The Express. — London, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

• f 5,4 1. 714 ; • t (Eito rpt : Jot , Al se gd • No. 2,815.] LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1865. (Stamped ld. Additional.) [TWOPENCE. Tal ASYLUM Un AMU/4M OFFICE, isoufthimiaimgh. aftiollasl left Ounium—,lollll 01411110.1 lIIIMOILUI. Lob Trarksoo norlig ad alerrel Lirm.at Ems mai akoad. kr Ikliksk ad Mimi oak Cllkk os Forri a ll iesph ydrokors. Invoking them bow POMMY. Mine 1141 Preripkims. rrokoorl i Mbarli to ii Driaktat Maim RANK of DEPOSIT, 3, Pa ll -mall East, Lomlos. !stabneed lee RANK DESIROUS at INVESTING MONET ere requited le ewes the plan of this lestinnine, ti elle • bib rate of in- Met ley be obteined wtilt el seurity. the interest Is peels J .owy end July. PETER 1e01121802, Reneging Delete. Preigestueme and ferns far ageing iserante lens fres au e pees. 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JOIEDI MADDOX, IS Dwarf Altiaar-81., lissent's-pirk, Dockarlior owl News Agent. DAILY NEWS LENT TO READ, in London, 66116 par quarter.-6INT by MOWING MIL. et CI Ha. 6d. 'PING DO., 196. ed. per qr.—H. ADAM, 9, PIIIIIMMOWJeII. Wastalader, New Apar. BAYSWATER. - DAILY NEWS LENT TO RIAD ; aad sapplieda this araatry by ~alai past. at lk.Sd. gamier, paid la et. M. 11IIIISICE, Otove.tarrasa, Watt. New Affftt. ADVERTISING FOR A WIFE. Oar toluene OW the Mane&filar Guardian) have emenaly canalised several advertisements for a wile; sod of some of these certain wigs in Rochdale have taken advantage te play cif some very succeesful hoaxes on the advertisen. One of these would-be Besedieke, in 001111•• guess" of a correspondence with • Miss "Lavinia," pro seeded the other day to Tweedale's Hotel, Rochdale, in the hope of nuptial; the lair one who had so kindly responded to his pressing invitation to give him an interview ; bet, though he displayed the tokens previously agreed epos, no "Lavinia" met his expectant gaze. His disappoistaest, however, was somewhat lessened by • young visages's Sleeting him by name, and introducing himself as • brother of the young lady, Ur whole absence be proceeded to apologies. Another gentleman entered, who was introduced son second brother of " Lavinia ;" and be was speedily fellowed by a third, • fourth, and so on, till the candidate Of 'matrimony might have .:claimed with Macbeth— A fourth: Start oyes ! What ! will the lioo stretch out to the souk at donut Another yet! A esreatl. I'll .7, Mafia it, that, before all the fifty brothers of Lavinia had lees introduced, the advertiser became rather painfully sea- gala of the fact that be bad best most vezatioulydoped. One pith* brothers, stepping upon • chair, read aloud, Anklet muck laughter, all the correspondence which had passed between the gentian% and the " lovely palm Lavinia." The advertiser, though said to be an ortansive vinegar manufacturer, manifested no acidity ea the 00C116011 ; on the contrary, be frankly acknow lodged that he had been taken in, and threw down al sovereign to be spent by the extensive brotherhood. He added that he bad that morning, at the Victoria Railway Station, Manchester, met the seventeenth lady who bed replied to his advertisement, and there were others with Whom he bad not yet bad the pleasure of an interview; but It was his intention, when he had seen them all, to select the one he most approved, and honourably to marry her. The gentleman was then allowed to retire, amidst the laughter ' mingled with applause, of the fraternity of fifty! Another advertisement was answered in the name of Miss " Annie Woodville ;" some correspondence ensued as to marriage and its relative duties; but the "lady" having Ventured to suggest au interview in Rochdalo, the advertiser took alarm, and wrote to her, acknowledging the kind atten tion shown to him, but intimating that he was in the habit sf rising too early in • morning to be indite% to pay a visit %Rochdale. Another adventure proved more sucoessfill. All the preliminaries in the ease having been satisfactorily settled, an arracgement was made for the advertiser to meet the lady whn bad favourablyrespnaded to his appeal. Here b the literal copy of his letter, accepting the invitation to an interview : "Manchester, the 21st of August, 1856.—Dear Woman, received your's at the thearehen slice of the 20th to Which I reply, how that I will meet you, at the Rochdale Motion, at 12 of the clock, on Tharsday nest, eauting the date hereof.—N.B. You may recognise me, with a piece of writing paper something like your note, carrying it in my Bight hand, hanging it down at full length of the arm, by sty Ms.—Frees Kay." Oa the receipt of this interesting illiterate epistle, a Massie servant at one of the hotels in Rochdale VAS in ducted to personate Mr. J. K.'s fair correspondent, and after a brief interview at the Rochdale railway station, 'gibers he appeared making the signal described, he eon. MUM to accompany the lady to Tweedale's Hotel—the Mad quarters, it would seem, for theme tender Miarthigs. On arriving there, he was received by a number of gentlemen assembled, with such marks Of attention as soon convinced him that he wee caught is i snare unmatrimonial, and be became very desirous to Satire; but his friends were reluctant to loss his agreeable nesepany so soon. The bilious was Pent round the town With the following announcement: " On view, a gentleman be want of a wife. May be seen at N 0.3, Tweedale's HoteL" Of course this brought a large accession of admiring friends, and of the company having adroitly, and unperceived by Mr. J. Kay, stuck a white star or cockade on the front of ids hat, he was readily di►tiobuished, and received his asniplement of undivided attention. Visitors flocked into the room is rapid suceiteeion, each in turn being introduced by a inaster of the ceremonies to the gentleman who had advertised for a wife. This continued till it was too much tee the endurance of Mr. J. Kay ; be became ill, wept, sad implored permission to depart ; and at length, after having been detained several hours, he was allowed to go, oe pay ing for a bottle of wine to solace his tormentors. ♦ few Mere such denonessertle, and who would *dearth* for a The following notice was issued by the Postmaster- Geseral yesterday, via. Mails for Rio do Janeiro sad Valparaiso will be made np at this office on the evening of the 28th last, for emveyanto by H.h1.9. Alarm. Letten ism &o de Janeiro will be chargeable with a postajno of one shilling the half ewer, and so oe ; and letters for Valparaiso with a postage of two shitliap the half otiarJ, aid so on. Newspapers for both places will be liable to a postage of Mee poesy each. la the ease of both Litton and papers the *Map mist be paid in advance." HER MAJESTY'S RETURN. MOW MN lIPZCIAL PARIS, MONDAY. The week of fetes is over, and by the time these lines reach London her Majesty will most probably again bays set foot in her own dominions, carrying with her, as I have been informed by most excellent authority, nothing but pleasing recollections of the magnificent hospitality of which she has been the object in the gay land of the OsuL It is said that pleasure is the hardest work in the world, and cer tainly there are some people here who have found it sot bat as far as our gracious Sovereign is concerned, I never mw anything like the sustained energy, dignity, and good spirits with which she went through ball and review, state and ceremonial. She never looked fatigued, never serious, but had a ready word and grunions smile for everyone who approached her, so as completely to win the good opinion of all who had the Moose of a proms- holism*, and fashions are beginning to be based upon some well-known peculiarities of his costume. As for the Royal children, they have become quite a Passim, especially with the Parisian ladies, who are proverbially fond of children; and the Prince.. Royal is now a point of contemplation, in calculating the horoscope of Eu rope. She is rapidly becoming a young woman, and consequently all the quid-napes are busy in andel'. vouring to find a husband for her. SOON talk of the King of Portugal, and when reminded of the insuper able objection on the score of religion, point to the King of the Belgians, and laugh in the lightest Pa risian fashion. Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, who is a fine, well grown German, has been also most atten tive ; and Prince Napoleon has been mentioned; but of course it is all gossip, and merely men tioned here to show that her Royal High ness's future destiny is beginning to find a plate in the thought of politicians. With respect to the hospitality of the Emperor every one admits that it has been meet hearty and earnest in ooneep tioo, and wonderfully magnificent and well-arranged in execution. At St. Cloud the royal party were surrounded by the most delicate marks of attention, every want or wish was anticipated and provided for, and ingenuity was racked to meet those cases in which difference of habit was supposed to exist in the two countries. The royal cortege left St. Cloud at ten this morn ing, and the people, as on the day of arrival, lined the road, bat with a much better opportunity of gra tifying their curiosity. The boulevards also afforded proofs of the sustained interest of the public in their royal visitors, as chaini,balconies, oriflammes, &c.,were again in requisition to gratify curiosity or assist in de coration. The temper of every one was excellent, the sheering continuous, and every one seemed almost sorry to pert with the royal visitors. The National guard were early oa foot on the Boulevards, and, contrary to all I had previously been made to believe by worthy Parisians, presented a highly soldierly and martial appearance. They appeared to be all men in the prime of life, and were of much better stature than the troops of the line. Nearer to the Strasbourg station the Chasm= de Vincennes kept the line, and strong patrols of the mounted Municipal Guard and Garde de Paris, kept the centre of 'the road clear. At 11 o'clock the carriage of Lord Cowley passed down the Boulevards, and caused an immediate rush, as the crowd jumped at once to the conclusion that so grand a carriage must contain the Queen. Shortly after the Imperial procession was seen to approach the station,and the enthusiasts rose to intensity, a long train of magnificent state carriages, each with six hones passed, and lastly the Imperial state carriage itself drawn by eight hones, and containing the Queen, Prince Albert, the Emperor and Empress. The cheering was tremendous as the grand procession panned up to the station. The day was beautiful, and the effect the finest that could possibly be ima gined. Squadrons of the Guide, and the Cent Garde preceded and followed the Imperial carriage. DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY FROM FRANCE. .SUB,MER, MONDAY, ATJOI7II7' 27. The preparations made to receive her Majesty upon her return from Paris, to take her departure from France, were of a still more gorgeous and ela borate character than those made to greet her upon her arrival. Even the preceding Sabbath—although it is ordered by the Emperor that all public works should be suspended on the Sunday—was occupied in the erection of temporary structures for the deoora tion of the city or the convenience of the public. A rut body of workmen was employed raising flag staffs, galleries, 4t0., along the royal route, and every house along the.:quay. and in the vicinity of the railway station, was ornamented with the flags and streamers of the two great nations, and studded with numerous appropriate &vials. At an early hour this morning the town and neigh bourhood were alive by crowds of anxious persons hastening towards the Anay aid the overhanging heights, where a good view of the imposing scene which was to take place might be obtained. And every steamer and railway train which arrived dis charged their enormous cargoes of human beings, who swelled the already dense population to a most inconvenient degree. As the hour approached for the arrival of the royal train, every foot of ground on both sides of the river, and on the heights, as well as every window, wu occupied by most anxious spectators. The royal mail steamer Vivid, amongst various other vessels, arrived with a large party of excunionists, from Ramsgate and Dover, to witness the grand review and the em barkation of her Majesty on her return to England. ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY AT BOULOONE. At a few minutes past 5 o'clock the royal train arrived, conveying her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Priacess Royal, together with the noblemen and ladies forming her suite; also his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, Prince Napoleon, Marshal Baraguay the Comte de Montebello, Colonel Fleury, and several other dietinguished individuals. They were received at the railway station by Baron James Rothschild and the other directors of the railway.company, by M. Achille Adam, the Mayor, the Bou►Prefet, and o her municipal officers. Immediately upon the arrival of the royal party a salute of 101 guns was Bred from the cannon on the heights, which were answered by the ileet in the roads. I The Royal and Imperial party proceeded into* diately to the Hotel, preceded by troops of lancers, dragoons, carabineers, and some of the Cent Gerdes. The routs was lined by troops on both sides. Her Majesty, who was similarly attired as on her arrival to France, occupied a seat in the carriage with her back to the horses, and the Princess Royal by her side. Opposite the Queen sat the Prince of Wales, and beside him the Marchioness of Ely. Prince Albert, in uniform, and the Emperor, in the uniform of a general officer, rode on horseback on each side of the carriage. Immediately in front of the Royal cortege was a band of the lancers, which played " God save the Queen" all along the route. The Royal party were cheered most vehemently, and the guns continued tiring until their arrival at the Hotel. In about 10 minutes after her Majesty's arrival at the Hotel, the Queen again appeared at the door, and entering the carriage in waiting, proceeded im mediately to the sands, and reviewed the troops that had easenibled there. There wen about 60,000, beinttkie contribations of the four camps—namely, Hoovaalt, Ambleteuse, Equihen, and Wimereux. The review did not last more than twenty minutes. The Emperor and Prince Albert were on horseback throughout. At the termination of the review several new rockets were tried, one of which, it was said, tra velled two leagues before it burst. THE GRAND DINNER AT THE HOTEL. At 8 o'clock, the Royal party sat down to dinner at the Hotel du Pavillon Imperials. Covers were laid (or 60. The most distinguished personages present were : —Her Majesty Queen Victoria, his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Napo- leon, the Comte de Montebello, Colonel Fleury, Mar shal Baraguay D'Hilliere, Marquis Belmont, Marquis INI La Grange, Madame De Labeyers, Madame Rey nosa], ladies in the suite of the Empress, the Earl of Clarendon, &c. The Queen and the Royal party will nail for Eng land at about eleven o'clock to-night. EMBARKATION OF HER MAJESTY. (sr SLIOTRIC TILSOZAPH.) BOULOGNE, MONDAY 11.15 P N. The Qum has just embarked. The ammo was magniflosnt. (mow ova owx I avail myself of the opportunity afforded me by the departure of an excursion steamer from Boulogne to Dover at half-past 11 o'clock to-night, to announce the departure of her Majesty on board the Royal yacht, at a few minutes past 11 o'clock, p.m., amid the roaring of cannon and a blaze of fire-works from the dills. The most cordial adieus were ex changed between her Majesty and the Emperor. The magnifiossee of the scene was considerably increased by a brilliant display of flambeaux which were held by soldiers, who formed a line for a con siderable distance, upon the heights on both sides of the river. The town was beautifully illuminated, particularly the homes in the leading streets, and the public buildings. As the Royal yacht receded from the shore, a continuous firing of rockets and feu d'art!** waif kept up. Her Majesty was favoured by the most beautiful weather—a calm sea, and a lovely moon light night. In our fleet despatch we ought to have mentioned that her Majesty for a few momenta left her carriage and rode on horseback, at the review. ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN AT OSBORNE. (sr =cram 11111011,1.) PORTSMOUTH, TIMMAY Mono's°, 8.45. Her Majesty landed at Osborne, at half-past eight o'clock this morning. The Osborne and Vivid were the only vessels in company. Suoucunz. Tin Possum Lzotow.— The troops suddenly received olden of Friday evening to pre pare to camp on Castle-hill sad Mrs. Dealers faros, about two miles from Bhornaliffe. Farmers' waggons and horses in all directions were pressed into the mom, much to their annoyance in the middle of honest. However, the supply was obtained, and the men are now under canvas, and will, it is empected, be there for eight days. Some absurd rs moo have been afloat respecting the health of the men, hut from inquiries made, we find that, isonsidering the large somber of men from foreign countries, sod their change of living and habits, the illness is mach below the average mask in a amp of 3,000 mos.—SolotA Earners' Gootte. PROSPECTS TOR THE FIRST OF SEPTENLBER.—WS are happy to inform our sporting friends who attach them selves to the trines, that their prospects for the int are better than, ander the eireaseeteseee of the mason, had been anticipated. The severe winter, it was feared, had made helve amongst the partridges, bat they appear to have borne it bravely, and the dry weather in the hatching ma son being favourable to the young birds, the cosies are not likely to be found so steeps or saaros.—Merfionse Merewry. • - LENDING LIBRAIIIIB.-A reading room Ma re. many been established in the parish of West ChinnoelOcon nested with which is a leading library. It was in the first piece wt is foot by a somber of mechanics and laboaren welting IS the Bev. G. D. Ostrow, their rector, and inti mating to him their wishes en the subject, the result of which was, that a meeting was called, and held in the school-room of the parish, over which the Rev. G. B. Darrow prodded, when it was unanimously agreed that a society be formed forthwith, which should have fee its object the improvement of the working claws, in their social end moral condition. Liberal maul sabserippolse were annonnesdby the Ear. G. B. Ourow (President), Mr.. °arrow and (slily, Mn. Hayward, Mr. It. Hayward (Treasurer), Mr. Edson, and Mr. Lowman, of the parish, and the Rev. F. P. Vonles, of the adjacent village of Middn Chinnock,who bee also kindly somented to be the Vies-President of the Society. A hand-' some book-pass LSO been presented by Mrs. Heyward, toga. Mier with abort 70 rebuses of very entertaining end instructive books. A daily London paper (the Daily News) is presided, as also a weekly load journal (the IVettern Flying Pat). Thera are already from 30 to 40 mentbsn. end it is hoped that the objects for which this Society has been formed, may be fully nailed.—TM Walton Piping Poet. • THE MILITIA AND THE HAIMMT.—CoI t Viscount Itiammommammitaut of the let Somerset Militia, with greet esentemation and forethought, has kindly permitted two Imbed maa of his regiment, which Is now stationed in Taunton, le },creed to their homes ' fa order to afford them an eggereeeity of assisthig the agriculturists is the 117:1of the mop. The ooramaviag fields arouud 71ht Wing et Ragland, will thus be able to dio rama with math of that a:transom aid which we have hitherto berm emestateed to expoot from the slater isle, in =deo Mabel the Garth. The mw, who b*bly left theaggsremity of temporarily turning thief laysesblegesespleg bad" left Taunton ou Monday mora ine Ike Wont eporatiesa la various parts of the emtatt7.— Termite Courier. TER Ismanio or Ax no legal authorities, we understand, have given an opinion that po tion; in boroughs, without • separate court of quarter ea dose of the pease, bevy not the power to grant ekbouse names. We Mar *at W horoagb justices of Sunderland, South Shields, and 'I moo atb. acting on this view of the law, have sot grenteu Amman for the earning year.—Gater heed Obasseer. Town. —Up to Saturday there were varies , / moan SS to the statism. likely to seatest the bone sh, and tine or tear saseeeel easdidatee wen seationed . The Überah, however, age Moog enesgh to retsra a r,feemer, whisk they will de whatever the Osaka takes gees& AUSTRALIA. (nor ova ova ovs cox SYDNEY, Jess 2. The derangement in the postage system between Orem Britain and Australia has occasioned serious inconvenience to these colonies; and certainly, their importance considered, they are fully entitled to all the facilities of intercomainnitntion which it is in the power of the government at honk to command. We have no reason to complain that the vessels charged with the conveyance of the mails have been tardy in their movements, and we may especially note that the Boomerang, with the March mail, made her pu rge to Port Phillip in OS days; but a matter of such importance ought to be based ma some established regulations, instead of being left as it were to chanee. Her return mail will be made up to-day for Mel bourne' whence she will sail about the middle of next week. The Ocean Chief, which will also take a mail, is to sail to-morrow from Sydney for England direct, without detention at Melbourne, so that it is probable she will outstrip her competitor in the ocean race of 18,000 miles. •Per a period of many weeks a most unwonted state of inactivity has prevailed in the mercantile and trading affairs of this colony—the natural on:se quence of the excitement that existed in theyeare 1852, 1853, and 1854. But though business transactions have been less active than in those eventful years, the soundness of the commercial community has been severely tested, and it has come cut of the ordeal comparatively unscathed. There are numerous oases before the Insolvent Court, but none of them of any magnitude; and we ars looking forward to a period of healthy intercourse with the mother country, which will be not less advantageous in the long run to those who supply the colonial markets than to the colonists themselves. Stocks of nearly all kinds are now low, and new consignments, if they be prudently made, will meet with ready sale at remunerative prices. We are, of course, deeply interested in the accounts that have arrived out by recent mails, of the disastrous effects at home of the overtrading of which we are now experiencing the reaction; but much as we commiserate the shippers of goods, we have the consolation of believing that the colonial trade will ere long resume a more healthy appear ance. The price of provisions in Sydney continues to rise, and it is feared has not yet reached its maximum. Bread is 10d. the 21b loaf; beef and mutton, ed. to Bd. per lb.; veal and pork, 10d. to Is.; butter, 35.; and other articles of consumption at the same high rate. It seems an anomaly that a land so admirably adapted by nature to produce every necessary of lite should have to depend on foreign countries for the supply of food ; but so it is and so it must continue until the population transfer their energies from the search atter the precious metal to the cultivation of the moil and the breeding of cattle. It is a well known fact, that in the province of Victoria alone there are now fully a million of sheep less than were depastured at the commencement of the gold dis covery, which will in a great measure account for the advance in the price of animal food and decreased exports of wool and tallow. The continued arrivals of immigrants, instead of lessening, only tends to aug ment the evil, inasmuch am they are consumers in stead of being producers. Many of the mechanics aed artisans here,whonot long agowere earning wages ranging from 15e. to 30s. a day, are now but partially engaged at half those wages. The time has therefore arrived for some check to be put to emigration from Europe. Our new Oovernor-Oeneral, Sir William Thomas Denison, has began his vice-regal reign with a searching inquiry into the state of the exchequer and its liabilities; and reductions are talked of in the various departments of the colonial government. The late Governor-General, Sir Charles Fitzroy, acting upon the general desire of the public when lint the news of hostilities with Russia was received here, directed certain fortifications to be erected on com manding points of the harbour of Port Jackson. Change of men, change of manners, is the rule acted upon by Sir W. Denison. The half-raised works have not only suddenly been discontinued, but their demolition has already commenced, and other spots, deemed of course more eligible, have been selected as points4rappui. One of these will be "Pinchgut Island," once a picturesque little gem in our harbour, crowned with graceful trees, and now an unsightly barren rock. having been out down to the water's edge by some vice-regal order of other days, why or wherefore has never been explained. It would have mattered little, this official freak, had not the island been thus rendered dangerous to navigation, instead of an ornament to the landscape. A battery on its surface will in some measure :redeem it from its pre sent state of worse than uselessness. The new Bishop of Sydney, the Right Rev. Dr. Barker, has arrived, and has ban most cordially re ceived by the clergy and laity. Mr. G. V. Brooke, of London celebrity, whose arrival in Sydney was heralded by huge placards, in which his name figured in letters a yard long, has commenced an engagement at the Victoria Theatre, at, report says, 1001. a night, guaranteed to him by his Barnum chaperon, Mr. Choppin. The house has, on the whole, been well attended, but by no means so fully as to satisfy Mr. Choppin that he has made a profitable spec. The tragedian, however, is to tread the boards in other parts of the Australian colo nies, and may be more successful. The fact appears to be that Catherine Hayes drained the playgoers of their loose cash; and we have had, moreover, a host of aspirantadventurers—magicians of north and south, equestrians reporting themselves as of world-wide fame, marvellously clever boys and girls, violinists outshining Paganini, pianists far superior to Thal berg, and, in fact, " ists" of every other vocation. About five miles of the Sydney Railway have been completed (line to Parramatta), and a trial trip took place on Monday, the occasion being honoured by the presence of the governor. The rolling plant, manu factured in England, is represented as of the best description, and the works on the line are of first-rats engineering construction. As many as 61,458 persons entered Kensington Gardens on finaday last. The gardens in the neighbour hood of the band were densely crowded, and the notice re• questing gentlemen not to smoke In the liamediete vicinity of the band and the tefreshment•room was very generally attended to. A great improvement has taken Wee in the moommodation offered to the public as regards chairs and movable seats. Until lately, thus were furnished by one person, was sometimes of a very rieketty character, and the charge was 3d. each. The chain are now nearly all new, and provided by different persons ; and a notice ap pun on the trees to the effect that the charge for movable seats Is not to exceed Id. Every chair was let, and han ders& of ponces were seated is little groups upon the gross listening to the music and witnessing the gay some, which yds musk heightened by the Imams of the weather. Most of the nobility and gentry and atembers of the corps diplo autism, 'amazing in London appeared to be present, and Sir Benjamin Hall was seen mining about ta the crowd arm in arm with the Dean of Durham, apparently enjoying the 11111140. Three satiras of Southern Africa posed through Lyons a few days ago in dune of an American. Them savages had. their !made shaved, with the exception of a tuft of hair, which was traced; their eyes were red like those of the Albinos, and their faces end bodies were Wooed in the moat grotesque manner. Oa* of them appeared to be in ill sad it was necessary to lift him into the coach in which they were conveyed to the railway station. They are, it is said, on their way to London to appear at one of I the theatres. CRYSTAL PALACIL—SEIWWO DAT.—Atrourf 27. ABW/Naoas ea 94144.46 11,748; digs by sans tloksio, 441.—Tota, 12,19 L NEW YORE DRAMATIC CRITICS. The foilowiog squib is from the New York Fierlysese; We understand that the dramatic critics of this city held a meeting at the Astor House on last Saturday, for the per pose of co whet mine was to be panned with regard to the d arrival of Millis. Racial Fells, the French . Oa a motion made by Mae Blether of the , the critic of the Deify Tina took the chair. The Chairman opened preetedings by observing " &aglow, annsong no porter voo. Com see coin la. Ay Diana. 0 &noir." This epaulet address was received with marked disappro bation, and min ad "No lingo Plain Hagfish! Down with the parley Tee f " The Chairmen' emplaned. He was so accustomed to wile Dna* In the paper to whisk he had the honour to being, that am the present occasion the obnoxious phrases slipped out shoat undesignedly. He begged to apologise if he had wounded the kitbags of the assembly. They all knew the object of the present meeting. It was to consider what °purse showld be adopted with regard to the per formance of Mdlle. Rachel Fella. Having stated the ob ject of the meeting, he dsisned to other and better I weaken. O'Roolaban, of the Herold, nee. What did we want, 1 he'd like to know, of dinky fanners over lore phyla thre, Indy ? Thragedy, indeed! 'Twould he better for 'ins to stay at home is their own eosufthry, and they as they 'molds% wallop the base, bloody, and brutal Saxon, than to coma oat here playing thiragedy. Av they'd play in a ducat tongue that • Christian could ondentand, why %wouldn't be es bad entirely, bet how the devil was a man to know Fritsch *Mesa he was a Friedman ? (Hear, hear,) For his part he didn't know Primal, an' he didn't want to know Frinch, bad luck to it ! He wane% bought • Punch pair on boots, sad they didn't fit him at all at all, so he'd Liao to know what Friaah was good for ? (Criss of " That's the ticket V') Mae Slasher, of the Trance, said, he thought for his part that some decisive measures ought to be adopted. Beery one kaew that the majority of the dramatic critics of New 'York were entirely uneducated. (Hear, hear.) They gloried in that ignorance! Education trammels the mind, and stains the purity of the judgment ! (Loud applause.) They were cot therefore scholars, and they were proud of it. He defied any one to point to the dramatic aide of a New York daily paper, and say that man knows Latin. (Inman cheering.) As to French, he'd leave that effeminacy to the editors of Wall-street newspapers. (Here Mae Stutter pointed at Genre, of the Courier mad Borsitor.) Now Miss Rachel Fein was no doubt a great actress, but Rohe didn't under stand their langusge, how could they criticise her ! (Ap plause.) The public would expect criticisms. This was the diMoulty. Well, there was only no way to solve this diffi culty, and that was to insist that Miss Rachel should play in English. That was his opinion, and he gave it for what it was worth. Mr. Mao Slasher resumed his seat amid loud applause. Mr. Cicerone, of the Courier and Enquirer, begged to offer a few remarks. (His..., and nits of no, no.) Sines the time of Shakespeare (gnat confusion) Rgl:4110,0 • moo: moutons —(Cris of Put him out; no lingo !) As Dante says ia his Inferno, " Lucian' '—(lmmense tumult; shoots of Pedant He's talking Greek—none of yer blarney! no Ingo! Talk plain.) In the midst of this confusion, Mr. Cicerone was forced to resume his seat. _ _ Mr. Puller Hopkins here stated to the chair that although not a dramatic critic, still from having been the author of f. Witchcraft, a Tragedy," he felt himself entitled to nuke a few remarks. Permission being granted, he continued—He was as American author. He might indeed say that he was Ms American author. No one else had written anything worth reading. " Witchcraft" was the greatest modern tragedy—" Moneypenny " was the greatest modern novel. He wu a native American author. He went in ter native Americanism. His idea, therefore, was that Rachel should be forted to speak American. (Cheers sad some hisses.) After this, the meeting deg tad into a tumultuous amemblage, and our reporter left in the midst of the eseite mint. It is understood, however, that an agreement has been entered into amongst the representative* of the press not to nails Mademoiselle Rachel unless she consents to • in English. BRIGANDAGE IN GREECE. A naval officer, in a letter published in the Dublin Freeman, gliSI the following additional partienlan relative to the resent attack of brigands on two British officers in Omen : H.M.S. Fury, Athens, August 6, 1866. My Dear —The state of affairs in this country, which you perhaps imagine to be one of the but in Europe, but put down by thou who know it well to be one of the worst, is getting rather uneasy. I gave you in my last letter the fall and true account of the daring bri gandage outside Athens, in which two of our fellows were near lining their lives, and which showed pretty plainly that the _powers of the Greek government were at a dia -1 count. The fact of the brigands' public declaration to their unfortuoste prisoner., that they would have eat the officers' throats if they caught them, clearly proves that they are no ordinary pickpockets, but something of a savage tribe. The 00CUITODOI of such an affair to two officers of the allied forces occupying Greece has of course opened the way for the active interference of both minbtan at the court, which has been energetically followed up. The owner of the horses has demanded payment from those modern imitators of " Richard the Third," which of course was politely declined, it being no fault of theirs that the steeds bit the dust; but on finding he is a Pole, and always civil and obliging, he was sent to the ambassador, who has, I believe, taken bis cue in hand, and will get him full com pensation from the Athenian government. The sensation that inch an ennt caused everywhere should have been quite enough to have induced the government and people to have made most energetio endeavours to seise the bandits and thou emaciated with them. But it is otherwise in this country, and late events begin to show that there is something of • political character in those plun dering parties. The very next day, in the same place, two more easriages were stopped net robbed, and two days after that again the same thing occurred, and yet there is not a soldier to be seen half a mile outside Athens. The despatches from the camp at Pendants have to be sent under an snort of Greek dragoons (a questionable safeguard at present), end the officers going in or out have always two or three along with them, as it is thought that the brigands, through revenge and hatred, would fire at them behind a hedge, without giving them the opportunity of a fight. In fact, the country is overrun by bandits, and all the people who used to live is their summer houses are flying into Athens. An English femily,who lived for years at Caffchio (sic or eight miles from the city), base come in, being. I supposed, threatened ; also the Greek family of Marco Miceli, a Spartan Prince, who is in danger on account of his friendship for the Western Powers. But the crowning ;took place the other night, when these brigands actually entered Athens, and robbed an ex-mioiater of two or throe thousand drachtau ' and gave notice to the present premier, Mayrocordato, that they will do the sane to him. He was away until yesterday, but now it shall be seen if he eau do anything. It affairs go on in this way, it is expected there will be a revolution, as either the people, government, or the army ars conniving at It for some political purpose to mist the Russian party. It is though now that these doings have most likely originated and bean kept up by the Russians to bring the government into discredit, as it is favourable to the Western Powers against Russia, and to show how powerless and unsupported they are in the country. But they are aistaken—for the Eagle and the Lion are about to occupy Athens, and woe be to the bandit who will wander about at night without a reason, as the gui nee and "Who goes there ?" may be rapidly followed by a bullet. If they have to occupy the capital, on account of the supineness of the Greek troops and people, the meet energetic and stringent regulations will be put in force, which will rather astonish the nation. Our troop. at. enraged at these doings being permitted in Green ; and if the slightest provocation is given to the reds, the brigands will get such a bayonetting and general castigation that they will forget it. They pursue the game conduct on the borders of Turkey, and there it is no doubt linked with their ideas of getting up • revolutna against the Turks. Perhaps they trill escape our strong measures by doing ostensibly something which will satisfy us and the French, who make ekes" fur them in everything. The fashion of wearing dresses of extreme breadth has spmd from Paris to the French provinces. The Cburrier de ilhers mentions an unfortunate OCCIMMICIO, mieudosed the other day by the custom. A lady, it seems, presented herself at the confessional of the cathedral. Bat presenting herself was not all that wee to be done, it was necessary to enter the narrow space reserved for the penitent and to reach the grating which divides him or her from the priest. To do this the dress submitted to extraordinary efforts, but the whalebone of the under drew wee obstinate, and, compressed on one side, the balloon swelled out on the other. The dress persisted is its resistant*, a silent resist saes, scarcely betrayed by the rustling of the silk and the little movements of half steed impatience. At last the worldly toilette got the better of the aspiration' of piety. Reddened by confusion the penitent quitted the spot, and left the church. Was it to chino her costume ? Our police authorities, says the Glasgow Daily Mall, have exemplified a liberal spirit in issuing orders for a good supply of newspapers to be furnished daily to the varicose police districts throughout the city. This strange nest to eau tale operation from the let reels*. INAUGURATION OF THE PEEL STATUE AT BIRMINGHAM. BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY. The formal ceremony of inauguration of the etatue of the late Sir Robert Peel took piece this morning in the present* of at least fifteen thousand persons—as many, in fact, as could Sad standing places near the spot. A few minutes before twelve o'clock a procession, headed by the Mayor and the Hon. and Rev. Grantham Yorke (chairmen of the committee), proceeded to the site, and the ceremonial commenced. The statue, which Ili by Mr. Peter Hollins, aced cast by Messrs. Paington sad Mason—the Int colossal work of the kind ever produced In one piss* in Birmingham—is in bronze, and stands eight feet and a half high. It weighs upwards of a ton. In the casting three ;tons of metal were run ; and in execution does every credit to the reputation of this celebrated house. The statue is plead upon a square pedestal of polished Peterhead granite, rod, and warm in tone, and in beautiful harmony with the bronze. There is a plinth also of polished granite, resting upon a sub-pliaih of grey stone. The whole is placed upon an octangular platform, from which the railings and lamps spring. The total Leight from the platform to the top of the statue will be about 20 feet. The pedestal is an 'imitable piece of work, and somewhat colossal, the principal slab weirs bing about four teas, and the whole about ten. It is from the polished granite works of Mr. Alex. Macdonald, Aberdeen, and does his establishment much credit. The pedestal bears the simple inscription "Peel," in bronze. The statue will he pissed with the fees looking down New. street. The railing is in good keeping with the subject. Its bars are designed after the antique wands of the " Heralds of Peace," with the addition of clusters of wheat ears—indi cative of the deceased statesman's lest great act—the inter stices being prettily filled up by the introduction of poppies. Four handsome lamp pillars of a decorauve character, in keeping with the other parts of the memorial, are to be erected at angles ; and lamp. of an appropriate design are in progress by Messrs. Messenger, of Broad.street. For the present, lamps will be placed pro inn. The railing and pillarsare to be in bronze : bat we think much additional effect would be given to this portion of the work if the wheat ears were delicately picked out in gold. The design for the railing, &e., are also by Mr. Hollis,. The company having ascended the platform, The Hon. and Rev. G.lll. Younn stepped forward and addressed the assemblage. The MArcia (J. Palmer, Esq.), who was warmly greeted, la accepting the gift, spoke as tollows :—Mr. Chairman, in the name, and on behalf, of the corporation of this borough, the representatives of which are here assembled, 1 have the honour of tendering to you, sir, to the committee over which you have so ably presided, and the subecribers g lly„ our grateful thanks for the splendid contribution of native art with which your generosity has enabled us this day to ornament our borough. (Loud &leen) Sir, we shall esteem and preserve it, not only as a most impressive memorial of the great sad illustrious statesman whose statue it is, but as a symbol uf the genius, high art, and great manufacturing skill that distinguish our fellow townsmen. (Applause.) Sir, Birmingham may well feel proud that it has produced such men as Mr. Peter Hollins aid Messrs. Blkington and Mason. (Cheers.) But, sir, the advantages of this noble work do nut end here, it will be a moat valuable and ever present example, inviting the imitation and stimulating the worthy ambition of our youth, to whom in the present and all succeeding generations it cannot fail to give rise to those virtuous and patriotic emotions which lead to generous and noble union, and ere alike conducive to the advancement of the subject, and the prosperity and glory of the state. (Loud and continued cheering.) Alter cheers had been given for the Mayor, the Hon. and Rev. Grantham Yorke, and Mr. Hollins, the sculptor, the imu.ense assemblage dispersed. A very sad occurrence took place just as the ceremony terminated. A lady named Knowles, wife of one of the members of the town council, had been witnessing the ps o medlar from the ground surrounding Christ Church, wliere a number of ladies were stationed. As she was about departing she was seised with illness and died in a few minutes. She had been in her usual health and spirts up to the fatal moment. Disease of the heart is the sup ' posed cause a death. The deceased has left a family of eight young children. As a not inappropriate sequel to the foregoing report, we may mention that the Exhibition of the Birmingham Society of Artists was (opened to the public to-cay, and is one of much aggregate and individual excellence in the works displayed. Like other provincial bodies of the same kind, it does not depend on the productions of the current year for its leading attractions, and on this occasion it has availed itself of local and other sources of aid. The local artists, stimulated by the Eastlake price of 601., which was awarded to a very able picture of " Christ healing the Man sick of the Palsy," by Mr. W. T. Roden, have acquitted themselves with more than their usual moons, sad the general contributions are numerous end praiseworthy ; but the " stars " are Mao lise's "Sleeping Beauty," affluent en fancy sad brilliant in executioa ; the same artist's well known " installation of Captain Rock," rich in studies of Irish life and char.eter ; Etty's " Zephyr and Aurora," which adds a real grace and beauty of conception to the most alluring charms of colour ; and one of the artist's most poetical productions, "The Barber's Shop," by klulready ; • charming picture by Leslie (contributed by the Marquis of Lansdowne), painted many years ago, of " Sir Roger as Coverley and the Specta tor going to Church ;" and Haydon's " Judgment of Sale mon," one of the finest specimens of any modern school of historical paluttng, for which the society are indebted to Sir Edwin Landsesr. WARNING TO PASSENGERS ON THE DANUBE. A British general officer lately accompanied his family, on their way towards Vienna, in one of the beauti fully fitted steamers on the American model. Beyond the first-class fares, a cabin of two beds was secured for the ladies, at the regular price. Finding the first place dormi tory more redolent of garlic than pleued him, the gentle man asked whether he could have a cabin for that night? The answer was, that all the regular cabins were let, but that the first machinist, being on duty, would give up his little cabin. The space of it was about seven feet by four and a-half, and this commodious space war occupied by the passenger for just seven hours, after which he found it locked from within, as an unmistakeable hint that his tenancy was at an end. On enquiring what gratuity was usual, the answer was, that eighteen florins, money of con- I vention-30s. starling—was the claim, as the tariff of the company only restrained its employers from letting their claims at • higher rata than that fixed for the regular cabins. The money was paid under protest, and • formal complaint lodged in the proper quarter; but what hope of redress against extortion has any class of English men in Austria ? In answer to the plea that where there was no special pre-agreement, • moderate com pensation was all that should be expected, and not a maxi mum rate unknown to the suffering party, and that the price of a regular cabin fer two persons, and for twice the distance, would have been twelve florins ; the cheat was justified on the grounds that the tariff was assumed to be publicly known (as if the Salons of the Danube Steam Navigation Compute could make laws binding upon all the world), and further sanctioned by the assurance that the passenger might have kept possession of the cabin, if he had chosen, to the sod of the proposed voyage; and this in the teeth of the commencing facts, that the cabin was taken for one night only, cod its tenant for the night virtually evicted the next morning! Thirty shillings for permission to lie in • coffin during seven hours, without the possibility of sleep ing. in company with • hundred trumpetting guats. Beery passenger is not so amply provided with money as to bear the fine of 11. 10s for having his blood sucked, " for one night only." by 'spoon vampires ; but every passenger so mulcted should deem himself fortunate that the company has not yet bested any law for an ad libitum charge for the watch mosquitoes. They would be relatively cheap at • florin a-piece ; and fifty of them are sure to work. The Kentish Gazette has the following :—" BROAD STAINA.—Our watering place was the scene of mach excite ment on the 15th inst., in consequence of the marriage of the Rev. W. H. Plummer, of Margate, to Harriet, the youngest daughter of the late Robert Brown, Etq., and one of the elder brethren of the Trinity House. Mr. Brown was a native of this place, which he, together with his brother, left at an early age, and they became the archi tects of their own fortunes. During the last wee he became a large shipowner, having at one time a fleet of 47 sail of trans ports at Lisbon. He was very liberal to his poorer brethren. A great number of visitors are now staying here, and among them are some distinguished persons. The salubrity of the air and its fine bathing are but part of its attraction. The boatmen are very civil, and are Ant-rate hands." Amongst the ger. for Lisbon who left Southampton yestergr e i: the Peninsular mail packet Tagus was Sir Richard Pakenbam, the British ambassador to Portugal. THE CHOLERA AT FLORENCE.—The following is an extract from a late letter from Florence The cholera is raging bed here. There are 200 cues a day, which is a good deal, and of coerce most of them die. They have, however, turned up a wretched Madonna, who has not been uncovered since the plains, and it has done, se • matter of must, immense harm. et the priest. have it all their own way."