The Sun. — London, England, 1862-10-23 00:00:00

T HE WEST AFRICA COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Joint Stock Companies' Acts of 1856 and 1857, whereby the liability of the Shareholders is limited to the amount of their subscriptions. Capital, £250,000, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each. First issue, £12,500 Shares. .E 1 to be paid on application and Ll 10s. on allotment. The holders of such first Shares to have the preference, pro rata, in all further issues. No call to exceed £2 10s. per Share, nor to be made except at an interval of at least three months fram any previous Call. If no allotment be made, the deposit will be returned in full. DIRECTORS. Thomas Bazley, Esq., M.P Manchester T homas Bradshaw , sq., Temple George Braginton, Esq., Torrington, Devon Thomas Briggs, Esq., Prestwich Park, Manchester henry Browitrigg, E Thomas Clegz q. , Manchester sq., 3 ~ Lime-street, E.C. , Es Frederic Doulton, Esq. , M.P., Manor-house, Dulwich - Ambrosecommon Emerson, Eq. (Messrs. Newby, Carson, and Co., Gresham 119 use, E.C.) Captain J• F. Napier Hewett, F.R G S., J.P., Cardiff Edward Hollins, Esq., Preston, Lancashire Gerard Ralston, Esq., Consul-General for Liberia, 21, Tokenhouse-yard, E.C. (With power to add.) BANKERS—The London and Westminster Bank, Loth bury, E.C. .soLicyrous Messrs. Cotterill and Sons, 32, Throg morton-strect BROKERS.. Messrs. Huggins and Rowsell, 1, Thread needle-street, E C. GENERAL MANAGER—J. B. Langley, Esq. SECRETARY—F. W. Stone, Esq. Temporary Offices-41, Gresham-house, E.C. PROSPECTUS. - - The object of the Company is—To establish Trading stations, Factories, and Depots on the Coast of Western Africa, and, by means of organised agencies, to bringdown and collect for shipmeat at such stations the valuable pro ducts of the interior; to import goods, and introduce ma chinery for cleaning and pressing cotton, and for other purposes; and generally to enter into commercial relations with the native traders, by means of barter, traffic, or other wise ; and thereby to open up, in exchange for British manufactures, a practically illimitable market for cotton and other products—and to secure their transmission to the ports of the United Kingdom. The capabilities of Africa to meet the commercial require ments of Europe are evidenced in the variety of its proproduc tions,and the in creas i ng extent of its trading operations ; and it has long been a matter of surprise, that the en couragement of Native industry should have been left to association s of a philanthropic character, or to a few Mop.- chants intent upon the enormous profit which exclusive dealings with the Natives incontestably afford. COTTO The cultivation o f the Cotton P ant, and the employment of African labour on its native soil, have already been suffi ciently tested, There is abundance of labour seeking eni PlaYni'dnt, a fertile soil well adapted for its growth, and a P.,,, .°Pulation actively alive to what will benefit themselves. ' 4 : 13 expensive or uncertain experiments are required to test the ability or the will of the Natives to supply this country 'with cheap and good cotton. The testimony of the officers of the Niger expedition concurs with, and confirms, the evidence of Dr. Livingstone, and other African travellers, that indigenous Cotton is growing in abundance throughout east districts, covering many thousands of miles of territory, and only waits to be gathered. Some tribes of the Natives are largely engaged in manufacturing Cotton into clothing for their own use. It is calculated that more than 200,000 Pieces of these cloths are annually exported from Africa into the Brazils. In fact, only buyers on the spot are 'wanted to take from the Natives what they have to offer, g i ving in exchange manufactured goods suitable to their re quirements. ~In a lett er f rom D r. B a lf our B a ki e, i n command o f t h e Niger Expedition, to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, which Lord R usse ll cause d t o b e i nser t e d i n th e London Gazette of August 29th, 1862, he emphatically urges his lordship " to call attention, in England, to the peculiar eligii ility of this portion of Central Africa (Bida Nusse), as a Cotton field." Again, speaking of Sudan, and the Yoruba country, he proct eds to say—" Here Cotton is already in abundance, and cultivated by a people able and willing to work, and accustomed to its habits and rearing; nothing is required but increased demand, means of pur chase, cleaning and shipment. The rest would speedily foilo w . ,, Mr. I. Lyons M'Leod, Hon. Secretary to the African Aid Society, in a Letter to the Times, March 28th, 1861, writes It is a well-attested fact, that from Western Africa (chipping port Lagos), Cotton in abundance may be pur chased at 2d. per lb., and allowing for exorbitant overcharge for cleaning, freight, &c., it may be sold from the same lo cality in Liverpool at 44d. per lb. This Cotton is equal in quality to New Orleans at 61d. per lb., proving beyond doubt, that from IN estern Africa, which is nearer to our shores than the Cotton districts of America, we may ob tain the same amount of Cotton for £20,000,000, for which we are paying the Slaveholders of the United States X 3 0,000,000, In Western Africa —th e Yoruba Country, and al o t n o g b t y h D e r. 13 valleyall Balfour r t the Niger"aki o_ „ ( t t h h ee Natives localities shove re ferredsupply any amount of Cotton for Manchester andare ready G l to gow Manufacturers,"as- These testimonies appear to demand the most serious attention and consideration at the present crisis. The supply of Cotton from the Southern States (which till a recent date formed 80 per cent. of our consumption), cannot be fully renewed for several years ; part of the crop of 1861 has been burned, and the remainder may never reach us. In 1862, it is believed, that only about one-fourth of the usual crop has been sown, and it is not likely that a larger area can be placed under Cotton Culture in 1863; so that, if the Civil 'War were to be ended by any means to morrow, the full supply of Ametican Cotton could not be resumed till September, 1864. Till that date, the price of middling and ordinary Orleans are not likely to fall below One Shilling per pound. There is abundant evidence to show that India cannot for many years supply the quantity or quality required. The Egyptian supply is the only one which might be supposed likely to compete with that imported from West Africa; but the Egyptian Cotton imported into England has never hitherto reached 200,000 bales in any one year, and if doubled (which it cannot be for two or three years), it will not suffice to make up the deficiency created by the reduced supplies of ordinary Americans. Besides, the average price of Egyptian Cotton has been Bd. per pound for several Years. African Cotton, equal to middling Orleans, can be delivered in Liverpool, at a cost to the Importer of Four pence Halpenny per pound. In the seed, in Africa, it may be procured in unlimited quantities at about one Halfpenny Per pound ; cleaned Cotton about Threepence. Payments being mad.) in barter, the profits' on the Goods reduce the east price of the Cotton considerably. It is not the intention of the " West Africa Company" to become Cultivators of Cotton ; the Company will simply be Purchasers of Cotton, which will be brought down to their Stations by the Native Traders, and thence Shipped to the ports of the United Kingdom. Several well-known Firms, having used African Cotton in their Manufactories, are able to report favourably of its quality for working. GENERAL TRADE. The Company will not, however, depend on Cotton alone for realising a good dividend on the capital employed. The interchange of commodities will be widened to the largest possible extent, so as to include every other product of Africa, which will pay an enhanced value in this country. These products, which consist chiefly of Palm Oil, Shea nutter, Gold Dust, Ivory, Hides, Indigo, Copper, Ground Nuts, Pepper, Arrowroot, Gums, Dye Woods, Ostrich Feathers, Timber for Shipbuilding, and other articles of commerce, equally suitable to the requirements of our mar kets, will also be made the media of trade, *o as to suit the industry and keen trading instincts of the various classes of Native producers. The fact that the production of Palm Oil, Shea Butter, and other valuable articles, is in excess of the local demand, can be shown by the latest and most in dubitable authorities. The Rev. Samuel Crowther, writing to the Church Missionary Society lately, states, "at the Delta of the Niger alone, millions' worth, in red Oil and and black Oil from the kernels of the Palm nut, rot away annually for want of inducement to collect them." From an offici a l d ocument received through the Board of Trade, it appears that in 1856 upwards of 220,000 tons of these ' kernels, ave 3 from whi c h Oil of the value of £3,789,000 might coast. been extracted, were actually thrown aw a y on the sum of amount thus lost represe n t s i n ac t ua l va l ue a upward s of a Million Sterling more than all the tallow exported from Russia in that year; and when it is considered that the tallow was paid for i n cas h, an d t h at t h e bulk of the t ra d e with Africamay be carried on by barter to the manufa c t ures of Manchester, Glasgow, Bi rm i ng h am , the Potteries, and Sh e ffi eld, it impossible to overat e th e benefits which will ac crue to this country by developing the resources of Western Africa. As there is no currency in the country trade is conducted by means of barter, so that a ma r k e t f or English produc tions will be opened at every point from which the Com.• pany draws its supplies of raw materials. A profit both ways will thus be obtained by the Company, viz., upon the goods sold in Africa, and, vice versa, upon the Cotton, Palm Oil, &c., imported and sold in the English markets. The West Africa Company will commence operations under peculiarly favourable circumstances, owing to the fact that their agencies on the West Coast of Africa are already organised; and competent acclimatised persons, native merchants and others, at Abeokuta, Elmina, Lagos, Cape Palmas, and in the Niger river, are ready to act in behalf of th e Company the moment it commences business. The agencies of the Company being thus already satisfied, and a considerable number of shares having been subscribed for, the operation of the Company will commence forthwith. From the foregoing statements, taken together with the fact that this Company will possess unusual facilities for successfulan mercantile operations, owing to its large capital tiodnscovTlections it is confidently expected that its transac tions a knowledge produce very handsome dividends. Persons hav stenthat to d wiedge of the African trade will readily under rest on the name what would be a probable rate of inte the stamp of capitale worked would, to the uninitiated, bear assured that the Company The Directors, however, feel di mensions as to inv est and will eventually assume such und that the develli it with a most i mportant c h arac t er ; more than anythin ra e7 nt of th e resources of Africa w ill d o Foreign Slav e T rade event se to h asten the extinction of the lanthropy th an to corLa a e n rc e e. v not more de s i ra bl e to phi- * See African Aid Societ and enerall in con 's of itp p ort for 1862, page 10 , gy firmation Annual Reports of the Cotton Supplyo Association ; " ' The statements herein the Cotton Plant Countries sdapted 5-15, &c. ; D. J. May, E sq ,, R is ,' i ( t i ; . Culture" pages D , Lvis, Sur and the Reports of Mr. Consul Burton , ii,lerr Expedition), .as they are by Mr. Naof.Abeokuta ; geon to the Niger Expedition ; ratified Consul Campbell ; the Rev. Mr. Town send. D. R. Ross, Esq.; and by Captain J. P. pier Hewett, in his recent work " European Settlements on the West Coast of Africa." Shares mill be allotted in the order of application Applications for Shares may be made in the accOmpany- R r f e b a r d m ne t e o d the se Brokers, et L o London, s Huggins c.,or to t dhe s to r m e I 1 , the Temporary Offices of the Company, 41, Gresham. house, E.C. FORM OF APPLICATION OF SHARES. To the Directors of The West Africa Company, Limited." G entlemen,—Having paid to the Bankers of the ab ove Company, 1 reques t y ou to allot me Shares in tl a Company ; and I agree to accept the same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay £1 10s. per Share on the allotment being made. Name Address Occupation Date S T EW THEATRE-110 VAL, ADFLPHT, Coln Prouriator and Ntnnsurer. Mr. R. Webnter. THIS EVENING, THE GREEN BIISHEA. Messrs. G. Honey, Paul Bedford, Billing'on, Sefton, Stephenson, Lewis, Ehurne, Romer. Mies Avonia Jones, Mi s , t Wool gar , M rs. Rillington, and Mrs. Stoker. To conclude with THE SHIT rrNa DAY AT. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. Messrs. G. Honey. P. Bedford, R. Phillips, Sefton, C. J. Smith, Romer ; Miss A. Bland and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. 1.1) OVAL PRTNCFSS'S THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Lindu%. TATS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. Mr. George Vining, Mr. E. Roxby, and Miss M. Oliver. Alter which, at Eight o'clock. Sheridsn Knowles' Play of LOVE. Messrs. H. Diarston, TT. Vezin, Shore, R. Cathcart, C. S yton ; Mrs. Buckingham White and Misses Murray and Constance Aylmer. To conclude with PERFECTION, Messrs. Fitziames, Roxby, Belmore ; and Misses M. Oliver and Murray. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE I , solo Lessee and 31anacer. —lllr. Edmund Falconer. 294th Night of the '..ontinpous run of "Peep o'Day." TI I S 1 VEWIN G. PEEP O'PAY ; or. Savourneen Deelish essrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selb y , Geo. M elville: nd Edmund Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara eston. To be followed by the Last View of KILLARNEY, intro ducing the Ballet. Co44cludirg with the new Comediptt4, IT MUST BE TRUE, 'T NV 144 S IN TILE PAPERS. Walter Lacy, J. Robins ; Mrs. Weston, Ptiss Weston, and Miss L. Thompson. ASIT EI"S ROYAL A MPHITHEATRE.- Sole Proprietor and Manner, Mr. W. BATTY. Last week but one. THIS EVENING will be performed IVIAZEPPA ; or, The Wild horse of Tartary, with New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. Tc be followed by a brilliant routine of novel and daring ' eenef4 in the Circle, in which Madame Efislop and Young Devereux will appear. Toconclude with a COMIC PALLET, in which Miss Annie Cu-hnie and Barry Croneste will appear. Commence at 7.—Stage IMAPageT, Mr. W. Searle. Tfi F, v - rnoun OF YouTIT RES T. 9 JN E C D E OF Thin ' This w(m d€rilli agent will restore manhood it_ ollution. irv,F. OCR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE most ,battered constitution, whether arisinc from se This life-reatoring Tern ral causes. The time required to cure the most Inveterate 3truetiona (which are Very el lel, failure is impossible. marry, as its effects are peedrYmmaieonuth..l :B:Bl:::'un:etweuerkfai e:rnidi7lit"uss'etdhaeccefforedctinsgoftocli Success in every case is as certain *he medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. them a climate, ornt printed t i u _ that water quenches as hirst.b Ite taken i ae k b n y o a w l l l e a d b g o e u d t b t y o Dr. Ricord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in- Atructioqs for use, am ts'' or four quantities in one for 335.. and will be sent to y part of the world , carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-oft (le order payable to Front knd co,, Patent PiedictineWarehonee, 229, ;strand London. N° 21,939. HOTELS, &c. CH APLIN'S Ii 0 TEL. AND SPREAD EAGLE TAVERN, 84, GRACECIITIRCH-STREET, LONDON. nmiort, combined with model...to (+Braes. will be found at this Establishment. PRIVATE RTAIENTS FOE FAMILIES. Sitting- Room, 2s. per Day. Bed Rooms, ls. fid. and 1:s. per Night. A Night Porter in attendance. No INCREASE OF CHARGES. INDIA AND THE COLONIES. p A SSENCERS Eroborlcinz or Disembarking. wits find superior accommodation and moderate I , arges at CHAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. A Lawn in front, extending to the River. 'LEFT'-STREET, near THE LONDON. 191, Temple-bar. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER for THIS I )AY, the 23d inst., will consist of POTAGES. Purée de Gibier—A la Printaniere. POISSON. Anguille etuvee—Soles (rites. ENTREES. Kari de Mouton—Emince de Veau avec du Jambon. Bceut braise—Mouton rot'. ENTREMETS. Pouding de Cabinet—Tartelettes aux Confiteurs. Fromage et Salade. TO-MORROW, the 24th inst., "THE LONDON DINNER" will consist of _ _ _ POTA GE F 4. A I'Anglais—A Poissorr. Turbot sauce d'Homard—Soles frites. ENTREES. Compote de Pigeon—Filets de Pore sauce Robert. Mouton bouilli—Beeuf toti. ENTREMETS. Pouding d'Albert—Tourte de Pomme. Frcma.ge et Sal de. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH RHENISH, ‘TOSELLE, and other WINES imiorted ex pressly foraHE LONDON DINNER. Turtle Soup and all Fish in season daily. The /Mention of Clereymen, Officers, and Professional Gentlemen i a especially drawn to the advantaces offered by hese ele.trant Saloons, which fulfil all the requirements of a West-end Club of the most aristocratic and exclusive cha acter. ' L'on tro9ve dans la Salle de Lecture non senlemerlt lea meilleurs .Tourn 811 X Anglais, mais aussi Journaux Allemands, Francais et Ilelg,res. SAWYER, Proprietor. AMITSEITEN TS. CANTERBURY HALL, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. GRAND SFLECTION and C'ANTA TA NIGHTLY— VERDI'S " TROVATORE," and MACFARREN'S " BUY DAY." PRINCIPAL ARTTSTPS. Miss RUSSELL, Miss TOWNLEY. Messrs. Tivoli, Green, Raynor, and Russell Grover. Conductor, Mr. JONGIIMANS. And the following unprecedented cast of Comic Favourites, viz.: —E. Marshall, A. B. Ifoll'ngsworth. and W. '►`. Crit^h fled ; the renowned Trio, Du'ey, Enzen e, and ljnsworth, the original of the celebrated Stump Speech, " OR ANY OTHER MAN." T H E O X F O R 11, 6, OXFORD STREET. " Don Sebastien " (Donizetti's finest work) ; other Operatic Selectons, Choruses, Four-part Sonc - s, Glees, Duets, &c., by Miss Russell viss ownley ; Messrs. Morley, Greene, Huish, and Albert ; with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmnns. Solos by Drew Dean, the youthful Flutist; Mr.lVraclagan's Entertainment; and the Comic performances of Miss Caro line Parkes, Mr. W. Randall. Little Bob, teuzene, and Erns worth (the great original of "or any other man.") Admission, lid.; Balcony and Stalls, Is. ; Private Boxes, I OR. Rd. \ - NT S. WOODIN'S CABINET of CURIO • SITIES—NewIy Polished and Re-Iined—POLY PITIC HALL, Bing William-street, Charing-cross Every Evening, at eight (except Saturday), with new characters, music, songs, and dances. The scenic llustrations and effects, entirely new, painted by and under he direction of Mr. William Callcott. Morning Performance, caturday, Oct. IS, at 3. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 25.; amphitheatre, s. Box-office open from eleven to five. ItTr. Woodin as Mr. Sothern, of tha Haymarket, in his elehrated character of "Lord Dundreary, , Morning and MR. and MRS. GERMAN REED. w ith M r. JOHN PARRY, TO-NIGHT, in their New and highly successful ENTERTAINMENT, entitled "The Family Le gend" (214th representation), written by Tom Taylor, * Esq., followed by Mr. John Parry's Musical Narrative of "A Colleen Tiawn" (ll2ith time), and every Eveninz(except Satur day), at S ; Thursday and Saturday afternoons, at 3, at the Royal Gallery of Illustration, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, Is., 2s. ; stalls, 8.. ; stall chairs, Ss., secured (without fee) in advance, at the Gallery ; and at Messrs. Cramer and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. A RGYLL• ROOMS. —Great Windmill-street, Ilayma.rket. II AND CASINO FR ANCA LSE. Open every Evening for Promenade and Dancing, with the elebrated Band of 50 performers. Conductor and Principal 'ornet-a-Piston. M. BOITLCOURT.—The new Imperial Qua drille, Valse Cotillion, and L. Mosca's Peep o'DayValse will e played nightly. A new Conversation Salon has been added to the shove Fstahlishment for Reading . , Coffee, and Refreshments.— dmission ]s.—Manager, M. Grenet. OYAT, ENGLTSTT OPFATIA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the Manarrerrent of Miss tonisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. enle Lessees. TATS EVENTNG, Meyerbeer's roranntie opera of DINORAM Mdlle. Parepa, Miss Thirlwall, and Madame Laura Baxter; Messrs. Santley, H. t orri, A. St. Albyn, and W. Harrison. Conductor—Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at hall-past 7—Commence at R. THEAT PF-POva PAYIVIA T-Z R . F. T TrpFce Mr. .7 P. Plv.katone. THIS EVENING, at 7. A DAUGHTER To MARRY, !Tr. Farren, Mr. IRop•ers, Mr. Clark, and Miss E. Romer. _ . After which, at a quarter to 8, will be nertormed (281st time) UR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Ruck lone Dnnercarv. Mr. Sothern. Volloa•Prl by a new Fare, entitied DUCK PUNTING: Vr. Compton, Mr. Howe, Mr. W. Farren, 'VTrs. Wilkins, and Miss C. Hill. To conclude with JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. THE ATR F-R OY AL. DRURY•LANE. Dion Poneicanit, Lessee. THIS EVENING, THE COLLEEN SAWN. Dion Boueleault. Searle. G. Vandenhoff, Leeson, Mellon ; Madame i'eleste, Stevens, Latimer. After which, TT-1P f?FT,TF,F OF LITCKNOW. Dion Roueicanit, Atkins, Edwin, Ryder ; Madame Celeste and Mrs. Dion Iloueicault. Commence at 7. ) . (y z - - ( 1111 ft11" Alk 44 , ).., 1 1 " 7 1111111* .... ' • ; . , „ A • At n . , / , ' 4111 1 r - • • 44 .4 vt\ ~,,, T . PRICE..... ..4d. STAMPED ....sd. e/(-‘lrXe forward, states that he is the real criminal, and although he is at first refused credence he so clearly proves the fact that he is put in the place of the accused, and is sentenced to the galleys for life. Previously, however, he had withdrawn his money from the bankers and had buried it in the forest of Montfermeil. M. Victor Hugo now makes a digres sion and describes the battle of Waterloo, giving his own account of the reason why the French lost that memorable day. " Was it possible," he says, " for Napoleon to win the battle ? We answer in the negative. Why ? On account of Wel- lin,gton, on account of Blucher? No; on account of GOD. Bonaparte, victor at Waterloo, did not harmonize with the law of the 19th century. Another series of facts was preparing, in which. Napoleon had no longer a place; the ill will of events had been displayed long previously. It was time for this vast man to fall ; his excessive weight in human destiny disturbed the balance. The individual alone was of more account than the universal group; such plethora of human vitality concentrated in a single head —the world mounting to one man's brain— would be mortal to civilisation if they endured. The moment had arrived for the incorruptible su preme equity to reflect, and it is probable that the principles and elements on which the regular gra vitations of the moral order as of the material order depend, complained. Streaming blood, overcrowded graveyards, mothers in tears, are formidable pleaders. When the earth is suffering from an ex cessive tiirdeb, are mysterious groans from the shadow which the abyss hears. Napoleon had been denounced in infinitude, and his fall was de cided. Waterloo is not a battle but a transforma tion of the universe." That his English readers will agree with him in the opinions he expresses with regard to this battle is scarcely probable, nevertheless all must admire the graphic vigour with which he sketches the main features of the conflict. To return, however, to the fortunes of the convict Valjean, now in the Bagne at Toulon. Having saved the life of one of the crew of the Orion, who had lost his balance when on the main topsail, and, clinging to a rope, was in a position of extreme peril, Valjean let himself fall into the water, as if accidentally, and was supposed to be drowned, but in reality he seized the opportunity of escaping. His first proceeding was to rescue Cosette from the Thenardiers, who persistently illtreated her; and he then took her to Paris, where, in disguise, and under an assumed name, he employed his time and money in doing good. But he is tracked by the indefatigable Javert, with difficulty makes his escape, and takes refuge with Casette in the garden of a convent, where an old acquaintance of his, whose life he had once saved, was employed, and through whose influence he is taken as assistant gardener. Here he remains for several years, till Cosette approximates to womanhood, when, no t wishing that she should remain there for life, he leaves, and they once more take a lodging and pur sue a career of charity. The author now indulges in another episode and introduces us to a Gamin de Paris and to a certain Marius, who afterwards weds Cosette. The former, Gavroche by name, is one of the most natural creatures in the book, and the genus to which he belongs is thus described : " This little being is joyous ; he does not eat every day, and he goes to the theatre every night, if he thinks proper. He has no shift on his body, no shoes on his feet, and no covering on his head ; he is like the flies, which have none of them things. He is from seven to thirteen years of age, lives gregariously, i lodges in the open air, wears an old pair of his father's trousers, which descend lower than his heels, an old hat belonging to some other father, which comes below his ears, and one yellow list brace. He runs, watches, begs, kills time, colours pipes, swears like a fiend, haunts the wine shop, knows thieves, is intimate with prostitutes, talks slang, sings filthy songs, and has nothing bad in his heart, for he has in his soul a pearl—lnnocence; and pearls are not dissolved by niud. So long as the man is a child, GOD desires that he should be innocent. If we were to ask the enormous city what is this crea ture ? It would reply, •Itis my little one.' " The " manners and customs" of this eccentric character are described by M. Victor Hugo, con amore and so well that no one, we should think, would have cou- rage enough to touch it after him. We have, then, after various adventures, in which Marius and Val jean take part, a most vivid account of the attempted revolution in 1832, in which Marius is wounded, but is rescued by Valjean, who, at imminent risk, carries him through a sewer, and then surrenders himself to Javert, whose life he had saved when recognised as a spy by the defender of the Barri cade, and condemned to be shot. Javert, however, is for once unequal to this occasion; duty commands him to consign Valjean once more to the galleys ; admiration of his generosity impels him to leave him free. Torn by these conflicting emotions his mind gives way, and he cuts the knot by jumping into the Seine. Valjean is now relieved from perse. cution, and Cosette 'is married to Marius, but his conscience impels him to tell the latter his history, and Marius, not approving his wife's intimacy with such a character, and unaware that ha owed him his life, discourages his visits. Hurt at this,' and worn out with anxiety and hardships, Val jean takes to his bed and dies, though not before Marius, disabused of his prejudices and suspicions, has, with Cosette, been to him and sought recon ciliation and forgiveness. Such is the meagre out line of the main thread of the plot of this very re markable novel, which is so rich in both thought and incident that it would require not one but a series of articles to do it justice. For the combina tion of dramatic vigour, artistic construction, and earnestness of purpose, it stands almost alone among modern French fiction, and the publishers, by producing it in its present form, have conferred a boon on the reading public, of which, we should think, they would not be slow to avail themselves. onlyou R we A re originally WORD ikßfinger alone the first and little fingers, so that the n m a idd e l e little finger, was left free. Some wore rings only put N G on g . t — he l2 th l i i n rd Y o phitarch, speaking others kept that finger for the signet• re their rings on the finger,te ll us but tha t l a t r e t r n rings of the Greeks, says that they mostly Wo of course the left, as third finger. The hand intended wasthough the Arabs, as the right is not convenient for rinTs,ahrays wear their sig the left is the less honourable hall i d, , an _...... THE FOREIGN OLDCi 5 nets on the little finger of the_r E 'gn_ to be subject to the same Tll3l d AN.— On Y ce o a u W r e l e i k tt . le Theyas the bodies of the old monks in theyseeware to be found extant at all, tooldampreondaigbiroousadaligvee., when mummifying influese" y or y yellow, very withered, their bones Sicily. They grow " - vi w el k, but ch t ei h d. e a y i Ig d o e i iniktneceilwi known e in . y T p a a k ps e a: my seem to crack as Senor friendExtremadura ever since I can remember the do mg. knowledge Ramon o h w a 1 s e l l; t r n o e ci f . ra : a ld dYu h th fi thr :: e ve y ee - h an f il r d de i t T - ns t t h h h h tat i t nairty Estremadu ra y e e n ar u s; sesusedt o fi frighten h w t e a was tt m t . h off and on in almost every so old when I was hi f . E urope. Only this summer, drinking tea with me w ith ca pital In certain friends, there came a bri s k th ough tremulous little d o uble knock at the door. " Ecoutez," cried the lady of t h e house ; " that surely is Estr ema d ura ' s knock. " EstreEstre madural There was a c r y o f d er i sive amazement, Every b o dy agreed that he had been dead ten years. Somebody had seen an account of his funeral in the newspapers. But the door opened, and Estremadura made his appearance. He was the same as ever. The same yellow face, black bead-like eyes, innumerable wrinkles, fixed grin; the same straw hat, grass-green coat, white trousers, and big stick — his unvarying costume ever sint - .,.e I had known him. " How you do ?" was his salutation to me. " Ver well since I saw you lasse ?" I had not seen him for 15 years. He chatted and talked and drank tea. He was asked whence he had come ? From Rome. Whither he was going ? To Stock holm. He was charming ; yet we could not help feeling, all of us, as though we were sitting in the presence of a facetious phantom, of a jocular ghost. It was rather a relief when he skipped away, and was seen no more. I wonder whether he will ever turn up again. It is clear that Estre madura is ninety, if he be a day old ; yet I dare say he will read the account of my death, if anybody takes the trouble to advertise that fact in the newspapers, and say, " Alia I and so he die. Eh! I knew his good papa ver well." — _Dickens's 411 the Year Bova. ~~~ THE SUN, LoivnoN, THURSDAY EVEN! G 1 OCTOBER 23, 1862. WANTED, by H Country Bank, a PARTNER who can introduce from Ten to Fifteen Thousand Pounds. Address, by letter only, A. 8., care of Messrs. Job and Co., 75, Cannon-street West, London. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- The LAST EXCURSION of the SEASON to WEY MOUTH, DORCHESTER, YEOVIL. Szc.—On SATUR DAY, 25th October, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Paddington at 3.40 p.m., and Reading, at 4.50 p.m., for WEY RUTH, Dorchester, Bridport, and Maiden Newton (12s. and Rs.); Yt ovil, Ca , tle Cary, and Bruton (11s and 75.); Frome, Westbury, Trowbridge, Al olksham, and Chippenham (10s. and 65.); returning at 7.30 a.m. on Monday, the 27th, or Thursday, the 30th October. R OIAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATuoNEF•,s—lier Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, K.G., P.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Fsq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. DEPu'rr-CHAmmAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since +he beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has incurred expenses ,mount ng to £27,260 on various Lifeboat Establishments on the Coasts of Eng and, Scotland, and Ireland. During the same period the Lifeboats of the Institution have een instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the follow ing Vessels : Barque Vermont, of Halifax. U.S. .. Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby Smack Elizabeth Ann. of Lyme Regis Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rocheste; Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. Schooner Rose, of Lynn •• Brig Prodroma, of t•tockton •• Bri', - ;• Eliza, of Middlesborough Erigantine Freia, of Konigsberg Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. .• Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham • • • • Brigantine IVtigget, of 131deford .. • • • Schooner Prospect, of Berwick • • Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone Brig Pallas, of Shields ..•• • • • Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow • • Smack John Bull, of Yarmouth .. •• Schooner Catherine, of Newry •• •• Barque Niagara, of Shields .• .. • • A Barge of Teignmouth • • • • • • Brig George and James, of London Brig Zephyr, of Whitby •• •• •• 4 Coble Honour, of Cullercoats . Schooner Eliza, of North Shields .. • • • Barque Oberon, of Liverpool Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth .• Brig Scotia, of Sunderland Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. Brig Ann, of Blyth Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega(saved ves sel and one of the crew) .. Sloop Hope, of Dublin Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) • Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and crew) C Smack Merrion Lass, of Aberystwyth (saved yes and crew) .. .. • • .. 3 Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew) 4 Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives 3 Fishing-boats of Whitburn Brig Arethusa, of Blyth •• •• •• Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoc Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris Schooner William, of Morecambe .. Smack Gipsy, of Newry •• • •• Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston .. Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven • • •• Schooner William, of Liverpool .. 1 ugger Nimrod, of Castletown Brig Providence, of Shields .. Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood Barque Guy , na, of Glasgow .. • Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. Brig San Spirid one, of Galaxide Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vienna French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese ss l 3 ch a hi r po q ouDne Danube, P nr u e E r bl s ei z e , v ao e bt r e akc i e t os , I Belfast t Bridgewater Scarborough. . Schooner Flortensia, ot Hanover .. Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven . • Brig St. Michel, of Marans .. • • • Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam Barque Druid, of Sunderland • • •• Schooner Bellona, of Red Bay.. • • Brig Pioneer, of Carnarvon • • • • Schooner Princess Alice, of Ipswich 5 Prig, Minerva, of Workington Schooner Elizabeth and Hannah, of Newburgh 6 Brig Sisters, of %% hitby .. • • • • • • • • 9 Brigantine Matilda, of Stockholm .• •• .. 4 Brig Jane, of North Shields .. • • .. Brig Trial, of Poole •. • • • • • • • • Schooner Liberty, of Dublin .. • • • • • • Schooner Sylphiden, of Nakskov (saved vessel and crew) .. . • • • • • • • ' Barque Frederick, of Dublin .. Barge Peace, of London Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. Sma3k Adventure, of Harwich.. .. Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen . Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish coast•• •• •• •• Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. Schooner Rook, of Liverpool Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. Schooner Eliza Anne, Of Dublin Brig Content, of Sunderland Smack }Alen Owens, of Cardigan Barque Cedarine, of Bermuda Smack Frodsharn, of Liverpool Sloop William, of Liverpool .. Sloop Elizabeth, of Teignmouth Portuguese Barque Cruz V. .. Ship Annie E. Hooper. of Baltimore, U. 5... Barque Henry Everest, of Rochester .. 16 .. 2 .. 5 .. 3 .. 9 .. 6 .. 5 - 3 .. 4 .. 8 .. 4 .. 19 .. 2 .. 8 .. 6 .. 5 .. 4 .. 17 .. 7 .. 5 - 6 .. _ - 5 .. .. ..134 .. 1+ .. 18 Total For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has voted £2,15 1 3 as rewards to the crews of its Lifeboats. It has also granted re, ards mounting to £572 for saving 5('.2 , hipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means. mak 'ng 4 total of 1,302 persons saved from a watery grave during the last two years and a half. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society. -Ind other means, since its formation, is 12,890; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 713 Silver Medals, and £16,0f0 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £64,300 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transportinv-care iages, and Boat-houses. • The public cannot but sympathise with the viaorous efforts now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at '.he present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions 'he Society has made within the past few years, it has now nne Hundred and Twenty-three Life-boats under its man : dement, or the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough fficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, it its humane mission is to be perpetuated. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions : £ s. d Her Majesty the Queen annual 50 C 0 A Lady at ; eith, per W. G. Slater, Esq.. don. 100 0 0 Clerk. Colonel, B.A. annual 1 1 0 Cotton, Sir St. Vincent, Bart.. .. don. 25 0 0 Coutts and Co. Messrs., Bankers .. .. annual 10 0 0 Erle, Lord Chief Justice . don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. 2d don. 25 0 0 Harvey. Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. don. 3 0 0 Lambton, Messrs. W. H. & Co., Bankers .. don. 21 0 0 Lanesborough, the Earl of .. .. annual 5 0 0 Legacy of the late Wm. 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General Jackson concealed his troops as well as possible, so as to show but a small force, leading the enemy to believe their capture would be en easy matter. A battery of four pieces was placed on a hill, in close proximity to the river, but the artillerists were ordered to fire only one round, and then to abandon their guns. The ruse had the desired effect. Four brigades of the enemy rushed across the river and towards the guns, when Jackson precipitated his whole force upon them, as with the power of an avalanche. The enemy were literally mowed down, and *eh. entire body nearly anni hilated. Our informant states that the slaughter was the most terrific ever known in so short a space of time. Many of the poor wretches endeavoured to regain the south bank of the river, but were slain in the attempt, and we are as sured that so great was the number of the dead that the stream was almost dammed up by their bodies. About one thousand five hundred prisoners were taken, and of the whole force, estimated at ten thousand, not more, it is thought, than two thousand escaped. Our own losses are represented to be very inconsiderable, but the extent was not precisely known. It was supposed, however, that two hundred and fifty, killed, wounded, and missing, is a large estimate. Thus has the invincible Stonewall and hia brave band added another imperishable leaf to the already lustrous chaplet which encircles their brows. LITERAltikg. Les Altserables. By Victor Hugo. Authorised English Translation, by Lascelles Wraxall. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. Curiosity, long excited in England, respecting Victor Hugo's master-work will now be gratified. Thanks to the enterprise of Messrs. Hurst and Blackett, it now appears in an English dress, and the translation, executed by Mr. Wraxall, with the valuable assistance of M. Esquiros, does credit both to his industry and his skill. The work, as our readers are doubtless aware, differs in important respects from an ordinary novel. It is not a mere tale of passion and event, but ib the expression of the author's matured opinions respecting the im portant social problems of the age, which, from the position he holds as one of the foremost thinkers of his time, are entitled to careful attention. As the title would indicate, the chief characters in the work are by no means among the higher classes, the prin cipal among them being a released convict, named Jean Valjean. He, a peasant by birth, having lost his parents while young, had been brought up by an elder sister, whom, with her family of seven children, he, in turn, supported when she lost her husband. But one hard winter having no work, and the family no bread, Jean broke a baker's win dow, stole a loaf, was taken, and sentenced to five years in the galleys. Having made various unsuc cessful attempts to escape, his term of punishment had been gradually lengthened till, at the time of his liberation, in 1815, he had served nineteen years. " Let us," says the author, "make room for a short parenthesis. This is the second time that, during his essays on the penal question, and condemnation by the law, the author of this book has come across a loaf as the starting point of the disaster of a des tiny. Claude Gusux stole a loaf, and so did Jean Valjean, and English statistics prove that in Lon don four robberies out of five have hunger as their immediate cause. Jean Valjean entered the Bagne sobbing and shuddering he left it stoically. He entered it in dispair : he eame out of it gloomy. What had taken place in This Soul ? " On his release he proceeds to a town in which resided an excellent Bishop called Mon seigneur Welcome, to whom, repulsed from the inns and famishing with hunger, Valjean appeals for succour. The good Bishop receives him as a brother, regales him with the best, brings out his silver plate in his honour, and gives him a bed But nineteen years in the Bagne have borne their fruit, and the convict, in the night, gets up and goes off with his benefactor's silver plate. He is taken, however, by the police, and brought back, but the Bishop exonerates him by saying that the, things were given him, reproves him for leaving; behind a pair of silver candlesticks, and exhorts" him to employ the money produced by their sale in becoming an honest man. Valjean, astonished, departs, but meeting with a little Savoyard boy hel deprives him of a two-franc piece, and, although he. immediately repents this crime, sows the seed of many future troubles. We are now introduced by the author to an episode of Paris life, the actors being four students of the Latin quarter with their attendant grisettes. These, with the exception of the youngest, Fantine, call for no especial comment, but she is one of the prominent characters in the, carlier part of the story, as her daughter, Cosette, is in the latter. Deserted by her lover, and having a child dependent on her for import, she leaves Paris, having placed Cosette on the road with an inn keeper's wife named Thenardier, and proceeds to a town in which Valjean, who has assumed the name of Father Madeleine, has set up a manufactory of imitation jet, by which he has not only enormously increased the prosperity of the neighbourhood, but has accumulated a fortune of 600,000 f., notwith standing his expenditure of lirge sums in charitable undertakings. In this manufactory Fantine gets employment, but misfortune pursues her; the virtue of the establishment is indignant that a woman should be employed who was known to have an illegitimate child ; she is dismissed, and after part ing with her hair and her front teeth to raise money to supply the extortionate demands of the Thenar diers, who had charge of her child, she is forced to resort to the lowest depths of female degradation. A brutal jest practised on her by "a householder and elector," and for which she retaliates, causes her arrest by Javert, an Inspector of Police, bat Father Madeleine, who is now Mayor, instead of consigning her to prison, sends her, notwithstanding Javert's opposition,to his infirmary, where she dies. This Javert, one of the represen tative characters in the book, is thus delineated : " This man was made up of two very simple and relatively excellent feelings, but which he almost rendered bad by exaggerating them —respect for authority and hatred of rebellion ; and in hie eyes, robbery, murder, and every crime were only forms of rebellion. He enveloped in a species of blind faith everybody in the service of the State, from the Prime Minister down to the gamekeeper. He covered with contempt, aversion, and disgust every one who had once crossed the legal threshold of evil. He was absolute, and admitted of no excep tions ; on one side he said,—' a functionary cannot be mistaken, a magistrate can do no wrong ;' on the other he said,—' they are irremediably lost : no good can come of them.' He fully shared the opinion of those extreme minds that attribute to the human law some power of making or verifying demons, and that place a styx at the bottom of society. He was stoical, stern, and austere ; a sad dreamer, and humble yet haughty, like all fanatics. His glance was a gimlet, for it was cold and pierc ing. Hie whole life was compo sed in two words, watching and overlooking. He had introduced .the straight line into what is the most tortuous thing in the world ; he was conscious of hand was a SPY had religious respect for his duties, to the wretch usefuln_ss_, as well as another is a priest. prison, who came into his clutches! he.wWoUeld have arrested and denounced his father if escaping ban. And he would his mother had she broken from p r h t er of inner satisfaction have done it with that so with all this he spent a which virtue produc.eosiat ; on , self-denial, s p chastity. arta, life of privation, He was the implacable deity, the police compre ss the Spartans comprehended hended a pitiless watchman, a marble-hearted spy a Brutus , contained in a Vidocq." 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Hill left Martinsburg on Saturday moaning, 13th instant, upon their road to Harper's Ferry. General Walker ad vanced his division to the Loudon, and General M'Laws marched towards the Maryland Heights. These forces invested the place, and ultimately compelled its surrender. Meanwhile, Generals D. H. Hill and Longstreet engaged the advancing army of M'Clellan near Boonesborough, with a portion of their forces, on Sunday, the 14th instant. The engagement was severe, but the object of deterring the main force from the relief of Harper's Ferry was fully ac complished. In this engagement the loss on either side was heavy, and General Garland, of Lynchburg, was killed, gallantly commanding his brigade. On Sunday evening the Federal forces, commanded by General White and Col. Miles (who has since died of his wounds), driven back from Maryland heights, after a sharp engagement, by General M'Laws, finding themselves effectually surrounded, con sented to surrender. The formal surrender was made on Monday morning. Eleven thousand and upwards of pri soners, besides two or three thousand negroes (generally runaway slaves), sixty pieces of cannon, the field pieces of superior kind and quality, 20,000 stand of small arms, best quality, many sabres and pistols, large supplies of ammu nition, quartermaster and commissary stores of considerable value, horses, &c., were captured. Our loss in this affair was trifling. After Sunday's battle Generals Longstreet and D. H. Hill fell back five miles from Boonesborough, en the Shop herdstown-road, to the high bluffs on this side of the Antie tam river, a short distance beyond Sharpsburg. The great army of M•Clellan, Burnside, Porter, Heintzelman, &c., followed, and General Jackson made haste to join our forces. On Tuesday evening he reached the battle field and at tacked the left wing of the army. In the plan of battle the left wing was commanded by General Jackson, the centre was held by General Daniel H. Hill, and the right wing was General Longstreet. The battle, begun the evening before, was resumed by General Jackson on the left wing., at about 3 o'clock on Wednesday morning, and about 6 o'clock became general along the en tire line. Our army formed the segment of a circle, and was pressed upon by a force greatly larger, supposed by those able to form a correct judgment fully three to one. At about 10 o'clock General Jackson was reinforced on the left wing by the fine troops of General 111‘Laws. At 2 o'clock the enemy was severely whipped on that wing and driven back fully a mile. The fight at the centre was terribly severe, but the troops of General D. H. Hill reso lutely and to the end maintained their ground. But it was of the ui most moment to the enemy to turn our right flank in order to cut off our communication with the Virginia shore by the ford near Shepherdstown. The pressure upon the gallant corps of General Longstreet was almost irresistible, and anxiety as to the result grew intense, when General A. P. Hill brought the reserve up from Harper's Ferry to the relief of General Longstreet, at about 3 o'clock, to reinstate the doubtful fortune of the day, which, closing, left our troops in possession of all the ground they held at the opening of the battle, and so much of the enemy's as had been wrested from him by Jackson and M'Laws. The battle continued uninterrupted for 13 hours. Never have our troops, exhausted by past labours as they were, exhibited their courage and endurance to such advantage ; never has the enemy contested a field so ob s ti na t e ly. It is held by our troops to be the battle of the war. Our loss in killed was not great, though we are called upon to lament the fall of several gallant and distinguished officers. Gen. Starke, of Jackson's division, commanding the splendid Louisiana brigade, and Gen. L. O'B. Branch, of North Carolina, are numbered with the dead. Many officers and men are wounded ; not many very severely, however. Our loss in killed, wounded, and missing, does not exceed 6,000 to 8,000, and the enemy's is calculated to be five times as many. The day succeeding the battle our troops were under arms awaiting a renewal of the engagement, but the enemy found himself in no condition to try it again. The dead were buried, the wounded removed to Shepaerdstown, and with nightfall came the general order, under which the trains and troops were sent across the river, by the next morning's dawn, without loss ur casualty. The splendid success of this first pedis possessio in Maryland reflects the highest credit on officers and soldiers engaged ; but all award the highest meed of respect and consideration to our great com mander, Gen. Lee, who was present throughout these event ful days, to whose sagacity and profound military judg ment all—all is due. Our troops having crossed the river safely, the enemy soon appeared upon the thither bank, to commence a heavy cannonading, which was answered by our batteries, already put in position by Generel Pendleton. This artillery duel was continued throughout a consider able part of the day, but the enemy did not attempt to cross the river. On the next morning, however, the advance of the enemy was heralded by a furious cannonading, and sub sequently one or more brigades attempted to cross the river. A part were suffered to ascend the precipitous bank on this side, to receive a very warm reception from the troops of Jackson, taking them in flank. Their column, thrown into the utmost confusion, attempted to recross the river, when the grape of our masked batteries told a fearful tale of death and destruction among the affrighted herd. Our loss in this repulse of the enemy was small, and that of the enemy was e ra t very great. The troo p s were the flower of Burnside's divi sion, and the ford o f the Potomac, fu lly 300 yards wide was filled with them to of thistuoriwtsheonletiralermitc little aye fi n ing p capacity. probably in Mary land ity k . Few o could i o hnav ofe escaped, and many dead Yankees h ave no doubt floated down the river even to Washin g ton. My next will afford l y Ga no General e f t u j r particul ars gahekt.so Jackson. . THE BATTLE . OF BOTELER , S MILL. (ROM the R i chmond Whig, Sept. 25.) The aght, Saturday last, on the Potomac, between, Goui Z/ - DEATH OF SIR BENJAIIII D 77 ' Ogf , :tElP In modern times it is not posei 4 ;PAX4r name any one who has more powerfu to the improvenent of medical science inky of its S branches, or who I ( .' as more assiduously exerted him self to acquire scientific and profession al informa tion, and ungrudgingi7 to disseminate . .that know ledge, than the illustrions surgeon who.'e decease took place at an early hour on Tuesday morning at his residence Broome-park, liatchworth, Surrey. Certainly no member of the proftosion had reached so high a position, or maintained that distinction for so long a period as the late Prosident of the Royal Society,—for Sir Benjamin Bro(Ne war; the first surgeon upon whom this honour had been con- ferred. The subject of this short and imperfect notice' scas, the third son of the Rev. P. B. Brodie, P.ector of Winteralow, an inflacntia: rra:;i3Vrete end deputy lieutenant , of South - Wilts, and ot Sasah, da-4;littr of Benjamin R3q., ar bury, in whicl,citY brothei, of t.::e deateeti, the well-known banker and late Parliamentary re,p2s-'7 sentative, now resides. Sir Bc;iljainin was born on. thu 9th of June, 1783, and consequently at the tinrn of his decease was in his 80th year. After acquir--= ing a sound preliminary education under the pa ternal roof. to" widen he often said he as maiely indebted for the success he has since met with, he was placed 'under the care of Messrs. Wilson and. Thomas. These distinguishOsurgeons (the latter of whom .became President of the Royal College of Surgeons) were at that time engaged in teaching• anatomy at the Hunterian Scho ol in miil-street (now a printing - offic e. ) W he in b d e : came the pupil of Sir E. Home, at St. George's Hospital, where he was observed as a most industri ous, hard-working student, and, as a re sult of this ap plication, was enabled to pass his examinations; and become a member of the College on the 18th October, 1805 ; immediately after which he began to assist Mr. Wilson as Demonstrator of Anatomy, and continued in this office until 1809, when he was associated -with his former master as lecturer on this subject. In 1808, when only 25 years of age, he was appointed assistant-surgeon to St. George's Hospital, and had the principal charge of Sir Everard Home's patients in that institution, as well as for some years those of Mr. Gunning, then absent with the Duke of Wellington's army in Spain. In 1810 he was elected Croonian Lecturer to the Royal Society, the subject of his discourse being " The Influence of the Brain in the Genera tion of Animal Heat." He continued his inquiries, and laid before the society an elaborate paper on the subject, and was rewarded with the Fellowship, and in the following year received the Copley prize from the same learned society. It was not until 1822—an unusually long period to have acted as assistant—that Sir Benjamin was elected full surgeon, and six months later made his debut as lecturer on surgery, and continued to give a regular course to a large class until 1830, when his increasing practice compelled him to relinquish all but clinical lectures. As a lecturer he was plain and easy in his delivery—acute, and always to the point ; not a sentence could be spared, for every sentence had its value ; to lose it was to lose the thread of his diseourse, to break the connected series of argument or detail of facts upon which his opi nions were legitimately based. In 1819 he was honoured with the appointment of Professor of Anatomy and Surgery to the Royal College of Sur geons, and held this office until 1823. In 1832 he was appointed Sergeant-Surgeon to William IV., by whom he was made a baronet, the patent bear ing date August 21, 1834, and on the accession of her Majesty she was pleased to retain him in the same office. From his own college he received all the hon ours that institution has it in its power to bestow on those members who have upheld the honour, dignity, and welfare of the profession, having been elected professor, a member of the council, of the court of examiners, Hunterian orator, and, finally, in 1844, president. The Sun of the 9th of May last records the regrets of his colleagues at re ceiving his resignation of all collegiate appoint ments. He had previously retired from the posi tion of President of the Royal Society, owing to increasing bodily infirmities (his mental faculties remaining unimpaired), and for a few weeks preced ing his death had suff-red actually from some dis ease of the shoulder joint. Sir Benjamin Brodie had contributed largely to the advancement of medi cal and chirurgical knowledge. and was a member of most of the learned and scientific societies both at home and abroad. He leaves a widow and two sons, one of whom, who succeeds to the title, has greatly distinguished himself ss an accomplished chemist. INnycz 13 A_VER I , 4 '-' " 1- - (... V EV-DUS, I"4f 1;' t \ ' . . ---...., • , w •. ,i . sr . . : ' ' , 4310 ...yipilt LITTLE OLD GODFATHERS. It appears to me that the children of the present age, when they go to the play at all, take their parents and guardians instead of being taken ; and as for little old god fathers and their birthday presents, it is in the first place patent that the sponsor, as a philanthropist, is all but ex tinct, that when you meet your godfather he usually crosses to the other side of the street to avert the possibility of being compelled to ask you to dinner, and that the only notice your godmamma ever takes of you is to beg auto graphs and cartes de visite, or to solicit your "well known-extensive influence" in procuring a nice little In dian appointment, or something of that kind, for her son - Ulric, aged 27 and a born fool. Presents I When you are grown up they want gifts from you; when you are small, and they must perforce give something, it is generally something cheap from the Lowther Arcade, or else a 2s. book bound in pink calico with Dutch metal binding, set ting forth how happy Frank and Willy and Herbert were at Concord House, or Euphuism Academy, with an Alex andre harmonium to perform upon, and a vivarium to under and benevolent auspices a h u i s a p a ic a e s s is o t- f into the Church, and b ecomes an D am r t 7 ( W w e h is th o e e , m e th va e o n u s t t c na h o oo f ll s y l e m h g as oo o te e l' s r, Bishop of Bungaree, Central Africa). Nothing is ever said about Dr. Muff, or Mr. Canechild, or Professor Screwboy, or Mr. Swindleparent, B.A. These books are generally written by schoolmasters for the purpose of puffing (often in the most undisguised manner) middle-class schools. There were books about schools and schoolboys, too, in the little old godfather days, but they were lifelike and true. Dr. Pro sody was a kind of pedagogue, and patted Harry on his flaxen head when he gave his pocket-money to the blind fiddler, or behaved so nobly in not betraying his playfellows in that matter of the rifled orchard ; but what a tremen dous flogging he administered to the traitor Philip, who should have confessed his share in the apple robbery, but allowed Harry to be brought within an inch of the horse for his (Philip's) misdeeds ! I say that godfathers and god mothers have degenerated into mere simulacra*. They ac cept an awful responsibility with as much alacrity—and, as a rule, with as much sincerity—as the gentlemen who were wont to pervade Westminster Hall with straws in their shoes, and were ready to bail anybody, and to any ex tent, for half-a-crown. When we were young our sponsors made much of us, and left us fat legacies. I was blessed with one—a very little old gentleman who used to come from Finchley to Paddington once a month for the express purpose of teaching me my catechism. What has become of the conscientious people who used to renounce Satan and all his works, and the ponaps and vanities of this wicked world for you ? — Dickens's All the Year Round. A SKETCH FROM ITALY.-When October has come round, and the grapes and olives have been gathered in, there is a general stir in the hamlets on the mountains of the Abruzzi and the Neapolitan highlands. The fierce heat is now over, and the poisonous malaria of the plains is yielding to the fresh autumn breezes. It is time to bring the flocks to the valleys and low-lying pastures, where they may roam undisturbed until the month of May drives them back to the hills. The note of preparation is sounded among the shepherd families, and after a few days of preparation all is made ready for the journey. It cannot, however, be said that they leave their household gods behind them, for the simple reason that they carry their household along with them. First in the procession come the sheep, for whose benefit the entire march has been undertaken, guarded by dogs, whose names " Fide:e," " Pecorone," and such like sufficiently indicate their qualities and functions. Then the men, each after his own charge. The women and chil dren, laden with the utensils and little necessary domestic property, bring up the rear. We may be certain that they have classed under the lattern. of fh: ,at hea d ihberolev nryh huo wantseattas er. n i br e scy c oou e ratfih s t necessary t a sh r obu y ef uo a iraa r dbtoai.ocde about articles, huge necklaces, each bead of which is as large as a pigeon's egg, heavy pendants for the ears, and flaming red and green gowns, to make a brave show on Sundays and festivals. In this order they leave the streets of the village, and wild along the mountain roads, now hidden in a chesnut forest, now emerging from its shady depths,now resting neat-some rustic chapel, where the women arrange the wild flowers th ey arrive at a they have gathered on the way. At length the appointed pastures ; the sheep are turned out , and in near th eir whits ea fleeces. other. in g short time the whole plain is dotted they move about iu ha Th b e ited sh fo e r ph oix erd o s r te t e h ipg en nomeo p t ! :sme t sa : :oci in solitary places, the eweh vas t 9esw e ' apanse of meadow is in- Thus settled for search of new Past ure- th six miles rc ' un months render such a d o ito.rah7 popuis tion,---OnCe 0 Week. re .fal Ws Lay the .ow the , as ;on the een Liar the ure een 336 33s 26s 48s 41s i Od Od Od Od Oct oef 0(1 Od Oel oi4 13d: 9. d 7 6 a 0 D 0 7 9 9 0 3 6 3 9 3 9 19. , la. 24. . 10. 23. 29. 29. e of 'POD f .age on• ,urYt nil Han , nod, ;VeS , .C., ijtg, our, rth, .L., ibbt [ary ter, ......• ,IN, 112, 112,