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HOTELS, &o. C H A P L I N'S li 0 T E L. AND SPREAD EAGLE TAVERN, 84, GRACECHURCH-STREET, LONON. Comfort, combined with moderate charges, will be found at this Establishment. PRIVATE APARTMENTS FOR FAMILIES. Sitting Room, 3s. per Day. Bed Rooms, ls. 6d. and is. per Night. A Night Porter in attendance. No INCREASE OF CHARGES. INDIA AND THE COLONIES. PASSENGERS Embarking or Disembarking will find superior accommodation and moderate charges at CHAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. A Lawn in front, extending to the River. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET-STREET, near Temple-bar. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER for THIS "Al; the 25th inst., will on POTAGES. Puree de Gibier—A la Brunoise. POISSON. Anguille etuvee—Merlaus frits. ENTREES. Saute d'Olson—Karl de Mouton. Nov ready, at all the Booksellers, in 2 vols., 215., FEMALE LIFE IN PRISON. By A PRISON MATRON. From the Times, Sept. 23.—" The authoress, who has her self been a prison matron, writes throughout with good sense, good taste, and good feeling. The phenomena of female prison life which she describes are most curious, and we cousin er her book to be as authentic as it is new in the form and details of its information." Reid roti —Mouton bourn!. ExTREmETs. Pouding d'Albert -Beignets de Pomme. Fromage et Salade. T OMORROW, the 26th inst., " THE LONDON DINNER" Wi consist of POTAGES. D'Abatis d'ole—A la Julienne. POISSON. Morue sauce aux Huitres—Soles frites. EN TREES. Salmi de Perdrix—Eminee de Bceuf aux teat poches. Mouton rota—Bceuf bouilli. ENTREMETS. Fowling de Cabinet—Tartelettes aux Confiteurs. Fromage et Sal . de. _An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH I MENISH, MOSELLE, and other WINES irayorted ex pressly for THE LONDON DINNER. A fine Haunch of Venison every day at 5 o'clock. _The attention of Clergymen, Officers, and Professional tjentlemeni s especially drawn to the advantages offered by ihese elegant Saloons, which fulfil all the requirements of a West end Club of the most aristocratic and exclusive cha r actor. L'on trouve dana la Salle de Lecture non seulement les Meilleurs Jonrn aux Anglais, macs aussi Journaux Allemande, Francais et Beiges. SAWYER, Proprietor. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- CHEAP EXCURSION to the WEST of ENGLAND, ALLOWING EIGHT or FIFTEEN DAYS. On SATURDAY, Sept. 27, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave PADDINGTON at 8.0 a.m., and Reading at 9.5 a.m., for WESTON-SUPER-MARE, Highbridge, Bridgewater, Taunton, Williton. and Watchet (for Lynton and North Devon), Tiverton, Exeter, Starcross, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Newton, Torquay, Paignton, Brixham Road, Totn.es, Kings bridge Road, Plymouth, Tavis•ock, Bodmin, St. Austell, Truro, Penzance, and o th er stations on the Cornwall Rail ways ; returning either on Monday, th e 6th , o r M on d a y, th e 13th October. —For fares, time of return, and further particu lars, see hand-bills, w hi c h may be obtained at any of the Company's Offices. AMUSEMENTS. CANTERBURY HALL. STECKEL, The greatest Trapeze performer in the world. Grand Operatic Selection as usual, with full Band and Chorus. Principal Arta to—Miss Russell. Unswortb, with the original Stump speech, " Or any other man," in conjunction with Eugene and Duley, forming the greatest Comic Trio in London: and a host of other Comic avourites. THOXF O R D, Pi, OXFORD STREET. Every Evening, Grand Operatic Select'ons by Miss Russell, ?MRS 'fowneley ; Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert, with Full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Solos, Glees, Four-part Songs, &a, by the Company. The Cemic performances of Miss Caroline Parkes, Mr. W. Randall, the renowned Rum sey and Newcomb Minstrels, and Eugene, and Unsworth (the original "or any otherman"). " The miraculous Steckel " on the Flying Trapeze. Hall, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes. 108. 6d. The Opera of ALCESTE, by GLuck, is in preparation, and will shortly be produced. mR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS " HOME." at HER MAJESTY'S CONCERT ROOM, Haymarket. THIS EVENING (Thursday). at 8, in an entirely New and Original Entertainment, written by Relay J. Byron, Esq. REA T WESTERN RAILWAY.- kit On SUNDAY, Sept. 28, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave PADDINGTON at 7.45 a.m., and Reading at 8.50 a.m., for CHIPPENHAM and BATH (Os. and 55.), and BRISTOL (10s. and 65.); returning the same day at 7 p.m. PART I. "MY WIFE AND I." ART IL A Romance of intens e Interest, yelept HE " ENSA TION" FORK ; or, Th e Maiden, the Mani T ac, and t S he Mid night Murderers. Performed by a double Company (Two). EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at Eight ; SATITR DAI MORNINGS, at Three. Places may be secured at the Pox-office, from Ten till Five; at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33. Old Bond-street at Austin's Ticket Office St. James's Hall, and of all Booksellers. No extra charge , for booking. Open at Half-past Seven. Carriages at a quarter to Ten. W. CORBYN, Acting Manager. Niv S. WOODIN'S CABINET of CURIO • SITIES—NewIy Polished and Re-lined—POLY , CRAPHIC HALL, King William-street, Charing-cross, Every Evening, at eight (except Saturday), vith 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. 27, at 3. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 25.; amphitheatre, /B. Box-office open from eleven to five. Mr. Woodin as Mr. Sothern, of tho Haymarket, in hie celebrated character of "Lord Dundreary," Morning and Evening. A RGYLL ROOMS. Great Windmill-street, Raymarket.—GßAND CASINO FRANCAISE.— OPen every Evening, for Promenade and Dancing, with the ,Plebrated Band of 50 performers. Conductor and Principal Cor net-a -Piston, M. BOULCOITRT.—The new Imperial Qua ethic, Valse Cotillion, and L. Moaca's Peep o'Day Valse will be played nightly. A new Conversation Salon has been added to the above Fstablishment for Reading, Coffee, and Refreshments.— Admission is.—Manager, M. Grenet. EXHIBITION OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE. This beautiful Work of Art, which displays the plumage of the Bird equal to life, contains upwards of 10,000 separate coloured feathers, formed from malleable copper, and is pp pounced b y connoisseurs to be the wonder of the age. Ex nibltinP* Daily at the BURLINGTON GALLERY, 191, PICCADILLY. Admission, Is. ; Fridays 2s. 6d. 14 OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT , GAREN. .I._ i Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, Wsllaee's Grand Opera, LURLINE Miss Sara robson, Visa Thirlwall, and Mdme. Laura 'Baxter ; Messrs. Santley, H. Corr', Patey, Lyall, and George Perren. Conductor —Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past 7—Commenee at 8. THEATRE-ROYAL,DRURY.LANE. Don , Lessee. THIS EVENING,i THE Boucieault ROUGH DIAMOND. Alto. which, at 8 o'clock, the new Scottish Drama, THE RELIEF OF LUCENOW : Ms. Dion Boucicault Madame Cekste, Jordan ; Messrs. Dion Boucicault, Ryder, Atkins, C. Vandenhoff, Swinbourne, To conclude with THE ARABS OF THE DESERT : a Troupe of the Beni-Zoug-Zoug, at 10. Commence at 7—terminate at 11. TREAT RE-RONAJ,, HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING a Household Pi c t ure. under Two Lights, entitled THE WIFE'S PORTRAIT. Mr. Howe. Mr. W. Farren, Mrs. C. Young, &c. After which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (237th time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN Asa hard , Mr. Buck tone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr.. Sothern. bard, Followed by a new Spanish Ballet entitled CELOS Y • CALIA ; or, Love and J ea l ousy. Senora Perea Nena, Se nor Ricardo Moragas. and the corns de Ballet. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. IVYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THE LOST LETTER. CardinaAfter w Wohich s e , y,t a a quarter to Eight, KI NG HENRY VIII. Charles Kean. l Mr. Charles Kean :Que en K atharine, Mrs. To conclude with THE TWO POLTS. Mr. Widdicomb. Commence at 7. No half-price. 11 ()VAL LYCEUM THEATRE. it Sole Lessee and Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. 270th Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day."7"rn THIS EVENING. PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund Falconer : Mrs. D. P. Bowers. Miss Clara Weston. and Miss M. Hudson. After which, a new musical, pictorial, poetical, and ballet Interlude, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna Whitty and Miss Lydia Thomson. Followed by a new Farce, entitled THE COLLEEN I AWN SETTLED AT LAST. Mr. Charles Selby and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at Roz-office open daily from 11 tills. Commences 7 NEW THEATRE-R0 YAL, Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Mr. B. Webster's Annual Benefit. THIS EVENING, THE GREEN BUS HE , i. Meese., J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billington, Sefton, Stephenson, Lewis, Eburne. Romer ; Mica Avonia Jones, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Stoker. Followed Charte r) WOMAN HATER. Baron Rosenberg (his original, Mr. B. Webster. To G one w i th THE SHILLING DAY AT THE ThßpEhAt"trupE9X. EXHIBITION . Messrs .1 L. Toole P. Bedford, and Mrs. H. L ewis J. Smith, Romer; Miss K. Bland JIPPS'S C OC O A. (Commonly called Eppa's Homceopathic Cocoa). The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo. rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. }lb., Vb., and lib. packets, at is. 6d. per lb., by Grocers. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL 'WORK, MANHOOD MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRME A, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. Just. Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price 15., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, forl 2 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CURTIS, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTEkTS‘: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and FunctiOns of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence; Carly Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the wollies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of 'ionorrhcea and Syphilis. ..Le Book onolud e s with numerous varied and interesting , to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. ShOuCtlld ge s in on the l h an an h d oo s o d r y T oun il l ad March, 1856. and da old." —vtlsuunabldeawy Times," e a s n ,, d , "The author bas conferred a great boon by publishing this Little work, in which is described the source of those diseases whim produce decline in youth or more frequently premature ? ..:d age . " Daily Telegraph," Marc 27, 1856. ...ondon : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row. Mum, 19 Oornhill. I I 11°148 °I Qva sultoloulo to l and II to #t Sundays, 1° " 4 commence at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. Revival of "Mazeppa." THIS EVENING will be performed MAZEPPA ; or, The IS Horse of Tartary, with New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. Tc be followed by a brilliant routine of n ovel and dart vereuxY oun g c nee in the appear. in which Ma dame Il lalop and Young De e will To conclude with a COMIC BA__LLET, in which Miss Annie CuBbnie and Harry Croue t s a t g e e wi li l an l a fta pp e e r a . r u . r. Commence at 7.—S W, soarle. A BOON TO NERVOUS SUFFER E Rs. _ Dr. SMITH has just published a FREE EDITI ON 20,000 c_npies of his valuable work, THE PRIVATE MEDI VI; FRIEND (116 pages), on the Self-cure of Nervous e ullitY, Loss of M orDimness of Sight, Lassitde, a m L e e s e ul b t y in s g en fr d o i / n n g the secret'sins of youth. Copies may be had a stamped directed envelope to the Author's residence 8, Burton-crescent, London, P.C. Consultation by Letter without Fee. iDr. SMITH will, for the BENEFIT of persons suffering of ula NERVOUS DEBILITY, &c., on receiving a description rpueir case (enclosing a stamped directed envelope for re d:), send his written opinion, with advice and directions for milVaost suss treatment and cure.—Address, Dr. Smith, . 1 $1419 4 -cr es ce nt, Lodcon, W.C. MASCULINE POWER RESTORED in F OURTEEN DAYS, without the possibility of failure. For guaranteed remedy enclose two stamps. Ad dress, Cn runnons, 211, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. W. T OT AL PROSTRATION o f t h e GENERA TIVE SYSTEM, the result of SPERMATORRMEA, RESTORED in a few days. See "VITA VITAL'S," which contains a Prescription of Invigorating Lotion ; also a "Guide to Marriage and its Duties." Price Is. Sent free by post 14 stamps, sealed 20. Address "Medians," 44a, Maddox-street. facing the side of St. George's Church, Han over-square, W. THESILENT FRIEND ON MARRIAGE, 190 pages, illustrated with 100 engravings, price ls., post free 14 stamps, sealed 20, containing prescription of Pre ventive Lotion. Make this invaluable work your Guide and Adviser, tor self-cure in all cases of secrecy, resulting from the errors or excesses of youth, or from infection, loss of natural power and vigour. Address Messrs. PERRY & Co., Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, W.C. Consultations daily, 11 till 2, and from 5 till 8. Sunday, 11 till 1 o'clock. tg tho ces of to 30s to 30s to 27s to 46E1 to —s to 36s to 248 to 50s is the in the home oreiga Ts up. Le con- Is last s. d. o 27 0 16 0 0,0 ,o 17 0 A) 21 0 :035 0 ? pt. 96 ' pt '''' A. 2 3 ' pt. 29 pt. 29' :REP' for a l l .clavidP an Ca r ; to, 7, inque 6 ; peutil %merit' lion. PiHoof, red ar, s bow' t ; the: onlY t o eo . n i a 50aI a wto call of r tues tabl e o l j 0 .1. d oasis' rt SClt la C 0 Of .) ,che ,gtl3 ! 3ter'—,it wifa of 3314 ... 11° 0: P ¢ r 11° 1 oiter° r ros''' 'r,erll )10 °11 ' wife °f [(1113/0' r tbillgt lig htS' 9 hell/ 1 4,11 N Loa11), 0 N°. 21,915. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE MAROON. By Capt. MAYNE REID. "In this brilliant and exciting romance there are scenes which equal, if they do not surpass, anything which the author has yet achieved."—Post. " Capt. Reid has written a good many stirring romances, but none better than ' The Maroon.' "—Press. " One of the best novels of the year."—John Bu 1. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough -street. Hurst and Blackett. 13. Great Marlborough-street. T HE POPULAR SCIENCE REVIEW. No. V. (October Ist, 1562), Price 2s. 6d., Edited by JAMES SAMUELSON, Will contain, besides other instructive and interesting matter, the following Original Articles : The British Oak ; with two page Illustrations. By Prof. James Buckman, F.L.S., F.G.S., &c. Tubitex Rivulorum, the Red Worm of our Rivers. With a coloured Plate. By Edwin Ray Lankester. Anaesthetics. By Dr. T. L. Phipson, M. 8., F.C.S., &c. Barmouth, and its Scientific Attractions. With a Tinted Il lustration. By the Editor, The Electroplating Process. (Concluding Part.) With an Illustration. By George Gore. Notes of the Exhibition : No. IL—The Mineralogical Department. By Prof. D. T. Ansted, „ lll.—The Chemical -Department. By Wm. Crookes, F.C.S., Editor of the Chemical News. „ IV.—The Philoscphical Instruments. By James Breen, F.R.A.S. Miscellanea.—The Albert Memorial. Our Science Schools and Classes. Provincial Institutions and Societies. Naturalists' Field Clubs. Reviews.—And A Complete Quarterly Summary of every Branch of Science, with a Page Plate (the Comet of 1t6!). London : Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- CHEAP EXCURSION to the SEA SIDE. On SATURDAY, Sept. 27, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Paddington at 3.45 p.m., and Reading at 4.50 p.m., for WEYMOUTH, Dorchester, Bridport, and Maiden Newton (12s. and 85.); Yeovil, Castle Cary, and Bruton (11s. and 75.); Frome, Westbury, Trowbridge, Melksham, and Chippenham (10s. and 65.); returning at 7.30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1. ARMY CONTRACTS. TENDERS will be received at this Offi ce un til noon on the 4th of October, from persons who may be willing to enter into CONTRACTS for the SUPPLY 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 Kneller 3. Hampton Court. 4. Windsor. 5. Brighton. 6. Sandhurst. 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. Hounslow and Kneller Hal. R. Hampton Court. 7. Windsor. 8. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shoreham 9. Croydon. Separate tenders must be made for Forage and Paillasse Straw for each of th e above -mentioned Stations as grouped and numbered. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours o f 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 imarked on the outside " Tender for Commissarriat Supplies," before noon on the 4th October next. W. IL MATURIN, Deputy Commissary-General. Commissariat Office, 5, New-street, Spring-gardens, London, S.W., Ist September, 1562. TEN PER CENT. PER ANNUAL—Sums of FIFTY POUNDS to TEN THOUSAND POUNDS may be INVESTED for SEVEN YEARS to pay the above Interest, without partnership liability, and with less risk than any ordinary Joint Stock enterprise. Full particulars will be forwarded, postage free, to Gentlemen giving Banker's reference to A. G., Universal Advertising Offi.e, 26, Brydges street, Covent-garden. OLDRID GE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA' established upwards of thirty years, is the best and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying, or restoring the hair, whiskers, or moustaches, and preventing them turning grey. Sold in bottles, 3s. 6d., 65., and 11s., by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Wellington-street. Strand, London, W.C., and all chemists and perfumers. For childrens' and ladies' hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. OS TEO EIDON: What is it? See Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. GABRIEL'S Sell-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEE rn and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, springs, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a lifetime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and ARTICULATION. Purest materials only, at half the usual cost. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, CLASS 17. One visit only required from country patients. Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Consultations free. 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 tne 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. s at ul ree ta t t , io ß n o s nd fr . ee str . ESKELL'S TREATISE, which fully explains his invention, post free for seven stamps.—lnspection of specimens and Con eLmonsdosntri;ctanlydmsogd,er B a rnn... -B eit' G s Bond- street, . r hill, enor Bir mingham. 7 / 7 , 6 c //e t_ G 1 ". 4 . . '7 • , . ...6 .- , .. ..., ~ ~..., , r- —__ . . 4,- . _ r./: ~., --i= - . A l ,, _ •. sr- ..., ,-- .3" '6 1. , -.4e..1 . . . ~,'Yi , ..ft I' , . 4:1111 •3/ '.- - .7 - - ' ' '4 . . ~ a ' ''''‘`iihri 'k't . . 1 ' ' , l‘. jr . likti(N.' r ' f,s' .. i t r ---4t 34 ~,,1 ii, ,,, / , P , --- ~.'r eariAlr . , 2tt4 - ....." 1• 14 1 ‘: t :'. . ' • n ' ' - ""'''' -" I P A 1... ,---- ----*---- PI --r, --MN ik., : :i Til 1 6 V ~,,;; .1. 14, :;), . , ~..., , . .:_ it ...,,.. x . • ~....„,.., ~ : ''''?' ios h i A , ll", l:fa ip,: ' ( ! ct ... ... -• Q/* -49 ei e ir ~,, ,5f t ,,,,..,.„,, '4 • aik. 1 ‘ . "A. 0.. aim\ r. ;It: ', , 4 ... • C'" - 4 " .4 ''' '' ''' ''' —-. ~ _ ~An 4.— , , ,' ;• -e '" ..... -°"- As ' V i 4- '---- -411 Pr- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENI SEPTEMBER 25, 186►2. MR. GLADSTONE, M.P., ON AGRICUL of itself, the man who pursues it as an occupation I must be a man of active mental as well as of active bodily habits and the more he exercises those gifts of the mind and that power of thought with which Providence has endowed him, the greater and more conspicuous will be his success in his calling. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, my hon. relative, Sir W. Wynne, has congratulated you on the favourable change which the last few weeks has made upon the prospects of the harvest ; we have had indeed very serious indications of the reappearance of the potato disease, but so far as information has reached me I am happy to say those appearances are local and partial, and upon the whole I think we may consider that up to the present moment the potato crop is in a sounder and more healthy condition than it has usually appeared to be of late years. I am afraid it would be a little premature to pro neunce definitely as yet upon the result of the gene ral harvest, yet it is within my knowledge and the knowledge of some of my friends, who are most competent to judge from an extensive agricultural experience, that the yield of all descriptions of escu lents for the present year will be far more consider able than it has been for several years past, We must all feel very great thankfulness for the mea sure of favourable weather with which the country has been blessed, and the prospects which farmers now enjoy. Indeed, the state of the corn market proves pretty conclusively that we enjoy a fair pro spect of a sufficient supply of food for the country at reasonable prices during the coming winter. (Cheers.) If we look at agriculture as a trade, I must say that I think it impossible not to be struck with its favourable circumstances. I don't mean to say that agriculture as a trade will be distinguished by the enormous gains which other pursuits may occasionally produce; but then inasmuch as agriculture is by far the most healthy, by far the most agreeable, and on the whole by far the most satisfactory of all pursuits, it would be a very unequal distribution of the benefits of Pro vidence if agriculture had coupled with all these advantages an overbearing share of the profits of industry. (Hear, hear.) Apart from the condition of agriculture as a trade it is impossible not to con sider its social condition, and those relations of class to class which are so intimately bound up with the whole of its functions and operations —an overpower ing evidence that whatever changes take place in the country, the older she grows, she does not grow weaker—(cheers)—that those ties which unite one class to another do not with the lapse of years be come feebler than they were before, but on the con trary it is our belief that the confidence of class in class, of each one class in every other, is growing stronger and stronger from year to year, and that the whole social fabric which depends on the union of all classes is gradually acquiring a broader, deeper, and firmer foundation. (Cheers.) If it be true that the pursuit of the farmer is not a pursuit which has been attended with the realisation of sudden and enormous profits—if it be true that the wages of the agricultural labourers are, as a general rule, somewhat below those of the gains of the me chanics and operatives of this country, the farmers are not exposed to the reverses which we see at this moment with the deepest feeling of regret spread over the very heart of the manufacturing district, and which have totally paralysed the hand of ma nufacturing industry ; and the peasant is not ex posed to the total loss of employment from causes not only beyond his own control, but which it was perfectly impossible for any man to foresee or pre vent. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, it is a happy social condition in which you live, and besides being a happy social condition, it is a sound economical condition. If it be true that great and brilliant prospects do not commonly attend your business, it is equally true that the dangerous element of gambling, which enters of necessity into some descriptions of human enterprise, is almost entirely absent from yours ; and it is also true that moderately and gradually, but steadily, and with every prospect of permanence, the wealth as well as the intelligence of the classes connected with the cultivation of the soil is increasing. (Cheers.) But, gentlemen, although much has un doubtedly been done, still much more remains to be accomplished. The whole subject of the appli cation of manure to the soil, the whole theory of what is termed utilising those vast materials which are annually wanted, and of making them available for the fertilising of the soil, has yet to be carried out to perfection. Many useful discoveries I admit have been made, but many more remain to be made. It may possibly seem strange if I were to use such an expression as that both agriculture and commerce were still in a state of infancy, yet it is perfectly true that so much retrains to be gradually and steadily accomplished, that although metapho rically speaking, you have covered a good deal of ground, yet there is a great deal more to cover, and we have yet many more sources of wealth and many more means of producing wealth to open out than at present exist, and I may also add that many of those sources are, in my opinion, at the present moment entirely unknown. Take, for instance, the case of the sewage of our great towns, and above all take that of London ; it would hardly be believed, so extraordinary a thing it is, that up to the present moment it is uncertain whether the enormous amount of wealth which is undoubtedly contained in that sewage can or cannot be realised, and the most important questions of health connected with it are at this moment in volved. We are gradually, it is true, getting towards a solution, For a long time we were content in a manner so slovenly as to be unworthy of any amount of civilisation, to allow that great mass of sewage, not only to escape from our land, but to poison the noblest of our rivers, upon which a great city was built ; and it was only four years ago when it pleased P rovidence to remind us of our duties by causing old Father Thames to give us notice of his displeasure by sending up one of the most abomin able and protracted stenches that ever entered the nostril of mankind, that we set about a work of legislation which involved the expenditure of millions of money, but the consequence of which will be that in all future times no part of that im mense mass of sewage will find its way into the river, but the Thames will become again what it was originally, a pure and beautiful river. That great work is now almost completed, and very shortly the mass of sewage to which I have alluded will be available to be experimented upon in order to see at what cost the deleterious particles can be separated and the fertilising properties applied to the soil. Without presum in g to pron ounce an y opi nion upon the subject, I cannot help feeling san guine as to the results of those experiments, and that eventually the sewage of London, instead of being a means of poisoning the stream, will be a fertilising agent of the greatest value. There are, h owev er, numerous other improvements in agricul ture with which you are extensively acquainted, and while you have reduced the necessity for actual manual le boor in the field, you have rendered neces sary the employment of a higher and more intelli gent class than were formerly employed. You have indeed achieved great progress both in the applica tion of manure and the mode of cultivating the ground. Great, however, as that progress has been, I believe that still more remains to be achieved. It was once thought that the cultivation of land had reached its limits, and no more could be obtained from it, It is perfectly true that to some extent this will always be a corn importing country, but at the same time you will recollect that while we grow a great quantity of corn, the people have now so in creased in numbers that there is an enormous de mand for all kinds of esculent s , which the farmers find it profitable to grow, and, consequently, to some extent we do throw ourselves on foreign nations for no doubt m ore or l ess we s h a ll a supply of corn, a nd always do so. At the same time this is fraught with good, because w hile other nati ons supply us w i th corn our commerce is extended ; and while. on the one hand, there is an immense saving of labour here, 7URAL PROGRESS. we strengthen those bonds of amity and cordiality which should exist among all the nations of the world. I believe you will, however, find that the present products of the soil in this land have by no means reached their maximum. At the same time, in no part of the kingdom have enterprise and skill been rewarded with a more visible increase than in the principality of Wales. (The right hon. gentle man resumed his seat amid loud cheering.) Several other toasts having been given, the meet ing separated. MOLD, FLINTSHIRE, WEDNESDAY. The annual meeting of the Denbigh and Flint Agricultural Society took place in this town to-day. It being known that Mr. Gladstone would preside, a very much larger number of the gentry and far mers of this part of North Wales were attracted to the show than had ever before been known to attend. Unfortunately torrents of rain began to fall in the early part of the morning, and continued all day; but the show-yard was, nevertheless, crowded. The cattle exhibited were remarkably fine. At 5 o'clock a party of about 300 of the principal gentry and far mers sat down to dinner at the Black Lion, under the presidency of Mr. Gladstone, who was supported by Mr_ Mainwaring, M.P., and Sir W. W. Wynne, Bart. The right hon. gentleman on entering the room was loudly cheered. After the removal of the cloth he proposed the usual loyal toasts, which were drank with enthusiasm. In giving the health of the Prince of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family he alluded in the following terms to the approaching marriage of the heir apparent :—Gentlemen,—We have all heard, with no common interest, of the event which is about to take place. The Prince of Wales is about to be married to an amiable and virtuous princess who has shown herself worthy both of her future husband and of the exalted station which she will one day be called upon to fill in the country. Among the brightest and most happy characteristics of the pre sent period Lnd the present reign none has been more distinctly marked than this, viz., that the mar riages of the royal family have been without excep tion marriages which, while in every respect con formable to the public interests, have been also founded upon the warmth and sincerity of personal attachments as much as in the case of the humblest of the Queen's subjects. (Cheers.) That was the case in the first instance with her Majesty herself. It was the case with her daughters, and we have it upon the most undoubted authority that it will be the case with the marriage which is about to take place with the Prince of Wales and the Princess of the House of Denmark. (Cheers.) You will all agree with me in saying God bless them both, and may that marriage be a fountain of joy both to them selves and to the people over whom at a distant date they may be called upon to reign. (Cheers.) The next toast was "The bishops and clergy," whi c h was acknowledged by the vicar of Mold, and whi c h was followed by " The Army, Navy, and Volun teers." In giving this, Mr. Gladstone observed, that we alone of all nations had solved the problem of vesting enormous strength in a separate portion of the community without destroying their citizenshi p or endangering the liberties of the people. Colonel RONVLEY responded. The health of the county members having been drunk and acknowledged by Mr. MAINIVARING, The CHAIRMAN said, I have now to propose " Suc cess to the Denbighshire and Flintshire Agricultu ral Society," a toast which I need not say forms in the main the principal interest of our meeting to night. (Cheers.) We have not been altogether fa voured to-day by that circumstance which they say is always uppermost in the hearts of Englishmen— the weather, and there was in the show-yard a very free exhibition of umbrellas; but, with that excep- , tion, I trust the show has been of a character fully worthy of the ancient reputation of this society. I don't myself profess to have suckinformation, judg ment, and skill as to authorise me for a moment to attempt to pronounce upon the merits of either cattle or sheep, hogs, or whatever else we have seen to-day ; but I do venture to think that if this exhibition is less satisfactory than the former ones have been, they must have been very satisfactory indeed, It is impossible not to see that societies of this kind are of the very greatest possible interest and importance. More than anything else this tends to show that the agricultural interests is not always what it has been sometimes supposed to be —behind the rest of the world. (Cheers.) By means of these societies you bring together the best of every description, both of live stock and of all other kinds of agricultural produce, besides the tools and implements by which you till the earth. The meaning of this is that you all give blessings to one another. Those who are able to give them, give them,those who have occasion to receive them, receive them. There are few who can't teach some thing, and fewer still who have not something to learn ; but it is within our own recollection that you have been beforehami in these matter, as com pared with the rest of the world. It was thought a very great achievement, and it was a very great achievement, when in 1851 all those engaged in in dustrial pursuits were invited to send to one spot their productions for mutual comparison and mutual instruction in what was called the Great Interna tional Exhibition. (Cheers.) The happy idea which was then so successfully carried out for the first time, was imitated in various foreign coun tries ; and the second application of it has been witnessed among ourselves during the present year. Long before the manufacturers and those interested in the general production of articles of utility were called upon to compare their produc tions you had exhibited to them that system in actual operation as an established thing, both in Scotland and in England. There were indeed so cieties of this description all over the country — some of them great and others small, but all flourishing and all tending to theiame great object, mutual benefit, which I hope will always attend their operations. (Cheers.) Whatever may be the character of the exhibition to-day, upon which better judges than myself will pronounce, I think I may congratulate you as an association intimately connected with agriculture on the present condition and prospects of those engaged in that noble pur suit. (Hear, hear.) All that old English frame classes, landlords, tenant -farmers, and the peasanty have been sub work that binds us together, all the three princial of old English and Welsh society, jected under the circumstances of our li fetime considerable pressure and considera ble strai n during to the transition from one system to another, but we have all seen with the deepest satisfaction and the most cordial delight that the result of putting the Briton upon his mettle has in this case been what it has undoubtedly been in other cases—namely, that he has proved himself to be more than equal to (Cheers.)ieve G every call that cou ld be made upon him, and that out of c i rcumstances o f d anger an d o f di ffi culty he has emerg e d, no t a l oser , but a gainer, and a con queror over a ll th e o b s tacles that have beset his course,e n t l e m e clans n , I f o venture this c toou country, t o r p y, e and to b e to whom that the farming we must look as the centre of this great system of agric u ltural improvement in respect to the cultivati on _ of the land, will now feel themselves to be embar ked one of rked on a career w hi c h i s lik e ly t o be un doubtedly it advan t a gemust and success to themselves, as un ust always be one _of progress and improve ment. There was a time, undoubtedly, when the farmer was looked upon as a different kind of person t o nianufacturer, and when it was supposed that a low average standard of mental qualiti* if not of physical exe r t ion would suffice for the performance of the duties of those who are engaged in the cultivation of the earth ; but we have now found out, on the contrary, that every thing more or less connects itself with the culti vation of the soil, and that it not only involves all the knowledge which science can be brought to bear upon the manufacture of im pl ements the most suitable to be employed in cultivation, but a high chemical knowledge of all the quali • • ties of those restoratives which in their thousand forms replenish and revive the surface of the ground ; that consequently the duties and functions which constitute the business of a farmer are such as to afford the amplest scope to the g re atest efforts, whether mental or physical, of the highest order of intelligence which can be brought to bear upon the subject; and that, if it is pursued in the m anner in which it ought to be pursued, in a manner Worthy LITERA7U.RE. John and I. A Novel. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. Under this somewhat whimsical title we find a novel abounding in clever delineations of character and passion, as well as extremely pleasant pictures of German rural and urban life. " John and I" are two brothers of the prosaic name of .Brown; the elder of whom, Henderson, tells the tale in ques tion, whilst the younger, John, figures as the hero. Left parentless and penniless when the tale begins, through the failure and death of their father, a banker, they migrate to Germany, and proceeding to Stuttgart, pay a visit to a maternal uncle, one Colonel Blum, in the hope that through his recom mendation they may be able to procure some kind of employment. In the expectation of being inde pendent they had been brought up to no profession, though the elder, a bookworm, and of the mature age of 37, purposes to take to teaching, and the younger would like some light, genteel occupation, in an office; in the meantime they become lodgers in their uncle's family. " A week passed," says the narrator, " and we had as yet obtained no employment, though I spent every day in wearisome applications at schools and mercantile offices. From these John had generally begged off. He was too proud and high-spirited to solicit a favour of anyone, and had not yet received that experience which comes with years, teaching us the difference between servility and self-help, between real and unreal independence. I would rather have stood in the square at Stutt gart, asking every passer-by,' Give me work' than have run into debt with my good-natured but not over-rich uncle. Therefore I persevered with a brute-like stolidity, resolving to succeed at last. For this superabundance of iron in my nature I take no credit to myself. I do not know whether it is a human virtue even, since this very quality is shown in universal biography to have been quite as often the secret of the deepest evil as of the truest unlimited good. In the case of a book-loving, unambitious man like myself, who have lived, as it , were, out of and in the reach only of m e diocre vices harm's way, this same innate po wer o f sub an d serving the intention to the fulfilment, has, I thank God for it, made my life better and happier." At length John obtains a situation as English and French correspondent in a merchant's office at Caunstatt, a spa on the banks of theNeckar, a short distance from Stuttgart; whilst Henderson is en gaged as resident tutor in the family of the Baroness Weiler, a widow lady, living at her country seat about 20 miles from Stuttgart, and having two chil dren, a son, Carl, about eleven years of age, whose education had been much neglected, and a grown up daughter, Hermine, who resided with an aunt, and it is chiefly in connection with this family that the subsequent events take place. We extract the following pleasant description of German scenery and manners near to the birth-place of Schiller : I was soon summoned by the post-boy, a consequential little fellow, small, but old, dressed in a gaudy yellow coat, rather abrupt in the tapering of the tails, blue trousers, and a black hat with slight pretensions to brim. His born was tied round his neck with cord and green tassels, and though there were only places for four victims, and we were packed in so tightly that my uppermost thought during the whole way was about the impossibility of getting unpacked again, he still kept on blowing his horn with quite a martial air. This made me think that he was fond of creating a sensa tion, but only an old woman at a bread and cherry stall, and a flock of geese, were there to be impressed by him. An important man, dressed like a policeman, mounted the dickey by his side, and at last the old carriage started off, the two officials quarrelling good-tersperedly all the way, and we unfortunate passengers learning acutely every mo ment what the feelings of pigs and sheep must be when packed for Smithfield. I was so squeezed that I could not reach my head to the window to look out. I could only see the boughs of fruit laden trees, which seemed to over-arch our heads all the way ; and one can imagine the feelings of delight with which I hailed the dirty village of Marbach, where Schiller was born. Here I found an old-fashioned open carriage, with two good horses, awaiting me; and though the roads were bad and hilly, the grand moustached coach man drove at a brisk pace. The landscape had a pleasant, prosperous, fruity look, that I liked. All the surrounding hills were vineyards, whilst the level land skirting them was irregularly planted out with flax, Indian and Welsh corn, tobacco, and beet-root ; the whole scene reminding you of an artist's palette, where many shades of green and purple, burnt sienna, chrome yellow, and pale maize are rubbed promiscuously. What would a Suffolk farmer say to these hedgeless fields ? On either side of the road were strips of orchard, and the trees dropped so luxuriously that I could have plucked the fruit as I passed beneath. Here and there a few women with bare heads were cut ting grass and digging fallow land ; or a stout girl, ven deress of coarse green earthenware from the town, would be resting by the wayside, with her basket for once off her head. Otherwise the scene was as solitary as the Snowden district, till when you came to a village. Then the sound of our wheels brought out the geese, the children, and the cows, from the lower compartments of the houses to the slough of despond, which formed a kind of washy embank ment in front of them—the men and women, combing flax by their doors, would look up and give a courteous Gruss Gott to me ;—even the stork on the quaint wooden tower of the church would shift its standing leg, as if bound to notice our coming, The Baroness, whose age is about five and thirty, is still beautiful, and with fascinating manners. The daughter of an English lady, she had been mar ried at the age of 16 to the Baron Weiler, a man many years older than herself, of selfish and dissi pated habits, and with whom she had no sympathy. Her sister-in-law,who resided with them, used all her efforts to estrange from her the affection of her chil dren ; thus her married life bad been far from happy. Here, however, Henderson found a comfortable home till the demon of discord entered in the shape of his brother John, whose fatal gift it was to cause women to fall in love with him. Thus he first ensnares the youthful fancy of Sophia, youngest daughter of his uncle Blum. Ottilie, her elder sister, is his next victim, and on being invited by the Baroness, together with the Blum family, to spend some time at Weiler, he not only pro duces a tender impression on his hostess, but him self falls desperately in love with her. At first rejected, he throws up his situation at Caunstatt, and determines to depart for St. Petersburg, and his brother Henderson volunteers to accompany him; but before going he determines to try the effect of a last interview with the Baroness. His pleading on this occasion succeeds, and she consents fginhouoilniii and show to become his wife. " I love you," said the Ba roness to John. " I think it no crime, no falling off in duty to my children, to marry a man whom I honour, and to whom I can look for support and protection and love when they may both have left me. I know that in the eyes of some this step will lower me, as a traitor to the interests of my family, as a heartless mother, and as a frivolous woman ; but I love you—l feel that I can give e t y h o er u the tender love of a wife without breaking o ther any ties ; and feeling thus, I am ready to sake." Ottilie, however, as is very natu r al, l i whether I censure, any hatred, any contempt even, ra, f_o s r b y y o n u o r means so well satisfied. "I do not know she says. " I have to blame myself most or him, " brother, Hen should not like to be unjust to y kind to us, and Icannot Berson, for you are so we all respect you so but help such tender_ thinking it was wrong makeo me care for him at first, nest towards me—to before"—her voice s hook a little—" before h e saw her. If you knew how changeless and q u i et our daily life had hitherto been, and how d'ft' 1 erent it seemed w hen I returned from Tubingee a n d found ~.4d. STAMPED ....sd. hint here, you would not wonder that 1 fell in love with him. But let us talk of something else. The more I think of my own folly, the more impatient and angry I become." Nor was the match ap proved of by the sister-in-law or daughti.r of the Baroness. Indeed the latter, Ilermine, her self soon about to be married, tries her utmost to induce Henderson to prevent it, but without avail. It takes place, and then the Baroness finds that her son Carl, of whom she is dotingly fond, is, by a deed signed by her husband in case of her second marriage, placed under the guardianship of his aunt Cal line until he is 18 years of age. Poignantly grieved at this separation, the Baroness induces Henderson to follow him as his tutor, and his con nection with the family is thus still intimately con tinued. Hermine now, finding that her betrothed possessed a mistress and a family, breaks off her engagement, mortally offends her aunt in conse quence, refuses t o go home, and, by the aid of Henderson, finds refuge for a time in the house of a village pastor. John and the Baroness now try their utmost to induce her to live with them, but at first without avail. Ultimately, however, she yields to the entreaties of the former, when a new phase of the tale begins. She falls passionately in love with her mother's husband, he reciprocates the feeling, strikes down his brother who attempts to remon strate, and departs suddenly for Berlin, leaving a letter for his wife, in which he excuses his conduct. She brings Henderson the letter to read. The letter says : " I stood as one in a dream. He had gone alone. My passion of wounded affection and ardent championship, on Marie's behalf, had caused me to magnify the evil in ima gination. True, that the sin might be the same in the spirit, in the letter the difference was wide. Thank God, Hermine was not henceforth irrevocably barred out from her place among true women. My sister's hearth had not been shamelessly violated in the eyes of the world. I almost scorned myself for this thought ; yet cannot the world and its opinions greatly influence a woman's life for happiness or misery ? He's gone, then the worst has not come ; Heaven be praised for it I" The words escaped me involuntarily, but Marie caught them up with a glow of anger. " You knew of this—you knew and concealed it from me! I should as soon have expected the stars to fall as that you should prove traitor to me, Heady 1 '' "Marie, be calm—think, for one moment. Do you utter the honest thoughts of your heart when you say such words to me ? Granted that my eyes may have been opened only two days ago to the great, great sorrow hanging over your head—granted that I tried to avert the knowledge of that sorrow and the suffering of it from you, from you, dear, whom I love so well—and, if I failed, oh I Marie, it needed a braver heart than mine to tell you of my failure in such a cause." Her face melted. Her poor trembling hand sought mine, her lips bent over it. " Good, true heart," she muttered brokenly, " would to God you had no brother I—l could love you better then." After this catastrophe Hermine returns to her aunt, to whom she becomes reconciled. Marie (the Baroness), through over-excitement, breaks a blood vessel, and is reduced to death's door, whilst John, restless and unhappy, leaves Berlin, seeks an inter view with Hermine, takes to gambling, falls into the clutches of a sharper, is imprisoned for debt, and the infatuated Hermine not only sells her jewels, and robs her aunt to relieve him, but goes off her self to join him. She is followed by Henderson, who finds his brother stricken down by fear; Her mine, first justifying her conduct, leaves for Paris, and Marie, although she comes to nurse her hus • band, refuses to be reconciled, and the latter, on his recovery, goes off to a situation at St. Petersburg. Several years elapse ; Carl, who had been sent back to his mother by his aunt, is about to proceed to the University, when John returns. Sophie, whom Henderson had married, makes a forcible appeal to the Baroness; she relents, and the tale is, properly, brought to a conclusion. That it contains abun dant evidences of power we willingly admit. The characters are subtly discriminated, the pictures of German life are admirable, but there is a repulsive ness about the rivalry of the mother and daughter which detracts from the pleasure we should other wise feel in the work, and the author would do well to shun such themes in future. BURNING OF THE SHIP SOUTHERN CROSS IN THE EAST INDIA DOCKS. Early last evening a destructive fire, resulting from the shipment of vesuvian lucifers, broke out on board the fine ship Southern Cross, 700 tons register, belonging to Messrs. Stuart and Co., lying on the north side of the import basin of the East India Docks at Blackw all. The ship was chartered for a voyage to Bombay, and had nearly completed her loading of a general cargo of merchandise. Her master, Capt. Bristow, was on board at the time of the out break, the chief mate having charge of the vessel. About twenty minutes to four o'clock, the mate was in the cabin along with Mr. Stevens, the foreman of the dock, who had come on board for the purpose of making some arrange ment for reberthing the ship, as she had to sail in a few days. All of a sudden a curious crack ling noise similar to the ignition of a quantity of vesuvians was heard from below, followed by a strong sulphurous effluvium. On reaching the deck they saw the hands below in a state of great trepi dation and alarm escaping from the hold by the main hatchway, and a vast quantity of smoke over hanging the top surface of the cargo. Immediately afterwards another man was seen to come from the after part of the hold, who seemed to be almost overcome by the suffocating effluvium. When ex tricate], he stated that he was carrying a light package in his arms to stow in the after part of the ship when it broke in two, and the whole of the contents burst into a flame and fell among the cargo. He endeavoured to stamp out the burning mass, but the suffocating odour compelled him to retreat, and as he made for the hatchway the flames appeared to follow him. All hands instantly set to work to throw water into the hold upon the burning cargo, but the fire gaining rapidly, the alarm was given to the dockyard police to bring out the engines. Capt. Worsell and Capt. Middleton, dockmasters, were soon on the spot, as also Lieut. Sheppy, the super intendent of the company's police and fire brigade. The land engines of the dock were brought to play from the north quay, a j e tt y ena bling them to be worked almost alon gs id e th e ship. Two of the company's steam-tu gs , w hi c h are fitted with power ful fire-engin e p um p s , wer e also brought into th e I import basin, and put into active operation with every expedition. The flames by this time had ob the deck and tamed a firm hold of the carg o, and beams of the vessel had ignited, and were burning ships being moored in clos e furiously. Several fine Cross, the dockmasters proximity to the South ern deemed it prudent to haul them off into the centre of the basin, and out o f the reach of danger. A s i t was feared that the worst would befal th e ill -fated fire brigade was sent for, and Capt. Shaw, the London Shaw, the head of the force, lost no ti me with the in pro ceeding to the dock, steam land and engines. Notwithstanding the enorl quantity of water that mous q was thrown down into the bold, it became manifest that the fire was i extending through the bulk of the cargo, and that the destruction of the ship was inevitable unless vigorous steps were taken to scuttle her. The dock masters and Lieut. Sheppy at once gave directions to the shipwrights to cutaway into the starboard side of the ship and to bore augur holes into other parts of the ship. The men at once proceeded with the work, the engines continuing pouring water into the vessel. At length the ship began to fill, and as she settled down, the fire gradually decreased, and about seven o'clock she sank, when the water covered her cargo, and the danger ceased. At pre sent it is difficult to state the exact amount of da mage which the ship has sustained, but, according to Captain Shaw's report, she is very seriously da maged by fire, and the cargo must also be very con siderably injured, if not partially destroyed. The chairman and secretary of the East and West India Dock Company were in attendance in the course of the evening, and a preliminary inquiry was insti- C 1 - '- , -'~_ tilted with yettreiaz:e to the shipietit of the vesuvian lucifers which had caused the disaster. It is averred that the ,case had not been properly described, and that if it had been know that it con tained such a combustible material as i lucifers it would not have been allowed in that part of the ship. It is known, however, that very large ship ments of this description of matches do take Place, and several fires have resulted from the same cause on board ship in the different docks. Had this case ignited when the Southern Cross had got to sea it is difficult to say what might have been the con sequences. It is feared that the loss of roans miss ing ships with all on board may he attributed to th e shipment of lucifer matches, eonpreres, &c. The B, lthern Cross and her cargo are reported to be insured. ANOTHER DREADFUL SHIPWRECK. 4 11. In the Times of India we read the following ac count of the wreck of the Columbus on August 15: —" The ship was 760 tons burthen, and sailed from Jedda for Singapore about the 26th of July ; she had a crew of 40 men and 230 passengers, including two Austrian gentlemen and their wives, the remainder being principally Malay pilgrims returning from Mecca. The vessel was laden with salt, dates, woo!, and ghee. She had also 25 horses on board, and neither ship nor cargo, we nnderstand, was insured. Six days before the wreck the vessel sprung a leak, which on the third day increased so much that the pumps were useless, and the salt having melted, the ship became waterlogged, and rolled so dangerously that the master determined to make for the nearest land. He put the ship before the wind,n h and crowded all sail on her for two days. On evening of the 15th, the wind blowing hard at the time, with lightning and rain, the lead told them they were in eight fathoms, then seven, when they shortened sail, and finally six, when they dropped anchor, although they could see no land. The anchor dragged, and soon after the cable parted, when the vessel struck and went to pieces almost immediately, She lay in a shallow bay, where the black rock. cropped up through the sand. For more than a quarter of a mile from the s h ore, a l ong the whole bay, it was one waste of breakers. All on board tried to save themselves by clinging to portions of, the wreck, and many succeeded in reaching the land, though wounded and bruised, by the surf hurling them ashore. The Austrian gentleman stated with much emotion that his wife, his brother, and his brother's wife were among the lost; His name is Otho Albin, and he was one of 130 of the survivors who were found congregated at Wurroda. About 30 Malays were found at Malgoond, which is half-way between Pooley and Wurroda. On coming within a mile of Wurroda some brown ob jects were seen lying on the sand within the wash of the waves. On going nearer they were found to be the bodies of a Malay, a Chinaman, and a Chinese woman, all perfectly naked, and all with their skulls fractured, and fearful bruises on body and limb, For the next mile it was the same ; every few hun dred yards men, women, and children, all quite naked, frightfully wounded and bruised, lay dead on the sand and among the rocks in every conceivable attitude. Nearer the place where the vessel broke up were dead horses and other animals, and just opposite to where she struck, well up on the beach, was a large pile of broken beams, spars, ribs, and planking, and tightly jammed between them, and under them, the dead bodies of men and horses, sheep, goats, and fowls, Persian cats, Manilla dogs, and large rats, all beginning to decompose. Upon the grass at the top of the beach, above this horrible heap, were about twenty bodies that had come on shore the previous day, among them the bodies of Maria and Annette Albin, the Austrian women ; and here we notice with pleasure an instance of delicacy and respect to Europeans evinced by the villagers, or by the native police of the place. All the many dead Malay women, as well as men, were lying quite naked over the beach, but these two white women were reverently covered and laid by themselves. Nor was this done to please Euro peans, for no European was expected so soon upon the spot, and the surviving Austrian was three miles off. One of the women, a young creature, except for the cloth thrown over her and a pair of stockings and boots which she wore, was quite naked, and both the poor creatures' bodies were fearfully bruised and cut. Decomposition had be gun, and there were no means of conveying their remains to Rutnagherry; so a wide grave was dug, and, their few ornaments being removed, they were laid in it together, and a bit of broken white painted spar placed at the head and another at the foot of the grave. Before the earth was filled in, the missing body of the husband of one of thorn was washed on shore, and he was laid with them. Like all the rest he was quite naked, the clothes having been frayed off his body by the violence of the surf. His name was Matthias Albin. Large pits were dug close to the beach for the other bodies, which, if the sea had given them all up, must I fear number nearly 100; there were then 64, of whom 12 were wo men, on the beach and in the surf. It was with difficulty the vultures could be kept off them. Some packages of wax and dates had washed up, but they were much damaged, and there was little of any value among the large quantity of fragments of the ship and broken boxes. All were placed in charge of a sufficient party of police. The survivors were carried to Rutnagherry, as there was not food enough for so many in the small villages where they were. They all arrived at that station, except one or two sick, and were placed in a bungalow that happened to be vacant, and in two mosques. The Austrian, Otho Albin, Mr. Reid ha s kindly clothed and taken into his own house. The police apothe cary is attending to the sick. It is by no means easy to dispose of all these poor people. Almost all. wish to go to the Malabar coast, where they will find vessels for Singapore. If the steamers which are coming down at the end of the month can take them to Cochin, there will be some difficulty about their fares. There is no doubt that the magistrate will have to assist them ; for, however willing the European and n a ti ve community of Rutnapherry may be to giv e ass i stance, the former are few, and the latter far from rich. Some natives fed the unfor tunate people last night and this morning, and tho magistrate will, it is believed, call a meeting to morrow to see what further can be done." TRADE OF BALTIMORE. Baltimore has had to see her trade materially crippled by the war. The British consul, in making his report this year, states that the dry goods trade must have suffered a diminution of at least 33 per cent. in 1861. A large proportion of the dry goods and other branches of business is done through New York; heavy purchases of goods aro made there and brought down to Baltimore for resale by the jobbing firms; and these purchases in 1861 amounted to almost nothing. The trade in boots and shoes has suffered greatly, and the de crease in that of earthenware and hardware, which was in a flourishing condition in the spring of 1861, is estimated at 50 per cent. The large business heretofore done with the South in ready-made clothing is, of course, suspended, and very partially compensated by army contracts. In some branches of business, particularly in that of dry goods, a system of renewals of paper held by the banks and individuals has been going on, and must continue to do so until peace is restored. The foreign im ports fell from 9,379,121 dols. in 1860, to 5,534,411 dols in 1861. But notwithstanding the obstruction of the city's main artery, the Baltimore and Ohio Railway, the superiority of Baltimore as a market prevented any very great decrease in the supplies brought down from the country. and the demand for shipment abroad being good, the exports in creased from 10,913,170 dols. in 1860 to 11 ,471,739 dols. in 1861, arising principally from bacon and other articles of food, and from copper. The num ber of vessels built and launched at the port of 13a1- timore in the year was only 15, with an aggregate tonnage of 3,346, the smallest anigunt constructed for many years. Had the coroktry remained un disturbed there would have bea k a very large and prosperous trade in 1861 ; burgir. Consul Bernal remarks that the future of Baltimore is now a mat ter of much discussion and doubt, and judged of according to the colour of a man's political opinions, " those who hold Southern views asserting, with some show of probability, that_ should there be two Confederacies, and Maryland go wit h th e South, Baltimore would become the twheouSldouthhe irretrievably ruined." but that otherwise ruined." ins his, Rut 3 of lgst 3, of pri had ring U IIIiS WEIS LiOtt) con and in rged. ; the y, but id ill- 0 . do -