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REMF,NIBER, WE SUP AT EVANS' 'EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK after Alfred Mellon's Promenade Concerts. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of the Company ;;ceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to Government for the year 1862 was 85,062 , and the amount insured on farming stock, £ 10 , 0 86,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the profits periodically made to Parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received sums amounting in the aggregate to £440,000 ; and the Society lIONV holds a large Reserve applicable to a future Bonus. The rates of premium are in no case higher than those charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their incur ere. For pro =pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey- Ptreet, Noilvich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friarsE.C. . IpROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. . Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas I3a ring, Esq., M.P. Win. Geo. Prescott Esq. Thomson Ilankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Ziff Assurance for all classes. This Abtsociation has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is •• • • £51,000 The Accumulated Fund exceeds • • 200,r 00 It has paid in Claims • • • • • • 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided qu i nq uennially among the Members. Three divisions have already been made' when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the Policies Dec. 31, 1847 .. • £5 400 11 , 500 1852 • • • • •• • • • • • 23.200 „ 1857 .. 56,500 'flaking. the tot al bonus additions, £96,600. Bonuses may be received in °Ash or applied to the reduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition ,to the policy. Attenti on is especially invited to the system of free or paid- UP policies introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of po icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, 'whether assurers or otherwise Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. T HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. READ OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Insurance buildings, Liverpool. Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500,010, Accumulated Funds in hand over 1 OOO,OOO. Chairman in Liverpool: CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. —Ohnirman•islionclevtl • • ' WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRAerS FROM THE_ REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of it■ Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. . The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the close ot the year, to announce, for the first time, thatthe Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is agßin fully maintained. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preced,ng year, and in fact sur passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, since the commencement of this Office, the balance' to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £95,107 10s. 5d., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa- rately, £11,097 16s. 1041. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! The GHOST ! ! The ONLY COMIC GHOST ! ! !—The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN..—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mariannina and Signor Guiseppe Francesco, assisted by a corns bf Twenty young Ladies—Selections from favourite Operas : Principals, Miss M`Gregor, Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini (the new Italian tenor), and Mr. Vernon Rigby. Nicosia, the eminent European Violinist, will make his first appearance in England on Monday, Sept. 7. LIFE BRANC FT. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on nrw policies for fhe year 1P62 exceeds even that of theyeßr 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £701,427 on 1,498 new policies Issued. Until 'within the last few years It is believed that such a sum acsured as that which has just been announced as the result of one year's business was all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's business has been carefully watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the futiire to the participating life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum proposed for assuraroe Amounts to X' 43,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis sible in a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni tude, combining distinguished commercial success to the Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARICES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. - - - Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl o f L even and Melville. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrineton Smith, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soften, Esq. Robt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' William Wallace, Esq. Jas. 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. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Emus on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums pa able by persons w h o preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A RALE The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ' ROYAL EXCITANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. N ORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. ACCUMULATED AND INVESTED FUNDS, £2,122,828. ANNUAL RE vENuz, £422,401. LONDON BOARD. John White Cater, Esq., P. du Pre Grenfell, Esq. Chairman. A. Klockmann. Esq. Charle Morrison, Esq., De- John Monett, Esq. puty Chairman. Junius S. Morgan. Esq. A. De A rroyave. Esq. G. Garden Nicol, Esq. Edward Cohen, Esq. John H. Wm. Schroder, Esq. James du Buisson, Esq. George Young, Esq. Ex-DIRECTORS. A. H. Campbell, Esq. ! Robert Smith, Esq. P. C. Cavan, E sq Frederic Somes, Esq. P. P. Rail!, Esq. • Manager of Fire Department —Georg,P H. Whyting. Manager of Life Department—W. F. Birkmyre. Superintendent of Foreign Department—G. H. Burnett Secretary —F. W. Lance. General Manager—David Smith. FIRE DEPARTMENT. The Company grants Insurances against Fire in the United Ringdoro, and all foreign countries. Mercantile Risks in the Port of re duced rates. London accep ted Losses promptly and liborally settled. Foreign Risks. —The Director., having a practical know the most favourable terms. In all cases a discount will be allowed to Merchants and others effecting such Insurances. LIFE DEPARTMENT The following Statement exhibits the daring the las few years : im provement effected Eo. of PoliCi es _ ____ _ Issued. Sums. IRS 455 ....... . 4 Premiums. 377,425 1859......, 6;'5 ........ 449,91 14,070 3 ...... 412,565 18 8 ...... 1 18-0 7 1861.... 785 . 527,6 t 6 1862 Thus in live years the number of Policies issued w 641 as 3, 0 623, a ssuring the larg e sum of £2,928.9/7' The leading features of the Office are:- 1. Entire Se . urity to Assurers. 2. The large Bonus additions already declared, and the prospect of a further Bonus at the next investiga tion. 3. The advantages afforded by varied Tables of premiums —unrestricted conditions of Policies—and general liberality in dealing with the Assured. Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the READ OPFICES : .... LONDON 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. Eninnunon 64, Princes-street. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. WEST -END OFFICE : 8, WATERLOO -PLACE, PALL-MALL. Secretary — ALEX. J. RUSSELL. KIiPTGRES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE G l'xtilurrioNs of 1851 AND 1862), is spe wed to by 1; uEpwitarxßdzlsAAoTf Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to the most effective urtful in its e ff ects, Invention fina steelthe curative apring. storeoatttemnenht ease rn The use o rn round the requisite resisting po wer - i s is here avoided—a soft bandage being aro body, while the d a , y and i,be had hnindY,uand the the bloc-Main Pad an d Patent Lever, fitting vritslttli:j::lied by c b i e rc d u e la tecte r m during sleep. and closeness thatdeisterciapntnivoet A truss, which cann o t fail to fit, forwarded by po s t , on the eir otnnierence of the bo dy, two inches below th e h ips, being sent to the manufactur e: , Mr. WHITE, 228 Piccadilly 2 . A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Post age, le Doublo Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is 8d: An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Dd. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT LASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, ,tc., for varicose Veins and all cases of .a.ness and Swelling of rile Legs, Sprains, Sm. They are porous, li ght in texture , and inexpensive, and are drawn on ea e unordinary stocking . I°e 4 8 a 78. 6d., 10s., to lea. Postage 6d. JOHN WR ITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. bTehbeeaCiaomaimingtotefetboefAPPEAL. sThbmeenitLifeboat Estab- Institution has ended £32,000 on various eary Managementffial, the have to osta state Nationalt h that, sin c Lifeboate Society, and other means, since its formation, I number er the of C oastslives o f saved England, by Scotland , I a L n i cl i e , - a b n o d a Ireland. tss 0 t tb e tor' which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Meda l l 2 s, B l £18,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,000 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-can iages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous. support which they have received from the British public durin g th e past few years, a suppor t w hich has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, whi'h can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee grateful&y acknowledge the following con tributions : H £s. d er Majesty the Queen .. • • . unnusi 50 0 0 Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. • • .. annual 50 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. .. • • • . annual 1 1 0 Coutts and Co. Messrs., Bankers .. .. annual 10 0 0 Currie, Wm., I::sq., •• • • •• .. 4th do n. lo 0 0 Erle, Lord Chief Justice .. . don. 10 10 0 .. 250 0 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K . C.B. :. 2d on. 25 0 0 cost .. of . a . Lifeboat . a . tul Tran resupworiteiktig(CLajrrlap,-Eseq" 11T a r t Harvey.l, Sir ße v ii G e n . rGy G. .. • • .. 7th don. 10 0 0 •• .. don. 30 0 Moore, Rev. G. M ' • • • don. 15 15 0 and Mrs. Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. 30 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. .. annual 20 0 Thor a ,, , Ladyshi p 16 16 0 •• .• •• •• Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her Willoughby d'Eresb Lord .. .. .. annual 50 0 Co., 59, Strand Donations and Annual Y• Subscriptions will be thankfully re eived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76 Lombard - street; Messrs. Coutts and Jamees-street, London by a 1 the Collectors of Customs ; NI Rai's. Berries, Farquhar. and Co., 16, St. andßankers in the United Kingdom; and by the Secretary Richardu Le wis. Esq. at the Office of the Institution, 11, John-street Adelohi:London, No. 22,208, MANILLA AND JAPAN. Now ready, Bvo., with Illustrations, 1 4 5., bound , A LADY'S VISIT TO MANILLA AND JAPAN. By ANNA D'A. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. CRITIQUES on the LEADERS of the NE WSPA PER PRESS—Reviews of all New Books — English and Foreign Scientific Information—Extracts— Gossip, &c., ,tc., in the LITERARY TIMES, every week. Twopence. 80, Fleet-street. T H 0 X F OR D, r, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, wail be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry It. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c. Comic, by UNSWORTII (" or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson. Also, a Pei formance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing. a full baud of 40 instruments. The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In o r d er to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pepper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion, " THE GHOST," from the Picture Gallery to the Ailairadarts. a new and elegant stage is erect o ing a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls B ag' cony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im- ITtelisTnien.4 amtleneff:;cctislc.REPRESENTATIONS EACH All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, Arc. ; Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c. ARGYLL ROOMS. Windmill-street. Piccadilly. NOTICE.—The above elegant Rooms will be Opened on SATURDAY, September 5, entirely redecorated under the sole direction of Messrs. Delicourt, of Paris, decorators to the Palaces of the Emperor Napoleon. The artistical work will be done by Messrs. Biggs and assistants. The musical department under the directorship of Mons. Jullien, and chef d'orchestre. The band will be chosen from the Household Troops and the Royal Italian Opera Houses. This celebrated band is well known by the public, and will be called in future the London Band, and will be represented by the best art sts of the present day. Conductor of the Rooms and Manager, Mons. GRENET. Sole Lessee, R. R. BIGNELL. Admission, ls. ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S IERATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, Potass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manufactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. ~'„IPECTACLES.—The Patent New ly-invented Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary relief to weak, dirt), and detective vision.—S. and N SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. TEA. --MOORS BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souohonz' reduced to 38. 6d. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS. 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACHINES for hand, horse, or steam bower, are the most simple and efficient extant. —Full particulars and prices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co., Laurence Pountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C., where they may be seen in operation daily. MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal). Leasehold and Freehold Property, or Reversions, &c., in sums from £2O to £soo.—Mr. Howard, 18, Queen street, Cheapside. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country).—A GENTLEMAN is willing to MAKE ADVANCES of CAS El, without delay, to respectable persons (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on.—Apply (it by letter enclose four stamps) to W., at Mr. Robertson s, Accountant, 40. King William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING POWDER, for which a Prize Medal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1862, This Powder is quite harmless to animal life, but is un rivalled in destroying Fleas, Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches. Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, Itioths in furs, and every other species of Insect. Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy ing Fleas in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. Being the original importer of this now invaluable article, which has found so great a sale that it has tempted others to vend a so-called article, the public are therefore cautioned to observe that the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the antogragh Of THOMAS KEATING. Sold in packets, ls., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. each, or post free for 14 or 38 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. Paul's-claurchyari, London, E.C. upon o ! CELEBRATIONthe BIRTH ofurokfictshpeEßE, at TERCENTENARYstrafcs) Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid . d e N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbri g and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington . Banks, and Stratford-upon-Av on ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith. Stratford-upon- Avon. Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and co , Messrs Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co , bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare. but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his lime, the town he loved, and Where he lived and died. R OY AL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, B.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to 'the public for continued suppcirt, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mal terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams,Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital STANFORD B. SMITH Secretary, 1,, ~' ; - ...., K ., t THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1863 Our Gunboats and Mortar Vessels. Created to meet a sudden emergency in the war waged by England and France against Russia, the last vessel of our gun and mortar boat fleets might in the due course of time have passed away with and into those convenient " waters of oblivion" into which individuals and peoples are so ever ready to consign their failures, their de feats, and their disappointments, had their history hitherto been " written in sand." It could not be so, however, under the circumstances of their his tory subsequent to their creation. The paean sung over the inauguration of this miniature fleet of hor nets cannot readily be forgotten. This flotilla of gun and mortar craft were termed " the best legacy of the Russian war, the only solid advantage that remained to us after all our experiments. We had not only learnt that a maritime Power requires other vessels besides line-of-battle ships, but we had actually got a strong fleet of these vessels ready built for any future emergency. There they were all hauled up safe and sound, all paid for, and fit to be launched at an hour's notice in strength suffi cient to sweep the Channel of an enemy." But this precious flotilla, —this real naval reserve—this squadron on which so much money had been spent, was found rotten and good for nothing, and the boats were only fit to break up or crumble to dust where they lay. They were not broken up, and they were delayed at an immense expense in fall ing literally to pieces. Two certainly, the Caroline and the Mackerel, were .eventnalLy.fteaudensmod-saad taken to pieces, but even now fragments of their poor rotten skeletons may be met with in obscure corners of the Hasler Yard, each fragment forming part of a tale of fraudulent copper bolt fastenings and sappy timbers. Others of the gunboats had as much as /1,000 and £1,500 each spent upon them ; some, it is said, still more, and others less ; but the one professed object aimed at war to render this rotten and useless fleet available for some purpose. The exposure of our folly had made as to a certain extent ashamed of ourselves, and we were glad to hide the cause from sight as quickly as possible. All visible defects were made good, and each vessel the partial repairs of which only were thus " made good" at an enormous expense had her planking carefully caulked, her bottom payed over with an honest coat of tar and with an " air stroke" of planking left out (too near the top sides to be of any service). The gunboat squadron stood under their sheds at Haslar, looking, to all outward sign, bright, sound, and fit for anything. At this time the fact was the boats were only partially re paired, English elm had been introduced alongside partially decayed plank and framing, and the whole closed in, airtight from keel to " air stroke," and now all again are rotten, The recent annual inspection of the naval estab lishments at Portsmouth is, however, likely to cause the curtain to descend upon the last act of the gun and mortar boat comedy. In anticipation of their lordships' annual visit to the yard at Hasler a re port of the condition of the boats stored under the sheds was prepared, which !ed to further investiga tions being made, and the result is that this too famous yard at Haslar is to be degraded from its hitherto maintained position, and to descend from its high-sounding title of " gunboat yard and slip way," to " a yard for building and repairing ships' boats and repairing gunboats ;" the latter, we should presume, means so long as wooden gunboats are still supposed to be of use. The gunboats now on the blocks under Haslar sheds are 47 in number (exclusive of six building), and their destiny in the immediate future has been assigned as follows ; Condemned to be broken up—The Tiny, 20 horse power ; the Midge, 20 ; the Flirt, 20 ; the Ready, 40; the Pincher, 60; the Swinger, 60; the Thrush, 40; the Badger, 60; the Beaver, 60; the Beacon, 60 ; the Traveller, 60 ; the Savage, 60; the Por poise, 60; the Pert, 20; the Grinder, 60; the Brazen, 60; the Bullfinch, 60. To be surveyed further, for sale or breaking up:— The Wolf, 60 horse power; the Crocus, 60; the Camel, 60 ; the Garland, 20 ; the Garnet, 40 ; the Primrose, 60; the Prompt, 60; the Pickle, 60; the Gnat, 20; the Redbreast, 60; the Parthian, 60; the Blossom, 20; the Confounder, 60; the Gadfly, 20; the Rocket, 60. For repairs, to be added to, or rather, to form the reserve ; —The Brave, 60 horse. power ; the Peacock, 60; the Cherokee, 60; the Wave, 6U; the Swan, 60; the Whiting, 60; the Fenella, 40; the Hunter, 40 ; the Skylark, 60. To be fitted for coal depots :—The Pet, 20 horse power; the Snapper, 60. This list only includes the Hasler gunboats, but in addition to these there are some 110 others of the same class of vessel afloat in our home ports and on foreign stations, all of which must be looked upon by the lights of our present experience as possessing a still more favourable average of condition than even those quoted above as in the " Hasler" list. With regard to the original construction of these vessels, while it is admitted that the contractors were compelled to turn them out of hand in a very hurried manner, owing to the nation's requirements at the time, and to build portions of them with un seasoned timber, owing to the impossibility of obtaining seasoned wood, there is at the present moment a vessel under repair in Hasler Yard which from having been originally constructed with sea soned timber, affords a remarkable contrast in her condition to the exotic gunboats which have cost the nation such immense sums of money , but t h e days of which we may now reasonably hope are numbered. The vesselstihme timbers, wassd alluded to is simply an open dockyard ok. lighterr daily employed in doing all kinds of rough w which hie launchednow69 fo r m fr ago, am andebe below the water lin e , are as soun d an d hard as on the day r original of her launching. So much for the Hasler gunboats, their rotten and fungus -covered hulls, their short copper bolts, their partial repairs, their subsequent rot on the blocks high and dry under the sheds, their last survey frn a ni nd o, f , condemnation in the present year of 1863, and the n ecessar il y proposed s i gn ifi cant trans formation g t u h n e bo d a e t si y g a n r a d t , io s n hed o s f , Hasler establish mentipslaahrway,„ t 0 the more modest one of " boat building and repair ing yard." The mortar vessels at Haslar have not attracted the same amount of public attention, from the fact of their being fewer in number, and therefore more unimportant than the gunboats, and also from their having been left in a comparatively undisturbed state. There are 19 mortar craft now on the blocks at Haslar—nine of iron and ten of wooden con struction. The iron ones are being converted as they are wanted into open lighters for dockyard use, and the larger bodied wooden craft are being handed over to the Coastguard as they require ves sels for stations in the different rivers and creeks around the coasts—the very best purpose to which both classes of vessels can now be applied, although both would have done good service doubtless be yond what they effected at Sweaborg, had the war w ith Russia fortunately or unfortunately lasted a twelvemonth longer. The Hasler gunboat history will also, like every other part of our naval administration, illustrate in the most forcible manner our present system of dockyard departments. The head of the " wood" department is perfectly aware that the hull s o f the useless craft which he is patching up and passin g off as sound vessels to order, are rotten to the cor e , and are but a horrible sham. The head of the meta (officially, ldepartment and o therefore on tthheeothree he otherhand, must can know nothing be igno rant) of a wooden vessel's hull being hopelessly rotten, and therefore displays an unwonted de gree of activity in " bringing forward" her en gines, not giving, as would be the case in any private establishment, any thought or care about the expense, but showing how smart his de partment can be in producing what will never be wanted, for, as with the poor gunboats, by the time the metalwork is completed the woodwork is con demned, the hull is broken up, 'and the metalwork goes no one cares to inquire where. As to the future, there is hope, for it is impossible to believe but that with such indefatigable workers as the present First Lord, the Controller of the Navy, and the newly appointed Chief Controller, a new era must be inau gurated, and the ruinous system which has prevailed for such a length of time in our national dockyards be superseded at length by one befitting the large interest at stake and the dignity of the nation. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The Snipe, 5, screw steam gun vessel, 431 tons, 80-horse power, Commander A. H. W. Battiscombe, underwent her final trial of machinery at the mea sured mile off Maplin Sands, on Thursday last, in charge of Capt. W. K. Hall, commanding the Sheer ness steam reserve. The trial was pronounced highly satisfactory, the vessel's speed being 8.440 kncts an hour, about a quarter of a knot greater than ,that of her sister ship the Jaseur: She anchored at the Little Nero after her trial, where she was inspected the next day by Vice-Admiral Sir G. R. Lambert, K.C.8., Commander-in -Chief at Sheerness, and staff. The Snipe sailed on Satur day morning for Plymouth, en route to her destina tion, the West Coast of Africa. • A eattrmitiil ofsitiilt Capt. J. Fal ford, of the Formidable, was the president, assembled yesterday on board the Formidable, 84, flagship of Vice-Ad miral of the Red, Sir G. R. Lambert, K.C.8., Com mander-in-Chief at the Nore, for the trial of John Oast, private Royal Marines, serving on board the Wellesley, 72, in Chatham Harbour, on a charge of having, on the quarterdeck of the Wellesley, be this ship." He was I shall not be haved in a highly insubordinate manner. H e m ade " do use anothermutin ousof day's y,s language by sayi ng soldiering in conducted further below, s e t h r u a c r charged c o i t u h r -having , n w t h c i h l e a rbeingCharles s Jeffrey, his superior officer in charge of the detachment of Royal Marines serving on board the ship. Commander R. Studdert, of the WellecosffilfecEyi,asstp:ridio,sly, jitgeulddit,g,eaa_nnAdddAMvronrc.aotlode,., case m for the prosecution. The andsHo I . i ci Knight,the nrsicit o oe f edh et sht fi ee r r prisoner on being arraigned confessed himself guilty of both charges, and threw himself on the mercy of his judges. The Court, after deliberating for a short time, sentenced the prisoner to receive 48 lashes on board the Wellesley at such time as th e Commander in-Chief shall direct, and afterward s t o b e di sm i sse d with disgrace from her Majesty's service. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD.—" Caxtoniana," this month, con tinues the question of" On Some authors, inwhose writings knowledge of the world is eminently dis played." It will be interesting to many to peruse the remarks on the creation in England of the " Novel of Manners." Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, and Sterne are duly considered. Sheridan is also met with in these varied and vivacious pages. It is truly said that the " School for Scandal" is the finest prose comedy in the English, or perhaps any other language. The remarks on this gifted man are very appropriate. The " School for Scandal," it is said, does not borrow its plot from previous writers. Sir Walter Scott is met with, " Knowledge of the world never forsakes Sir Walter Scott, and in him it is always idealised up to the point of dramatic narrative, and no further." It would be difficult to find a truer description of all great novelists than this. " The Spectre of Milaggio" is a very interesting sketch of adven tures abroad. It is written in a simple style, and yet fur nishes sufficiently perilous anecdote to form the ground work of an old romance. The denouement is very ingeniously contrived, and the ghost does good service to the affrighted party attacked by ruffians. " Jean Paul Richter" is an article to attract the studious world. It is stated that the translation of " Titan" has recalled to mind the life and writings of this man, whose name is still one of interest and perplexity to English readers. In England it is mentioned, accurately enough, such a writer would never have been popular. Here is a humorist whose sentences are like Chinese puzzles, whose meaning is as hard to penetrate as the driest chapter in Locke or Cudworth. Titan, long called the masterpiece of Richter, has at last found an English translator. The life of Richter is alluded to, and the comments there on will be found very Automating. It is curious to note the account given of the mode of teaching followed by Richter's father, here aptly styled repressive education, The mind of this youth could not, however, be repressed by any means—he educated himself by all the chance read ing that came in his way ; and ever toiling, struggling on, he attained at last to some measure of that success which had been the day-dream of his youth. " Chronicles of Carlingford The Perpetual Curate," are not very eventful in this instalment. Miss Leonora seems to be gaining wisdom, from her experience and survey of things. Miss Dora is rendering herself as ridiculous as an amiable simple-minded lady can, and rumour with her 'eundred tongues is rife with mischief, spreading every where the news of Mr. Wentworth escorting back at nightfall pretty little Rosa Elsworthy. The Curate of St. Rcque's has departed at a perilous time for the safety of his citadel—its security is menaced on all sides, by covert slander and open assault. There are some contemplative lines on the subject of " Hearing Weekday Service in Westminster Abbey." " The Pyramids, who built them and when," is an elaborate paper, which describes the pros and cons of the extraordinary deductions which modern discoverers have made. Considerable research has been made by the writer of this treatise to thew the fallacy and folly of the " Egyptologists," and it is to be hoped that the sense and judgment evidenced herein will convince many who are liable to be led astray by their summary conclusions and audacious conjectures. " The Battle of Gettysburg, and the Campaign in Pennsylvania," is an extract from the diary of an English officer present with the Confederate army. It will be found very interesting to peruse, and furnishes a concise account of some exciting incidents. • The writer expresses his conviction of the vita lity of the South, and evidently is hopeful as regards their final triumph. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.—" Wylder's Hand" is continued. This story is a very exciting one ; there are not so many attractive characters as in its pre decessor, " The House by the Churchyard," but it is sketched in a masterly manner, and presents some very striking pictures of life to our notice. Mark Wylder has got into great difficulties in this instal ment, and ends by ignominiously retreating to Boulogne, and putting off his marriage suit with Miss Brandon sine die. Rachel Lake is enveloped in some dark mystery which seems to have obliterated all brightness from her path. Her brother is pursuing his unworthy course, and laying snares for many with his artful dodges. "Old Tamar" is a well-drawn character ; the old woman seems quite weird-like in her strange demeanour and fitful actions. The story of " Bella Donna ; or, the Cross before the Name," is continued briefly. " Jenny" is:playing at her game with great success, and is now promoted to the important post of secretary. The dying woman sees through her manosuvre, and with the prescience that the coming end often imparts to weak and rapid characters, she combats the endeavours of the crafty girl to the utmost of her power. " Notes on Eloquence and Oratory" is a readable paper on an interesting subject. It is said that " a peculiar temperament is essential to the orator, and depth, and fire of nature—an inner power of at once awakening and contracting emotion, a capacity for being mightily moved, in order to move mightily." There are some im pressive lines called the " College Gate." They refer to the statue of Goldsmith placed over the gate through which he once slunk out last on the list of examined. The con cluding verses are spirited and sad in their truth to life : Now, as ye enter that College gate, Lift up your eyes and you'll see, Towering over your heads, a bronze, In its proud serenity. Yes I the strains from that wretched flute To the ends of the earth have sped : Though " Noll" was a drudge so long as he lived, He's deified, now that he's dead, And what is this world ?--the College gate, Through which genius may slink with shame : The list is the ledger of life's success, And the statue is posthumous fame. "Glimpses of Caesarean Rome" is a striking sketch of some past scenes of magnificence. "An old Pageant," " The City," and "Beyond the Tiber," are reproductions of some of those important events which have been immortalised in the pages of history. " Glimpses of Crusading Days" is a romantic account in verse of a knight's departure for Palestine, and his satisfactory return from thence. " The Grand Four" recapitulates the ceremonies that the earlier generation went through in perfecting themselves for society. Mrs. Fitzheniy informs us concerning an Irish actress of the last century. It is well worthy of perusal, and the many struggles of this lady render her an especial object of attention. " The Art of Wrestling" takes a glance at the old-fashioned matches of past days. " A Couple of Indian Recollections" recount some hair-breadth escapes that were made by the narrator. "Songs of Ulster in Many Moods" present a considerable variety to our notice. The best is "All Wears Away." "The Ghosts of the Day" treats of various events of a singular nature. It is said that " Scepticism is the attitude of a great number of its intellects, and scepticism and superstition invariably go hand in hand." " Cymric Studies in relation to English History and Literature" contains some useful hints on the subject to students. It is said in conclusion that if we do not bestir ourselves, the Germans will have done the work for us, and we shall be distanced to the lasting disgrace of the country, ig What is Pisciculture" is a dissertation 011 fish. It concludes the long list of contents here met with, and affords some useful information. FRASER.—The lover of light literature, if any such turn over the stately pages of Regina, will probably pass quickly by the opening article which bears the alarming heading of " A Plea for the Free Discussion of Theological Difficulties." Without entering upon a question of such indefinite extent, we may observe that it is the work apparently of a thought ful and conscientious man, who is by no means rationalistic or radical in his principles. The story of " Late Laurels" is continued, and verifies the old proverb—" Marry in haste and repent at leisure." Under the companionship of the ill-assorted young couple, even Italy loses its romance, and the honeymoon its fascinations. Little pity need, however, be wasted on such frivolous and selfish mortals, who appear to have left their romance at home with their deserted relatives. " A Manchester Man." who has before now appeared in these pages as a contributor, giving sensible opinions on men and things, gives us a paper on a subject which is painfully prominent with all Manchester men just now—the cloud over our Lanca shire mills and homes. This tribute to the outburst of general sympathy which met the ter rible crisis is warmly and feelingly paid :—" man and merchant, clergyman and layman, trades man and operative, joined hand in hand," he sa y s ' c o , ener'lh,to our succour those that were stranded on the bare rocks of The echoes of sympathy were awoke not only reached palace, mansion, and cottage of the land, but thferyom want." nanobthlee lands us from the far East and the far West — Canada, which are to us literally the very ends of th Australia, India, New Zealand, all contri buted bye E arl no such claim—from shores and islands so as sistance, while help came from peoples upondiwsthaonmt andwe hobad. scure that we had scarcely heard of efforts as emerging into the light of civilisation. The T m de by the of Derby, in behalf of the sufferers the most eminent member of the old c , o , u l n ta t rl y se pnslpoeboakisealtunyt,,o,tf,hhere marks,waiter in terms of nhoibglhemparnaisoeihis high rank and station " to see a t a king the pet ition ho has done in this crisis. From the commencement of this distress ha has manifested a watchful interest in devising the best plans for its relief, and he has thereby won the good opinion of both rich and poor." A paper on "The Periodical Press of the United States of America" is more frank than flattering to Northern editors. Ia the American Republic," says the writer, "who ever has a new ism to propagate —a new theory to advocate—a new candidate for office to elect— E ARMY. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, accompanied by Major Elphinstone, R.A., yesterday rode down to Woolwich, and witnessed a trial on the arsenal canal of Francis's corrugated iron army waggons for the transport of men and stores in a line of march where bridges may not be available. The royalty for the manufacture of these waggons was purchased by the Government about six years ago, and they are now ordered to be issued for general use. The Prince was received at the arsenal gates by Col. J. Clark Kennedy, C. 8., commandant of the Military Train, Lieut.-Col. O'Brien, commanding the 4th battalion, Major Shervington, brigad e - ma j or , an d other officers of the corps, and proceeded to the banks of the canal, at the eastern extremity of the arsenal, where a fatigue party of the Military Train was in attendance with some of the waggons for trial. On the Prince's arrival one of the waggons was launched on the canal minus the shafts, and was rowed about by a couple of men, with the facility of an ordinary boat. His Royal Highness having invited a lad who was present (the son of Col. Kennedy) and about his own age, to accompany him, as well as the attendant officials, they pro ceeded some distance down the canal and returned evidently gratified with the floating qualities of the new ar m y baggage and commissariat waggon. A second waggon, dismounted from its carriage, was next floated and loaded with its gear and stores to the weight of about 7 cwt., and was towed across the c ana l repeate dl y w i t h equa l succ ess. Th e fi rst waggon, with it s wheels, carr iage, &c., was then pulled alongside the wharf and was laden with 16 men. This was the final test, and the valua of the acquisition was held to be satisfactorily proved. It will enable an army on the march to cross rivers without the encumbrance of pontoons; and it is a matter of surprise that the invention, manifestly of high value and so long the property of the War Department, should have been held so long useless. A 'War -off ice c i rcu l ar , s i gne d by Major-Gener a l Sir E. Lugard, K,C.8., Under -Secretary of State, has been received at Chatham garrison, announc ing that Earl de Grey and Ripon has amended the circular previously issued directing the amount to be stopped from a soldier to replace medals wilfully made away with, or lost through carelessness, which stoppages are hereafter to be made at the following rates :—For a Crimean or China medal, Is., and for each clasp Is. ; for a Kaffir war medal, or medal for good conduct or distinguished service, 7s. ; for a medal granted for service in Pegu, Cabal, the Sutlej, Punjaub, and Burmah campaigns, 9 s. 3d., and for each clasp, 15. 1 d, ; for service in the campaign in for medal granted Persia, or during the Indian mutiny, 78. 6d., and for each clasp, is. 6d. ; for a Victoria Cross, £ l 4s. It is, however, to be distinctly understood that her Majesty's Govern ment cannot replace a medal or decoration granted by a foreign Power. On Friday Major-General Hay, inspector-general of musketry, concluded his annual inspection of the musketry returns of the various depots at the camp at Colchester—the 4th, lions. The gallant general. the 9th, an d 10th batta was accompanied by Capt. M'Kay, deputy-assistant adjutant-general of the Hythe School of Musketry. A contract has been entered into with the Colchester Wuterworks Company to supply the new cavalry barracks with water. The supply will be entirely distinct and separate from the town mains. A TERRIFIC SQUINT.—The Turin correspondent of a contemporary says that to keep one eye upon Venice and the other on Rome is, just now, the constant occupa tion of the Italian people. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—On Fri day a meeting of the citizens of Exeter and noblemen and gentlemen of the county of Devon met at the Guildhall — the Mayor in the chair—and unanimously agreed to take active measures to invite the Royal Agricultural Society to hold its meeting in Exeter in 1865. £6OO was subscribed in the hall. THE HARVEST IN HEREF OADSIIIRE.—In this county the finishing stroke is being given to the corn harvest, which has been a most productive one. Although agriculture is not carried to such a pitch of perfection as in some of the neighbouring counties in the north and east, the crops are wonderfully good, the weather having beon even more favourable than in Shropshire, Worcestershire, and Gloucestershire ; for, although in these counties the herbage has been burnt up and the root crops greatly dete riorated by the unusual dryness of the season, the pastures in Herefordshire are green and the swedes and other roots are wonderfully fine. The produce in corn is set down at nearly 60 per cent. in excess of last year, and the wheats are of superior quality. The hop harvest will commence pretty generally next week, and in consequence of the bad condition of the Kent and Sussex plantations the Here fordshire and Worcestershite growers calculate on a good crop. [ADVERTISEMENT.] — H ollowa y ' s Ointment and Pills.— Unwholesome Changes.—The changeable weather is caus ing much sickness, and exerting the most powerful influ ence in deranging the secretions of the body. Alternating chills and heats so derange the capillary circulation, that the liver, stomach, or lungs must become disordered. Hol loway's Ointment well rubbed on these organs twice a day proves the quickest, safest, and best corrective. It pene trates the skin, enters the deeper structures, purifies theii blood, cleanses their substance, equalises their circulation, and renders their secretions abundant, without annoying, irritating, or exhausting them. This Ointment, persever ingly used, aided by occasional doses of these far-famed Pills, are capable oi removing all these formidable evils in duced by variable weather and its attendant impurities. '."7l 6 `' .fzre . Q.D I • m- 4 , , A \4.-- Pr • Agor _ ' , ftes • i • ga-m • , , 411 jp,„" o su:di 35 - 4. c ;e 6 • , d ar s • - - D • r - if,l4 - t,os - „tres•-•-'' --°R°rr* j~ • . .• a PRICE..... -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. newa quack medicine or perfumed soap to sell, establishes a periodical to acc omp li sh his purpose." Te consequence of this, as might b e expected, is asomewhat extensive press. In 1861, there were in the Union 450 daily papers, more than 4,000 weekly papers, and 336 monthlies and semi monthlies—the whole number being 5,233. As a sample of the proportion existing b e t ween the press and thepopu lation, we may mention that St. Louis, a city with a popu lation of little more than 160,000, h as 55 periodicals, eleven of which are daily ; and New Orleans, b e f ore the war, had 48 publications of the same class, though its numbers only amounted to 170,000. It is unfortunate that th e c h aracter of the press is not commensurate with the extent of its in fluence. The writer of the paper in question denounces the members of the press and the pulpit for encouraging the war, for the sake of securing popularity. "To the everlasting shame and disgrace of self-styled freemen, the press and the pulpit succumbed even when clergymen, bishops, and edi tors knew better, and allowed the deluge of blood to roll its red manes over the land." The few editors who pre • sented honourable exceptions to the rule paid for the maintenance of their convictions with loss of property, and even of liberty. The writer styles it " a terribly significant fact that the paper which has the largest circu lation of any in New York is believed to have risen by black mail and personal abuse." The narrative of a pleasant ramble through Belgium, and the reflections of a hermit in the midst of the modern Babylon, are both worth reading. So; too, is_a sketch of the history of Madagascar, but a more attractive one will be found at the conclusionof the number, bringing our old friend A.K.H.B. before us again, with his discursive reflections " touching" (we wonder he does not say" concerning") "Dream-life." The essay is brief, and not one of his best, yet it,brings to our minis, after the suggestive fashion of his writings, a clearer perception of some of the great home truths and universal affinities lying in our common footpath. " The Prussian Crisis" is con sidered in a paper which remarks upon the singular indif ference manifest - 6d by this country to German prospects and politics. UNITED SERVICE.—The United Service opens with an excellent article on the late Lord Clyde. While doing justice to his high merits as a com mander, the writer does not hesitate to expose his foibles. This is as it should be, for every man has his weak points, and, as regards Lord Clyde, the exposition of these very foibles only tends to enhance the eminence of his qualities in cases of difficulty. He is de scribed as being rude in speech and brusque in conversation in ordinary times, but when called upon to exercise his military skill in cases of emergency, the general was all courtesy, though peremptory and decided. This:brief out line of the history of our latest General of renown is well worth reading, and, although the writer concludes by say ing—" He was a man, take him for all and all, we may not look upon his like again," we have yet to learn that England cannot produce men equal to the moment, no matter what crisis may arrive. England may be a nation of shop keepers, but history has shown that shopkeepers can fight; and that to the purpose. No. 3 of " Military Studies" treats of the various mancouvres which cavalry can perform. The Austrians are conscious of the necessity of develop ing this branch of their service, and the steps recently taken by their Government show that in future continental wars the lesson taught by Napoleon have not been thrown away. It has been shown only recently what English cavalry can do, however limited their number. Austria can bring ten times as great a force of cavalry into the field as Great Britain could furnish, and if she can supply bold riders and good horses, as history tells us she can, the tide of battle may one day be turned on the Imperial phalanxes of her Gallic neighbour, and a bold charge may change the fortunes of a well-fought day. The Mexican question is considered at some length, and many probabilities are dis cussed, but as yet the conclusion to the whole affair is locked up in the bureau of the Tuileries. Under the head of a visit to the King of Dahomey we find an account of the dominions of that interesting monarch. His visitor has been so well entertained and was so well pleased by the courteous conduct of his noble Majesty, that he charitably overlooks the barbarity of national customs, and trusts that intercourse with Europeans may lead oar black brethren to more enlightened ways. The war is New Zealand is con sidered, and an account of the recent engagement given. It is to be hoped that this lesson will bring the Maories to their senses. A paper on the Navy and the past session recapitulates what was not done and what ought to have been done. "Greenwich Characters" are continued, and a new tale, entitled "Recruiting under Difficulties among the Virgin Islands," promises to furnish matter of interest. We have also an article on the Polish question, and the general supply of information completes the number. TEMPLE BAR.—" John Mafchmont's Legacy," as usual, contains some very exciting events. We have a strange scene of " Capt. Arundel's Revenge." Paul Marchmont's mortification was richly de served, and it vas like his sneaking nature to swallow the affront and to go on quietly as before. His enormous wealth, of course, attracted some ; but the discerning ones soon spied him out, and noticed his arrant meanness of soul and want of spirit. When it was known that the insult was to be passed over, general contempt was felt by those who witnessed the scene at the porch on the hunting morning. "The fox-hunting squires shrugged their shoulders, and I am sorry to" say that the epithets ' hound," cur," sneak,' and mongrel' were more often applied to Mr. Marchmont than was consistent with Chris tian feeling on the part of the gentlemen who uttered them." Capt. Arundel '‘ wandered far away in the depths of Brit tany" to cure himself of his great grief before assuming his duty as a soldier, which he felt to be his true vocation. Olivia is found out by her father to be mad, but he is not allowed to keep her, as Paul Marchmont and his mother insist on taking her back with them. " Breakfast in Bed", reaches the 12th and last chapter in this number. It is called "On a Young Lady in a Balcony." It chiefly con cerns the Juliet of Shakspere, now rendered in English by Stella Collas, but various digressions are met with. These papers have taken us over many places and through divers scenes, and have been entertaining in their way, with t end less variety in their style. "The Trials of the Tredgolds is proceeded with at some length. It is very complicated in its structure, and will suit the reader who likes to be puzzled in making out the plot of a narrative. M. r. Gifford makes an enemy of William Moyle by discharging him on account of the engagement between his daughter . and his employer's son. Doubtless some important eelorc . tssement will ensue from this. "To Anus" is a very vehement adjuration to the nations to take up the cause of P o l an d . "My i Travelling Companion" is the comm encement of a sketch that bids fair to be an exciting one in the way o f h a pless adventures. At the end of this instalment th e writer is left shut up in an• iron closet, without any possi bility of escape or immediate hope of rescue. "Blue Dis tance" is a readable paper on fine views and lov e ly p rospec t s, sa ys that it is surprising how pe o pl e can o f ten b e an d truly content to look out upon oackyard s , w h en they might have sp l en did scenery if the houses we re contr i ved better. Many o ther papers of various attractions ma k e up the contents of this number. THE COE NHILL.—The mos t a tt rac ti ve paper i n the Cornhal is also the first, " The Small House at Allington" having the honour of priority ass igned to it this month. Th e i nsta l ment o f the family history beforelus chronicles some important events. An unpleas an t i nterv i ew b e t ween the old Squire and Mrs. Dale produces a resolution, on the part of herself and her daughters, to leave the Small House, so as no longer to be under an obligation which they coul d not repay. Whether they will carry out this so m ewhat at unnecessary I Anu determination, remains to be seer!. th e. indignant denunciations of t attacks with some severity society's conventional laws which . some gifted writers have though the . judgment of the social thought fit to indulge in. There is, .undoubtedly, much to be said on both sides, and f ar f rom . infallible, there is much world is certainly verY truth in the plea that t here is nothing in reckless and im prudentN!hicliconstitutos of itself a claim conduct consideration. " The Opera in to indulgence. and will attract musical connoteseurs, and some 1833-185 3 " critic's observations are just and sensible. of the We are glad to find h im protesting against the pernic i ou s practice of drow n i ng the singers' voices with the a ccompaniments. or force them to take refuge in abso • lately screaming, if they wish to be heard. In applauding, 1 ,„ he may well do, the performances of Costa's orchestra, the writer gives a not unneeded piece of advice to that emi nent conductor. "H e s h ould reflect that, if it b e g l or i ous to . have a giant's str engt h , i t i s t yrannous , except up on gigantic occasions, to use it like a giant. Let his overtures, marches, Symphonies , and finales be as brilliant and over powering as he pleases, but let him remember that we pay our money to h ear th e s ingers, and not simply to see them waving their arms and opening their mouths." A series of articles on contemporary Italian poets is begun this month, and the first number is devoted to Giovanni Prati, "whose name holds a very prominent place, and twenty years ago occupied one still more striking, on the list of Italy's living poets." We know too little of distinguished men of continental countries, and this attempt to familiarise us with their style, character, and writings deserves encou ragement. An essay on "Art Criticism" sets forth the duties of the critic, giving him eleven general rules as to his functions and obligations, of which the eleventh is the most important and uncommon, namely, " To resist the forma tion of prejudices." "Going to the Dogs" is a chapter of painful truth, and parents and guardians will do well to take heed by its warnings. A new story, entitled, "Out on the World," commences this month, and promises in terest. Is it to prove a successor to the pleasant little " Story of Elizabeth ?" MACMILLAN.—The fourth of the Letters on India tells us " A Story of the treat Mutiny," narrating ~,.i:4,e: . -, /•/' ~.. . 00, --- - .7 - e_..,l' the parils of the residents in Arrah, and of the brave and fearless spirit with which they held their own against the besiegers. In conclusion, the writer observes, in words whose truth has been testified by the experience of all ages—" The real strength of a besieged place consists not in the scientific construction of its defences, nor in the multitude of the garrison, nor in abundant stores of provision and ordnance, but in the spirit which is prepared to daro all, and endure all, sooner than allow the assailants to set foot within the wall." Such a spirit might well animate our countrymen after the expe - rietee of Cawnpore ; and happily, in more than one in stance, it brought the reward due to heroic valour and en durance. The lengthened story of" 'Vincenzo" is still pro ceeding, having in this number reached its forty-fourth chapter. It is well written, but unsatisfactory; the wretched position of its hero being in a great measure brought about by his own fault in succumbing to adverse circumstances. The young marquis and marchioness who appeared in the last number occupy a prominent place in this one, and the conclusion comes to the enfeebled life of the old Signor Avvocato. A singular paper, entitled, " Some Account of the Closing of a Correspondence be tween ' Dear Sir' and Yours Faithfully,' " comments upon the increasing brevity of our epistolary communications, which have shrunk from pages into lines. Matthew Arnold gives us an account of a French Eton in the Toulouse Lyceum, which it is interesting to compare with our Eng lish public scho o l s . " M y First Glacier Pass " is, as may be supposed, a narrative of an Alpine expedition ; while a paper on the Links of St. Mungo takes us into Scottish wilds. and shows us the ancient and inspiritin g pastime of golf, a game w hi c h the Scots assert to be as old as the Roman Empire. ST. JAMES'S.---The St. James's Magazine is by no means the best of the modern additions to our serial literature. Still, it bears a fair variety on its title page, and the numter before us is not an un favourable specimen. The story of " Aubrey Mar. Istop" is continued at some length, and the troubles of the unhappy hero thicken. He has become involved in the vortex of speculation, and is obliged to recur for advice and assistance to the friend who was the original cause of all his troubles, and whose sincerity he is more than in clined to suspect. "Mountain Climbing,' , and " D3wn in Yachtland," are two papers appropriate to the season, the one taking the reader up the " Jungfrau," the other bid ding him loiter by the pleasant towns of the Isle of Wright. The eighth part of the series of papers on " Royal Favou. rites" tells us the story of the career of the Duke de Luyne e —a career which, like so many similar ones, ended in mor tification and disgrace. " Straws in the Stream" float this month by Mr. Mechi's farm, of which the writer gives an animated description. Some five and twenty years ago, when Mr. Mechi purchased the estate, it was, he observes, little better than a waste. "It was difficult of approach by foot, and almost impassable by means of any ordinary vehicle, for where it was not sand and gravel to the very surface it was bog; and altogether it presented as uninvit ing a spot as could well be conceived, even by a denizen of the Essex marshes. That spot is now a rich landscape, variegated by crops of agricultural produce, richer and heavier than those in the delta of the Nile ; and in the centres rises an attractive residential hall, in front of which is a velvety lawn,which is approached by a carriage way as smooth as Regent-street, and lined on either side with rows of laurels and evergreens." All that remains of the bog is an ornamental piece of water in the midst of the pleasure grounds. Mr. Mechi may well be proud of the transformation effected by his means. " Must be Sold" is the title of an interesting sketch, telling how a middle aged Englishman and his family were entrapped byYankee sharp practitioners. The unwary newcomer was induced to invest all his savings in a piece of land said to contain valuable mines, whose rich ore it need hardly be said was all at the surface. Fortunately for the disconsolate immi grant, an engineering friend discovers a well of rock oil, which makes ample compensation for the collapse of the mining speculation. A paper on " Art in America" gives an account of the best Transatlantic painters. LONDON SOCIETY.—AIways animated and en tertaining, this magazine appears with its usual attractive face, and though some readers may quarrel with the plentiful supply of fashionable sketches and professedly humorous pages, no one can deny that there is often matter that is worth read ing for other purposes than amusement. The principal contribution in the present number is the opening paper on "London Editors and Reporters," with portraits, both with pen and pencil, of two celebrities of the last generation, "Memory Wood fall" and James Perry, The former is styled the father of modern reporting, though few of our shorthand writers of the present day would care to undertake his duties or be competent to fill his post. If the denizens of the Reporters' Gallery were suddenly deprived of pencil and paper, and bidden to remember what they heard and write it out at their leisure, we suspect they would find the change anything but agreeable. The singular powers of Mr. Woodfall defied the individual competition of his contem poraries. "Some of them might be equal to him in one part of the work, others in another, one man might remem ber as much, another might express it as elegantly, and a third reproduce it with as much despatch, but Woodfall had the union of all three to an extent which none of them could match." The latter part of this interesting article is devoted to the career of James Perry, well known in con nection with the Morning Chronicle, and to the group of talented writers who assisted the early days of the Morning Post. A pleasant sketch of " Tho Actors' Fete" describes that animated scene, and a paper on "English Dining rooms in Paris" will amuse the reader. The papers on " Cricket" are continued, giving in this part an account of the matches between Eton and Harrow. The story of " The First Time I Saw Her" is brought to a satisfactory termination, the spirited heroine being delivered at th e l as t moment from the toils which encompassed her. " Curiosities of Fashion" is a paper that is very well worth reading, being full of quaint and recondite information respecting the vagaries of the whimsical goddess Fashion in the matter of dress. ';_4 Mrs. Schmitt and the Polar Bear. " Mrs. Schmitt," we read in the Gazette des Tri. bunaux, " is not obliged to go into the white bear's cage." This announcement, which must afford great satisfaction to Mrs. Schmitt's friends, commences the report of a suit that has just been heard before the Tribunal of Commerce of the Seine, and which is headed with the words--" The Ferocious Animals of the Hippodrome.—The White Bear and Mrs. Schmitt." It appears from the proceedings that the success of Crockett the lion-tamer had fired Arnault, the director of the Paris Hippodrome, with a noble emulation, and he resolved to serve up live wild beasts to his intelligent audiences. He had heard of a menagerie at Ghent, kept by Mr. Schmitt, and comprising four lions, two black bears, two hyenas, and a white bear, all warranted ferocious. He succeeded in bringing this savage collection to Paris, together with one Hermann, the daunter of beasts, whom all Paris has seen since then paying friendly visits to the animals in their dens, and taking the white bear's supper into the cage whew he lived in solitude. People began to get used to this, and it occurred to the enterprising Arnault that it would be a seductive novelty if a woman could be got to venture upon the same familiarities with the captive monsters, An agreement was signed with Mrs. Schmitt, who, not less valiant than graceful, accepted a sum of 4,000 francs to appear at the Hippodrome for a fort night and to enter the cage of the combined animale--that is to say, of the lions, hyenas, and black bears, who all lived together. Mrs. Schmitt stoutly performed her part of the agreement, but the manager wished her also to visit the Polar bear, which she refused on the grounds that he was not set down in the bond. Hence a double lawsuit, in which the lady came off with flying colours. In the course of the trial some indiscreet revelations were made by the manager's advocate, calculated much to discourage that eccentric John Bull who, according to a current tradition in France, con tinually attends exhibitions of this class in hopes of seeing some exasperated lion or irritable bear make a meal of the tamer. The white bear, it was declared, is gentle as a lamb, and only formidable in the bills of the performance, consequently Arnault did not seek to expose Mrs. Schmitt to the least danger. It was known to all the people employed at the Hippodrome that when Mr. Hermann went into the cage with the supper, grooms, with rods which were concealed from the public, pushed the pieces of meat away from the bear, so as to excite the animal to signs of impatience and pretended anger. Mr. Heimann, in the absence of the public, was in the habit of smoking his cigar in the cage, without paying the least attention to the bear, and his keeper, Jacob, used to let the gentle inhabitant of the Polar regions take sugar from between his teeth like a dog—a degree of gentleness on the part of a bear which certainly did not justify Mrs. Schmitt's pretended terrore, and the real cause of her refusal, i t was alleged, was a wish t o k eep up Martin the bear's usurped reputation of ferocity. The Court, however, considered the lady's case to be made out, and sentenced Arnault to pay the 4,000 f. with costs. An American Paper states that the oldest of three brothers residing in Moltonboro', New Hampshire, married quite a young girl , his next younger brother mar ried the girl's mother, and the younger took for hie wife the grandmother. L 77' --"'"1 NEW NOVEL BY MRS. THOMSON. On Friday, Sept. 4, in 3 vols., NE X T D O O R. By Mrs. THOMSON, Author of "Constance." drc. 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