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Wiffpfffft THE LTVRTIPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE TN:tURANCE COMPANY. If stablished In 1836. -1, Dale-street. Liverpool ; 20 and 21, Poultry, London. E.C. PROGRESS OF THE COMPANY SINCE 1850: Offices Year. I Fire Premiums. I Life Premiums. I Invested Funds. 1851 £51,305 1856 222,279 1881 380.130 1862 436,065 £27,157 72,781 135.974 13'4,703 £502,8".24 821,061 1,3 1 1,905 1,417.808 The Fire Duty paid by this Company in England in 1862 Was £71,2!.4. SWINTON BOUM`, Fec - etlry t 3 the Company. JOAN ATKINS, Resident Secretary, London. Piro Policies falling due at Mi haelmas should be renewed by the 14th October. N ORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was £85,062, and the amount insure d on farming stock, £10,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the proflis periodic!illy made to parties insuring, who have thus. from time to time, received sums amounting in the aggregate to £440,000 ; 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 offices making no returns to their Insurers. For prcopectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEE S. Thomas Baring*, Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Life Assurance for all classes. This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000, The Annual Income is The Accumulated Fund exceeds It has paid in Claims .. £51,000 200,000 .. 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already been made• when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies Dec. 31, 1847 .. . • „ 1852 1857 1862 .. Tasking the total bonus additions, £98,600. Bonuses may be received in crush or applied to the reduc llou of - premlimtS It the option of the assured, iu lieu ot ai addition to the policy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid tip policies introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice 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. .. £5,400 .. 11,500 .. 23.200 .. 56,500 WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1,1863. A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garrett Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Thomas Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. ROA Amadeus Heath, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.: Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. William Wallace, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. - - Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLT, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.— l'he usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Michaelmas will expire on 14th October. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. The Reversionary Bonus on British Life Policies has ave raged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums ayable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. 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. SPECIAL NOTICE. Policies on the participating system, granted on or before the 31st December, 1863, and in force at the close of the year 1865, will be entitled to share in the next division of profits ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance buildings, Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500,010. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1 OOO,OOO. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., Chairman in London IVILLI ear WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRACTS FROM THE 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 £300,000. 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 fact sur passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, since the commencement of this Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 105. td., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa rately, £11,097 16s. lOd. LIFE BRANCH'. 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 aesured 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 lutnre 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 as suraroe s mounts to Xi 43,281. 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 Londan 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 untold for it a sphere of still greater magni tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the Oflace with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. V.R.—TOWER. ALE OP STORES._Bv Order of the SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR, Mr. GEORGE SPILLMAN will SELL, by Public Auction, in the Tower, on THURSDAY, th e B t h of October, 1863, at Eleven o'clock in tne Forenoon precisely, the following Stores : Bed Cases and Blankets. Small Arms of various de- Grey Clothing and Woollen scriptions. Caps. Armonrer's r ac k saddle Hammock Rugs. Forges. 20 Gal. Coppers. Sets of Ironwork f or do. Mani - Ns complete, with Ovens I Files, various. and Boilers. May be viewed at the Tower days previous to the day of sal at the War-office, Pall- Stall; t *Woolwich. r from 10 to 4 o'clock the three le, and oatalocrues may be had :he Tower ; and Royal Arsenal, R OYAL NATIONAL LIF E-B OAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). P ATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRE SIDENT —Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CnAramAw—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P. F.R.S., V.P. DEPU TY - CECAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, ES q., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since the beginning of' the year 1867, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has expended £28,550 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is 13,220; for which services 82 G o ld Medals, 733 Silver Medals, and 17 ,200 in cash h ave b een paid in rewards. The Institu -4011 has also expended X 75,380 on Life-boats, Life-boat ' r, !) ls porting-carliages, and Boat-houses. thkene Committee desire to express their grateful sense of tritgrpeurnse support un which they have received from bas w the a I ' l the p f w years, a support h Denabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet eeply Lifeboats however shores of the United Kingdom. rests onsteirilsible, ,of the great responsibility that state, and th em to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient boats, Crews practised in the management of their annual i n — can earnestly dby a large and permanent country ni ` e ucc'e, theyappeal to all classes of their n to aid th em ational a work. great and t in upholding and perpetuating so The Coranlift,4 e Fateful ;tributions: Y seknowledge the following con- £ s. d Ff er Majesty the Que en ounpbell, the n en. k r • . .. .. annual 50 0 0 rs. G. .. .. .. annual 50 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. Coutts and Co. Messrs ~.Ban i e • r s annual 1 1 0 Currie, Wm., i:Sq ., .. Erie, Lord Chief Justic e ' • • .. .. ... :: annual 10 0 0 4th don.lo 0 don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir :4 it • • • • Fenwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a ; .C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 .Lifeboat and Train .sporting• Carriage .. Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. • • 250 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. • 7th don. 10 0 0 .. ...... don. 30 0 Palmer, Sir Roundel], M.P., 11.M.'; solid- tor-General .. .. .. .. annual 2 2 0 Royal Yacht Squadron Steel, Michael, Esq. .. .. don. 100 0 0 :: :: annual 10 0 0 Thomas, Lady, Weston-suP er • Ma re• collected by her Ladyship .. .. • • • • .. . 16 1 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. .. • • annual 50 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the Rankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Cordial, nd Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, St r and ; Messrs. Rendes, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. James's-street, London ; by a'l the Collector s of Customs and Bankers in the Dnitedlllngdom; and by the SecretarY, Richard Lewis. Esq., at the office of the inetitnti o , , 14 Joamitreet, Adolph', undo, ii.ci: NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARELLA. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL'and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one 2uinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 6d. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respecta bility. may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal High ness the Princess of Wales. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre ,,ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and Liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, azo. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square gre a en package, with . " William Lambert," engraved on the stmp. N..) the BIRTH of SRA, Kets_..PEARE, at Stratford-upon . CELEBRATION of , t 4 e Chai Avon. The Tercenteny the K: c inwittee (of which Sir Robert TERCENTENARY of N. C. Hamilton, Bart., ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and . Chairman ) are now receiv ing of the Tercentenary corn= also be paid to the and Kidderminster or Warwick and e Com mittee. the Stourbridge Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenweamington Banks, Greenway, Warwick ; or their London aY, Smith, and Smith, Payne, and Co., Messrs. Hanburys ___ssvits, Messrs. and Glyn and Co , bankers, London. Co., or Messrs. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the min Ribs ;ion list to the nation, most earne stl y a pp eal to the admirer: o f Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that S tratford is not only the bh'iliplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirOrs of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, 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 acc9m penied 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 admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W Mame, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. PAGANINI'S VIOLIN sold for £6OO, and for a violin now in possession of Mr. Johnstone of Alva House, at the foot of the °chile, £l,OOO has been offered and refused. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER is re ported to have become a convert to the dolma, rotem, tv44 LQ intend iiatzolitaps it ;ant solusicgl. No. 22,237. NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., FLOItIAN'S HUSBAND. Also now ready, in 3 vols., GOOD SOCIETY. By Mrs. GREY, author of "The Gambler's Wife," zze, Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in Bvo., with Illustrations, lis., A LADY'S VISIT TO MANILLA AND JAPAN. fy ANNA D'A. " Any authentic work of late date which affords trustworthy information on Japan is sure to be welcome. The book be fore us is of this character. The narrative is pleasantly told in a lively, piquant manner, and is well worthy perusal." — Observer. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be published on October the 100, In 3 vols., post Bvo , TARA: A MAIIRATTA TALE, By Colonel MEADOWS TAYLOR, M.R.1.A., Author of " Confessions of a Thug," &c. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. An Important Reference Book for Historical Students, Lawyers, Authors, and the General Reader. 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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. TH E 0X F O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENLNG, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE, CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, and Bellini's SONNAMBULA. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Ruish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean. dm. Comic, by UNSWORTH (" or any oiler man "), Eugene, W. Randall, George Hodson , and those marvellous French Clowns, Messrs. ARTHUR and BERTRAND. Also, a Pei formance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and HenryDircks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, "THE GHOST," to the Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected, affording a mora ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Balcony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give RE (with all that gentleman's latest improvements and effects),tPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at half-pas Nine o'clock. - - All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &C. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, and the marvellous Arthur and Bertrand. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. The se elegant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of monster concerts cele brity. The band 18 selected from the Crystal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, is. 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 —lmmense success of SIGNOR NICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. TEA.—MOORE 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. 6d. ; 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. 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The following despatch relates to the battle of the first day : " Headquarters of the Army of Cumberland, Crawfish Springs, Ga., Sept. 19. " A desperate engagement commenced this morn ing at 11 o'clock. The rebels made a heavy attack on the corps of Gen. Thomas, forming the left wing of our army, and at the same time they attacked the right wing, which was thought to be a feint. Gen. M'Cook's and Gen. Crittenden's troops were thrown into the engagement as convenience offered, the main portion of their forces being on the march at the time. The fight on the left was of a very des perate character_ The enemy were repulsed, but, on being reinforced, regained their position, from which they were subsequently driven, after a severe engagement of an hour and a half. Gen. Thomas's forces then charged the rebels for nearly a mile and a half, punishing them badly. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon the rebels made a fierce dash on our centre, composed of the divisions of Generals Van Cleve and Reynolds. Gen. Van Cleve's forces were struck on the right flank, and being vigorously pushed by the rebels fell back, until Gen. Carter's line was broken and the troops became much scat tered. Gen. Thomas on the left, and Gen. Davis on the right, then pushed forward their forces vigor ously toward the gap, and, after a hard fight, re covered the ground which had been lost on the ex treme right. The fight disclosed the intention of the rebels, which evidently was to get between us and Chattanooga. The general engagement, which commenced at 11 a.m., ended about 6 p.m. General Palmer, who had gathered together our scattered forces, and Gan. Negley, who had been sent from the right flank to feel the centre, pushed forward and re-established our line as it had been before the battle began, along the Chicamanga Creek. The country where the battle was fought is level, but thickly overgrown with small timber and brushwood, and is very unfavourable for the use of artillery, very little of which was used. The casualties in wounded are heavy, but extremely light in killed for so heavy a musketry engagement. The fight on the left was one roll of musketry for an hour or more. No gene ral officers were injured. Cola. Heg and Bradley, commanding brigades, were wounded. Col. Jones, of the 36th Ohio Regiment, and Col. Carroll and Major Vannetla, of the 10th Indiana Regiment, were also wounded. Lieut. Jones, of Company A, 10th Indiana Regiment, was killed. Lieut.-Col. Hunt, of the 40th Kentucky Regiment, and Col. Maxwell, of the 2d Ohio Regiment, were wounded. Lieuts. Degraw, Ludlow, and Fessenden , of battery H, 6th Artillery, were wounded. Lieut. Floyd, of battery I, 4th Artillery, and Capt. Brown, of the 31st Illinois Regiment, wounded. Capt. Searles, Assist. Adjutant-Gen. of S tark weather's brigade, was killed. Battery H of the sth Artillery was lost, and afterwards recaptured by the 79th Indiana Regiment. The battle is not yet over. It will pro bably be renewed to-morrow. Rebel prisoners taken represent that the corps of Generals Hill, Polk, Johnston, and Longstreet were in the engagement. Oar men are in the best of spirits, and eager to begin anew." The New York, limes has a letter from Washing ton of the 20th, in which it is stated— " Rosecranz, in a despatch to Halleck, says—' In the early part of the fight the rebels drove us some distance, capturing seven guns. Later in the action, however, we drove the enemy, re-occupying all our lost ground, and capturing ten pieces of artillery. A number of prisoners, representing 45 regiments, were captured by our forces.' The battle was pro bably renewed yesterday morning." The Cincinnati Commercial of the 21st gives the following account— " The battle opened at 11 o'clock in the vicinity of Widow Glens, on the road leading from M'Lamore's Cave to Chattanooga. The fighting soon became general, the rebels manceuvring their troops finely. Early in the action the rebels made an impetuous charge on the famous Loomis battery, and captured five out of the six guns belonging to it. Captain Van Pelt, commanding the battery, was taken prisoner. At 2 o'clock the contest was per- fectly terrific, the roll of musketry being far more continuous and deafening than at Stone River. At 2.40 p.m. our division centre was pushed, broken, and retreated in disorder. Colonel Barnett planted a battery and soon checked the pursuing enemy, who, in turn, were driven over the same ground. The division of General Davis was then driven back by the rebels with heavy loss, and every gun of the Bth Indiana Regiment was captured, when General Davis rallied his forces and pushed the enemy back and retook the guns. Reynolds lost heavily, but stubbornly held his position, driving the enemy, but never leaving his line. Palmer, who was over whelmed, failed to get off his whole battery, and two guns were last. Van Cleve, although fighting gallantly, lost ground, and being overpowered failed to regain his position. Our line was pressed severely and wavered. The rebels, exulting over their ap parent success, made the air resound with cheers. They advanced along the whole line, and when within fire the musketry rolled from right to left, and till.five:o'clock the fighting was terrific. General Rosecranz grew anxious; the wounded came pour ing in, and the rebel forc es k e pt s t ea dily mov i ng up to his head-quarters. New forces were opposed to the rebels, and from this time to dark the battle raged with destructive fury. At dusk, when the firing had almost ceased, the rebels threw forward fresh troops and engaged our right. The action again became general until long after dark, and raged with the greatest fury. The battle thus far has been a bloody one, and our loss is very heavy. Rebel prisoners say that some of the regiments are almost annihilated. Both armies occupy the same ground as when the action began. We have captured several hundred pri soners, of whom many are from the East. We took ten guns and lost seven." Further particulars of the conflict are given in a despatch from Chattanooga of the 22d `° The The battle on the 19th resulted well for us, we having held our own as established on our left, and concentrated our forces during the day; and on Sunday morning we held a handsome line, with our right on a ridge of hills and our left protected by rude works of logs thrown up during the night. Our left rested on the east side of Rossville and Lafayette, about four miles south of Rossville. In the fight of the 19th we had lost about 600 killed and 2,000 wounded, and were ahead three pieces of artillery; and the men were in splendid s pirits. The engagement was resumed at 9 o'clock on t h e . _ morning of the 20th by attempts of the rebelsw storm General Thomas's left and front. They wer e severely lss severely repulsed several times with hea vy lo se to them and very little to us. This fight ast ifi n of d the hour and a half, and was the most atrtillery being ie an war, continuous fire of musketry and this fight our kept up with deadly effect. my, ou r skirmishe rs keeping up a halting fire. right and centre were not e 2. g e a remy, finding thei r t u : t he left with th e in assaults vain, tention of throwing a manceavrforce on the Ross v ill e road on the left flank. A t this and attacking Thom as juncture Thomas ordered General B rannan, who had on© brigade , in re serve and two with R e y no ld s, r the p osition, Which wa s holding the key °- - Thomas's right, to move to the left of th e l ine to protect the k o f Gen. Rosencranz, and at th e same t i me sent fl p an a - v - i sn nd Van Cleve from the right and centre to sup port Brannan in the effort to hold the line to Rossville, and protect Thomas's right. On seeing the w ithdrawal of the skirmishers in front of the diTi- sicn, which was moving from the right and tti!4. enemy made a vigorous attack on that part 1) . 134W . ,•:' iN .I'..)V S PAPEsit -..„Ts , -.'4,•' - ,e - :i, - „• - • - • . piercing the centre, cutting off Davis and hezurtkltz' C from the left, and driving the centre into the naOid- ni. tains, both right and centre being much scattetft without very serious loss in killed and wounded. The right and centre gone, Thomas's right became exposed to a most terrific flank attack, and Reynolds and Brannan and the right of Thomas's line was swung round, his extreme left being as at first ; this also fell back a short distance on the Rossvilleroad. Parts of the centre were gathered up and report ca to Thomas, who made sever al stands, but was unable to check the rebel advance until the arrival of rein forcements. At 1 o'clock General Granger with one divi:F.io n of reserves came up, and was at once thrown into the cmutre, driving the enemy handsomely from c hic p os i t i on on a strong r i dge w i th heavy loss. The re from one ofGrang,er's batteries mowed them down like Rrass. This fight lasted about half an hour, with slight loss to us. Captain Russell, Gen. Granger's Adjutant, was kille cl before we had been 10 minutes in the fight. After this bloody repulse the enemy remained quiet until 4 o'clock, persisting, however, in manoeuvring on both flanks, their full and correct information regarding this country enabling them to do so with great facility. Having got again on our flank the enemy mad e a vigorous attack; and a fi g ht ensued which luau no parallel in the history of this army. Colonel Harker's brigade and General Wood's division distinguished themselves in the fight. General Wood, Colonel Harker, and Gen. Garfield were present, and with the remnant of General Johnson's division held the left and covered themselves with glory. O n t h e right and cen t re Generals Brannan, Baird , R e y nol ds, and Palme r , with parts of their divisions, fought most gallantly, while Generals Stedman and Granger held the re serve and drove the enemy at every point where they went in. At 5 o'clock Gen. Thomas was still trium phant, and on the left held hisline of the morning, but with the right of the enemy nearly back to his line, nearly at right angles with that of the morning. Two lines of retreat were open to Gen. Thomas to Chatta nooga, one of which he fell back to—to Rossville— during the night. Our losses have necessarily been heavy, but the list of killed will be surprisingly light, and in the two days' engagement we have not sd- s :ki /1,2' fered more in men than the enemy. In the charge by Gen. Thomas on the first day the enemy lost as many in killed as we did in the whole day. What losses in:prisoners and material are cannot now be reported. Our killed will reach 1,200, our wounded will amount to 7,000, most of them slight wounds. Among the general officers killed are Gen. Lyttle, Col. Key, Col. King, commanding brigade, and Col. Bartleton, of the 101st Illinois. Among the wounded are Gen. Morton, of Gen: Rosencranz's Staff; Col. Craxter, 4th Kentucky; Col. Frank house, 98th Illinois; Lieut.-Col. Mudge, 11th Mi chigan ; Lieut.-Col. Hunt, 4th Kentucky ; Col. Bradley, commanding brigade in Sheridan's divi• Sion; Col. Chas. Anderson, 6th Ohio; Major Mild man,lBth Kentucky; Lieut.-Col. Tripp, 6th Indiana; Lieut.-Col. Bryan, 75th Indiana ; Col. Armstrong, 93d Ohio; Major Johnston, 22d Illinois; and Lieut.- Col. Maxwell, of the 2d Ohio, all slightly wounded. Lieut.-Col. Vaughan, of the 7th Kentucky ; Col. Stanley, of the 18th Ohio; and Major Dawson, of the 19th Infantry, were all slightly wounded. Gen. John H. King is reported wounded and a prisoner. We have captured Gen. Adams, of Texas, and 1,300 of his men." THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING OCTOBER 5, 1863, THE MAGAZINES, Priory" COLI3U i R s N' NEWr first tale i S Southwood noticlt concerns a ghost, and must de li g ht the lovers of the the file that °N lr meets our " mystic and marvellous by its thrilling passages and dreadful mysteries. These stories have recently not been much in vogue, but this one revivifies one's memory of all the fearful anecdotes that once abounded concerning avenging spirits and souls that could not rest. "The Shadow of Asblydyat" is continued. It this time brings us to the death bed of Maria. That worn-out frame has nearly done with pain, and the suffering spirit now near its rest. George is delayed in his journey, and only comes in time for the last. His thoughts are bitter as he stands by that couch and ruminates over the past. This passage sadly and so lemnly comments upon the lost chances never to return that crowd upon the guilty conscience in the supreme hour when the mortal is to put on immortality. When these earthly scenes are closing—when the grave is about to set its seal on one to whom we would have saved pain and did not—when Heaven's solemn approach is to be seen, and Heaven's purity has become all too clear to our own sight, what would we give to change inflicted wrongs, to blot out the hideous past ; moments of reprisal like these, prolonged as they may seem, must come to us in the end. It is a charm ing thing, no doubt, to ignore them in our hot-blooded carelessness; but the time will come when they find us out. " Cleon" is Sir Nathaniel's hero this month. "Even ing at the Land's-end," by Nicholas Mitchell, is a sketch of some striking scenery ; the lines are suited to their sub ject, ;and seem to realise the spirit of the scenery, sublime rather than beautiful. "Twice Sacrificed" is here con cluded, It is most melancholy, yet the sequel of the narrative cannot be called altogether unsatisfactory, for the General dies at his post on the deathbed of fame, and Jeanne seems impressed with her has band's heroism. "Killarney" describes that picturesque locality in eloquent phraseology. " Strathmore" proceeds with its romantic history ; and " My own experience of a Ghost" may be of service to some timid readers in convey ing the notion that generally these witch and wizard mum meries could be made clear, by the simplest statement, if the right person were only by. " Bayard "is a sketch of that hero's knighting the young King Francis the First, by the Royal desire. The Chevalier, sans pear, et sans reproche, is at all times an attractive theme, and the reader will be glad to inform himself concerning these details. " Gipsies "is an animated account of those wan dering tribes One or two other subjects make up the number. DUBLIN.—" Wy leer's Hand" :proceeds at some length ; the plot :is becoming developed gradually, and the villains: of the piece are unmasking them selves to us. There are no attractive heroes or heroines in this tale, but we are furnished with a variety of sinister individuals of different shades of iniquity. This is the only way in which to pourtray the cha racters who do the dark work of human nature, and all who have mixed much in the world will know that their name is legion. Wylder has disappeared for a season, and Stanley Calze now figures on the stage. He is full of schemes, and threatens to wreak some deadly vengeance on his sister and Dorcas Brandon if his wish of marrying the heiress is not realised. "Bella Donna" is also continued, and the artful Jenny is doing great damage to her enemy ; she has actu ally come down to Greyforest and is there undermining Charlotte's influence with her lover. Time will work won ders for her schemes, no doubt, with her wily way of going to work, her artful manoeuvres, and strange plans. The description of this girl is a very able one, and aptly depicts the most conspicuous qualities of the class of "mischief-makers" who are the pest of society and the torment of all who know them. 111-fated are they whom they consider their enemies ; the bold adver sary can never work one-half the evil, or cause one-half the misery occasioned by those well-seeming hypo• crites, who, with smooth words and benevolent manner, hide their deep designs and screen their malicious purposes. "An Old Greek Scene and Adventure" is a well-written sketch that possesses some of the freshness of novelty about it, which, in these days, is in itself a desideratum. " Irish Dancing Fifty Years Ago" presents us with an entertain ing account of the style in which that pastime was carried on by an earlier race ; it is well worthy of perusal. " Alaster and Eola" is a dreamy sort of sketch that con tains some philosophic reflections on the various celebrated scenes that the travellers passed thr,ugh. It is not the kind of article likely to be generally attractive nor easily understood, but it will suit the speculative reader. " Studies of Old Actors " brings some histrionic notabilities before us. We find "Garrick in Lord Hastings," "Mossop in Card inal Wolsey,"and "Henderson in Jacques.' These sketches are for the most part deserving of notico and one cannot well become too intimately acquainted with the peculiarities of those who delighted the last generation and who still shine forth in their firmament with a radiance that none of our present day can equal. " Icelandic Lore and Scenery" refers to some works of travels in that direc tion. Lord Dufferin's amusing work is mentioned, and his famous after•dinner speech in Latin is quoted, and will certainly edify all who peruse it. The introduction of some well-known quotations is very ingeniously effected, and the oration must have been a splendid success. The last article is on " Savonarola." The readers may be interested to compare the history of this remarkable man that has just been translated from the Italian with the brilliant romance on his life which has appeared from the pen of the author of "Adam Bede." "My Aunt's Spectra" is a lively account of a lugubrious object that very forcibly connects the serious with the comic. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.—A page from the dark annals of Russian history is the first thing to meet us in this number. It is followed by a paper detailing the pleasant peculiarities of Treves, " the Belgic Rome." The story of " Six Weeks at Hunsdon Manor" is continued with interest, although the converse , . tions of the dramatis persona are sometimes considerably spun out. It is impossible to doubt that some disaster will befal the fair heroine Ethel from the malice of the half witted Tony. " Scent Memories" are the subject of a read able essay, which quotes abundant passages from prose and verse to sustain the theory that "memory, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than by almost any other chan nel." The tragedy of the Sicilian Vespers supplies the subject for an article, and we have also papers on the career of the late Baron von Stockman and the history of the Pont Neuf. The editor's historical romance proceeds with inte rest, and is rapidly approaching its conclusion. The Queen's death will probably end the troubles of the lovers. GOOD WORDS.—Good Words is excellent, as it always is, and foremost among its secular attractions is a paper by Sir David Brewster, on " The Life boat and its Work," full of information and interest. Mr. Glaisher gives an account of the first "Balloon Voyage in England," which, it seems, took place in 1784, when a young Italian, Lunardi by name, and Secretary to the Neapolitan Ambassador by profession, made an ascent in presence of the Prince of Wales and an immense assembly of spectators. The editor continues his pleasant "Reminiscences of a Highland Parish," and Alexander Smith contributes a well-written essay on " Literary Style." He remarks that every sentence of the great writer is like an autograph. " If Milton had endorsed a bill with half-a- dozen blank verse lines it would be as good as his name, and would be accepted as good evidence in court. If Lamb had never gathered up his essays into those charming volumes, he could be tracked easily by the critical eye through all the magazines of his time. The identity of these men can never be mistaken. Every printed page of theirs is like a coat of arms, every trivial note on ordinary business like the impression of a signet ring." We have an essay on Needlewomen, and various other articles, besides the usual religious ones, including a domestic story, by Sarah Tytler, prettily illustrated. LONDON SOCIETY.—The "society" which we meet-under this sparkling red cover is, as usual, ani mated and entertaining. Stories, sketches, songs, and disquisitions abound, most of them concerning the doings of the gay world and its votaries. The illustrations are, as is customary, numerous and clever. MISCELLANEOUS M AGAZINES. the Eclectic Review has an interesting article on the life and Works of James Montgomery, under the head of "An Old Eclectic Reviewer," in which capa city he is less known than in that of poet. We meet also with an essay on " Fine English," with which the general interest of the serial ends —the rest of the contents being de voted to papers of a controversial nature. —.Newton's Lon don. Journal of Arts and Sciences has its usual list of patents granted, reports of engineering institutions, &c., besides preliminary articles on the duties of the Patent . .. office, —The a ß n o d ys t , he oa re n ce li nt ag l litigation respecting skifulya t d h a e pt ‘ ed Ci 1: 0 os i t tastes most general amongstitsread, and y ers. Thehe p same mayb l e a Curiositiesboth published Savage zife by Mr. B ee t on, whose Dic tionary a d o a f zin e of Universal Information also claims a notice, and fully deserves its name.--Cassell's Popular Educator con tinues to be a marvel of compendious information,oprofit requiring b yall itseithdeerpgarrtemateinnts of knowledge.dustryorgreatabilities, fully to ALFRED DE VIGNY has bequeathed all his manu scripts to Louis Ratisboune, who is preparing their speedy publication. CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST, victoria-park.—The number of patients re lieved at this hospital during last Week Was 1,055 ) of which 173 were ussw Oftiego Mr. Glaisher's Fifteenth Balloon Ascent for Scientific Purposes. was held, and it was plain that we must descend ; the valve was opened but the balloon rose, and it required a very free use of the valve to get the balloon to turn to de scend. As we came down the wind changed, blowing to wards the north. Passed north of Grantham, and then moved with great rapidity towards Sleaford. At this time we saw the trees greatly agitated, and it was evident that the descent would be a rough one. I packed up the instruments with wadding, and we both prepared for some bumps. When at an elevation of 150 feet, passing very quickly, we had to throw out sand to avoid a farm house, and could not come down where we wished. Au open country was before us, the grapnel failed to hold, and broke through a hedge; we struck the earth, and rebounded to strike again ; the grapnel passed throu-zh the light earth without exercising any influence. We broke through a hedge, and everything loose in the car bounded about much to our discomfiture. The balloon stood the beating about wonderfully, and no rent appeared at all till she came violently down on the earth, when we perceived a long tear come up from the place where she struck on the ground. The two sides stood out like wings. Still the upper part of the balloon remained, until finally a great rent passed up to the valve, when I expected all would drop down; but for the space of a minute the great valve with its heavy springs held 50 feet high in the air, whilst the whole balloon opened out in one immense sheet, and, kite-like, kept up for perhaps not more than a minute ;to me it appeared a much more considerable length of time. It then gradually fell to the ground. It was most painful to see the noble balloon which had carried us so well so much injured. I opened my packages to see, as I expected, the debris of all the instruments, but to my intense surprise discovered but few broken, the greater part remaining uninjured. As to ourselves, we had of course a few bruises, none of any consequence. The inconveniences of this descent are perhaps as small as can be expected in morning ascents made about the times of the equinox. At the extreme elevation Mr. Coxwell assisted me in fill ing two bags with air for Professor Tyndall, and he saved me much time by watching the blackened bulb of Daniel's hygrometer. Our place of descent was Temple Bruer, six miles N.W. of Sleaford, on the farm of D. Blackburn, Esq., to whom we are much:indebted, and to whom our best thanks are d u e for the kindest hospitality, for sending the instru ments and the balloon in his own conveyance, and our selves in his own carriage to the Sleaford Station. Blackheath, Oct. 3. JAMES GLAISHER. FASHIONS FOR OCTOBER, (From Le FoHet) Now that the autumn has decidedly made its appearance wing us, all our thoughts and energies must be directed to the study of the most becoming and appropriate styles of dresses and materials for the season. Notwithstanding the i a bsence from Paris of the several leading queens of fashion, man y of the principal h ouses h ave b een act i ve l y emp l oye d it , devising new styles for the approbation of their customers en their return to the capital, or to forward to them direct at their different chateaux or the most fashionable resorts at this time of the year. In the productions to which we have referred neutral tints would seem to be more in favour than the y were last month ; but require relieving by some de cided colour —such as cherry, mauve, or apple-green. The na rrow cravats worn in-doors will be found very useful for this purpose, as, though so small, they are quite sufficient to relieve the monotony. We do not advise the trimming of a dress of one colour w ith ano th er an d more str iki ng se if. c olour ; it is only in eery exceptional cases that this produces an e legant effect, Bl a ck, f or i ns t ance , may a l ways be trimmedin this manner, and there are some greys, though very few, which look well with a contrast. w e have recently seen a very pretty dress of two colours, intended for _ a utumn wear. Th e e ff ec t was so very nove l and disti n g ue that our readers may probably wish for a de scription. A. plain l ong gored skirt of light stone-coloured silk, w ith high-butt one d body, and very small open sleeves. Over this was worn a tunic of Royal blue silk, also gored, reach i n g down to the knee in front, but longer behind. A l o w body, Pointedat the t o p an d b o tt om , w ith out s l eeves, w ith a postpos tilionb aeque, completed this very elegant toil e tt e . Thi s style is likely t o come into great vogue ; but will never be in d an ger of be com i ng common, as no lady with any pre tensions to good taste, would make it in any but rich ma terials —such as silk, popli n, & c. The tunic and low body made of black silk, would have a very recherché effect, and might b e worn with any c o l oure d s i lk or poplin skirt. The ne w skirts are made from five and a half to six and a ha lf yards round the bottom, and are trimmed with ribbon braid, ornaments in point d'Espagne, or guipure passemen terie, with cf without beads intermixed—the latter being made in an immense variety of s t y l es. Sometimes silk skirts are trimmed round with chenille e frinbut this would pro b a b ly appear more suitable for ca mails __mc'aits of plush—ind ee d, f or them it is almost indispensable as a finis h. Chenille fringe, both woollen and silk, is ex pected to be fashionable as a t r i mm i ng d ur i ng t h e w i nter, and, on thick material, h as a very good effect. Plaid, although perhaps rather common as a trimming for out .of-door garments, is exc ee di ng l y f as hi ona bl e f or trimm i ng silk or poplin dresses, especially self-coloured or black. woollen plaids, both f or d resses and cloaks, may de cidedly be considered la modo this season. The plaid Telma, with or without hood, and t r i mmed with a chenille fringe to m atch the tartan, i s very pretty. R o b es an d came l' s w ill of pla i d, plu s h , or velvet. a lso be made It is yet r ather too soon to speak definitely about mantles, but we will just describe one n ove lt y prepare d i n a fi rst-class es tablishment , which appeared to us in very good taste. It is an immense collet of black velvet worked in rich bouquets o f flowers, g raduated in s i ze, and covering the mantle within rather more than a quarter of a yard from the bottom. This space left is ornamented with ovals of Chantilly lace, made expressly for the purpose, and edged with a wide insertion composed half of lace and half of passementerie, The Telma and casaque, trimm e d w ith gu i pure or l ace and passem enterie, will be w orn . Talmas, careens, and pa l e t o ts to match the dre sses, slightly wadded and lined with silk, will be useful for some little time to come, The LouislV. veste, cut aft er t h e mode l of the ancient hunting dresses —a sort of habit body with a round basque —is in such favour at the present time that it is more than pro b a bl e many of the warm dresses for the coming season will be made in the same form. In velvet, lined with s_itin, it will have a very ch arming effect; but, of course, only ad missible as an "at - home" dress, Bodies are still made with points or postillion basques. Passementerie, 98 we last month prophesied, will be the trimming par excellence. The Figaro epaulette of passe menterie, terminating in a fringe, is very graceful and be coming, and just now much adopted. The or with a waistcoat, is more than ever in favour. The waistcoat is fr equent l y made of white cloth, orsilk b cloth; 'l ve o and will be much worn, b oth in white and in I y colours. For elamPle, with a cream-coloured taffetas, a waistcoat of white kersem ere or, with a chocolate dress trimmed with violet a violet waistcoat. With liavannah brown, grosseille or ponceau forms a pleasing contrast. Wo advise, however, when the waistcoat is coloured, that it be not too bright, as it would pr duce decidedly a vulgar effect. Wide ribbon sashes are still much patronised, but are no longer seen with such a great amount of trimming as for merly was fashionable. For instance, it is not carried up so high as the waist, but merely round the ends, and to about six or eight inches up the sides. Some of the ribbons made for this purpose are truly splendid. It must, however, be es e xpensive fashion, as it necessi tcaotnefsasesd h as t ht a o t match ais a very tcheach dress, unless a lady is economical enough to content herself with a bl ac k one , t r i mme d with lace or passementerie , which is in very good taste, and looks well with any dress. The ceinture postillon is made in black velvet with a plastron of white moire antique, on which is placed silver buttons. This produces a vero stylish effect. Dresses when looped up for out-of-door wear, have fewer festoons than formerly, four being the fashionable number. One in front, another at the back, and ono on each side. Coloured stockings will be worn this winter. Grey will be the favourite colour. Different shades of grey and drab will also be in good taste, but no striking colour such as scarlet or mauve. The latter would look intrinsically vulgar, though it is not improbable that cherry colour kill be worn during the season. Nearly all the ball dresses are of tarlatane, with under skirts also of the same. There is rather a rage just now for white and black. For instance, the following pretty dress was lately worn by a young lady:—lt was composed of a skirt of white tarlatane, trimmed with narrow flounces put on waved at the bottom of the skirt, and separated by in sertions of black lace. the body had a small fichu of tarla tane and black lace, and was finished off with a scarf of black lace tied behind. On the front and shoulders were bouquets of natural roses,and the hair was dressed to match, White tarletane dresses, with a colour underneath, or with ruches or pinked flounches, are very becoming for young ladies. Many are made as described, or with wreaths of flowers. For instance, one dress of white tar latane, with a narrow gauffered tulle flounce round the bottom, and above it two wreaths of myosotis and small roses. Our readers will, we are sure, be pleased with the an nouncement, that in all the best houses the bonnets are being made lower in front and narrower, and backward at the sides —so much more graceful and becoming a style. Satin is being also employed both for capotes and plain bonnets, and as the season advances will no doubt be very fashionable. The newest capotes are principally trimmed with ruches of tulle or crape, and small bunches of grass with dew drops on them, but no flowers. Crape bonnets are still worn, but they are mostly mixed with silk, A very pretty one was made of white crapo and tulle Wllin.olloo l With Li ruche of sill; and tulle round the TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The place of ascent was Wolverhampton, where we have obtained the best gas for on: parpme, prepared by Mr. Proud, the eminent engineer of the gas works. Great interest has always been taken in these experiments by the directors of the gas works, to whom I beg to offer toy best thanks. The only member of the committee present to sanction arrangements and witness the ascent was Lord Wrottesley, who was on the ground between six and seven o'clock, having sent his assistant to help me at a still earlier hour. The dates of the greater number of my ascents are in the summer months It is necessary that similar experiments should be made in all seasons. The earliest in the year is March 31, ten days after the spring equinox ; and the com mittee of the British Association was anxious to have cor responding observations about the time of the autumnal equinox. On leaving the sky was cloudy, with the wind SW, varying to WS W. On, looking down there was a general mist, high, appearing in very straight lines in some places, and diffused in others. When at the height of one mile, although we had passed through no clouds, a general layer of clouds was below, and clouds were very high above. The balloon was quite full at one mile in height. Above this there were a few faint gleams of light. On passing above two miles, we could see two distinct layers of clouds below and dense, clouds still above. The view here was much above my powers of description. There was present every variety of cloud, in some places most harmoniously grouped ; but the very haSty glances and but few moments I could spare from the instruments do not enable me to do justice to so grand a scene. In some places white cumuli clouds appeared resting on the ground like huge swans. A different kind of cumulous clouds detached had somewhat the appearance of a simul taneous discharge of heavy ordnance. In one place I counted twelve, and in another 30. No sun was shining upon us, but between the first and second layers the sun was shining, and the illuminated earth looked like a beautifu garden. Some slate•coloured clouds were curved, resting on a base of cumulus. On some clouds there was a beau- tiful blue tinge, over some portion of the landscape a deep violet tinge. The shadows of high clouds upon low mist were very fine Mist was seen rising vertically from the earth, and smoke from towns and villages to the height of a mile, but with very little horizontal motion. On descending the shadow of the balloon traversing the fields and roads was very dark and intense. At this time, whilst over the fields we disturbed a very large number of hares and several foxes, which ran wildly away. Not a single partridge rose, although we afterwards learned they were numerous. The balloon left at 7h 43m. In two minutes we were 500 feet above the earth ; 1,000 feet at 7h 47m ; 2,000 feet at 7h 52m ; two miles at 8h 30m ; about 21 miles from 8h 45m to 9h 8m ; near 22 miles from 9h 15W to 9h 23m ; and reached the highest point, viz., 31 miles, at 9h 33m. On descending we were 22 miles high from 9h 33m to 9h 52m; 21 miles at 9h 59m; 2 miles at 10h 4m; 11 mile at loh 9m; 1 mile at loh 13m; 3,000 feet only at loh 152 m; 1,000 feet at loh 23m ; and on the ground at loh 30w. The temperature of the air on the ground had increased from 43 deg at 7h a.m. to 48 deg. at 7 b. 43m, when we left ; it then declined immediately, being 45 deg at 1,000 feet, 40 deg at 3,000 feet, 34 deg at the height of a mile, 27 deg at lf mile, 21 deg at 2 miles, A quick decline then took place, the thermometer reading being as low as 12 deg at 21 miles/ at which height we continued a quarter of an hour, the tem perature first increasing to 17i deg at 8h 55m, and then gra dually decreasing to 14 deg at 9h 59m, when there was a sudden decrease of 3 deg in 2 minutes, which was sensibly felt by Mr. Coxwell and myself. On passing above 2j miles the temperature increased to 16 deg at 9h Bw, then de creased to 11 deg at 9h 15m, still further to 7 deg at 9h 23m, and just about zsro at 9h 33m. On descending the temperature varied from 7 to 15 deg at the height of 2/ miles, between 9h 36m and 9h 52m; was 17 deg at 9h 59m, 22 deg at 10h 4m, 31 deg at 10h 9m, was 35 deg at 1 mile, 40 deg at 3,000 feet, 53 deg at about 1,000 feet, and was 53 deg on the ground. The temperature of the dew-point (or that temperature at which the water mixed with the air in the insensible shape of vapour, becomes visible as dew, being deposited upon the bright surfaces of the hygrometers, which have been pre viously cooled down by the application of aather) was 41 deg on the ground, 35 deg at 200 feet high, 25 deg at 1 mile, 20 deg at 21 miles, and varied at this level between this point and 12 deg, being at times the same as the temperature of the air, thus indicating that at this elevation the air was partly saturated in some places and wholly so in others. Passing above this level the dew-point decreased to 10 deg below zero, the air was not saturated, but approached more nearly to that state than I have usually experienced at this elevation. On descending the temperature increased, and was 46 deg on reaching the ground. On the earth the weight of the water actually present in the air was 34 grains in a cubic foot; at the height of 2,000 feet there were 21 grains ; at one mile, 11 grain; and at 31 miles less than half a grain. The degree of humidity of the air represents the relative quantity of water present in the atmosphere, supposing the greatest amount that could be present at the then tempera ture of the air as divided into 100 parts. On the ground, and up to the height of 1,000 feet, this was 90; at one mile was 72; and varied from 70 to 100 up to the highest point reached. ACTINOMETItIC FFFECTS OF SUN'S RAYS. On the morning of r%londay at 11 a.m. the force of the sun's rays, as shown by Herschel's actinometer at Wrot tesley Observatory, was 48 divisions in one minute; at the gas works it was afterwards found to be 47 divisions in one minute; and at five o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun was low, the increase was 25 division' in the same space of time. There was no opportunity of reading this instrument in the balloon till 9h 4m, when the increase in one minute with a bright sun was 5 divisions; this result was ob tained again at 9h 8m ; the increase was 7 divisions at 9h 20m, and 7 divisions or 8 divisions occasionally between 9h 29m and 9h 49m. At 10h 7m it was 20 divisions in a minute; at 10h 19m was 25 divisions; and on the ground at 10h 45m was 48 divisions. READING OF A BLACKENED BULB THERMOMETER, 'WITH ITS BULB IN TILE RAYS OP TILE SUN. In previous ascents I have contented myself with a Negretti's self-registering blackened bulb thermometer, in vacuo. with its bulb projecting beyond the car so as to be in the beams of the sun ; resulting in all cases that it never read so high as before leaving the earth, and wherever ex amined and reset indicating a leading but little removed from those of the shaded thermometers. On this occasion I had as delicate a blackened bulb thermometer as the shaded thermometers themselves, and so placed as to be full in the rays of the sun, and always under my eye. The readings of the two thermometers were identical till 9h 48m, when faint gleams of the sun caused the black bulb to read 4 deg above that of air. On losing these it fell to that of air again. Faint gleams fell upon it occasionally between 9h 23m and 10h 23m, causing an increase of 2 deg or 3 deg. On reaching the height of 3 miles and above the sun shone brightly. The blackened bulb read from 2 deg to 4 deg only, no excess of the shaded thermometer. On d escen ding at 9h 49m this excess was 4 deg, increased to 5 deg at 10h Ilto, to 8 deg at 10h 16 m, an d t o 30 d eg on t h e ground. Ozone papers of different proportions were abundantly spread about the rigging, and were not coloured at all throughout the journey. Ozone powders, made of wheat starch and iodide of potassium mixed three months ago, were slightly tinged when first exposed, and were unchanged at the height of one mile; they then increased in colour, and continued to increase till noticed at 9h 57m, When they were as dark as 4 on a scale of 10. SPECTRUM OBSERyAnoNs. I had two spectroscopes, one to b e use d w i t h a s lit a dj us t e d before leaving the earth, and the other with a slit to open at pleasure. At 7h 58121 at 8h G m , and at 9h 4m, the sky spectrum was visible from B to G, the lines F and D being always distinct, Between 9h 22m and 9h 43m I saw the same spectrum three times ; it extended from A to beyond H, where the spectrum became very dark—the lines in the violet end were very numerous. At all times, and at every part of the sky, a spectrum, with the spectroscopo always visible, an d t h e co l ours were bright. I took with ma a Polariscope, but the short time the sky was blue, and the necessity of attending to the other instruments, prevented me using it at all. Guns were heard at the height of two, and above three miles high. The balloon on leaving was loaded with moisture and rose slowly, when at the height of ono mile we had to part with sand to keep us on that level, and afterwards more to enable us to ascend. As 8.2 the temperature was 32 deg., ice beginning to form all over the balloon, and as we rose slowly there were frequent jerks or cracks coining from the balloon, causing much anxiety and the utmost watchfulness. When the temperature was 25 deg• Mr. Coxwell agitated a thermo meter in the neck of the balloon, and found the temperature of the gas was 29 deg. As soon as the gas became clear we anxiously and minutely examined the interior of the balloon for any rents, but fortunately found it sound every where. When the sun shone of the balloon an ascending power was given, and then we knew we could reach the desired elevation of five or six miles, but directly after wards we saw the coast from Yarmouth, nearly to Hull, with the indentation of the Wash, towards which we found we were moving, and from whence at an estimated distance we were thou ;1)9%4 tou tailoo, A, co wiltatiou AN IRONCLAD IN A GALE. One who was on board the Lehigh, on her passage to Charleston Harbour, gives the following aecoant of her : " We left Brooklyn Navy-yard on the 25th August, in tow of the steamer Star of the South. We made good time, with nothing of importance to note except the very sudden change in temperature on leaving the Narrows. At 2 p.m. the ther mometer indicated a temperature of S 5 degrees on the upper turret deck; at 3 p.m. it was but 70 degrees, while on the berth deck, at the same time, it was 95 degrees. Next day a gale came on. The solid shot beneath the berth deck were rolling about adrift, efforts to check them being of no avail. Officers and men thronged the upper turret deck, and anxious glances were cast upon the rubber-raft, which was inflated in readiness for use; lifepreservers and bread and water were sought for, and the fate of the gallant crew of the first Monitor canvassed. A heavy sea, which covered the deck from the bow to the turret with a solid mass of water, lifted our ship's b.ll bodily out of its socket, some six inches deep, and bore it off like a chip overboard. The bell and fittings must have weighed about 3001 b., and were fastened to the turret, seven feet above the deck. The waves were sharp-topped combers, and repeatedly broke over the top of the elevator, 12f t. high. They broke over the turret top,flooding the engine-room beneath, Several times a large wave would roll over the deck, strike against the front of the massive turret with furious shock, its top striking offi cers in the back, and sweeping them across the turret deck to its other side. We were now heading the sea, our officers on the front part of the turret deck holding on to stanchions to prevent being washed overboard, the men occupying the after part. Our good ship would seemingly crawl up the face of a big sea, like a cat crawling (the sensation of crawl ing or creeping upward was prominent) up the steep roof of a house to the ridgepole, and, reaching its summit, look below, and hesitate whether to descend upon the other side or fall back, and descending would appear to be diving to the bottom. With 'bated breath we waited, saw the ship's iron snout thrust into the second wave, take on deck much water, but yet rise up as before, and, again descending, take the greater part of the third and greatest wave upon its deck, not being able to rise quick enough to surmount it and thus at every moment gaining greater confidence in our noble, though heavy and uncouth, iron-clad vessel; though still fearing that some of the powerful seas, as we fell upon them, would force up our overhang, and once starting it sweep in a moment our whole iron deck from the hull. While this scene was passing above the beak below was more provoking. All night long innumerable little streams of sea water, yellow with iron rust, poured down upon every thingin cabin, wardroom, dispensary, and berth deck, wet• ting beds and bedding, wardrobes, mess stores, &e. State rooms were flooded, no one escaped ; rubber boots became a necessity in the cabin, and to-day we can all show clothing wet as if it had been thrown overboard, books ruined, and boots thick with green mould. The gale, the high sea, and the night passed away together. Not so our leaking deck, however; and, to add to our comfort, the necessity of hav ing hatches and deck lights down and shut, causing a resort to candle lights, daylight being of course excluded, and the heated foul air (ventilation being very imperfect when the hatches are down), causing headache, and a feeling of faint ness, loss of appetite, &c. The temperature on the berth dock at the ward room door ranges between 95 and 101 deg• day after day. Arriving in sight of our fleet we were repaid for our peril and discomfort; anchoring for an hour t prepare for acti on , we we i g h e d an d s t oo d i n to j o i n o ur fel low iron ships and iron men, th e guns o f th e i ron dads and replies of Sumter and Wagner cheering our progress." MORTALITY IN BETHNAL.GREEN. the Lora A et- On Saturday Mr. Humphreys resumed at n afry respect son, Half-Nichol-street, Bethnal-green, fiV blood-poisouing it Was proved ing the mortality in the Rogers family fr p e t nis he l e it i : fg a w n h d o d m efi h ei a e v n e t died within five weeks, apparently from foul air, and from water fetid in V in quantity, . uot held on ThursdAy tnedi lyruzeight have been attributable It will be recollected that at the e m ar tl i, of age, last upon Geo. Rogers, a boy 12y , bloo d, but Dr. Parnell, that two of that he died from poisoning i t" tai, w as of opinion that in a however, cal officer to the London his particular case the :nal aY to a natural disease. It transpired, i in.* dead in th© house No. c thou Y ' deceased's sisters andwer well as two others r circumstances. The ' rpiinj 3 .1 that they, as coroner im mediatelyc w arrant to have the h l9 a , d T e h xp or ir o e l d d-r n u de are , burial of the chil dren Dr. Ga 3r)the senior surgeon dren deferred, v and tbern Hospital, to ,},etched walls of Which 350 at the Great .o r . issued make a careful post bodies, which was done on mortem extol morning. 'nation of their b ' Thorold-square consists of 22 houses, Saturday w ithin ' -r built b h 7 o o em y ears r s a , g o w , h a o n d e a i r t n s i b rffi nt ab a i t v a e n r t y s people are stated to a rea eZ nit l t la wase .r w eavers or ui 1 shoemakers, been l vforg. The state of the cesspools is described as years abominable, and unendurable even to those who were long accustomed to it. The water of the s quare was supplied by means of a tank 41t. high and about ott. long, which received from pipe from the • water a main, h p a vi D having us and yielded it up through a pump which was nearly always uselss from being out of order. A. witness deposed that, during a period of 13 years that he lived in the square, there had been no water for about 18 months altogether, and in the hottest time of the present summer there was none to be had for three weeks at a stretch. In the 22 houses 20 children had been attacked, and 12 of them had died. The evidence went to show that the only water which could be obtained was derived from a pump in the " square," frequently known to be choked with the filth ; that the soil from the closets ran over the yards, and th ere were i ns t ances w h ere th e i n mate! had been without water f o r seven wee k s a t a ti me to cleanse them. The most imp or t an t, h owever, was th a t a 31 .0 ur.l, senior surgeon of the Great N or th ern Hospital, wh o e n of LI Z made a post-mortem examinati on o f the bod y ° e l. had e n no he children, and from the app earances i n which he sitation in expressing an opi n i on that the to c hild bad died of the drinking of blood disease, owing, in all probability, sanatory moisares in impure water, and from the want of the house and in the whole localfri• children of 1 - Lends, • age, Verdict—That the deceased, bong . disease ace eler ts effects of blood ./a 1 by had died from the want of water and sanatory measures in the district of Thorolcl-squaro. ffltT 4'4133 I