. If the subject of the letter is not objec tionable there is no difficulty ; but if the subject is ob jectionable, he has the opportunity of knowing the matter beforehand, and of debating how he shall lay it before the chiefs in the morning. All letters tire supposed to be read in the presence of his chiefs. They consult with him and determine the answer. The King of Ashantee, Quacoe Duah, is not a bad man, and he has all the wish to adopt our religion and our ways ; but his chiefs won't permit him. Now, the human sacrifices at Coomassie are ten times worse than those at Dahomey. If an unfortunate devil should meet a wife of the King of Ashantee in the streets, and should by chance see her—should he even not know that the woman is the wife of the King—his lot is death. He is beheaded. The Africans don't dislike these customs. I think they like them. Human sacrifices are a part of their creed. Abraham was not considered a scoundrel for pre paring to cut his son's throat. The customs in Africa are most ancient. Human sacrifice is the heritage of the Jews." TRADE OF LONDON, A.D. 1800.—At the com mencement of the present century the trade of the Port of London is reported to have been more extensive than at any previous period in the history of England. London carried on one-third of the trade of the empire ; and the value of the floating property upon the Thames, forming its com - merce, was estimated at no loss than £70,000,000 annually. It was found that the conveniences of the port were utterly insufficient for its trade ; that the landing wharves and quays and sufferance 'wharves toge ther, were inadequate for the wharfage and ware housing of the goods landed and embarked ; and that the depredations on property, consequent on the vast increase of shipping and the want of accommodation on the legal quays, rendered adjuncts to to the port abso lutely necessary, In 1790 the West India merchants ac cordingly obtained an Act of Parliament to make docks, with legal quays, and wharfs and warehouses, for the re ception and discharge of the vessels in their trade ; and from this period we may date another era in the commerce of the port of London.—Frotn Capper," Tort and Trade of London. LITERATURE. Travels in British Columbia, with, the Narrative of a Yacht Voyage round Vancouver's Island. By Capt. C. E. Barrett Lennard. 1 vol. Hurst and Blackett. Rightly judging that all authentic information respecting the auriferous region of Fraser River will at the present time be welcome, Capt. Barrett Lennard has here published the results of two years' experience on the Pacific coast of the North Ameri can continent, as well as of a cruize round the Island of Vancouver; and he has also collected from various sources such hints for guidance as he thought might be of use to the intending emigrant. At present it seems there are two toutes to these districts, " the ordinary one by sea, era Cape Horn, which involves a sea voyage of some 20,000 miles, and the so-called overland route, via Panama, whereby the distance and duration of the voyage are greatly abridged." The disadvantage of the Panama route appears to be the delay which may take place at that city from the necessity of waiting for the San Francisco steamer, and as the climate is extremely unhealthy the consequences may be dangerous ; whilst the sea route round Cape Horn involves a journey of some five or six months duration, exposes the traveller to a double:alterna tion of winter and summer, and requires that tropi cal heat and arctic cold be alike provided for ; but as steamers have recently been advertised to sail by this route from England to British Columbia, the duration of the voyage will be, by this means, con siderably abridged. The Island of Vancouver, which the writer first describes, is, he states, a vast rock covered with a vegetable mould which, wherever it is of sufficient depth, is highly fertile. The staple natural ploduction is the pine, of which there are immense forests, and these, owing to the thick undergrowth, are, with the exception of an occasional Indian trail, wholly impenetrable. The trees grow to an enormous height, and are of gigantic girth, and occasionally vast conflagrations break out, arising, it is supposed, from the spon taneous combustion of masses of decayed vegetation, thus converting vast spaces into a wilderness of blackened ashes. The Indians, however, assert that in the interior of the island there are extensive open plains, and that there is a water communication between the south-west and the north-cc st coasts ; but the interior appears as yet to be imperfectly known. The climate is said to very much resemble our own, and to be extremely well suited to most of our vegetable productions. The navigation round the island seems to be extremely difficult, owing to the uncertainty of the tides, which are as capri cious as the winds, and give rise to currents which the writer says, " Setting in from the ocean, through the opposite extremities of the channel, meet in its narrowest portion called Johnson's Straits, characteristically known as the Rapids. The absolute point of meeting is, as far as I was able to form an opinion, opposite Cape Mudge, at the southern extremity of Valdez Island, forming a series of eddies and whirlpools, locally known as tide-rips, in which a vessel is car ried helplessly along unless a very strong breeze is blowing. The navigation of these narrow seas is, moreover, much impeded by floating timber of gigantic proportions, and also by enormous beds of that extraordinary marine plant, the kelp. I have seen a vessel of 40 or 50 tons, with a fair breeze, brought up dead, as if at anchor, by coming sud denly on a bed of kelp, and woe betide the hapless wight whose fate it may be to get entangled while bathing among the treacherous rope-like stems and long, leathery leaves of this Brob dignag, submarine growth. He is caught like a fly in the meshes of a spider, and with as little chance of escape. To this fact I can testify, from several painful cases of brave fellows and capital swimmers who thus lost their lives dur ing my stay in the colony." Of the Indian tribes inhabiting these regions the author does not speak in very high terms. He considers, however, that they differ, materially, from those of the interior of the continent, otherwise we should be forced to suspect the glowing accounts of savage chivalry and virtue furnished by Catlin, Cooper, and others, to be greatly overdrawn. These tribes, rejoicing in such names as the " Stickeens," the " Skidegates," &c,, are treacherous and cruel, whilst their prac tices of flattening the skull, distorting it to a sugar loaf shape, and distending the lower lip to a fright ful extent by the insertion of a shell or a piece of wood, by no means adds to their personal beauty. Tattooing is occasionally practised among them, and painting the face is universal. Their canoes aro not of bark, as is the case with those of the tribes of the interior, but are hollowed out of the trunk of a tree by a glow fire, and they arc com monly used as sepulchres for their dead. The canoe is dragged ashore for the purpose, and the body, enveloped in a blanket and surrounded by the weapons and other articles used by the deceased in his lifetime, is laid therein. Some tribes, however, place their dead in boxes among branches of trees. Gambling and drunkenness are emong their vices, and "a game is played among themselves, with a number of small pieces of polis Led stick, about five inches in length, and having much the appearance of short pencils. These are enveloped from time to time, by the players on either side, in a mass of bark fibre or tow, and then dealt out like a pack of cards with great rapidity." At this game, which the author sayS he could never comprehend, they will sit for hours. Of their religious creed we have the following account :—" The belief among the Northern Indians is, first, that Yale (Crow) made everything. That men possess a never dying soul, The brave who fall in battle, and those who are murdered, enjoy everlasting happiness in heaven ; while those who die a natural death are condemned to dwell for ages among the branches of tall trees. The world was originally dark, shape less, chaotic, the only living thing being Yale. For a long time he flew round and round the watery waste, until at length, growing weary of the into lerable solitude, he det , rmined to people the uni verse. He bade the waters recede and the .sun shine forth and dry the earth. The effect of this was to cause a dense mist to arise ; out of this mist he created salmon, and put them into the lakes and rivers. Birds and beasts were afterwards created on land. After Yale had finished his work of crea tion he made a survey of it, and found that all crea tures were satisfied with the universe in which they had been placed, with the exception of the lizard, who, having a stock of provisions laid up for winter use, and being moreover a great sleeper, pre ferred a request to be allowed five months winter. Not so,' replied Yale, for the sake of the other ani mals there shall be but four snowy months. The lizard insisted on five, stretching forth at the same time his five digits—for in those days he had a hand like a man. The crow seized-his hand, and cutting off one finger gave him to understand that the remaining number should indicate the months of the seasons—four rainy, four snowy, and four summer." The legend goes on to tell how the crow took to wife a salmon, but that they parted owing to incompatability of disposition, and then narrates his nuptials with a daughter of the sun ; the issue of which, trying to guide his gran dfather's chariot, nearly set the earth on fire ; and it winds up with an account of a universal deluge. Both Catholic sod Protestant mission aries are now labouring at the conversion of these people, and the author " heard a chapter in the Bible translated and expounded to them in Chinnook, as well as the Decalogue with the very appropriate introduction of an eleventh command ment—" Wake klosh muck-a-muck whisky. Thcu shalt not drink whisky ;" well meant, no doubt, but a precedent of questionable propriety. Proceeding now to British Columbia, the author ascended Fra ser River, the current of which in part of its course was so great that he says, " The steamers seldom succeed in achieving a higher speed than from one to two knots per hour, and I have known them not 711 E MIDNIGHT MISSION. This remarkable movement has lost nothing of its first efficiency, though it has long ceased to excire the interest of novelty. It was a bold, but an important enterprise. It, is how confessedly a success. It demanded a more than common amount of good sense, discretion, and delicacy; it laid its promoters open to severe censure in case of failure, and ekposed them to great ridicule and smart gibes on the part of those who can always laugh at what they cannot understand, or will not help. The brief history of this movement is instructive. Many kind and earnest ministers and laymen felt deeply for the condition of 40,000 fallen women traversing nightly the streets of London. They were not only lost sheep, but apparently inaccessible to the aggressive efforts of those whose compassion their sorrows and their sufferings had excited. That there might be no fair opening for censure, the first promoters sent out to leading and influential persons 700 notices of their design. On the Bth of February, 1860, 500 invitations, enclosed in envelopes, were distributed among the sisters of the pave in Regent-street, Coventry-street, and the Haymarket, and in the various casinos which they are in the habit of frequent ing, affectionately and respectfully inviting them to meet a few friends at tea in the Restaurant of St. James's-hall at half-past 11 p.m. About 250 of these " unfortunate ladies" accepted the invitation. They were addressed by the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, in words full of earnest remon strance, Christian feeling, and in a temperate spirit, and the effect was most impressive. Numbers felt chords touched in their nature that had long ceased to vibrate, and reminiscences stirred that had been almost effaced, and applications many and fervent were made by the victims of a great evil for deliverance from its bondage. The re sults, in a mere statistical point of view, were as follows : —Twelve meetings of this kind were held; 2,400 unfor tunate women attended, 26 were restored to their friends, 18 were placed in service, 91 were gathered into various homes provided for this Turpose, four married, and two emigrated. A contemporaneous attempt was made by some French pastors under the same sanction to impress the very numerous Frenchwomen who have fallen into the same degraded condition; but here the difficulties were very great. The haunts of these unfortunates are the pro perty of Belgians and Frenchmen, who import the unhappy creatures into this country by gross misrepresentations, and afterwards live and become rich by their gains. These taskmasters forbade their victims to accept the invitations, and threatened to flog them if they disobeyed their orders. It was also found that the scepticism and superstition in which they had been trained in their own country enabled them to a great extent to resist every attempt to awaken them to a sense of their position, and to throw off every earnest and salutary appeal. But, accepting all the failures, there remains sufficient success to be a reward to those be. nevolent persons who so nobly pitied and so kindly toiled for those who did not pity themselves. The countries to which the 138 reclaimed unfortunates belonged were as fol low :-59 were natives of London ; two came from Wales, three from Scotland, and six from Ireland. Yorkshire fur nished three, Gloucestershire four, Somersetshire eight, and two were from each of the remaining English counties. Their average age was 22 years. The sources and springs of the " social evil" are many and various. Not a few start on their unhappy career from fashionable dressmakers' establishments. Young and beautiful, they feel the op pressive fatigue of vitiated air, late hours, and incessant work. They meet with them that "smile and are villains." Dissatisfied with their intolerable toils, yearning for relief and sympathy, they yield, are forsaken, and die alike un knowing and unknown. Another source of this evil is found in the army. The rules of the service allow only six wives in each company, and the marriage of soldiers is generally discouraged. Regiments sent to India are accompanied by 30 wives, though composed of 1,000 men. If young women could look forward to early marriages they would thus be lifted out of the way of temptation. But, owing to the consumption of men by the navy and the army, by emi gration, and by the fact that there are thousands of bhop men whose masters would dismiss them if they dared to marry, there were found at last census 1,400,000 women be tween 20 and 40 years of age unmarried. Servants out of place swell the ranks of the fallen. In fact, poverty has much to do as an occasion, if not a cause, of the first step downward. They see thousands of their sex on the streets gaudily attired, apparently prosperous and merry, while they are cold and hunger-bitten, and in rags. The tempta tion to plunge into the current is strong, and their prin ciples or powers of calculation are weak, and they are ruined. The upper classes also contribute their share of victims. Fashionable mothers cultivate the society of profligate young men of rank and fortune, and often reap the fruits they have been fostering in the degradation of their daugh ters. No conduct is more worthy of censure. Vice ought to be reprobated in man as firmly as in woman. If we can not extinguish the social evil we may do much to lessen it. Earlier marriages would be a step in the right direction. Let young men begin as their parents began, and not wait to begin as their parents live after 30 years of prosperous labour. :Let mothers learn to appreciate a fortune en a young man as highly as a fortune with a young man. The former is a mine, the latter is but a balance in the bank. At all events, he cannot have much pity or com passion in his heart who refuses his best wishes for the success of au enterprise that has already lessened the bur den of human suffering, and appears to have capabilities of increased success. A fire broke oat last week at St. Jean-Sarrebrnek, in Prussia, in the house of a Baker named Brenner, which was completely destroyed. Five children of the owner un fortunately perish e d i n th e flames, and their moth er on l y escaped by ju mp i ng out of the window, by which, however, she received s evere injuries. A female servant also jumped out and saved her life after first throwing out another of the baker's children. Several other persons who were in the house received more or less serious injuries in effecting their escape. ~ / / 7,' §~ ~ ~~ /: /~~ ~ 2 _«~ z ~~.~ ~~ »» §~ *\a « »2 < &`2: \y w