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HOTELS, &c. CHAPLIN'S li 0 T E L, SPREAD AND EAGLE TAVERN, 84, .GRACECITURCH-STREET, Comfort, combined with mLO N DON charges, charges, will be found al this Establishment. PRIVATE APARTMENTS FOR FAMILIES. Sitting Room, 35. per Day. Bed Rooms, ls. Cd. and 2s. per Night. A Night Forter in attendance. No INCREASE OF CHARGES. INDIA AND THE COLONIES. P ASSENGERS Embarking or Disembarking Will find superior accommodation and moderate cllarges at CHAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. A Lawn in trent, extending to the River. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET-STREET, near Temple-bar. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER for THIS DAY, the 15th inst., will consist of POTACES. Macaroni 11lane—A la Julienne. POISSON. Saumon sauce Persil—Soles frites. ENTREES. Poulet a la Marengo—Kari de Howard. I3cenf braise aux oignons de Portugal—Selle de Mouton roti ENTREMETS. Feuding de Casquette noir—Beigrnets d'Ananas. Fromage et Salade. TO-MORROW, the IGth will consist of "TUE LONDON DINNER' POTAGES. Queue de Boeuf—A la Printanierc. POISSON. Morue sauce aux llnitres—Merlans frits. Cotelettes de Mouton a IaENTREES. Saubise—Tete de Vcau en Tortuc. Bond roti—Gigot de Mouton bouilli. Err TREMETS. Blane-mange (lateau de Fromage. Frotnage et Salade. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, R HENISH, MOSELLE , and other WINES imlorted ex pressly for THE LONDON DINNER. A. fine Haunch of Venison every day at 5 o'clock. All Fish in season daily. The attention of Clergymen, Officers, and Professional Centlemen 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. Lron trouve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement les Meilleurs Journaux Anglais, mai s 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 until 10 o'clock. Open on Sundays at 4 o'clock. SAWYER, Proprietor. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable ci containinz several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. J. B. OWEN, Ar.A., Chairman of the Weekly Board. What o ST E ° EID 0 N: is it? See Patent, March 1, 1862, No. MO.— GARR EEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEETH and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, eprings, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a lifetime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and A RTICULATION. Purest materials only, at half the usual cost. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, CLASS 17. One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Consultations free. TEETH. -By MR. ESKELL'S INVENTION (Royal Seal granted 17th July, 1860), Sets or partial Sets of Teeth, exquisitely enamelled to nature, are made and fitted in a few hours by means of his patented soft elastic and imperishable base of the colour of the gum, to which it ad heres with wonderful tenacity, dispensing with springs or unsightly fastenings, and defying detection by toe closest observer. The peculiar attribute of Mr. Eskell's invention is, the readiness with which these teeth can be re-adapted to any change of the mouth (even by the wearer); and as they act independently of all disturbing causes which affect teeth of ordinary construction, they are guaranteed to last a life time, as well as for mastication and articulation. Mr. ESKELL'S TREATISE, which fully explains his invention, post free for seven stamps.—lnspection of specimens and Con sultations free. Terms strictly moderate.--8, Grosvenor street, Bond-street, London; and 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. AMUSEMEN TS. ship ring lard Br 36 ting, oats, eans, r, 34s , 2Gs —s to co of were v the ;0 55s ;o 38s ;0 30s 625. Oats t 41% ough aro A 26s ,o 448 --408 -Red )y . 140 Dd to irate old s. d. 27 0 16 0 _0 17 6 21 0 35 0 t. is. t. 12. t:18. 14. is. . 14. .8. 14. ~17. 11. t. 10. : 29. 13. CANTERBURY HALL, STECKEL, The greatest Trapeze performer In the world. Grand Operatic Selection as usual, with lull Band and Chorus. Principal Artiste—Miss Russell. Unsworth, with the original Stump speech, " Or any other man," in conjunction with Eugene and Duley, forming the greatest Comic Trio in London; and a host of other Comic avourites. T HE OXFO R D, 6, OXFORD STREET. Every Evening, G rand Operatic Selectons by Miss Russell. Miss 1 owneley ' • Messrs. Morley, G reene, an d A l b ert, with Full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Solos, Glees, Four-part Songs, &c., by the Company. The Comic performances of Miss Caroline Parkes, Mr. W. Randall, the renowned Rumsey and Newcomb Minstrels, and Eugene, and Unsworth (the original "or any otherman") "The miraculous Steckel " on the Flying Trapeze. Eall, (id.; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes, 108. 6d. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "AT HOME." at HER MAJESTY'S CONCERT IIOOM, Haymarket, THIS EVENING (MONDAY), at 8, 11 - 1 ap entirely New and Original Entertainment, written by lleuryJ. Byron, Esq. "NY WIFE A ND I. " P ART I. A Romance o f intense P lntern 37clet THE "SEA TION" FORK ; or, Th e M aiden, the Ma p niac, and the NS Mid night Murderers, Performed by a double Company (Two). EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at Eight ; SAME DAI MORNINGS, at Three. Places may be secured at the Fox-office , from Ten till Five; at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, ':43. Old Bond - street at Austin's Ticket Office, St. James 'S Hall, and of all Booksellers. No extra charge for 1 ooking. Open at Half-past Seven. Carriages at a quarter to Ten. W. CORBYN, Acting Manager. W S. WOODIN'S CABINET of CURIO.. • SITIES--Newly Polished and Re-Iined—POLY CRAPHIC BALL, 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 Callcott. Morning Performance, Saturday, Sept. 13, at 3. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 25.; amphitheatre, ls. Box-oilice open from eleven to five. Mr. Woodin as Mr. Sothern, of the Haymarket, in his relebrated character of "Lord Dundreary," Morning and Evening. ARGYLL ROOMS. Great Windmill-street, Haymarket.—GßAND CASINO FRANCAISE.— Open every Evening for Promenade and Dancing, with the celebrated Band of 50 performers. Conductor and Principal d ornet Valse Coti-a-Piston 3T. llouLeounT.—The new Imperial rille Cotillion and L. Mosca's Peep o'DayValsewill be played nightly. A new Conversation Salon has been added to the above Establishment for Reading, Coffee, and Refreshments.— Admission Is.—Manager, M. Grenet. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT- Under the Management of Mi D ss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, 'Wallace's opera of LIIRLINE : Miss Sara Dobson (her 2d appearance on the English stage), Miss Thirlwall, and Miss Susan Pyne ; Messrs. Santley, H. Corri, Patey, Lyall, and George Perren. Conductor —Mr. A. Mellon. Dcors open at ball-past 7— Commence at THE AT RE-R OYAL, DRURY-LANE. Dion Boncicault, Lessee. THIS EVENING, THE YANKEE LEGAP,Y. After which. first time of a new Scottish Drama, TILE BELIEF OF LUCKNOW : Ms. Dion Roncleault, Madame Celeste, Jordan ; Messrs. Dion lloucicault, Ryder, Atkins, C. Vanclenhoff, Swinbourne, Mellon. To conclude with THE ARABS OF THE DESERT: a Troupe of the Beni-Zouf,r-Zou2 - ,, at 10. Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 to 5. THEAT RE-RO NA3. HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING-. a. Household Picture, under Two LigTits, entitled THE WIFE'S PORTRAIT. Mr. Howe, Mr. W. rarren, Mrs. C. Young., Ica After which, at a quarter to 8, will he performed (228th time) ()UR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. _, F ollowed by a new S pan i s h B a l let entitied CELOS '1 'CA LIA ; or, Love and J ea l ousy. S enora Perea Nena, Se nor Ricardo Moragas, and the Corr. de ballet. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOS P. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Lessee Blr A. Parris. THIS EVENING, THE LOST LETTER. After which, at a quarter to Eight, KING HENRY VIII. Ch ar f'ardles Keaninal NVolsey, Mr. Ch arles Kean ; Queen Katharine, Mrs. To cenclude with THE TWO POLTS. Mr. Widdicomb. Commence at 7. No half-price. L? OYA L LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager--Mr. Edmund Falconer. 261st Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS l VENIN G. PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savommeen Deelisb. Messrs. Walter Lncy, A d di son , D ales Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund Falconer s. . Weston, and Miss M. H u d son. Bowers, Mi ss Clara After which, a new musical, pictorial, poetical, and ballet Interlude, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna Whi t and Miss Lydia Thomson. Followed by a new Farce, entitled THE COLLEEN PAWN SETTLED AT LAST. Mr. Charles Selby and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. P. 13. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doo rs open athalf-past 6, to commence at Box-office open daily from It tillS. Commence a T amp' ugh- IST in 10 wife ugh' vale, )f a ver, ;ate' tovill , Den ~i i .. w. wa rd i 27, -EW THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI, Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs. J. L. Took, P. Bedford, Billinirton, Stuart, C. J. Smith, Romer, Reeves, Howard; Miss Woolgar, Miss Kate Kelly, and Mrs. Billllloon. ___,tfter which, ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Mr. Benj. VS rbster, Mr liillington, Miss Ti. Simms, &c. G.,,,,,,,,,, ,c,2neliide with THE SHILLING DAY AT THE E. Phalli XHIBITION. Messrs. Romer; . ook. P. Bedford, Mpg Sefton C. J. S •th hiss K. Bland mi , and Mrs. ji-; ewis.' Commence at 7. --- ASole Propritieett and-A STI;Evs ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— LManager, Mr. W. BATTY. . al of "Mazeppa." Tins EVENING win be.p.crforrned MAZEPPA. ; or, The Wild ITorse of TartarY, a‘rtb. New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. Tc be followed by a brilliant the circle, in which routine of novel and daring , 'eenes in Madame Ilislop and Young Deverenx mill appear. , T o conclnd'l with a coMTe 11.ALT,ET in which Miss Annie en 4hnie and - Harry Clroueste vvill app ea ; . commence at 7.—Stage Alunager, Mr. w. Searle. tub , the taw' ?As , elict Var' Lnio' THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH REST it- FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD , s - r „ °R-F most ,„,,, -D IN LIFE. - --'. , NCE op 'rid, wonderful anent will restore manhood t optoh; shattered constitution, whether arisimr, from self. to cure the most invetneartate excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, orutthz.ll' rill causes. The time required ease is four weeks ; and, if used aceordimr to the pri nted i n - structions (which are very siralM• failure is impossible. - This life-restoring remedy h hould be taken by all about t o marry, as its efrecfii are permanent. It is acknowledged by Ill ' nledioal press to be the ,rriatest discovery e ver m ade. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Tticord's Esse n c e o f Lif e i s so ld in cases, with full in structions for use, at Ils., or four uantities in o ne for 335., a nd will b e sent to any part of the ci world, carefully packed, on f receipt %.... ~..o remittance or post-office order payable to Prout 4 q Co„ Patent BiedieineWarehouse, 229, strand LOnclon. 1 V. ing" cos" „ of ,IPlf 0 , , of N IMP OR T ANT DISCUSSION.—The -CIL "Times," the "Lancet," and other leadit , journals have been lately canvassing the social considerations in volved in "the amount of death and disease caused by vice." Some interesting statistics are brought to bear upon the inquiry but it would greatly add to their value if they in cluded the facts respecting the origin, the ravages, and the prevention of that SPECIAL VICE, which wars more than any other against the welfare of society—destroying the happi ness and disappointing the objects of matrimony. urder 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), to ,, ether with ample instructions for removing its eflects, and recovering health, vigour, and all the ennobling privileges of our being, a re contained in Dr. T.A'ATERVS " SELF- PRESE ftVATION," a Treatise on Nervous and Ph Tsical Debility, of which the 00th Edition has just been published by Mann and Co., 39, Corrthill. London, price ls., sent nost free for 13, or in a sealed envelope for 20 stamps rr.LVMERT. "M.D. Arc. , having for 20 years devoted himself entnety to this branch of practice, may be consulted daily, either personally or by correspondence, at his residence, No 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, London. • DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANBOOD: MEDICAL ESSA Y ON SPERMATO RETICE A, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &C. :eat Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price 18., Sold by all Booksclie7s, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 1 2 stamps, .ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE ►I MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for Perfrct lti?storation to Health and Vizour. By Dr. J. L. c.:(InTIM, 15, A:Opel - mark-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: I"..onucToßY CHA 1."1' ER on the Physiological • . ;trueltire and Functions of the Reproductive Organa. Cif. A PTl:rt, H.—Causes of Spermaf orthrca and Impotence; , ;ttriv Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of .Ner . lect. CHAPTER IT r.—A Review of the various Disqualifications )t Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies Of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and IT. oh the mociern Treatment of onorrheea ar d The Book oncludes with numerous varied and Interesting ea " , to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. "Curti s on MaREVIEWS OF TUB K. WOR nhood.—This is a trulaluable work, aud, sti (mkt be in the h ands of young and old."—y v" Sunday Times, , 3d Narcb; 1850. ti "The " T he author h as conferred a great boon by publishing this wh:work, In which is described the source of those diseases r n e pr g Di „ duce n d :::e:y . o m ut: n or more frequently premature o c . , : o d it a . ge "----" Daily Telegraph," Marc,`. 27, 1850. uuu Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater -masultatioa---1.0 t 9 1 and 6 to At Situdaya, 10 *l4. N°. 21,906. BANK OF ENGLAND, 11TII SEPTEIiIIIII, 1862. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the Governor and Company of the BANK of ENGLAND GIVE NOTICE, That a GENERAL COURT will be held at the DANK on T HURSDAY next, the 18th inst., at 12 o'clock precisely, to consider of a Dividend ; this will be one of the Quarterly General Courts appointed by the Charter. JAMES STEWART, Secretary. ARMY CONTRACTS. TENDERS will be received at this Office until noon on the 4th of October, from pet sons who may be willing to enter into CONTRACTS for the S ,PPLY of FORAGE AND PAILLASSE STRAW, in such quantities as may be required for the use of Her Ma jesty's Land Forces stationed in the following places, for 12 Months from Ist November, 1862 : FORAGE. 1. Hyde-park, Kensington, Regent's-park, and Horse Guards. 2. Hounslow and limner Hall. :3. Hampton Court. 4. Windsor. S. Brighton. 6. ',iandlturst. 7. Enfield. PAILLASSE STRAW. 1. Brompton House, Hyde-park, and Kensington. 2. Regent's-park, St. John's-wood, and Portman-street Barracks. 3. Wellington Barracks and St. George's Barracks. 4. Tower. 5. nouns'ow and Kneller Ha . l. F. Hampton Court. 7. Windsor. 8. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shoreham O. Croydon. Separate tenders must be made for Forage and Paillasse Straw for each of the above-mentioned Stations as grouped and numbered. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract mad• be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must •be properly filled up and signed, and delivered at the under-mentioned office, un der closed envelope marked on the outside " Tender for Commissarriat Supplies," before noon on the 4th October next. W. 11. MATURIN, Deputy Commissary-General. Commissariat Office, 5, New-street, Spring-gardens, London, S.W., Ist September, 17:62. BRODIE'S SPEEDY CURE.—Brodie's GOLD COATED PILLS, tasteless, free from mercury, are the safest and most speedy cure in all stages of gonorrhoea, gleet, spermatorrhcea, and similar affections ; one day's dose is sufficient to convince the most scrupulous of their invalu able and unfailing efficacy. 2s. ed., 4s. ed., 7s. ed.; post, 6d. extra.---8, Hanway-street, Oxford-street, W. Stamps taken. FOR SELF-CURE in ALL CASES of SECRESY, IMPEDIMENTS to MARRIAGE, Loss of Natural Power, &e., consult EXTRACTS FROM I'HE SILENT FRIEND, containing. Prescription of Preventive Lotion. Sent post-free for two stamps. Address, Messrs PERRY & CO., Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, W.C. Where also may be had THE SILENT FRIEND ON MARRIAGE, illustrated with 100 engrav ings, price ls., post free 14 stamps, scaled 20. TRIESEMAR, No 1., fo r D e bility and Impedi ments to Marriage. TRTESEMAR, No. 11., for Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Strictures, &c. TRIESEMAR, No. 111., for every stage of Syphilis, &c. Sent post free ner return for two stamps. Address lkinnteits, 41A, Maddox-st. (opposite the side of St. George's Church), Hanover-square, London. W. ABOON TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS._ Dr. SMITH has just published a FREE EDITION 20,000 copies of his valuable work, THE PRIVATE MEDI CAL FRIEND (116 pages), on the Self-cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, &c., resulting from the secret sins of youth. Copies may be had free by sending a stamped directed envelope to the Author's residence, 8, Burton-crescent, London, W.C. Consultation by Letter without Fee. Dr. SMITH will, for the BENEFIT of persons suffering from NERVOUS DEBILITY, &c., on receiving a description of their case (enclosing a stamped directed envelope for re- PIY), send his written opinion, with advice and directions for the most successful treatment and cure.—Address, Dr. Smith, 8, Burton -crescent, London, W.C. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER ?ILLS, pre- Dared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, tient, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, sr i d by most druggists, in boxes, is. lid., and three times the quantity i n one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square gree n package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. TOZEAU'S COPAHINE MEGE —Copaiba and Cu t b a e s h t s e are and d o o d u o b u t r i s a s n t d h eo occasion remedies o n c o but are of a re pulsiveand .(rastric disturbance. M. Jozeau has succ llici eeded nausea, ing them perfectly innocuous by increasing all curativetheir uren properties. It has been adopted by the Paris Academy oi 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 mire in about six days. 100 Capsules, 4s. 6d.; post free, ss. 2d.—At G. JOZEAU'S, French Chemist, 49, Haymarket, London; 22, nue St. Quentin, Paris; and all Chemists. DR. 'WATSON (OF THE LOCK HOSPITAL) ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND SECRET DISORDERS. SELF -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 spermatorrhcea or seminology, loss of power, noctur nal and diurnal wastings, and withering of the nervous tissues, she. By Dr. WATSON, Member of the Ecole de Me.licine, Rouen, National Academy of Sciences, Paris, and vellow 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 peculiar to youth, manhood, and old age, and which tend to embitter and shorten life. For distinsruished qualifications vide diplomas. i1::,,t.71-154.k1,C:)',,4, „ ~ ,1" 't CI. .11.: :'.':;4lr4 ''. r: 4 7,... 1 . '144 7 --/"...-/( cj4'"4'H;P:: _ 7 ,--r_ 7 .. Thi/,.// .., ,;7' z? - N ENV S PAP E R ~." --) -2--,.. : - /'-<- ("::: ----7 .....- .7:,._ -- :„.---- (:, et_ e" e- ...- z_ c -<" . ..-- - 1 - rc— (- 1--:, -----1 f-; 1 - 7 ,, f , ....,,,, ~..., ~:.= c...., c : -_,..." , -. 17 7,< ::: , ..... „,.. i, :-...:,. p llr c7 C'°'' ' i - . 11 `461. kl' ' r iiitil' 446 ‘ lll ' 4.. 4' fr .z . ‘_. 5O , sat ---seate. leo!, i: c0 . ...V . 5W, 14— , , — ,, , ,A4 4 ' , ' `—.417, , - - 4 0. - ""i .. -- 4 4 .. \ I • s TIIE ALLEGED SUICIDE OF. a - -- ;,-- -' ,. '-e - I .../.7... , ', -- -.1- . .. El . . . ~..". 4.f , c „,..... Ica , ~ 4, ..% I. ) 611 111' .., A L ' 4 , 0 ,- ..• . ' -, 1 •-^ --,- '..' 116 • - --. :- :- -.. 1::: , ~, n , :4 . 4 ,? , '•'' '' :lb e ,-- :_,„. .. z.,,,,r, „0.. . ~,,, , c• - 4 '' ..tA 4 ‘. 94. ' ...` ''" A' ' .6ri,K. ,0' ).-),,... .11. 1 r, ,' . ---, 1-, - 72 . 0 „,, ,. a j _.,, v , _ „,_ „„, , , , _ ~, ~,,..* :,.. ~,%, ce- ~ ~ , , ... , ,--,...„ ~- ...,......._ . . 040 „,, ~.., , . ' Roir . ..k.• f: <- 4- „ figTi rr 2r ' , e , _,. k, ,_ .„.—. ,- . " •-____...... , -s., . + On Saturday Mr. Payne, the coroner for City of London, resumed, at the United States Tavern, Liverpool-street, City, the inquiry touching the death of Mr. John Wm. N. Brewer, aged 29, who was alleged to have committed suicide on Tuesday last under the following circumstances : It appeared from the evidence of numerous wit nesses that deceased was a chemist, carrying on a good business in Liverpool-street, but that his health was broken through intemperate habits, and that he threatened to commit suicide. On Friday even ing about 5 o'clock he came down from his room to the top of the kitchen stairs, and asked the servants where Mrs. Brewer was. They answered that she was upstairs ; when ho said, " I will take prussic acid, and get rid of it." They noticed that he had a glass in his hand containing about half on inch of opaque liquid, and be went over to a top and poured soma; water into it, and drank the NY bole off. He then called out, "I have dore it, I have dine it," and throwing the glass into a pail close by, fell for ward on the stairs, And hreathed'very faintly. Me dical assistance was immediately procured, but de ce7eed was manifestly dying►, and though he con tinued to breathe slightly for halt an hour, he died, as his medical attendant supposed, from poison. A post mortem examination, however, was made two days afterwards with the following result. Dr. Brown said that he and Dr. Gibbon and two surgeons examined the body, and found the brain diseased from drink. ' The lungs were also diseased. The heart was malformed, there being only two instead of three valves. The contents of the stomach showed no trace of prussic acid or other poison. Neither did the blood. In the opinion of the medical men death resulted not from poison but from failure of the heart's action, resulting from congenial malformation. The Coroner asked if traces of prussia acid might not have disappeared after death. Witness replied that any quantity of that poison which would be sufficient to cause death would leave a pest mortem trace. Dr. Gibbon concurred in that opinion, and said. that the contents of the stomach when given to a rabbit produced not the slightest symptom of poison ing. ti The Coroner said that the case was a most extra ordinary one, but the jury, he thought, would have no option but to be guided by the medical evidence, even though there might be something in it which they could not quite account for. The jury, after deliberating in private, returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony. SUICIDE OF A SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. An inquiry was held at the Duke of York Tavern, Bethnal-green, by Mr. H. R. Walthew, the deputy coroner, on Friday night, touching the death of Wm. S. Robineau, aged 68, a Spitalfields weaver, who committed suicide on Thursday last by hanging him self to his loom under very melancholy circum stances : Mary S. Robineau, 26, Camden-street, said that her husband had been for a long time out of employ ment, owing to the market being flooded by French silks, in consequence of the recent treaty with France. Their only mode of existence had been occasional sixpences received from a friend, and they were in expectation of a distress warrant from their landlady for 16 weeks' arrears of rent. The previous week her husband's employer had given him a "cane" of silk to weave, but he was so re duced by suffering and ill health and anxiety that he was unable to do it. That preyed upon him in a dreadful manner, and on Thursday last, at 3 o'clock in the morning, she missed him from bed. Upon searching she found him hanging by a thick rope from the top of his loom. The rope was so firmly knotted that she could not unfasten it, and when she, by raising an alarm, procured assistance, he was found to be quite dead. She believed that his sufferings had upset his reason. Most of the weavers were out of employment and in great distress in consequence of the competition of the French manufacturers. Mr. James Appleton, 22, Catherine-street, said that he noticed a woman running down the street in her night-dress, screaming frantically, and upon learning the cause of her distress he went and cut down the deceased, who was warm but quite dead. The Coroder said that the distress existing among them was most severe, and he had held more than one inquest in cases of suicide resulting from it. The jury, in returning a verdict of " Suicide, whilst of unsound mind," expressed a hope that the fact of the prevalence of extreme distress might be made known to the public, with a view to the alleviation of the sufferings of the weavers. SUICIDE OF ONE OF THE 2d LIFE GUARDS. A very horrible occurrence took place in the Regent's Park Barracks on Saturday. William Gamble, a private in the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. It appears that the deceased had been in the regiment 18 years. He was married, and both he and his wife had been for some time in the service of Colonel Vyse, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment. This gallant officer is at present B:Goholadlamoit soldier re l h il ms h imself hau yonrfbsoeerst re siding at his country seat near Windsor, and Gamble's wife is cook in his establishment there. inferred deceased cr a eo d am , sq chargeeutdha quarters 3 ? e f afrdas t c h i tbne of tef L hnh i e e i asit u t hes e agt n eve a ain n ndt Lieutenant- Colonel's Barracks ; and he lodged with the family of an acting sergeant of police in the Mornington-road. been chosen as groom by Colonel Vyse. On Friday morning he left his lodgings at a very early hour, and proceeded to the Colonel's stables in the bar racks, where he remained till nearly 11 o'clock. About that time he asked for some beer, and spoke of the pleasure he would enjoy in taking a pot of beer with his brother who was in the same regi ment, and who was to come to town in a day or two for the purpose of obtaining his discharge. He then borrowed a percussion cap from a comrade and left the Colonel's quarters. In a few minutes after the report of a pistol was heard from a water-closet, and on one or two of the men going to the spot to ascertain who had fired the shot they found Gamble lying dead with a pistol in his hand and his head frightfully mutilated. lie had loaded Colonel's rifle one of the pistols with two balls and fired it into his mouth, blowing away some portions of his face. The body was at once removed to the hospital of the barracks, where it awaits an inquest. The men in the same troop with G a mble did not see much of him, in cons°. quence of his employment in the Colonel's service. They di d meet him occasionally, and the opinion unfortunate u at Is e ei amo j ng them was that he was a tolerably sober man. It wo uld appear, however, from the observations of those who knew more of him that he was very much g i v en to drink, that he drank a good deal by him self, and that on some . occasionslately he was very unsettled and excited in his manner, and complained of the temporary separation from his wife. It is also rumoured that he was in pecuniary embarrass meat. He had ,n t ohowever, expressed any inten tion of putting an end to himself, and the suicide has caused much astonishment and regret in the regiment. The deceased was only 36 years of age. DIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1862. THE GREAY BATTLE BEFORE RICH- MOND. QUEENSTOWN, SATURDAY MORNING.. The Cunard mail steamer Europa arrived off the harbour this morning. Her dates are Boston the 3d, and Halifax the sth inst. There has been another battle on the 30th of August in the valley of Virginia, the result of which was that General Pope was driven back to Centreville, which place, according to the latest telegraphic advices, he had been forcad to evacuate. A despatch from Washington of the 31st, 10.55 a.m., says : " The enemy was heavily reinforced yesterday, and attacked General Pope's army before the arrival of Generals Franklin and Sumner. " The attack was boldly met, and a severe battle followed. The advantage, on the whole, was with the enemy, and General Pope fell back to Centre ville, with his whole army in good order. "Ho has now been joined at Centreville by Franklin, and Sumner was on the march to him last night. He occupies the strongest position in the vicinity of 'Washington, and is expected promptly to renew the contest and repeat the successes of Friday." Under the same day date (evening) it is added : "Information received here indicates that there has been but little if any fighting to day. " Our army is well concentrated, and the men in good condition and spirits." From Washington on the Ist the following has been received : " Despatches received from Fairfax Court House, seven miles from Centreville, state that no firing has been heard up to 12 o'clock to-day. " General Banks's forces were heard from last night, and were in a favourable position for joining General Pope's army." An official despatch from the War Department, of the 30th, relative to the military commands, has been published : " The Command of the Armies operating in Vir ginia " General Burnside commands his own corps, ex cept those that have been temporarily detached and assigned to General Pope. " General M'Clellan commands that portion of the army of the Potomac that has not been sent forward to General Pope's command. " General Pope commands the Army of Virginia and all the forces temporarily attached to it. " All the forces are under the command of Major- General Halleck, General-in-Chief. " E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant-Adjutant- General." A letter from Washington of the Ist says— " A gentleman who returned from the battle-field this morning reports that in Saturday's (August 30th) fight our left wing was commanded by Gen. M'Dowell, but, owing to the murderous enfilading fire of the rebels, he was compelled to fall back. General Sigel commanded the centre and General Kearney the right. It appears that our forces at tacked the enemy in the woods, from which the latter opened numerous batteries, causing great slaughter. The rebels suffered equally as much as our own troops. Our men, fearless and deter mined, fell back about a mile, leaving oar dead and wounded on the field. Our informant says that our main forces were five miles from Cen treville on Sunday, in battle array, and prepared for all emergencies, having been strongly rein forced. All the wounded have been removed from the battle-field of Thursday and Friday, which was yesterday still in our possession, the enemy still occupying the scene of the conflict on Sa turday. The cars came in the morning from the first named field, bringing many wounded, some to Alex. andria, and others to Washington. The most de. voted attention is paid to this description of our soldiers. The Ladies' Soldiers Relief Association of Washington were engaged all day yesterday, most of the night, and again to-day, in preparing lint and bandages, and making compresses, &c. They have made a good use of their linen sheets, &c. Many ladies have made liberal contributions from their private stores, and have been unremit ting in their care and attention to the wounded. In fact, all the people of this district are acting nobly and not a few men have volunteered as nurses. Our informant, when passing through Centreville, saw thousands of stragglers at that place—men of different regiments, all mixed up together, exhibit ing a scene of disorganisation. An officer remarked that these men would be all right the next day, after they had recovered from their fatigue,' and so it proved. Our informant, while returning to the city this morning early, saw them all marching back, properly companioned to their respective re giments. They appeared to be cheerful and anxious to rejoin their comrades. When the ambulances, in large numbers, reached the battle-field yester day to bring away the wounded, a stampede com menced among them—the drivers having turned the heads of their horses towards the road leading to Washington, and commenced a hasty retreat with their empty vehicles. Some frightened driver imagined that General Stuart's revel cavalry was re p a uon a ns n dhs i eed c gdo s uu p feb r ont e rle a tee d hsss almost whwiatodhu lndpoothi with na ttvehede t hb guards c e l o e f c t s r e i r c i i o t u y s , dashing up, a n d accor di ng l y gave t h e a l arm. The e u ns n p s epe r a d : of n fi threatened e t d h e t o ro a to shoot th e d r i vers unless they returnthed field. Thi s con d uct on the part of the guards had the desired effect —as, after a while the am bulances again reached th e field, and perform e d their appropriate duty in bringing a way t h e wounded. There seems to be no doubt that the pickets of the enemy were hovering around the persons engaged in their humane work on the field, but up to an early hour this morning t he y ha d antl arriving here with the wounded and a small not been interupted. Ambulances are const y pro portion of the sick. From all that can be gathered we have suffered severely. Our men are confident of retrieving their loss of Saturday. It was owing to their impetuosity and daring in charging the enemy in the woods that they suffered so many casualties. A large number of stragglers on their way to Washington and Alexandria were picked up by the rebels during last night. The write of this letter yesterday saw a silver watch belonging to one of the o ffi cers o f th e Excelsi or B r i ga d e , w hi c h, wn il e in the left side pocket of his ve s t, was s t ruc k by a ball, completely reversing its shape from convex to concave. This watch acted as a shield and saved his life. Our city to-day is lively in a military view, but sad as to the constant exhibitions of re turning invalids. There was no fighting of conse quence on S un d ay — on l y occas i ona l s ki rm i s hi ng, or e r ul a few sh o t s poured into the woods from time to time on the e nemy, as if to try the vio asnyge, of t w ouras evident u n s . From th e severe conflicts pr both parties were engaged in repairing damages. About one o'clock yesterday afternoon several trains of cars at Manassas Junction, with ammunition and stores, were burnt by the military authorities, to prevent them from falling into the hands of the rebels, which seemed to be imminent—the bridge therefore, b e i ng cut o ff from a and t t Bull ie l Run property,having been d es t roye d b y t h e re b e l s, re tiring to a place of safety." Th e special correspondence of the Philadelphia end a fear i s expressed that the just returned f rom Fairfax Station, Railroad. on the Manassas There i s no b att l e rag- In r w i;; e er l o a f the s: 2d says : rag ing of any account to-day (Mondey). Th ere i s con tinualreinforcements and provi s ions, come some flank and are going to e nern enemy s a k r i e r m r e i e s li e i i v n i g n , g movement upon Washington, y es All our cutting off our suppii • us, and get between trains, in Washington , wag gons, & c., are now safe on, or near there. The bridge over Bull Run Was rebuilt last Centreville a n d night. The five engines and 1 85 cars, supplies, ammunition, &c., which M'newell had near War renton were all burnt by him morning. 0 13 Sunday Three engines and 140 of the cars belonged to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and were used to bring Cox's division around. Banks'a corps has reached Centreville, which we still hold, and ra-, tions are being thrown forward. Porter's, M'Call's, Hooker's; M'Dowell's, Kearney's, Sigel's? and' Reno's troops have suffered terribly. Most of our, wounded are still in the hands of the enemy. They sent word to Pope that he might send surgeons, &c., if he would own up he was whipped. He refused. We can hold our position, unless attacked by fresh troopa to-day. On Saturday, when it was supposed that the enemy was going to fall back to the moun tains, Porter was to attack them on the left and Heintzelman on the right, near Gainesville; but the enemy fell upon our left and then on the centre. M‘Dowell ordered a retreat, and towards the close of the day Heintzelman reinforced him, and finally all fell back to Centreville, leaving our dead and wounded, except such as could walk or had been carried away. The enemy are known to be nearly exhausted from l oss o f s l eep and pr i va ti ons . H eav y reinforcement s are st ill going forwar d." The Inquirer h as th e follow i ng Lews from the Confederate lin es : " We learn by one of Captain Ferguson's Quar termaster's agents, who left Jackson's head-quarters at Sudley Church at half-past 6 o'clock on Friday morning, and who, with Captain Ntercer, depot commissary, and 639 soldiers, teamsters, and others, was captured on Tuesday nigh; by Jacksons forces —42 d Georgia and three other regiments—the fol lowing: —The force at Manassas at the time the Confederates appeared there on Tuesday night was 98 men of the 87th New York or Pennsylvania Regiment, a part of the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry, a battery of seven pieces, 2d New York (Putcaner), and a number of bakers, commissary men, quarter master's agents, and teamsters. The 2d New York battery :opened on the right and fired 10 or 12 rounds ; the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry fell back, and about 100 were captured. Finding it useless to continue the contest, the party were surrounded and captured. The Confederates marched the prisoners to within a mile of Bristow, when they returned to Manassas immediately, by order of Gen. Jackson, reaching Manassas again at eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning. When they got back to Manassas they found a fight going on between the New Jersey division, under Gen. Taylor, and the forces under Jackson, who drove back Taylor and took some prisoners. The prisoners were then marched within a mile of Bull Run ; there they met Jackson again, returning from Centreville with some prisoners. He directed the prisoners to be marched back, when they stopped opposite the Wier House,' the former head-quar ters of Beauregard, where they were put into camp, being guarded, and staying there till 10 minutes before 11 o'clock, Wednesday night. They then were taken to the old Mantissas battle-field, and remained till Jackson's left wing was attacked by Sigel's forces ; whereupon they were removed to wardsig h t S u was d 1 openede y Church, upon. T about a h e m r e i mile, when Jackson's r they commenced taking a list of the prisoners, preparatory to paro ling, and they got the names of the prisoners fur nished by Captain Mercer, of the Quartermaster's Department, United States' Army. They returned with the papers in about two hours. The prisoners were then drawn up in line, and the calling of their names was again commenced. They got half way through, when the left was onened upon again, and about that time some other prisoners came in, which made it necessary to take their names also. They were requested to sit down, and about an hour by sun their right was again attacked, the firing con tinuing until 9 o'clock. About 11 o'clock a long string of ambulances from the Confederates passed along with their wounded, and some men going out to bury the dead. About daylight on Thursday the Guards commenced waking up the prisoners, pre paratory to a march toward the far South. Heavy firing was then heard on the left, and the officers in charge of the prisoners informed Captain Mercer that they could proceed within the Federal lines; they could not attend to them any further." A communication from Washington states that the reason why the Federal forces tell back on the 30th was that they were out of ammunition, and were without food. Fredericksburg has been evacuated by the Federals " General Burnside evacuated Fredericksburg on Sunday afternoon. Several bridges and a con siderable quantity of Government stores were de stroyed by our forces. The heavy baggage and a part of the commissary stores had been sent to Aquia Creek, in order to relieve the army of all unnecessary encumbrance and put it in good fight ing condition. After the order for the removal of the commissary and quartermaster stores to Aquia Creek, the roads leading from Fredericksburg thither were filled with waggons conveying the property to the creek. Preparations for the de struction of certain property were made as follows : —ln Fredericksburg a large machine shop, where the railroad engines have been repaired, was under mined with powder, and at the last moment was blown up with a tremendous noise. The destruc tion of the three bridges across the Rappahannock was accomplished by covering the woodwork with pitch and hay and setting fire to this combustible material after our troops had left the city. At Fal mouth, on the other side of the Rappahannock, all the newly-ereeted Government bakehouses, con bvs tiurcrui burnt tit vicinity twb f o ee r r se abakingdemolished. mol aisnhn b e e r dr e . a as d T f t h o h or r t ba h ri e il dr og a ae r ds m . d y e Ap i n o tl at was ga a es t amount railroad o f lumberai engines e t s h the u depotd cars wn wereas troops leftlos o o ps destroyed.amt marched cqbu eida `The Creek for saf e ty, an d the retirin g ig over a shocking bad road from Fredericksburg to Aquia Creek. General Burnside himself super intended the removal of the troops and stores and the destruction of the property which could not be carried off." The excitement and alarm in Washington are very great, and a gunboat flotilla had been ordered to the defence of the capital. The correspondent of the Evening Post, writing under date September 1, says : The capital remains in a very excited state. Yesterday evening capped the climax in this respect. Nearly the entire male population of Washington was upon the streets till after midnight. The agi tation was intense. A few wounded soldiers had come in from Saturday's battle-field, and the citi zens sent out by the War Department to the scene of the conflict as nurses returned with somewhat alarming accounts of the results of the battle up to Sunday morning. The stories retailed by these persons added much to the excitement, but there was no panic in the city, only a profound anxiety for the immediate future. Nearly all the iucomers from Centreville and Fairfax concur in stating that the field of battle on Friday and Saturday fell into the hands of the enemy, and, in consequence, our wounded men are within the enemy's lines. It seems to be admitted by all that our loss in pri soners on Saturday was het,vy. The _Republican states this positively this morning, and the evidence comes from other channels, so that the conviction is irresistible that we were badly beaten ou our left wing. The train of cars from New York last night did not arrive this morning, and the panic makers had the story instantly afloat that Jackson had crossed over into Maryland and had destroyed the track between Baltimore and Washington ! just now the hotb ed of false rumours. Washington is As the Government shut down the gate very tightly again yesterday in the matter of telegraphic news respecting military affairs, the public should be on its guard. The wild stories of ' passengers from Washington' should be taken With great allowance. The situation is critical without a d ou b t. An official messenger in from Cent reville this morning reports, however, that Jackson's army has l e ft P o p e ' s front. If this be true he must have fallen back for f oo d an d ammunition, or he 15 attempting a flank movement. As the mail closes I get news from Cen treville. No fighting has been going on this morn ing. There are reports from Pope's headquarters that the enemy is falling back ; he certainly did not push his advantage gained on Saturday either yes terday or this morning. A part of Friday's and Saturday's battle-fields is in our pot,session, but the bulk of the wounded are in the enemy's hands. The telegraph is working to Bull Run this morning. The operator is on this end of the bridge. It is not now believed that Banks is cut off. Fletcher Web • ster is undoubtedly killed. Captain Hammond, of his regiment, is at the National Hotel, w,ounded. He saw Colonel 'Webster when he was shot and sent four men to help him off the ground. The fire was so fierce that they could not succeed in bringing him off. Captain Hammond was immediately wounded. Webster was seriously wounded, and it seemed to Captain Hammond that he could live but a few hours, perhaps minutes. The Intelligencer states that a flotilla of gunboats has been ordered here, and there is no doubt that the statement is cor rect. The orders went off Saturday night or Sun day morning. The Navy Department will be pre pared for the worst. Rebel prisoners are flocking into Alexandria under guard, and are exceedingly saucy." City Point has been bombarded and demolished by the Federal fleet : " From James River we learn that City Point has been entirely demolished by Commodore Wilkes's gunboats. For some time past the rebels have been firing into the transports passing up and down the James River. Commodore Wilkes sent the rebels word that if it was not discontinued he should de stroy their rendezvous, City Point. On Thursday last the rebels brought down to City Point eight cannon and about 200 riflemen, and opened fire upon the Union flotilla, which at the time was abreast of the place, whereupon our gunboats opened fire upon them and demolished every building in the place and dispersed the rebel force." General Buell had a fight with the Confederates at Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Wednesday and Thursday. The first day no advantage was gained on either side. On the second day the Confederates were repulsed. Buell is reported to have captured 7,000 prisoners. The news is said to have been telegraphed to Tuscumbia, and was brought thence to Jackson, Tennessee, by General Ross's special messenger. Later intelligence says the Confederates have destroyed all the railroad bridges between Bolivar and Jackson, Tennessee. [This intelligence is contradicted by later advices.] Lexington, Kentucky, has been evacuated by the Federal forces. The New York papers of the 2d say : _ _ _ , " The city of Lexington, Kentucky, was evacu ated by our forces yesterday, and a new position taken up at Covington, on the Ohio river. The Go vernment stores were safely removed. It is reported that General Kirby Smith's rebel troops appeared before the city and demanded its surrender. Gen. L. Wallace has assumed command of the Federal forces at Louisville. The citizens of Louisville held a large mass meeting yesterday, James Guthrie presiding, at which a resolution was adopted to re quest the mayor to issue a proclamation calling upon the male citizens to arm against the rebels. The request was complied with as follows: " ' I call upon the citizens of Louisville to meet in their respective wards for the purpose of com pleting their enrolment. Citizens are requested to report the number and character of arms in their possession. Captains of Home Guard companies now organised will likewise report the number of men and the arms in their possession. All citizens who are able to bear arms, who fail or refuse to re port themselves for enrolment for the protection of their homes and firesides, will be looked upon as a common enemy. All reports will be made to Col. Thomas W. Gibson at 12 o'clock on the 2d inst., or as seen thereafter as practicable, ho having been empowered by the Governor to take charge of the home forces of this city. " ' J. M. DELPII, Mayor.' The public archives of Kentucky, together with 1,000,000 dols. of the State funds have been re moved from Frankfort to Louisville for safe keep ing, and the Legislature has also been transferred to the latter city. Governor Robinson has issued a pro clarnati, n anthorising Thomas W. Gibson, of Louis ville, to organise and bring into the field all the able-bodied men in the county of Jefferson and city of Louisville. Morgan and his band of guerillas left Glasgow at 4 o'clock on Saturday. While there they destroyed all the indictments for treason returned by the grand jury at the last term of the court, over 100 in number. They also mutilated the records of the courts, so that no traces of the indictments are left. Horses, mules, and other property of Union men were either destroyed or taken away." There has been heavy fighting in the State of Kentucky, with severe disadvantage to the Fede - rids. The latest despatches are : " CINCINNATI, AUG. 31. " Friday afternoon, the rebelsbeyond Richmond , Kentucky, drove in our cavalry. Gen. Munson, with the 69th and '7let Indiana, moved up, and after throwing in a few shells the enemy retreated rapidly beyond Rogersville, leaving one gun be hind. Munson bivouacked for the night, and on Saturday morning advanced with two regiments and four guns, and coming up with the enemy and artillery fight began, with heavy loss on both sides. The enemy attempted to turn our left flank, when sharp fighting occurred between the skirmishers. The 69th Indiana advanced through a dense fire of shot and shell to the relief of our skirmishers, and behaved like old soldiers, but the rebels finally turned our left flank and advanced in full force on oar column. General Munson ordered a retreat, fell back three miles, and reformed in line of battle on high hills, with artillery in position on the right and left flanks. The firing by artillery was'recommenced and kept up by both sides very briskly. After fighting about two hours the enemy advanced on our right flank under cover of the woods, and after hard fighting succeeded in turning it. Retreat immediately took place to the origin al camping ground. Here General Nelson came up, and after great efforts succeeded in rallying the men, and formed another line of battle. Our ar tillery ammunition was nearly exhausted, and some of the guns were left without a man to work them, all having been killed or wounded. General Nelson was wounded at about three p.m., when the men again fell back, retreating to Lexington. The enemy's force numbered 15,000 or 20,000. The Federal force engaged were the 95th Ohio, 12th, 16th, 66th, 69th, and 71st Indiana, Mundy's and Metcalf's cavalry. The loss in killed and wounded is heavy on both sides. The num ber is not yet known. Lieutenant-Colonel Top ping and Major Kunkle, of the 71st Indiana, were killed. General Wright left this morning to take the field. A large number of regiments are en route to Lexington." "LOUISVILLE, AUG. 31. "In the battle fought near Richmond yesterday, as near as can be ascertained, the Federal force Nv between 8,000 and 9,000 under command of. Gene ral Nelson. They drove the rebels back untilabo r t er four o'clock in the afternoon, when the rebelsek r i v er, largely reinforced anti crossed the Kent routed our capturing nearly all our artillery, and , roui 15,0 09 Men. The rebel force is estimated a: E I at 150 to to 20,000. The Federal loss is report less is not 200 killed and wounded. - The General Nekon known, but it is said to be belaortrei Warner, of th e was wounded slightly Colon of the 71st 1 18th Kentucky, and Co k lo i n e i d. At Lexington last Indiana, are reportedll and all the male citizens night the bells were rung sjot On their arms. Major were ordered outtanado prepared in case the rebels make Wallace are there, The Generals Wright fully Nelson left en route to ' General C111:- v A :Bowling Green a F n e d a e t r t a a l e s k a . r e clnnati to-da. , • despatch says a l arge ree b 1 force under Buckner is a t Tompkins. STAMPED ....sd. vine. The rebels destroyed the telegraph to-day at the State Line, thus cutting off communication wizh Nashville. Governor Morton and suite arrived -z.t the Galt-house this evening. There is considerable excitement in the city." " FURTHER FROM THE RICHMOND (KENTUCKY) BATTLE. ~ CINCINNATI, AUG. 31. r "A battle took place on Saturday near Rich nhoenadf,t e l r i n e o n o t n u ,ckr resulting u l l a r s i n t lasting g i n from m our troopsrlciing b fourd driven in n back with s er i ous l oss . N o var ti cu lars are received. General Nelson, woun d e d, arr i ve d here to-night. A special to the G aze tt e an d Cm/one/via/ from Frankfort, Kent uc ky, con t a i ns a , proclama tion of Governor Robinson, issued to-day. It says the State has been invaded by an insolent foe, her honour insulted, her peace disturbed, her integrity imperilled. The small but gallant army raised upon an emergency for her defence under Nelson has met with temporary disaster, and the enemy is advancing to the accomplishment of his purpose, of the subjugation of the State. He must be met and driven from the border, and it is in their power to do it. He calls on every loyal citizen of Kentucky to rally to the defence of his State, to rise up as one man, and strike a blow for the defence of his native land, property, and homes." A despatch from Memphis of the 30th ult. says : " A meeting called yesterday, 12 miles south-east of Memphis, to organise a guerilla band, was sur rounded and captured by a company of Federals ; 18 persons were taken. A detachment of Federal soldiers occupied Hernando on Thursday, capturing a train of cars from Grenada. A rebel force is said to be at Cold Water, four miles distant. General Villepigne, with a force of 9,000 men, is reported to be moving through Grand Junction. Prominent Secessionists say that General Bragg's forces have gone to Western Virginia, and will soon appear on the Kanawha River, and then march to the Ohio River." The arrangements for the organisation of the Corcoran Irish Brigade are nearly completed, but it has not yet been ascertained whether the autho rities will consent to his raising a full division of Irishmen to be placed under his command. Governor Letcher has issued a proclamation de claring that the State quota of 59,700 had been filled, but that the 50 dols. bounty offered by the State would be continued. Another iron-clad steamer has been launched. She is thus described. " On Saturday, at half-past 12 o'clock, the United States iron-clad gunboat Passaic, which has been known as the Ericsson Battery,' No, 2 (the Mo nitor being No 1), was successfully launched at the Continental Ironworks, Greenpoint. As the affair had been advertised to come off a con siderable assemblage was present. The navy was pretty largely represented. Rear-Admiral Hiram Paulding, of the Brooklyn Navy-yard; Commodore Ringgold, of the Sabine; Rear-Admiral Gregory, Ueneral Superintendent of new Naval Vessels : Chief-Engineer Stimers, the superintendent of the machinery of the new iron-clads ; Naval-Construc tor Pook, General Hall, Mr. Cashmand, and Mr. Quintard, were on the platform. Mrs. Stimers, wife of Chief-Engineer Stimers, christened the craft, but was too nervous to stand on the ship, and broke the bottle of champagne from the platform amid tumultuous applause. Mr. Stimers acted as master of ceremonies in the most polished manner. The Passaic is an iron-clad steam gunboat, of 1,000 tons burden. She is 200 ft. long, 45ft. wide, 12ft. deep, draws 7ft. of water now, and will draw 91ft. when laden. These figures would give a good idea of a wooden vessel; they can convey no impression of this one. She looks like a huge coal barge with a sloping house on deck. She is as thick as two ordinary vessels. The width of iron which is laid on a hull of extraordinary strength is sin. The turret is covered by wedges twice as heavy, being no less than llin. thick. The mail covers the en • tire craft, and goes beyond the bow, where it becomes a ram. It also extends 31ft., or half the entire draught of the vessel, below the water-line. In action, then, a ball cannot strike an exposed part, because there is no part exposed. Even the prow, or ram, might be broken clear off without serious damage to the vessel. Under each beam of the upper part of the vessel, from turret bulk head, there are three rows of stanchions of 2f, bar iron, fastened by lin. bolts. Aft the turret bulk head there will be only one central row of stanchions. Rope stanchions are placed around the vessel at intervals of 10ft., to be made of wrought iron, with an eye at the top for receiving the rope rail. A series of powerful strong belts are also in troduced all around the vessel. The vessel is provided with six water-tight compartments, connected with each other, with suitable doorways. They are formed of 11-in. plate, butt-jointed and riveted flush. The turret is 21ft. internal diameter. The plates were llin. thick, are applied in 20 sec tions, and joined vertically in such a manner that there is only one joint at any one place, The turret plates rest on a flat ring, made of composition metal thick and l2in. wide, provided with a vertical flange on the inside 21in. high and 19in thick. The top of the turret is formed of wrought-iron plates thick, resting on forged beams and railway bars, - placed 3in. apart inside the turret. Certain portions of these plates are perforated with holes lin. diameter. In the centre;of this plating a cir cular aperture is made 6ft. in diameter, over which the pilot house of equal diameter is to be placed. The armament will of course be in the turret, which is intended for two 15in. Dahlgren guns. The ma chinery consists of two engines, which are on board. They were built at the Delamater Ironworks, and have cylinders 40in. in diameter and 22in. stroke. The blower engines and bloviers are of greater Edge other u h t2hr a f rte n . er t6 t phi roof, sotlefs:noo lon g , forcingtwth h ei ethv etthree hseerlea ei Monitor, and instead of bei ng .. e placed in the engine -room are applied uir . teooecid : ler h aa te ß a de intouTfarnwbceeoa face, bhe9wsoecf will ill b . let o ; co o . felted high, plan, are attached, of 10ft r f . Martin he 0 Mar s and leaded, and furnished with all boilers rest in 16in. floor plate, to b e s word appurte nances. The propellor is made o f cost 00,000 in diameter, with 16ft. pitch. The Pass aic No, 3. . for all her sister dole., which is the price to be p a i d Mohips. n tauk, now known mlaouspoictor She will After the launch the which were k n n e o x w t n to as be I g o e of Mr. R owland, where party adjourned to the be ready for sea i_wnerteann "Zi n g terms by these gentlemen. in readiness. Among the a recherche dejeuner those of Rear-Admiral Gre gory, proposed Rolan, ladies pr tth resent , e greater por- There were se vers . _ being friends o f naval o ffi cers The lion of ere being vessels b u ildi n g names of the at Greenpoint Ericsson ontank, Battery N o . 3 ; Caatskill, are : Battery No. 4, Work on Ericsson th ose vessels pro gressing,and they will soon be ready are Mr acknowledgedS a for laavehl°g' TUE TRUANT BALLOON. --Mr. Coxwell writes to ex plain a letter from Mr. George Birch, of Clare Park Farm, near Farnham, stating that a balloon had descended on Iris property, with sandbags in the car, bearing thename of Cox Well. The latter gentleman says :—" The said balloon is one of mine, and it started from Maidenhead on Friday alone, as I was prevented from being in attendance, being that day six miles high, in company with Mr. Gla isher. Th e scientific ascent from Wolverhampton was arranged to take place on Thursday, but owing to un favourable weather it was postponed until the following mo rning. I fully expected to have made my public ascent from Maidenhead the same evening, but in case of delay had sent on an assistant to commence the inflation, and had telegraphed to an inexperienced aerial voyager to visit Maidenhead and ascend in case of my non arrival: This gentleman, unavoidably, perhaps, disappointed me, and my balion ' Evening Star' was permitted to ascend alone. I regret much that I could not attend, but I have yet to learn whether my b a lloon was sent adrift accidentally or by de sign. At any rate, it was more tenderly handled when it landed per se than before it quitted terra firma among pro fessed friends. THE RIFLE IN CASHMERE. We may here mention, in passing, one of th ose trifling afflictions peculiar_hi degree, at l eas t- -to the country, and against which even the pluck and animation of our gipsy sportsman are not wholly proof. The fleas in Cashmere ho solemnly pronounces to be " a great nui sance." Your shirt Sou must change morning and night ; you must sleep like a patriarch, in your tent or in the open air, and never "in a house at a village when you come to a halt. All your clothes and bedding should be hung up in the sun during the whole day." He recommends a bag of mint as the best preservative against this plague, and pronounces the " mercury dodge" recom mended in Galton's "Art of Travel" a total failure. That übiquitous scourge of hot countries, the mosqui to, swarms also in Cashmere, especially, of course, along the rivers, in such clouds as to extract from our indomitable sportsman the re mark that he " never saw so many before anywhere. As we are upon the subject of the animated nuisances of Cashmere, we must not omit allusion to the snakes. "I told Sultan," he says, "to fetch my breakfast, which was wrapped up in a blanket lying some few yards behind. On opening the blanket out rolled two great snakes, one of which we killed.iThey were snakes of the venomous kind, and very deadly wounds are inflicted by them, according to the natives." Open-air sleeping in a country infested not only v.ith the minor tormentors previously mentioned, but by reptiles of this kind, with a liking for blankets and snug lying, one would suppose a very serious set-off against the pleasures of this rough, vagrant, and exciting existence. In Cashmere the bears form a principal attraction. Since our military men have made that country a sporting haunt the species has, of course, suffered severely, and in many places is on the verge of actual extinction. Bear-walks formerly inhabited by a dozen have now but a single deni zen. Besides those that escape wounded and subsequently die of their hurts, 200, our rifleman calculates, are : killed every year in Cashmere.—Dublin Unzversity Nagaz‘ne. T., ---- MALTA. —Our letters MORE ...ARTIIQITAKES AT M! . t earthquake as having from Malta mention a slight shock o f the _ _ , 7th and [Mother been felt at that island at 8.30 n• o lu tt • 1 the Bth of August, very somewhat stronger, at 1.47 t a.m• time ; the wind from the calm weather prevailing 5 83. The weather for some time north, thermometer 821 close, notwithstanding a, strong before had been otatrf S.E. wind. IDS ,nd ok- Ind the Lick ;us- uch .ht- life on- oirt Es , as FAY. of iith of eir- me. left way the he the