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N°. 21,919. of ft ise. !ars nly her :her the cost BCD - very the ciod a ,t be him. Bacot' bouilll—Veau roti. ENTREMETS. Gel6e de Citron —D'Artois. Fromage et Salade. T stoirs Manche de, Vena . tion—Bceuf. Fromage et Salade. icted 1, by with i 3 no !d by cover s the , and AMUSEMENTS. )sses- vents )nt to pia iz first the small those some t com 3es re supply ; other s to 55s B to 38s to 30s 1d will i to 26s to 44s Ito —s Ltr, 405 per 36 ating, oats, Beans, " Is instinct with life."—Timcs. ey, 338 285 , —s to to 610. Oats I at 410 there out of rather a. d. to 27 0 to 16 0 to to 17 0 to 21 0 to 35 0 ;r.. —Red rley 13s 3 Od to Bpt. 26. ;pt. -. 3t. 23. pt. 29. pt. 29. Henry he wife c-plaCet ;sq., Of wrence t ;earner, side, to ~ Esq•, Black r, Esq•, Lno, the , Esq., idon. Sto .'s Colet utrarop Baker, f lioP® horna° ily son I, Nor' ---*---'.- P - 1 ,111 ,,' ;0. 11 1 autY °- Commence at 7. AND SPREAD EAGLE TAVERN, 84, GRACECHURCH-STREET, LONDON. Comfort, combined with moderate charges, will be found at this Establishment. PRIVATE APARTMENTS FOR FAMILIES. Sitting Room, Is. per Day. Bed Rooms, ls. 6d. and 2s. 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 — ' 4, ges at CHAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. A Lawn in front, extending to the River. T" LONDON, 191, FLEET-STREET, near Temple-bar. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER for THIS DAY, the 30th inst., will consist of POTA GE s. De Macaroni—A la Princesse. Poissow: Turbot sauce llomard—Soles frites. ENTREES. Cotelettes de Mouton sauce Tomate—Petits Pates de Iluitres. TO.moßßow, October 1, "THE LONDON DINNER" vain consist of POTAGEA. Ala Chesterfield—A la Jardiniere. Poissorg. Biome saue,e aux Iluitres—F meta de Brille frit& S aute de Filet de Bceuf ENTRE 'Lfic, a l'lneAienne—Rissoles de Homard. Pouding ENTREMETS. a la Str Watkin—Beigueta de Pomme. R An extensive a n d car e fully selected stock of FRENCH mosELLE, and other WINES imrorted ex- Pres sly for TILE LONDON DINNER. line"rani& o f V en i son ever y d ay at 5 o ' clock. 's `l ' Tll4 ' attentionof Clergymen, Officers, and Professional Gentlemen i s especially drawn to the advantages offered by Chest elep.:ant Saloons, which fulfil all the requirements of a est-end Club of the most aristocratic and exclusive cha racter. L'on frouve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement les rneilleurs Journal= Anglais, mats aussi Journaux Allemands, P raneuis et Beiges. . : SAWYER, Proprietor. CA N TER T PURY- HALL: ECEL, • The greatest Trap S K eze pericirmerin the world. Grand Operatic SelectiOn as usual, with full Band and Chorus. Principal Artiste—Miss Russell. Unsw‘Jrth 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: . 41 E F 0 R D, 6 OXFORD STREET. Reappearance of Miss Russell. Last Two weeks of " The miraculous Steckel." Every Evening, Grand Operatic Selections by Miss Russell, Idiss Towneley ; Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonzlimans.' Glees, Duets, Four-part Songs, &c., by the Company t Comic—Miss Caroline Parkes, Mr. W. Randall, the Rum -Bey and Newcomb Minstrels, Eugene, and Unsworth (the original "or any other man"). 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. LAST WEEK BUT ONE OF R. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "AT HOME." at HER MAJESTY'S CONCERT ROOM, Haymarket, THIS EVENING ( TUESDAY), a t 8 , in ae entirely New and Original Entertainment, written by ; lifextryJ. Byron, Esq. PART I. "MY WIFE AND I." PART 11. A Romance 'of intense Interest Wept ß THE "SENSA TION" ; or,' The Maid e n,'the Maniac, and the Mid . li k l TMurderers. • - EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at - Eight ; SATUR DAY MORNINGS, at Three.' Places may be secured at the Box-oflice,, front Ten till Fiye; and of all Booksellers. No extra charge for booking. Open at Hall-past Seven. Car riages at a quarter to Ten. Iv] W. CORBYN, Acting ManagQr. R. and MRS. GERMAN REED, with Mr. _o_t_ JOHN PARRY, TO-MIGHT, it Eight, will give their New and highly successful ENTERTAINMENT, entitled "The Family Legend," written by Tom Taylor, Esq.. fol lowed by Mr. John Parry's Musical Narrative of "A Colleen Rawn,' Every Evening (except Saturday), at 8 Thursday and Saturday, at 3; at the Royal Gallery of Illustration, 14, Xlegent-street. Unreserved seats, ls., 2s. ; stalls, 3s. ; stall chairs, 55., .13ecured in advance (without fee), at the Gallery ; and at 3 lessrs. Cramer and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. N I V S. 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Commence at 7—terminate at 11. THEATRE -ROY AI • HAY MARKET. Lessee r. J. B. ruckstone. THIS EVENING, at 7 M , A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Mr. Farrell, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Clark, and Miss E. Romer. Alter which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (241st time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trencbard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Fare, entitled DUCK HUNTING : Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, Mr. W. Farren, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss C. Hill. To conclude with THE GALLICIAN FETE. p OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. AI , Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THE RENDEZVOUS. Messrs. Higp - ,ie, Meadows, &c., and Miss Maria Harris. After which, at a quarter to Eight, RING HENRY VIII. Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Charles Kean ; Queen Katharine, Mrs. Charles Kean. To cenclnde with THE TWO POLTS. Mr. Widdicomb. Commence at 7. No half-price. I OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager--Mr. Edmund Falconer. 274th Nightrof the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS EVENING, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. biessrs. 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 I nterlude, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna Whitty and Miss Lydia Thomson. _Followed by a new Farce, entitled THE COLLEEN -VASETTLED AT LAST. Mr. Charles Selby and Miss r ._. Acting Man Lydiaa Thomp son. aZer—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. ir_s_tylusual. Doors open at hall-past 6, to commence at ° Mee open daily from 11 tills. Commence a 7 N9r, .„,_IIIRATRE-110 VAL, ADELPHI.- - 0 . 0 ronrietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster... THIS EVENING, THE GREEN BUSHES. Messrs. 3. L. Took, P. Beford, Billinglon, Sefton, Stephenson, Lewis, Eburne, Romer; Miss Killington, and Mrs. Stoker. Avonia Jones, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. To conclude with TUE S HILLING DAY AT THE GREAT EXHIBITION. Mess an . Rome k, P. Bedford, B. d Mrs. phillips, Sefton, C. J. 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At the first meeting of the newly amalgamated Leicester and Waltham Agricultural Association, held a day or two ago, the following speeches were delivered : Lord JOHN MANNERS on rising was received with great cheering. He said :—My kind friend Mr. Pochin in pro posing, in far too complimentary terms, the health of my worthy colleague and myself, said that nothing was more grateful than the soil. I beg leave to demur from that sentiment; for, believe me, ladies and gentlemen, the re presentatives of the northern division of Leicestershire, when their health has been proposed and received as it has been to-day, are far more grateful even than the soil of Leicestershire. It has been justly remarked that one of the principal uses of meetings of this kind is that we should freely interchange ideas and opinions. If, therefore, on the present occasion, I seem to wander for a few moments a little out of the beaten path which is usually pursued at meetings of this kind, I trust you will believe that it is only because I think I am dis • charging a public duty. It is not many days ago that I had occasion to address even a larger meeting of agricultu rists in the important manufacturing town of Leicester, and I ventured then, in alluding to the paramount question of the day, to express a doubt as to whether the mode in which the terrible crisis which is now impending over our fellow citizens in the North of England is being met in the best or most appropriate manner. A fortnight or so has elapsed since I made those observations, and I will now ask how is it proposed to employ the manufacturing population in the North during the coming winter, and, perhaps, even in the ijvimr ter t . 12..ag r 1 confess that I look with amaze menprepßmpect t hat is before us. Nothing seems to me to be the people called upon to impeach Sir Charles Wood for a r t growing cotton in India; but just before the impeachment r,f PO C. Wood was cal led. for, a still greater authority than Sir , C. Wood—Mr. Laing—fresh from official responsibility in India, had announced to the people of Manchester that if they looked to India for a supply of cotton whereon to employ the toiling population in the North, they would and must be disappointed. "Years," said Mr. Laing, "must elapse before cotton can be grown in India in sufficient quantities to supply the place of that which has heretofore come in from the United States of America, and even if cot ton were grown the industrious and skilful inhabitants of India, living upon the spot, would manufacture for their own profit the cotton they grow." That being the case, how is it that public attention had not been more directed to other modes of employing that population, whose sufferings and fortitude have been so well and eloquently described by Lord Berners ? Can it be that there is something so magical in cotton that nothing else can take its place? I am addressing now a large assemblage of consumers, and I ask you to reflect if it is absolutely necessary that you should go on wearing cetton for all time to come? Cannot linen and woollen garments be made and worn which shall comfortably fulfil every purpose heretofore performed by manufactured cotton goods ? Is cotton so much more com fortable, so much more wholesome, and so much more plea sant that it is impossible to substitute any other garments for those made from that material ? My belief is that cheap ness has been the sole characteristic which has induced the people of England so largely to wear cotton. Cheapness is now departing from garments made of cotton, and when o t ps h oamm a p n efero w sor :f o a u tbh l l would enableand paragraphs t pleasanthe m w t lw o i n purchase cehn haande cheapness has departed depend upon it the people of Eng land will not go on paying a larger price for cotton goods y ai rnmt wholesome, ehne t sn ew It w ap oo p e l ear q le u n a e l d g l is now making its way upon the Continent, is not seems to me astonishing that this truth, which, according to more appreciated at home. Since the meeting took place at Leicester, agents from Belgium and Prussia have visited Ireland, and have offered high wages to skilled workmen in flax-mills as an inducement for them to go to Belgium and Prussia in order to carry out in those countries the linen manufacture, which, I believe, is destined to replace to a considerable extent the manufacture of cotton. Two days ago I saw in the Times a statement that the cotton manu facturers of France at Rouen and Lille are now adapting their machinery to the manufacture of flax and woollen articles. Under these circumstances, are the people of the north of England to continue to be saved from starvation by the bitter bread of charity , or shall they be maintained in affluent and honourable employment by the substitution of materials grown by our own fellow-citizens at home or in the colonies ? That is a question which is very much to be solved by the consumers themselves. So far as the manufacturers are concerned, the question for their con sideration is—will they continue to see the people around them suffering the extreme of penury and priva tion, or only rescued from starvation by the charitable exertions of the English people all over the world, or will they employ them upon materials which can be grown at home rather than wait until a sufficient supply of cotton can be produced in the swamps of Africa or the plains of India? Having said so much upon the cotton question allow me to call your attention to another subject. My hon • friend, Mr. Heygate, has made some comments upon what has som e ti mes b een called the i nac ti ve sess i on through which we have just passed. As one of your repre sentatives, it is my d uty to say a few wor d s, and they shall be very f ew, upon the session of 1862. I do not k now th a t any measures which greatly or critically affected the agri cultural interests passed through Parliament. Soon after Parliament met there was one measure, but it was of com paratively minor importance, which might have affected the agricultural interest in• • priously and hurtfully, speaking of it in its widest sense. I refer to a proposal which was made by Mr. Gladstone to eke out a failing revenue by taxing all w b who in future should brew beer for their own consu m ption. I rejoice to think that Melton Mowbray was the fi rs t town in the kingdom which raised it Other towns adopted the sames voice against that proposal. o bjections became so strong that Without any difficulty the Chancellor of the Exchequer wass, pre so odious and foolish a scheme. At prevailed upon to abandon a passed two or three measures W hi ch I trusstinwie t l i t w me or w h e b h e a n ve bene ficially for the ag ricultural i nterests —I meanthevHigh‘ays Act and the Par ochial Assess ment Act. I w il l not, how eve r, enter into these questions, as neith er t h e time nor the oppor t un ity is suited for so doing. I h ope they will be found to work well, and th at when the agrietllturists of England look back to the leg islation of 1862 the y will see reason to be grateful for the legislation which w as successf u l as well as for that which was unsuccessful. uiThis b e i ng the first occasion on which the tw o societies of Leicestershire and Waltham have met in the neutral town of Melton, I cannot refrain from adding my cong ratulations to tho se which you have already received upon the marked and pre ta i nen , cess which has already charac terised our amalgamation. 3- really hardly know any element of ou coelo which we can desiderate on the present occasion. It would be presump tion in me to go into a critical review of what we all witnessed with so much pleasure in Egerton-park; but the most ignorant among us must have felt certain, whether he regarded the exhibition of agricultural implements, the show of horses (which must constitute a most important element in any meeting assembled at Melton Mowbray), or of sheep or cattle, that this meeting might challenge com petition with any agricultural meeting which has taken place during the present autumn. When I mention the sheep, I cannot refrain from alluding to the remarkable excellence of those sheep which I believe now go by the name of the improved Lincolnshire breed, and which com bine the excellence of sheep destined for mutton and sheep destined for wool. I d o b el i eve that those s h ee p-f a rmers who are now p ay i ng i ncreased attention to the improve ment of the L e i ces t ers hi re and Lincolnshire bree d s o f s h ee p are performing a great pu b lic duty, and are preparing the ground for the i ncrease d and remunerative emp l oymen t o f our manufacturing f e ll ow - c i t i zens in the nort h o f E ng land. There is, howev er , one t hi ng which I should w i s h t o see i n addition to what I h ave h ad the pleasure of seeing on this occasion—namely, to see our agricultural friends of the Loughborough district join with us, so that we might form one great society for the whole county of Leicester. lam convinced, from what Isaw at the Sparkenhoe meeting, and from what I have seen here, that if we could only persuade our friends of the Forest side to join with us we should be able to present to England a society which would challenge competition with all other societies in England, come from whatever quarter they might. The show to-day has been m ust a e g r to-day u somh r without e successful, and must h ave b een most grat i fy i ng t o a ll w h o witnessed it. I thi n k it i s i mpossible for us, connec t e d possibly with diffe ren t c l asses, but all intereste d more or less in us to the as successblo of grati tude to the g rea t L or d of the harvest who has so -far b lessed our exertions for th e past, and at the same t i me fill e d us ri think a feeling it is impossibleo for with trust and hope for the futurt This is, indeed a grate ful sight. We meet here full of gratitude for the past, full of hope for the future, animated by the kindest feelings one class towards the other, and one and all of us rejoicing that our lot has been cast in the fair and fertile fields of central Leicstershire. Reverting for a moment to the occasion which has called me upon my legs, permit me to assure you that I most deeply appreciate the honour of representing the northern division of the county of Leicester in Parlia ment, and as long as health and strength are spared to me I shall be most proud and happy to devote my services in representing your interests. Mr. HARTOPP, M.P.,:also acknowledged the toast. The Duke of RUTLSND gave as the next toast—" Suc cess to the Amalgamated Associations of Leicestershire and Waltham." Havieg congratulated the society upon the satisfactory character of the show they had had that day, his Grace said he wasamxious to say a word or two upon a subject that had special reference to the society, as well as . to most other agricultural societies in England —namely, the rewards which they gave to the deserving labourers. At a meeting at Buckingham the other day his right hon. friend Mr. Disraeli, with that eloquence for which he was remarkable, entirely demolished the arguments which were generally urged aguinst giving rewards to deserving la bourers, when he said-that he saw no more reason why the honest labourer should not receive a reward for his meri torious services than that the landlord and , farmer should receive rewards for producing the best, beasts or crops of roots. At a meeting held at Wokingham the other day, Mr. Walter, one of the members for Berkshire, had brought Mr. Disraeli to task for-the remarks he had made, and said the only argument that could have any weight in support of the practice of giving these prizes was, that the labourers had as much right to receive this sort of distinction as the soldier had to receive the Victoria Cross for distinguished conduct in the field. Mr. Walter, however, proceeded to urge that there was a ,great difference and distinction to be drawn in the two cases, because the soldier received the Vic toria Cross from the Queen of England, who was his mis tress, and not from an association. Mr. Walter went on. to remark that he should have no objection to make if the labourers received their prizes and rewards directly from their masters, instead of from an agricultural society. But Mr. Walter forgot , that when the soldier received the Victoria Cross it was a matter of duty upon the part of the Government to award it, while the agri cultural labourer received his reward simply as a matter of right and good feeling between the employer and the employed. Therefore the one was a certainty, while the other, unless it were given through the medium of an agricultural society, would be an uncertainty, because although there were many wealthy landowners had large farmers who would be anxious to give rewards to 'their labourers, there were others with smaller means who would be prevented from doing so. Under these circumstances he thought the arguments of Mr. Walter lost all their force. The noble duke next proceeded to congratulate the farmers upon the harvest, which he believed, from the information 'it c hed been enabled to gather, would be nearly an average. • however, deeply grieve,' to find that so.dart a cloud was _re--- L north of England. He entirily concurred in the obse va tions which had been made by the noble lords on his right and left as to the absolute necessity for some energetic mea sures being taken to relieve that distress. He thought they should take care, in the first place, that an adequate and certain supply of food should be provided for the people; and, in the next, they should direct their atten tion to the possibility of discovering some other raw mate rial which should take the place of cotton. He agreed with Lord John Manners that such a substitute could be found in flax and wool. With regard to the distress itself, in the steps which were being taken to relieve it he trusted that nothing would be left to chance. Ho was sure that every one present must have felt proud to witness the noble and courageous bearing of the poor operatives of the manufacturing districts under the heavy calamity which had befallen them. They must necessarily have been subjected to great privations, and were even now upon the verge of starving, and yet they bore their sufferings with the most heroic fortitude. He was satisfied that, if the time should come when local resources and energy should fail, the whole of the country would be ready to come for ward and do all they could to prevent so noble and deserv ing a people from starving. The noble duke also adverted to the fox-hunting for which the country around Melton was famous. He complained that the custom of erecting wire fences was greatly injuring sport, as they were ex tremely dangerous to the horses, and also to human life, He believed that if steps were not taken to put a stop to this growing evil, the town of Melton would soon lose the name it now possessed as the metropolis of the hunting country. The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm. Lord J. MANNERS, in proposing " The Health of the Labourers," corroborated the statements made by his noble relative in reference to the injury done to foxhunting by the erection of wire fences, and, in reference to the ques tion of awarding prizes to agricultural labourers, he ex pressed a hope that agricultural associations would not be induced to abandon the custom, notwithstanding the ban tering they might receive from any portion of the metro politan press. Several other toasts, principally of a local character, having been proposed, the proceedings were brought to a close. - _ SIR I. PAICINGTON AT BIRMINGHAM. BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY NIGHT. This evening the Right Hon, Sir John Pakington, President for the year of the Birmingham and Mid land Institute, delivered the introductory address on the commencement of the academical year. Sir JOHN entered the theatre of the Institute, which was much crowded, a few minutes after eight o'clock, accompanied by the Mayor, the Rev. Dr. Miller, Mr. T. C. S. Kynnersley, Mr. Arthur Ry land, Mr. John Jaffray, Dr. Heslop, the Rev. Isaac Spooner, and other of the members of the Council of the Institute. The right hon. baronet's address occupied an hour and a quarter in the delivery, and was enthusiastically applauded throughout. Com mencing with a tribute in glowing language to the late Prince Consort, who laid the foundation stone of the building in 1855, and delivered an eloquent address on that occasion, Sir John passed on to an elaborate discussion of the educational question, re ferring minutely to many matters of detail, pointed out defects of system at some of our public schools, and offered various suggestions in reference to the course of proceeding at this institute. Towards the conclusion of his address he alluded to one or two other topics of general interest, and in doing so said, " The man who has studied the history of this co untry is the least likely to undervalue our insti tutions. This is not the moment for me to dwell on the warning which we may derive irom the events which are passing in America ; but I may in per fect consistency with my present duty express my belief that our suffering countrymen in Lancashire would not have borne their sad privations with the fortitude which has do ne the m so much honour had it not been for the effect which the increase of edu cation and refinement has produced c n th e h a bit s and feelings of the p eo p le. I may also con gra t u l a t e you who are engage d in the trade of Birmingham that you have found ill the extension of our commerce with France some comp ensati on for th e d ecrease o f your American trade , and I trust you may never be exposed to any trial so Painful and severe as that which has now fallen—but God grant it may be only for a brief period—upon the operatives of Lancashire." Referring also in terms of congratu lation to the fact that this institute had been pro moted and fostered by all parties in the town irres pective of party or creed, the right hon. baronet said,—" Under the English system of Government party action is a necessity, and men are proud to be warm in support of that which they believe to be right and essential to the welfare of their country. But party has no business here. Here men of all parties may meet on common ground, and, working together for an object of common interest, may learn to respect each other's motives, and to believe in the honesty and sincerity of each other's inten tions. I trust you will long continue to act in this spirit. You have founded a noble institution. You have, as the Prince Consort predicted, conferred an inestimable boon on your country, and I trust you may receive your best reward in seeing its continued prosperity and its increased good effect on the knowledge, intelligence, and the character of your fellow-citizens." Sir John sat down amid pro longed applause, which was renewed on a vote of thanks being moved to him by the Mayor, seconded by Mr. John Jaffray, and carried by acclamation. LITERA7UBE. Mick Tracey, the Irish Scripture Reader ; or, The Martyred Convert and the Priest. A Tale of Facts. By W. A. C., of Canada West. Lon don : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. " Mick Traces" will amuse most readers, and' interest Maity Others on - deiperfircitinds than those of mere entertainment. We have had heroes of various kinds in humble life lately in our most popular novels—Uncle Tom, and Adam Bede, for instance—but an -Irish Scripture reader, with his native Irish mother wit, is, so far as we know, quite a new hero. We must not mislead our readers, however, by the supposition that they have in "Mick Tracey" the orthodox three volume novel, the development of an artificial plot being only complete at its close. A; C., whom we suppose. , to have been himself a Scripture reader, gives us rather a dramatising of a series of facts, than a fiction founded on facts, though his story has a beginning, a middle, and end. The chief ' serious interest of the story is for those who would take pleasure in seeing how the native shrewdness of an illiterate man who had withdrawn his faith from an infallible Pope and church,who had learned to regard priests and ceremonies as impositions and superstitions, and had given his implicit confidence to the Holy Scriptures, could baffle in argument a dogmatic priest, and overcome his bullying and curses by unfailing good nature. It is, in brief, a story of the' conversions effected by such a humble agent; of the wrath of the priest, of the persecutions following, including some scenes like those we have too lately witnessed in Ireland; and all, we are as sured, veiled by a very thin disguise of names. To many the unpolished narrative in this form will be of more interest than one which had more in it of creation and less of fact-painting. We add, as an illustration of the author's manner, a tale told by old Pat, a faithful Catholic servant of a good Proteitant landlord, to his boon companions at a hotel where his master spends the , night. He de scribes to them how he manages his master : I mustn't forget to tell ye all about the great cuffin' match we had whin fishm' in the Lee. That same is five an' twintY year ago, or more, an' I'll be afther tellin' ye all about it. Ye see, the big man says to me, says he, Pat,' says he, one day, Have everythin' ready to go salmon-fishing' to morrow,' 'says he; ' Lord F—, an' that Italian gintleman is goin' vrid us,' says he, an' if yerself an' meself don't show 'em how to crass-fish, thin,' says-he, our names ain't Pat an' Augustus,' says he." " Niver say it twice, yer honour," Says I. An' so airly in the mornin', sure enuff, we were all at the river side,; an' I sat to work an' fitted up the rods an' flies for the gin tlemen named, an' thin proceeded to fit a pair for meself an' himself. Now does the company ondherstand crass • fishin ?" enquired Pat. The whole assembly seemed oblivious as Co the nature of the scieFe s purposely to have it described to them by one ge i f f &ftlkd and _g t perienced as their entertainer, a 6ircura , " Whillaloo I whillaloo I" he vociferated ; thin I must insinse ye all into it afore I purseed. In crass- fishin' thin, there must be one on aich side o' the sthrame, an' yer lines must be jined together, ye see; an' thin, there must be a lot o' flies on both lines to stretch acrass the river or sthrame ; an' if a fish rises at your side, you must wind up your line quick as lightnin', an' the man at the t'other side must give his out as fast as ye wind in. Well thin, to shorten me story, ye see I had a bottle o' brandy in me basket, an' somethin' put into me head to take a dhrop out av it, feelin' quare as I thought after an airly breakfast; and I no sooner swally'd the liquor thin it cum into me head to play trick on the Masther. So accordin'ly, whin I put his flies ao the line, I takes a small pair o' pliers I had wid me, an' brakes off the beard av ivory hook, so that whin a fish took the fly there was nothin' to hould him; an' if the big man was fishin' till he was as ould as Mathooselam, he wouldn't ketch a fish wid the same flies, indade he wouldn't. "Well, behould ye, we fished and fished ;—an' if wo did,—l had no fewer than siven as butiful sammon as ever cum out o' wather, afther about two hours, at the ind o' which time I could see the Masther was ready to burst wid rage. Lord F—, an' the Italian gintleman wor away a mile or so down the river, an' he, at the top o' his voice, shouts out from t'other side,—' What's the rayson,' says he, I can't hook a fish as well as you?' says he : They rise at my flies as well as yours,' says he, ' an' how is it they get aff?' Be gannies,' says I, very innocently, "tis meself that would like to know, sir. I put up the same flies, colours, an' all, on your honour's lines as on me own, as you may see in the sun ; but, may be, your fishes bit off your hooks,' an' at that sayin' I hooks a big ' whapper' av a fish, an' if I did, the big man, thin an' there, threw his rod into the sthrame, an' let me wind away; at the same time jumpin' into the wather up to his waste, so he did,an' rushin' like a mad man over in a jiffy to me. Afther a while I ploy'd my fish, an' brought him to land, an' if I did, down goes the Masther, Win over with pashin, an' tries to take him aff o' the hook, an' whin he did ha ex amin'd the fly, an' pullin' the iine through his fingers, 'till he cum to his own flies, he found 'em all as I tould you, bit aff. I saw plainly snuff the storm gatherin', and there was nothing for him but laugh him out av it, if I could. Well, an' behould ye, he made short work av it, an' dhrew himself up to me, an' widout sayin' be your lave,' up wid his fist an' hit me sick a blow acrass the face, as made me see stars bo day-light. Now, I couldn't stand that, even from the Hon. Augustus Stanley, so be way av returnin' the complimint, I up wid my fist and hit him in the same way. There' says I, take that. If Ido lose my situation by it, be gannies I'm young, an' the world is wide,' says I. 'Now,' says he 'me tite fellow, if ye have any consait o' yourself, I'll fight it out wid ye, an' so at it we wint me darlint' aich other for about an hour, at the ind o' which you could scarcely see an eye in aither av our heads. Well, why Lord F. wondhered what was a keepin' us so far behind, an' layin' down his rod, he walked up fair an' aisy till he came to a bend in the sthrame, an' there he was within four or five yards av us, an' seein' us wheltin' each other for the bare life. IN arm work,' says his lord ship, says he. Never mind,' re t urne d th e M aster, says he, 'just sit an' l oo k on , an " says he, ' Pat an' meself want to settle this betune ourselves,' says he, an' so sayin', his lordship laughed loud an' long, an' sat down on the bank. So to make me story short, knowin' he'd niver give in, I purtinded to begin to feel tired. An' in boxin' about we cum to a bank over a very deep hole in the wather, an' though I couldn't swim a sthroke, I thought to meself if I could manage to role into that hole, it would put an honour able ind to the skrimmage. Are you ready for another round, Pat ?' says he, quite friendly. I'm your sarvent, sir says I, an' bound to plaza ye or lave yer service,' (shootin' the action to the word, an' squarin' at him agio) at the same time worked meself round till I got me back to the river, an' jist as I was about to experience another whop on the countenance, I threw meself back, as if to purtect or defind it, in doing which me feet slipt from ondher me, an' souse I wint bang head over heels, roulin' into the wather o like a sea-ho rse; an ' if I did, th e M as ther in stassin h ' e o f blow, came afther me in a dive, so that instead ev,cl7 for us, there was a pair. For that he didn't care :tng n ot so wather to him was jist all's one as to a duc k, , s al t let me to meself. I holloo'd out—' 0 I Masth er , l e &yowl die on dhry land, says I, 4 an' don't let f e e struck out, by ells,' says I. Heerin' av th is ' s by the nape an' cummin' up to me ket cht lan d. 4 I give o' me neck, and dhrew me safe to:arY ' Tie time for in,' says I, I'll fight:ll:3:orlw t o shorten me story, you,' says Lord " e su Apothecary an' iver s o we were obleeged to sind all wint to a counth ry many leeches to put on our oss ur p e or four days, till our featur e inn, where we steel t - ss The whole affair was k D s t ashumed their n atural shape.ea„ , an' I'm glad av it." e ` a secret, an' I k e p t rae :boachal I"—greeted t 4,j3,,,./ J 301 1 ,01 Ka , a from all CUBIT T, Mayor, --In a MEETING or N-1 ASSEMBLY of the MA FOR, ALDERMEN, and L IVERYAIEN of the several Companies of the City of London, in Common Hall assembled, at the Guildhall of the said City, on Monday, the 29th day of September, 1 , 562, Resolved unanimously -That the best thanks of the Livery, in 'Common Hall assembled, be presented to the Right courtesy William Cubitt, Lord Mayor, for the ability, zeal, and i n t egrity with which he has discharged the duties of his offi ce a second time ; for his ready accessibility and on all occasions ; for his liberal contrib u ti ons to th e ch aritable institutions of the metropolis, and for the atten tion he has devoted tz, its various educational and religious es tablishments, erpecially as one of the commissioners for ,ama:igamating the churches within the City o f L on d on ; f or -9 18 . just and impartial conduct as a magistrate ; for his muni ficent hospitality, and for his cordial reception and entertain ment of the distinguished foreigners who visited Enxland on the occasion of the International Exhibition ; for originating the Albert Memorial Fund, and for his unweatiPd assir - ity as a Trustee in support of the same ; for his am tude for the welfare of the perm during the sevc..e irost of January, 1861—at the time of the famine in India—on the 07.- casion of the accident at the Hartley Colliery—and more recently, in aid of the distressed operatives in the cotton dis tricts ; for the energy, industry, and efficiency with which he has presided as Chairman of the Royal Commission for em banking the Thames ,• for the dignified manner in which he has again maintained the character of his exalted position; an(' for his readiness at all times to defend and uphold the ancient privileges of the Livery, by whom, in acknowledg- Inc:lit of his past services as Chairman of the Committee of Liverymen and in Parliament, he was selected a second time e Livery sincerely hope that it may please the Great to fill the high and important office of Lord Mayor. 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Price 2s. 6d. ;NTS. '67. The Parting of Hector and Andromache. Homer's lliad, 6. 8. The W est Indies and Ame rican Slavery. 9. An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House. IC. Cyrus Redding's New 1V ovel. 11. "The Sleep of Sorrow and the Dream of Joy." 12. Charley's Stores. An Egyptian Sketch. 13. France under Napoleon the Third. iondon : Hurst and Blackett. parts of the company,—" it would be a pity to separate such a well matched pair." " Separate us indeed 1" repeated Pat, " I'd like to see the fellow that would purtihd to do it. Arra wisha ! jist wait a bit, 'till I be afther tellin' yeez another slice of a mis. ondheerstandiu' we had." THE WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Times' Special Correspondent.) BALTIMORE, SEPT. 12 . An extensive reconnoisanco for the last three da y s in the neighbourhood of Baltimore , from which I have returned in barely sufficient time to catch the mail of to-day, has given me much insight into the secret and inner history of the State of Maryland, and encourages the belief that the battle of Arma geddon, so long promised and so wearily deferred, which will finally terminate the most heartrending war known to modern history, is about to be fought on the soil of Maryland. That the Confederate in vasion of Maryland is not the mere foraging raid which the Northern press affects to regard it need hardly be specified to the people of England. The distracted and despairing populations of the great Northern cities are encouraged to believe that a few starving, desperate, and timorous Southerners, driven by destitution from the desolated soil of Vir ginia, and conscious of the hazardous occupation which they have taken in hand, are clinging mo mentarily to Northern soil, waiting until the tre mendous army of the Potomac, under such a thun derbolt of war as General M'Clellan, sweeps them from the face of the earth or drives them back aezoskt4xive.r... It cannfit tonnartiestly be incul cated andpre ims - lenpanihe people of Europe-thatr even if it were conceivable that the Southern hosts, which have gained unquestioned victories in every conflict during the last three months, could now be routed and driven headlong back across the Poto mac by the green levies and demoralised fragments of regiments opposed to them, this war would be no nearer its conclusion than it was on the Northern evacuation of Fort Sumter. That a guerilla war fare, utterly exhausting the South, and scarcely less exhaustive of the North, could be maintained for many years is very apparent. It is only requisite for any impartial Englishman to pass a few hours in Southern circles on this continent to become perfectly convinced that any amount of self-sacri fice and endurance will cheerfully be submitted to in the South rather than a renewal of Yankee supre macy. There can only be one termination of this war—the acquiescence of the North in the bisection of the ancient Union, When,some day the thick curtain which has hidden everything Southern from our gaze is lifted, it will be found that there is no record on earth of such sufferings and privations as men, women, and children in the South have wel , corned and enthusiastically accepted for these last 18 months. What can there be in store for them worse than what they have previously endured . ? And they would continue to 'endure for 18 years what they have gloried in enduring for 18 months rather than have part or fellowship in a Govern ment in which Mr. Seward and Mr. Charles Sumner are the apostles, and of whose crown Boston and Chicago and Philadelphia are among the jewels. It remains for me briefly to state the true circum stances under which the Southern'husts are advan cing upon Washington. It is .known that not less than 150,000 Confederates are now in Maryland. It is by some asserted that their numbers are 200,000. At Frederick upon Tuesday last were assembled no less than seven Southern Generals 'of Div isions, with General Robert E. Lee as COmman-. der-in-Chief, and General "Stonewall" Jackson among the number. A proclamation has been put forth by General Lee, of which the moderation and calmness will commend themselves to all. A pro clamation has also been put forth by Colonel Brad ley Johnson, who is a native of Frederick, and re ported to be Provost Marshal of that city. Every where private property has been scrupulously re spobteti, cattle and provisions and stores rigorously ' iaiii'd for, i - ividtial opinion unmolested. Union -4 .-"-- 4, -&-itn' a-_bicizq- --::0.•* qi-----, - +he rebel troops, have conve a eery wun tnem, have ........ ____ _ .. to go where they liked without joining the Confe deracy or suppressing their Union sentiments. There is only one opinion with regard to the discipline of the Southern troops, and that is that it is perfect. The men march calmly and steadily forward, look ing neither right nor left, with the solemnity and immobility of marble statues. There is among them none of the thoughtlessness and levity of the Northern troops, none of that craving for news papers which has always been so conspicuous in the Federals. Men who have gone through such a campaign as has lately been experienced inVirginia, who have been constituent units of that force which, from its rapidity of movement, is called " Jackson's foot cavalry," who are fighting for a cause which embodies to them ideas vastly more sacred than is "the Union" to the mercenaries of the North, have as little dross about them as they I have flesh. There is about them the calmness and ieelir llrl°e lmnce en s' self-assured confidence which spring from enthusias tic belief in their generals, and from successful ex perience of their own prowess. Nothing can be more ragged and deplorable than their dress and hats and shoes. But everywhere the cry is, " Send us no clothing or luxuries. We have no waggons to carry them. Give us shoes and salt, and show us a Yankee , But, ragged, tattered, shoeless as they ' are, the concurrent testimony is that they are well armed and scrupulously careful of the cleanliness of their rifles, most of which, it is not necessary to say, have been taken from the Federals. More over, there is but one opinion as to the superior horsemanship of their cavalry soldiers and the excellence of their horses. It will not be until long after the Union has ceased to be that the Northerners will discover that true patriotism con sists, not in giving hundreds of dollars to Gering). and Irish refugees to fight for you,—not in making the welkin ring with speeches such as have evoll°7 through the North for many a weary month,--cfss encouraging hundreds of venal journals to suPP' ing with your person as well as your purse, in I d. the truth and suggest falsehood ; but in hoPulder- For ing a musket and going forth to the 11: of this many months since the commencemen t and struggle it was the affectation of refined society in Northern cities looked upon conversation about the war. It vrto be crushed as a disagreeable episode, an obsta c le progress—a under the triumphal car of Uncle P . which would Repub llo phase in the history of the o nurt ured pi. in the ~, yr York and Boston fill the historical moieties of .1.4 ens but which • a nd oPe e . in ' with interesting relics , to abstain from torious onward march In the South, the rushed into the ranks li f a the people has never affected superior earnestness of olwafpastloipf wisest military discipline to palter or trifle. facet; placed at the disposal of a has regulated the centralized Government ; there , cen tre has opinion there sagacious and murmur been no hav e failed to receive commissi ons e o i p ow erless i r . rl mightiestie s, whatever t h o hba c aeto h vesf e evr e dee k ra i dtg i as but they officers, as priVa -- . b a ve been between differe n t rail • rent generals, or be civilians and soldiers n th• twee° 1 0 mg hasever escaped to sca ndalize or disintegrate the public, or to break the harmonious unity of the Confed • eration. Nor is it too much to say that in this agonizing crisis of a nation's destinies the Southern women have been worthy even of those men who now stand on the soil of Maryland. They have risen nobly to the level of the r • equirements of the hour; fair fingers once unused to toil have become seamed and fur rowed with sewing ; the privations and sacrifices of the times have been cheerfully welcomed ; tea, coffee, and every possible luxury have been fore gone in order that they might be sent to the army; and a spirit which recks neither of toil, nor priva tion, nor self-sacrifice, which is " the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise," has emanated from these unconquerable wives and mothers, and found its expression in the deeds of the men. Well may Meanwhile, these famished and s less Southerners, who have fought' Richmond to Washington, are object Northern press, which, gaining a lit their seeming dilatoriness, exhausts itsel. and invective against the ragged and hungry locusts who have invaded their soil. It is strange that a people so quick and intelligent as the Americans should fail to see what a bitter satire against them selves these sneers supply. The whole earth has been ransacked to turn these luxurious and costly Federals into the field. Endless have been the boasts which have been addressed to European na tions for 18 mon ths past about the arms, ammuni tion, army trains, clothing, arid feeding of the Northern troops ; but in what has it all ended ? bare answer it justify might the carelessness with be The Southerners, _famished and without uniforms, possibly (if th e N orthern papers speak truth) not unfamiliar with verm i n, an d accustome d to cons id er parched corn and green apples a l uxury ', t h reaten Washington and Phil a d e l p hi a an d Ci nc i nna ti w ith destruction. If Gen. APClellan's own heart could be laid ? An w hich the hopeless struggle i s s till regar d e d by th e Nth given by asking, ,‘Why' does not General M'Clellan, a t t h e h ea d o f his mighty army o f 200,000 men , drive those filthy and ragged and insolent Southerners' like chaff be fore the wind ?" Say w hat a n ybody likes, the Confederates have vastly more to gain by delay than their opponents. Their mild a nd conciliatory language and attitude, the total absence of inquisi torialor w w scrutiny or proscription, the prompt repres sion of pillage and robbery, are beginning to exer cise powerful influence over the sentiments of Mary landers. Add to this that these ragged and star ving men, who have fought so well upon green corn and unripe apples, are not likely to fight less well when fed upon abundance of beef. It is known that almost the only damage done by the Confederates on the soil of Maryland has been the destruction of the large stone and iron bridge which *tarries ttstßaltimore and Ohio Railroad over the Monocacy River not far from Frederick city. The inactivity . of the Confederatee - is no doubt caused by the delay necessary for reducing the Federal gar rison which occupies the Maryland heights over hanging Harper's Ferry. It is believed that these heights are held by 15,000 Federal troops under Colonel or General Miles, and it is alai, ;oelieved that, although completely surrounded by the Con federates, these heights were yesterday still in the possession of the Federals. Everything seems still to favour the opinion ex pressed in a former letter, that the design of the Confederates is to isolate Washington by cutting it and Baltimore off from railroad communication with the North, and then to try conclusions with MiClellan's force upon the soil of Maryland. Pos sibly it maybe General Lee's wish that M'Clellan should attack him. It is reported that General Lee has lately been thrown from his horse, and has severely sprained both his wrists. Nothing is more discouraging to the hopes of the Unionists than the additional details which are daily, reaching us of the recent battles in Virginia. That the Federal loss was enormous, that the very highest estimates ever indulged in were no exaggerations, that hundreds and hundreds of miserable wretches died of starvation on the battle-field, and many from the mortification of their neglected, wounds, is not denied though little dwelt on. There was always some satisfaction in thinking that similar or greater loss was inflicted upon the Confederate army, and arguments have actually been employed in the pub lic journals that in a war of exhaustion the North, as possessing more lives to spend, must outlast the South. But grest as is the disparity in numbers of the two sections it is not as great as was the disparity in the Dumber of the slain during these recent battles. It is estimated that not less than 20,,000 Federals perished or were wounded or takenpri- Boners during the latter half of August, and espe cißlly in the great battles of the 29th and 30th. Officers in the Confederate service who took part in those battles stoutly deny that the Confederate loss in killed, wounded,' and missing upon those two days exceeded 2,500 men. The confidence of the Confederate armies is proportionably. enhanced. " It is a mere accident, sir, if any of us is killed!" Such is the contemptuous tone of superiority heard among the Confederates that a story has obtained much vogue among them to the effect that in one of these recent' battles a Scuthirn force, guarding. a sine or ranroan in a plane nruere Inc 113113 were laid upon masses of small rocks and Lose stones, found themselves short of ammunition. A Northern bri gade was advancing upon them, and it seemed in evitable that they must retire, when a voice was heard, " Give them the rocks, my lads !" Instantly a shower of stones rent the air, and the Northerners recoiled, little dreaming, perhaps, that they were advancing upon men who had no other arms than those whieb David wielded against Goliath. The story may be true or false; but it should be men tioned as an evidence of the superior heart which the Southerners carry into battle. That the policy towards Maryland will, at least for the present, be eminently conciliatory is evi denced by one fact. Within the last few days a gentleman who has been long conspicuous as a vehe ment Unionist, who has written to congratulate and encourage the Federal Government in reference to the arrests of rebels made in Baltimore and else where, fell into the hands of the Confederate army. The Confederate generals were perfectly aware of his opinions and demeanour, but he was released with out a murmur or complaint. It is hardly necessary to state that such treatment has effected a consider• able change in his opinions and heart. Moreover, the payment accorded to all Marylanders from whom cattle or provisions were taken impels these same Marylanders to enter into fresh transactions with the invaders and to carry to them salt or shoes, or whatever they ask for. Such is the paralysis of the Federal authorities that up to yesterday very few and very imperfect steps had been taken to c l ose the numerous roads and lanes running across the State, and to intercept supplies fl owing out of Baltimore and every other town. But it may confidently be predicted that directly the Pennsylvanian frontier is crossed these con ciliatory measures will be heard of no more. It is impossible to pass much time with Southerners without perceiving how bitterly the ravages of the Federals in Virginia, Tennessee, and Alabama are remembered. Who can wonder at the bitterness and exasperation of men who have been " Blen- o d le s f h e t a stain honoured k w t e e i r r t s i h s edi d me ' e ' pd l; us y n oi G tfy e s, r hw m ahm a noehmwaavhreiacsuhedewenrosu, ancientul p o h n a w vae h n upon the troops of Alaric have been perpetrated homes gutted by a reckless and brutal soldiery ? Simultaneously with the stirring events of Mary land we hear of the i • nereasing danger of Cincinnati and of the approach notonly of the Confederate force under Gen .Kirby Smith, but also of 40,000 men under Gen. Bragg, to oppose whom Gen. Buell and 40,000 Fed 1 era s are marching from the south western portion of Kentucky. It may be that New York and Boston still hope against hope, but what expectation can be entertained in England and Europe that it is possible that the Union should arise again ? Such are not the feelings of Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvanid, who in an agony of terror calls upon Philadelphia to help him and send more and more troops to Harrisburg. Can these inex perienced shopkeepers, many of whom never handled a gun till within the last 48 hours, be ex pected to cope with men hardened in such a fur nace of trial and adversity as the "foot-cavalry" of "Stonewall" Jackson? Briefly, then, to sum up the present situation, it may be stated that an immense Confederate force, numbering from 150,000 to 200,000 mea, are on the soil of Maryland, headed by at least seven of the ablest Confederate Generals, in whom they have enthusiastic confidence, and that they are flushed by an unbroken tide of victory. That they have behaved with great composure and tranquility, that they have not seized Hagerstown and West minster and other places until many d a y s later looked upon by some _ than was at first reported, 100 terrified Northerners as a proof of we akness. Such, however, is not the °P on of the calmed observers.