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~F 14ONDON must have a Gentleman's SUPPER, and UUSIC 110011 " EVAN'S " after Alfred lellon'a Concede. LL WHISKY v. COGNAC Tilts cele3rated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FR 'INCH BRANDY, It is Pare, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. 8 014 in Bottles, 3s. Bd.. at townsetail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal in England; or wholesale at R, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "13:nahan's LL Whisky." MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1850). If, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LENDS MONEY on Personal and other Security. in sums of £2O to £5OO, to be repaid by instalments extending over Ono, two, or three years. The l arge C tpital o f thi s Associa tion enables it to complete Its transactions without delay. I',o inquiry or office fees. and strict secrecy observed. Bills Discounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a directed stamped envelop% The Association also lends Money for the purchase of a house by a tenant, or for the liquidation of mortgages, on t erms most advantageous to the borrower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Esta tliglied A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo- Place. London, S.W. ARTHUR It. HAMILTON, Secretary. Agents wante I in towns not yet represented. CONTRACT FOR PROVISIONS. Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 18th August, 1865. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE the LORDS and OTHERS. COMMISSIONERS of this HOS PITAL, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That they are r eady to receive TENDERS from, and to treat with, such persons as may be willing to Contract for Victualling the N - PENSIONERS of the said Hospital, from the hit Octo ber, 1885, to the 30th September following. both days inclu ve, with the following Articles of PRO VISIONS, die., viz.:—Beef and Mutton, Bread, Cheese, Butter, Potatoes, salt, Oatmeal, Barley or Rho, Pepper, Flour, Suet, Cocoa, Pack Tea, Sugar, Milk, Onions or Leeks, Carrots, Celery, 'thyme, Marjoram, Winter Savory, and Pa sley, daily, at per head per diem for the whole ration, according to the established allowances of the House, as specified in the Form of Tender, which may be obtained at the Office of the Secretary any day bet *cell the hours of Ten and 'three o'clock, which Tenders must be filled up and delivered sealed at the Board-room of the said Hospital by the Party or Parties tend- ring, or by an Agent appointed on his or their b ehalf, on TUESDAY, the sth September, at!Twelve o'clock, at Which time their Lordships will be prepared to take the same Into consideration. It is to be observed thriA the Contractors will be required to find Security to the Crown for the due performance of the Contract, and that no Tender will be received alter the day and hour above mentioned. The Commissioners do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest Tender. GEORgE IIUTT. Secretary and Registrar. SLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having SLOW recently opened and fitted with requisites for the owe and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr. 130ISRAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residence, easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour and a-halt by the London and North-Western line, and fifty minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing prospect, are garden, meidow, plantation, and recreation grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. THE Duke of SUTHERLAND and PER CENTAGES to SERVANTS.—Write for your TEA direct to the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY. China, Assam, and Japan Teas in every variety, from is. 10d. per lb. upwards. List of prices sent on application.—Ware houses, 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, City. j[AIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is appded. Sold at 38. 6d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, 18 . 6d., or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perms riently— Ladles' Hair from 7s. 6d. ; Gentlemen's from 68. The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d ,or sent free for 51 stamps. It i s Most easy of use. !FIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. - ROSS'S MOIL &TORY removes, Without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 35. 6d.; sent the same day as ordered by post for 5f damps. _ . SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX, ROSS'S CANTHARIDES 0 EL, which speedily produces whiskers and thlekens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent tree fors4 'tamps.— ALEX. ROSS, 248 , High tiolborn, London. Essay on Hair, Id. rThIPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE .4II3LE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness 4 r-c.., 2s. 9d.; by post for 40 stimps.—ALEX.. ROSS, 248, High Llolbern, London. ALEX. ROSS' FACE POWDER, ls. ; sent for 14 /stamps ; Eye Colour, U. Rd., or 54 stamps. Skin loomoduces a transcendent complexion, 45 . ., or tiu stamps. of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALXX. ROSS, 218, Rich Holborn, London. ITEETII, 2s. 6d. each.—ESKELL and SONS' improvements in the co . 0 struction of ARIIPICIAL ' 1 "-ET enable them to make and fit in from One to a Set, n & few hours, without springs or w res, and without ex tractions, upon the principle of selt-adhesion, painless and Perfect. Guaranteed, or no ice accepted. 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M ENE RA LS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell'a Elements of Geology; they will greatly fAcilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, aad can be had at 2,5, 10. 20. 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE it &LOGY is given by Mr.TENNANT.F.G.S., at 149. Strand. BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. hEALTH WITHOUT AIEDICINE. Being the only Sovereign and unfailing Remedy for Incli ges ion, Constip a ti on , N ervousness, D e bility, T or p i dity of ne Liver. Headache, Biliousness, Despondency, Low Spirits, Cour,hs, Asthma, and Incipient Consumption. Full particulars sent• to any address on receipt of two Stamps, by Mr. KEA.RSLEY, 23, Kentish-town-road, Lon don, N.W. " Me most efficacious remedy for those diseases extant, a boon to the afilicted."—Medical Review. •• This invaluable discovery has attainel a world-wide cele brity, being of inestimable value, and moat admirably adapted to remove tho-e maladies which tend to embitter 11 e, and shorten its duration."—Scalpel. "The unprecedented success of this remedy is without parallel ; this is demonstrated by the innumerable cures (ffected."—Medical Journal. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER. FAILING REM gDY.—Pre. pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. b °Ott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who Buffer from bilious and liver nom plaints, inligestlcn, wind. ° Panne, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness as a family aperient medicine, and as a p ur ifi er the blood, they arc truly excellent; mild in their opera 'tort and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro- Mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Bold by W. Lambert, liat, Charing-cross. London, and by mostd rug gi sts, In boxes,ls. lid., and three timee the quantity in one, 2s. ticl. Be sure to ask for Dr. Sooty! Bili ous and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square R'rcen p pack age . with " William Lambert," engrave d on t h e Stam. SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and HO 11E, Hampstead. Offices, 77, Cornhill. PATRON—The QUEEN. TRUSTEES. Cart the Hon. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon Champneys Thomas Baring, Esq., 31. P. TREASURERS. C. nis L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq. Institution is designed to supply a great national Out, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in IRoyal Navy and Merchants Service and of Marines clothes, maintains and educates them for domestic, h er vi„, ce. and provides a , home free of expense for former mates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the ptations they might otherwise be exposed to. Ti l , l Le Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU w S to meet the increasing applications through the e:-elit storms and loss rf life at sea, and t o enable them tv_entually to obtain premises more commensurate with the sailors of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 "ho annually by casualties alone, without including those " 1 , may perish by war u oU bscriptions thankfully roomy by the bankers, Messrs t. ar claY, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Sccre -17. at the Offices. No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEETTNG, Hon. Sao. CHARLtS NASH, Sea. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another th an home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer Vra,',. _ ' 55 poor , friendless, young females were rejected irom be r 7" PUNDS and room, makine , a total of 3,087, who have 01 it, gent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few 3T A 1 0. ea recent cases: • • aged Mien, mother dead, deserted by her father. P., aged 13, homeless, both parents dead. • aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. • aged 15, fallen, mother dead. A b ., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, ", aged if. fallen, both parents dead. Is t. 7;., aged 14, hemeless, deserted by her parents, e I ....aged 17 fallen, both parents dead. • aged 17:fallen, both parents dead. aged 18, fallen, father dead. aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, 1t . ,; , aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. 14. C• W., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. Th ( ,•. aged 15, fallen, both parents deo!. ' new home the Committee wish lo form would be for 1141,44.715, almost children, from the age of A to 15, who t.eotinrietielled( astray from the path "1 virtue. reran Mutton s will be received gratefully by the Secretary, 'ooper, 45 Queen .street• Cheapside; or by Messrs • . l aQ Co . Lombard-street. It°YAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, w fty in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rai/- 4 ertninus, King's-cross. ri Patron —Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. c"Patron—llis Royal Highness .. t Prince of K. Pre B b, - v.. eat-111 s G race the Duke of he BUCCLEUCH, WALES K. , G. Cr dsh ti , 'Hospital, f oun d e i i n t h e year 1828, th e fi rs t to estab the Principle of flee admission to the sick poor, without Pende4Y, a nd difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de ituor support Oct vo l un t ar y contributions and legacies. Additi for relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in n a estit,,T t tills, the average number of attendance of the .000 ij i e., Sick has for a con iderable per;od averaged between ''11,7; 4 40 00 weekly b.nevo"tainittee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the e °ntai n , e nt, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of th e re "g several hundred more beds, had the Committee co3rttisite areto maintain them. 'er init t ib.utions received by the Treasurer. L.lwarci ?lifts bru in °, N icholas -lane; also by Messrs. Colitis and Co.; a " e nl o "d . 4 " CO. ; Glyn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom Itarcbty*,;t)cirscott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and CO.; 1 , 1 ,eY, and A' Co. ; W.lliams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, ro,L i7 \AL; Nisbet and Co. reet ; I. Barned and "P° ol, and at tte from 10 till 5. 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TABLE GL ASS. CHINA, and EARTHENWARE. CLUB, MESS, and FURNISHING ORDERS for the above GOODS promptly executed. - - - T DEFRIES and SONS supply Designs and Pattern Books Free. J • Works—LONDON and BIRMINGHAM. street, E.C. The mode of admission to the House is twofold, Ist. By election of the subscribers. Boys thus admitted are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till they are 11 years 01 age. With the view to secure the election of the most deserving cases, the Committe have from the first discouraged canvas sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers. The voting papers contain a description of each case, as care ful y investigated by the Committee, and with this informa tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to those most eligible for free admission. This Home was opened in April, 1864. It was designed to take Ia the little ones whose charact r and circumstances disqualify the for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender age precludes their admission to the Rtfuges. Such are those who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose parents may have at one time or other received parish relief, and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who train their children in the same path. Such are those whose evil associations have already had their painful effect, and must lead them to a life of crime and misery. There are now 50 little inmates from about four years of age to 10. There is room for nearly 10?, and the Committee would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait for the necessary subscriptions. The Committee feel constrained to p'ead for those who cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir cumstances of some who have been already admitted, they ask—ls it right to make a widow and her family paupers for life because one of them (the naughty boy of the tam ly) runs wild in the streets and is beyond her control ? Is it kind to tell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not h• 1p her to put one of them into a Home, but that they must ail go into " the house ?" Is it doing the best we can for the little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it doing to others as we would they should do unto us that when these little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into the streets, or force them by ill-treatment to ":nn away," none of us shoo d be found to care for them, to speak a kindly word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe th.m ? Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, passing by on the other side, or else exclaiming "Am I my brother's keeper ?" The necessity for an Institution for these little ones is evi dent from the police statis?ics. which show that in London alone, in one year, no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of age, have been apprehended for various offences, 79 of whom were convicted and punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis charged by the magistrates with a rebuke, as being too young to punish, though not too young to learn the beginnings of crime. On the other hand. there are numbers who, but for the timely help afforded by such an Institution, must otherwise become paupers, and losing all ideas of self -reli ance and self-help be permanent burdens to the State. fhe Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established to rescue the little ones, to save them from the prison on the one hand, and the workhouse on the other, and to endeavour to make them useful members of society. The daily routine of the Institution presents all the fea tures of a home, a school, and a workshop. The little ones are cared for as children ; they have their regular meals, their suitable clothing, their hours of play and amusement, and their singing class. They are treated as scholars ; every morning is devoted to schosl work—reading, and writing, and ciphering, and Scriptural instruction, with occasional lessons in oljects and other subjects. But they are also trained to work. As they must all, and that at a very early period in life, earn their living by the sweat of their brow, they are here at once taught habits of industry. So the after noons arc occupied with various industrial occupations— making brown paper bags for bankers, and white t aper bags for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending the c othes, &c. Some a4sist the master in the garden, digging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By degrees they are being made useful in the house, scrubbing and sweeping, while the elder ones clean all the boots, knives, &c. In this way it is sought to fit them for an active working life. 2d. By payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance. All children must be under 10 years of age at the time of admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any tines as soon as approved by the Committee, Elections of children to be adiaitted tree will take place as frequently as the increase in the annual subscriptions will admit, tilt the Home is full; they will then be held periodi cally Forms of application for the admission of children may be bad at the Home, and of the Honorary Secret 4ry, ...0 ~,,,,,,z,....,e.--- -) .... ~,,,„„,,, ,4 ,„,,,,, ~,,,,,,,,,,, . ...., . ~,, /, ___........ - P '''4, ...... 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"":• ~ 1 . . 4 1(.- l l it i:lfr kt" ) , l ' - , A.. „ ITx- -. . $ ..0' , ..,. -- ~.- ~... 1-.7, ~_„.. . , 4 , 4 t, ''''':- ` - '"%'or - 1 : 7 , 'aff ~,, V' \ 1. - ...... ,- , .- (" 1 " .. . ~,...„---- it, i, curing „..,,,,,...._, „. ~... 7 . .. .. , •-•*•• 7 4' "D i INV" itv, ia t NO . NO , - .... - -..- , • ~. it• ,1, — 0 , / lir Irs , , 4 ,v._ onoi.T. / . -_ _- wished to dance. This was no difficult task, for the ladies showed every disposition to second his efforts, and they mustered in great force. Nor were they more numerous than fair. In whatever other respects there might be shortcomings, the fresh beauty which we are accustomed to associate with the young womanhood of England was not inade quately represented. Supper was served at 1 o'cl oc k at buffets, in spacious rooms, constituting a portion of the permanent building of the College, while reffeshment-rooms also branched off from the en was resumed space to me ve i t wn r t n hf r e r e - tn h h a e e l w l g u . e d e es Ant guests r t hg e a r yd s ta t hi and dpn begun a n i u e ot i r n o c g leave, but at 4 o'clock there were still not a few who were keep ing it up with apparently unabated vigour. Morn ing had long dawned before the last carriage drove from the entrance porch of the Royal Naval Col. lege and through the dockyard gateway by the avenue which a few hours before had been so bright with a thousand lights. This ball, the last in the programme of festivi ties, was unusually brilliant. It may not have been accompanied by any of those artistic surprises in which Frenchmen excel ; there may not have been connected with it anything so ingeniously beautiful as those impronzptu groves and gardens through which the guests wandered at the ball given at Brest on board the Ville de Lyons ; but it was, nevertheless, very splendid and bright, neither un worthy of the national taste, of the national resources, nor of the occasion which it was meant to celebrate. Not more than four or five hours elapsed after the ball had terminated before the French fleet was under way. It was expected that it would not leave until about noon on Saturday ; but late on Friday evening instructions were given to prepare for its departure as early as 9 or 10 o'clock on the follow ing morning. Favourable weather attended the coming of the fleet, but a still brighter sun shone upon its leaving. Shortly after 9 o'clock the Mayor of Portsmouth-- Mr. Ford, and the members of the Corporation, ac companied by a large party of ladies and gentlemen, embarked from the Victoria pier in H.M.'s steam yacht Sprightly, and proceeded to Spithead to witness the departure of the Fleet, and 'to say farewell, as far as was possible, to the pleasant guests whom it was about to bear away. The Sprighly had on board her also several children of the Orphan School, for whom an agreeable excursion was thus con siderately provided. When the Sprightly neared the French ships a number of officers were seen on board the deck of the Magenta aad Solfe rino, as well as of their companion ships, and the moment the Sprightly drew sufficiently close a loud cheer, in which the Mayor led the way, was raised from her decks. .A cheer in answer was at once given from the decks of the Solferino, and hats were taken off and waved in recognition of the compli ment. Handkerchiefs were seen, too, to wave at more than one of the portholes of the French vessel, and then there was one more cheer louder and more sustained than the last, and the Sprightly glided on her way, steaming by each vessel in the Fleet, and bidding the crews and officers of each as they stood upon the decks a similar adieu. From each in turn the cheers were cordially given back, and hats and handkerchiefs waved as before. Meantime parting visits were being paid by the Lords of the Admi ralty to the French Minister of Marine on board the Reine Hortense, which lay in the harbour, and immediately after that beautiful yacht steamed out for Spithead, salutes being fired from the Victory and the garrison batteries. The Enchantress, with the Lords of the Admiralty on board, followed in her wake, and as soon as they reached the spot where the leading ships of the Fleet lay prepared to start, the guns of the Edgar thundered forth a salute of 19 guns, and then the two yachts drew towards each other, and dipped their flags in a parting salutation. It was the last official adieu, and while it was taking place, and for some time before, the Black Prince and all the other ships of the Eng lish fleet had their yards manned in honour of those companions from whom they were in a few minutes about to separate. It was an imposing sight, that parting scene between the two fleets, amid the thickly clustering yachts with their snow-white sails, under an almost cloudless sky. The Enchan tress, immediately after she had bid her consort " good bye," steamed back to the harbour, and the Reine Hortense made for the open sea. The Sprightly had by this time got beyond the fleet on her way to the Nab, and those on board had an opportunity of seeing each ship of the French fleet to advantage, as following the lead . of the Reine Hortense one after the other gradually but surely overtook and passed the little steamer. First in order came the stately Solferino, and immediately after her the Magenta, the whole of the fleet steam ing, ship after ship, in single file. When leaving Spithead the band stationed on the poop of the Sol ferino struck up " God save the Queen," and a cheer was given by the crew on deck. As she passed the Sprightly a cheer was given on the deck of thelatter. The cheer was at once echoed back by the crew of the great ship and the officers, amid the waving of hats and handkerchiefs as before, and the Solferina moved ahead on her way. Again were the cheers repeated as the Magenta followed in the wake of her sister ship, and so it was with each of the seven fri gates, the Normandie, the Couronne, the Invincible, the Provence, the Flandre, the Heroine, and the Gloire, with three attendant sloops--the Peon, Caton, and Ariel—one by one steamed after their huge leaders. The Gloire brought up the rear of the long and formidable line. ~ ~=.~~ About 11 o'clock, when the leading ships were about three miles south of the Nab light, the flag of Admiral Bouet-Willaumez, the admiral in command of the French squadron, was dipped in salute to that of the Minister of Marine, who pro ceeded on board the Reine Hortense to Havre, while the remaining vessels held on their way for Cherbourg ; and thus ended the visit of the French Fleet to the shores of England. Whatever may be the comparative merits of the two Fleets, there can be no doubt as to the cordial spirit in which they met, both on the coast of France and Portsmouth. While the French officers stayed among us, nothing could surpass the courtesy which they displayed towards all with whom they came in contact. The English naval authorities, on the other hand, left nothing undone to make the best return in their power for the splendid hospi tality they received at Cherbourg and at Brest. From the moment the French Fleet anchored at Spithead until the hour of its departure an English gunboat in command of an English officer was placed at the disposal of each of the French ships, and while the French Minister of Marine and the chief officers of the French navy were being enter tained at magnificent banquets on board the Duke of Wellington and in the Royal Naval College, the officers of the Black Prince and the other English ironclads at Spithead dispensed to those le md,horhee mained behind a hospitality only less spndi • T h h e e civicrepresentatives entertain ment w of a t r h m e th Fr o e f n t c h h e n r a e vy cep in tio et n with w hich at t t h t e he 3(l in a ra r bita an n d ts th in e its vicinity could s carcel y be exceeded. What pleased Corpo given rat io n n o f thei r l'or tshionnooul ar b l y l d t them most, perhaps, throughout the whole series of entertainments was the evident spontaneity which characterised every effort made to contribute to th e ir gratification. There is reason to believe that they left our shores most favourably impressed with the endeavours which had been so earnestly made to render their stay at Portsmouth as.agree able as possible. Nothing, more than one French officer has been heard to say, greatly as they all ad mired our dockyards and our fleet, struck them so much as the immense number of yachts which all day long shot to and fro about the roadsitne.daideaattioSpit head, affording, as it did, so strong an the naval tastes of the people. The officers and men of the French Fleet will probably look! back for many a day with satisfaction on the events of the past week, and on the more than kindly spirit in which the inhabitants of Ports mouth, and in their persons the entire people of England, bade them farewell. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1865. THE WELLINGTON, St. James's-street.— Set DINNERS served from Five to Eight p.m., at 2a. 6d., 3s 6d., 4a. 6d ., and 7s. each, at five minutes' notice Beautiful SALOON DINING ROOMS for Ladies and Families BlikA BFASTS and LUNCHEONS. Private Rooms, large or small. Prices on the "Carte" moderate. Reading, Smoking, and Billiard Rooms. D. ,CAMERON. Entrances-160, Piccadilly, and 49, St. James's-street. September 1, 1865. GREAT ST. JAMES'S-HALL.—WORLD of MAGIC, Second Sight, and " Begone. Dull Care," every evening at 8. A Day Performance. Saturday, at 3. "The most varied entertainment in the metropolis."—Vide the Press. Admission, is. PROFESSOR and the Misses ANDERSON.— Farewell season. —World of Magic. Second Sight, and the original Indian Basket Trick, in conjunction with Fre deric (the great) Maccabe, the unrivalle4 ventriloquist, mimic), and character actor. VIREDERIC MACCABE, Ventriloquist, Mimic, &n, in his original entertainment, "Begone, Dull Care," "Miss Mary May," " Early in the Morning." Balcony, 28. ; reserved seats, 38. ; stalls, ss. ; at Ur. Austin's office, St. James's•hall, 23, Piccadilly. A. NIMMO, Acting Manager. QTODARE.-146Tn REPRESENTATION.— THEA THE OF MYSTERY, EGYPTIAN HALL. MARVELS in MAGIC and VENTRILOQUISM. by Col. STODARE. The REAL INDIAN BASKET TRICK, and INS TANTANEOUS GROWTH of FLOWER TREES, as introduoed for the first time in this country on Easter Mon day, April 17, 1865, by Colonel Stodare, and only performed by him and the Indian Magicians. Every evening at 8 (Saturdays included), also on Wednes day and Saturday Afternoons at 3. Stalls at Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond-street, and Box-office, Egyptian HalL Admission, Is., 25., and 3s. "Almost miraculous."—Vide Times, April 18,1885. 'T 0 X FORD. -4. OXFORD STREET. Te Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbach, peiformed by Misses Russell. Barrie, Walmesley. Tyrell ; Messrs. A. St Albyn, Husk, and Green, with full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Ballet, Comedy, Burlesque, &c., by the celebrated D'Au bans. Messrs. Duriah and Davis, and the Misses TESSY and SARA GiThiI..TISS. NOTICE —The Oxford has been entirely Redecorated, Altered, Newly Lighted, and Ventilated, and now is one of the most agreeable places of resort in the kingdom.—OPEN EVERY EVENING at Eight o'clock. The Classical Ballet, entitled THE BRIDAL of BEAUTY, in which Miss 'TESSY GUNNISS will make her re appear ance THIS EVENING. Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. KO KO RI KO. This wonderful entertainment, having proved the greatest hit ever made, will be repeated EVERY EVENING, in ad dition to the Operatic Sele3tions, supported by the whole talent of the establishment. Comedy, Burlesque, and Ballet by Mrs. and Mr. Randall, Messrs. Duriah and Davies, the D'Aubans, and Arthur Lloyd. Director, Mr. F. Jongmans. All visitors to London at this season should pay a visit to the above establishment. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.- Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the season, the Exhibition has been entirely re-embellished. The whole of the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description, faithfully copied from the most minute pictures, have been renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendid de scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London, and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view. Life-size Models of DOCTOR E. W. PRITCHARD and CONSTANCE KENT are now added. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. NARK YOUR LINEN.-BOND'S PERMA NENT MARKING INK is by far the best for marking CRESTS. NAMES, and INITIALS upon House hold Linen, Wearing Applrel, &c. Price is. a bottle. No 6d. size ever made. Sold by E. R. BOND, 10, Bishopsgate street Within, Lone.on, E C., and by all respectable chemists and stationers in the kingdom.—N.B. Purchasers should be careful to observe tie address 10, Bishopsgate-street Within, E.G.—upon the label. without which the Ink is not genuine. STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used in the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862. Sold b all Grocers, Chandlers, &c. &o. WOTIIERSPOON and CO., Glasgow and London. the week in the neighbourhood of Woburn, which, it is said, were -clearly traceable to the calves—the produce of London dairy cows—bought at Leigh ton Buzzard market. The other parts of the county have hitherto escaped this frightful malady. Should the disease extend the landed proprietors have ex pressed their readiness to subscribe in order to sup plement the assurance fund. A meeting was held on Saturday at the Shire-hall, Bedford, and a mutual assurance association was formed. fact, so freely have pardons been bestowed that a regular trade has sprung up in them in Washington, I and brokers send circulars round the South offering to get a pardon for any one on receipt of $6OO or $7OO. This system whs brought to the President's knowledge last Sunday, and he was so annoyed at it that he has refused to entertain any fresh applica tions at pi esent. lie has ordered the "go-betweens" to be rigorously hunted out, and is much vexed at having been already imposed upon in so many instances. The Boston " regenerators" are again urging Mr. Johnson not to hasten the work of reconstruction. The Abolitionists are probably the real originators of this new crusade against the South, but it cannot be denied that there is a large class who do not pre tend to love the negro as a brother who think the South is being restored too rapidly. Perhaps this sentiment was put in a more moderate form than or dinarily in a remark made by a shrewd observer of events :—" It would be well to give the Southern people time for calm reflection. The whites and the blacks should have the opportunity to accustom themselves to their altered relation; and gradually the masters would accept their new responsibilities. A good provisional government and a standing army sufficient to repress disorder would have been best for all." The Boston people go further than this. As in their first address, they cry out for negro suf frage, as if that were a panacea for reconciling all differences of race, class, and station, and argue that if the masters are not willing now to look upon their slaves as free labourers, they will be perfectly ready to do so when the blacks are placed on a political equality with themselves. This reasoning continues to be unsatisfactory to moderate men of all parties. Two circumstances have occurred within the last few days, which show that there is every disposition to deal fairly by the negro. One is that in North Carolina on a trial for murder the evidence of two black witnesses were received, the Judge overruling the objections taken by the counsel on the ground of colour. The other occurred in this city . . A black woman was walking along the street, when two men pushed her off the path into the road. She asked what they did that for. They answered be cause she was black. They made the same defence before the magistrate, and it was so unsuccessful that they were sent for two months each to the Penitentiary. Many statements have been made to me with re gard to the quantity of cotton now in the South, but for the most part they seemed so little worthy of trust that I did not feel justfied in repeating them. They were generally, to the effect that larger stocks of cotton have been hidden in the South than was commonly supposed, and the [supposition is borne out by the receipts which have latterly taken place in this market. A published return makes out that 103,648 bales arrived here during the past six weeks, and that last week alone 19,404 bales came in. The same authority, and I believe it to be a good one, says :—'• At New Orleans, on the 11th inst., there were 81,568 bales on hand, with large daily receipts, and the stock at Mobile is also considerable, though it is kept down by the defi ciency of inland water transport to fetch it from the interior." It has been estimated that there were:so,ooo bales in Florida at the close of the war. Altogether, it is becoming evident that there is more cotton in the South than people here conjectured, and, as the means of internal communication are .estored, whatever there may be will soon find its way to market. Many planters are said to be sending down cotton to be warehoused at New Orleans, dreading the constant raids which are made upon their property by discharged Confede rate soldiers. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medical profe =Mon for Thirty years have approved of this pure solution of Ma nesia as the best remedy for (lout and stomach disorders of every kir d ; and as a mild aperient it is esiecially adapted for ladies an 1 children. Prepared solely by DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, tte., 172, New Bond-street, London ; And sold through , :ut the world by all re.spe,table chemists. CAUTION —See 'hat " Dinneford and Co." is on oaeh bottle and red label over the cork. The Cattle Disease. MISS BURDETT COUTTS'S HERD OF COWS. The fine herd of Ayrshire cows at Holly Lodge, Highgate, the property of Miss Burdett Coutts, has been literally swept away during the last week or so by the disease which is now so prevalent amongst cattle. This herd numbered 20 cows of the purest Ayrshire breed, and an Alderney bull. One cow has recovered from the disease, and the bull was unaffected by it. The cow that has survived was condemned by Mr. Mayor, the veterinary surgeon who examined the herd ; and, strange to relate, the surviving animal, according to the testimony of Roach, the herdsman, was pronounced to be in the very worst condition, and the medium through which the disease was communicated to the other animals. The destruction of this herd by the cattle disease suggests one or two reflections as to its origin and nature. Every one of the presumed causes of the disease was absent, and yet it attacked the animals with the utmost virulence, and no amount of reme dial skill could allay its severity or arrest its pro gress. We need scarcely remark that Miss Coutts, on being apprised of the disease manifesting itself in the herd, gave immediate orders that everything should be done that could be, not only with the view of saving her own property, which, by the bye, was a secondary consideration with that bene volent lady, but for the express purpose of bene fitting the public, who are anxious to acquire some knowledge as to the cause and- character of the disease. First, let us remark that the herd had been some time at Holly Lodge, therefore it was not tainted with any imported cattle. Secondly, the herd was in excellent condition, and several of the cows were yielding from 16 to 18 quarts of milk per day. Thirdly, the sheds in which the animals were milked are clean, airy, lime-washed, and every kind of odure removed, besides being also well gravelled. The pasture on which they fed might be termed not only good, but rich, and the water which they drank was as pure as water yell can be. In short, so far as food and treatment could go to keep a herd of cattle in first-class condition, they were everything that could be desired. Yet the animals sank rapidly, and some of them exhibited the worst characteristics of the disease. Roach, the herdsman, who was deeply affected by the loss of his herd, informed us that as mere stimulants given to the animals, after certain severe purgations, there had been consumed by two cows alone (one of which has survived) eight bottles of whisky, two gallons of brandy, two dozen and a half of tort wine, and other strong drinks, all of which were of no avail, except in the solitary in , stance named. The cattle, under the several stages of the dis ease, exhibited the usual phenomena of pleuro-pneu monia. They appeared, ordinarily speaking, either excited, with staring gaze, protruding eyeballs, and watery eyes, or depressed and relaxed, with a dull dim look, and a flow of mucus from the eyes and the nose. In all the animals a cold shivering, and a coolness of the horn, the ear, and the extremities were apparent, with staring coat, trembling of the muscles, and increased respiration. Foam and saliva flowed from the mouth, and the lungs of the ani mals exhibited the same appearance, being much be yond their natural size in almost every instance.— Obserrer. CITY. The Lord Mayor, acting under th e powers g i ven by the recent Order in Council, has appointed Mr. James Newman and Mr. William Wylde (the sani tary inspectors and inspectors of meat under the City Sewers Commission) to be inspectors for the purpose of carrying into effect within the city the several Orders in Council, dated the 24th of July, and the 11th and 12th of August, 1865, relating to the cattle disease. BEDFORDSHIRE. Several cases of the plague have occurred during SUFFOLK. The disease is committing serious ravages at Mel ford, several farmers having lost fine beasts. In the park attached to Melford-hall, the country re sidence of Lord Alfred Paget, 11 beasts were killed on Thursday, besides others which had died pre viously. Where the animals fall and die there they are buried in accordance with the Orders in Coun cil. About 140 head of cattle are depastured in the park and none of them are to be removed. The labours of Mr. Hutton, the local inspector, have been incessant. Precautionary measures continue also to be taken in other parts of the county, in which it should be added that the disease is not by any means so virulent. NORFOLK. During the past week some few fresh instances of the disease have occurred in Norfolk, but at the same time it is satisfactory to observe that the prompt and vigorous precautions taken have checked to some extent the progress of the calamity. Some disease has, however, appeared among sheep. Cases of the cattle plague are reported from Felbrigg, Southrepps, Bradfield, Wickhampton, and Burgh. On Saturday a meeting of the Central Committee was held at Norwich, Mr. C. S. Read, pre siding. It appeared that the subscription raised in aid of the rate imposed for compensation purposes is now about £4,000, and substantial relief has been afforded to several sufferers. Among recent sub scribers to the fund are Messrs. Gurneys and Birk becks, £2OO ; Mr. J. B. Petre, £lOO ; the Bishop of Norwich, £5O ; Lord Sondes, £5O ; Lord Staf ford, £5O; Lieut.-General Angerstein, £5O ; Major Hare, £5O ; Mr. A. Cator, £5O ; Mr. J. Calthrop, £5O ; Mr. R. Overman, £5O ; Mr. H. Lestrange, £5O ; Mr. B. B. Cabbell, £5O, &c. With the view of ascertaining the precise state of affairs, the com mittee agreed, on the motion of Mr. Woods, agent of Lord Walsingham, to address the following ques tions to each Poor-law Union in the county :—" 1. Are there any cattle in your union affected by any disease similar to the cattle plague, and if so state what parish, when it broke out, and if a veterinary surgeon had been called in ? 2. Have any cattle died in your union of any similar disease ? 3. If you suppose the disease to exist in your union, can you trace it to any particular cause ? 4. Is there any smallpox among the sheep in your union, or has there been within the last six months ?" Mr. R. J. H. Harvey, M.P., has addressed a very long letter to Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., on what he characterizes as the " cattle panic." STAFFORDSHIRE. In consequence of the prevalence of the cattle disease in many parts of the kingdom, the committee of the Staffordshire Agricultural Society have de cided that the annual exhibition, which was to have been held at Lichfield on the 26th and 27th inst., shall not take place this year. PRESTON. The cattle disease has made its appearance in Preston and the neighbourhood ; during the past week four animals have either died or had to be killed in consequence of it. THE UNITED STATES. (Irobi the Times Corre.qpondent.) NEw o IC; Aug. 23. The trial of Captain Henry Wirtz, who was for merly in charge of the Confederate prison at Ander sonville, has been opened at Washington before a military commission. The indictment charges him with conspiring with " Robt. E. Lee, Jas. A. Seddon (Confederate War Secretary), L. D. Northrop (Confederate commissary officer), J. H. Winder," and some others, to " injure the health and destroy the lives of soldiers in the military service of the United States." The specifications of the charges against Capt. Wirtz are voluminous and precise. All those accusations of cruelty perpetrated in Confe rate prisons, which, in a previous letter, I referred to as having been brought before the notice of a sanitary commissions will now prove to be substan tiated by evidence, and the world will have an op portunity of judging whether the intense bitterness of the North towards the Southern leaders, on ac count of their treatment of Federal prisoners, is well founded or not. I observe that Col. Fremantle tes tifies to the " generous and humane " treatment which Northern prisoners experienced. I will only say, having no interest in the matter, except to find out the truth—that my letter was based on the evi dence taken before the United States Sanitary Com mission, which was composed of men whose high character no one will question. Their names are Valentine Mott, M.D., chairman ; Edward Delafield, M.D., Governor Morris, Wilkins, EllerslieWallace, M.D., Hon. J. I. Clark Hare, and Rev. T. Walden. As you will so soon receive the evidence to be taken upon the trial of Capt. Wirtz, it would be tedious to recapitulate that which was published by the commission. With reference, however, to the im pression that the Federals absolutely refused to exchange their prisoners, it is important to re member a letter written by General Butler, com missioner of exchange, to the Confederate com missioner, and dated August, 1864, in which he again offers to make exchanges at once if the Con federates would treat negroes as prisoners of war, and exchange them likewise. It may be said that this was a condition which the Confederates could not accept ; nevertheless, it weakens the force of Colonel Fremantle's statement, that " Mr. Davis would always have been delighted to exchange the 15,000 starving Federals at Andersonville for a similar number of Confederates." One of the most serious charges against Captain Wirtz is, that he established what was called a " dead line " round the prison at Andersonville, and that any one who stepped beyond it—the line being, in many instances, purely imaginary—was i n stantly shot. Above 300 prisoners are alleged to have been killed in this way. Evidence will be given in proof of the statement, and those who saw the Federal prisoners kindly treated will be heard in reply. Again, it is mentioned in the specifica tion to charge first, that Captain Writz " did keep and use ferocious and bloodthirsty beasts, danger ous to human life, called bloodhounds, to hunt down prisoners of war aforesaid who made their escape from his custody," and that a large number of prisoners " were by the said beasts then and there cruelly and inhumanely injured, insomuch that 50 died." Also, it is alleged that Wirtz caused the pri soners to be inoculated with poisonous matter ; that he shot one prisoner dead with his own hand ; that he kicked and ill-used others ; that he set blood hounds on one prisoner who had not attempted to escape, and who was so mangled by the dogs that he died. The evidence will be taken openly and laid before the world. CaptainWirtz has able counsel engaged in his defence, and the fullest opportunities will be given him of obtaining testimony to rebut the charge brought by the prosecution. Fears were entertained when the Tredegar Iron works were seized at Richmond that a policy of confiscation was about to be entered upon by the Government. I informed you at the time that I had been assured Mr. Johnson's object was merely to make an example of one or two prominent Con federates, and subsequent events have justified this statement. On Saturday last 37 persons, all of the "20,000 eass," were pardoned by the President. The majority of them belonged to Virginia. Zn Naval and Military Intelligence. In consequence of the retirement of Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Pennefather from the command of the Aldershott division several changes in the staff at that station take place. The undermentioned officers arc struck off the strength of the division :—Brevet- Co]. J. W. Armstrong, C. 8., Assist. -Adjt. -G en., from the 31stult. ; Capt. P. A. A. Twynam, Deputy- Assist.-Quartermaster-Gen., from the 31st ult. ; Col. J. L. Simmons, C.C., commanding Royal Engineers, from the 31st ult. inclusive, commencing from the Ist of September, until further orders ; Brevet-Lieut.-Col. G. Graham, V.C., Royal Engi neers, will perform the duties of Commanding Royal Engineer at Aldershott. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint Lieut.-Col. Edward Newdegate, half-pay, Depot Battalion, to be Assist. -Adjt.-Gen. of the Aldershott division, vice Brevet-Col. J. W. Armstrong, C.B. The F battery, 9th Brigade, Royal Artillery, left Aldershott on Friday, and proceeded by train to Shoeburyness, in order to go through the annual course of gunnery. They will relieve D battery, B Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, which returns to the camp. On Wednesday the Ist brigade at Aldershott, under Major.-Gen. D. Russell, prior to marching for field manoeuvres, was formed into square on the Queen's parade, and medals for long service and good conduct were presented to Privates Corcoran, Grennon, and Attenborough, 31st Regiment, and to Sergt. J. Carr, Privates Leech, Fort, Lever, M'Adam, Ryan, and Kirk, 69th Regiment. Major- Gen. Russell, in presenting the medals, addressed some excellent remarks to the men on the good effects of sobriety, complimented the recipients upon their conduct, and, dismounting, pinned the honorary distinctions to their breasts. A notification has been received at Chatham Gar rison from the Horse Guards announcing that the prize rolls on account of the second distribution of prize money for the operations and capture of Luck now have been received, and the distribution of all officer's and men's share will commence at Chelsea Hospital this morning. The following are the rolls which have been received, viz. :—Royal Horse and Foot Artillery ; Royal Engineers, 32d Light In fantry, 80th Regiment, 88th Connaught Rangers, and the 93d Sutherland Highlanders. Soldiers still serving must apply through the officer commanding their regiment or depot. The order states that the claims sent in will be investigated as early as pos sible in the order of date in which they are received, and an answer sent, without the necessity of again applying on the subject. The following are the outlines of the new regula tions which will be introduced on the reconstruction of the Military Store Department, now on the eve of being accomplished. The headquarters, as for merly, will be at Woolwich. The nucleus of the corps store volunteers and dth w e il s l ub b o e rd d i e n n a o t m es i w n denominated e composedthe military o f from the regular army. The nou-commissioned as clerks, writers, book - ke e p ers, foremen, officers will be appointed to the s ubordinate p os ts , time keepers, &c., while private soldiers volunteering for the service will fill the grades of wharfingers, maga zine men, labourers, &c. By this arrangement the military store department is destined to maintain an equally important position with that of the sister service—the commissariat. The entire corps will then be available to take and hold the field with the army in the event of any sudden emergency, and will be strictly amenable to military discipline, and under the articles of war. The iron-cased corvette Favourite, 10, 2,094 tons, 400-horse power nominal, Capt. F. H. Shortt, is get ing well forward with her fittings in the steam basin at Sheerness, but several months' work still requires to be effected on board before she is out of hand and ready for the pennant. She has shipped her iron lower masts, which are hollow, so as to serve as ventilators between the decks. The riggers ate now at work, setting up her wire standing rigging. The fore and aft iron swing-gates, de signed by Mr. Reed, and fitted in the first instance to the iron-cased ship Research, are completed and fixed, and from the trials made with them they are found to work very satisfactorily. The gates open PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd.' inboard, and thus enable the battery guns on 'the fore and aft port and starboard sides to be fired either ahead or astern. The gates are fitted with the ordinary nettings for stowing the men's ham mocks. In addition to the 6-ton guns which the Favourite will carry, she will also mount a couple of the large 30-pounder smooth-bore muzzle-load ing Armstrong guns. The screw gun-vessel Griffin, 5, 80-horse power, recently paid off into the third division of the Chatham Steam Reserve, from the West Coast of Africa, has been placed in dock, where she is under going a complete repair and refit of both hull and machinery. She is to be furnished with new decks and her defects made good ; in addition to which she is to be supplied with new boilers, and her ma chinery generally thoroughly overhauled. The screw gunboat Hasty, 2, 60-horse power, Lieut,-Commander T. M. Campbell, tender to:the Royal Naval Reserve training ship Castor, 22, has been taken into the north basin at Sheerness, where she is making good her defects. She is having new boilers, and will undergo a thorough refit, which will detain her at the dockyard for about two months to come. The books of the screw steam Coastguard ship Blenheim, 60, Capt. T. H. Mason, now at Devonport, were closed on Thursday, and will be opened again when the Revenge is ready to receive her crew with an addition of 30 Marines. The Revenge will, it is said, be commanded by Capt. Geo. Le G. Bowyer, of the receiving ship Canopus, 8, in Hamoaze, the command of which will be transferred to Capt. Ma son. It may be six weeks or two months before the Revenge will be ready to take the Blenheim's recent duty at Pembroke. The screw steam frigate Constance, 39, Capt. E. K. Barnard, has been refitting in Plymouth Sound. Her topgallant masts were sent up on Thursday, and she will soon be ready for duty on a foreign station. The new iron cased screw steamship Lord Clyde, 24, now in the south basin of Keyham Steamyard, may be ready for trial in about a month. In conse quence of the protrusion of her stem (a brass cast ing weighing five tons) her hawse holes are so much within the plumb that she was obliged, on arrival from Pembroke, to leave an anchor in the Sound. To remedy this defect a wooden casing, 2ft. to 2ift. thick, is being fitted in the hollow part of the bow just under the hawse-hole, to keep the anchor fur ther off when weighing. Her engines, of 1,000- power, are from the manufactory of Messrs. Raven hill and Salkeld. The petroleum boiler at Woolwich dockyard, lately experimented with, is now undergoing consi derable alteration, in order to assimilate it more to the simple form of the present marine boiler. The long course of experiments under Mr. Richardson's supervision at Woolwich, has proved the system to be not only available but utterly free from danger. The experiments are now to be carried on with greater vigour. When the alterations are completed the boiler will be able to burn the Rangoon, Barba does, or Tzinidad petroleum, together with the Eng lish coal and whale oils alternately, as well as every other kind of hydro-carbon, to obtain any degree of speed that may be required, and without waste. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty.—Capt. T. H. Mason, to the Canopus, vice Bowyear; Capt. G. L. G. Bowyear to the Revenge, vice Mason ; F. Law, master, to the Constance; Thomas Roche, assist.-surg., to Haslar Hospital, vice Lockhart; Martin Magill, assist.-surg. to Haulbowline Hospital, vice Atkinson ; Robert Atkinson, assist.-surg., to the Prince Consort, vice Magill ; Wm. B. Clenerly, second-class assist.-engi neer, to the Scorpion ; and Edward J. 0. Lanham, second-class assist.-engineer, to the Excellent, for the Stork. DEPARTURE OF THE FRENCH FLEET. The French fleet quitted our shores on Saturday morning, not many hours after its officers had danced through the last dance at the ball given by the Ad miralty at the Royal Naval College on Friday night. Of this ball it may with truth be recorded that it was eminently brilliant and successful. The spacious tent in which it was held, and which occupied the whole quadrangle in the rear of the college, had, since the Admiralty banquet given in it on Wednesday, been still further decorated. The approaches to it too had been most extensively illuminated, under the super intendence of the Messrs. Defries, of London. Over the gateway leading into the dockyard shone the same mass of light which had been shining there each night since the banquet on board the Duke of Wel lington.. Once inside the gateway one saw nothing on both sides of the avenue leading up to the college —which was belted for its entire length of 200 or 300 yards with tricoloured lamps, but lights red and white and blue, shining forth in a great blaze, thrown back by innumerable crystal reflectors, or twinkling with a more subdued radiance in oil lamps from beds in the plots of grass in front of the college, where they seemed to have usurped the place of flowers. Variegated lamps formed the entire outline of the front of the building itself, and over the central porch the word " Welcome," in large white letters of light, expressed the spirit in which the enter tainment was given. Shortly before ten o'clock the first rank of a long line of carriages began in rapid succession to set down the guests under the orna mental porchway which had been constructed in front of the entrance-hall, and from that time until 11 o'clock, when the numbers in the ballroom at tained their greatest height, ladies in rich dresses and gentlemen in uniforms looking richer still, there being very few in simple civilian attire, streamed into the hall of the College, which was decorated on each side with those most tasteful of all orna ments—beautiful plants in flowe r. On each side of the ballroom, which was made dazzling bright by the light of 30 candelabra, there were alcoves with seats, in which the ladie s, when fatigued with the dance, rested themselves until tempted to rush into its whirl again. In the centre of the room and on the right-hand side of the entrance, busts of her Majesty and of the Emperor of the French were placed opposite to each other in a recess, the hang ings of which were of crimson cloth. Two bands— those of the Royal Marine Light Infantry and the Royal Marine Artillery—stationed in recesses on the other side of the room, played very efficiently the music to which the dancing took place. At the end of the room opposite the entrance a spacious door way led into a refreshment-room, large indeed, but yet not large enough to accommodate without much squeezing the numbers who hoped to find in it not only refreshment but relief from the pressure in the ballroom, which at midnight and for some hours after was so thronged with a company numbering over 2,000 as to render dancing, except at particular points and within very limited circles, almost impos sible. The door-wayleading to therefreshment-room was oftEn in the night the scene of as protracted a block-up as one' ever witnessed in the Strand or Cheapside. Opposing streams of guests met, and the result was that both were brought to a standstill, fortunately at a point where two welcome fountains cooled the air. Despite of heat and pressure, however, dancing was somehow or another kept up in the ballroom, some young French midshipmen, in particular, entering into the spirit of it with all the abandon of their age and nation, as they had done at the ball on t he Governor's green on the previous evening. It on some of these occasions happened that neither the lady nor her partner could convey to each other their sentiments very freely in words, but somehow they did manage to effect an interchange of thought, a fertility of re source under the circumstances being exhibited, by the young lady especially, which went far to corro borate the soundness of the doctrine maintained by those who contend that one tongue is enough for a woman. Whenever the attempt to converse became rather embarrassing there were the mazes of the waltz to resort to, which to both was common ground. During the evening the Lords of the Ad- NEW NOVEL BY MR. HAZLITT. This day, in 3 vols., at all Libraries, S OPIIY LAURIE. John Maxwell & Co., 122, Fleet-street. rn, baps al of hero full corn ►rin old ably nevi Bar is to 31s ; .anSI and last to new med red Lang litto igh 37g 32$ no rao- yard as A per ling, one. 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