The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-05 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WORCESTER AUTUMN RACES—WEDNESDAY.
The inundated portions of the course showed little im-
provement upon the opening day, and the competitors in
the hurdle races and steeplechases hal to gallop through
water reaching to their knees. The meeting, however, has
been a highly successful one, the committee having added
considerably to their "fund" by the sales of winners.
Large fields, as will be observed from the following return,
were the order of the day, and the majority of the events
placed a balance in favour of the bookmakers. The various
races produced excellent contests, the Grand National
Steeplechase exciting deep interest until within a quarter
of a mile from the finish, when Mr. Ten Brack's flat-
racing cast-off Reporter (who made his successful debut at
Lincoln a fortnight ago) came away from the heavily-
weighted Modora, and defeated her by 10 lengths. The
following are full details of the day's sport :
The Hurdle Race (Handicap) of 5 soya each, with 40
added ; winners extra. Two miles, over six hurdles.

23 subs.
Mr Wadlow's Pot Pourri, 4 yrs, lOst 51b.... (W. White) 1
Lord Uxbridge's Marble Hill, 4 yrs, 9st 91b .. (J. Land) 2
Mr E. Herbert's Whitehall, 3 yrs, 9st 21b.. (J. Holman) 3
Mr T, Golby's Church Militant, 4 yrs, 9st 101 h
(Wheeler) 4
Mr Marsh's Margery, 4 yrs, 9st 131 b .... (Waddington) 5
The following also ran :—Remunerator, Don John, Miss
Hawthorne, and Rapture.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Pot Pourri, sto 2 agst Marble Hill
100 to 15 eget Whitehall.
Remunerator jumped off first; but "topping" the first
hurdle,Margery and Marble Hill momentarily held the lead.
In the succeeding few hundred yards Remunerator again
went to the front, and made the running until within half a
mile of home, where the issue was a match between Marble
gill and Pot Pourri, but the latter, having the best of the
struggle throughout, won by half a length ; Whitehall a
bad third ; Church Militant close up ; the others were
pulled up at the stand enclosure. Rapture stopped after
blundering at the first hurdle, in consequence of the bridle
getting over the horse's head and the rider not being able
to recover it.
The Visitors' Plate of 40 soya, a Handicap for all ages;
winners extra. About one mile.

Mr J. Wallace's Golden Drop, 3 yrs, 7st 41b
(J. Grimahaw) 1
Mr Carlisle's Allow Me, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (G. Sopp) 2
Mr F. Granville's Mary Ramsay, 2 yrs, 6st (S. Mordan) 3
Mr W. Barnett's Zingari, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b .. (T. French) 4
The following also ran :—Croagh Patrick, Pearl Driver,
Thalestris, and Fair Sophia.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Croagh Patrick, 100 to 30 each agst
pearl Diver and Golden Drop, 8 to 1 agst Zingari.
The latter and Golden Drop lay in front for a quarter of
a mile, when Zingari dropped into the fourth place, and
Golden Drop maintaining the front position, to the end,
won
by two lengths; a similar distance separated the se-
cond and third.
The Shorts Selling Stakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added;
for all ages; selling allowances. Straight half-mile.
Mr E. Green's Farmer's Daughter filly, 2 yrs, (£3O), sst
71b
Lord Coventry's Newsmonger, 3 yrs (£3O), 7st 31b
(M
G.
2
Mr Adam's Cosette, 2 yrs (£3O), 71b
Measurellishin an (G. Sopp) 3
Ts.hemfoolrldowaningweailghedrarifo;
r
and Highland Mary- ,
foCrelmlareiauEsm,
number was hoisted upon the telegraph board, but in can-
the filly slipped up, rolled on her jockey, and did not
tering r
e7wlthuor
see,
go to the post. Mordan was not injured.
Betting-3 to 1 agst the Farmer's _Daughter filly, 4to 1
each age Newsmonger and Irishman, 9 to 2 each agst
Cosette and Highland Mary, 5 to 1 agst Cellarius.
Cosette made play, closely followed by Nuwamonger and
the Farmer's Daughter filly to the commencement of the
stand enclosure, where the Farmer's Daughter filly took
up
the running, and won a good race by a head; a similar
distance separated the second and third—the rest beaten
off, Highland Mary being fourth, Vulture fifth, Irishman
sixth, and Cellarius last.
The winner was bought by Mr W. S. Cartwright for 165
guineas.
The Autumn Flying Stakes-(sandicap) of 5_ soya each,
with 40 added, for all ages; winners extra. T.Y.C.,
straight half-mile.
Lord 'Uxbridge's Liston, 3 yrs, 7st 61b ...... ( French) 1
Mr R. Riddell 's Leontes, aged, 7st 91b...... (E. Taylor) 2
Mr Bell's Pupil, 4 yrs, 7st Blb (Hobson) 3
The following also ran :—Umpire, Lufra, Calabria, Fast
Runner, Overture, Trust, Amazonian, Practitioner, Rose,
Dovetiale, and Peahen.
Betting--5 to 2 agst Amazonian, 7to 1 agst Over-
ture, 100 to 12 agst Lufra, 10 to 1 each agst Trust and
Rose, 100 to 8 each agst Liston and Leontes, 100 to 7
agst Practitioner, 100 to 6 agst Peahen, 20 to 1 eget
Pupil.
Leontes made play, followed by Amazonian, Practitioner
Lufra, Liston being well up at the head of the
Pupil, and
next division; approaching the distance Amazonian dropped
from the front, and was hemmed in by the leaders ; Leontes
maintained the lead until reaching the Stand enclosure.
where Liston came out, overhauled Leontes, beating him
easily by half a length ; a length separated the second and
third; Practitioner, Overture, Umpire, and Dove were the
next lot close up.
The Worcestershire Grand Annual Steeplechase, a Han-
dicap of 20 soya each, h ft, and 5 only if declared,
with 100 soya added; winners extra. About four miles
over a fair hunting country, 13 subs, sof whom de-

--^ --
dared.
MTV. Tiddyman's Reporter (bred in America), 4 yrs,
9st 1 llb (inc 51b extra) ........
.......... (C. Boyce) 1
Mr F. Rowlands Medora, aged, 12st ...... (Owner) 2
Mr G. Barry's Yeller Gal, aged, lOst 131 b .... (Barry) 3
Mr W. Murray's Freshman, aged, 1 Ist 91b

Mr. ) 4
Hon. F. ( E
W. G. Calthorpe's Socks, aged, lOstdwards 131 b
(Mr Goodman) 5
Worcester also ran.

Betting-2 to 1 agst Worcester-3 to 1 agst Stocks-5 to
1 aget Reporter-6 to 1 eaeh agst Yeller Gal and Medora,
The half-dozen were started at the first attempt punc-
tually at the hour (three o'clock) for the race to be run.
Worcester led over the first flight of hurdles, followed by
Reporter, and Socks close together, Yaller Gal being next,
Medora fifth, and Freshman last. There was no variation
over the succeeding two flights of hurdles, after clearing
which Medora and Socks dropped into the rear, leaving Re-
porter in attendance upon 'Worcester, Yeller Gal still third,
and Freshman fourth, and in this order they repassed the
stand, when Medora again took the fourth place, but was
headed at the top turn by Socks. Upon entering the
meadows 'Worcester shied at the sheet of water through
which they had to gallop, and in an instant dropped to the
rear, the running being taken up by Socks, who, blundering
at the second jump in the meadows, soon joined Worcester
in the rear ; Medora then acted as pioneer, followed by
Reporter, Yeller Gal, and Freshman in the order named,
Worcester and Socks following some distance behind the
first quartette. With the exception of Yaller Gal giving
place to Freshman no alteration occurred with the leaders
until rounding the bottom turn, where Reporter assumed
the lead, but approaching the artificial brook in front of the
stand, Medora again went to the front, the pair rising at
the leap together; but Medora being nearly down in the
jump, gave Reporter an advantage; Yeller Gal followed
over the artificial brook third, 'Worcester, who had made
up his ground, being fourth, Freshman fifth, and Socks
last ; Reporter maintained the lead through the water pre-
ceding the entrance to the meadows, passing through
which Medora again faltered and dropped into the fourth
place, but recovered her former position in the meadows ;
Worcester rapidly approached the leading couple in the
succeeding quarter of a mile, and when close up with them.
at the last hurdle, fell, leaving the finish with Reportth eer
and Medora, and the former increasing his lead fromarate
distance won by ten lengths ; a similar distance d
t the
the second and third ; Freshman and wassnot
r hurt,o was
post,
and Worcester, whose jockey
stopped by the crowd.
A Handicap Plate of 40 sous, for all ages;
winner to be sold
Five furlongs.
... (E. Taylor) 1
by auction for £5O, and surplus money to go to the fund.
b Grinishaw) 2
Lord Chesterfield's Disdain, 4 yrs, 6
Mr. Bird's Birkenhead, 2 yrs, fist 81b_8t .(I
bet 41b (Morris) 3
Mr. Kempson's Jessie, 2 yrs,
Newsmongor, Flea, souvo.
The following
also ran :
asia colt, and Fair Sophia,
min Asp
e, Rosa, Lord Arthur, 4to 1 agst Birkenhead,
Betting—"° to 1 agst Disdain,
1 each agst Jessie and Rosa.
y followed by,Birkenhead, Disdain, and
Jessie made p
Rosa to the distance, where Jessie was passed by Birken-
head and Disdain, and a th the two,
fine race ensued -i
which resulted in favour of Birkenhead by half a length ;
Difelain beat. Jessie a similar distance for second place ;
Rosa was fourth; Newsmonger fifth, and the Aspasie colt
sixth ; the last two were Souveraine and Fair Sophia.
The winner was bought in for 170 guineas.
A Free Handicap Steeplechase of 5 sous each, with 30
added. Two miles. 32 subs, 12 of whom declared.
Capt. Lamb's Ocean Witch, gat 101 b (Wm. Reeves) 1
Mr. F. Jacobs's Nereus, aged, 108 t (J. Land) 2
Mr. Francis's Elcot Lass (h b), 5 yrs, Oat 10lb .

,
(W. -White) 3
Mr. John M'Adams's Silver Star, 6 yrs, 9st 71b
(Waddington) 4
Mr. J. Turner's Gold Dust, aged, 9st 71b....(A. Sadler) 5
Mr. J. Ashwood's Mytton, 6 yrs, 10st 51b (Childs) 6
The following also ran :—Princess (late Holdersyke),
The Gift, Over the Sea, and Arlescott (h b).
letting--5 to 2 ag,st Princess, 3 to 1 DO The Gift'

sto 1 agst Silver Star, 7 to 1 agst Nereus, and 8 to 1
agst Mytton.
Over the Sea and Silver Star raced to the artificial
brook, which they jumped together, but Silver Star blun-
dering on alighting, Over the Sea went on with the lead
to the the top turn towards the Meadows, where Mytton
went to the front, and maintained the lead to the last
hurdle, where Ocean Witch and Nereus headed him and
ran a pretty race home, which ended in favour of Ocean
Witch by a length; six lengths between second and third;
Over the Sea and Arlescott fell, but neither of the jockeys
were injured.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-WEDNESDAY.

Thero was little speculation on the Liverpool Cup to-day.
Golden Pledge was in great force, all the money at 5 to 1
that could be obtained being readily taken. The next in
request were Fairwater and Blithfield. There was little
done on any of the others. Closing prices:—

LIVERPOOL AUTUMN CUP.
sto 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken freely)
6to 1 agst Fairwater (taken)
6to 1 agat Catch'em Alive (offered)
9to 1 eget Blithfield (wanted)
10 to 1 agat Trumps (offered)
10 to 1 agst Earl of Surrey (offered)
14 to 1 agst king Charming (taken)
16 to 1 agat Gardener (offered)
25 to 1 agst Balham (taken)

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

The paddlewheel steamer Monkey, taken up by
the wheelwright department at Woolwich on the
7th of November, 1862, hae been completed, and
handed over to recommence harbour service, as aosdfeorrn-
merly. She may now be considered a thoroughly
new vessel, having only a very few of her old Vaa-
-1 bers remaining, and is fitted with all h
improvements; so as to render her one of the most
efficient and powerful tug vessels in the service.
Her paddle-boxes are placed lift. 6in. further aft
than in the old vessel, which it is expected will in-
crease her speed at least one knot. Her draught of
water is 10ft. aft and 9ft. forward, while that of the
old vessel was 10ft. forward and 9ft. 4in. aft. She
is under orders to coal tomorrow and go down the
river on the following day, on a trial of her speed
and machinery.
The lengthening of the building slip at Woolwich,
for the construction of Mr. Reed's experimental
iron-cased corvette Pallas, has been completed, and
the first portion of her keel was yesterday laid on
the blocks. The work is to be pushed forward
with the greatest despatch. A large number of
shipwrights will be transferred for that purpose
from the Caledonia on Tuesday, on her leaving the
Victoria Docks for Sheerness.
The Wolverene, one of the old class of wooden
corvettes, launched from the slip on which the
Pallas is now being built, at Woolwich, is in a for-
ward state, and has received the whole of her ma-
chinery, supplied by Messrs. Ravenhill and Co.
By a special order, issuing from the Controller's
Department, relative to all ships of that class, a
poop and forecastle are being erected for the ac-
commodation of the officers and crew, on the upper
deck. Although many objections have been raised
against this interference with the quarter deck by
naval officers, who prefer an entire "flash" from stem
to stern, there is no doubt that the shelter thus afforded
to the ship's company on the otherwise open deck
will be acknowledged as one of the modern im-
provements now introduced for the benefit of the
service.

Her Majesty's gun vessel Ranger, Commander
Wratislaw, from the West Coast of Africa, has com-
menced stripping and returning stores at Wool-
wich, and is ordered to pay out of commission on
Tuesday next. Her boilers, it has been ascertained,
are moat defectiverin—conetquence of which on-het
arrival in the Downs the vessel had to beat up to
Gravesend under sail. The Ranger did considerable
service off Cape Coast Castle in assisting to suppress
the insurrection among the Ashantees, for which
purpose Commander Wratislaw despatched a gun-
ner and 27 of his crew on shore to aid the authori-
rities. The ship has been exceedingly healthy during
the whole of the commission, the only deaths which
have taken place being those of Mr. Somerville and
Mr. Warren, the assist.-paymaster and the second
master.

Instructions were yesterday received at Chatham
dockyard, from the Admiralty, directing Mr. A.
Moore, principal master shipbuilder at that estab-
lishment, to proceed forthwith to Kingston for the
purpose of making a survey, in conjunction with
some other officers from the Royal dockyards, of the
iron-cased ship Prince Consort, in order to report
to the Admiralty the extent of the damage she has
sustained in her encounter with the gale in the
Irish Sea.

The target ordered to be constructed on a new
principle, and with armour-plates of increased
thickness to those at present in use, in order to en-
able the Gfficials of the Admiralty to decide on the
size of the plates with which the new iron frigate
Bellerophon, which has been commenced at Chat-
ham, shall be coated, is to be erected at Shoebury-
ness, under the superintendence of Mr. Baskcomb,
one of the officials from Chatham dockyard. The
principal object in having the target built
is to test the strength of the timber back-
ing and plates on the plan on which it is pro-
d to construct the sides of the Bellerophon. To
effect this the foundation of the target will consist
of iron frames ten inches in thickness and about two
feet apart, covered first with iron plates two inches
in thickness, and afterwards with a backing of teak
one foot thick. The six-inch armour-plates will be
laid ou the teak planking, the whole thus forming
a target of immense strength. From the calculations
already made it is expected that this construction
of side for the Bellerophon will surpass in shot-re-
sisting strength every other system hitherto adopted
in this country, and should the trials prove satisfac-
tory the Bellerophon will be formed in this way
from stem to stern. The mechanics employed in
the smithery at Chatham dockyard are now engaged z
in making the heavy forgings for the Bellerophon,
in readiness for laying down the keel of that vessel
in No. 2 dock, the Achilles, which now occupies
for floating
dock, having been ordered to be ready
out by the 26th December.

The iron paddlewheel steamer Recruit, 6, 150
horse power, having had her bottom scraped and
cleansed in one of the dry docks at Chatham, and the
whole of the compositions formerly placed on the
hull removed, is to be again operated upon, in order
to still further test the merits of the several anti-
corrosive and exfoliating compositions for prevent-
ing the accumulations on the bottoms of iron ships.
The port side of the hull of the Recruit is to be paid
over with the composition invented by Mr. Hay,
the Admiralty chymist, and a portion of the star-
board side is to be coated with the anti-fouling
.mix-
ture submitted to the Admiralty by Mr. Crispin,
while the remaining part of the starboard_ bottom
will will be coated with a composition submitted t
Admiralty by Mr. Willis. The several comp ositions
dermediate are to be mixed and put on the vessel under the 1
mediate superintendence of the
inventors, in
as to the orderthat no question may hereafter ari
pro-
per mixing of the ingredients.l.an t,
34, 4,063 tons, 800
The iron screw frigate
horse power, built for the A
Iron Company,ed by the officials
atdompi Admiralty
by the Thames
is orderede d to Chatham
be
survey
dockyard, where
s
chsetaiablishment, before being taken
belonging to that
and fitted for sea.
over by the Admiralty
The following aPP
intments were made yesterday
at the .Admira lienry V.Russell, master, to the
Jackal ; lt:
Y:
I,mes Long, surgeon, to the Tamar ;
Edmond H.
James
A TT* C. u Smith, second master, to the Dasher;
E. Charlton,, assist...paymaster, to the Formidable ;
Thos. E. Georges, assist.-surgeon, to the Tamar
Thos. ikiT F
arlaue and Peter onus, of the Scout, to
be first-class assist.-engineers ; Gt2o. Rigby, first-
class engineer, to the Pelorus ; and John Edward
Meryon, nominated to a naval eadets'tlip.

SouTHDlPTott,liredtgidays
The inquiry into this case was resumed this mert. -
ing before Mr. J. Bernard (chairman), Capt. Berners,
Summers, captain of the Lady of the Lake, again
and Mr. Forbes, at the Guildhall,
surrendered on bail. He was defended, as on the
the captain
previous examination, by Mr, E. Coxwell,
swi
baGs.
2. noto.
nae particle
t h
eengineer
and Mr.
ility resting
F. Leigh.
The case for the prosecution having closed on Fri-
day- last,
Mr. Coxwell now addressed the Bench, contend-
inghi the present
that there was no evidence on which to commit
when Mr. Henry?
the captain for trial. The simple question for the
Bench to consider was whether the deceased came
goifneeevridoetn
to his death by any criminal neglect on the part of
e
,anidnsttoanpereo.ve
Htheatt,hyheen
calleds ub mi submitted,
follow-
ing, t her
elsewhere the had nothing to do,
witnesses any
th
er eLs pa okr
stated that about two minutes before the accident
he was up on the deck feeline, the bearings, when he
thece Lady of
saw George Wooleatt about on the top of
the fore saloon, which is about four feet above the
deck, and from which be could see ahead in all
directions. He also saw the captain, to whom a
passenger was reading from a newspaper, standitye
at the bottom of the companion ladder in the middlet
of the ship. He went below, and had only been
round the engines when he heard something said
about " overboard," which he thought was one of
the sheep. Directly afterwards both the captain
and boy called out "Stop her," which
he did, and
then turned astern fall speed as soon as the way
was off the ship. He should think they were
going
about 14 miles an hour. It was not usual for the
on the bridge all the war
captain to remain down
having
from Southampton to Cowes, he other duties
in reference to packages, &c., to discharge, which
are usually attended to when the steamer gets clear
of the vessels and boats in the river. The part of
the river where the accident occurred is unusually
clear. On the port side there was a large hamper
on the top of a house in front of the paddlebox, bet
this would not prevent the mate at the wheel seeing
the look-out man. He did not see anything on the
fore saloon. He considered the engines
werere
versed long enough to stop the way on the vessel
and carry her 300 yards astern. The crew con-
sisted of a captain, mate, two seamen, steward,
en-
gineer, fireman, and boy. There was nothing on
the fore cabin to prevent the mate from seeing
Woolcott, except the funnel.
George Woolcott, having been cautioned by the
Bench to the effect that what he said might be used
in evidence against him, stated that he was a seaman
on board the Lady of the Lake at the time of the
accident. He relieved Salter on the look-out near to
Fawley Creek, just before the accident. He was on
the 100k-out on the port side of the side-house,
standing on the rail of the bulwarks, and leaning
against the side-house. He could see the mate at
the wheel from there, and of course the latter
could see him. He saw the boat with the deceased
on the port bow some little distance and
ahead,
gave
a signal to the man at the wheel by lifting out his
right arm, which means to port the helm. The mato
could have seen his signal if he had been !ooking for-
ward. At the same time witness saw the captain
standing on the ladder, with his hands on the
rail.
When he gave the signal the vessel was ported a little
fur a short time, and then he gave a signal to star-
board the helm, which was done, but the boat was
then too near for the vessel to go round. He then
hallooed out to the man in the boat to shove her off.
She was then along the port bow. He should think
they were 50, 60, or 100 yards from the boat when
he gave the first signal. It was rather thick and
hazy. The sun was shining too. He sent the helm
astarboard to enable the stern of the vessel to clear
the boat. He had only been a fortnight in the em-
ploy of the company, bat was in a steamer some
years ago. It was not customary for the captain to
remain on the bridge all the way down. Witness
relieved the look-out without any orders. They took
the wheel and the lookout in turns. It was Salter's
turn to look out, but he saw him go away, and
thought he might just as well be there as down below.
It was not his duty to look out, but if he saw any-
thing he should, of course, call attention to it. They
relieved one another at the wheel, and then looked
out in turns. It was customary for them to relieve
one another as they liked. He saw the captain on
the bridge, and he could see witness, but when Sal-
ter went down the captain was on the ladder. Salter
said to witness, " Stand here while I go down to get
my breakfast, and I'll come up again." About two
minutes elapsed between his making the sign to port
the helm and calling to the man to shove off. The
man at the wheel saw him standing there, but he did
not know whether he received his orders wheu the

-other was gone. -• He was only once en the lore
cabin, up and down which he walked once, but that
was before he saw the boat. As soon us be saw
the vessel could not clear the boat he rau aft, but
had made a signal before he did so. The man was
sitting in the boat. He saw a rope over her stern,
but not not know whether the boat was at anchor
or the man was sculling. He thought the man was
fishing, and that the boat was not moving. He had
been in colliers and other boats, but had never
served any particular time at sea.
This being the whole of the evidence, the magis-
trates committed the captain for trial at the next
Winchester assizes on the charge of manslaughter,
but admitted him to bail, himself in £lOO and two
sureties in £5O each. The required bond being im-
mediately forthcoming, the defendant was liberated
from custody.

HEATHENISH IN SAN
time in
TTheemCphlein, Chinese
are having a great . . .
wEhvoltdheenrtlyt
htehefest
proceedstval
arets to
a religious character,
9acramento-street,
just
t h onuogwh.
be doteodtto cancelling a mortgage on their church, or to
sending out pagan missionaries to win over Christian
believers to Buddhism, is more than inquisitiveness itself
has been able to ascertain. The first thing which strikes the
visitor on entering the vestibule of their sanctuary is a most
ancient and fish-like smell, and if he approaches the alter he
will discover that the breath of the gods smells strangely
of stale salmon. The first object of Chinese adoration
that meets the eye is a high and hilarious god, standing
some 7ft. or aft. in his stockings, and flourishing a cigar in
his left hand like a Montgomery-street swell. The attitude
of this idol is not very graceful, while his legs widely
spread apart, and the air with which he braces back
against the wall, suggest that he is under the influence of the
rosy. Altogether he had a convivial look about him highly
cheerful to behold, and the effect is heightened by two horns
with serrated edges which sprout gaily from behind his ears.
Passing on and ascending a narrow and fishy staircase, we
find a balcony, gay with flags and lanterns, and illuminated
with scrolls written in sinuous characters, probably pregnant
with the wisdom of the immortal Kung-fu-tae, whom the
Latins name Confucius. Here the sound of music is loud--
reckless disciples play crashing anvil choruses upon immense
gongs, while milder-mannered musicians keep up a rattling
accompaniment on kettle-drums, blended with a symphony
„,
of shrill notes from the lips of cracked fifes. The godtssetan%
it marvelously well however, and so does the temple, though
a much less noise brought down the walls
of Jericho. tho
temple, the gods and worshipers are so numerous t °n
a°
calls them no longer John but legion. You stumble 0
over
lintoiho
hen little god on the floor, or precipitate your a
The big °lle°
stomach of a big one braced against the altar. , „fa,eg style.
number two, and face each other in a GoF,.
.a,f_t
al'euve the
In height they are Anaks, each standing eisintigtilocewrinkle in
level of the floor, without counting a
inches morn were it
the back, which would give them a few
on a suppositious
ironed out. Each has ono foot perched
.1. ti,er--they seem to
rock, while the other rests on a paper h
1 tho night through.
have been bucking against tigerthesand, plucked from no one
One holds a golden apple in his hand,
grasps a golden wreath.
knows what Hesperides ; the
harlequin,
and bearded and rams-
They are spangled like harAlo 1
lehronic lassitude rests on their
2 by having been up all night.
ccasionea
features
polo .
tached liko bogus
thee a late breakfast or an early
hem is spread o!
o hurry to attack it. ITIF.
Before t
seem In n
barons..
lunch, but they
feel
safe in the assurance that no one else
doubtedly they
ged around tho wall, in convenient little
will eat it.
hanged around
little gods, with splay feet.
boxes,
sentry
_wee ~ Josses " of the concern, One of
These bo the common
like a Christian martyr, and has th
them is hsbite iono condemned to be burnt, The el
dolorous look o
appre-
hension
seems not entirely groundless, as a
see
number of
to his feet. s
lighted close
torches are hould they burn on
spectacle would probably be furnished of a baked to-
n
the spec
to The worshippers in the purlieus of the temple are
ma •
t very devout. They loaf around, and take all sorts of
liberties with their gods, even to the occasional swouching
of a tom-cod from their breakfast table. There are dowa-
gers,
damse with
ls headdresses which tower up in crinigerousßabels,
and with eyes more clam-shell than almond-shell
shaped. There are male Chinamen having the look of
chimpanzees, and others dandified enough in appearance
to stand as lay figures in bathers' windows. Altogether
the Picture is a
motley one, and well worth seeing,
but curious visitors should be vaccinated before entering the
synagogue, and carry smelling salts with them. Were there
time in this connexion to indulge in speculation and 7( flec-
-1 ion concerning this curious people who have moved their
temples and gods into our midst and sat down among us.
but of whom we really know so little, there were ample food
for it. How long will they maintain their idolatrouszou_
ship in the full blaze of the light which a Christianheeno f _
ese
pity sheds ? Or is it unfair to call them idolaters wean 'll
made "in
images which they make unto themselves areenin
the earth
the shape of anything in the heavens abr
Will ever an
beneath, or in the waters under the earth?"
deities a flying
Iconclast come along and send these paper ybe broken
11
higher than any kite ? will these Thors finally
with their own hammers ? or will this
a bnating toro-toms
peopleu go on chanting
barbarous hymns through their noses and
and tom-tom gods to the
to the honour of their torn-
t°l2l
cads
.i'rancisco Bt(Petti?.
end of another century ?-0n
1

LONDON, THURSDAY, NOV. 5, 1863.

In the powerful ruler of forty millions of men,
the master of forty legions, who has this day spoken
to all Europe through the address delivered by him
to his new Legislature—Deputies and Senators
waiting upon him to that end in the throne-room
at the Palace of the Tuileries—it is no adulation,
it is simply the exercise of sheer common sense,
to recognise a great man in a great position. For
more than ten years NAPOLEON 111. has reigned
over France as Emperor. During now upwards
of fourteen, during very nearly fifteen momentous
years he has, under various titles, as President for
four years, as President for life, as Prince President,
and, finally, as Sovereign held within his own
grasp the reins, directed with his own voico the
policy, !I:constructed at his own pleasure the entire
structure and machinery of the Government of
France. He has himself conducted the armies of
France—has himself in the field, and that again
and again, led her troops to victory. He has always
"ring these fifteen years presided, not nominally,
I'l4 Practically and actually, over the councils of
his cabinet. He has himself conducted, through
a sue._
—"inn of ministries, the delicate and intricate
diplomaqofFrance—mai^tainin uninterruptedly,
wherever g
it
as been in any way practicable, as
with "raelvea t • -
the revival ea that principle of peace which, before
mot attialle Empire, he proclaimed by a memo-
rable"ileaux would be the guiding prin-
ciple of its institotio ns- If Russia, if China, if
Japan, if Alexi
if kuatria reproach him with any
violation of that memorable promise, we at least
here in England haveno
... .
reason whatever for doing
so. In our regard,
n regard to so many
other contemporary Powete, as in re to
g
Portugal, to Turkey, to
Prussia, to Sweden, to Denela
(rt
e,
ltaoeet:Seeednplii Spain, ninan,iiaattnerhtydd
uu hesitating IY o.
and,
States of North America—he has i
what is more, acinterr
u
faithful, to that famous
v assurance. Still to this day, in all these instances,
as in so many others here unenumerated, he has
t
promise to the very letter
been true to his
" rempire c'est
pals !" 'Wherever panotie.
undr
able the sword has remained
_awn.
Moreover, in the exceptional instances in
which the sword has been drawn by
what appeared to him a dire necessity, never
once in any of those instances before enumerated
has the scabbard, so to speak, been thrown away.
The reproach directed against him
more that
once, and from this side of the Channel moreover,
in reference to the greatest of the half dozen wars
upon which he has adventured has been one of an
entirely opposite character. He has been accused
•--from this direction—more than once of an over
readiness to bring those same wars to a conclusion.
Ile it was who took the initiative in regard to the
negotiations thet led to the almost abrupt termination
of the Crimean war. His precipitancy at Villafranca
afforded yet another, and a far more signal token of
his placability in regard to the poser with which he
had contended. England, least of all, among the
nations of the globe has reason to charge him with
the cherishing of hostile feelings, with insincerity
in his fair promise at Bordeaux. :Among all the
later Sovereigns of France he has been the faith-
fullest of all our allies, And this, mereover, in
spite of how much provocation,
of provocations how
deadly, how malignant, and how protracted! That
there have
been these provocations, it will be suffi-
cient here to recall to mind two men who
have earned
for themselves, each of them, an unenviable notoriety
by the virulence of
the malignity with which they
have in their several ways, one through a great
journal, the other through a great book reviled

Ihim in rhetorical Billingsgate—and this at an
interval of ten years from each other—Mr. KING
LASE a few months since in his spiteful hashing-up
of old club•gossip, called a " History of the
Crimean War"—his fraternal fellow-labourer of
more than ten years ago being that now almost for-
gotten " Englishman" (shame be his for so dese-
crating the name) that now virtually dead and gone
"-Englishman" who was allowed so long to shriek
his revilings through the noble trumpet of
the Times newspaper. The French EMPEROR, by
his silence, his endurance, his calm and imperturb-
able maintenance—according to the fluctuations of
feeling here in England towards him during the
last fourteen or fifteen Teats of his power over
France and in Europe, through all the variations
of evil report and good report in his regard--the
French EMPEROR,
we say, by his calm and imper-
turable maintenance, -uninterruptedly to this hour,
of the Alliance with England, has had his revenge,
and a noble revenge it is, over a swarm of enemies.

lunfortunate occurrence in the county
of Galway
recentalwayhas called forth an expression of feeling,
alike honourable to themselves and the Lord Lieu-
tenant, from the noblemen and gentlemen of that
part of Ireland. It Was hardly to be expected that
so marked an affront to the representative of her
_ _

MAJESTY, as well as a direct personal insult to a

peer universally respected for the courteous and
gentlemanly manner in which he fills his distin-
guished office, would be altogether passed over by
the notabilities of the district which has been made
so unpleasantly conspicuous by an act whose ab-
surdity almost equalled its insolence. It will be
remembered that the Earl of CARLISLE, while
travelling through Galway, had occasion to pass
by Maam, where he intended to remain a night at
the end of the stage. Unfortunately the owner
of the place is the Earl of LEITRIM, who, for some
fancied affront to his dignity, cherished a bitter ani-
mosity against the Government. Why he selected
the Lord Lieutenant as the victim of his wrath is
perplexing, as he could be scarcely be personally
answerable for the decisions of the other members
of the Executive. At all events, Lord LEITRIM
allowed his anger to hurry him to lengths that
would have disgraced an ignorant peasant, by offer-
ing a direct affront to the dignity of the QUEEN,
through her representative, and by so forgetting
the courtesy due from one gentleman to another,
as to put the Earl of CARLISLE in a most inconve-
nient and embarrassing position. Hearing of the
Lord Lieutenant's intended movements, he de-
despatched strict orders to the landlord of the only
inn in the place to fill the rooms with his
tenants, so as to refuse the Earl ad-
mittance on his arrival. The letter was
couched in the most stringent terms, and the
landlord had of course no choice bat to obey. The
plan, which had in it something of a schoolboy's
silly trick, would have been carried out to the letter,
only fortunately some of the police authorities were
wise enough to hurry off an intimation of the state
of things to the Lord Lieutenant before he reached
Maam. The postboys agreed to make a further
effort to push on another stage, and accordingly the
Earl of LEITRIM must have had the satisfaction of
learning from his tenant that no application had
been made for the occupied rooms. It is to be hoped
he paid the bill with a good grace. So silly and
purposeless a trick would, of course, have been left
unnoticed, so far as the Earl of CARLISLE was per-
sonally con cerned, but the Lord Lieutenant of Ire-
land could not in his official capacity pass over such
intentional disrespect to the highest authority in
the kingdom. Accordingly the Earl of LEITRIM has
fresh cause for complaint in the deprivation of his
Lord Lieutenancy of the county; and probably,
should the Earl of CARLISLE trust himself again
within his reach, he will devise some still more
ingeniously annoying reception. The incident
which has brought this affair again forward is the
presentation of an address to the Lord Lieutenant,
signed by seven peers, 20 deputy-lieutenants, and
98 magistrates of the county of Galway, expressing
in the most decided and unmistakeable terms their
regret and indignation at the recent occurrence.
The address was transmitted to his Excellency by
Lord CLANRICARDE, who assured him at the same
time that if such proof of unanimity had been, re-
quired, it would have been signed by every land-
owner in the county. The address, brief as it is, leaves
nothing to be desired. It remin is the Lord Lieutenant
that the inhabitants of that country hive never
been wanting in loyalty to their SOVEREIGN, and
that whatever may be their personal or party
feelings, they have never been suffered to influ-
ence the respect shown to the representative of
the QUEEN. It adds that nothing in the acts of
the present occupier of the office has afforded the
slightest pretext for departing from this rule—a
tribute eminently deserved by the Earl of CAR
LISLE, whom all creeds and parties have united
in admitting to be one of the most affable and
moderate holders of a responsible and somewhat
invidious post. The answer of the noble earl to
this address is worthy of him. He expresses the
gratification which he could not fail to feel at so
public a testimony of the esteem in which he is
held, and then he says in words which will at
once pain and gratify every Irishman, that a want
of hospitality was the very last contingency he
had expected to encounter on Irish soil. It is to
be hoped that the nobleman whose churlish con-
duct has given rise to this address will accept
the reproof so pointedly conveyed, for having so
far fallen short of the generous open-handed cha-
racter of his countrymen, whose faults, whatever
they may be, have never been lack of ready kind-
ness and courtesy. The popular idea of an Irish-
man at home is the very essence of hearty
and genial welcome, and one would feel more
sure of a hospitable reception if entering un-
invited to share a dinner of potatoes in
anlrish cabin than in intruding into many
colder, if wealthier abodes. That an Irish-
num
should fail in respect to his QUEEN,
courtesy to
tra-
veller is certainly
be set down
we are not sur .
some years' reside
warm-hearted
as his chief feeliege
his superior, and ho-spitality to a
eopani combination
e that deserves to
"'long the wonders of the day ; and
at
He cannot at all events include
prised that Lord CARLISLE, after
among that quick-witted,
. should express astonishment
marked a discourtesy.
include the rest of the
y in this breach of e •
have occasion again to visit ttiquette, and should he
hea
t
that the landlords
h© will Probably do , part of the coun-
try,guest of some
° an the
gentleman who will take car
on the road aro not tampered with,
• The con-
duci; of the
Earl of LEITRIM B""ten. as Lord
CARLISLE justly observes, undue importance
from
I:) party insulted, and
the position of the
8° great
" Ireland, where the Earl
an affront to authority could have nowhere been
in worse taste than in of
LEITRIM should have remembered the dangerous
example be was setting to disaffected persons.
How can we expect the lower orders to obey the
laws, and conduct themselves decently and respec-
tably under English rule, when
they see a noble-
man of high rank and distinguished position offer-
ing them an example to do the
very contrary ?
We are glad to see the long list of notable names
appended to the address, a fact which the Earl of
CARLISLE may take as evidence of the esteem ill-

spired by his personal qualities and conduct, no
less than as a tribute of respect to his office, and
through that to her Majesty the QUEEN.

It is always an advantage to find social questions
put forward with clear common sense, and free
from affectation and exaggeration. Thus the paper
detailed Miss
om e re
Fna a ithfull
at Edinburgh furnishes us
accountengoafg tehde. "unfitltis
absurd
riwne t
which w
con-
tradict the statements and satirise the proposals of
would-be reformers when the case is clearly against
them in point of argument. A favourite assertion is
that women are better at home, and that their duties
ought to be confined to their families. It is not the
question if they may work, but that they must, and
how are they to do so as profitably as possible.
Great numbers have no homes to shelter them, no
families to engage them, and of those who have they
are compelled to contribute to the support and
maintenance of their families. As affairs are at
present arranged it results that thousands of females
pursue kinds of business totally unsuitable for them,
and which can but prove demoralising and degrad-
ing to glair characters. Again, in what are consi-
dered the legitimate spheres of toil fur women of
the middle or upper-lower classes, what injury is
inflicted on their health ! The close hours, the
crowded rooms, and :the scanty rest, all tell
fearfully against the health. It seems, then, a con-
tradition in terms for really well-meaning persons
to declaim against the notion of females engaging
in arduous and active:employments, when we are
informed, on competent authority, that "striking
examples are to be found among the occupations
of women, many of which, though sanctioned
by custom, are destructive alike to their
physical and moral constitution." It is well to take
note occasionally of some of these anomalies in our
social system; and it cannot be entirely delusive to
believe that there are within our realm Christian,
wise, and kindly men to take up the subject in a
right spirit, and to institute some reforms into a
system that is now so deleterious to the health of
the body and to the welfare of the mind.
The facts here adduced by Miss FAITHFULL
are enough to rouse indignation and awaken
horror in the minds of all capable of appre-
ciating their importance and influence. For in-
stance, very lately, in Brecon, some complaints
were made that the railway company furnished the
coal very small, and the reply was that the cause
proceeded from " women filling the trucks," but
that men were in future to assist in lifting the
larger lumps. There must be many employments
more suited to feminine strength, and more con-
sistent with womanly dignity, and yet those unfor-
tunate beings are doubtless very glad to have
recourse to this hard and wearying life to obtain
the necessities of existence. In the district near
Wigan, women are found working the canal boats,
and even with the "boat-line across their shoulders
drawing the boats." It is no longer a question of
morbid sentimentality, nor of Utopian projects,
when the civilisation of the nineteenth century can
subject its women to such toil and drudgery. All
these evils result from the plan of leaving things
to take their chance. Instead of denying facts, the
wise ones of our generation had better have acknow-
ledged them and provided for the emergency.
If women are to toil for their daily bread,
to endure exertion, and to undergo sacri-
fices for their maintenance, the claims
of humanity, the voice of justice, and the
decencies of society demand that the work should
be such that the enlightened and considerate can
honestly aver, in the sight of GOD and man, to be
meet, right, and fitting. This vexed ques-
tion had better be simply resolved into the
simple query of right or wrong ? If the exist-
ing state of things is not in accordance with right,
it should be altered immediately. No comfort, ex-
pense, or expediency should be suffered to stand in
the way of the reforms of radical evils and the rec-
tifying of social abuses. It cannot be impossible to
find something for females to do that they may en-
gage in with ail their powers, without interfering
unduly with work that they are not fit for, men-
tally or physically, and without being brutalised
by tasks that disgrace themselves and degrade those
who employ them. In the higher positions of
society much might be effected to impart to females
a more useful, and hence a more happy, existence;
but that is not of such vital consequence in compa-
rison with the urgent claims of the poorer classes.
Miss FAITHFULL truly states that the habit of
treating women as " mere machines" has created
many of the existing evils. It is not the custom to
apprentice girls to any trade but millinery, hence
they are confined, per force, to the coarsest and
roughest branches. Let this subject at once engage
the attention of all qualified to judge, and who are
capable of rendering practical service in the cause.
In the first place, instead of disputing as to whether
women ought to work, let them decide in what
manner they shall work. It was a divine command
that bade man to toil, till he returned to the dust
from whence he was taken ; but human readings
of the command have necessitated that the burden
should often be shared, if not entirely borne, by
women in many cases. Work that is suitable for
the sex, rank, and capacity of the worker, is one
of the greatest benefits and highest blessings that
can be bestowed upon humanity, and the happiest
and liveliest method of rendering this sad and
stormy life in any way peaceable or praiseworthy.
But, then, moderation must be employed, and it
will not do for those who rule the events of the
day, and sanction the customs of society, to fold
their hands and take their reat, when their verdict
has sent forth women to do the work of beasts that
perish, while men are idling away in effeminate
pursuits. Nor yet can they lay claim to immunity
when, in really feminine pursuits, health, life, and
reputation are wantonly sacrificed. There must be
some remedy for all these abuses and anomalies,
and it is their duty, as it should be their pleasure,
to seek it out, and apply it profitably when disco-
vered. So shall they meet the best reward that
can crown all endeavours in minds at peace, and
render a satisfactory account of their work and
its issue to their country now, and to their GOD
hereafter.

THE PORTRAIT OF PRINCE ARTHUR (by Jan do
Mabuse, A.D. 1501), son of Henry VII. and Eliza-
beth, daughter of Edward IV., has been recently discovered,
and is now in that Prince's native city of Winchester.
From pictorial history we find that Mabuse became one of
the most famous portraitists of his time, and having assidu-
ously cultivated his rare talents by studying in Italy, was
thereby enabled to first teach the Flemish masters how ti
delicately treat in their compositions historical and allegori-
cal subjects. Ho gained great reputation from the portraits
which ho painted while in England, by command of Henry
VII. He was also highly esteemed by the Emperor Charles
V., and in fineness of colouring and graceful delineation of
costume he surpassed all his contemporaries, and his pictures
are as highly finished as those of Gerhard Douw and Mieris.
This portrait of Arthur is painted on a gold ground, and the
ornate crimson robo,with the regal jewels in the cap and
td t
brorese held aa!,and the flower (doubtless emblematic of the white
in the chastely-painted right hand, are exquisitely
executed,
A NEWLY-INVENTED PROJECTILE has been re-
from cently
ante orsdiene.ry New 'York, which, when discharged
6-Pounder gun, pierced a target composed
of 8 inches of iron, backed
the
ch,tr,eby 4 inches of wood, at the dis tance of 90 feet,
prolj.ec°tifiePowder being only 11lbs. Jr
is asserted that this
plating of any iron clad now will
penetrate the armour
afloat, at a distance of 500
yards, with only half the above c4rge of Powder,

STANFORD'S MAP OF NORTH AMERICA.

Constructed by Alexander Keith Johnston.
Published by E. Stanford, 6, Charing-cross.
Another of his magnificient series of library
Maps—the most apropos of them all—has, in this
superb publication, just now been issued from
Mr. Stanford's Establishment. It is the fourth in
sequence from the time when the series was com-
menced. In its dimensions it is precisely of the
same size as its three predecessors—namely, that
of sixty-five inches by fifty-eight. It is particularly
noticeable, however, that while the superficial
dimensions of these huge maps are identically the
same, the scale upon which the four have been con-
structed within that framework of 65 inches by 58,
has necessarily been very different. Whereas the
scale of Mr. Stanford's Library Map of _Europe was
one of 50 miles to the inch, that of Australia of
64 miles to the inch, and that of Asia of 110 miles to
the inch—this new and, at the present moment
peculiarly acceptable Map of NORTH AMERICA is
constructed upon a scale of " eighty-three" miles to
the inch. A variation of scales attributable, of
course, to the relative geographical area of the four
vast tracts of land requiring to be pourtrayed
within the same rigidly prescribed outline of sixty-
five inches by fifty-eight. As with regard to the
three preceding Library Maps, I. Europe, 11.
Australia, 111. Asia, so also with reference to this
IV. North America, the Library Map so announced
may be procured, according to the fancy of the
purchaser, for three guineas and a half, for three
pounds, and for six pounds sterling, that is, mounted
to fold in morocco case, mounted on roller varnished,
and mounted on roller with patent spring. One of
these forms enabling the map to be ranged with its
fellows, as another noble volume upon our library
bookshelves. The other forms adapting it, according
to preference, either to occasional or to permanent
display, upon the
i walls,
alls
saywhether of library, office,
,
or schoolroom.of this immense and
highly. elaborated map of North America
that it is the noblest map of that vast con-
tinent that has ever yet been produced,
, is to say of it, according to our belief (and reeollec-
tion), the simplest truth. When to the announce-
ment of the scale upon which it has been
constructed, moreover, is added the intimation that
the band, so constructing it, upon that scale, is no
• other than the same master-hand by which the
earlier maps of the series have been produced,
the statement made in our last sentence might be
regarded by many, and not unreasonably, as some-
what superfluous. The Editor of " The Physical
Atlas" has taken his place permanently in the front
rank, and at about the very head of that front rank
of the most skilled and gifted among our modern
geographers. And remembering that—knowing
that perfectly well, as we do—our confidence in
the accuracy and beauty of any new geographical
work of more than ordinary importance and mag-
nitude, such, for example, as this very Map of
North America, coming to us from the hand of
Mr. Johnston, is attributable not alone to our
' recollection of what he has already done in this
way ! It is attributable yet more to our sense of
the fact that he has already done so much and so
well that he applies himself now to the production
of any fresh work of this kind, of more than usual
magnificence, with a perfect consciousness on his
own part that he has a reputation to sustain. The
Editor of the " Physical Atlas"—that superb illus-
trative companion to the Cosmos of Humboldt,
the Geography
of Maltebrun, and the Siluria of
Murchison—as a mere matter of course, cannot be
expected by any, even the minutest proportion, to
advance or elevate the reputation acquired for
himself by that magnum opus—which must always
be regarded as his undoubted masterpiece, for he
can hardly be expected to surpass it. By an
obvious necessity, it would be a thing quite imprac-
ticable for him to surpass it by any one isolated
map, even by a map upon the magnificent scale
and noble dimensions of the library series of which
this very map now under consideration is the latest
instalment. The utmost we could rationally hope
for, would be, what is certainly here recognisable
upon a careful scrutiny of Stanford's New Library
Map of North America—namely, that by this one
isolated performance Mr. Keith Johnston still
does veritably contrive to sustain his reputa-
tion l That reputation acquired for himself
steadily and progressively during the last score
of years by so many chartographic works
of real and oven exceptional excellence, but moat of
all, as already intimated, by what is incomparably,
and must always remain, his greatest work—" The
Physical Atlas." Never, by possibility, could any
map of North America appear at a time at which it
would be likely to prove more welcome. This crisis
of the great civil war now raging between the Fede-
rals and the Confederates—constituting of itself for
such a publication what we might almost call a
wonderful " puff preliminary," blown through the
war trumpet. There are other questions,
moreover, besides that of the momentous alter-
native now being fought out upon the soil of
the once United States, the alternative of re-
Union or of permanent Severance—questions con-
tinually directing the attention of thoughtful ob-
servers in Europe, to a more and more careful
scrutiny of some reliable map of North America.
Several among the more remarkable of these same
difficult and complicated questions relating to
North America, the prospectus issued with this
Library Map has thus happily summarised :
" What to do about telegraphic communication via
Behring Strait versus Greenland ; or the Hudson
Bay territory—or Federation and Confederation—
or Abolition of Slavery—or Overland Transit be-
tween Canada and Vancouver—or Mexican diffi-
culties—or the various projects for rivalling the
Panama Railroad—wherever the mind is directed
on this great continent, some great movement is
found to be claiming attention." And it is in the
midst of the everyday discussion of these all-im-
portant subjects of international solicitude that
Mr. Stanford's Library Map of North America now
makes its admirably well-timed appearance. A
map of North America upon so large a scale had
latterly, moreover, become nothing less than a ne-
cessity. It was a want quite as much as it will (now
that that want is supplied) ba found to be a luxury.
No General Map of North America upon a very
large scale was anywhere to be turned to, except one
so old as almost, one might say, to be obsolete. As
it has been here produced at length, with Mr.
Stanford as the publisher and Mr. Johnston as the
geographer, it will be all the more clearly recognised,
the more carefully it is studied, as a work of the
very highest class—a
map for which every
student of modern history will be grateful, more
particularly such as come practically under that
denomination as diplomatist or administrator, as
journalist or as statesman.