The Sun. — London, England, 1862-08-07 00:00:00

Be not‘tfraiX—MviDussoirf—` /even I -WO Romish-harp'yists are acting without my key note . / ÷ altho their set will-6th deputy by 32 G m.c '92 act (1820-25, by Castlereagh's Calvin-protuerant to FESCR'S re double office of Archbishop of Lyons, and Cardinal of E-ney Ca nada—as Labrador successor to 14th Clem nt '72's Jesuit o uting, to 93's NAP temporal holy:see,)'ng—in Quebec's Virginian '64-76.88 Admiralty High Cr.. of delegates on 'lnd.-Consort title Ladies, Pocahontas & Mary March's Crown probate-surrogate over Montagu # Dalhousie's Commune Affranchie to red Scarf-chamber of Deputies. BALLOON ASCENTS without " LE NOR HAND'S" 1783 PARACHUTE FALL, AID. MEMO.—The Cruelty to Animals Act' gives civic cause for magisterial stoppage of these R. c. Coal' rs fra-foolery ex citements, without wisdom being manifest in TolLall Of col lapse efflux retreat, —at Over-3-mile Zone-electric to gas lb. within the balloon, as seen—above Wolverhampton's poor Union mill' of the Dudley Somerte Swinford Exchange— at which point of 26in -bar meter Fouto la hiav e rclrop L'Astribute out-f,race Spring-Parachute, ought been Egypt spread, on 17 July, by Accidents & Suez Offences bill. Yard. 32- :: 36 in. Mr. Coxwell's omission to take up, car-affixed, the pure oxygenic wax taper flame (obtained in Piccadilly), used in its vehicle the lamp of life,' for nasal vace.shield-bone inhalation —.by all Aeron auts, against the 15Ib square inch atmosphi rie pressure on the lungs —accounts for Blue. lipxd Glaisher suffering. the 451 b in., tho' descent-saved by hy drogen gas-life ci rcumvention—reminding him of Shen stone's Tulchan `straw-calf couplet (on 'Nun' Qu'endrida of Tip'ton), for bringing down the mayn°6th milkuser That in Clent, as ÷ martyr'd, under a thorn 1 6 's Lieth, King Ken'elm with head off-shorn.' J as the defunct ancestors of Emp. Conrad if 'a G.-daughter Agatha, Malcolm tn's maternal P•Liz-offspring, now in Spa nish Escurial of Philip ii., (whose daddy, N CAR. v., was Gaunt- constable of' England), as Saxon kin of Edward In., herein ambush'd—' Salve Lucein' Pompeii'd, yr. 79. The quicksilver drop 16 us.—show aloft, with di-luced Net expansion of ' i sa/mon' evidenced the absence of Nitro-moist fog within the motive power, and influx of the dry elec tricity, by the drowning-like effects on the system—the pit a-tat pulse of a Tucked-up heart, o'er its key-diaphragm, sounded the Thumb-inch tic - d ir g e ' music of the s p heres, whilst the wiry hair and ruffled paper gave a Monochord that they were entering 'Paradise ' where the first pair meet' at 15in. degree, for Specula-crystalization in the blood—on Airey's 31 barometer scale, false to this latitude — ' so broken (i nstr ument 395 Strand), by the elements they Negretti, Glaisher, and Co„ R. Obs.'—intended to correct. So Windsor-tie bowl-waft Z Q'erbead Ofeot, Cole region of -wehr-Wulfra Hampton of EDGAR'S sistes—jahn-lifeseat to Phmtion'd collapse, bull'srun (belly-paunch-lik), on the Lang-hamlet of Oakham-St,—on Union deputy D.C.L. Pal merraon' s '9l Tulchan-pope vise, by xWrottesley's GgrOthy Dudley-Wardship of Bassett-Wilton *Stamford. This [' civil education code '3l evil Comigh-go bye, - 29th Aug., '2s—shows ,ragas changel—for the man's safe re aeri form-within, in oases of Low fire- damp on Vaccu° ratifi cation of the breath, for purification of the blood against any Prusian-police blue'skin-discolour of hands ' at four miles altitude' Wing life absence --sets a '32 TIBET precedent for -future Pendul'umbrella-like dipfalls, tho' opposed to Cox well's Aer'naut-ssiltonic idea, with Virgil's oet-troy 9th discord line—(to Mundane-Ss -oval of Henry B's-lease at Kennington-qiutt's Et cetera-1791', on sham aiicher of L'anker star's w hite-Alba-Bait for stinking-fish 'Buff's) on : : gyration, fwithin tue Isc.-Exeter stellar G'c' s fegog night poach 'N. bill, 6 Aughst J'sus-nomenalist' N day. A " Facilis defcendsus Xverni." [lndia . * Atkyus- Montague C. ACKERLET, Exec, 1-2 W. IV., N., 54, Chamberlayne' (die -sworn. i 6.% • PETER BASQUET, Income-tax chief (1842 unpaid§ of . • China Buff wall circuit horizon of,London, Aug. 7- I I 1862) its Montezuma-inch Admiralty red eg, not in g,,s l Brant 's power to give up IMP. 1793-China, to 11,erc Yt & GREY-CallSe of Capen's xi-yr support, tho ministers use his brains, and mock him &c to death, with /ntimorito dalla voce, del Padrone au ronde,' for holding to 1820-25-37's Carib-protectorship oath on its £9O• yr retaining fee for his duty expenditure of L to payl,6oo f or or I n dian of America, which the Treasury refuse reply to their own unrelieved Nimrod-sentinel appointment, under the polar map-inch Act of 1818, 9, for Deputy soil title (on AR-juration act 1791, §7, to Ackeley's R .N. /voice) —to Romish Catholic corporate &e. of Labrador, Baltimore maryland, and Brazil, under Luther th e er cburch . pay—for their office oath, unknown to him till P ter's arriva in 1851, as b ar rey s November Pontiff's de Puty—recognised y E 1G letter that Indian justice s hould be done,' by hi s election as 'fit' Deputy sigh Constable of England —on report of the theft of Tower stores 'J. li N ing' issued to him in '42 for ,Ashburton Ind. survey of he ew Found-land of Virginia, t-y the 'Earl of Derbs.and Blackwsod, sectry., holding the Indian. lands at Frederickton, N. Brunswick. To M— Jefferies, & "•ailiffs of Tame-(worth, Stour-Trent Anker river DEE fish'ry on Poor-law 0. S. audits, March 2.5, an d its nate in aid , on 43-Eliz.) in part of Guy's Hospital by 21 July, .1521-2 CARL. V. &H.B, of Southark ' bar' for Clapham's Con,iugate reciprocity 3ty, to Yellow Tiber' Zoll verein trustee*siliPt yr 42—on the 4 great nations of Gaul's Lion Pont del A rc aa/istar'y—Jetsam-statute of 4 Geo. 4, Ch. 74—on Barometer ox-libralis lb. Air-'-pressure. Ye I will ask the UNION for Loan to Indian and Self ? 'Was lin receipt of my father's life-hold name estate—its rental being withheld by Attorney Cole's freehold voting on my brother Chamberlayne by 1-2 Will, rv., No. 54, (not Ackerley), whence the double forge of " Charles and C. Henry," in Master of Roll's foist-decree, 15th March, '62, touching the ‘L' nourton oN the Water Act, by Cole'r as canal Ells-mere agent of Saugh-&-Wshall, of the Dean and Chapter of Chester's Crt. of delegates, Nov., 1809, on York Fairfax—'excommunication of name---tie! " As nawksey'-owl, in desert lona Hugh Locp'd' am I, now—Le las one." (See Sun April 19, 28, May 16, & July 19.) ANTERBURY HALL. Cj The renowned Performers, DEBONNAIRE and AUGONARD (from Paris). Grand Selections from " DON SE BASTIEN" and "IL TROVATORE," ,Principal Artistes— a diesM Rus Russell Grosell. Signor Tivoli, Mr. Raynor, . ver. The great Comte Trio, Eugene, Miley, and un.worit. iLhe origlnal Stump orator, "Or any other man." Also the fol lowing Com i c favourites—Marshall,s " Lord DundGeorreary.; J. G. F or de, A. B. Hollingsworth, and Miss gina Smith son. Visitors to London are informed that the Picture Gallery is open to the public on Sunday evenings. _ T „E 0)(F ORD, , OXFORD STREET. " THE DAUGHTER OF THE ISLES," it Cantata compo eel by H. LESLIE, Esq., and written by A. MATTIIISON. Esq., in honour of the Marriage of her Royal Highness the Prin3ess Alice, EVERY EVENING, in addition to the usual entertainments, which include operatic selections by 3liss Russell, Madame Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, Greene, end Albert, with Full Band and Chorus ; the Comic performances of Miss Caroline Parkes and Mr. W. Randall, the I:.thiopian oddities of Rumsey, Newcomb, Little Bob, Eugene, And Unsworth (the original " or any other man",, and the astounding feats on the Flying Trapeze of DEBONNAI ttE. Hall, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. I.THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Mr. D. Boucicault, sole Lessee. This EVeDIII7,, A KISS IN THE DARK. After which, TILE COLL EEN BAWN. M r . Boucicault, Mdme. Celeste ' Bre. T o c onclude with THE ARABS OF THE DESERT. A Troupe of the Beni-Zoug-Zoug - . Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Solc Lessee and Manazer, Mr. Buckstone. This Evening, THI': BALANCE OF COMFORT. After which, OUR AXERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Buckstone, Sothern ; Mrs. C. Youn, , z, Miss Oliverc. ith LA CON TRABANDISTA : Perea Nena, Acc. , & And W DEAF AS A POST Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Pronrietor and Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. This Evening, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Benjamin ebster, J. L. Toole, &c. Miss Woolgar, &c. And IHE SHILLING DAY. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Barris. This Evenhnz THE RENDEZVOUS. After which, at a Varter to 6, KING HENRY VIII.: Mr. and Mrs. Charles . "" e an, &c. With THRICE MARRIED. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. ` 7ol e Lesse , and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. This Evenin'' ; PEEP O'DAY : Messrs. Lacy , F alconer. Condon ; Mr s Bowers, &c. Followed by KILL AitNEY. Conclude With THE COLLEEN BAWN SETTLED AT LAST. Charles Selby and Lydia Thompson. Commence at 7. .ASTLEY's ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W Batty. Evening,MA4l4 ' , PPA : Mr. C. Mortimer. Brilliant . questrians.coCmozetien api c , in the Circle by t he unrivalled Troupe of British and n E with a Comic Bailet. ------_____ ~ f across the Rhine A bridge of boats was t h z ,, w _ the ponton n i,,, a on Saturday last by of Gene the Gth Regiment of Artillery, Gener a l 5,,,,. ii.. erected e covered in the presence b a tour of inspection itt Stras ou:g.IT„„,0 e"la"..e,,es, w h o if , on invited on the cloth and ornaments.-1-sv:thfornathgss' vlslters was fixed in le minutes, wit- French..banir-Of the Rhin /2. t utes, floss the operation. The bridge which is considered to be an unusually Short tim e . fixed 20 - 0 yards below the railway bridge,and was composed of 40 boats. Its length was 240 yards. As soon as the bridge was completed, General Sevelinges, accompanied by 1 the p th e superior officers present, and per sons invited to They were re. witness the operation crossed the Rhine. c e ived with great ceremony by the governor of the fort of Kehl and his suite. E NG LISH SILR's AT THE INTERNATIONAL EX ittßrrloN, CLASS 20.—Mr. S. Taylor, of Friday-street, has an excellen t show o f fanc y silks, made for Messrs. Grant and Gask , Swan an d Ed g ar, and others. Messrs. Courtauld, of 31derrnanbury, have a most interesting show of crapes, and a similar class of goods known as areophanee , for which they received the Paris gold medal in 1855. Messrs. Campbell, Harrison, and Lloyd, of Friday-street, exhibit some beautiful Spitalfields silks in numerous pat terns, all of which do them and their workmen very great credit. Messrs. Grant and Gask, who appear to have bought up the majority of the tasteful and beautiful silks and laces in the Exhibition —as well on the foreign as on the E ng lish side—show on their own account some beauti- 1 of furniture damask, known as tissue de verve, the em broideryupon which is actually of finel y s p un g lass, and is curious y aE well as tasteful and attractiv e. On of the pat tern,,but, as we think, by no means the best shown, was chosen by h er Majesty and by the Court of Russia (for the Russian Embassy here) —a fact which say s much for and its beauty smpelendour. Mr. J. J. Payn, of Alderman bury, shows so furniture damask -Esrs. Slater, 12 0 in yelp good patterns . M ngham, and Slater, of Wood - s treet, ha.* a good show of Scarfsii and ties. Messrs. Vavasse ur, Taylor , a nd Co., at Watling, street, show some magnifi centio silks, m anufacture d .... _ ., / b Vlessrs. Grant and Gask. Messrs. Corn ell, Lyell, and Webster, of St. Paul's-church yard, show so me o f the best ribbons in the class, and silks both rich and beautiful, which, with th e ribbons, have been made for Grant and Gask. Grout aw elb and Co., of Messrs, ar e Foster-lane, have some well • arranged u ' an manufac tured crapes, with w hich we find ladies muck, pleased. Itierni;99 Herald. 4 -tzel: ti . ....., -,. „,.: ~,...L.„4„ , ~,,,, --7. , ,-..---,, ito , . ~-,,- -.,„_) t „ 4 .11 A . z ,.,,, 1- - ' ----, THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1862. This afternoon, according to the postponed arrangement, Parliament was duly prorogued. It was prorogued as it was opened—by Royal Commis sion. That, under the melancholy circumstances, attendant upon 1862, was, of course, a thing inevit able. The shadow of the Royal, and, indeed, who will no say also of the National, Affliction has fallen upon the whole year, and as a matter of necessity also upon the whole session. The widowed QUEEN could not in reason be expected to take any part whatever personally in the pageantries connected annually, at the beginning and at the end of the political session, with the proceedings of the Legis lature. The House of Lords and Commons, there fore, as theywere opened by Royal Commission, were by necessity also closed or prorogued by Royal Commission. Her MAJEsTY has thus been spared the bitterness of that reminder of her irre parable loss, which must inevitably have smitten her to the heart had she entered the House of Lords, even now in August, without the sustain ing hand of 'her beloved husband clasping her own as his Royal Highness had so often done in pre ceding years when conducting her MAJESTY from the doorway to the throne. The session, the season, the year, consequently, have together been flitting away under very, obvious disadvantages. The London season, in truth, has not had one momen tary glimpse of her MAJESTY. The Court has not once even fugitively been in town, having passed its time alternately for 1862 at Osborne, at Wind sor, and at Balmoral. Not a single levee has there been at St. James's. Buckingham Palace has not even for one night sheltered the SOVEREIGN under its roof. Her MAJESTY has never once crossed the threshold of the Great Exhibition Building down at South Kensington. And this quite manifestly pre- Cifiely &1vac0.... of 41-. o pruilaz rid luau - els& taa.eu o cz.i. departed PRINCE CONSORT in the mere hope of its success while in preparation ! While the shadow of the Royal grief has thus fallen upon the whole London season, it has no less, by a loyal sympathy, darkened more or less the whole six months dedi cated annually at Westminster to the labours of the Parliamentary session, to the sayings and doings of the Lords and Commons of England. The custo mary half year's interval set apart for the session has in effect been little better than eked out, as it were, by the Imperial Parliament, Indus triously enough they have sat there in their respective chambers—those hereditary and re presentative legislators of the United Kingdom. There they have dawdled out their usual time—viz., from one of the earliest days of February to the beginning of August, to the eve of the grouse-shoot ing. Public and private business , in turn, having occupied the attention of all parties alike, whether "ins" or "outs," whether among the Peers or among the Commoners. Her MAJESTY'S Govern ment has been there confronted sedulously by her MAJESTY'S Opposition. The ball of debate has somenow been kept up between them. Their leaders have had, at .intervals, contentions that we can hardly even dignify with the title of sham-fights, but should rather allude to as mere casual wrestling matches. Among these momentary tussles for political power, and for the lures also of place and patronage — one in which the right hon. and learned Member for Cambridge University was put forward by the Opposition as their champion only, however, for him to be thrown a moment afterwards with the most inimitable dexterity by the veteran First Lord of the Treasury. Committees there have been sitting upstairs, examining witnesses, draw ing up reports with their customary assiduity, now upon this theme, now upon that. Scarcely a question of anything like imperial importance, however, has been brought on all this while either in the Lords or in the Commons. About the only one thus frankly submitted to the two Houses in succession, in anything at all of a statesmanlike spirit, being, in point of fact, that of the often-talked of and long-sighed-for facilitation of the Transfer of Land. Parliamentary Reform has, by universal "neent, and quite even as a matter of course, been a g a in—skirked as a bore, and, therefore, an intole rable _inconvenience. serimsl Economy, just at the fag end o f the Session, has been for once in a way y recalled to mind as a boon, one of these fine days or rath er _ years, exceedingly to be desired. But, then, as we have te efferves c i ng it has only happened just at the fali, of the session, and even then for fag . en d th e most part because of • Its a ff ording an opportu nitycing admixture of forati pleasant es with personaligeneralities, Nothing seriously being heard, notonesyllab syllable bein g even furtively whispered, a bout t hi s sufficiently glaring need there is for retrenchment and thrif t not for anything like pars imony or eheesepse i ng—but ' __ for common-sense thri ft and rational retrenchment, while supplies were being v oted, while the Comm ons were in Committee of Ways and Means, while all parties both to the right hand and to t he lastleft new hand the of Mr. SPEAK ER were fresh fr om Budget of one Master-Financier Mr. GL TO It was only when matters of a pecuniary AkDinSd:ci been definitively settled for the year, that there was any serious "talk" recognised even about the need long and long ago by us all, the painfully o bvious need there is for at length and systematically enter ing upon a course of economy. With an outlay set down for us of another expenditure within the financial year of £7o,ooo,ooo—with a narrow surplus only of four or five hundred thousand pounds sterling, arranged for by the termerity of our skilled but over-credulous Chancellor of the Exchequer -what is in truth the agreeable prospect just now immediately before us ? At the very best—a harvest under the average! Almost as a dead certainty a continuance and probably an increase of the dire struggle, with dearth and with all imaginable privations, in the manufacturing districts in the north! Necessitating —a struggle of this kind—among other things an ap preciable falling off in the Revenue under the head of Excise and Customs. A continuance also of that general interference with our com merce, resulting from the first, but of late increas ingly, from the prolongation of the civil war in America. The possibility of our new interposition in the affairs of China leading us there again into a new and alarming outlay both of gold and blood. The possibility, moreover—we know not of course but that it is very little imminent, yet still it is undeniably there before us as a possibility— yes, the possibility of a new European complication consequent upon the development of the later and more than ever enigmatical phase of the Italian movement headed once more by GARI BALDI. Everything conbidered—America, China, Italy, the Cotton Famine, our enormous expendi ture, the exceedingly narrow surplus left for us at the very best by the calculations of the CHANCEL- Lou of the EXCHEQUER, our interrupted commerce, and our moderate hopes of a harvest just barely about the average—we can either way only look with a perfectly comprehensible qualm under these rather anxious circumstances, whether our glance be retrospective or anticipative. There is of course a certain sense of satisfaction, perhaps, in the thought that we have reached to-day the end of the Parliamentary Session. But it is hardly satis factory to feel conscious at the same moment that there is an exceeding probability also, that, on account of some new turn given to the American War, or of some fresh complication in the affairs of Italy, and, consequently, of Europe—the approach of winter will bring us the chance of that always unwelcome political necessity—an Extraordinary Session of Parliament ! The New York people are a little too late. They have just found out that, if the PRESIDENT hoists the banner of Emancipation, " This will diminish the rebel army, by calling many rebel officers and men to the defence of their homes; and, that the Free States, and the civilized world will applaud the Emancipation proclamation." All this would have been true twelve months ago; but its truth may be very doubtful now. The North, twelve months ago, might, by an emancipation policy, have made the South afraid to move, afraid to collect an army. Now that it is so well up in arms the negroes dare not give trouble. There are soldiers every where to catch them. " The committees of the lead ing men of wealth and influence" in the great com mercial city find that gold for remittances can only be had at twenty per cent. premium, and they see that the mightiest Northern armies can be driven away from the Southern capital. They look back on a war which, on their part, began with Bull's Run, and has ended with a seven days' defeat at Rich mond ; and so now, at last, dollars and defeats com pel them to cry out for Emancipation as a weapon of war ! As to the applause of the civilized world, what can they think of it ? Do they suppose the civilized world takes no account of motives in its applauses ; that it will bestow it equally on a GARI BALDI, and on a selfish EMPEROR, as Liberators of Italy ? In the very same breath, these "lead ing wealthy men," talk of the military gain of eman cipation as the motive for it, and then of the moral applause of Christendom ! Christendom might rejoice if it thought the proclamation of any avail, but it would, assuredly, never honour those who issued it, not in the interests of humanity and justice, but to serve themselves and to spite their enemies. President LINCOLN has issued his confiscation pro clamation ; the Confederates will only laugh, and bid him come to Richmond and put his confiscation threats in force. The Confederates appear, however, likely to give him very different work to do. The redoubtable STONEWALL JACKSON is—they wish they knew where—somewhere, threatening either POPE in the Valley of the Shenandoah, or M'CLELLAN on the James River. And, so rapid is he in his move ments, and so well do the Virginians keep their own counsel, that JACKSON keeps two armies in constant fear ; the last rumour, that he was about with 60,000 men to pay M'CLELLAN a second visit, being thought most likely ; but no one knows, and this half JACKSON'S strength. In the terrible rout of Gaines's Mill, the Federals had no idea that he was on their flank, and they had to abandon strong works and positions, and their guns, too, because he turned up where he was least expected. Most probably he will do so again, and IN e should not be surprised to hear that he had driven back POPE almost to Harper's Ferry, or that he had made such an onset on M'CLELLAN as would render Federal reinforce ments of no further avail. Our very latest intelligence, that by the City of New York, tells or nothing for the Federals but failure and dissatisfaction. We read of " a general uneasiness in all circles" for the last three days, of an increasing call for draughting into the army, because the recruiting, notwithstanding the high bounties offered, languishes; yet it is incredible that compulsory enlistment would not prove the ruin of the Federal cause in the North. HALLECK'S appointment to the commandership in chief ie but coldly accepted ; even the great Mr. SEWARD'S dis missal has been under discussion, for we are told that he is to remain in the cabinet. Guerilla bands increase in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri, to add the blessings of hot work to the heat of the . weather, in the semi-tropical Border States. Even at St. Louis a plot has been discovered, headed by some of the principal inha bitants, to seize the city for the Confederates. FARRAGUT has to give np Vicksburg, leave it un captured, and sail to New Orleans, probably to save BUTLER from capture and capital punishment by a Southern army ; and in Maryland itself, almost under the PRESIDENT'S eye, the Secession mem bers of the Baltimore municipality boldly resign rather than serve under a Federal Government. Everywhere on the side of the North we find social and political uneasiness, and petty failures. The picture may soon be changed, and the scene shift, for scenes shift quickly in America, but such is the scene at present. The Confederates, on the other hand, are in high spirits, and declare that one more victory will end the war. That victory is, however, yet to be won. No one su s p ec t s E ng li s h members of Parliament of • u s i ng thei r p os iti on f o r mercenary purposes, but it i s quite compat ibl e w i t h a f u ll conv iction of their i ntegrity to believe them susceptible of bias. We all are 80. R enee we are not surprised when even Mr. R OEI3tCI( , after evincing practical faith in Austrian commercial resources, shows a faith in Austrian paper constitutions • 8 nor the English, as • 9rßally admirers of gamin uxu:v which neither Hun- pRYSTAL PALACE.-T-ROW. N.../ A LL TEE GREAT FOITNTAINS. O MOR One Shilling. pALAIS DE CRISTAL.-TOUO LES GRANDES EAUX DEMAIN, it 3.15. CRYSTAL PALACE.—TOMORROW. TEMPERANCE FETE. Out-door Sports and Pastimes—Grand Processions—Extra Bands—Perfor mances 611 ihe Festival Organ—Concert of One Thousand Children on the Great Orchestra—The Shapcott Family, &o. Great Fountains also. Open at Nine. One Shilling. Children, Sixpence. IT UN " A E V i yat t j WEEK. IMPERIA L HOTEL, Great Malvern. The public is respectfully informed that the IMPERIAL HOTEL will be OPENED on MONDAY, the 11th of August next, for the RECEPTION of VISIT() (s. The tariff will be so arranged that f ,milies and gentlemen may engage suites of apartments or single rooms, flak at afixed charge per day, including attendance, and may either take their meals privately or at the table d'hote, public breakfast, tea, and supper. A wholesale wine and spirit establishment for the sale of wins and beverages of the highest class will be attached to the hot 1. Warm, cold, vapour, douche, running Sitz, and shower baths, will be obtainable at all times in the hotel, a portion of which is set apart for these baths. A covered way will conduct the visitors direct from the railway platform to the hot GEORGE CURTIS, Manager. NOTICE. All remittances are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 11h. 30m.—Afternoon, h. M. Po-MORROW.-Morning, 12h. 7m.—Afternoon, 12h. 40m THE SUN, LONDON, THURSD EVENTNO, AUGOST 7, 1562.. Hungarian firmness, can cherish fora moment. Neither are we surprised that Mr. IAYARD, though now merely a shareholder in the Ottoman Bank, should look at the financial position of Turkey on its brightest side. In like manner we feel it to be perfectly natural that Mr. W. S. LINDSAY should take the most confident view of the perma nence of pacific relations between France and Eng land when his house is the London agency for a . large French marine company with a capital of £1,600,0 00 . I t is no t easy for a gentleman to be lieve iron-clad vessels wh en h e i s an agen t f or building managing first rate packet vessels in England, which are to make their pr o fits a s F renc h t building at a n w d e need run a ra c e with a country in vessel L s lN anDds Aywou ldthrough be m very high than Fr en ordinary mortal, subsidies.rdiynar Mr. mFroertaehen arel,mifhec very active ouldeasilyim in building ships aginetohimselfthat Frenchmen of war which would ever trouble Portsmouth and Chatham, or that we should ever need Black Princes and Warriors against France. We confess we do not like the aepect of this company. For aught we know fair profits may be made out of the enormous French subventions. We are not in a position, yet, to affirm or deny that. But we also know that very large profits may be made out of French mercantile companies for carry ing on the slave trade. We trust, however, that Englishmen who have money to invest are not yet come to be quite indifferent to the bearing of the money invested on the general interests of their own country, or that they quite overlook moral con siderations. If there be "no friendship in trade," : there is left, we may hope, something of patriotism —enough at least to recoil from a manifest though • underhand attack on our naval position. Seeing that we are not to be outdone in iron sides, the EMPEROR appears to think that we may be outdone in packet ships. The company, on which Mr. LINDSAY is willing to bestow his influ ential patronage, for such we may call it, is neither more nor less than a company to trans fer to France the Transatlantic Mail Service, at present carried on by British packets. The com pany is established under an Imperial decree for performing postal services with, the United States, the West Indies, the Isthmus Panama, and Mexico. The service to Mexico is, now in active operation, with a subsidy of £148,000 per annum, or 21s. 9id. per mile. The other part of the scheme is not yet in active operation, but the American and Westlndia lines, for which eight steamers are in course of construction by English builders, are to be carried on with a subsidy of £372,000 per annum, or at the rate of 15s. 4d. per mile, commencing in July next. Nor is this all the aid to be offered by French patronage; the French Government is to find a large part of the capital, and to re ceive it back in easy instalments, with scarcely anything for interest. The contract, we are told, is for 20 years, and the Government are also to advance £744,000 to aid in the construc tion of the requisite steamships, for which the company are to pay only £37,500 per annum during that period ! When we know that the subsidy granted by the British Government to the Royal Mail Com pany for the West India and Brazil services is at the rate of 9s. 10d. per mile, we may feel pretty sure that the French Government would not buy up, if they could, this important packet service, at this rate, without some adequate reason. And what can the reason be but that which lies on the sur • face—the creation, so far, of a French marine ? France has no commerce with these ports to be men tioned with our own, but her Government, at an enormous cost, offers to become the carrier for all other nations which have a commerce. It wants, in fact, sailors. It has ships of war built, or build inv. hnt ;t has not a ..,penine merino from To.E;nl-, to man them. The packet service, which, like our own, will of course be conducted by ships capable of carrying guns, will be an admirable nautical training school, and that, and that only, can be the object of the French Government. As we under stand this business, therefore, every Englishman who takes a share in the " Compagnie Generale Transatlantique" will take a share in a company for manning the French navy. It is a melancholy spectacle, that we are now looking at with breathless interest, afar off there in Sicily. GUISEPPE GARIBALDI, the Italian Hero and Liherator, retreating there inland among the more wooded districts of the island ! Himself at the head of a little band of about:800 men and boys hastily and only partially armed—he and his followers being slowly pursued and nearly surrounded by 20,000 of the disciplined sol diers of King VICTOR EMMANUEL ! The Minister, RATAZZI, the while, almost reviling and maligning, certainly railing against, and shamelessly depre ciating the services done to the popular cause in Italy by the greatest and the most honest of living adventurers ! A total oblivion seems to have descended upon the Royal counsels at Turin in regard to the historical facts first of all, that GARIBALDI liberated from the Bourbon yoke 12,000,000 Sicilians and Neapolitans, and, secondly, that after doing this, GARIBALDI retired voluntarily penniless and powerless to his little island home at Caprera. Before any more invidious comments are uttered or written upon the course now being taken by GARIBALDI sines he has emerged from his retreat at Caprera, and again landed in Sicily—it will be well, it will be but fair and honourable, on the part of English spectators of these events, if they will take into account a statement but this very morning put forth thro*gh the columns of our liberal and ever out-spoken contemporary, the Daily News. The statement we are about to quote is advanced by our contemporary upon the autho rity of a reliable correspondent. Not of an anony mous correspondent—but of one who hesitates not an instant to authenticate his assertion by his signature. The name appended to this communica tion is that of WM. DE ROSAN. His state ment is thus expressed : Asking himself, first of all how GARIBALDI was received when he appeared in the Chamber of Deputies at Turin, the writer observes—" I will not now answer this question, as I dislike recrimination or acrimonious words on any subject. But having had oppor tunities and means, suc h as very few have, of knowing what really passed behind the c urtain, I will content myse lf w i t h sa ying that were I at liberty, as a man of honour, to produce such do cumentary and ot h er ev id en ce as is within my possession and grasp, I am sure that public opinion, so far f rom express i n g itself against him for what he i s d o i ng now , a s some do, or hesi tating what to think, as others do, would speak with one voice of stern and uncompromising re probation of the manner in which Garibaldi has by turns been cajoled, deceived, and betrayed by the very men wh o now wou ld deliver him over to imprisonment, e x il e , not to sa y death on the scaf told." Nay, having said this, the writer ad ds " I again repeat th at it wou ld be painful to me to speak more plainly, but if calied on to substan tiate my Words I will not delay an instant in doing so, and the world shall then judge." Reading this --before G ARIBALDI b e con demned for the as toanding ent er p r i se u p on w hich he has now a dventured, let us a t l eas t k now something of the pr ovocations out i n w hi c h th e w hole of that extra ordinary project has originated. LATESF NEWS. MADRID, Aua. 7. The Diario and Epoca of to-day say that Spain must renounce her policy of isolation in Europe, and recognise the kingdom of Italy. FRANCE. BOTJRSE, Aug. 6.—The market has been rather more buoyant, but the limited amount of business doing has prevented any very material advance in quotations. Threes, for the Account, are now at 69fr. 10c. The Railway Share Market quiet, but previous prices well maintained. The market closed as follows per Cents .. 97 80 Bank Shares 3200 Do, end month.... Credit F oncier ..„1240 3 per Cents ...... 69 05 Piedmontesc Fives. 72 10 Do. end month.... 69 05 Italian Loan 72 55 New 3 per Cents .. Roman Do. end month.... Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 853 75 Spanizlh Threes — Do. end month.... 850 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans lOl7 50 .. 1017 50 Northern .. .. New ditto • • • Lyons and Mediterranean 1 AOB 75 .. 1110 GPn.va 352 50 ~...._ ._ _ • • Southern Western Eastern .... . 541 25 .. 540 Sardinian 368 75 .. Austrian Lon.bard 620 - • 616 25 THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SlR,—Believing that the state of affairs now existing in the Bahama Islands may possess some public interest, I beg to inform you that I arrived at this port on the Ist inst., having sailed from Nassau, N.P., on the 2d of July, in the British schooner Albert, under my command, and laden with cotton, resin, and logwood. On the 3d of July, at about 2 p.m., my vessel was brought to by a shot from a Federal cruiser about three miles on my port quarter, and was shortly after boarded by an armed boat's crew, under command of an officer who asked the name, destination, &c., of the vessel, and demanded all my papers. These were delivered to him and un derwent a strict examination ; they were then re turned to me, with the following endorsement upon my clearance : " July 3, 1862, lat. 27.39 N., long. 76.17 W. Boarded from the United States' steamer Mercedita, Commander H. S. Stellwagen. Papers examined and found correct. " F. T. GOVER, U.S.N., Boarding Officer." This individual then returned to his boat, and I was, after a detention of an hour and a half, per mitted to proceed on my voyage. Now, in all this there is nothing to complain of if the Bahama Islands and passages are undo blockade by the United States' naval force, since all the customary forms prescribed for such a case were complied with ; but up to the time of my sailing from Nassau no notice of such blockade had been made public, and I have been unable to find any such notice in the newspapers since my return to England. The United States' vessels now on duty off Abaco are the Mercedita, Quaker City, and Albatross, and their vigilance and attention 10 the business in hand are such that no vessel bound to or from Nassau can peas either way without being overhahled and searched, except by a rare and fortunate accident. Such vessels as the commander of the cruiser fancies he seizes ; others he permits to escape. I consider myself fortunate in being among the latter on the present occasion. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, GILBERT ERIKSON, Master of the British schooner Albert, of Liverpool. Liverpool, Aug. 4. CRYSTAL PALACE.—One of the Banana plants (musa ensete) in the Crystal Palace is just bursting in flower in a remarkable manner. The petals of the bud are of the same nature as ordinary leaves of the plant, but smaller and more delicate, and, at present, of a cream colour, where not exposed to the light, instead of that peculiar tint so characteristic of the musa family. The bud springs out of the centre of over so as to bp r.. 11, and trom the interior of it comes the flower itself, unusually large, and full of promise of fruit. The flower is fast opening, and every new wheel or circle of incipient fruit is disclosed, but, at present, the unopened portion has the appearance of a short thick closed umbrella, about 9 inches in diameter, and 2 feet long, with the point towards the spectator. So large a bud has not been seen before on the Bananas in the palace, indeed, it is probable, that even under a tropical sun, and in the most favourable circumstances, neither plant nor flower attain the great size which these have reached. The tree is in the basin in the tropical end, close to the monti fountain, and exactly opposite the Alhambra court. But no one who looks for it can fail to see it. LOCH TAY SALMON FISHING. —Loch Tay has during the past week been in fine ply for angling. On Saturday and Monday, especially, good sport was enjoyed, and a number of large salmon in fine condition were killed. At the east end of the loch salmon and grilse are plentiful, and both have risen freely to the flies in the evenings and mornings since the weather set in milder. Fishers have also been very successful on all the neighbouring streams during the last few days, and good spore is enjoyed with minnow after sunset.—Scotsman. DUNBAR HERRING FISHING.—A very large number of boats went out on Monday night. About 20 of the Irish boats returned to the harbour at 9 o'clock, fearing a gale; the remainder of the Irish and all the other boats kept at sea, and were rewarded by a splendid fishing. Many of them had 20 crans. The fish were of the best quality, and current prices were 275. and 28s, per cran. Although a few of the last boats sold at 255., this price is exceptional. —August s.—Scotsman. _ THE COAL TRADE TO THE METROPGLIS.--The returns made of the quantity of coal conveyed to the metro polis by railway, canal, and seaborne, still show a very marked diminution. For the present year 755,85 ) tons 14ewt of coal have been carried by railway, against 958,713 tons llcwt for the corresponding period o f 1861, or a do. crease of 182,862 tons 17cwt. The canals show 6,722 tons, against 11,815 tons 15cwt, or 5,093 tons lsowt less this year than last, The seaborne coal has declined 53,072 tons, the quantity for the present year being 1,932,581 tons, as compared with 1,985,653 tons for the first seven months of 1861. For July last the London and North-Western Rail way have conveyed 50,029 tons lcwt ; the Great Northern, 25,0662 tons; Midland, 14,588 tons; Eastern Counties, 12,256 tons; Great Western, 7,212 tons; Chathsra and Dover, 243 tons ; llewt ; Tilbury, London and Southend, 60 tons, total, 109,455 tons 2cwt, against 119,677 ton s 15cwt in the month of July, 1861. The receipts by canal for the last month were 534 tons, against 1,660 tons for July, 1861. The importations from Newcastle have been 80,999 tons ; Sunderland, 79,724 tons ; Hartlepool and West Hartlepool, 57,397; Seaham, 24,959; M idd les borough ; 4,427 ; Blyth, 2,224; from Wales, 9,553 tons; Yorkshire, 3,140 ; Scotch, 1,334. Of Duff, 1,559 tons ; small, 1,313 ; and cinders, 2,358, making a total of 209,408 tons, against 290,918 tons for July, 1861. HEREFORD, HAY, AND BRECON RAILWAY.— Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this company was convened at the offices, 9, Bridge-street, Westminster, but as a sufficient number of shareholders were not present to form a meeting, it was adjourned. The report, which was circulated, referred with satisfaction to the fact that the act authorising the construction of a line from IVngton to Eardisley, forming a junction there with the company's line, and calculated to form an important auxiliary, had been passed, and also the company's deviation bill. The report of the engineers, Messrs. Macneill and Piercy, stated that notwithstanding the difficulties and delays that had occurred they had every reason to believe that the line would be ready for opening up to Norton Canon during September next, and that negotiations were in a forward state for car ry ing on the section beyond. The Hon. G. Morgan, M.P., had been chosen chairman, and Mr. W. B. Buddicomb, deputy-chairman. Mr. W. L. Banks had been elected a director in the place of Mr. Watkins; and Mr. R. Swan had been appointed secretary. The cash account showed a total receipt to June 30, of £105,951, and a balance in hand of £344. THE LATE CASE Op CRUELTY.—The statement made in the House of Commons on Monday night, by Sir G. C. Lewis, to the effect that Sergeant Ashton, who ordered the man Bishop to be scrubbed with sand, had been dis missed the service by the Commander-in-Chief, is in some respects incorrect, inasmuch as Sergeant Ashton still re tains his rank in the regiment, having been superseded only as chief officer of the military police, by which he loses 6s. a day. Evidence has been obtained which proves that Bishop is a deserter, and a court-martial is ordered to in vestigate the platter. An official inquiry has taken place relative to the cruel punishment to which this man was subjected, and although the result has not been made public, we believe we are correct in stating that the prac tice of scrubbing prisoners with sand has been carried on to a considerable e4tent i n the cells at :Woolwich, and under the direction of an officer holding a high position under the commandant. A sergeant of the regiment, who formerly acted as officer of the military police, invxiabli 'cle chned to cart out was whio ou t this punisht unleas he received an order in writing, ne'ver given• b u t it i s stated h9t Serg ean t Ashton: acted 4 on verbal in s t ruc ti ons from hie uluiriar officer. LITERATURE. The Lord Mayor of London; or, City Life in the Last Century. By W. Harrison Ainsworth. 3 vols. Chapman and Hall. As a historical romancist Mr. Ainsworth is always happy in his titles. And he has never been more so than in the present instance. If he has already inseparably associated his name as a story teller with Windsor Castle, with the Tower of London, with St. James's Palace, and with Old St. Paul's Cathedral, he has now done the like quite as effec tually with regard to two renowned historical per sonages. Both of these, official —one obsolete and even abolished—the other still surviving amongst us, though somewhat shorn of the pomps and cere monials heretofore attendant upon him whenever and wherever he chanced to make his appearance in public. The former official personage now purely titular and unsubstantial was the hero of Mr. Ains worth's last work of imagination. " The Con stable of the Tower" will long be remem bered by its readers as having again intro duced us to a period in our national annals that seems to have a peculiar fascination for our author, for he has more than once hesitated, as it were re luctantly, upon the verge of it. Several of the his torical characters there introduced upon the scene he had already rendered familiar to us through the picturesque narratives of Windsor Castle and the Tower of London. Having long ago afforded us more than one gorgeous panoramic view of inci dents relating to the reign of King Henry VIII., our novelist has at length, in what is as yet his penulti mate work, narrated the closing scenes of that ter rible existence, and has even advanced far on into the reign of Henry's boy successor. A very different spectacle has here been unfolded to view in this last—and very far, indeed, from least successful— specimen of Mr. Ainsworth's well-sustained powers as a Novelist. During the progress of the work in its serial form of publication from month to month in the pages of Bentley's lifticellany, we have so repeatedly commented upon its merits and peculiarities, that it would be little better than a tedious repetition, it would be an act, in truth, of positive supererogation to attempt to examine it more in detail, or to regard it otherwise than as a whole. Those who, like ourselves, have watched its progress since 'its commencement when the year was young, following the course of the narrative from incident to inci dent, will need no reminder as to who are the lead ing personages introduced. While those who have waited patiently, until the whole tale was completed, before dipping even into the opening sentences of the first chapter, will prefer to any dry analysis of the plot as therein artistically fabricated, that more direct and obvious enjoyment of the fiction now tempting them to carve their freshly-prepared " feast of reason and flow of soul" with that harm less literary couteau the paper-knife. Wielding that never unwelcome instrument in the hands of every genuine lover of the better portions of our current literature—and wielding it Lere with a gusto like that with which mine ancient Pistol may have flourished his Toledo over the emblematic Oyster of his Fortunes—what a pleasant, sparkling world is it not that here opens up to view under the gaze of the reader of these three volumes of Harri son Ainsworth's " Lord Mayor of London !" It is the world as it was—" city life" as it appeared (principally in gala dress) a hundred years ago ! When George 111. was in his blooming youth— when (wonderful this to remember of that old mad king of half a century later !) he was as.handsome and fresh-complexioned a young prince as ever wore a bob-wig and a pigtail, laughing and chatting, and crying out, " What ! what !" upon every possible opportunity. Beside the gay, comely young King of England, his small, plain, pale-faced young Ger man Queen : that mother " that was to be" of a race of kings in the hereafter, the "sweet Queen" long afterwards of Madame d'Arblay (nee Fanny Burney)—the sovereign more familiarly though less amiably known to the mass of her subjects in a younger generation as " Old Queen Charlotte." Around these as the two central figures in the historicceromantic pageant are recog nised upon Mr. Ainsworth's gorgeous canvas how many other of the then contemporary celebrities! There—the Great Commoner, afterwards almost greater astheGreat Earlof Chatham! There--Alder man Beckford later on to assume a conspicuous place in history as the patriotic Lord Mayor of London. There, too, more intimately mixed up with the ficti tious characters introduced by the novelist into his picturesque and must interesting narrative—the wealthy, noisy, roystering, licentious, squint-eyed, profligate patriot wit, caricatured by the brush of Hogarth, glorified by the pen of Junius, and here a recalled to the semblance of life, almost to our sight and hearing, by the vivifying fancy of Harrison Ainsworth—Wilkes who in his time almost seemed to have taken Liberty into partnership with Lim, and who, together with her, used da'i's the.t Lim* , to be driving a rw , ei ne , tr,“l,- <politically) under the name of -tikes and Liberty !'' Insomuch did th e i r LiLle ~net inoongruous firm become familarised in the mouths of the people—(it should rather have been dubbed, judging the gentleman from his habits and associates, " Wilkes and License !")—that it is related of a wag of that age that he facetiously began an epistle to an acquaintance, " Sir— ' I take the Wilkes and Liberty of addressing you, &c." Around the form of this slim Silenus, afflicted with an obliquity of vision so glaring as to ' be far more of a squint than of a cast—our romance writer has grouped a motley crowd of the livelier personages of the tale. - Wilkes is the centre of the evil throng ; while the young hero of the story is for a long while, but happily not up to the end of it, its victim—meaning the Lord Mayor's only son, the handsome, foppish, spendthrift, Tradescant. The Hero of the Tale, however, par excellenee, is, as the title of it indicates at the first glance, " The Lord Mayor of London." Honest, kindly, open-handed, large hearted, just but also generous, a liberal trader with plenty of wealth to back his enterprise, a good feeder with a splendid appetite, portly in form, rich in voice as in purse, well-looking and rubicund in visage—this Lord Mayor (Lorimer) is the very beau ideal of what a Lord Mayor ought to be. Mr. Ainsworth tells us in his earlier pages that the name, and career, and individuality of the Lord Mayor here represented are not historical, but from first to last pure/yinaaginary. He might have added as truthfully —what we perhaps may here more gracefully assert for him—that in the person of Lord Mayor Lorimer he seems to have collected all the good qua lities of all 'ale worthiest Lord Mayors upon record and rolled them into one ! Nothing, however, could well be more graceful, and we will even add more courtly, than the Dedicatory Epistle prefixed to these three volumes, a letter in which Mr. 41usworth inscribes this latest fruit of his genius to the present popular, able, and munificent Lord Mayor (Cubitt)—twice Lord Mayor of Lon don ! By his family, this dedication to his lordship of Mr. Ainsworth's brilliant romance, will assuredly be regarded as not the least valued or the least charming memorial of the civic reign of the present chief magistrate . Turning to the story itself, how ever, as it now lies before us fully completed —we will, as briefly and appropriately as may be, afford our readers is flavour of it, as it were, by way of an appetizing relish—before commending them to the entire banquet of the three courses, that is to say of the three volumes, together with a word or two of meritted commendation by way of appending to them theirdesserts. Here, then, is Mr. Ainsworth's pleasant little picture of the personal appearance of his Lord Mayor : " Tall, well - proportioned, and stout, his bulkiness of per son rather heightened his dignity of deportment than de tracted from it, Hi s pink cheeks, smooth-shaven and glossy, bespok e hi m no enemy to good cheer ; but his eyes were bright, and his looks indicative of good health, and its best and surest promoters cheerfulness and kindness of heart. Though his r face was round and full, its lineaments were regular, and of the genuine English stamp. His goodly person was arrayed in a full court suit, over which he wore his robes and chain, as already mentioned. A well-powdered tie-wig completed his costume." Here, again, is a radiant portraiture not of any Lord Mayor at all but of the Lord Mayor's Land- Carriage " The gorgeous state-coach in which our Lord Mayor rode still exists, and constitutes a principal feature in the annual civic show. Since good Sir Gresham's day, a hundred Lord I Mayors have ridden in it, and we hope it may serve to convey a hundred more to Westmin,ter and back. Though richly gilt and burnished, it is not gaudy, but has a grand, imposing, courtly appearance, and seems fitted for the City sovereign, or for any other sovereign. Indeed, it formed the model for the royal state-coach—still likewise in use— constructed for George 111. in 1762. Built about four or five years previous to the date of our story, in the some what cumbrous but handsome style of the day, hung very low, having large windows calculated to afford a ' full view of those inside it, panels covered with exqui sitely 'ainted emblemati ca l d es i gns an d ela b orately carve d woodwork, represen , ing Cupids sustaining the City arms, this state-coach, by it s an ti quate d a ir and splendour, carries back the mind to another age. The paintings on the panels, replete with grace and eleganee, are by Cipriani ; that on the right door exhibits Fame ing the mayor to the genius of the City; while on the to o the door is depicted Britannia pointing with her spear London shield of Henry Fits-Alwin, the first May" of London, years ' who enjoyed his office for the long term present ing twenty-four of John —namely, from the Ist of Richard I. to . t Unti, of late years the root baskets size and the splendour surmounted by a carved group th o i f s . bo or s this ornament. Thes supportingnialgniidhceent carriage was . upwards of £1 000 of fruit, but an accident deprived it wwha:n)sy meansh' trifling,' butWhich original cost of the coach fi ct i n gs ar .s e taken into account will not appear surprising, The of its decorations and expense of keeping it in rtp whose property the this is now borne coach has become," ieNvh lin:ming of the As a compan i ' n land - carriage, Lord Mayor's view of his I ,• 2 take this vivid and brightly coloured ez , aahip s water-car riage, toge ther with its st(444atic entourage : „ Th e City barge, ‘ vith its d ou bl e banks of rowers in rich liver i es , its carved and bur n i s h ed woodwork, the rich hang.. the b roa d silken banner i n front j ogs of its stately cabin, arms, Q 4 the numerous Peunfulta be peving the City ---- _=.-=.w decking its roof, flamed like the Venetian Bucentaur. Nor were the berg es belonging to the City companies interior ir size and splendour to that destined for the reception of the Lord Mayor and the great civic dignitaries. Newly gilt and deco rated for the occasion, decked with pennons and displaying their banners, they were all provided with bands, and manned by watermen in their liveries. At the helm of each of these magnificent barks, which glittered in the sunbeams as if made of gold, stood the barge -master in his state livery. To several of them a fantastical appearance was given by the actors in the pageants exhibited in the land procession being taken on board, and so placed that they could be seen by the occupants in the numerous wherries by which the river was crowded. Thus, the two giants, Colbrand and Brenda more, having quitted their chariots, were now comfortably seated on the roof of the gilded saloon of the Brewer's barge smoking their pipes, and occasionally drinking to the health of the good folks in the wherries. Sir John Hawkwood, leaning on his two-handed sword, stood at the prow of the Merchant Tailors' barge ; St. Peter took the Fishmongers under his care; Vulcan and the Cyclops went on board the Ironmongers' galley; and Bacchus and his crew re ve'led with the Vinters. The Skinners were rowed by watermen disguised in strange spotted skins and painted hides, while their great brown bear, chained upon the cabin roof, continued to clamber up his pole." To complete our little cluster of quotations Iva will now merely add to the foregoing Mr. Ains worth's interesting record in connexion with the Lord Mayor's official home, so well known 'co us all, in the very heart of the City, as the Mansion House : " Stocks-market, which derived its name fzom a pair or stock anciently set upon the spot for the punishment of offenders, was one of the oldest markets in the city of Lon don, having been established in 1282 by Henry de Walleis, then Mayor. Few would imagine that on the place where the ponderous Mansion House now stand s, where thousands upon thousands pass and repass, where the pavement is always inconveniently crowded and the street constantly stopped by carriages and public conveyances, little more than a century ago there was a pretty fruit niarket, planted on the east side with rows of trees, having an antique con- duit at the north end and surmounted by an equestrian statue, and stalls where fruitand vegetables of the choicestkind wars vended. An odd story is told about the equestrian statue. It was designed for John Sobieski, King of Poland, but was left on the maker's hands, and the statue of Charles 11. being wanted by Sir Robert Viner after the Restoration, he availed himself of this image with commendable thrift, converting the warlike Pole into the Merry Monarch, and the turbaned Turk, whom his horse was trampling beneath its feet into Oliver Cromwell.. Trees, stalls, conduits, and statue were removed in 1739. On digging the foundation of the proposed building, the ground proved to be so full of springs that strong piles were needed for the support of the erection. Nearly 14 years were occupied in the work—the first Lord Mayor who. tenanted the Mansion House being Sir Crisp Gascoigne, in 1753." Having placed which extracts before our readers, it now scarcely remains for us to observe that, while the work under consideration possesses the superfi cial charm of a fiction, it also possesses abundantly', latent among its leaves, the fruits of much histori cal research. One is tempted, indeed, to avail oneself of the aptitude of this al lowable figure of speech by adding—fruits nutritiously instructive and ripened into flavour by the glowing imagination of the Novelist. The Lord Mayor of London is another and a sub stantial benefaction of Mr. Ainsworth's to all the lovers of a school of romance racy of the soil on which we live, stories among the familiar mazes of wh'Lch we can look upon (and recognise) genuine London scenes, peopled with unmistakable English. characters. MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS. The illustrations to Le Follet this month will be found exceedingly attractive. They consist of fashions for the bail-room, promenade, and sea side, with a whole host of caps, sleeves, &c., &c., its addition to which th , B entertaining story ot " My First Champagne and my Last Campaign "is brought, to a conclusion. It is, on the whole, a very ey.c e itent number.—.Routledge's Illustrated Natural History is highly entertaining, as it contains the most solid instruction in the most attractive for•.n.—Cassells' Illustrated Exhibitor—This work on its completion will form a very splendid volume, tss all the most striking and ingenious articles displayed in the Great Exhibition will be found amongst the illus trations. The explanations are all very well and clearly written.—Cassells' Popular Natural His tory has reached its 41st part,. In addition to those who have been subscribers carom its commencement, we recommend this part more especially to all the followers of Old Isaac Walton.—Cassells' Illus trated Family Bibles are both this month more than ordinarily rich in illustration ; and The Quire, published by the same enterprising firm, contains a number of papers well calculated to suit the tastes of all classes of readers. EXE7E.R HALL.-THE CREATION. Haydn's graceful and ever- welcome oratorio, " The Creation," was the occasion of an extra per formance last evening, at Exeter Hall, by the Sacred Harmonic Society. The solo parts on ills occasion were nobly upheld, and the fine fancy which pervades them fully expressed. 74.11-. Ohms R ee ves, Madame Lemmens-Sherrington, and Signor Bel letti supported the tenor, soprano, and bass parts. The band, in the introductory descriptive music to parts 1 and 3, was peculiarly cle,se and effective. Among the special beauties of the performance were the singing by Sans Reeves or the recitative and air, " With verdure clad," Sind the trio finale, Simi; Reeves, Lernmens-Sherri_ eg t on , and Belletti, "The Heavens are telling ;" the last a grand specimen of vocal harmony. "In native worth," Mr. Sinai; Reeves was also admirable. The favourite tenor, as well as Madame Lemmens-Sherrington, sang the music allot'Led to tenor and soprano in the third part, ofter 4 transferred to inferior artiste s , "In rose mantle;" and " Oh, happy pair," thus fell to Strtr: Re eveswhile the lovely duet, " 0 st ar th e f a i r est," and " Graceful consort," were splendidly executed by Signor Belletti and Madame Lemmrns-sher" rington. The choruses, " Achieved is the glorious work," and "Praise ye the Lord," were magn" ficently voiced, and place the Sacred Harmonic Society first of all choral bodies. Tb.e hall was full in every part. HEALTH OF LONDON LURING TIJJ WEEK. (From the Regzstrar-Genel•ar s Weekly Return.) The weekly return continues to exhibit a COol' paratively favourable condition of the public health , In the week ended last Saturday the deaths wer e 1,20. In the ten corresponding weeks of the year ° 1852.61 the avere.ge number corrected for increas e of population was 1,275. Compared with this esti' mated amount, the deaths actually returned W I week, show a reduction of 66. The births of last week exceeded the deaths i ll the same period by 585. Seventy-seven persons died from diarrbcea these 73 were children. Three deaths occurre d from English cholera. Th e t o t a l d eaths from all causes to the age of 20 were 644 ; between the . eg e of 20 and 60, 355 ; at the agr, of 60 and upvW d° 210. Four persons died of small-pox, 50 of raeas leisl 59 of scarlatina, 68 of typhus, 158 of consumpti oot 20 apoplexy. Disease of The heart and arteries W ag fatal in 34 instances, b ronc hi t i s i n 5 5, an d P hen .. monia in 50. Child-b ear i ng was fatal to die mothers, one of Nvliom died from metria. The wire of a carpenter died at 75, Carlisle-str eeff Lambeth, frow " choleraic client ., (ea," 4 d a ys. printer, aged 56 years, died at 28, St, Thomao terrace,ls'iington, from "choleraic diarrhoea (1 day)' typhoid. fever (1 week)." The daughter of a s ai!o! , aged 14 months, died at 1, Lyons-yard, Greenwic h ' from " choleraic diarrhoea (14 days)." The daugh ter of a baker, aged 4 months, died at 15, Georg f 6 street, Lambeth, of " choleraic diarrbcea hours.)" In the district of St. George, Hanove . f , square, a clergyman, aged 66 years, died of " ease of the aortic valves, with emboli in th e bloo d vessels." Last week the births of 928 boys and 866 girls-°' in all 2,794 children—were registered in Lonclo g ' In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 18 52 61 the average number (corrected) was 1,773. JTNGTON AND EARDISLEY RAILWAY.---Xes,t,ierg; day the half-yearly meeting of th e s h areholders was 1 20 P" "- the offices, 9, Bridge-street ; Mr. W. L. Banks in the c hair. The report, which was read by Mr. Roberts, the secret stated that the act inco r p orat i ng the line had rece i ve d the a royal assent. The Ki ngton Tramway had been transferre d thise Hay, I co b m e a p eno a d n m y, and w ou ld b e converted into a locoreott ire line. pßarneycownenreaiolnwathyeabuedst terms nteremoswrattcht the Her e ford, „ wou ldo soon as pos s ibl e b e made with Mr. SaNin, the contractor, for constructing the line on favourable terms. At JUSTICES' JUSTICE IN THE ISLE OF WIGH T the Ryde Police-court, on Friday last, before T. T: 16, Re Esq., a poor creature named Salina Sheppard, aged A w ith brought up in custody of a police-constable, tharrwook soliciting alms in the 'palish of St. Helen's. Fratt,s, Strands ford, the first witness, said—l live at Mr. Marvin aywo Ryde. The prisoner came to our house the d yesterday, I gave her some crusts of bread.abils toll constab/e Mair—l saw her coming from St.. John her any hous e . They b w e e y n tb there givenan d heras k e a d h i a f l f t p h e i- n y n il y a ih d e v awi e fepnet trtoyha hers she turned out her pocket; it contained it so b m e e tte c one month's Thorpe Fowke, Esq., sentenced her . ter. prisonmeut in the common gaol at Iginam" r ru to sts be o g f ebormeaedt.biolg'ristooneeartintbasenfettnoocesstaaridves.he T t hi:7133:0, „e remit the b Th day. Will i oti ac per Cf lug p stock Thi returi the L Tn( Cana( E 14,( courei A.n first less tl final Ist of the hz Tht and Twrki debt. aterlit are ur be boi tha The drawr Public Engle lar to rupee on Bo the lit the n Calcu tent., those Th( Riche and r( 'Less 1 Th Moor of th When Whicl Th to thi tar] firm prof Of 5 t til .Ve