The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-02 00:00:00

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' ' 41 1 d - P --Pr N , 1me..... ---.--.--.... -- 4, - ikT MUTE Ir 11011 A l ir P .v_l4_ , ,iviwa_ JULY 2 , _ 1863, peaufp4E,..D. ,451. e‘ ' • I a ~~~~ THE LONDON COCOA-NUT FIBRE COMPANY (Limited)• Incorporated under the C( innani( s Act, 18(2, whereby the Liability of every Shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares. k on, er)-- eats. d for --- Capital £20,000, in 20,E 00 Shares of £1 each. Deposit ss. on application, arid ss. on • llotment. Calls not to exceed ss. per share; No call to be made within three months from the Into; I:oration of the Company, and sub sequent Calls at intervals of not lees than three months. law dren, DIRECTORS. F . M. Hayward, Esq., 32, f;( orge-street, Hanover , square. Major Bamford, 6, Sutherland. street, Belgrave - squ are. Frederick Angerstein, Esq., 133, B,oane-street, and Carlton Club. Prank Cole, Esq., 76, Gower-street, Bedford-square. T. Litticwood, Esq, Broom Hall, t het:held. J. Stevens, Esq„ 6?5, Cornhill. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. The English and Irish Bank (Limited), 25, Poultry, E.C. :---- a paper containing a severe but not unmerited attack on the pretentious assumption and ignorant self-complacency of some unfavourable specimens of the rising generation. grief he found that the ostrich eggs produced at that banquet were a foreign article laid in Paris. (Laughter and cheers.) After some more speeches the company separated. Naval and. Military Intelligence. third Now ready, with a LETTER from the Author, in 3 vols., F OURTH EDITION of LOST AND SAVED. By the lion. MRS. NORTON. " ' Lost and Saved' will be read with eagerger inter novel. t by es tpose es who love a touching story. It is a us " " A novel of ra - e excel lence ; fresh in its thought , shrewd and , übtle in its character-painting, an d with a brave so ul speaking through it. It is Mrs. Norton's best prose work." —Examiner. I Burst and B'ackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. SEA, First- class APPRENTICES required in an East Indiaman.—For premium, name of ship, &c. apply to Messrs. Laing and Co., 27, Colemlin-street, Bank. No control over or interference in the outfitting exercised THE NAVY - _ THE BRITISH CONSUL AT RICHMO• .1 bill !pay intr.* teed, MR. T. CARRICK begs to announce to his Artist Friends and the Public i that his Photographic rastablishment , 32, Regent-street, Pccaddly-circus, is now in full operation. Cartes de Visite, 10 for les. 6d ; 21 for £l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. was SOLICITOR, Charles Parke, Esq , 37, Moorgate-street, E.C. AUDITOR. Mr. S. T. Cooper, Public Accountant, 10, Basinghall street, E.C. SECRETARY—Mr. C. H. Baker. MANAGER OF WORKS—Mr. James Lane. Temporary Works—Arthur-terrace, Holloway. Offices -No. 1, 'un-court, Cornhill. This Compkny is formed for the purpose of manu facturin g Cozoa-Nut F bre Mats and Matting, under Letters Patent granted to George Davies. dated the 24th April. 1862. The principal feature of DM ies's Invention consists in the improved pile of the mat, and, owing to the mode of weaving, great durability is given to the fabric at a reduced cost of manufacture. The superiority of articles manufactured by this process Over the present method will be well understo d in the trade when it is stated that matting of all descriptions, and car liege and door mats, &c., have a thick fibrous pile upon the surface hitherto unattained. The continually extend ir g demand for articles made of Cocoa fibre will be greatly stimulated by the introduction of the Patent process into the manufacture. The harshness hitherto compl a i ne d of in matting made of this material in the ordi nary method will no longer rema n a source of complaint, the Patent process rendering the material and articles made of it not only more durable, but much softer. The Patent at the present time is being worked profitably to a limited extent. The proposed Capital will be ample for the payment of the purchase-money for the patent, for looms and other plant, and for working the busine.s on a large sc-tle. The calculations made warrant the probability that the profits will exceed 25 per cent., and as the manufactory re quired is of a simple and inexpensive character, the works will be in operation, and profits will be realised, within three months after allotment of shares. The following is an Estimate of Profits to be realised : £ s. d. 80 Looms, producing 701 t. Mats per day, at 2d. per foot profit (when sold at the lowest mar ket price), equal to £llOl. per week per loom; after allowing for stoppages, kay 41 per week per loom, equal taper annum--. . 3.120 0 0 20 Looms on Matting and Fancy Work s profit of its. per loom per week, equal to per annum 620 0 0 Rent, Taxes, Gas, and Firing for Manufactur- ing _ • • • • • • Wages and Management 3 Horses' keep .. E penses of Offices and Staff . Wear and Tear a oount Reserve account £3 0 £3,e40 0 0 180 0 0 624 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 .. £2OO 0 0 .. .. 200 0 0 400 0 0 Balance of Profit on Capital of £5,000, nearly equal to 40 per cent. per annum .. .. 1,986 0 0 £3,640 0 0 If no allotment be made, the deposit will be returned in full. Specimens of the new and improved manufacture may be seen at the offices of the Company, where applications for prospectuses and shares may be made. FORK OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES, To the Directors of the London Cocoa-Nut Fibre Company (Limited). No. 1, Sun-court, Cornhill. E.C. Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers the sum of , being the de , osit of ss. per share on shares in the London Cocoa-Nut Fibre Company (Limited), I request that you will allot me that number; and I accept such shares, or any less number. And I further request that my name may be placed on th register of shareholders for such shares so allotted. And I further agree to sign the Articles of Association when called upon so to do . I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient Servant, ... Name Address ......... Profession or Business Date RECEIPT FOR DEPOSIT. Received, this day of . 1863, from , the sum of pounds shillings, being a deposit of ss. per share on shares in the London Cocoa-Nut FAbre Company (Limited). _ For If inconvenient to make the deposit with the Bankers, the entire form may be sent to the Company's offices, by post, accompanied by a Cheque crossed, or by Post-office Order, payable to the Secretary. T HE CONTINENTAL GAS AND WATER COMPANY (Limited). ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. Capital £lOO,OOO, in 10,000 shares of £lO each. First issue £50.000. in 5,000 shares. De•posit, 10s. per share on application, and 10s. on allotment. No future call to exceed £2 per share, at intervals of not less than three months, Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum to be allowed for the first twelve months, during the construction of the new works. DIRECTORS. Alexander Beattie, Esq.,3la,liieilical Inspector Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company. Amyand Elliott, Esq., 29, Cadogan-place, BelgTave-square. James Reynolds, Esq., Director of the Independent Gas Company, John Romanes, Esq., Director of the General Iron Foundry Company. Charles Saunderson, Esq., Director of the Guarantee Society. George Scamell, Esq., Director of the Submarine Telegraph Company. Henry Palfrey Stephenson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Crystal Palace District Gas Company. Felix Webber, Esq., Catford House. Catford Bridge, Kent. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Edwards and Co., Westminster. ENGINEER. J. Hodgson Jones, Memb. Inst. Civil Eneineers, F.C.S 26, Great George-street, Westminster. BANKERS. Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 75, Cornhill. BROKERS. Messrs. Crossley Brothers, 30, Cornhill. Offices : 30, CornhilL The highly profitable results which have attended the in vestment of English capital in gas works on the Continent favour an extension of enterprise in that direction. The following are the dividends paid on, and the present prices ot, the shares of English companies having works on the Continent : Name of Company. IDividend. Amount paid Present per share. Price. The Imperial Conti-1 nental Gas The European Gas .... Ditto New .... The Malta and Medi terranean Gas, re cently established ~.._ 12 per et. 10 „ 10 „ £43 15 £lO 0 £2 10 £B3 to £B4 £l6 £6 6 ~ £1 to 1 pm. Tnere is room for great improvement in the present sup ply of water on the Continent. The directors hive already secured the water-works of Arras, the chief town of the de partment of the Pas-de-Calais, in France. The earnings of the current year will be sufficient to give six per cent. profit on this s 4 ction of the capital of the company. No payment is to be made to promoters. Prospectuses and Corms of application for shares may be obtained of the brokers, the solicitors, and at the offices of the company, where the memorandum and articles of asso ciation can be seen. THE GREAT CADER IDRIS LEAD. COPPER, IRON MINING, and SLATE COMPANY (Limited). This Company being completely registered under the Joint- Stook Companies' Act, 1862, with Limited Liability, no Shareholder can, under any circumstances, be made re sponsible for a greater amount than the shares for which he subscribes. 00000 Capital £40,00?, in 40,000 Shares of £1 each. Deposit, ss. per share on application, and ss. per share on allotment. DIRECTORS. Col. Abbott, 150, Leadenhall-street, and Upper Spring-street, Portman-square, William Ancrum, Esq. (formerly H.M. Consul at Tunis), Pence, S urre y, • E. J. Bedell, Esq. (Director of the St. David's Mining Corn __.Plla7), 34, Beaumont-street, Portland-p,ace. J. Cole, Esq., 76, Gower-street, Bedfora-square. Edwards Richards, Esq., Knightsbridge, and. Westbourne, Emsworth, Sussex. James Young. Esq., 19, Great George-street, Westminster. With power to add - to their number. BANKERS. Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-street. SOLICITOR. G. R. Dodd, Esq., F.S.A., 28, New Broad-street, B.C. AUDITORS. Will be appointed by the Shareholders. SECRETARY (pro ter:ill—Messrs. Leitch and Maguire. Temporary Offices—No. gate -street, E.C. Moor C. This Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing nd an I extensive and valuable grant of Lead, Copper, Iron Ore, a Slate, en the north side of the noted Cader Idris Mountain, known as the Cyfannedd-fawn, in the parish of Llanegryn, Merionethshire, North Wales, held under lease for 21 years, at 1-15th Royalty on all minerals (except Iron Ore, at a Royalty of only 4d per ton). The great grant includes numerous lodes of Lead, Zinc, es an u el t Copper - Iron of the best qual it y , and blende with traces Gold—also excellent Slate. An adit-level intersects several lodes of Silver-lead, or Galena. A Copper lode opened upon, gives promise of excellent re sults. An Iron vein runs through the entire grant. An extensive bed of Slate of good cleavage can be worked to great advantage. The Silver-lead, proved by assay, has yielded 40 ounce s of silver to the ton of ore. Lead and Copper from a shaft at the end of the alit have realised £32 per ton. The Iron vein is estimated to produce 61 p h e e r e c u en t t in o tu f i p r a o v n e . - The Slate is of superior Duality, and can of water ment, flooring, chimney pieces, dm The stream running through the grant offer great facilities fo is t' work e i n n e g d . scouring, and cutting the slate. In fact, a Quarry op upon the property will pay well for working. - t in a rich The foregoing facts and the position o f the gr , mineral district, warrant the concl usion that efficiehnutlay worked, the mine is capable of yieldingreturn s equal tot e of the most profitable mines in the Principality. The Property being advantag eou sly situated about hal f a mile from the Welsh Coast Railway, from which a siding can It ir s o t l T:c t i h e e d s a h t ip m p od t zrate cost, awl only miles by pubbc of transit which .1. • tl b ro e a el d With these k•a y enhances its port of Barm v o a n lu th e. , affords a facility ma , hi a'tventages. and adequate water power for --- herY, dressing ores, &c., the Directors, after workin g carefu investigati on. confidently anticipate that 10s. per share neon the capital of t he Company will be sufficient to deVe lOpethe wealth of the mine, and produce profitable re sults without further calls. The Lessee having agreed to take £3,001 in cash, and 5,000 paid up shares. assigns all his interest in the mine, inc uding upwar,is of l(,0 acres of mineral ground—the previous out lay—mining buildings, smith's shop, offices, dressing floors, bucking house , &c.. Immediate operations can therefore be commence d when, in the judgxnent of the Directors, sufficient capital is subscribed. Samples of the different ores taken from the mine, reports, I.;:dolpp'ication for shares, may e p i h e e c d t u a s will be returned if no allotment P ol s ces of the Comaany ; and the deposit paid te9tiloeannTdaer for ms be made to the applicant. ricanision FORM OF APPLIC ATION FO R SCARES. To the Directors of the Great Ceder Idris Lead, Copper, Iron !dining, and Slate Company, (Limit ed). Gentlemen, —Having paid to your Cm ed). with Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co. , £ , hereby request you be alte w.ll allot me shares In th e above Compan y , and I a g ree to accept such shares, or any less numbers hat ra ay to me ; and I authorise you to insert my ame ha the register of Shareholders for the same. Name ......................... Address Profession or business ... Date .. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., CHURCH AND CHAPEL. By the Author of " No Church, „ "Owen: Owen : a Waif," Szc. " This tale is well w ritten, well constructed, and animated rfully the by the various pass ions that move most powe human heart." —Daily News. " One of the most powerful and interesting novels that have come before us this season. It will be read with vivid intere st." —Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, royal Bvo., with Map and 50 Illustrations, TRAVELS ON HORSEBACK IN MANTCHU TARTARY : A Summer's Ride beyond THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA. By GEORGE FLEMING. " Mr. Fleming's narrative is a most charming one. He has an untrodden region to tell of, and he photographs it, and its people and their ways."—Spectator. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ---. Now ready at all the Libraries , in 2 vols., Bvo., 285., LORD WILLIAM LENNOX'S FIFTY YEARS' BIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES. Among other celebrated and remarkable persons of whom anecdotes are given in these volumes will be found the Em perors Alexander of Russia. Francis of Austria, and Napoleon 111. ; K ings George IV., William IV., Louis XVIII., Frede rick William ot Prussia, William of Holland ; the Dukes of York, Kent, Cambridge, Richmond, Beaufort, and Welling ton ;Lords Cast ereagh, Fitzclarence. Worcester , Fo rtescue, Bentinck, Hill, Derby, Fitzhardinge, El hinstone, Bertto d, Darham, Hay, A.nglesey, Egremont ; ' Messrs. 'Pitt, Fox, Disraeli, ThOmas Moore, Theodore Hook, Barham, Kemble, Kean, Smith, Dunoombe, Matthews, and Count D'Orsay ; the Duchesses of Glouoester, Richmond, Devonshire, Gordon, St. Albans, Rutland ; Lady Blessington ._• Mesdames Fitz herbert, Patterson, Grassini, Catalan', Malibran, Vestris, Grist, &c. Hurst and Blackett„ 13, Great Marlborough-street. R. CHURCH'S New Picture, the, ICEBERGS, painted from studies made in the Northern Seaseet, in the summer of 18.59.—German Gallery, 168, Ne s Bon d-str W. Admission, ls. ------- OTEL, PARIS -THE GRAND 11 B ou levard des Capucines, Place de Nouvelle Opera , opposite the Rue de la Pair, and near the Theatres, Hai been opened since July, 1862. It contains 700 bed rooms, prices from 41r. to 25fr ;70 drawing-rooms, from bfr. to 301 r. ; a magnificent salon, capable of dining more than 300 persons, and where there is a table d'hote at six o'clock. Dinners and breakfasts are served ala carte in coffee rooms, as well as in the apartments. There is a the reading room with the best English and foreign papers and publica tions, a music-room, and a drawing-room for the use of travellers without any additional charge. There are also baths, billiard-rooms, smoking divans, post-office ; cabs, car riages. and omnibuses going to the railway stations. The servants speak all languages. This superb hotel, possessing all that modern luxury and comfort can combine, and situa to the attention of travellers. __..--------- T H OXF O RD, R, OXFORD STREET. Will be performed Selection s from the following Operas : LA CIRCASSIENNE, MARTHA, and MASANIELLO. Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Ellison, art, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, and Evans, with full band and chorus. C o nducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos Master Sanders, the Juvenile Vocalist. UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, RAND. and the marvellous ARTHUR and BE R T RAND. The !TALL has been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is now one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Supported by Messrs. Albi W. CANTE FINEA L L ARTS Y NoncE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT. The Last Two Weeks of the' Marvellous A.R,THUR and BERTRAND, the Two French Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly for him. SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and TAYLOR. GRAND N S ASELECTIO from OP . ERAS, GLEES, and NTS Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green , Signor Bernardi, and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, ed. ; stalls and balcony, Is. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALA CE. —New Musical Invention, the GRAND PIANO ORCHESTRE, combining a full Band of 2s Instruments, will be Performed on by, the Inventor, Herr SCHALKENBACH, EVERY AFTERNOON, between the hours of Three and Five o'clock. Admission —Sixpence and One Shilling. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—Continned 111) Success of the marvellous RISARELIS. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN EVERY EVENING, at Half - past Ten o'clock. ARGYLL RO OM S.--JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. NOTICE. —During the Week the Selections will be—" Der Frieschutz "—" La Forza del Destino "—" Trovatore " " Don Giovanni," &e. LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a -Piston, plays from halt -past Nine to Twelv. Admisseion, is. GEORGE HOBSON invite s p ublic attention to his Superfine West of England Wooden BLACK for Beaufort and Frock Coats, £2 15s. to £3 38. the Nev Neutral Comur Scot:11 Angola Travelling and Tourist Suits, £ 2los. to X , 18s. ; the new Summer Trousers, 168. to 218. ; the Bade n Waistcoats, Us. Excellence will Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, 57, LOIIBARD-STREET. HE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a trumen, by Negretti and Zambra, will cor 57, Cornhill ; rectly in dic ate whether the Barometer falls for Rain or for and 122, Regent-street. Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp•'-'l' Hatton -garden ; ESTAB LISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S lERATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottlA;, warra nted to keep goo d twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water. Potass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters. — Manu tactor y , No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and Eyebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of ELITT'S TONIC LOTION the stimulative properties of L whic O h are unfailing in their, o p e ration. Thomas Elliott invites a trial from the most sceptical, that they may be con vinced of its infallible power. Price 3s. 6d., 55. 6d., 105. ed., and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thomas Elliott, hairgrower (that floor), 51, Fenchurch-street. T. E.'s wigs. £1 10s. OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUM BIA, established upwards of thirty years, is theest and only :ertain remedy ever discovered for preserving, s rengenng, beautifying, or restoring the hair,whiskers, or moustaches, and preventing them turning grey. Sold in bottles, 3s. 6d., 65., and tie., by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Wellington-street, Strand, London, W.C., and all chemists and perfumers. For chil dren's and ladies' hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. PICTURE FRAME MOULDINGS, Wholesale I and for Expnrtation. Country dealers and the trade sup plied on advantageous terms. Superior Washable. 6ft. lengths —1 inch bead, flat hollow, Bs. ; /inch, 7s. ; 1 inch bead, 7 s. B d.; tbead, Cs. Bd. ; 4 inch bead, Cs. ; 1 inch double hollow, 7s. 6d.; inch, C. Rd. ; / inch slip hollow, 58.; inch, Cs 8d per dozen. iscount off the above by the gross. Fancy Wood Mouldings, in 12f t lengths-11 inch, 2s. per length, lis. per halt dozen ; lf inch, 2s. 6d., 13s. 6d. ; 2 troll, 35., (Cs. 6d. ; 21 inch, Cs. 6d., 19s ; 24 inch, 45., 225. Best Gold Mouldings. For list of reducea prices, see trade price list, forwarded on receipt of stamp.—G. Polley, Wholesale Warehouse, 19, Wych-street, Strand, W.C. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, nd Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegant assort ment 3f VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, dm., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble. Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand. W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate he interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT• at 149, Strand, W.C. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LETTER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXFIIBITED IN TIFE GREAT EXHIBITIONS or 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of l in its effects, f ERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the 51 oc-Main Pad and P atent Lever, fitting with so much ease tnd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn l u ring sleep. A desc r i p ti v e circular may be had, and t truss, which cannot fail to two fit, forwarded by post, hips, being on the cir cumference of the body, inches below the cent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, Z2B, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 168., 215.. 265. 6d., and Ms. 6d. Postage, 10, A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 520. 6d. Postage, ls Bd, An Umbilical Truss, 42 5. an d 525. 6d. Postage, 10. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,' Post )ffice, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, .tc., for Varicose Veins an d a cases are of W e akness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, & d a They porous, light•in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Prioe 4s. 6d., 70. 6d., 106., to 16s. eadh. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in th e i m mediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail- way Terminus at King's-cross. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas terman, E sq ., Ni c hol:Ls-lane ; and at the Hospital , fromlo till 0. STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary.' THE UNITED SERVICE.—The United Service for this month contains several articles of unusual in terest, the first being oa the war between France and Mexico, rendered all the more exciting at the present moment by the triumph the of French arms at Puebla, when their success was by many deemed to be very doubtful. The writer furnishes an elaborate list of the vast stores and munitions of war which have been orwarded from France. In a paper on Sir Morton Peto's views on naval and military expenditure, the editor does not show either him or the Manchester school much mercy, and we fear that, in many instances, his strictures are well merited. He asserts that whenever it happens that the representatives of commercial or manufacturing classes attempt to deal with public expenditure or Army and Navy estimates, they base their arguments on figures, which are incorrect. Under the head of " Internal Organisation of the French Navy" is the title of an article which furnishes some curious statistics of the early history of the French marine during the last two centuries. A sketch of Singa pore and a coasting voyage along the Cochin China coast, through the Straits of Rhio, Banat, and by other ocean stations, gives a brief but succinct description of them. In a review of the French campaign in Cochin China, the history of French operations reach the latter portion of the 18th century, It is not to be supposed that the United Service would pass over the remarkable trial between the Earl of Cardigan and Lieutenant-Colonel Calthorpe, in which, of course, the charges are thoroughly sifted, and the ridiculous accusation of oowsrdice against a man• who, -whatever his faults, is at Igast free from any sus picion of want of courage, is speedily disposed of. The in teresting account of a trip to Vancouver's Island and British Columbia is concluded. " Greenwich Characters" is amusingly written. Chapter 111. of " Mili tary Studies" relates exclusively to the management of cavalry in the field, and draws attention to the use made of this important arm in the late campaign in Italy between the French and Austrians. Papers on " Depot Battalions," and the " Reminiscences of a Cadet," with the usual naval and military intelligence, complete the number. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY.—" The Shadow of Ashlydyat" is continued, and in this instalment the end comes for Thomas Godolphin. That sad suffer ing man, so weary of the march of life, is at last Ln - peace, and one feels a sense of relief as the bells ring out on the evening air, telling of the troubled i soul freed from anxiety, and the stricken heart passed from the reach of the destroyer. George Godolphin's sins are beginning to find him out. Ilis first victim is his brother, his next will be his wife. Already has she 'whispered a warning to him—she does not think that she will be able to start with him for India, where he had been fortunate enough to gain a situation. This tale is a very sad one, but not the less true to life in its solemn woes and dreary days of care and nights of waking. It is now on the verge of conclusion apparently, and its interest has become very ex citing. " Revelations of the Guillotine" is a sombre sketch that will be attractive to those who delight in the dreadful catalogue of crime and bloodshed which occupies the page of history in so many divisions. " Cardinal Fleury," is the title of Sir Nathaniel's descriptions this month. " Three Cardinals have reigned in France, Riche lieu, Mazarin, and Fleury. With least genius, Fleury had the art of proving sufficient unto the day and the demands thereof, without resorting to the axe, like Richelieu, or to intrigue, like biazarin —he continued their work of isolating the Crown by lowering the no blesse." ''his paper is a very entertaining and instructive one. " The Japanese Flowery Land" re fers to a narrative of a journey to that place, and gives a flourishing account of the " joys of Japan," inter spersed with more serious matter for consideration. " Strathmore" is a life romance, by the author of " Gran ville de Vigne." It is to be hoped that this new work will contain sentiments more congenial to the tastes of English readers than its predecessors. "An Artist's Study in the Quartier Latin" is an amusing modern exemplification of the tale of Bluebeard. The story is agreeably told, and the description of holidays given at the commencement of it will carry many readers back in thought to the days of their long past youth. " Red ding's Literary and Political Recollections" are ably de scanted upon; and "A Fast Pilgrim" is a brilliant sketch of an amusing work of travels. " The Queen and the Dying Soldier," by Nicholas Michel, is the title of some verses, which contain a graceful allusion to an affecting incident which took place on the occasion of the Queen's late visit to the hospital at Netley. These verses record the circumstance in a touching manner. Now stood she by a couch where, ghastly pale, A veteran languished ;—brightly shone the day, But ah I like night upon a darkening vale, On him death's shadow lay. His soul was flitting to that unknown land, Where he, she loved, his crown of glory wore, Looking, perchance, down on her, smiling bland On deeds lie shared of yore The sinking hero heard that gentle voice ; Light o'er his features broke—revived his heart, His spirit seemed a moment to rejoice, While Death held back his dart. To see the kind, the mighty Sovereign here— Queen of the realms where never sets the sun— Beside his lowly bed, a sorrowing tear For him whose course was run, 'Twas honour, joy, sweet consolation given; Oh, to have stemmed the battle's fearful scene, And die like this—he poured warm thanks to Heaven, He bless'd that pitying Queen. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) We give below, from the _Richmond Sentinel of the 12th inst., a despatch of the Secretary of State of the Confederate States to Mr. Mason, their com missioner in England, which makes known the causes of the late revocation of the exequatur of the British Consul at the port of Richmond, in doing which Mr. Benjamin takes occasion to explain the grounds of Jiff Davis's action and the views which govern the policy which he is put suing. This despatch is numbered 24 : Confederate States of America, Department of State, Richmond, June 6th. Sir,—Herewith you will receive copies of the following papers : A. Letter of George Moore, Esq., her Britannic Majesty's Consul in Richmond, to this Depart ment, dated 16th of February, 1863. B. Letter from the Secretary of State to Consul Moore, 20th of February, 1863. C. Letters patent by the President, revoking the resignation of Consul Moore, sth of June, 1863. D. Letter inclosing to Consul Moore a copy of the letters patent revoking his resignation. It is deemed proper to inform you that this action of the President was influenced in no small degree by the communication to him of an unofficial letter of Consul Moore, to which I shall presently refer. It appears that two persons named Malony and Farrell, who were enrolled as conscripts in our ser vice, claimed exemption on the ground that they were British subjects, and Consul Moore, in order to avoid the difficulty which prevented his corre sponding with this Department, as set forth in the paper B, addressed himself directly to the Secretary of War, who was ignorant of the request made by this department for the pro duction of the consul's commission. The Secretary of War ordered an investigation of the facts, when it became apparent the two men had exercised the right of suffrage in this State,thus debarring them selves of all pretexts for denying their citizenship ; that both had resided here for eight years, and had settled on and were cultivating farms owned by themselves. You will find annexed the report of Lieut.-Col. Edgar, marked E, and it is difficult to conceive a case presenting stronger proofs of the re nunciation of native allegiance and of the acquisi tion of de facto citizenship, than are found in that report. It is in relation to such a case that it has seemed proper to Consul Moore to denounce the Government of the Confederate States to one of its own citizens as being indifferent "to cases of the most atrocious cruelty." A copy of his letter to the counsel of the two men is annexed, marked F. The earnest desire of this Government is to enter tain amicable relations with all nations, and with none do its interests invite the formation of closer ties than with Great Britain. Although feeling aggrieved that the Government of her Majesty has pursued a policy which, according to the confessions of Earl Russell himself, has increased the disparity of strength which he considers to exist between the belligerents, and has conferred signal advantage on our enemies, in a war in which Great Britain announces herself to be really and not nominally neutral, the President has not deemed it necessary to interpose any obstacle to the continued residence of British consuls within the Confederacy by virtue of exequaturs granted by the former Government. His course has been consistently guided by the principles which underlie the whole structure of our Government. The State of Virginia having dele gated to the Government of the United States, by the Constitution of 1787, the power of controlling its foreign relations, became bound by the action of that. Government in its grant of an exequatur to Consul Moore. When. Virginia seceded, withdrew the powers delegated to the Government of the United States and conferred them on this Government, the exequatur granted to Con sul Moore was not thereby invalidated. An act done by an agent while duly autho rised, continues to bind the principal after the revocation of the agent's authority. On these grounds the President has hitherto steadily resisted all influences which have been exerted to induce him to exact of Foreign Consuls that they should ask for an exequator from this Government as a condition of the continued exercise of their func tions. It was not deemed compatible with the dignity of the Government to extort, by enforcing the withdrawal or national protection from neutral residents, such inferential recognition of its independence as might be supposed to be im plied in the request of an exequatur. The Consuls of foreign nations, therefore, established within the Confederacy, who were in the possession of an exequatur issued by the Government of the United States prior to the formation of the Confe deracy, have been maintained and respected in the exercise of their legitimate functions, and the same protection and respect will be accorded to them in future, so long as they confine themselves to the sphere of their duties, and seek neither to evade or defy the legitimate authority of this Government within its own jurisdiction. There has grown up an abuse, however, the re sult of this tolerance on the part of the President, which is too serious to be longer allowed. Great Britain has deemed it for her interest to refuse acknowledging the patent fact of the existence of this Confederacy as an independent nation. It can scarcely be expected that we should, by our own conduct, imply assent to the justice or propriety of that refusal, now that the British Minister accredited to the Government of our enemies, as sumes the power to exercise authority over the consuls of Great Britain residing within this coun try, nay, even of appointing agents to supervise British interests in the Confederate States. This course of conduct plainly ignores the exist ence of this Government, and implies the continuance of relations between that Minis try and the consuls of her Majesty resident within the Confederacy prior to the withdrawal of these States from the Union. It is further the assertion of a right, on the part of Lord Lyons, by virtue of his credentials as her Majesty's Minister at Washington, to exercise the power and autho rity of a Minister accredited to Richmond, and offi cially received as such by the President. Under these circumstances, and because of similar action by other Ministers, the President has felt it his duty to order that no direct comm unication be gene mitred between the consuls of neutral nuttof in the Confederacy and the functionaoriunstry. th o se nations residing within the enemy's All communication, therefore, betweetnneheeornfAeldaell jesty's consuls or consular aents in Nether t toe v essels neutral atrohrrii arriving and foreign countries, tile, will hereafter be restricted The Presi, from or despatched for neutral ports. re dent has the less reluctance leinfasemlitoiseisntgo for ccdres. striction because of the E, w o rded by the fleets of pondence which are now the Confederate and en neu n t reatulrtarsdat e el a iraososudhuai eeiiy suga Increasing, d in and the regular tra de betwe, ade, which i s u ph e ld b y Confederate p orts. in spite of the paper Tbhiinsek her Majesty's Government ~ in e fi6 ts ofa and t h oi disregard,tChoc'ens dutiesf t e h d e e r P a c r e y o h f sident co nceives, of t of the d ictates of pub lid law, a impartial neutrals. You are instructed by the President to furnish a copy of this dispatch, with a copy of the papers ap pended, to her Majesty's Foreign Affairs. y, your respectfully, I am, very obedient servant, (Signed) J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of State. Hon. James. M. Mason, Commissioner, &C., London. Official intelligence has been received at the Admiralty of the deaths of the following officers since the Ist of April :—Admirals the Right Hon. :he Earl of Lauderdale, G.C.8., Sir J. Louis, Bart., and J. Carter; Vice-Admiral G. W. Cour- Y ; it Shepherd ; Capts. W. IFe.neßurne:r-ta Admir al,C.B, 3 WH. . Hig gs , _ T. Smith, C. lstoaanyn,ldeGeyr,.s Ree d ,tianstiyßutton, J. a Raymond, J. Wat and P. H. Somerville ; Corn ui , J. Sampson, W. Wnithrr, W. Pitman, J. TORTC, R. B. Johnstone, W. G. Rhind, G. Elvy, the Hon. 0. W. M. Lambert, and T. Bull Lieuts. W. Crawford, W. T. F. Mudge, H. C Streeten, A. Jeykill, E. C. Tinling, W. Clark, J. Gordon, A. Corbett, J. Elmsley, and A. Leathart ; Masters J. N. Willis, T. H.. Fraser, E. A. Carey, W. D. Strong, J. Sanford, and G. Wil son ; Chief Engineer S. Stephens; Second Mastars. G. Harris and H. Collins; Chaplains—Revs. C. B. Haslewood, M.A., and J. B. Snders, B.A. ; Surge. J. Niven, M.D., D. Ramsay, M.D., 3. M. Tl'oll ClarkeM.D., ~ E. Caldwell, J. Thompson , M.D., W. , M.D and 3. Ellis : Assist.-Surgs. I. Clarkson au Pen . Macdonald, M.D.; Pay masters G. Penfold,lL Pen galley, S. Davis, R. Simmons, and L. E. Beckett ; Assist.-Paymasters W. H. P. M. Gillham, D. s V. Hamilton and A. D. John stone. Royal Marine-- Lieut.-Gen. T. Nearing; Ma j or Gen. T.P. Dwyer; Lieut.-Col. C. 0 . Haw le y; Capts. H. T. Fox, and J. Howley ; Lieuts. E. E. Hill, C. J. D. Napier, A. M. Lyons, and L, D, Thierry. The following appointments were made at the Admiralty yesterday afternoon:— Richard Muniay, paymaster (additional), to the Britannia. Naval Cadet Nominated—Frank Wyley. THE ARMY. ' Yesterday Major-Gen. Bloomfield, Inspector- General of Royal Artillery, accompanied by his aide-de-camp, Major Teesdale, visited Sheerness for the purpose of inspecting No. 1 Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery, stationed at Sheerness Barracks. The gallant General was received by the Col.-Com mandant, W. R. Nedham, ILA., Col. Freeth, R.E., commanding Royal Engineers, Col. Talbot, R.A., commanding the Depot Brigade, and the principal officers of the garrison. He first proceeded to in- ' spect the troops, which were formed in line, and after a salute broke into open column, and marched past in slow and quick time. He then went through the columns and inspected the accoutrements. The men next broke off for light and heavy ordnance exercise with 110-pounder Armstrong, 68-pounder, 32-pounder, and light field guns, &c., performing the various evolutions in a manner which gave ex treme satisfaction. The deaths of the following officers have been officially reported at the War-office since the lat of June :—Gen. Sir J. Hanbury, K.C.8., K.C.H., Col, of the 99th Regiment; Lieut.-Gens. R. Jones, Col.- Commandant, Royal Artillery, and T. Wearing, Col. of the Plymouth division of Royal Marines ; Major- Gen. Sir J. Jebb, K.C.8., Royal Engineers. Lieut.- Cols.—H. L. Gibbard, Royal Artillery ; A. Munro, 16th Regiment ; and P. Aubin, 57th Regiment ; Capts, L. S. P. Gowan, 6th Dragoons (killed by a tiger near Mhow) ; C. D. Beavan, Royal Artillery; W. Wynne, Coldstream Guards; W. G. Hawkins, 15th Kegiment ; F. A. Macreight, 17th Regiment; A. J. Lane, 50th Queen's Own; E. A. Stotherd, 60th Rifles (wrecked in the Anglo Saxon); M. W. Heath, Royal Engineers ; R. Warner, sth Fusi leers ; R. Hart, 66th Regiment; J. Maclean, 103 d Regiment ; and A. H. Ormsby. Lieuts.—O. F. Layton, Royal Artillery ; H. Clarke, Military Train (wrecked in the Anglo• Saxon) ; H. A. Ellis, 82d Regiment ; C. J.Holbreok, 95th Regi ment; D. F. Murray, 3d West India Regiment; J. Garstin, 15th Regiment ; J. Winckworth, 75th Regiment; J. C. Peach, Royal African Corps; R. H. Fitzgerald ; and Baron E. Heimburg, King's German Legion. Ensign A. Autran, King's Ger man Legion ; Deputy -Commissary-Gen. S. Hop kins; and Surgs. F. 0. Brien, 69th Regiment, and P. White, 72d Highlanders. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER. Yesterday this company opened the portion of their Metropolitan Extension from Herne-hill to Beckenham. The importance of the completion of this link of the com pany's extension will be understood from the following facts :—Until yesterday persons going from the Victoria station to the continent had to proceed by way of Balham, Streatham, Norwood, and Crystal Palace—a very cir cuitous route, over bad gradients and not very desirable curves; whereas, by the ope nin g of yesterday, passengers proceed direct from the Victoria terminus via Herne-hill to Beckenham, not only saving three miles in distance, but having the advantage of excellent gradient and an almost direct line. The length of railway opened yesterday is about 4i miles. Leaving Herne-hill station we proceed over a viaduct of 30 arches, 1,000 feet in extent, which has been most substantially completed, and from a distance has a very picturesque appearance. Beyond this is an embank ment of a mile and a quarter, with an average height of 20 feet with a slope of 3to 1. Midway in this embankment is the Dulwich station, This portion of the works has been of an expensive character, but the outlay has been a wise one, inasmuch as almost perfect security has been obtained for the traffic, and all practical railway men know that in works of this character the first expense is the cheapest mode of execution. This policy of structure has (much to the credit of the company, and n o doubt else to the judgment of the contractors) been carried out over the whole of the works. Following the embankment is a cutting of one-third of a mile in extent, with slopes of 4 h to 1. This brings us, when at the depth of 60 feet, wilt.; tunnel under Sydenham-hill, and at the face of twist. there is now being erected a station for the acconioT his tion of the neighbourhood. In the c on.structi_ on _ l ase d. tunnel no fewer than 32,000,000 bricks have T u rn some f l i u diire blue The work consists of eight layers of bri t, :i parts of twelve, of which 4,000,000 are S eat :tsui tial bricks. This This work is of the most there is no railway racter, and it may be truly said that th a e country surpassing structure of a similar character inexeentio. Immediately it in solidity and excellence of under n ine lines of rail and Brighton Com beyond the tunnel the line great, but tbe g y way belonging to the South- contra ctors contractors in contending 'Allies, The difficulties °f rEsaseshater: been and that, complaia from the with this portion of surmounted, have been more than satiefaot the W O r osy as we understand, witudou and 13 - tighten. officials. South-Eastern. or the Lthilese l i nes Passing t h e bridge over the p we come to a sma ll • h bring° us t° Penge station and an em cutting wh ich c haracter to th bankment—sirailar it_l_ Deckenhana e one already men tioned —brings as to may congratulate • The London, Chatham, and Dover C°lnPan tl l ie through ongrattdate themselves upon having got rid ---for ough traffic—of the recent cir cuitous route. The portion of the line opened yesterday will be t h ea reat service to them for the continental traffic, aid when works shall have been completed to the Far.. ringdnn _ s treet station they t the company's Victoria station - may fairly look for a very passengers. We con siderable increase of their through- per ceive from the time-bill of an d Elephant and Castle traffic that they run 38 trains daily b e tween those points at very moderate rates- LICENSED VICTUALLERS' FETE.—The annual din ner of the licensed victuallers' schools was held yes terday in the Aslsburnham Pavilion at Cremorna-gardens, and was attended by nearly 2,000 persons. Captain Towns hend, of the firm of Samuel Allsopp and Co., was in the chair. After the usual toasts were drunk, the toast of the evening, " Success to the Schools," was proposed, and Mr. Smalley, the secretary, read the list of subscriptions, Messrs. Allsopp heading it with a donation of £l,OOO. In proposing the healths of the officers of the institution, the chairman announced that the secretary, Mr. Smalley, had just handed in a cheque for the munificent sum of 1,000 guineas. The announcement was received with prolonged cheering. Nearly £4,000 was subscribed during the even ing towards the funds of this excellent charity. After the dinner a ball took place in the gardens, which was kept up to a very late hour. [ADVERTIS EMENT.] -- Holloway's Ointmen t Youth's Friend.—This excellent ointment is so innocent in its ion, na ture so cooling in its propert ies, and so healing in its act that tetter it is invaluable in s kin diseases, scald head, , tooth rash, chafings, and the many varieties of rashes and eruptions, well known and deeply dreaded in the nurser thei y r Trivial maladies may by it be me t and conquered at outset, and all future mischief overcome beforo it has ga ined hold upon the constitu tion and endangered future h e alth. Full directions a re wra pp ed round with each the ot best of o i n tment. Holloway's unguen t ma y be a p plied results in many diseases to which the sufferer silently sub mits because the task of investigating them would be both difficult and delicate. NEWSPAPv , • Ff*rastl ii.q)4F----::' ri, 4. STEAM FIRE-ENGINE -:,,;•;:, ' -- --1---Y, ---- --,-,-z:;,::t, - , -,; \ 2n,, tyz,....\, Yesterday a series of experiments, I. M , _ .._4:7..1/4);---:_,::p -.1-'• tfe, :::i..-.A .., themselves, and in their result likely k___, .. e .,,1.V,‘/4 4 7/ highest importance, was commencedlieldliW,/ Palace gardens, with a view to test and asleataina s by actual competition which is the best descrip tion of steam fire - eng ine out of the m any different no machines of the kind now made. There is doubt but that attention was first directed to the importance of this question by the great n fi r e among the wharve s at London -bridge, when the one or two stea m fire-engines the used so completely eclipsed and outdid all that Nos , effected by the ha nd engines as to literally l eave no room for comparison between the two. On that same disastrous occasion also the general pub lic became informed of a tea which had until thves en been known only to the Fire Brigade themsel —the utter inadequacy of our means to check or p roperly deal with an y extensive coefiagration. Ir, was due to the dead stillness of thar, bum vier night, and not to the engines of tho fire brigade, steam or head, that the south side of London was not destroyeel, and insurances companies saw for the first time that there really could be fires by which they could lose heavily', and might even be ruined. Since that time the attention of those interested in the pre servation of property from fire has been constantly directed to the im provement of steam fire-engines, and it was to ascertain which was in all points, or in most points, the best of the many competitors that the trials at Crystal Palace were commenced yeste rda y , and the wi llbecontinued during to-day and most probably to-morrow also. These trials are conducted under the immediate superintendence of a committee of gentlemen, having tashehon. Duke secr of n s o u b t Caw e lheemrleannda for chairman,apt. Sh tarp, and including among its members the most eminent mechanical engineers in the kingdom. The engines produced for trial are divided into t w o classes—the s mall class, consisting of those not excee ding 30 cwt., a nd the large class, of those exceeding 30 cwt. and not exceeding 60 cwt. those we i g hts not includi n g coal, water, hose, or other gear. The premiums will be £250 for the best engine, and £lOO for the secon d-be ittee direct in each t their The chief points to which the comm attention, in addition to the oathsconsid of cost and weight, are those which relate general efficiency of the machines as fire-engines, combin ing, among other points of excellence, rapility in raising and generating steam, facility of drawing water, the large volume thrown, the distance to which it can be projected with the least amount of loss, and simplicity , accessibility, and durability of parts. In order to carry out these trials with perfect u niformity and fairness, the committee provide the fuel (Welsh coal), and the pipes for the hose—all of one pattern. They have also provided a strong rail for a rest, to which the branches may be attached during the trial, though eaeh competitor is at liberty to lash a spar to his branc h, or to use any other con de t r i v ance which may assist in g ivin g a coreect li very to the water, the d esire being, of cour se, to apply the tests as much as possible to the engine and as little as possible to the men. One of the principal objects to be ascertained being to define the quantity of water which each can project through the atmosphere to certain heights and distances, the committee have prepared a set of water -targets and tanks, arranged in such & manner that the water can be measured after deli very. These targets consist of canvass hoods with circular openings of six feet in diameter, having at tached to each a tail or shoot, through which the water is conducted into a g au g ed tank standing be low, from which the quantity delivered within the opening of the target ca n be read off by means of a graduated index. A great many engines of different kinds have been entered for this trial, Messrs. Shand and Mason and Mr. Merryweather being the principal English competitors, as against the American ma chines, of which two will compete during these trials. To the chief of these, the Manhattan, an acc id en t occurred on Tuesday, by which it has b ee n partially disabled, and is not likely to be fit for work before this day. In its place, however, another American engine entered the_ lists, and worked better than any American tire engine we have ever seen, for it must be under stood that the American s t ea m fire-engines ore as much behind the steam fire-engines of other °nun ', tries as the most pretentious politicaisl behind association y called the New York Fire Brigade other fire brigade in Europe in real usefulness. The amateurs who constitute the fire brigade of the Em pire City are wonderfully organised for politica. demonstrations, torch-light processions, and the worse than useless at a fire ; and the New York Fire espe Bri gade is, if possible , badl y imitated in these rcts in all the Northern cities except Boston. IThe znua; ter of the fire engines and the firemen, variesua costumes, near the lower basin of the founta.itn_srew: a very pretty and animated sight, entities_ d large concourse of visitors the aspect w ho day was as quisite gardens wore throughout Well be conceived. brilliant and beautiful as can. Nve, bitbese ex mer of surpassing It would have been thought a /- t ools less beautiful by gaiety and richn ess in any god d e veloped by art nature and less cultivated 611 . than those terraced garden! which form an almost admiration among all foreigners endless theme for Just now they are in the who come to visit them heir fall summer bloom. It would • us recital to enter into de perfection of t heir tedious made w ith made with the engines yester ptaeirlhsaopfs t 0 u e e a trial, day, esp may be regarded as iiramar dcu lt ones to be gone through to-day. As eporiealtr. as they Y to the more important manedrely far as bey went, however, the superiority rested clear ly with the i t a h n i d n h eighte engines of Messrs. Shand and g o on. They were the first to get up steam from task eo 1d w in at w er inminutes, full i w nn o t r e k s: a th cc e om n p th li e s r h ii in ti g ik t i h n i g s nearly ten. They were the first to throw through their target th • eir allotted quota of a thousand gal lons of water, and the distance to which they pro jected their massi •ve column of water vertically into the air as __ c learly overtopped the rather feathery shoots of th • eir antagonists. The smoothness and g quietness, too, with which their engine worked was L ,57 remarkable, as, indeed, was also that of M r. Merry -Iweather's ; whereas the American engine was, or a - seemed to be, tearing itself to pieces, and vibrated 11 g • in such a manner and exhibited such signs of strain aey hat, jug, that it appeared evident it could never be relied t h e on to work for any time without breaking down, as ;isle. it was expected to do every moment yesterday. If small it survives the much more diffi cu lt trials to be L em- gone through to-day it will be contrary to the anti men- ci • pataons of almost every engineer on the ground, lham. . IRISH CONVICTS.—The Director of Convict Pri" sons in Ireland has to report that the convictions rose from 368 in 1861 to 592 in 1862. He attributes this increase in the numbers sentenced to penal servitude to the prevalence of distress in many parts of the country. The numbers confined in the country prisons also increased frora. 2,916 on the Ist of January, 1862, to 8,055 on the Ist of January, 1863, and the number of paupers receiving relief from 59,584 to 65,847. As might be expected, therefore, the reconvictions also show a considerable increase, so con siderable as in that single year to raise the percentage of relapses among the whole number of convicts discharged since the beginning of 1856 (the percentage either re sentenced or having their licences revoked) from 9 . 9 at the end of 1861 to 12.44 at the end of 1862. The lecturer at Smithfield Intermediate Prison reports that the difficulty of inducing employers of character and position to employ the convicts on their discharge can only be known to those who have to contend with it. He says the task is humili ating in the extreme. GAME PROSPECTS.—AII trustworthy accounts speak favourably of the excellent sport which may be expected on the various moors in Dumbartonshire and the western district of Perthshire by the 12111 of August. The fine weather wo have experienced f or a considerable time back has no doubt had a most beneficial influence on the newly-hatched coveys, which appeax healthy and un usually strong, and generally number from eight to ten birds, There are more than an average number of black cocks to be seen this season on the ranges frequented by them. Hares are reported not to be numerous, but th e pres ent appearances to afford excellent l eve rets are unusu all y strong at this early date. Partrid ges are expected fr om sport in due course ; and accounts agree in representing r oe-deer t o b o numerous, and in first-rate condition. On the whole, the prospects of the sportsman are more en couraging in this district of the country than they have been for several seasons Wt.—Scotsman. ACCLIMATIZATION SOCIETY, FRASER.—" Indian Prospects" is the first sub There jem is to attract the attenti on of the reader. nothing very new or striking in the article which recapitulates the signs of progress and development perceptible in our Eastern Empire, and then de nounces the "mammon worship" of those speakers and writers who are always encouraging the cultivation of India and the extension of its trade. Of course, if trade is allowed to become a mere matter of selfish barter, and laws are passed for the benefit of European traders and thee e op pression of the Hindoos , our rule does not deserto prosper, but under the equitable laws which real free trade necessitates, and guided by the high principles which usually influence our statesman in questions of public morality and justice, there is no need to fear that because the wastes of India are converted into profitable fields, end her savage tribes transformed into peaceable labourers, we are injuring the cause of Chris tianity i n d u reg development e r l are sufficie y l a o n t and civilisation instead of advancing it. The intro ductiontferaeshh' will s of honest, profitable, and pacific means of livelihood pht plmeyrrosivnnett than eol a fl n i tgahe assi s tance resources ands hindrance.t aceeept capable Thel m e o t r o a n l pa tr a io n vfi d e to bofy Indiae v religiouser every our responsibilities are of suffering o f t h e i r country instead from it as a better day has dawned over the rulers ler e sa c s mere savages might do. Doubtless England feels the weight of t en e d solemn own ch delu a l. Englishman in . great, and th an in India, as Lord Stanley once observed, has a powerful and extended influence , worthy of it. A very excellen i t tl paper on But we may hope that r c ,ag t :et o hi fbsehe ruled Liberty Criticism and the Law of o f Li l b o e w l" voluntarily undertaken, and is her selfrnegsttottperovreeade It discusses a point political speakers and writers t o important to o aA attract them to the consideration of its arguments. Chapter showing how Lord P— became our Rector," gives some amusing anec dotes of a Scottish celebrity of the last "A Derby Day amon g the Arabs" recounts thelleration. e writer's exper i e nces of an Arabian tribe, and describes a race among t h e dwellings in the de sert. The writer repeats anaasser tion which he heard, which, if true, is certainly singular The owner of an English thoroughbred assured the traveller . that his horse had distanced every Arab he had tried him against, and that having become acclimatised and accus tomed to hard life and hard fare, he was quite equal to the desert horses in hardiness and endurce. The entymo logical will be attracted by an account of some of the vary ing species of British snails, and theh of epicure may il possibly f ee l disposed to experi ment on a dis apple snas, but, notwithstanding Evelyn's verdict that they are " huge fleshy, and delicious," we do not anticipate that the taste will become popular, "Ow Modern. Yoath" is the title of The anniversary festival of this society was cele• brated by a dinner in St. James's-hall last evening. On this occasion the festival was intended "to il lustrate, in the first place, some of the special ob jects of the society, as, for example, the introduc tion of the Chinese sheep and the yam, or Dioscorea Batatas, and, in the second place, the food of other countries, which do not usually find their way to our tables." In the unavoidable absence of the Duke of Newcastle, president of the society, the chair was taken by Mr.. Herman Merivale, C. 8.; and among the other gentlemen present were the Marquis of Conyngham, the Earl of Breadalbane, Lord Rivers, Sir W Maccarthur, Sir C. Nicholson, Sir C. Scott, Mr. W. H. Russell, LL.D., Captain Grant, Captain Speke, Mr. Bernal Osborne, M.P., Sir L. Palk, Sir E. Smith, Mr. P. Du Chaillu, the Hon. G. Berke ley, Mr. E. Wilson, Captain Clarke, &c. Among the numerous dishes served up on the occasion were the white soup of the Chunnel Islands, lucioperca, grenouilles, or edible frogs, pepperpot, Chinese lamb, roasted whole, with pileff and knscoussoo, poulet 5. l'emancipation des negres, and ostrich eggs. Besides the wines ordinarily produced at public dinners in this country there were various Greek, Hungarian, Australian, and Californian wines. The apartment in which the company were assembled was decorated with the heads, horns, and skins of a variety of foreign animals; and as if to acclimatise Englishmen to the atmosphere of far distant re gions, the room in which the guests were assembled was of a tropical temperature. The loyal toasts were drunk with enthusiasm, and the chairman explained that the main object of the society was to increase and vary the useful natural pro ducts of the empire, and to spread abroad a better knowledge of the uses of those which we possess. The Marquis of Conyngham replied to the toast of " The House of Lords." Mr. Bernal Osborne responded to that of " The House of Com mons," and in so doing said he was not astonished at the absence of the Duke of Newcastle. One of the dishes with which the company had been re galed was " the white soup of the Channel Islands.' It appeared from a statement made on the authority of the society that this delicious white soup was made of the conger eel—" a creature so despised that the starving Irish have refused to add flavour and nutriment to their potatoes by boiling with them a salted steak of the conger." He had tasted this delicious soup on the present occasion ; the Duke of Newcastle had experienced it at a former dinner, and he was at no loss to account for the ab sence of his Grace. (Much laughter.) They had tasted "hybrid ducks" at this banquet, but the e sight of these birds wa s no novelty members of the House of Commons, for there were several of the species on the Treasury bench. (Renewed lau g hter.) They had also seen a Chinese lamb, but he was sorry to say that there was very little woe], and b e bad met which another disappointment in the ostrich eggs he had come there to e at. He expected a genuine ds of English article from acclimatised bar k, lr but to his logical Gardens, in the Regent's-pthe Zoo- THE MAGAZINES. BLACK WOOD.—" Caxtoniana" is continued again this month at considerable length. The subject upon which it treats is " Posthumous Reputation." There are many striking thoughts expressed in these pages, and everyday events are put before the reader in a most impressive manner. It is very truthfully said, that however devoid a man may be of the a bility to procure fame, or the desire to possess it, still " the thought of sudden and entire forget fulness would be a sharp pang to his human heart." This feeling has been already described by Gray, in his matchless Elegy in a Country Church yard „ ” On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires, E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires." " From Cracow to Warsaw" contains a second l e tter from Poland ; as m a y be supposed, it com prises within it some interesting informatio. In it the writ er sa y s :—" The happy privni lege which Englishmen possess of being able to travel without restraint, and to express their opinions openly and without reserve, is calculated to puzzle and mislead foreigners who have lived in the retirement of oppressed nationalities." " Ire land Revisited" is a summary of the impressions received by one who has recently returned to that country after 12 years' absence. The result of his survey has evidently been a satisfactory one, since it is said that the change which has of late years come over the land is in every way remarkable. One curious piece of advice is given to the settler, namely, to "procure without delay a staff of approved con victs for servants." They are described as models of docility and obedience, thus testifying to the famous Irish convict discipline. " Why has not Italy done more," is an article on that vexed ques tion—in which it is said that great unfairness and dis honesty have been displayed towards the Conserva tive party in deelaring that they are unfriendly to the real liberties of Italy. " The London Art Sea son" takes a retrospective glance at the Exhibitions of 1863—pronouncing them to be, upon the whole, without any happy result, for it is said that the year of the,Great International Exhibition has passed and left us to all appearance precisely as we stood pre viously. A feeling of disappointment is ex pressed at the want of progress that has been made by the Royal Academy. "The injustice of the hanging is so patent to the eye that it cannot much longer be endured." The close of the article here referred to, is perhaps not unworthy of yield ing us the following quotation : " The arts, it will be inferred, are on the eve of vast de velopments. We can only express the hope that the new growth may be of a quality commensurate with its pro. mised extent. The Government have obtained space, they will doubtless take to themselves time, and we trust they may in the end fill the void over which they reign what ith somet hi ng better ordered t han chaos. We have seen t the national frescoes have f rov ailed—wneffici e all enc know is that the R o yal Academy, for its perbial iy, under. going the ordeal of public scrutiny. Other of our institu tions are in a state barely saved from anarchy. A master mind would soon set this disorder right. Parliament, we f ear , wanting the head to lead, w ill commit itself to a patch ing hand." Part 11. of the " Chronicles of Carlingford " con tinues the history of the Perpetual Curate. There is not much incident in this number, but Mr. Went worth has some painful scenes and angry altercations with his aunts, who suddenly come down upon him as the three Parece who are to mould his destiny. He also becomes aware of some mysterious event which concerns the Wodehouse family, and towards the close of this instalment is actually introduced to the skeleton in the closet. .....111.••••••••• DUBLIN. " Wylder's Hand" is continued at some length; it is a very clever story, and is sketched in an entertaining manne r. taAre el tchshToeauvihirtsegaehrheeratvtelethehrrsesieytslmi lovers prospect of many stormy scenes and sad events before the close of the fitful passages of life here recorded. Mark Wylder and Stanley Lake are plotting against each other, mining and counter-mining, andheevents ns, notto s m e alreadyad s a r y k e result recorded, o u lrtdiesds, proceeded u a r n e df t aosr,o,m fo llows l e o w of . dueectedofatrheims toaslteebxetreoaomrdiningaaryg;pretahterfeafvoorurie thteerwe of the romantic and the admirers of the marvellous. " Irish Actors of the Last Century" is the title of an article. De lane, Ryan, and Moody are the names here chronicled. The accounts given of the lives of these histrionic geniuses is worthy of perusal, and several striking anecdotes are mon tioned in the course of the recital. The strange circum stances attending the death of Peterson are mentioned. lie was acting the Duke in " Measure for Measure," and was addressing Claudio on the subject of death, when he dropped down dead in a fit of apoplexy. " Montaigne, the Great Essayist of France," is the subject of a memoir. It is written in a superior manner, and contains some notice able passages. It is said that he has contributed one book out of some which the world does not forget; " its fame has never suffered abatement." Mrs. Norton's clever novel of " Lost and Saved" receives a due tribute in some eloquent pages which discusses its merits. Catullus" is the subject of a third series of descriptions, Several translations of his work are given, which are written in a spirited style. " Sterne's Adventures" are brought to a close in a fourth book. " Bella Donna; or the Cross B e fore the Name , " is continued. 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