The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-02 00:00:00

, •Ti ft ,41 - yrz - T7l VIA IK ot's, ozdamiziALiL CITY, Two o'CLocn. The. Liverpool cotton market, yesterday, closed heavily, with a downward tendency, and prices of Americans were again in favour of the buyer. All other kinds without remarkable change. The sales were 6,000 bales ; 500 for exportation, comprising 120 Pernam and Marauham, at 6gd. to 711. ; 80 Bahia, at 6kd. to 60 ; 200 Egyptian, at Rd. to 7d. ; and 1,000 Surat, at aid. to 441 per lb. The Railway Share Market was quiet, but steady, and prices were a shade dearer than on Saturday. The report of the Singapore markets, dated the 16th of August, describes them as having been more active, but still without any large amount of business doing. There was a small advance in prices. Produce was quoted at high rates. Tin was unusually scarce, and had advanced to unpre cedented prices. The letters from Canton refer to the stoppage of I Chinese emigration to Australia and California as having exorcised a most prejudicial influence on freights, and occasioned a complete glut of vessels. The ship George Slen has arrived with South Australian accounts of the 13th April, but they were of old date ; and it is not yet ascertained whether there is any gold on board. By way of Ceylon there are advices as late as July 13 from Melbourne, and they are of some im portance. The ship Mermaid left that day with 85,872 ounces of gold, or, according to another statement, with nearly 100,000 ounces. This large shipment being completed, the demand for the precious metal had fallen off temporarily, and the latest price paid was 3/. 17s. The banks were disinclined to take the sovereigns coined at Sydney, and. this occasioned some incon venience. Money was abundant, and discounts were expected to be lowered. At Sydney the de ficiency in the revenue was' to be made up by in creased duties, some being doubled. The number of arrivals reported at the Custom House during the last two days has been exceed ingly large, comprising vessels with valuable car goes from nearly every part of the world. There are among them a rod many corn-bearing ships, and likewise several from Australia with wool, and from Sierra Leone and the Coast of Africa with gold dust, ivory, and other valuable pro ducts from India, China, the United States, Mexico, Peru, West Indies, - Germany, and Spain. A clip per, from Oporto, brings 23 cases of specie, value not stated.. In consequence of the statement in some of the French journals that the Bank of France, owing to the extended operatiofls of its branches daring the last two or three years, had scarcely sufficient capital, .the belief prevailed in Paris that the Go vernment would sanction an increase of its capital. There would be no better means of aiding com merce, as an addition to the paper circulation could then be made, even in a manner to satisfy the most fastidious. According to the list compiled by Mr. Miller, of the Jerusalem Coffee-house, the tonnage offering outwards to Australia is very large. Last week 12 ships, of 8,154 tons, cleared out from London to the southern Colonies, and there are still on the berth 22,000 tons for Victoria alone. Extreme heaviness has prevailed this morning in the English Stock Market, notwithstanding the favourable character of the advices from the Crimea as to the alleged retreat of the Russians from the north side of Sebastopol. The continued demand for money in the " House," and the belief that there will be a good supply of Consols from the large banking establishments, if not from the Bank of England itself, prevents purchases. On the other hand, discount wants are being circumscribed, and we are advised this morning that the ship Mer maid from Australia had on board nearly 400,0001. in specie. She may now be expected here almost daily, and is to be followed by another well-known Vessel, which will be certain to secure a good freight The amount mentioned as being on board the Mer paid is so large that it would not surprise us if it turned out that there had been some mistake. Consols opened at 88k rather sellers, but are now 88,E for money. The prices for October have been 88t to and are now 881 to A. Exchequer Bills remain at 3s. discount to ls. prem. India Bonds are 2s. prem. The. Foreign Stock Market has been sympathising with Consols, and there is generally a downward tendency. The value of Buenos Ayres Bonds, how ever, is well maintained, and has been up to 55. Brazilian Old 5 per Cents. have been quoted 99i 'Grenada Deferred Stock is at 61 to Sardinian are steady at 84k. Spanish Deferred have been 194. Mexican are 21.# The amount for the dividends is 45,500 dollars per Magdalena steamer. Turkish Bonds have been down to per cent., being 85i to 86. The Scrip is The Bank of England offers great facilities upon the latter, treating it the same as a British security with respect to loans, &c. Dutch 24 per Cents. are at 65. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 18 to 20 ; Mexi can, 211 to 211 ; Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 75 to 77 ; ditto Three per Cants., 55 to 57 ; Portuguese Four per Cent s ., 43 t o 45 ; R u ssian Five per Cents., 97 to 99 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 85 to 88 ; Spanish New Deferred, 3'7i to 381 ; ditto Three per Cents., 19/ to 19/- ; ditto Certificates, 4i- to 41 ; ditto Passive, 41 to 5. The quotations of all the principal Railway Shares are heavy, and the dealings comparatively unimportant. In one or two instances, however, there is apparently more firmness at the-present moment, The Paris and Lyons are higher again. Great Western of Canada are flat. Mining as well as Banking Shares attract scarcely any notice, and Canada Land are weak. , BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING 1 3 EICYS, Fron Oricial l id. ) _ . Rosin" , don; S per Cent. Console Annuities „ BBi i a India Bonds, now ... Ditto, under 21000 2 pm Cicrtsois Zor Account, 12th October E cchwiner 13111 s, 20 2d. 21000 2500 3d Ipl 3d 1 p Small Exchequer Bonds 1858,33 per Cent , 99 Ditto 1859, ~ ~. 99 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds 5 per Cent. „ . 9 9 3 /4 Ditto for the account lOO Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 55 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent.. ...... arena,da Bonds, Deferred 31 Wean 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 4 3 / 4 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account... Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account al 3 1 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred., 3 per Cent. Ditto for the account Tarkish Bonds, 6 per cent B6 Ditto for the account 8 54 I i 6 6 1 Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cant li i d Dividends on the above payable in London. French Routes, 4i per Cent'.... ........... 91f 250 Ex 25f 20c batch Exchange, 2 3 / 4 per Cent. 12 Anil Ditto for the Account. ............. . ... -. TIEREE O'CLOCK. Consols sa Ditto for the Account RBt a ~. LLOYD'S SETIPPING-(THLS DAp) LONDON, Oct. 2.—Wind this day tA noon, N. W, ; light, with fine weather. (PER ELECTRIC TELEORIPPI.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Despatch (s.), from Jersey ; Shamrock (s.), Dublin ; Elizabeth, Portsmouth ; Anne, Newport; Lamel, Leith ; Elizabeth, Cardiff ; Ondine (s.) Dublin. Sailed—Courier (s.) and Transit (s.), for Jersey; Alli ance (s.), Havre; Shamrock (s.), London ; Georges, Cher bourg. LIVERPOOI 9 Taesday Morning. Wind N.N.W. • fine. Arrived.—Uncle Joe, from Charleston ; Cathedral, St. John's, N.B. ; Eagle, Laguna ; Helena, New York ; Age noria, Cale; Merlin, Denis ; Ann, Santander; Annie, Ilaranha m . Off. — Jane Glassin, from Quebec ; Paramatta, Africa. QUEENSTOWN ; Sept. 30. Wind N.W., light. Arrived. —Ella Reed, from Porto Rico. • SUBMAIRNE AND Bitrrnm TELEGRAPH.), GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.40 a.m. Wind N.W. ; tide four hours' ebb ; cloudy. Arrived.—Alice, from Denim; Queen Victoria, Kezia, and Fear Not, Guernsey; Marco Polo, Rouen; Wildfire, Balaklava ; Sunbeam, Villa Nova; Nonpareil, .Denia; Marian Moore, Calcutta. Sailed..—La Hogue, for Sydney. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.31 a.m. Wind W. by S., moderate and cloudy. Passed.—Tweedside, from Cadiz for London; Duke of Northumberland, Sydney, for Londou, in tow. . Naval aid Military Intelligence. A, Sept. 2 Ti;? Nia(iaza - car steam-transport arrived on the 20th from Cadiz and Gibraltar, and left for Balaklava on the same day, having on hoard .59 mules and horses, 24 Spanish muleteers, and Ensign Wilson. The Victoria steam-transport arrived from . Southamp ton on the 20th, with ammunition, bringing—For Malta, Lieut. Brown, Ist R , )vals ; Ensign Gregg, 3d Buns; Ensign Barnard, 7th Fusiliers ; Ensign Blox some, 38th ; and Ensign Morland, 46th ; and, for the Levant, Lieut. Deane, Ist Royals ; and Ensigns Roberts and Sieer, of the. same regiment ; Lieut. Jervis, 7th Fusiliers ; Ensigns Fahie, Rootiford, and St. John, of the 20th ; Lieutenants Law and Tobin, and Ensigns Knight, Tilley, and Walker, of the 38th ; Ensign Mac- Carol!, of the 44th ; Ensign Philips, of the 46th ; Rev. L. Lee and Mr. W. Richards; Captain Jennings, 19th : Captain Mac Neil ; Messrs. Barnard, Lichfield, and Wright, commissariat clerks ; and two Sappers and Miners. She took her departure for Constantinople on the 21st, carrying, in addition to the above passengers, Ensign Gabbott, sth ; Lieiit. Tyron, 29th ; Capt. Har vey, 41st ; Lieut. Drummond, 50th ; and Ensign Fisher, 9ith. The steam-transport Germania arrived from Wool 7 wich on the 21st with ammunition and Ordnance stores, bringing Major Gosling, R.A., Capt. Lance, and 37 non commissioned officers of the Land Transport Corps ; As sistant-SUrgeon Hunter, R.N. ; Messrs. Adamson, John ston, Mackenzie, Mark, and Richards, Purveyor's Clerks ; Ensign Stapp, of the 58tb, and family, for Scutari ; and for Balaklava 2 privates of the Sappers and Miners, 31 labourers, and 8 artificers. She left for the Levant on the same day, after landing Assistant-Surgeon Hunter, and embarking, further, at Malta, Lieut.-Colonel Her bert, 23d • Lieut. Hume, 62d ; and Lieut. Keate, R.A. The Medway steam transport left on the 22d for Bala klava with draughtsfrem the Malta Reserve Depot. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Horatio, with the Glat ton floating battery, has just arrived from England. The. Roman pielago Vittoriosa arrived on the 23d from Civita Vecchia, and the Sicilian mistico Ecce Homo, from Catania, on the 24th, both laden with hay. Her Majesty's steam-ship Himalaya arrived on the 21st, from Kertch and Constantinople, and left on the 24th for Genoa, to conyey a cargo of mules to the Crimea. The Canadian steam-transport arrived on the 22d from Kamiesh and Constantinople, bringing Captain Rivers, and left for Genoa on the 24th, to embark Sardinian troops for the Crimea. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Vary arrived from the Piraeus on the 23d, having been relieved there by the Swallow steam-sloop. The Earl of Shaftesbury sailing transport arrived from Constantinople on the 24th, bringing Captain Du Cane, R.E.; Captain Dane, 23d : Lieutenant Leggatt, ' Ist Royals - Lieutenant Long, 77th ; Lieutenant Ba con, 95th ; Dr. Watson, Assistant-Surgeon Crawford, and 31 military invalids. The Monarchy sailing transport arrived at the same time from Beycoa. The Cape of Good Hope steam transport arrived on the 24th from the Dardanelles and Smyrna, bringing Lieut. Gabbing, 30th ; Capt. Kennedy, R.N. ; Surgeon Callon, Rev. W. S. Davies, Mr. Hornidge, Mrs. Brure ton, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Egglesfield, Miss Anderson, Miss Bartlett, and Miss AplM, and 59 invalids, all for England. The Sardinian Government steam sloop Varo arrived from Genoa, Cagliari, and Trapani on the 23d, having on board Major Piacenza and 37 other engineer officers and 414 non-commissioned officers and privates of the Sardinian Engineer Corps. The London screw steamer arrived from Marseilles on the 23d, with bents, tac., for the Sardinian army, having on board 105 French artificers, deck passengers, and the ship Lancashire in tow, laden with deal planks, &c. Bctb vessels left for Balaklava on the 24th. The Michel Angelo and the Eugenio, Sardinian sailing vessels, left for Constantinople on the 23d, laden with hay. Th e French schooner Jeanne d'Arc arrived from Genoa on the 21st, with hay for Balaklava. The French steam frigate Labrador arrived from Al giers, laden with ammunition, on the 21st, and left for Kamiesh on the 23d, having on board 850 officers, non commis,ioned officers and privates. The Provence, French steam transport, with ammu nition, bringing other 126 and 32 horses, arrived from Algiers on the 22d, and left for Kamiesh on same day. The Eumenide, French steam corvette, arrived from Marseilles on the 22d, having on board 355 officera, non commissioned officers, and privates, and left far Kamiesh on the 24th. — The Christophe Colombe, French steam frigate, ar rived from Marseilles on the 23d, bringing 1,000 officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates ; and at the same time the Gorgone steam-corvette, with other 301 from the same port, which latter left for Kamiesh on the 23d. The Ce.pitole, French postal steamer, arrived on the 23d from Marseilles and some of the ports of Italy, having on board, among other passengers, Major Scarth, and Mr. E. Cark, of the British Consulate at Samsoon. _ _ The Sinai, French postal steamer, arrived from Mar seilles on the 24th, bringing, amoog other passengers, Ensign Sharp, Scots Fusilier Guards, for 11Talta ; and for the Levant Sir G. Robinson, Major Patterson, Land Transport Corps ; Paymaster Falls, Surgeons Connell and Smith, Dr. Olympias, Revs. Messrs. Dodd (and family), Hogg, and Laine, and 20 French officers and 398 non-commissioned officers and privates. Cholera having manifested itself among these latter during the v ,gage with several deaths, and others having taken place since the vessel's arrival, a number have been landed in the Lazzaretto Hospital, and the rest of this steamer's mails and passengers transferred to the Capitole, which left for Syra, Smyrna, and Constantinople on the 24th, conveying likewise Major Scarth and Mr. E. Clark. The French brig Wulfran sailed for Kamiesh on the 23d, having on board 37 French artificers. The Falcon, English steamer in the French service, arrived from Constantinople on the 20th, and left for England on the 21st. The Simois, French mail steamer, arrived from Con stantinople'on the '2oth, and left on the same day for Marseilles, having on board, among other passengers, 433 officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, sick and wounded, and 16 Ottoman students. The Nidolas 1., English steamer in the French ser vice, arrived from Constantinople and Gallipoli on the 23d, bringing 104 invalids and wounded in charge of a military surgeon. The Faid Gehaad, Egyptian steam frigate yacht, re turned to Alexandria on the 19th. Her Majesty's steam sloop Medusa returned from Messina on the 21st, whither she was despatched to em bark a number of Sicilian muleteers who have completed their period of service with the British army in the Cri mea, for entering which it is stated they get thrown into prison immediately they set foot in King Bomba's do-' minions. The Karnak screw•steamer left for Gibraltar and Liverpool on the 20th. The Arabian, screw-steamer arrived from Liverpool on the 21st with a general cargo for Syrt and Constanti nople, for which ports she took her departure on the same day. The William McCormick steamer left for Liverpool on the 21st. The Britannia and the Flying Childers steam-tugs arrived on the 22d—the former 'from Plymouth, Vigo, rind Gibraltar ; the latter from Shields, Plymouth, and Cagliari. _ _ The Sir Robert Peel steamer arrived from Lcaldon on the 22.1, with stores. The Euxine, Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-packet, arrived at 2 o'clock this morning, from Alexandria, with 'the heavy India mail and passengers, followed at 7 by the Alhambra, belonging to the same company, which latter is to leave immediately for Mar seilles with the overland portion. The Eu4ne will con tinue on her voyage to Southampton this forenoon. The garrison of the lonian Islands is at present en- irely composed of English militia. In Corf;i there are the Wiltshire and Oxford Regiments, and in the other Wands the Stafford and Lancashire Militia. The Berk shire were daily expected. Colonel Hall, R.E., commands the troops, in the abtzence of General Mackintosh. The following promotions were made yesterday at the Admiralty. It will be perceived that the promotions apply to officers serving in the fleet in the Black Sea, and are to be dated from the 22d ult. : _ _ Commanders—Edward P. B. Von Donop, Oliver J. Jones, Octavius Cumberland, and Itowley Lambert to be Captains. Lieutenants—John Keatley, John H. Crang, Francis P. Porteous, James Bull, Edward W. Turnour, Samuel Pritchard, John W. Whyte, Radulphus B. Old field, Wm. B. Urmston , John E. ommerell, Henry 3. Raby, and John H. Cave, to be Commanders. Mates—C. H. Wilkinson, A. IL Webb, and G. S. Bosanquet, to be Lieutenants. W. C. Buck and E. Wise, to be Masters. F. R. Llewellyn will be promoted to rank as Master when qualified. H. W. Sanders, G. A. Welch, and T. E. Palmer to be Paymasters. _ W. Evans (B), D. Carter, and W. V. E. Reynolds to be Surgeons. ...A. Irvine And G. F. A. Drew, to be Acting-Surgeons, will be confirmed on passing in England. The iron screw steam-store-ship Urgent, Commander Phillips, bound to Malta, which embarked 1,114 officers and men, under command of I.ient. Hill, 63d Regiment, at Portsmouth on Sunday, put into Plymouth yesterday morning leaky, with four feet of water in her hold. At 3 p.m. on Sunday she had just lost sight of the Start Light, and was about 25 miles off Plymouth, head to wind, going full steam, seven and a half knots, when her. bilge-pipes began to fill. Sbe was put almost immediately under canvass, her steam power being applied to .the pumps. The troops were alarmed by the sounding of the .assembly ~ at half-past 3. They appear to have been Plymouth embarked in- Wh great haste, and wilt probably be landed at stated to have ile the ship is repairing. The Urgent is more troops on board than her space can The accommodate Of these 12G are stow e d lo lower o e f r rank troop-deck file i forward, s99 0 which is a dark, close place, with no ventilation from the side?, and very littl e fror n ae t e 4 864 are berthed on the ma.a e . rn e : . indeck. The remaining , wherethere are ham mocks slung for 450, thel ct lc others sleeping on gratings on the deck, 'lnd ere placed eath the hammocks. On the into ship's entrance Plymouth the maindeck and these gratings were in a very wet c ondition. U oder the upper deck there are gratufgs, intended for the reception of the men's ku9,psacks, but they are fitted t oo c l ose l y f or t h at purpose, and th* knapsacks are in consequence strewn about among the hammocks in the Way of the men. It is al+q stated that th e hospital on the starboard bow is so ill-ventilated as to be unbearable by night when the side lights are closed. Instead of 1,114, the Urgent seems qualified to accommodate about 600 men. In addition to the leakage from the damaged bilge-pipes, she leaks in the tams of the cabin. One of the bil g e- p i p es burst on the trial trip, and was plugged and repaired at Ports mouth. Her engines are in very good order. 1 The mortavveasel Havoc, fir, H. B. J. Pearch, THE S tin LONDON, TUESDAY EVIT.',NING; OCTOBER 2, lBlm Second-Master, in command, arrived at Sheerness on Sunday last from th^ after a west boisterous passage ficroms the _.•;ei a Sea, having had on. several I occasions to lie to from 21 to ';3s' hours. She arrived at the Great Nore on Sawrdwy evening. Tue Havoc has been nearly six weeks on her passage since she left the fleet. She was yesterday taken into the basin for the purpose of landing her mortar ; she is then ordered to be sent round to Portsmouth to be refitted during the winter. At 12.30 p.m. yesterday the screw steam-transport Jackal, of Newcastle, Edwin Fincham. commander, arrived at Sheerness in a leaky state. The Jackal is bound to Balaklava, with transport stores, ammunition, &c., for the use of the ar.ny in the Crimea. She was assisted in by Mr. Thomas Marshall, Supernumerary Chief Officer of her Majesty's steam troop-ship Perse verance, a petty officer, and 12 men to keep the pumps, as water came in to the extent of 14 inches per hour. When fallen in with byakhe Perseverance,'Coromander Harris, she was off Dover, and signalled the Perseve rance that she had sprung a leak, but that there was no danger. The leak was first discovered when the Jackal was in the Downs, and, on proceeding down Channel, finding it increased, they considered it prudent to put back and make the nearest port. On her arrival at Sheerness Captain Fincham immediately put himself in personal communication with the Commander-in-Chief, and at present waits instructions. At 12.15 p.m. yesterday the screw steam troop-ship Perseverance, Commander Harris, arrived at Sheerness from Havre and Plymouth. She left Havre on Friday last, where she embarked 95 Russians, 15 women, and 5 children, prisoners of war taken at Bomarsund. She arrived at Plymouth on Saturday, where she embarked 10 officers, 1 civilian (the Governor of the Aland Isles), 2 wives of Russian officers, 296 men, and 34 women and children, all prisoners of war taken at Bomarsund. She has a lieutenant's guard of Marines, consisting of 1 ser geant, 2 corporals, and 25 Marines, under command of Lieut. Dalby. She proceeded immediately to the float ing coal depot at Saltpan Reach, and after coaling will receive the prisoners from the Devonshire. She will then proceed direct for Liboa, where they are all to be landed in exchange for English and French prisoners. She will leave Sheerness to-day. The Indiana steam transport, No. 147, arrived at Spit head yesterday morning from the East with officers and soldiers invalids. Captain the Hon. Drummond died oa board on Sunday ; his remains were landed at Ports mouth yesterday before the ship went into harbour. Her general passengers and dates have already appeared. Two other deaths have also occurred on the passage. She went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon to land her sick, Scc. The Sir George Pollock and Imperatriz transports landed their sick and wounded at Portsmouth dockyard yesterday. Her Majesty's ship Bellerophon, 78, sailing two decker, was taken into the fitting basin at Portsmouth dockyard yesterday, to be converted into a receiving hulk, instead of the Prince Regent, 90. No. 23 mortar-vessel arrived at Spithead yesterday from the eastward. The Alfred, Indiaman, arrived at Spithead outward bound yesterday. The Tyne, Master Commander Peter Wellington, was taken into dock yesterday at Woolwich yard to undergo general repairs. The Baron Von Humboldt screw steamer, of 300 tons burden, having completed her repairs, was taken from the dock to the basin. The Dee, Commander Pullen, was taken out of the basin and sailed yesterday with machinery for Portsmouth. The transport Imperial, No. 188, went down to Greenhithe yesterday morning to have her compasses regulated for sea, and is to sail thence for the Crimea to-morrow. The Scamander, off Woolwich Arsenal, is discharging her cargo of shells to make room for hospital and am bulance carts and huts, which have been for some time past the principal freights embarked thence. Up to the present time from 900 to 1,000 huts have been shipped from the Arsenal wharf under charge of two sappers to each vessel. These huts vary in their capabilities of ac commodating from 15 to 30 persons each. The landing-stage for the river steamers on the Mer sey presented an animated spectacle throughout the whole of yesterday in consequence of the embarkation, at frequent intervals, on board the screw-steamer Jura, of detachments from various horse and foot regiments. In addition to the officers whose names have been given there were Major Shakapeare, Lieutenants Martin and Dawsay, Of the Royal Artillery, Captain Hancock, of the 12th Lancers, Captain Holmes and Lieutenant Gif ford, of the 10th Hussars, Lieutenant Bacon, of the Berkshire Militia, &c. Additional attachments will ar rive in Liverpool from Ireland this morning, and will immediately embark on board the Jura. She is ex r ected to sail to-day for the Crimea, calling at Corfu. Orders were received on Saturday to accelerate the preparations for the embarkation of draughts from the depot battalion in Limerick garrison for foreign service. The draughts wi!l embark early in the present month. The last draught ordered will be the first to move for Malta ; the second will move direct for the Crimea. The following officers now in Limerick garrison are under orders for foreign ser vic- :—9 th Regiment—Major Vane, Captains Taylor and Leslie, Lieutenants Elm hurst and Germon, Ensigns Wright and Rollo. 17th — Lieutenant Segram, Ensigns Houghton, Presgrave, Maycock, and Bradburne. 39th—Major Herbert, Lieu tenants Daunt, Arbucle, Smith, and Prichard ; Ensigns Chambers and Hoare. 89th—Ensigns Manners, Bar ron, Helmes, and Bowness. . . . THE MAGAZINES. Tilaci:2.oo. The eleventh instalment of the charming. romance of "Zaidee" brings us at last to that crisis in the plot in which the great secret of the story trembles on the verge of revelation. So imminently, indeed, that the poor little brown Zaidee that was, grown now, after the lapse of these seven years of concealment, into the beautiful Elizabeth Cumberland, half meditates ruuniwi away again, and hiding herself this time if possible effectually from the chance of recognition. Tile truth is—Mary has become the betrothed of Percy Vivian, the Great Author ; and Percy, in one of their lovers' " confidences," has told the whole ro mantic history of the family to the adopted sister of the unknown Zaidee, the heroine of the narra tive. The incidents recounted in the present in stalment take place at Malvern, whither Mr. Cum berland's family have removed after a brief sojourn in London, subsequent to their staying for a while at " Sylvo's-place, ' where they see the wonderful Mr. Mansfield. Why they go to Sylvo's-place at all is to us altogether unaccountable. Nothing comes of it. We are just told that they go, and that they return, and are then hurried with them through town to the heights of Malvern. There it I is that Percy woos and wins Mary Cumberland. And there it is that poor beautiful Elizabeth Cum berland -- otherwise Zaidee Vivian suddenly wakens to the terror of being discovered by Percy, and carried back after all her unavailing self-sacri fice to be the wealthy heiress of the dear old Grange in Cheshire. The next part will probably bring the whole story to a conclusion. " North and the Noctes," a tribute from Maga to the shade of Christopher, opens the October number of Black wood. It is a strange rambling comment upon the introductory volume (recently published) of Pro fessor John Wilson's Noctes Ambrosiana —the earliest and, all things considered, the greatest of the glories of old Ebony ! This we say in no for getfulness of Warren's "Diary of a Late Physician," or of his glorious " Ten Thousand a-Year ! ' Any more than in failing memory of Lytton's exquisite " Oaxtons ' " or of his immortal chef dceuvre " My Novel I" These, however, be it remembered, were merely conveyed to us through Maga. Black wood's Magazine was only in their regard the revered medium, the .glorified vehicle for their first publication. They never constituted an integral portion of Maga herself bone of her bone and flesh of her flesh—as was, in very deed, the. case with Wilson's inimitable " odes !" They, as works, were simply presented to us, we repeat, through Maga. ' It, whether as an entire masterpiece, or originally as a piecemeal pub lication, was Maga herself Maga in all her terrors and with all her charms—Maga in her Major-General the Earl of Cardigan has arrived in Dublin on a tour of military inspection, commencing with the cavalry in that garrison, consisting of the 2d Dragoon Guards and the 16th Lancers. Newbridge and the Camp at Curragh will be the next stations to be inspected. wit and her wisdom—Maga sublimated and trans figured. Samuel Philips with his coarse but vigor ous " Caleb Stukely "—Douglas Jerrold- with his queer fantastic "Men of Character "—Thomas Barham (the laughter-moving Ingoldsby) with his " Cousin Nicholas "—cum ceteris paribus were at the best but brilliant contributors - to Blackwood. Professor Wilson—without ever having been its editor—was its veritable impersonation. As he himself in his proper person was the indubitable incarnation of that " king of men," rare old Chris topher North. His crutch was the sceptre Of Maga. His great laugh of derision was her thun der. His flashes of wit her lightning. Remem bering all which, we turn with interest to Black wood's own tribute of love and admiration for his memory, and read the paper "North and the Noctes ' through to the last word, and close it— strange to tell—only with a sense of bitterest dis appointment. The reason for which may in some measure be discernible through the date appended to the article by its writer, viz., " Camp before Sebastopol, Ist September." A date which, in our eyes, looks like an insufferable affectation. As though the nameless contributor said to us—See what a clever fellow I am, to be cracking jokes like this in the midst of the roar of a bombardment. When all the while, to ourselves, the flippant chatter of the contribution reads like a heartless impertinence, scribbled by vanity in the nlidst of the blood and tears of a strife such as the world has seldom before witnessed. Bearing in mind where it was written, we have scarcely pa tience to listen to the errant gabble of this Most gossipping and garrulous of commenta tors. He pays due homage, of course, to each of the three grand interlocutors of the Noctes —North, and Tickler, and Shepherd ! He speaks of the three great masters of humour in these modern times in England, as no other than Chris topher North, Sam Slick, and Charles Dickens. dolonel Crutchley, the commandant of the Depot Bat talion at Parsonstown, on Wednesday last received an order to have in readiness a draught from each de pot, to proceed for embarkation to the seat of war. The draught is to consist of 1 captain, 4 subalterns, 3 sergeants, 10 drummers, and 153 rank and file from the 21st Fusileers ; 2 subalterns, 1 sergeant, 6 drummers, and 54 rank and - file from the 57th Regiment ; and 1 captain, 4 subalterns, 3 sergeants, 6 drummers, aid 77 rank and file from the 63d Regiment. Total, 12 officers, 7 sergeants, 22 drummers, and 295 rank and file ; grand total, 326. The following are the names of the officers who are under orders to proceed with this draught, viz.:-21st Fusileers—Captain Burnside, Ensigns Reade, Ker, Cooke, and Bainbridge. 57th Regiment —Ensigns Thompson and Wagger,. 63d Regiment— Captain Arbuthnot, Lieutenant Clutterbuck, Ensigns Byron, Tuyston, and Greves. And so forth. But the article, though clever here and there, is altogether an e g regious failure. Not so Major Hamley's "Story of the Campaign," the tenth portion of which brings us this month later down than the battle variously known as that of the Traktir-bridge or of the Tchernaya.- Besides the last-mentioned there are two other "continua- tions" in Blackwood for October—part two of " The Baltic in 1855," and part two of " Books for the Holidays." In the last-mentioned of which serial contributions there is a delicious sketch of the seekers of praise, who pester the life almost out of any well-known writers for the magazine of maga zines. We could almost fancy the sketch to have been drawn in burning lines by the caustic pencil of Professor Aytouu ! as we could positively swear to it that the learned Recorder of Hull, and no other, is discernible a little further on in "An Old Contributor at the Sea-side." We can hardly mistake the bold hand of the master, any more than his subtle humour, his keen and watchful observa tion, his sly, quaint drollery, and (with evidences like these too) his reverential awe (when occasion permits) before Nature and her God. Other con tributions there are—a paper on "Centralisation," one on " Modern Light Literature," and another descriptive of a journey made by Vedette from " Madrid. to Balaklava' —enough in regard to all which is said by their mere enumeration. Some what curious, by the way, it is to find in this one number of Blackwood no less than throe separate articles, dated by their writers from the Camp before Sebastopol ! The Dub/iA, of course, Sias its say about " The Plan of the War," and says it well. Disapproval is expressed of the past, and useful suggestions made for the future. - " The Fortunes of Glencore" ad vances three chapters (the last sufficiently exciting) without making much, progress. The writer of " The Civil Service" regards the late semi-official plan of reform somewhat distrustingly, and intimates that desirable as competitive examination may be, more will be required to cure the evils that prevail in the service, and which have been prodUctive of so much mischief. "Notes of a Yacht Cruise from Forth to Clyde" will be interesting to amateur sailors. In " The Dramatic Writers of Ireland, No. VEIL," we are presented with nervous sketches of Thomas Moore, the Rev. C. R. Maturm, and Sir Aubrey De Vere, Bart., and notices of their dramatic works, the productions of the latter studded here and there with rich poetic fancies, being exclusively confined to the unacted drama. A paper on the "Origin of the Russians" is quite apropos at the present time. A lady contributor, Mary C. J. March, supplies some stirring lines ; besides which there is a variety of matter of a more or loss entertaining nature. Colburn's United Service.—" The Disastrous Storming of Sebastopol " is the subject of severe comment. " The attack," it is said, " was not only a mistake : it was a botch, badly planned, badly directed, and wholly unsustained." What is now wanted for the conduct of the war, the indignant writer declares, is secrecy, or at any cost a practi cable administration at home, and the reconstruc tion of the War Department, which, with the Ordnance, should be placed in the charge of an experienced soldier. Nothing like leather! Exeunt Lord Panmurc and Mr. Russel of the Times I In addition to a number of professional articles will be found an interesting description of ono which was witnessed in " The Woolwich Arsenal and the Marshes," on the occasion of the visit of Lord Panmure, Mr. F. Peel, and Mr. Monsell, and the other of "Liverpool Twenty-five Years Ago," (a continuation). The editor, in his " Portfolio," suggests that the Duko of Cambridge has fairly earned a Field-Marshalship, and that the claims of Sir G. Brown, Sir J. Burgoyne, and others who have distinguished themselves during the siege of Sebastopol, should not be overlooked. Bentley's Miscellany presents its accustomed variety, an article on the fall of Sebastopol leading the way. " Woman in Turkey " describes the un enviable condition of the sex there. " War Critics" demonstrates that discordances of opinion in rela tion to the war have not been confined to ama teurs, but have at once as amusingly and painfully been exhibited by military authorities. "The Wehr Wolf of Wilton-crescent" is an amusing and somewhat extravagant contribution by Dudley Costello. "Another Passage in a Dark Story possesses a painful and suggestive interest. "Music and Song " is the title of a charming ode by T : E. Carpenter. Some instructive particulars are g iven „ respecting " Nicholaief, Kherson, and Pereco p . In connection with the former, it would appear that though it is the seat of immense storehouses and dockyards, in which all the Russian fleet in the Black Sea is built, and which give support to a population of 10,000 or 12,000 souls, the timber for ship-building comes chiefly down the Dnieper, and thus has to be conveyed down to the sea before it can be passed into th e B ug , a n d upwards to Nicolaief. " The town of Nicolaief was, before the war," we are told, "quite undefend e d, excep t but for police by a wall, built, not for military, THE FRENCH COLOIVIES. A report, just received by the Minister of Marine and Colonies from the Governor of French Guyana, gives the following account of the ravages caused by yellow fever in that colony from the outbreak, which commenced on the 20th of June last to the 17th of August, when the report was written : " The number of victims in the civil and military ser vice of the colony was 212, including 113 men of the in fantry, artillery, and engineers, 18 gendarmes and 27 sailors. As to the convicts, amounting in July to 3,280, there bad been' 263 deaths among them. The epidemic was peculiarly malignant at the Iles Royale and St. Joseph. However, on the 17th of August the fever had considerably declined ; there had not been a death at Cayenne for the last 43 hours, and the number of patients in the hospital had fallen to 170. Nevertheless the dis order bad broken out with violence on board the For tune, just arrived from France with a baich of convicts. At the Montagne d'Argent, the establishments of La Comte had been free up to that date. The report con cludes with a remark that the coast will always be ex posed to the ravages of the yellow fever whenever it re ceives a large influx of Europeans unaccustomed to the climate ; but that the inland country along the rivers is perfectly healthy, and that nothing pre vents the population from being made to spread inwards where the yellow fever never reaches, since it never leaves the coast. The locality of La Comte is particularly recommended, as possessing an easy communication with Cayenne, and other local advantages, besides a oomparatively healthy sityation, as it is not to be expected that an uninhabited country where ground is broken for the first time should be en tirely free from disease s " The report further gives an account of an exploring excursion of La Comte, beyond the Orapu, by Capt. Carpentier, of the Oyapock : " This officers, it says, accompanied by an engineer and a few blacks, crossed the mountains which skirt the French possessions, at a distance of about 4 kilometres {2a miles) from Sainte Marie. These mountains rise from the plain by easy slopes, offering every appearance of fertility. Springs are abundant, producing water courses, but no marshes ' • the woods are primeval, of vast extent, and contain the best kinds of trees. This rich tract of land communicates with the river of La Comte, as well as with the Oyac, which is navigable to a certain point by vessels of any burden. From that point a road, 19 kilometres in length, will stretch into the heart of the district thus described. In consequence of the sanitary condition of the colony the Minister has for the present suspended the departure of any further convicts for that destination." RAILWAY TRAFFIC .RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 29, 1555 £18,33915 4 Corresponding IN esk last year 16,818 15 2 Total of the half ye bi- to this date, 1855 231,640 14 9 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 221,252 14 9 LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERNRI/LWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Sep. 29, 1855 £25,938 0 9 Corresponding week last year 20,181 9 5 Increase in 1855 25,756 11 4 GLASGOW AND SOLITH-VTZSTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Sept. 29, 1855 £6,50 15 0 Corresponding week last year 5,927 11 1 Increase in 1855.. £578 kll [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills have effected another Cure of Bad Legs.—Mr. Mason, chemist, of Hastings, states, in a letter to Professor Holloway, that a relation of his, residing in Goodwin street, Bloomsbury, Birmingham, was for several years afflicted with bad legs ; he applied a variety of remedies, but to no purpose, as the wounds increased to an alarm ing extent ; however, at last he tried Holloway's oint ment and pills, and by the use of these never•failing medicines the virulence of the disease was quickly sub clued, and by persevering with them for a time they , effected a sound and permanent cure.—Sold by all Ven dors of Medicine, and at Professor Holloway's Estab lishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, IVlaiden4ane, New York, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURN.AL'7. ;3 they•) Fro.,L y Post That attack of th 6 Re.tee, which brought to our arms so many of the honours of battle without thu more con tingent glory of victory, has the same mysterious cha racter which characterised the attempt of the 18th of June, the issue of which so weighed upon Lord Raglan's mind that an indisposition from which he ought to hare recovered, and which was apparently leaving him, be came mortal. We, too, hold the interests of our heroic army paramount to every consideration connected with that army ; and the instant we felt assured that a man fit to lead it in the style of Marlborough, in the style of Wellington, had been d'scovered, that instant we would counsel the appointment of such a commander. An army is not made for the General, but for it, for the army, its General is sought and choler). We are not anxious, then, to invert the order of these vast interests and values ; all we want is that justice and fairness be not forgotten in the unkind and indiscriminate acerbity of disappointed national pride. When Lord Raglan was announced to be no more— immediately after the receipt of a message which repro. santed him as almost recovered—the sudden exigency compelled a rapid selection of his successor. Much bad been said—much urged with heat and energy—about the folly of nominating men whose proofs were chiefly associated with our home service, or remitted back through 40 years, to an early and a doubtful period of practical warlike probation. Those who were known in India, it was urged, ought to fix our attention. India was our constant gymnasium. What said our officers in that quarter ? For whom was their voice ? In whom had they confidence ? Meanwhile, dine pressed hard, and General Simpson was appointed. Now comes the great trial of the Bth inst. He, like General Caurobert, would be only too.glad to yield a place which he never wanted to occupy, and which he accepted with reluctance, if not with misgiving. But why with misgiving ? This requires a few words. The English army is small compared to that of our valiant friends, the French. In the severe labours of a period of adversity, now passed away, it sufficed not for all the duties which were embraced with such a brave and large hearted spirit. The little army was relieved ; its posts were curtailed—and were shifted. Any place would answer ; any place was acceptable; neither men nor General would demur to our holding any one of those stations of which all must be held. That somebody or other must be at a particular spot was quite enough for us. Why not the English I Now, we had a more rocky ground through which to trench than fell to the lot of the indomitable men who made their approaches to the Malakhoff. From this two consequences followed. First, we pushed the advance more slowly ; and, in the second place, we were forced to content ourselves with a narrower line of excavation. When the day of assault arrived, that is the day when our more numerous Allies were ready for their attack, it seemed right that we should defer to those who were more forward ; it seemed shameful that we should clog their movements. But were we also ready ? No. How is this ? Fewer men, and a harder Soil. And how not ready ? We were further from the enemy, and our paral lels were so narrow, that supports, reinforcements, and reserves were unable to form effectually therein. Then why attack at all ? There was the point of honour. There was, moreover, the diminution of the pressure upon those who would assail the Malakhoff, and who bad before helped us so well. Have we said enough ? The French columns, who sprang into the Kerniloff Bastion, had only from 12 to 20 yards to clear. Their supports, who swarmed upon their track, had wide trenches in which to form—bays, so to say, in the parallels, easily won out of a less rocky ground. - 7 And if our storming party was numerically weak, let the reader fix it well in his head that they constituted "a forlorn hope," and the smaller such a band is (after reaching the needful number) the better. They had besides 215 or 220 yards to clear, instead of about 12 ; and the 12 to which we allude were not swept by artil lery, whereas these 200 yards were terminated by a raking cross-fire of grape throughout their whole interval. Another point is still more important ; the Redan was not like the Malakoff, a closed fort, but open behind ; and those whom the sudden French attack found card playing and dice-throwing in the Malakhoff, came rush ing by hundreds into the Redan. Meantime the Male, k heff enclosuili became a citadel to its conquerors, while our forlorn assailants of the Redan stood in its pointed exterior angle, or salient, exposed to the broad line of fire which its base, or " hypothenuse," flung out ; cut off from support, and far from their own unfriendly, be cause narrow, parallels. It is wonderful they held their ground so long. But for them, the Malakoff might not have been taken. They died not "in the arms of victory," but they helped to secure it. It is considered a great thing to win victory, or to aid in its winning, for the sake of honour ; what shall we say of those devoted hearts who aided in its winning without the honour, and without a hope of it ? As to General Simpson, let all who judge him first put themselves mentally in his place. (From the Times of this day.) The election of Mr. Alderman Salomons to the im portant and honourable office of Lord Mayor of London is too significant a circumstance to be overlooked oven amid the all-eegrossing, topics of the war. The Alder men and Livery of London ought to be pretty good judges. we think, of what constitutes a citizen, and they have elected to the chief civic dignity—to the office of Lord Mayor—Mr. David Salomons, Alderman and cooper, who was, indeed, elected Sheriff of London and Middlesex 20 years ago, but who is nevertheless a mem ber of the Jewish persuasion. It seems hard to deny the full rights of citizenship to a class one of which is chosen Lord Mayor of London. That the Jews, moreover, are good citizens—that is to say, peaceable, orderly, and well-disposed—has never been denied, and the honour now conferred on Mr. Alderman Salomons is precisely , that which has always been regarded as the peculiar re ward of civic industry and success. Nor can the Jews be charged with any want of wholesome conservatism. The Lord Mayor Elect, in returning thanks for his election, himself observed that he trusted we should still find " that a desire for the maintenance of all old institutions was consistent with popular rights, and, above all, with the rights of conscience. It used to be said that the emancipation of the Jews would "unchristianise the country." We do not, as we remarked once on a former occasion, see how this argu ment, on which so much stress has been laid, can be better met than by an appeal to facts. We say, without fear of contradiction, that those opinions by virtue of which the emancipation of the Jews has been advocated cannot convey any indication of laxity in religious feeling on the part of the nation, inasmuch as, so far from being attended with any manifestations of religious indiffer ence in general, they have, on the contrary, been coin cident with marked and unquestionableimprovement , In proof of our words we refer to open evidence. Let any person look around him, and compare what may be termed the religious aspects of society at the present time with what might have been seen in times past. T o deny the progress exhibited in this respect would be impossible,. In every quarter may be observed churches recently erected or in process of erection, or old churches restored by the most careful and zealous renovatiotr. To judge by such testimony, one might almost imagine that there had been some great revival of religious feeling— some awakening of the public mind. From the statistics of the last census it appears th a t between the years 1801 and 1831 there were built 500 new churches, and that between 1831 and 1851 no fewer than 2,0 29 were added to the existing number; while of the total estimated cost of 9,087,0001. incurred upon these fabrics, no less than 7,423,5711. was contributed by private benefaction. The numbers and funds of the various societies org,a,ai ee d, for religious purposes would furnish evidence still more remarkable. To take a s i ng l e example,—the Church Missionary Soci e ty, which f or the first ten years of it s existence—i. e., from 1798 to 1808, bad n ot above 1,5001. yearly income, has now 120,0001. We need not, however, multiply these quotations, as the observation of every reader may convince him of the truth of Our argument, and of the fact that religious feeling has been strengthened, and not impaired, during the progress of political liberality. With such evidence before us there can be no grounds for apprehending that opinions favourable to religious toleration would be unfavourable to religious tr u th . Conscience, said a great man, is God's province, mean ing that it should he regarded as beyond the cognisance .of man. If this reinciple could only be carried out at the cost of sincerity or zeal, it would be deplorable in deed, but fortunately no such perils are in the way. Look at the instance furnished in the case of Roman Catholic emancipation. Did that concession make the nation less Protestant? We venture to say that never could there have been a more genuine, hearty, or uni versal expression of real Protestant feeling than was called forth 21 years after the Emancipation Act by the Papal aggression in 1850. No observer of that demon stration could ever have doubted that England was Pro testant to the backbone, and we believe that the Chris tianity of the nation is just as little liable to be affected by the emancipation of the Jews. In the present day we can show our zeal for religion by other methods than those of excluding from civil privileges those who differ from us in belief ; nor is it likely to be cons id ere d th at the city of London is in any degree less Christian than it was before its chief magistrate was a J ew . Wh at was shown by the election on Saturday was not that the electors were indifferent to Christianity, but that they were unwilling to allow a difference in religious belief to exclude a fellow-citizen from the honours which he bad deserved. BRITISH GERMAN L E GION.—Last Sunday, bei n g th e day fixed for the public thanksg iving to the Almighty for the brilliant success of the allied armies in the East, the troops of the German Legion in camp at Shorncliffe, amounting to about 3,400 men, paraded for that pur pose, under the command of Colonel Wooldridge. The different regiments formed one hollow square. The prescribed prayer was read, the Te I)eum, was sung, and a most impressive sermon was delivered by the chaplain. Immediately afterwards the greater portion of the offi cers of the force accompanied their gallant commander to the established church at Sandgate, where they joined the English congregation in returning thanks for the vic tories gained by their brave comrades in arms. The offi cers and soldiers of the First Brigade of Infantry, while bitterly disappointed at not having had the good fortune to be present upon the memoratle occasion for which they assembled to celebrate a feast of thanksgiving, have hearts that can feel for the desolated hearths of those who fell in this glorious struggle. They have added one of the brightest p-ges to the annals of the foreign Legion by coming forward, one and all, officers and men, of their own free win and accord, to give their Sunday's pay for the benefit of the widows and orphans of their English comrades who fell at the capture of Sebastopol. This noble conduct on the part of our foreign soldiers needs no comment ; it carries with it its own force, and will no doubt be deservedly appreciated by every English!. man. I purposes, to prevent peculation and smugglinF." Among the remaining contents are "Prosings by, Monkshood," the essayist under Consideration being' the Rev. Sydney Smith, who, of course, is very courteously treated, as lie des.orves—the prosilig on him being far from drowsy. New Monthly.--" Tho Crimea and its Inhabi tants," and "Russia and the Russians," are useful contributions totheliterature of the war. " Country Newspapers and their Editors" portrays with graphic skill and considerable fidelity the inner life of a country newspaper office, and the trials and grievances of a country editor. The writer is evi dently a knowing hand, and doubtless personally conversant with what he chiscribes. Some pleasing lyrics are contributed by T. • Westward. " Crime and Petty Offences in the Eighteenth Century," and "Things as they are in America," will repay perusal. " France and its Hopes "is the title of a thoughtful article by Cyrus Redding, in which a dispassionate view is taken of "things as they are," and of the probabilities of the future. "The Grave at the Alma," verses by J. E. Carpenter, and " The Fountain Beaulieu," by G. W. Thornbury, will have numerous admirers. The " Prebendary's Daughter," a painful story, " Notes on Literature in France," and " A Diary of a First Winter in Rome, 1854," may be also noticed. Sharpe's London.—" Dr. Oliver's Maid," by Silverpen, is continued to the satisfaction of the reader—as also the history of "Lorimer Little good, Esq.," (cleverly illustrated by George Cruik shank,) and the story of " Harry Coverdale's Courtship;" " Minor Inventions and Improvements" is one of those subjects which may safely be treated at greater length than in the present number, and, when treated us it is here, is generally acceptable. "My First and Last Turkey Hunt" may be pointed out among other amusing contributions. .Yetvton's London Journal of the Arts and Sciences.—The systematic refusal to extend the grant of patents to the colonies is the subject of the opening paper, the anomalous position of in ventors in Canada having recently been brought under the notice of the "United States House of Representatives by the Commissioner of Patents in his annual report just published. Besides a second notice of the so called new metal alumnium the number contains the usual record of inventions as applied to the arts, with illustrations. • The .3ferchant's Magazine contains a notice able review of the constitution and powers of the Bank of England, the judgment displayed by its managers (in increasing the rate of discount), and the present position of the country in a financial point of view. A paper on " Speculation in France" is also deserving of attention. The ihnateur.—Flopo and Co.—The third num ber of a lively aspirant for popular favour. An entertaining magazine likely to find itself a place in the list of successful serials. LITERATURE. The Battle on the Bosphorus. By F. C. Armstrong, author of " The Two Midshipmen," " The War hawk," (Ci . c. 3 vols. Newby. This is a very interesting romance, and displays skill in design and spirit i n execu ti on . Th e t i me in which the events occurred is as far back as the fourteenth century, and the hero is a young Corsi can knight, of the name of Paoli, whose bravery, energy, and generosity are worthy of the events of the age of chivalry, and whose adventures are of sufficient interest both in peril and variety to com pete with the achievements of the knights of old. He was singularly unfortunate, but although beset by secret foes as well as menaced by open enemies, he contrived to elude their vigilance, to escape from their devices, and to overcome them by his skill and prowess. In Venice ho met with one of his hair-breadth escapes, for he was taken to the dun geons of the Inquisition, and had to face the dr ea d tribunal. He was banished for three years, owing to the intervention of friends, instead of a more awful sentence. He had already engaged to join the fleet then preparing to encounter the Genoese, under the command of Admiral Pisani. A vivid description is given of the battle that subsequently took place, in which Paoli performed many feats of valour. After this public glory, however, many private calamities ensued. He and his faithful squire were waylaid, and it was not till some months had elapsed that they were able to effect their escape from their deadly and determined. enemies. The most interesting and exciting por tion of the narrative is that which narrates the ex ploits of Paoli in Venice. He proceeded there in order to gain news of friends, among others the beautiful Agnes Alirand, to whom he was be trothed, and who, with her father, had disappeared in the confusion then reigning at Venice. He did not meet them, but heard tidings of them, and finally he was reduced to the most imminent dan ger, and had to resort to wonderful contrivances to escape from the place. The bravo who befriends bim is an attractive character, and his self-posses sion and adroitness are almost incredible. This obstacle surmounted, and Paoli at liberty, again trouble came in the perils of Agnes and her father, who were taken prisoners by Campaldino, the enemy who had before seized Paoli. It was with great ingenuity that Paoli and his brave friends made their way to the fortress, and disposed of the fierce assailants of the island of Lapraja. In the course of the narrative a variety of scenes, adven tures, and personages are introduced, and much is explained and detailed of Italian life at that epoch. The sisters, the cousins of Agnes, are pleasingly introduced in the first visit of Paoli to Venice, when at the house of their father, a wealthy mer chant, he was received with kindness when an exile, and introduced to his future career. Some of the events are of a stirring nature, and of an ex citing interest, and are described with a force and energy that makes them appear life-like and actual. Giacinto Paoli is well calculated to adorn a tale of romance, from the circumstances of his position, the superiority of his nature, and the spirit that actuated his career. The Priest's Niece• ' or, the Heirship of Bantulph. By the author of " Lionel Deerhurst." 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. Though not laying claim to any degree of unusual merit, this story may at least boast of some origi nality. It is wild and singular, and in many re spects strikingly improbable. The actors comprise a long list of individuals of several generations. The scene is laid by turns in Scotland, India, and Ceylon. The heroine who gives the work its title does not appear till the third volume, or at least she is mentioned in an earlier portion of the work, but is stolen from her parents and is supposed to be drowned. Her adventures are too complicated to explain, although we may mention that " the Priest's Niece" is not the niece of Frere Colpa, as supposed, but the heiress of Barnulph. The termination of her elaborate history is her murder at her bridal by a fanatic Moor, who persisted that she had dedicated her to Heaven in her infancy, and that she must be a nun. The reader, however, is not at all sur prised by this tragical termination of the heroine's story, for it is quite simple and natural compared to the extraordinary entanglement of murders, mistakes, secrets, plots, crimes, threats, maledic tions, and mysteries which he has before encoun tered. The names of the dramatis persona are suffi cient to occasion bewilderment to any ordinary un derstanding—Nial, Zied, Fionne, and Siward being among the heroes, and Neno one of the heroines. It is quite a relief to meet with Mary Aylsfort, though she is not so attractive as Ellen Duinue, the unknown heiress. The point of the story in connection with the heirship of Barnulph is, that an old Baron having been incensed by his il l:1 1 7 opposing him at the time of the civil war left his estates to the females of the family, and uttered heirs w an anathema against any of the ma le . le gacy ho This should attempt to possess them. is weary productive of much misery to all concerned, and at the conclusion of the tale the family, (j so many misfortunes, sell 1 and the 'll fated property passes away from Barnulph. The concluding volume the house of of the story is h l the most interesting. Although that presents some glaring improbabiliti es ; it is more connect e d i n it s incidents, and is written in a less exaggerated style. The author does not want invention, but the work seems written hastily and without care. In a an d incidents of b ygone ages. nar rative of modern life we do not expect to meet the names The writer should either give US an historical romance in w hi c h his tragic scenes and excited speeches would not appear out of place, or content himself with depicting modern life as it really is and under more usual nomenclature. Of either of these ho appears capable, though no doubt his present effort will prove attractive to many readers. The lovers of the marvellous and romantic will pro bably welcome his exciting scenes as a delightful contrast to tamer and less startling romances, and the style will very likely appear to them full of eloquence and feelin g . But it is not the novelist's place to gratify such tastes, but to elevate them ; and such, we trust, will be the future object of the present author, who will, no doubt, one day produce something far superior to the history of the Heirs of Barnulph. Sporting Adventures in the New World. By Lieu tenant Campbell Hardy, R.A. Hurst and Blackett. To sportsmen, naturalists, and lovers of nature n her more romantic moods these volumes will prove unusually attractive, positively fascinating, indeed so varied, novel, and exciting are the ad ventures and scenes they describe. Hitherto the interior of Nova Scotia has been comparatively a sealed book. Judging by the barrenness of the country round the capital of the colony travellers have formed most erroneous notions respecting it, and the tide of emigration has passed contemptu ously, so ,to speak, by it westward. Yet in no part of America i s th ere t o b e f oun d scenery more ro mantic, object of sport more numerous and varied, and proofs of fertility more incontestible than greet the eye within forty miles of Halifax. The colony would appear to be one of the most interesting and promising we have heard of, and the public are indebted to the author for his description of it. Mr. Hardy, it would appear, has a taste for moose hunting, and in search of this animal penetrated the fine forests of Acadia, forded its streams, played havoc with its salmon (and such salmon !), trout, partridges, wild ducks, &c. ; confronted its bears and wolves, and was tormented by its flies. The objects of his search continued, we are sorry to say, with one or two exceptions, to escape him. This, ho wever, is little to be deplored by the reader, since a vivid description of the mode of moose hunting is given ; and the work could hardly have been more entertains g; and possibly m i g ht h ave been less instructive, had he been more successful. Adopting a judicious plan,. the author dotted down the particulars of each day's adventure, and the result is a work which will be welcome in any circle, and be regarded as a new-found treasure in. many. Directions for tackle flies, &c., and a cata logue of the birds of Nova Scotia are appended for the use of sportsmen and naturalists. Market Gardening Round London. By James Cuthill. Hamilton and Adams, Paternoster-row. The Sitohen Garden. By E. S. Delamer. Rout- ledge and Co., Farringdon-street. These books are equally cheap and useful. The first, by Mr. Cuthill, the celebrated strawberry grower of Camberwell, condenses an unusual amount of instruction, grounded on long scientific expe rience, which any tyro in the digging and sowing department may readily and practically act upon. It has the excellence of being alike serviceable to the commercialist who may produce for Covent garden, and to the amateur who prides himself on his home-grown dish of early peas. Mr. Cuthill fairly claims the extensive patronage he enjoys on the score of his persevering and intellectual ad vancement of general horticulture. The work is a mere pamphlet, but of considerable intrinsic value. " The Kitchen Garden," by E. S. Delamer, i 4 more elaborate in its character, and gives an excel lent Gardening Calendar for the months. The full descriptive treatment of herbs and fruits is inte resting even to those who may have no notion of gathering their own gherkins and gooseberries, and we can cordially recommend both these publications as welcome additions to general household book shelves. The Irish Quarter/1i _Review. W. B. Kelly, Dublin. "Tennyson and his Maud " is the opening subject of the article. The characteristic of Maud is said to be " Maudlin semi-insanity"— words meaning nothing worth remembering, and a disjointed tale of love and blood, to be discovered after close and laborious application to the text. "John Baynim," a biography, is continued, and the reader is presented with a record of one of the most distressing periods of the painful career of that thrilling writer. The Life of "Sydney Smith " furnishes a number of extracts, and ample justice is otherwise done to the career and character of that patriotic, witty, and conscientious divine. " The Poets of America," are the subject of a second delightful paper. Those reviewed are— Whittier, Poe, Read, and N. P. Wells. Whittier is described as pre-eminently the American poet ; " the poet who reflects the magnificence of his country in the majesty of his verse, who embodies all the iron vigour and enterprising sport of her sons in his nervous ringing language, and all the bold, lofty, and free aspirations of her statesmen in the unbending and devoted love of freedom which breathe through his works like the sighing of the wind through a forest of his native pine trees." " Our Soldiers at Home and Abroad " points out the defects of our military system, and has for its moral, " The duty of greater generosity (of a pecuniary nature) to the soldier, who will pay back the boon on the battle-field with his best blood." The remaining article of general interest is one on " Alison and his History," in which the reviewer does battle with the historian on Irish matters, and tells him "a bit of his mind." ROYAL CREMORNE GARDENS. This evening the veterans of the past and the aspirants for future glory will probably meet in these delightful gardens, as we understand that the boys of the Duke of York's School, with their military band, and the Pen sioners from Chelsea Hospital, are invited to partake of the general amusements, and to celebrate the victories which have so lately taken place before Sebastopol. To morrow there will be a grand military ftte, when Sebas topol will agai❑ be stormed and captured on a giant scale. The few autumnal nights still remaining will afford ample entertainment to those desirous of witness ing the close of a very delightful season. SURREY THEATRE. An entirely new Bet of performances were introduced last night at this theatre, three new entertainments be ing produced—The Flower Girl and the Convict Marquis, a piece in three acts; Emigration, or Dome in the West, a piece personal to Mr. MoVicker, the American come dian ; and a ballet, entitled Terror in a Tub, introduc ing Mr. Flexmore aildMademoiselle Auriol. — The Plower Girl and the Convict Marquis is a piece hot from the French oven, where such dramas are produced in batches - and with a freshness and no ve lty th a t seem to baffle the ingenuity of our native dramatists. The authors of the 'dower Girl have contrived to make a very interesting story, and though they are thoroughly melodramatic in their treatment of the tale they have given a reality to the personages and marked charac teristics to the dramatis persona, that, avoiding the ex ploded cant, render it really interesting. The chief characters devolve on Miss Marriott as the Flower Girl, and Mr. J. H. Rickards as the Marquis, and they have not only great personal claims to repre sent such a manly hero and such a womanly heroine, but act with much spirit and finesse. Miss Marriott is a young lady possessing talent. She was greatly appre ciated and justly applauded. Mr. Rickards has a fine manly person. Mr. Vollaire, as the villanous old notary, justified the repute he has attained for enacting old men. It is a careful and forcible personation. Mr. Widdi combs and Miss Emily Sanders enact the low comedy of the piece. They are both excellent performers in this line of character. The drama is in all respects well acted, and put on the stage with the care that is now universally manifested at this theatre, and it was re ceived enthusiastically. The American drama of Emigration is a vehicle for Mr. McVicker, the American comedian. The ballet, however, was the great feature of the evening. Fleamore—the inimitable Flexmore— exhi bited his unrivalled skill under exceedingly favourable circumstances. Hie grotesque attitudes combined with extraordinary agility, flexibility, and—strange as it may appear—grace, for every movement was the perfec tion of grace, showed that he had no competitor in the walk which he has chalked out f or hims elf , and in which power, as on many has descended on ne his m an s t h l o e u o l f d ll e tr s i . ma ß l Grimaldi, withwas ably s double u previous occasions, by Mdlle. Auriol, whose light and a Tub would have s uccee d ed under any cir picturesque dancing ne ver a ppeared to greater advantage. c T u er m r s o t r : cee , but with such support its triumph was complete and decisive. 'We congratulate the enterprising lessee on having been BO fortunate as to secure the in exhaustible services of these great artistes. We are con vinced that the liberality which procured so great a treat for a Surrey audience will be duly appreciated by those who were thereby enabled to afford an enthusiastic reception to these old and highly meritorious favourites. THE OPENING OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOLS." Yesterday the medical schools in connection with the various metropolitan hospitals were occupied by in augural addresses from the principal professors. It is a fact worth mentioning that the number of new students at most of the hospitals has far exceeded that of any former ye Ir. At Guy's Hospital Dr. Gull delivered his introductory lecture at the commencement of the session, in the theatre of the hospital, which was crowded with stu dents and members of the profession. At Westminster Hospital the introductory lecture at this, the oldest metropolitan hospital supported by vo luntary contributions, was delivered by Mr. C. Brooke, M.A. F.R.S., one of the surgeons of the hospital. ACCharing-cross Hospital Dr. Hyde Salter delivered the introductory lecture to a crowded audience, both of students and strangers. At King's College the inaugural lecture was delivered by Dr. Lionel lhate, of Carey-street, professor of phy siology and morbid anatomy: At London Hospital the inaugural lecture was deli vered by Dr. Andrew Clarke. At St. George's Hospital ther e was an address to the students at this hospital, the professors adhering to the old practice of addressing the students and distributing the prizes in May. At -University College Hospital the inaugural lecture at this hospital will be delivered this (Tuesday) after noon, by Professor Williamson, F.R.S. A new weekly newspaper in modern Greek, and en titled " Hymera;' has just appeared at Trieste. THE PENNY PRESS.—An Edinburgh newsboy, who was crying the Daily Something (or Noticing), poPPa c ci l his head i n t o a h ouse i n the Ol d T own and mu ttere d hi s " Only a penny ! 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