The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-02 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

The Pirate and the Three Cutters. By Captain
Marryatt, R.N. H. G. Bohn.
The celebrity of Captain Marryatt as a novel
writer is too notorious to require any comment.
It were hard to decide which is his best production.
There are many 'writers who succeed in one
particular work which all their subsequent endea-
vours fail to equal, and are known as the author
of such and such a book. But Captain Marryatt
has gained the high position of the first nautical
writer of his age, whether at home or abroad, and
in all his works he has maintained it. On other
subjects many are judged deserving of the
palm ; on the sea he is unrivalled, notwithstanding
that there is no dearth of competitors for distinction.
His long service in all parts of the globe has enabled
him to study character in all its varieties, and the
reader always meets with something fresh and
entertaining, whether it be the cool impudence of
Mr. Midshipman Easy or the absurd mistakes of
Peter Simple. All his writings are so well known
to the public that it would be superfluous to make
any remark on the present work, but that since its
first publication another generation of readers has
come into existence,and furthermore that Mr.Bohn's
cheap editions of our best authors enables those
of small resources to obtain books which have
hitherto been beyond their reach. " The Pirate"
varies much from Capt. Marryatt's other works. It
contains three heroes and only one heroine, and the
story relates principally to the doings of Captain
Cain, a notorious pirate. The tale opens with the
loss of an American trader, on board of which are
a widow, and her infant twins, who are proceeding
to England. The shipwreck, and ultimate aban-
donment of the ship, is described with the author's
usual ability. The crew take to the boats ; the
mother and one of the infants enter the last boat,
when the ship lurches heavily, and the crew, think-
ing that she is going down, push off, leaving the
other infant and its nurse on board. Finding out
their mistake, however, they endeavour to regain
the ship, but the heavy sea and wind prevent
them; and so the brothers part, not to meet again
for a quarter of a century. The one left on the
wreck (which had been prematurely deserted by
her crew, becama the nature
or uiu not sink) was rescued by an hng-
lish frigate. An African slaver picked up the boat
in which the mother and other infant were. All its
crew died except the mother and child. The captain
of the slaver compelled the former to become
his mistress, and shortly afterwards changing his
profession to that of a pirate; in a moment of pas-
sion, on his mistress remonstrating with him on the
course of life he was leading, he struck her a blow
which resulted in her death. In remorse for the
deed, which was done in anger, he swore to the
dying woman, whom he really loved, that he would
protect her son, which promise he kept after his
own fashion, in remembrance of the mother, and he
loved the boy. Having thus far introduced the
reader to the principal actors, we may pass over
some years and take up the thread of the story,
when Edward Templemore (the child saved by the
frigate), now a lieutenant in the navy, is in cony.
mend of a schooner, and is in search of the pirate
schooner which contains his brother. The two
schooners are exactly alike, and Edward , Temple-
more, while cruising among the West Indian
Islands, happens to meet with the daughter of the
Spanish Governor ofPortoßico. He falls in love with
her, and signals are arranged between them so that
when he passes Porto Rico (which the wind or other
causes obliges him to do frequently) they may meet
on the beach. Now it so happens that the pirate calls
' at the exact spot of meeting in search of water, and
the lady, mistaking his vessel for that of her lover,
falls into the hands of the pirates, who detain
her, intending to exact a high ransom from her
father. Francisco (the brother on board the pirate)
protects her from insult, and ,A hen the pirate
schooner is lost, the indignant Edward finds his
beloved with his supposed rival resting in her arms.
Matters are ultimately explained, and all ends well.
Such is the outline of the tale. A great part of the
narrative is devoted to the exploits of the pirates,
and some fearful scenes of cruelty are depicted.
The second story is what may be called, in thea-
trical language, a farce. It is short, but highly
laughable. We are introduced to three cutters of
a very different stamp. The one, a yacht in Ply-
mouth Sound; the second, a revenue cutter in
Portsmouth harbour; and the third, a smuggler at
St. Malo. All three meet off Portland early one
morning. Lord B—, the owner of the yacht,
endeavours to assist the revenue cruiser to
capture the smuggler, but catches a Tartar, being
sent adrift by her captain with a pair of paddles
only in his boat (his oars having been taken
from him), while the smuggler captain seizes
the yacht in a fog which comes(hoanv,inagndprtervainostifselrys
the gentlemen on board of her
exchanged clothes with them) to his own craft,
together with three sailors who had been left in the
yacht, shifts his cargo, and orders those of his crew
who remain in charge of the smuggler to run to the
French coast, while he proceeds unsuspected to land
his goods at his leisure. The ladies are in terror at
first, but the smuggler, who goes by the euphonious
name of Pickersgill, is a gentleman, and they soon
become great friends, and he ultimately marries one
of the party. The discomfiture of his lordship and
his friends, the indignation of a spinster aunt who
is on board, the terror of the steward and cook, and
lastly, the delight of the ladies, is capital. All's
well that ends well, and Lord B-- admits that he
has been rightly served, and shakes hands heartily
with the smuggler at parting, to the great disgust
of his sister, the aforesaid spinster aunt, and all are
satisfied. The volume is illustrated with 20 steel
engravings, well executed, which greatly enhance
the value of the work, each scene of interest being
depicted in the various plates.

'The Life of Nelson. By Robert Southey. New
Edition. With additional notes and plates, and
a general index. Bohn's Illustrated Library.
We are glad to see this standard work included
in Mr. Bohn's admirable series. Southey ranks
beside of Boswell in this branch of literature, and
whatever may be the reader's opinion of his merits
as a poet, none can hesitate to assign him a place
in the very first class of biographers. His work has
long outstripped the comments of critics, and taken
its place high among the standard volumes of our
national literature. It only remains for us to no-
tice the excellence of this new edition, where type,
paper, and plates are all worthy of the text. The
number and beauty of the illustrations will delight
the reader ; while the additional notes and the com-
pendious index cannot fail to be serviceable. Among
the most interesting features of the book is Nelson's
own memoir of his services, which is not included
in all the other editions. No one who values rightly
the achievements of his countrymen should fail to
place this volume on the shelves of his library.

Elements of Experimental and Natural Philosophy.
Illustrated with nearly 400 woodcuts. By Jabez
Hogg, F.L.S., M.R.C.S. Bohn's Scientific
Library.
The fact of an edition of ten thousand copies of
this work having been already sold, is a sufficient
testimony to its merits, while every purchaser of
Mr. Bohu's editions must be aware of their general
excellence and character; the chief difference be-
tween the second and first editions being an altera-
tion in the form and size to render it uniform with
the other volumes in this series, and the addition
of new engravings. The text has been .carefully
revised and much new matter added so as to bring
down the work to the latest discoveries. 'lb those
who are not already acquainted with this able work
it may suffice to say that it is an introduc-
tion to the physicalsciences, divesting them
of the terrors which obscure phraseology and
elaborate technicalities present to the inexpe-
rienced reader. It includes in its contents treatises
on animal magnetism, pneumatics, hydrostatics,
hydraulics, acoustics, optics, electricity, voltaism,
and magnetism. IVe could scarcely find a more
useful work to put into the hands of the youthful
reader who desires to learn something of those
great mysteries of nature which afford so interesting
a study. Between three and four hundred wood-
cuts illustrate the text, and assist the compre-
hension of the reader.

Vie Orations of Demosthenes. Translated by
Charles Itann Kennedy. 11. G. Bohn.
These orations, which form the fourth volume of
the works of Demosthenes, have been translated with
consicearble care by Mr. Kennedy. There is no
attempt to alter the style of the author, but th©
translation is as nearly literal as is compatible with
good English. This series of the works of celebrated
Greek authors will prove useful to the student who
is unaided by the assistance of a professor, and like-
wise to many who, although unacqu.iinted with the
classics, may yet be desirous to read the writings
and orations of the celebrities of antiquity.

A letter in Sunday's Observer from
DOCKS FOR THE IRON NAYY.—A writer in a
deserves the serious attention of her
oAntierampoprsahryiresaiseader,
Majesty's Government. Lepe,' the place alluded to as
being eminently fitted for docks for the iron navy,' is
situated on `the Blackwater,' a small stream flowing into
the Beaulieu River; this stream runs through a marsh of
great extent, and easy of excavation, pronounced by en-
gineers to be admirably suited to the formation of docks.
Dion-of-war were formerly built at Buckler's Hard, on the
Beaulieu River ; this fact speaks for the depth of water,
Lepe is opposite Gurnet Bay, in the Isle of Wight, defended
consequently on the west by Hurst Castle and on the east
by Portsmouth. The enormous extent of brick earth of the
first quality on the spot is of itself a most important feature
in the cue."

MONEY MARKET AND CITY _NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

Owing to the preparations in progress for the
commercial engagements arriving at maturity on the
4th, the demand for money has increased, and 31
to 3-7, per cent. are now the current terms for the
negotiation of good mercantile securities.
A large supply of gold, viz., £140,000, was pur-
chased by the Bank authorities yesterday.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon, in
most instances, exhibit©d a slight advance.
Gold is now about 5-10ths per cent. dearer in
London than in Paris, and 2.loths higher here than
in Hamburg.
Increased dullness prevailed in the Liverpool
Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were rather
lower. The sales were only 8,000 bales.
The receipts of the Dutch Rhenish Railway for
the fortnight, ending the 15th ult., amounted to
£9,208, against £8,600 in the corresponding period
of last year.

The Tagus, from the Peninsula, brings £2,250
in specie.

There is a falling off of about £2,500 in the traffic
receipts of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
for the past week.

A call of L 2 10s. per share became due to-day
on the Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway New
£lO shares.

The Seine, which left to-day for the West Indies,
took out £7,980 in gold and £4,609 in silver.
The directors of the Bank of France have again
advanced their rate of discount 2 per cent., viz., to
6 per cent., and the measure has naturally excited
much discussion in financial circles. The move-
ment, it is thought, will lead to the exportation of
gold to Paris, and ultimately tend to produce an
advance in the value of money in this country.
On the Great Western Railway of Canada the
traffic receipts for the week ending the 20th ult.
amounted to £8,320, being a decrease of £9,403
compared with the corresponding period last year,
which, however, was at the time of the agricultural
exhibition and the Prince of Wales' visit.

At the close of business yesterday afternoon the
Funds were at a decline of -7- per cent., and although
rather less depression is perceptible to-day, very
little recovery has taken place, Consols being 921 I
for transfer, and 921 / for the 10th inst. The posi-
tion of monetary affairs in France is the principal
cause of the depression, as the rise in the rate of dis-
count in Paris is expected to cause a similar move-
ment on this side. The New 3 per Cents, have
receded to 901 a ; the Reducedto 901 4 ; India New
Stock 102* 31; and the Scrip 1031 ; Exchequer
Bills, March, are firm at par to 3s. prem., and
ditto June at 9s. prem.

The principal feature of importance in the
Foreign Market has been the decline in Mexi-
can Stock, namely, to 25/ and 26i, and the
dealings have been of a moderate cha-
racter. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 851 ; ditto,
1858, 691,- /. Buenos Ayres have receded to 84, and
the Deferred to 27, but Grenada are firmer at 171,
and Venezuelan, after being 19'4, have improved to
201
The Shares of the Metropolitan Bank are to
I prem.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been of a rather restricted character, but in some
instances prices have exhibited more firmness.
Eastern Counties and Midlands have improved ss. ;
and Great Westerns, and Lancashire Yorkshire,
10s. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln and
North-Westerns have declined ss. ; and South-
Westerns, 10s.

In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings business
also continued inactive, South Austrian and Lom-
bardo-Venetian declined to 16a I ; Dutch Rhenish
brought 151; Scindes declined to 191 ; and East
Indian, improved to 1011.

Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
have continued dull, without any material change
in values. London ana Westminster realise 671;
Red Sea Telegraph, 17i ; and South Australian
Land, 324.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9oa ± * a
3 per Cent. Conssls Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9oi f f
India Stock. . —
Ditto 5 per Cent.
it 21 3 i
Ditto Loan Scrip, 6 per cent
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. —
Ditto 5 per Cent. 96i
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 981
Ditto 1859 9B
Bank Stock for Account 237
tonsols for Account, Oct. 10 92i A I-
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent
March. I June.

E achpqtter Bills, £l,OOO, 2d —
Ditto £5OO .. par 3 pm
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian, 5 per Cent . —
Ditto Account
Puenos Ayres, 6 per Cent ... ~...
Ditto Account
Ditto Deferred
Equador New Consolidated
Mexican 3 per Cent ..
Ditto Account : 261 q ci 54 6
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 . —
Ditto Account
Sardinian S per Cent ..
Spanish 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
.. 16a i
Turkish 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto Now Loan ... 69t 1
~
Ditto Account „,, 691 ±
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Ditto Acco,-

20i 19/ 20 I I
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2f per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. 64t
Ditto Certificates. 4 per Cent...
•
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 69i
THREE O'CLOCK:—
Consols, Money 923 I
Ditto Account

GENERAL FREMONT AND THE

MISSOURI SLAVES.

The following is the text of General Fremont's
deed of manumission for the slaves of Thomas L.
Snead :

Whereas Thomas L. Snead, of the city and county of St.
Louis, State of Missouri, has been taking an active part
with the enemies of the United States, in the present in-
surrectionary movement against the Government of the
United States—now therefore I, John Charles Fremont,
major general commanding the western department of the
army of the United States, by authority of law and the
power vested in me as such commanding general, declare
Hiram Reed, heretofore held to service or labour by
Thomas L. Snead, to be free, and for ever discharged from
the bonds of servitude, giving him full right and authority
to have, use, and control his own labour or service as to
him may seem proper, without any accountability whatever
to said Thomas L. Snead, or any one to claim by, through,
or under him.

And this deed of manumission shall be respected and
treated by all persons, and in all courts of justice, as the
full and complete evidence of the freedom of said Hiram
Reed,

In testimony whereof, this act is done at head-quarters'
of the western department of the army of the United States
in the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on this 12th day
of September, A.D. 1861, as is evidenced by the depart-
mental seal hereto affixed by my order.
J. C. l'llm°l"rT, Major-General Commanding.

THE TVEATHER.

31ETEOROLOGICA.L REPORTS.

This Day,
Letween 8 and B• E. M. D. F. c. L
9 a.m. S.
Nairn i , 29.62 52 50 S. P. ~
r 941 50 48 S. W. ; 8
Aberdeen...• • 0. 2
Leith... .......29.74 5g 29.74 55 w. 3 c. 2
lierwick ' 2971 53 51 W.S.W. 2 ; Z: 2
.Ardrossan ' 29'78 55 52 W.N.W. 4 6 c..
Pottrnsh 2957 153 5° 2 2 b. 2
Shields ,' 29'81 54 51 W.N.W. 3 3 c. 3
Galway 12991 51 52 W.N.W. 2 sc. .
Isl.. 1 1 b. ..
carborouh 29.85 56 54
Liverpool ; '29'89 56 53 9 O. 1
Valentia 130.00 55 53 N.N.W.NNW 2 60. 1
Queenstown._ 29'95 61 60 W. 1 9 o. 1
Yarmouth ' 29/4 60 59 IC.W. 2
London 129'89 58 . 56 W. N.W. 2 9 0.
Lover ' 29•85 j 63 61 W,N.W. 4 3 8 o. 2
Portsmouth ' 29'97 59 57 4 c 2
Portland 29.96 58 55 N.
N.
W.
1 1 m. 1
1
Plymouth 29.06 158 51 N.W. 2 1 b. 1
•• • •
Penzance 29.98 '5l 50 N.N.E. 1 2I b. 2
'-' ''' --- --.....nnt-Pti and reduced

EXPLANATION.-13. Barometer, corrected and reduceded
to 32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical
causing. about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10
deg above 32 deo. causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E.
Exposed thermometer in shade. ii. 'Moistened bulb (for
evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true—
not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud
(.1 to 9). I. Initials :--b,, blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ;
1., fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; in., misty (hazy) ;
overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ' • t., thunder. A letter
repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rein. S. Sea disturb-
Luce (1 to 9).