The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-30 00:00:00

the rain), for the cure and alleviation of bodily infirmities
and mental aberration, the most powerful of tho agencies
of nature (for the solaA of afflicted man.—Your obedient
servant,

S. S. Roland, Esq., Chairman.

D. URQUIIA.RT.

DR SHEPPARD TO MR URQUHART.

Colney Hatch, Oct. 13, 1864.
We have made the great experiment of the Hammam.
Mr Johnson was good enough to invite Mr Wood (our
engineer) and myself to try the perils or delights (as the
case might be) of your room hotted purely by radiation. It
was a great success. The room wa,s at a temperature of 205
deg when we entered, and felt much less oppressive than
the hot room (of transmission) upstairs, at a temperature of
170 deg,

This is a very striking circumstance, and was equally
noted by Dr Goolden (who fortunately happened to be
present) and Mr Wood.

Lee and Longstreet.

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(From the article entitled "A Visit to the Cities and
Camps (,f the Confederate States," in Blackwood s Maga-

zine for December.)

I went out to the camp again, and was presented to
General Lee, who invited me to dinner. It was a frugal
meal, and simply served. The General has lit le of the
glorious pomp and circumstance of war about his person. A
Confederate flag marks the whereabouts of his headquarters,
which are here iu a little enclosure of some couple of acres
of timber. There are about half a dozen tents, and as many
baggage waggons and ambulances. The horses and mules
from these, besides those of a small escort, are tied up to
the trees, or grazing about the place. The General has
a private carriage, or ambulance, as it is called, of his own,
but he never use's it. It formerly belonged to the Federal
General Pope. I remained some time at headquarters, and
had a good deal of conversation with the officers of General
Lee's staff. Major Marshall mentioned to me, as one of the
greatest misfortunes which has happened to them during
the war (greater, he thought, than the fall of New Orleans),
the accidental less last year, through eare:essness by a
general of division, of a very important order of General
Lee's. M'Clellan, who had been slowly and carefully feel-
ing his way, totally ignorant of General Lee's plans, and the
whereabouts of his main force, is said to have ex-
claimed, on finding this order, " Well, if I don't de-
stroy Lee this time, you may call me what you
like;" and he immediately pushed on as fast as he could
march, and caught the Confederates before they were ready.
The drawn battle of Sbarpsburg or Antietam Creek fol-
lowed; and Lee, not destroyed, but thwarted in the main
object of his campaign, soon afterwards recrossed the Poto-
mac. In the meantime, however, Jackson had captured
Harper's Ferry, with its garrison of 12,000 men, and im-
mense stores, so that Lee still reaped some advantage from
his ably-conceived plan of campaign. M'Clellan alludes
to this matter in his evidence before Congress on the con-
duct of the war.

At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon we rejoined General
Longstreet, who, after a long consultation with the Com-
mander-in-Chief, was at this moment riding down with his
Staff towards the front. We found his corps already forming
for the attack in a wood.

Longstreet rode up the line and down again, occasionally
dismounting and going forward to got a better view of the
enema's position.
The ground just before us was plain and open, but be-
yond were those hills, since so celebrated, covered with
Federal breastworks and rifle-pits, and bristling with can-
non. The Federals had also possession of the open ground
below in front of their works, and their foremost guns were
about a quarter of a mile from the wood we were in.

I especially remarked a battery in a peach orchard, which
was blazing away at one of ours not far off.
As we passed Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade the Ge-
neral came up eagerly to Longkreet ; " I wish you would
let me go in, General ; I would take that battery in five
minutes." " Wait a little," said Longstreet ;" we are all
going in presently."
The men were as eager as their leader, and those in the
front line began to pull down the fence behind which they
were crouching.

"Dal' t do that, or you will draw the enemy's fire," said
Longstreet, who sees and observes everything.
We passed on, and very soon afterwards the General
called for his horse, mounted, dashed to the front of the
line, gave the word, and led them on himeelf. We all
followed him.

It was a glorious sight. The men who had been lying
down sprang to their feet, and went in with a will. There
was no lagging behind, no spraining of ankles on the
uneven ground, no stopping to help a wounded comrade.
Not one fell out of the line unless he was really hurt. On
swept the line, breaking out with an occasional yell when
they came face to face with the foe, but on the whole
silently. The guns in the peach orchard were pounced
upon, and,half of them taken in a trice, whilst the others
limbered /up and made off. Hundreds of prisoners were
capbared, and everything was going so satisfactorily that
flr a time we hardly doubted that the enemy would be
riven from his very strong position on the hills in front.
1 . But at a critical moment General Hood was severely
oundcd, General Barksdale killed, and their men at the
very moment of apparent victory, when they had overcome
aritiost all difficulties that lay between them end entire
succcS, hesitated, halted, and at length fell back, losing
thereby far more men than they would have done if they
had continued their advance.

But still we gained decided advantages, taking prisoners
and getting possession of the ground up to the foot of the
hill.

Proposed Iron Girder Bridge.

A great railway undertaking, resembling in oha
racter the Britannia, Saltash, and Victoria bridges,
and surpassing even these in point of dimensions,
is to be submitted for the sanction of Parliament in
the ensuing Session. The North British and Edin•
burgh and Glasgow Railway Companies have given
notice of a bill empowering them to construct a
great iron girder bridge across the Firth of Forth,
from near Blackness Castle, three miles above
Queensferry, on the West Lothian coast, to
Charleston, i❑ Fifeshire. The plans of the bridge
have been prepared by Mr Thomas Botch, C.E.
The scheme was before Parliament last year in
connexion with a rival line to Glasgow which it
was proposed to construct, but the North British
and Edinburgh and Glasgow Companies having
compromised their differences the opposition line
was withdrawn, and the Forth-bridge project was
not entertained. This year it is brought forward in
connection with a proposed branch of the Edin•
burgh and Glasgow Railway, and with the through
line to Perth, and also to Dundee, via Taybridge,
which the North British ask power to construct in
Fifeshire. The length of the proposed bridge is
3,887 yards, or 2 miles 367 yards. It will be about
17 miles from Edinburgh and 34 from Glasgow,
and it is intended to accommodate an express
route from these cities to the north of Scotland,
in connection especially with what is known as
the " east coast" route. Instead of a single span
of 600ft.,with two side spans of 300 ft., which was
the scheme of last year, it is proposed to make four
spans of 500 ft. each over the navigable channel, the
spans diminishing to 200 ft. and 100 ft. on either
side. The clear height of the bridge in the channel
will be 125 ft. at high water of spring tides, thus
giving ample height for the tallest vessels frequent-
ing the ports of Grangemouth and Alloa. The
frame of the girders over the widest spans will be
about 70ft., giving a total visible elevation of 195 ft.
for the distance of nearly half a mile, the height
diminishing at the ends of the bridge a
the spans become reduced in width. Taking the
submerged part of the work the height will be 25ft.
of foundation below the silt bottom, 50ft. of depth of
water at ebb spring tides, and 18ft. of fluctuation
of tides, making in all 285 ft. in height of work to
be executed. The middle piers will be of stone to
the height of 10ft. above high water at spring
tides, and the rest of the structure will be of mal•
leable iron. The bridge will be built for a single
line of rails, with a gradient in the south end of 1
in 134, and in the north end of 1 in 100, so as to
give the necessary elevation in the middle. The
dimensions of the Britannia-bridge may be stated
by way of contrast :—Span, 460 ft. ; height, 104 ft. ;
depth of tube, 30ft. Two years ago the North British
and Edinburgh and Glasgow Companies obtained
powers to construct a through line via Queensferry
to Dunfermline and Perth. The latter are forming
their part of the line, consisting of a branch from
Ratho to Queensferry, for local service and marine
outlet, and the former will take up a portion of the
line on the north side in connexion with the Forth-
bridge scheme. But leave will be asked to abandon
the great ferry works and a portion of the north
line should the bridge be sanctioned. The cost o!
the bridge is estimated at between £500,000 and
£600,000, but, on the other hand, the companies
would save the capital cost of piers, breakwaters,
steamboats, and cost of working the ferries.

THE GAY NATlON.—According to several French
papers a new club, to be called the " Silent Club," is about
to be established in Paris. The members may eat, drink,
read, write, or smoke, but they must not speak, nor wear
creaking boots, n{,r play at dominoes, nor ‘` rattle the
bones," nor, in short, make any noise whatever. The floors
will be covered with thick carpets, and the doors will open
and shut without noise.

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK.

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, NOV. 30:
The Inman steamship City of Baltimore, from
New'York on the 19th inst., arrived here at 10 a.m.
to-day with the mails and 858,673 dole. in specie.
She had 198 passengers, 41 of whom were landed,
and she proceeded for Liverpool at 10.30 a.m.

Her news has been fully anticipated by the
North American via Londonderry, which brought
New York despatches to the evening of the 19th.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

CROYDON RACES—THIS DAY.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
SELLING HANDICAP.
L'ttle Dick
1
Dubious
2
Redwing

3
Seven ran.
STAND PLATE.
Gorsehavrk
Flying Spur
.
Retento
...... 3
Twelve ran.
METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE.
Spatchcock
1
Sly Fox ...
Flyfisher
Nineteen ran.
£5O PLATE.

Bravo
Flying Spur
The Don
Five ran.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived —Tre Gebroders, from Gothenburg—Two
Emmas, from Riga—Porter, from Cronstadt—Harvest,
from Dantzie--Punch, from Bjorneborg— Rescue, from
Cronstadt—Sir Thomas Mansey. from Terceira—Miss
Nightingale, from Singapore.
Sailed—Concordia, steamer, for Boulogne.
DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived and passed off Dungeness, Nov. 28.—Dorea,
from Belsize, for London.
Passed Nov. 29.—Lardina, from Bahia, for London.
Anchored in Downs, Nov. 29.—Wild flowers, from
Shields, for Lisbon.
Passed,—Eastern Province, screw steamer, from tb.o
west, for Landon.

Mr Charles Lungley, the well-known shipbullder,
of Deptford, has entered into an arrangement with
the Millwall Ironworks Ship-building and Graving
Docks Company (limited), by which he joins that
company with his ship•bnilding and engineering
works at Deptford, asd takes the general control of
the united establishments as director of the works.
This will place the additional capability required
for their large business within the control of the
Millwall Company, together with the most eater,
sive dry dock in the Thames.

GIFTS FROM HER MAJESTY.—Canadian papers
acknowledge recent gifts from her Majesty of " The Prin-
cipal Speeches and Addresses of his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort, presented to the Library of the University
of Victoria College, Coburg, and to two other Canadian
libraries. The volumes were forwarded by Mr Cardwell,
and contain the iollow'ng inscription :—" Presented in
memory of her great and good Husband by his broken-
hearted Widow, Victoria R. 1864."

RIFLE CONTEST,--A friendly match took place
on Friday, at Stanmore, between 20 of the Victoria
Rifles and 20 of the 2d battalion of the Queen's Westmin.
stern. The ranges were 200, 500, and 600 yards, 5 shots at
each range, Wimbledon 1861 targets and marking. The
match resulted in favour of the Victories, by 46 marks,
they having scored 686 marks, against 643 made by the
Queen's representatives—one of the conditions of the match
being that the losing side should provide three tankards, to
be given to the three highest scores of the winners. They
were won by Ensign Pixley, 47 marks—Sergeant Holland.
43 marks—and Private J. H. Doe, 42 marks. The highest
scores on the side of the Queen's were made by Corporal
Leete, 43 marks—and Sergeant Baines, 41 marks. Captain.
Hawkins, of the St. George's, kindly acted as umpire on
the occasion.

THE KING OF PRUSSIA,-0a Friday last the
King of Prussia visited Minden, accompanied by several
Prusian princes, and inspected the 13th Division of his
troops on their return from the Duchies. After the inspec-
tion there was a lunch, to which all the staff officers of the
division, others who had distinguished themselves, and the
chief civil authorities were invited. His Majesty proposed
the first toast—" To the bravo Prussian army, and parti-
cularly the 13th Division ;" and immediately afterwards
Prince Frederick Charles proposed a cheer for the King,
and concluded his speech as follows :—" For such a King
one fights cheerfully—for such a King one bleeds thee:.
fully—and for such a King, if necessary, one also diet;
cheerfully."

Loss OF THREE VESSELS.—Three vessels were
lost off the Suffolk coast on Monday. The brigs
Marianna Bond and Curlew, Webster, both of and from
Shields, for London, with coal, in bearing up struck upon
the south part of the Newcombe Sand, and shortly after
sunk; crew saved by a Lowestoft harbour tug, and landed
at that port. The brig Devonport, Bell, of and from Shields,
for London, with coal, in bearing up struck in Pakefield
Gat and bunk; crew saved by the Kessingland lifeboat and
landed at Lowestoft.

SPARROWS IN AUSTRALIA.—The gold and silver
fish at the Botanical Gardena may now be counted
by dozens. The keeper of the aviary informs us that he
has set at liberty several of the Java sparrows, and all but
a pair of the English sparrows. It was found that, so long
as these latter pugnacious little creatures were permitted to
be within the aviary, they assaulted every other bird in the
place, and prevented any but themselves building nests.
Since their liberation several have built nests in the spouts
of the Bank of Australasia, but others have returned to the
garden, and in some mysterious way contrived to wriggle
themselves into the aviary again. '1 he keeper says that
where a mouse can gain admission an English sparrow will.
It is presumed they have returned for the sake of the good
feeding they experienced at the outset of their acclimatise-

tional existence, The pheasants look healthy and plume, as
do the quail ; but neither will permanently thrive, build,
or breed so long as they are kept along with so many other
smaller birds, and in such otherwise very usuitable quar-
ters,--Ballarat 4tqr,

The project of the construction of a railway from
Orleans to Rouen is now occupying the attention of the
principal manufacturers of Elbeuf and Louviers, who are
anxious to Lave the line pass through or near those towns.
The Chamber of Commerce of the former place has held a
meeting on the subject, in which the advantages which
would be derived from the line were forcibly pointed out.

THE FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTCY CASE AT Bins
MINGHAM.—APPREHENSION OF THE ABSCONDED.
—The police, who have for some weeks been on the alert
for the purpose of apprehending Morris Levi, who is
charged under the Bankruptcy Act with removing goods
for' the purpose of defrauding his creditors, have now
been successful, and have apprehended the principal
and two accomplices, the whole of whom are now in cus-
tody. Morris Levi was apprehended at a late hour on
Saturday night by Inspector Manton at Droitwich. As
the whole of the charges against the three prisoner's relate
to the same transaction, it was deemed expedient that they
should all be tried at the same time.—Birmingham Gazeke.
JUST OUT OF HOSPITAL.—The poor man, al■
though by nature garrulous, seems to be aware that on
that long line of beds in the same ward there are others
whose cases are at least as serious as his own, and which
require to be stated at some length ; and he often makes
some attempt to condenao what he has to say, although that
is a feat by no means easy to him lie is a patient, too, in
the best sense ; submitting to all that is proposed, because
he is codvinoed that the very best is being done for him,
to the extent of our ability, as God forbid it should not be
done. Whereas my fich friends sometime seem to consider,
conscious of having paid their guinea, and that time is
Chambers' smoney, that a shilling a mindte is a good deal to pay for
enlarging, not only upon their particular calamity, but
upon various other matters, scarcely within my province.—
Journal.

The Giornale dilcapoli of the 21st states that a
band of 50 mounted brigands under Coppolne and Capuc-
cinello entered the province of Terra d'Otranto a few days
ago, and after separating into three gangs committed im-
mense depredations at several farms, and caused the pro-
prietor of one of them to fulluw thew. His body was sub-
sequently found horribly mangled in a neighbouring forest.
The halt-yearly meeting of the shareholders of
the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada,
was held today. The statement of accounts for the
six months ending the 30th September, showed that
the net profits made duringthis period amounted to
£14,402. 7s, which added to the sum brought for-
ward from March, gave a balance at credit of re-
venue of £14,706 16z. Bd. The directors mem.
mended that out of this balance a dividend at the
rate of 81 per cent. per annum, less income•taz, be
declared on the capital, that one half of the surplus
profits over 6 per cent, per annum, and the uswil
charge for interest, atnounting together to £3,964
25., be carried to the reserve fund ; and that £250
oe applied to the redemption of preliminary ea.
pvriseri.