The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-01 00:00:00

Births.

GAGE,—On the 29th ult., at Sandgmt_,e the wife of Lieut.-
Colonel the Hon. Edward Gage, Royal Artillery, pre.
maturely, of a son.
MONTAGU.—On the 27th ult., at Dover, the wife of Lieut.-
Colonel Montagu, Royal Engineers, of a daughter.
STORMONT.—On the 28th ult., at Scone Palace, Perthshire
the Viscountess Stormont, of a son. ,
VIGNOLES.—On the 27th ult., at Folkestone, the wife of
Henry Vignoles, Esq., C.E., of a daughter.

Marriages.
ERRINGTON—RIDDELL.—On the 29th ult., at St. Mary's,
Felton, Northumberland, John Errington, Esq., of high
Warden, to Gertrude Mary, youngest daughter of Thos.
Riddell, Esq., of Felton-park.
lIIRD—KEIr.---On the 29th ult., at the British Embassy,
Paris, William klird, of 2, Elm-grove, Peckham, late of
Darlington, to Anna Elizabeth, youngest daughter of
Francois Keip, of Passy, near Paris.

Deaths.
COLT.—On the 27th ult., at Imeresk House, near Edin-
burgh, John Hamilton Colt, Lieut. R.N., late of H.M.S.
Euryalus.
John Davy,
DAvY.—On the 29th ult., at Notting. hill,
Esq., late of Jamaica, aged 62.
HANBURY,—On the 29th ult., at Frohsdorf, Eastbourne,
Herbert, fourth son of Robert Hanbury, Esq., m.P aged six years and one month.
JO
John DouglaOs Johnsto neTINSTONE.—n the 19th ult., at Dublin, Major-General
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the 33d Regt. , C.D
late Lieut.-Colonel of
FAPaddon, Esq., aed 9DDON.—On th eg29th
cult., at Farehm, Hants, Joseph
.
PEDDIE.—Ott the 29th ult,, at the Craven Hotel, Landon,
a few days after his return from the West Indies, Capt.
Crofton Peddie, 21st Royal N.B. Fusiliers, aged 33.

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OIRECTORS.
Chairman—The Right Hon. Viscount RANELAGH, Chair-
man of the Conservative Land Association.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Uxbridge, Herriard Grange,
Basingstoke, and 45, Upper Grosvenor-street, London.
The Hon. Henry Blackwood, Cadogan-place, Belgravia,
London.
George Bermincham, Esq. (Chairman British Nation
Assurance Company), London.
Charles Heneage, Esq. (Director Langham Hotel Company),
London.
Angus M'Kenzie, Esq., Merchant, Gresham House, Old
Broad-street, nd Sydenham.
Reginald Read, Esq. (Director Crystal Palace Company),
. Sydenham.
E W. H. ,'•chenley, Tlsq , Prince's-gate, HvdePark (Director
United Kingdom Telegraph Company), London.
Captain Welch, Westow-hill, Upper Norwood.

No. 22,234.

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,

LADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW NOVEL,
"MARY LYNDSAY."
" This story is interesting and enthralling throughout.
Mary Lyndsay ' is a most charming heroine."—Sun.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

ANTHONY TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL,.
In 2 vols., post Bvo.,
1/ ACH E L 11 AY.
By ANTHONY TROLLOI'E.
[Early in October.]
Chapman and Hall, 103, Piccadilly.

AUDITORS.
W. T. Linford, Esq., Moorgate-street. London.
F. F. Toole, Esq., B.lliter-square, London.
BANKERS.
London (City)—The Union Bank of London, Princes-street,
Bank.
West-end—Messrs. ferries, Farquhar, and Co., St. James's-
street.

In post Bvo., with Portrait and Map, 2s. 6d.,
THE LIFE OF GENERAL STONEWALL
JACKSON. _

BROKERS.
Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Sono, 15, Angel-court,
Throgrnorton-strcet, London.
Messrs, Taunton and Co., York-buildings, Liverpool.
ARCHITECT—Henry E. Coe, Esq., London.
SOLICITOR—Henry Wickens, Esq., Tokenhouse-yari, Bank,
London.
SECRETARY—WiIIiam Strange, Jun , Esq.
PFFICES—OId Mansion-house, 73, Cheapside, London.

By the Author of "Life fn the South."
Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS.
The Company have purchased, at a cost of £16,500, the
Freehold mansion and ornamental grounds known as "The
Mount," situated on Westow Hill, Upper Norwood. The
grounds, which are nearly ten acres in extent, with a front-
age of 362 feet, are upon a noble elevation, with a south-west
aspect, and about three minutes' walk from the Crystal
Palace. The mansion itself (recently erected from designs
by Mr. Digby Wyatt) will remain intact, and form an adjunct
to ti 3 intended hotel structure. By this arrangement the
impo,tant desideratum of commencing business forthwith
will be secured, obtaining from the first a return upon the
capital invested.
The profits of the shareholders will not be burthened with
prom oters' fees, or any preliminary expenseadvertisins whatever, s‘ve
the ordinary and unavoidable items of g and
printing.
Applications for shares should be addressed to the Secre-
tary or Brokers of the Company, and to. the offices of the
Company, Old Mansion House, 73, Cheapside, London, where
the articles of association and plans of the buildings can be
'seen. In the event of no allotment being made, the-deposit
Money will be returned in full.
Detailed prospectus2s and forms of application for shares
may be obtained at the Company's offices as above.

PRINCE of WALES HOTEL COMPANY,
Upper Norwood (Limited!.
NOTICE.—In consequence of the numerous applications
received for Shares in this undertaking-, the Directors bez to
intimate to the public that NO FURTHER APPLICA-
TIONS for SHARES will be RECEIVED AFTER
SATURDAY NEXT, October 3, 1863, from London, or after
Tuesday next, October 6, 1863, from the country.
WM. STRANGE, Jun., Secretary.
Offices of the Comrany, 73, Cheapside, London,
Sept. 29, 1863.

This day, in post Svo., 10s. 6d.,
THE ENGLISH AT HOME.
THIRD SERIES.
By ALPHONSE ESQUIROS.
Translated by Sir LASCELLES WRAXALL, Bart.
Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

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THE SOUTHSEA PIER HOTEL COMPANY
(Limited).
Incorporated tinder the "Joint-stock Companies Acts, 1856
and 1857," and the "Companies Act, 3862," whereby the
liability of each Shareholder is strictly limited to the
amount subscribed.

Capital £60,000.
First Issue £30,000, in Shares of £5 each, with power to the
Directors to issue the remaining £30,00 whole. or in
part, when requisite; the Original Shareholders having a
preferential claim, pro rata, in the Shares so issued.
Deposit on application 56. per Share, and 15s. on allotment.
Calls not to exceed 205., each, at intervals of not less than

three months.
DIRECTORS.
J. W. MOORE MILLER, Esq., Gloucester House, Southsea,
Chairman.
lIAWES FOX, Esq., Queen's-gardens, Hyde-park, Lon-
don, Director of the Brighton, Ucktield, and Tonbridge
Rai way Company, Vice-Chairman.
31aier Castle, J.P., Frome Lodee, Stapleton, Bristol.
Irenry Crowdy Crowdy, Esq., Blunsdon, Highworth,
Director of the Bristol City Hotel Company.
George Frederick Fox, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Inns of
(:curt Hotel Company.
Arthur P. Latty, Esq., Gloucester-gardens, Hyde-park,
London.
Richard Marvin, Esq., Grove-road, Southsea, Director of the
Landport and Southsea Tramway Company.
Joseph Owen, Esq., Australian merchant. London and Shef-
field, Director of the Chesterfield and Midland Coal Cc m-
Pany.
Edward Kent Parson, Esq., King's-terrace, Southsea, Direc-
tor of the Landport and Southsea Tr mway Company.
.5. 0. Rattenbury, E,q., Gray's. inn, and 22, Horbury•cres-
cent, Notting-hi 1, London.
Wentworth Lascelles Scott, Esq., M.S.A., Consulting
Analyst, Westbourne Park, London, W.
W. P. D. Stephens, Esq., Cleveland Gardens, Hyde Park,
Director of the Metropolitan and Provincial Bank.
John Everard Upton, Esq., Beech-grove-terrace, Leeds.
.Agra and.
United BANKEns.
London Service Bank (Limited), Cannon-street,
Messrs. Grants, Gilman, and Long, Portsmouth, and South-
sea.

SoLiciTons.
Messrs, Few and Co., 2, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden,
London.
S. S. Long, Esq., Southsea.

BROKERS.
Mes9rs, Froom Brothers, 2 Change-alley, Cornhill.
Rezisterecl Offices-3, Vernlam-buildings, Gray's-inn,
London.

Applications for shares should be addressed to the Secre-
tary or Brokers of the Company, and to the offices of the
Company, 1, Vernlam-building's, Gray's-inn. London, where
the articles of association and plans of the buildings ran be
seen. In the event of no .11otment being made the deposit
money will be returned in full.
Detailed prospectuses and forms of application for shares
May be obtained at the Compans 's offices as above.

ONDON TAVERN COMPANY (Limited).
Incorporated under the Companies' Act, with Limited

In One Vol., Post Bvo., 10s. 6d.,

Capital £120,000, in 12,000 Shares of £lO each.
First Issue 6,C00 Shares.
Deposit on application £l, and LI 10s. on allotment, with a
further Call not exceeding- £2 Ms. within three months.
DIRECTORS.
Mr. Alderman AIIBISS, Chairman.
Joseph Causton, Esq., Eastcheap.
Sir Cusack P. Roney, 15, Lanzham-place.
J. W. Chater, Esq., London Tavern, Mana2inz, Director.
(With power to add to their number.)
MANAGER.
Mr. John Funge.
ARKERS.
The Bank of London, B
Threadneedle-strect ; and 450,
Strand, W.C.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Sole, Turners,
and Hardwick, 3 and 4, Alderman-
bury, E.C.
BROKERS.
Messrs. Eykyn Brothers, 22, Change-alley, E.C.
AUDITOR.
ifel/ry Honey, Esq. (h onep and Humphrys), 14, Ironmonger-

THE CROSS OF HONOUR. By the Author
of " Small House in Piccadilly." [On Oct. 10.
London : John Maxwell and Co 122. Fleet-street.

T " OXFOR D,
R, OXFORD STREET, W.

lane.
SECRETARY pro tem.
Mr. Reed.
Offices—The London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street.
OSPECTUS
P.
It is proposed to form R a
Company to purchase the business
of the well-known London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street.
The Directors have entered into a provisional agreement
with Mr. Chater, which g ves them the option of purchasing
the Freehold (within three years), or leasing the property at
a fair rental.
tiThe stock in trade, good will, wines, plate, furniture, fit-
ngs, &c., are estimated at £30,000, and the present Proprie-
or guarantees a minimum dividend of 10 per cent. on that
amount for three years.
These estimates have been verified as to the furniture and
plant
R. by Mr. Daniel Cronin ; as to the wines and spirits, by
Mr. C. Wilson, of 37, tirury-lane ;as to the fre hold, by
Mr. Pebenham, of the firm of Debenham and Tewson, 80,
Cheapside ; and a report has been made on the profits of the
business by Mr. Henry Honey, of the firm of Honey and
riumphrys, Accountants.
The company to take possession on the Ist October next,
and the profits will accrue as from that date. The option of
purchasing the freehold of constantly increasing va'ue, and a
substantial guarantee of a minimum dividend of 10 per cent.,
are obviously great advantages.
In the formation of this ('ompanyno promotion-money has
been or will be paid, and with a view to avo d a'l unnecessary
expenses, the offices of the Company will be at the London
Tavern.
Upwards of two-thirds of the requisite Capital for the first
Issue has already been subscribed for by Mr. Chater, the
Lirectors, and their friends.
thForma of Application for Shares to be made in the form
e to the Prospectus, with deposit of £1 per Share, to
The Bankers The Bank of London, Threadneedle-street, and
450, Strand.
of t
The Articles of Association can be inspected at the offices
coraPany.
22,
ProsPectuses may be obtained at the office of the Brokers,
Change -alley, E C. ; at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street ; and at the Company's Bankers.
The liability of each shareholder will be limited to the
amount of his subscription, and if no allotment be made, the
deposit will be returned in full.

THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections
from Sir Henry li. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Bellini's
SONNAMBULA.

Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison. Messrs.
Green, Bernardi, Huish, (tn., with full band and chorus.

Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c.

Comic, by UNSWORTH (" or any other man"), Eugene,
W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson.
Also, a Pei formance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his
wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCIIESTRE, contain-
ing a full baud of 40 instruments. . _

TO THE DIRECTORS or THE LONDON TAVERN
COMPANY (Limited).
Registered as a Limited Company under the Joint-Stock
Companies' Act, 1862.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares of .cto
each in the above Company, and I hereby agree to accept
such Shares, or any less number that may be altoted to me,
and to pay the deposit of £1 10s. on allotment, and I further
nuthorise yes so ou to enter myname on the Register for the num-
ber of Shar allotted.
Signature
Address in full
Date

The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated,
and isone of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis.

Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is. ;
private boxes, 10s. ed.

CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order
to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing. crowds,
Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro-
fessor Pepper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral
Illusion, " THE GHOST," from the Picture Gallery to the
Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected,
affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal-
cony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr.
A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im-
provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH
EVENLN G, at Ten o'clock.
All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual,
including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Unsworth (the modern
Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &o.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
Thf se elegant !looms are NOW OPEN for the Winter
Season. They have been entirely redecorated.
Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of monster concerts cele-
brity. The band ,s selected from the Crystal Palace, the
Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty.
Doors open at 8 o'clock.
Admission, ls.
Manager—M. GRENET.

OYAL ALHANIBRA PALACE. The
'11) GHOST ! new version—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN—
Grand Divertissement—Favourte Opera Selections—NlCO-
SlA, the eminent Violinist—RAPHAEL DE SOLLA. the
Infant Tenor—LANGLOIS, the Great Juggler, Every
Evening.
Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7.

110YAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great
Musical Attraction Immense success of SIGNOR
N ICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every
Evening.

3TINERALOGY.—King's College. London.—
IL Professor TENNANT, F.G.S., will commence a
COURSE OF LECTURES on MINERALOGY,with a view
to facilitate the study of Geology, and of the application of
mineral substances in the Arts.

The Lectures will begin on FRIDAY, October 2, at Nine
o'clock, a.m. They will be continued on each bucceeding
Wednesday and Friday at the same hour. Fee, £2 2s.
R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal.

ESTABLISIIED 1833.

BOWDEN'S JERATFD GINGER BEER, in
glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve
months. Lemonade, SVa-water, votass, Seltzer, and every
description of Mineral Waters.—Manutactory, No. 3, IN kite
Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C.

LONDON TAVERN COMPANY (Limited).
NO APPLICATIONS for SHARES will be received
after Twelve o'clock on FRIDAY next, the 2d of October, on
Which day the Directors will meet to allot.

ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
still Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort-
ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink-
stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, Sm., in Italian,
Parian, Marble Bronze, Der
Tbyshire STar, &c.
tre,Ported and manufactured, by JAMES ENNANT, Mine"
iftiogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., Lonaon.
1411.,r, Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS,
..,,','!siRALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly
*qat Vie interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON-
w.t:oGy. Ind GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas
ItrtittiC"r ICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and INE.
`-'l. giVett bY Mr. TENNANT. at 149 StrandM, W.C.

°11; Athij FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
way Terun,„!_inlinediate vicinity of the Great Northern nail-
6's-cross.
preside at King's-crosi.
prenia_ Patron—The QUEEN.
.4'ilt—l'he Duke of BUCCLEUCFI, K.G.
This was tbeealmtirer—Edward Masterman, Esq.
and
itinstant mEtovero4atl? hospital to introduce the principle of free
tIY oi
,lii to the destitute sick, without the
tution in its roost Dititters. It is entirely devoted to desti-
able
ht which is acconi-
partied by sick,,,s
tua2-niturle thlt, witra4d(ll"ageland is now of sufficient
capable ol admittinz into puate support, it may he renderer(
the ex-41a] sick of this gent wards a very lame proportion of
funds in order to have topmetropolis. It requires hint the
these the most wretched °rods available for the reception oi
it czratuitously affords medic: 411°w-creatures. Moreover,
on the ayeraEte, than 3,000 out__ 4iiee and medicine to more,
Pa. ents a week
The Weekly Board feel it their im '
perative duty to make an
EARNEST APPEAL to the p b
n li or continued suppcxrt,
to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that
daily present themselves.
Contributions are received by the
Alas rerman, Esq. Nicholas-lane; also Treasurer, Edward
and `Users. coutts c
and
Co. ; Drummond' and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.;
and Co. ; 'Jones Loydand Co. Barclay anti
o. , and Co.. G.AY
Smith, Pay,-' ; Itansomnlii
Co • Denison
and co.; W Minus, Deacon, and Co. ; Overeud, r:
..,,tirne and
o. ; theseN and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and y'
ol
Co Liverpool
ar:l at oopita

THE LAUNDRESSES to her late Majesty
Queen _Adelaide say, that " BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN
S PARCH needs but to be tried to be approved." Sole
Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by Bow,
London, E.

c4PECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented
K.> Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the rnajnrity of the
Nobility, including• Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra-
ordinary relief to weak, dim, and detective vision.—S. and B
SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.

STANFORD S. SMITE
_Secretp.ry.

TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti-
mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They
especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced
to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong, reduced to 35. ed. ; mixed Assam, re-
duced to is. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d.
to 3s. ild. per lb.
MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge. City, E.C.

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TILE GREAT
fextuniTioN el or 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of
Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective
nvention in the curative treatment of it EiiN I A.
The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects,
is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the
doc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease
and closeness that it cannot be detected, 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 cir-
cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being
sent to the manufacturer,
Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.

A Single Trues, 168., 218., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is.
A Double Truss, 318. 6d., 420., and 525. (Id. Postage, is Bd.
An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 528. Bd. Postage, ls. 10d.

Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-
office, Piocadilly.

NEW PATENT
ILASTIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPS, Am. for Varicose Veins and all cases of
weakness and Swelling,* 01 the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are
sorous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on
at'e an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16e.
each. Postage 6d.
JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228. Piccadilly.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1863.

•

CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
V the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon-
Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert
N. C. Hamilton, Bart, K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv-
ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the
account of the Tercentenary Committee. at the Stourbridge
and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks,
Stratford-upon-Avon; Messrs. Greenway, Smith. and
Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs.
Smith, Payne. and Co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs.
Glyn and Co., bankers, London.
The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip-
tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers
of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee
rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only
the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to
all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his
home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died.

RO YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT
INSTITUTION

(Incorporated by Royal Charter).

PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
PREsiDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland,

K.G., F.R.S.

THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING SEPT. 30, 1863.

No. I.—An Abstract of the Gross Produce of the Revenue of the United Kingdom, in the undermentioned Periods, ended Sept. 30, 1863, compared
with the Corresponding Periods of the Preceding Year.

QUARTERS ENDED YEAR.. YEAR
-
r- --.., ended , ------, ended
Dec. 31, March 31, June 30, Sept. 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31, March 31, June 30, Sept. 30, Sept. 30,
1882 1861 1863 1863 1863 ' ' 1861 1862 1862 1862 1862
- - ---
X X X X X X X X X £ . 701 Or 0
6,320,000 5,722,000 5,857,000 5,872,000 23,7e1,000 6,147,000 5,724,000 5, - , 6,201,000 23,863,000 CUSTOMS.
CUSTOMS
...6
EXCISE
QUARTERS ENDED
EXCISE.
STAMPS
TAXES.
2,187,000 2,374,1 00 2.394,000 2,191,000 9,146,01 e 2,098,000 2,293,945 2,253,000 2,180,000 8,824,945 STAMPS.
i 357 000
974,00053583 10,532,00023,,0169004 PROPERTY TAX.
TAXES
PROPERTY TAX 2,931,000 3,890,000 2,918,000
POST OFFICE
905,000 3,760,000." 910,000 905,000 8"°00 895,000 3,560,000 POST OFFICE.
CROWN LANDS 86,000 73,000 68,500 68,000 301,500 82,000 77,521 65,000 67,000 296,521 CROWN LANDS.
MISCELLANEOUS
_____.-- --- ---
' TOTALS 18,378, 28 19,213,746 18,490,204 14,411,504 70,494,382 , 17,008,039 19,608,614 18,409,904 14,600,983 69,685,540 2'9:2,701
TOTALS.
. , _

No. ll.—lncrease and Decrease in the Periods ended September 30, 1863, as compared with the Corresponding Periods of

the Preceding Year.

. .
Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1863. Halt-Year ended Sept. 30, 1863. Year ended Sept. 30, 1863.
- —__
Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. , Increase. Decrease.
-----
£ £
CUSTOMS £
329,000 • • £ 263,0A £
00 92,000 CUSTOMS.
••
EXCISE 318,000 • - ' 163,000 438,000 EXCISE.
STAMPS ll,OOO .. 152,000 •• 321,055 • • STAMPS.
TAXES
PROPERTY TAX 10.8,000 • 38,000
POST OFFICE
• • 200,000: • • POST OFFICE.
CROWN LANDS
MISCELLANEOUS ..
it'r2,479 - .. (27,679 7 706,808 MISCELLANEOUS.
•• • •
FF
TOTALS 350,060 539,479 f 344,500 453,679 1 1,338,842 n 530,000 TOTALS.

CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Fag., m.p., .
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., V.P.

Net Decrease ....£189,479

Net Decrease. £109,179

Net Increase• • • .4808,842

No. lII.—An Account showing the Revenue and other Receipts of the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1863; ,the Application of the same ; and the Charge
of the Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the Surplus or Deficiency upon such Charge.

Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter
ended June 30, 1863, viz. :

APPEAL,

Great Britain
Ireland

971,219

Income received in the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1803, as shown in Account I 11,411,504

Amount raised per Act 25-26 Viet., cap. 78, on account of Fortifications, &c..... 450,000

Amount received in the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1863, in repayment of Advances
ibr Public Works, &c.

Income for the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1863, In
eiency Bills for Quarter ended June 30, 1863
Amount
redemptionapplied
of
Exchequerout of th e
pen

The Committee of Management have to state that, since
he beginning of the year 1800, the Roya, National Lifeboat
Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab-
lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the
Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800
tor which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and
£16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu-
tion has also expended £67,000 on Life-boats, Life-boat
Transporting-can iages, and Boat-houses.
The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of
the generous support which they have received from the
British public during the past few years, a support which
has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet
of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom.
Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that
rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient
state, and !Crews practised in the management of their
boats, whi u can only be effected by a large and pezmanent
annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their
countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so
great and truly national a work.
The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con-
tributions:—

1,076,05

Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Services, in the Quarter ended
Sept. 30, 1863 ................................................. 9,466,121

338,086

Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1863, viz.:—
Interest of the Permanent Debt £5,499,166...

£16,170,808

Terminable Debt ........................
Interest of Exchequer Bills
Interest of Deficiency 13118

729,572
84,601

The Civil List .... •.. "soli dated
Other Charges on Consohdated Fund
Works, &c,
Advances for Public 63,378
Sinking Fund ...................... .......... 289,816

Balance, being the Deficiency on Sept. 30,1563, upon the charge of the Consoli-
dated Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Dividends, and other charges,
payable in the Quarter to Dec. 31, 1863. and for which Exchequer Bills
(Deficiency) will be issued in that Quarter 2,273,640

7,414,682

Her Majesty the Queen .. annual 50 0 0
Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. .. annual 5 0 0
Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. annual 1 1 0
Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers annual 10 0 0
Currie, Wm, .Ksq,, .. 4th (foul° 0 ti

e of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter
Great Britain ..............................................
Ireland
....................................................
Surplus Balance aslaenpeet.
30, 1863,
tvihze. e:_harg

£16,444,448

457,550

£18,444,448

MAGAZINE DAY,

blind, his disenchantment is painfully rapid. An article
on " England and her Colonies," follows almost too closely
upon the essay on " England and America," but it is
worth reading, although scarcely doing justice to the
loyalty of our Canadian kinsmen to the mother country.
The scientific reader will be attracted by a paper by Pro-
fessor William Ring on certain phenomena of the Atlantic,
and his instructions are not without a practical end, as he
especially considers the proposed telegraphic communica-
tion between; Ireland and Newfoundland. The " Sketcher
in the Ardennes and Moselle land" is the title of a plea-
sant paper describing the wanderings of a party of tourists
in the forest consecrated to poetic memories. The London
Recluse continues his "recreations," or rather reflections,
and while an essay on the second part of " Goethe's Faust"
supplies the wants of the literary reader, an essay on the
present state of Russia addresses itself to the politician,
who has certainly the lion's share in the current number of
Fraser.

.
Erie, Lord Chief .1 astic,e don. 10 10 (
Fansbawe, Vice-Adiniral Sir A., TC.C.II. .. 9d don. 25 0 0
Fenwick, (4.. T., Eq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran-

BLACKWOOD.—A new tale is commenced in this
number, called " Tony Butler." It promises to illus-
trate some peculiar shades of character with great
nicety and exactness. We have a variety of diffe-
rent personages introduced. There is, first of all,
the widow Butler, who is rather a stern dame, for
all her seclusion and apparent unwillingness to obtrude on
the society of her then superiors in society. Tony, the hero,
is nothing very wonderful as yet ; but he at least appears
conscious of his defects, for be often bitterly laments his
ignorance and the inability he feels to repair his want of
knowledge and cultivation. There is "a very fine gentle-
man, indeed," who comes down to overwhelm the rustics
with his town impertinence and insufferable assumption,
and his infatuated adorer, a younger son of the great house
he visits, who copies his airs at second-hand, and com-
mences on poor Tony, who wisely beats a retreat. This
narrative will probably introduce us to some curious
sketches of life and manners in its continuous course.
" Caxtoniana" is concluded in this month's instalment. It
has now been going on for some time, and has furnished in
its course ample opportunity for the speculation of the philo-
sophic mind in its abstruse subjects, while its lighter pic-
tures have represented society under many brilliant aspects-
Altogether, this series of essays will doubtless prove a popu-
lar one, and be taken up to beguile the leisure hour, or to
occupy the studious ruouents of the general reader, who
wishes to have something between deep reading and ro-
mance. " Sheridan Knowles" is the title of a paper that
presents us with a very fair sketch of the peculiarities of
that well-known dramatic writer. It is truly stated that
not the partiality of a friend, or the partisanship of a bio-
grapher, can induce one to represent the " dramatic works
of Sheridan Knowles as having any title to a permanent
place in the literature of England." This is very correct
criticism, and so also is the judgment presently expressed
regarding the plays, which at all events have made his
name famous in this generation. A plain, unvarnished
testimony to a man's merits is of more worth and weight
than a whole tissue of fulsome adulation, that disgusts
friends, and makes foes .doubly intolerant. Amongst
his good qualities are ranked Sheridan Knowles's
industry and perseverance; and most fittingly does
his critic take leave of him in these words :
" Peace be with him; earnestly, vigorously, not altogether
unsuccessfully did our dramatist work at his calling. If we
cannot crown him with immortal laurel, we part from him
with kindly thoughts and honest respect for his memory."
" The Perpetual Curate," is not so interesting as usual in
this number, the fortunes of Frank are dropped for the
time to take up the course of the brilliant but erratic Gerald.
On the principle that one trouble drives another out of our
heads, this precipitate journey of the Curate may be of ser-
vice to him, for he finds his brother's household even more
perplexed and unhappy than his own solitary existence had
of late become. One of the most interesting articles is that
entitled " Harrow School." It is a most interesting
paper, and may furnish information to many readers, with
which they were doubtless before unacquainted. John
Lyon, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, sat up a grammar
school in his native pariah. The intentions of this honest
yeoman were that a liberal education should be imparted
to the scholars of his institution, but it is said here his most
sanguine hopes could hardly have foreshadowed the day when
it should be thronged by the young aristocracy of England.
Then follows a long account of the changes that have taken
place in the school as to size and arrangements since those
early days when it was first planned. The account winds
up with the just remark that if a boy is not happy at Har-
row it must be his own fault. A very impressive pas-
sage refers to the erection of the " Crimean Aisle as the
tribute of old schoolfellows and friends, to the memory of
those who fell in the Russian war." The six stained win-
dows bear underneath the names and rank of those 22 Har-
row men, who fought their last fight there. Of them it
was said in Dr. Vaughan's address, when the first atone
was laid by Sir F. Williams, of Kars, "Their bodies are
buried in a far land, but their names live in their old school
for evermore." We meet with some verses on the sugges-
tive subject of "Amen, in the Cathedral, St. Andrews."
They aro appropriately written, and breathe throughout a
spirit of melancholy and an earnest faith that are fitted to
the subject. A long article on "Gold, and Social Politics,"
concludes this number. It enters at length into the ques-
tion in its various bearings, and expresses a conviction that
the " Gold Discoveries" have conferred a boon upon the
world, and specially mitigated the effects of the cotton
famine.

PEL1C1C.........411.
STAXPED ....sd.

sporting Carriage .. 250 0 0
Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. don. 3 0 0
Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. 7th don. 10 0 0
Moore, Rev. G. B. don. 15 15 0
Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. .. 3 0 0
Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, R.C.B. .. annual 2 0 0
Thom. s, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her

have committed. "In the Land of the Eiateddfodd "is a
curious kind of sketch that describes very smartly the mixture
of comic and pathetic that took place during that imposing
ceremony. " Eveleen O'Connor" is a very awful tale, that
is painful to peruse, from being an apt representation of the
sad effects of furious rage and extreme imprudence com-
bined. Eveleen's fate was happier than if her reason had
survived, and therefore her fate was not so tragic as it
seemed. "The Miseries of a Dramatic Author" is a very
entertaining and instructive paper. It should be perused
by young and inexperienced writers, who little imagine
what is before them, if they aim at writing for the stage.
The real troubles begin, it is said, after the play
is accepted.
Every imaginable annoyance, every conceivable misfortune
seems to assail the hapless wight who aspires to become the
successful auth9r of a piece. The manager coolly tells him
his best points are all impracticable, the actors do not like

their parts—perhaps refuse to act at all—and thus cause
great confusion, and sometimes stop the piece altogether.
Of minor troubles there are myriads. Some people will
have "exit speeches," and expect some to be specially in-
troduced to please them. A manager once asked an author
to give "B" an exit speech, adding that his position de-
manded it. The other replied that his position in the play
did not admit of one. The manager retorted, " Why not a
curse; B' s position in the theatre demands a curse." This
seems a strange mode of settling differences, and would
hardly suit all tastes. A ludicrous story [quoted in
The Sun a few days since] is told of a writer for
the stage once venturing on a tragedy. His manager
advised him to " cut out all the poetry, and send it to
Astley's." He did so, and it ran a hundred nights. If
authors oftener followed sceh unpalatable advice, the re-
sults might be as profitable. The sketch winds up by stat-
ing that a novelist, on the day of publication, feels -as if
drawing cheques on theßank of Fame; but a dramatist has
terrible misgivings to encounter, as his success depends
principally upon others, who are often indifferent.
TEMPLE BAR.—" John Marchmont's Legacy" is
continued at some length, and some eventful cir-
cumstances occur. Belinda Lawford speaks her
mind about Edward Arundel's conduct in chastising
Mr. Paul Marchmont, but is overheard by that
worthy man, and he seizes the opportunity of
mystifying her. Edward Arundel returns home from
Brittany, and finds Belinda at his mother's house on a visit.
After a short time ho proposes to her, and the time is fixed
for the wedding. 111-omened doubts assail the mind of the
young man as the day draws near, and he is evidently
under the apprehension of some unfortunate event occur-
ring. In all probability one of those startling occurrences
will take place which have so often appeared in this
authoress's works. " The Trials of the Tredgolds " is
proceeded with, but does not make very much progress in
this number. Herbert Gifford and Lizzie Moyle still keep
up their engagement in a clandestine form, which will soon
cause fresh disturbances. Clement Buckburst attempts to
retrieve his fallen fortunes by proposing for Clare Gifford,
but fails in his object. Noel Bryan is progressing steadily
with his work, and promises to become famous. "De Mortuis'i
is an article that contains a sort of melancholy interest.
The obituary record is now of one gone to the tomb in that
city of eternal change and revolution, which, in its whirl
of shifting movements, has scarcely time to ask where are
the old symbols—where even the cherished realities. The
Fabourg of St. German is the quarter alluded to, and
certainly its annals are stored with recollections of ancient
grandeur and departed power. Lord Strangford, in his lines
on the Aristocracy of France, has paid a tribute to their
constancy and devotion to the old cause, to which they clung
with chivalric enthusiasm :
But though their state is fallen, all Europe cannot show
Such glory as was theirs of old, such glory as is now.
For they themselves have conquered, themselves they have

forgone ;
And they their own relinquished, till the King shall have

his awn.
This serial seems to be prone to undertake retrospective
subjects this month, for we find a paper headed " Fifty
Years Ago." It alludes to the 18th of this month
as the great anniversary for the Germans, since it
celebrates the battle of "Leipzig." After an elaborate ac-
count of the conflict the writer seeks to read a lecture to the
present generation. He very wisely bids the Germans re-
member that all the armies then combined had been pre-
viously defeated separately. Hence it is aptly suggested
that the course now taken by Prussia is a very dangerous
one, and that the fable of the Bundle of Sticks may now be
verified. "It was dualism that tel to the loss of Lombardy,
and the same feeling may cause Rhenish Prussia also to be
lopped off the Germanic Confederation." "My Travelling
Companion" is concluded, and it would seem that, after all,
the disappointed lover and the deluded victim was nothing
else than a dexterous sharper and an expert thief. His
adroitness in abstracting the loss of valuables about (quailed
his skill in devi,ing a thrilling tale of horror, and suggest-
ing the striking but unpleasant denouement of try ins his
poniard on his companion to test its efficacy in ridding him
of his enemy. Though not over probable, the story is pos-
sible, and very ingeniously put altogether. "Winter
Prospects of the North of England" affords the opportu-
nity of suggesting some valuable hints regarding that com-
plicated question. It is truly said that typhus is greatly to
be dreaded, and that this is not only a poor man's question.
" Fever is erratic and unscrupulous ; although bred on the
cold hearthstone of Lazarus, it will stalk unbidden to the
drawing room or bed chamber of a neighbouring Dives."
MACMILLAN.-111acmillan is this month more in-
teresting than usual, the subjects being varied and
the articles generally well written. The fifth letter
from the " Competition Wallah" dilates enthusi-
astically on the advantages of the Indian Civil
Service, and expatiates on its superiority over the
heart-sickness of briefs deferred, and the hopeless struggle
against the sons of attorneys, and the nephews of railway
directors. "Is it not better," he asks indignantly, " than
grinding year after year at the school with teaching the
young idea how to turn good English verses into bad
Latin ? Is it not better than hanging wearily on at college,
feeling your early triumphs turn into bitterness, doubting
whether to class youtself with old or young? An able
energetic man, for whom active life ha 3 charms, well de-
light in such an exchange as is offered him by an Indian
career, but an enthusiast is forced to admit that the attrac-
tions of domestic life are not equal to those of public service.
The lack of employment or interest in ‘‘up country life " is
severely felt by the ladies, and when it comes to sending
their little ones home without them the trial is very great.
Yet, with all drawbacks, the picture which the writer gives
of the Civil Service is an inspiring one. "There is no career,"
he says, "which holds out such certain and splendid pro-
spects to honourable ambition. But better far than this, there
Nilo career which so surely inspires men with the desire
to do something useful in their generation--to leave their
mark upon the world for good and not for evil." The story
of " Vincenzo" is continued, and the fortunes of the luck-
less hero take a sudden turn for the better. Sorrow and

To UNITED SERVICE.--In the United Service
we have an interesting account of the meeting of
the British Association which was recently held at
Newesstle-on-Tyne. Of course this report is only
an outline. of the proceedings, but great care and
discrimination have been exercised in selecting the
chief topics discussed. Foremost among these may be con-
sidered Sir William Armstrong's exposure of the trade
frauds (for such they really are) of the coal owners, who,
he avers, cause millions of tons of small coal to be burned
annually at the pit's mouth, in order to keep up the price of
screened coals. Due attention is paid to his remarks on
gunnery and projectiles, but on this subject the public have
already beard much, and aro likely to hear much more.
paimer, s remarks on the progress of iron ship .building
on the Tyne and Tees from 1842, show how rapidly the
science of iron shipbuilding has advanced, and prove, in spite
of evil prognosti▪
cations, that water carriage can still com-
pete successfully with railroads in the conveyance of coals
from the north to London. Since the first introduction of
steam colliers great improvements have taken place in their
construction. The screw collier James Dixon frequently
receives 1,200 tons of coals in four hours, makes her passage
to London to 32 hours there, by means of the hydraulic
machinery, she discharges her cargo in 10 hours, returns
in 32 hours, and thus completes ber voyage in 78 hours.
This screw
collier made 57 voyages to London in one year,
and in that year delivered 62,842 tons of coal, with a crew
of only 21 parso n a. To accomplish this work on the old
system, with sailing colliers,
would have required 16 ships
and 144 hands to man them." Mr. Seott Russell
very sensibly deprecates anything like a feeling
of rivalry between the Admiralty and private
yards.
lie mai▪
ntains that the private yards and the Ad-
miralty dockyards ought alike to be considered the property
of the
country., and that, therefore, Government should
keep all the Prwate yards employed to a small but regular
extent, so that, in cases of emergency, they would possess
an enormous shipbuilding power. The extracts from Mr.
Glaisher'
s and
firstinterest-
ing. part of a memoir of General Wolfe, we
are carried back to a period in the history of our army,
which, for the credit of the service, we would gladly have
buried in oblivi▪
on. We refer to the atrocities of the Duke
of Cumberland at Culloden ; and the fact that the hero of
Quebec participated in these butcheries, or at least was pre-
sent at thew, detracts much from the romance with which
his name has always been clothed. But the state of the
British army during the reign of the first and second
Georges was
most deplorable; and Chevalier Wogen charae-
terised it as
a body " where the least pretensions to learn-
ing, to piety, or to
.common morals, would endanger the
owner of being cashiered," Under the head of " Curiosities
of Naval Literature,, vse have a sketch of English charac-
ter in ancient times, the origin of the broad arrow to desig-
nate Government property, and other antiquarian
matters. A chapter on our " Active Admirals" fur-
nishes a history of the British navy from the early
days of Queen Bess down to the present iron
paper on the proposed American fortifications
ago. In a
and their influence on our colonies in North America, the
forts already erected, and about to be constructed on the
northern boundary of the United States, are duly described.
After showing how they will bear upon Canada, the writer
concludes with a piece of advice which is too sound to be
acted upon by a Whig Administration or to be heeded by
our present Foreign Secretary. He urges that before winter
sets in we should send out all the gunboats that can be
spared, so that they may be ready to occupy the lakes at
the breaking up of the IC9 next spring, for it is well known
that whoever has command of the lakes commands Canada.
This is perfectly correct, bat our Government is breaking
up gunboats which would do well enough to protect the
lakes until others could replace them. " Greenwich Cha-
racters" are continued in the usual style, and the first in.
stalment of a paper on " Gambia Colony and the Civil
War" and another On "The Polish Question" conclude
the number.
CouratiLL.—" The Small House at Allington" is
more exciting than usual in this number. First of
all, Crosbie's lugubrious wedding is about to come
off, and he is proportionately wretched. Lily Dale
is already avenged in the position of her wretched
suitor. Lily's bedside is c prophetic picture of
happier days for the unfortunak, little household. Mrs
Lupex creates another disturbance in Burton-crescent, and
of course Cradell is as ridiculous as ever. " Sea Fights,
Ancient and Modern," is a very appropriate article at this
present juncture. Its object is to "give a popular account
of the chief forms that fighting at sea has assumed amongst
the most important nations of the world." The writer
gives us a consolatory idea that change has always existed
in naval things, "but that the genius of the sea races has
never been affected by it." This is very true, but the
intelligence thus imparted is rendered doubly welcome from
the fact that it is often the fashion to decry the prowess of
our country at the present day, and to augur sinister
events as likely to occur if war is declared. This is the
right way of treating the question. "Is steam a more
potent source iu nature than genius, or iron harder than
the pluck of the British tar." " The Home of Commons
front the Ladies' Gallery" is an aran,ing sketch. The
effect of the narration is a little marred by the extravagant
style of some of the remarks. Mr. Gladstone, who was the
hero of the night's debate, is extolled to the echo, and
indeed, when he was heard, it appeared to the listeners
that no one else should speak after him. Apart from this
extraordinary style of encomium, the rest of the sketch is
amusing and will please many. " Out of the World" con-
cludes in a most melancholy manner. The story furnishes a
moral to those who, like lioratia, make misery by their

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anxiety have softened Rose, and the long and dangerous
illness of her husband following closely on the death of ber
father, reawakens all her dormant affection. Sho devotes
herself to him with unceasing tenderness, and at length

sees him restored to life and to the service of his country
from which she had so long withheld him. Dr. Anstie con-

FRASER.—The existing relations between Eng-
land and America are the subject of a lengthened
and thoughtful paper. The writer goes thoroughly
into the merits of the case, and examines the argu-
ments brought forward on behalf of each side,
arriving at last at the conclusion that we should
" be perfectly neutral, be civil to each party, and sympa-
thise fully with neither." To this state of mind he appears
to have brought himself, and there is much truth and sense
in what he says, though we cannot coincide in all his opi-
nions. For instance, he says, that if we admit the prin-
ciple that whenever a large body of men chose to withdraw
themselves from the control of a given Government they
have a right to do so, we not only give the South a right to
repudiate the North, but we give New York city a right to
secede from the State of New York, or Westminster from
London. The cases are entirely distinct, and the United
States by their very name are a band of equal Confederates
not governed and governors. It is certainly consistent
with reason and justice that an association so formed can
be disbanded at the will of the contracting parties. The
North, he says, stands on solid ground when fighting for
the enforcement of the Constitution, and there is an end of
all transactions between man and man if express agreements
are not to be enforced. On such reasoning we might as
well say that every proposal to dissolve a civil partnership
should be resisted by law I The case is more truly stated
in a sentence quoted by the writer himself from a speech
marl: IT a membtr of the American Senate 20 years ago
—" The Constitution is a contract in which the States
appeared as sovereigns. Now, whenever a contract is made
between parties who have no common superior, each re-
tains the right of deciding for itself on the extent of its
obligations." Nevertheless, the author, although decidedly
not Southern in his sympathies, points out very clearly
the errors and mistakes of the Federals, and he certainly
aims at impartiality and equity in this essay. The inte-
resting story of "Late Laurels" is continued, and shows
us the romance of the honeymoon swiftly waning. The
young bride's most noticeable qualities are a love of ad-
miration and a passion for dress, and, as her husband has
never reached that stage of devotion PA which love is

tributes a paper on " Physical Pain," and inclines to the
theory that pain in the nerve is the result of a low degree

papers on "Oar Wayside Poets" is day(
the sweet and touching verses of the *1;z:-43
May." The two stories which recently
replaced by others sufficiently romantic to ,
is a plentiful supply of verse which does not, tugortunatel. 31)
rise above the average.
THE SIXPENNY MAGAZINE.—This magazine givet
us as usual a comprehensive table of contents, C(f
which tales of adventure occupy a principal portion.-.
Among the other papers we have " A History Or
Roads," an essay on " Rural Cemeteries," a sketch of •the
life of Addison, and a treatise on Perfumes. The rem ler
has certainly no reason to quarrel with the quantity of e n-
tertainment given him, and its quality is so very fair that
it is difficult to guess how it can be provided &touch a omit.
YouNG ENGLAN D.—This is a pleasant little
serial, intended for young people. It is plentifully illus-
trated and full of adventure, gossip, information, fold
amusement.

of vitality, and supports his views by ingenious argument
and illustration. " Gold, its Chemistry and Mineralogy,"
is the subject of an interesting paper. It is mentioned, as
a curious fact, that it is not unusual to find in the sand of
the river Seine, which is used for glass making, small
grains of gold, and that this gold by some means makes its
its way into the vegetation on the banks. A French che-
mist, in order to demonstrate this with certainty, burnt some
of ,the vines growing there, and from their ashes he ex-
tracted enough gold to coin three Napoleons. As each
piece of 20 francs value cost the experimenter 120 francs to
procure, the result was not encouraging in the way of profit,
but it was highly successful by way of scientific experi-
ment. " A Little French City" is the title of a pleasant
gossiping 'paper about the good people and quiet town of
Sens, written by an artist who gives such a glowing de-
scription of the beauty surrounding his painting-tent that
it is enough to tempt any reader, with means and leisure,
to cross the Channel forthwith.

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ST. JAMES'S.—The story of " Aubrey Marston"
continues to unravel its mysteries at a slow and
uncertain pace. It is followed by an article onthe
various discomforts and ingenious tendencies of
railway travelling.
.The writer, however, does not
consider these drawbacks to be inseparable from
the popular system of locomotion. "It is," ho sayli!h:t
glorious mode of progression, and great is the Pity
_i_a_
everything that tends to diminish its risk, wheth,efsrerrets
diate or future, is not adopted without delay."
Traipse dark
of my Office" is:continued, and unfolds anetherto
pages of human life which the writer seem ,a
account of
Sir Lascelles Wraxall gives us a Frouchai,a,
Straws in the
an Englishman's aeronautic enterprise:l.d
this month float
Stream" have reached their fifth part,,,n_
t Madeleine Graham
over to Boulogne-sur-Mer. The sA),rrY,.., quest ionable taste to
is continued with spirit, but it is ‘7, i . ,
whose .
our sensation fiction - pit
delight in.
CO ma', painful
ofesattOafree:dined. There are several other
introduce the incidents of 8
iv memories, into a story
details are fresh in m
"Death on the High Seas,
d
this kind. It, is a new
certainly not ono to be cobnicinnia
papers, the best of them.
~
and "As far as the Righ
THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE.--The most noticeable
s, The white Gauntlet," which is, like all
this wag:azine is Captain Mayne Reid's
feature in
author's works, Lull of life and adventure. Queen
sittsoryof
1 rozatetwo troubles are discussed at length, and it is curi-
„iv, to compare the dangers and trials of her early days with
her eubnpeut grandeur a.nd prosperity. 'she series of

wretched conduct. Too late she finds out the irreme.
diable mistake that she has made, but mortals may not
undo the peat or condone with Providence for the sine they