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rr EA TR c 2:. YAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr, J. B. ittumstuue. TB JS EVEN IN C 4, the performances will CoMMAnee with anew Ballet. BACCHUS AND ARIADNE. Miss Fanny Wright, the Leclercqs, Mr. Webster, 4 , c. After which, a new Comedy, entitled MY LORD AND MY LADY ; or, It Might have been Worse. Mr. C. Mathews Mr. Andrews, Mr. Buc k s tone, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Wilkins, &c. F o llowed by COOL AS A CUCUMBER Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Commence at 7. RO YAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.-- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the comedy of MONEY. Mr. Ryder, Mr. Hermann Vezin, Mr. Shore, and Miss Murray. To be followed by the new comic drama, entitled A HoMESTEILD STORY, Messrs. Ryder Shore, and Miss M. Harris. ro conclude with THE TWO POLTS. Messrs. Widdi combe, Cathcart, Miss R. Leclercq, &c. "NT EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI, 4 - 1 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Reproduction Of the great drama of "The Dead Heart." THIS EVENING, the great Adelphi drama. THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, Fisher, Billing ton, Eburne, Smith, Romer ; Miss Woolgar and Miss Kate Kelly. To conclude with (15th time) THE PRETTY HORSE BREAKER. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford; Miss K. Kelly, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Thorne, Miss Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley, Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Verdi's New Opera, UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, arranged and conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Mr. Levy on the cornet-a-piston. Mr. Wocd and his talented little Son, the best Negro Delineators of the day. The extraordinary comic duet, "The Nerves," by Messrs. Harvey and French, the most grotesque performance in London. Mrs. Lawrence and Mr. Marshall in several New Songs written expressly for him, including the "Excursion to Brighton." Admission, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, is. RETURN of SAM COWELL to ENGLAND, who will shortly appear at his old quarters, after an absence of five years. RE-DECORATION of this Magnificent HALL, executed by Mr. William Sanderson, of Lambeth, under the direction of Samuel Field, Esq., architect, is now completed. This popular Place of Amusement now surpasses its former grandeur, and, with the FINE ARTS GALLERY and SPACIOUS PROMENADE, forms the MOST ELEGANT PUBLIC BUILDING in the WORLD. Considerable im provements have been made in the VENTILATION and LIGHTING. H E 0 X FOR D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. This noble building being now completed, its architectural beauty, elegance of ornamentation, and brilliancy , of lighting render it one of the sights of the metropolis. Open Every Evening. The programme is varied, and includes Selections (by a full company of principals, powerful band, and chorus) from " Macbeth" and "Un Ballo in Moochers." both operas by Verdi, the composer of the day—The wonderful Solos on the Cornet-a-Piston of the renowned LEVlT—Scotch Duets by the Misses Stuart, and other vocal and instrumental music of the highest order. Conductor , Mr. F. Jonghman Miss bs. The Comic portion of the entertainmen t is supported y Green, Messrs. Sam Collins, Harvey, and French (the Nerves), W. H. Wieland, E. Marshall. and W. Randall. Admission, Hall, sixpenee ; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes. 10s. 6d. NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY. —Morning, Bh. 54m.—Afternoon, 9h. 30m. To-moußow.-Morning, 10h. 9m.—Afternoon, 10h. 50m. THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 1, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE. SEIDL 71 —highest since noon yesterday. 58—lowest this morning and during the night. 72—this day at noon :BAnommrsu-30.13. WIND-Westerly ; light, with tine weather. 0.71 - ' -N14,7 b 0 • :It " I Th • THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1861. The Whitebait Dinner is to the Parliamentary session what Ampizand is to the Child's Alphabet. It is the closing up of all with a flourish. And yesterday was the occasion of the Whitebait Dinner of 1861 down at Greenwich. There, at the patriotic sign of the Trafalgar, assembled, accord ing to the convivial custom of our Administrators, the members, more or less conspicuous, more or less responsible, of her MAJESTY'S Government. If the new Irish Secretary was not amongst the number of those gathered around the board—it was because the right hon. baronet was winning to himself once more the most sweet voices of those " free and independent" electors, his constituents, down in that snug little borough of Tamworth ; where— was it not O'CONNELL who said it to Sir ROBERT'S father, the Great Baronet P—the right hon. can didate is proposed by his bailiff, seconded by his butler, and returned by his valet de chambre ! Again, if the new Home Secretary was absent from the festivities—he too was in quest (not all in vain) of the suffrages of his supporters down at Morpeth. Was the Earl of ELGIN and KINCARDINE absent from the place hitherto allotted to him there at Lord PALMERSTON'S Whitebait Dinner, in the noble lord's Ministerial capacity (when the Coalition Cabinet was first formed) as Postmaster-General—here likewise was an all sufficient reason at once discernible in the fact that Lord ELGIN is formally selected at last to be Lord CANNING'S successor as Governor-General of her MAJESTY'S Empire in Hindostan. As the sayings and doings at the Ministerial Whitebait Dinner down at Greenwich are as usual entirely sub rosa—[it will be seen by the way from an explanatory paragraph elsewhere in regard to the origin of this seventy-or eighty-years-old custom, how it was in augurated as a custom by " Old GEORGE ROSE," in conjunction with Sir ROBERT PRESTON, in the time of Mr. PlTT]—as the sayings and goings at the Whitebait dinner are strictly and absolutely sub rosa, we are disposed rather to turn to the absentees already mentioned in order to obtain some inklin g of the future, now that the Parliamentary session is drawing to its close forthwith. At Taraworth Sir ROBERT PEEL spoke out right frankly and manfully. Not a doubt of it, but that official life, with the accompanying sense of its responsibilities, will tend to moderate the tone of the right hon. baronet when speaking next session (we have to throw onr anticipations forward now to February) from before the front Treasury b ench in the Home of Commons. But to anticipat e th at Sir ROBERT is one of those who will lose his voice altogether by reason of his new position and its associated responsibilities, is to anticipate what must bo, regarded as in itself a result utterly im probable —as, when viewed in respect to the parti cular office involved (that of the Irish Secretary ship), a result utterly impracticable—as, to sum lip all in a iiingle phrase, when considered in re spect to the particular man here alluded to (Sir ROBERT PEEL, the third Sir ROBERT), a re sult utterly ridiculous. We look forward to consequences very different from those inseparable from timidity and mediocrity, from the nomination of Sir ROBERT PEEL to the post of Irish Secretary. Discretion, we certainly do hope, the right hon. baronet will evidence in his official capacity, but quite certain are we that he will evidence no lack of ability, no want of manly forbearance when deal ing with antagonists, and no unwillingness when it may be requisite to evince his resolute determina tion in carrying out whatever resolutions he may have conscientiously arrived at. It was very sig nificant, we cannot but think, of the future bearing of Sit ROBERT PEEL as Irish Secretary, that 'he did not shrink from going directly to the point yesterday down at Tamworth, when speaking or that delicate subject to all Irish. men, the Galway Contract, and of that still more delicate subject to them, the Papal supremacy. " With respect to the G a l way Contract," he said, " Lord PALMERSTON'S answer to a q ues ti on in the House of Commons on Monday evening showed that, while his lordship considered that as a de partmental question, he must stand by the course p arsued by the P ostmaster-General ; but as rapid co mmunication with America was of the first im iportance, he believed Galway to be the beet point, and he hoped the decision of the Government would ultimately be in accordance with the unani macdesire which had been expressed by the people of Ireland." With regard to the position of the Papacy, Sir ROBERT remarked that " the Govern ment had maintained a strict principle of non intervention in the internal affairs of Italy, and if any circumstances had occurred to interfere with the temporal power of the POPE, it arose from the action of the people of Italy themselves." The re-election of Sir GEORGE GREY by his con stituency at Morpeth, his election by them for the sixth time as their representative, was quite as much a matter of course as Sir ROBERT'S re-elec tion down at Tamworth. The advancement of the former right hon. baronet to hie former position at the head of the Home Department, being, how ever, much less of an " event" in the political world than the nomination of the bold, dashing baronet to the post of the Irish Secretaryship. In addressing himself yesterday to his old friends the Liberal electors of Morpeth, Sir GEORGE did:not consider it unworthy of himself or of his colleagues —like a veteran champion as he is, like veteran champions as they are—of a now abandoned cause, to fight all over again in retrospect the grand Sham Fight in behalf of Parliamentary Reform ! "It would be remembered," he remarked, " that it was owing to a difference between the late House of Commons and the Government of that day that the dissolution took place—a difference with respect to some important details, or rather they might be called pr i nc iples, involved in the bill f or amend ing the r epresentation of the people which that Government had laid before Parlia ment, and he stood there to admit fairly before them the fact that the Government of Lord PALMERSTON came into office pledged to in troduce to the House of Commons a measure of Re form. That pledge, he was anxious to say, he felt had been fully redeemed. The Government did propose a bill to Parliament, which no one denied was in accordance with those resolutions which the House of Commons had passed, and by which they had signified their approval of the leading principles of that bill. That bill was submitted to Parliament in the early period of the session of 1860, and when the second reading was moved it was met by no di rect opposition. But it soon became evident as the debate upon it proceeded, that there was a disincli nation on the part of the House of Commons to sanction any great and extensive change in the system of representation. That debate, as they knew, was protracted to an almost indefinite length, till at last they arrived at a period of the session when it was absolutely impossible to prosecute that bill with the slightest chance of success. In consi dering whether, in this session, they might renew that attempt, they had reason to believe that such a measure could only again be proposed with the same result, and it was thought that it would be better to devote this session to measures of practieal legislation, which might benefit the country gene rally, than to be proposing measures of that kind, leading to indefinite debates, without any practical result." In themselves these words are certainly very significant. But inasmuch as they are uttered by the right hon. baronet the Home Secretary they are perfectly conclusive. The removal of Lord JOHN RUSSELL to the House of Peers as Earl RUSSELL occurring at the same time, moreover, makes assur ance doubly sure ! Ministers, as Sir GEORGE GREY I says, speaking for himself and his colleagues, now look upon their pledge to the House of Commons, and through the House of Commons to the country, as fulfilled. They have done—according to the French idiom—their possible. And there—an end of it. With a Conservative like Lord PALMERSTON at the Head of the Coali tion Cabinet—and with the arch-champion of the cause of Reform removed from the House of Commons—and with declarations like those we have just quoted from the speech of a staunch Whig statesman, like the right hon. baronet the Home Secretary—much prospect of Reform cer tainly the country has now, as the result of the specious pretext that turned Lord DERBY'S last Cabinet out of office through the cunning agency of that ever memorable political dodge, Lord JOHN'S delusive Resolutions ! The Federal forces have made at length a decided advance. They were according to the telegrams received yesterday fully thirty miles away from Washington, and approaching a spot of which we have often heard in this contest—Manassas junc tion ; where the railway to Western Virginia meets that which leads to Richmond. It is therefore a very important position giving the power of acting promptly in Virginia in two direc tions. It was about three miles from this junc tion that the first important resistance has been made to the main body, now advancing towards Richmond, and into the heart of the Eastern or rebellious part of Virginia. The place was suffi ciently strongly fortified to resist the attack of the advanced guard, but the main body appear to have overpowered it easily. The two armies must now be pretty well within sight of each other. Manassas Junction is under stood to be the spot where the Confederates have their strongest force, advanced thither to prevent a march on Richmond. Its numbers are still said to be about 60,000 or 70,000 men—the same estimatewhich has been so frequently repeated lately—it is pro bably therefore about the truth. Hence the number of Gen. M'DOWALL'S column, which is the Wash ington or central, cannot be much greater than that of the Confederates. If so, the battle will be one of prowess and not of numbers. It had been sup posed that Gen. SCOTT intended to combine the three columns on the main attack, and that it would not be made till BUTLER from Fort Monroe on the Ea s t, and M'CLELLAN, and PATER SON, whom B ANK 8 h ion the West, could as now superseded, approach near enough to threaten the right and left of the Confederates. They were however much too far off for actual co operation at the time when IVI'DoWALL was expected to fight t he looke d for great battl e , an d Gen. SCOTT must there fore thin k 1114 DONV ALL strong enough to vanquish the Southern arm y without their aid. Cautious as the old he hasldgene notacted p re _ is, we quite expect it will be found that cipitately. The only thi n g which could induc e him to do so would be the popular demand at Washington for action. The One sentence in the telegrams sh ould not be overlooked—to us it seems very ominous—" Government has decided that no more fugitive slaves shall be allowed to follow the army." It is already tired of the "contraband of war." There is, we are confident, much more in this simple sen tence than meets the eye at first. It is an adver tisement to the Slave States that President LINCOLN is not an abolitionist ; that, although opposed to the extension of slavery, he is not, in the proper sense of the word, an anti-slavery man ; that he is, in fact, a friend still, to that good old constitutional enactment, the Fugitive Slave Law. Just at this stage of the contest, this single announcement deprives it in our eyes of half its interest. There must be a very strong feeling in the North against attacking the grand cause of all the embarrassments, when on the very field of battle it disavows encouragement to slaves. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1. 1861. Nothing could have conduced more to a speedy triumph than the opposite conduct. Had MAC DOWAL been empowered to invite the slaves to free dom, to regard themselves as freemen wherever hiS army was in force; had he promised protection to fugitives and ample rewards for all information of the enemy's movements which proved to be true, he would not only have had most valuable aid, but would have discouraged and perplexed his an tagonists. By their announced policy the Govern ment sacrifice their greatest advantage to purchas• ing, if they can, the good-will of armed and hostile slaveholders. They will not obtain that, though perhaps they make them more willing to treat in the event of defeat. One thing, however, is clearer than ever, if it was not clear enough before, that Englishmen can regard this contest only as one for an object of very little interest to them—whether there shall be two big Unions or a single monster one. One of the appointments connected with the re cent changes will be certain of general approval. Amongst those changes the name of Lord ELGIN would have almost certainly occurred, had he not been reserved to complete another change—to sup ply the place of Lord CANNING in India. Ever since his taking on himself the responsibility of placing the troops in his service for the Chinese war at the disposal of the Indian Govern ment, an opinion has prevailed that he himself should ere long take charge of that Govern ment. Sir JOHN LAWRENCE was his only com petitor in public opinion. But rivals they have not been. In their different spheres each has shown such high ability, such superiority to merely routine administration, such capacity for indepen dent, bold, yet not capricious action, that the judg ment of the public, seldom wrong in its estimation of general ability, has been strongly pronounced in favour of both. Our rulers at home, however, could not easily put up with bestowing the Governor-Generalship of India on one not belong ing to their " Order." They would make Sir JOHN LAWRENCE a Peer rather than depart from their wont, if Governor-General he must be ; but they are happy now in having the opportunity of pleasing at once the country and themselves. We need not repeat the truism of Lord ELGIN'S having shown himself one of the highest order of administrators and plenipotentiaries. What pleases us most in his doings has been his willingness to assume responsibility. Besides the act of diverting the Imperial forces, which we have just adverted to, to Indian service, it has always struck us that his destruction of the EMPEROR'S summer palace in China was an act of high moral courage and self-reliance. The French Ambassador was afraid to do it. It was quite certain that a well known party at home would make the press ring with the " folly and vandalism" of the act. With out the slightest display of bravado, or of defying either a brother ambassador's opinion, or that of English peace society men, Lord Elgin coolly adhered to his own opinion and acted on it. He was prepared to say to all the world this is the way in which England teaches such rulers as the Emperor of China, the consequences of perjury and cruelty. Had the lesson not worked well, he knew he should never hear the last of it. He was prepared for that. Bat it did work well, and he had at least the satisfaction of seeing his few censurers unanimously censured. Sir JOHN LAW RENCE we regard very highly on account of the same grand qualification for a despotic governor, responsible only to public opinion in his own country. India must at present, perhaps for gene rations to come, be governed as a despotism, and therefore the first qualification for her viceroy must be fearlessness in giving effect to the decisions of a sound judgment, and this qualification is pre eminently Lord ELGIN'S. L E *-11' N E W PARIS, AUG, 1. The Moniteur of to-day says : " The Emperor returned to Fontainebleau yes terday evening. He will be present at the opening of the branch line of railway from Nevers to Mon targis. TURIN, AUG. 1. The subscription to the National Loan is proceed ing satisfactorily. NAPLES, JULY 31. The names of the two French officers and the Roman priest who were arrested here yesterday are—M. Quatrebarbes, Colonel Devillani, and the Abbe Quais. VIENNA, AUG. 1. A semi-official article is published to-day, which gives a denial to the rumour of a new loan, and says :-- " The Financial Administration can cover all the expenses of tl. e State until the question of the finances shall have found a constitutional solution. Even from Hungary no inconsiderable amounts are received, while the military expenditure is de- creasing." THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 1. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Alhambra, with the above mails, arrived off the Needles at 11 a.m. to-day. Under the head of "Latest Intelligence," La Patric publishes the following:— "Commander C3nstantin Nigro, the Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Italy, has arrived at Paris. He alighted at the hotel of the Sardinian Legation. Some foreign papers continue to an nounce the withdrawal of our troops from Rome. We persist in contradicting that statement. " The exact day of the arrival of the King of Prussia at the Camp of Chalons has not yet been fixed. " We learn that the Ottoman Government has given up the idea of an investigation in the case of Riza Pasha." NAPLES, JULY 30. Several superior French officers in the service of the Pope, and a priest coming from Rome, have been arrested. ROME, JULY 30. The official Giornale di Boma of to-day declares the statements contained in the letter from M. Sola r to M. Mires, dated the 29th of November, 1859, in reference to the Roman railways, to be both false and calumnious. COPENHAGEN, JULY 31. Yesterday evening the inhabitants of this city gave a grand banquet in the neighbouring forest to the 500 persons who lately arrived from Schleswig. 2,000 persons sat down to dinner. The King placed his hunting castle at the dis posal of the guests. Several Schleswigians made speeches in favour of the rights of Denmark over Schleswig, which were received with great cheering. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. BOURSE, July 31.—The reponse de primes (option) has been made at 67f 85c. Prices con tinue within a shade of the quotations of yester day, but the market again dull. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f 80c. Little doing in Railway Shares. The following are the last quotations :- 4t per per Cents ... 97 80 Credit Fancier llBO Do end month.... 97 75 Belgian 41 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 801 Roman Bank Shares 2880 -- Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 672 50 Spanish Threes 4B Do. Account 672 50 , Rome Debt .. — THE MAGAZINES. Btickwords Magazine Norman S'netair" ecinclujed in this number, and the termination is a very happy ono in every respect. In the first place the election came off triumphantly, and then the wretch Speedwell met with a just retribution, as he died by the means he had employed for others. No one could feel pity for such a man's fate, and he was well out of the way of other dupes whom he cajoled by his tricks and then ruined by his machinations, while, if they at all interfered with his plans, they were soon cut off. After these dark deeds had been avenged, we turn to brighter scenes. The marriage of Norman took place the same day as that of Carlton, and then they are left in the enjoyment of the repose for which they had so long sighed in the various dis tracting cares that beset them. This story which was heavy at the commencement, has improved greatly in its course, and has lately been an attrac tive feature in the contents of this periodical. There is an article on "The Royal :Academy and the Water-Colour Societies," which is most appro priate at the present time. After commenting on the chief objects of vertu that have graced the halls of the exhibition, it is said, in conclusion, that " our artists in the coming year will have to submit to another competition, not with the works of an ancient period, but with the schools of neighbour ing nations. It will then be seen that our English painters have never been surpassed in works of pleasing, pretty incident, scenes taken from our homes and homesteads—peasants in their humble cots, such as Wilkie loved to paint ; or groups well dressed in drawing-rooms, such as Goldsmith made to smile, or Sheridan stung with satire. It will then be proved, moreover, that our English artists have never been excelled upon flood or field, when Wilson, G ainsborou gh, Turn er, and Stanfield essayed to paint our British mountains, lakes, and rivers, and, with bold sweep of hand, held the empire of the seas. The paper on " Mad Dogs" may suffice to inform many ignorant and reassure many timid persons as to the nature of that terrible disease. There is a slight sketch called " Three Days in the Highlands," which is very amusing. The events are noticed in a most lively manner, and the reader will be much amused at this lively sketch of these expeditious proceedings. There was more seen and done in those few days than many idle tourists get through in as many months, and some energetic individuals may &el inclined to follow their example end gain a cursory glance of the wonders of the " Moor and the Loch." CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERTS. Madame Grisi's " farewell festival" took place yesterday in the great Handel orchestra, profusely decorated for the occasion with shields, on which were inscribed the titles of the various operas in which Madame Grisi has performed, and ever greens, emblematical, it is scarcely necessary to remark, of the famous prima donna's artistic longevity. All the principal performers belong ing to the Royal Italian Opera took part in this musical "solemnity." There was a very large attend ance; and although no particular demonstration took place in honour of the heroine of the festival, the concert gave great satisfaction, as indeed it could scarcely have failed to do with the very ex traordinary amount of talent employed. The pro gramme was made up almost entirely of extracts from Italian operas ; and the executancy, that we have been constantly listening to during the present season—and, indeed, for many seasons past—de mands no criticism. THE MINISTERIAL FISH DINNER —The custo mary Ministerial Whitebait Dinner which precedes the pro rogation of Parliament took place yesterday evening at the Trafalgar, Greenwich. There were present—Viscount Pal. merston, the Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Earl Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Right Hon. Sir G. C. Lewis, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, the Right Hon. Sir C. Wood, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Earl of Ripon, Viscount Bury, the Right Hon. F. Peel, Lord C. Paget, the Right Hon. W. Hutt, the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper the Right Hon. R. Lowe, the Attorney-General, Mr. G. Clive, Mr. E. H. K. Hugessen, the Hon. H. B. W. Brand, Mr. Whitbread, the Hon. Capt. Drummond, Rear-Admi ral the Hon. Sir F. Grey, Mr. C. S. Fortescue, Capt. C. Eden, Mr. T. G. Baring, &c. The party proceeded to Greenwich in a steamer from Hungerford-bridge, engaged expressly for the purpose. We believe we may state with certainty that Lord Elgin has been appointed to succeed Lord Canning as Go vernor-General of India. This appointment has long been contemplated, and is itself an explanation of the fact, which excited some remark at the time, that Lord Elgin obtained no office during the late charges in the Ministry. The Earl and Countess of Derby left St. James's square, yesterday, for Knowsley-park, Lancashire, for the autumn. The Earl and Countess of Powis and the Ladies Herbert leave town early next week for Powis Castle ; Montgomeryshire. _ _ _ . The Countess (Dowager) of Jersey entertained a select party at dinner last evening at her residence in Berkeley-square. Her ladyship leaves town to-day for Brighton. The Countess of Mount-Edgcumbe has left Far rance's Hotel to join the earl, on board his yacht, off Erith. The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., and Mrs. Disraeli have left Grosvenor-gate for Hatfield House, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and Miss Elphinstone de Flahault arrived in town yesterday, from `Palmer Castle, Dover. The Marquis of Bristol and family have left St. James's-square for Ickworth Park, near Bury St. Edmunds. The Marquis and Marchioness of Northampton are expected to leave town shortly, on a tour in Germany. The Earl and Countess of Mountcharles and family will leave town in a few days for the Isle of Wight. Lord Herbert continues in much the same con dition. His lordship, accompanied by Lady Herbert and the Marquis of Ailesbury, left town yesterday afternoon for Wilton-house, near Salisbury, Her Majesty has been pleased to confer the Knighthood of the new Indian O r de r upon Lord Comber mere and Sir George Pollock—two veterans whose services in India, as those of men now living, seem scarcely credible. Lord Combermere, before he entered upon the theatre of his principal exploits in the Peninsula, served with Wel lington, then Col. Wellesley, against Tippoo Sultan, and was " especially distinguished" at the battle of Mallavelly, fought in 1799. After a long career of success in Europe he returned to India, and gained fresh ho nour by the siege and storm of Bhurtpore, in 1826. Sir George Pollock did not, indeed, earn his first distinction in the last century, but he served under Lord Lake at the battle of Ineig and the capture of Bhurtpore in 1805, in the first war in Nepaul, in the first war in. Burmah, and in command of the army which relieved Sir R. Sale and avenged the disasters of Cabul in 1841. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1395 .. 1393 75 Northern .... 965 965 New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean Geneva Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian LotrUiu-d 990 - .. 988 75 351 25 .. 352 50 692 50 .. 593 75 520 - .. 520 - 577 50 .. 577 50 483 75 .. 485 -- 508 75 .. 510 -- ITALY. The Opinione of Turin states that the private subscription to the Italian loan amount to 965 millions of francs. Among the principal subscribers there arc—Rothschild, of Paris, for 150 millions; Bolmida and Barbarous, of Turin, for 123 millions ; Duke Galliera, Bellinzagh, and others, 114 millions ; Kcenigswarver, of Paris, 56 millions ; Gen. Solavoli, 13,400,000 fr. ; Erlargen, of Frankfort, 36 millions ; Goldsmid, of Frankfort, 20 millions, 8.7 e. It is understood that all these subscriptions are subject to a reduction of 42 per cent. General Cialdini has imagined a new method for putting a stop to the constant applications for places under Government. By a decree of the 24th ult., he has ordered that all the names of the applicants for places depending from the Depart ment of the Interior and Police shall be published, together with the names of those who recommend Athem ; and this system has at once been inaugu rated by the publication of the names of 23 indivi duals who had made their application the day before—two of them asking for any kind of place whatever. Since England, France, and Sweden have recog nised the new kingdom of Italy, Turkey does so too. Russia and Prussia are still wavering, and constitutional Spain is hostile. Where there are Bourbons there must, of course, be unconquerable aversion towards the new ideas of the age. The Bourbons are not our contemporaries, they are of tae date of the Eve of St. Bartholemew and the palmy days of the Holy Inquisition. Speaking of the Inquisition, I am reminded of Father Giacomo, Count Cavour's confessor, who is now at Rome, whither he was summoned to render an account of the absolution which he gave the dying minister. We know that he has been already questioned by the Pope, and by him handed over to the Inquisition ; we know nothing more. This priest is an honest man ; he will neither betray the secrets of the confessional nor lie in the interest of the Papal Government, as no doubt it is desired he should do. AMERICA. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH to FATHER POINT. JULY 20, EVENING. The cont'nding armies are within a mile of each other, near Manassas Junction. A battle is expected to-morrow or Monday. General Patterson is superseded by Major• Gen. Banks. Dix is to succeed Banks. The Cuba, o: e of the vessels, captured by the privateer Sumter, has got free; the prize crew put on board, having laid down their arms, pre ferring to go any where rather than rejoin the Sumter. Two of them are Englishmen. The steamers Edinburgh and Arago have sailed for Europe, the latter armed with two rifled cannon. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JULY 20. Exchange—Bankers' bills, 1071. Stocks dull. Erie, 27 ; Illinois, 68 ; New York Central, 78 1. The cotton market is firm, and prices continued to advance. Middling upland, 16. Sales to-day 2,000 bales. Breadstuffs buoyant. Flour rather dearer: Pro visions dull. The Dublin University Magazine. The first article is on "Edward Spenser—The State Papers," it is interesting to peruse as afford ing information that may not be generally known regarding the poet. It is stated that Spenser was distantly related to the house of Althorpe, and boasts himself as being "the meanest descendant of a noble family," the descendants of which justly consider him as having conferred lasting lustre on their name." It is mentioned that a mistake pre vails that Spenser owed his rise to patronage more than to merit. He went to Ireland as secretary to Lord Grey, and it is suggested here that he remained after that nobleman in the emerald island, and then proceeded with his opus magnum. " Indeed in his prefatory sonnets to Lords Grey and Ormond, he intimates that his great poem " the wild fruit which savage soil hath bred„had been composed in Ireland. Other proofs could be adduced and inter nal evidence in the work itself shows how largely Irish personages, scenes, and superstitutions, " Gleam through Spenser's elfin dream." " An only Son" is continued at some length, and Burkitt becomes a person of great importance in many ways. He then conducts himself in a 'most heartless style, but that does not prevent his advancement in the social scale. In a future instalment we shall doubtless learn the consequences of his deceitful transactions, There is an article on " The Count de Montemolin," which is very interesting, and furnishes us with details of that distinguished personage that cannot prove otherwise than acceptable. After dwelling on the royal exile's calamitous degradation of his fair fame, and on his sudden death, we meet with an account of an interview with that is sure to attract notice. Thus, in describing his appearance, do we find the following passage : "It was during this lengthened conversation—l may remark, a conversation chiefly relating to political affairs, with especial reference, above all, to his own individual aspirations and intentions in respect to the possible future of the Spanish Government—it was while we were talking thus together upon themes affecting his whole nature the most profoundly, that I had occasion to note what appeared to me at the time, and still appears in retrospect, the sin gular contradictions of his temperament, the bewildering— almost impossible—certainly the wholly irreconcilable incongruities of his idiosyncrasy. Frankness itself in the avowal of his opinions, he was so, nevertheless, with an ineradicable air of reservation. With a readiness to articu late his sentiments at almost any length, whenever the whim prompted or the occasion seemed to require some more elaborate explanation, he yet bore about him an ap pearance of inscrutable taciturnity. Fluent—almost voluble —in his delivery, he nevertheless interrupted his remarks with frequent hesitations. Gracious—even cordial—in his address, there was still an expression of gloom almost for bidding diffused over his countenance. The one word applicable to his 1)ok' was—downcast." Although now it is alike to the unhappy heir of palaces without a home. whatever were his schemes and his projects, it is a melan.- choly satisfaction to dwell upon them, and to think he was sincere in his views and earnest in his motives. It is mentioned in relation to the conversation— " I am to the last persuaded that the resolutions avowed to me by his royal highness were—and for one good reason immediately to be specified—worthy of being, I will venture to say, implicitly relied upon. Wherefore, is it asked ? Wherefore, this extravagant reliance ? Simply and solely because the exiled prince had come at length to recognise, not merely with a Machiavellian cunning in the recogni tion, but with the calm deliberation of a genuine enlighten ment—that it was to the interests no less of the king than of the people, that the basis of the government should be broad, that its very genius should in the fullest sense of the word be liberal, that its whole character should throughout its entire framework, from summit to foundation, from centre to circumference, be strictly and essentially consti tutional. Not in vain had he lived here amongst us, not in vain had ho breathed our English atmosphere. In arguing the whole weighty problem with the Count de Montemolin, I gave credence to his candid statement of his convictions for the self- same reason that lent impor tance to the words of the Moor Alfaqui, in the Romance Muy Dolorosa.' - - - - Because he answered and because He spake exceeding well of laws— Y como el otro de leyes De let, tambien hablava.' Enough, however : the day-dreams and aspirations, the lofty designs and the heart-earnest resolutions have alike faded out, together with the vanished life of Montemolin." " A Chapter on Dogs " is an entertaining sketch of that interesting animal. There are many anecdotes related that are of an amusing and striking nature, and altogether this paper is a very readable one. "On a Roman Scarf" is a fan ciful reminiscence, suggested by the sight of an old relic. "As I smooth out the faded Roman scarf from its crumpled folds come pouring scenes, houses, churches, broken columns, gold, silver, incense, and processions, a more bewil dering miscellany than ever conjuror shook out of his wonderful handherchief." " The Rivals of Kirshnapore" is the first part of an Indian narra tive that promises to be very exciting, as it will refer to the Indian mutiny in the course of the next instalment most probably. There is an article on "Earl Stanhope 's Life of William Pitt," which contains subject for study for graver readers. " Scenes and Customs in Cracow" is a light sketch that deserves perusal; and other articles of interest appear, among which may be recommended that on " Buckle and Mon talembert," which is written with great ability. The verses are entitled "Legend Lays of Ireland," and " The Northman's Foray." Fraser's Magazine. Mr. Fronde continues his researches among the Archives of Simancas, and brings to light much of the correspondence between the Bishop of Aquila, Spanish Ambassador in London, and his dark and unscrupulous sovereign. The date of most of these letters is just three centuries ago, when Cecil and the honest supporters of Elizabeth were dismayed at her wild project of marrying Robert Dudley, afterwards Earl of Leicester. These documents are very interesting, and show us much o f the sec re t working of Court manceuvrers and intriguers ; they testify also t i Mr. Froude's fidelity and industry as a historian. The story of " Good for Nothing, or all Down Hill," by the able author of " Digby Grand," is continued with interest. Poor Ada Latimer receives a letter from her long-lost husband, and thus learns the fatal news before the return of the despairing Gil bert. The other story, " Ida Conway ' is brought to a conclusion. Count Erne s t an d Id a are recon ciled, and their long tried affection is at last re warded, but their happineFs is clouded by the melancholy death of poor Dorothea, who allows her despair to drive her to suicide. An essay on the " Italian States and Rulers in the last half of the 15th century" will repay p erusa l. It sums up th e chief incidents of that eventful age, and sketches the career of some of its great men. It was a stir ring . time for Italy, and the Sforza, Visconti and Medici were fitting leaders of their respective states. It was an era when the power of the inde pendent states was gradually becoming absorbed in the influence of the great monarchies, and many regrets hav e b een expresse d b y Si smon di an d ot h er historians for the decadence of those Italian repub lics which fill so prominent a part in the history of the middle ages. This change is considered by the writer before us to have been inevitable and not altogether disastrous ; but, whether or no the reader agree in this opinion, he may find matter of inte rest in the article. It is remarked that Francesco Sforza, the celebrated Duke of Milan, who rose to that dignity from a mere soldier of fortune, was the statesman who merits the praise of having first sys tematically acted on the theory of " the balance of power." "The law by which European politics have been regulated for the last three hundred years ; the law in consequence of which Spain and Austria end France and Russia have each in their turn been checked by the combination of other States, when their territorial increase was such as to excite a general apprehension, is only the system of Fran cesco Sforza and his disciples, the Medici, adapted to the scale of continet , tal interests." A view of the state of Italian literature during the last half of the fifteenth century is also taken, end it is sin gular that many of the warlike chieftains of that stormy period, were distinguished for their literary tastes and for their encouragement of artists, poets, and scholars, Little did they imagine, as the writer before us remarks, what mighty re volutions their care for literature was fostering, and little did the scholars and and philosophers of that day foresee the awakening effects which the invention of the printing press and the intercourse of mind with mind should have en the intellect and conscience of the civilized world; effects which justify the writer when he speaks of the sixteenth century as a marvellous epoch in the history of the human mind. A. K. H. B. gives us "A Discourse of Immaturity: or Concerning Veal," adding that by veal he understands the im mature productions of the human mind, immature compositions, immature opinions, feelings and tastes. The essay is not one of the author's best, although containing doubtless a good deal of truth and sense. An article on the causes of the Disrup tion of the American Union, states the author's views with clearness and decision, and takes some what original views of this all important subject. United Service. The first article is on the subject of the "Reserve of Naval Officers," in which the conduct of the First Lord of the Admiralty in extending to the officers of the Mercantile Marine the advan tages of furnishing a reserve of officers for the Royal Service, under the rank of lieutenants, (or rather, as the bill brought into the Housetf Lords by the Duke of Somerset intimates, up to that rank). The whole subject is well considered ; the First Lord is eulogised for thus, to a certain extent, throwing open ft,e naval service to mercantile officers, so many of whom, from constant service and great practical experience, are superior to the general run of naval commanders. A paper on " Camps of Instruction, and Cavalry Movements" enters into the general details of the subject. " The Medical Staff in Ceylon," consists of the reprint of an article from the Colombo Observer, on the subject of the unfair distinction lately made by the Secretary for War between the Medical Officers on the Staff, and those on the regimental service, together with remarks by the editor, who states as follows, in concluding his introductory remarks :—" We have been stationed in Ceylon, in a capacity sufficiently medico-military, and with a service there sufficiently extended, to enable us to corroborate and establish all the facts advanced." It would seem that previous to the Ist of April, 1860, the medical men were on an equal footing whether they belonged to the Staff or to regiments, but that after the Ist of April,lB6l, the allowance to the Staff has been increased by one-half. This is the grievance complained of, and the pros and cons are duly discussed. An article on theHarbours of Dover, Holyhead, and Alderney, will be read with interest by all Englishmen, although it may not suit the taste of Messrs. Cobden, Bright, and Co., and other pro-Franco gentlemen. After considering the above-mentioned harbours, and our general defences, the writer con cludes as follows— It is against England alone and English commerce in the event of a war that these ports are constricted, and not merely for the purpose of defending F i a nce against aggres sion by England. The blow that may be struck from Cherbourg will be aimed at our heart. If our "faithful ally" wishes to strike, he strikes home—he is capable of surprises—and he is in the habit of dealing his first blow so as to leave but little necessity for a second. Such straight forward conduct ought not to be lost upon us, nor should it prevent us in the same amicable spirit from taking amp's measures of defence. In forgetfulness of the past, let us keep up a good Channel fleet, and in friendliness for the future, let us cram our ships with 100-pounder Armstrong guns, let us increase our iron -sides, augment our armies, enrol more volunteers, and cover the land with fortifications. When we have emulated our great ally in this costly and destructive process, and given way to our feelings, we can then imitate him, and invite him to pay us a visit, so that he may form an opinion of our state of preparation to give him a warm reception when he chooses to call profession ally, or in the way of business. The sympathy between the two Governments will not be disturbed in the least. For of course we look upon Cherbourg and the new mili tary harbour at the Chaucay islets, as well as the camp, as a practical joke, but we do not intend to let our "faithful ally" outdo us in this sort of facetiousness. And further, if the pamphlet of Captain Le Foilleny echoes the senti ments of the great mass of out French friends, and its per mitted and extensive circulation induces a belief that it does, then a rapid transit across the Channel from one or more of the "ports d'aggression" of our funny allies and the landing of 100,000 Zouaves and other pleasant visitors upon our shores, is one of the comical tricks he has in store for our amusement. Allow us to add, in conclusion, when our "faithful ally" has completed his means of attack, it will be only a proper acknowledgment for the civil things he is preparing for us, if we call upon him for his congra tulations on our means of defence. The United Service deserves great credit for the interest it displays in the reform of Greenwich Hospital; the subject is again referred to in this number. This magazine devotes but little space to light literature, subjects of national and military interest occupying the greater portion of its pages ; but we meet with an interesting narrative of an adventure of a sol dier in the jungle. The tale is written as though related by a comrade, and is almost beyond belief; but the author informs us, at the conclusion, that, although the names are not real, the narrative is true ; and, after the extraordinary occurrence which lately took place in Northumberland-street, why need we hereafter doubt anything ; did it not substan tiate the fact that " truth is stranger than fiction." Ever alive to the interests of Great Britain, the editor furnishes a paper on " The Movements of our Neighbours, and Hints for our Militia and Volunteers," " The Prospects of Turkey ;" under the new regime great improvement is looke forward to, and the existence of Turkey, as a nation, is not now considered impossible. An account of the recent trial of armour plates at Portsmouth is given, and we have papers on " Marching Soldiers," The Rifle Contest and Volunteer Reviews," "The Indian Army," and " The Future of Cavalry," which are all well written. The General Naval and Military Intelligence concludes the number. Bentley's Miscellany. As we propose almost immediately to review the whole of Mr. Ainsworth's new Historical Romance, THE CONSTABLE OF THE TOWER, now that it has drawn to its conclusion, we shall content ourselves with remarking here upon the particular stage arrived at by the narrative in the penultimate instalment of it in the pages of Bentley's Miscellany. The August number, just published, comprises within it, as the closing con tribution, the last chapter (the tenth) of the Third Book, and the two first chapters of the Fourth, or final Book of "The Constable." The handsome and ambitious hero of the tale, " The Admiral," is—as the reader tolerably well understood the matter last month—arrested. With him, face to face with him, is confronted Sir William Sherington. And subsequently, as the last incident here related, until the readers of Bentley shall obtain the con cluding instalment of the story in September, the Admiral contrives to send a missive to the fair young Princess Elizabeth. At this moment, how ever, we purposely refrain from further comment upon a narrative, the remarkable elaboration of which, as a Historical Romance, we shall take occasion upon the very earliest opportunity to comment upon, as it certainly deserves to be com mented upon : " The Constable of the Tower" assuming to itself high rank among Mr. Ains worth's many noble romances of a historic character, As the current number of Bentley closes with three additional chapters of Harrison Ainsworth's " Constable," it opens with two new chapter's of "Lorn Loriot's Adventures," the serial en titled " Crooked Usage,"—penned with un tiring vivacity by the practised hand of Dudley Costello. The capture of poor Loriot at the banker's when innocently presenting the second forged cheque is c Apitally described. Frederick Marshall gives us another instalment (the fifth) of his series of papers on France—the instal ment this month relating to Food. A fourth section of Monkshood's Mingle Mangle about Town and Country sprinkles the pages devoted to it with a shower of the daintiest poetic quotations. J. E. Carpenter's song " The Fireman" admirably adapted for music—has been suggested, of course, by the melancholy fate of Mr. Braidwood. Those who have a relish f r such subjects in this hot thirsty t weather, will do well to glance at the p aper about "the Taste for Wine in England." The contributionty l written though it is, is to our mind a great s deal entitled "Regenerated Almacks," ma r to written for the subject. i 0 The Salons of of Vienna smartly and Berlin," seems to hint in every word It of having been penned by some young precis Writer promoted from the Foreign-office to a di p i o . rnatic post in one or other of the capitalel named, as attaché at one of the legations. rind d si s d o e m s e twostanoz,,a ther pa pers not here p art i cularised by Nicholas MiAell, th e A ugust number of Bentley co ntains one ; of ()coda's spa r } ; _ and How ling, all but imperti nent, ne arly witty, inva r i a bl y tie of amusing 1-E hestarMarquis'siettes of high actics, life this time descri " T succeeded ; or, A Bet I once mad e at the eontshels rY- vative." The description of the blase man of the Marqui s o f fashion, the youngerof allerton, Lord Cyril St. Al hAns, is delightfully done throughout. 7he St. James's 'liar/ay-22e. W. Kent and Co Paternoster-row. This able and pieasant miscellany fully Tale" tains its character, and shows us this month a varied and attractive table of contents. It opens with a paper for the naturalist, by the Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A., whose name is well known to the public in connection with works on some branches of natural history. He takes us for a "summer wa lk through an English Lane," pointing out the maul* features of interest which an observant eye may detect in the commonest hedges and ditches. lie guides us to the haunts of the humble bee ; he traces the tyrannical career of the water beetle, and dilates upon the measureless appetite of the dragonfly, tell ing us that he once gave one of these moderatei individuals 37 larg e fli es , an d f our l o ng-leggee spiders, only pa us i ng b ecause h e was tired. of catching the prey before the gormandiser was tired of eating. Mr. Wood can tell us too, of the . tricks by which the humble bee seeks to beguile the curious inspector away from her nest, and has even peered successfully into some of the habits of th e earth worm, a creature by no means un worthy of notice, but manifesting traces of the one Great Rah" in a marvellous adaptation of means to ends. As Mr. Wood truly observes,—" None can have the least conception of the hidden magnificence of the every day objects around them except those who have studied th em w ith a t r ue ael observant eye, and a symp a thi s ing 611 ' loving heart." Speaki ng o f th e littl e tiger beetle as seen under the microscope, he sar i ' " Fancy a few square yards of golden network se closely with emeralds, sapphires, and rubit s as large as hazel nuts, and with diamonds as big and oof more fiery splendour than the Koh-i-noor, illumi nate them with the electric light, and you will then have some idea of the raiment with which Ge' clothes even the smallest of his creatures." Leav ing this interesting paper, we come to an article on the population of England, past and present, founded, of course on the recent Census r eturns- It contains a good d e al o f con d ense d i n f ormat i on , and since the interminable official reports are quite use" less to the busy general reader, it is by means el such papers as the present, that the knowledg e gathered by the census must be made available to the public. There are some preliminary observ,a' tions on the causes which affect our population., and then the writer sums up a few of the most interest ing facts : here are the relative numbers of out trades and professions— " From the above numbers it is deducible that 286 persons of all ages and both s exes requ i re 1 man to govern them; lawyer happily suffices for 1,333, 1 clergyman for 666, and a medical man for every 1,000. Only 1 man is given en: tirely to authorship, and b u t th ree t o art, for the amuseme nb or instruction of 8,000 souls; while there is a philosophe r for every 4,000, 1 male teacher to 666, and a female teacher, by profession, among 364. There is 1 agriculturist to ever,' 15 persons, and a merchant, tradesman, or manufacturer is every 7. The provision of dress requires a man for 56 per sons, and a woman for 38. Out of everyl27 persons there Is . 1 man wholly without occupation. As to the absolute nein" bars in different pursuits, tnere are in England and Wales about 78,000 males and 2,800 females of the governing class ; 33,000 divines, 20,000 lawyers, of whom 3,100 ea barristers; 24,600 medical men; 3,200 masculine, and Dv feminine authors, by profession ; 9,500 artists, with 600 ler% painters, 550 employ e d i n sc i entif i c investigations ; 38i 0 v men, and 80,000 women are helping parents to teach 1,550,000 male, and 1,490,000 female scholars. Of the pre parers and sellers of dress, 12,000 are hairdressers, 18,000 hey" ters, 21,000 bonnet-makers, 146,000 tailors, 258,000 milliners: 12,000 stay makers, 264,000 shoemakers, 33,000 glover, 65,000 seamstresses, 147,000 l aun d resses, 42,000 umbrella and parasol makers, besides numerous other trades, Th o mas 2,800 civil engineers, 8,000 engine-drivers, while 30,0 0 ° ship or boat builders contribute to our maritime ascendanci• 247,000 hold farms which average 102 acres each, or the historic byde of the Anglo-Saxon, of whom 1,244 farm up' wards of 1,000 acres each. There are upwards of 68,09 0 butchers, 16,000 milksellers, 15,000 greengrocers, (excluslll of peripatetic costerm ongers ) , 57 ,000 bakers, and 79,(30- grocers, to attend to o ur d a il y crav i ngs. The subdivision of labour is so minute, that no one class has, comparativellr an enormous following : among men, that employing ti ll : largest number is " agricultural outdoor labour" 990,00 0 z among women' "domestic servant (general)" 553, 00 ' Similarly, the smallest business, excepting royalty, :l soya to be for men, "deal ers i n b ar k , " 79 ; and for women, • " workers in zinc," 9. So me occupations commence earlf in life, many employing children under 10-such as r 4 l° 4 woollen, cotton, and silk manufactures, and agricv.iture others have venerable adherents, as there are 18'3 all' black smiths, 370 carpenters, 2,700 agr i cultural labourers, some in almost every trad e , upwards of 85 years of age.' Miss Bremer gives us a pleasant view of life 1 0 Athens, and Mr. Robert Hunt of scientific reputa tion, supplies us with some instructive facts respect ing the influence of light upon life. Those who like oysters may learn something about them from an entertaining pape r , w hi c h g i ves us some astonishing statistics respecting the number of oysters devoured in London and Paris. Mrs. S. C. Hall con tinues her interesti ng s t ory , " C an Wrong be Right ? , : and leaves Mildred, whose talent for embroi dery stands her in good stead, supporting herself in the convent. The story bearing the curious title of " Nadrione Spetnione," is brought to a conclusion, but is singular and un satisfactory. Dr. Doran takes a leaf out of the history of the Tudor times, and tells us the mis deeds of the treacherous :Lord Stourton. There are other papers of interest ; among them articles en titled " The Fire Demon" and " Buried in West minster Abbey." ENGLISH AND AMERICAN YACJTTS. SAILING MATCH FOR 100 SOVEREIGNS. The celebrated Royal Yftcht Squadron schooner Alarm, of 240 tons, Joseph Weld, Esq., is matched to sail the schooner yacht Camella, 215 tons, Henry Decie, Esq., on M on d ay next, over the Queen 's Course for £lOO. The Camelia is better known as the celebrated America. built at New York, and sent over to take the shine out of the fleetest yachts in the Royal Yacht Squadron. She created a grea t sensation on her first appearance in these waterer and this match is now looked forward to with grea t interest. The Alarm, we bel!eve, has never bee° beaten, and from the immense breadth of canvass she can spread will be decidedly the favourite, el: cepting in a strong wind, when the America, it 19 supposed, will have the advantage from her grea t beam, but a great deal will depend on how th e vessels are handled. Jack Nicholls, of course, Ball s the Alarm, and his knowledge of the tides anct depth of wa t er i s a great advantage, particularly If the owner of the America sails his yacht himself, he being a stranger in these waters. ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF 2.118 NILE. This day being the sixty-third anniversary of the ever-memorable Battle of the Nile, it may not be uninteresting to our readers to subjoin the names of the few surviving officers, together with the rant they then held, the rank they now hold, and the ships in which they served under Sir Horatio Nelson in his first important victory, and which conferred on him the barony of " Nelson of the Nile," viz. Admiral (retired) Sir James Alexander Gordon , G.C.8., who has held the appointment of Governor of the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, since Oct., 1853 ' This officer entered the navy in November, 1793, as captain's servant, and after serving in Bridport's action, and at the battle off Cape St. Vincent, was midshipman of the Goliath at the Nile. H e has received a medal and seven c l asps f or hi s valuable' services, • Rear-Admiral (retired) Rowland Mainwaring , who entered the navy in May, 1795, and served as midshipman in the Majestic. He has received a medal and two clasps, Captain (retired) John Forbes, 1844, who entered the navy in 1794, as first-class volunteer, and, as such, served at the capture of St. Lucia, and at the Nile in the Minotaur. He has a medal and three ' clasps. who Captainentered thet ir (d in May, 1796, Philipps,a volunteer; served as midshipman in the M in otaur. lie has a medal and clasp. re navye ) John George Captain (reserved) John Pearse, 1851, entered the navy at the c ommencement of 1793, and, after serving in Hotham's second action, at the evacua tion of Corsica, in the action off Cape St. Vincent, at the bombardment of Cadiz, and in the expedition against Teneriffe, served as mid s hi pman o f t h e Cul loen at the Nile. He has a medal and two clasps pea res pension ei r ol e dn t i thereo (retired) ) acp ß rpeo i e c i n h n a wn n r i rd hn L t H o o c of k s i C i tea o u n l t n esn o i 1 : 1 cn y et , 851, This offi cer en t ere d th e navy ill soF lB feep 4 C l )tt s o rhe , u m mea w l n rl; h oye a e u,r u ,tl h d . 17 sharing in the b om b ar d ment of Cadiz an d t h e expe: damn to T en of er 9 i s ff , e a , s w fi a s rs e t n e g l a a s a s e v d o a l u s n in t volunteer, hain inan d after the Theseus a t th e Nile. He has 'a medal and clasp. First Lieutenant (reserved) John Scobell, 1 797 1 of the Royal Marines, served as such in the Alex ander. He has a medal and clasp. who Lieutenant (reserved) William Parker, "0" he has held th e appointment of Lieutenant of _ . t_ n Revyal Hospital at Haslar since November, 162 This officer entered the navy as A.B. in March, n 1793, end after witnessing the occupation of Toulo wag he fought in oughtthi: battle e m (ff Capen ) es two asett.ivonisnienntl,7a9nsd, took s and clas Bellamy, M.D., 1795 ; midshipman of the Goliath at the Nile. He has a medal Surgeon (retir p, ed) George servedi and i clasp. ntheßellerophon_ at the Nile. He ha s a medale andi 4c 44 of E Nor Of 3 Tel e shar hu— e pei itapr t tielf Peru Tt to th s ari, to e lire E are, tr ot how t a aZ, 1 - Pu 4 Ire; Ant t an l-) 1 11l a $p