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.NORWICH UNION REVERSIONARY INTEREST COMPANy.. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the ANNUAL . GENEISAL MEETING of the Proprietors, pursuant to the Deed of Settlement, will be held at the Company's Offices, 23, Lincoln's-inn-fields, on TUESDAY, the 25th day of June next., at One o'clock precisely, at which three Directors and . the Auditors will go out of office. ' ! T itle Directors and Auditors so going out of office are eP.gible for re-election, and will offer themselves accord :li gly. June 10, 1861. HENRY NORRIS, Seeretary. VORyncn UNION REVERSIONARY INTEREST COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That an EXTRAORDI NARY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors will be held at. the Company's Offices, 23, Lincoln's-inn-fields, on TUESDAY, the 25th day of June next, at half-past One o'clock,, for the purpose of making certain alterations in the • existing Deed of Settlement of the Company, extending the ,busin , As of the Company to granting Annuities, and making Loan,s, subject to certainyrovisions for limiting the liability of ,c proprietors ; varying the mode of taking the accounts 'and, declaring dividends, and extending the powers of making ter I ,orary investments. •Jrine 10, 1861. HENRY NORRIS, Secretary. c_REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. A On SATURDAY, June 16, an EXCURSION TRAIN tlf ill leave PADDINGTON at 6.30 p.m., and Reading at 7.40 T for CHIPPENHAM and BATH (fares 12s, and 65.), and BRISTOL (4s. and 75.), returning on Monday, June 17,, at '5.30 p.m, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSION to the SEA-SIDE.--On SA :TURDAY, June 22, an Excursion Train will leave PAD DINGTON at 2.15 p.m., and READING at 3.20 p.m. for Melksh am, Trowbridge, Westbbry, and Frome (10s. and Os.), Bruton , Castle Catey, and Yeovil (11 s. and 7 5.) , Maiden New ton, B iidport, Dorehester, and Weymouth (12a. and Bs.), re turnin gott Tuesday, June 25,- as per bills. 1. BEAT WESTERN RAILWAY. On SUNDAY, June 23d, a CHEAP EXCURSION TR.A.IN will leave PADDINGTON at 8.45 a.m. for Reading (55., Sid., 40., and 35.), Theale and Aldermaston (65., 4s. 6d., and Woolhampton, Thatcham, Newbury, Kintbury, and Ilungerford (6s. 6d., 55., and 3s. 64.), Pangbourne, Goring, and lA r tillinford-road (6s. and 3s. 6d.), Culham, Abingdon, and (b :ford (Cs. Qd. and 45.), returning the same day. fGREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—ASCOT RACES, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th of June:—On each 'day of the Races Trains will run between PADDING roN , and WINDSOR, as under : Leaving; Paddington at 6.0 a.m.,7.30 (3d class), 8.30, 10.0 (3d Class), 11.0 (Fast), 11.15, 11.45 (Fast), '12.0, 1.10 p.m. (3d class), and 2.0 iyast). Retu ruing from Windsor at 4.45 p.m., 6.0 (Special Fast), 6.25 (1d cla Bs), 7.45 (Special Fast), .830 p : m. (3d class), 10.0, and 10.45 'Am. On ..THURSDAY, the Cup Day, in addition to the above, a SP 'ECIAL TRAIN will leave Paddington at 10.15 am for Wi'ldsor direct. Cf• a.rriages and horses will be conveyed by any of the • 'train a. 4"l m,ibuses will be provided to convey Passengers from the 'wt . adapt station to the Course and'back. rIEAP RETURN TICKETS to Windsor are issued at ,ddington by the P.lO a.m., 10.0 a.m., and 12 noon Trains, -al' linable for return at 6.25, 8.30, and 10 p.m. Fare there and back, in covered carriages, 2s. 6d. 'LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. 'At the SPECIAL GENTEA v iIikETING of the Proprie tors of this Company, held at the Waterloo-bridge Station, -Lambeth, on Thursday, the 30th day of May, 1861, C. CASTLEMAN, Esq., in the Chair. . _ 'The 'notice convening the Meeting having been read, and resolutions having been passed, approving of • the "Alton, Aires ford, and Winchester Railway, Bill, the "Southampton .and ? Kelley Railway Bill," the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Ii Away Bt 1," and the "West London Extension Railway all and the Chairman having stated that the " Mid-Devon an, d ' Cornwall Railway Bill" has been rejected by the House of Commons' Committee, and therefore requires no further notice; and that the "London, Chatham, and .Dover Rail- Ira ,y Bill" is not in a position to be considered to-day. It was Resolved—That the Meeting be adjourned to Fri ll ay, the 14th day of June, 1861, at One o'clock p.m., at this p lace. By order, L. CROMBIE, Secretary. SCINDE RAILWAY COMPANY.-INDUS STEAM FLOTILLA. The Directors are prepared to receive applications for DE BENTURES at par, in sums of _not less than £lOO, for the unappropriated portion of the £83,000 Debentures about to be issued for the purposes of the Indus Steam Flotilla, bearing interest at 5 per cent. for five years, renewable for a second period of five years, and payable by coupon at the Banking house of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, No. 1, Lombard street.. Th , 4bonds will be dated on the Ist of May, 1851, and will bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum from that ilita on all monies paid on or before the 30th June, 1861. 7.'he payment of the principal and interest is guaranteed by the Secretary of State for India in Council, as will appear on the face of the Bonds. The Debentures are convertible into Indus Steam Flotilla Stock at par, at the option of the holder. Forms of application may be obtained at the offices of the Comp lny. _ _ • By order of the Board, THOMAS BURNELL, Sec. Scinde Railway Offices, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, May 25, 1861. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. IIEisTRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of ;Sena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous Sufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARWING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A tri6dicai work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Mein•Nry, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike to Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re la.:lotion, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if negsected, 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 ser fation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope an'd two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., 8, Burton- Crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. DR. BRIGHT'S APHRODTSION, The Phosphorised Nervine Tonic. A Newly-Discovered CHEMICAL COMBINATION of PHOSPHATIC SALTS, Quinine, Iron, &c., the most mar vellous and only remedy for .Spermatorrhcea, Nervous and Generative Debility, Incapacity, Meet, Stricture, and Prema ture Decline of Mailly Power, caused in early life. Prices 11s. per bottle, or tour lis. unto.o in ono_ aa, 4." vises containing three 335. bottles, £5, which saves £1 12s. Newbery, 45, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Hannay, 63; Ox ford-street. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LITE. NO CONSULTATION NECES' 4 ARY. 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 tour 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. Dv. Rhord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in', atructions for use, at lie., or four quantities in one for 335., and may be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed zn receipt of remittance or stamps. Dr. Rlcord's Sole Agent in London is Front, Patent Medi- Cir-e Warehouse, 229, Strand (five doors west of Temple-bar). (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) 'SPECTACLES.—STGHT AND HEARING.— DEAFNESS.—A newly-invented instrument for ex treme cases of deafness, called the SOUND MAGNIFIER, Organic Vibrator, and Invisible Voice Conductor. It fits so Into the ear as not to be in the least perceptible ; the unplea sant sensation of singing noises in the head is entirely re moved. =lt affords instant relief to deaf persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at Church and at public assemblies. Eveyy other kind of hearing instruments. Messrs. SOLO me NS have invented spectacle lenses of the greatest trans pa'rent power. The valuable advantage derived from their vention is, that vision becomes preserved and strengthened ; 'very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the /most minute occupation, can see with these lenses of a much 'less magnifying power, and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assist ance. -39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York IloteL TELESCOPES, Opera, Race-course, Field, and general Out-door Day and Night Perspective Glasses, 'very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing 12 and 18 lenses, constructed of German glass. Will show distinctly a 'person to know him at two-and-a-half and three miles, and nn object from 8 to 10 miles distant. Her Majesty's Coast Guard are making use of them as day and night glasses in 'preference to all others ; they are also preferred or deer stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Tele scopes, 31 inches long, by which a person may be clearly seen and known at 34 miles, and an object at 12 to 14 miles' dis Lance ; and with an extra astronomical eye-piece Jupiter's moons, Saturn's rings, and the double stars are distbactly !seen ; they are in endless variety, of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers, and are secured by Majesty's Royal letters patent.—Messrs. S. and It. SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, .Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the Tork Hotel, W. AGIC LANTERNS and DISSOLVING .IV_IL VIEWS lent out, and sent into the country, with the option to purchase. Messrs. S. &B. SOLOMONS' Improved Phantasmagoria Lanterns having lenses of pure German Glass, and being arranged with Solomons • beautiful light, which surpasses any other for its simplicity and brilliancy, u clear disc is obtained 20 feet diameter, hitherto unattained. Aides in great variety. They also beg to introduce their new Instrument, which is one of the most amusing and in structive ever brought out. It illustrates the motion of the Planets, Armstrong's shot, and many wonderful effects, price ns. Also, the improved Life-boat Barometer, by Admiral Fitzroy; it needs no comment upon its superiority, and is 'now arranged by them for the use of the public. Price £4 4s. 'Scientific Instrument Makers, 39, Albemarle-street, Picca dilly, W. "The temporary relief obtained by means of purgative In edieines is purchased at the high price of the aggravation ald A the perpetuating the disease."—HENßY, M.D. NO MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER PHYSIC FOIL CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA), PALPI TATION, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS, 2DEBILITY, DROPSY, EPILEPSY, PARALYSIS, COUGH, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, SORE THROAT, FEVERS DU BARRY'S delicious HEALTH RESTOR ING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which, at a ew pence per day, saves fifty times its cost in Medicine, and urea without purging or any of the uncertainties, annoy - nces, and ruinous expenses incurred by medicine, cod liver cll. or visits to distant climates. Certificate No. 3 8,418. --We find it the safest remedy, An kirew Ure, M.D., F.R.S. ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Shor and ; Dr. Campbell. We extract aiew out of 56,000 co Cure Na77l. Lord St uart reg o. Decies of many years' dyspepsia. Cure No. 49,832. Of fi a ftar hi yea n indiscribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, Con, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomaitnug,gll4:Anasjipla of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherinw e ,loy spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 54,816 . The Rev. Campbell, Syderstone Rec tor y , nea r Fakenham, Norfolk ' , of indigestion and liver complaints. Cure No. 56,814. Mr. Samnel Laxton ,Leicester, of two years diarrhoea. Cure No. 180. Mr. nervo W. Reeves 181, Fleet-street , Lo ndon, of 25 years' us beES, constipation, indigestion , and debility. Cure No. 4,028; Fight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility with cramps, sPasms, and nausea, Rev. John W . navel, Ridlington Rec tory, Norfolk. Cure No. 3,906. Thirteen years' cough, indi estiort, and general debility, James Porter, Athol-street, verth. Cure No. 58,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool, of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased l ungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Similar testimonials from 56,000 patients who can be re ferred t o . The Food is sold in canisters, 11b. 'a. 9d., 21b, 48. 6d., 121 b. 22e 5 „,., 241 b. 40s. super-refined quality, 51b. 225„ 101 b. 335. The 121 b., and 241 b. canisters carriage free on receipt of Post -office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent- Vle n t; London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly! clon ; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside ; 6 3 BV,_ 150 , Oxford-street ; 330 and 452, Strand ; 49 and 60, .2 8 ,nopsgate-street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury-pavement ; Phillips :! 0, Co.. tea dealets ; Petty. Wood, and Co. Ring Willifga t • ceet, city, and 117, Rigb Lialborn and groom N°. 21,510. PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF GRAND MOTHER'S MONEY." Just ready, in 3 vols., UNDER THE By the Author of "Grandmother's Money," "Wildflower," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. SPELL. Now ready, in 1 vol., with Illustrations, RECOLLECTIONS OF A FOX HUNTER. By SCRIITATOR. "Scrutator is one of the most graphic and eloquent histo rians of the sports of the field, and for vital interest and utility this is decidedly kis best production."—Sunday Times. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. This Day, in Demy Bvo, 165., the Second Volume of the HISTORY OP CIVILISATION IN ENGLAND. Containing the History of Civilisation in Spain and Scotland. • - By HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE. • London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. . _ p-- THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in bus , ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., late Piper and Co.. Paternoster-row. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 50., by post free, ss. 6d., ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, 141.R.C.5.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urettra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attentissrvinurDe.eu sheeted, through a long professional life, tä the treatment 'of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various ldnds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuab_ contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular. London: H. Balthere, 219, Regent-street AN INCOME FOR A POUND !—Any person wishing. to know how it is possible to realise a large fortune with Ll, can obtain satisfactoryint ormation by ad dressing a letter to E. 8., 15, Calthorpe-place, Gray's-inn road, W.C. IMPORTANT TO OWNERS OF HORSES.- After long experience, deep researches into chymistry, by the aid of costly machinery, 'I have discovered the means whereby oats, beans, and oilcake may be entirely dispensed with in the feeding of horses and cattle. I have now invented a compound meal, composed of locust beans, Indian corn, linseed, dm., at £l6 per ton, which is equal in value to £24 worth of oats, beans, or any other feeding material lathe market. Two quarts of this compound meal, weighing 31bs., at the cost of Sol., mixed with a peck of chopped hay, is afeed for a draught horse, and superibr in every respect to three quarterns of oats, costing 74d. 14 barrels weigh net 1 ton 1 cwt., at 16s. per cwt., £l6 16s. net cash, free, delivered by my own waggons to any station iu London. Nothing less than 21 cwt. sold at tht manufactory, and orders must be accom panied with cheques crossed, made payable to the inventor, JOSEPH THORLEY. Steam Mills, Caledonian-road, King's-cross, April 8,1801. Single barrels, weighing 11 cwt., may be had for 305., at 77, Newgate-street, City, or of any of my accredited' Agents in the country. THORLEY'S C ONDIMEN TAT., FOOD (mixed with crushed Oats, &e.) for My . Horses.—Read Admiral Rous on the English Racehorse. 40s. per barrel, containing 448 feeds. 7 11 1 11ORLEY'S CONDIMENT for My Cows. Increasing the quantity and enriching the quality of Milk. I.os. per barrel. THORLEY'S COMPOUND for My Sheep. Sold in barrels, containing 448 feeds, with measure inclosed, and carriage paid to any railway station in the ingdom. 11 II o , lt LE Y for My pigs. 40s. per barrel. THORLEY'S GLEANER is Published every Monday In , time for post, and contains forty Columns of valuable information, including Mark-lane Report, Agri cultural and Sporting Intelligence up to time of going to press. Price One Penny. 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London. $, OREAT MARLBOROUGH-STRE PANTHEON. ET, W., NEAR THE TAR: CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo llo:lanes' Ball, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements of both Sexes, -emanating from early and excessive encee has Just published, price ls. ; by pest, 1$ stsinps, 18 scaled, No. 4, An entire nem and original Work, entitled OURSELVES: Synopsis: The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, • MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagla Gonorrhcca), Spermatorrhcca, - Impotency, and all DisCalieti 01 the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &ad FEMALE. 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STAMPED, 51) island with its guns it is not possible for the Con• federates to effect a lodgment. If Fort M'Rae were strong and heavily armed, it could inflict great damage on Pickens; but it is neither on e nor the other, and the United States' officers are con fident that they will speedily render it quite un tenable. The beaches a feu of the fort may be put down at 40, including the available pieces in the casemates, which sweep the ditch and the faces of , the curtains. The walls are of the hardest brick, of nine feet thickness in many places, and the crest of the parapets on which the merlons and traverses rest are of turf. From the walls there is a splendid view of the whole position, and I found my com panions were perfectly well acquainted with the strength and locus of the greater part of the enemy's werlss. Of course I held my peace, but I was amused at their accuracy. " Thera are the quarters of our friend, Gen. Bragg." "There. is one of their best batteries just beside the HO) thouse:: The tall chimney of the Warrington Navyeyard was smoking away lustily, The Colonel called myatttention to it. "Do you see that, sir ? They are casting shot there. The sole reason for their ' forbearance' is that navy-yard. They know:well that if they open a gun upon us we will lay that yard and all the work in ruins." Capt. Vogdes subsequently ex pressed some uneasiness on a point as to which I could have relieved his mind very effectually. He had seen something which led him to apprehend that the Confederates had a strong entrenched camp in the rear of the:ir works. Thereupon I was en abled to perceive that in Capt. Vodges' mind there was a strong intention to land, and carry the enemy's position. Why, otherwise, did You care about atLentrenched camp, Most etcellent engi neer ? But now I may tell you that there is no intrenched camp at all, and that your vigilant eye, sir, merely detected certain very absurd little fur rows which the Confederates have in some places thrown up in the soft sand in front of their camps, which would cover a man.up to the knee or stomach, and are quite useless as a breastwork. If they thought a landing probable, it is unpardonable in them to neglect such a protection. These furrows are quite straight, and even if they are deepened the assailants have merely to march round them, as they extend for some only 40 to 50 yards, and have no flanks. The officers of the garrison are aware the enemy have mortar batteries, but they think the inside of the fort will not be easily hit, and they said nothing to show that they were acquainted with the position of the mortars. From the parapet we descended by a staircase into the casemates. The Confederates are greatly deceived in their expectation that the United States' soldiers will be much exposed to sun or heat in Pickens. More airy, well ventilated quarters cannot be imagined, and there is quite light enough to enable the men to read in most of •them. The plague of flies will infest both armies, and is the curse of every camp in summer. As to mosquitoes, the Confederates will probably suffer, if not more, at least as much as the States' troops. The effect of other tormentors, such as yellow fever and dysen tery, will be in all probability impartially felt on both sides ; but, unless the position of the fort is peculiarly unhealthy, the men, who are under no control in respeot to their libations, will probably suffer more than those who are restrained by disci pline and restricted to a regular allowance. Water can always be had by digging, and is fit for use if drunk immediately. Vegetables and fresh provi sions are not of course so easily had as on shore, but there is a scarcity of them in both camps, and the supplies from the storeships are very good and certain. The bread baked by the garrison is ex cellent, as I had an opportunity of ascertaining, for I carried off two loaves from the bakehouse on board our schooner. Our walk through the case mates was very interesting. They were crowded with men, most of whom were reading. They were quiet, orderly looking-soldiers--a mixture of old and young—scarcely equal in stature to their oppo nents, but more to be depended upon I should think in a long struggle. Everything seemed well arranged. Those men who were in their beds had mosquito curtains drawn, and were reading or sleeping at their ease. In the casemates used as an hospital there were only 12 men sick out of the whole garrison, and I was much struck by the ab sense of any foul smell and by the cleanliness and neatness of all the arrangements. The Colonel spoke to each of the men kindly, and they appeared glad to see him. The dispensary was as Neat as care and elbow grease could make it, and next door to it, in strange juxtaposition, was the laboratory for the manufactory of fuses and deadly implements, in equally good order. Everything is ready for im mediate service. lam inclined to think it will be ' eauredlaz—ifstho enemy attack Fort Pickens they will meet with a resistance which will probably end in the entire destruction of the Navy-yard and of the greater part of their works. A week's delay will enable Col. Brown to make good some grave defects ; but delay is of more advantage to his enemy than it is to him, and if Fort Pickens were made at once the point d'appui for a vigorous offensive movement by the fleet and by a land force ' I have very little doubt in my mind that Pensacola must fall, and that General Bragg would be obliged to retire. In a few weeks the attitude of affairs may be very different. The railroad is open to General Bragg, and he can place himself in a much stronger attitude than he now occupies. At last the time came for me to leave. The Colonel and Captain Berry came down to the beach with me. Outside we found Captain Vogaes kindly keeping my friends in conversation and in liquid supplies in the shade of the bakehouse shed, and after a little more pleasant conversation, we were afloat once more. Probably no living man was ever permitted to visit the camps of two enemies within sight of each other before this under similar cir- - curastances, for I was neither spy nor herald, and I owe my best thanks to those who trusted me• on both sides so freely and so honourably. A gentle man who preceded me did not fare quite so well. He landed on the .island and went up to the Fort, where he represented himself as the correspondent of an American journal. But his account of himself was not deemed satisfactory. He was sent off to the fleet. Presently there came over n flag of truce from General Bragg, with a warrant sigrred by a Justice of the Peace, for the correspondent on a charge of felony; but the writ did not run in Fort Pickens. The o fficers regarded the message as a c l e ver ruse to get back a spy, and the correspondent is still in durance vile or in safety, as the case may be, on board the squadron. All sails filled, the Diana stool up towards the Navy-yard once more in the glare of the setting sun. The sentinels along the battery and beach glared at us with surprise as the schooner, with her flag of truce still flying, ran past them. The pier was swept with the glass for the Mobile gentlemen; they were not visible. " Halloa! Mr. Captain, what's that you're at P o His mate was waving the Confederate flag from the deck—" It's only a signal, Sir, to the gentlemen en shore." " Wave some other flag, then, while there's a flag of truce flying, and while we are in these waters. After backing and filling for some time the party were descried in the dis tance. Again, the watery skiff was sent off, and in a few minutes they were permitted, thanks to their passes, to come off. Some confidential person had informed them the attack was certainly coming off in a very short time. They were anxious to stay. They had seen friends at Pensacola, and were full of praises of " the quaint old Spanish settlement," but mine is, unfortunately, not an excursion of plea sure, and it was imperative that I should not waste time. Everything had been seen that was necessary for my purpose. It was beyond my power to state the reasons which led me think no fight would take place, for doing so would have been to betray con fidence. And so we parted company—they to feast their eyes on a bombardment—and if they only are near enough to see it they will heartly regret their curiosity, or lam mistaken—and we to return to Mobile. It was dark before the Diana was well dowa to I; o e ff a Fort Pickens again, and, as she passed i out o have between it and Fort M'ltae, it was certain y t been expected that brie side or other wo -u n his clipper to. Certainly our friend Mr. Br.oew Id bring her Oriental would overhaul us outside,- for there lay a for the gal friendly bottle in a nest of g n h a t andstr strong n i into of from t o h m e lant sailor who was to ta.kediacreewell of us according to promise. Out we glide cool sea breeze, which blew i f n re to sh n a i the north. In the distance .the . black form of the Powhattan could be just distinguished ; the rest of ,the squadron could not be made out by either eye or glass , nor was the schooner in si g ht. A lantern was hoisted by m y orders , and was kept aft for some time after the schooner was clear of the forts. Still no schooner. The wind was not very favourable for running towards the Powhattan, and it was too late to approach her Besides perfect confi dence from the enemy's side. es, it was late ; time pressed. The Oriental was surely lying off somewhere to the westward, and the word was given to make all sail, and soon the Diana was bowling along shore, where the sea t ta man meltedcould, away in a fiery line of foam so clos e t o us h in nautical phrase, " shy a biseuit a " onthe c sand. The wind was abeam, andthe Diana seemed to breathe it through her sails, and flew along at an THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1861, RESTAURANT and CAFE DE L'EUROPE, g amll9, HAYMARKET, adjoining the Theatre. Joints in succession, from four o'clock ...25. Od. Soup and Joint 2s. ed. Severn Salmon, or other lgish and Joint .....35. Od. The Cafe Dinner of Soup, Fish Entree, and Sweets....3s. ed. A Haunch of Venison on Wednesdays. Suppers after the Theatres. TO-NIC4IIV—HATTON'S GREAT CONCERT -a- —ST. 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The enemy to them is the incar nation of all evil, and they hunt his spies and ser vants very much as a terrier chases a rat —with intense traditional and race animosity. The silence of the night is not broken by many challenges or the ' All's well' of patrols, but there is warlike sig nificance enough in the sound of the shot which working parties are rolling over the wooden jetty with a dull, ponderous thumping on board . the flats that are to carry them off for the food and nourriture of the batteries. With the early morning, however, came the usual signs of martial existence. Istarted up from among my cockroaches, knocked my head against the fine pine beams over my hammock, and, considerably obfuscated by the result, proceeded to investigate all the grounds that presented themselves to me as worthy of consideration in reference to the theory which had suddenly forced itself upon my mind that I was in the Crimea. For close at hand through the sleepy organs of the only sense which was fully awake, came the well-known reveillee of the. Zouaves, and then French clangours, . rolls, ruffles, and calls ran along the line, and the volun teers got up, or did not, as seemed best to them. An ebony and aged Ganymede, however, appeared with coffee, and told me " the Cap'n wants ask weder you take some bitters, Sar ;" and indeed the Captain did compound some amazing preparation fur_ irk ° inrleea and colonels present on deck and below that met the approval of them all, and was recommending it for its fortifying qualities in mak ing a Redan and Malakhoff of the stomach. Break , : fast came in due time—not much Persic apparatus to excite the hate of the simple-minded, but a great deal of substantial matter in the shape of fried onions, ham, eggs, biscuits, with accompaniments of iced water, Bordeaux, and coffee. Our guests were two—a broad farmerlike gentleman, weighing some 16 stone, dressed in a green frieze tunic, with gold lace and red and scarlet worsted facings, and a felt wideawake, who, as he wiped his manly brow, informed me he was a "rifleman." Wo have some volunteers quite as corpulent, and not more patrio tic, for our farmer was a man of many bales, andin becoming an officer in his company of braves had given an unmistakeable proof. of devotion, to his distant home and property. The other, a quiet, modest, intelligent-looking young man, was an offi cer in a different battalion, and talked with sense about a matter with which sense has seldom any thing to do—l mean uniform. He remarked that in a serious action: and close fighting, or in night work,.it would be very difficult to prevent serious mistakes, and even disasters, owing to the officers of the Confederate States' troops wearing the same distinguishing marks of rank and similar uniforms,. whenever they can get them, to those used in the regular•service of the United States, and that much inconvenience will inevitable result from the great variety and wonderful diversity of the dresses of the immense number of companies forming the dif ferent regiments of volunteers. The only troops near us which were attired with a regard to military exactness were the regiment of Zouaves from New Orleans. Most of these are French men, or (greoles, some have belonged ' to the battalions which the Crimea first made famous, and were present before Sebastopol and in Italy, the rest are Germans and Irish. Our friends went off to see them drill, but as a believer in the enchanting power of distance, I preferred to look on at such of the manoeuvres as could be seen from the deck. These Zouaves look exceedingly like the real article. They are, perhaps, a trifle leaner and taller, and are not so well developed , at the back of the head, the heels, and . the fancies as their proto types: They are dressed in the same way except that I saw no turban on thefez cap. The jacket, the cummerbund, the baggy red breeches, and the gaiters are all copies of the original. They are all armed with rifle-musket and sword-bayonet, and their pay is at the usual rate of 11 dols., or some thing like £2 6s. a month, with rations and allow ances. The offi.Jers do, their best to be the true " chacal." I . was more interested, I confess, in watching the motions of vast shoals of mullet and other fish, which flew here and there, like flocks of plover, before the red fish and other enemies, and darted under our boat, than in examining Zouave drill. Once, as a large fish came gambolling along the surface close at hand a great gleam of white shot up in the waves beneath, and a boiling whirl marked with a crimson pool, which gradually melted off in the tide, showed where a monster shark had taken down a part of his breakfast. " That's a ground-sheork," quoth the skipper. "There's quite a many a them about here." Porpoises passed by in a great hurry for Pensacola, and now and then a turtle showed his dear littlehead above the enviable fluid which he honoured with his presence. Far away in the long stretch of water towards Pensa cola are six British merchantmen in a state of block ade—that is, they have only 15 days to clear out, according to the reading of the law adopted by the United States' officers. The navy-yard looks clean and neat in the early morning, and away on the other side of the channel Fort rickens—teterrima causa—raises its dark front from the white sand and green sward of the glacis, on which a number of black objects invite inspection through a teles cope and o bliging e ly o r n es t o h l e ve sio th p e e m . se F lv o e rt s i m nt , o it h a o n r , s a e t s turned out tog raz the other side of the channel, as if to irritate itthsdistance which e w i gi waves hvtibeh:seeuncrfto'riune n from flings l te t r o p tghaelasxoyli.taryonstatrheingsStatffar,saannddisStaritpthesis" a ntil the glass detects theta hrotreui of fya tleah. flagstaff, iue ~f lag to the breeze lds snowy ins tead m e a f rgi t n h the of sand t s h ett at elo s close separates athand ththeetorueetlsinaendofbtrhueshbwatotoedriefrsowmhithohe dazzlingit its folds o stud theßhore for miles is visible. Let us go and make a close . inspection. Mr*.:Ell6, a lieutenant in the Louisiana regiment, who is aide-de-camp to Brigadier-General Bragg, has just arrived with a message from his chief to escort me round all the works, and wherever else I like to go—without any reservation whatever.. lie" is a handsome, well built, Blight young fellow, very composed and staid in manner, but i full of sentiment for the South. Returned from a tour in Eurape, he, is all admira tion for English scenery, life, and habits. " After all, nature has been more bountiful - to you than to us." He is dressed in a tight undress cavalry jacket and trousers of blue flannel, with plain gold lace pipings and buttons, but on his heels are heavy brass spurs, worthy of the heaviest qf field officers. Our horses are standing in the Slade of a large tree near the wharf, and mine is equipped with a saddle-of ponderous brazswork, on raised pummel* and cantle, and housings, and eMblazoned cloth and mighty, stirrups of brass fit for the stoutest marshal that ever led an army of Fpnee to victory; General Braxton Bragg is 1624er. -in the leg . than Marshal Pelissier or Canrobeit; or the writer ' and as we jogged along over the deep hot sand my kind companion, in spite of my assurance that the leathers were quite comfortable, made himself and me somewhat uneasy on the score of their adjust ment; and, as. there was no implement at hand to make a _hole, we turned into the general's court yard to effect the necessary alterations, The cry of •" Orderly," brought a smart soldierly-looking young man to the front, who speedily took me three holes up, and as I was - going away he touched his cap and said, "I beg your pardon, Sir, but I often saw you in the Crimea." His storims I (&.434t-y:as brief. He had been in gin 11 th of lie day -of the 25th of Clefiiher he was following, as he said, close after Lord Cardigan and Captain Nolan when his, horse was killed under him. f As he tried to make his escape the Cossacks took him prisoner, and for 11 months he was in Captivity, but was exchanged at Odessa. " Why did you leave the service ?" Well, sir, I - was one of the two sergeants that was per mitted to leave in each regiment on the close of the war, and I came away." "But here you are sol diering again P" " Yes, sir; I came over here to better myself, as I thought, and I had to enter one of their cavalry regiments, but now I am an orderly." He told me further, that his name was Montague, and that he "thought his father lived near Wind sor, 21 miles from London ;" and I was pleased to find his superior officers spoke of him in very high terms, although I could have wished those who spoke so were in. our own service. I do not think that any number of words can give a good idea of a long line of detached batteries. I went through them all, and I certainly found stronger reasons than ever for distrusting the extra ordinary statements which appear in the American journals in reference 'to military matters, particu larly on their own side of the question, Instead of hundreds of guns, there are only 10. They are mostly of small calibre, and the gun-carriages- are old and unsound, or new and rudely made. There are only five " heavy" guns in all the works, but the mortar batteries, three in number, of which one is unfinished, will prove very damaging, although they will only contain 9 or 10 mortars. The bat teries are all sandbag and earthworks, with the ex ception of Fort Barrancas. They are made after all Sorts of ways, and are of very different degrees of efficiency. In some the magazines will come to speedydestruction4 in others they are well made. Some are of the finest white sand, and will blind the gunners, or be blown away with shells ; others are cramped and hardly reversed ; others, again, are very spacious and well constructed. The embrasures are usually made of sandbags, covered with raw hide to safe the cotton bags from the effect of the fire of their own guns. I was amused to observe that most of these works had galleries in the rear, generally in connec tion with the magazine passages, which the construc tors called "rat-holes," and which are intended as shelter to the men at the guns, in case of shells fall ing inside the battery. They may prove to have a very different result, and are certainly not so de sirable in a military point of view as good tie verses. A rush - for the "rat-hole" will not be very dignified or improving to the ?nor elle every time a bomb hurtles over them ; and assuredly the damage to the magazines will be enormous if the fire from Pickens is accurate and well sustained. Several of the batteries were not finished, and the men who ought to have been working were lying under the shade of trees, sleeping or smoking—long-limbed, long-bearded fellows in flannel shirts and slouched hats, uniformless in all save bright well-kept arms, and resolute purpose. We went along slowly from one battery to the other. I visited nine altogether, not including Fort Baxiiineas,:and - thefe - are — three others, among which is Fort M'Rae. Perhaps there may be fifty guns of all seals in pbsitio . n for about three miles, along a line extending 135 deg. round Fort Pickens, the average distance being about 1 1-3 d mile. The mortar batteries are well placed along brushwood, quite out of view of the fort, at distances varying from 2,500 to 2,800 yards, and the mortars are generally of calibres cor responding nearly with our 10-inch pieces. Several of the gun batteries are put on the level of the beach; others have more command, and one is par ticularly yw e ell placed, close to the White Lighthouse on a plateau which dominates the sandy strip that runs out to F or t M'Rae. Of the latter I have already sp o k en . P ort Barrancas i s an o ld f or t ticu —I believe of Spanish construction, with a very meagre trace—a plain curtain-face towards the sea, protected by a dry ditch and. an outwork, in which, however, there are no guns. There is a drawbridge in the rear of the work, which is a simple paral lelogram showing twelve guns mounted en barbette on the sea-face. The walls are of brick, and the guns are protected by thick merlons of sand bags. • -The sole advantage of the fort is in its posi• tion ; it almost looks down into the casemates of Pickens opposite at its weakest point, and it has, a fair command of the sea entrance, but the guns are weak, and there are only three pieces mounted which can do much mischief. While I was looking round there was an entertaining dispute going, on between two men, whom I believe to have been officers, as to the work to be done, and I heard the inferior, intimate pretty broadly his conviction that his chief did not know his own business in refe rence to some orders he was conveying. The amount of ammunition which I saw did not appear - to me to be at all sufficient for one day's moderate firing, and many of the shot were roughly cast and had deep flanges from the moulds in their sides, very destructive to the guns as well as to accu racy. In the rear of these batteries, among the pine woods and in deep brush, are three irregular camps, which, to the best of my belief, could not contain more.than 2,700 men. There are probably 3,000 in and about the batteries, the Navy-yard, and. the suburbs, and there are also, I am informed, 1,500 at Pensacola, but I doubt exceedingly that there are as many as 8,000 men, all told, of effec tive strength under the command of Gen. Bragg. It would be a mistake to despise these Irregulars. One of the Mississippi regiments out in camp was evidently composed of men who liked campaigning, and who looked as though they would like fighting. They had' no particular uniforms—the remark will often be made—but they had pugnacious physiog nomies and the physical means of carrying their inclinations into effect, and every man of them was, I am informed, familiar with the use of arms. Their tents are mostly small and bad, on the ridge pole pattern, with side flys to keep off the sun. In some battalions they observe regularity of line,in others they follow individual or company caprice. The men use green, boughs and bowers, as our poor fel lows did in the old hot days in Bulgaria, andmany of them had benches and seats before their doors, and the luxury of boarded floors to sleep upon. There is an embarrassing custom in America, scarcely justifiable in any code of good manners, which in the South at least is only too common, and which may be still more general in the North ; at all events, to a stranger it is productive of the annoyance which is experienced by one who is obliged to inquire whether the behaviour of those among those whom he is at the time is inten tional rudeness or conventional want of breeding. For instance, my friend and myself as we are riding along see a gentleman standing near his battery or his tent,—" Good morrow, Colonel," or "General" (as the case may be), says my friend—" Good morrow (imagining military rank according to the notion possessed by speaker of the importance of the position of a general's A.D,C,), Ellis." " Colo nel, &c., allow me to introduce to you Mr. Jones of London." The Colonel advances with effusion, holds out his hand, grasps Jones's hand rigidly, and says warmly, as.if he had just gained a par ticular object of his, existence, " Mr. Jones, I'm very glad to make your a cqua i ntance, sir. Have you been pretty well since you have been in our country, sir," &c. But it is most likely that the colonel will just walk away when he pleases, with out saying a word to, or taking the least notice of the aforesaid Jones, as to whose acquaintance he had just before expressed such friendly feelings, and in whose personal health he had taken so deep an interest; and 'Jones, till he is accustomed to it, feels affronted. The fact is that the introdUction means nothing ; you are merely told each other's names, and if you like you may improve the ao‘ ouaintance, The handshaking is a remnant of bar barous times, when Men with the same coloured skin were glad to see each other. ' The country . through which we rode was most uninteresting, thick brushwood and pine trees springing out of deep sand, here and there a and some dirty stream—all flat as ditchwater. On our return we halted at the general's quarters. . I bad left a note for him, in which I inquired whe ther he would have any objection to my proceeding to Fort Pickens from his command, in case I ob tained permission to do so, and when I entered General Bragg's room- he was engage& in writing not merely a very courteous and complimentary expression of his acquiescence in my visit, but let ters of introduction to personal friends in Louisiana, in hope of rendering my sojourn more agreeable. He expressed a doubt whether my comrades. would be permitted to enter the fort, and talked very freely with me in reference to what I had seen at the batteries, but I thought I perceived an indica tion of some change of purpose with respect to the immediate urgency of the attack on Fort Pickens compared with his expressions last night. -At length I departed with many thanks to General Bragg for his kindness and confidence, and re turned to a room full of generals and colonels, who made a levee of their visits. On my return to the schooner I observed that the small houses on the side of the long Bendy beach were filled with men, many of whom were in groups round the happy possessors •of a newspaper, and listened with the utmost interest to the excited delivery of the oracular sentences. How much of the agony and bitterness of this conflict—naY, hOW much of its existence—may be due to these Biala° newspapers no man can say . , -- b - at I have very de: tided opinions, or rather a very strong belief, on the subject. There were still more people around the various bar-rooms than were attracted even by the journalists. Two of our companions were on board when I got back to the quay. The Mobile gentlemen had gone off to Pensacola, and had not returned to time, and under any circumstances it was not probable that they would be permitted to land, as undoubtedly they were no friends to the garrison or to the cause of the United States.. Oar skipper opened his eyes and shook his rough head a little when he was ordered to get under way for Fort Pickens, and to anchor off the jetty. Up went the flag of truce to the fore once more, but the ever-watchful sentry, diverted for the time from his superintendenCe of the men who were fishing at our pier, forbade our departure till the corporal of the guard had given leave, and the Corporal of the guard would not let the-fair, Diana cast of her warp till he had consulted the sergeant of the guard, and so there was some delay occasioned by the necessity, for holding an interview with that functionary, who finally permitted the captain to proceed on his way, and with a fair light breeze the schooner fell_round into the tideway and glided off towards the fort. We drew up with it rapidly, and soon attracted the notice of the look-out men and some officers who came down to the jetty. We anchored a cable's length from the jetty. In reply to the sentry's hail, the skipper asked for a boat to put off 'for us. " Come off in your own boat.* Skiff of Charon! But there was no choice. With all the bathos of that remarkable structure it could not go down, in such a short row. And if it did P Well, "there's not'a more terrible place for sharks along this coast," -the captain had told us incidentally en route. Our own boat was inclined. to impartiality in its relation with the water, and took quite as much inside as it could hold, 'but we soused into. it, and the men pulled like Doggett's Badgers, and soon we were out of shark depth and alongside the jetty, where were standing to receive us Mr. Brown, our friend of yesterday, Capt. Vogdes, and Capt. Berry, commanding a United, States bat tery inside the fort. The soldiers of the guard were United States regular troops of the Artillery, wore blue uniforms with brass buttons and remarkably ugly slouched felt hats, with an ornament in the shape of two crossed cannon. Captain Vogdes in formed me that Colonel Moore had sent off a reply to my letter to the fleet, stating that he would gladly permit me to go over the fort, but that he could not allow any one else under any circumstances whatever to visit it. My friends were therefore Constrained to stay outside, but one of them picked up a friend on the beach and got up an impromptu ride along the island. The way from. the jetty to the entrance of the fort is in the universal deep sand of this part of the world ; the distance from the landing-plabe to the gateway is not much more than 200 yardsoind the approach to the portal is quite unprotected. There're; e. high ramp and gladis on the land side, but the face and part of the curtain in which the gate is ire open, as it was not considered likely that it would ever be attacked by Americans. The sharp angle of the bastion on this face is so weak that men are now engaged in throwing up an ex tempore glacis to cover the base of the wall and the casemates from fire. The ditch is very broad, and the scarp and counterscarp are rivetted with brick work. The .curvette has been cleared out, and in doing so, as a proof of the agreeable character of the locality, I may 'observe upwards 'of 60 rattle snakes were killed by the workmen. 'An abattis' has been made along the edge of this part of the ditch—a rough inclined fence of stakes and boughs of trees. " Yes, Sit; at one ' time when' those terrible fire-eating gentlemen at the other side , were full of threats, and coming to take the place every day, there were only 70 men in this fort,, and Lieutenant Slemmer threw up this abattis to delay his assailants, if it were only for a few minutes, and to give his men breathing, time to use their small-arms." The casemates ' here are all blinded, and the hospital is situate in the bomb proofs inside. The gate was closed ; at a talis manic knock it was opened, and from the external silence we passed into a scene full of activity and life, through the dark gallery which served at first as a framework to the picture. The parade of the fort was full of men, and at a coup crccil it was obvious that great efforts had been made to pre pare Fort Pickens for a desperate defence. In the parade were several tents of what is called Sibley's pattern, like our bell tents, but without the lower side wall, and provided with a ventilating top, which can be elevated or depressed at pleasure. The parade ground has been judiciously filled with deep holes, like inverted ()ones, in which shells will be comparatively innocuous; and, warned by Sum ter, everything has been removed which could prove in the least degree combustible. The officer on duty led me straight across to the opposite angle of the fort. As the rear of the casemates and bomb proofs along this side will be exposed to a plunging fire from the opposite side, a very ingenious screen has been constructed by placing useless gun .plat forms, and parts of carriages at an angle ag ainst the wall, and piling them up with sand and earth for several feet in thickness. A passage is thus left between the base of the wall and that of the screen through which a man can, walk with ease. Turning into this passage we entered a lofty bomb proof, which was the bed-room of the commanding officer, and passed through into the casemate which serves as his head-quarters. Col. Harvey Brown received me with every expression of politeness and courtesy. He is a tall, spare, soldierly-looking man, with a face indicative of great resolution and energy, as well as of sagacity and kindness, and his at tachment to the Union was probably one of the reasons of his removal from the command of Fort Hamilton, New York, to, the charge of this very important fort. He has been long in the service, and he belonged to the first class of graduates who passed at West Point after its establishment in 1818. After a short and very interesting conver sation, he proceeded to show me the works, and we mounted upon the parapet, accompanied by Captain Berry, and went over all the defences. Fort Pickens has a regular bastioned trace, in out line an oblique and rather narrow parallelogram, with the obtuse angles facing the sea at one'side and the land at the other. The acute angle, at which the bastion towards the enemy's batteries is situate, is the weakest part of the Work ; but it was built for sea defence, as I have already observed, and the trace was prolonged.to . obtain the greatest amount of fire on the sea approaches. The crest of the parapet is covered with very solid and well made merlons of heavy sandbags, but one face, and the gorge of the bastion, are exposed to an enfilading fire from Fort M'Rae, which the Colonel said he intended to guard against if he got time. All the guns seemed in good order, the carriages being well constructed, but they are mostly of what are considered small calibres now-()=days, being 32- pounders, with some 42-pounders and 24-pounders. There are, however, four heavy Columbiads, which command the enemy's works on several points very completely. It struck me that the bastion guns were rather crowded.' But, even in its present' state, the defensive preparations are most credit able to the officers, who have had only three weeks.. e brick copings hav e been removed from the P to do the immense amount of work before us. Tn p and strong sand ba g traverses have been, nstructed e exected, at , to cover the gu nners, in addition to the ar ba ivi s t ti h on th s. e a M id or o e f h a ea f vy ewi gu mo n re s ot a a P r s Will e r a ena ble the garrison to hold their own against every long as the fie et covers the =row peck of the wi ' li t e h h e thing but a regular siege on the land side, and so 'V e at_ ~%~ ' e_ -. -_ ~., astonishing rate through the phosphorescent , waters witha prow of flame and a bubbling wake of dancing meteor-like streams flowing from her helm, us though it were a furnace whence boiled a stream of liquid metal. "No sign of the Oriental on our lee bow ?" " Nothin' at all in sight, sir." The sharks and huge rays flew off from the shore as we passed, and darted out seawards, marking their runs in brilliant trails of light. On sped the Diana, but no Oriental came in sight. I was tired. The sun had been very hot ; the ride. through the batteries, the visits to quarters, the ex cursion to Pickens had found out my weak places, and my head was aching and legs fatigued, and so I thought I would turn in for a short time, and I dived into the shades below, where my comrades were already sleeping, and kicking off my boots lapsed into a state which rendered me indifferent to the attentions no doubt lavished upon me by the numerous little familiars who recreate in the well peopled timbers. It never entered into my head, even my dreams, that the captain would break the blockade if h e could—particularly as his papers had not been endorsed, and the penalties would he sharp and sure if he were caucrht. But the confi dence of coasting capsul's in" the extraordinary capabilities of their craft is a madness--a halluci nation so strong that no d anger or r i s k w il l pre vent their actin g upon it whenever thereat. I was assured once by the " captain" of a " that he could run to windward of an y c r i, a ,ta i n h er . Majesty's service, and there is not a skipper from Hartlepool to Whitstable who :does not believe his own "Mary Ann," or " Three Grandmothers," is, on certain" pinto," able to bump her fat bows and scuttle-shaped stern faster through the seas than auy clipper which ever flew a pendant. I had been some two hours and a-half asleep when I was awakened by a whispering in the little cabin . Charley; the negro cook, agu2-stricken with terror, was leaning over the bed, and in broken French was chattering through his teeth, " Monsieu, Mon siva, nous sommes perdus ! The bateman de guerre nous poursuit. Il n'a pas encore tire. Il va tirer bientot ! Oh mon Dieu! mon Dieu I" Through the hatchway I could see the skipper was at the helm, glancing anxiously from the compass to the quivering reef points of his mainsail. " What's all this we hear, captain ?" "Well, Sir, there's been somethin' a runnin' after us these two hours" (very slowly). But I don't think keech us up no how this time." "But, good heavens, you know, it may be the Oriental, with Mr. Brown on board." "Ah wall—may bee. But he kep quite close up on me in the dark—it gev me quite a stark when I seen him. May be, says I, he's a privateerin' chap, and so I draws in on shore close as I cud,—gets mee centre-board in, and, says I, I'll see what yer med of, mee boy. He an't a gaining much on us." I looked, and sure enough, about half or three-quar ters of a mile astern, and somewhat to leeward of us, a vessel, with sails and hull all blended into a black lump, was standing on in pursuit. I strained my eyes and furbished up the glasses, but I could make out nothing definite. The skipper held grimly on. The shore was so close we could have almost leaped into the surf, for the Diana, when her centre-board is up, does not draw much over four feet. " Captain, I think you,had better shako your wind, and see who he is. It may be Mr. Brown." " Meester Brown or no I can't help car rine on now. I'd be on the bank outside in a minit if I didn't hold my course." The captain had ais own way ; he argued that if it was the Oriente_ she would have fired a blank gun long ago to bring us to ; and as to not calling us when the sail was discovered he took up the general line of the cruelty of disturbing people when they're asleep. Ah ! captain, you knew well it was Mr. Brown, as you let out when we were safe off Fort Morgan. By keeping so close in shore in shoal water the Diana was enabled to creep along to windward of the stranger, who evidently was deeper than ourselves. See there ! Her sails shiver ! so one of the crew says ; she's struck ! But she's off again, and is after us. We are just within range, and one's eye become quite blinky, watching for the flash from the bow, but, whether privateer or United States schooner she was too magnanimous to fire. A stern chase is a long chase. It must now be somewhere about 2in the morning. Nearer and nearer to shore creeps the Diana. " I'll lead him into a pretty mess, who ever he is, if he tries to follow me through the Swash," grins the skipper. The Swash is a very shallow, narrow, and dangerous passage into Mobile Bay, between the sand-banks on the east of the main channel and the shore. Our pursuer holds on, but gains nothing. The Diana is now only some nine or ten miles from Fort Morgan, guarding the en trance to Mobile. Soon an uneasy dancing motion welcomes her approach to the Swash. "Take a cast of the lead, John ! " Nine feet." " Good ! Again !" " Seven feet." " Good—Charley, bring the lantern." (Oh, Charley, why did tnat lantern go out just as it was wanted, and not only expose us to the most remarkable amount of " cussm; im precation, and strange oaths our ears ever heard, but expose our lives and your head to more immi nent danger ?) But so it was, just at the critical juncture when a turn of the helm port or starboard made the difference perhaps betweeu life and death, lighi after light went out, and the captain wept dancing mad after lefttrvals ordeadfy calmness as the mate sang out, " Five feet and a-half! seven feet--six feet—eight feet—five feet—four and a-half feet (oh Lord I)—six feet," and so on, through a measurement of death by inches, not at all agree able. And where was Mr. Brown all this time? Really we were so much interested in the state of the lead-line, and in the very peculiar behaviour of the lanterns, which would not burn, that we scarcely cared much when we heard from the odd hand and Charley that she had put about, after running aground once or twice, they thought, 'as soon as we entered the S wash, and had vanished rapidly in the darkness. It was little short of a miracle that we got past the elbow, for just at the critical moment, in a channel not more than 100 yards broad, with only six feet water, the binnacle light, which had burned steadily for a minute, sank with a sputter into black night. When the passage was accomplished the captain relieved his mind by chasing Charley into a corner, and with a shark, which he held by the tail, as the• first weapon that came to hand, inflicting on him condign punishment, and then returning for t he e helm. Charley, however , knew his master, or o slyly b o s a e i r z d e d b t e h f o e r e s a a n r k e t a h n e r d flun g htof hispassion defunct corp se cameen, and by the morning the skipper was good friends w ith him, after he had relieved himself by a series of castigations of the negligent lamplighter with every variety of Rhadamanthine implement. The Diana had thus distinguished her dirty little person by breaking a blockade and giving an excel lent friend of ours a great deal of trouble (if it was indeed Mr. Brown), as well as giving us a very unenviable character for want of hospitality and courtesy ; and for both I beg to apologise wit.h this account of the transaction. But she had a still greater triumph. As she approached Fort Morgan all was silence. The morning was just showing a grey streak in the east. " Why, they're all asleep at the fort," observed the indomitable captain, and regardless of guns or sentries down went his helm, and away the Diana thumped into Mobile Bay, and stole off in the darkness towards the opposite shore. There was, however, a miserable day before us. When the light fairly broke we had got only a few miles inside, a stiff northerly wind blew right in our teeth, and the whole of the blessed day spent tacking backwards and forwards between one low shore and another low shore, in water the ere l of peasoup, so that temper and patience w ere that ex hausted, and we were reduced to such.aths awe took took intense pleasure in meeting WI snits -looking in alligator. He was a g youngfe d ntly lost his way, about 10 feet long, and had e . v i i ° but it would have fellow, and was going out to sea bod t i y, hint on board I h k o e ug h he passed b owa e i e rt n hsihn t i h pt e ,w b e was, miserable as There was, to be sure, the height of cruelty ofMso.bile in every possible view, pleasure of seeing and in a lump and yards n_ and west, far and near, and eastwas not relished any more than our run out, but it osisted of a very gamy Bologna w ho had not onionshe decided coo kfr. fried d w A h i tn e t sa h ti e ne r r h rt hi e bel w ee o vp u er i ne d : d sa in us n a e g r, e, wAe landed at started l a a nn r v ' t icenyag, and t been nearly 14 hours beating we were off for the Battle House and. about 27 miles, wp b . e ahra r p a o hrfi r :o k i crai n 0 00d r : .e b lrc a t an outlying rest. The streets are filled with the usual rub-a -(o the - d uebibt citizens sin bands, grotesque garments and arma ment, all looking full of fight and secession. I ite nlyn namest a tl in w us i u . . the hotel book at the bar as young Vigilance Committee, who has been resting his heels high in the air, with one eye on the staircase and the other on the end of his cigar, stalks forth and reads my style and title, and I have the satisfaction of slapping the door in his face as he saunters after me to my room, and looks curiously in to see how a man takes off his boots. They are all very anxious in the evening to know what .1 think about Pickens and Pensacola, and I am pleased to tell the citizens I think it will be a very tough affair on both sides whenever it comes. I proceed to New Orleans on Monday. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD. — The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending June was 2,605, of which 771 were new came.' The "Antiquary " would have stoutly maintained the im possibility of a message being received in London within 11 few minutes of its being written in Edinboro'. But it is un deniable. Equally so is the fact of grey ha ir being restored to its natural colour, and neuralgia and nervous headache cured by Herring's mag - netio brushes and combs. Recent improvements have made them almost infallible. N.B.— Counterfeits are being made. (MOM 32, Basinghall-street, L011(1011,