The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TBURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1866.

THE WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S-STREET
(Entrance 160, Piccadilly).
Set Dinners as usual. The cirte varied, ( hoice, and mode-
rate. Turtle, thick and clear, always ready.
The Billiard Rooms now conducted by J. Roberts, the
champion.

ki up p rs until One a.m.
Elegant Saloon Dininz Iteoms for Ladles.

MR. ARTHUR SKETCHLEY'S New
Entertainment, MRS. BROWN Al" HOME AND
ABROALP, and AIRS. BROWN AT THE PLAY, EVERY
I,,VI4:NINti at Eight :except Saturday;; Saturday Afternoon
at Three. Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. —Tickets at the Box-
office; Mr. Mitchell's; and all musiaelkrs.

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IN.
TIVI i Or OA DIRI Na
n entirely '
SenßAelDy N eNvv -EBn
Entertain-
ment, EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday);
EjteprtE.d!
Saturday Mornings at Three. POLYGRAPHIC HALL,
King William-street, Charing-cross.
Luxurious sofa walls, os.; balcony stalls, 35.; area, 2s. ;
amphitheatre, ls.—A play of stalls may be seen and seats
secured at the Hall from Eleven to Five.

T" OXF ORD,
6, OXFORD-STREET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (Limited',

EXTRA NOVELTIES. Operatic Selections performed
by Misses Russell. Barry, Fllaienry Messrs. A. St. Albyn,
Hush, Bury, Dalton, and Tivoli, wit❑ full band and chorus,
conducted by Mr. F. JONGIIMANS.

Comedy, Burlesque. Gymnastic, and other performances,
by all the most talented Foreltrn and English artistes.
Messrs. Duriah and Davies in their Nigger ecceatricit'e4.
All Excursionists to Lond, rt should pay a visit to this estab-
lishment

Admission—Area, ed. ; stalls and balcony, le.; private
boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. 6d.
Open every evening at 8.
Engagement of the talented JULIETTE and JULIA
DELP:PIN:BRE. Violinists to all the Northern Courts, aged
respectively nine and thirteen years. Mdlle. Juliette will
also perform a Fantasit on her extraordinary instrument
called the Xilophone, composed of Bois et Paille. They will
appear Every Evening at Nine and half-past Ten o'clock

WESTON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL,
HOLBORN.
Open at Half-past Seven. under New Management.
Proprietors—Messrs. Sweasey and Holland.
Two of the grandest selections ever performed, ROB ROY
and MACBETH, every evening, by Fifty first-class Voca-
:ists and a magnificent Band of Thirty Performers, conducted
by P. Cond. JOLLY NASH for Twelve rights only.
Success unprecedented of M. PIERROT. the one leg, the
Wonder of Wonders, engaged at this Hall only—Miss KATE
CHATTERS, the new Serio- Comic and Skiprdnz-rope Dancer
—The Great Comic ARTHUR LLOYD—GEORGE HOD-
SON, the renowned Ir,sh Comedian, creates roars of laughter
—LA PETITE TAGI.IONI, the smallest Dancer in the
World. only 28 inches high, to be seen at this Hall only—
HARRY MACARTHY, the American Comedian and A dor—
MORATORIO and LE BRONG, the unapproachable Tra-
pieze.
Box-office open from 10 to 4.
P. CORRI, Musical Director.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
BAKER-STREET.

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NEW EDITIONS.—A MARRIAGE GROUP of their
Royal Diehnesses the PRINCESS lIELENA and PRINCE
CIIRISTIAN ; also a variety of COURT DRESSES of the
most magnificent and costly description. Several life-size
Portrait Models of the most distinguished Men of the Day
are likewise to be seen.
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Admittance, le.; children, under ten, half-price ; extra
rooms, 6d.
Open from 11 a in. till 10 p.m.

LALKNER'S OLD IRISH WHISKY, " Real
Malt." 395. per eallon, is sold in bottles and jars, bear-
inn his label and trade mark. Most liberal terms are offered
to the trade for the sale of this genuine old spirit, which is
coming into universal consumption through England.
For price lists apply at Offices, 14, Strand, London, W.C.
Established in Grafton-street, Dublin, A.D. 1780.

SAUCE.—LEA and PERRINS'
WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE.
This deliciou' condiment, pi ononnoa by connolsseurs
"TUE ONLY GOOD S A.UCE,"
Is prepared solely by LEA. and PERRINS.
The public are respectfully cautioned azainst worthless
Imitations, and should see that Lea and terrine' names arc
on wrapper, Jebel, bottle, and stopper.
ASK for LEA and PERRINS' SAUCE.
So!cl wholesale and for export by the Propeetors, Wm-
cester ; Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Barclay and
Sons, London, Ac,. &o.; and by Grocers and Oilmen uni-
versally.

TEETH. Mr. DAY (for many years principal
assistant to Mr. Eskell. surgeon-dentist, of 8, Gros-
venor-street, W.) may b I consulted on all cases of Dental de-
tect or deficiency. Ile has made arrangements for the use of
Mr. Eskell's Pattnts, by which means exquisitely enamelled

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necessary), and are worn upon tender gums or roots of teeth
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wo Hundred Meiical Gentlemen to be the most effectire
invention in tie curative treatment of HERNIA. The use
of a steel spring, so o. telt hurtful in its effects, is here
avoided—a wit bardage bein•; worn round the body, while
Pt&ad raneqduisite
Patent resistin,Lev‘,,
rp, ower is supplied by t;ze Moe-Main
fitting with so i else and close-
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sleep. A descriptive circular, may Ise had, and the truss,
which cannot fail fit, forwarded 1 y post. on th., circum-
'erence of the boly,to two inches belowthe hips, being sent to
the manufacturer,
Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
A Sinole Truss, 14., 21s , 26s 6d., and als. 6d. Postage, is.
A. Pouble Truss, Ms. 6d. 92a , and 525. 6d. Postage,
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each. Postage, 6d.
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ITOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS
arzeearnreesqtluyseod.lteited for fitting up the TRAINING
Bmr. 4noo required.
R.M. WILLIAIIS, Secretary.
Boys' Ref age,
8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

H OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—CON-
TRIBIJTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing
the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required.
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HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.--The
Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys.
One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual
expenditure for supporting the 400 boys 1s estimated at
£5,090, being £l5 a year fog' each boy. Several kind friends
have promised to ,ay ibr one boy each year.
Subscriptions thank.u.ly received by the London and West-
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"Before the century was actually in its teens we believe
that George Cruiltshank was amusing the public. Is there
no way <h which the country could acknowledge the long
services and brave career of such a friend and benefactor 7"--
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The public in general 14 invited to co-operate in this move-
ment. Subscriptions receivable as above, or by the under-
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FO
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
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Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the
destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the
nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, Are given gratuitously every week. The poor
from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that
they ail) homeless and starving. The Manager &c.,
receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young women, children, and orphans
are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, andhave
to spend night after night in the coil, wet, and sleet. To
meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda-
tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is prop,mod, as far as the donations obtained for the pur-
pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families
in want. NVid you, in your charity, help to carry on and
accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give
shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really
starving ? The seediest donation will be most welcome,
and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will
be offered in your behalf.
SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT D.D., No. 22
Finsbuly oireus, E.C. ,

A UGUST and. SEPTEMBER SHOOTING
ri JACKET S, in various mixed colours, of
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resisting damp,
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THE GENTLEMAN'S POCKET-BOOK
(Patented). Sent direct from the Manufacturers, in
best .Rtussia Leather contains Compartments for Gold,
Silver, and Bank-no`.es ; Postage and Rece pt Stamp
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IN Sr/SAIL'S. Green or Red Silk Linings. 10,000 sold.
Secured by an elegant gilt clasp.
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ADMIRALTY, AUGUST 1, 1866.
THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS of the AD-
A_ MIRALTY Dereby give Notice, that the AR-
KANGEMENTS for the ADMISSION of PERSONS not
already in the Government service to the -ROYAL
SCHOOL. of NAVAL ARCHITECTURE and MARINE
ENGINEERING as Admiralty Pupils will, for the present
year, be as follows :
" Candidates must be not less than 18 years of age, and
must have served at least two years in private shipbuild-
ing or engineerineestablishments, or must givo-sattAtae-
tory proof that they have in some way been so connected
with shipbuilding or engineering operations as to become
well grounded in the elementary principles and practice
thereof.

The Pupils will be selected by Competitive Examina-
tion, the subjects for which, and number of marks assigned
for each, aro as follows :

Marks.

Pure Mathematics, including arithibetic, mensura:-
tion, geometry (plane and descriptive), plane tri •
gonometry, and the elements of the differential
and integral calculus 2,500
Applied Mathematics, including mechanics and
hydrostatics ... 1,000
Practical Shipbuilding, including laying off (for
shipwright's candidates only)
... 2,500
Practical Marine Engineering (for engineer candi-
dates only) ••• ••• ••• ••• ... 2,500
French ... ••• ••• •-• ... 500
Elements of Physics and Chymistry... 750
English Grammar and Composition 750
Geography and History
No candidate will be admitted who does not obtain at
least two-thirds of the fall number of marks in the two
first-named subjects, and three-fifths of the full number,
either for practical shipbuilding or marine engineering.
The last four subjects, although counting in the com-
petition, will not be considered obligatory.
The candidates who may be selected will be treated,
while attached to the School, in all respects as the Admi-
ralty pupils ; they will receive wages the same as dockyard
apprentices, commencing at ls. 6d. per day for six days per
week for first year, and increasing yearly 3d. por day till it
reaches 2s. per day, and in addition a subsistence allowance
of 3s. per day for seven days per week while away from
their homes, either at the School or iu the Dockyards.
Six months of each year, viz., from November till May,
will be devoted to study at the school, and the remaining
six months to active work and the acquirement of practical
knowledge in the Dockyards.
It is to be understood that the Admiralty make no en-
gagement to employ these pupils after the completion of
their course of study; and they must rely on their own
worth as educated naval architects for obtaining employ-
ment in their subsequent career.
The number of such pupils to be selected this year is one
shipwright and one engineer.
Persons desirous of competing must forward their names,
with a certificate of birth, and of the grounds on which
they consider themselves practically qualified, enclosing
proper certificates to that effect, to the Secretary of the Ad-
miralty, not later than the Ist September.
The Candidates should also state whether they wish to
be examined as Engineers or Shipwrights.
The examination will take place on the 25th September,
and three following days.
By command of their Lordships,
HENRY GORDON LENNOX.

PRINTING.--TO PROPRIETORS OF
NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print-
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ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing
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particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply.
Address—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church-
row, Savoy, Strand, W.C.

DUBLIN.—" Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra" is
the title of an interesting article that presents us
with an account of the life:of, that celebrated man,
which will be agreeable to the reader to peruse.
It is here said that in our "meditations of the charac-
teristics of the author and man in Cervantes, we
have always mentally associated him with Shakspere and
Sir Walter Scott. We find in all the same versatility of
genius, and the same grasp of and breadth of intcllect, the
same gifts of genial humour, and the same largeness of
sympathy. The life of Cervantes will be always an in-
teresting and edifying study in connection with the litera-
ture of the great events of his time." "Cowardice and
Courage " is another of those sketches which affords us
such a good exemplification of the great difference that
exists in men as to disposition, ha'sits, Ste. Many of the
anecdotes are very interesting, and illustrate the meaning
of what is said better than any description could possibly
do. " Timbuctoo" is one of those papers on foreign coun-
tries which convey a great deal to one's mind. It is an in-
teresting task to follow the writer of these pages,' and
trace the ,varying ways in which those regions have been
described by different authors at different times. "Num-
ber Five, Brooke-street" is continued in its usual myste-
rious manner, and we hy;sto to follow the adventures of the
wily heroine. " Cometh up as a Flower" is also proceeded
with, and is entertaining in its variety of descriptions, and
the little heroine is very attractively sketched. "Never
for Ever" is the title of a now story that is begun, and
promises to be very entertaining in its way. " The His-
tory of the Irish Church" is the political article met with.
It contains a defence of that institution, and is written
with much earnestness and eloquence. " Iphis," by Mor-
timer Collins, is a very complicated sketch in verso, that
forms an agreeable contrast to the prose selections met
with. " The Campaign of the Boyne" alludes to mon that
will over be memos-able in the history of Ireland, and aro
well worthy of notice, notwithstanding the very different
ago in which we live.

FRA S
_ER.—Fraser d
a dresses itself in this number
chiefly to the tastes of those who like solid reading,
its
for, truth to tell,contents are somewhat weighty.
Many of the articles are excellent, but a little more
variety in the list would have been acceptable. A
lengthened and well-written criticism of Dean
Stanley's Jewish
History is the first paper, and it gives a
fair impression of the
Scope and object of the work. Cap-
tain Burton's letter
describing his adventures between
London and Rio de Janeiro are continued, and the instal-
ment is one of the most
Gorman
items in the number.
Essays on the Order of
the time of the Crusades, and Knights, instituted in
on the Brahmo Samaj, a new
R The
indoo Church, follow. latter discusses the whole
question of religion in Indira,evtery fully, if not altogether
great impartially. The three questions of the day, the
Financial Crisis, the Change °
Ministry, and the Con-
tinental War, form the subjects of
afterf three different papers.
The writer on the panic, y
marketexamining into the situation
of affairs in the moue
during the last year or
two, arrives at the conclusion that a
total repeal of the act
of 1844 is the best remedy that can be applied to the de-
fects of our financial system. Thisconviction is rapidly
gaining ground among practical men, for who can fail to
Imbue
see that an act which breaks down three times within
twenty years is unequal to the requirements? The
paper on "The Ministry—Last and Present" takes us all
under over the old ground of the debates of the Session, and is
preparing us for every catastrophe the sun now that
Whig and Tory have changed places. The article
on the war cannot tell us anything now, but
it puts a novel construction—at least novel for
an English writer—on the victory
Prus-
sians, which it traces to the sound of the
judgment of King
William and Count Bismarck, it in spite
of all the senseless
clamour and false liberalism, of e Prussian
. . . The King was willing to stake his
Chambers.
ufailtsio.l.nand shallow com-
promise crown, bit ho
never for one moment entertained a
promise with either Democrats or iontancs, and he
has his reward." The reward, it is v`
possible, when
the excitement of the campaign has diednoryut, will net bo.so
King Willi
unreservedly agreeable to am and his Prime

Vizier.
COLBURN'S NEW I\I"THLY. —The storms of the
season have suggested an article on Thunder and
Lightning, founded on a French work, which treats
of the subject comprehensively. Francis Jacox
continues his discourse upon those mysterious in-
structive likes and dislikes which are so unaccount-
able, and yet so well founded. He styles it "About not
Loving Dr. Fell, and the Reason Why," and cites number-
lossiustances in which authors and poets have referred to it.
Mrs. Bushby proceeds with her series of stories under the
" Idalia". is continued iu all its
head of " Snowed up," and
fervent romance. The story can scarcely fail to end with
a tragedy, .which will be its most fitting conclusion.
Lieut.-C3lonel Miles gives a fUrthe. instalment of his nar-
rative of " A voyage from Sea to Sea, through the Isthmus
of Suez," and Mr. Ramage continues his " Wanderings
through Italy" in search of its ancient remains. Among
the remaining papers are one on. "Portuguese Discovery

in Africa," and au essay on The War of Annexation,"
by Cyrus Redding.
COLB URN'S UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE. —The
'Ekited Service for this month is more varied than
usual. It opens with " The Health of the Navy,"
a subject of most vital importance both to the men
taencdt
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atnhde
sceocuulni
ttyr
.y whichTiiecharm
looks
nk so
of
st„thi f
life r ii
st s pro-
grog;
grog is the stimulus to exertion and the reward of glorious
deeds. But there is a limit to good as well as evil, and
excess defeats its chiefest pleasure. So it. is with grog ;
while stimulating in one case, it enervates and incapacitates
in another. But poor Jack is not a man to moralise—he is
all for action and glory, so there be grog and privi-money
to be had. And these are the great charms of a man-of-
war's man's existence. Lord Collingwood—a keen observer
of sailor life—for ho toiled fifteen years as a midshipman
before accident, not favour, gave him a chance of promo-
tion, was of opinion that "were a man as wise as Solomon
and as brave as Achilles, he would still be unworthy of
trust if ho addicted himself to grog." And such an opinion,
coming from such an authority, must have grieved the
conscience of many a worthy sailor, be he officer or sea-
man. But a little grog in season works wonders with
Jack. It is the seatiinent of his life, the very soul of his
ambition, and, judiciously administered, operates very
beneficially on his health, and neutralises any injurious
tendency resulting from climate and the provisions inci-
dent to a long voyage, and other trying circumstances on
unhealthy stations abroad. It is to excess that Lord Col-
lingwood refers, and that would equally apply to a soldier
on land as to a sailor at sea. The writer dwells on other
matters which very much affect the health of the navy,
some of which may be modified by proper precautions
in port, and one which is referable to the stingy economy
of the Admiralty towards our surgeons, in withholding
proper rank and promotion to men upon whose knowledge
and conduct the lives of our gallant defenders so much
depend. It is the old curse of monopoly ; there is no
virtue at sea, but in men born to promotion and to rule.
It is the vice of the despot carried to extremity.
It is founded in ignorance, nursed by pride, and
Perpetuated by selfishness. But a better spirit is
gradually working its way in the administration of
our naval affairs, and the service must in due time reap
the benefits of a more enlightened conduct. With respect
to the health of our sailors it appears there are four stations
more particularly dangerous than others. These are the
south-east coast of 'America, the Pacific, the west coast of
Africa and China station. But the west coast of Africa is
the worst of all ; the ratio of mortality there is absolutely
frightful. More than half of those who go there never
return ! And this is the blessed effect of the slave trade !
Why, we thought that when the civil war in America was
over there was to be an end of the slave trade, and an end
mppwho
rrfeiloiltalt rtrssending,dedceettxroi:tofiatkthoeoiessut our sailors to be sacrificed on the pestilential
shores of the African wilderness of humanity. We have
poundsblackt
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ehlittlene dmodern
gooloi:f
dht
poanois,i
short
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daopnetf punishment
ohnafiaosdnmtheedmias
homicide.
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for
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prits,
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temperwc have
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survivedgood until
upwards
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thousandasne dutifulehdsodtoi:desiouosrefbdhjneadischarges,
tngieordnance,
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their well-sustained "proof" to destruction. Such are our
commission committees of investigation, and milk our
African killing squadrans ! " The Army in India" is
another sample of how brave mon are sacrificed to a sense
of duty. But we hope for a speedy improvement in the
administration of our Indian army, by the facilities which
railway communication will afford for transferring them
to more healthy residences in the hills during the sickly
season. This subject is to be continued. "Light Drill
in the French Army" is a paper well worthy the attention
of the Horse Guards, for, however high our military men
may be in their own esteem, they should never be
above taking a hint from a neighbour, and that
neighbour the one of all others whose whole mind is de-
voted to the art of war and the means which may tend to
excellence. The intelligent writer who has taken this
in hand, is an officer who seems to delight in improving the
knowledge and quickening the practice of his countryman
in the most essential points of the profession in which they
aspire to worthy deeds. There is no doubt that in matters
of discipline the French are deservedly in the first rank.
They spare no pains to attain the very best possible sys-
tem, and they use the knowledge acquired until practice
makes perfect. Above all they catch the spirit of the
work, and aspire to excellence for the delight of distinction.
With them it is not enough to do the thing well, it must

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charm of all their movements, and our author seems to
have caught its very spirit. Let our riflemen look to it
now that needle-guns and breech-loaders are the order of
the day. It would seem that much of the success in the
late Prussian campaign is owing to their discipline and
confidence in their arms. The needle-gun, so long despised
by all the other nations of Europa, England in particular,
has been cherished and practised by the Prussian, and now
behold the result.. " Curiosities of Naval Literature—
Quakers," has for its motto—

. "The Castor's guns were thirty-six,
Not one of them a Quaker,
The Castor's men they fought like bricks,
And soon wo took John Acre."
This is a humorouS paper, full of old and sometimes droll
recollections; it divides the genus Quaker into two classes
—those who will not and those who cannot fight.
The first class was a worthy, wide-awake, conscientious
set, who, looking to the future, actually contrived to
" weather" an American yew of Scotch extraction—no bad
achievement in a worldly bargain. The other class are
simply wooden guns, which, from their non-combatant
qualities, seamen humorously call Quakers. Formerly
these Quakers did good service in the art of war, more
especially at the famous battle of Bull's Run, where the
Confederates used them to such good effect that they
frightened the Yankees to run all the faster. They are
used sometimes with good effect both on land and water to
perform or cause some laughable mistakes. But in the
present instance they are used as expressive of a deception
of any kind, such as a stratagem at sea, in lighting a tar
barrel in a dark night to mislead a ship in chase. These
stratagems were frequently practised by Lord Cochrane,
when in command of the Speedy, with her terrible four-
pounders. In 1801, when the.combined fleets of France and
Spain had sailed from Algesiras, in Gibraltar Bay, they
had not proceeded far when it came on dusk, and soon
after dark Ottptain Keats, in Superb gallantry, dashed in
between the two sternmost ships, firing right and left, and
passed on. The movement was so rapidly executed that
the Superb shot ahead before the smoke cleared away, and
the Spanish ships mistaking each other for the aggressors
began a mutual attack, resulting in the Real Carlos, of 112
guns, losing her forotopmast, the sails of which falling
over her own guns caught fire. While in this condition
the other ship, the Ilermengildo, also of 112 guns, kept
still engaging the Carlos as a real enemy, and in the con-
fusion fell on board her and caught fire also. Both ships
burned till about midnight, when they blew up, and
nearly all on board, 2,000 men, perished, as Captain
Keats was taking possession of a third line-of-battle ship.
The phrase "fighting like bricks" has many guesses as to
its origin—cne is that "The Bricks" was the name of a
club in the Strand who had a quarrel with another club
called " The Chips," and the one having vanquished the
other, the first-named brotherhood were said "to have
stuck together like bricks." A paper on " Tho Battles in
Central Europe" gives a masterly account of the war with
all its great promises and shortcomings, of which the
public have had quite enough for the present. " The Navy
as it was and as it is" is another good article ; but we
should like it better if we knew what the future navy is
to be, for in that consists the grand secret—to be or not
to be.

BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. —The editor's historical
romance of the Constable de Bourbon, though long
since issued in the customary form for the benefit
of the regular novel reader, continues to entertain
the readers of Bentley. The seventh book records
the horrors of the attack on Rome, and of that
first shot which, according to historic legend, laid the
ambitious constable low. The romancist accepts the
tradition which tolls that Benevenuto Cellini was the
hand that fired the fatal shot. "About things being to
us as we think them" is a curious and discursive paper.
Switzerland is pleasantly sketched by a traveller, and we
have also notes of a ride from Petra to llebron. There
are also several tales of varying interest, none of which aro
of.a very high order.
LONDON SOCIETY.--" Going out of Town" is a
lugubrious sketch of the miseries people endure who
try to be too • comfortable. " Bathing with an
Emperor" contains an agreeable description of
Biarritz, that makes one long to pay it a flying visit.
The scene in the bay, it is said, "auy fine autumn
afternoon is one of great beauty, especially when the rays
of the setting sun lend their glory to it, reddening the fine
woods, lighting up the picturesquely grouped houses, and
crimsoning the rocks." "The Trentham's Summer Trip,
and what came of it," is a well-described tale, that does
not, however, present a very pleasing study to con;
an i
con-
templation. "Oxford and the Grand Commemoration"
gives us
animated account of the doings there n the
grand days of the classic old city. " Mansion-house los-
pitalities" presents the reader with a curious comparison
between the affairs of to-day and times long gone by
in
the City. " Who wins Miss Burton" is concluded, and
satisfactorily, though we are assured not very probably.
It would be well if many distressed damsels could,
like Agatha, escape at the eleventh hour from
a hateful marriage, and avoid the life-long
misery of au ill-assorted union. "Up and Down the Lon-
don Streets" contains its. usual amount of striking infer-