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for abroad, and duo notice had been given for the atterel-
n,nee of vans ibis in.);ain couvey the goods to tne
wharfs.. Not tho lens; clue coh!d bo cbtained the
origin of the fire, a 3 everything wes lett perlccily z:4lt)
on 'Thursday night.
Every possible assistance was rendered to the firemen
by Mr. Ferguson and his officers, and had anything like
a supply of water from the Ilampstead mains been
ready
for use when required, the loss wculd have been but

trifling.
The fire was totally subdued by eight o'clock. h-
suran,As in the West of England, Norwich Union, ScA-
tish Union, and County offices.

COURT C CULAIRR.
OSBORNE, TIIURSDAY.
Tier Majesty his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
and the Royal 'Family, walked as usual in the gar-
dens and grounds.
Sir George Grey arrived from London, and re-
trains on a visit to the Queen.
The Marchioness of Douro, Sir George Grey, the
Rev. Mr. Protherm,, and the Rev. Mr. Birch, had the
honour of being included in the Royal party at dinner.

A deputation from the Committee of Deputies on
the Metropolis Interinents Bill, including Mr. J.
R. Mills (Chairman) and Mr. Hull Terrell (Se,cr.,-
tary), had an interview with Lord Seymour yester-
day, at the Office of Public Works and Buildings, in
Whitehall. place.
The Cambridge University Commission had a
meeting yesterday, at the official residence of the
First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Pre-
sent, the Bishop of Chester, the Dean of Ely, Sir
John Herschel, the Rev. Professor Sedgwick, and the
Rev. W. 11. Bateson (Secretary).
The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) has
arrived at his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts, from Lord
Ashburton's seat, the Grange, Hants.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has arrived at his
seat, Mickleton-hall, near Doncaster, from Halifax.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
DERBY.
The following bets were laid in the course of the
afternoon:-400 to 50 and 450 to 50 agst Hobbie Noble
—BOO to 50 and 900 to 50 agst Claverhouse-350 to 10
agst Vortex—and 2,000 to 50 each agst Little Harry
and Filius. At the close 9to 1 was ()tiered agst Hobbit.:
Noble-18 to 1 agst Claverhouse—and 40 to 1 agst
Little Harry.

CHESTER CUP.
3,000 to 45 agst Trickstress, and 500 to 5 agst Bar-
doiph.
SWAFFIIAM COURSING MEETING.
Tile Cup was won by Mr. Overman's Bo!lona; Bertha
rectives the sovereigns.
The Derby Stakes were won by Mr. Overman's nravo;
Mr. Pillau's Jerome ran up.
The Oaks Stakes were won by Mr. Overman's Bri-
tannia; his Belinda drawn.
The St. Leger Stakes were won by Mr. Pillau's Jenny
Lind; Mr. Clark's Grand Duke ran up.
The Marham Stakes were won by Mr. Newman's
Nimble; Mr. D. Sewell's Busy ran up.
The Marham Dog Puppy Stakes were:won by Mr.
Harvey's Lsndseer; Mr. Pillau's Junk ran up.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
B. V. harrs., Tues. Sturminster Common; Hen-
stridge Bowden 11111-11 i.
Worcestershire hds„ Mon. The Cliffey; Wed. Ply-
mouth Arms, Hewell; Fri. Copcut
Herefordshire hds., Tues. Hall Court; Fri. Keutchurch
Park-10.
Warwickshire bds., Mon. hay Wood; Tues. Lower
Brailes; Fri. Farnborough; Sat. Alscot Park—lC:l.

DEATH OF JAMES STEEL, ESQ., PROPRIETOR
OF THE " CARLISLE JOURNAL."
James Steel, Esq., proprietor and editor of the Car-
lisle Journal, died at his residence, Victoria-place,
Carlisle, on Tuesday last. By his own ability and per-
severance, Mr. Steel had raised himself to a position of
great influence not only amongst his fellow-citizens, but
throughout the county of Cumberland generally. In
every movement connected with the locality which had
for its object the promotion of the public weal,
huh had
the most prominent part. In every measure of public
importance his counsel and aid were deemed indispensable.
The services which he rendered to the cause of reform
were of the most signal character, and his death will be
felt as an irreparable loss by the Liberal party. He was
the leading spirit amongst the Reformers of Cumberland
during the agitation which preceded the passing of the
Reform Bill, and during the movement which resulted
in the abolition of the bread monopoly; and it was
mainly owing to his strenuous personal exertions, and
his powerful writing in the Carlisle Journal, that Sir
James Graham was ousted from the representation of
Cumberland, when the Right Ilon. Baronet turned his
back on the cause of Reform. Since the passing of the
Municipal Reform Act Mr. Steel had been a member of
the Corporation of Carlisle, and for two successive years
he filled the honourable office of mayor. Unlike many
public benefactors, he has lived to find his labours duly
appreciated and substantially acknowledged. Some years
ago the people of Carlisle subscribed liberally and had
his portrait placed in the Town Hall, where it will doubt
lc less long remain toperpetuate the recollection of his
invaluable public services, and exemplary private cha-
rac:cr.—Advertiser.
Vi••••

ELIOT WARDURTON..—Great interest has been
excited in literary circles by the announcement of a new
work from the pen of Mr. Eliot Warburton, the popular
author of "The Crescent and the Cross," and "Reginald
llastings." It is called " Darien ; or, The Merchant Prince."
Little has yet transpired respecting the subject of the book,
but it is reported to be a novel, the principal characters and
events of which are derived from real ersonages displayene—suh as are likely to afford fulls cope for the
of that vivid and sparkling style which has characterised all
Mr. Warburton's productions.—Evening popes.
THE ORIENTAL BANK.—At a meeting of share-
holders in the Oriental Bank, held yesterday afternoon, a,
very favourable report of its position was read and unani-
efifiincgiensocihels, ov,f.
set
profitstbhrea oßbotianitio aeyd'
hmsofiu
be leye
been
adopted.
reduced
t'or
of the present dividend of seven per cent. per
during the half-year lead the directors to anticipate a con-
tinuancehaetrdi
annum. The financial statement shows that the liabilities
of the company amount to 2,389,3341., and the assets to
2,415,19 1/., which gives a balance of profit and loss of 25,8601.
The company is now incorporated by royal charter.
Mr.
SINGULAR AFFAIR.--
Yesterday afternoon,
W. Payne held an inquest at the Crown and Cushion Tavern,
London-wall, Cripplegate, on the body of a newly-born male
child, found in a small box under extraordinary circum-
staisces. Mr. Thomas Richards, of the Excise Dining-
rooms, No. 47, Old Broad-street, City, deposed that on
Wednesday afternoon, about five o'clock, a a dressed as a
porter entered the lower room and said, ,man. Richards, I,
have a parcel for you from the Great Western Railway.'
Witness asked him where it was sent from, and he replied,
Paddington, sir, and the carriage is sixpence." Witness
paid the man, who lett directly. On opening the outer
covering of brown paper, witness found a small fancy box,
which, on raising the lid, contained the dead body of a male
child, wrapped in a piece of white calico. On the outside of
the lid of the nameas nailed one of witness's business cards,
containing his and address. There were no marks on
the cloth, nor could witness say from whom the box was
sent. A police constable was called, who conveyed the body
to the station-house. Mr. Lloyd, surgeon, said that he had
examined the body, and when he first saw it, it could only have
been born a few hours, and must have been placed in the
box immediately after birth. The jury returned an open
verdict of found dead. The police have nor been able to
trace the man who gave the box to Mr. Richards.
[AuvewrisEmErir.] --Holloway's Pills a sure
Remedy for Asthma, Coughs, Colds, and Chest Diseases.—
Persons suffering from these complaints, whether of long stand-
ing or arising from a recent cold, should give these celebrated
pills a trial, as a iew doses will afford partial relief, and a short
continuance will ensure a certain cure. Thousands who have
eonsidered their cases hopeless, and who were even unable to
lie down in bed, have been restored to health by these in-
valuable Pills, which possess extraordinary power in carrying
off the phlegm and giving a healthy action to the lungs.
Testimonials of the highest character can be adduced in proof
of the wonderful efficacy of Holloway's Pills.—Sold by all
Druggists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244,
Strand, London.
SUICIDE FROM LONDON•DRIDGE.—Last evening,
shortly after seven o'clock, a most determined act of self-
destruction was committed from London-bridge. A person
of gentlemanly appearance, and attired in black, was ob-
served by a City police-constable walking to and fro, near
Fishmongers' Hall, looking over the stonework, and before
the constable could reach the unfortunate man he rushed
into the first recess, whence he precipita,ed himself into
the river. A number of watermen put off in their boats
with the drags, but nothing was seen or heard of him after-
wards, as the tide was running up at the time, and probably
carried the body away some distance. The deceased ap-
peared to be about forty years of age.
BALL IN THE TOWER.—The old Tower of London
was shaken from its venerable propriety on Tuesday evening,
by a grand ball given by the Scotch Fusilier Guards now
doing duty there. The Duke of Wellington honoured the
party with his company. The general company included,
among others, the Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Bury, Lsdy
Stratheden and the Hon. Miss Campbell, Lord Abinger and
the lion. Miss Scarlett, Lady Elizabeth Steele and the
Misses Steele (three), Lady Caroline Maxse and Miss Maxse,
and the lion. Miss Copley-, Ssc.
REPRESENTATION OF GREENWICLL—MT. Mere wea-
ther Turner, who has been for some time past actively can-
vassing the electors of the borough of Greenwhich for their
votes as the successor of Admiral Dundas, met those of the
electors who reside in Deptford and its vicinity, at the
White Swan Inn, last evening. The meeting was numer-
ously attended, many of the most respectable inhabitants
being present. Mr. Mereweather Turner addressed the elec-
tors at considerable length, when resolutions in his favour
were unanimously adopted.
SOLICITORSHIP TO THE TREASURY. AS we an-
nounced some time since, Mr. Reynolds, assistant solicitor to
the Treasury, has been promoted to the office of solicitor,
vacated by the death of Mr. Maule. Mr. Reynolds has been
nine years assistant solicitor, and must have acquired an in-
timate knowledge of the duties and requirements of the office.
h announceda
h l e
succeeded
a t the same
as
assistant t m
This is, therefore, a judicious and proper appointment. We
ethsohe
atl\ltro.rßheyynolslidrs. wouldeporeok:
the Master of the Irish Exchequer, who has prepared many
pa us
rdt porfeos eunr t
aGh onvo euruneme nethst,
awnidll,welikheavteb
measures of law reform pro;,ounded or ed by the past
echatrotilteih
de
,o,u tiptr
ot‘b
ea that
rtol se:
expediency and propriety
suggest it. Mr. Hitchcock has
been for many years an active •
law reformer, and his Services
at head-quarters would m ''
auif estly be valuable to any Ad-
ministration.— Herald.
At the adjourned meeting of the Imperial Brazilian
Mining Association, held yesterday,
carry on operations for the present, the
it
he was determined to
last advices having
been regarded as of a less discouraging character.. One or
two large shareholders, it was also stated, had investigated
the affairs at the office in London, which''‘‘ presented, on the
whole, a better appearance than had
been
anticipated. A call
of 10s. per share, payable early in February, was at the close
of the proceedings agreed to.

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LITERATURE.

F TiTIFI C A7'lo A. TV iti? Illustrations and Notes.
Ft Lieutenant _Henry Yale, Bengal Engineers.
_Blackwood and Sons.
Uncle Toby would have greeted the eppeerence of
this volume with enthusiasm. lie could not have
failed to regard it otherwise than with what his odic-
braet has facetiously designated emoiione of a de-
cidedly " hebbihorsicaf' character. Under any cir-
cumstances, however, the work here submitted to our
consideration must command the scrutiny of the
more intelligent, no matter whether they be members
or not of the military profession. For the book com-
piled by Lieutehant Yule expressly or directly, as he
himself has declared on his very title-page, "for
officers of the army and students in military history,"
is of a nature so strangely provocative of curiosity
among all classes of readers, that we doubt not it
will prove on examination to be generally deserving
of a perusal. It is because we regard the volume in
this particular light that we would here the inure
earnestly direct to its pager the attention of the com-
munity. The production now given to the world
as the fruits of the research and industry of Lieu-
tenant Yule was printed, according to the
author's account of it in his preface, last
year in a condensed form—a form comprising merei y
the substance of the present octavo—for the use of the
Scottish Naval and Military Academy at Edinburgh.
Encouraged by the approbation obtained by that
epitome of his views, Lieutenant Yule has adventured
upon a more pretentious and more substantial publi-
cation. His labours even now are submitted by no
means vauntingly to the ordeal of criticism, the writer
referring all who may feel disposed to prosecute the
inquiry yet further to the masterly essay of Bous-
mard, or to the scarcely less admirable treatise of
Major Straith, formerly Lieutenant Yule's military
preceptor. We are therefore called upon to regard
the volume under review as an elementary work, con-
stituting a species of introduction to the science of
" Fortification." Neither can we pronounce our
author as mistaken in his estimate of his peculiar en-
terprise, seeing that at the very commencement
of his compilation we meet with a preliminary
chapter explanatory of certain geometrical pro-
blems of the simplest imaginable description.
Nevertheless, we by no means feel disposed to quarrel
with this feature of the undertaking any more than
with the glossary of military terms forming its ap-
pendix—aware that by these means the book before
us is deprived of the chance of being unintelligible
from its containing a multitude of unexplained tech-
nicalities. After reading through the chapter above
referred to, and aided by the dictionary of terms al-
ready mentioned, the unprofessional reader will find
himself enabled to comprehend what might other-
wise have remained in his regard altogether incom-
prehensible, the various divisions of this ingenious
treatise on the science of fortification. Let it not be '
forgotten that this science or art, as it is called, of
fortification has been cultivated for many ages—ever
since, in fact, war became the deadly pastime of
humanity. Let it be remembered, moreover, that in '
its cultivation have from time to time been
engaged some of the most renowned caps.
tains both of modern days and of anti-
quity. According to the remark of Sir Walter
Scott, when speaking of Gustavus Adolphus, it was
" the custom of that valorous soldier to fight as much
by the spade and shovel as by the sword, pike, and
musket." Besides whom might have been mentioned
many other of the remarkable conquerors of the world
from the Homeric era down to tne existing genera-
tion, from Nestor on the Trojan plain to Edwardes
in the Punjaub. As an additional attraction, we have
prefixed to the different chapters some beautifully
engraved likenesses of the great men whose intellects
have been most conspicuous in the development of the
art of fortification, these portraits being rendered yet
more interesting by the historical sketches with which
Lieutenant Yule has celebrated their appearance. In
this manner we behold the effigy of Sebastian Le-
prestre de Vauban,_ of Albert Durer, of Gustavus
Adolphus, of Francesco di Georgio, and
Michael San Michele, of Frederic Henry, Prince
of Orange, of Ambrose Spinola, Duke of Son Seve-
rino, of Belidor, of Major-General Sir John I'.
Jones, Bart., of Sir Francis Vere, of Maurice, Prince
of Orange, of Peter Navarre, of Maximillian de
Bethune, Duke of Sully, of Minno Baron Van
Coehorn, of Blaise Francois, Count de Pagan, and
of Marc Rim 6, Marquis de Montalembert—making
altogether no less than fifteen of those very interest-
ing embellishments. A variety of minor illustra-
tions, such as diagrams, are given afterwards as elu-
cidative of the more recondite portions of the treatise.
There is a creditable symmetry in the arrangement of
Lieutenant Yule's volume, the whole mass of his
materials being given in a manner admirably se-
quential. Having explained the ranges of firearms,
and prefixed to the work, as already observed, a se-
ries of useful, if not absolutely essential defi-
nitions, the author sets out at once with a
record of the objects and elementary features of
Fortification. The Cover, the Parapet, and the
Excavation, the Rampart, the Barbettes, and the
Embrasures, are here severally considered. Then
follow the principles of outline—referring more espe-
cially to flanks and bastions, with a mention of the
effects of enfilade and ricochet. Next comes the
record of obstacles, materials, and other accessories of
Fortification. Subsequently we find explanatory
chapters respectively upon various forms of field works,
upon calculations necessary in the actual construction
of works, upon lines or extended systems of works,
upon defence of posts and villages, upon permanent
fortifications, upon the mode of attacking a fortress,
upon retrenchments and additional works, upon the
defence of a fortress, arid upon the various systems of
fortifications, more particularly in regard to the first,
second, and third system of Vauban and the modern
system, namely, that of Carmontaigne. Such is
the nature and such the construction of the really
remarkable volume before us, a volume in the highest
degree honourable to the assiduity and intelligence of
Lieutenant Henry Yule, one, moreover, which has
constituted him, we believe, permanently the writer of
the best elementary book in the English language
upon the subject of Fortification. The work under
notice, in fact, is worthy of being in regard to the art
of Fortifications what the literary masterpiece of the
Prince Louis Napoleon is in regard to the science of
Artillery, a standard authority, a work entitled to the
respect of the military profession.

LYRA CHRISTIANA. Poems Original and Se-
lected. By Robert Montgomery. George Bell.
A charming volume is that now lying before U 5, '
and one which will be acceptable to the very nume-
rous class delighting in religious versification. In its
300 pages are comprised some of the very best pas-
sages to be found in the writings of Robert Mont-
gomery. That the hook is capable of achieving for
itself a wide popularity may be readily admitted,
when it is borne in mind how large has been the de-
mand, during .some years past, for the rhythmical
works of the author of this collection. The fact of
that demand is one requiring the consideration of
everyone interested in the progress of literature. Ac-
cording to Mr. Macaulay (our readers will find the
circumstance mentioned somewhere in one or other of
his two first volumes of the "History of England"),
the most extraordinary success ever achieved by any
poem in our tongue was that which welcomed the
first appearance of Dryden's "Hind and Panther."
Now the "Hind and Panther," as everyone knows,
was not only a religious poem but a controversial
poem, expressing as it did the views entertained by
that great man John Dryden on thb occasion of his
becoming a Catholic. So that verse when applied to
the dogmas of Christianity was more than usually
acceptable to English readers in the seventeenth cen-
tury, just as it is with English readers now•a-days.
In testimony of this it is only necessary to remark the
reputation obtained within a very moderate interval
by Robert Pollock's " Course of Time"—a work '
which has reached already its nineteenth
edition. Similar has been the success achieved
by the ethical verse of Robert Montgomery—his
" Messiah" being in its tenth edition, his " Satan"
in its twelfth, and his "Omnipresence of the Deity"
in its twenty-third. Aware of these remarkable
facts, we are satisfied that the beautiful little bijou of
a volume before us will he eagerly welcomed in many
quarters, and that with a fervour like that accorded to
the " Christian Life," the religious world in England
will turn to the pages of the Lyra Christiana.

LITHOGRAPHIC POILTBAITS.—We have just had
submitted to us an admirable lithographic proof
print, after a daguerreotype by J. E. Mayall, pub-
lished by Mr. J. L.Grundy, of 130, Regent-street, ex-
ecuted on stone by that accurate delineator of pictorial
life, Mr. G. B. Black, representing four of the most
eminent medical psychologists of the present day
(Messrs. Munro, Winslow, Lawrence, and Suther-
land) in consultation, a subject which forms a suit-
able companion to a print previously published by the
same house, of celebrated chemists.

THE LATE MR. JAMES WOODS.—In our obituary
of this day week we noticed the decease of this gentleman,
who for no less than' thirty-six years was a distinguished or-
nament of the newspaper press of the metropolis. For more
than thirty years of that time Mr. Woods was connected
with the literary department of the Tinos, and it is not too
much to say that during that long period it would be difficult
to point out any one individual who had more endeared him-
self to his colleagues and his cotemporaries by the amenity of
his manners, the kind-hearted aid he was always ready to
extend to his juniors in an arduous vocation, and perhaps
more than all by the social warmheartedness which made every,
one whose hand was once grasped in his feel that he had ac-
quired a friend who had an affectionate interest in his wel-
fare. Such was the man who was yesterday consigned to
his last home in Nunhead Cemetery. "He sleeps well," but
years on years will roll away ere those who enjoyed the
pleasure of his friendship will lose the memory bt one who
shed so many hours of happiness around him. Requiescat in
pace !--ilerald.
Application is to be made to Government for a
supply of convict labour, for the erection of a breakwater in
the Bay of Wick, as a harbour of refuge to shipping on that
coast.—Glasgow Mail.