The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-01 00:00:00

RSONS SEEKING LANDED ESTATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, _ FR EEHOLD AND LEASEHOL D INVESTMEL\ TS, AND -PROPER CIES GENERALLY.— To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls Lnr i ouhout the kin, or at the Auction and Estte Offices, 67 g , Chancery-lane gdom , London, Messrs. E. and H. a Lumley's EREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection IA land e d and house properties now in the market, from the n, . ) bleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres.' ,_`J`ANERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em .euia the opportunity that the medium of this Re.9,ister 'rd, by sending . the particu!ars of their properties to the ..„''Atftte Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. J - 411 1riley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, )o,ere the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid the disadvantages of delay and its attenuant incon- Peniences. THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced throuch Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then onlythe usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. aUILDT-TALL. 30th November, 1863.—The `A COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS ;sill MEET a t GUILDHALL, on WEDNESDAY, the 1 4 D.cnnber next, at One o'clock p r ecisely, to receive P ROPOSALS for LEASES of a HOUSE, No. 4, Mitre street, Aldgate, and Two Houses, Nos. 5 and 6, Little Cole nan-street, Finsbury. Plans of the Property may be seen, and Forms of Tender obt ained, upon application at the Architect's Office, Guild hall. FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. qrt:ARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. SPECIAL NOTICE. I. 9r he Directors are now prepared to grant Insurances on lerchandise in the Port of Lcindcn at the REDUCED SCALE OF RATES. Particulars to be obtained at the Offices, 11, Lombard street, E.C. A.D. 1720. OPAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION ( Established 'oy 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 PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. ,RS. ll cilry Bainbridge, Esq. ( 1 10 bert Barclay, Esq. ohn Garratt Cattley, Esq. ~_ tit Currie Close; Esq. - 11 11 am Davidson, Esq. 11, Thomas Dent, Esq. A lexander Druce, Esq. p i edk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, .versdaleW. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Lobc. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. In. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' William Wallace, Esq. "as. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. The Reversionary Bonus on British Life Policies has aye 14kred 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. Life. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Wilmot Holland, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. Chas. jai). Maiming, Esq. IrenryVelson, Esq. The lion. Josceline W. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. 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, 18153, and in force at the close of the year 1 €65., will be entitled to share in the next division of profits ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. 4IULLIEN'S CONCERTS. • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. POSITIVELY THE LAST WEEK BUT TWO. Vocalists—Mdlle. VoLPry' and Miss KATE RANOE. Violin—Sio nor SNORT. grand Orchestra—Three Military Bands, and full Chorus. Conductor—M. JULLIEN. Commence at &—Admission, One Shilling. Tu E OXFOIt 1) , 6 , OXFORD STREET, W. foliolS EVENLNG, will be performed Selections from the Orie-zas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, by Sir Hy. Bishop; also, from E and ; L A Scit , r,N A MBULA; by the following talented artiste s : ussell, Townley, Fitz Henry, WV .Imsley, and Ellt "n ; Al'essrs. Green, Amish, Kimberley, Stuart, Ac. ' M g r% Solos on the Violin by TIOrTI COLLINS, the celebrated English Violinist. . Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. ..„Aud the marve ll ous i ns t rumen t , th e ORCHESTRAL 4-1 -1010, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by UNSWORTII ("or any other man "), Eugene, IV. Randall, E. Marshall, G. Ilutchenson, &c. The HALL has been newly Decorated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at half-past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, ed. ; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. "THE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBITRY 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 TERBURY HALL. 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 transient 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 air tors. At pre sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, and the "White" Sl a very of a more b oas tf u l c i v ili sa ti on , I ,. ec elyn emphatic illustration ; and these life pictures will be 4 pidly eplace tby oth,rs. The pages of Shakspere and the „, I :er ramatists, of Scott. Hood, Incoldsby, Dickens, &c., Jac., " 1 .1, in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, Including, Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and George Hutehenson. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. - IM MENSE SUCCESS.--ARTHUR and BERTRAND, the celebrated French Clowns, will appear every evening in an entertainment reserved expressly for their engag,ement at this establishment -The MARVELS of PERU, the most 'wonderful Yeriormers in the WorId—LANGLOIS, the great Indian Juggler—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN —Operatic Selec tions —Grand Comic Divertissement, by the Francesco Family and Mons. Itatel, assisted by 12 Young Ladies. Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR 'COSTA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every Evening. Manager—M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.—The Manacer has the honour to announce that an arrangement has been Made with Mons. BASTIEN FRA.NCONI, Proprietor of the WALLED Cirque ImpPriale, the whole of whose UNRI TROUPE will APPEAR, fora limited period, commencing. on the FIRST NIGHT of the CATTLE SHOW, Dec!em Der 7. A . RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. During the Concerts given by Mons. JULLIEN. at Her 3 !ajesty's Theatre, the BALL will commence EVERY EVENING at NINE O'CLOCK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ls. 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, &c. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old, Admission, One shilling itor Gentlemen only). R. A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH, c , COMIC VOCALIST. JUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED at the OFFICE of THIS TAPER for the above artist, suddenly afflicted with Blind ness, and, in his helplessness, having a wife and child de pendant on him. BANKRUPTCY AND COMP 0 SIT I ONS.- Mr. WETHERFIELD, Solicitor, 35, Moorpte-street, City, PRACTISES in COURT, and e ffects RIVATE 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. BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster pow der, and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir cassian Bloom. Arabian Soaps , and A labaster Li q uid. These costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair, teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison.—Can be had only at Madame RACEII4.L'S, 47A, New Bond-street, Where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, rt ,„ And Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiezant assort ,t'nt Le ASES, Figures, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink ji a, 'ads, autiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian, pabas , Prian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Ported er d a ma anufactnred by JAMES TENNANT, Mine rria 4 10 gist to her Majesty, 149, Stand. W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly !,acilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON 1-110LOGY. ind GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each . PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE -11. ALOG Y is given by Mr. TENNAN P. at 149, Strand, W.C. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN EFFECTUAL ftEMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving C oughs, 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. Prepares only and sold by LAMBERT, Chemist. S., King-William-street, Charing ei_ress, London, and by all drugg , sts , in bottles, 130., and Th ree quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. • KEATING'S PALE NEWFOUNDLAND COD LIVER OIL. The Finest Imported this Season. 'ULS VALUABLE ME ',ICINE having of late years come into such general use, and being, moreover, so exten sively prescribed by the most eminent practition e rs both in town and country, Mr. Keating can with the greatest con fidence recommend this Oil as being perfectly pure, nearly taste less and free from adulteration , havin g been anal y sed, reported on, and recommended by Prof. Taylor, .1 Guy's and St Thomas' s H osp i ta l s, D r. Scott. M.D. L.R.C.P. 1.L.5., and i.r. Edwin Payne, M D., L.R.C.1".. 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Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. This day, at ail Libraries, in one vol., price 10s. 6d., WITON 'SCHOOL DAYS. j_24 London : John Maxwell and Co.. 122. Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., price 2 ts., A TERRIBLE WOMA - N. XX. London: John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., UTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN' DETECTIVE. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This day, price 18. each, ACCEPTED ADDRESSES. PERFIDY OF CAPTAIN SLYBOOTS. By GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA. London : Ward and Lock, 153, Fleet-street, This day, Never Before Published, price 25., BEL DEMONIO. A LOVE STORY. By PAUL FEVAL, Author of "The Duke's Motto." London: Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. VILLIKINS IN LATIN VERSE. See "TRIFLES." By W. H. C. NATION. "How well thouf.rht out some of them are let the last ' Yillikinsius efusqe Diana' indicate."—Sun. Now ready, price 2s. Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. On Thursday, the 3d of December, will be published, • stitched in a cover, price fourpence, MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS, FORMING THE EXTRA DOUBLE NUMBER FOR CHRISTMAS OF " ALL THE YEAR ROUND." Conducted by CHARLES DICKENS. CONTENTS. How Mrs. Lirriper carried on How the Third-Floor knew the Business. the Potteries. How the First-Floor went to How the best Attic was under Crowley Castle. a Cloud. How the Side-Room was at- How the Parlours added a tended by a Doctor. Few Words. How the Second-Floor kept a Dog. On the 4th of Janu , ry, 1868, will be commenced, to be com pleted in Six Numbers of "All the Year Round," a New Story called A WHITE HAND AND A BLACK THUMB. Volume XI. will begin on the 15th of February, 1864, with a New Serial Story entitled QUITE ALONE, by GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA. " All the Year Round" is published in Weekly Numbers, price 2d.; in Monthly Parts, and in Half-yearly Volumes, price ss. 6d., bound In cloth. THE 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. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA. PRIG TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 7d. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGItA PHI 3 MANUAL. Free by post, ls. 6d. QHORTHAND.—"PITMAN'S PHONO GE APIIY forms an exceedingly efficient -Probably the MOST efficient - system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland Hll. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. IT THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of an y one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Weir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. vnd 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist, Lincoln. MESSRS. BOTT. JACKSON, AND Co. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. Lundon and Westminster Bank. Post-of f ice Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell -park, London. TE the construction of ART F ' TEETH has the following advantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskeil's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations free.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39 , Bennett's-bill, Bir mingham. PRIZE MEDAL -INTERNATIONA L EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER Sr CO., Wax Chandlers, ac., eze- , To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 17?0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to he 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 turn, recom mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. • • .. 2e. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality ls. sd. per lb. Second quality is. 3d. per lb. Third quality Is. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.. 8, South 3101ton-stree ns t, Grosvenor-square. d 1730). Manufactory— Keington (Establishe The largesof Wax t Establishmentthen in Eg se of land for the the Altar. Manufacture RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS 'PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN Tin GREAT E xHIBITION s or 1851 AND 1862 ) , is allowed b y u p wards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to oe the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of lIERNI A. The use of a steel spring,, so often hurtful in its effects, Is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the - Main Pied and Patent Lever, fitting _with so much ease end closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep , and the A descriptive circular may he had, truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of th e b ody, two inches below the hip s , being tent to the manufacturer, 216 1 7 E 26 , 22 8, 8.6 a. Piccadilly. , 3 A Single Tru55, 1r 3 1 1 6 . 8 07, 6 R d., ss, 425. and 52 5. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. 42 5., and a s n 2 d s. 3 6d is : 6d. Pos P ta o g s e t , ag l e s ' B l l x ii n D .u o m ub i Ae li T ca ru l T ss ru , Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piocadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS , KNEE-CAPS, Are., for Varicose Veins an d all cases Weakness and Swell in g ot the Legs, Sprains, &e. They are 9orous, light in text ure, and inexpensive, and are drawn on the an ordinary stock in g . Price is. 6d., 7s. 6d, 10 8 ., to ies. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer. 224, Pionadilly. 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 BUCCLEUCII, Treasurer—Edward 3lasterman, 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. 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STAMPED ....M. and shortcomings are of little moment, when en countered by such mechanical ingenuity and Ra h e. resources as at posse ssed by Colonel Rains. The details of his difficulties in the powder mills here are too technical to aff9rd interest to the general reader; but I may mention that his substitution of a kind of white poplar, called cotton wood, in the place of willow, for the manufacture of charcoal required in gunpowder, has been most successful ; nor can any one fail to be struck with the ingenuity of the sensitive tube attached to one of his projectiles, or at the adapta tion and improvement of Captain Blakeley's prin ciple of construction for rifled shells, and at many other successful inventions of Colonel Rains's genius. lie assures me that, having been summoned to Charleston to investigate the cause of the explosion which destroyed Captain Blakeley's big gun on its first discharge, he ascertained beyond question that it was due to improper loading. The remaining Blakeley gun was successfully fired with 551 b. of powder, and at 21 degrees of elevation, it threw its bolt for 900 yards, the bolt subsequently careering along on the top of the water, bound after bound, for nearly two miles, before it sank. It must not be imagined, because I have described somewhat in detail the Government works in this city, that Augusta is exceptionally conspicuous above other Confederate cities as a contributor of war material. It is estimated that Richmond alone furnishes 60 per cent. of all the war supplies needed by the Confederates. rep E, - S APER. assisted genius for numnfactttring alTs disp Hindoo becomes stupendous when aided b ,t measures of the local auth orities." Our aptlis ; tly1";-' 0- Wallah" accordingly recom mends as a radis Pg . t r icis : : w - Wallah" of the seat of government fro Cale considers "unites every condition of a. perfec y situation," to some cooler, bett er drains d, brious locality. Matthew Arnold contributes an Alay Spinoza, and the editor, in continuation of his " Ret;ollec tions of Three Cities," gives us a sketch of the gamer of the late Dr. Kidd. Thomas Hughes fin ds a congenill an bject in enforcing the necessity of our maintaining an effit military administration, observing very truly that "It I 8 a mere costly and cruel sham to pretend to keep up an amtY without an effective commissariat, and hospital staff am Wachluery," and that we have no right "to send brace men into the field to fight our battles, whom we can neither feed, for clothe, nor shelter, nor tend in sickness." The second ,'art of "A Son of the Soil" maintains the interest of the fiat, and chronicles the country lad's initiation into Scottish university life. LONDON Roc.rEak—Our aerial navigators occupy the first place in tLis number, and the history of balloons is graphical's' and interestingly sketched in it. Balloons have occa3ionally been put to other uses than meteorological sstience or the amuse ment of wondering crowds. In tare battle of Liege, during the French Revolution, the succes's of the victors was attributed to their use, since the weak places in 'l ie enemy's lines were perceived through their means. n other occasions a surprise was prevented and a f o stress speeted through the agency of balloons. Th e ar ticle con cludee by quoting Mr, Coxwell's views on the sub ject. He re minds us th at balloons have only been invented 80 y ears, an d that SO yea rs after men first attempted to travel on tins h w o a p t e e fruthl aouirk;uversiesselfsrwomertehbeuctosmorprayriasffoani. To be Let, withrs so that h e d rasts S Immediate PaeSeSSion" is the title of a sketch which pour trays the miseries of a bachelor in a quiet street. " Her bert Frenr's Perplelitior is the title of a Christmas love story, reconnting a lov er's troubles; and ``Up in the, Clouds" terminates the ar rative of an amateur ballooner, being this time not fact but fiction. The topographer will A' Mayfair a Hundred Years read with interest the paper on Ago," and will learn from i t some' of the secrets of our street nom enclature. Mayfair, it seem s, derived its na while the me from a. fair held there in the opening days Of May, origin of Brook-street may be traced w I.he brook which once gave its name to Brookfield as the lilt:Arid north of Illustrations the present Piccadilly was then called. The are, as usual, animated and life. like. ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE" The King an d the . Maids of Honour" is the title of the first article, and it apparently follows suit to the p a p ers on " article, al Favourites," for it sketches the careers of d'Hautefort and Mlle. de la Fayette, the two pia,- tonic favourites of Louis the Thirteenth. "Picture Books and their Makers" is one of the most attractive essays in the number, telling us the story of the early illus trators of books, which are some of them curious from their , antiquity—others interesting from their pathos. " The .substitute" is a lively sketch showing how a quick wittedith Amorican damsel proved too "'cute" fo r her Eng l3oadmirer. " Annabel's Dream" is the story of a terrible vision fufilled to the letter. " Aubrey Marston" termi nates somewhat ab ru ptly, an d " Madeline Graham" ap proaches a climax, so th ere i s no l ac k of entertainment for of the lovers of fictior. Th e authorthe essay on " Poems gives about Babies" us some rellections on "Bridal Poetry," suggested by the Royal wedding, a nd the second part of " The Science of Good Ch eer " will at r act the epi cure. Captain Drayson has an a r ti c l e on t h e wonderful s kill possessed by the dwellers in uncivili se d countries in following the traces of an animal through the wilds. F BA sEB„—A lengthened and thoughtful paper on I , Women and Scepticism" considers this attitude which it best becomes an educated and conscientious woman to assume with regard to the theo logical vagaries of the day. It is followed by " Sketches in China," well written ands agreeable enough, a lth ou gh little that is new remains to be said on such topics. "The Reforms of the Future" is an. essay from the pen of a writer who does not conform to the "Rest and be Thankful doctrine of Blairgowrie. " Our population," says this critic, " grows both in numbers and intelligence, while neither out lnd nor our instituti,ons howaever, to be ranked amoisg grow." He is by no means, wholesale innovators , and he most approves of that condi tion of things in which "the public organism can grow of: itself and change with the changing state of the people?' The various aspects of the questions of the day, the matters in which reform is an urgent necessity, and those in which. it can afford to wail and forget another generation, aro inquired into, discussed, and assigned to their respective places. Without at all expressing wholesale conformity with his views, many of the theories put forward by the writer are just and sensible. The conclusion at which ho finally arrives is that, with the exception of one or two questions, there is no occasion to be impatient for refikan, for "much discussion must precede, thoughtful men must be convinced, and details maturely considered, even. when principles are agreed upon." It is well for those who can conscientiously adopt this theory, since our political practice for some time past shows little recognition of any necessity for change or pro gress. " A Chapter on Croakers " contains much good sense, although it might have been a dvantageously com pressed into smaller limits. It attacks vigorously and un compromisingly thathabit of discontent and repinisg which, once indulged, paralyses all honest and energetic effort. An essay on " Plays, Players, and Critics" discourses on The e he p r ospects of the modern s tage. An article headed " T Polish Women and the Insurrection ascribes muc pof the f er vour and pertinacity of the P olishnational feeling to the high spirited and enthusiastic w omen of the country. The story of "Late Laurels" proceeds rapidly. The weak and unworthy Charles passes finally away from the scene, leav ing Nelly very ready to be comforted, and Margaret , it is to be hoped, to replace his image by that of a more worthy contribu, N asals, successor. There are two or three poetical the best of which is a charming little poem entitled luso Dimittis." BLACICWOOD.—" The Boatman," by Pisistratus Caxton, is the first subject met with ; it has already been discussed in our columns. Butler" proceeds at som e length, and becomes more enter taining. It is very ludicrous, when Sir Arthur Lyle mistakes one man for another, and brings h ome to dinner as the Count a very objectionable individual, and the excitement occasioned by his presence is a good satire on the actions of people who seem to do nothing but run after lions, and make idols of certain individuals. Nor man Maitland goes on with his clever contrivances, and hits upon a plan for Tony, which is rem arkable for imsort - pertinence and assurance. "Ty ndall on Heat" is a of scientific paper, that discusses Professor Tyndall's lec tures on the subject. The highest praise is awarded to them, and the interesting facts that are on; contained in the course of the lectures are duly c ommented up the same time, while expressing admiration for the great amount of scientific matter that is met with, some amusing criticism is entered into concerning the peculiarity of some subjects treated upon in this able work. Thus it is said that, " When we are told that, to produce the impression of a violet colour, there enter into the eye precisely 699 millions of mil lions of these waves of ether per second, we listen with more of admiration than of faith." From the quotations that are occasionally taken from the work in this article, it is evident that those desirous of increasing their know ledge in this particular branch, cannot do batter than pos sess themselves of the lectures, and to peruse them atten tively. "The Navies of England and France, from a French Point of View," is a paper that is sure to attract notice at this juncture, and which affords us a very good insight into some of the views of our neighbours, which knowledge it is all times most essential to gain. Notwith standing the ability, and also, to some extent, the impar tiality which pervade these pages, there creeps into the inquiry occasionally some of that jealousy of feeling, and disparaging tone of remark, which seem in some sort inseparable from the writing of a foreigner. Still it is from these captious remarks that the wise will learn and the mistaken ones take head to the error of their ways. Due credit is here given to the spirit which has animated the writings of M. Raymond ; and, indeed, it is quite refreshing to meet with anything approaching to candour or courtesy in the criticisms of a rival. M. Ray mond has the sense to appreciate and the manliness to ac knowledge the greatness of England in many respects, and thus accord his tribute of praise where many might content I , themselves with the declaration of the errors that exist in the system adopted by a nation, while they withhold all re • cognition of its merits. " Chronicles of Carlingford" brings some striking scenes before us this time, and the reader's patience will be severely taxed with the conduct of Jack, who is indeed a despicable character. Such men are the pests of society, ever intent on their own ease, and caring nothing for the comfort of ethers. It is a very amusing scene in which the wily reprobate imposes upon his three credulous old aunts, and affects the returning• prodigal. No wonder that poor Frank Wentworth was aghast at the success of the imposition, and also in no small degree in dignant at the reflection upon himself which was imputed to him by these zealous welcomers of the lost and found. Affairs are becoming more complicated with regard to the rest of the dramatis persono, and this section of the "Chronicles of Carlingford" bids fair to rank equally high in the estimation of its readers as its predecessors. " Per sonal Identities" is one of those suggestive sketches that one is glad to meet with em no blend pheiw and thnlosophy in the with pagefancy. s of a magaz i n e, and which se to A clever idea is started in this article that a new series of " Imaginary Conversations" might be written between the "New Self" and "Old Self" of many persons. Certainly it would be a startling sight to some to regard their old figures, mentally and physically, in the mirror of memory reproduced in an undisputable form. There are many quaint phrases and many homely illlustra tions in this little sketch, which may recall the past with truthful force, and serve to scan the present and foreshadow the future for us with skill and accuracy. " The Wigtown Martyrs" raters to some altercations which have arisen as to the validity or non-validity of Lord Macaulay's assertion respecting the execution of two women in Wigtown for their religion. " The Invitation" is a very lively adapta tion of a well-known nursery tune to suit the transactions of a political pastime now in practice. "Books on the Ame rican War" cites a goodly number. One of the advantages which the rest of the world, the celebrated nous autres of French parlance,gain from these wars and rumours of wars, is certainly the immediate conflux of books on the subject, on all sides, and from all quarters. This makes a good theme for discussion in an article. It is truly said that the t i nvo l un tary historians who have written these books are as witnesses in the cause, and " marshal the facts urf; which the great jury, Posterity, will deliver the verdict.n At the conclusion of this su mmar y of the work, are : 00 0 Worthy marks are made concerning Ch arleston, which the of notice. The writer expresses, in the firet to P full: __ opinion that the place is not inevitably The example of Sebastopol proves the drifgc.ed: unlimited supply ing an uninvested intrenched foramp with an_ tz. In- the case lty of captur of material, and free access reinforce ed; for whereas of Charleston these difficulties are 01 9 o_ulysyzarech the baton by than ced at Sebastopol reinforcements could long ruinous marches, and were air reinforcements to any anent loss or fatigue from wished with supplies b by the fresh and,troop spathed France and Engla at Charlevreftournis troops to Gillmore by required extent can be sang: sea Y railway, far more rapidly lines of hostile intrenchrnents, The case is that of two ition and access are on the side where the advantages of poe of the defenders. Th i s magazine has d • m MACMILLAN'S. -- decidedly te and is at the same time better improved of la d more worth reading all interesting than of old. by the talented author of " R The nevi sto./ avens is one o f its prominent attractions, being hoe " or iginal, and, as yet, full o f i nc id en t. d ec idedly • c arried on in a somewhat complex f • It c fashion by a double Burton's ~..e ad —Jamesstory alternating with the adven rur'es o f Mr. Secretary Oxton in a manner less confusing to the writer than to the reader. It is notdifficult to see how t h e two distinct narratives will be sub sequen tly interwoven; a nd, indeed, the author takes no pains to conceal the con nection—the escaped convict whom Mr. Osten encounters in his solitary ride after Lieutenant Hillyar having been at once identified by him as Samuel Burton, the black sheep of the Burton family. Samuel Burton had formerly been servant and confidant to the eldest son of Sir George Hill yar, and now, at the opening of the story,master and man have alike found h t eir way to the antipodes on different errands, It i s probable that, as the story goes on, it will develops into a tale of considerable interest and excitement. Mrs. Gaskell contributes a memorial sketch of a hero of the Federal lines who devoted himself to tho care and encou ragement of a regiment of coloured troops, and who fell at their head while storming Fort Wagner. Doubtless both sides can furnish many such examples of sactifice and usent devotion for what they esteem the general good, and c e o_ for less homes in all the States of the Union haveTinheouJZ etters the dear ones balled away to return no more. The late occupied from a Competition Wallah," which hav e are continued, a prominent position in the pages of Nac t 7 ict of very serious and are devoted this month to a life L c climate on Euro • importance—the effect of Indian litfst:lch s hould be the topic peen residents. It is singular thbarou ght us the disastrous selected just when the mail h a ls Probability long ere this intelligence that in all hump has succumbed to toe another of our foremoskte n of. The state of Calcutta and e vil influences here s p o 10-Indian official life, are matters the risks attend in g negn gag e much serious attention, and, w hich will b® lik el y • description hero given of the sanitary to scrip according 3 "itis hi h time that con dition of the of 'I a aces, g at some was done to effect some change. Statistics," s a y s thing g writer of this article, in speaking of the Black Town, ti cannot express the state of the native streets. The un- —..--,................. Foreign 3/ail Packet List. AILS I) VE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southanipton.• • • • .•Doc. 19. via Marseilles Dee. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by 13ritiAa packet. Dec. 4. Cape of Good Hope d , e, Ascension, and St. Helene Dee. 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Dec. 2. via Marseilles Dec. 1.3.1 Falkland Ial:d: ...... Dec.***************************************************** . ...... . 2. Ceylon, via Southampton.. Dec. 2.1 so d vi u. Marseilles. ...Dec. 13 . ............Dec. 12. =frijol, e v u la tta), aa India (BornbaYi. v! p n o ta rt ta, ugil i wi t , . a nd ........ vi,:.s.o ................ .. DD D l e ce c .. . 64 2 -. .. via Marseilles Dec. 6. NewfoO u r b , l* . w i da lilfsh N. :A.. la " e . r;CEt . , ' by ..... .. .pa s e . k . e s t s D D e e : 36. u n_ ............ w.C. of Africa, Madeir a , an d T by en U er , i S ffe . packet.... by Canadian packet. Dec. 4 . BahamaB, via Now Yo r k Dec.. W. M All ex p iw ari . ; . o . f . ic ; Dec. 17. California. and British ....Dec. 29. 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Bad legs, old age's great gr t i f eu e thus readily cured, without e,nlining the ot withdrawing from him nutritious aid, an .k a e g ing port, so imperatively demanded when Nv: .vg rr attack advanced years or constitutions ovine' tto bed Paenerous sup , diseases emature decrepitude. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1863. JjINAHAN'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." Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The last of the plates with which the exterior of the iron frigate Achilles is covered was successfully axed in its place yesterday afternoon, and the vessel is now encased throughout in armour-plates from stein to stern, the number of plates being 338, and their aggregate weight upwards of 1,000 tons. The plates vary in thickness from 4tin. on the broadsides to 3in, at the stern. On Saturday Mr. E. J. Reed, the chief constructor of the navy, visited Chatham Dockyard, accompanied by Mr. R. Abethell, from the Admiralty, and spent some time in inspecting nearly every part of the Achilles. The frigate is so far advanced in her construction that she will be in all respects ready to leave the dock on the 24th inst., provided there is sufficient water to float her out on that date. The screw steam sloop Royalist, 11, left Ply outhSaundon Saturday,evening for-her destine- tion. The screw steam gunboat Leveret, 3 (tender to ' the Dauntless), from Southampton, with men, ar rived at Plymouth on Sunday. The screw steam frigate Constance, 50, advanced to the first division of the steam reserve, was re moved yesterday from the Prince's Dock in Devon port-yard, and placed at the North Jetty to com plete her fitment. Her Majesty's ships Conqueror and Waterloo are appointed to call at Plymouth to embark seamen and marines for distribution on the China station. The transport Colgrain, from London, with troops for Algoa Bay, was off Plymouth on Sunday. His Imperial French Majesty's line-of battle ship Entreprenante, bound up channel, was off Plymouth on Sunday. Wind, south-east. An Admiralty order has been received at Chat ham dockyard as well as the whole of the other naval establishments at that port to be closed on the day after Christmas. Their lordships have directed that the day thus granted is to be made up by the mechanics and artisans working over time. The War Department transport Marlborough went alongside the Ordnance-wharf, Chatham, yes terday, and commenced shipping the Armstrong and other guns for the screw corvette Fuwn, 17, 100 horse power, which is being fitted for the first division of the steam reserve, in readiness for im mediate commission. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander George Palmer to the Aurora; Commander W. A. Smith to the Royal Adelaide ; Lieut. Lord Charles T. M. D. Scott to the Victoria and Albert, vice Parry ; and W. F. Woods, clerk, supernumerary, to the Fisgard. THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times) AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, Oct. 28. To one who has passed a month in a Western Confederate camp, especially in such weather as has scourged the present October, Augusta is a Capua indeed. A clean bed with actual sheets, plenty of water to wash in, decent food, a table to write on, candles, and many more similar luxuries, can be adequately prized only by him who has long floundered in the mud of Gen. Bragg's camp, and realised the manifold privations which are so nobly endured by each Confederate army.. His enjoy ment will be enhanced by the recollection of the rai,road which connects Atlanta with Chattanooga, and of the mud road which divides Chickamauga Station horn Missionary Ridge. In an extensive experience of American mire, I have never seen anything to equal the road by which supplies for Gen. Bragg's army are now " waggoued." Fortu nately its length is only seven miles; but, in spite of the asseverations of Crimean officers when similar scenes are pointed out to them, it may be questioned whether the famous seven miles from Balaklava were ever half so bad. As you wade through it on horseback with the mud up to your girths, waggon after waggon salutes you, "stalled" (as it is here named), or mired, in some hole rather more bottomless than usual, the mules, according to the fashion of their race, refusing after one un successful tug to try again, while by the roadside dozens of their defunct brethren and of bony horses, the carcases of which lend anything but fragrance to the breeze, serve as a warning to their survivors against undue exertion. Along this same road wade wearily forward the long files of recruits ter of returning convalescents on their way to the front, up to their knees in slime, with little prospect of having dry feet for a week to come, as the heavens seem permanently to have dissolved in liquid, and camp-fires under such circumstances are all but im possible. Need I say that fever and ague, dysentery and pneumonia, are rife among the Confederates and among the hapless Federals who face them ? And yet the indications still are that neither Gen, Bragg nor his opponent contemplate an immediate move on a large scale. It is true that the condition of the roads is such as greatly to impede locomotion ; but this difficulty might be mitigated by dividing the waggons and sending them along several different roads. It is the concentration of waggons upon the Chicamauga road which has reduced it to its pre sent fearful condition. But if the waggon road is appalling, let not the traveller imagine that his troubles are at an end when he gets to the railroad. At present the main and most important function of this railroad is to carry provisions and ordnance to Bragg's army. Travellers are clearly a nuisance not to be encoure aged under the circumstances. Accordingly, at the little wooden shanty which is dignified with the name of "Chicamauga Station," let no one expect to find a passenger car, distributed into those low backed seats which suit the American taste, but are execrated by all Europeans. A long line of box cars, much resembling one of Pickford's freight trains in England, but individually much larger and dirtier, are in waiting,and in one of them you may consider your self lucky if you can lay your blanket on the floor, and escape under shelter from the cold pelting rain. As to the question whether you will start in one hour, in six, or in 12, it argues great inexperience in Confederate railroad travelling if you exhibit any inquisitiveness on the subject. You will be told there is no "schedule" or time table according to which locomotion is directed, but the trains are said to be "running wild''—which means that so soon as a train arrives at Chicamauga, and it suits the con venience of its conductor to start again for Atlanta, he " puts out," trusting to the steam - whistle an probable.t he careless of the engine and to the enormous lamp which glares forward at the foot of each engine's chimney requ to avert th e co lli s i on w hi c h the single line of ra il s d economy aa ofs arethe thetrainsdn a accidents i re endtea upon r only too these railroads, the only wonder is that they are not ten times more frequent. To begin with, there is the single line of rails; then there are the trestle bridges over the innumerable rivers and creeks, which are carried away by every " freshet " or flood •in the stream, and which creak and tremble as the train passes in such a fashion as would in England elicit 100 letters per diem to the limes, from agonised passengers. Then, thirdly, there is the defective state of the rails, which are constantly and in many plac:s worn down to a thread not thicker than a lady's little finger. Other possi bilities of accident there are by dozens, arising from euch casualties as cows and hogs upon the track; but I have said enough to justify the pre vailing sentiment that it is safer to go into action than to take a long journey by rail in the Con federacy. The passenger, once started for Atlanta; will before he arrives there, although the distance is only 130 miles, probably have time for exten sive self-communion. Upon my journey up, and upon my journey down, I was, in each instance, two nights and the better part of two days in the train ; but I have heard of luckless passengers who passed four days and nights in the cars, and who, if they had started for Atlanta on foot, might reason ably have expected to get there on their own legs more quickly than they were actually delivered by steam, without the misery of passing four nights in a box-car. It will be imagined that a passenger's sufferings for food are much the same as he would expect if he took a trip into Timbuotoo. Parched corn—that is to say, maize fried or browned in a skillet or frying-pan, at some shanty by the side of the track—commands a fabulous price. A tin cup full of water is worth more than champagne in a French cafe ; a little bit of cold beefsteak, and a morsel of corn bread, are given away by a charitable quartermaster (who is pretty sure to have with him a fair share of creature comforts) as though he were distributing diamonds. Eventually you are pretty sure to arrive at Atlanta at four in the morning. A train starts for Augusta, the haven of all your hopes, at six. You rush through the Cimmerian obscurity of the streets to the Provost-Marshal's to get your pass viit,,%4aa, all the risks of plunging headlong into the cellars or into the ex cavation made for the foundation of a house, and at last weary, filthy, hungry, thirsty beyond ex pression, you embark for Augusta, the possessor of all the comforts I have described. It will be imagined that a moderate hotel is under the cir cumstances classed in your mind with the Claren don, or the Metropole at Geneva, or any of the most famous hostelries known to you on earth. It seems to me hardly possible that these two great antagonistic Western armies can lie much longer in their present position. I believe that the Federals would be well satisfied to winter at Chat tanooga, and to make it the base for their spring campaign, if they possessed the railroad which comes in frem the West, and communicates with Bridgeport ; but from this they are entirely inter cepted by the Confederate possession of Lookout Mountain, Which not only dominates the railroad running at its base, on the same side of the Ten nessee River as the mountain itself, but also enables the Southern sharpshooters to make the road on the other side of the Tennessee so hot as to be impassable for waggons in the daytime. It is my belief that Gen. Bragg's great object in adhering to his present posi tion is to make the Federal tenure of Chattanooga during the winter without Lookout Mountain an im possibility. Bat if lam not mistaken, he will have to fight somewhere, or to relax his grip on the moun tain. Your readers will have learnt, long before the arrival of this letter, thatGen.Rusencranz has joined the noble army of decapitated Federal generals, and that Gen. Grant now reigns in his stead. A month ago I should have thought that the loss of Gen. Rosencranz to the Federals was tantamount to the gain by the Confederates of the two great victories in the field; but, considering his inexplicable strategy before the battle of Chicamauga, and his manifest want of ability as regards handling his troops on the battlefield, it is hard to maintain that the prevailing opinion about him held in the Con federate army by every one except Gen. Bragg, and which likens him to Gen. Pope, is not correct. The substitution of Gen. Grant makes it more than ever likely that the communication with Chattanooga from the west—by the railroads which run from Nashville and Memphis to Stevenson (close to B ridge port), and meeting there, sweep on together to Chat tanooga—will, if possible, be forcibly opened by the Federals. For some time, past one corps of Gen. Grant's army has been busily engaged in repairing the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, which has long been unavailable to either belligerent, and by which Grant obviously desires to throw Federal reinforcements in from the Mississippi River. A body of Confederate cavalry, under General Stephen D. Lee, have done their utmost to obstruct the Federal labourers, and but for another move of General Grant's, there is reason to think the efforts of General Stephen D. Lee would have been seconded by the army of General Joseph E. Johnston, which would have moved up from Enterprise, in Mississippi, with this object. But in order to engage General Johnston's attention, General Grant instructed another corps of his army—that commanded by Macpherson, who is an eminent military engineer, and one of the best officers in the Federal service— to strike in upon Canton, to the north of Jackson, so as to withdraw notice from the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. It is certain that in his opera tions against General Macpherson,General Johnston has had the best of it; but whether the latter has cleared the country of the Federals sufficieutly to admit of his going northwards and joining Stephen D. Lee, lam unable to say. Another indication that the Federals are in earnest about connecting Chattanooga with the Mississippi River may be found in the fact that they are steadily persevering in rebuilding the bridge across the Tennessee at Bridgeport, a long and massive structure, which was destroyed long ago by General A. Sydney johns= when he fell back from Bowling-green before the battle of Shiloh. Altogether it seems to me pro bable that General Bragg will have to fight another great battle before Christmas upon ground somewhere between his present position and Bridge port. In addition to General S. D. Lee's cavalry there is another large body of Confederate horse men somewhere in Northern Alabama, which has recently returned from its successful ride under General Wheeler round Rosencranz's rear, and which will make itself again felt before long. The disposis tion of the Western Federal forces since the decapi tation of Rosencranz is, if I am not mistaken, some thing as follows : =At Vicksburg, and operating towards Canton, is the corps of General Macpher son; along the line of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad are two heavy divisions—one of them, General Sherman's, engaged in protecting the work men who are repairing the line ; at Stevenson, in Alabama, an important point, being, as I have said, the junction of the two railroads from is General Hooker, Nashville and Memp his, and a kind of depot for thewit with ray least Chattanooga, asme so think, two Federal corps ; at Chattanoog a is Gener al Thomas , with , in all probability, at l east four corps under him ; army at one, or at London, halfway b etween Kn oxville and Chat tanooga, is a small fo rce of Yankees , which has lately suffered the loss of 700 prisoners by a suc cessful dash on them of Confederate cavalry under Colonel Dibrell ; at Knoxville is General Burnside, with probably two corps under him. The disposi tion of Western Confederate forces exhibits the large army of General Bragg, which faces General Thomas in Chattanooga; it exhibits also General Johnston at Enterprise, acting against Macpherson, and General Samuel Jones in Western Virginia, acting against Burnside. It seems tolerably cer tain that no serious move will be made by either party in the immediate neighbourhood of Chatta nooga, but that the points of collision will most likely be in the neighbourhood of Stevenson and of London. But during the last month I have seen so clearly the difficulties which beset an advancing army on either side in such a country:that it is im possible not doubly to regret that an opportunity such as the battle o' Chicamauga offered to the Confederates, and which Would, if rightly seized, have disposed of half their embarrassments, should have been so deplorably thrown away. That great efforts will be made by the Federals to hold the line of the Tennessee River from Knoxville to Bridge port, and the line of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad from Bridgeport to the Mississippi River, will bo palpable to all who are at the pains of casting a glance at a good map. If the war be terminated upon the uti Pessidetis principle, the possession of this line will assign to the Federals the whole of Tennessee 14114 N.entuoty ; secondly, if the war continues, of the highest importune and coal and months copper a g o the to exclude the Confed er ates from the nitre caves mines loss o f of this Eastern region w Tennessee. ou ld Twelve have been most momentous to the South. At pre sent, with upwards of 1,000 pieces of field artillery of their own manufacture or import in their bands, and with all the pieces taken from their enemy, which cannot fall greatly short of 1,000 more, it is obvious that the loss of copper, needed for the manufacture of their favourite 12 pounder Napoleon gun, will not be severely felt by the Confederates, even though it should prove permanent. I was surprised to find, during my recent visit to General Bragg's camp, unmistakeable evidence that the field artillery of the Western Confederate army is superior to that of the army recently commanded by General Rosencranz. Among the 50 guns cap tured by the Confederates at Chicamauga there is a large number of 6 pounders, which have long ago been condemned by the Confederate ordnance authorities as too small for field service, and which have altogether disappeared from General Lee's army in Virginia. A few 6 pounders are still in the service of General Bragg's army, but they have almost disappeared, and are being replaced by the 12 pounder Napoleon. Probably by next spring the 6 pounders will have been altogether banished from the Confederate armies, and will be found doing duty along the banks of the Mississippi, a service for which their lightness admirably adapts them. I was struck by the superior organisation of the artillery in General Lee's as compared with that in General Bragg's army. It is true that upon neither side has the artillery been so great a feature in these Western battles as it ha's in the battles of Virginia. But the organisation and distribution of the artillery, not into batteries of four or six guns, but into battalions, which comprise four or five bat- teries, or, in other words, 20 guns, has worked ad mirably in Virginia, and was, I believe, chiefly the result of General Longstreet's advice. The battery organisation is still retained in General Bragg's army, except in that portion of it which is under the command of General Longstreet. In General Lee's army to each corps are assigned five bat talions of artillery, or, in round numbers, 100 guns, whereof two battalions are held in reserve. It will be imagined that in the gigantic battles of this con tinent, which extend over miles, and are contested by enormous armies, very little effect is produced by the opening of a battery of four or six guns. But the simultaneous discharge of 18 or 20 guns in a well chosen position hes never failed to make itself sensibly felt; and to a measure of this kind—l mean the opening by General Buckner of 12 pieces upon the Federal column, which during the battle of Chicamauga was thrown from the Federal left to the Federal right—General Longstreet mainly attributes the success which he gained on that day. I shall defer until my return to Richmond any comments upon the recent operations by which General Lee has run General Meade into his rat holes before Washington, and has broken up the Orange and Alexandria Railroad (recently rebuilt by the Federals) for many miles. But I may re mark, en passant, that October, 1863, does not seem to have done more for the Federals than October, 1862, the first month which I passed within the acteristics of their warfare, that Gen. Gilmore is at this limits eav o ne f r t yi h t w e bi C i ee o r u es f ht e oh d we e r cn a h c a y r . Inaction or retreat have hour one whit nearer to the reduction of Charleston than he was 100 days ago. lam assured that the defensive works upon Sullivan's Island have grown as rapidly as the Federal works for offence upon Morris Island, and not one man in the insurrectionary States seems now to enteetain any fears that Charleston, even though burnt to the ground, will ever pass out of the Confederate grasp. Huge reinforcements, we are told, have joined the Federal armies in the West, and they are trumpeted to the world in the Northern journals as likely to make General Grant invincible; but I have lately witnessed how silently, steadily, and unostentatiously, Gen. Bragg's force has been recruited, and I have more faith in an army which boasts so little, but fights and endures hardships so unflinchingly. A long conversation with Colonel Rains, the superintendent of the Government Powder Mills in Augusta, and also the manager of the Arsenal of Construction and of the Cannon Foundry in this city, has taught me more than ever to admire the inge nuity and the energy which the Confederates have brought to bear up on their struggle. Startin g with out Nashville, which so on p asse d out of their ha nds —without any lar g e establish ments for making machiner y , and without a sin g le trip hammer be tween the Chesapeake and the Rio Grande—defici ent in iron, lead, copper, tin, all one ex cept a any small powder at mill in the Southern States, salt petre, cannon, small arms, and everything save food, the Confederates have taught the world a lesson in regard to the impossibility of subjugating brave and high-spirited people, which will point many a historical moral for centuries to come. There are two men whose names are seldom heard in connexion with the history of this war, but who have probably contributed more to the Confederate success than any other persons, with the exception of Lee, Jackson, and Longstreet—l mean Colonel Rains and Captain Brooke. Both of them modest and unobtrusive men, absorbed in scientific re searches, inexhaustible in the fertility of their resources, indefatigable in energy, they have pre sented during the last 30 months a record for the study of their countrymen which will everywhere be read with profit whenever the history of this great revolution is fully and fairly told. I have seldom had the advantage of encountering 'any man whose conversation was so instructive and interest ing as that of Colonel Rains. His recapitulation of the difficulties which he has had to encounter, of the deficiencies which he has every day to supple ment and circumvent by ingenuity, and of the results of his work, as evinced by his contributions to the Confederate armies, is such as to awaken' amazement. In a former letter written some months ago from this town I gave a short sketch of the Augusta gunpowder mill. From that time up to the present hour its efficiency has been constantly on the increase, and as evidence of its prolific work ing I may mention that since its opening on the 27th of April, 1862, Colonel Rains has sent a million and a half pounds of powder to Richmond alone, exclusive of his contributions to Vicksburg, Charleston, Mobile, and the armies of Generals Bragg and Johnston. From his Arsenal of Con struction he has sent out 6 , 000 , 000 cartridges for small arms and 50,000 round shot and say nothing of caps, hand grenades,!and torpedoes' From his cannon foundry he is continually tar!: ing out 12 pounder Napoleons, 20 pounder Parrots,already and howitzers; but the wealth of artillery e that he has possessed by the Confederates is sue , ' with the ceased to produce Napoleon gunsd is rapidity which which at one time characte r ise.having been one ceedings, his rate of production . ld of the The daily y i e ld Napoleon gun per diem. of 8,400 b. a rate powder mill is now at the.on d n a i t y e , l y wh shell, to r equired, be indefi if o ccasio n _ ery increased. with e very important station surfeited with powder, in the Confederacy already the hands of Generals Beau- with large supplies ieh mi in tae , and at Mobile and Wil regard, Bragg, Johns ee, of co urse, dr a w s hi s sup. T Minton (Gen era ond), and with tNo other powder plies from Iti chin operation, lithe importance m ills in active it is of t h a t even this rate of p ro duction should be The ordinary consumption cf powder ma i n tained. in the Confederacy is rated at 2,0001 b. but is, of course, greatly increased by such sieges as those of Vicksburg and Charleston, which bring up the a verage to 10,0001bs. a day, occasioned toy the large demands of the heavy artillery employed. It i s a singular commentary upon this war, that a nation which two years ago produceer not a pound of powder, should now think nothing of a daily consumption of 10,0001 b., produced entirely from their owa resources. It is evident that obstacles BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, ABOoK 0F BEAUTY. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d.