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SPECIAL NOTICE. During the Christmas Holidays a performance every Evening - --Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, at 8. Morning PerfOrmances every Wednes slay and Saturday at 3, except Christmas Week, when the Morning Entertainments will be on Thursday (instead of Wednesday) and Saturd iy, at 3. QPECIAL NOTICE.-ARGYLL ROOMS.- In consequence of the lamentable Death of his Royal llloine , s the Prince Consort, the BALL of Mr. R. R. RIG NELL will not take place until TO-MORROW (Tues day), 17th inst. M. GRENET, Manager. Monday, 16th December, 1861. ARGYLL ROOMS.-GREAT SUCCESS ! !- - The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc tion of M. BouLconT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In addition to the Laurent False, Strauss quadrille, and novel ties of last week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admiseion ls.— Alanager, M. P. Grenet. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, for the Destitute Sick, Gray's-inn-road.—Earnest Appeal.—Owing to an unexpected delay in the payment of a considerable legacy, on which the Committee relied, this Hospital is left without immediate funds. As the period is rapidly approaching when its resources are always severely tested, the Committee make an earnest APPEAL to the public benevolence for means to enable them to carry on the charity. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co.; Nistet and Co., Berners-street ; J. Barned and Co, Liver pool; and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, Sec. RUINART PERE and FILS' CHAMPAGNE. —The above beg to CAUTION the Trade and their :numerous' Friends against the FORGERY of their BRAND and WINES, which Is extensively practised. Judgments have already been given by French Courts against the guilty parties. The house, established 1729, has always had the same denomination of RUINART PERE and. FILS, Rheims, Champagne. Branch House, 22, St. Swithin's lane, London. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without - any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and iver complaints, indigestion, wind spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe ite, pro mote digestion, and -trengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. lAd., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. SAUCE.-LEA AND PERRINS K- 1 beg to caution the Public against Spurious Imitations of their world-renowed WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. Purchasers should ASK FOR LEA AND PERKINS' SAUCE, Pronounced by Connoisseurs to be "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." *** Sold Wholesale and for Export, by the Proprietors, Worcester; Messrs. CROSSE and BLAcKwELL, London, &c. &c., and by Grocers and Oilmen universally. TEA.—STRACHAN and CO.'S Strong Rough " Domestic" Black at 3s. 4d. per lb.-26, Cornhill, London, E.C. TEA.—STRACHAN an d CO.'S Fi ne " Inter mediate " Black at 3s. Bd. per lb.-26, Cornhill, Lon don, B.C. TEA. STRACHAN and CO.'S Delicious " Drawinc. Room " Black at 4s. 2d. per lb.—? 6, Corn hill, London, E.C. Dr. Ilassall's Certificate of Purity, and a Pric Current free on application, 26, Cornhill, London, E.C. DR. BUCHAN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINES. PATENT SUGAR-COATED PILLS, for purifying the blood, regulating the bowels, and removing vitiated hu mors, bilious and liver complaints, rheumatism. gout, scor butic affections, cortiveness, &c. These pills work their way to the very . roots of each disease, cleansing in their passage, and removing every unhealthy accumulation, till the bl ‘o is purified, the whole system renovated, and all the functions act according to nature, whilst the duties of life become a pleasure, where before they had been sad and weary burdens. Do not hesitate—do not delay ! a clean stomach must make a clean body. A clean body will contain pure blood, when the stomach, body, and blood are pure, from regulating and cleansing the bowels, health is certain. Begin at the be ginning, waste no time; strike at the root of your ailment. Again, I say, look to your stomach. One trial of these pills Will force conviction. _ _ Sold in bottles, at is. lid., ?s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lls. Sold by Buchan and Co., 22, Newman-street, Oxford street, London, W., and to be bad of all chemists in town and country, ;Jr forwarded on re eipt of stamps. - - - Wholesale Agents :—Barclay a rod Son, 75, Farringdon-st. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is tour weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Rinord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at 11s., or four quantities in one for 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout and Co., I.'atent Medi ineWarehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S REAT (PERFECTr DMO C-MAND F AIN IT LEV I E: R nE T G RUSS ExiiirmoN or 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to he the most effective invention in the curative treatment of 11 ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, Is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 21s , 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Poubla Truss, 31 8. Gd ., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. ed. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. VEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS , ...LN KNEE-CAPS, tc., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling* of the Legs, Sprains, &c. Th e y are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on Eke an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 225,' Piccadilly. DR. LVDIERT ON SELF•PRESERVATION. Price Is. ; post-free, 13, or sealed ends, 20 stamps, with En ;:rravino, - s and Cases. gay be had of Mann and CO, 33 Conditll, London, or direct from the Author. . _ SELF -PRESERVATION.—A popular Essay on ki Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting, from injurious habits contracted in youth, or excesses in maturity, which, by prematurely exhausting, the functions of Manhood, de stroy the happiness of Married Life or prevent the fulfil vent of engagements which constitute the most cherished objects of existence. THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work, a Guide to the Married and those contemplating Marriage, who entertain secret doubt of physical strength, having im perilled the power of manhood by youthful indiscretions ; also treating on Syphilis, Secondary Symptoms, and Gonor rhoea, and containim: a Prescription known as the Preventive Lotion, Nature's Disinfectant, precluding the possibility of contamination ; containing 190 pages, with 100 engravings, free by post 12 stamps. Address R. and L. Perry and Co , 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, W. Attendance daily, from So till 8, by a Consulting Surgeon, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (registered under the new Medical Act). By Dr. LA'3IEnT, 37, Bedford-square, London, Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, &c. The above work contains most useful and interesting information on the physiological changes which occur in the Reproductive System during the periods of youth, puberty, and manhood ; and on the due attainment of that degree of functional vigour upon which the hopes of posterity depend. It also points out how all the attributes of Man hood can be preserved to an advanced period of life, how they are lost, and how they can be recovered. It is free from the gross exaggerations, alarming descriptions, and dangerous remedies so generally resorted to by persons, who, prac tising with false medical qualifications, inflict most serious injuries, and render judicious treatment frequently abortive. The Author is the only legally qualified practitioner whose name stands on the Medical Register (the only true test of medical qualification), who has been exclu sively engaged for a series of years in the treatment of the variou functional disorders of the nervous and reproductive system, which, owing to the great discoveries of modern science, are rendered subservient to a rational, simple, and easy mode of treatment. At home for consultation daily from 10 till 2, and from 6 till Ft., either personally or by letter.-37, Bedford-square. R. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. Price is., by post is. Id. ; of Mann, 29, Cornhill. On Spermatorrhcea, Syphilis, Stricture, Hemorrhoids, Gleets, tc.c. Marriage : Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Dr. C. may be consulted daily till 12, at The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand; and from 1 till 9 p.m. at 3, Great Marlborough-street, W. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand.. . . 2s. till 5, and Is. 6d. from 5 , till 9 ; Sundays, ls. till 1, An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS or THE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the p• actical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, N0v.12,1861. " The Post-office Turkish Bath ;, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverwcll has already established the reputation of an able physician; he has now provcd himself to be a worthy Philanthropist, in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than any pi °position or invention yet established, the Turkish Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess one of the best set of baths, at 19. St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up Lis baths wit'i a degree of elegance, luxan y, and refinement, which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a man ever feels himself regenerated and new made, it is on coming out:of:a lurkish Bath , "—Bra, Oct. 13 1861. DR. BRIGHT'S APHRODISION, THE PHOSPHORISED NERVINE TONIC.—The Newly-discovered Chemical Combination c f Phosphatic Salts, Quinine, Iron, &c., the never-failing remedy for Generati ve Debility, Gleet, Stricture, and Renal Pains, Diseases of the Kidneys and Bladder, Retention and Non-retention, and consequent deposits, Generative Incapacity for Wedlock, Partial and Total Prostration, Premature decline of Manly Power, with many other distressing' symptoms, caused in early life by incontinence, and youthful disregard to future happiness. Prices : lls. per bottle, or four Its. bottles in one, 335. Pre pared and sold at the Laboratory, 44 Maddox-street, Regent street. W. LONDON AGENTS. —Barclay and Son, 75, Farringdon street ; Newbery, 45, St. Paul's-churchyard; Sanger,lso, and Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Hooper,43, cKhinurgehN sJ s r tr r e o e u t t , , 2 L 2 rd s o tr n a - n b d ri ; dg a e nd ; o H r o a w ll d c e h n e , m 7 l B B , tB G . race -Vitirlejaemt DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD: MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRFICE A., NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. list Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, ANHool) : the CAUSE and CURE of PRE- Y I MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. 1 3URTI9, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. - - „ CONTENTS: DUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CrIAPTI4.?R IL—Causes of Spermatorrlicea and Impotence; t'arly Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications f Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Conorrlura and Syphilis. The Book coneludea with numerous varied and interesting aces, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS 01 4 ' THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and hould be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 3d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or mere frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1851. " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in a plain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications lnd impediments arising from nervous excitement and de bility; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and excesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. Condon : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row; Mann, 39, Cornhill. levro of Conboltation-1 0 to 3 end oto ts; •on,clays, 10 till 2, 19. 13' 1.4. 1. 1. tuv. :l /~ N° 21,673. U CATION S. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., E STATES.K. WA S 0 R I ; O E F THE A Ur p ' This story is full of interest. The characters are life-like and free from exaggeration, and the style is vigorous, fresh, and English. This is a clever novel , w ith a p ur p ose, fairly carried out. 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"........, 4 /.... 1." -'• + THE SUN, LONDON WIONDAY EVENING, The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1860 499 .. 3,702 .. 255 .. 59 1859 678 .. 3,424 141 .. 121 1858 655 .. 4,756 375 .. 48 1857 .. 318 .. 1,473 .. .. 195 .. 1856 485 1,193 .. 285 .. 12 855 783 .. 3,529 21 DECEMBER 16, 1861. THE GREAT CHRISTMAS detected. In one instance a small sample of iron of about 2 inches square actually endured he strain of 64 tons, the ponderous chain of the hydraulic press even snapping without any sign of a fracture to the iron tested. So satisfactory were the trials consi dered that the officials of the dockyard who super. intended them state that in all their experience they never tested iron at all equal to that submitted to trial on Saturday. There can be no doubt that the Lords of the Admiralty will at once accept the offer of Earl Dudley to supply the iron for the Achilles, provided an agreement can be arrived at with re gard to the price. It is stated that four 100-pounder Armstrong guns will shortly be mounted at Great Yarmouth— two at the north and two at the south battery. The following appointments were made on Satur- day at the Admiralty :—Commander T. J. Young, additional, to the Colossus, for service in the Coast guard ; N. G. Willoughby, midshipman, to the Stromboli ; W. H. Adlam, second master, to the Investigator; and S. S. Hall, master's assistant, to the Swallow. CATTLE MARKET. Notwithstanding that the value of live stock has not ruled so high during the greater portion of the present year as in 1860, the exhibition of beasts here to-day, for Christmas consumption, was unquestionably, taken as a whole, the best on record. The great abundance of food in most of our grazing districts, and the improved health of the stock, compared with some previous years, has certainly been in favour of a large show, both as respects number and quality ; but we believe that fewer second-rate and inferior animals were brought forward this morning than at the corresponding period sines 1857. Owing, however, to the immense number of young beasts, chiefly crosses, on sale, some persons may be inclined to take exception to these observations ; but it must be understood that had it not been for a most extensive system of crossing —so extensive, indeed, as almost to threaten the extinction of some particular breeds—the consumptive demand of the United Kingdom, even allowing a large margin for importations from the continent, could not possibly have been met by our graziers. Prices, therefore, would have ruled very high—though stock would have been selling at rates considerably above the views of cautious buyers—and the result would have been highly prejudicial to the inte rests of a portion of the grazing community. We freely admit that great caution is necessary how far the system of crossing is further increased ; nevertheless, it is evident that thus far it has proved highly beneficial to the country generally. It is, however, surprising to find beasts, only 15 or 16 months old, weighing from 110 to 120 stones, and of a quality not to be sur passed, even by the best Scots—we here allude more par ticularly to a portion of the supply from Scotland and Nor folk, but when we consider the high quotations realised for them, we may congratulate the graziers upon the great success of their efforts to meet the demand with a descrip tion of stock which has become highly valuable both to the butchers and consumers. This success has naturally in duced breeders in nearly all parts of the kingdom to extend their system of crossing ; hence, to-day, almost every breed exhibited less distinctive features than hither to, and we may safely venture to assert that there were fully 2,000 beasts on show, chiefly crosses with short horns or Scots—possibly with Doyens or Herefords. COMPARISON OF TUE " GREAT DAYS." A otatement and comparison of the supplies and prices of f a ,f, stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cat,` lo market, on Monday, Dec, 17, 1860,:and this day, Monday, Dec. 16, 1861. Per 81b, to sink the offal. Dec. 17, 1860. Coarse anal inferior beasts 3 4to 3 8 Second quality do 3lO 4 4 Prime large;oxen 4 6 5 0 Prime Scots, &c 5 2 5 4 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 8 310 Second quality do. .. 4 0 4 8 Prime coarse-woolled d 0..... 410 5 4 Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs Neat smalliporkers 4 8 5 2 Beasts Sheep and lambs.. 19,550 Calves Pigs., Dec. 16, 1861. 3 4to 3 8 310 4 4 46 4 8 410 5 0 32 3 6 38 4 4 46 5 2 54 5 6 00 0 0 46 5 0 52 5 6 310 4 4 4 6 410 8,040 26,300 202 460 We may now offer a few observations in reference to the pure breeds. In number, the shorthorns certainly stood first. The quality of this particular stock is too well known to require any lengthened comment from us ; but we may state that the supply in this particular was a wonderful one, though, at the same time, it must be admitted that the enormous weight of some of the animals was against what we should consider a full average price. As regards the Devons, they were in quite their usual force, and scarcely any of them were beneath really fine quality. Possibly some few of them were of a heavier weight than the general character of the stock seems to warrant. The 40 North Devon oxen, fed by Mr. Senior, of Broughton House, near Aylesbury, were certainly remarkable animals. Some of them weighed 200 stones, and the whole changed hands at high rates. There was a superb show of Herefords, but the number was not quite equal to some former seasons. The Sussex beasts were in considerable strength, but most of them were of an age which told against their actual value. No doubt they will die well, but butchers generally do not regard: six and seven years' old bullocks with much favour in this age of crossing. There were some very good Welsh runts in the market, but long-horned stock was a very scarce commodity. Quito the average number of Irish beasts was brought forward, and in a comparative sense they were mostly in prime condition. The arrivals from Scotland were large, and of a quality seldom equalled ; indeed, our improsssion is that the show of Scots was far superior to last year. The finest portion of the supply comprised the 36 Scots exhibited by Messrs. Maidwell and Hoyland, and the six shown by Mr. John Lumsden, all the property of Mr. John M'Combie, of Tillyfour. They were greatly admired for their splendid symmetry, and the prices rea -1 lised were very high. The following return shows the number of beasts exhi bited, and the prices realised for them on the great days in the last 20 years : Years. Beasts shown. 1841 .. 4,503 1842 .. 4,541 1843 .. 4,510 1844 .. 5,713 1845 .. 5,320 1846 .. 4,570 1847 .. 4,282 1848 .. 5,942 1849 .. 5,765 1850 .. 6,341 1851 .. 6,103 1852 .. 6,271 1853 .. 7,037 1854 .. 6,181 1855 .. 7,000 1856 .. 6,748 1857 .. 6,856 1858 .. 6,424 1859 .. 7,560 1860 .. 7,860 Prices. • . 3s 8d to 5s 04 .. 3s 44 4s 8d .. 2s 84 4s 44 • • 4s Oct 4s Gd .. 3s 6d 4s 8d .. 4s 04 5s 8d .. 3s 44 4s 8d 3s 4d 4s 8d .. 3s 4d 4s Gd .. 3s Od 3s 104 .. 2s 8d 4s 2d .. 2s 8d 4s Od .. 3s 2d 4s 10d 38 6d 5s 4d .. 3s 84 4s 2d .. 3s 4d 5s Od .. 3s 4d 4e 8d .. 3s 44 5s Od .. 3s Gd 58 4d .. 3s 4d 5s 4d On Mr. Giblett's stand we noticed some very fine Nor folk cattle, fed by Mr. G. Wortley and Mr. Robert Wortley. Mr. Giblett had likewise on sale a large number of Scotch beasts, forwarded by Messrs. Stewart, Martin, and Knowles, of Aberdeen, and Mr. Maurice of Huntly. Messrs. Morgan and Allday had a very good show of stock, comprising Scots from Mr. Robert Leeds, and from Messrs. Ruddick and Stodart. There were, likewise, some very good Herefords on the stand. Mr. Vorley had an unusually prime supply of beasts. The short-horns forwarded by Mr, Cartwright, of Kirkby, near Sleaford ; the Scots belonging to Mr. North, of Small borough ; the 12 Scots forwarded by Mr. Hutchinson; and the five runts by Mr. Thompson, of Thorp, were greatly admired. Mr. Collins had a very fine show of beasts, including runts and Devons, belonging to Mr. Coallis, of Coington Grange; Herefords and Devons, the property of Mr. S. Rogers, of Lashbury ; and Scots, from Mr. It, Overman, Blyth, Bow, &c., of Norfolk, together with the latter breed from Mr. Martin, of Newmarket, Aterdeen. Some of the latter were seven years' old. Mr. Grearge Dickson's show of beasts was a very fine one. It embraced, as usual, a large number of Scotch fed beasts of excellent quality, and many of them wore much ad mired for symmetry. They were forwarded by Messrs. Knowles, Martin, Thomson, Murray, Kidd, Wishart, Bruce, Longmore, Stodart, Frost, Mitchell, and other graziers. There was a full average number of sheep on offer in fair condition. We noticed some very fine sheep on the stand of Mr. B.Weall, from Oxon andßerks, including some for warded by Mr. W. Micklem, as well as by Messrs. Vidlers, Walters, and other graziers. Mr. J. B. Weall had, also, a fine show of sheep, from Messrs. Rowland,White, &c. Mr. Gurrier had, likewise, a good show. Amongst it were 10 prize Downs from Mr Paul, of the Isle of Wight, and 60 Gloucester's from Messrs. Hewers and Fletcher. The sheep exhibited by Mr. Collins were in prime condition. Mr. Lintoll's sheep were very prime. They were principally Downs, chiefly from Surrey and Kent, forwarded by Mr. is 1 H r o . f g E e l n a , n dn hadear C o hi v c h e r e y s t fi e r n , Lord ne 0 i r n o s t s m e n o t r e b , y M m r. r. P H a ul e a , nt e. y of Croft, and 20 by Mr. Chatterton of Wigtoft. Mr. Dodd exhibited 20 very fine west country Downs. STATE OP THE TRADE. Owing to the changeable state of the weather, and the large supply of stock on offer, the beef trade was in a slug. gish state, and, compared with last week, very little change took place in prices. A few very inferior lots, &c., realised 5s 2d per 81bs, but the general top figure for beef was 5s per 81bs. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire we received 3,000 short horns, &c. ; from Norfolk, 1,500 t 4 cots, &c.; from Scotland, 1,100 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 820 oxen and heifers. Prime Downs and half. breds were in fair request, at full quotations, viz., 5s 6d per 81bs, but other breeds moved off slowly, and prices had a drooping tendency. Calves were short supply and steady request, at :fall prices. Pigs, the show of which was large, were a slow sale, at late rates. Per Sib, to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 S 8 Second quality do. 3 4 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4310 6 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 2 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 4 Lambs, Os Suckling calves, 21s to 308 21s to 295. s. d. s. d i Prime crs-wool d 0.4 6 5 2 Pme. S' thdown d 0.5 4 5 6 Largo orse. calves 4 - 6-5 0 Prime small do 5 2 5 6 Large hogs 3 10 4 4 Small porkers ... , 4 6 4 10 d to Os Od. and quarter-old atom pigs, TOTAL SUPPLY Beasts Sheep .. 26,300 Calves Pigs 460 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Belgts Sheep 5,250 Calves Pigs .... , — The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted t 05,192 head. In the corresponding week in 1860, we received 4,525—in 1859, 4,364—in 1858, 5,731 —in 1857, 1,896 —in 1856, 1,895—in 1855, 4,326 head. PRICE .4d. STAMPED ....sd. ,LITERATU.RE. AYTOUN'S NEW WORK. Norman Sinclair. By W. Edmonstoune Aytoun, _ D.C.L. 3 vols.' Blackwood and Sons. A poet turned novelist is no unssual spectacle. Yet, accustomed though the reading public has been to this spectacle, from the instance of the great Sir Walter downwards, it is always interesting to contemplate it. It always has a freshness of its own that piques the curiosity of the most jaded critics. We don't know any literary novelty in its way, for example, more likely to compete in mere attractive ness with—let us say—supposing we could possibly imagine such an occurrence—A novel by Alfred Tennyson. Instead, however, of loitering to muse thus over any such eccentric improbability—here is a substantial "case in point"—precisely the very phenomenon we are now alluding to as always in vested in our regard with a very peculiar allure ment, as invariably commanding our attention and enlisting our sympathies upon the instant. Profes• sor Aytoun has long been honourably known to the reading public in many capacities as one among the more rarely gifted contributors to our contemporary literature. His popularity is not by this time mat ter of uncertainty. It is ripened and assured. As a poet he enjoys, and deservedly enjoys, a very high reputation. We speak not here of his " Bothwell"—but refer more particularly to. his poetic masterpiece, "The Lays of the Scottish Ca valiers." The brilliant success achieved by which has stamped upon its very title-page the timbre - of public approbation—" Thirteenth Edition" appear ing there upon the last issue of " The Lays" as evi dence that the writer of them has secured to him self a somewhat higher repute than that appertain ing to merely an accomplished versifier. Everyone who knows anything at all about the volume — knows some of it, we would almost wager, by heart. The musical cadence, the rythmic swing, the verve, the passion, at times the very rapture of the verse in Aytoun's Scottish Cavaliers, 'waken in the reader's heart a responsive enthusiasm—he turns the pages unconsciously from the Table of Contents to the Finis—and by the time the book is fairly closed upon even a first perusal of it, there aro passages (unless the reader be some what of a dunce) that come chiming back like echoes in his memory. Hence " Thirteenth Edition." Hence—by reason of this one par ticular effusion—the fact that Professor Aytoun's name approaches us always—secure of its wel come. Besides the poetical reputation, however, gained for himself almost entirely by that one book, the " Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers"—not the least atom in the world, to our mind, by his more elaborated poem of " Bothwell"—Professor Aytoun has won his spurs long ago in the lists of letters as a Critic, and in a double sense also as a Humorist, almost equally, that is to say, as a prose and ad a poetic Humorist. His contributions to Blackwood's Magazine have been so numerous, so various, almost always so distinguished for their al ternate and sometimes combined vigour and vivacity, that among the public at large he has long been re garded by many as sitting in the chair of Christo pher North, as occasionally wielding the crutch still (in his grip) so much the dread of Noodledom. Who has not laughed over the annals of the Glenmutchkin Railway—A.l. among the "Tales from Blackwood?" Who, again, has forgotten our author's " How I Stood for the Dreepdaily Burghs ?" Then there is that delightful half-reputation—not by any means, however, in the idiomatic meaning of the phrase a " half - and - half " reputation won by Edmonstoune Aytoun and Theodore Martin together (after the Orestcs and Pylades fashion of Beaumont and Fletcher, or Johnson and Garrick) under the bizarre 220111 de plume of the :redoubtable BON GUALTIER ! A personage, by the way, whom we can hardly think of without laughter. Here, again, what is it we read significantly upon the title- page ? " Seventh Edi. tion." We only wonder, however, that it has not long since come to be the Seventeenth—" The Book of Ballads" abounds so with exquisite and irresistible drolleries—being a veritable companion (as one may say, a genuine boon companion) to the famous " Rejected Address." Then have we not a delicious recollection of the instance in which Pro fessor Aytoun (apart altogether from Mr. Theodore Martin) once upon a time did " Our Young England's penny trumpet blow 1" putting it to his own lips exclusively—through the mask of T. Percy Jones—and thereupon winding a blast " most musical, most " just, exactly the opposite of " melancholy " waking everywhere, echoing and re-echoing bursts of laughter to the tune of Firmillian ! Together with his twin-brother of the pen, Theodore Martin, Professor Aytoun has more recently accom plished, in several instances with exquisite suc cess (ex. gr., as we indicated at the time in their wonderful version of the " Bride of Corinth") — Professor Aytbun and Mr. Martin, we say, have more recently accomplished in regard to the Poems and Ballads of Goethe, what Sir Bulwer Lytton ac complished some years since in regard to the Poems and Ballads of Schiller ! Giving them accurately, that is, to the people of another tongue—in our own resounding and melodious vernacular. Already we have spoken of the high position attained by Professor Aytoun among living Critics. His Lectures upon Poetry, delivered several summers back in Willis's Rooms, St. James's—we, who at tended those lectures, sedulously commenting upon them in these columns one by one as they were given, can assert, from our own knowledge of the fact, ale still borne here in London circles in delight ful remembrance. Often though we remember to have found it impossible to do otherwise than dissent toto ccclo from the conclusions arrived at by Pro fessor Aytoun in the course of his poetical criticisms, we still listened with respect to the earnest avowal of opinions that we coeld not at the same moment but deem in our (of course we are perpetually conscious of this) fallible judgment altogether erroneous. And, as we listened with the: liveliest sense of pleasure to those same Lectures upon Poetry, while they were in the course of de livery, so after the lapse of eight or ten years, we hold them still in most agreeable remembrance. However, it is not as a Critic that we have now occasion to regard Professor Aytoun anew—any more than we have to scrutinise him in his various characters as a Translator, as a Satirist, as a Humorist both in Prose and Verse, above all, as a Poet—facile princeps among our living Northern Lyrists. No—it is because he has added a new role to his already long catalogue of parts that we have occasion now to turn our regard upon him, to ex amine into his new evidence of audacity as an enterprising man-of-letters. The Satirist and Humorist, the Poet and Critic, has at length in his own good time appeared upon the scene under a wholly different aspect, in a wholly different capacity—as a Novelist. And now that his new work appears before us in its entirety, it does so in the old approved fashion as a symmetrical 3 volumed Novel, price £1 Hs. 6cl.—the old price—before Rail way Libraries for the Million had been dreamt of, and before any Chancellor of the Exchequer had ventured to lay his unhallowed hand upon the once sacred impost levied upon the raw material of literature! Only, to account now for the main tenance of the old price, upon a work of this cha racter, in an age when the paper duty exists no more, and when cheap editions along the civilised track of our railroads are as " plentiful as black berries" used to be upon the hedgerows skirting the old coach-traversed highways—the publishers can issue their works with adornments of paper binding and typography that contrast rather strangely with the old:clingily bound 3 vols. in boards, that were the sae plus ultra of the pub lishing world in the days of " Waverley." And now that Aytoun is fairly before us as a Novelist — how about the success or failure of his new venture as a man of letters? During the piecemeal publi cation of " Norman Sinclair" as a monthly serial in the pages of Blackwoocl's Magazine we have had a sense that the writer of the story was labouring the while under somewhat of a disadvantage. An examination of the work as it now lies before us in these three goodly volumes—all the scattered parts ofit being at length thus massed together —only con firms us in this impression, insomuch that we would venture to urge the author of " Norman Sinclair" — should he again undertake to discourse to us in his last developed capacity as a Novelist—we would cer tainly here venture to urge him so to do, nothereafter i❑ a serial form, but at once in a separate and com plete publication, as " Adam Bede" was published, as all the old tales—before series were thought of—were wont to be published of yore. Norman Sinclair, there can hardly be a doubt of it—Mr. Aytoun must him self be quite conscious of the fact—hung fire re peatedly during the course of its piecemeal issue, as the current serial in Blackwood. It did so, in ono point of view, quite unaccountably, now that we can take an uninterrupted and comprehensive view of the whole narrative. This—as we have said —regarding it excusively from one point of view. But there is another and a very essential one for a serial—the one in which we look upon it, not in regard to its intrinsic merits, but in regard to its peculiar character as a serial. With its merits— and they are numerous and various, some of them, IMPORTS INTO LONDON LA.SI WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .... 213 .. 2344 .. 122 .. 30 llarlingen .... 147 .. 1140 .. 2 .. 31 Hamburgh 158 _ 0p0rt0.... • • • • • • Vigo.. . • • .. • Dordt Amsterdam — .• .. Bremen - • • Boulogne — • Twining — • . Meclemblik • . Antwerp . • Nieu Diep - • . es --. •o IVAI ttli 368 ~ 4,639 ~ ~ 121 ~, THE ARMY, It was the intention of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief to inspect the bri gade of Foot Guards, quartered in the metropolis, early on Saturday morning, but the order was coun termanded at the last moment, the Duke having gone to Windsor Castle at an early hour, on learn ing the dangerous state the Prince Consort was in. The Ist battalion of the Grenadier Guards at the Tower are under orders to proceed to Southampton on Thursday morning to embark at that port for Canada. The battalion will be of its full complement of 100 rank and file. The 2d battalion of the Scots Fusileer Guards at Wellington barracks are under similar orders, and will also embark at that port. The greatest activity prevails in the military store department at the Tower, the men being employed almost continuously day and night in getting the various stores required for service in Canada ready for shipment. Orders were on Saturday received at the Royal Engineer Establishment, Chatham, from the Horae Guards, directing the various non-commissioned officers and men transferred from the several com panies to the 18th Company at Portsmouth to be held in readiness to proceed on an early day this week to Southampton, where they will join the main body of the 18th Company and embark for Canada. A number of non-commissioned officers, all of them skilled in their various engineering duties, who have been transferred to the 18th Com pany, have joined headquarters from the various out stations, and will proceed from Brompton bar racks with the other detachments. The entire force of the garrison at Chatham, under the immediate command of Major-Gen. Eyre, was engaged in some important military operations on Saturday, the object of which was to accustom the officers and men of the several battalions to active operations in the field by an extended reconnais sance of the country surrounding the garrison. For this purpose advantage was taken of the fine weather on Saturday to assemble the whole of the available troops, including the Royal Artillery, the Royal Engineers, the three battalions of infan try of the line, and the battalion of Royal Marine Light Infantry, to take part in the proposed man oeuvres. Each battalion assembled in front of its respective quarters at an early hour, and, after 10 rounds of blank bad been served out to each man, the final orders for the day were issued, and the several divisions marched off by different routes to take up the position assigned to each. The plan of the operations supposed the enemy to be assembled in force in or near the town of Maidstone, with the intention of marching on Chatham, the troops of which garrison had been ordered out to intercept his movements and hold him in check until a larger force had been organised in rear. The troops ac cordingly occupied the range of hills extending from Blue Bell-hill, Aylesford, to Bosley, near Maidstone, the line extending somewhere about four miles a position well chosen for strategical purposes, the left resting on a wood, and the right near an extensive valley. The various positions were gained by each division marching by different routes until the rallying points were reached and the line of ob servation formed. Communication with each was kept up by a chain of pickets, patrols, and videttes. A sufficient force was kept in reserve along the line of road, and sufficiently retired from the crest of the range of hills to be hidden from the view of those in the valley. The Royal Artillery acted as cavalry, the troops on each flank throwing forward patrols to the various cross-roads and keeping up communi cations with the videttes. In anticipation of the enemy retiring from Maidstone and destroying Aylesford-bridge the Royal Engineers were in structed to be in readiness to construct a pontoon bridge to enable the brigade to cross the Medway to harass his rear until a superior force had arrived from Chatham to attack his flank near the river. The several corps having been detailed in position, Major-Gen. Eyre and his staff visited the varioas points in order to ascertain if each of the command ing officers was acquainted with the duty devolving upon him. This accomplished, and the whole of the previously arranged details carried out, the order was given for the force to return to the garrison. They arrived there shortly before 3 o'clock, after an absence of nearly six hours. The Colonelcy of the 49th Foot has bacome va cant by the demise of Gen. Sir E. Bowater, K.C.8., intelligence of whose death was received at Buck ingham Palace yesterday morning by telegraph. Sir Edward died at Cannes at 6 o'clock on Saturday evening. The gallant officer as Groom in Waiting to the Queen was selected by her Majesty to take charge of his Royal Highness Prince Leopold dur ing the Prince's sojourn in the south of France. He had been declining in health ever since his ar rival at Cannes. The late General, who was in his 74th year, was the only son of the late Admiral E. Bowater, of Hampton Court. He entered the 3d Foot Guards in 1804, and saw much active service with that gallant regiment during the war. He was wounded both at Talavera and Waterloo. He was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Ha noverian Guelphic Order in 1837, by the late King William IV., and had received the silver war medal and five clasps for Talavera, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, and Nive. Shortly after the late Prince Consort's arrival in this country in 1840 the de ceased General was appointed a Groom in Waiting in ordinary to her Majesty, and in the same year Colonel of the 49th (the Princess Charlotte's of Wales, or Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot. ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL, PADDINGTON.—A public meeting was held on Wednesday, in the vestry-hall, Har row-road, to consider the financial condition of the hospital. The Bishop of London took the chair. It was stated by the several speakers that a debt of ,C 3,000 was due for current expenses, but that this did not arise so much from the ex penditure exceeding the income as from the fact that a debt of that amount had existed from the opening of the hospi tal. Resolutions were moved by Canon Boyd, Messrs. Wade, H. Paull, M.P., R. Martineau, B. Shaw, and Sir R. Carden, expressing regret at the present depressed con dition of the finances, and pledging the meeting to make a vigorous effort to pay off the present debt. Mr. Capel and Mr. Banting each handed to the treasurer checks for £lOO, and several other donations were promised. Tho proclamation prohibiting the export or transport coastwise of arms, ammunition, lead, and other military stores, was read at the Market Cross, Edinburgh, at noon on Thursday, with the usual formalities. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills—Health Always Obtained.—With some necessary precautions h ea lth may g enerally be regained by taking a course of these purifying Pills in the spring. They thoroughly d e p ura t e t h e bl ood, search out all noxious matters, and carry off all morbid humours from the body. Their alterative properties place them in the foremost rank as correctors and improvers of the secretions, They discipline disordered functions, re move the cause of the irregularity, and restore its regular and natural action to every organ without inconvenience, pain, or any other drawback. Where the blood is im poverished, the constitution broken down, or the nervous system shattered, every invalid should make trial of Hollo way's Pills. Their benign action will speedily reassure the most despondent, IHE NAYY. VALETTA, Dec. 10.--The greatest excitement here during the past few days owing to orders having been received by telegraph bythe Naval Comm ander in-Chief to despatch, as speedily as possible, all the disposable ships of war to Gibraltar, for the pur pose, it is rumoured, of having them ready, in case of war with the North American States, to send off into American waters. The despatch conveying these orders reached Malta, it is said, in the almost unprecedentedly short time of four hours. Two line of-battle ships, the Algiers, 89, Capt. Rice, and the Queen, 80, Capt. Hillyar, and a gunboat, the Alac rity, 4, Commander J. K. E. Baird, have already left, and two other liners, the Agamemnon, 91, Capt. T. Hope, and the James Watt, 91, Captain E. Codd, and another gunboat, the Foxhound, 4, Commander the Hon. H. C. Hobart, will, I hear, leave for the same destination as soon as they are ready for sea, probably about Saturday next. The sloop Firebrand, 6, Commander Bruce, which arrived on the Bth from Gibraltar, was ordered back again immediately, and the Amphion, 36, lefte Capt. on p t .0 r t c h h e , f 9 r othm. Messina,Tw o fr ig a a n t d es t ' he Liffey, 51, Capt. G. Preedy, C. 8,, from Corfu, have been likewise ordered off by telegraph for the Straits, and it is reported that the naval forces now assembling there in such haste will be still further augmented by some of the ships from the coast of Syria. The Tri dent, 3, Commander B. G. Nicolas, arrived on the Bth, in five days, from Gibraltar, but I have not heard whether she is to be sent back again. The Terrible, 21, Capt. F. H. H. Glasse, C. 8., has also arrived here from Palermo, and nothing is yet said about her departure. The Algiers before leaving exchanged some 30 or 40 of her condemned guns for serviceable ones, including the usual complement of Armstrongs, with which nearly all the ships are now provided. The Queen was at Syracuse and was recalled by telegraph, arriving here on the Bth, and leaving, as before stated, on the 9th. While there, the Governor of Syracuse, attended by his staff, went on board and was received by Capt. Hillyar and his officers. On leaving the ship he was saluted with 15 guns. The Neptune, 91, Capt. Hornby, left Malta on the sth inst. for Syra cuse and Corfu. The User, 90, Capt. T. Mason, arrived on the previous day from the Pincus, hav ing been relieved there by the Melpomene, 51, Capt. Ewa~t; the Mars, 80, Capt. J. N. Strange; and the Surprise, 4, have left Malta for the Piraeus. The Mars was inspected previous to her departure by the captain of the Fleet. On the 4th inst. a soldier of the Royal Artillery, quartered in St. Elmo Barracks fired his carbine at his Adjutant, Capt. Keate, who ou hearing the report, exclaimed There's another military murder.' It was not until some one in formed him he had been fired at that he was aware of the danger of his life had been in. The ruffian, having missed his aim, was seized in the act of re loading his carbine to make a second attempt. He immediately confessed his crime. There appears, however, to be some doubt as to the man's sanity. Her Majesty's surveying vessel Medina, Capt. T. A. Spratt, C. 8., came in on the 7th inst. from Alex andria for the 'winter, to repair. The Victor Em manuel, 91, has left Messina for Corfu. The Megrera troopship is daily expected from that island. Her Majesty's ships in port are :—The Marlborough, 131 (flagship of the commander-in chief); Hibernia, receiving-ship (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H. J. Codrington, C. 8.) ; Aga memnon, 91 ; James Watt, 91; Caesar, 90 ; Ter rible, 21; Medina, 4, surveying vessel ; Firefly, ditto; Trident, 3; Foxhound, 4; and tug Hearty. Foreign :—ltalian war steamer Monzambano." Additional orders have been received from the Admiralty directing the Argus, 6,981 tons, 300 horse power, paddlewheel steamer, to be brought forward for commission with the utmost expedition. In consequence of the numerous steamvessels now being fitted for commission at Chatham Dockyard, Admiralty orders have been received at that estab- lishment directing that the fitting of the Jumna, 16, sailing ship, for a guardship on the coast of Africa, is not to be prcceeded with for the present. The screw steam frigate Emerald, 51, Capt. A. Cumming, put back to Plymouth Sound on Satur day, as reported in The Sun; she has been as far as the Bay of Biscay, and made but little progress under both sail and steam, having encountered very heavy gales from the south-west, in one of which she carried away the yoke of her steering wheel. She returned in consequence. Her boats have also been slightly damaged. The Emerald left Ports mouth originally on particular service, and during an absence of a month incurred such injuries on the banks of Newfoundland that she was compelled to put back. Her stern -post, knee, &c., were repaired in dock, and she left the Sound again on Monday last, the 9th inst., for the North American station. A number of gunners and first class seamen, in eluding several non-commissioned and warrant offi cers, have left the Pembroke, 60, training ship, at Harwich for headquarters, in consequence of instruc tions from the Admiralty. Three draughts have left, the men being intended to join the ships recently ordered for immediate commission. The screw steam frigate Orlando, 51, was on Saturday put out of Keyham basin, and placed at moorings off the Devonport Dockyard for conve nience of fitting her for the pennant. During Saturday and previous day an important series of trials was made at the testing-housein Chat ham dockyard, for the purpose of submitting to powerful tests a superior description of iron from the ironworks belonging to Earl Dudley, at Dudley, which it is proposed shall be used in the construc tion of the Achilles. Upwards of 60 specimens of bar, plate, angle, and T iron have been forwarded to Chatham dockyard, with the request that they may be submitted to any tests thought desirable to ascertain their quality. Accordingly two days were occupied in testing, by means of the hydraulic en gines, the various specimens forwarded, Earl Dudley being represented at the trials by Mr. Smith, his principal manager, Mr. Schofield, and Mr. Azzani ; Mr. Lang, master shipbuilder, and Mr. Cotsoll, mas ter smith, at Chatham, superintending the trials on the part of the Admiralty. The average standard required by the Admiralty is that the best iron shall stand a test of 22 tons to the inch with the grain, and 19 tons against it. The samples coming up to that qualification are considered very good, a consi derable quantity of the iron recently sent in to Chat ham dockyard for the Achilles having attained no thing like that standard, and consequently been all rejected. Oat of the 68 samples of iron sent in from Earl Dudley's works, every kind, with only one ex csleipgthiotens,tbfloarewt,htehe22gtroenats mtesatiowriittyhoouftthexehsiabmitpinlegstrhee gsatuhaereenionrcmhobuesfofroeracneyofsig2nB o a f n a d fl ev aw en o 3 ou O l t d o b n e s to u i t r h i en _ - I N IVI4' 0 I , *, t 1 01•I n pry .... .......ii + ) ''' *C.' .4 -';'t_, — '*`" --- 7.- •-r- - - - 1 1- 7 T :, 7- , ,A.:: - . c.:-: . :4 - 7 , 71 r-.:1-e.i;•4 1 moreover, in truth, being considerable—" Nor `stl4 Sinclair," as a serial, betrayed;,-v;ety considerable P?-'• deficiencies. These deficiencies kheeonae, howeveriS'a,e . so to speak, imponderable or inappreciable as flaws Vie of art, when the work, no iv that it is actually corn,e plated, comes to be regarded as a whole: For nar ratives published originally in this piecemeal man ner, the paramount requisite appears to be capable of definition thus—that each link in the chain shall be complete in itself, and that yet all these separate links shall be capable of revealing an instantaneous continuity when bound to gether at the close. Like the juggler's rings (let us say) that—taken up one by one, and then carelessly jumbled together in the wizard's hands, suddenly, in some mysterious manner, appear dangling from his grasp in one continuous chain. Is it then asked—now that " Norman Sinclair" lies before us in its entirety —has Professor Aytoun succeeded in his new voca tion, that is as a Poet turned Romancist ? The answer to this, we will say then at once, may be given very simply and very cm _ piratically. As a Novelist—Yes, and Triumph antly. As a Serialist, No, beyond all doubt, and a thousand times No. We prefer therefore to regard the work—now that it comes substantially under our notice in its completed form—we prefer to regard it altogether—not as a serial, but as a whole. Its comparative failure as a serial is really and truly after all a subject of very fugitive considera tion. Its success as a completed story we are disposed on the contrary to look upon as assured and unmistakeable. With the hero himself, Norman Sinclair—a noble-hearted fellow—our sympathies go right cordially through all the joys and sorrows, through all the anxieties andvicissitudes of his auto biographic narrative. He claims our own individual interest at once,of course,from his professional charac ter as a London journalist. And we follow the development of his fortunes with the liveliest curi osity from his earliest boyhood to the happy cul mination of the star of his career as the husband of Mary, nee Beaton, the charming heroine! Mary being the daughter of Richard Beaton, the Railway Monarch. Around the central group a wonderful crowd of imaginary beings, many of them doubtless drawn "from the life," all of them without any exception that we can think of, incite• bitably drawn "to the life"—attract our notice as we turn the pages of these volumes: fluctuating perpetually in their combinations, as they do, the while like the parti-coloured fragments of a kaleido scope. Specimens of humanity from various nations, from all classes, in divers garbs and of most vividly contrasting character, live and move before us as we sit within the magic circle of the Romancist. Yonder is my Lord Windermere, an admirable example of the English aristocrat. Yonder Sir George Smoothly, M.P.—" as pliable a glove, as slippery as an eel, and as consistent as April wea ther." Here slouches by in his huge peajacket a genuine original—David Osett, the sterling and the whimsical. There trips past us—dainty, riant, fastidious—Arthur Faunce, better known in the story as Attie Faunce, the universal favourite. The villain of the narrative—to whom due poetic jus tice is meted out at last—is Joseph Speedwell, the scampish betting man, eventually the forger, and generally coming, in the vilest sense of the words, under the category of a ne'er-do-well. In Mr. Pocock we have a sort of less eccentric Mr. Bucket —otherwise the type and paragon of a Detective. Mr. Shearaway, Writer to the Signet—one of the alarmingly entitled firm of Mucklecry, Littlewoo, and Shearaway—is excellently well delineated throughout as the common sense adviser, " guide, philosopher, and friend " of Nor man. A word of commendation is due likewise to the lifelike limning of Mr. Poins, the Solicitor. The portraiture of the Yankee adven turer Jefferson I. Ewins—is more elaborately done than the majority of the characters introduced. Yet even the best of these are often finished sketches—pencilled too in styles the most diver sified : now as it were in crayons, with a delicate tinge upon the cheek—now in sharp and well-cut outlines, like that little black-and-white shadow of a likeness known as the silhouette! Does any one want at a glance to appreciate Professor Aytoun'a perfect master of the genuine, quaint, racy Scottish dialect, let the seventh chapter in the second of these delightful volumes be turned to—the chapter com posed entirely (pp. 97-112) of Baillic M`Chapple's account of his memorable visit to Paris. Again— having thus tested our Novelist's powers as a sus tained Humorist—let his capacity as a pathetic writer be evidenced by Norman's simple and most touching narrative of the death of his uncle good Dr. Buchanan. Occasionally in the dry grotesque ness of the mere manner of the narrative, one is reminded—particularly in the openings of the chapters—of the mock heroic, serio-comic oddity of Fielding. Quoth the writer gravely at the beginning of chap. vi., vol. III. — " Lawyers like cras on a kitchen flcor make more noise than speed, and sometimes to the vulgar eye, appear to retrograde instead of advancing. In the same volume there are introduced at critical stages in the crowded movement of the plot some inimitable racing scenes, that would have glad dened the heart of Mr. Apperly, and that may compete with Jack Hinton's famous steeplechase on Moderideroo ! As to the recollections of Auld Reekie in Norman's earlier childhood—recollec tions with the record of which the fiction opens to the reader's gaze—they, more vividly than any other portion of the story, appear to partake of the veritable character of autobiographic descrip tion. Altogether, viewing the narrative of Norman Sinclair as a whole, we hesitate not to offer Pro fessor Aytoun—long ranked so highly in our estimation as Humorist, Critic, Satirist, Poet— our earnest congratulation upon his brilliant debut in his newly developed capacity as a Novelist. ~''`~ LETTERS TO VENEZUELA. On the Ist January next, and thenceforwad, the following alterations will take place in the British rates of postage chargeable upon letters, book packets, and newspapers conveyed by packets be tween the United Kingdom and the Republic of Veneznela. 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