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The two stories which recently c Axla4,lll" 1 s ; I.fk replaced by others sufficiently romantic t-;p, - .:46 4 1V„-VO, ;. .4 is a plentiful supply of verse which does .1 4 : : 't. E Agt..,• 7 rise above the average. "rti - 0 7 1r(f - LAQ / THE SIXPENNY MAGAZINE.—This .. , gazini gil t :-_ us as usual a comprehensive table of cotaents,i.iof S , which tales of adv2nture occupy a principal paha 1. Among the other papers we have " A History oC Roads," an essay on " Rural Cemeteries," a sketch of thc life of Addison, and a treatise on Perfumes. The reader has certainly no reason to quarrel with the quantity of en tertainment given him, and its quality is so very fair that it is difficult to guess how it can be provided at such a cwt. YOUNG ENGLAND.—This is a pleasant little serial, intended for young people. It is plentifully illu.- trated and full of adventure, gossip, information, anti amusement. I THE PRINCE OF WALES HOTET, COM PANY, Upper Norwool 'Limited). The title sanctioned by hi. Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Incorporated under the Joint-stock Company's Act with the. limited liability. Capital £IOO,COO. in 10,000 shares of £lO each. Upwards of £30, , ;00 privately subscribed prior to the issue of this prospectu4. £L per share to be paid op appli cation, and £1 per share on allotment. Further calls, as required, at intervals of not less than three months. DIRECTORS. Chairman—The Right Hon. Viscount RANELAGH, Chair man of the Conservative Land Association. The Right Hon. the Earl of Uxbridge, Herriard Grange, Basingstoke, and 45, Upper Grosvenor-street, London. '!he Hon. Henry Blackwood, Cadogan-place, Belgrav:a, No. 22,234. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1863. STAMPED ....6d. London. George Bermingham, Esq. (Chairman British Nation Assurance Company), London. Charles Heneage, Esq. (Director Laugh= Hotel Company), Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. , L ADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW NOVEL, " MARY LYNDSAY." " This story is interesting and enthralling throughout. `Mary I.yndsay ' is a most charming heroine."—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING SEPT. 30, 1863. London. s. _ s _ Angns M'Kenzie, Esq., Merchant, Gresham House, Old Broad-street, ,nd Sydenham. Reginald Read, Esq. (Director Crystal Palace Company), Sydenham. F W. H. <chenley, Esq., Prince's-gate, Hyde Park (Director United Kingdom Telegraph Company), London. Captain Welch, Westow-hill, Upper Norwood. No. I.—An Abstract of the Gross Produce of the Revenue of the United with the Corresponding Pe: :ingdom, in the undermentioned Periods, ended Sept. 30, 1863, compared iods of the Preceding 'Year. AUDITORS. W. T. Linford, Esq., Moorgate-street, Lond:n. I'. F. Toole, Esq., Billiter-square, London. BANKERS. london (City)—The Union Bank of London, Princes-street, - QUARTERS ENDED YEAR 1 QUARTERS ENDED YEAR ..--- ----, ended I e ...._____,. _________Th ended • Dec. 31, March 31, June 30, Sept. 30, Sept. 30, Dee. 31, March 31, June 30, ' Sept. 30, Sept. 30, I 1862 1803 1863 1863 1863 lB6l 1862 1862 1862 1862 ' £ £ £ £ £ £ £ X £ £ CUSTOMS 6,320,000 5,722,000 5,857,000 5,872,000 23,771,000 6,147,000 5,724, 0 00 5,791,0'0 6,201,000 23,863,000 CUSTOMS, EXCISE STA NIPS 2,187,000 2,374,1.00 2,394,000 2,191,000 9,146,000 2,098,000 2,293,945 2,253,000 2,150,000 8,824,945 STAMPS. TAXES PROPERTY TAX 2,931,000 3,890,000 2,918,000 866,000 10,605,00 2,359,000 4,427,000 2,772,000 974,000 10,532,000 PROPERTY TAX. POST OFFICE CROWN LANDS BA,OOO 79,000 68,500 68,000 301,500 82,000 77,521 68,000 67,000 296,521 CROWN LANDS. MISCELLANEOUS --- TOTALS 18,378,128 1 19,213,746 18,490,204 14,411,504 70,491,382 17,0E8,039 19,606,611 18, 409 ,904 14 , 600 , 983 69 , 685 , 540 TOTALS. I WANTED-PURE WATER, (Front the Building News.) Our sanitary authorities have unanimously accepted pure water as a main feature in the requirements of man. Their effort to secure to the public the necessary element, bears testimony to the difficulties that ever arise in a civilised and. highly populated country, in obtaining water in its state of purity. Pure water has been the cry that has lowered the water company's dividends to an alarming extent, to the shareholders. Albeit, the public weal might receivo considerable addition theretrom. _ . Bank. West-end—Messrs. Hades; Farquhar, and Co., St. James's street. In post Bvo., with Portrait and Map , 2 s. 6 d. , T HE LIFE OF GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON. By the Author of " Life in the South." Chapman and Hall, 123, Piccadilly. BROKE ns, Messrs. Joshua Ilutchin — so - 7 - an - ii Sons, 15, Angel-court, Throgniorton-street. London. Messrs, Taunton and Co., York-buildinr,s, Liverpod. ARCHITECT—Henry E. Coe, Esq., London. SOLICITOR—Henry Wickens, Esq., Tokenhouse-yari, Bank, LOnnoti.. SECRETARY--William Strange, jun., Esq. OFFICES—OId Mansion-house, 73, Cheapside, London. HOME• This day, in post Bvo., 10s. 6d., T HE ENGLISH AT THIRD SERIES. By ALPHONSE ESQUIROS. Translated by Sir LASCELLES WRAXALL, Bart. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. No. ll.—lncrease and Decrease in the Periods ended September 30, 1863, as compared 'with the Corresponding Periods of the Preceding Year. Still, when we realise the fact, so well established as to be beyond all doubt, that the purer the water that enters our leaden conduits, the more poisonous it may be made before it reaches the consumer, we have to ask meet seriously whether or not that great depreciation of stock `s not lost, so far as the public advantage that might. accrue from it, by the want of a proper knowledge of the medium through which the water is conveyed. A circular was issued, or a general notice promulgated, by the several water companies, when the reservoirs were covered in and the various additions and improvements made in compliance with the new act of Parliament r elat ing thereto, requesting the consumers to clear out tAeir cisterns, that they might receive the full benefit of the purer supply. Still it left an equally important require ment untouched and almost unknown. In some districts., public attention has been aroused to the knowledge of the. requirement of which we speak, through the sudden death by poisoning of several members of a family, with the nar row escape of the remainder. The cause has been traced to the leaden pipes through which the water used by the family h%s born conveyed. We aro not about to frighten 'our mail .rs ‘.10,1 a prognosticatior of snddcr. death to Vito consumers of water that has passed through leaden pipes, but ask their attention to a few facts relative to the charac teristics of the medium through which they receive this universal element. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. The Company have purchased, at a cost of £16,500, the freehold mansion and ornamental grounds known as "The Mount," situated on Westow Hill, Upper Norwood. The grounds, which are nearly ten acres in extent, with a front age of 362 feet, are upon a noble elevation, with a south-west aspect, and about three minutes' walk from the Crystal Palace. The mansion itself (recently erected from designs by Mr. Digby Wyatt; will remain intact, and form an adiunct to the intended hotel structure. By this arrangement the important desideratum or commencing business forthwith will be secured, obtaining from the first a return upon the capital invested. The profits of the shareholders will not be burthened with promoters' fees, or any preliminary expenses whatever, s we the ordinary and unavoidable items of advertising and printing. Applications for shares should be addressed to the Secre tary or Brokers of the Company, and to the offices of the company, Old Mansion House, 73, Cheapside. London, where the articles 9f association and plans of• the buildings can be teen. tire event of no allotment being made, the deposit money will be returned in full. Detailed prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained at the Company's offices as above. 122, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. NEW WORKS. _ MESSRS. JOHN MAXWELL AND CO. beg to announce that the undermentioned Works may be now had at every Circulating Library. Subscribers to those useful Institutions should not experience any delay in ob taining copies, as adequate editions have been printed, and the type is kept standing, to meet every demand as quickly as it wises :- 1. SACKVILLE CHASE. 3 vole. 2. STRONGHAND. By GUaTAVE AIMARD. 2 vols. Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1863. Half-Year ended Sept. 30, 1863. Year ended Sept. 30, 1863. Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. _ ___ £ £ X £ £ £ CUSTOMS 329,000 .. 263,000 .. 92,000 CUSTOMS. EXCISE STAMPS ll,OOO .. 152,000 .. 321,055 .. STAMPS. - TAXES PROPERTY TAX lOB,OOO 38,000 ... 73,000 .. PROPERTY TAX. . POST OFFICE - .. 200,000 .. POST OFFICE. CROWN LANDS • • MISCELLANEOUS • • 102,479 .. „ [27,679 ! 706,808 .. MISCELLANEOUS. - . . TOTALS 350,0r,0 539,479 I 344,500 453,679 1,338,842 I 530,000 TOTALS. —. 3. BREAKFAST IN BED. AUGUSTUS SALA. 1 VOL 4. THE REV. ALFRED HOBLUSH AND HIS CUIIACIES. 1 vol. 5. SECRETS OF MY OFFICE. 1 vol. By GEORGE Net Decrease ....X189,479 Net Decrease £109,179 Net Increa;e.... £808,842 No. Ill.—An Account showing the Revenue and other Receipts of the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1863; the Application of the same; and the Charlp of the Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the Surplus or Deficiency upon such Charge. In One VoL, Post Bvo., 10s. 6d., THE CROSS OF HONOUR. By the Author of " Small House in Piccadilly." [On Oct. 10. London : John Maxwell and Co . 122. Fleet-street. PRINCE of WALES 'HOTEL COMPANY, Upper Norwood (Limited). NOTICE.—In consequence of the numerous applications received for Shares in this undertakina. the Directors bee; to Intimate to the public that NO FURTHER APPLICA TIONS for SHARES will be RECEIVED AFTER SATURDAY NEXT, October 3, 1863. from London, or after Tuesday next, October 6. 1863, from the country. WM. STRANGE, Jun., Secretary. Offices of the Company, 73, Cheapside, London, Sept. 29, 1863. Amount applied out of the income for the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1863, in redemption of Exchequer Deficiency Billa for Quarter ended June 30, 1863 1,076,0 T " OXFO R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter ended Juno 30, 1863, viz.:— THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Bellini's SONNAMBULA. Great Britain Ireland 971,213 Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Services, in the Quarter ended Sept. 30,1863 9,466,121 Principal Artistes—Miss Russell. Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, ac., with full band and chorus. Income received in the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1803, as shown in Account I 11,411,504 Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1863, viz.:— Interest of the Permanent Debt £5,499,166 Terminable Debt 729,572 Interest of Exchequer tills Interest of Deficiency Bills — The Civil List Other Charges on Consolidated Fund Advances for Public Works, Sze. Sinking Fund T HE SOUTHSEA PIER HOTEL COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the "Joint-stock Companies Acts, 1856 and 1857," and the "Companies Act, 1862." whereby the liability of each Shareholder is strictly limited to the amount subscribed. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean. &c. Amount raised per Act 25-26 Vict., cap. 78, on account of Fortifications, 450,000 Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man"), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Pei tormarce by Herr SCHALKENB &CH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCIIESTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALL hRS just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, Ed. ; stalls and balcony, is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. Amount received in the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1863, in repayment of Advances for Public Works, &c 338,086 Capital £60,000. First Issue £30,000, in Shares of £5 each, with power to the Directors to issue the remaining £30,00), in whole or in part, when requisite; the Original Sharehiilders having a preferential claim, pro rata, in the Shares so issued. Deposit on application ss. per Share, and 15s. on allotment. Calla not to exceed 20s. each, at intervals of not less than £16,170,808 7,444,682 Balance, being the Deficiency on Sept. 30, 1863, upon the charge of the Consoli dated Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Dividends, and other charges, payable 311 the Quarter to Dec. 31, 1863. and for which Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) will be issued in that Quarter 2,273,640 Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1863, viz. : Great Britain Ireland .t 18,441,448 457,580 £18,444,418 three . months. DIRECTORS. J. W. MOORE MILLER, Esq., Gloucester House, Southsea, Chairman. H. HAWES FOX, Esq., Queen's-gardens, Hyde-park, Lon don, Director of the Brighton, Ucklield, and Tonbrid,ge Rai'way Company, Vice-Chairman. Major Castle, J.P., Frome Lodge, Stapleton, Bristol. Henry Crowdy Crowdy, Esq., Blunsdon, Ilighworth, Wilts, Director of the Bristol City Hotel Company. George Frederick Fox, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Inns of Court Hotel Company. Arthur P. Latty, Esq., Gloucester-gardens, Hyde-park, London. Richard Marvin, Esq., Grove-road, Southsea, Director of the Laudport and Soutlisea Tramway Company. JoKeph Owen, Esq., Australian merchant. London and Shef field, Director of the t hesterfield and Midland Coal Cam- nay. • Edward Kent Pam >tq., King's-terrace, Southsea, Direc tor of the La n dpc • , ..d.,Southsea Tr mway Company. N 0. . - Oray's• inn, and 22, liorbury-cres cent, Notting-hi 1, London. Wentworth Lascelles Scott, Esq., M.S.A., Consulting Analyst, Westbourne Park, London, W. W. F. D. Stephens, Esq., Cleveland Gardens, Hyde Park, Director of the Metropolitan and Provincial Bank. John Everard Upton, Esq., Beech-grove-terrace, Leeds. BANKERS. Azra and United Service Bank (Limited), Cannon-street, London. Messrs. Grants, Gilman, and Long, Portsmouth, and South- Sea. SOLICITORS. Messrs, Few and Co., 2, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden Londcn. S. Long, Esq., 3outhsea. BROKERS. 3 om Brothers, 2', Chan2:e-alley, Cornbill. .ed Offices-3, Verulam-buildings, Gray's-inn, 44 ‘ . ..6 \ .t, - ..-•• A ppli, ltions for shares should be addressed to the Seere !MT or Prokers of the Company, and to the offices of the Verulam-buildings, Gray's •inn. London, where the articles of association and plans of the buildings ran be S een. In the event of no , llotment being made the deposit Money will be returned in full. Detailed prospectuses and forms of applirtation for shares ti' obtained at the corap j ,n3 's offices as above_ ONDON TAVERN COMPANY (Limited). J Incorporated under the Companies' Act, with Limited Capital £120,000, in 12,000 Shares of £lO each. First Issue 6,000 Shares. Deposit on application £l, and .£1 10s. on allotment, with a further Call not exceeding' £2 10s. within three months. DIRECTORS. Mr. Alderman ABBISS, ChArman. Joseph Cauaton, Esq., Eastcheap. Sir Cusack P. Roney, 15, Lanzham-place. J. W. Chafer, 14.15 q., London Tavern, Manaaini.v, Director. (With power to add to their number.) MANAGER. Mr. John Funge. ANKERS. The Bank of L on d on, B Threadneedle-street ; and 450, Strand, W.C. Messrs. Sole SOLICITORS. , Tnrne s, and Hardwick, 3 and 4, Alderman . bury, E.C. BROKERS. Messrs. Eykyn Brothers, 22, Change-alley, E.C. AUDITOR. 11 ° 11 9 Honey, Esq. (rfoney and Humphrys), 14, Ironmonger- lane. . SECRETARY pro tem. Mr. Reed. Offices—The London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. PROSPECTUS. It is proposed to form a Company to purchase the business Of the well-known London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The Directors have entered into a provisional agreement with Mr. Chater, which g yes them the option of purchasing the Freehold (within three years), or leasing the property at a fair rental. tin The stock in trade, good will, wines, plate, furniture, fit gs. &C., are estimated at £30,000, and the present Proprie tor guarantees a minimum dividend of 10 per cent. on that amount for three years. These estimates have been verified as to the furniture and Plant by Mr. Daniel Cronin ; as to the wines and spirits, by Mr. R, C, Wilson, of 37, Drury-lane; as to the fre hold, by Mr. Debenham, of the firm of Debenham and Tewson, 80, cheapside ; and a report has been made on the profits of the business by Mr. Henry Honey, of the firm of Honey and Uumphrys, Accountants. The t ompany to take possession on the Ist October next, and the profits will accrue as from that date. The option of purchasing the freehold of constantly increasing vane, and a substantial guarantee of a minimum dividend of 10 per cent., are obviously great advantages. In the formation of this Company no promotion-money has been or will be paid, and with a view to rvo d a'l unnecessary expenses, the offices of the Company will be at the London Tavern. Upwards of two•thirds of the requisite Capital for the first Issue has already been subscribed for by Mr. Chater, the Firectors, and their friends. Forms of Application for Shares to be made in the form annexed to the Prospectus, with deposit cf £1 per Share, to the Bankers, Tne Bank of London, Threadneedle-street, and 4 5 0 , Strand. 'fly- Articles of Association can be inspected at the offices 01 _1 , 4e Company. Prospectuses may be obtained at the office of the Brokers, 22, Change alley, E C. ; at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate -Btr"t ; and at the Company's Bankers. The liability of each shareholder will be limited to the amount of his subscription, and if no allotment be made, the deposit will he returned in full. TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE LONDON TAVERN COMPANY (Limited). Registered as a Limited Company under the Joint-Stock Companies' Act, 1862. Gentlemen,---4 request you to allot me Shares of £lO each in the above Company, and I hereby agree to accept such. Shares, or any less namber that may be alioted to me, and to pay the deposit of £1 10s. on allotment, and I further authorise you to enter my name on the Register for the num ber of Shares so allotted. Siznature ..... Address in full Date LONDON TAVERN COMPANY (Limited). NO APPLICATIONS for SHARES will be received atter Twelve o'clock on FRIDAY next, the 2d of October, on Which day the Directors will meet to allot. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consistingof anew and elegant assort hien t of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink ,tands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &a., in Italian, Alabas cr, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Illaiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, 'MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY. and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOG Y is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149, Strand, W.C. /ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL. Gray's-inn-road, A_ in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Ran "s' Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCIT, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free And instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom- K- 111,11 by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient ma2:nifude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admittini; into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most 'wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The W e ekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit anti relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterntan, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummon and Co. ; 'ferries and Co. ; hansom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Vi 7 dliansts, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, anti Co. ; Nisbat and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at tare Hospital. STANFORD S. SHIM Secretary, -OANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order v to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GHOST," from the Picture Gallery to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal c,i.nkilavnesdtebrodtyo o g f ,iv tl e ie (l l , ! i a t l h l. al I I I. h h: i s a a en ls t cl em ar a r n a T a d te f s o t r im provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c.. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street. Piccadilly. These elezant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of monster concerts cele brity. The band 'a selected from the Crystal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ls. Manager—M. GRENET. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! new Version—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN — Grand Divertissement—Favourite Opera Selections—NlCO- SlA, the eminent Violinist—RAPHAEL DE SOLLA. the Infant Tenor—LANGLOIS, the Great Juggler, Every Evening. Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great Musical Attraction Immense success of SIGNOR lr ICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. MINERALOGY ---King's College. London.— Prcfessor TENNANT, F.G.S., will commence a COURSE OF LECTURES en MINERALOGY, with aview to facilitate the study of Geology, and of the application of mineral substances in the Arts. The Lectures will begin on FRIDAY, October 2, at Nine o'clock. a.m. They will be continued on each succeeding Wednesday and Friday at the same hour. Fee, £2 2s. R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal. ESTABLISHED 1833. TIOWDEN'S JERATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade. Suila-water, Potass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters,—Manutactory, No. 3, bite Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. THE LAUNDRESSES to her late Majesty Queen Adelaide say, that " BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN S LARCH needs but to be tried to be approved." Sole Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by Bow, London, E. QPECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary relief' to weak, dim, and detective vision.—S. and B SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. TEA. —MOORS BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong, reduced to 3s. ed. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS. 35, London-bridge. City, E.C. RIIPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXIHRITED IN Trim GREAT ExIIIIIITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), Is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective .nvention in the curative treatment of It EItN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the hody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the floc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease nd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be 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, 185., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, 15. Doublo Truss, 31s. Bd., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. Bd. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELAST IC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, dsc., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling 01 the Legs, Sprains, &a They are porous light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on 31 , c an , ordinary stocking. Price 48. 6d., 75. 6d., 10s., to Via. eadh. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 22.. Piccadilly. CELEBRA'T'ION of the TERCENTENARY of ‘J the BIRTH of SHAKSPE ARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, 'Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co., bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that StratiOrd is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. R OYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Graelous Majesty the Queen. I'RESIDENT —Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Raring, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. DErun-Cumum.a.N—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since the beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the (.oasts of England. Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society snd other means, since its formation, is 12,800; tor" which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended X 67,000 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-can iages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which ,has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and sCrews practised in the manageniciet of their boats, wile% can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions : £ s. d Fier Majesty the Queen annual 50 0 0 Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. annual 5 0 0 Colonel, R.A. animal 1 1 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers anneal 10 0 0 currie, Wm., Esq. 4th don.lo 0 0 Erle, Lord Chief Esq., .. don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., U.C.B. 2ddon. 25 0 0 Fenwick, G.. 1.. Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran sporting Carriage .. .. 250 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. don. 3 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. _ .. don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. 3 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. annual 2 0 0 s, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her Ladyship 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. .. annual 5 0 0 Donations and Annual Sul)scriptions will be thankfully re &Ned by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival. cud 6, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; Co., s 7 lessrs. Berries, Farquhar. and Co., 16, St. James's-street, London ; by ad the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the United lii ngdom ; and by the Secretary Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 11, John-sixect, Adelvhi, London, WAI SITUATION WANTED. ------- WAITER—Share or Single-handed.—Single, Age. Twenty-eight. Much experience in first-class Hotels. Address, E. S., Star and biarta* Hotel, Putney, Surrey. BUILDING GROUND. Milk-street, Cheepside. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Committee for Lettimr, the City's Lands will meet at Guildhall, on WEDNESDAY, the 14th October next, at 1 o'clock r recisely, to RECEIVE PROPOSALS for a BUILDING LEASE for 80 Years of a piece of Ground on the East side of Milk-street, Cheapside, in the City of London. A Plan of the Ground may be seen and Forms of Tender obtained, upon application at the Office of the City Architect, G uildhall. FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. Guildhall, Sept. 24, 1863. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. ON AND AFTER IST OCTOBER, ADDITIONAL TRAINS Will run between Padding,ton and the City, calling at every Station. THROUGH TRAINS will also run to and from the Great Northern and Great Western Railways. The Metropolitan Company's NEW CARRIAGES, LIGHTED WITH GAS, will be ready In a few days. MYLES FENTON, General Manager. Paddington, Sept. 28, 1863. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and Invested Funds £ 2'42 2 ,401 Annual Revenue 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. In snran - es zranted both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the participating principle. The new Life business transacted in 1E62 as follows : Policies. Amount In.ured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23.641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the OFFICES : LONDON 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury. West-end Office B, Waterloo-place. Pall-mall. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. iIEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance buildings, Liverpoel. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500, 0 10. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,000,000. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman In London : „ WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRACTS FROM TIIE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the close of the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £400,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is again fully maintained. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preceding year, and in tact sur passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, sines the commencement of this Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 10s. 5d., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa rately, £11,097 16s. 10d. LIFE BRANCA. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on new policies for the year 1862 exceeds even that of the year 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £701,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last few years it is believed that such a sum assured as that which has just been announced as the result of one year's business was all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's business has been carefully watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the future to the participating life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum proposed for assurance amounts to £148,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis sible in a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. ARMY CONTRACTS. TENDERS will be received at this Office until 12 o'clock noon on the 3d of October, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to supply FORAGE AND PAILLASSE STRAW, In such quantities as may be required, for the use of Tier Majesty's Land Forces stationed In the following places, from Ist November, 1863, to 31st October, 1864 : FORAGE. 1. Hycle-pa , k, Kensington, Regent's-park, and Horse Guards. 2. Hounslow and Kneller Hall. 3. Hampton Court. 4. Windsor. 5. Brighton. 6. Sandhurst. 7. Enfield. PAILLASSE STRAW. I. Brompton House, Hyde-park, and Kensington. 2. Regent's-park, St. John's-wood, and Portman-stree Barracks. 3. New Barracks, Chelsea. 4. Wellington and St. George's Barracks. 5. The Tower. 6. Ithimslow and Tineller Hall 7. ITam r,ton Court S. WindA,,r . 9. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shore ham. 10. Croydon. Separate Tenders must be made for Forage and for Pail asse Straw for each of the above-mentioned Stations or Bar racks as groupei and numbered. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, between the hours of 10 and. 4 o'clock. Tenders on she printed forms must be properly filled up and slimed, and no Tender will be noticed unless delivered at the under-mentioned Office, under closed envelope (marked on the outside " Tender for ommtssariat Supplies "), before 12 o'clock noon on the 3d October next. (Signed) W. T. POWER, Commissary-G eneral. Deputy Commissary.-General's Office, 5. New-street, 'spring-gardens, London, S.W., 10th Sept., 1863. MAGAZINE DAY, BLACKWOOD.—A new tale is commenced in this number, called " Tony Butler." It promises to illus trate some peculiar shades of character with great nicety and exactness. We have a variety of diffe- rent personages introduced. There is, first of all, the widow Butler, who is rather a stern dame, for all her seclusion and apparent unwillingness to obtrude on the society of her then superiors in society. Tony, the hero, is nothing very wonderful as yet ; but he at least appears conscious of his defects, for he often bitterly laments his ignorance and the inability he feels to repair his want of knowledge and cultivation. There is " a very fine gentle man, indeed," who comes down to overwhelm the rustics with his town impertinence and insufferable assumption, and his infatuated adorer, a younger son of the _great house he visits, who copies his airs at second-hand, and com mences On poor Tony, who wisely beats a retreat. This narrative will probably introduce us to some curious sketches of life and manners in its continuous course. " Caxtoniana" is concluded in this month's instalment. It has now been going on for some time, and has furnished in its course ample opportunity for the speculation of the philo- gophic mind in its abstruse subjects, while its lighter pic tures have represented society under many brilliant aspects. Altogether, this series of essays will doubtless prove a popu lar one, and be taken up t' beguile the leisure hour, or to occupy the studious moments of the general reader, who wishes to have something between deep reading and ro• mance. "Sheridan Knowles"li the title of a paper that presents us with a very fair sketch of the peculiarities of that well-known dramatic writer. It is truly stated that not the partiality of a friend, or the partisanship of a bio grapher, can induce one to represent the "dramatic works of Sheridan Knowles as having any title to a permanent place in the literature of England." This is very correct criticism, and so also is the judgment presently expressed regarding the plays, which at all events have made his name famous in this generation. A plain, unvarnished testimony to a man's merits is of more worth and weight than a whole tissue of fulsome adulation, that disgusts friends, and makes foes doubly intolerant. Amongst his good qualities are ranked Sheridan Knowles's industry and perseverance; and most fittingly does his critic take leave of him in these words: — "Peace be with him ; earnestly, vigorously, not altogether unsuccessfully did our dramatist work at his calling. If we cannot crown him with immortal laurel, we part from him with kindly thoughts and honest respect for his memory." " The Perpetual Curate," is not so interesting as usual in this number, the fortunes of Frank are dropped for the time to take up the course of the brilliant but erratic Gerald. On the principle that one trouble drives another out of our heads, this precipitate journey of the Curate may be of ser vice to him, for he finds his brother's household even more perplexed and unhappy than his own solitary existence had of late become. One of the most interesting articles is that entitled •' Harrow School." It is a most interesting paper, and may furnish information to many readers, with which they were doubtless before unacquainted. John Lyon, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, sat up a grammar school in his native parish. The intentions of this honest yeoman were that a liberal education should be imparted to the scholars of his institution, but it is said here his most sanguine hop es could hardly have foreshadowed the day when it should be thronged by the young aristocracy of England. Then follows a long account of the changes that have taken place in the school as to size and arrangements since those early days when it was first planned. The account winds up with the just remark that if a boy is not happy at Har row it must be his own fault. A very impressive pas sage refers to the erection of the "Crimean Aisle as the tribute of old schoolfellows and friends, to the memory of those who fell in the Russian war." The six stained win dows bear underneath the names and rank of those 22 Har row men, who fought their last fight there. Of them it was said in Dr. Vaughan's address, when the first stone was laid by Sir F. Williams, of Kars, "Their bodies are buried in a far land, but their names live in their old school for evermore." We meet with some verses on the sugges7 tive subject of "Amen, in the Cathedral, St. Andrews." They are appropriately written, and breathe throughout a spirit of melancholy and an earnest faith that are fitted to the subject. A long article on "Gold, and Social Politics," concludes this number. It enters at length into the ques tion in its various bearings, and expresses a conviction that the " Gold Discoveries" have conferred a boon upon the world, and specially mitigated the effects of the cotton famine. FRASER.—The existing relations between Eng land and America are the subject of a lengthened and thoughtful paper. The writer goes thoroughly into the merits of the case, and examines the argu ments brought forward on behalf of each side, arriving at last at the conclusion that we 'should " be perfectly neutral, be civil to each party, and sympa thise fully with neither." To this state of mind he appears to have brought himself, and there is much truth and sense in what he says, though we cannot coincide in all his opi nions. For instance, he says, that if we admit the prin ciple that whenever a large body of men chose to withdraw themselves from the control of a given Government they have a right to do so, we not only give the South a right to repudiate the North, but we give New York city a right to secede from the State of New York, or Westminster from London. The cases are entirely distinct, and the United States by their very name are a band of equal Confederates not governed and governors. It is certainly consistent with reason and justice that an association so formed can be disbanded at the will of the contracting parties. The North, he says, stands on solid ground when fighting for the enforcement of the Constitution, and there is an end of all transactions between man and man if express agreements are not to be enforced. On such reasoning we might as well say that every proposal to dissolve a civil partnership should be resisted by law I The case is more truly stated in a sentence quoted by the writer himself from a speech made by a member of the American Senate 20 years ago —" The Constitution is a contract in which the States appeared as sovereigns, Now, whenever a contract is made between parties who have no common superior, each re tains the right of deciding for itself on the extent of its obligations." Nevertheless, the author, although decidedly not Southern in his sympathies, points out very clearly . the errors and mistakes of the Fedora's, and he certainly aims at impartiality and equity in this essay. The inte resting story of " Late Laurels" is continued, and shows us ;the romance of the honeymoon swiftly waning. The young bride's most noticeable qualities are a love of ad miration and a passion for dress, and, as her husband has never reached that stage of devotion in which love is blind, his disenchantment is painfully rapid. An article on " England and her Colonies,",follows almost too closely upon the essay on " England and America," but it is worth reading, although scarcely doing justice to the loyalty of our Canadian kinsmen to the mother country. The scientific reader will be attracted by a paper by Pro fessor William King on certain phenomena of the Atlantic, and his instructions are not without a practical end, as he especially considers the proposed telegraphic communica tion betweengreland and Newfoundland. The " Sketcher in the Ardennes and Moselle land" is the title of a plea sant paper describing the wanderings of a party of tourists in the forest consecrated to poetic memories. The London Recluse continues his " recreations," or rather reflections, and while an essay on the second part of " Goethe's Faust" supplies the wants of the literary reader, an essay on the present state of Russia addresses itself to the politician, who has certainly the lion's share in the current number of Fraser. TILE UNITED SERVICE.—In the United Service we have an interesting account of the meeting of the British Association which was recently held at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Of course this report is only an outline of the proceedings, but great care and discrimination have been exercised in selecting the chief topics discussed. Foremost among these may he con sidered Sir William Armstrong's exposure of the trade frauds (for such they really are) of the coal owners, who, he avers, cause millions of tons of small coal to be burned annually at the pit's mouth, in order to keep up the price of screened coals. Due attention is — paid . to his remarks on gunnery and projectiles, but on this subject the public have already heard much, and are likely to hear much more. Mr. Palmer's remarks on the progress of iron ship .building on the Tyne and Tees from 1842, show how rapidly the science of iron shipbuilding has advanced, and prove, in spite of evil prognostications, that water carriage can still com pete successfully with railroads in the conveyance of coals from the north to London. Since the first introduction of steam colliers great improvements have taken place in their construction. The screw collier James Dixon frequently receives 1,200 tons of coals in four hours, makes her passage to London in 32 hours—there, by means of the hydraulic machinery, she discharges her cargo in 10 hours, returns in 32 hours, and thus completes ber voyage in 73 hours. This screw collier made 57 voyages to London in one year, and in that year delivered 62,842 tons of coal, with a crew of only 21 persons. To accomplish this work on the old system, with sailing colliers, would have required 16 ships and 144 hands to man them." Mr. Seott Russell very sensibly deprecates anything like a feeling of rivalry between the Admiralty and private yards. He maintains that the private yards and the Ad miralty dockyards ought alike to be considered the property of the country, and that, therefore, Government should keep all the private yards employed to a small but regular extent, so that, in cases of emergency, they would possess an enormous shipbuilding power. The extracts from Mr. Glaisher's and Captain Grant's papers are highly interest ing. In the first part of a memoir of General Wolfe, we are carried back to a period in the history of our army, which, for the credit of the service, we would gladly have buried in oblivion. We refer to the atrocities of the Duke of Cumberland at Culloden ; and the fact that the hero of Quebec participated in these butcheries, or at least was pre sent at them, detracts much from the romance with which his name has always been clothed. But the state of the British army during the reign of the first and second Georges was most deplorable; and Chevalier Wogen charac terised it as a body " where the least pretensions to learn ing, to piety, or to common morals, would endanger the owner of being cashiered." Under the head of " Curiosities of Naval Literature," we have a sketch of English charac ter in ancient times, the origin of the broad arrow to desig nate Government property, and other antiquarian matters. A chapter on our " Active Admirals" fur nishes a history of the British navy from the early days of Queen Bess down to the present iron age. In a paper on the proposed American fortifications and their influence on our colonies in North America, the forts already erected, and about to be constructed on the northern boundary of the United States, are duly described. After showing how they will bear upon Canada, the writer concludes with a piece of advice which is too sound to be acted upon by a Whig Administration or to be heeded by our present Foreign Secretary. Ho urges that before winter sets in we should send out all the gunboats that can be spared, so that they may be ready to occupy the lakes at the breaking up of the ics next spring, for it is well known that whoever has command of the lakes commands Canada. This is perfectly correct, bat our Government is breaking up gunboats which, would do well enough to protect the lakes until others could replace them. " Greenwich Cha racters" are continued in the usual style, and the first in.• stalment of a paper on "Gambia Colony and the Civil War" and another on "The Polish, Question" conclude the number. Coßrtilin.-- If The Small House at Allington" is more exciting than usual in this number. First of all, Crosbie's lugubrious wedding is about to come off, and he is proportionately wretched. Lily Dale is already avenged in the position of her wretched suitor. Lily's bedside is 4.. prophetic picture of happier days for the unfortunasa little household. Mrs Lupex creates another disturbance in Burton-crescent, and of course Cradell is as ridiculous as ever. " Sea Fights, Ancient and Modern," is a very appropriate article at this present juncture. Its object is to "give a popular account of the chief forms that fighting at sea has assumed amongst the most important nations of the world." Tho writer gives us a consolatory idea that change has always existed in naval things, "but that the genius of the sea races has never been affected by it." Thia is very true, but the intelligence thus imparted is rendered doubly welcome from the fact that it is often the fashion to decry the prowess of • our country at the present day, and to augur sinister events as likely to occur if war is declared. This is the right way of treating the question. "Is steam a more potent source in nature than genius, or iron harder than the pluck of the British tar." " The House of Commons from the Ladies' Gallery" is an amassing sketch. The etiect of the narration is a little marred by the extravagant style of some of the remarks. Mr. Gladstone, who was the hero of the night's debate, is extolled to the echo, and indeed, when he was heard, it appeared to the listeners that no one else should speak after him. Apart from this extraordinary style of encomium, the rest of the sketch is amusing and will please many. " Out of the World" con cludes in a most melancholy manner. The story furnishes a moral to those who, like Horatia, make misery by their wretched conduct. Too late she finds out the irreme diable mistake that she has made, but mortals may not undo the past or condone with Providence for the sins they havb committed, "In the Land of the Eisteddfodd "is a curious kind of sketch thatdescribes very smartly the mixture of comic and pathetic that took place during that imposing ceremony. " Eveleen O'Connor" is a very awful tale, that is painful to peruse, from being an apt representation of the sad effects of furious rage and extreme imprudonce com bined. Eveleen's fate was happier than if her reason had survived, and therefore her fate was not so tragic as it seemed. "The Miseries of a Dramatic Author" is a very entertaining and instructive paper. It should be perused by young and inexperienced writers, who little imagine what is before them, if they aim at writing for the stage. The real troubles begin, it is said, after the play is accepted. Every imaginable annoyance, every conceivable misfortune seems to assail the hapless Wight who aspires to become the successful author of a piece. The manager coolly tells him his best points are all impracticable, the actors do not like their parts—perhaps refuse to act at all—end thus cause great confusion, and sometimes stop the piece altogether. Of minor troubles there are myriads. Some people will have "exit speeches," and expect some to be specially in troduced to please them. A manager once asked an author to give "B" an exit speech, adding that his position de manded it. The other replied that his position in the play did not admit of one. The manager retorted, " Why not a curse; B's position in the theatre demands a curse." This seems a strange mode of settling differences, and would hardly suit all tastes. A ludicrous story [quoted in The Sun a few days since] is told of a writer for the stage once venturing on a tragedy. His manager advised him to " cut out all the poetry, and send it to Astley's." He did so, and it ran a hundred nights. If authors oftener followed scch unpalatable advice, the re sults might be as profitable. The sketch winds up by stat ing that a novelist, on the day of publication, feels as if drawing cheques on the Bank of Fame; but a dramatist has terrible misgivings to encounter, as his success depends principally upon others, who aro often indifferent. TEMPLE BAR.—" John Alarchmont's Legacy" is continued at some length, and some eventful cir cumstances occur. Belinda Lawford speaks her mind about Edward Arundel's conduct in chastising Mr. Paul Marclimont, but is overheard by tho' worthy man, and he seizes the opportunity of mystifying her. Edward Arundel returns home from Brittany, and finds Belinda at his mother's house on a visit. After a short time he proposes to her, and the time is fixed for the wedding. 111-omened d mbts assail the mind of the young man as the day draws near, and he is evidently under the apprehension of some unfortunate event occur ring. In all probability one of those startling occurrences will take place which have so often appeared in this authoress's works. " The Trials of the Tralgolds " is proceeded with, but does not make very much progress in this number. Herbert Gifford and Lizzie Moyle still keep up their engagement in a clandestine form, which will soon cause fresh disturbances. Clement Buckburst attempts to retrieve his fallen fortunes by proposing for Clare Gifford, but fails in his object. Noel Bryan is progressing steadily with his work, and promises to become famous. "DeMortuis's is an article that contains a sort of melancholy interest. The obituary record is now of one gone to the tomb in that city of eternal change and revolution, which, in its whirl of shifting movements, has scarcely time to ask where are the old symbols—where even the cherished realities. The Fabourg of St. German is the quarter alluded to, and certainly its annals are stored with recollections of ancient grandeur and departed power. Lord Strangford, in his lines on the Aristocracy of France, has paid a tribute to their constancy and devotion to the old cause, to which they clung with chivalric enthusiasm : But though their state is fallen, all Europe cannot show Such glory as was theirs of old, such glory as is now. For they themselves have conquered, themselves they have forgone ; And they their own relinquished, till the king shall have his own. This serial seems to be prone to undertake retrospective subjects this month, for we find a paper headed "Fifty Years Ago." It alludes to the ISth of this month as the great anniversary for the Germans, since it celebrates the battle of "Leipzig." After an elaborate ac count of the conflict the writer seeks to read a lecture to the present generation. He very wisely bids the Germans re• member that all the armies then combined had been pre viously defeated separately. Hence it is aptly sag gested that the course now taken by Prussia is a very dangerous one, and that the fable of the Bungle of Sticks may now be verified. "It wee dualism that lei to the loss of Lombardy, and the same feeling may cause Rhenish Prussia also to be I lopped off the Germanic Confederation." "My Travelling Companion" is concluded, and it would seem that, after all, the disappointed lover and the deluded victim was nothing else than a dexterous sharder and an expert thief. his adroitness in abstracting the loss of valuables about equalled his skill in devising a thrilling tale of horror, and suggest ing the striking but unpleasant denouement of trying his poniard on his companion to test its efficacy in ridding him of his enemy. Though not over probable, the story is pos sible, and very ingeniously put altogether. " Winter Prospects of the North of Enghmd" affords the opportu nity of suggesting some valuable hints regarding that com plicated question, It is truly said that typhus is greatly to be dreaded, and that this is not only a poor man's question. " Fever is erratic and unscrupulous; although bred on the cold hearthstone of Lazarus, it will stalk unbidden to the drawing room or bed chamber of a neighbouring Dives." MACMILLAN.--ilfacinillan is this month more in teresting than usual, the subjects being varied and the articles generally well written. The fifth letter from the " Competition Wallah" dilates enthusi astically on the a dvantages of the Indian Civil Service, end expatiates on its superiority over the heart. sickness of briefs deferred, and the hopeless struggle against the sons of attorneys, and the nephews of railway directors. "Is it not better," he asks indignantly, " than grinding year after year at the school with teaching the young idea how to turn good English verses into bad Latin ? Is it not better than hanging wearily on at college, feeling your early trio 4nphs turn into bitterness, doubting whether to class yourself with old or young? An able energetic man, fur whom active life has charms, well de light in such an exchange as is offered him by an Indian career, but an enthusiast is forced to admit that the attrac tions of domestic life are not equal to those of public service. The lack of employment or interest in "up country life" is severely felt by the ladies, and when it comes to sending their little ones home without them the trial is very great. Yet, with all drawbacks, the picture which the writer gives of the Civil Service is an inspiring one. "There is no career," he says, "which holds out such certain and splendid pro spects to honourable ambition. But better far than this, then) islno career which so surely inspires men with the desire to do something useful in their generation—to leave their mark upon the world for good and not for evil." The story of " Vincenzo" is continued, and the fortunes of the luck less hero take a sudden turn for the better. Sorrow and anxiety have softened Rose, and the long and dangerous illness of her husband following closely on the death of her father, reawakens all her dormant affection. She devotes herself to him with unceasing tenderness, and at length sees him restored to life and to the service of his country from which she had so long withheld him. Dr. Anstie con tributes a paper on " Physical Pain," and inclines to the theory that pain in the nerve is the result of a low degree of vitality, and supports his views by ingenious argument and illustration. 46 Geld, its Chemistry and Mineralogy," is the subject of an interesting paper. It is mentioned, as a curious fact, that it is not unusual to find in the sand of the river Seine, which is used for glass making, small grains of gold, and that this gold by some means makes its its way into the vegetation on the banks. A French che mist, in order to demonstrate this with certainty, burnt some of , the vines growing there, and from their ashes ho ex tracted enough gold to coin three Napoleons. As each piece of 20 francs value cost the experimenter 120 francs to procure, the result was not encouraging in the way of profit, but it was highly successful by way of scientific experi ment. "A Little French City" is the title of a pleasant gossiping:paper about the good people and quiet town of Sens, written by an artist who gives such a glowing de scription of the beauty surrounding his painting-tent that it is enough to tempt any reader, with means and leisure, to cross the Channel forthwith. ST. JAMES'S.—The story of " Aubrey Marston" continues to unravel its mysteries at a slow and uncertain pace. It is followed by an article onthe various discomforts and ingenious tendencies of railway travelling. The writer, however, does not consider these drawbacks to be inseparable from the popular system of locomotion. " It is," he says, "a glorious mode of progression, and great is the pity that everything that tcuds to diminish its risk, whether imme diate or future, is not adopted without delay." The " Seemts of my Office istcentinued, and uutolds another of those dark pages of human life which the writer seems to delight in. Sir Lascolles Wraxall gives us a Frenchman's account of an Englishman's aeronautic enterprises. " Straws in the Stream" have reached their fifth part, and this month float over to Bottlef_ne-sur-INler. The story of Madeleine Graham is continued Is ith spirit, but it is very questionable taste to introduce the incidents of a criminal trial, whose rainfui, details are fresh in most of our memories, into a story of this kind. It is a new feature in our sensation fiction, and certainly not one to be commended. There are several other papers, the best of them being " Death on the High Seas, and "As far as the Rigi." THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE. -- The most noticeable feature in this magazine is Captain Mayne Reid's story of " The White Gauntlet," which is, like all its author's works, tall of life and adventure. Queen • Elizabeth's troubles are diecuased at length, and it is curi ous to compare the dangers and trials of her early days with her subsequent grandeur end prosperity, The series of —.— Firstly, we are informed by the highest chemical autho rities, that pure water so rapidly acts upon lead, that in w very short space of time it becomes impregnated with this metal in a soluble form. Nor are we to escape by the com forting assurance that the water is impure. Water that contains carbonic acid (and what water does not in a greater or less degree ?) equally appropriates to itself a portion of the metallic medium through which it passes ; these aro facts from which we have no appeal. 'lt is true that water may contain certain constituents that will act on the lead in a manner more favourable to a hygienic state of things; but do we take the trouble to ascertain if such a quality exists in our water? We think not. The result is, there fore, that in the case of all new lead pipes, colic, next to' poisoning, is the result upon all who use it; and in all cases, unless specially protected, poison, in the form of salts of lead, is administered, whether in homoeopathic doses or after the more liberal allopathic system, and a deleterious effect is produced on the system and health of all who par take of the liquid. The effect of sulphuric acid as a cor rective, in the exceptional cases of which wo have already spoken, is caused by the internal surface of the lead being changed from the metallic state into a sulphide of the metal which is insoluble inwater. This reaction may be artificially produced by a simple yet scientific process, the discovery of Dr. Schwarz, of Breslau. This savant proposes the passing through lead pipes of a solution of sulphide of potassium, at a temperature of 212 degrees, which changes the metallic lead into a sulphide of lead, and, thus transmuted, the water passing through it is perfectly free from the risk of contamination by any poisonous salt from the lead. It re mains for the public themselves to decide from our state ments of facts, whether or not they will continue to tolerate even the skeleton of an evil that may be so easily exercised. TO PREVENT POISONING BY LEAD PIPES. Few persons have become the occupants of a new house without some serious charge against the builder, on the score of drains; the architect, as to the sanitary or other teal-arrangements of the premises ; or, failing to trace to either of these personages the cause of some sickness that has seized them, they decry the constitution; or, if some sage friend has been consulted, and finds the situation favourable as to the four winds, the substratum is referred to ; and then, if clay be the obnoxious foundation, even the pulling down of the house is pronounced useless, as giving no remedy against existing evil, which has been attributed to so many imaginable causes. Of all the departments, the plumber's is the least sus pected. He goes scot free: for if there be an abundance of waeer, what blame can attach to him ? We do not say that blame as yet does attach to him, but we confidently assert that the cause of the evil is often found in his depart ment. That metal which it se pliant under his hands, and can be so easily moulded to his will—with its bright clear face, that seems as if it would throw back with indignation any charge of poisoning, is the culprit after whom the whole house has been in search. In time the hunters aro worn out in the chase; and having passed the worst mat ters begin to mend ; not so much from acclimatisation, as the victims suppose, but from the pipes having changed their faces from a laden hue to one more white; not, in deed, paled from sorrow at the mischief they have done, but from falling in with some companion, who has tarried, and in whose society the metal is so engrossed, as to cease to exercise a poisonous and deleterious influence over our own. To those who have not been able to follow our analogy, let us sum up in clearer words. Lead is soluble in pure water. A solution of lead is highly poisonous. There are cases in which pure water, drawn. through leaden pipes or from leaden cisterns, has carried a sufficiency of lead in solution to poison a whole family. But a plea of exemption may arise from those who have not pure water. To such we would reply—lmpure water coats the lead, in process of time, with the white film of a carbonate of the metal, which is insoluble, with ex ceptions ; one being the presence of water containing car bonic acid. Such water, in passing through the carbonate of lead, takes up an equivalent of the same, which equiva lent may be sufficient to cause distinguishable colic, or set up a non-traceable source of indisposition through a whole family. We now approach the termination of our summary by answering a query that may be put by some sceptics. How is it, after all, some lead pipes do not poison water ? It arises from the fact that old age has wrought a change for the better in their disposition ; for when water impregnated with sulphur salts has for a long time passed through leaden pipes, or has long acted on leaden cisterns, the lead becomes coated with a sulphate or a sulphide ; and sulphide of lead, being perfectly insoluble in pure water, and equally so in water not too excessively charged with foreign matters to be potable, renders the leaden vehicle perfectly harmless, and thus perfects it for the duties which in all other respects it performs in such a utilitarian manner. But we have a moral to append to our subject. Are we to wait content to be poisoned until our pipes become transmuted, or what are we to do ? The remedy is said now to be easily at tainable without waiting. Dr. Schwarz, a chemist of Breslau, has made a discovery that cannot be too highlY esteemed in a sanitary point of view, which is, that by Pa" sing a hot solution of tho sulphide of potassium through, leaden pipes, the interior face is transmuted from the me. tallic state to that of a sulphide in a few minutes, at a cost too insignificant to mention. If, then, the need of some change of our water conduit be satisfactorily shown (and we have endeavoured to do this for years), and the change proposed is based on equally well-known scientific truths ; if water in the mines of galena, the sulphide of the noxious metal, be drunk with impuuity, let us by all means see that for the future, at any rate, our pipes and cisterns be 114 longer silent poisoners, but made to ou pport the character they have hitherto not fully deserved, of useful auxiliaries to the requirements of daily life. 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