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AMUSEMENTS. LITERATURE. spared to make the utmost of all cotton that came from India. (Applause.) On the termination of the meeting, thanks were voted to the chairman for presiding. Many persons believe the Arkansas will pay us another visit very speedily, especially since our fleet has been reduced by the departure of the Taylor, Conestoga, Carondelet, Sumter, and Essex; but Commodore Davis has no fear of the rebel gunboat, and thinks, with his present force, he could destroy her, if she were to assume an offensive position. Commo dore Farragut and Colonel Ellet, as well as Commodore Davis, are burning to destroy the Arkansas, and would engage in almost any undertaking to secure that end. At present, however, circumstances are too unfavourable to the project." -y INDIA AND TIIE COLONIE S. s AS ENGERS Embarking or Di sem b arking s p _ wul t find superior accom mo d a t len and moderate 0 1 0 rgea a CIIAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the, Terrace Pier. A Lawn in front, Wtending to the River. HALL. C ANTER BUR ' Y Re- appearance of the miracul ous STEGKEL, the greatest Trapeze performer in the world. le Grand Selection s from "DON SEBASTIEN" arid " IL TRO VATORE." other man.Unsworth, with the ce'orat e d Stump speech, " Or any " Also Eugtne and Daley, forming the greatest Comic Trio in Londo:ii ;' and all the other Comic favourites of the day. THE IRON RAM ARKANSAS. --~~ ~_ '''''''..........,.....,.........,..0r,.., ea ith his Bccuf braise—Veau roti. men as ra ted ire s unfit p A.RIS.—GRAND• HOTEL, B r Julevard des Capucines. GRAND HOTEL DU LOUVRE, Rue de Riven. Thew?, l two large Hotels arc carr i e d on b y the Compagn!Le IMlnebilere de Paris. 711eY contain to , rether 1,400 bedrooms or salons, the rent of which , at fixed prices, is established at from 4fr. to 30fr. a ,day f' ar the Grand Hotel, and from 3fr. to 2Cfr. P. day for the `Ataf,cl Piotel du Louvre. t .,.3' Pie variety in the price, and of the situation of those f,, n : o - rhatelx, in the finest uarters of Par,is, travellers and ,:'. 4 11 lea are always sure of being able to ;Ind accommodation ' ,1, ,,tr dale to their wants, their tastes, ar,d their means. Ilia,x' he Tables d'Hote of the two ',leads, having together 700 .ces, are served at six o'cle,ek ; the public are admitted to i em as well as those who 'reside in the Hotels. f, zliieprtiwceos.llotels have, moreover, a public restaurant at The Salons of those two Hoteb4 are appropriated for public or wedding dinner and for fetes or family mee _Ther e is in each' Hotel a reading-room, a cife- gs billiara arvan, bath-rooms, and a 'public telegraphic office, corres ponding' Pending' day and night with all Europe. Hotels Persons employed in the service of the two El3eak every lan , gua,,e. -______________ T UB LONDON , 191, FLEET-STREET, near Temple-bar. DAYS , SAWYER'S PA3JOIJS LONDON DINNER for THIS ''' e 19 th inst,,, 'will consist of fete de V POTAGES. Veau a I'Anglais—A l'ltalienne. POISSON. l inguine etuvee--Soles frites. Cotelettes e ENTREES. le Veau a la Zingara—Rissoles en Salpicon. „._ P ia'nehe de Mouton rota—Bceuf bouilli. ENTREMETS. 130. aeting aux Vermicelle--Beignets de Pomme. Fronage et Sal de. ------- will LORROW, the 20th inst., " TUE LONDON DINNER" 4vsist of POTAGES. De Tortue a la Francais—Aux Macaroni. POISSON. Saurnon sauce Homard—Filets de Merlans frits. atelettes de Mouton a l E a N S T a ß uli E s s e . —Petit Pates de Volatile. ENTREMETS. G6l6e aux Citron—Pouding a la St. Cloud. Fromage et Salade, Turtle Soup included in the Loudon. Dinner three times a Week without extra charge. An extensive and carefully fielf 2 cted s t oc k o f RHENISH , Tr°O4 . I3SEL ON nINLE nd oth f WlNE' ' , ; i'rorted expressly for THE 'NEI Turtle Soup r :l'le attention of Cler ten, and ' 411 Fish in season daily. ite e e ren is especially drp.wn to the advantages offered by ractetr.end Club of tk e . Officers, and Professional vire : .e elegant Saloons, ' which fulfil all the requirements most aristoera c and to eilleurs Journau L'on trouve dan , ti d exclusive cha .d Lecture non seulement lea 4la Salle e . Fran cais et 800 ., e ..x Anglais, mais aussi Journaux Allemande, N. Tt_D„.. liners in I)l Nwn. ".,„ n -4 ''' the Exhibition Season, THE LONDON Di ---' " ilf be served daily from 2 until 9 o'clock ; and th e Coffee-room, a la Carte, from 1 untillo o'clock. Open on Sundays at 4 o'clock. .L..............._ FREDERICK SAWYER, Proprietor. _______ .............._ • _ Cir.B.EAT WESTERN RAILW A Y . _ Wm. On SAT URDAY, Atwust 23, an EXCURSION TRAIN p .t ; leave P AY_WINGTON ' at 2.25 p.m., and Reading at 3.35 r. ..., for CIR ENCESTER and Stroud (12s. and 65.); Gloud i,Bler and C'hieltenham 14s. and 75.); Ross and Herefor -8. and 86 4 ; returning ( at SP. on Tuesday, August 26. GitTA AT WESTERN RAILWAY.-- 2srDAY August 24, an EXCURSION TRAM' I,2ave Paddington at 8.40 a.m. for TAPLOW (ss. and . 60.4, Twyford and Henley (ss. 6d. and 35.), Pangbourne, Gor'ing Wallingford -Toad (6s. and 3s. 6d.), Abingdon and OXio Nl' (6s. 6d. and 45.), returning the same day at 7.30 p m . ~'____________ II REAT WESTIVARN RAILWAy._ \A On TUESDAY, Aug'ast 26, an EXCURSION TRAIN Will st irt from Paddington. at 12.25 p.m., and Reading at 1.35 for WORCESTER (12s. and 75.), Malvern (13s and 7s. -), Ledbury (14s. and Bs.), Hereford (16s. and Ss.), finny (:7s. 6d. and 10 . a. 6d.), Newpo r t (1 9s. and 125.), AberKiddegr ister, stourbridge. and Dudley 12s. 6d. and 7s. 6d.), Bewd -leY (13s. and Bs.), and Bridgnorth (15s. and Os.), returning either on p Pe a cl a y, September dy as Aug er bills.ust 28, Wednesday, Septemb er 3 , or 5, 111 q ANK. OF ENGLAND NOTES.-£1,500 -,!--, REWARD. —WHEREAS the Directors of the BANK IT ENGLAND have recently discovered that some of the raper manufactured for their Notes has been feloniously taken from the mills of Mears. Portal and Co., at Laverstoke, !leaf* Whitchu'rch in Hampshire, and that such paper has been used ha. 'the fabrication of Forged Notes, Notice is hereby ,hall' that 'a REWARD of £ 5OO will be paid to any one who anda.. give *such information as will lead to the apprehension a.„,,,,„ give of any person concerned in the stealing of the to the° Paler and a FURTHER REWARD OF £l,OOO will be Paid t any one who shall give such informatton as will lead in th; 'apprehension and conviction of any person concerned int__.7 fabrication of Forged Notes by means of such paper. poirmation to be given to Mr. Superintendent Hodgson, and , ' e-° Mee, Old Je , , London ;or to Messrs. Freshfields ~,eNvinan, 5, Bank-buildings, London. By order of the Directors, E. WELSH, Assistant Secretary. Ba t o r _. ui England , 16th August, 1862. --__________ , NeotiAY;ll-°N.—BANK of ENGLAND NOTES.— Directors of the Bank of England hereby give sor ne "', that it has recently come to their knowledge that to o , .' 3l the Paper manufau for their Notes has laen all 412?usly taken from the Mills; and they desire to caution Pa.yrn"k‘e,rs, M oney -changers, and other persons, in taking pp ar e o t nY Bank of England Notes, not to depend upon the With anon genuineness of the Paper alone, but to examine their ased care the PRINTING also ; and in all eases, for -the Persons Protection, to obtain and preserve the Names of sons from whom the Notes are received. By order of the Directors, tank of E n E. WELSH, Assistant Secretary. fs• land, 16th August, 1862. . ......._ CAMBRIAN CONSOLIDATED GOLD '"`Notie - MINES COMPANY (LIMITED). MIAT. 4 18 hereby Given, that NO APPLICATIONS _F_O I R S DAY this Company will be received after THIS (TUESDAY), the 19th instant. By order of the Board. HILL, FAWCETT, and HILL, 29, Thread needle -street, E.O 19th Brokers to the Company. August, 1862. ~ -_______ TEA---ST RACII 13 AN and CO.'S Strong Rough to/idon,lo,,imeestic" Black at 3s. id. per lb.-26, Cornhill, Pr%A.,,„ • ST RACHAN and CO: S Fine " Inter act, t: C‘ a44 e " Black at 3s. Bd. per Cornhill, Lon- " ) • ra --- S TRACHAN and CO.'S Delicious 1 ,- E D Ni n I .1-, London, E.C. a' Room " Black at 4s. 2d. per lb.-26, Corn i 23r. nassall's Certificate of Purity, and a Price Current application, 26, Cornhill, Loudon, E.C. - -__ atiAlureA. S CUL INE POWER RE STORED inrFOLTRTEEN DAYS, without the possibility of dress, ' or guaranteed remedy enclose two stamps. Ad- Clllllultous, 211, R EGENT -STREET, LONDON. W. : ..lust published, Bvo, in cloth, price 58., by post free, 6s. 6d., (iN THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of N..., STRICTURES of the URETHRA ; showing why they S.o often appear Incurable, when in reality they m ight be removed by the most simple mean s - ByCOURTENAY, M.R.C.5.143 And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan_ Infirmary• for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, 'to the treatment of hstariscgituvreens soufpptlhyeamurpegiervia. d e T n h c e e of hiscaeca 'which Mr. Courtenay great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon whi c h their management is founded. By his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. 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AX IMPOR T ANT DISCUSSION.—The ha "Times," the "Lancet," and other leading journals ~,,,Y. been lately canvassing the social considerations in: ' P eed in " the amount of death and disease caused by vice. ' hl o.l'ne interesting statistics are brought to hear upon the elude' but it would greatly add to their value If they in 1, ~._e ' L the facts respecting the origin, the ravages, and the ''ilvention of that sprx rm. vier., which wars more than any tl es e n t against the welfare of society—destroying, the liappi na,n and disappointing' the objects of matrimony, under -4114-ting the constitutions, blasting the prospects, embittering ti o - shortening the lives of its victims, and s preading desola . throug,t families. great social evil Th e (th e , essential particulars relating to thif: ~. Desetting snare of inexperienced youth and the curse of i-u.aturity), together with ample instructions for removing- its `-4iects, and recovering health, vigour, and all the ennobling,' ‘,B;lle,c4•CE, of T , our being, are contained in Dr. LA'ATER,rs 111,';,','-PRESE itVATION," a Treatise on Nervous and Puh r ii` e ,al Debility, of which the 90th Edition has just been er,..' a rled by Marl and Co., 39. Cornhill, London, price 1,. , il - r , . !pt? free for 13, or in a sealed envelope for 20 stamps years devoted himself enti r ' - ', 4 - IS TERT,III.D , &c., having for 20 eithere' to this branch of respondencey be consultad daily, Personally or by cor, at his residefte, No 87, BEDFORD-SQUARE, London., GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of Jena, has ju s t published, for the benefit of Nervous WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). 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Ai EDI - CAL ESSAy theby thlseoAthutthhoof:: 'Get u t..post Published, paid, in a sealed envelope, pr i m is usrd, with numerous plates, th Plain Direetions and Al ANITOOD: the CAUSE stamps, 1 I MATURE DECLIN E IN mA rd CURE of PRE f or Perfect Restoration to Health and VI CURTIsi, 1.5, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, Loudon. Dr. J. L. CONTENTS: Oadoo„ q ifications L aPotenoe; stlrNnertr,lttr(c)Darl7lCA'lo,lßetransCll of A the l I n ' Fi b l ti r II:17 :o b n EY . pro"netwe OrPh ua y i siological CHAPTER H.—Causes of Spermatorrhcca and Early Vicious Indulgences; Dnnors of Neglect. Abuse, the It;illatr‘rlijalgiFeTwlll—heAr i r t o e s vl u e lt w in o g t t i l i e om var Y th o t :i s t p ht i u s i Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of 3onorrhcen and Syphilis. The Book oncludes with numerous varied and interesting cases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Cotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a valuable work, and a t:ould be in the hands of young and old.truly" Sunday Times," 3d March, 1856. "The author has conferr e d a gr eat boon by publishing this V the work, in which is described the source o those diseases w hicn produce decline in youth o r m ore frequently premature o:d age."--" Daily Telegraph," Mani - i, 27, 18.56. London : Published by .T. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row; Mann. CP. Cornhill. 1 Hours of Consultation -19 to 3 and e to 4 sundayet 10 t ill 2 - The Flag of Truce. Dedicated to the Emperor of the French. Ridgway, London. Why the writer dedicates his "Flag of Truce" to the Emperor of the Frenqh it is not easy to see, since he harely adverts to him or to France in its pages. His object is to advocate a friendly inter vention to stay the War, and, notwithstanding his impracticable beginning, some of the arguments are well and practically stated. He is, however, partial to such appeals as we find on page 11 : " With all due deference to the diplomatic cautien 'of European Cabinets, we do not believe in the policy of coolly looking on with folded arms while a young and powerful member of the family of nations, in a fit of passion, is tear ing its own flesh, and rending its own limbs asunder. in ternational duty is not dhcharged by assuming 'Mt attitude of calm and complPcent neutrality. Something more is duo to the corolmtants than to form a sort of sportsman's ring, and insist on fair play. When the courage and the skin of the parties has been preyed, and their strength and manhood fully tested, non-interference on the part of the witnesses. to the mortal combat is to become particeps c 49ninis in the eye of the 'common law. Let them be it cognised and treated as equals, invited to shake hands and separate in peace. " Fair play is a phrase much nsed by Englishmen, and even in pugilistic encounters a fair fight and no favour is strenuously demanded. In the great contest between the North and the South, the recognition of both parties as belligerents, entitled to equal rights, was undoubtedly in tended as an application of the fair play principle to the parties at war. But in order to place the North and the South on a footing of equality, the ports and markets of the world should be equally open to each. If the laws, treatie R and agreements of nations prevent the supply of articles contraband Of war to either party by foreign mer chants in foreign vessels, still the North has the vast ad vantage of purchasing powder, lead, rifles, swords, guns, and all other instruments of death in all the marts of Europe ; while the South, shut out from all the world, depends entirely upon its own resources for means of de fence, extemporising the manufacture of arms and muni tions ;of war, instead of importing them ready made from abroad. To respect the blockade is, in effect, to take part with the North against the South—with the strong (numeri cally) against the weak—with the invader against the in vaded. Is this the boasted fair play of non-intervention? Why, even in a cock-fight the gallant bird that loses his spur is immediately taken from the pit in accordance with ,the cry of the spectators, and not permitted to renew the contest until supplied with weapons equal in length and sharpness to those of his antagonist. These diplomatic sticklers for noninterference with the deadly struggle in America forcibly remind one of the impartiality of the old woman in Oregon, who, when she saw her husband fighting with a bear, only ' prayed for fair play, not caring a fig which licked.' " 711 E MANCHESTER COTTON COMPANY. The first annual meeting of the shareholders was held on Friday afternoon, in one of the committee-rooms of the Manchester Town-hall. The gentlemen present included Mr. H. Mason (Ashton), Mr. J. R. Kaye, Mr. W. Morris, and many other well •known cotton .spinners. Mr. J. Platt, the chairman of the company, presided. Mr. D. Chadwick, the secretary, read the report of the directors. The following is an abstract : The first business of the executive committee, after their appointment, was to communicate with the Secretary of State for India in reference to Mr. Haywood's proposed mission. This resulted in the Government agreeing to order the completion of the road at the Keggah Ghaut from Dharwar to the harbour of Sedashegur without delay; to afford to the Manchester Cotton Company the opportunity of purchasing land at the new port of Sedashegur for the erection of cotton gin factories, presshouses, offices, and stores; and to send to the Governors of the Bombay and Madras presidencies, and also to the collectors, surveyors, and other Government offices in the districts through which Mr. Haywood might have to pass,instructions to afford him all the assistance and information in their power. The Cot ton Supply Association contributed £5OO, being about one fourth of the expenses of Mr. Haywood's mission. Mr. Hay wood arrived in Bombay in September. He was detained in India in consequence of the anxiety felt in regard to the transfer of North Canara from the Madras to the Bombay Government, without which no satisfactory progress could be expected in the making of the new road from Dharwar to Sedashegur. Mr. Haywood's official report, when ready,will contain valuable information upon the system of cotton cul ture, its purchase from ryots, and its present mode of clean ing and packing, and other details relative to roads, &c. Last month the chairman of the company received 11 bales of cotton grown from American seed in Dharwar, and for warded thence to Sedashegur. The present value in Liver pool of this Dharwar cotton is stated by brokers at 16d. to 17d. per lb., while under ordinary circumstances the average price has only been from sd. to 6d. Although the Govern ment of India promised that the new road over the Khyga Ghaut should be open for traffic last May, it was onlyopened to a width of 12 feet-6 feet scarped out of the side hills, the remainder being for the meet part only loose earth thrown over to form the rest of the 12 feet road. The consequence has been that the rains of the monsoon have already com pletely destroyed the road in many places, and rendered it impassable for traffic. Carts could not safely pass each other on the 12 feet road, even if in repair. It is the inten tion of the Government to commence opening this road to a width of 24 feet immediately after the monsoon. The work will occupy, probably, two years. A temporary but inferior cart track has been opened to connect the Arbyle Ghaut Road with Sedashegur. The Seringapatam was chartered for the company, and was despatched on the 10th of December with a full cargo of machinery, cotton presses, cotton gins, &c., together with a quantity of ploughs, sent by the Cotton Supply Association. The harbour of Sedas hegur has been preyed to bo quite equal to the expectations of the committee, formed from the reports of Lieutenant Taylor, R.N., and other Indian officers. Six experienced mechanics were sent out with the machinery—one of them died on the passage. The company's warehouses,workshops, and machinery are now being erected on a site of land (19 acres)selected by Mr. Haywood, at Allyghuddy, and front ing the harbour of Sedashegur. A second shipload of ma chinery, stores, &c.—aboat 600 tons—was sent out on the 28th of July, in the Harriet Humble. It is much to be re gretted that the object of Mr. Haywood's mission to India has been to a large extent misunderstood and misrepre sented, and he has, therefore, had many difficulties to con tend with which were not foreseen. The committee have muoh pleasure in recording their high opinion of the manner in which he has discharged his trust. At Winnebah,on the West Coast of Africa, the committee have entered into a satisfactory arrangement with and have afforded assistance to Mr. A. C. Hutton, an active and energetic Englishman, who has purchased 300 acres of land from the King of Winn'ebah, the greater portion of which is under the culti vation of cotton. If it can be proved that cotton can be profitably grown by free labour in Africa, it is hoped that the success of this great experiment will induce the native chiefs to follow this example. Being desirous that some steps should be taken to introduce into the Berar districts the improved machinery for cleaning and packing cotton, arrangements have been entered into to supply Messrs. Robert Watson and Co., of Nagpore, with the new gins, bullock power machines, and a cotton press. It is ex pected that the railway between Nagpore and Bombay will shortly be completed, and this will afford largely increased facilities. The total receipts of the company up to July 31, 1862, are £41,990 7s. 7d. ; payments, £38,064105. 6d.; leaving a balance in hand of £3,925175. ld. It is expected that in a few months the press houses at Sedashegur, with the machinery, will be completed. It is estimated that the machinery will clean about 1,400 bales of cotton per week. The six cotton presses will press one bale per minute. Up to the present time the company's ope rations hay e been necessarily preliminary; but the directors must look to and require from the Government of India that assistance which it is bound to render by means of the speedy construction of roads and other public works, which all commercial communities have a right to expect at the hands of a Government. The position of the company is now such as entitles it to the prompt and fullest support of the trade and the public in the present crisis. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, and congratulated the shareholders upon the cheering appear ' ance of their first annual meeting. When they first com menced operations they looked upon India in some mea sure as a maiden field. The sole object in sending out Mr. Haywood was to see how far the Government reports were correct, and also to gather information as to the best dis tricts in India for the operations of the company. It had been found that the districts of Dharwar and North Canara were those especially adapted for their operations. When the matter was first decided upon by the committee, North C a nara was under the presidency of Madras, w hich was notorious for its dilatoriness in all matters c onnec t e d with trade. The company represented to Si r C harles Wood that it was advisable to transfer North Canara to the Bombay w . e t c , te b d y . Sir d-tapism Charles re INeTooGovernment. A great delay follow ed. The district of North Canara contained Sedashegu r, on e of the best ports i n India; and th e momen t it was discovered that th e transfer of this harbo ur t o Bombay wa s probable, all th e appliances of re i Since then p rogress has b een very rapid. The failure of the 80 mil es of road from the i nter io r o f Dharwar to the were tupie into sev requisitionera the to transferprevent as it, effected. Since harbour had materiall • dPd operations,and • y na pe ... it was to be regretted that communications did not receive greater attention at the hands of the Government. (H ear.) The Manchester Cotton Company welcomed all companies and associations, both private and public. They h a d no jea. tousles, but were anxious to get the raw material into Lan cashire. They might now look with very great hope and encouragement to the future of India. He did not mean to say that India was adapted for the finer qualities of cot ton, but for three growths of the cotton used in this country India was specially adapted, (Hear, hear.) But, unless the Government entered into their plans, all their labours wolfr. uld be in vain. (Applause.) LITTLEDALE seconded th e a d opt i on of the repor t , withW h which the i w as exception carried unanimous ly. chairman, krhe iireAtiyrinwgo and o d p ir s e a c i t d or t s hat hi o s ill fisdu w. ty er w e who, being a contractor with the coMp an y, res i gned his office. as th t e o n vi r s e it -e E le g c y te p d t , e and in The Times and Cbtton ,Supply Reporter the result of his investigations had been recorded. He had that day had an interview With an agent of the estates of several of the Pashas of Egypt, whc informed him that last year the growth of Egyptian cotton Increased from 120,000 to 200,000 bales, and that next year, in all probability, w e should be supplied with 250,000 bales. He (Mr, Haywood) Was therefore not without hope that the efforts made by the Cotton Supply Association to direct the attention of the au thorities of Egypt to the importance of increasing their cotton productions was not without useful results. It was unfortunate for the company in many respects that the transfer of North Canara from the Madras to the Bombay Government.was not carried out, as he was informed by Sir Charles Wood, personally, it would be by the time of his (Mr. Haywood's) landing at Bombay. He was un able to proceed up the Ryga Ghaut Road, as there was not even a track cut through the forests. He then proceeded further down the coast, and ultimately pushed forward to other districts of the Madras Presidency. The Government of India and the East India Company formerly made very great efforts to improve the cultivation of cotton in India, and a number of American planters were employed in various parts of the. different presidencies in improving that cultivation. Some persons had attributed to these men the intention of defeating their own efforts, stating that it was not patriotic on their part to seek suc cess. Whatever might be the truth on the subject, they were not discuss; but anyhow, not one of those planters succeeded in the attempt to cultivate cotton. The Dharwar was the only district in which American seed had succeeded as a culture, and it was mainly owing to the efforts of Mr. Shaw, a collector of the district, who was determined to carry out the experiment, that Dharwar was now covered with American cotton. In a recent minute. published by the Governor of Madras, the culture of American cotton was to some extent deprecated, under the impression that all previous efforts were a failure. The Dharwar American cotton, however, stocd at the head of the London and Liver pool markets. The Cotton Supply Astociation had endea voured to extend the culture, but his impression was that it required time to acclimatise the seed. The successful culti vation of American cotton in India ought to be the first effort of the Government. The seed already acclamatised should be spread over as wide a portion of suitable soil as possible. Although Sir William Denison recommended the improvement of native cotton, he (Mr. Haywood) be lieved the nearest road to success was through the exten sive distribution of the acclimatised seed. No one ac quainted with the subject could doubt that the soil of the Indian cotton fields would yield ample cotton produce. Out of 180 millions of population, at least four millions— equal to the population of the American slave States—• could certainly be found for the cultivation of cotton. (Hear, hear.) The cotton received from India had, unfor tunately, a bad reputation ; but this did not arise so much from its intrinsic nature as from an indifferent system of picking, cleaning, and packing. To make the growth of cotton in India successful, this system must be altered. Great attention was paid to this in Egypt. The whole of the productions of Candeish, Dharwar, and other districts, found their way into Bombay through two lines of railway, but, unfortunately, neither was complete. They would probably be finished in a couple of years, but more were re quired. What was wanted in these districts was the estab lishment of cotton presses to diminish the bulk of the cotton and facilitate transit. The greater portion of goods was carried on the old country carts, employing hundreds of thousands of bullocks. To make the operations of the com pany successful, all that was required was the united efforts of the trade. He was convinced that the presence of Euro peans as merchants or agents, or in any other capacity, in the interior was necessary to direct and guide the willing efforts of the labour of the natives. The natives were in telligent, keen at a bargain, and willing to make a profit of a rupee when they saw the possibility, but they had not that practical knowledge which was requisite to make India a competitor with the United States. The sooner efforts were made to send out European agents in numbers to go into the various fields of labour, the sooner the cotton trade of this country would realise its great hope of making India not only its great field for the supply of cotton, but its great market for manufactures. The merchants of India had had their attention chiefly taken up with theirliusiness at the chief centres of trade. The great bulk of the cotton trade rested in the hands of natives, who were pursuing it much in the same way as they ever had done. There was great room for improvement, and all that was wanted was the active, energetic efforts of Europeans in the interior. The Bombay merchants were not jealous of the action of any cotton company in India. They had expressed to him their readiness to co-operate with any efforts that might be made from Manchester; and although they were, to a certain extent, like to operate in the same fields as this company, it must be well known to them that there was room in India for all who wero ever likely to go there. He had taken an opportunity of visiting the new road from Sedashegur to Dharwar while it was in course of construction, and it then seemed to him, or to any one who had a practical knowledge of the roads.in India, that, being newly made, a very few cotton carts would render it almost impassable, by plough ing it up, owing to the softness of the earth. It was abso lutely necessary in India, after the construction of a road, to await the action of the monsoon upon it, so as to consoli date it, and then the road should be metalled and finished. The Indian Government must have foreknown these condi tions when it was promised that the road should be opened by a certain time. Not only could the road not be used in its present state, but all carts travelling down the road must pass down during the day time, and any return traffic must go down during the night, ae carts could not pass each other on the road. But immediately the North Camara province was transferred the executive engineer of Bombay struck out another road deviating from the Ryga Ghaut road to connect with the Arbyle Ghaut road, a road which, had it been thought of previously, might very well have been substituted for the Ryga Ghaut road altogether. This road was already open to some extent ; and another line had been commenced with the view of connecting Sedashegur with the Arbyle road, avoiding a rather difficult ghaut on the road just mentioned. He did not much condemn the Government for its failure in promises when he came to know the difficulty the Bombay executive must have in grasping the whole of the public works in that Presidency, there being few Europeans in India, and the inferior native agency having to be employed. By December next great progress would have been made with the erection of one or more cotton presses at Sedashegur, and probably the whole would be ready in time to operate on the next crop ; but during the four months of the monsoon there would be great difficulty in working, and it would be almost impossible to get the foundations in much before the month following the monsoon. It was the intention of the company to establish in the cotton districts cotton cleaning establish ments, and dispose of machinery to such natives (and there were not a few) who would purchase on their own account. He had found machines as high as £l6 a-piece purchased. The people in the district to Le worked by the companies were well off, and prepared to do a great deal in the way of introducing new machinery. The cotton press establish ments in Bombay were known to realise from 20 to 30 per cent. profit ; and when he mentioned that a Bombay firm had also been forwarding presses to Sedaihegur, it would be seen that those who were on the spot and knew the country had the fullest confidence in the operations of this company. There was, therefore, every ground for confi • dente in the action of the company. The question of ex tending its operations and purchasing land in the interior must entirely rest with the trade itself and the supporters of the company. If the company were adequately sup ported, there was no question but India would afford a suf ficiently wide and profitable field for such operations, pro perly conducted. It would require great care in the selection of agents. They must not be men who went from this country without a knowledge of the languages or customs of the regions they were going to, but men who had already a practical knowledge of India and its trade from residence there. (Hear.) Mr. Haywood added, in answer to in quiries with respect to the actual production of cotton in India, that the districts he had travelled over formed but a very small portion of India ; but he had seen statements prom ulgated by high authorities with which h e cer t a inly could not agree. It was incredible, for instance, that 6,000,000 bales were waiting in India to be sent away. The statement to that effect might arise from the previously published statement that India produced annually about 6,000,000 bales per annum. That was, he believed, so far as a general estimate could be formed, correct. In the ab sence of all statistics, or any earthly means of di s covering the facts, there could be no true estimate. (Hear.) In answer to another question, Mr. Haywo o d sa id it was not the intention of this company to grow cotton. That opera tion would require such an amount o f mac hi ner y and and such a number of skilled cott on agr i cu lturists, a a g s e i n t cLuld be difficult to find; besides which, the natives k ne w sufficiently well how to grow cotton ; all they re quired was European direction. A vote of thanks to Mr. Haywood—moved by the Chair man, and seconded by Mr. Radcliffe --w as passed unani mouslY• HAYWOOD, in his reply, said the t ra de were much indebted to Mr. R. Burn for his efforts to prevail on them to utilise Indian cotton, and he hoped no pains would be The correspondent of the .11reiv York Tribune who described the defeat of the Federal flotilla off Vicksburg on July lb by the Arkansas has given an account of the unsuccessful attempt of the Federal officers to destroy this formidable vessel of the Confederates. The correspondent says : " So patent had been the demoralising effect of the late achievement of the Arkansas, and so greatly has fear dif fused itself as day by day went by without her capture or destruction, that Lieut.-Col. Ellet deemed it necessary to call Commodore Davis's attention to the matter, and renew the proposition—the execution of which was attended with so much hazard —made to him immediately after the rebel vessel reached Vicksburg. " This proposal was to attack the Arkansas at her moor ings, off the town, and endeavour to sink her by running her down. For this purpose the following plan of opera tions was f ormed—Three of the vessels of Commodore Davis, the Benton, th e Cincinnati, and the L ou i sv ill e , were to en gage the upp er rebel batteries, the Bragg to lie behin d the bend in readines s t o b utt the Arkansas in the even t of her appearance ab ove , and the Essex to run down in advance of the Queen and an excellent the ho s opportunity gunboat if grapple her a s s h e passe d draw her out into the stream, to gi ve th e Queen ram her. Farragut meanwhile enga g ed the lower batteries. m After the Queen had s t ruc k the enemy she was to come up or go down the river, as was most advantageous, Ben ton protecting her retreat i n the forme r the er tile t to a n d the Essex in the latter case ; the Sumter to ra Queen failed to perform her task. This arrangem en t good, and entirely satisfactory to all parties, and was to be faithfully carried out. The three gunboats opened promised the Bragg took her position, and the Essex led off in fine style, the Queen following at a high rat e o f sp, and under very favourable auspices. As the ram passed the flag ship Commodore Davis waived his hand to Col. Ellet, stand ing near the pilot-house, and cried out, Good luck, go o d luck The Colonel misunderstood the words, supposing the Commodore said Go back, go back I' and therefore turned the Queen about and steamed towards the Benton, when he heard Go on, go onl' Without comprehending this appa rent inconsistency, and believing the first duty of a soldier is to obey, the Colonel steamed down under the batteries, and arriving at the first water battery near the Marine Hos pital, where the hostile gunboat was lying, he discovered the Essex had gone on, and was then in advance one-half or three-quarters of a mile. " The Queen was now exposed not only to the batteries of the enemy, but to those of the gunboat, which lay with her stern into shore and her bow up stream, apparently expect ing and prepared for an attack. All this while, so far from the gunboats drawing the hostile fire, and standing between the Queen and harm, she was receiving most damaging at tention from all sides. Shot and shell were raining around her, and she had been struck a number of times in very de licate localities. Col. Ellet saw his was a desperate chance ; that he had staked his life upon a cast, and that he had probably lost, that those on whom he had depended had failed, and he could now depend only on himself and fate. " To attempt to strike the Arkansas with his wooden boat while a score of the heaviest guns were pouring their fire upon him seemed certain destruction. There appeared ne chance for escape above, and none below. He was hemmed in on every side. A wall of fire on both sides. And still he saw and heard nothing of Farragut, who was to occupy the lower batteries, while the ram relieved herself from her hazardous strait. " Col. Ellet now determined, come what might, to strike the Arkansas—willing, if he could but sink her, to lose his existence. The Arkansas position was unfavourable. He would have to take a roundabout course, before he could reach her, and strike her going against the current; thus decreasing the rate of his speed, and diminishing the accuracy of his aim. But even these adverse cir cumstances did not deter him, nor the fact that heavy shot were every moment piercing his vessel, going through and through her, as if she were made of paper. The colonel determined to take the odds, sink or not, and he took them ; he went against the Arkansas partially up stream, designing to butt her forward of her side guns, her weakest place—but the eddies in the river altered his course somewhat, and he struck her aft of the aft side gun, and, unfortunately, a glancing though violent blow, that made both the traitorous and the loyal craft tremble. The Arkansas seemed to shrink and yield before the blow, and for a moment it was thought her side would give way ; but she recoiled, and the ram flew back from her, and, in moving toward her again, ran into the bank. The Queen reversed engines, and, as she went sternward into the stream, her head veered up the river, and it was then evident her sole opportunity was above. "Nothing more could be done, and. Col. Ellet resolved, if poasiide, to save his men, though that, under the circum stances, was the - ratme ftyrrorn OfforTerirfiiipes. No friendly gunboat or Union vessel was near. Three or four of the hostile batteries were playing upon the devoted and seem ingly doomed Queen, which must run by the great death belching guns before she could be regarded as in any way secure. She had already been struck by more than 20 shots. Her chimney -stacks were perforated with balls ; one of her steam pipes had been shot away ; in various places large holes had been bored through the sides and bow of the dauntless vessel, and yet no one was hurt, though many of the escapes had been almost miraculous. The Arkansas had given her broadside just as she was passing, and it was feared she would soon be water-logged. She therefore moved up the river, the Confederate batteries increasing their fire, as she did so. Heavy shot and shell fell before, behind, and around her, and every few seconds one would go tearing through her deck or cabin. As she passed one of the upper batteries a 34-pounder shot struck her in the rear, went through every one of her larboard state rooms, in which no person happened to be at the time, into the cap tain's office, penetrating the iron safe, and passing out, shattered the woode n carr i age o f ono o f th e moun ted brass pieces on the boil er d ec k, di smount i ng t h e gun , Thi s s h o t, which was afte rwar d s p i c k e d up , was composed of pewter mostly, with a mixture of lead and zinc, and weighs, probably, as much as 501 b. It is probably was rtatte a ,hsdiedsto,henael peculiarof, damageo ne . moulded out of tha heterogeneous materials which the citi zens—the wives, mothers, and daughters of the Confede racy—have from time to time been urged by the rebel leaders to contribute to the glorious cause. " The Queen ran by the hostile batteries through a ter rible fire, and made her appearance above the bend riddled with shot, but not a man on board seriously injured. She was received with acclamations by the crews of the fleet, who had as little hope of seeing her return as Col. Ellet himself had of returning. His escape was what the orthodox call miraculous, and the philosophic fortu nate. The same experiment could not be tried with the same result once in ten thousand times, though her almost entire freedom from casualty is partially due to the precau tion of Colonel Ellet in taking as few persons as possible, knowing that the probability of injury wouid be propor tioned to the number of his crew. "On comming out of the action the Queen presented a most dismantled and forlorn appearance, and is as nearly shot to pieces, for any vessel that will float, as can well be imagined. The many who have visited her since her ter rible experience are with difficulty persuaded that not one of her crew was killed or dangerously wounded. She has the semblance of a complete wreck, and it will be necessary to send her north at once for repairs, although some think her injury too great for remedy--that she is not worth the mending. • " After Colonel Ellet's return it may be supposed he felt as if ho had been, to say the least, unfairly treated by the two commodores, who had in no wise fulfilled their portion of the covenant, while he had done a great deal more than his. The celoiel chiefly regrets the contretemps because he is firmly of the opinion that if Farragut and Davis had performed what they agreed he would have been successful in capturing or destroying the Arkansas, and he expressed himself not only willing but anxious to repeat the attempt whenever they will assure him they will achieve their por tion of the task. " Commodore Davis crying out ' Good luck' to Colonel Ellet, was very unfortunate, for it threw the ram behind, and gave the Essex leisure to get too far ahead. Had the Queen and Essex been nearer together, it is quite possible they might have achieved a favourable result. "Commodore Davis informs Colonel Ellet that after the Queen had passed down his position was very much ex posed, and he ordered the Cincinnati and Louisville up the river, following them with the flag ship, forgetting, until they had ascended the stream some distance, his promise to cover the Queen's retreat. The Commodore immediately ordered a downward movement again,b cg u orom t bunmi h it i and s w bo hditeeh a r t osh s nao a tdf re altoz s gy o et cause of gratitude combined fleets. hiserorwasbadly damagedi thattshloew Queen was e f o re o u h tet to the t o h u e dangerl drecover and saved,tdistinguishedhe in jured, and he has no loss of men to report. The Cincinnati "The Benton was struck several times, brilisvitseirwi.pappusoposnuesodtte,talbemsys, received some 20 shots ; but is also little damaged. The Louisville entirely escaped. The Essex lhohesat:ooließ-115atnh former self, though, I th still d o killed, ssathhhn eeed "Thenbw aue eet r a sdtei n snAmb d grrooek t iv,p l i d) afia r nnit e egsrhsaeaswf enoughb oclo o wr u uua st n ethet d aenvo e ne d i aonr , htfyjt a uota l uhrl l ciiu sailors. srekte tsalol little inflicted oerhg reat fisi fleet. talc The best evidence she hasu Had dot shemade a sec d ond attempt iliaanpsespsltr. andapprehend, aev thenedsi, a s fsiadh n ce o tb e t c to b fhou any l y raedt, m at ea s lis h e to engage our flotilla. through the gauntlet she had selectedse for her'' self, she would most assuredly have had anffieie.nt eoefiene° to attempt the renewal of her first brilliant performance. luieU ? ded• fully WIC' zrley 39s ; ) 323 61$. Oats 144$ ly oil The irdly Dther :o 59s to 406 to 303 G st.; d de r qr.; reek! ° to 2 64 to 4'2 , to -. 4 r, 4°4 ; . 2 . ,4, r• ' 01 3 ' 5 ' ~. `-'9. of Hen" of ad" to q. , scl• cher 3oc" wool jr os ' ,f the 1133°' ,ivii"; 70, vet' c arer ollti l t,.S.' 'hat' :,oyal 1 121 f T 11 E O X F OR D, 6, OXFORD STREET. Verdi's "IL CORSARO " Every Evening, by Miss Russell, Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert, with Full Band and Chorus ; the Comic performances of Miss Caroline Parkes and Mr. W. Randall, the Ethiopian oddities of Rumsey, Newcomb, Little Bob, Eugene, anil Unsworth (the original " or any other man"), and the astounding feats on the Flying Trapeze of DEBONNAIftE. Hall, Bd.; Balcony and Stalls, is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. MR. - AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "AT HOME." at HER MAJESTY'S CONCERT ROOM, Haymarket, THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), at 8, in an entirely New and Original Entertainment, written by HeuryJ. Byron, Esq. PART I. "MY WIFE AND I." PART It A R01118)1Ce of intense Interest, yclept 'nit: "SENSA TION" I'ORK; or, The Maiden, the Maniac, and the Mid night Murderers, Performed by a dOthle Company (Two). EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at Eight; SATUR DAY MORNINGS, at Three. Places may be secured at the Box-office, from Ten till rive; at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street : at Austin's Ticket Office, St. James's Hall, and of all Booksellers. No extra charge for booking. Open at Half-past Seven. Carriages at a quarter to Ten. W. 'CORBYN, Acting Manager. MR. and MRS. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, will give their NEW ENTERTAIN MENT, " The Family Legend," by Tom Taylor, Esq., and Mr. John Parry's Musical Narrative of a Colleen Bawn, every evening (except Saturday), at 8. Morning representa tions Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 3.—Royal Gallery of Illustration, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seEcts, Is. and 2s. ; stalls, 3s. ; stall (spring) chairs, Cs. 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BOULCOURT.—The new Imperial Qua 01111e, Valse Cotillion, and L. Mosca's Peep o'DayValse will be played nightly. A new Conversation Salon has been added to the above Establishment for Reading, Coffee, and Refreshments. — Admission Is.—Manager, M. Grenet. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GAR DEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. The nobility, gentry, subscribers, and the public are re !meet-fully informed that the SEVENTH SEASON of the ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA will COMMENCE at the above Theatre, on MONDAY, August 25, with Benedict's highly successful Opera, TIIE LILY OF KILLARNEY. — Box-office open on Saturday next, the 23d inst. T HEATRE -ROYAL, D.RURY.LANE. Dion Boucicault, Lessee. THIS EVENING. A KISS IN THE DARK. Followed by the first part of the Arab Entertainment at half-past 7. After which, THE COLLEEN' BAIVN : Messrs. Dion Boucicault, H. Vandenhoff, F. Robinson, Searle ; Madame Celeste, Jordan, Stevens. To conclude with THE ARABS OF THE DESERT : a Troupe of the Beni-Zouz-Zoug, at 10. Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 to 5. T HEATRE-R 0 YA L HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven, FISH OUT OF WATER. Mr. Compton, Mr. Rogers, Miss Caroline Hill, Sic. After which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (177th time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Spanish Ballet entitled CELOS Y'CALIA ; or, Love and Jealousy. Senora Berea Nena, Se nor Ricardo Moragas, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with THE CHRISTENING. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THE RENDEZVOUS. Messrs. Higgle, Ileadows, &c., and Miss Maria Harris. After which, at a quarter to Eight, KING HENRY VIII. Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Charles Kean ; Queen Katharine, Mrs. Charles Kean. To cenclude with THE TWO POLTS. Mr. Widdicomb. Commence at 7. No half-price. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manacrer. —Mr. Edmund Falconer. 237th Night of the "ontinuous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS 14; VENING, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers. Miss Clara eston, and Miss M. Hudson. After which, a new musical, pictorial, poetical, and ballet !nterlude, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna Whitt?' and Miss Lydia Thomson. Followed by a new Farce, entitled THE COLLEEN BAWN SETTLED AT LAST. Mr. Charles Selby and Miss .Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 tills. Commence a' T. NEW THRATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manacw, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING. THAT BLESSED BABY : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Billington, and Miss L. Keeley. After which, MEDEA : Messrs. Stuart, Billington, Sefton; Miss Avonia Jones, Miss B. Simms, and Mrs. H. Marston. Followed by THE PRETTY BORSEBREAKER. Mr. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, MissWoolgar. To conclude with THE SHILLING DAY. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Phillips, Miss Latimer, Mrs. IL Lewis. Commence at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. Revival of "Mazeppa." THIS EVENING will be performed MAZEPPA ; or, The Wild Horse of Tartary, with New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. To be followed by a brilliant routine of novel and daring Scenes in the Circle. To conclude with a COMIC BALLET, in which the Misses Gunnis and Harry Croueste will appear. Commence at 7.—Stage Manager. Mr. W. Searle. RNAMENTS for the Drawing-room , Library , U Ind Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, Sm., in Italian, Alabas 'er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her tgaiesty, 149. Stand. W.C., London. 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The influence of climate and education on ihe human race would be strikingly exemplified in the contrast between the Americans of August, 1862, and the British in 1792, or in the midst of their greatest struggle, if we could prove that the natives of the Northern States of the present day were the same stock as the British, or even were of the same race, undoubtedly British, and removed from the home people by only a couple of generations ; who successfully carried to its end the rebellion of 1776, and in concert with the French defeated all the efforts which England could make, while engaged in European wars, to overcome their distant resist ance. It is difficult to say, indeed, what " Ameri can news" means or is—to determine what is" Stan ton," and what is truth ; but there can be no doubt concerning the depression of the publie, and the comparative moderation of tone, the enforced de cency, and the reasonableness, in fact, of the North ern, or more properly of the New York papers, compared with the style which they naturally in ' dulged in towards Great Britain in particular and the world in general before the recent disasters to their arms, now aggravated by the apparent absence of the m eans o f re dressing them. This is a whole some moral ch an ge, but it is, we fear , not perma nent; it is the result of apprehension , p erha p s, lest the great sl ave C on f e d era tion shall sacceed in get ting,its produce out of the grasp of what has been o iu t called the " U n i on, " a n d that i n d ea ling directly with Europea n P owers it may be re li eve d from the in necessityrert eto the manufacturerst rbg n of contributing a percentageehpitaliete a of theits North. One New York paper attributes what it is pleased to call " a change in British policy" t owar ds the United States, as exemplified in the Lindsay debate, to " the influence of Queen Victoria—our only friend in the British Govern men t," and, with an affectation of knowledge we do not care to cha racterise as it deserves, declares that Prince Albert, with " almost the last pulsation of his heart, softened and amended the first despatches to Lord Lyons" on the Trent affair. Another New York journal, not more disposed to look kindly on Eng land or her policy, is forced to confess that "the British Government deserves the praise of having held to the obligations of neutrality under condi tions such as never before urged a people to their vio lation." But it also adds, " Lord Palmerston says the time has not come for mediation to be offered— the time will never come when British mediation can be accepted." Perhaps, however, as "the House of Commons and the British Government have created new claims to the respect of our people," their opinion may have its legitimate in fluence hereafter. " Never" is a long day, and the New York 7imes admits that " no sympathy with our cause can be expected to stand for ever such trials as the conduct of the war has exposed the English people to." Those who once menaced us with war, if we ven tured to exercise the right of a non-belligerent in recognising a State engaged in hostility with another as belligerent, are now very grateful be cause Lord Palmerston resists a proposal to do what England was almost dared to do ever since the con test began. In fact, the North has at least awoke to the knock at the door. She hears at last the question, " Can we save the Union ?" where once nothing was audible but the cry, "We will put this thing through in 30 days, and then whip the rest of the world." The answer given to the question by the North will determine the result, and the most curious problem solved for many a year, and nut without significance for us, will be whether the forced action of the Militia will be more effective than the voluntary assistance of the earlier levies, and whether the Militia force itself is not consider ably affected in its materiel and constitution by the volunteer enrolments which preceded. The applica tion of the Militia laws will certainly overcome the repugnance which is stated to exist in a large part of the people to a life on " crackers and salt pork," in fever swamps and inactivity. It is to be noted that food and rations which would be considered luxu rious by a Russian, excellent by a French, and quite good enough by an English soldier, are regarded almost with loathing by an American Volunteer. A correspondent of the New York TVorld, with the Federal army retiring from Charleston, who lets us know, by the by, that Hunter's force was leaving the North Edasto River on July 19, attributes a good deal of the backwardness in recruiting to complaints about the diet, and insinuates that regiments " have been left for days on half rations." Then he says, " You know what tremendous letter writers our soldiers are. Such cases of privation are reported home and talked of all over the neighbourhood." But such cases are not the worst, " a regiment is crowded for six weeks into a small steamer till the men swarm with vermin." Another "is sent off without tents, knapsacks, or equipage, and spends a week now scorched by sun, now steeped in male rious;dew, sleeping on the soaked earth without kettles to cook their food," or another regiment "is ordered to march ; all its equipage is sent on board, and is carried cff. Then it is found out there is not transportation for the men, and they lie on the beach, day after day, unsheltered, comfortless, and miserable," The effect of these full and faithful records at home is described as " tremendous." But " a la guerre comae a la guerre! Messieurs," This bad food leads to " intemperance and the squander ing of money upon lollypops." Then, again, the clothing is wretched—a pair of pantaloons lasts only three weeks ; men have been obliged to spend 14 or 15 dollars in two months on their clothes, and the ration, which is nominally worth 30c. a-day, ought not to cost more than 15c. to 18c. While reading of these complaints and the account of the effects produced by them on the Northerners, one cannot help rendering the greatest praise to the people of the South, who are enduring, we suspect, far greater hardships than have fallen to the lot of the Federals to endure, and who nevertheless sw arm around their standard with unflagging constan cy. Northern " crackers" would probably c ontent them very well with their pork, and they would be gl a d indeed to get clothes at any price, nor can it he ex pected their interior economy is much more perfect in any respect than that of the Northern army. But it is imperative, we are ork Times, to send 100,000 men by the New i n n e f i o g r h e b e ou Al rh T o l o e d lla c n a , n beca use now be little men at least to re short of 250,00 0 men. The troons which the Confederates in his ton and Savannah art, were protecting o f rce --- now free to the army at 1 re 'm on d . If weiellan is not reinforced must withdraw his ~,v " —if he can feasible line of and take up a new and morel though Charle s-" where approach" to the Confederate capital, that is to be found does s position that journal, indeed, admits not readily appear., This must certainly looks un fo rtunate, if not precarious," Confederates and does not that , the . Clellan s right rear, and affect to disbelieve what appears al most incredible —namely have sent a up a position be low the Chicahominy have taken bank of the James River, a step which on the left small share of confidence in their own argues no force r un . d . I strength and the weakness and want of enterprise of the enemy. Above Al'Clellan both sides o f the r i ve r are studded with impregnable batt eries; A no ther journal insists o n it that the Confeder ates have 300,000 men under arms in Virginia, and that they can make Richmond qu ite secure, and yet move 200,000 m en as th e y please aga inst Po p e , M'Clellan, Washington, or Baltimore. If there be •,;s4e! any approximation to the truth in these fikiires„.it.-71,4 is indeed time for the North to feel anxiThe,:iiiilez.t..e for General M'Clellan to make every exertiotl'ia ascertain his real position. It is only with such an object that he can have made his recent reconnais sances, of which we have news by the Asia. The crossing of 1,500 men hi the neighbourhood of City Point or anywhere else is . , utterly inexplicable in conjunction with the statem,t l nt that the Confede -n"s have massed great bod:es of men near the 9 of the James. it , A ppoma tox and on the south sin: is eaua lly difficult to reconcile withthe assertions, that the Confederates are in immense force between Richmond and M'Clellan his reportect" ?:econnais sance to the Malvern Hills a nd to the le7h:te Oak. Swamp range of hill s i n ques tion is in continuation of the Bridge, within t en miles of Richmo UCL'• The high ridges at the other side of the James, on v ,•11. ich Fort Darling is built, a nd the Confederates sh o% V some weakness or other designs if they permit it be permanently cecupied. The epemy is also m'. both banks b e l ow hi m. H e i s connected w ith the os ztcr world by a t h rea d o f gun boats, and i f this is cut or destroy e d he is lest al so. Such •s the result of which h mobility. could no t s beo long broughtas the to :` boa constrictor str ,%- tegy” arid an tiffeciati on o f hi g h campa i g ning anti bear r ta o r n boycdt.sinelas whohn ci t w Confederates hesitate ie attack, the Federals are not only safe, but are like 1y to in'aprove their con dition, if they receive reinforeemee'ts, and Pope's diversion on the north-west of Richmond may lead to material consequences if that officer ... o perform ances be at all equal to his promises. B. t, with out such conditions there is small hope of lib escaping with any large portion of his fo, "ces, unless the new rams are delusions and the Con fe derate gunners above and below him are as ba d shots now as they proved when they manned the batteries of the Potomac blockade. The James River at Harrison's Point has a breadth of about three-quarters of a mile across. At City Point, higher up the river, it is more then one mile broad, and then nearer Richmond it contracts to half a mile. Here the Confederates occupy, it is skaid, both sides of the stream. Below Harrison's Point, where M'Clellan is posted, the river increases in breadth to 11 miles, with a channel varying in depth frt . = 18 to 100 feet, gradually widening to Dancing rein .t and the mouth of the Chickahominy, 11' miles below Harrison's Point, and nearly 30 miles from Rich mond, where it forms a bay four miles across. Lower down it becomes narrower, and at James 'liver Island, the last point of danger from Confederate guns, the Southern Channel, is only one mile wide. Harrison's Point is 22 miles from Richnlond as the crow flies, and is about 60 miles from Newport News and the cover of Fortress Monroe. The Yew I ork World, reviewing the suggestion, suggests deepair ingly that it may be a good thing the army is menaced with destruction, in order " that it may bo compelled to fight to save itself," and canvasses the' chances of M'Clellan's escape with much diffidence and despondency. Sh ould these gunboats indeed be driven down by the rams, and the batteries bc permitted to work their will with the overcrowded transports, while an attack its made on the force covering the embarcation, all the horrors of which we have heard bid fair to be edipsedf but they may at the same time be finally termit'ated. The World trusts to Pope's diversion, and thinks that M'Clellan may cross the river in his transpo rts covered by the flotilla, and proceed to take Fort Darling, with which Richmond itself would fall. It is assumed that M'Clellan has several weeks' sup plies even if the Confederates establish a transport blockade, and enough to hold his own till Pope is ready to act in concert with him in an attack on Richmond. If M'Clellan succeeded in getting away, nothing could save Pope's army from annihilation , as all the Confederate army would be sot free to attack him, and it would be quite possible to seize Washington in that case before M'Clellan had even disembarked his army. It is singular, beyond ail explanation, to find, ac cording to Federal accounts, these facts admitted —Firstly, that the great army of the Potomac, vastly outnumbered, is surrounded on all sides sa re one, and in danger of being destroyed, or forced to capitulate; secondly, that Buell, before Chatta nooga, is held motionless by a superior force of the enemy ; thirdly, that Morgan is held in cheek at Knoxville by a superior force of the enemy ; fourthly, that the Federal fleet does not think it Prudent to take Vicksburg, because " the rebels outnumber any force we have in that neighbour hood to maintain possession of the place ;" fifthly, that General Hunter has had to retreat from Charleston because the Confederates were stronger than he was ; sixthly, that they have not been able to get nearer to Savannah, though they reduced Fort Pulaski long ago. The list might be indefi nitely extended. Burnside has for the present aban doned all active operations, and the Federal gene rals elsewhere are content to fight Secession with proclamations and Cossack severities. Some papers find fault with the President, others with the Aa ministration, others with the generals, others with the policy. No one dare say that there is an utter absence of enterprise, military skill, and ability on the part of the officers of the army, or of the quali ties which render armies formidable in the field. If a battalion could be formed out of the extra bri gadiers of the United States' army, and exposed to one of these murderous fires we read of, the service would be all the better for it, though some excel lent lawyers, able stump orators, adroit " wire pullers," and active contractors suffered severely. " A fugitive British subject" named Dolan, who passed up on his passport by the authorities from the South, where he had been employed as a printer in several offices, instantly rushed off to a Phila delphia newspaper office to tell what he could, and from his story we learn that all persons in Charles ton who refused military service were obliged to leave the city, and that several hundreds of per sons calling themselves British subjects fleeing from the South, were in the single city of Norfolk when. he arrived there, waiting for passports from the acting British Consul. The most interesting part of his story relates to the Merrimac No. 2, of which he avers he was on board on or about July the 11th. She was taken on the 12th of July to the Tredegar Works to have her plates put on, and is described as being smaller than the original, her ironed sides rising to a sharp peak almost from the water, with a beak ' • rising 4ft. above the deck and projecting Gft. or Bft into the water. The plates are 10ft. long, and only 10in. in width, punched en tirely through, with holes for the bolts, and will overlap one in p l a ting extends another pos ition, the below the Water-line, and her armament consists of three broadside, one bow, an d one stern rifled gun, with steel-pointed balls, and she is manned by the crew of the old Merr i mo c. What she has been doing for the we ek since she first fluttered the Volscians at Corioli to the latest dates we know not, but, if she is not an utter failure, it is impossible to exag gerate the importance of the part she may play Times. THE VOLUNTEER OF HALF A CENTURY AGO. — Among m y earliest recollections is that of troops of little boys playin g at being volunteers. That w as when Mr. Pitt a nd the country gentlemen were reported in the newspapers to b e training their volunteers in e x p e ctation of the land ing of the French. In the streets of towns troops of littlo boys were marching and halting, and scaring horses with their drum and fife, und er souse ragamufrui who called himself Mr. Pitt, or Ki ng G eor ge, or tho local lord. We who saw these things from the windows might not go out and join them ; so we drilled in companies of three or four in a garden, and longed to go to school, that we might'do it with more effect in the playgrvund. It seems to me that boys found more scope for their physical energies then than since, helped a us set of about boss o a y s s cho out olfe in ll t o: though we certainly felt oursel ves ver y small in com p ar ison with our father, judging by what they told us of their ea rly feats. An uncle of his,—Horatio Nelson, —who led in such enterp r i ses as we dared not attA-111) pt. of InNme:ounsehd to p tell night, to rob an orchard, in a very daring way. W e c li mbed a ppl e -trees : but it w as not in the ni ght ; and someh ow we fanc i e d it was tame work in comparison. An a un t o f mine us ed to tell us of her frolics in country ; 4- vi s. , —s, when a whole village was filled with young people who ca me to one of the great balls of those days. The ball was all very well; but there was better fun when the girls jumped up behind the boys on any horse they could catch, and rode the country round, with or without hats and bonnets, as t°lli , slling the farmers, and mystifying L " the cottagers, and being lost some times for hours together. The pract i ca l jokes involved feats of activity which we knew ourselves to be unequal to; and wished we had been born a gene ra tion earlier , —Once a Week,