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London, England, 1863-07-02 00:00:00

Nov ready, with a LETTER from the Author, In 3 vols.,
FOURTH EDITION of LOST AND SAVED.
By the Hon. MRS. NORTON.
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novel. t
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by
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k../ By the Author of "No Church," " Owen a Waif," ,tc.
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TRAVELS ON HORSEBACK IN MANTCHU
TARTARY : A Summer's Ride beyond THE GREAT
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people and their ways."—Speetator.
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Ado
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Cartes de Visite, 10 forfor £l. Miniatures on
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styles.

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., Bvo., 285.,
LORD WILLIAM LENNOX'S FIFTY
YEARS' BIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES.
Among other celebrated and remarkable persons of whom
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of some unfavourable specimens of the rising generation.

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grief he found that the ostrich eggs produced at
that banquet were a foreign article laid in Paris.
(Laughter and cheers.)
After some more speeches the company separated.

THE UNITED SERVICE,—The United Service for
this month contains several articles of unusual in-
terest, the first being on the war between France
and Mexico, rendered all the more exciting at the
present moment by the triumph the of French arms
at Puebla, when their success was by many deemed
to be very doubtful. The writer furnishes an elaborate list
of the vast stores and munitions of war which have been
orwarded from France. In a paper on Sir Morton Peto's
views on naval and military expenditure, the editor does
not show either him or the Manchester school much mercy,
and we fear that, in many instances, his strictures are well
merited. He asserts that whenever it happens that the
representatives of commercial or manufacturing classes
attempt to deal with public expenditure or Army and Navy
'estimates, they base their arguments on figures, which are
incorrect. Under the head of " Internal Organisation of
the French Navy" is the title of an article which furnishes
some curious statistics of the early history of the French
marine during the last two centuries. A sketch of Singa-
pore and a coasting voyage along the Cochin China coast,
through the Straits of Rhio, Banca, and by
other ocean stations, gives a brief but succinct
description of them. In a review of the French campaign
in Cochin China, the history of French operations reach the
latter portion of the 18th century. It is not to be supposed
that tile United Service would pass over the remarkable
trial between the Earl of Cardigan and Lieutenant-Colonel
Calthorpe, in which, of Amu* the charges are thoroughly
sifted, and the ridiculous accusation of cowardice against a
man who, whatever his faults, is at least free from any sus-

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ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL. Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus at King's-cross.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas-
terratui, Esq.,Nicholtus-lane ; and at the Hospital,fromlo till
5. STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary.

picion of want of courage, is speedily disposed of. The in-
teresting account of a trip to Vancouver's Island
and British Columbia is concluded. " Greenwich
Characters'; is amusingly written. Chapter 111. of "Mili-
tary Studies" relates exclusively to the management
of cavalry in the field, and draws attention to the use
made of this important arm in the late campaign in Italy
between the French and Austrians. Papers on " Depot
Battalions," and the "Reminiscences of a Cadet," with the
usual naval and military intelligence, complete the number.

COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY.—" The Shadow of
Ashlydyat" is continued, and in this instalment the
end comes for Thomas Godolphin. That sad suffer-
ing man, so weary of the march of life, is at last
in peace, and one feels a sense of relief as the bells
ring out on the evening air, telling of the troubled
soul freed from anxiety, and the stricken heart passed from
the reach of the destroyer. George Godolphin's sins are
begiming to find him out. His first victim is his brother,
his next will be his wife. Already has she whispered a
warning to him—she does not think that she will be able to
start with him for India, where he had been fortunate
enough to gain a situation. This tale is a very sad one, but
not the less true to life in its solemn woes and dreary days
of care and nights of waking. It is now on the verge of
conclusion apparently, and its interest has become very ex-
citing. " Revelations of the Guillotine" is a sombre
sketch that will be attractive to those who delight in the
dreadful catalogue of crime and bloodshed which occupies

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Yesterday a series of experiments, intereet
be of &
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s
themselves, and in their result likely to
highest importance, was commenced in the Crystea
Palace gardens, with a view to test and ascertain'
by actual competition which is the best descrip-
tion of steam fire-engine out of the mane different
machines of the kind now made. re is
doubt but that attention was first directed to
the importance of this question by
the great
fire among the wharves at London-bridge, when
the one or two steam fire-engines then used
an completely eclipsed and outdid all that was
effected by the hand engines as to literally leave
no room for comparison between the two. Ort
that same disastrous occasion also the general pub-
lic became informed of a fact which had until then
been known only to the Fire Brigade themselves
—the utter inadequacy of our means to check or
properly deal with any extensive coefkgration.
It was due to the dead stillness of that SlM-
mer night, and not to the engines of the
Eire brigade, steam or hand, that the south
side of L')ndon was not destrciyed, and insurance
companies saw for the first time that there really
could be fires by which they could lose heavily, and
might ght even be ruined. Since that time the attention
o
those
interested in the preservation of property
from fire has been constantly directed to the im-
parecoevretmaiennt
whicho wasfsteam
inall fire-engines,a and it was to
points, or in most points,
the best of the many competitors that the trials at
the Crystal Palace were commenced yesterday, and
will be continued during to-day and most probably
to-morrow also. These trials are conducted under
the immediate superintendence of a committee of
noblemen and gentlemen, having the Duke of
Sutherland for chairman, Capt. Shaw as hon. secre-
and including among its members the most
tart',
eminent mechanical engineers in the kingdom.
The engines produced for trial are divided into
two classes—the small class, consisting of those not
exceeding 30 cwt., and the large class, of
exceeding 30 cwt. and not exceeding 6
h 0 cwt. those
e
weights not including coal, water, ose, or ot
gear. The premiums will be
£250. for the best
engine, and £lOO for the second-best in each class.
The chief points to which the committee direct their
attention, in addition to the consideration of cost
and weight, are those which relate to the general
efficiency of the machines as fire-engines, combin-
ing, among other points of excellence, rapidity in
raising and generating steam, facility of drawing
water, the large volume thrown, the distance to
which it can be projected with the least amount
of loss, and simplicity, accessibility, and durability

of parts.
n order to carry out these trials with perfect
I
uniformity and fairness, the committee provide the
fuel (Welsh coal), and the pipes for the hose—all of
one pattern. They have also provided a strong
rail
for a rest, to which the branches may be attached
during the trial, though eaeh competitor is at liberty
to lash a spar to his branch, or to use any other con-
trivance which may assist in giving a correct See
to
-
very to the water, the desire being, of cour,
apply the tests as much as possible to the engine
and as little as possible to the men.
One of the principal objects to be ascertained
being to define the quantity of water which each
can project through the atmosphere to certain
heights and distances, the committee have prepared
a set of water-targets and tanks, arranged in such a
manner that the water can be measured after deli-
very. These targets consist of canvass hoods with
circular openings of six feet in diameter, having
the
at-
tached to each a tail or shoot, through which
water is conducted into a gauged tank standing be-
low, from which the quantity delivered within the .
opening of the target can be read off by means of a
graduated index.
A great many engines of different kinds have
been entered for this trial, Messrs. Shand and
Mason and Mr. Merryweather being the principal
English competitors, as against the American ma-
chines, of which two will compete during these
trials. To the chief of these, the Manhattan, ati
accident occurred on Tuesday, by which it has
been partially disabled, and is not likely to
be fit for work before this day. In its place,
however, another American engine entered the
lists, and worked better than any American fire-
engine we have ever seen, for it must be under-
stood that the American steam fire-engines ,are as
much behind the steam fire-engines of other coun-
tries as the most pretentious political association
called the New York Fire Brigade is behind any
other fire brigade in Europe in real usefulness. The
amateurs who constitute the fire brigade of the Em-
pire City are wonderfully organised for politica.
demonstrations, torch-light processions, and the like,
but fail on an important point, being rather worse
than useless at a fire ; and the New York Fire Bri-
gade is, if possible, badly imitated in these respects
in all the Northern cities except Boston. The
variousmus
ter of the fire engines and the firemen, ie.
__a
costumes, near the lower basin of the fouritalinda wab
drew a
very pretty and animated sight,
large concourse of visitors the aspectand
day was as
quisite gardens wore throughout the .
which these ex-
_s less beautiful by
brilliant and beautiful as can well be conceived.
fete of surpassing
It would have been thougghrtagead
and developed by art
gaiety and richness in any
garden
which form an almost
nature and less cultivated
admiration among all foreigners
than those terraced
summer Just nobwloothme! arelt
wino theu
endless theme for
who come to
perfection of their.
perhaps be a us
tedio recital to enter into de-
visit them'all
tails of the trials made with the engines yester-
ecially as they may
day, esP .• • be regarded as
preummar
merely y to the more important
and difficult ones to be gone through to-day. As
far as they went, however, the superiority rested
clearly with the engines of Messrs. Shand and
gason• They were the
first to get up steam from
cold water and be in 'full work, accomplishing this
task in within • eight minutes, the others taking
nearly ten. They were the first to throw through
their target th • eir allotted quota of a thousand gal-
lons
of water, and the distance to which they pro-
jected their mas • sive column of water vertically into
the air as 1 1 c ear y overtopped the rather feathery
shoots of th • eir antagonists. The smoothness and
quietness, too, with th •
which their engine worked was
remarkable, as, indeed, was also that of Mr. Merry-
weather's; whereas the American engine was, or
seemed to be, tearing itself to pieces, and vibrated
in such a manner and exhibited such signs of strain-
ing, that it appeared evident it could never be relied
on to work for any time without breaking down, as
it was expected to do every moment yesterday. If
it survives the much more difficult trials to be
gone through to-day it will be contrary to the anti-
-,
I
cipations of almost every engineer on the ground,
am.

IRISH CONVICTS.—The Director of Convict Prim
sons in Ireland has to report that the convictions
rose from 368 in 1861 to 592 in 1862. He attributes this
increase in the numbers sentenced to penal servitude to the
prevalence of distress in many parts of the country. The
numbers confined in the country prisons also increased from
2,916 on the Ist of January, 1862, to 8,055 on the Ist of
January, 1863, and the number of paupers receiving relief
from 59,584 to 65,847. As might be expected, therefore,
the reconvictions also show a considerable increase, so con-
siderable as in that single year to raise the percentage of
relapses among the whole number of convicts discharged
since the beginning of 1856 (the percentage either re-
sentenced or having their licences revoked) from 9'9 at the
end of 1861 to 12.44 at the end of 1862. The lecturer at
Smithfield Intermediate Prison reports that the difficulty of
inducing employers of character and position to employ
the convicts on their discharge can only be known to thse!,
who have to contend with it. He says rho task is humill
ating in the extreme.
speak favourably of the excellentnsptiorbtarwtonts
GAME PROSPECTS.—AII trustworthy
ha.ccicionionatys
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cocks to be sCenreported not to be numerous, but the
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the whole, the prospects of the Sportsman are snore en-