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~--- heble, re, the Mon, ohn'et street, iillipsy Kent , a, the aring- Davis Mffed Is, St' .XWS , o. 112 Luty o f REMEMBER, IVE SUP AT EVANS' Mellon EVRRY EVENING THIS WEEK a lt er Alf re d 's Promenade Concerts. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. "5 , h ° 6 Te dut paid Government for t year 1562 Wag ?, a y nd the to amount insured on farming stock, £10,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the rofi's periodicall made to Parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time y , received sums amounting in the ag:;rqz,ate to £1E0,000; and the Society now holds a large Reserve applicable to a future Bonus. The rates of premium are in no case higher than those charged by the other principal offi ces ma ki ng n o r eturns to their insurers. Por pro.pectuses apply at the Society's Offices Surrey , s treet, Nor w i c h - and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black- friar s , E.O • pROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE A S6OCIATION. Estithlished IS4O. Thom _ TRUSTEES. as By Esq., 11. P. Win. Geo. Prescott, Esq . 'Thomson Hankey, Esq ,M I .P. Baron L. de Hothszhild, M.P. Mutual Lif. Assurance for all classes. P his Association has now in existence 6,0 00 policie s, for a total aura of £1,500,000• The Annual Income is .. £51,000 The Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 20, 00 It has paid in Claims • • • • • • 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinq uenniall y am on g th e Members. Three divisions have already been made' When the following sums have been added as bonuses to the Policies Dec. 314847 .. • • .. £ l 4 O OO l 8 1 1 85 5 2 7 ; 6 4 23 200 56,500 ~ 1862 .. • • • • makingthe total bonus additions, £93,600. 4 , Bonuses ma 3 be received in cult or applied to the red= "" of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the pol cy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid- UP policies introduced by this Association, by which the "orifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of Po icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, 'Whether assurers or otherwise. Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. W3r. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. T HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. READ OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Inturance buildings, Liverposl. Total Animal Revenue exceeds Lisoi,o , o. Accamalated Funds in hand over ......2,020,000. Chairman in Liverpool CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London WILLI A. 31 WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRACTS FROM THE_ REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1882. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustonied 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 .£300,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is again fully maintained. The profit of the businers of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preceding year, and in fact sur passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, since the commencement of thi4 Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £15,107 10s. 5d., and of the North American business, which is kept sepal. rately, £11,097165. 10d. LIFE BRANCH'. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on re-w policies for the year 1;62 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 1,45: npw.policies issued. Until within the last few years it is beireied that such a sum assured as that which ha( 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 encourag ement for the futr , re 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 sure proposed for assurawe s mounts to .£'43,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives b e i ng d ecl i ned. 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 stele 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 /acid than that of any other Company established either in -Lottelan or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The returns of dity 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 maim'. tuele, combining distinguished commercial success to the Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOTE, Manager and Actuary. • JOHN B. JOHNS TON, Secretary in London. A.D. 1720. B OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal k:xchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pail-mall OCTAVIUS WIGRA3I, Esq., Governor. GEORGE FEMMES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir Jonx HENRY PELLE, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIED Irtn Jus. ry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. R ohert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Lven and Melville. ''nhn Garratt Cattlev , Esq. Chas. Jno. e Manning, Esq. If ark Currie Clo se , E sq. H enry Nelson, Esq. lyiluam Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. 1 Nutrias Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. .Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann. Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Rirersdale IV. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. , IN ...„.."obt. Amadeus Heath Esq. Joseph Somes, Es q., M.P. m. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' William Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. - Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SULLY, Esq., P.R.S. _ F IRE and LIFE ASSU RANCES ma be effected with this . _ or poration on adva n t ageous terms. y In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par- Il eination in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. r early The Reversionary Banns on British Poli c i es h as average d 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made In the Premiums Tayable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Li any sum not exceed i ng £15,000 may be insured on one This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption front the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual S So cieties — with the guarantee of a l arge i nvested Capital ock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the 'United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSUttANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by tZoyal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. ACCUMULATED AND INVESTED FUNDS, £2,12?,825. ANNUAL 113: rrNITE, £122,101. LONDON BOARD. John White Cater, Esq., Chairman. Charley Morrison, Esq., De puty ( hairman. A. De A rroyave, Esq. } :dward Cohen, Esq. James do Buisson, Esq. do Pre Grenfell, Thq. A. Klockmann. Esq. John Alolle.t, Esq. J , nius S. Morgan, Esq. G. Garden Nicol, Esq John IT. Wm. Schroder, Esq. G ecr;:r,e Young', Esq. T.cTons. Robert Smith, Esq. Frederic Somes, Etiq. A. II:, C Ex-Din' pbell, l'. C. Cavaman, Esq. Esq. P. P. Ralll, Esq. Manager of Fire Department—Georg , 11. Whyting. Manager of Life Department—W. F. BirkinYre• Superint endent of F ore i gn Department—G. 11. Burnett. Secretary -4'. W. Lance. General 'Manager—David Smith. FIRE DE PARTMENT. The Company gr.ints Insnrances against Fire in the United liingdom, and all fore Lon countries,' Mercantile Rialia ;n the Pert o London accepted at duced rates. re- Losses pr,inntly mil liberally settled. loorekm R'sks.—The Director 4, having a practical knowon ledge of foreign countries, are prepared to I t's,'? most tavoura'ile terms. In all cases a di co allowed to Merchants and others effecting such Inisnutrawnces. LIFE DEPARTMENT dile' rl s l be The followinr, StateMent exhibits the improvement effected during the las - few years : No. of Policies Issued. Sums. Premiums. 1,•'51 ........ 455 ........ L 377,425 £12,561 18 8 18 ,g',9. ....... 6-5 ....... . 41 2 ,9 , 1 4 ,1 0 ....... 7-tt ........ 4-0 ."'" 1861 ... 8 527 6'6 ..... • 4' 1 ........ • . - 16,551 2 9 1862 ..... 1,137 ........ 768,334 Thus in five years the number of Policie3 iss - oed was 3,623, ass uring the l arge sum of £2,928 917. The leading, f eatures of the Office are:— 1. Entire Se urity to Assurers. ' 2. The large Bonus additions already declared, and the prospect of a further Bonus at the next investiga tion. 3. The advantages afforded by varied Tables of premiums — unrestr'cted conditions of Policies—and general liberality i n d ealing with the .A asured. Forms of Proposal and every information will bu furnished on application at the HEAD OFFICES : ... LONDON. ....... 58, Threadneedle-street. EDINBURG 4, New B an k Buildir.gs. H.•. 64, Princes-street , -------- Noirrn Auscricverc MERCANTILEAcTsIopAN WEST-END OFFICE: S, WATERLOO -PLACE, PALL-MALL. Secretary—ALEX. J. RUSSELL. RUPTURES.—By ROYAL LETTI,RIS 'A. , a P pwards of ViTHITE'S MOC-MAIIV LEVER -2---Nrk * y (PERFECTED AND ExninlTED TRUSS l' x HITHTION S OF H5l AND 1 562), i 8 allowled b'r rip: p rimAT Two Hundred INiedical Gentlemen to be the by u invention in the curative treatment of u l l ll , ' - ft ei NT rec i ti v,e The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its ~-;,'" -.... • is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn roil' - / i - a - ' e th ' s, body, while the requisite resisting power is supplic hi, al, 1 1 1o , i-Rain Fad and Patent Lever, fitting with so mud" e --- vna closeness that it cannot be detected, and may beiwase during ,sled,. A descriptive circular may 1,0 h a d , and 'a truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the ll._ cumterence et the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 22!, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, liis 219., 2tis. dd., and 31s. 6 d. Postage, i N . A Doubl e T russ, 315.. ' M. , 425., and 525. 6 d. Postage, la ad. An Umbilical Truss, 4' , s. and 520. dd. Postage, 10. lOd. office Pos ffi t-oce rd ere to made - , Y NEW PAT ENT LAST lc STOCKINGS, 'w , kr IC:NLE-C A PS, ,te.., for Varicose Veins and all cases of to.oreeus, holt in texture, and inepensivo, - .ess and Swelling of :he Leirs, Sprains, ~ 'rzo. They are Ily .an ordniary too.. •• ' •• - ' awl are drawn on eae l. p e ,.. , - ag. trice Is. td., 7th. 61, Mi., to If's. .A.ase cci. ' - --- JOHN. pvl-1,, - . i ' 4„ -. , Uanutacturer, VS, FtNa,:lly. No. 22,208. MANILLA AND JAPAN. Now ready, Bvo., with Illustrations, 1.15., bound, A. LADY'S VISIT TO MANILLA. AND JAPAN". ry ANNA D'A. Hurst and Blackctt, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough strcet. ORITIQINS on the LEADERS of the ‘..) NEWSPAPER, PRESS—Reviews of all New Books— English and Foreign Sci,t , tlll , I n tormation—Fxtracts— Gossip, &c., &c., in the LITERARY TIMEzi, every week. Twopence. 80, Fleet-street. THE OXF OR 1), R, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison. Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean. &c. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man"), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Pei formance by Herr SOHAL h:ENBACH on his wonderful inst. ument, the PIANO URCHEbTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The LIALL hls jug been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and Is one of the most Beautiful iu the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ed. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 3 Os. 6d. A-NUR BURY HALL !! 0 0,, SZUZ32....urslar vj to gratify the curiosity of nt2htly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. 110 ItTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor P,pper %nd Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion," TM; 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.:..nkavnesdtebrldt(Y) 9othteheoviHatlill. al l l le th h4s .. a en ls t o ipm ar a r n a !l o ge , a d te tfT p itn rovements and effects), REPRESINTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &e. ; UT, sworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, ,tc. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The G . ROST ! The GHO ! ! The - ONLY COMIC' GHOST 1! ! —The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mariannina and Signor Guiseppe France-co, assisted by a corns of Twenty young Ladies—Selections from favourite Operas : Principals, Miss 111‘Gregor, Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini (the new Italian tenor), and Mr. Vernon Rigby. Nicosia, the eminent European Violinist, will make his first appearance in England on Monday, Sept. 7. ARGYLL ROOMS. Windmill-street. Piccadilly. NOTICE.—The above elegant Rooms will be Opened on SATURDAY, September 5: entirely redecorated under the sole direction of Messrm. Delicourt, of Paris, decorators to the Palaces of the Emperor Napoleon. The artistical work will be done by Messrs. Biggs and assistants. The musical department under the directorship of' Mons. Jullien, and chef d'orchestre. The band will be chosen from the Household Troops and the Royal Italian Opera Houses. This celebrated band is well known by the public, and will be called in future the London Band, and will be represented by the best art•sts of the present day. Conductor of the Roams and Manager, Mons. GRENET. Sole Lessee, R. R. BIGNELL. Admission, is. ESTABLISHED 1833. IOWDEN'S 2ERATED GINGER BEER , in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, Potass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manutactory , No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. SPECTACLES. --The Patent Newly - invented Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including - Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary relief to weak, di.o, and detective vision.—S. and BJ SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. T".—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchonz, reduced to 3s. rd. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 45 . 4 d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 33, London -bridge, City, E.C. PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE IVIA.CHINE•; for hand, horse, or steam rower , are the most simple and efficiant extant.—Fal: particulars and prices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co., Laurence Pountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C., where they may be seen in operation daily. MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Private Gentleman upon FURNfTUR PI (without removal\ Leasehold suet Freehold Property, or Reversions, Ate., in sums from £2O to £soo.—Mr. Howard, 18, Queen street, Cheapside. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country).—A GENTLEMAN is willimz to MAKE A DVANC ES of CAS tl, without delay, to respectable persons (teal.; or ternale), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on.—Apply (it by letter enclose tour stamps) to W., ; , t 11 , _1 r. Robertson s, Accountant, 40, Kim , William-street, London-bridge, E.C.--Money advanced on Dock Warrants. JjEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING PO WDER, for which a Prize Medal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1862 ' This Powder is quite harmless to anim al life, but is un rivalled in destroying Fleas. Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, Ilioths in furs, and every other species of Insect. Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy lug Fleas in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. Being the original importer of this now invaluable article, which has found so great a sale that it has tempted others to vend a so-called article, the pub!ic are therefore cautioned to observe that the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the autograph of Thomas KEATING. Sold in packets, is., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. each, or post free for 140r:36 postage stamp s , by Th om as Keating, chemist, 79, St. ri ui s - churchyari, London, E.C. ej E t Ulß ß 2ON sll o: K t s h p e E TE ßl ß 3, C a E t N s T tr E at N fo,r Ap i Y pic; O: t Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Ito N. C. Tramilt on, Bart , K.C.8.. is Chairman ) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTION S, and they may also be paid to the account of the T ercentenary Committee. at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, S tratt ord-up on - Avon ; Messrs. Gre en way, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and uo , Messrs Ilanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co , banke:s, London. The Terantenary 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 Stratford 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 lr_stne, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Grav's-inn-road, IL in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at Ring's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, 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 pcnied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting 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 Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to edmit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mass ierman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Itansom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Iliaras, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend. Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Earned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. R O lAL NATIONAL LIF E-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATTIONDSS—Iter Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. FEESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. rTTA/R Drr __ imAN--Thos: Baring, Esq., m.r., P.R.s., Y.P. uri-CnaartmAx—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. she e l b ie e APPEAL. of the year 1800, the Royal National Lifeboat beginning o fttee of Management have to state that,. since Institution has ex ended .£32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of Eng!and Scotland, and Ireland._ The number of lives saved by . the Lile-boats of o the . Society, and other means, since its formation, is I,B oo ± for which services 82 Gold Medals 71.8 Sil v er Medals, and £16,450 in cash h ave been paid in 'rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67.000 on Life-boats, Lite-boat Transportine - -ean iages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense ot the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to e s t a bli sh 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 its Crews practised in the inantwernent of their boats, whi^h cat, only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly app ea l 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:— X s. d Tier 11Taiesty the Queen .. • • .. annual 50 C 0 Campbell the lion. Mrs. G. •• • • • • annual 50 0 (, (2 , l , e r r i. k ie , Colonel, ly i:s l O l..A. .... .... : • : : : annual i n d u o a n l .lo l 0 1 0 ° routes and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. „ animal io 0 0 ~ m. Pr:u l Cl a :,::::i ir l'h i lef .fustice • • ,• • .. dan. 30 10 p s o l r u t l i w n e , , e V a i T ez 7. ld e rnira .. l Sir . A . ., h..C . .8. .... 2 fi d o.n d .. on. 25 3 0 0 0 0 r enwielc, G. .1., Esq , cost of a Lifeboat and Tran -250 0 0 d .. .. 7t o h n. don. l l s o 15 0 0 0 Ilarvey, Rey. G. G. and Mrs... •• • • _miry, .. Tsllltrni°l roctiniCilz_Al,l:l(,?,:ll.ya ( 7 3, S (; 1 ° !• irl 'A r• 'e n 3 t e n ar o ret: n e y n -, w K i c . ( 1. 1 B . :. :. : : nn.1;118.1 0° o 0 S Donations aud W l' ilTo d u Y g 's .. • • •• • a u n al tru s liy o m o . Li 'i bpy cl d Y : 1S e.ston-super-Mare, collectedby . her 16 16 0 Ere • N h •• elyed by the, Annual ...u. c p Institution, Messrs. Willis, Pe-eiyal find c Bankers of the Y, Lord '; ri ti . o . us will be an th n ,lame,'s-street London ; by al.' the Collectors of Customs a C l o id .', l 's l s, a •: n g li t crra: di n; o : :; : . : 7 su 6 n , nrs L i.t Lombard- o s ii t rn, r a e r. e n t i ; i 121 a Messrs. nd C c o o u „ tt l s 6, a s n t d . and by the Secretary l ' el '"' (1 "owls ' 12, 1., at the Offie,it of the Institution, 11, John-street, Adeloi. London, wo.:". . p. .~w: 4~ o - 7 Y; ` , . . • ..• , • , 4.: - c., , : . -77 .4: s ,;..‘„, - ~ .. .k.1 . ......' co , a.'V• 1----- . 2 1 '4- ' -4 "viggm-:,?, t ( - r* . . ~ ...,.?, ..... '-- , L r . ..... ....:., /, -. '" ' i i ,\t'lr . . ;•:.• vi;- , wi ;v. - it , ;. - 7: - . V' . ..., 1 ..' ~,.,, 'r-,!, , 'i s ii ... L - I) ' ' , 4' . ... , „ .$.„, ‘-' 5 1 , i4 1 _ . ~., , - ~....,„ .-:•., 1: P., • , ii . __,!;._ l _, • 4° c u\ k 1. '' ' Tfl , Ilk' 4. ...,„ THE SUN, LOND'UN, TUESDAY EVEIVING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1861 Our Gunboats and Mortar Vessels. --C..---•- -- , - , - Created to meet a sudden emergency in the war waged by England and France against Russia, the last vessel of our gun and mortar boat fieet might in the due course of time have passed away with and into those convenient " waters of oblivion" into which individuals and peoples aro sa ever ready to consign their failures, their de feats, and their disappointments, had their history hitherto been " written in sand?. It could not be so, however, under the circumstances of their his tory substquent to their creation. The pm in sung over the inauguration of this miniature fleet of hor nets cannot readily- be• forgotten. .This flotilla of gun and mortar craft were termed " the best legacy of the Russian war, the only solid adventage that remained to us after all our experiments. Waned not only learnt that a , maritime Power requir es other vessels besides lioe-ef.battle ships, but we ).ad actually got a strong fleet of these vessels ready built for any future emergency. There they were all hauled up safe and sound, all paid for, and fit to be launched at an hour's notice in strength suffi cient to sweep the Channel of an enemy." But this precious flotilla, --this real naval reserve—this squadron on which so much money hed been spent, was, Oland gotten and good for nothing, and the bean were only fit to break up or crumble to dust; where they lay. They were .not broken up, and they were delayed at an immense expense in fall ing literally to pieces. Two certainly, the Caroline and the Meckarel, were eventually condemned and taken to pieces, but even now fragments of their poor rotten skeletons may be met with iu obscure corners of the Hasler Yard, each fragment forming part of a tale of fraudulent copper bolt fastenings and sappy timbers. Others of the gunboats had as much as £l,OOO and £1,500 each spent upon them; some, it is said, stillnaore, and others less ; but the one professed object aimed at war to render this rotten and useless fleet available for some purpoSe. The exposure of our folly had made us to a certain extent ashamed of ourselves, and we were glad to hide the cause from sight as quickly as possible. All visible defects were made good, and each vessel the partial repairs of which only were thus "made good" at an enormous expense had her planking carefully caulked, her bottom payed over with an honest coat of tar and with an " air stroke" of planking left out (too near the top sides to be of any service). The gunboat squadron stood under their sheds at Hasler, looking, to all outward sign, bright, sound, and fit for anything. At this time the fact was the boats were only partially re paired, English elm had been introduced alongside partially decayed plank and framing, and the whole closed in, airtight from keel to "air stroke," and now all again .are rotten. The recent annual inspection of the naval estab lishments at Portsmouth is, however, likely to cause the curtain to descend upon the last act of the gun and mortar boat comedy. In anticipation of their lordships' annual visit to the yard at Hasler a re. port of the condition of the boats stored under the sheds was prepared, which led to further investiga tions being made, and the result is that this too famous yard at Hasler is to be degraded from its hitherto maintained position, and to descend from its high-sounding title of " gunboat yard and slip way," to " a yard for building and repairing ships' boats and repairing gunboats ;" the latter, we should presume, means so long as wooden gunboats are still supposed to be of use. The gunboats now on the blocks under Hasler sheds are 47 in number (exclusive of six building), and tbeir destiny in the immediate future has been assigned as follows: — Condemned to be broken up—The Tiny, 20 horse power ; the Midge, 20 ; the Flirt, 20 ; the Ready, 40; the Pincher, 60; the Swinger, 60; the Thrush, 40; the Badger, 60; the Beaver, 60; the Beacon, 60 ; the Traveller, 60 ; the Savage, 60; the Por poise; 60; the Pert, 20; the Grinder, 60; the Brazen, 60; the Bullfinch, 60. To be surveyed further, for sale or breaking up : The Wolf, 60 horse power; the Crocus, 60; the Camel, 60 ; the Garland, 20 ; the Garnet, 40 ; the Primrose, 60 ; the Prompt, 60 ; the Pickle, 60; the Gnat, 20; the Redbreast, 60; the Parthian, 60; the Blossom, 20 ; the Confounder, 60 ; the Gadfly, 20; the Rocket, 60. For repirs, to be added to, or rather, to form the reserve ;—The Brave, 60 horse-power ; the Peacock, 60; the Cherokee, 60; the Wave, 60; the Swan, 60; the Whiting, 60; the Feuella, 40; the Hunter, 40 ; the Skylark, 60. To be fitted for coal depots :—The Pep, 20 horse power; the Snapper, 60. This list only includes the Hasler gunboats, but in addition to these there are some 110 others of the same c l ass of vessel afloat in our home ports and on foreign stations, all of which must be looked upon by the lights of our present experience as possessing a still more favourable average of condition than even those quoted above as in the " Haslar" list. With regard to the original construction of these vessels, while it is admitted that the contractors were compelled to turn them out of hand in a very hurried manner, owing to the nation's requirements at the time, and to build portions of them with un seasoned timber, owing to the impossibility of obtaining seasoned wcod, there is at the present moment a vessel under repair in Haslar Yard which from having been originally constructed with sea soned timber, affords a remarkable contrast in her condition to the exotic gunboats which have cost the nation such immense sums of money, but the days of whi ch we may now reasonably hope are numbered. The vessel alluded to is simply an open dockyard lighter daily employed in doing all kinds of rough thework. water Sh ln eeiw,as launched 69 years ag o, and her original ti m b ers , w hi c h now f orm her frame below ar . e as sound and hard as on the da y of her l aunc hi ng So much for the Hasler gunboats, their rotten and fungus -covered hulls, their short copper bolts, their partial repairs, their subsequent rot on the blocks high and dry under the sheds, their last survey and condemnation in the present year of mt l h 8 ee 6 n 3 mt , of a r n oe d the mmof of, modest nte c b e s on s a one t r designation f l y a rdos ah te proposed dobsf a, nia significant dns sahrai np dv v ytrans formationrepair- ing establish , t g yard." The mortar vessels at Haslar have not attracted the same amount of public attention, from the fact of their being fewer in number, and therefore more unimportant than the gunboats, and also from their having been left in a comp ara ti ve ly un di stur b e d state. There are 19 mortar craft now on the blocks at Hasler--nine of iron and ten of wooden con struction. The iron ones are being converted as they ere wanted into open lighters for dockyard use, and the larger bodied wooden craft are being handed over to the Coastguard as they require ves sels for stations in the different rivers and creeks around the coasts--the very best purpose to which both classes of vessels can now be applied, although both would have done good service doubtless be yond what they effedted at Sweaborg, h a d th e war with Russia fortunately or unfortunately listed a twe l vemo nth longer. The Haslar gunboat history will also, like every other part of our naval administration, illustrate in the most forcible manner our present system of dockyard departments. The head of the " wood" department is perfectly aware that the hulls of the useless craft which ho is patching up and passing off as sound vessels to order, are rotten to the core, and are but a horrible sham. The head of the metal department, on the other hand, can k now nothing (officially, and therefore he must be igno rant) of a wooden vessel's hull being hopelessly rotten, and therefore displays an unwonted de gree of activity in " bringing forward" her en gines, not giving, as would be the case in any pnTato establishment, any thought or care about the expense, but showing how smart his de partment can_ be in producing what will never, b e wanted, for, as with the poor pnboats, by the time the metalwork is completed the wood work is con demned, the hull is broken up, end' the metalwork goes no one cares to inquire where. As to the future, there is hope, for it is impc•ssible to believe but that with such indefatigable workers as the present First Lord, the Controller of the Navy, and the newly appointed Chief Controller, a new era must be inau gurated, and the ruinous system whiih has prevai'ed for such a length of time in our nattdnal dockyards be superseded at length by one befitting the large interest at , ste.ke and the dignity of the nation. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The Snipe, 5, screw steam gun vessel, 431 tons, 30-horse power, Commander A. H. W. Battiacombe, underwent her final trial of machinery at the mea sured mile off Maplin Sands, on Thdrsday last, in charge of Capt. W. K: Hall, Commanding the Sheer.. neas steam reserve. The trial was pronounced highly satisfactory, the vessel's speed being 8:440 knots anhour, about a quarter of a knot greater than ,that of her sister ship the Jaseur: She anchored at the Little Nore after her trial, where she wis inspected the next day by Vice-Admiral Sir G. R. Lambert, K.C.8., Commander-in:Chi e f a t Sheerness, and staff. The sniP sailed on Satur day morning for PlY:moutheer rbute to her desti ne tion, the WAst ,PoustrOf A court.tmartial,'of vklch Fulford, of the • Formidable, was the president, assedible d yesterday on board the Tormiclable,.B 4 ;,. flagship of Vice-Ad miral of the Red, Sir G. 8.. Lambert, K.C.B„ Com mandEr-ia-Chief at,,the Nv;e,'for the 'trial of John. Cast, private Royal Marines,: servi ng on board the Wellesley, 72, in Chatham Harbour, oa a charge *of i having, on the quarterdeck of the Wellsley, be haved in a highly insubordinate manner. He Made " d u o s e another o m t h u e t r i mutinous s language He was further charged.with having, while being conducted below, struck Coiour-Sergeant Charles Jeffrey, his superior officer in charge of the detachment of Royal soldiering by y in sa e j ineg;hip." I shall not Marines serving on board the ship. Commander R. Studdert, of the Wellesley, prosecuted, and Mr. G. H. Knight, of the firm of Essell, Knight, and Arnold, solicitors, Rochester, officiated as Judge-Advocate, and, conducted the case for the prosecution. The prisoner on being arraigned confessed himself guilty of both charges, and threw himself on the mercy of his judges. The Court, after deliberating for a short time, sentenced the prisoner to receive 48 lashes on board the Wellesley at such time as the Commander in-Chief shall direct, and afterwards to be dismissed with disgrace from her Majesty's service. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD..—" Caxtoniano," this month', con tinues the question of" On Seine authors, Thwbose writings knowledge of the world is eminently dis played." It will be interesting to many to peruse the remarks on the creation in England, of the "Novel of Mitnners." Richardson, Fielding, Smollett,' and Sterne are dulyeofisidered. Sheridan is a'so met with in these varied and viva:tier 1 pages. It is truly said4hat the ".School for Scandal" is the finest prose comedy in the English, or perhaps any other language The remarks on this gifted nwa are very appropriate. The " School for Scandal," it is said, does not borrow its plot from previous writers. Sir Walter Scott is met with, "Knowledge of the world never forsakes Sir Walter Scott, and in him it is always idealised up to the point of dramatic narrative, and no farther." It would be difficult to find a truer description of all great novelists than this. "The Spectre of Milaggio" is a very interesting sketch of adven tures abroad. It is written in a simple style, and yet' fur nishes sufficiently perilous anecdote to form the ground work of an old romance. The denouement is very ingeniously contrived,' and the ghost does good service to the affrighted party attacked by ruffians. " Jean Paul Richter" is an article to attract the studious world.~ It is stated that the translation of " Titan" has recalled to mind the life and writings of this man, whose name is still one of interest and perplexity to Englishsreaders. In England it is mentioned, accurately enough, such a writer would never have been popular. Here is a humorist whose sentences are like Chinese puzz:es, whose meaning is as hard to penetrate as the driest rOTtapter in Locke or Cudworth, Titan, long caned the masterpiece of Eichler, has at last , found, .an English translator. The life of RiPhter is ' alluded to, and the comments there-, on will' be fonn'd •'very , .' interesting.. •It curious to note the account given pf the mode of teaching followed by Piphter's f ! atbei, litereaptlyst'yled" rein essiFc education. The mind of Oafs youthcotild 'net, hOw6er, be repressed by any means— dditicatel,hinlielf by alllthe chance read-, ing that came in his way ;' and ever toiling, struggling on, he attained at last to some measure of that success ,whieh. hid been the day-dieani of 'his youth. "'Chronibles of Carfingtord'—'-:The'. Perpetual Curate," are snot very eventful in this instalment. Miss, Leonora seems to be gaining wisdom, from her ,experience , and survey of things: MiSs Dora is rendering. herself as ridiculeus as an amiable simple-rainded ,lady can, and ruraour, with her hundred tongues is rife with, mischief; spreading every where. the news of 'Mr. Wentworth escorting back at' nightfall 'pretty little Ro4a EliwOrthy: The Curate of St.' Roque's has departed at a perilous time for the safety of his citadel—its security is menaced on all sides, by covert slander and open assault. There are Some contemplative lines on the subject of " Hearing Weekday Service in Westminster Abbey." " The Pyramids, who built them and when," is an elaborate paper, which describes thepsos and cons of the extraordinary deductions which raf;dern discoverers have made. Considerable research has been made by the writer of this treatise to flow the fallacy and folly of the " Egyptologists," and it is to be hoped that the sense and judgment evidenced herein will convince many who are liable to be led astray by their summary conclusions and audacious conjectures. " The'Btttle of Gettysburg, and the Campaign in Pennsylvania," is an extract from the diary of an English officer present with the Confederate army. It will he found very interesting to peruse, and furnishes a concise account of some exciting incidents. The writer expresses his conviction of the vita lity of the South, and evidently is hopeful as regards their final triumph. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.—" Wylder's Hand" is continued. This story is a very exciting one; there are not so many attractive characters as in its pre decessor, " The House by the Churchyard," but it is sketched in a masterly manner, and presents some very striking pictures of life to our notice. Mark Wylder has got into great difficulties in this instal ment, and ends by ignominiously retreating to Boulogne, and putting off his marriage suit with Miss Brandon sine die. Rachel Lake is enveloped in some dark mystery which seems to have obliterated all brightness from her path. Her brother is pursuing his unworthy course, end laying snares for many with his artful dodges. "Old Tamar" is a well-drawn character ; the old woman seems quite weird-like in her strange demeanour and fitful actions. The story of" Bella Donna ; or, the Cross before the Name," is continued briefly. " Jenny" is:playing at her game with great success, and is now promoted to the important post of secretary. The dying woman sees through her manoeuvre, and with the prescience that the coming end often imparts to weak and rapid characters, she combats the endeavours of the crafty girl to the utmost of her power. " Notes on Eloquence and Oratory" is a readable paper on an interesting subject. It is said that " a peculiar temperament is essential to the orator, and depth, and fire of nature—au inner power of at once awakening and contracting emotion, a capacity for being mightily moved, in order to move mightily." There are some im pressive lines called the College Gate." They refer to the statue of Goldsmith placed over the gate through which he once slunk out last on the list of examined. The con cluding verses are spirited and sad in their truth to life : Now, as ye enter that College gate, Lift up your eyes and you'll see, Towering over your heads, a bronze, In its proud serenity. Yes! the strains from that wretched flute To the ends of the earth have sped : Though "Noll" was a drudge so long as ho lived, He's deified, now that he's dead. And'what is this world ?—the College gate, Through which genius may slink with shame : The list is the ledger of life's success, And the statue is posthumous fame. "Glimpses of Caesarean Rome" is a striking sketch of some past scenes of magnificence. "An old Pageant," " The City," and "Beyond the Tiber," are reproductions of some of those important events which have been immortalised in the pages of history. " Glimpses of Crusading Days" is a romantic account in verse of a knight's departure for Palestine, and his satisfactory return from thence. " The Grand Four" recapitulates the ceremonies that the earlier generation went through in perfecting themselves for society... Mrs. Fitzhen►y informs us concerning an Irish actress of the last century. It is well worthy of perusal, and the many Struggles of this lady render her an especial object of attention. "The Art of Wrestling" takes a glance at the old-fashioned matches of past days. " A Couple of Indian Recollections" recount some hair-breadth escapes that were made bytlie narrator. "Songs of Ulster in Many Moods" present a considerable variety to our notice. The best is "All Wears Away." "The Ghosts of the Day" treats of various events of a singular nature. It is said that " Scepticism is the attitude of a great number of its intellects, and scepticism and superstition invariably go hand in hand." " Cymric Studies in relation to English History and Literature" contains some useful hints on the subject to students. It is said in conclusion that if we do not bestir ourselves, the Germans will have dons the v,:ork for us, and we shall be distanced to the lasting diser" 9. 9 f the country. " What is Pisciculture" is a dissertation on fish. It concludes the long list of contents here met with, and affords some useful information. FItASER.—The lover of light literature, if any such turn over the stately pages of Regina, will probably pass quickly by the opening article which bears the alarming heading of " A Plea for the Free Discussion of Theological Difficulties." Without entering upon a question of such indefinite extent, we may observe that it is the work apparently of a thought ful and conscientious man, who is by no means rationalistic or radical in his principles. The story of " Late Laurels" is continued, and verifies the ,old proverb—.." Marry in haste and repent at leisure." Under the companionship of the ill-assorted young couple, even Italy loses its romance, and the honeymoon its fascinations. Little pity ne ed, however, be wasted on such frivolous and selfish mortals, who appear to have left their romance at home with their deserted relatives. " A Manchester Man." who has before now appeared in these pages as a contributor, g iving sensible opinions on men and things, gives us a paper on a subject which is painfully prominent with all Manchester men just now —the cloud over our Lanca shire mills and homes. This tribute to t- 12 ° outburst of general sympathy which met the ter rible crisis is warmly and feelingly paid :—" man and merchant, cl erg y man an d layman, tradoets-o man and operative, joi ne d h an d i n hand," be say s '" succour those that were stranded on the bare zocksof ‘ant. h the not only ii- The echoes of s ymp a thy w e re awokeNoble palace, mansion, a n d cottago of the land, bu but tla f e r y om rea la c n he d d s us from the far E as t an d the far liirest— n which are to us literally the very ends o f the e ft a Y rt, h Canada,oour as sistance, Australia, India, New Zealand, al l contributed while help came from peoples upon whom we had nscousruecbthcaltaiwme—fm hadro s hores searcei y a and i a s r l d a n o d f s s t h o e d m i s t a s s n e t m a n e r d g i o n h into the light of civilisation. The efforts ntade by th e most eminent member of the old county nobility, the Elul of Derby, in behalf of the sufferers are spoken. of by the writer in terms of high praise. "It is pleastaat,'' he re marks, "to see a nobleman of Ills high rank and station taking the porition ho has done in this crisis. Prom the commencement of this distress he has manifested a watchlal interest in devising the best plans for its relief, and he b as thereby won the good opinion of both rich and poor." A paper on " The Periodical Press of the United States .of America" is more frank than flattering to Northern editors. "Iu the American Republic," says the writer, "whom, over has a new ism to propagate —a new theory f , to advocate—a new candidate for dace to elect .4 , 1 THE ARMY. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, accompanied by Major Elphinatone, R.A., yesterday rode down to Woolwich, and witnessed a trial on the arsenal canal of Francis's corrugated iron army waggons for the transport of men and stores in a line of march where bridges may not be available. The royalty for the manufacture of these waggons was purchased by the Government about six . years ago , an d th ey are now ordered to be issued for general use. The Prince was received at the arsenal gates by Col. J. Clark Kennedy, C. 8., commandant of the Military Train, latent.. Col. O'Brien, commanding the 4th battalion, Major Shervington, brigade-major, and other officers of the corps, and proceeded to be banks of the canal, at the eastern extremity of :the arsenal, where a fatigue party of the Military Train was in attendance with some of the waggons fer trial. On the Prince's arrival one of the waggons was launched on the cnal minus the shafts, and was rowed about by a couple of men,. with the facility of an ordinary boat. His Royal Highness haring invited a lad who was present (the son of Col. Kennedy) and about his own age, to accompany him, as well as the attendant officials, they pro ceeded some distance down the canal and returned evidently gratified with the floating qualities of the new army baggage and commissariat waggon. A second waggon, dismounted from its carriage, was next floated and loaded with its gear and stores to the weight of about 7 cwt., and was towed across the canal repeatedly with equal success. The first waggon, with it s w h ee l s , carr i a ge, &c., was then pulled alongside the wharf and was laden with 16 men. This was the final test, and the value of the acquisition was held to be satisfactorily proved. It will enable an army on the march W cross rivers without the encumbrance of poratoons; and it is a matter of surprise that the invention, manifestly of high, value and se long the property of the War Department, should have been held so long useless. A IV-cu.-dice circular, signed by Major-General Sir E. Lugard, K.C.8., Under• Secretary of State, has been received at Chatham garrison, announc ing that Earl de ° Grey and Ripon has amended the circular previously issued directing the'amount to be stopped from a soldier to replace medals wilfully made away with, or lost through carelessness. which stoppages are hereafter to be made at the following rates :—For a Crimean or China medal, 75., and for each clasp ls. ; for a Kaffir war medal, or medal for good conduct or distinguished service, 7s. ; for a medal granted for service in. Pegu, Caul, the Sutlej, Punjaub, and Burmah campaign s ; 9s. 3d., and for each clasp, I s , igd. ; f or ' a medal granted for service in the campaign in Persia, or during the Indian mutiny, 7s. 6d., and for each clinic', ad. ; for a Victoria Cross, £1 4s. It if 4, however, to be distinctly understood that her M a j e sty's Govern ment cannot replace a medal or decoration granted by a foreign Power. O❑ Friday Major-General Hay, inspector-general of musketry, concluded his annual inspection of the musketry returns of the various deFots at the camp at Colchester--the 4th, the 9th, and 10th batta lions. The gallant general was accompanied by Capt. M'Key, deputy-assistant adjutant-general of the Hythe School of Musketry. A contract has been entered into with the Colchester Waterworks Company to supply the new cavalry barracks with water. The supply will be. entirely distinct and separate from the town mains. • A TER R IFIC SQUINT.--The Turin correspondent of a contemporary says that to keep one eye upon Venice and the other on Rome is, just 110‘17, the constant occupa tion of the Italian people. TUE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—On Fri day a meeting of the citizens of E xeter and noblemen and gentlemen of the county of Devon met at the Guildhall— ths Mayor in the chair—and unanimously agreed to take active measures to invite the Royal Agricultural Society to hold its meeting in Exeter in 1865. £6OO was subscribed in the hall. THE HARVEST IN HERE FORDSHIRE.—In this county the finishing stroke is being given to the corn harvest, which has been a most productive one. Although agriculture is not carried to such a pitch of perfection as in some of the neighbouring counties in the north and cast, the crops are wonderfully good, the weather having been even more favourable than in Shropshire, Worcestershire, and Gloucestershire ; for, although in these counties the herbage has been burnt up and the root crops greatly dete riorated by the unusual dryness of the season, the pastures in Herefordshire are green and the bw edes and other roots are wonderfully fine. The produce in co rn i s set d own a t nearly 60 per cent. in excess of last year, and the wheats are of saperior quality. The hop harvest will commence and in cons equence of the b a d p r etty generally next week , condition of the Kent and Sussex plantations the Here fordshire and Worcestershire growers Calculate on a good crop. 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This Ointment, persever ingly used, aided by occasional doses of these far-famed Pills, are capable of removing all these formidable evils in , dueed by variable weather and its attendant impurities.. - 7` . ‘ , .., - ',4zessslT ,;Tril.e.rx ----/.- ..... the ps , rils of the residents in Arra ~ 'Mr* fiiir4,y4 --: ~ :=;..., ..-, ~, • brave and fearless spirit with whictie k b - - 4.. . , a. their own against the besiegers. In . conclusi on , . I'2 • the writer observes, in words whose truth has been testified by the experience of all ages—" The real strength of a besieged place consists not in the scientific construction of its defences, nor in the multitude of the garrison, nor in ' abundant stores of provision and ordnance, but in the spirit which is prepared to dare all, and endure all, sooner than • allow the assailants to set foot within the wall." Such a ' spirit might well animate our countrymen after the expe - fleece of Cawnpors. ; and happily, in more than one in stance, it brought the reward duo to heroic valour and en durance. The lengthened story of " Vincenzo" is still pro - ceeding, having in this number reached its forty-icutth_ chapter. It is well written, but unsatik:factery ; the wretched position of its hero being in a great measure brought .Ibortt by his own fault in succumbing to adverse circumstances. The your g marquis and marchioness who appeared in the last number occupy a prominent place in. this one, and the conclusion conies to the enfeebled life of the old Signor Avvoeato. A singular paper, entitle - d,, "Sonic Account of the Closing of a Correspondence be tween 'Dear Sir' and • Yours Faithfully,' " comments upon the increasing brevity of our epistolary commusicotiones - which have shrunk Irons pages into lines. Matthew Arnold i i.. 71 s s h , CC; publicu ts le , which hn schools. i caccount i interesting r c a s t i n French g t o compare Eton i n thewith Toulouse our E ; i o. . " My First Glacier Pass" is, as may be supposed, a narrative of an Alpine expedition paper on the Links of St. Mun into cottish. wilds, and shors us the ancient and inspiriting of golf, a game which the Scots assert to be as old as the Roman Empire. ST. JAM S'S.—The St. James's 21 1 - ctgazine is by no means the best of the modern additions to our go tak e us ; s while7a serial literature. Still, it bears a fair variety on its title page, and the number before us is not an un favourable specimen. The story of " Aubrey Mar.. ston" is continued at some length, and the troubles of the unhappy hero thicken. He has become involved in, the vortex of speculation, and is obliged to recur for ativice and assistance to the friend who was the original cause of all his troubles, and whose sincerity he is more than in clined to suspect. " Mountain Climbing," and "D awn in. Yachtland," are two papers appropriate to the season, the one taking the reader up the " Jungfran,". the other , bid dinglim loiter by the pleasant towns of the . Isle of ANTight. The eighth part of the series of papers on " Royal rayon rites" tells us the story of the . career of thesDukw de Luynes —a career which, like so many similar ones, ended in anor. tification and disgrace. " Straws in the Stream" float this month by Mr. Mechi's farm, of Which the writer gives an animated . descriPti n. Same five and twenty years ago, when Mr. Mechi purchased the estate, it was, he observes, little better than a waste. "It was difficult of approach by foot, and almost impassable by means of any ordinary vehicle, for where it was not sand and gravel to the vets , surfade it was' bog ; and altogether it presented as uninv it ingra spot as could well be conceived, even by a denizen of the Essex marshes. ' That spot is now a rich.landscape, variegated by crops of agricultural produce, richer and heavier than those in the delta of the Nile ; and in the centres rises an attractive residential hall, in front of which is a velvety lawn s which is approached by a carriage way as smooth as Regent-street, and lined on. either side with rows of laurels and evergreens." All that remains of the bog is an ornamental piece of water in the midst of the pleasure grounds. Mr. Mechi may well be proud of the transformation effected by his means. " Must be Sold" is the title of an interesting sketch, telling how a middle aged Englishman and his family were entrapped byYankee sharp practitioners. The unwary newcomer was induced to invest all his savings in a piece of land said to contain valuanic mines, whose rich ore it need hardly be said was all at the surface. Fortunately for the disconsolate immi grant, an engineering friend discovers a well of rack oil, which makes ample compensation for the collapse of the mining speculation. A paper on " Art in America" given an account of the best Transatlantic painters. LONDON SOCIETY.—AIways animated and en- tertatning, this magazine appears with its usual attractive face, and though some readers may quarrel with the plentiful supply of fashionable sketches and professedly humorous pages, no one can deny that there is often matter that is worth read ing for other purposes than amusement. The principal contribution in the present number is the opening paper on "London Editors and Reporters," with portraits, both with pen and pencil, of two celebrities of the last generation, "Memory Woodfall" and James Perry. The former is styled the father of modern reporting, though few of our shorthand writers of the present day would care to undertake his duties or be competent to fill his post. If the denizens of the Reporters' Gallery were suddenly deprived of pencil and paper, and bidden to remember what they heard and write it out at their leisure, we suspect they would find the change anything but agreeable. The singular powers of Mr. Woodfall defied the individual competition of his contem poraries. "Some of them might be equal to him in one part of the work, others in another, one man might remem ber as much, another might express it as elegantly, and a third reproduce it with as much despatch, but Woodfall had the union of all three to an extent which none of them could match." The latter part of this interesting article is devoted to the career of James Perry, well known in con nection with the Morning Chronicle, and to the group of talented writers who assisted the early days of the .Moaning Post. A pleasant sketch of " The Actors' Fete" describes that animated scene, and a paper on " English Dining rooms in Paris" will amuse the reader. The papers on "Cricket" are continued, giving in this part an account of the matches between Eton and Harrow. The story of " The First Time I Saw Her" is brought to a satisfactory termination, the spirited heroine being delivered at the last moment from the toils which encompassed her. " Curiosities of Fashion" is a paper that is very well worth reading, being full of quaint and recondite information respecting the vagaries of the whimsical goddess Fashion in the matter of dress. ti t PRICE..... —..4d. STAMPED ....sd. a newquack madicineo—r periu•ned soap to sell, establishes a periodical to accomplielt his The consequence of this, as might be expect. 4. iPsuarsPoniees'v'he In 1861, there were in the :;,.ion 450 datlexten'ive press. than 4,000 weekly papers, ated 3 ":6 nionthi v i c PaPn' ' uwre se monthlies—the whole numb er b e i ng 5,933. 7i . s n of the proportion. existing between th e pres s and tht.7 "le lation, we may mention that St. Louis, a city w i t h a pop le of little more than 160,000, has 55 periodical,:, e if e o ‘ p . u of which are daily; and New Orleans, before the war, had 48 publications-of the same class, though its numbers only a mounted to 170,000. It is ualortunats that the char ac t er of the press is not commensurate with the extent of its ia fluenco. The writer of the paper in question denounces the meinters of the press and the pulpit for encouraging the war, for the sake of securing popularity. "To the everlasting • shame and disgrace of self-styled freemen, the press and the pulpit succumbed even when clergymen, bishops, and edi tors knew better, and allowed the deluge of blood to roll its red manes over the land." The few editors who pre • sented honourable exceptions to the rule paid for the maintenance of their convictions with loss of property, and even of liberty. The writer styles it "a terribly significant fact that the paper which has the largest eircu• lation of any in New York is believed to have risen by black mail and personal abuse." The narrative of a pleasant ramble through Belgium, and the reflections of a hermit in the midst of the modern Babylon, are both worth reading. S.o, too, is a sketch of the history of Madagascar, but a more attractive one will be found at the conclusion of the number, bringing our old friend A.K.H.B. before us again, with his discursive reflections " touching" (we wonder he does not say" concerning") "Dream-life," The essay is brief, and not oneof his best, yet it brings to our minis, alter the suggestive fashion of his writings, a clearer perception of some of the great home truths and universal affinities lying in our common footpath. " The Prussian Crisis" is con sidered in a paper which remarks upon the singular indif ference - manifested by this country to German prospects and politics. UcITED SEttv;cE.—The United. Service opens with an excellent article on the late Lord Clyde. While doing justice to his high merits as a corn maniler, the writer does not hesitate to'expose his foiblis. This is as it should be, for every man has his weak points, and, as regards Lord Clyde, the exposition of these, very foibles only tends to, enhance the eminence of his qualities in cases of difficulty. He is de scribed as being rude in speech and bruique in conversaVon in ordinary times, but when caned upon to exercise his military. skill in cases of emergency, the general was all courtesy, though peremptory and decided. This:brief out line of the history of our latest General of renown is well worth reading, and, although the writer concludes by say ing—" He was a men, take him for all and all, we may not look upon his like again," we have yet to learn that England cannot produce men equal to the moment, no matter what crisis may arrive. England may be a nation of shop keepers, but history has shown that shopkeepers can fight; and that to the purpose. No. 3 of "Military Studies" treats of the various manoeuvres which cavalry can perform. The Austrians are conscious of the necessity of develop ing this branch of their service, and the steps recently taken by their Government show that in future continental wars the lesson taught by Napoleon have not been thrown away. It has been shown only recently what English cavalry can do, however limited their number. Austria can bring ten times as great a force of cavalry into the field as Great Britain could furnish, and if she can supply bold riders and good horses, as history tells us she can, the tide of battle may one day be turned on the Imperial phalanxes of her Gallic neighbour, and a bold charge may change the fortunes of a well-fought day. The Mexican question is considered at some length, and many probabilities are dis cussed, but as yet the conclusion to the whole affair is locked up in the bureau of the Tuileries. Under the head of a visit to the King of Dahomey we find an account of the dominions of that interesting monarch. His visitor has been so well entertained and was so well pleased by the courteous conduct of his noble Majesty, that he charitably overlooks the barbarity of national customs, and trusts that intercourse with Europeans may lead our black brethren to more enlightened ways. The war in New Zealand is con sidered, and an account of the recent engagement given. It is to be hoped that this lesson will bring the Maories to their senses. A paper on the Navy and the past session recapitulates what was not done and what ought to have been done. " Greenwich Characters" are continued, and a new tale, entitled "Recruiting under Difficulties among the Virgin Islands," promises to furnish matter of interest. We have also as article on. the Polish question, and the general supply of information completes the number. TEMPLE BAR.—" John Marchmont's Legacy," as usual, contains some very exciting events. We have a strange scene of " Capt. Arundel's Revenge." Paul Marchmont's mortification was richly de served, and it eras like his sneaking nature to swallow the affront and to go on quietly as before. His enormous wealth, of course, attracted some ; but the discerning ones soon spied him out, and noticed his arrant meanness of soul and want of spirit. 'When it was known that the insult was to be passed over, general contempt was felt by those who witnessed the scene at the porch on the hunting morning. " The fox-hunting squires shrugged their shoulders, and I am sorry to say that the epithets ' hound," cur," sneak,' and mongrel' were mars .often applied to Mr. Marchmont than was consistent with Chris tian feeling on the part of the gentlemen who uttered thBm." Capt. Arundel " wandered far away in the depths of c,rit tauy" to cure himself of his great grief before assuming his duty as a soldier, which he felt to be his true vocation. Olivia is found out by her father to be mad, but he is not I allowed to keep her, as Paul Marchmont and his mother insist on taking her back with them. " Breakfast in Bed" reaches the 12rh and last chapter in this number. It is called "On a Young Lady in a Balcony. " It chiefly con cerns the Juliet of Shakspere, now rendered in English by Stella, Collas, but various digressions are met with. These papers have taken us over many places and throughdivers scenes, and have been entertaining in their way, with d end less variety in their style. " The Trials of the Tre g i o o l a d t s e ' d ' is proceeded with at some length. It is very o c l o i Te l' s to be in its structure, and will suit the reader h puzzled in making out the plot of a !sor ra . h w e. o. l‘ . l ce r. h G . ifford makes an enemy of William Moyle by disc ar e rn o him on account of the engagement between his daughter and his employer's son. Doubtless some important eclaircisse»zent will ensue from this. "To Arms" is a very vehement adjuration to the nations to take up the cause of Poland. "My Travelling Companion" is the commencement of a sketch that bids fair to be an exciting one in the way of hapless adventures. At the end of this instalment the writer is left shut up in an iron closet, without any possi bility of escape or immediate hope of rescue. "Blue Dis tance" is a readable paper on fine views and lovely prospects, an d truly says that it is surprising how people can often be content to look out upon baukyards, when they might have splendid scenery if the houses were contrived better, Many other papers of various attractions make up the contents of this number. - • Mrs. Schmitt and the Polar Bear. " Mrs. Schmitt," we read in the Gazette des Tri bunaux, " is not obliged to go into the white bear's cage." This announcement, which must afford great satisfaction to Mrs. Schmitt's friends, commences the report of a suit that has just been heard before the Tribunal of Commerce of the Seine, and which is headed with the words..—" The Ferocious Animals of the Hippodrome. —The White Bear and Mrs. Schmitt." It appears from the proceedings that the success of Crockett the lion-tamer had fired Arnault, the director of the Paris Hippodrome, with a noble emulation, and he resolved to serve up live wild beasts to his intelligent audiences. He had heard of a menagerie at Ghent, kept by Mr. Schmitt, and. comprising four lions, two black bears, two hyenas, and a white bear, all warranted ferocious. H o succeeded in bringing this savage collection t o Paris, together with one Hermann, the daunter of beasts, whom all Paris has seen since then payi eg friendly visits to the animals in their dens, and taking the white hear's supper into the cage whole he lived in solitude. People began to get used to t hi s , and it occurred to the enterprising Arnault that it would be a seductive novelty if a woman could be got to venture upon the same familiarities with the captive monsters. An agreement was signed with - Airs. Schmitt, who, not less valiant than graceful, accepted a sum of 4,000 francs to appear at the Hippodrome for a fort night and to enter the cage of the combined animals—that is to say, of the lions, hyenas, wed black bears, who all lived together. Mrs. Schmitt stoutly performed her part of the agreement, but the manager wished her also to visit the Polar bear, which she refused on the grounds that he was not set down in the bond. Hence a double lawsuit, in which the lady came off with flying colours. In the course of the trial some indiscreet revelations were made by the manager's advocate, calculated much to discourage that eccentric John Bull who, according to a current tradition in France, con tinually attends exhibitions of this class in hopes of seeing some exasperated lion or. irritable bear make a meal of the tamer. The white bear, it was declared, is gentle as a lamb, and only formidable in the bills of the performance, consequently Arnault tiid not eeek to expose Mrs. Schmitt to the least danger. It was known to all the people employed at the Hippodrome that when Mr. Hermann went into the cage with the supper, grooms, with rods which were concealed from the public, pushed the pieces of meat away from the bear, so as to excite the animal to signs of impatience and pretended anger. Mr. Hermann, in the absence of the public, was in tho habit of smoking his cigar in the cage, without paying the least attention to the hear, and inhabitant of keeper, Jacob, used to let the g entle of the Polar regions take sugar from between his teeth like a dog—a degree of gentleness on the pa: t of a bear which certainly did not justify Mrs. Schmitt's pretended terrore, and the real cause of her refusal, it was alleged, was a wish to keep up Martin the bear's usurped reputation of ferocity. Who Court, however, considered the lady's case to b© made out, and sentenced Arnault to pay the 4,0001. with costs. THE CORNHILL.—The most attractive paper in the Cornhill is also the first, "The Small House at Allington" having the honour of priority assigned to it this month. The instalment of the family history before,us chronicles some important events. An unpleasant interview between the old Squire and Mrs. D a l e p ro d uces a resolution, on the part of herself and her daughters, to leave the Small House, so as no longer to be under an obligation which they could not repay. Whether they will carry ou t this somewhat un nene ,. 4 ary determination, remains to be seen.. Anti. Resp ec t a bili ty " attacks with some severity the indignant denunciations of society's conventional laws which some gifted writers have thought fit to indulge in. There is, und ou bt edly, much to be said on both sides, and though the judgment of the social world is certain l y very far from infallibl e, there is much truth in.the p l e a that there is nothing i n rec kl ess and _ im prudent coochtes which constit u t es of itself a cla i m to indulgence and consideration, "The Opera in 1833-1853 will attract musical connoisseurs, and some of the critic's observations are just and sensible. W e are glad to find him protesting against the pernicious practice of drowning. the singers' voices with the accompaniments, or force them to take refuge in abso• lately screaming, if they wish to be heard. In applauding, as he may well do, the performances of Costa's orchestra, the writer • glves a not unneeded piece of advice to that emi nent conductor. " He should reflect that, if it be glorious to have a giant's strength, it is tyrannous, except upon gigantic occasions, to use it like a giant. Let his overtures, marches, symphonies, and finales be as brilliant and over powering as he pleases, but let him remember that we pay our money to hear the singers, and not simply to see them waving their arms end opening their mouths." A series of articles on contemporary Italian poets is begun this month, and the first number is devoted to Giovanni Prati, "whose name holds a very prominent place, and twenty years ago occupied one still more striking, on the list of Italy's living poets." Wo know too little of distinguished men of continental countries, and this attempt to familiarise us with their style, character, and writings deserves encou ragement. An essay on "Art Criticism" sets forth the duties of the critic, giving him eleven general rules as to his functions and obligations, of which the eleventh is the most important and uncomaron, namely, "To resist the forma tion of prejudices." "Going to the Dogs" is a chapter of psinful truth, and parents and guardians will do well to take heed by its warnings. A new story, entitled, "Out on the World," commences this month, and premises in terest. Is it to prove a successor to the pleasant little " Story of Elizabeth ?" 3.ltoirLLAN.—The fourth of the Letters on India tells us "A St is of the Cirt:at Mutiny," narrhting An American paper states that the oldcat of three brothers residing in Itleltonhorat, New Hampshire, married quite a young girl ; his next younger brother ret)r tied the girl's mother, and the younger tech for hie wife tho grandmother. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. TB° msoN. On Friday, Sept. 4, in 3 vols., NN X T 1) 0 0 R. By Mrs, T nomsog, Author of "Constance." &C. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. 36s ;8s —s 38s ; 0 , 18. . 12. 10. . 4. ~2. 24. 29. , 13. trted, y, by light vhich t any re in- nore; Lcing Found from ploy.. me to Ils on KI, on in, to v Mr. ced in Stort - 'riot () , a go ; Mare, guars, ibacb ,