The Sun. — London, England, 1861-10-02 00:00:00

FRED MELLON'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. LAST WEEK BUT ONE. _ _ _ he first part of the Concert this Evening will consist of a ' , election from the works of SPOHR and WEBER.— • e second part being Miscellaneous Vocalists—Mdlle. PAREPA and Miss POOLE. " Commence at 8. Promenade, is. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. On Saturday next, the Last VOLUNTEER NIGHT, when 11.1cthoven's Battle Piece will be repeated. On Monday next, Handel's oratorio, THE CREATION the entire work). Ou Wednesday next, for the Benefit of Miss Julia Woolf. rpHEA TR E. R 0 YAL, HAYMARKET. Levee, Mr. J. S. Buckstone. rfErs EVENING, the performances wM commense with THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Edwin Booth (from the principal American theatres); Lancelot Oobbo, Mr. Bnckstone ; Portia, Mrs. Charles Young. After which, BOX AND COX. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Commenoe a 7. ROYAL. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.... Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THE RENDEZVOUS. Alter which, a new and original comedy, in five acts, writ ten byJohn Brougham. entitled PLAYING WITH FIRE ; characters by Mr. John Brougham (his 4th appearance), Mr. Ryder, Mr. R. Widdicombe, Mr. G. Jordan (of the principal theatres of the United States, his 4th appearance in Eng land), Miss C. Leklercq, and Mrs. Weston. With THE GARIBALDI EXCURSIONISTS. i c tOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. PIUS EVENING, A MIDSUMMER'S EVE. Atter which, at Eight o'clock, the new and success tut comedy of WOMAN; or, Love against the World. Characters by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Herman Veen, J. Robins, Mrs. Charles Young, Mrs. Weston, Miss Murray, and Miss Lydia Thomson. T o conclude with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE, in which Miss Lydia Thompson will danee a New Volunteer Quick Step. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to oommenoe at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. NEW TFIRATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- -4-1 SODS Prerpheimr Open for the Winter Season. THIS EVENING, MUSIC HATH CHARMS. Messrs. D. Fisher, Romer, Warde, Misses K. Kelly and Laidlaw. Alter which (240th time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. '3oucicault, D. Fisher, Billington, S. Emery, Stephenson, U. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boueicault, Misr Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Thconclude with LOVE AND HUNGER. Messrs. Fisher, Emery, C. J. Smith, Mrs. H. Marston, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. ( 1 A NTERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Mr. SAM COWELL every evening at Nine and a quarter tc gleven.—Also, Grand Selections from TROVATORE, 'i'itAVEATA, NORMA, MARTHA, &0., by Miss Russell. Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Morley, and a Howerful Chorus. The Comic department comprises Messrs. arvey and French, " The Nerves "—Mr. Marshall—Mr. Wood and his talented Son—and Miss Harriet Coveney. New Opera by Auber, LA CIRCASSIENNE. —A Grand Selection, arranged and conducted by Mr. Jonghmans, from this Opera'was produced, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TUIS COUNTRY, on Monday, 21d inst., and will be performed every evening Principal Artistcs—Miss Russell, Mr. Herbert, and Signor Tivoli. Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, is. 1 1 HE 0 X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. A Grand Selection from Verdi's new opera, " Simon Boo canegra" (now produced for the first time in this country), by Miss Russell, Messrs. C. Greville, Tivoli, Greene, Morley, and Herbert ; also from Verdi's "Macbeth," by Madame ltnderssohn and the entire Company. Full band and chorus. Conductor. Mr. F. Jonghmans. Weed Comic Entertain ments by Harvey and French (The Nerves), Wood and his Son, R. Marshall, and W. Randall. Hall, 6d. ; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 6m.—Afternoon, 12h. 26m. To-monßow.-Morning, 12h. 30m.—Aftemoon, lh. 10m. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 2, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 70—highest since noon yesterday. 58—lowest this morning and during the night. 61—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.97; rising again. WlND—North-Westerly—light ; with fine weather. It rained in the night. ..mAt. k Tr „ e ".. / .. - 11 0 _ o . • %ICC' e• — • 6,1 'll-12 SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1881. The most popular minister in England has lately ,been showing that he has something more than popular talent—he has strong native sense to guide it. His sermon on the railway accidents, entitled, "Accidents not Punishments," would put to shame those of thousands of older men. And we must frankly confess that, remembering the school of theology in which he has been educated, we were almost as much surprised as pleased with the evi dently scriptural as well as rational view he took of such subjects. It is unquestionably amongst Mr. SPURGEON'S merits that his thoughts, if not remarkable for profundity, are his own, He is perfectly independent. He adopts frem others only what his own judgment approves, and so long as it approves. Hence, he is perfectly free to learn from observation and experience, and having heard him only at very long intervals, we can testify that he has wonderfully improved in pulpit pro prieties since he first came to London ; and that with an increase rather than otherwise of the really popular element in his style. From the sermon alluded to itself, we see this readiness to be in structed by what passes before him. One of the most vivid illustrations of the folly of treating accidents to Sunday pleasure-takers as judgments on them is derived from the dreadful calamity which occurred in the Surrey Music Hall to his own congregation assembled for worship. The Christian and humane reasoning of the dis course is, however, as interesting to us as the illustrations. It will, we hope, shame out of Court so many of Mr. SPURGEON'S general school as are but too prone to wield, as they think, the thunderbolts of the ALMIGHTY with their own puny hands. There are some passages in that sermon, on the wickedness of making what is termed a good use of popular superstition, which thousands of clergymen would do well to study. Last night Mr. SPURGEON showed his good sense doubly— b y — asserting the necessity of amusement as well as religion, and by furnishing an amusement himself, Which evidently highly delighted some '5,000 or 6,000 people. Indeed numbers could not gain admittance. We might say he trebly showed his good sense, f or he did not scruple to use his immense place of worship, for a sober amusement worthy of a rational people. Think of the autho rities of -Westminster Abbey or St. Paul's doing the same ! Mr. SPURGEON seems disposed to repay the civility to religion of the proprietors of places of amusement. The Crystal Palace, and the theatres, have of late been freely proffered for religious 'Wor ship. Lord SHAFTESBURY and his friends have drawn ' crowded audiences in our metropolitan theatres for worship on Sunday evenings ; so Mr. SPURGEON draws on a Tuesday evening an immense audience for saMusement. All this is as it should be. The divorce of religion and rational entertainment can nc•ver be with advantage to the former. Human nature will assert its rights. It is but trite to say that extreme abstinence will be followed by extreme indulgence ; that compulsory abstinence will be followed by wanton indulgence ; that the Age of CROMWELL and t! -- :c Puritans will be followed by the Age of. CHARLES the SECOND and the debauchees. We hope there are signs of a m 4 ,311 sounder wisdom amongst religious Pple, and we are tha n kf u l t o no ti ce th a t, with so e popular a teacher, religion is not a synonym for unnatural abstinence. The society for whose funds he Was delivering his total abstinence • s lecture was, to be sure, a amity ; but it was a society for the young—" The Band of Hope"—and most will agree that for that age such a society may be a great blessing. Mr. SPURGEON'S lecture was, as our readers will doubtless see for themselves, on the Gorilla and his country ; the accessories were all in keep ing. The borough member, himself such a tra veller, Mr. LAYARD, was his chairman. A huge gorilla stood on the table, the orchestra con sisted of the children of the Band of Hope, and dissolving views of the country wound up all. Of the amusement furnished our report leaves no doubt. The lecturer was evidently in his element. Indeed it is quite evident that Mr. SPURGEON is one of nature's genial souls —not made for an ascetic. His sympathies with every :new position are almost instan taneous. He was as much at home with the Gorilla, with an audience come for entertainment, and with the scenes and folk of Central Africa, as he is with a congregation on Sunday. In deed M. CHAILLU thanked Mr. SPURGEON for the way in which he had brought African life so vividly before the meeting, " In fact he himself felt as if he knew more about it than before." Such is the prero gative of naturally quick sympathies and descrip tive genius, and this is one—and one not to be acquired by any study—of the great elements of Mr. SPURGEON'S popularity. Our readers will see that, after a close perusal of the Book for the special purpose of forming his own judgment, Mr. SPURGEON gives his decided verdict for the truthfulness of M: Du CHAILLU. Mr. S. has been, doubtless, accustomed to notice the appa rent discrepancies of the Gospel narratives, and to 3..41 7 Lpav7it3v.. vvu 1.1144 nothing like imposture in their getting up. Im postors do not make mistakes which a child can detect. "He took up the book and looked first at the pictures—children always did. After reading the letterpress, he said to himself that those pictures were the ruin of the book, be cause, although very well done, they were not cor rect. Having pointed out various important and humorous discrepancies between the illustrations and the printed matter, the lecturer said that if the man was an imposter he would first have looked to his pictures, because such an individual would not have left a hole big enough for a mouse to have crept through." We must say that the application of so well known a principle is perfectly fair in this case ; and as a juryman, to decide not from mechani cal comparison, but from the general impression left by a narrative, of its fidelity to fact, there are not many men better qualified than our shrewdly-ob servant and vivacious•minded lecturer. We cordially wish the reverend gentleman success in his new vocation; and we are quite confident that if health and strength hold out, he will be a public benefactor, by adding to his other labours that of furnishing sober but thorough entertain ment for the million. What NAPOLEON 111. is reported to have said the other day in regard to the Roman Question, may be applied also with peculiar force to the Polish Question. It was little more than the echo of a remark made originally in 1797 by the Founder of his MAJESTY'S dynasty. " The Pear is not yet ripe," said the First NAPOLEON. " The Pear is so ripe that it will fall of itself," said the Third NAPO LEON. And that remark—is it not directly ap plicable to the Question of Polish Independence. It is understood to be 80 applicable by the Polish people themselves that they are designedly holding their hands, as it were—they are almost, we might say, holding their very breath—simply waiting for the dropping of the pear now pendent, mellow to its very core, upon the bough. For there is as surely a political law of gravitation to bring down the ripe pear when it is ripe, as there is that grand natural or physical law of gravitation which was discovered by the dropping of the rip° apFle in biz. ISAAC NEWTON'S garden-orchard. And in the mere fact of this universal expectancy throughout Poland there is assuredly a peculiar significance. Among the most warlike races of Europe the Poles stand:forth in many respects conspicuous and pre eminent. The greatest of modern conquerors de clared them to be "the people who most rapidly become soldiers." And he had certainly by his immense experience acquired the right to express an opinion of that kind—he who had first of all contended with so many different races upon the field of battle, and who had afterwards martialled so many different races under his own banners. The History of Poland, in truth, in many of its pages, is at once about the most warlike and heroic among the annals of the various kingdoms of Christendom. Under SOBIESKI, her warriors were the champions and defenders of the threatened liberties of Europe ; and it must ever remain among the most glorious recollections of the prowess of the human race, that in 1683 under the walls of Vienna the Polish warriors, led by their hero-king SOBIESKI, swept bask the legions of the Turk —not only preserving Austria to LEOPOLD, but all Western Europe to Christianity. Again—coming down even through all the terrible misfortunes in cident to Poland, coming down even to our time, to the very commencement of this nineteenth century, we find the Poles faithful, in the midst of all their sufferings, in spite of their reiterated and seemingly irreparable partition, faithful through every ima ginable obstacle to their heroic and martial antece dents. Insomuch that NAPOLEON the Great is constrained to speak of them as we intimated; he is compelled to characterize them as the people who the most rapidly become soldiers. He might have said more than that of them, however. He might have added in their regard that as the Poles become soldiers the most rapidly, so they remain soldiers the longest ! They are the most faithful to the sceptre of the sword : they are the most loyal in their military allegiance. Among all the motley races that fought under NAPOLEON'S banners they were about the most heroic—they were, without a doubt of it, the faithfullest. History has told what glory the Polish Legions won for themselves during the long wars of Spain and of Italy. Who does not recollect how resplendently they were led onwards by the matchless valour of PONIATOWSKI, in the stupendous army of the modern SISOSTRIS, across the Bug, across the Dneiper, through the victories of Smolinsko, and the Moskowa—back from the ashes of Moscow, through all the horrors of the Bersiva, remaining still faithful to the falling fortunes of NAPOLEON upon the field of Leipsic, in the midst of the general defection of the Allies of the Great EM PEROR. Yet it is this warlike race, this Polish people that becomes an army the most rapidly and remains an army the longest, that t w a n i n n o g w a r n e c a og tt n i t i n s e d , e c t la he i nn most p i a t e s i fi rights by t a s m w a o i rnd drawn, not a-blade sharpened. The whole mul prayer and expectat i on. And titude simply i n this purely because they are one and all conscious that the hour of their delivery is close at hand— that nothing can retard its coming --that the pear is so ripe that it must fall by the simple force of political gravitation. Hence in fact—because lie also recognised this— the late Prince ADAM CZARTORYSKT, left as his last advice to his compatriots the one earnest recom mendation—" 'Wait." Their rational motto in truth at this epoch might not inaptly be that verse of the American Poet LONGFELLOW— " Learn to labour—and to wait." Particularly remembering the impressive reversal of the Count DE MONTALEMBERT of the old monkish I saying, Laborari est Orare, its reversal thus Orare est Laborari ! Accepting the truth of which Latin dictum—as every Christian heart surely may do, in the presence of the Eternities—it may most certainly be:said now of Poland that she has already —" Learnt to labour—and to wait." And her pa tience in this is now securely earning its recom pence. She will not have to wait much longer thus. Italy, alone, within the last two years has furnished her with a magnificent augury of success. Hun gary has every reasonable prospect of doing the same. It is the Age of reviving Nationalities. And —the fact being thus, visibly and undeniably— Poland is secure of extorting from Europe the ex piation of her wrongs and the restoration of her Rights among the great races of Christendom. The Irish are retrieving in America their Euro pean Bull's Run of the Italian campaign. They are serving Mr. LINCOLN far better than they served his Holiness the POPE. They seem to think, indeed, that there are two sides to the question ; for " down South," they enlist for the Southerns ; while in the North they form some of the best Federal regi ments. We felt a kind of pride in our Irishmen, when we read in the telegram, in the accounts from Missouri, that " the Confederates were scattered by a bayonet charge of the Irish, Brigade." The num bers, too, opposed to them were far greater in pro portion than those to whom the Irishmen at Spoleto nest the pints of thoir bayonets, but their whole skins, on the 1 8_1) 3 _o wnd Lou.-axcadc. rnrk dition that their skins remained whole, and were sent whole to the Green Isle again. Are the men better, or do they like their cause and their pay better ? Both, we believe, have much to do with the explanation. We have certainly never found our own Irish soldiers, well fed, well led, and well cared for, inferior to any of our soldiers. Dr. CULLEN'S heroes, saints, and unscathed martyrs were, doubtless, men out of condition, morally and physically, as much as they were out-at-elbows. But an Irishman on United States fare, and fighting as he considers it, for—dearr libberrty—not to keep down his fellow Catholics, is again worthy the name of an Irish soldier. The Semaphore of Marseilles announces the arrival in that city on Saturday of Sir Henry Bulwer, English Ambassador at Constantinople. The Siamese Ambassadors arrived on the 28th ult. at Marseilles, to take their departure from France. They embarked on Saturday on board the steam frigate Asmodee, on their return home, via Alexandria and Suez. THE PUNJAUB RAILWAY.—Mr. W. P. Andrews, the Chairman, says, " that the Punjaub Railwaywill be com pleted and stocked for £B,OOO per mile, which will be about £250 per mile less than the average cost of American lines." Three seamen belonging to the sohooner Francis, of Belfast, at present lying at Kigstown, retired on Sun day night to the forecastle, which they closed down. On turning into bed, they neglected, to put out the fire. The place soon became filled with smoke, which had no means of egress, on on the hatch being opened on Monday morn ing one of the men was found dead, while the two others, who remain in a precarious state, were taken out in a state of insensibility. THE LATE COLLISION ON THE NORTH LONDON RATLWAY.—Yesterday morning Mr. Humphreys opened an inquiry at the Wellington public-house, University.. street, St. Pancras, touching the death of Sarah Essex, aged 37, one of the unfortunate sufferers by the late acci dent at the Kentish-town Junction of the North London Railway. The jury, after half an hour's consultation, re turned a verdict of " Manslaughter against the signalman, Rayner." FIRES AT SHOREDITCH AND CAMBERWELL.— Yesterday morning two alarming and destructives fires happened —one in Shoreditch and the other at Camberwell. The first fire occurred in the premises belonging to Mr. T. Smith, a coffee-house keeper, High-street, Shoreditch; and the other fire took place in the premises of Mr. A. L. New man, rag merchant, termed the Grand Surrey Canal Works, Albany-road, Camberwell. Unfortunately neither the building nor contents were insured. The liabilities of Mr. Nicholson, the broker who failed on Monday hi the Stock Exchange, are stated to be about £lO,OOO, to meet which there appear to be no assets whatever. It is stated also that he is under equally large liabilities to persons unconnected with the Stock Exchange. The South-Eastern Railway Company's new boat, the Victoria, has been placed on the Folkestone and Boulogne line, and is now performing her part of the day tidal service. She accomplished the voyage on Monday last from Boulogne to Folkestone in an hour and 27 minutes. PILCHARD FISHERY.—On Saturday last 2,800 hogsheads were caught at St. Ives, and 220 hogsheads off Gurnard's Head. The whole are valued at not less than £9,ooo—that is, at £3 per hogshead. The Gurnard's Head boats at once sold £BO worth to the country buyers, which is considered a great boon just now. CHILD MURDER AT TOTTENHAM.—Yesterday morning Mr. H. Raffles Walihew, the deputy corner for East Middlesex, held an inquiry at the Eagle, Chestnut road, Tottenham, on view of the body of a male child, unknown. It appeared that a man named Wm. Day was in company with another on their way to Mr. King's, the agent of Northumberland Park, on Friday morning last, when the former observed a bundle lying in the hedge. He drew it out, and the cloth came off, when to his astonish ment he found it was the body of an infant. His companion suggested that they should take it to the station, which they did accordingly. John Turner, 82 N, took possession of the body, which was wrapped in a blue and white printed shawl. Dr. William Hall was sent for immediately. He found the umbilical cord tied. It had been cut. He be lieved the child was born alive, and that it was a full-timed child. There was evidence of its being forcibly compressed at the nose. From a mark on its lip and the corresponding jaw, he believed it died by the hand, and that two persons had been concerned in it. The deputy coroner suggested that the parish authorities should offer a reward for the discovery of the guilty parties, as this was clearly a case of wilful murder ; and the crime of infanticide, from some cause or other, was largely on the increase. The jury re turned a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—On Mon day a jury was sworn at York Castle, before the Under- Sheriff for the county, to assess the damages in a breach of promise of marriage, the damages being laid at £5OO. Mr. Smith was counsel for the plaintiff, Mrs. Margaret Lidney, and Mr. Shaw for the defendant, Mr. Robert Tait. The latter had carried on the business of a clogger at Skipton, and having been placed in the position of a widower, he was smitten with the charms of the plaintiff, who had been deprived of her husband, and left to the charge of an only son. She was a kind of overlooker, or tutoress, in a cotton factory, and the attachment being re ciprocal, the defendant had promised that they should be married. In February last, however, he ceased keeping company with the plaintiff, who in August presented him with a living pledge, which it appeared had entailed upon him a weekly payment of 2s. He had since married a Mrs. Phillips. An action was brought at the last assizes, but the defendant withdrew his plea, and the question now was, what was the amount to which the plaintiff was entitled. It was shown that the defendant had made an assignment, and it was stated that he was now working as a jowneyman. at Colne. It was submitted by his counsel that the plaintiff had suffered no loss, that she ought to have been satisfied with the order of affiliation, and that the defendant was not in a condition to pay one farthing. The Under -Sheriff summed up, and the jury awarded £BO to the plaintiff. SALE OF THE AMERICAN CIRCUS STUD.—The whole of the horses and equestrian properties belonging to Messrs. Howes and Cushing, the proprietors of the well known American Circus, were yesterday brought to the hammer, at their repository in Barbican. The first lots that were put up consisted of horses that had principally been used in the baggage-waggons, and they fetched very good prices. A very good-looking black mare, Fanny, fetched twenty-four guineas, and a cream -coloured mare Little Siss, was knocked down at twenty-six guineas, Among the baggage horses, Colonel fetched thirty guineas, Jack thirty-eight guineas, and Wallace, a very good-look ing cream gelding, was bought by Jem Myers for forty four guineas. The ring stock was next brought forward, and they also fetched very good prices. A cream gelding, Eagle, was bought by Tom Sayers for twenty-five guineas, and a dam gelding, Prince, a good bare-back horse, fetched thirty-seven guineas. A skewbald mare, Lily, a single -act horse, fetched forty guineas : and a very handsome and clever cream mare, Big Siss, was bought by Jom Myers for sixty guineas. A cream mare, Eliza, a single -act horse, shiae and d i n m t r h . e pi .T Smith m i fetched 50 gu i neas. Among the following lots were the bought t S a d two " extraordinary p er f orm i ng mules, " as they were de cr i m b • catalogue, th P a e n t d o Barney,riaity Tharn.dlBtohgney guineas b the horses Tom hadye rr been , after . After h disposed of, t competitioncar carriages iagesw between ere put up for auction. The Riga and Dunaberg Railway was opened throughout for traffic on Tuesday last, THE SUN, ',LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1861. LAI EST N WS. PARIS, OCT. 2. The Illoniteur of ths morning contains an Im perial decree, dated Oct. 1, according to which the ports of Marseilles, Btrdeaux, Nantes, Rouen, Havre, Dieppe, Boulogne, Calais, and Dunkirk, and the Custom-houses of Totrcoing, Roubaix, Lille, Valen ciennes, Mulhouse, ald Lyons are, dating from the the Ist inst., open for the importation of cotton and woollen yarns of every description, either of English or Belgian manufacture. By the same decree the following articles of English or Belgian origin or manufacture cannot be imported into France either by land or sea, except through the Custom-houses appointed. The articles referred to are :—All goods paying a duty of more than 20f. per 100 kilogrammes ; also coaches, playing cards, chicory roasted or ground, cutlery, skin and leather work, articles made of horse or cow's hair, pure or mixed, chymi cals, ordinary soaps, drinking glasses and crystals white and coloured, window glass, coloured glass polished or engraved, watch and optical glasses, and all other glass ware not mentioned in this cate gory, sea-going vessels, hulls of sea-going vessels, river craft, alpaca, lama, and Vicunia wool, and camel's hair yarn. The ltioniteur also announces that the Emperor presided yesterday at a Council of Ministers at St. Cloud. NAPLES, OCT. 1. Handbills have been eireat.tod iu iNtsplers bearing the words " Italy, Emmanuel at Romp with ci.r baldi." Several groups of people are now assembled in the Strada di Toledo. Numerous patrois traverse the city. It does not appear that a demonstration will take place. - REGGIO, SEPT. 30. Mittica, a bandit chief, has been killed, and his band destroyed, Brigandage has now terminated in the provivce of Reggio. Some reactionary agents, who had disembarked at Agropoli, ha'v been arrested. PESTH, OCT. 1. The Pesth jourLals of to-day state that the Bosnians and Serviass have declared themselves in favour of the Montenegrins. They also state that tie mountain defiles lead ing to the interior of Momenegro will be defended to the last in order to gan time, as it is ex pected that a diversion will be made by a Hun garian legion under the command of General Turr. A Commissioner has been Laminated for the Comitat of Pesth. ROME (via Marseilles), SEPT. 29: The Abbe Passaglia's pamphlet, entitled "De Causa Italica ad Episcopos Catholicts," written to prove that Pius IX. should renounce the temporal government, has created a great sensation here. It has greatly irritated the Pope. The Jesuits are now occupied in endeavouring to refute it. The Abbe Passaglia has arrived at Rome with a foreign passport. The appointments to the dignity of cardinal which took place in the Consistory held yesterday have produced a bad impression in Rome. The Pontifical Government experiences difficulty in meeting the expenses of the administration. The Marquis de Lavalette is expected to arrive here about the middle of the present month. NAPLES, SEPT. 30. Three more English war ressola have arrived here. The number now lying off Naples is 11. VIENNA, OCT. 1. The Vienna papers of this morning publish a telegram from Trieste, announcing that 70 boxes containing 3,000 rifles, which had been declared at the custom-house as bar-iron, had been seized on board an English steamer. The evening papers contain a later telegram from Trieste, stating that only one box full of rifles had been seized, and that this had been dispatched to Trieste on board the steamer by mistake. PESTH, OCT. 1. Count Karolyi has returned unopened. the order of the Government requesting him to xemain in office. The seal of the Comitat of Pesth has been depo sited in the National Museum. A denial has been given to the statement of the Pays that General Klapka, M. Kossuth, and General Turr would have an interview with M. Deak on the affairs of Hungary. BERLIN, OCT. 1. It is rumoured that Count Bismark Schonhausen will replace Count Pourtales at Paris, the latter proceeding to London, and that Count Goltz will go to St. Pcteraburg. BERNE, Oct 1. The Federal Council has entered into negotia ions with Tolland for the conclusion of 81 treaty of commerce. MADRID, S EPT. 30. The Gorrespondencia dutografa of to-clay asserts that it has received information from a reliable source that a marriage has been arrange d between the King of Portugal and the Princess of Savoy. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. To-day the Emperor presided at a c•ouneil of -Ministers at St. Cloud. The Italian iron-plated frigate Formidable has been launched. The Bank of France has raised its rat of dis count from 51 to 6 per cent. BOURSE, Oct. I.:—The settlement has been at tended with more difficulty than was expected, and has necessitated numerous sales. Threes, en liqui dation, have declined to 68f 15c, and quotations generally are lower. The following are the last quotations : -- ft per per Cents ... 96 i Credit Fonder .....1200 Do. end month.... 96 —1 Belgian 4f, . 3 per Cents • 6B 15 Piedmontese Fives,. 70 75 Do. end month 6B 05 Roman .. 72 25 Bank Sharer, 2900 —1 Austrian .. Credit Mobilier.... 727 50 Spanish Threes.... Do. Account 725 —; Home Debt .. -- RAILWAYS. Cash. Acs :ount. Orleans 1397 50 .. 1390 . Northern New ditto 905 .. 90!2 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 1017 50 .. 10L5 Geneva 345 .. 34di Southern Western Eastern ... . Sardinian 352 50 .. 35; 5 Austrian Lon. bard, RUSSIA. The Russian journals contain the officia: l notifica tion that a committee has been appointed u t Pernau to superintend the demolition of the rate parts of the fortress, and the wor k i s on the point; of being commenced. The old fortifications of R iga and Reval have 'beim given up by the Governn iei it to the civic authorities of these towns. The mi nricipality of Riga immediately began to level the waAs ; the citizens of Peruau are about to begin the same im pro-vement. The _Recall Maritime for the past month pub lishes an account of an expedition undertaken at the expense of a commercial house at Archangel, in search of guano among the islands and on the coasts of the White Sea and the Northern Ocean. A :light schooner was despatched in July, under the command of a Russian named Danghine, to examine the Island of Kolgouieff, situate about 120 versts from the peninsula of Kanine, the resting place of enormous flocks of sea fowl and birds of passage. The expedition has, however, failed; the schooner was driven from her anchorage by a storm, leaving Danghine, who had landed, on the island. He was rescued, when nearly dead from hunger and. exposure, by a party of bird hunters. SOUTH AMERICA. The Patric states that, some difficulties having arisen at Caracas between the French agent and the Government of Venezuela, the commander of the squadron in the Antilles and the Gulf of Mexico, has ordered the steamer Surcouf to Guayra, for the protection of the French settlers. AMERICA. NEW YORK, SEPT. 21. (Per North Briton, via Quebec and Londonderry.) The New York Times of to-day says that the British Government will hereafter communicate with its consuls at the seceded ports by means of the British war vessels. The Washington correspondent of the same paper considers it possible that General Fremont will be offered a less important command, thus necessitat ing his resignation in consequence of the difficulty between him and the President. A deserter from the Confederates at Mruon's X2;11 41_ -.... _ _ at.? 1- '111116%n were there, and states that the main body' of the Confederate troops, comprising about 100,000 men, are at Fairfax and Centreville, which points, ac cording to the same authority, were visited by Pre sident Jefferson Davis on Tuesday last, when he reviewed the troops in person. It is reported that 11,000 Confederates have taken possession of Mayfield, Kentucky, and are fortifying it. Jefferson Thomson's force of 23,000 men had moved to New Madrid (Missouri.) General Mitchell, of the United States Volunteers, has received the command of the military depot of Ohio, comprising Ohio, Indiana, and as much of Kentucky as lies within 15 miles of Cincinnati. The head-quarters at the latter place, and as much of Virginia as lies west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, constitutes a separate command, under General Rosencranz, and will in future he called the department of Western Virginia. The office of the Lozn'sville Courier has been seized, and one of its proprietors arrested. Ex-Governor Morehead has also been arrested. (LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO FATHER POINT.) NEW YORK, SEPT. 21 (Evening). The battle at Lexington (Missouri) was pro gressing on the Ist inst. General Price then attacked the Federals with 30,000 men. The Federals numbered 3,500. The Confederates were scattered by a bayone charge of the Irish Brigade. The attack was to be renewed the following day. Meanwhile the Federals had been reinforced by 4,000 men, and other reinforcements were rapidly approaching. It was expected that General Price's retreat would be cut off. Six hundred Confederates have been routed with heavy loss at Blue Mills Landing (Missouri) by 1,500 Federals. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Cotton buoyant. Middling Uplands, 212 to 22. The breadstuff market is excited, and all qualities have considerably advanced. Provisions dull. Stocks quiet. New York Central, 731 ; Illinois, 652; Erie, 261. Exchange on London, 109. 2112 PENINSULAR MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Tagus, Capt. W. B: Hall, with mails in charge of Lieut. Bnlfour, R.N., naval mail agent, arrived at Southampton yesterday at 2 p.m. She left Lis bon on the 27th ult., and Oporto and Vigo on the 28th ; and experienced fresh breezes from S.W. and S.E., with a heavy westerly swell along the coast of Portugal and Spain and across the Bay of Biscay, and calm fine weather in the Channel. This packet brought 15 passengers (eight first class, four second, and three deck), 8 packages of specie, value £2,231 sterling, 143 boxes of eggs, 225 half-chests of lemons, 165 half-boxes of grapes, 15 baskets of chestnuts, 59 packages of sundries, and 18 live oxen. On the 27th the Tagus passed the steamship Rotterdam, entering the river Tagus, and on the 29th she passed the Ellora steamer, hence for Gibraltar, steering to the southwest. The Tagus brings Lisbon dates of Sept. 27, when the only vessels of war anchored in the river were the Brazilian corvette Bahiana and the usual Portuguese squadron. There was no political news of any importance. Lisbon exchanges for three months were quoted this mail :—London, 53t 531 ; Paris, 528; Amster dam, 42 75; Hamburg, 48 ; Genoa, 526; Portu guese 3 per Cent. Stock, registered, 481 48:1; Cou pons, 47,1 481 ; Deferred, 40 41; Bank of Portugal shares, 17 171 per cent. prem. ; Bank of Oporto shares, 29 to 30 per cent. prem. THE BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE HAILS. The Oneida, whose arrival we announced yester day, had moderate light winds as far as Pernam buco; variable light winds thence to St. Vincent; to Lisbon moderate light north-east winds ; across the Bay strong southerly and south-easterly ; light variable airs and thick weather in the Channel. The Oneida brings 63 passengers, £95,923 in gold, £20,818 in silver, £3,400 in platina, 3,000 bags of coffee, 398 barrels of tapioca, 30 packages of crystals, 664 bales of tobacco, and 165 packages of sundries. Intelligence from Buenos Ayres is to the 27th of August. The negotiations for peace were entirely broken off. By the last advices from the frontier, General Urquiza's army was eleven miles distant from the Buenos Ayres forces under General Mitre, a general action was hourly expected, the fortifica tions of the town were proceeding rapidly towards completion. Buenos Ayres was declared by the authorities under military law. Business was at a standstill. The Commercial Advertiser of the 27th says : _ _ _ "The condition of our army is far better than ever before known at anytime. From 16,000 to 18,000 men will be in line at the first gun, and we prognosticate, with ordinary intelligence on the part of the officers, that it will gain a decisive victory. The centre division of this army is alone a much more respectable force than Paz had when he defeated a better fighter than Urquiza ever was. It is composed of 6,000 troops, which include the infan try and artillery of the line and the Italian Legion, and is commanded by the loyal veteran Paunero. On Saturday, at daylight, General Flores left this city for the army, ac companied by his suite. He commands the right wing, chiefly composed of his favourite arm—the cavalry—and is not to be beaten." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Her Majesty's ships Forte (flag of Admiral Warren), Curacoa, Curlew, and Spy, were at Montevideo ; and the Madagascar at Rio. The gunboat Torch, from the coast of Africa, was at St. Vincent's; she left Sierra Leone on the 14th. The Torch had got fever on board, but had lost no white men, and those on the sick list were convalescent. The Royal Mail steamer Tyne, with the outward mails, was at St. Vincent when the Oneida left. The Oneida spoke the following ships on the passage home :—Sept. 15, the English barque Matanzas, in let. 2 34 N., long. 31 45 W., steering southward ; 16th, the American ship Derby, in lat. 1 31 N., long. 30 16 - W., to the southward ; 18th, the Dutch barque Cortgene, in let. 10 12 N., long. 27 20 Mr., to the north-eastward, and an English ship, 3d distinguishing pendant 7,190, in lat 10 30 N., long 27 16 W., with loss of main topmast; 19th, the English barque Teviot, in let. 14 23 N., long. 26 4 W., steering south-west ; 21st, a Spanish three-masted _screw steamer, supposed to be a vessel of war, in lat. 18 50 long 23 39 W., steering south-west ; 24th, a large Spanish screw steamer (barque rigged), in lat. 27 30 N., long. 16 54 W., to the south-west; 28th, an outward -bound French steamer, in let. 35 deg., north of the Burlings, for the Brazils; 29th, the English screw steamer Britannia (all well on board), off Cape Finisterre ; 29th, the Royal Mail Steam Company's paddle steamer Derwent, in let, 43 37 N., long. 8 58 W., steering south-west. AL DUPIA'S REPLY TO M. CILEVALIEI?. M. Dupin has communicated to the Journal des Debats the following reply to the recent letter of M. Chevalier " Raffigny en Morven, Sept. 24. " Monsieur,—l need not have answered you, for you did not write to me ; it was to the public papers you addressed your letter, and it only came to my knowledge through the Journal des Debats, my old and illustrious client. I wished at first to maintain silence on the subject, and leave the public to pass judgment on it, as both my speech and your letter were before it. " But, on reflection, it appears to me that I cannot leave the question as you have stated it, nor accept i the discussion transferred to a field that is not mine. I had no intention of discussing either the Treaty of Commerce itself, or the figures of our Customs tariffs. In commercial matters I am neither a theorist nor a practitioner; I am incompetent, and must decline to meddle therewith. Only in the legislative and international point of vie w I have always shared the opinion which long prevailed among our most illustrious states, men and financiers (as M. de Villele, Count Roy, and Baron Louis), that a State like France ought not to bind itself by treaties of commerce, which, when once contracted, if they are found disadvan tageous, leave no alternative but ruin or war. They thought it best to proceed by means of tariffs, which can be modified by one's own act when the conduct of our neighbours renders it advisable and our own interests command it. This opinion is stated in vol. iv. of my "Memoirs," p. 153. Subsequently another theory, at first timid, then bolder and ably advo cated, prevailed over its rival--the theory of free trade, more or less radical; and hence has proceeded the treaty of commerce between France and Eng land, which you rightly call ' one of the most im portant acts of pontemporary politics and the _ ea ,. W. IL/10 eon.-- t,,.,_ _ _ _ . _ treaty, you cannot deny, has excited what our jour nals sometimes term movements in opposite direc tionsc, Now, far from elevating myself into a judge of what I can very imperfectly appreciate, on ac count; of imperfect knowledge, this is what I said of it in 1860, immediately after its appearance, before the same assembly in which I spoke this year— perh aps for the last time. " The Treaty of Commerce with England has made noise enough. Which of you has not heard it? I will not now analyse all that one side has said to extol it with enthusiasm and to predict the most fortunate results ; or the other, to draw from it, with bitterness, the most disastrous forebodings. Boll]. parties have certainly gone too far, for the truth is never in extremes. For myself, I sincerely hope that the advantage promised us from this ad venturous negotiation may exceed the inconve nie n ces that are apprehended.' " Whichever party my internal convictions may haves inclined to I maintained this prudent reserve ; and when in one of the most animated sittings of the Senate last Session, the article of the supple mentary convention relating to the importation of British fish and the injury which it was said must rem. It to our fishermen and our navy was dismissed, I remained only a spectator of the struggle, admir ing with the pleasure of a friend, the singular powers of debate displayed by M. Rouher, the Mi nister of Commerce. But I was also I admit, forcibly impressed by the careful report of my venerable col leaLrae, Admiral Romain-Desfosses, and by the sonorous voice of Admiral Rigault de Genouilly, whom with so much dignity and warmth of heart he ;pronounced the elope of his brave brothers in arms and shattered your arguments by a fierce broa " :In 1861 the question had undergone no change with me, and I should have waited till the Ist of Oct( )ber, when facts will begin to solve the question wilLih I only propounded. But what has happened in the interval P Why, that this treaty, in which the t7wo nations have made so many unequal steps towards each other, and which both theorists and practical men had represented as a pledge of con cilint ion, peace, and concord, has only procured us from certain English public speakers and influen tial ,journalists injurious treatment and attacks, som,tltimes made in the harshest language. Our political tribunes had aufaitmtly repelled these as saults, and it was to them only that I meant to repity, without entering at all into the intrinsic value of the treaty or discussing the merits of the negc.tiators. I was indignant that speakers at Eng lish dinners and meetings should have presumed to a ssign limits to the development of our naval forms. The question lay therefo re b e t ween me an d the 'English (and for that reason, I believe, the pub lic was somewhat of my opinion). Assuredly, there was no ground for your taking up the matter "as personal to yourself; you are therefore mistaken in wishing to make this retort upon the stranger ap pef3,-,r to be an attack against the intentions and acts of the Government of my country. " I am far from throwing any doubt on the devo tion. of my honourable colleague to the Government of tlte Emperor; but I request him to be equally just to me, and not to endeavour to make my opi n ion suspected because I do not accept all his theioiries as an economist. No one acknowledges mo re sincerely all the great things the Emperor has, done, and wishes to do, to add to the power and honour of France; but even this does not destroy the right of discussion when it is necessary. I re gard M. Michel Chevalier as a very able man, corn bin great scientific acquirements with brilliant talents as a writer. His substantial merits have opelied to him the doors of the Academy, where I am his colleague, and where I have often differed fret a him in opinion without any feeling of hostility exiting between us. He is my colleague in the Sen ate, and I may, perhaps, sometimes differ from hi n, even on the results of the treaty if occasion sh o - uld arise. . . But, whatever may be my opi nioias, and however much I might have desired to see' the protective system treated somewhat less abruptly, I will never give him any just ground for inferring that lam a partisan of the continental blockade,' the despotic rigours of which I never apgroved, and of ranking me with those obstinate old men of whom Horace speaks, who will never give way, but obstinately retain, unmodified, to the clost3 of their career, the ideas which they had adopted in early youth :- 4 ." gala turpe ducunt parore minoribus, et quaa Imberbes didicere, senes perdenda fateri.' You admit, however, that I am far from being retrograde, for you own that I have always pro fessed and practised the theory of the free defence of accused persons in presence of political persecu tions ; the theory of constitutional doctrines when attempts were made to exclude them ; and what is more, especially at the present time, that I have always advocated the doctrine of Gallican liberties against Ultramontano doctrines. Add to this that I am, like you, for the consolidation of the kingdom of Italy and for the abolition of slavery wherever it may exist. Pardon me only for not being a Free trader and Anglomane in the same degree as your self. "I hope, then, in my turn, that you will take in good part these explanations, which, while reserving the freedom of my opinion, make no attempt to limit yours. " DUPIN." EXTRAORDINARY OUTRAGE ON A LADY.—On Friday night a young lady of the highest respectability was returning from a place of worship. Her friends placed her in a cab, and told the cabman to drive her to her residence in the neighbourhood of Rathmines. The ruffian, finding the lady alone, turned his horse up the old Rath mines Road, in the direction of Miltown, and on reaching a secluded part of the road made an attempt to commit an assault. The lady fled through the field, and was pursued by her assailant. The ground being greatly flooded she got into a stream which nearly reached her arm-pits. From this position her savage assailant dragged her back into the field. But still her courage and presence of mind did not desert her. She struggled vigor ously, and succeeded in wresting herself from his grasp and fled, her assailant still in pursuit. In the course of her flight she arrived at the edge of the Miltown quarry, and plunged down the steep precipice. Providentially the spot from which she sprang was close to a sloping edge, down which she rolled to the bottom, and thus escaped with a few severe bruises. Had she jumped at one yard's distance from the spot she chanced on, she must inevitably have been dashed to pieces. The ruffian, seeing that she es caped his pursuit, turned and fled, and has not xet been captured,—,Freeman's Journal, LITERATURE. The Pirate and the Three Cutters. By Captain Marryatt, R.N. H. G. Bohn. The celebrity of Captain Marryatt as a novel writer is too notorious to require any comment. It were hard to decide which is his best production. There are many 'writers who succeed in one particular work which all their subsequent endea vours fail to equal, and are known as the author of such and such a book. But Captain Marryatt has gained the high position of the first nautical writer of his age, whether at ho me or a b roa d, an d in all his works he has maintained it. On other subjects many are judged deserving of the palm ; on the sea he is unrivalled, notwithstanding that there is no dearth of competitors for distinction. His long service in all parts of the globe has enabled him to study character in all its varieties, and the reader always meets with something fresh and entertaining, whether it be the cool impudence of Mr. Midshipman Easy or the absurd mistakes of Peter Simple. All his writings are so well known to the public that it would be superfluous to make any remark on the present work, but that since its first publication another generation of readers has come into existence,and furthermore that Mr.Bohn's cheap editions of our best authors enables those of small resources to obtain books which have hitherto been beyond their reach. " The Pirate" varies much from Capt. Marryatt's other works. It contains three heroes and only one heroine, and the story relates principally to the doings of Captain Cain, a notorious pirate. The tale opens with the loss of an American trader, on board of which are a widow, and her infant twins, who are proceeding to England. The shipwreck, and ultimate aban donment of the ship, is described with the author's usual ability. The crew take to the boats ; the mother and one of the infants enter the last boat, when the ship lurches heavily, and the crew, think ing that she is going down, push off, leaving the other infant and its nurse on board. Finding out their mistake, however, they endeavour to regain the ship, but the heavy sea and wind prevent them; and so the brothers part, not to meet again for a quarter of a century. The one left on the wreck (which had been prematurely deserted by her crew, becama the nature or uiu not sink) was rescued by an hng lish frigate. An African slaver picked up the boat in which the mother and other infant were. All its crew died except the mother and child. The captain of the slaver compelled the former to become his mistress, and shortly afterwards changing his profession to that of a pirate; in a moment of pas sion, on his mistress remonstrating with him on the course of life he was leading, he struck her a blow which resulted in her death. In remorse for the deed, which was done in anger, he swore to the dying woman, whom he really loved, that he would protect her son, which promise he kept after his own fashion, in remembrance of the mother, and he loved the boy. Having thus far introduced the reader to the principal actors, we may pass over some years and take up the thread of the story, when Edward Templemore (the child saved by the frigate), now a lieutenant in the navy, is in cony. mend of a schooner, and is in search of the pirate schooner which contains his brother. The two schooners are exactly alike, and Edward , Temple more, while cruising among the West Indian Islands, happens to meet with the daughter of the Spanish Governor ofPortoßico. He falls in love with her, and signals are arranged between them so that when he passes Porto Rico (which the wind or other causes obliges him to do frequently) they may meet on the beach. Now it so happens that the pirate calls ' at the exact spot of meeting in search of water, and the lady, mistaking his vessel for that of her lover, falls into the hands of the pirates, who detain her, intending to exact a high ransom from her father. Francisco (the brother on board the pirate) protects her from insult, and , A hen the pirate schooner is lost, the indignant Edward finds his beloved with his supposed rival resting in her arms. Matters are ultimately explained, and all ends well. Such is the outline of the tale. A great part of the narrative is devoted to the exploits of the pirates, and some fearful scenes of cruelty are depicted. The second story is what may be called, in thea trical language, a farce. It is short, but highly laughable. We are introduced to three cutters of a very different stamp. The one, a yacht in Ply mouth Sound; the second, a revenue cutter in Portsmouth harbour; and the third, a smuggler at St. Malo. All three meet off Portland early one morning. Lord B—, the owner of the yacht, endeavours to assist the revenue cruiser to capture the smuggler, but catches a Tartar, being sent adrift by her captain with a pair of paddles only in his boat (his oars having been taken from him), while the smuggler captain seizes the yacht in a fog which comes(hoanv,inagndprtervainostifselrys the gentlemen on board o f h er exchanged clothes with them) to his own craft, together with three sailors who had been left in the yacht, shifts his cargo, and orders those of his crew who remain in charge of the smuggler to run to the French coast, while he proceeds unsuspected to land his goods at his leisure. The ladies are in terror at first, but the smuggler, who goes by the euphonious name of Pickersgill, is a gentleman, and they soon become great friends, and he ultimately marries one of the party. The discomfiture of his lordship and his friends, the indignation of a spinster aunt who is on board, the terror of the steward and cook, and lastly, the delight of the ladies, is capital. All's well that ends well, and Lord B-- admits that he has been rightly served, and shakes hands heartily with the smuggler at parting, to the great disgust of his sister, the aforesaid spinster aunt, and all are satisfied. The volume is illustrated with 20 steel engravings, well executed, which greatly enhance the value of the work, each scene of interest being depicted in the various plates. 'The Life of Nelson. By Robert Southey. New Edition. With additional notes and plates, and a general index. Bohn's Illustrated Library. We are glad to see this standard work included in Mr. Bohn's admirable series. Southey ranks beside of Boswell in this branch of literature, and whatever may be the reader's opinion of his merits as a poet, none can hesitate to assign him a place in the very first class of biographers. His work has long outstripped the comments of critics, and taken its place high among the standard volumes of our national literature. It only remains for us to no tice the excellence of this new edition, where type, paper, and plates are all worthy of the text. The number and beauty of the illustrations will delight the reader ; while the additional notes and the com pendious index cannot fail to be serviceable. Among the most interesting features of the book is Nelson's own memoir of his services, which is not included in all the other editions. No one who values rightly the achievements of his countrymen should fail to place this volume on the shelves of his library. Elements of Experimental and Natural Philosophy. Illustrated with nearly 400 woodcuts. By Jabez Hogg, F.L.S., M.R.C.S. Bohn's Scientific Library. The fact of an edition of ten thousand copies of this work having been already sold, is a sufficient testimony to its merits, while every purchaser of Mr. Bohu's editions must be aware of their general excellence and character; the chief difference be tween the second and first editions being an altera tion in the form and size to render it uniform with the other volumes in this series, and the addition of new engravings. The text has been .carefully revised and much new matt er a dd e d so as to bring down the work to the latest discoveries . ' l b those who are not already acquainted with this abl e wor k it may suffice to say that it is an introduc tion to the physicalsciences, divesting them of the terrors which obscure phrase o l ogy and elaborate technicalities present to the inexpe rienced reader. It includes in its contents t rea ti ses on animal magnetism , pneumat ics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, acoustics, optics, electricity, voltaism, and magnetism. IVe could s carce l y f i nd a more useful work to put into the h an d s of the youthful reader who desires to lea rn something of those great mysteries of nature which afford so interesting a study. Between three and four hundred wood cuts illustrate the text, and assist the compre hension of the reader. Vie Orations of Demosthenes. Translated by Charles Itann Kennedy. 11. G. Bohn. These orations, which form the fourth volume of the works of Demosthenes, have been translated with consicearble care by Mr. Kennedy. There is no attempt to alter the style of the author, but th© translation is as nearly literal as is compatible with good English. This series of the works of celebrated Greek authors will prove useful to the student who is unaided by the assistance of a professor, and like wise to many who, although unacqu.iinted with the classics, may yet be desirous to read the writings and orations of the celebrities of antiquity. A letter in S un d ay ' s Observer from DOCKS FOR THE IRON NAYY.—A writer in a deserves the s er i ous a t tent i on of her o A nt i er am po p r s a h ry ire sais eader, Majesty's Government. Lepe,' the place alluded to as being eminently fitted for docks for the iron navy,' is situated on `the Blackwater,' a small stream flowing into the Beaulieu River; this stream runs through a marsh of great extent, and easy of exc ava ti on, pronounced b y en gineers to be admirably suited to the formation of docks. Dion-of-war were formerly built at Buckler's Hard, on the Beaulieu River ; this fact speaks for the depth of water, Lepe is opposite Gurnet Bay, in the Isle of Wight, defended consequently on the west by Hurst Castle and on the east by Portsmouth. The enormous extent of brick earth of the first quality on the spot is of itself a most important feature in the cue."