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Prospectuses sent free on application. SALE OF OLD STORES AT CHATHAM. Admiralty, Somerset-place, 21st Sept., 1861. rrHE COMMISSIONERS f or EX ECUTING 1_ THE OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUES DAY, the 29th of Octobe at Twelve o'clock at noon, the Captain Superintendent will put up to Sale in her Majesty's Dockyard at Chatham, several Lots of OLD STORES, consisting of old Rope (hawserlaid and cablelaid), Shakings, old Canvas, Oakum, Hemp, Woollen Rams, Buntin, Lignum Vita, Lead Ashes, Leather, Iron Ballast, &c. &c., all lying in the said yard. Persons wishing to view the lots must apply to the Super intendent for Notes of Admission for that purpose. Catalogues and conditions of sale may be had here and at the yard. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION ' FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, (Incorporated by Royal Charter). Founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Contributions. PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PnEstu , ENT —Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, K.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.?., Chair man of Lloyd's. DEP UTY- CHAIRMAN —Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. Chairman of Lloyd's Registry o f B r i t i s h and , Foreign Shipping Society, APPEAL. The Committee of Managemen incurred o state that, during the past year, the Institution has expenses amount ing to £6,258 ls. on the following Life-boat stations:— ENGLAND. Llandudno, Carnarvo n shire. Newbigg-in, Northumberland. Southport, Lancashire. Saltburn, Yorkshire. Lytham, Filey, Silloth, Cumberland. Caistor, Norfolk. SCOTLAND. Aldborough, Suffolk. Ayr, Ayrshire. Margate, Kent. Irvine, Walmer, Kantyre, 'Argyleshire. Selsey, West' Sussex. Buckle. Banffshire. Grange, Isle of Wight. Banff, Brooke, St. Andrew's, Fifeshire. Penzance, Cornwall. North Berwick, Haddington- St. Ives, shire. Newquay, „ IRELAND. Penarth, Glamorganshire. Portrush, Antrim. Llandwyn, Anglesey. Tyrella, Dundrum Bay. The Institution has also expended on the repairs, stores, alterations, and inspection of its numerous Life-boas, Boat houses, and Transporting-carriages, £3,632 19s. ; and £1,550 for exercising the Crews of its Life-boats—making altogether a total of £11,441. During the past year the Life-boats of the Institution have been instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the following wrecked Vessels : Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone Brig Pallas. of Shields .. Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow . Smack John Bull, of Yarmouth .. Schooner Catherine, of New r y . Barque Niagara, of Shields .. A Barge of Teignmouth Brig George and James, of London Brig Zephyr, of Whitby Coble Honour, of Cullercoats Schooner Eliz of North Shields :: Barque Oberon, of Liverpool Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth • . Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge . Brig Ann, of Blyth Sloop Hope, of Dublin Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth .. Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis . Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rocheqer Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee Schooner Rose, of Lynn Brig Prodroma, of Stockton .. Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn Brig Gloucester, of South Shields . . . 1 .. 5 .. 3 . . 9 .. 5 .. 4 .. 11 .. 2 .. 8 .. 6 .. 3 - 7 .. 15 .. 9 .. 2 .. 6 .. 5 .. 5 .. 8 Total .• .• —2lO For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has voted £9OB Bs. 4d. as re A ards. It has also granted rewards amounting to £203 4s. for saving 245 shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, making a total of 455 persons saved from a watery grave on the Coasts of the United Kingdom. During the present year (1861), the Life-boats of the Insti tution have also been instrumental in rescuing tae Crews of the following Vessels : Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford •.. ••• • • ......5 Schooner Prospect, of Ber w i c k •• •• •• Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives • • • • A Fishing-boat of Whitburn •• • • • • Brig Arethusa of Blyth Schooner Devri Wyn, of Portmadoc Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris Schooner William, of Morecambe ._ • .. 2 _ Smack Gipsy, of Newry Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston .. • . 4 Brig New Draper, of Whit e h aven .. • • . .. 8 Schooner William, of Liverpool .. 5 Lugger Nimrod, of Castletown 3 Brig Providen ce , o f Shields .. • • • • 8 Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. .. 4 Barque Guy ilia, of Glasgow . 19 Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. 10 Brig San Spirld , one, of Galaxide 2 Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vianna 8 French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese .. 6 Barque Perseyerance, of Scarborough .. .. 5 Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast Schooner Florten sia, of Han over .. .. 4 Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven .. 4 Brig St. Michel, of M arans 8 Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves sel and one of the crew) 1 Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) .. N° 21,601. P U BL [CATIONS, NEW NOVEL BY MR. WILLS. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., NO TICE T 0 QUIT. By W. G. WILLS, Author of "Life's Foreshadowings." Hurst and 'Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay market, IS NOW OPEN for the Season EVERY EVENING, under the di rec ti on o f M onsieur BOULCOUAT principal Cornet-a-piston and Conductor. The music will be selected from Verdi, ffeyerbeer, Rossini, Flotow, Balfe, and other eminent Composers. During tne recess these well known Rooms have been entirely RE-DECORATED and I UTROVED by Messrs. 11. T. SMITH and assistants. The new Chandeliers by M. Benjamin. Admiss , on, One Shilling. —All the new Music to be had at the Office, No. 7, Great Windmill-street. Total •• ..183 The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions the Society has made within the past few years, it has now One Hundred and Fifteen Life-boats under its management, for the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency. a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. Donations and Annual - iti l-, scriptions will be thankfully re ceived by Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand ; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar. and Co., 1;, St. Jamei's-street, London ; by a 1 the Bankers in the United Kingdom; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Offic e o f th e I nst i tution, 14, John-street Adelphf, London, W.C. Payments maybe made by Cheques or by Post-office rders (crossed), to Messrs. W llis, Percival, and Co., or to the O Secre tary. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. 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V a e l l d , vr , tb numerous plates . , s ent post paid, by the Author: forl:2 -- sl r li ANHOOD: the CAUSE and amps, Plain Directions ! til- MATURE DECLINE IN N.A CURE o f PR E _ for reflect Restoration to Health and ‘7 l lo. e ll ti CURTIS, 15, A Ibermarle-street, Piccadilly's r ' By Dr. J. L. ioiogical CONTENTS: ,Lon don. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on th e p Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Ore,h7B CITAPTER IL—Causes of Spermatorrhcea an'a a i i r s n'nos- Parlv Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. - - - -enoe; Cl IA PT Elt lII.—A Review of the various Disqualification of Marriage; whether resulting f rom Y outhful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects o f Climate, or Infection.' —e CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Oonorrhma and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and Interesting ases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. ____ REVIEWS OF TITE WORK. 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GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERE RS. FTENRY SMITH, M.D., of the U n i vers i ty o f , ufferers Jena, FRE has E just publish ed EDlTlON , of fo his r thvaluablee benefit work, of NervousTHE , a WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike o Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &e., which, if reglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob .ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY SmiTrr, M.D., 8, Burton ^rescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN it FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Rilord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at lls., or four quantities in one for 3.35., and may be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance stamps. Sole Agents in London—Prout and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 229, Strand (near Temple-bar). (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) R. BRIGHT'S THREE DAYS' CURE. —The most speedy remedy ever known.—The BUCHU GLOBUL NS, containing the Quintessence of Copaiba. Cu bebs, Buchu, &c., at once cure, without the possibility of failure, Gonorrhoea, obstinate Gleet, Stricture, and Urethral Discharges, immediately subduing all inflammatory action ; encased in sugar, free from taste or smell, and adapted for either sex. Price lls. ; by post 12s. 6d., free from observa tion. Prepared and sold only at the laboratory, 41A, Maddox street, Regent-street, W. (opposite the side of St. George's Church), London, by RALPH BRIGHT, M. D., Member of the Roya' College of Surgeons, England, Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinbu•gh, &c., &c. ; author of " NERVOUS EXHAUSTION," its cause and cure, with an Essay on Seminolozy, showing' the marvellous restorative powers of the newly-discovered and wond,rful remedy known universally as the Aphrodision. "As phosphorus in a state of nature illumines the darkness, so the exhausted frame revives whan impregnated with its electrical properties." Price 2s. 6d., by post 2s. 10d. abridged edition ls.. by post 14 stamps, from the residenceof the author (44i Maddox-street), where he may be daily con sulted, from 11 to 4, for the cure of the above diseases, to which he has, for a lengthened period, devoted his exclusive attention. PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. contend in numbers and nastiness with those of Stamboul or Moscow, nothing would disturb the stillness if the sentries could be prevailed upon not to let their muskets go off occasionallY; 1 Milan, at ,wr o s t e cy sm : a eo l rr l ee hours,manodt stamped ytianmof a s the ilcd days ri t o ) g the h Austrian usrtnouof cmind a e d t gr, a i o o ui was not mo re p ro f oun dl y lif e l ess. E ven t h e men devoted themselves to the study of games of chancy in connection with certain cubes of ivory, packs a cards, and teetoturns. Here they flourished, and large gilt numbers over the doors of the houses, flaming with lights, in which the sports were ear ried on, were to be seen in all the decent streets, and attracted the unwary to be burnt. In one of these temples to the goddess Fortune presided the Benicia Boy, and the others were generally provided also with priests and acolytes of remarkable humpi ness at the back of the head and over the deltoids, same of whom must have had their faces sat upon in early . youth or been subjected to the gentler touches of a steam hammer. But Fortune had not only Mars in training by her side, bat was in alli ance with Venus and Bacchus, and America being a very young country has as many sons who cannot resist such a combination of the mythology as any of the older portions of the globe. Among these was a paymaster in the navy, who in the equal con test dropped not only his own money, but large sums, it is said, belonging to the State. The eye of Uncle Samuel, closed before to all the "doings" and " goings on" under his very nose, was now opened wide, and last week descents a la Hatteras were operated on the houses, numerous arrests made, money seized, and rooms swept by the authorities. As if determined to destroy all the pleasures of Washington at one fell swoop, the Provost-Marshal (Brigadier-General Porter) issued orders, about the same time, that all the " bars" in the city and George-town should be shut up at 9 o'clock, the penalties of disobedience being the complete sup pression.of the bar and the arreat of,those, found in front and behind it. The best of it is - every one is pleased with these acts of vigour. We are all quite ready for a " strong Government" here, and as the South are ready for the same, or a little stronger, if possible, we may see another instance of univer sal suffrage being used as a base on which to erect the fabric of absolute autocratic power with the consent of the suffragans. The selling of liquor to soldiers is made highly penal also, and, if repression and coercion can do it, the vast collection of armed men here will speedily be licked enough to shape with a rough tongue. But they kick against the pricks. With all the love of military display and parade which exists in America—the desire after flags, banners, uniforms, arms, and rank, there is as yet a want of the military or rather soldierly spirit which begets attention to personal smartness, takes pride in obedience, and bends freely to the yoke of discipline. A young man was found guilty the other day of sleeping on his post in face of the enemy, and at night he was sentenced to be shot, and Gen. M'Clellan issued orders fer the execution. I never for a moment believed it would be carried out —it would have been cruelty to commence with that victim. Some time ago I heard General M'Dowell say that, riding over tie Long Bridge at night with some of his Staff, he found the sentry at the Vir ginia end asleep ; he dismounted, took away the sleeper's musket, called the sergeant of the guard; the sergeant was asleep too ; next the General sum moned the officer, and he was not forthcoming at all till the whole post had been aroased. The commonest thing in the world is to see the sen tries sitting down on stones and blocks of, wood reading their newspapers, with their firelocks across their knees. If a man sits down at night it is hard for him to keep awake, and I doubt if the temper of the people, judging from what I heard, would have permitted the execution of this young man without condemnation of all concerned in it. They dis cussed the sentence in the hotels with acrimony, and the general feeling, in some instances at least, • seemed to be that a man could not help going to sleep if he was sleepy, and that no one had any right to kill him because he was sleepy. Repre sentations were made to the President, who ex pressed a wish that the man might be reprieved, as it was the first case of capital condemnation ; and, yielding to the wish and the intercession of his offi cers, General M'Clellan not only remitted the sca tence, but ordered the man to be released and to return to his duty, giving at the same time due warning to sleepers to come that they need expect no such clemency in future. from before Washington, either as a device to blind their antagonists while making it, or to co-operate with the rest of the army by a serious demonstration above and below the city. If the Confederates have moved, they mean to do some mischief. They can scarcely retire and hope to make a better leap by doing so. In inactivity on both side, coupled with prodigious expenditure., are the best if not the only chance of compromise and peace. Success on either side revives the hopes of complete ultimate triumph of the one, and stimulates the animosity and the display of the resources of the other. There is one thing to be taken into consideration as an element of peace. During the winter the armies must go into quarters. Even so far South as. Virginia the weather is frequently very severe, snow lies many feet deep on the ground for weeks at a time. The Potomac is occasionally frozen over completely. '('he roads, always indifferent, become rivers of mud and slush, through which it would be nearly impos sible to move men or guns and baggage. :When the armies are in winter qiiarters, will the politicians work for peaCe or war ? Or will the leaders of divisionsbe permitted to carry on operations in the ice and snow, remembering the great success of Washington after the trajet, which is so often re presented in bad engravings all over North Ame rica ? It is obviously the interest of Beaureguard to strike a great blow before winter sets in, and thus strengthen the base for negotiations ; but General M'Clellan, I am satisfied, will not move a man if he can help it until the very end of this month or .the beginning of October. About that time there will be Linn inquiries about the second 50 millions of the loan, and no doubt increased vigour on the part of those who are opposed to the war. But if Gen. M'Clellan obtains any very consi derable victory, and is able at the first stroke to break through the shell with which the Confederates have covered their soft parts in the interior of the States, some measure short of secession and inde pendence may satisfy them ; and when they are me naced with destruction they may put up with an cffer to live on fair terms with their conquerors. It is to be seen whether the latter will then offer them what they might have easily obtained at an earlier stage of hostility. I have been in our Warsaw a few days ago, on my way back from our American Po land, and, if I am to judge of the state of the South where the North does its work from the condition of things in Baltimore and Maryland, there is a most melancholy future for the United States. Of the ultimate power of the Northern and Western States to subjugate the seceded States in the South, if they put forth all their strength and means by sea and land, I have no doubt whatever. The South must die of atrophy after a time, if every channel of line is shut to it. By the end of this month the United States will have a large fleet on the coasts and on the rivers, and I have reason to think that an expedition will be organised also to attack the Texan Secessionists from the West—far as that is away. A naval officer said to me the other day—it seems as if the moment an American sees an Eng lishman he thinks the latter is going to say some thing about cotton—" You need not be afraid of any want of cotton in England. By October we will have a few good ports down South, and plenty of cotton for all the world." Fernandina may possibly go soon ; there is au eye on Pensacola also, and New Orleans is by no means safe. The condition to which the blockade has reduced many classes in the South is bad enough ; it will become still worse. Tea, coffee, and clothing are neatly exhausted, or have, as the American phrase has it, " given out," be cause there is none to give out at all. Lead, sul phur and salt are very scarce. Shoes, flannel, quinine, beef and butler, cloth, tin, and leather are in the same category. If the blockade be enforced the distress and want of all things, save natural pro duce, will be intense. And-what is the end to be ? There is a notion in some men's minds that there will be a compromise —that a strong democratic reaction and a great peace party will arise which will oust the present Administration, and carry some measures on which North and South will find a base to rest propositions for mutual agreement. To my limited vision the idea seems quite illusory. The South, if not beaten, will be content with no terms short of independence or domination. The North is now irritated ; pride and passion are aroused, and the peace party is losing instead of gaining ground, owing to the action of the Government and to the violence of the populations, which have resulted in something very like terrorism. The freedom of the press has ceased to exist in its full acceptation. It is guaranteed by the constitution, but that document which with the empire it created is not as old as thousands of living men is absolute as the Constitutions of Clarendon. The grand jury of Win chester county have presented a batch of five newspapers as tending to give aid and comfort to the enemy. Mobs have, however, anti cipated grand jury presentments. The New York papers, which are losing circulation and money, are delighted at this wholesome rigour, and " cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war" at their unfortunate brethren, at the same time doing Fouquier Tinville to perfection, and pointing out others who ought to be suppressed in the name of "public safety." Ominous and terrible words ! It is some consolation to those who approve non interference in this great quarrel to see how the Emperor of Russia's very friendly but very am biguous letter has been received by a certain por tion of the American public and by the Secretary of State. Why, indeed, the despatch was written TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.— Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, Pre ared without any mercurial im, rredient from the recipe of Dr. -cott, will be f oun d invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and iver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a fa mily aperient medicine. and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appe ite, promote digestion, and 'trengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Jornivn-street. , nd by most druggists, in boxes, I'. led., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. DR. LA'MERT on NERVOUS and PHYSICAL 1113TLITY, resulting from pernicious habits con tracted in Youth, excesses in Manhood, or residence in Tropi cal Climates. With Cases and Engravings from Life. Licentiate of the Roya College of Physicians, Edinburgh ; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, England, ttc. The 81st Edition. at all it is not easy to determine, and, perhaps, M. de Stoeckel, the excellent gentleman who with so much tact and efficiency represents the Czar near CONTENTS. Section I.—The Physiology of the Generative Organs. Section ll. — Puberty—Manhood —The Morale of Generative Physiology—True and False Morality Section lll.—Marriage in its Social and . Physical Relations— Happy and Unhappy Unions —H ow t o secure Healthy Off spring. Section IV.—Touthful Abuse—The Secret Cause of Nervous Debility, Impotence in Man, and Sterility in Man and Woman. Section V. — Spermatorrhcea, or Chronic Impotenee : its His tory, Causes, and Moral Consequences—The Sterility of Age. The objeet of this treatise is to furnish the reader with in formation of the most userth Rind, and winch every man should be acquainted with, on the physiology of the repro ductive organs, and on the nature and peculiarities of those physical functions on which the satisfactory fulfilment of the Obligations of Marriage depends. The work is not filled with mysterious and intricate theories, but is intended to elucidate the effects of imprudence, to remove unfounded a'arm, and, where there is real cause for apprehension, to in dicate the course by which complete recovery can be effected, and the preservation of functional, physical, and nervous health secured. the Cabinet of Washington, would have been ex ceedingly puzzled if he were called upon to explain the real motive of the paper. People who have nothing on earth to do with each other may well have a friendly indifference to each other's interests capable of expression in any number o f fi ne words, For myself, I have the most cordial feelings of sym pathy in the recent quarrel which has broken out between the Man in the Moon and his wife and think they should both make it up at once. I will not, however, send any messenger to say so, lest the Man _ _ _ in the Moon, who has a poker in his hand ready for the nest charge of the lady with the carving knife, should consider I was " counselling him officiously Slovenliness of dress and gait when off duty, long locks, unbuttoned coats, unpolished boots and equipments, mark many of the men, and the prac tice of saluting officers, even of high rank, is rather exceptional. But things are vastly improved. General NlTlellan knows that he has a number of brave and intelligent men in his hands ; they are not an army, but they are the making, as we say, of a splendid ,one. They have been formed into brigades and divisions, but that is for the conve nience of commands, as the brigades are not in a condition to act in that initial capacity. The drills to which the men are subjected are still of the most elementary character, but their marching is very good indeed, and some attempts recently made to direct brigades from point to point, and to shift them from one camp to another, with orders as to the observance of time, have been satisfactory. The cavalry force is now augmented, and one smart corps, dressed in blue tunics, with yellow braid, like our 7th Hussars, passed through the other day- in very good order. There are Polish and Hunga rian colonels raising a regiment of Lancers and another of Hussars—which will make the squad rons in the field reach a respectable figure. I should not be disposed to estimate the cavalry about Washington at more than 1,500 sabres. The field guns, perhaps may number 15 batteries. The battalions of infantry must exceed 80 by some small numbers; but it is very difficult, owing to the con stant changes and the confused nomenclature of the different regiments, to arrive at any sound con clusion on that point. Some of the regiments are sent into the field from their States in excellent style, and I was very much struck by the completeness of the way in which the 18th Massachusetts Regiment was turned out, with baggage-waggons, tents, unforms, horses, commis sariat transport, so that it was ready for a campaign in all respects, except that the men—fine, stout, hardy-looking fellows, were not acquainted with their drill. The Vermont Regiment was provided to yield to an ignoble peace." It would be very difficult to convince any American who listens to what he is told and believes what he reads, and will Pricei s. , v post free for 13, or in a sealed envelope, 20 stamps, by Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or the Author, who may be consulted daily till 2, and from 6 to 8, at his residence, 37, Bedford-square. with splendid attelage, and on Saturday we had a not use his intellect and trust his sympathies, tha t, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR THE PANTHEON. splendid battalion from Pennsylvania. But th ere is still great inequality in the arms, equipments, and efficiency of the Line. Col. Burnside, now promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General, is appointed to take charge of all regiments on their arrival, and to get them into working order before they are sent across the'river. Everything is done that can be effected by the superior officers, but the men still indulge in grumbling, and now and then shoot each other. Eventually, however, and in no long time, there will be a new spirit among them. General Scott's order, in which he congratulates the army on the prospect of being paid in paper instead of in gold, has not produced any effect on the troops, but at the same time they do not complain of it. The veteran chief of the American army speaks of nR. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Lioentiate of nidvvifery, and Apo hecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements A both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive :indul ences' Has Just published, price is. ; by post, IS stamps, 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and orieinal Work, entitled OURSELVES. - - Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation —The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. is°, an Exposition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange m and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, 111,nnorrhap,ria Gonorriima), Spermatonlrea, Impotency, and all Diseases 01 he Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, 8:c.: FEMALE. the Physiology and Anatomy of Women--Functicnal Tr re,ralarities in Health and Sickness—Choice in Mani 4e — Their Expectancies and Disappointments—Th.. Cause and !!.amoval of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum. Also, • No. I. 11EALTH. HAPPINESS, and LO/43E:VITT; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. T f LOVE ANI) MARRIAGE : heir Oblizations, Happiness, and Disappointments ; Love lid other I Vatehes. Sterility Removed. and Healthy Off urinz secured. No. 11. TEE CASE BOOK : 00 Cases of SPERMATO RR EVE& Their Cau3es, Symptoms, and Trea.tment, Confessions and t_,asterisations, Galvanism Sze. Acc. &O. 1 o "act of ilthnn, : and the Anthcra. A dvl( to the Working ('.lassea tee Half-s-Guine4. CiilvGr (S PECIAL NOTICE.) tioner living well is the only l ega l ly qualified medical practi above.) of that name, and can be consulted (only so ; Russia is not more friendly to the Republic than England, and that her institutions perhaps are no more congenial to those of the United States than are our own. There is the most ludicrous nonsense which a fh l t ked ihehei ribs own men slcmuppcoos w uen e d l t l rt informedcountr y ta beoiuntt enough itmheately on t connected Englis h he aristocracy, o with the Cotton Lords and to rest on cotton altogether. But some American misapprehensions are rendered pardonable by the eccentric language of English men, particularly those of the Liberal party, who feel an intense admiration for slavery, and whose sympathies are with the Southern aristocracy in this contest. The American papers contain details of obscure skirmishes, and purposeless marches of Pillow and M'Cullough, Rains and Price, and of the astonishing atrocity at the railway bridge in Missouri. I can add nothing to them. Although martial law has not been formally proclaimed in the city and district around it, to all intents retiring in another month to enjoy an honoured re pose. 11l fare they who serve a republic! Washing- on's estate is a wilderness—his monument un- and purposes it exists in full force, and I, for finished. Gen. Scott's name has fallen out of men's memory in a few weeks. There are great expecta tions of the new General, Halleck, a most distin guished West Point officer, long connected with the Government of California, who has come out of pri vate life in that State to lead the troops of the United States. The Navy Department is making prodigious efforts to prooure cannon, and several English firms, regardless of the Queen's Proclama tion, have sent over their representatives here to make offers for contracts to supply steel and other ordnance. The weather is cooling down gradually. one, as a mere stranger and sojourner in the and, contrasting the perfect silence and quietude which prevail at night, and the order in the streets by day, am not disposed to quarrel with the means by which the change has been produced. At mid night you can hear a pin drop in the streets—it is quite an excitement for a footfall to come sounding along the pavement, and it sounds like disaffection for one to cough. Save such noises from infrequent passers-by, and the barking of the cur-dogs, which CHARGE OF FORGERY AT BIRMINGHAM.--At the Birmingham Police-court yesterday, John Bradbury Was brought up, having been apprehended at Torquay on Sa turday by one of the detective police of the borough, on a ( warrant issued many months ago, charging the prisoner with forging the name of a lady to a promissory note. No evidence was given, the prisoner being remanded till Wed" nesday. - EIE St TN 9 LONDON, T U ESDAY EVE N !NU, SE PTE LIER, 24 1861 THE _EARL OF ELLENBOROUGH OR NATIONA7 - 15ii EAGI. The Gloucestershire County Rifle Meeting was held last week at the new range near Gloucester, and on Friday night the proceedings of the week were brought to a pleasing close by a grand ban quet to Earl D uc i e , th e l or d li eu t e nant of the county, in recognition of his services to the volun teer cause. The Earl of ELLENBO2OUGH, who presided, in proposing "The Volunteers," said—l cannot sepa rate that toast from the name of Lord de Grey, now happily restored to the War-office, because every one regretted that he was ever taken from it, and rejoices that he has been restored to duties congenial to his feelings, and which he has exercised to the great benefit of tl.e volunteers. Nor can I separate the toast from the name of my gallant old friend,Col. M‘Murdo ,whose achievements when Quartermaster General with the late Sir Charles Napier were well known to me in India, and whom I have since had the opportunity and gratification of knowing in England—an officer of whom I may say, if you wish to get very near to the enemy, you cannot have a better leader. Gentlemen, when we speak of the Volunteers as a body, let us recollect how they were originated. They originated not with the Govern ment, but with the people. (Cheers.) They origi nated in the intuitive perception of a coming danger entertained by the people, in which they were not led by the Goirernment, a danger which might pos sibly have been unseen by the Government, but against which the Government had certainly taken no precautions—perhaps they could not. That movement, begun by the people, has been continued by the people. It is at the present moment unim paired, and I most earnestly trust the whole coun try will show in the maintenance of that force that perseverance which is one of the first of public virtues. Without that perseverance in its support —if there be any lukewarmness or any falling back depend upon it we shall make things worse than they were when that force was established, and bring on at an accelerated pace the very evil it was formed to avert. (Cheers.) We have met here this week to bestow honours and prizes on persons of the Volun teer force who have distinguished themselves in shooting, and a most excellent object it is ; but I think my gallant friend near me will tell you that troops disciplined—discipline even with inferior ac curacy of aim on the field—are of more value than the most perfect accuracy of aim without discipline. (Cheers.) No troops are of real value to a general unless he can move them where he pleases ; un less he can place them in positions which he knows they will defend without assistance; unless he can rely on them entirely ; and my gallant friend also knows that no man could do this if his troops have not discipline. I recollect the gallant Sir Charles Napier, who knew better than any man in his day, saying " Enthusiasm runs away." This is rather a strong expression, although we have seen something of it in America. But at the time when it occurred the men pos sessed great courage, and had the greatest pos sible accuracy of aim ; and yet they ran away be cause they had no discipline. Now, I speak to sol diers, and you know it; you are perfectly well aware that the great and improved range of artil lery and rifles, and the greater accuracy in the use of those weapons of destruction, make great changes necessary in the movements of the troops in the pre sence of the enemy. It is impossible to bring them near to the enemy in masses without being de stroyed if exposed to the fire of their rifled guns The victory is won if you bring the enemy near enough to pound him with your rifled guns. It is therefore absolutely necessary in future warfare, partly by taking every possible advantage which genius points out—for books of practice don't teach —of every peculiarity, of every accident of ground, but above all, to cover the advance of the masses which are to strike the decisive blow by the bayonet by an impenetrable line of Ere that conceals their movements. If you do not do that, you may fight well, but you cannot win the victory. That must be obtained not by assembling in companies, but in battalions, and even brigades, and it is only, I fear, by the assistance of the Government that the Vo lunteers can obtain a proficiency of movement in the field that will make them of use to a general. I do trust, therefore, that the Government, aware of the fact, will in the next session of Parliament take measures for the purpose of giving the Volunteers that efficiency. Gentlemen,—l cannot express in terms sufficiently strong how absolutely essential I think it is to give the greatest possible efficiency to the Volunteers in masses. It is idle, however, to conceal it from ourselves that we have no certain superiority at sea. More than that, even if we had, the discovery of steam and its application to navi gation renders the combination in the movements of fleets nearly as certain as combinations in the movement of troops, and this will give power to a foreign nation to effect an invasion if it is deter mined to do so, running all risks. We must consi der, then, that not only is invasion at all times pos sible, that under certain circumstances it will take place, and the battle will be decided by fight ing on the soil of England. Now, it is not enough that we have a force able to repel any enemy that may attack us, but we ought to have a force able to deter an enemy from making an attack. (Cheers.) You see detailed in the newspapers what three months of war has produced in America. We see how all commercial transactions have been pa ralysed, how all the relations of society have been destroyed, and how complete is the disruption throughout that country. What would the effects of war be in England, where we are in a more arti• ficial state ? What would be the effect here of the presence of a foreign army even for a fortnight ? The cost of a foreign army, even for a fortnight, would be greater even than the amount of a year's revenue. I assume that it is absolutely necessary to be prepared, be the cost what it may, and I know that any honest man who applies his mind to the purpose of the reduction of useless and crotchetty expenditure may find the means of paying for the preparations necessary to our ex istence, without imposing any further taxes. I say that, cost what it may, there must be found means of giving efficiency to the Volun teer force ; it must be given, for without it the country is not safe. I rejoice in the existence of this force, and I rejoice also in the revival of that ancient spirit which prevailed in distant times throughout this country. The rifle has taken the place of the bow. There are butts in every town and in every village; and, more than that, you see the companies and battalions now formed, as in an cient times, composed of the men who gained the great victories to which we look back with so much uansttrhyegyewntelreem, aeundnuoswthastythsbeohueladdboef, t p h r e id m e. ove T m h e e n c t o , and the men in the ranks know these gentlemen v not ol u only r a s f r their o a fa b c e a r u s d , obutf brothersas which ch must succeed under any difficulty to which it may be exposed. (Cheers.) Ido hope that the country gentlemen, and every one of those who have as sumed the military dress, and have taken on them selves the responsibility of commanding men in the field will adhere to their first determination, and endeavour to make themselves capable of per forming all the duties of their position, and so return the confidence of all who serve under them. I feel that I am speaking in the language of the constitution of this country, and I assure you I speak the language dictated by the feeling of every gentleman engaged in this movement, when I say in all times, and in all circumstances which por tendthe proper position of every gentle manfront of the battle. - (Loud cheers.) You is d i a n understand,g, h therefore, what your mission is as Volunteers.nel is so to perfect yourself in discipline as to be able to throw an impenetrable before the movements of the regular t the veil ro of fire troops sby whom you are supported, to enable them by acting with the decisive bayonet, the favourite weapon of your country, on the ranks of the enemy to obtain the victory. Gentlemen, I congratulate you on yotir adoption of the military profession. It is the first of all professions. The first profession I have always considered is that of the soldier, and the first of all rewards is military honour. (Loud cheers.) ?HE NAVY. The construction of the Caledonia, originally commenced in Woolwich Dockyard as a 91-gun screw steamship, but arrested by a special order from the Board of Admiralty, has been again or dered to proceed, and the framework, now formed, presents the outlines of a 52-gun frigate, it having been lengthened 21 feet amidships, and the intended upper deck dispensed with. A proportionate num per of hands has been set on, and the construction under the new form is ordered to be continued without interruption. The orders relative to a similar alteration in the building of the Repulse are. still pending, no reply having been received in re ference to the specification some time ago demanded by the Admiralty for that purpose. The Orpheus, 21, 400-horse power, having been completed at Chatham for the first-class steam re.. serve at Portsmouth, got up steam in Chatham harbour yesterday, and proceeded down the river to the Nore, in charge of Mr. S. Stephens, chief engineer, attended by the paddlewheel steamer Adder, Mr. Blakey, master commander. Workmen were busy yesterday at Portsmouth in cleaning the bottom of the Warrior, which, con trary to general anticipation, was found to be asto nishingly free from weeds or sediment. Another gang of men were employed in paving the vicinity of the water-line over with Hays' composition. The proximity of the Himalaya to the Warrior enables the looker-on to draw a comparison between the two vessels, each the crack one of its class, and the result is decidedly in the Himalaya's favour, whether as re gards the rig of the two vessels or their form of bow. The paddlewheel steam sloop Firebrand, 6, from North America and the West Indies, was yesterday towed up to Woolwich dockyard, from the Royal stores, &c., in ptoie beingr, a ft o e ld r eoa c d ok i i s ne c dg h ., a arsgfhtieenr.will require caulking g sume her commission. which she will re Ads pre parationean a thorough l an Ttle Spitfire, in process of thorough repair at Wool wich, is ordered to be got ready for commission by Nov. 22d. She was built at Deptford about 18 years ago. and on her return to Woolwich in April last she underwent a complete overhaul, when it was discovered that her engines had suffered severely, and that her bulwarks and many of her mainstays and principal planks were decayed. The repairs are now progressing rapidly, and her appearance by the time of her intended commission will be that of a totally new ship. The Devastation, Caradoc, and Niger are undergoing a somewhat similar process of repair, preparatory to being recommissioned at Woolwich. Directions have been received at Chatham for the whole extent of No 1 dock, which has been floored over, and used as workshops and fitting shops by the mechanics employed on the Achilles, 50, to be roofed in, the cost of which will be nearly £3,000. In order to make the land defences at Sheerness at least equal in point of strength lo those which are now being erected on the Medway, it has been decided to construct a deep and broad ditch at the back of the fortifications, so formed that it may be filled at spring tides. This ditch will extend from the projection known as Cheyney Rock, on the northern extremity of the Isle of Sheppey, to the Medway, on the west. The approaches to the town and garrison of Sheerness will be effected by means of drawbridges over the present highways. At each end of the ditch, at the points of its junction with the sea, it is intended to erect a powerful casemated battery, of imposing dimen sions, mounting 10-inch and Armstrong guns of the heaviest calibre, so as to enable the powerful ordnance with which they will be armed to command the land approaches, as well as to assist in the de fence of the sea. The fort at the northern entrance to the fosse, which is intended more especially to augment the existing and prospective sea defences, will be most formidable, while the still more power ful line of defences in progress on the other side of the harbour will render the passage to the Medway nearly, if not altogether, impossible to a hos‘ile fleet, the range of batteries mounting, as they will when the whole are completed, 200 of the heaviest guns. The fort to be constructed at the western en trance is intended solely for the defence of the land works from an invading land force. All the batte ries will be casemated, and will be so constructed that, should the oecasiLn require it, they can accom modate a garrison of several hundred men, who will be able to work the guns without being exposed to the least danger, as the roof and walls will be bomb proof. The construction of the intended fosse will be a work of some time, but, when completed, the garrison of Sheerness will be circumvented by a broad sheet of deep water, forming a most imposing, if not effectual barrier to the passage of an army. With the exception of the drawbridges, all means of communication will be cut off between the upper and lower divisions of the island. Within the last few days the proposal to erect a battery on the heights of the Minster, about two miles inland from Sheerness, and the highest spot in the Isle of Shep • pep, has been under consideration. The object of this battery, which it is suggested should be of earth, would be the protection of the shipping and the security of the dockyard establishment. The site has always been considered an excellent one for such a purpose, even before the principle of rifling was applied to heavy iron ordnance throughout the service, and it is, therefore, evident that the impor tance of the position has immensely increased now that guns of the heaviest calibre are nearly all rifled, and so constructed as to throw either solid shot, shell, or molten iron distances which, only a few .years since, were considered fabulous. from the British and Indian depots at that garri son, 80 of whom join the 36th and 70 the 64th. Each volunteer, before being accepted, is inspected, to ascertain his fitness for service, and none but men of good character are allowed to make the exchange. Each man receives the sum of L 1 ls. on joining his new regiment. The contract for the formation of the ar tesian well in connection with the new system of watea works for the old and new camps at Colches ter has been taken by Mr. Clarke, of Tottenham, and the worb will be proceeded with immediately. The plans for the new cavalry barracks have been agreed upon, and the contracts for the -work are likely to be taken within a few weeks, it being the determination of the War authorities to expedite the erection of the barracks as much as possible before the arrival of winter. There is no intention of increasing the infantry accommodation, which is now sufficient for 3,000 men. The new camp will be constructed upon an elevated plot of ground immediately adjoining the infantry barracks, affording every facility for the most perfect drain age, and having, it has been contemplated, an almost exhaustless supply of water. The Himalaya, screw troopship, Capt. J. Seccombe, sails this morning for Gibraltar, Malta, and Corfu. She will call in at Qucnstown for S officers, 157 men, 1 woman, and 10 children, of various corps. She conveys to Gibraltar 1 captain, 1 lieutenant, 6 sergeants, 2 drummers, 137 rank and file, 1 officer's wife and servant, 10 soldiers' wivcs,.and 16 children of the Royal Engineers ; of the 2d battalion 6th Foot, 1 captain, 1 lieutenant, 1 ensign, 2 sergeants, 4 drummers, 60 rank and file, 3 soldiers' wives, and 3 children ; of the 2d battalion 7th Foot, 1 lieute nant, 1 ensign, 1 sergeant, 49 rank and file, 2 women and 2 children ; and of the 100th Foot, 42 rank and file, 2 women, and 2 children. To Malta—of the Royal Engineers, 1 captain, 2 lieutenants, 6 ser geants, 4 drummers, 98 rank and file, 1 officer's wife, 6 children, and 2 servants, 9 soldiers' wives, and 19 children ; of the Royal Artillery, Col. Romer and 9 rank and file; of the 2d battalion Ist Foot, Capt. Weir; of the 2d battalion 3d Foot, Ensign Openshaw ; of the 2d battalion Ist Foot, Ensign Burnett ; of the Ist battalion 22d Foot, Capt. Norris, wife, child, and servant, and 30 rank and file ; of the 2d battalion 22d Foot, Lieut. Harrison, wife, child, and servant, and Ensign Brakspear ; of the 4th battalion Rifle Brigade, 11 rank and file and Staff Assist.-Surg. Creasy. To Corfu—of the Royal Engineers, 14 rank and file; the 2d battalion 2d Foot, 1 sergeant, 12 rank and file ; the 2d battalion 4th Foot, 23 rank and file ; the 2d battalion 9th Foot, Ensign Clogstown, 1 man of the Royal Artil lery, and Staff Assist.-Surg. Roberts. By direction of the Lords of the Admiralty, a general parade of the officers and men composing the companies of Royal Marines at headquarters, Chatham, took place yesterday morning in the bar rack square, to witness the presentation of a silver medal, which, together with a gratuity of £l5, had been awarded by their lordships to Colour-Sergt. John Cole, for long service and meritorious conduct. Colour-Sergt. Cole has been nearly 24 years in the service, 18 of which he has been a non-commissioned officer. He is decorated with the Crimean, the Bal tic, and Turkish medals. His brother was a few weeks since decorated with a medal at Chatham THE ARMI His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief visited the camp at Aldershott on Friday, accompanied by Major-Gen. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, Adjt.-General, Major-Gen. Sir R. Airey, Quarter master-General, &c. His Royal Highness inspected the division, which was drawn up in lines of brigades on the common near the club-house, under the com mand of Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. L. Pennefather. The cavalry brigade was commanded by Col. Devereux, Royal Horse Artillery; the Ist brigade by Colonel Haines, Ist battalion, Bth; the 2d brigade, by Brigadier-Gen. Brown; and the 3d, by Brigadier- Gen. Russell. After having been inspected, the division was formed in battle array to the west ward, and a series of field-day movements took place, his Royal Highness returning to town early in the afternoon. On Saturday detachments of the 20th, 52d Light Infantry, and 83d Regiments, from the depot batta lions at Chatham, left that garrison under the com mand of Capt. G. G. G. Munro and Lieut. G, D. Wahab, 20th Regiment, and proceeded to East bourne to undergo a course of instruction in long range rifle firing previously to embarking for India. Yesterday a third detachment of the sth Dragoon Guards, accompanied by Capt. T. L. Hampton and Cornet T. Y. Benyon, arrived in Colchester on their way to Ipswich, where two other troops arrived on Saturday. Three troops, with the headquarters, have arrived at Norwich, and two other troops have proceeded to Northampton. The volunteering for the 36th Regiment, which is about proceeding to Canada, as well as for the 64th Regiment, just returned from India, has pro ceeded so satisfactorily at Chatham that, although the announcement was only made a few days since, no less than 150 soldiers have offered themselves THE CIVIL WAR IN A iIERICA. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) WASHINGTON, SEPT. 10. It may be the peculiar influence of the climate, affecting the operations of reasoning or the grounds of belief; it may be the nature of the nitrogen or of the ozone in the air of this continent, which, vivify ing the imagination and turning fancies and sur mises into accomplished facts, puts all mankind here into a condition of credulity and expectation ; but I really do think that " something will turn up'" very speedily. When a man lives in an atmos• phere into which a sort of myth-making gas has been pumped by a million-horse power press he must eventually succumb to the agency, and lapse into a state, as regards his ability to distinguish truth from falsehood by the usual tests, very simi lar to that which a mesmeric patient experiences in the attempt to discriminate between reality and illusion. Having thus cautioned my readers somewhat not to trust too much to me if I venture upon prophecy, because of the force of my "surroundings," and to take me au pied de la lettre only as to what I see now or have seen and know, I proceed to state the grounds of my belief that we are on the eve of wit nessing a warlike operation of magnitude. On Fri day morning Gen, Beauregard, who had advanced his pickets within a couple of miles of the Federalist outposts, all the way from Alexandria to Great Falls, and had occupied Munson's Hill, beyond Arlington House and Ball's Cross Roads, in front of the Chain-bridge, opposite which he had shown some cavalry the previous day, absolutely struck his tents, packed up his baggage, and made every preparation to march his army to --. Where to, if at all ? That was the question. It has not yet been answered. Is it a feint—is it intended to draw the Federalists out of their intrenched and fortified position, and to invoke battle, with the view of making more of victory than he did before ? If so, the stratagem was not successful. Perhapsit was only to distract the attention of his enemy, and to perplex him by doubts as to the real direction of the attack'? Again, General Beauregard did not succeed. Then he is really breaking up his force of quasi investment or attack, and directing it on some other points above and below the river, leaving at Manassas and the points covering the roads to Richmond sufficient to resist any corps which M'Clellan could spare from Washington to move on the Confederate capital ? To do that he must be in very great force, and it certainly leaks out from the Southern papers that the Confederates were at the time of the Hatteras expedition direct ing the march of every man they could spare Jo Virginia. Thus, we read that certain regiments which were actually on their way to Beauregard and Johnson were ordered to stand fast or to return for the defence of the menaced coasts, but, as the movement was universal all over the States, the contingents of those not in any such danger would of course proceed on their way. There is reason to think that the Confederates have upwards of 175,000 men between Richmond and the Potomac. There are some who assert they exceed 200,000 men. The feeling of. such a force concentrated in one place must be one of the most difficult matters possible, particularly in a State which has been trodden down by the feet of armies for five months past. They have been sickly at times, and their component parts are of a nature difficult to be kept together without the pressure of excitement. Now, it seems to me that the advance made by the gene rals which I have mentioned above was very pro bably intended to cloak some movement off the ground by the mass of the Confederates, but if they have gone, up to this moment we have heard no news of them in any other direction. The country is so densely covered with wood that actual recon naissance does not effect much in making out the strength of the enemy, and if it were pushed too far it might lead to an engagement, which . General M'Clellan is not disposed to force at present, though he would be by no means anxious to prevent the Confederates attacking him inside his works. The balloon, after all, is not so useful as might be expected in making out details. It must be held to the ground by a cord, or it would sail away into Dixie if the wind were favourable, and it must be kept out of range of rifled guns. The lines of advanced posts screen, as it were, the movements of the enemy, although ho can see a good deal of the position around the capi tal from his place on Munson's-hill. All that can be seen or heard, however, lea& to the belief that the Confederates are preparing for some great effort, and that they have retired portions of their force CHARLES READE'S NEW NOVEL. "THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH." A- A matter of fact Romance. By the Author of " It's Never Too Late to ,feud." Is in the press, and will appear the first week in October. 4 vols., price lls. 6d. REDUCTION in PRICE of the ATHENIEUM. 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