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9PO I'ItSONS SEEKING LANDED t'F,TATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES. FitEt:HOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND kItOPER I'IES GENERALL Y To RE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, IN-o. RE 67, Chancery-la ne, L ondon, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's PROPERTY riEGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF IgROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register affors, by se n di ng the particulars of their properties to the I.'st a de, 67, Chan cery -l ane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in mo s t cases introduce immediate customers, 'where the property is of an eli g ibl e c h arac t er, thereby avoid ing the d isadvantages of delay and its attenuant incon veniences. TilEivE, Is NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and t'iteri only the usual moderate commission. -!-i.uction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. THE NATIONAL STEAM NAVIGATION , COMPANY (Limited). this Companybeg they are M proceedin, with the ALLOT ENT, but th a t, owing, to the large number of snares applied for ( 9 ~279), some days must yet elapse before it can be com pleted; the time occupied is necessarily prolonged owing to The Directors having determined to grant an allotment to every applicant. By order, JOSEPH TREFFEY, Sec re t ary, N ovember 20, 18M. T HE LAND MORTGAGE BANK OF INDIA (CREDIT FON','IER INDIEN), Limited. NOTICE TS frAREBY GIVEN, That the Certificates of Shares in this Company will be ready for delivery on and alter the 30th inst., in exch nge for the Bankers' Receipts, on applicatie,n at this Office between the hours of eleven and, three o'clock. By order of the Board. C. T. C. GRANT, Seoretary. T emporary Offices, 69, r, Tem porary London, E.C., November 24, 1863. LIVERPOOL ANI) LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COI4IPANY. At the ANNUAL 'MEET ING of the Proprietors in this conapany, held on Thursday, 25th of Fetruary, 1863, JAMES. ASPINALL TOBIN, Esq., in the Chair, the Report of the Directors for the year 1862 was read ; it showed:— That the Fire Premiums of the year were £136,065 0 0 Against those in 1861, which were 360,131 0 0 Giving an increase in 1862 of That the new Lif e b usiness comprised the £75,934 0 0 issue of 785 Policies, oOn which th e annual premiums were 467,331 0 13,935 7 11 That there wa s a dd e d to the life reserve 79,277 11 4 That the balance of undivided profit was in creased That the inve s t e d f un d s of the Company 23,725 9 7 amounted to 1,417,808 8 4 in ref erenc3 to the very large increase of £76,000 in the Fire premiums of the year, it was remarked in the Report, " The premiums paid to a company are the measure of that company's busir.ess of all kinds ; the Directors, therefore, prefer that test of progress to any the duty collected may afford, as that applies to only a part of a company's business, and a large share of that part may be, and often is, re-insured with other offices. In this view the yearly addition to the Fire premiums of the Liverpool and London Company must be very gratifying to the proprietors." SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary, London. S FIORTH AND.-PITIVIAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 7d. SE ORTHAND.-PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC; MANUAL. Free by post, ls. 6d. H O R T H A ND.-"PITMAN'S PHONO GRAPHY forms an exceedingly efficient—probably the MORT efficient—system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland Hill. London :F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. CAPTAIN WHITE'S ORIENTAL PICKLE, CURRY or MULLIGATAWNY PASTE, Curry Powder, and Curry Sauce, may be obiained from all Sauce Vendors, and wholesale of CROSSE and isLACKWELL, Purveyors to the Queen, Soho-square, London, IPECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary relief to weak, dim, and detective •ision.—S. and B SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, GREAT DRAWING OF PRIZES WILL TAKE PLACE AT S. JOSEPH'S RETREAT, HIGHGATE, LONDON, N., On THURSDAY, the 26th of NOVEMBER, 1863, to aid in liquidating the Debt still remaining on the New Church and Organ ; and to assist in establishing the English Mission of St. Nicholas in Paris, now under the charge of the Passionist Fathers. The prizes of the first catalogue consist principally of objects of art and other precious articles, P resented by His Holiness, several Cardinals, Princes, and other persons of distinction in Rome. TICKETS ONE SHILLING EACH. The amount realised will be disposed of as follows :—That arising from the sale of tickets in England will be applied to St. Jose/th's, and that from the sale of tickets in France to St. Niel()las', in Paris. THE DRAWING OP PRIZES WILL BE ON THE PRINCIPLE OF THE ART UNIO N. May one purchasing or aiding in selling 25 tickets will be ontitled to a larre Engravi ng , e ith er of the Death of St. -Joseph, or 01 81 , seed Paul of the Cros4, which will be forwarded by post upon receipt of 4 postage stamps. Catalogued as well as tickets maybe had on application at St. Joseph's Retreat, Highgate, and at 39, Rue de Berri, Paris. RIZE MEDAL —INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITfON, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER Jr CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., &C, To the Queen and the Palace of Wales. (Established 17?0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 186?, testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my tuin, recom mend them to the clergy tor the use of the altar." I,:rinest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb • eecaot V ng E dit G .t4u F it . a T yli A ty ß . L . dinary quality 2= Od. per lb. X CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Third lb quality - Carri •• •• •• •• •• • • • • • .• • • .. Li s. 3 5d d • per per lb. • ** • • •• • • • • id,. per lb. e p a =d in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO, S, South 31 °1ton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— The lar Kensington (Established 1730). gest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candies for the use of the Altar. BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. —Alabaster Powder, and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir cassian Bloom. Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These costly and inimitable toilet preparattons render the hair, teAh, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison. —Can be had only at Madame RACHEL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. (IRNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, Ind Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegatit assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &a, in Italian, Alabas 'er, Parian, Marble, B ronze, Derbyshire Spar, .te. Imported and manufactured b y J AMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her &laiesty, 149., Stand, W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, Del INERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate no interesti ng study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY. and GEOLOG Y, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given IV 3lr. TENNAN r, at 149, Strand, W.C. TEETH.—Mo. ESKFLL'S INVENTION in the constr action of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following aavaw k aoes :—A set of teeth, of excellent with Plateand Y mechanism, can be made and fitted with the V,, ec t, accuracy and success, in a few hours, without wiresalca—Tiion of stumps, and to answer all the purposes or ta 0 1 : 31 1 and articulation. They are fitted without Mils. thri l t irings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the just th2se teeth of the v i aid of it dentist. er! Y ftre quite immoveable, except at the option Invalids or residents in the country can the useful, t? many changes of the moyth without th rile useful, and will last y are not so liable to injury, are always tise d T a. t ,lifetime. Comfort guarantee ~. esplaining m r. ..skell's P tent do free for 7 stamps. In r isoction of specimens andconsaultatlons"iree.-B,Grosvenor -B'.reet, Bond-street, mr. ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir -aaingham. LASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN . AMBERT's „KA EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad 'flitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving Coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty Pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption Its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief In a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by 'W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address is engraved on the stamp. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTEUS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT ExninnrioNs OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to ',.)e the most effective Invention in the curative treatramt of HEItN I A. The use of a steel spring, so ofteu hurtful in its effects, Is here avoided—a soft bandage, being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the bloc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot - De detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, twit) inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WirfrE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 21 1 . , 26 ,. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, le. A. Doublo Truss, 31s. 'ad., 425., and 525. ed. Postage, l e Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 4 .28. and Ws. 6d. Postage, 18. 10d. Post-office Orders '4•O be made payabl e t o J o h n Whit e , Poet . office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELAST IC STOCKIN GS, KNEE- CAPS, &a, for Varicose Veins and all cases of 'Weakness ar.d Swelling ot the Legs, Sprains, &a They are porous, ligtit in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on ?JP ean ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7e. ed., 10e., to 16e. each. Pcatage 6d. BANKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS.- Mr. WETIIERFIELD, Solicitor, 35, Moorgate-street, City, PRACTISEs in COURT, and effects PRIVATE ARRANGEMENTS with creditors, without publicity. Charges, the lowest possible, payable by instalments. Coun try cases economically conducted. N.B.—DEBTS recovered on commission, free of law costs. Divorce and Probate business conducted at moderate ex pense. JOHN WHITE. Ma.nnfacturar, 22 3 3. Piccadilly. IiEATING'S COUGH .LOZENGES. —Stati s ti cs show that 50,00) persons annually fall victims to Pul monary Disorders, including consumption, diseases of the chest, and the respiratory organs. Prevention is at 911 times better than cure ; be, therefore, prepared during the wet and wintry season with a supply of KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES, which possess the virtue of averting, as well as of curing a cough or cold • they are good alike for th e young or for the aged—they soothe bronchial irritation ; and for im- Proving the voice, the preacher, statesman, singer, and actor have long patronised them. • " St. Paul's Cathedral, 30th November, 149. " Sir,—l have much p leasure in recommending.; your lozenges to those who may be distressed with hoarseness. They have afforded me relict on several occasions when scarcely able to sing from the effects of catarrh. I think they would be very useful to clergymen, barristers, and public oratori. "I am, Sir, yours faithfully, " THOMAS FRANCIS, Vicar Choral. "To Mr. Keating." Prepared and sold in boxes, is lid, and tins, 2s 9d, 4s 6d, and 109 6 d each, by Thomas Keatin,,, chemist, & c., 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Retail by all druggists and Patent medicine vendors hz the world. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, 11, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCII, 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 tovernors' letters. It is entirely devoted.to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz.. that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, T, t d 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. s ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; .Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co.; NV dliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co.; Messrs. J. Earned and Co., Liverpool and at the ilospital. STANFORD. S. SIUTH Secretary And, as compared with the month ending the 18th Oct., 1862, the above returns show an increase of £241,579 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £485,752 in the circulation of the United Kingdom• On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the seve ral banks the following is the state of the circulation : The English private banks are below their fixed issue The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue.. Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,194,635 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue .. £1,589,089 The Irish banks are below their fixed issue .... £691,084 - _ The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 14th Oct. was £15,034,343, being a decrease of £368,321 as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of £1,659,231 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 17th Oct.:— Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,334,771 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks.. 1,923,197 i4,?57,968 Being an increase of £47,075 as compared with tb.a previous return, and a decrease of £23,628 when compared with the corresponding period of last year. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Rear-Admiral F. Bullock has been making a series of ex perimental trials on board the paddlewheel steamer Vivid, Commander W. 11. Allen, which has been placed at his disposal by the Admiralty, at the measured mile, Maplin Sands, near Chatham, for the purpose of enabling him to form correct tables and lay down a code of rules and regu. lations for the use of his newly-invented permanent ship log, which is about to be introduced into the service. The Lords of the Admiralty are so well satisfied of the import ance of the invention that orders have been received at Chatham for the new log to be fitted on board the Liver pool, 39, 600 horse power, Capt. R. Lambert, belonging to the Channel squadron—and also the paddlewheel steamer Geyser, 6, 280 horse power, Commander M. R. Pechell. The condemnation of the old class of wooden gunboats at Haslar, and the certainty that iron alone will be used in the construction of this class of vessel in future, has liberated Hasler yard to a great extent from the duties it has hitherto performed as an appendage of Portsmouth dockyard, and raised the all-important question, " What shall we do with it 1'" To consider this question it will be necessary here to state the present extent and position of the yard, the amount of plant it contains, and the advantages it offers while remaining still an adjunct to the yard at Portsmouth. Hasler yard stands on the south side of a narrow creek bearing the same name at the entrance to Portsmouth har bour, and is 2,610 ft. in length and 8161 t. in width within the boundary walls ; it has a water frontage throughout its entire length. On the side opposite to its water frontage stand a line of galvanised iron covered sheds for 50 gunboats, divided by five brick walls into as many divisions, the en tire length of the shed line being 1,900 ft. In front of and parallel with these sheds are lines of rail exceeding in their collective width the length of the largest of the gunboats. Over these travels the transporting frame and cradle, pro pelled by a powerful locomotive engine, which conveys the gunboat to or from the launching and hauling up slipway or the sheds as required. Between this line of sheds and the south boundary wall of the yard is established the nucleus of an engineering range of workshops with the necessary forges, lathes, &c., employing about 30 junior naval engineers and 40 stokers, the latter working at their trades as boiler makers, moulders, coppersmiths, carpenters, &c., or fitting the machinery of the gunboats (which will become available for the ironboats to be constructed) with condensers, and doing, in fact, all the work required for the alteration and repair of machinery, except heavy iron cast ings, which are supplied from the iron foundry at Ports mouth dockyard. About a score of shipwrights are em ployed on four now wooden gunboats, which have now been building there some time, and a gang of hands from the steam factory of Portsmouth dockyard is employed in tak ing the boilers and engines out of the condemned gunboats. A few iron and wooden mortar vessels stand on their blocks in one part of the yard, but as they can only be looked upon as waste material and not as plant, they may be dismissed from all further considerltion. The enclosing wall of the yard is of brick, a n d su b stantially built, as may b e ima gined, with brick sentry boxes at the angle. At the entrance is guard-house, and an official residence, now occupied master shipwright. Such i s t h e present extent and posit i on by y o 1 i c a e n - n acting , s tatio of Hasler gunboat yard and slipway. The advantages Has lar yard offers as an adjunct to the main yard at Portsmouth are many, and are not likely to be set aside even by the comprehensive scheme for the extension of Portsmouth dockyard which is about to be carried out under the direc tion of Mr. Stamp, C.E., Deputy-Directo r of Works to the Admiralty. In the first place the yard may be appropriated as a boat building, repairing, and storing yard, and thus become wholly attached to the department of the master shipwright; secondly, it may be handed over to the chief engineer of Portsmouth yard, and become a part of the fac tory establishment ; thirdly, it may be handed over entirely to the naval engineers in commission afloat, and thus be come the headquarters of the steam reserve ; and, fourthly, it may remain as it is, attached in part to all, and a source of continual disputes. It is evident that, as we are to have iron gunboats, Hasler yard, with all its costly plant of covered berthing, high and dry, for 50 boats, its transport ing lines of rails, and launching and hauling up slipway, will be retained as their headquarters. This at once nar rows the question as to the retention and future use of the yard. As a yard for the storage, repair, and building, if necessary, of iron gunboats, it would come under the mas nagement of the steam reserve more than any other depart ment, and if the steam reserve is to be continued as a dis tinct department of our chief naval port, then the iron gunboat yard at Haslar appears to offer unusual and ex traordinary advantages as the officially appointed head quarters of the force. We have already said that the nucleus and navaldathereis plentyengin of spaceeering to establishmentextend th exists or xis w tsa k t sh H op a s n sla e r, the present lino of ground, so as to afford full employ ment for all the naval engineers and stokers on the books of the reserve in the port, who would thus have the ad vantage of being employed in the shops upon work they might be called upon to do on an emergency at sea. With the captain of the steam reserve in residence on the esta blishment, and the "factory" system of work and accounts introduced (as now arranged in her Majesty's dockyards, and than which nothing can well be morAfficient), Haslar, as the head-quarters of the Portsmouth steam reserve, would become a most important and economical esta blishment. There is abundance of room at Haslar to build as well as store 50 gunboats, whether they were built by private contract or not, and thero is also abun dance of room—and this is a most important considera tion—for the erection of a building at the southern ex tremity of the yard, which would con t a i n t h e necessary barrack accommodation an for ins school eseshtoooklerasn, and lecture forroo rooms the officers of the establishment, incl u di ng the naval engi n&ece.r,won which d uty in wouldport, form a. necessary part of such an esta blishment. Admiralty orders have been received by t h e atit h orit i es guns, 2,846 t ons , 500 l a in e-of Shee rness ie y a horse power, Master in charge John{ C. Salfleet, belonging batt dockyard ohei ship Conqueror, that ero r , her -- . l'tga. , 4:,sty 's screw steam 78 to the first division of the Sheerness steam reserve, is to bo immediately got ready for sea as a troops — hi p. Her main deck guns are to be removed and the ports closed. When ready she will have a complement of 480 men, and be em ployed on the Ohina station. She will take out 600 marines and supernumeraries. The Bomb - Ay, 67, screw steam line- , of-battle ship, 2,872 tons, 400 horse power, belonging to the second divisicu of the Sheerzaea steam reserve, was roasoved 3Testorday from 'ee, blia not and that ;ard the sre- .days sorts paid. ?riceS lined, were brisi 'an ce ;ed ill I 3 95 395 41s i 36$ , ---S 1 3914 , ..--0 3 40 8 I -$ 385 at our ats od .19 0 .17 9 .18 3 .17 9 .16 6 .18 6 .19 0 - .17 9 .17 .18 6 .19 0 ec. 19 ' ec. 1 3 ' ec. 4 ov . 29. ec. 2. ov. %),1* ov. 26. cc. 2. ~ o v. Al • vv. 26. oc, 6. eO , 4. ov. 26. tov. 27 ' bov. 25. ov. 25, Toy. 27. )ec. 10. lec. 17• iov. 26' ) ec . 28• Nfi OF the 134 .vY to laths 8 aggriv Health ty time s estoring: by liver* d ever' feW O lt onesa de or seven ver, bad nervo us 71. Lord , nY ye ar° )le agony a JoIIP , 3urreY , derange Elizabeth rings, loci Rev. 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NOTICE. —ETON SCHOOL DAYS will be ready at all the Libraries on Wednesday, Nov. 25. In one vol., post Bvo., price 108. 6d. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. NOTICE. -A TERRIBLE WOMAN ; STRONG AND TRUE.—The New Novel, by AUSTYN GRAHAM, will be ready, in two vols., post Svo., price 2 Is., on Wednesday, Nov. 25. London: John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. NOTICE.- AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ENGLISH DETECTIVE, by WATERS, will be ready at all Libraries, in two vols., post Bvo., price 21s. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. T HE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By M. C. ROGERS, M.R.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist. London: 18, New Burlington-street, W. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON "FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, _ ABOOKOFB E A U T Y. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. JULLIENIS CONCERTS. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, at S. Vocalists—Mdlle. VOLPINI, 31dlle. TREBELLI, Signor BETTINI, Siguor BOSSI, and Mr. SANTI, EY. Violin— Siznor SIVORI. Grand Orchestra—Three Military Bands, and full Chorus. Conductor, M. JULLIEN. Promenade and Gallery, ls. ; Boxes, 2s. Gd. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., Lis. Is., and Li lls. Gd. Places may be secured at the Box-office of the Theatre. T " OXFORD 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., TRE SLAVE, and CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, by Sir Hy. Bishop; also, from ERNA NI and LA SONNA MBULA; by the following talented artistes : —Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, almsley, and Elli son ; Messrs. Green, Huisii, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Also, Solos on the Violin by VIOrTI COLLINS. the celebrated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORC II ESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCIIALRENBACII, the Inventor. Director, Mr. F. Jonglimans. Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man"), Eugene, W. Randall, E. Marshall, G. Hutchenson, The EIALL has been newly Decorated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at half-past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, ins. 6d. 1 1 11 HE GHOST CLUB" at th e 11 CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce that, through the medium of Professor Pepper's World of Shadows, a "GHOST CLUB" is nightly held at the CAN TER BURY II AL L. The object of the Club is not the re peopling of the Haunted Houses of London; but, through the agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transi en t pictures of the drama of real life, both in Its serious and mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux, to recall, and still further impress on the mind, some of the teachings or pleasantries of the best wr ters. At pre sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, and the " White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, receive emphatic illustration ; and these lite pictures will be rapidly replace' by others. The pages of Shakspere and the elder Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &c., &c., will, in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections. &c. ; Comedy by llnsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and George Hutchenson. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. - IM MENSE SUCCESS.—ARTHUR and BE RTRAND, the celebrated French Clowns, will appear every evening In an entertainment reserved expressly for their engagement at this establishment -The MARVELS of PERU, the most wonderful Performers in the WorId—LANGLOIS, the great Indian Juggler—The FAIRY FOUNTAlN—Operatic Selec tions —Grand Comic Divertissement, by the Francesco Family and Mons. Ratel, assisted by 12 Young Ladies. 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. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.—The Manager has the honour to announce that an arrangement has been made with Mons. BASTIEN FRANCONI, Proprietor of the Grand Cirque ImpPriale, the whole of whose UNRI VA LLED TROUPE will APPEAR, for a limited period, commencing on the FIRST NIGHT of the CATTLE SHOW, December 7. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. During the Concerts given by Mons. JULLIEN, at Her Majesty's Theatre, the BALL will commence EVERY EVENING at NINE O'CLOCK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, Is. Manager—M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE - STREET, HANOVVR-S QUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 o'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre parations,old Egyptian Mummies, unwrapp e d, 4,0 00 years Admission,to One Shilling (tor Gentlemen only). MR. A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH, COMIC VOCALIST. SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVE i) at the OFFICE of THIS PAPER for the above artist, suddenly afilisted with Blind ness, and, in his helplessness, having a wife and child de pendant on him. >n~~ ~-~~ c ( , Nit:, t4SPA.PER , . ~ O : ~..,,. , -3. ... . v 5.7„,..,5 .7„,.., . 7 „,.., .--- , ~...s., _.Q.-m. .. 1 I j , • ‘;`: i Os' Ltt—)))2•;0)i10 , '' ' '''LlffSr(li ttiv. ....,..,, 7 0 / _:::,,,_ . ~,,.... , \, ;low •4.4 , ri . ., _. `NtlV Alki f c. , , ".17:_ •-••'• 1411\ 7 ' s ' 41140 ' 5 . -;; . ‘‘, \ 4,•••:"' V„, 17 ...e ...., , .... 4 1, ‘`. l. ~,1 1''''''"1) 1 a , 4kltio, d o- , ''''..i..... ...,.,. . ..,.. , 4 ~___.o. _ ,,.„,, 4'1 ,a ...4. ., ' 3 , : 1' .'. ' - D 44111111141111111116111 ..i t. 4 a - E,.., 4 9 : 4 . 1 141. 1.-‘'01?111411111P)iln. t. " ' -- iißOrr lll ' .. I ' ''.l i 7: L 4:\ ' , , o!`be !::."- -..."" vomited violently. He pram went home. At half-past 9 o'c. her at her own house, when she was timitill lently. He did not see her after this till she d; ted. On making a post mortem examination he fon nd the brain to be healthy, the lungs highly congest =d f the heart healthy, the liver, spleen, and other organ 3 healthy, but highly congested. The right side of the heart was full of liquid blood, as were t he veinl 7. There were patches of inflammation thro u g h tht 1 whole surface of the intwtines. He removed thel stomach unopened for analysis, as he could not tell. . what was the cause of death. The C oron er said that the CAKE) was surrounded by so m any ser i c us circumstances which required explanation that he C honld adjourn the inquiry for the purpos e of allowing a chemical analysis of the contents of the stomach. PRICE..... ..4d. STAMPED ...At instead of submitting, ought not to have listened to it for a moment. The French papers assert 'that, in consequence of these objections, the English are to keep possession of the citadel of Corfu, and that, if no terms of accord can be arrived at, they must treat it like Sebastopol, and blow it up previous to departure. We must confess that this strikes us as a most un gracious and disgraceful mode of evacuating the i islands. If the act be not accompanied by an engagement of King George, that neither he nor his successors shall ever repair and raise up again these battlements, these precautions will have proved useless. We therefore cannot see what is to be gained by this truckling to Austria and Turkey, except that we shall wipe all gratitude from the Greek mind for what we have done, and make King George appear to have purchased his crown by the servitude of his people. It may be said that there is little use in these forti cations, at least for such a power as Greece ; and it may be said, at the same time, that although the objections raised by Turkey and Austria are anile, that still it is wise and expedient to purchase their assent and adhesion to the new kingdom by a con cession which is a mere form and a symbol. Sym bole and forms ar e , h owever, o bj ects o f wors hi p , especially with a rud e people. And that of blow. ing up the citadel of Corfu will be considered so degrading an act of subservience to Turkish arro gance, that it will completely do away with all the merit and all the graciousness of the cession.— Examiner. The Will and Testament of an Awerican RadicaL I have just seen a most extraordinary will—that of Charles P. H ove y , a Boston merchant, who ceY tainly has a right to the title of " radical aboli tionist." is appointed ono of his executors, and he bequeaths 1,000 d o llars to each of the Lloyd Garrison, his wife Mrs. Garrison , S. S. Fost er , and 2 , 000 dollars each to Parker Bils bur y and 11. 01l Wendell w o following persons Phillips C. Wright. prominent and radical abolit ionists. Th e follow . iTheseng articlesn ame s o fwti this at so willnc ea are e e rweeclolgwn worth recognised giving in as those of fall : Art 16. After setting aside sufficient funds to pay all legacies and bequests herein made, I direct my said trustees to hold all the rest and residue of my estate, real and personal and mixed, special trust for the following purposes—namely, t o p a y over, out of the principal of said special trust, a sum of not less than 8,000 dollars annually, until the same be all exhausted, to said Wendell Phillips, Wm. Lloyd Garrison, Stephen S. Foster, Abby K. Foster, Parker Pilsbury, Henry C. Wright, Francis Jack son, and Charles R. Whipple, and their survivors and survivor, for them to use and expend at their dia -1 cretion, without any resposibility to any one, for the promotion of the anti-slavery cause and other reforms—such as woman's rights, non-resistance, free-trade, and temperance—at their discretion. And I request said Wendell Phillips and his said associates to expend not less than 8,000 dollars an nually, newspapers, United States,tmcure the apnl and abolition of slavery in the employing o agents, m nuttily, by the preparation and circulation of books , lectures, th a t w ill i n t h eir judgment change public opinicn and s e ote ai andd otherthe deliveryreforms. d Believing that the chain upon four millions of slaves with tyrants at one end and hypocrites at the other, has become the strongest bond of the union of the States, I desire said Phillips and his associates to expend such bequests by employing such agents as believe and practise the doctrine of " No union with slaveholders, religiously or politically; and by cir culating such publications as tend to destroy every pro -slavery institution. Art.l7. In case chattel slavery should be abolished in the United States before the expenditure of the said residue of my estate, as stated in said sixteenNa article of this will, then in that case I desire that the unexpended part of said residue .be applied by said Phillips and his associates in equal proportions for the promotion of non-resistance, woman's rights, and free trade ; requesting that no agent be em ployed by them for the promotion of said causes except such as believe that the natural rights of men and women are equal. Whether slavery be abolished or not, I desire that a part of the said residue of my estate be applied to the promotion of the kindred causes of temperance, woman's rights, non-resist ance, and free trade, at the discretion of the said Phillips and his associates. Art. 22. I particularly request that no prayers be solicited from any person, and that no priest be invited to perform any ceremony whatever over or after my body. The priesthood are an order of men as I believe falsely assuming to be reverend and divine, pretending to be called of God; the great body of them in all countries have been on the side of power and oppression. The world has been too long cheated by them—the sooner they are un masked the better for humanity. As I have heretofore borne my testimony against slavery, intemperance, war tariffs, and all indirect taxation, bank, and all monopolies, I desire to leave on record my abhorrence of them all. The fear of being buried before I am dead is slight, nevertheless it is greater than the fear of death itself ; I therefore request my executors not to bury my body until at least three days after my decease. -X 7 ‘Z,', G Charles Mathews at the Haymarket. Mr. Mathews had been absent from the London stage long enough to render his return an object of curiosity. For some time before his Parisian engage ment, he had been before the public as an "enter tainer," and it seemed probable that he was about to quit the histrionic,profession, strictly so called, and to enter into permanent competition with the- Reeds, the Parrys, and the Woodins. Bat with all his talent, and the prestige derived from his father as the founder of what are now termed "entertain ments," he scarcely raised himself to the head of the class he had joined; and his ultimate return to the profession of his youth seems to indicate that, in the hybrid position proper to halls and galleries, he felt something like a fish out of water. Once more on the boards of the Haymarket, he appeared as pleased to see his old theatrical patrons as they were to give him welcome. No doubt, to a regular actor who, like Mr. Mathews, can hold audiences in his grasp, can make them sympathise with all his humours, and can even take pleasant liberties with them on which a less firmly established favourite would not venture, there must be something ex tremely weak and jejeune in the very warmest applause that the most enthusiastic admirers of en tertainments can bestow. A battle fought by officers only, however skilfully conducted, would be but a dull affair, and the approval of a merely genteel audi ence, in which there is no mob-element, can never amount to what in modern parlance is styled a demonstration. By the artist who burns for public favour, the roar of the pit and gallery is required as a necessary indorsement the gratification expressed by the smile and titter of the boxes and stalls; and the want of this must be more particularly felt where there are no pit and gallery whatever, and the seats are occupied by persons all more or less strict in their notions of propriety, and many of them uneasily suspicious that they are grazing the borders of sin while participating in any public entertainment that does not resemble the solemn buffaoneries of Exeter Hall. The poet who only pens sonnets, the musician who devotes himself to chamber-music, the humourist who exclusively retails such pleaeantries as make young ladies simper, may—nay, must—be contented with the approval of the refined few ; but the genuine actor, with the ambition proper to his calling, is essentially a man of the people. He will not be satisfied with a House of Representatives elected by universal suffrage, but requires the actual Demos to be brought bodily before him. Mr. Mathews returns in excellent condition, and those who before his retirement fancied that they could detect the encroachment of time on the vigour and vivacity of the most mercurial of actors, now feel that the universal enemy has been triumphantly repelled, and that the Mathews who charmed them twenty years ago is the Mathews who exhilarates them now. Suspected Death from Poison. Last night Mr. John Humphreys, the Middlesex coroner, held an inquiry at the Grey Eagle Tavern, Grey Eagle-street, Spitalfields, into the circum stances of the death of Eliza Marns, aged 34 years. The case seemed to excite great interest in the neighbourhood, and the court was crowded. Jane Syms, 26, Gossett-street, Bethnal-green, said that the deceased was the widow of Edward Marns, a tailor. He died on the 29th of last May. The deceased resided at No. 34, Grey E a gle-street. She was a sober woman. She was taken ill at half-past six o'clock on Thursday last. A Mr. Beecher, who witness believed had been living with the deceased , remained upstairs a short time. When he came down the deceased followed him, and said to Mr . Beecher. "My dear, my God ; what have you been giving me ?" He replied, " I have head and stomach pills." Mrs. Marns then seemed g iven you some to wish to go out. She went to the door. Mr: Beecher did not oppose her going out. Witness went with her to Dr. Gayton gentleman asked her what she had taken, but she could not speak. 's. That Witness then brought her home. Two of the neigh deceased was carried bourn were sent for, and the upstairs to bed. She sat up in the bed, then fell back again. She trembled all over, and stretched her arms out. There was no difficulty in op en i ng water was poured do wn her mouth. Some her throat. After the first attack the deceased ftemed to go into a kind of stupor. Coroner —When Mr. Beecher - By the C said that he Edmund ceased he d e a and stomach had given the pills a man named Wre• Edmund was present. Witness could at for her death. She not a ccou seemed in a kind of fit. 5110 had resided with her fiv e e y ars. airs. Charlotte Mole, 31, Grey Eagle-street, said oho was sent for last Thursday evening to see the &c eased. On arrival she found her dashing her bead about in a dreadful manner, foaming at the fight m outh, and appearin g to hard for her breath. She could not speak, ,but was conscious ; the body was straight but stiff, and she worked her arms and hands about; her eyes looked as if they were about to start out of her head, and the mouth was drawn on one side. At times her eyes wont round lik e the works of a watch, and she suffered a suc cession of fit s , lasting from 10 to 5 minutes each, at which times her back was bowed, the body resting on the head and heels ; altogether she had 24 fits. The usual remedies were applied, and Dr. Gayton was called in. During the night Mr. Beecher came up twice, seeming much cut up, and at about 4 o'clock on Friday morning he proposed that medical assistance should be procured. The death rattles were then in her throat, and witness t old him that a doctor was then useless. The Coroner said it was necessary that Mr. Beecher should be present, in order that he might ask the witnesses any questions that he might think proper. ' Mr, Beecher, a respectably-dressed man, of about 30 years of age, who was said to be a tailor, resid ing at No. 34, G r ey Eagle-street, Spitalfields, th en entered the court, an d proceeded to cros s - examine the witness as to his having gone himself on two occasions for a doctor. This was admitted. After SOIDO further unimportant evidence, Dr. William Gayton deposed that the deceased came to his shop in Brick-lane between 7 and S o'clock on Thursday night. She, was at the time very pale, and in a fey? In-1111. i f es left the shop and -- - THE lONIAN ISLANDS► Yraobfleveinet of Athens' regret this, th au e fortifications of Co rfu been sanctioned both by the lonian Parliament and The cession of these --- noits understand kingdom.sn:dmasn t e dn o t .sG some e t c (T r e e ce, appearsw objection hi c h t has haist demolition of the fortifications by the Powers concerned in the affairs of the Sep.. d for by some of the tinsular Republic, remains now to be completed by at a loss the signature of a formal treaty between this COUR to v o f wh at great Powers, perceive sie is dis tasteful aubto t nruh r ffg y aetereonwfehi n dts eeltd, dismantling ay t ior eps h nrtt e tthehir Hellenicsieecnsae:gt completely possible use such a fortress could be to the Greek people. If we are not misinformed, the English Govern ment has several times h a d under its considerat i on the advisability of d estroying the fortifications on shore, as being exp ens i ve and of little use. It was represented to them by competent authority that if the Lido, an i s l and which commands the harbour of Corfu, were reta i ned as the only fort that would be sufficient, as While that remained in our hands, with the command o f t h e sea, no enemy cou ld effect any p e rmanent lodgment on the greater island. As far as the town of Corfu is concerned the demo lition of the works could not fail to offer the same advantages that such a measure has presented at Vienna, Frankfort, Turin, and many other cities. The works in their present state require about two hundred thousand pounds to put them into effective repair, and would need a garrison of about twelve thousand men to hold them. Under these circumstances, while they could really prove but an encumbrance to Greece, they would still, if maintained, offer a temptation to any great Power in the event of a European war. We are warranted, then, in believing that is no matter for Hellenic Government will that the the course we intend to pursue that acquiescethat indignity offerepdo li ttoic,twhee. i n the light of any they cannot possibly regard it reality they are hardly concerned in the matter. We propose merely to cede the islands to them. themselves, se e ing it before any stipulation in the convention ; for, in accord ance Wit h regard to the fortress, with the desire dour allies and our o wn sense evacuation of the islands. In proceed to the Seven islands. In fact since the signature of what is most of the treaty of the five Powers a fortnight ago, the fortifications of Corfu may be practically regarded as already non existent. We are confinent, that, that the Greek Govern ment will not be so ill - advised as to raise any mat ter of dispute about What ' is now but "a castle in the air."—Post. pursue — th e ininagoctir mo re ti A ALS. ORATORIO of HAYDN'S has been die covered (according to a French journal), entitled " The Sacrifice of Abraham." 'r TIE RUSSIANS SEEM ASSURED THAT WAR WILL COME IN THE SPRING. They are preparing new Works for the defence of Cronstadt, mounting 300-pound gune on them, and facing earthworks with iron. Th© channels are filled with internal machines, and a steam ram is building which is to cost £27,000, and run at hostile • vessels under water—a great improvement on all other rams. By Ist June, 1864 the Marine Department expects to have sixteen iron-clad vessels in the Baltic, all in order, though with rather thin plates. Cast-steel guns, enormous Shells, and every variety of ammunition are being collected in quantities, and the extra expenditure already sanctioned amounts to fifteen millions sterling. Governments do not spend such sums without grave reason, and that of Russia is usually well informed. It is scarcely, however, at Cronstadt, says the 'Spectator, that the French blow will be struck. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1863. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." AN ITALIAN PROFESSOR is desirous to meet in a FAMILY or SCHOOL to Teach ITALIAN ana FRENCH, and have in return Boarding', Lodging, and Washing, for four or six months. Ile knows English suffi ciently for that. He can give unexceptionable references. Address L. M., 58, Upper Stamford-htree t,Waterloo-bridge. Sept. 19, ct. 17, ) 1863. 1 1863. 'lncrease. Decrease ----- Bank of England... 20,970,780 21,544,213 573.433 Private Banks 3,024,000' 3,331,7151 807,715 Joint-stock Banks Total in England 26,8 2,157 27,889,1;8 1,077,021 Scotland 4,104,276 4,338,360! 234.084 Ireland 5,039,65u 5,660,410! 610,760 --- United Kingdom. 35,956,083 37,887,9481 1,931,865 Sheerness harbour to Chatham dockard by the Locust and Sheerness steantug, to be fitted and got ready by the mid dle of March next for service as a flagship. It is rumoured that her station will be the coast of Brazil, and that she will carry the flag of Rear• Admiral the Hon. Charles G. J. B. Elliot, C.B. Mercury, of the 2d, has the following, headed the bombardment, fort "The Siege—th e 114 t h d ay : —O a F r id ay n i g ht a detail, chiefly from th e W as hi ngton Li g h t I n f an t ry , was stationed in th e eas t ern b arrac k s o f S um t er , there to be held in readin ess i ncase an assau lt s h ou ld be usual made wwabsiebsu,bjtbecotnegdb light othe al nightly com pared with the bombardm en t o f th e d ay , h as hith e rto been of a sufficiently heavy ch arac t er , no c asua lties occurred until a quarter past 4 on Satur u Although day morning. At that hour a Parrott shell from Morris Island struck the iron girder which sup ported the ceiling of the portion of the barracks to which we have alluded, causing it to fall in and crush thirteen men under its ruins. On Saturday morning the enemy opened from all his land batteries, and Parrott and mortar shells were rained through the day upon the silent work. Occasionally, indeed, the middle battery, by which is meant the battery between Gregg and Wagner, would throw a shell in the direction of Johnson or at Sullivan Island, but for the most part the fire was concentrated upon Sumter. At the hour 12, two al the three monitors which have been playing so conspicuous a part in the pre sent bombardment came up and proceeded to batter the sea face from their usual prudent distance. The shots of the island batteries were chiefly aimed at the south-west angle. The guns in action on Sa turday at Morris Island were two light and two heavy rifled guns at Gregg, three heavy rifled guns and four 10-inch mortars at the middle battery, and four rifled guns at Wagner. In the course of the day, 443 rifled shots were fired at the fort, of which 51 missed. From the mortars 373 were fired, 120 of which did not strike. The monitors fired 86 times, and never failed once to hit their mark. The flag staff wastwice shot away, and was replaced by Sergt. Graham, Corporal Hill, and Private Swain, of company F, 12th Georgia Battalion. At length the staff was so cut up that it became necessary to raise the battle flag of the battalion just named. The mortar shells thrown by the enemy are so contrived as to explode a few seconds after impact. Of these 33 were fired at the fort on Saturday night, 12 of which passed over. On the same night 70 rifled shells were also fired, 10 of which missed. There were several casualties on Saturday at the fort. The story of Sunday is but a repetition of that of Satur day. The enemy's land batteries were served with the same fury, and the monitors assaulted the fort with the same vigour which characterised their fire on the preceding day. About 2 o'clock the firing was very rapid, averaging four shots a minute. The bombardment was still going on at a late hour of the night, but no retort had reached us at the hour of going to press of the results of Sunday's opera tions. Our own batteries have been by no means inactive during the last two days, but we have learnt nothing of the effect of their fire." BANK RE T TJRN S. The _Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending Oct. 17. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the 14th Oct. (the nearest date furnished by their returns) will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom, when compared with tho previous month : THE ARMY. I The Marquis of Hartington, M.P., Under-Secretary of State for War; Major-General Tulloh, 8.A., Director of Ordnance; Capt. Caffin, R N., Naval Director-General of Artillery, and other officials, went down to Woolwich on Sunday, and inspected the two 300-pounder guns intended for experimental practice on board tue gunnery ship Excel lent, at Portsmouth, and now lying on the wharf at Wool wich in readiness for embarkation. They atterwards held a lengthened consultation with the heads of departments in the Royal Arsenal relative to the estimates required for 1861-5, and returned to London at half -past 4. It was stated at the headquarters of the Chatham divi sion of Royal Marines, yesterday, that the Government had decided on despatching, shortly a battalion of Royal Marines, consisting of artillery and light infantry, to Japan. The Sanitary Condition of the City, Dr. Letheby, the corporation officer of health, has just presented his report as to the sanitary condition of the city of London for the quarter ending September last. In that interval 704 births and 639 deaths have been registered. Both numbers are below the average for the corresponding period of the last 10 years, the births having declined about 11 per cent, and the deaths 5 per cent. The proportion of births to the population of the several unions was stated. In the East London Union it has been at the annual rate of 28.5 per 1,000 of the population, in the West London Union 25.1 per 1,000, and in the City of London Union only 20.8, the mean of the whole birthrate being 24 6 for the entire city. This is an unusually small proportion, for the average annual birthrate in the city during the summer quarter is 28.5 per 1,000 of the population, and in the whole of Eng land it is 32.9, Of the 638 deaths in the quarters 363 were of males and 216 of females, and they are thus distributed-232 were in the Eastern Union, 178 in the Western, and 238 in the city proper. They are in the annual proportion of 22.5 per 1,000 of the first-named district, 26.9 of the second, and 19.6 of the third, making together a general average of 22.3 for the whole city. In all England the usual mortality for the summer quarter is at the annual rate of 19.8 per 1,000, and in the town districts of England it is 22'4 ; but, as the last quarter was unhealthy, the deathrate for the whole country rose to 211, and for the chief towns to 24.0. Although, therefore, the mortality in the city has been a little above the summer average (21.9) of former years, it has not been so large as in the other towns of England. In the Western Union, however, the deathrate has been as usual high; in fact. if the same mortality had prevailed throughout the city there would have been 771 deaths during the quarter, instead of 639. The cause of this excessive mortality Dr. Letheby ascribes chiefly to the habits of the people. On comparing the condition of the population in the Eastern and Western Unions, where the deathrates are so dis similar, not much difference, he says, is found in respect of density, or poverty, or occupation, or in the number of the infant population, for both of the unions are largely in habited by the labouring classes, and in both there is a large proportion of births ; but that which is most notice able is that the Irish element prevails in the Western Union and the English in the Eastern—a circumstance which makes a great difference in the sanitary conditions of home and in those circumstances which so largely affect the wellbeing of the young. This is manifest on an examination of the ages at which the principal mortality occurs. In the Eastern Union the proportion of deaths among children of less than five years of age is only about 35 per cent of the total mor tality, whereas in the Western Union it is nearly 46. The other ages at death do not present any remarkable feature, except that the proportion of deaths among persons in the prime of life, as from 20 to 40 years of age, amounts to about 12 per cent of the total mortality ; of those in mature life, from 40 to 60, to about 15 per cent; and of those at 60 and upwards to nearly 19 per cent, - the average for the former years being 13, 17, and respectively. These num bers show that while the mortality of infant life has been greatly diminished during the last ten years, that of old age has been increased. The principal causes of death in the quarter are thus stated :—Piathisis, 64 ; tabus and scrofula, 44 ; hydrocephalus, 13 ; bronchitis and pneumonia, 61; continued fever, 21; scarlet fever, 56; smallpox, 10 ; measles, 4; whooping-cough, 17; croup and diphtheria, 19; erysipelas, 5; and diarrhoea, 45, of which last 33 were among children. Altogether, therefore, there have been 126 deaths from tubercular diseases, 192 from inflammatory affections of the lungs, and 177 from diseases of a zymotie character. Looking at the averages of former summers, the first-named diseases have declined from 155 in the quer • ter to 126, the decline of phthisis having been from 82 to 64, and of tabes and scrofula from 53 to 44. The total num ber of deaths from zymotic diseases is nearly the same as that of former years—but the proportions of the individual diseases have been very different. Diarrhoea, for example, has declined from 62 to 45, continued fever from 29 to 21— and measles from 18 to 4—but the number of deaths from scarlet fever has increased from 24 to 56. This is the largest mortality from the disease in any summer quarter 'of the last eight years, and, although it has declined to some ex tent since the last quarter, when the mortality was 68, yet it has prevailed, as in the rest of England, to an unusual degree. Even swine, Dr. Letheby adds, have been affected with the malady, for the city sanitary inspectors had seized and condemned the carcases of many pigs that had died from it, or been slaughtered while suffering from it, and had been sent to the London markets for food. The cause, he says, of this unusual severity of the disease is involved in mystery, for, unlike many maladies of this class, it has not selected the haunts of poverty or of filth, but has been found in all places and among all grades of society. It has been, in fact, most fatal in the cleanest districts of the city, where it has advanced from a general mortality of 6 in the .quarter to 22, while in the filthy purlieus of the Western division of the city the increase in the mortality from it has been only from 6 to 9. Among the other records of death there were 45 from vio lence, privation, and poison, the average being about 40; and 38 from convulsions and teething, the average being 33. As to the sickness returns in the quarter—which are a littl e un d er th e average —there have been alto gether 2,752 cases of illness attended among the city poor by the union medical officers. Of these, 200 were cases of fever, 382 of diarrhoea, and 73 of smallpox, all of which were the subjects of immediate inquiry as to the sanitary condition of the places where they occurred. As to the sanitary work of the quarter, there have been 1,278 inspections of houses, and 799 visits to the common lodging houses. These h a d resu lted in the issuing of 470 orders for sanitary improvements. The officers had con demned rather more than 31 tons of meat, and 239 head of game and poultry in the city markets and slaughter houses as unfit for human food. The amount of meat condemned in the corresponding quarter of last y ear was l ess than half of th e quantity seized during the last quarter. The excess is said to be chiefly due to the circumstance that on two occa sions a large quantity of meat became putrid during its con veyance to London, in consequence of the heat of the wea ther; but independently of that, there had been a consider able increase in the dead and diseased meat condemned in the city markets, and legal proceedings had in several cases been taken against the persons concerned. The proceedings in all these cases were taken under the Amended Nuisances Aet, which empowers the magistrate to inflict a fine of £2O, with the alternative of three months' imprisonment. THE SIEGE 02 CHARLESTON. manufactured gratification of the g ods. the appearance of S by um g t ig er an is ti t e h b a e t e o s f To describe it in a few w ords, faorhutghee honeycomb, The only part of the fort which bears any traces of identity is the south-west angle, where a few re maining arches, considerably disfigured by th e showers of iron hail w hich have assailed them, are the only evidences of former architectural ornament. The balance of the southern wall, exposed so long to powerful and well-directed guns, is a mountain of pulverised brick and mortar, without a line to indicate shape or a single feature of design. The eastern or sea face, which is exposed to the fire both of ships and shore batteries, is, perhaps, the most demolished of all, battered and banged and crushed worse than the countenance of any prize-fighter who had been hammered to a jelly ; the great hole that yawns at the sea, as if it would swallow even her if she would but leap into its throat, seeming like the entrance to Chaos. Into the rough heaps of debris the shells go plunging, here crumbling a pile of stuff away and there throwing uP another, to be scattered, may be, by the very next shot. The walls are now perfectly capable of being scaled, from 2ft. to 2ft. having been shot away within th,e past eight days. Pechaps no grander example of stern, stubborn re sistance exists in all modern warfare than the per sistent holding of this point by the rebels; certainly history does not record one. The flag :aised each time, the sunset gun, the watchful sentinels through the night, when at intervals the monstrous., dogs of war howl out their deadly ra g e, cannot fctil to stir in the hearts o f all men that feeling of respect which the t rue soldier always has , for t brave and determined foe. The Charleston, ROSE WATER POLITICIANS. English politicians at present aro the most oh. liging people in the world. They would fain save the Poles, without at all wishing to pound Russia into humanity. They would give Rome to the Romans, without flying in the face of France. They are for the integrity of Denmark, but cannot quar rel with a Saxe-Coburg. They would oblige Na poleon in the matter of a Congress, if reassured that it shall not become a den of thieves. And they are more than ever anxious to gratify Greece and King George, if the lonians and Turks would but let them. The lonians, however, are ashamed to be handed over to Greece if emasculated of their only fortress, and if they are to be the pretext of hard conditions being imposed upon the Greek Crown and Govern ment. Greece, in fact, will not have the lonian Islands, nor will the lonian Islands belong toGreece, if both are to suffer disgrace. And Great Britain, that is exceedingly desirous of satisfying both, is still more desirous of not offending Turkey and Austria. Both these countries count it certain that they are lost if Greece can point a gun over the lonian sea. Both declare that they must one day or other be objects of hostility to young and ardent governments. And they insist on taking precau tions immediately. Had Napoleon the Third taken such a matter in hand, we have no possible doubt as to the answer he would have made to both Turkey and Austria. To tell them to ,‘ get out" for a pair of old women would be the sense of the language addressed to them, however cautiously and diplomatically it might be worded. But we want friends to-day, not knowing what may happen to-morrow, and cannot think of affronting Austria, or even rally ing the Grand Turk for his absurd jealousy of little Greece. These timid prejudices of political grandams really will not answer their purposes. When a youth reaches manhood, shows a beard, and puts on the toga virzlis, it is stupid and pernicious mis trust that would tell him not to wear a sword or bestride a horse. His strongest desire is to be a man, and to look a man ; and if parents and guar dians would make a boy of him he will rebel, and probably in rebelling turn scapegrace. It is with nations as with men. When they have reached years of maturity, and thrown off, with the juvenile short jacket, the empire of the usher or the peda gogue, their ambition is for manly attire, even exag gerated, for manly attitude, and for all the appear ances of independence and strength. We see this very frailty expressed in all the young countries which the Turks have kept so long in a state of nonage, and which European philanthropy has breeched. Thus Servia will go armed. Roumania does not think nationality respectable without an army. And as the force of circumstances has en dowed Greece with a fortress or two, the Greeks would feel more than mortified were we to tell them that they must not play with such edged tools. Yet this is precisely what Austria and Turkey have forced us to say to Greece. England, declare these old people, is good enough to make over to you the lonian Islands. We have no objection. You may take the population, and tax them, and swell your armies with their islanders, as well as your treasury with their contributions; but you must not have fortresses, guns, and armies. We are ' terrified at the vision of an lonian Sebastopol. For tresses are only for grown nations, and you are but children. This language will not do for the descendants of Marco Botzaris and Odusseus. When the Turks w ere had Greece and the Mo rea in dominion t he y not, in peaceful times , such tyrants as would ohm" descend to details. They never pretende d to disarm the Klephts, or deprive the Albanians of their • h s t rong holds. Provided they met with obeisancerocky and tribute they were not for crushing manhood out of the rayahs. But the Turks, A s they have have become grown more tolerant of political rights, They hold it as more suspicious of martial ones. once subject, and an axiom, that the Christian races, of them, are predes now fortunately independen t the policy is in conse tined to devour them , a nd quanta to extract all their teeth. This may be is not but sensible or natural logic for a Turk, it decorus that we shou ldsen ction such absurditi es . Fortresses are defensive weapons. That of C or f u c annot invade Albania' neither can its guns reac h the mouth of the Adriatic. In case of the w ar o f combined Ital y and Greece against Austria a n d e truggle will be no doubt by sea as Turkey, the well as lan d - But on sea it must be carried on by f or tresses, and by a m ar i ne , an d no t b y fleets, no t any amou nt of cannon placed in embrasures or pointed ea barbetto. The f ears o f A us t r ia and Turkey are absurb ; nay, so absurd that they can not be sincere, The gist of such objections must be, not really to defend the two potent empires of Austria and Turkey from the lonians, but merely to give a slap in the face to King George. That is the 1 chief aim, that the malignant purpose. And in honour, consistency, and common tense, England ) or• ty ls arter Wario 32s 36s 38s 38s 0 . d•