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

Ir PERSONS SEEKING LANDED I,ROSTATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, YEtoi; l °l , D AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND T IR VIES GENERALLY— Vire ° RE RAD GE,ATis, at the prnicipal Railway Bookstalls zro. .I.p„.oit't the 'kingdom. or at the Auction and Estate Offices, 1-,RE.,,' ; 11 2 n e'ery-lrine, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's of 1„„ Ape,PERTV REGISTER," containing a varied selection cottag,' th e i i i". and house properties now in the market, from 0 ,e le , ' , En it a h n i ' t s s in fe a w ns a i c o r n e , s. with its manorial domain, bra,'"to, the Ens OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em ail' : e • the opportunity that the medium of this Re2isier y t,cds, by sendino . the particulars of their properties to the Etate Offices, 67', Chancery-lane, London, as the Mes e sfp /4 e i nleY can in most cases introduce immediate.custom .c r, . v il l e T aie the ~ re the property i 9 Of an elicribleclarat.ter,theV d isadvantag ' es of delay anMo.its amen t mcon !lees. * . ." c h T HERE Is NO CITARGE incurred; nnless a tenant or pur __aser is introduced tlgrouath ALeesis. Lumley's Agency, 44 a then only the usuannoderate commission. 2tAction ancl-Land Offices , 67, Chancery-lane, London. g -lilill iAtL, 30th November, 1863 The ,„, COITA IITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S . LANDS i' t 'i; , MEET at GUILDHALL, on WEDNESDAY, the PlifiPe,seelnber next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive an-strcet, I stre e t" vNALF, for LEASES of a HOUSE, No. 4, Mitre _k la na ' `"• , g'ate and Two Houses, Nos. 5 and 6, Little Cole hisbury. • Plans obt a i of the Property may be seen, and Forms of Tender ha11 . 4e4 , upon application at the Architect's Office, Guild- FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. C i CARD ,i - lAN FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE CO MPANY. SPECIAL NOTICE. The Ite rc Directors are now prepared to grant Insurances on SOAL tndise RATE in the S Port of Loudon" at the REDUCED OF . .L . 4 " rt iciplars to be obtained at the Offices, 11, Lombard reet, A.D. 1720. OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Eat ablished CORPORATION by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVPUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. sir PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Jonis HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. Rehr DIRECTORS.Ro R ainbridme Esq. Wiimot Holland, Esq. ert t ar o ay i- E , sq. bi Earl of Leven and Melville. 111 Garrett Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. I A - 411 c Curri e Close, Es. Henry Nelson, . in Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Joscelin Es e q W. Percy. .Al e " n las Dent, E s q, Charles Robinson, Esq. Freda . Druce,"Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Itt v Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Rob 4 c l „ Grenfell, Esq, William Soltau, Esq. 1ti 0 L ,..-madens Heath, Esq. Joseph Borneo, Esq.. M.P. retie Hibbert, Esq.: Wilam Wce, Esq. °tevg art Hodgson, Esq. Chas. li Baringall a Young, Esq. ' p in , l V'te dical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. Co,.„ — "'" and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this 1 , - .Or Atkin on advantageous terms. ! Stied he 'Reversiona BAnus on British Life Policies has aye t: nearly 2 percent. per annum on the sum assured. 1; tivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums itble by perso ns w h o pre fe rre d th a t form of Bonus. T' 4e divisions of Profit take place every Five years. inY sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one de, 711 is Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bnus equal to the ave rage rturn s of Mutual Societies—witoh the guarantee of a large e 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 ITALY. SPECIAL NOTICE. Policies on the participating system, ted on or before the 31st December, 1863, and in force at tha n close of the year 1865, will be entitled to share in the next division of profits ROYAL EXCIIANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. I'OSITIVELY THE LAST WEEK BUT TWO. VOLPINI and Miss KATE RANOE. Violin—Sicnor srvouf. Grand Orchestra—Thri_le Military Bands, and full Chorus. Conde ctor-31. JULLIEN. Commence at. g,—Admission, One Shilling. E 0 X F OR D, 07 .C.FORD STREET, W. THIS EVENFATG, will be performed Selections from the MAlD l°win ° Pert ..14s, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the 44110 f MIL! AN", by Sir Hy. Bishop; also, from ERNANI - _ A 8 2" A MBULA; by the following talented artistes : : --- " e s .118 f Jell, Townley, Fitz Henry, SN , almsley, and Ellt -°n ; Messrs. Green, }Wish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. c elebrated Also . Sol ( is on the Violin by VIO2TI COLLINS, the - Eng, , lish Violinist. Fir ite by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. APlA'vond Var . ; marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL b by Herr SCIT A L IiENBACH, the Inventor. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. - t , e 9„rn edy, by Marany other man "), Eugene, " • lu adall, shall, G. Hutchenson, dr.c. _ T h e ITALL h as b een newly D ecora t e d , an d i s one of the " 108 t Beautiful in the Metropolis. ripen at halt-past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, ed.; stalls arid balcony, Is. ; private boxes, 108.6 d. "T HE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to annou nce that, thro ug h the medium of Professor Pepper's World of Shadows, a " 3HOST CLUB" is nightly held a t th e CAN— TER BURY HAL L. The object of the Club is not the re peopling of the Haunted Houses of London ; but, through the agency o f Ph an t oms, to present vivid (if transient pictures of the drama of real lite, both in its serious and mirthitil aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux, to recall, and still further impress on the mind, some Of* the t ,( , , achings or pleasantries of the best wr;ters. At pre sent, toe two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, ~thea n "Whit e " Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, aic Illustration ; and these life pictures will be l'a,Pidly replace! by others, The pages of Shakspere and the Yiramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &c., wiser, in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, ' ft ,rl* uding Operatic Selections, Comedy by Unsworth = 'e modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Alarshall, and George Hutchenson. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. - MENSE SUCCESS.—ARTHUR and BERTRAND, IDT the eel ebrated French Clowns, will appear every evening in t ' , l B ent ertainment reserved expressly for their engagement at 1 establishment "-The MARVELS of PERU, the most ..,Yonclerful Performers in the WorId—LANGLOIS, the great Odian Juggler—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN —Operatic Selec -1,9. ns —Grand Comic Divertissement, by the Francesco Family aud Mons... , Ratel, assisted by 12 Young Ladies. _ - Doors open at 7 —commence at half-past 7. lAoyAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great ) Musical Attraction —lmmense success appearGNO E Penin ICO SIA, the eminent Violinist, who will Every OYAL ALHAMBRA.—The Manager has the J honour to announce that an arrangement has been with Mona. BASTIEN FRANCONI, Proprietor of the .I.,,rand Cirque Imperiale, the whole of wh ose UNRI v AILED TROUPE will APPEAR, for a limited period, l eo,,ramencinp.; on the FIRST NIGHT of the CATTLE SHOW, 4 - 1 ecember 7. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Bi l) uring the Concerts given by Mons, JULLIEN, at Her I ,V , osty's Theatre, the BALL will commence EVERY EKING at NINE O'CLOCK. Doors open at 8 c", , dock. Admission 4 ls. Manager—M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET:, HANOVER-SQUARE. HE LONDON A.NATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 'Look. Where may lYa seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Z`. l, e ; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Paratios, .IEI.I-nese Twins ;and ' Apwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre &c. gYT Alan Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, 0 l ie bhilling (tor Gentlemen only). MR. A. B. HoLLINGSWORTH, COMIC VOCALIST. SUBSCRIP nom RECEIVED at the OFFICE of THIS P APER for 'the above artist, suddenly unlisted with Bhnd ness, andends.nt o, n I him s helplessness, having a wife and child de- ][3AY4KRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS. — Air. WETHERFIELD, Solicitor, 35, Moorgate-street, City, PRACTIs'Es in COURT, and effects PRIVATE ARRA NGEMENTS with creditors, without publicity. Charges, the lowest possible, payable by instalments. Coun try erases economically conducted. N.B.—DEBTS recovered on commission, free of law costs. Divorce and Probate business conducted at moderate ex pe nee. BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder, and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir cassian Bloom. Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the ha i r , teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison. — C an be had only at Madame RACHEL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, Where she can be consulted daily. All communications are trictly confidential. BAL D ON in and MINE. .7y is given by Mr INSTRUC . TE TI NNAN GEOLOGY T, at 119, Strand, W.C. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, And Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort 4:t of VASES , Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, 015elisks, Ink- A4B, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, dm., in Italian, as er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. h i Ported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine °gist to her Maiesty, 149, Stand. W.C., London. Tennant arranges elementary oollections of SHELLS, facilitate ERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly , r . the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON - "JOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2, 5,10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN EFFECTUAL ItEMEDY, without confining the bowels Or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad kilted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving , coughs, colds, confirmed cases et asthma, and incipient con 'ulnption. It frequently cures persona whom the faculty -Pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption ts effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or 9ve n lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief kn, a few minutes after taking it. Preparen onAy and sold by LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing cross, Lond on , and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and three quantities in one, 25. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask fo r Latnbert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on time st map. KEATING'S PALE NEWFOUNDLAND COD LIVER OIL. The Finest Imported this Season. TINS VALUABLE MEDICINE havng of late years come into midi general use, and being, moreover, so exte,a_ !ively prescribea by the most eminent practitioners boih In town and country, Mr. Keating can with the greatest confidence recommend this Oil as beim:perfectly pure, nearly tasteless, and free from adulteration, having been analysed, reported 011, and recommended by Prof. Taylor, of Guy's and , Thomas's Hospitals, Dr. Scott. 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This day, at all Libraries, in one voL, price 10s. 6d., ETON SCHOOL DAYS. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., price 215., A TERRIBLE WOMAN. IIL, London: John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., price 215., A UTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ENGLISH DETECTIVE. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. Thts day, price Is. each, ACCEPTED AD'irit y-s -pERFIYy G.,(IFGE SLYBOOTS. London: Ward and Lock, 159, Fleet-street, This day, Never Before Published, price 25., BE L DEMO NIO. 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 thought out some of them are let the lasi 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 oover, 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 tne 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, 1864, 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. T HE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By M. C. ROGERS, M.R.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist. London: 18, New Burlington-street, W. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON "FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, A B O O K OF BEAUTY By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. SH ORTHAND.—PITM AN'S PHONOGRA. PHIC TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 7d. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC MANUAL. Free by post, ls. 6d. SH OR THAN D.- ,, PITMAN'S PHONO• GRAPHY forms an exceedingly efficient-probably the MOST efficient - system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland HIM London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any 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. snd 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. London and Westminster Bank. Yost-efface Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—Borr and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell -park, London. TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set or 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 gua ranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations iree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. PRIZE MEDAL -INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER di CO., Wax Chandlers, to., tte.. 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 .. • . .. 2s. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. is. sd. per lb. Second quality .. • • ls. 3d. per lb. Third quality ls. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO, ( in Est E ab n li gl she a d . 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— The largest Es K ta e b n li s s in hm gto en n t for the of Wax Candles for the use of the RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective :nvention in the curative treatment of HERN I A. The use of a steel opting, 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 floc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be det ect ed, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the dr aumferenoe of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. M. Postage, Is. 5. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. lin Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Poet office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, dtc., for Varicose Whis and all oases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, dm They are •porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn 16s. llre an ordinary stocking. Price 48. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., tr ,J 412 , ea4h. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 22.5, Picea? Ally. w R in the immediate vicinity of tb .a oray Great Northern Rail ay ' "s -inn-road, Patron—The , QUEEN. T ° e Y rmi A n i u j s F , a ll ; HOSPITAL. I E ii E ng's-cross. President—The Milt . c of BUCCLEUCII, K.G. Treasurer-I dward masterman, Esq. This was the first ' nos ital to introduce the principle of free and instant adm , . for mality of cove-,enors, letters. It is entirely devoted to .osion to P the destitute sick, desti tution in its , most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom pcnied mi "7,e Sickness and disease, i d is now of sufficient without the 4 .ude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered eaV..ole of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of I.le ca sua l s i ck 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 EA RNEST APPEAL t o th e publics for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., Ni chohts _ l alie; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; • Drummond and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and a a n n d d C C n o . . ;; ; 47 J onneisaniLso, y D d ea av n, C a o n . d ; C B n a . r Co. ; Prescott, Grote, a nd Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Giyn d Co.; G n r n D e Denisonand Co.;Nisbet and Co.;Mess rs. J B J. Barred and Co,, Liverpool and at the floshitaL clay Y ve an ren d STAN —4 4 'OllD, S. SIVIITLI _Secretary. k-t 7 • .7{• \ . : ;!... "" : ' ),/,„ 'L .., . ' -......, •• •‘N .4' -••••• r. • , ...• ''.• ` . ,''% 4 71 , ,••• Alk. . •-•-•e , ,-.. .1 I 1 ( , 1 3 .; ;C SO: . . 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Matthew Arnold con tributes an essayon Spinoza, and the editor, in continu ation of his " Recoil' ee vetne D sof Three Cities," gives us a sketch of th e career of Ole la Dr. Kidd. Thomas Hughes finds a congenial Baja lt in enforcing the necessity of orlr maintaining an efficient military administration, observing very tru l y that "It is a mere costly and cruel sham to pretend to keep up an army without an effective commissariat, and hospital staff and machinery," and that we have no right "to send brave men into the field to fight our battles, whom we can neither feed, nor clothe, nor s shelter nor tend in sickness." T he sekcond part of "A of the Soil" maintains the interest of the first, and chronicle into LO S t N ; o p t t o i s y ll u s n o i the country lad's initiation. cv;ErB2i,tyYLifoe.sur aerial navigators occupy the first place in this . .numb er, and the history of oce,:si , o c. n r io a s ll t y ing b l e y en sk p e balloons is graphically nn,d put t he t d o in it. Balloons have other uses than meteorologica l l u t. t.ll :ce or' the amuse ment of wondering crowds. battle of Liege, during the French Revolution, th e ee of the victors placesart.trl e i s , s i c oin t v h; was attributed to their use, since the we ri a,, eBl : enemy's lines were perceived through t h e i l . other occasions a surprise was prevented and arniberans. On speeted through the agency of balloons. The cludesby quoting Mr. Coxwell's views on the subject.lee reminds us that balloons have only been inventedBO He and that 80 years after men first attempted to travel on the water their vessels were but sorry affairs; so that he draws e hopeful auguries from the comparison. "To be Let, wit Immediate Possession" is the title of a sketch which pour trays the miseries of a bachelor in a quiet 'street. " Her bert Freer's Perplexities" is the title of a Christmas Up in lo ve ve story, recounting a lover's troubles; and " Clouds" terminates the narrative of an amateur ballooner, will being this time not fact bu t fiction. The a H u ndred Years topographer r ead with interest the pap er on " Mayfair Ago," and will learn from it some of the secrets na me from a of ()Ur street nom enclature. Mayfair, it seems, derived its fair held the re in the opening days of May, while the origin of Brook-street may be traced to the brook which once gave its name to Brookfield as the district north of the present P iccadilly was then called. The illustrations are, as usual, animated and life-like. 1 ST. JemEe'S MAGAZINE.—" The King and the Maids of Honour" is the title of the first article, and it apparently follows suit to the papers on i‘ Royal Favourites," for it sketches tie careers of Marie d'Hautefort and Mlle. de la Fayette, the two pla tonic_oo favourites of Louis the Thiti:eenth. "Picture e bs ssa ks ysi an hoft d h their Mwhialicehrs" is one of the most attractive their books, e " The Substitute" number, telling us the story of the early illus tratorsare some of them curious from antiquity—others isaliv in el t y e s r h es e t te in h g t h h ow eir a p q a a t i to k s: admirer. " All th n e ab l er showing fr on I witted A • merman damsel proved too "'cute" for her Eng lishs Dream" is the story of a terrible vision fufilled to mites somewhat abruptly, otter. " Aubrey Marston" termi r a climax, so Ptthly' and "Madeline Graham" ap• preaches lovers of fiction. Theere is no lack of entertainment for about Babies" give, I author of the essay on " Poems some re fl e ctions on "Bridal P oe try," suggested by the Ro part of " The Science of Goad Cheer" wedding, and the seco nd eer" will attract the epi cure. Captain Drayson has at, article on the wonderful h s kill possessed by the dwellers in uncivilised countries in f o llowing the tra c es o f an animal through the wilds. F BA sER,—A lengthened and thoughtful " Women and Scepticism" consider s h tful paper on. h w hich it best becomes an educated and consci e ntious attitude wom an to assume with regard to the theo logical vag aries of the da y . It is followed; by " Sketches in China," well written and agreeable enough, although little that is new remains to be said on such topics. " The Reforms of the Futuse" is an. essay from the pen of a writer who does not conform to the " Rest and be Thankful " doctrine of Blairgowrie, " Our population," s ays this critic, " grows both in numbers and intelligence, while neither our land nor our institutions grow." He is by no means, however, to be ranked among who l esa l e innovators, and he m ost approves of that condi tion of things in w hich "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, are inquired into, diseussed, and assigned to their respective places. Without at all expressing ivholesale conformity with his, views, many of the theories put forward by the writer are just and sensible. The conclitOion at which he finally arrives is that, with the exception of one or two questions, there is no occasion to be impatferd for reform, for "much discussion must precede, thought ful men must be convinced, and details maturely consi,lered, even. when .principles are agre ed 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 advantageously Com pressed into smaller limits. It attacks vigorously and une. compromisingly that habit of discontent and repining which, once indulged, paralyses all honest and energetic effort. AJI essay on " Plays, Players, and Critics discourses on The the p r ospects of the modern stage. An article headed " Polish Women and the Insurrection ascribes much of the fervour and pertinacity of the Polish national feeling to the high spirited and enthusiastic women of the country. The story of " Late Laurels" procaeds rapidly. The weak and unworthy Charles passes finally asvay front the scene, leav ing Nelly very ready to be comforted, and Margaret, it is to be hoped, to replace his image by L hat of a more worthy successor. There are two or three poeical contributions, the best of which is a charming little pereo entitled " Nuno Dimittis," STAMPED ....sd. and shortcomings are of little moment, when en countered by such mechanical ingenuity and chy mical resources as as possessed by Colonel Ra ins. The details of his difficulties in the powder mills here are too technical to afford interest to the general reader; but I may mention that his substituti3n 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 Raines genius. He assures me that, having been summoned to Charleston to investigate the cause of the explosion which destroyed Captain Blakeley's big gun o n its first discharge, he ascertained beyond question that it was due to improper loading. The remaining B lakeley 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 mil es , b e f ore it sank. It mat 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. MAGAZINE DAY. Foreign Mail Packet List; MAILS DUB. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Dec. 19, • via Marseilles ... Dec. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Dec. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Dec. 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, viviaa S Muarotseilleshampton.Dec. 2. Dec. 13," Falkland Islands ...... Gibraltar, v i a Southampton .. I n dia (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. Dec. 2.: via Marseilles ....Dec:. 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton ......Dec. 12.; ill via Marseilles Dec. 6 . Portuga1.... ......................Dec., via Marseilles D e c . . 6.. Newfoundland ..Dec. 6. Oporto and Vigo .............. . ... . . U. S. and British N. America, by Brit . . ...... ........... 3, by U.S. packet.... W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and T by en C e a ri n ff a e dian packet. Dee. 4 . Dec. 10., Bahamas, via New York Dec. 17. MeXiCO. ........ .... Dec. 29. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, California. and Briti s h Columbia.. Peru, 1 Dec. 28. Horniman' s T ea is choice and strong, modarstci in price, and Wholesome to use. These advantages have ea a general preference. It is sold its Jackets by 2,280 Agents, STATE NUP ' TIALS.—The Washington despatch of the 11th ~mi ss R. ult. to the New York Times stated that Sprague ate Chase was married that evening to Senator in the presence of the President and the Secretaries and Assistant-Secretaries of Departments, the Foreign Ili. meters, and the relatives of the bride and gro om. The rer ceremony took place at half-past 8 p.m., an d the pub ifts, lic ception was to last from 9 to 12 o'clock. The bridal g estimated at over 60,000 dais., were to be exhibited. The wealthy mercantile connections of the young Rhode Island Senator had been generously profuse in their testimonials to the bride. Accommodation for 40 guests from the Ci An ty of Providence alone h ad been engaged at Willard's." American paper states that ali the bfornia D ams el for 11,000 t rother of Senator Sprague bought the trotting mare deb as a present from the bridegroom to the bride. 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Printed and very plain directions for the application of the Oint ment are wrappedTound each pot. Holloway's altera c t u rv r : Pills should be taken throughout the progress of th an e ~t o_ to maintain the blood in a state of perfect purity, e . d prevent the whole of the body being jeopardies_adnrg ''-`" aro local ailment. Bad legs, old sae's great 1 V gartient to bed thus readily cured, without confining the n _P g d enerous gi bed of 'withdrawing from him nutritious die port, so imperatively demanded when ev i nc ipg prematurg attack advanced years or constitutions 1-Beakening diseases deaepitude. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1863 KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRI6II WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i, Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Hous es in London ; b y 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 fixed in its place yesterday afternoon, and the vessel is now encased throughout in armour-plates from stem to stern, the number of plates being 338, and their aggregate weight upwards of 1,000 tons. The plates vary in thickness from 4lin. 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 mouth Sound on Saturday evening for her deetina- The screw steam gunboat Leveret, 3 (tender to the Dauntless), from Southimpton, 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 Fawn, 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. 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 Timbuctoo. 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 vise, run 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 Matropole 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 alonntain, 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. But if I am 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.Rosencranz 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 Bridge port), and meeting there, sweep on together to Chat tanooga—will, if possible, be forcibly opened by the Federals. For come 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 Gene: al 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 Jaseph 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 sufficiently to admit of his going northwards and joining Stephen D. Lee, lam unable to say. Another indication that the Fedcrals 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 Johnson 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 somew here between his present position and Bridge port. In addition to General S. D. Lee's cavalry there is another largo 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 disposi 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 Nashville and Memphis, and a kind of depot for the army at Chattanooga, is General Hooker, with at least one, or, as some think, two Federal corps; at Chatta noo g a is General Th omas , w ith, in all probability , a t least four corps under him ; at London, hal fwa y between and Chat tanooga, is a sm all force of 100 y p Knoxville kees, which ha lately suff er ed the loss of an risoners by a suc s cessful dash on them of Confederate . cavalry under Colonel Dibrel l ;at Knoxville General Burnside, with probably two corps under him. The disposi tion of Western Confederate forces exhibits the large army of General Bra i g t g, ex w h h i i b e i h ts faaleseos General Thomas in Chattanooga , acting against Macpherson, Johnston at E nter p ri Jones lt in see l m Ve s st t e o r i n era V b i l r y gi e n e ia r- , and General Samuel acting against Burnside• woo will be made by either p ar ty in the i t a in that no serious immediate di a te neighbourhood of Chatta nooga, but thatl the poin ts of collision will most likely be in the ne ighbourhood of Stevenson and of London. B ut during the last month I have seen so clearly th e difficulties which beset an advancing army on either side in such a country:that it is im - to regret that an opportunity possible not battle oub poss offered to the such as the of Chicamauga and have dis osed of w hich would, if rightly sei zed, Confederates, a half their embarrassments, sh ould p thrown away. That great have been so deplo.l'a b , I Y the Federals to hold the line efforts will be mad© ja am Knoxville to Bridge of the Tennessee River tI , port, and the line of the Men,L'hi!s and Charleston s s jppi River, Railroad from Brid g eport to the Iv- _ m a l e of will be palpable to all who are at the e abe casting a glance at a good m a p. If the writ terminated upon the uti possidetis principle, the possession of this line will aFs , gu to the Federals the whole of Tennets,,ce And Kentucky; secondly, if the war continues, it js of the highest important to exclude the Confederates from the nitre caves and coal and copper mines of Eastern Tennessee. Twelve months ago the loss of this region would 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 hands, 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, w ill not be severely felt by the Confederat es , 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 I 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 has 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 has 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 cclumn, 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 limits of the Confederacy. Inaction or retreat have been every where the characteristics of their warfare, nor can it be shown that Gen. Gilmore is at this 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 entertain 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 upon their struggle. Starting with out any powder mill in the Southern States, ex cept a small ono at Nashville, which soon passed out of their hands—without any large establish ments for making machinery, and withoutasing le tr i p hammer between t he Chesa p eake and the Rio Grande —deficie nt in iron, lead, copper, tin, salt petre, cannon, small arms, and everything save food, the Confederates have taught the world a lesson in regard to the impossibility-of subjugating pointugating b rav e and high - spir i t ed p eo p le, which will many a historical moral for centuries to come. There are two men whose names are seldom heard in conner.ion 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 shell, to say nothing of caps, hand grenades,'and torpedoes. F ro m his cannon foundry he is continually urn- F r om out 12 pounder Napoleons, 20 pounder alreadyParro, and howitzers; but the wealth of artilleryt ehas possessed by the Confede ra t es is such thaw h ith the ceased to produce Napoleon pro one i c ra ee p dng id i ity s, w h h is ic r h ate at of production rtoidmuecticohnaracauleirsh eld of the Napoleon gun per d iem. The of 8,400 b, a powder mill is now a t the daily itvyni y been h i s rate re quired, be indefi day, which might, if occasion every important station nitely increased. But, already s urfeited with powder , in the Confederacy thehands of Generals Beau with large supplies m ington (Gene r a l Lee. regard, Bragg, Johnston,s i n of ac n o d ur a s t e ::l d o r b a il w e s a h n i d s IsVail and with two other pawl ; mills p i s f in from active ltichompraoendt)ion, it is of little importan ce r that even this rate of production should b e maintained. The ordinary consumpstuiocnia csfipegoewsdaesr --- a day ; but tl v/ich 'l bring up in the Confederacy is rated at2 b ,O y o i s, those of c o o f u v r c e k , sih rg greatlya n d increased Charleston, the average to 10,0001bs. a day, occasioned by the large demands of the heavy artillery employed. it i s a singular commentary upon this war, that a nation which two years ago produces n o wder, should now thinknothi notofn a pound a drily 10 0 001 ha produced entirely from evident that °Mules 01 4 , eonsutopth.., their own rmottruea. BLACKWOOD.--" The Boatman," by Pisistratus Caxton, is the first subject met with; it has already b ee n discussed in our columns. " Tony pro ceeds at some length, and becomes more Benter " taining. It is very ludicrous, when Sir Arthur Lyle mistakes one man for another, and brings home 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 remarkable fo u r im pertinence and assurance. "Ty ndall on Beat is sort of scientific paper, that discusses Professor Tyndall's lecto - tures on the subject. The highest praise is awarded them, and the interesting facts that are contained in the course of the lectures are duly commented upon; at 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 better 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 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 poo r 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 personce, 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 now and then in the pages of a magazine, and which seem to blend philosophy with fancy. 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 o ld figures, mentally and physically, in the mirror of memory reproduced in an undisputable form, There are many quaint phrases and many homely ill ustra 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" refers 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 involuntary historians who have written these books are but as witnesses in the cause, and " marshal the facts upoe which the great jury of will deliver the verdic t.' At the conclusion o f this summary of the work, some re marks are made concerning Charleston, which are worthy of notice. The writer e xpresses, in the firs t p lace, the opinion that the place is not inevitably doomed to hall. — The example of Sebastopol proves the difficulty of captur ing an uninvested intrenched. camp with an unlimited supply of material, and free access for reinforcements . In the case of Charleston these difficulties are increased; for whereas at Sebastopol reinforcements could only reach the tihice by long ruinous marches, and were nlways more th_a n . balanced by the fresh troops despatched without loss or fi trom France and England, at Charleston reinforcem e n t s.to any required extent can be sent and furnished with supplies by railway, far more rapidly ,han d troops to Gillmore sea The case hat of two lines of hostile intrenchments, where the advantages of position and access are on the sid e m agazine has e o f the defen ders. .MACMILLA.N'S.—This decidedly i m proved of late , and is at the same time betterddly worth reading and more interesting than of old. The new story by the talented author of tg Ravens hoe ~ o ne of its prom inent attractions, in bein g en d ec idedly origin al, and, as y et, ful l of inciden t. It is carried on in a somewh at co mplex fashion by a double thread —Jam es Burton's story alternatingane with the adven tures of Mr. Secr etar y Oxton in a tun t h e writer than to the reader. It is not di fficul tr less confusing to n t t e o r see o v h e o n w ; the two distinct narratives will be subsequ ently iy interwoven; and, indeed, the author takes whom pains to conceal the con nection —the escaped convict h in his solitary ride after Lieutenaonmt Mr. Oxton encounters liillyar 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 gill par, and now, at the Opening of the story, master and man have alike found their way to the antipodes on di fferent errands. It is probable that, as the story goes on , it will develops into a tale of considerable interest and e xcitement. Mrs. Gask e ll contributes a memorial sketch o f a hero of the Federal lines who devoted of coloured ted him troops, and h himself to the care awndofell a t encou ragement of a regiment their head whil e s t orm i ng Fort Wagner. Doubt l ess both sides can furni s h ma ny such examples of sacrifice an count d self devotion. for what they esteem the ,-.T ene ral good, and less homes in all the States of the Union have mourned fetters or the dear ones called away to re turn no more. Tho "L froa Competition Wallah ," which have of late oce . o pied d a prominent position in the page s of Macmillan, are continu . e , and a re devoted this month to a subject of very serious importance—the effect of Indian life and pean residents. It is singular that such should a be the topic selected just when the mail has brought us the disastrous intelligence that in all human probability long ere this another of our foremost statesmen 4as succumbed to the evil influences here spoken of. The star © of . Calcutta and Angle-Indian official . life, are matters the risks attending which will be likely to engage much serious attention, and, according to the description here given of the sanitary con dition of the "City of Palaces," it is high time that some thing w as done to effect some change. " Statistics," says the writer of this article, in speaking of the Black Town, "cannot express the state of the native streets, The uu- 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 raiiroad which connects Atlanta with Chattanooga, and of the mud road which divides Chickamauga Station from 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 " waggoned." 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 againit undue exertion. Along this same road wade wearily forward the long files of recruits or 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 diffioulty 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 t traveller imagine that his troubles are at an end I 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 encour 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 indi v id ua lly muc h l arger an d di r ti e r, are under shelter in waiting,and i n one o f t h em you may cons id er your self lucky if can lay fr y o o ra u r t b h l e a c n o k l e d t the p o sun n i g As to the quest i on whether you will start in one hour, in s i x , or i n 12, it argues great inexperience . in Confeder a t e railrop-' floor, rain. and escape .4 travelling if you exhibit any inquisitiveness on the subject. You will be told there is r "schedule" or time table according to which: Locomotion is directed, but the trains are said t 0 oe "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 of the engine and to the enormous lamp which glares forward at the foot of each engine's chimney to avert the collision which the single line of rails and the careless economy of the trains render only too probable. Frequent as are the accidents upon 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 Times, from agonised passengers. Then, thirdly, there is the defective state of the rails, which are constantly and in many plaos worn down to a thread not thicker than a lady's little finger. Other possi bilities of accident there are by dozens, arising from such 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 jec‘ ref, ob,* )seU hied 7e is tack the Ping' p of has ' the ► its •0 tious lark ) de- It is aged