The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-05 00:00:00

BENSON'S LATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism. --Morning Post. Gold Watches 4 to 100 guineas. Silver Watches 33 nd i t , Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the manavment of Miss L. Pyne and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, THE POSE 1)1' CASTILLE. Messrs. Santley, G. Honey, St. Albyn, and ST Harrison ; Miss Maid wall, and Miss 'Louisa Fyne. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. Ballet, LA FIANCEE. Messrs. W. 11. Payne, U. Payne, F. Payne, Mdlle. Lequine, Pasquale, Pierron, Clara Morgan, and 51ons. Vandris. Doors open at half -past 7—Commence at 8 o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.-THIS EVENING, PROMENADE CONCERT, conducted by Mr. Manus, of the Crystal Palace. Concerts commence at S. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS ETENTNer the performances will commence with A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE. !Liter which, by desire, THE CONTESTED ELECTION. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mr. Buckstone, ka And A KISS IN THE DARK. . Commence at T. ROYAL PRINCES S'S THEATRE.— Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. - - --- - - • THIS EVENING. the performances will tx)mmence with (sth time) a new drama. entitled HOME T ttunis. Messrs. G. Melville, J. G. Shore, F. Matthews, Miss C. Lee'ereci and Mrs. Charles Young. To be followed by the new Petite Comedy, entitled GOSSIP. Messrs. Ryder, Meadows, H. Bland, J. U. Shore; Miss C. Leclercq and Mrs. C. Young. - - After which, Mons, Espanosa (Premier Dansenr Comique), will appear, with Madlie. Nariquita, assisted by the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet, in Le Grand Pas du Dervish de Faust, as danced by him 150 consecutive nights at the Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, Paris. To conclude with NIIRSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Meadows, H. Saker ; Misa L. Keeley and Mrs. Weston. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI , Sole Proprietor and Manazer, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs B. Webster. J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Paul Bedford. Stuart, Bi n, C. J. Smith, Eburne, Moreland; Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Kelly. Followed by the successful piece of extravagance, called DINORAH UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Boa- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.- Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. -- THIS EVENING, a new Vaudeville Comedietta, called THE KEY UNDER THr. DOOR-MAT. Messrs. James Vinoing, Job Rouse, &c. ; Mesdames A, H. Hatton and Julia St. George. To be followed by the new Drama Fautastique, entitled PARIS AND PLEASURE ; or, Home and Happiness. Principal characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, J. Vining, J. John stone, F. Villiers ; Misses Julia St. George, Hudspeth,. Kate Saville, A. Burdett, and Madame Celeste. To conclude with the Farce of um PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK FROCK. John Buttercup, Mr. Rouse. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S' THEATRE King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter• ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passel'• gers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING, THE LADY OF LYONS. Miss K. Hickson Pauline, After which, A GRAND CONCERT. To be followed by the new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE SWAN AND EDGAR. Messrs. Barrett, Francis Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, and the Corps de Ballet. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, is. Tie Box-ofEce open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform ance commences at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee—Mr. William Cooke, his Farewell Season. THIS EVENING. the highly-popular and prosperous Drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called GARIBALDI ; illustrat ing the priocipal events in the Life of the Great Italian Ge neral. Supported by Mr. R. Phillips, Ennis Belmore, Ray mond, Miss Kate Carson, &c. —The Novelties in the Circle will consist of the most exhilarating displays of Scenic Horse manship —Re-appearance of the peerless horsewoman, Miss Emily Cooke, in brilliant and classic poses on a swift Steed— Full Stud of Beautiful Horses—Scenes in the Circle by John Henry Cooke, Herr Hartz, the Devil Rider; Misses Clarissa, Rosina, Francisco. and La Petite Eleanora—Wonderful Per forming Elephant—Comical and Extraordinary Parisian Dogs and Monkeys, from the Cirque l'lmperatrice, Paris.— Gymnastic Profassors —Facetious Clowns. To conclude with a laughable Farce called CLEAN YOUR BOOTS. Stage Manager. Mr. R. Phillips CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENDTG.—The Musk of Verdi's Opera 01 MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con. certs). And a Grand Se'ection from Meyerbeer's new opera of Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George frodion (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interestincr, Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant 'leas of the metropolis. ROSA BONFIEU /VS celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings In the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is opea from 9 a.m. till 12 p.m. Admission, Six pence. TIIB WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 4. THIIItIiOXETEII, IN THE SHADE. 39—highest since noon yesterday. 37 —lowest this morning ajid during the night. 43—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.28. WIND, S.W. ; strong and stormy, with rainy weather. DEC. 5. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. s.s—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 55—this day at noon. BinomETER-29.40, WIND, Sonth-Westerly ; fresh, with rainy weather. Two o'CLocx..—Heavy rain and stormy. Wind changed to W.N.W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, 7h. 31m.—Afternoon, Bh. 3m. To-monnow.-Morning, Sh. 37m.—Afternoon, 9h. 10m. i 6 * ,i 4 b,-,! le ' omu l• - 44. 1 . - t j'. . 'b - ' .'-''' ,'C' N ' 'l& t ' O.' , i1.,: 4 , +::,, i, ~,f,EI.:--*,;.1„(--<...4-;.. ","iiq .I_4 -..v. , rt , . ~ -.., rft , -..., ,-- ~,=.:, ,?? ),,,„ -: „,4 , q. , .._ . ~,t ,„. , ,-.- -.4 ~ -2, -- lil'A---'77:3" - ' 4 - Z``''' " ii''' 4 f 4 i . r_______ k t , :_,,,, t 1 . THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 5, 1859. The star of Liverpool is certainly—if not exactly in the ascendant—shining pretty conspicuously just now above the political horizon. It was only the other day, comparatively indeed but a very few hours ago, that the walls of the Philharmonic-hall down there were ringing to the " divine wrath" of Mr. JOHN BRIGHT, the BOANERGES of Birming ham—a wrath then expressing itself (as usual from those volubly censorious lips) against all things in general, and some things in particular. This, it will be remembered, of course, was upon the occasion of the elaborately prepared demon stration of the Financial Reform Association. The electric telegraph, indeed, only as recently as one of the latest days of last week, flashed the rhetorical displays made by the various speakers at this poli tical banquet, through the frosty darkness of midnight and early morning, all the way from that great northern seaport upon the coast of Lanca shire, up for the delectation and astonishment ,next day of the good citizens of London and Westminster. We have hardly,et recovered in a manner from the effects of being thus scientifically and financially, politically and rhetorically electrified. When— behold ! there comes flashing to us another certainly far shorter but as certainly far more surprising telegram apropos of a very minute section of that same mercantile community of Liverpool! It is a demonstration this time not of an impor tant association, but of a couple of brace of exceed ingly obscure individuals. Uttered beyond the precincts of their own counting house and factory their names will certainly chime upon the public car with all the charm of novelty. After the say ings and doings of these remarkable men we ought really to alter permanently the popular phrase ex pressive of Derisiani Instead of talking henceforth of The Three Tailors of Tooley-sireet, we ought to speak of the FOUR MERCHANTS oF'LivEr.PooL ! But—what upon earth have these three tailors —we beg pardon, these four merchants, been about P Flying kites ? Bearing the market ? Bulling, or what not P No—they have been far otherwise astonishing the natives (and foreigners) by their newly discovered method of—" working the tele graph." These four merchants of the Toole,y-street of Liverpool have actually had the consummate coolness to enter into personal correspondence (or at any rate to attempt it) with his Imperial Ma jesty the Emperor of the FRENCH. The erudite letter, containing within it an extremely' pertinent, not to say (remembering who they are themselves and who their correspondent is) --not to say an extremely impertinent query ad dressed to NAPOLEON 111. at the Palace of the Tuileries. It is for all the world like four extremely pale-faced PAUL PRYS, with four ex ceedingly green umbrellas tucked under their arms, stepped across the Channel, and knocking timor ously at the door of the Pavillon de l'Horloge—to know what o'clock it is ! They have just got their answer—an answer very laconic, very succinct, very pointed. It is called the Emperor's reply, but it is in really the Emperor's Secretary's! Even that the inquisitive firm in question may take as really somewhat of a condescen sion under the circumstances. But as to the reply —this pointed, succinct, laconic reply vouchsafed in the name of his Imperial Master by M. MOCQUARD, Chef du Cabinet, and Secretary of the Emperor ? Well, the reply is plain as words can well be—plain even pitilessly and uncompromisingly. It sets out with, saying to Messrs. SHAW, MELLOZ, and BLACKWELL, of Liverpool—" You have ad dressed yourself direct to the EMPEROR, to know what are his intentions as regards England.'" [Fancy the impudence of either four merchants or three tailors asking such a question as that of such a potentate—of course in the name of England. It is like—well, there is no other comparison for it— " none but itself could be its parallel" —it is like—their impudence !] Having reminded Messrs. Snooks and Company, of Tooley street, Liverpool, of the precise nature of of their inquiry addressed to the EMPEROR, the EMPEROR'S secretary, as if taking a derisive glance at the moment at the extremely pale faces of the Four PAUL PRY'S, "pausing (and trembling) for a reply"—says to them point blank, in so many words, in literally these identical terms—" Great fear or great confidence alone could explain this step." There is no blinking the truth, observe, by the Chef de Cabinet. M. MOCQUARD mocks them with the distinct intimation that they are very much frightened. In fact, the Imperial Secretary says to Messrs. Buowri, JONES, SMITH, and ROBINSON, with their gingham umbrellas under their arms, " On the one side, you are infected by the imaginary alarm which appears to have seized your country with the rapidity of an epidemic;. and on the other, you reckon on the candour of him from whom you desire a reply," Whereupon the Mai non's secretary, instructed, of course, by his master to do so, administers to each of the Four a stinging rap over the knuckles thus—reminding them that in regard to this desired reply :—" It was, however, easy for yourselves to give it, if you had calmly examined the true eause of your apprehensions; that cause you would have found nowhere but in the various rumours originated among your fellow countrymen by the obstinate propagation of the most chimerical of alarms ; because, until now, under whatever circumstances, there was not a woad nor an act of the EMPEROR which could per mit a doubt of his sentiments, and, consequently, of his intentions_towards your country." The rest being still more categorically explicit and distinctly plain-spoken. " His conduct [that .is the EMPE ROR'S conduct] invariably the same, has not ceased for one moment to show him as a faithful and irreproachable ally." And more—by way of humanely diminishing the anguish of this deplorable ague fit on the part of Messieurs the merchants —M. MOCQUARD observes, as to the future policy of his Imperial Master, " What he has hitherto been he will (I declare it to you in his name) continue to be ; witness again to-day the approaching community of danger to be shared in a far distant land by our soldiers and ours." Nay more—" Thus" quoth M. MOCQUARD, in conclusion to this alarmed little " parti-earree'' from Liver pool—" Thus henceforth, fully reassured, oppose an error too much spread. Great nations should appreciate each other." And so with the custo momary polite flourish " receive the expression of my distinguished sentiments," [whatever that may possibly signify !] the Secretary of the EMPEROR, Chef du Cabinet, signs himself MOCQUARD, with the inevitable elongation of an extra-flourish to be found at the tale of the autograph of every lettered Frenchman. And so—the Four Liverpool Merchants have got their answer—from his MA JESTY'S Secretary; and, of course, elated with their success so far will probably have M. MOCQUARD'S epistle framed and glazed for the glorification of their counting-house. But—now that all is said and done—let us in our turn ask (not of an Emperor, nor yet of an Em peror's Secretary, but of just Anybody who may feel disposed to answer it) let us in our turn ask just one very simple question : Are any three tailors or four merchants who please in this land of oars to be allowed henceforth to drag the name of England in the mire and dust,through the very slough of the wayside kennel, to the footstool of any great foreign potentate they may please to address (these three or four Nobodies from Tooley-street !) in the name and on behalf of the outraged majesty of England'? We remember that about the time of the Russian War precisely the same wretched spec tacle was exhibited when some half dozen foolish Quakers went maundering off on a like errand to his late. Imperial Miajesty of all the Russias— and actually had an interview with the Emperor NICUOLAS in his imperial palace at St. Petersburgh ! Cannot something be done to restrict the dating of communications like these, henceforth not to some London or Liverpool Hoekley-in-the-hole like Tooley-street, but to Downing-street in the city of Westminster ? On , Saturday we urged farnfers to arouse themselves, and to demand a voice in the re presentation of the country ; we showed them, if so notorious a fact could need illustra tion, that they had no political power ; that they were but political ciphers to multiply tenfold their landlords' power ; and that, though a class distinct from the landlords and of opposite interests to them, they have been, ever since 1832, mere machines for placing landlords' nominees in tho Ifouse of Commons. We also remarked that so great is their number, that they could, if free, re turn with ease men of their own choice. They could have farmers' members, who ought frequently to bo retired farmers, and ought not to be fewer than one for each county or division of a county. We promised, in concluding, to advert to-day to the means of accomplishing this. Probably many of our readers know well what we should propose. Indeed, we believe no honest man could fail to mention first, the thoroughly English method, adopted by Englishmen in , all elections where absolute freedom is desired—the Ballot. It is a device pre-eminontly English. IVe all love fair play ; we all love perfect liberty for the weaker when they have to act with the strong ; and hence we use the ballot whenever we fear that any of us might be induced, by fear of offence, to give a vote contrary to our real wishes. We throw in the teeth of those who call the Ballot un-English their own dishonest charge. They are un-English. It is they who want to make men fight with tied hands. It is they who dare not meet them with equal weapons. It is they who would have farmers vote under fear of the only man who can hurt them, while they Tote THE Su N, in fear of no one. We call this mean and un- English. They know that nothing but the Ballot can place the farmer and his friends on equal terms with the landlord and his friends, and yet they refuse it. They talk of skulking under cover of secret voting—it is the landlords and their party who skulk behind the poll-book. They know that not one farmer in a hundred can attack them there, where the landlords themselves are perfectly safe, and where the farmer would fight them at the peril of his livelihood, yet there they stick—like the Russians at Cronstadt—and never venture to measure strength with the farniers and their friends, except under the guns of their poll-book. Not long before the last election we were con versing with an intelligent tenant farmer, upwards of sixty years of age ; a man of some property, who had been once a farmer only ; but who is now also a considerable farm agent and valuer ; he is now, in deed, independent, but he once had to vote for the party to which he was opposed,—to vote for his landlord. Conversation at such a time naturally turned on the late Reform Bill—and we, as natu rally, inquired of such a man, who knew the posi tion and the feelings of the farmers so well, what they thought and wished on the subject—his reply we have never since forgotten—" We farmers," said he, " want but one thing—no reform is of the slightest use to ns except the Ballot. Let them give us the ballot, and then we shall be free and independent electors." We found all the representations we had ever heard respecting the absolute subserviency of the farmers to landlords most fully confirmed. Wethen adverted to long leases. He remarked there was little in them politically, for a farmer would be always looking to the end of his lease. We men tioned some of the stock objections to the Ballot; he disposed , of them all with the sound common sense so common amongst his class—" they were mere empty pretences, they only wanted to keep power over their tenants' votes." The Ballot, he affirmed again and again, was the only reform wanted in the counties ; and there it would make just the difference between independent electors and slaves. He believed that more than half the tenants would rather be without votes, so degraded they felt by having to vote to order. Now, then, is the farmers' opportunity. They are the class who need a Reform Bill more than any other. Non-electors may desire:the franchise ; but farmers want to be delivered from the mockery of it. Non-electors indeed cannot vote ; thousands of farmers would be thankful for that privilege; their misery is, that they can vote, but must vote so often against their convictions. They are not allowed to be non-electors. The steward sees to it, that their names are on the register, because he wants them just as the planter wants his negroes. Let, then, the farmers have one grand battle for their liberty. Let them, as a body, tell their landlords that if they are farmers' friends, they must vote for the far mer's Reform—the Ballot. That it is all very well to enfranchise householders in towns and £lO ten ants in counties ; but that the one thing needful is, that the adoption of the Ballot should give unques tioned independence to the much-praised yeomanry of England. It is bat to pluck up courage for a session, or at most for two, and the farmers of Eng land may confer on themselves and their successors for all time the dignity of free men. Let them cover the tables of both Houses with petitions from every county, not merely of England, but Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, too. Why should they not ? They need the Ballot above every other reform, and the proposal of a second Reform Bill is the timd to demand it. If they will but unite, landlords cannot punish the whole body of farmers. And if they do petition as they ought, , they must succeed. Of one thing we are quite confident—that Par liamentary Reform in the counties, without the Ballot, is a shuffle and a sham. It is wanted bad:y enough in the towns, but the farmers of Great Britain are the men who above all need it. No candidate is an honest Reformer, no candidate wishes the farmers to be independent electors, who will not go heart and soul for the Ballot. The Ballot is the test of a candidate's love of electoral independence, and electoral independence is the first element of a healthy representation. Better by far, anywhere have a thousand honest indepen dent electors, than ten thousand at the mercy of perhaps a hundred landlords. We like ex tension—we should like every taxpayer to have a vote,--but, we value independence more than numbers. Indeed the two, in one aspeet of the matter, are but one. If ten thousand farmers vote as a hundred landlords bid them, the constituency is reduced to one hundred. And this is just the case with the counties. Their real con stituencies are contemptibly small. They consist of the landlords. The Ballot would, really, increase the county constituencies twenty, perhaps fifty-fold. The mischief now is that the real county electors —the landlords—are but a small 'class, and one whose interests are antagonistic to those of all other classes of persons in the county ; classes who have as good a title to representation as the landlords themselves. Indeed, they have a better one. The landlords have the House of Lords undeniably to themselves. It is very hard on the farmers of England that landlords should make them the means by which they engross the House of Commons also. We counsel the farmers of Great Britain and Ire land to petition at once, to petition annually-, and to petition for the one thing the farmers need— THE BALLOT. A Cabinet Council was held this afternoOn at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. The Ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor,, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Lord John Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor,of the Exchquer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Elgin, and the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson. Their Serene Highnesses Prinle and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar left town a few days back for Kimbolton Castle, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, His Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh has arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Teddesley Park, Stafford shire, the seat of Lord Hatherton. The Duchess of Sutherland left Stafford House on Saturday to join the noble duke and family at Trentham, Staffordshire. The Lord President of the Council returns to town to-day, from Brighton, to attend the meeting of the Cabinet Ministers. The Countess, we are happy to learn, has slightly improved in health during her brief sojourn at Brighton. a The Marquis and Marchioness of Headfort have arrived at Claridge:a Hotel, from. Paris. The Earl and Countess Howe have returned to Gopsall Hall, Leicestershire; from Brighton. Viscount and Viscountess Curzon and a select family circle have assem bled at Gopsall. The Earl Cadogan and Ladies Augusta and Honoria Cadogan have arrited at Dover, where his lord. ship contemplates passing the winter. • • - - LORD ROBERT MONTAGUE AND MR. BRIGHT. — Our readers will remember that the above noble lord, when chairman of the last Huntingdon Bible Meeting, took occa sion to make an attack upon Mr. Bright. A gentleman in the neighbourhood sent the hon. member for Birmingham a copy of Lord Robert's speech, and he kindly handed us Mr. Bright's very characteristic acknowledgment, which we subjoin :—" (Copy). Rochdale, Nov. 25, 1859. Dear Sir,—l have to thank you for your letter and newspaper. I don't think Lord Robert very civil, and I'm sure ho is not truthful in his observations. His regard for the Scriptures would be of more value if it were accompanied by some por tion of that charity which is recommended in the New Tes tament. The feeble among the Lords, and they are a numerous class, consider some attack upon me to be an essential part of their public speeches. This habit, r pre- I sume, pleases them—it amuses me. Again thanking 3ou for your letter, I am, with great respect, yours truly, Jourr BRIGHT. To —. Esq."—Cambridge Independent G, WAR APPLIANCES.- PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION. ,ONDON, 1 TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. made the following practical demonstration of my appliances for war and home defence this day, at Beau fort House, Waiham-green, in presence of Lord Ranelagh, his corps of volunteer rifles, and a numerous party of ladies and gentlemen amateurs. No. 1 in the catalogue—A railway guard and passenger explosive signal, to slide down a tube in it railway carriage on the iron rail, by which it explodes by percussion with a report much louder than a fog-signal such as is now in use. No. 2—A grenade fired by friction, at about seven feet from the ground by the check of a cord reaching to that height from an upper window. This grenade was thrown out of an upper window of Beaufort House by a young gentleman of about the age of 15. It can be used in per fect safety by ladies in defence of "home, sweet home," thus "placing the weak on a par with the strong." No. 3—Rifle fire-shot, or spinster. This missile is far more efficient than the rifle percussion-shell for blowing up ammunition waggons. No. 4—A safe way'of fixing percussion appliances in the mouth of elongated rifle-shells for rifled cannon. This is done by inserting the appliance about a quarter of an inch below the mouth of the shell. The ramrod cannot press on it, and if the shell should fall from the hands on the ground or the deck of a Man-of-war, percussion-end foremost. it is still safe; but by striking an object with great force when discharged from a rifled gun, it cuts out its own plug, which explodes it. Lord Ranelagh fired two elongated wooden shells from a large rifle into a heap of loose sand, where they instantly exploded, proving that iron shells on a simi lar construction can be employed from rifled cannon to destroy clay defences, on which mere shot have little effect. No. s—Gossamer Cartridges. Lord Ranelagh fired several of these from a dragoon's pistol of the Enfield bore, and similarly rifled, showing how rapidly and efficiently they can be used in loading. They do not require to be broken or opened previous to insertion, as the military cap fires them to a certainty, provided the upper part of the nipple is countersunk so as to take in the whole fire of the cap. The cartridges were charged with Curtis and Har vey's improved coarse -grain gunpowder, No. 3.—1 am,:sir, yours, &c. Roshervillc, Dec. 3. J. NORTON. REPLY OF THE EMPEROR TO THE FOUR LIVERPOOL MERCHANTS. " TO AfESSIEVRB SIIAW, MELLOZ, IRVING, AND BLACK- WELL, MERCHANTS AT LIVERPOOL. "Gentlemen,—You have addressed yourselves directly to the Emperor ' to know what were his intentions as regards England.' Great fear and great confidence alone could ex plain this step. " On the one side, you are possessed of the imaginary trouble which appears to have seized your country with the rapidity of an epidemic; and, on the other, you reckon on the loyalty of him from whom nu desire a reply. It was, however, easy for you yoursbl:res to give it. If you had calmly examined the true cause of your apprehensions, that cause you would have found only in all the rumours created among your fellow-countrymen by the obstinate propaga tion of the most chimerical of alarms ; becauae, until now, under whatever circumstances, there was not a word nor ai act of the Emperor which could permit a doubt of his sen timents, and consequently of his intentions towards your country. His conduct, invariably the same, has not ceased for one moment to show him as a faithful and irreproach able ally. " That which he has been he will (I declare it to you in his name) continue to be. Witness again to-day the ap proaching community of perils to be shared at a far distance by your soldiers and ours. " Thus, henceforth, fully reassured, oppose an error too much spread. Great nations should appreciate but not fear each other. " Receive, gentlemen, the expression of my distinguished sentiments. The Secretary of the Emperor, " Chef du Cabinet, (Signed) " MOCQUARD." GENERAL POST-OFFICE NOTICE. The following notice respecting newspapers ad dressed to the East Indies, Mauritius, Ceylon, Aus tralia, or China, has been issued by command of the Postmaster-General : " The public are reminded that notice was given in March last, that in order to pay the cost of transit through Egypt (a cost which has been largely increased, owing, in part, to an important improvement in the service), newspapers sent via Southampton and Suez, addressed to the East Indies, Ceylon, Mauritius, Hongkong, China, Australia, or any other country or place eastward of Suez, will, on the Ist of January next and thenceforward, be subject to an addi tional charge of one penny; making the 'rates as follows.— " Upon a newspaper addressed to the East Indies—. " 2d. when not exceeding 4 ounces in weight. " 3d. when above 4 ounces and not exceeding 8 ounces in weight. " One penny being added for every additional 4 ounces or fraction of 4 ounces. " Upon newspapers addressed to any of the other cowl. tries Or places referred to— " Two pence for each newspaper, of whatever weight. "No alteration will be made in the postage of book packets sent by this route, as they, already pay a transit rate; nor will any change be made in the postage of news papers sent via Marseilles, the present charge on such news papers being sufficient to cover the cost of transit through Egypt. "No alteration, moreover, will be made in the postage of any newspapers which may be directed to go ' By Pri vate Ship.' The charge on these newspapers will remain as at present, one penny each. •' The public are further reminded that, as the exclusive privilege of the Postmaster-General extended only to letters, it is not compulsory on any one to send newspapers through the post, and they may be forwarded by other channeld►" PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The management of this house deserves credit for the rapidity with which novelties are produced, although per haps a little more care in their original selection would prove more remunerative and less exacting. We do not imagine, for instance, that the engagement of the dancers, who ap peared for the first time on Saturday night, will serve as an attraction to those of the public who might not be attracted by the other contents of the play-bill, although the enter tainment in itself is as clever as anything of the kind need be. M. Espinosa, the male dancer, comes to us with a con tinental reputation, and with laurels gained at the Scala, and at the principal theatres of Venice and Berlin. His style combines grace and agility, and in a performance with the high-sounding title of "Le Grand Pas du Dervish de Faust" he astonished the audience by the spirit and courage which ho displayed. A male dancer is seldom a pleasant sight, but the natural repulsiveness attaching to such an object is greatly lessened by M. Espinosa's vigorous and daring style. His companion, Mademoiselle Marequita, is pretty and elegant, and both were much applauded. DEPARTURE OF TEE PRINCE AND PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA. DOVER, SATURDAY. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Frede rick William of Prussia arrived here by the South-Eastern Railway this morning, en route for Brussels (whore they purpose paying a visit to the King of the Belgians), on their return to Berlin. Among their Royal Highnesses' retinue wore the Baron and Baroness Stockmar and the Count and Countess Perponcher. Lord Alfred Paget, one of her Majesty's Equerries-in-Waiting, attended the illus. trious visitors from Windsor, and the State train which was engaged to convey them from the Bricklayers' Arms station of the South-Eastern Railway to Dover performed the journey in the short space of 1 hour and 50 minutes. The train, which arrived at Dover at 11.28, was accompa nied by Mr. Gordon Thompson, the deputy chairman of the South-Eastern Railway, Mr. S. Teulon, one of the direc tors, Mr. C. W. Eborall, the general manager, and Mr. J. P. Knight, the superintendent ; the arrangements for the safe arrival of the train at Dover terminus being under the direction of Mr. E. T. Way, the station superintendent. The station was filled by an assemblage of ladies and gen tlemen, and on their Royal Highnesses alighting from the State carriage, they were received by General Manse], KM., commanding the south-eastern district, from Shorn cliffe, attended by his Aides-de-camps, Major Forster and Captain Eteson. The following officers of the Dover gar rison were also in attendance :—Colonel Cuppage, R.A., Colonel Aylmer, R.A., Colonel D'Aguilar, R.A. (who was in command of a guard of honour composed of the Royal Artillery), Colonel Stotherd, R.E., and Major Barnard; and among the other officials present we noticed Captain Triscott, the naval. superintendent of the port. A guard of honour of the Oxfordshire Militia, with band and colours, under Captain Aston, was at the railway station, and at the Admiralty-pier a detachment of the gallant 32d was drawn up. Their Royal Highnesses graciously acknowledged the salutations which greeted them, and proceeded at once to the Admiralty-pier, on the western side of which the Ad miralty steam-yacht Vivid, Commander H. W. Allen, was lying, with her steam up, ready to proceed to Calais, and from which they embarked at 11.50, under Royal salutes from the Heights and Castle batteries. The weather was not very favourable. There was a slight fall of snow, and a bitter north-east wind blew across the Channel, render ing the passage anything but inviting. Despite this in- N c v l e h m e r e o n t c h y 4 however, remained t a i c t r h m e v d Vividpf I a n d a i d e s steami lined e d the a y p i f e o r r , Calais. FORTIECO3IING DlVlDENDS.—Herapath's Rail way Journal gives the following as the probable dividends of the companies mentioned, for the current half-year : London and North-Western, £2 10s.; Great Western, £2; Groat Northern, £ 3 15s. ; Midland, £ 3 2 s. 6a. ; South- Eastern, £3 ; Brighton, £3 10s. ; South Western, £2 17s. 6d.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, £2los. Eastern Counties, £1 156. ; North Eastern (Berwick), £2 76. 641 LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : MADRID, DEC. 4. The loss of the Moors in the attack on the 30th November was 500 killed and 1,500 wouuded, but no prisoners. Since commencing operations against the Moors the Spaniards have had 88 killed, 614 wounded, and 73 contused. Gen. Zabala has made a reconnaisance against the Moorish camp at Tetuan. The letters of invitation to the Congress have been received by the Spanish Government. TURIN, DEC. 3. The affair of the delegation of the Regency of Central Italy to M. Buoncompagni has been ar. ranged to the satisfaction of all parties. AT. Buoneompagni will proceed immediately to Florence, with the rank of Governor-General of the province of Central Italy. The functions of the governor-General will ex tend to the command of the military forces of the line, and to the relations of Central Italy with Piedmont and the foreign powers. TRIESTE. DEC. 3. The Austrian Lloyd's steamer Vulcan, just ar rived, brings advices front Constantinople to the 26th ult. Government had withdrawn the troops stationed in Thessaly,on the Greek frontier, and transferred them to Monastir. ANTIVARI, Nov. 27. The Turkish and Montenegrin Boundary Com mission has arrived in Losina, and it is expected that its labours will be concluded in two days. The Commission will then leave for Ragusa. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. Their Majesties returned to Paris to-day, at 3.30 p.m., and met with a cordial reception. The Pays of this evening says—" The King of Naples has authorised the laying of a telegraph cable between Gaeta and Corsica, by means of which Naples will come into direct communication with Paris." TllE BOURSE, Des. 3.—The market continues buoyant, and prices have again improved. Threes, after having been done at 70f. 90c., are now at 71f. 15c. ; Mobilier varied from 787 f. 50c. to 800 f. ; Austrian, 557 f. 50c. to 560 f, ; Lombard, 550 f. to 555 f. ; Northern, 962 f. 50c. to 970 f. ; Orleans, 1,380 f. to 1,385 f. ; Lyons, 895 f. to 900 f. ; Southern, 516 f. 25c. to 520 f. The following were the lasi quotations :- 4i per Cents. .... 96 25 Do. end month .. Credit Fonder 695 Belgian 4} 99 50 Piedmonteso (5) Reiman B6 50 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 44 3 per Cents 7l Do. end month 7l 15 Bank SharQs 2890 Credit Mobilier .. 862 50 Do. Account ..... 805 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 975 970 New ditto B5O .. 860 Lyons and Mediterranean 905 .. 908 75 Geneva . 527 50 .. 535 Southern Western 570 575 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money, 25f. 9c.; three months, paper, 24f. 95c.; money, 24f. 931 c. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The Asia arrived this evening from New York, with advices to the, 23d ult„ 50 passengers, and 5,000 dols. The Saxonian, from Hamburg and Southampton, arrived on the 21st. The Canadian mail steamer Indian has been wrecked. A despatch reached New York on the 22d, stating that a large steamer was seen broken across on the rocks of Mary Joseph, Guisbro'. Guisbro' is a town at al most the eastern extremity of the mainland of Nova Scotia. The belief was then that the wrecked steamer was the Delta, of the Cunard line, plying between Bermuda, Halifax, and St. John's; but a despatch f'rom Portland, dated the 23d, proves that the vessel was the Indian. The despatch states that the steam-ship Indian, from Liverpool for Portland, is a total wreck ; she went on shore at 5 a.m. on the 21st, off Mary Joseph, Guisbro', Nova Scotia; three men lost. • Latest advices from British Columbia state that the British naval force, with the exception of the Satellite has been withdrawn from San Juan. General Scott had arrived at Portland, Oregon, and General Harney left soon afterwards, having taken offence, it was supposed, at being superseded in his command. The renewed excitement at Harper's Ferry was fast subsiding, but a considerable number of troops had been marched to the neighbourhood. Governor Wise had arrived, and visited the prisoners, to whom he stated there was no hope of their sen tences being commuted. The American Government are concentrating large bodies of troops on the Mexican frontier. It is stated that General Robles is tired of his con nexion with the Church party in Mexico, and has taken steps to go over to the Constitutional party. Mr. Mathew, the British representative in Mexico, has made a positive and formal demand of Mira mon for the disgrace of Gen. Marquez, and repara tion for the murder of Ormond Chase. Havannah advices are to the 18th ult. There is no news of importance. The foreign advices had enabled holders of sugar to obain a small advance. Freights in moderate demand and declining. Exchange falling on London 15 to 16 prem. At New York money was in active demand, but rates were as last quoted. A fair business had been done in foreign exchange. The rates at the leading drawers were 110 to 1101 ; Sterling Bills, 105, 18 and 1-6th to 5-10th -Z. The stockmarket was pretty active, and generally higher. The bank statement shows further expansion of loans, accom panied by reductions of specie. The cotton market closed tamely on the basis of 13,4- cents fer middling uplands. The flour market was firm, with some demand for exports. Wheat without change. Pork active and firm, with large sales. Beef was in steady request. Bacon was more active. Lard unchanged. Butter and cheese in better demand. Freights firm. THE BRAZIL MAIL. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office : LISBON, DEC. 2. The Oneida has arrived with the usual Brazi mails and advices from Rio de Janeiro to Nov. 8. The squadron of Goneral Urquiza had forced the passage near the Island of Martin Garcia, and a battle had been fought between Urquiza and the army of Buenos Ayres. The Buenos Ayreans were beaten, and were in full flight towards the town, leaving the country open to Urquiza, who was marching towards Buenos Ayres. Exchanges on London, 25 251 ; on Paris, 375 380; on Hamburg, 720 725. The Oneida brings drafts on the two former places, amounting respectively to £550,000, and 2,000,000 francs. The exportation of coffee, since the departure of the last mail, amounts to 215,775 bags for the United States ; 20,210 for the Channel ; 10,077 for Haire ; 19,992 for Marseilles ; and 16,300 for the Mediterianean. Stock, 110,000 bags. Price of coffee, 5 900 to 6 100. LISBON. DEC. 4. The Royal Mail steam ship Oneida, with the Brazil mails, did not leave Lisbon for Southampton till 7 o'clock on the morning of the 3d inst., having been detained coaling. LITERATURE. library _Edition of the Novels of Sir Edward Bahver Lytton. The Caxtons. viols. 1., 11. Messrs. Blackwood have recently commenced the publication of a new edition of these attractive volumes. Notwithstanding the various forms in which these works have appeared from time to time, there can be no doubt that the present edi tion will be welcome to many. it could not be better brought before the public in regard to its elegant appearance and convenient form. The volumes are to appear monthly, and the whole work will consist of forty-three numbers. Those who wish for a superior class of books with which to adorn the shelves of their libraries cannot do better than possess themselves of this excellent edition of one of the standard authors of the pre sent generation. One of the most striking advan tages of the present specimen is the type, which is particularly good, even for a superior class of books. It is in this that the cheap literature is so deficient, and the reader who wishes to study the merits of a work cannot well do so unless the pages are distinctly set before him. The price of each volume is five shillings, and those who can afford to purchase this edition are not likely to choose an inferior one . These two volumes which have appeared complete " The Cartons," which was the first of the new style of Sir Edward Lytton's novels, and which superior production has been considered by many critics to be the author's masterpiece. Dublin University Magazine. This number opens with a sketch called "Christ mas Eve in the Smuggler's Cave." It is amusing, and presents more variety than often occurs in short stories of the sort. The adventures of the hero and heroine were destined to be connected with the ocean-waves, as they first met on board a Dutch vessel which was wrecked, and afterwards, in renewing their acquaintance in Yorkshire, they were shut up in a cave by the sea-shore for some hours. The season being winter, and the tide coming in at high water, the adventure was more romantic than agreeable. " University Essays" is an ad mirable series of papers that combine information of a desirable kind with great interest. This section treats of Joseph de Maistre, and is very deserv;ng of attention as the career of that distin guished man is not one with which English readers are likely to be familiar with in detail. It is ob served that those " who are studying contemporary history will at one perceive that thoughts originally enumerated by the philosophic theologian are in pro cess of being carried out into historical fact by France and Sardinia; that the very conception of Italian independence, under the amphitheatre of the Alps, is pre-eminently his." A great deal of ability is displayed in this essay which will satisfy the lover of deep reading, with its astute researches and com parisons. " Artist and Craftsman" is continued, and the story is mach more pleasing as it becomes developed. In this instalment there is a new cha racter, Joe Tanner, who is well described ; and it forms an attraction to the tale to have the country life and the transactions of the workmen in the village mixed up in the accounts, after the more glittering scenes of the foreign tour of Clara, with her operatic fetes and her musi cal triumphs. The article on the "French and Italian Nobility" contains some truths on the state of society abroad, which may meet with the approval of many, since the statements are made in a calm and rational manner. There are some verses on our two great departed engineers, called "In Memoriam." The subjoined lines refer to their most renowned achievements : " Thy sea-king ship, Brunel, Thy mind's last victory-palm, O'er the world, thro',time, thy fame shall tell, Thou slumbering in death's calm. The Austral woods shall wondering gaze On thy Titanic work, through yet long unborn days I " And Stephenson, of thee St. Lawrence loud shall roar O'er deafening strife of ice and sea, From Triton conchs shall pour Thy praise, in torrents to the main, Sweeping, a gulf-stream warm, to thy home-land again " Half-mast high droop each flag I Naught battlements sigh in the wind The iron courser now may lag, The sea-wheels drop behind ; As none could equal, both aro gone— Neither on earth would live, twins of the soul, alone 1" "The Season Ticket" again furnishes us with an entertaining chapter. It is called " The Living and the Dead," and contains some extraordinary anecdotes, which will be very welcome to the lovers of the marvellous. The last chapter is called " France, England, and Italy," which enters into the numerous arguments of that much-vexed ques tion, and terminates with this a sensible exhorta tion to our rulers at home : "To conclude, we can only hope that no symptoms of calmer weather in the political horizon will allow the people of Great Britain to be drugged into a false sense of security, and to abandon those preparations for putting the country into a proper state of defence, which at present are only in their infancy. No efforts should be spared let olive branches bra never so plentiful, as we trust in God they may be—to render rifle corps of volunteers a recognised element in our national institutions, and rifle practice a permanent feature in our national amusements." Bentley's Miscellany. As Christmas draws near, with its long evenings at the fireside—fittest season of all for story-telling and romance-reading—there comes to us oppor tunely the commencement of a new tale in Bentley from the pen of Harrison Ainsworth ! A national, historical, romantic narrative it is ; we can distin guish this much of it already ; for by a pleasant contretemps the November and December numbers of the Miscellany have come to hand together ; these two numbers of the magazine leading off with the two earliest instalments of this most attractive and right welcome novelty. Another original story, full of hair-breadth 'scapes and wierd adventure, written by no one less than that enthralling romancist who has been already long since designated in these columns of ours (we conceive not inaptly) " the Salvator Rosa of Literature !" Another tale by the author of "Rookwood," of " Jack Sheppard," of the " Miser's Daughter," and of so many other popular works of imagination. A thrice hearty welcome we gladly accord at once, therefore, to Mr. Ains worth's new romance, entitled OVING DEAN GRANGE, a Tale of the South-Downs—the period of which tale is fixed at the very middle of the Seventeenth Century ! In the midst of the actual climax of the deadly contest between the Royalists and the Round heads—upon the very morrow, as it were, of the fatal fight of Worcester—when Charles Stuart was hiding in the oak tree at Boscobel, and when Oliver Cromwell was gathering up firmly in the grasp of his buff leathern gauntlet the lately scattered and slackened reins of the Government. Of all periods in our history, it is the very one we should ourselves most willingly have selected for delineation by Harri son Ainsworth. It is precisely the background calcu lated to bring out the most vividly the merits of his sombre yet sparkling compositions ! As suffi cient evidence of which may we not point already to the two first parts of the narrative now lying before us in these two last numbers of Bentley's -211iscallany?—Part 1—" John Harbergeon ! " Part 2—" Increase Micklegift !" What familiar ground is being trodden by our eminent novelist in this new tale is significantly indicated by its second title. As we pause at the - very outset looking forth over the verdant undulations of the South Downs from the summit of an old mound or barrow, the writer's voice comes to us thus refreshingly : "How pleasing is the prospect I how fresh the air that visits us I No breeze so fine and invigorating as that of these Sussex downs ; no turf so springy to the foot as their smooth greensward. A flock of larks flies past us, and a cloud of mingled rooks and starlings wheels overhead. Mark you little T-shaped cuttings on the slope below us— those are the snares set by the shepherds for the delicious wheatear—our English ortolan. The fairies still haunt this spot, and hold their midnight revels upon it, as yon dark-green rings certify. The common folk hereabouts term the good people Pharisees,' and style those emerald circles ' hag tracks ;' why, we care not to inquire. Enough for us, the fairies are not altogether gone. A smooth, soft carpet is here spread out for Oberon and Titania and their attendant elves to dance upon by moonlight ; and there is no lack of mushrooms to form tables for Puck's banquets. "Own that no hills can be more beautiful than these South Downs. They may want height, boldness, gran deur, sublimity ; they possess not forest, rock, torrent, or ravine; but they have gentleness, softness, and other en dearing attributes." " The beauteous hill, on the brow of which we are seated, has necessarily a valley on either side. On the right, and immediately beneath us, is a pretty littl e v ill age, nes tli ng amid a grove of trees, above whose tops you may discern the tower of a small, grey old church. With this village we trust to make you more intimately acquainted by-and -Cy. It is Ovingdean. On the left, and nearer the sea, you may discern another, and considerably larger village than Oving dean, almost as picturesque as the latter, and possessing a grey, antique church at its northern extremity. This second village is nottendean. " Behind us, and around us on every side, save towards the sea, arc downs—downs with patches of purple heiither or grey geese clothing their sides—d -mils with small holts within their coombs, partially cultivated, or perfectly bare—everywhere downs. " Pleasant it is where we sit to watch the clouds chase each other across the valleys, up the hill-side. over the hill top, then losing them for a while, behold them again on a more distant e►ninence, producing in their passage exquisite effects of light and shade. Meet emblem those fleeting clouds of our own quick passage to eternity. " Smiling, and sunny, and joy-inspiring are the down _ now ; but at times they have a graver aspect. Ere cocks crow at earliest dawn, or at the midnight hour, they have a solemn and mysterious look, and seem, like the Sphynx, to mutter secrets of the past. Of most other places in the land the ancient features aro changed, disfigured, or wholly obliterated ; but the old visage of the Susses. Downs is 11W altered." Here, hard by that little Sussex village to the rig cl, ht , the beautiful little picturesque hamlet of Ovingd stands— THE GRANGE. "Constructed of red brick chequered with diamonds, „ t i n gle.. formed of other bricks, glazed;andof darker hue, pre. with flint, it seemed destined to endure for ages. aa d sented a very striking frontage, owing to the bold lintels,poiee its s ons of its bay-windows with their stone posts road deep arched portal with a stone escutcheon abes a ! e ; emblazoned with the arms of the Maunsels, at that thn,l" possessors, its stone quoins and cornices, its carved gabAes: its high roof, covered with tiles encrusted with orange, tawny mosses and lichens, and its triple clusters of tall Oa ornamented chimney-shaft; . " Old Ovingdean Grange did not want a rookery. Jil,hae fine grove of elms, occupying part of the valley towarcts t south, a large colony of these ,Iristocratic birds had tak eu of the trees, in the upper branches of which the up their quarters. Nor must we ' omit to mention that wags rooks' h ti e t s t i e might ho seen, had attained a girth and alt itude not a.' has remarkable, considering their proximity to t he sea. i 1,70 been already intimated that the ancient farm-Yar" as sor, neither so extensive nor so well arranged as its sh e but it possessed one of those famous old circular cl°vecasj which used to be the pride of a Sussex country- f a iled an d which, before pigeon -matches roast. to supply the f • araily table with a savoury Pie round,aud At the were introduced , rear of the house was a garden, walled 4..r. laid out in the old-fashioned style, with parterres sad r races ; and beyond it was an orchard full of fruit-trees.' one ev en ' Within the noble old hall of the Grange, in within a week after the Battle of Worcester, the master of the house is depicted, by Air. Ai 11 ,..: worth in vivid colours, as seated in the midst of : little family group—Colonel Wolston Maunsel, 01 never fail very type of a gallant old Cavalier ! ~L ong years and much suffering, both of mind and hedbt had done their work with him, but he had still a very le and striking countenance. llis locks wore flowed over his neck and shoulders in cavalier fashion; it. beard was pointed in the style familiarised fowl bylran d Y ff r e - His figure was tall and spare, but his wounds and after stk. ?.„ ings had stiffened his limbs, afflicting him with rheunati grizzled, his reVe ll i ; pains,whichcaused him to move withdifficulty ,andP all active exertion. His features were finely form ed ' ' g very thin, his complexion dark, and his black c ver A i l lig tfra eyebrows and keen grey eyes gave him a stern gni' —fi bie • expression. His habiliments, we have said, were sa f j his black taffeta doublet and vest were of the gr see he d fashion of Charles the First's time ; his trunk h ese f - his knots of ribbons at the knees - black silk hose et:Least , " r i e stke_ , still shapely legs; and his shoes of Spanis h high-heeled, and with black r°oesess"oenrethe instep. old falling band of lawn, edged with lace, set off the ola Cam' liar's handsome physiognomy." For lreaa, the rest—we must refer the reader to th e silc is introductory chapters of the story that have at made their appearance; through which will be 1e5. r ... ,,, right pleasantly what foretaste there is of dal . ; exploit and perilious adventures. Threug li • oer medium of these half-dozen loopholes to the l a e so , mysteries of the Grange we have alreadY. I na e o tae quaintance with characters the most varie d three attractive, some repulsive. Besid es the the already mentioned—namely, John Habergeen' aft, bluff old royalist trooper, and Increase ColonelMlekleg the cropheaded Puritan preacher, and tory Maunsel of the Grange, the elder hero f th. e u s ale, the latter's son Captain Clavering —there are even now familiarly distingw'l.4l hero of the tale; Dulcia Beard, his beloceq; t he father, the Rev. Ardingly Beard, chaplain,lnot, household of the Grange—pretty Patty W' ne r i o us Mistress Dulcia's waiting-maid—besides various picturesque retainers of the Colonel of O vin a g „oerli and a fast increasing throng of the u nni i,stori emissaries of the commonwealth. Let but ti e ,, ro ce proceed (as it has commenced, and it wi l t ' Tont Maunscl, the real not unworthy of Harrison Ainsworth's erl and established reputation. f or cora' We have left ourselves but small rooni b , hot ment upon the remaining contents of t he ar ) two numbers of Bentley's Miscellany. Ther eupo pears in each a pleasant gossiping P sPer Ger man, continuesthe other with histo thaeccuPsatroimsisadn the Almanacks for 1860—one relating to the Costello . u ~ OurneJ r i s o f story il of our own times, entitled, The Two Fortresses"—twenty-three eh a P te • eli e thel o m which have already by this time made pearance. Monkshood discourses uPe n r s ad Actors" in his Mingle-Mangle for Noverebeil'itoje. upon the " Rev. John Eagles" in his gi en „trlbe' for December. There are two poetical ee;whiclit Cons by Walter Thornbury, to the second cu Ar d tile " Mabel and the Queen," we would a ec "" bo ut 6 v i D v a c d i lteyy ti C i . s e: ,i) 00 vir , preference. Besides which there are ° ra heri dozen other varied papers in thes e two 1111 of Bentley not here particularised. This valuable and cos? breatiell hieb attractive pu 1 e' W pletes its • • eo_majority by the issue of this dArfj°ernal. pa 0 gy nclu . des the twenty-first annual volunl eats on brief . introductory preface the editor cein te l nd 6t e improved position of the Arts in Vne r ts la theresent time. "In the year 1838, th e i ' tl l4 England were in a position very different frr i ts 01- which they assume in 1859. Our best ar t lhad 6 dom disposed of their works ; Hilton no r e r i . sc i l commission;_ Constable rarely sold a Pi e ' l ,,, -e fe ;o6 " might supply a long list of great workers W i. 1 1, 3 thei but little fame, and less recompense vi'm l I those lived; nay , we might include in it raanY ° ,dirss e ,' ring any price,' who for man ,whose bring productions now, to use a coraal °ll ~A toil: y Sea; m ere -e PCB, ing, ' hop . eless of honours and rewards: thi s '' ,_•ird'evs• which this journal has played in aiding t u fa ati lopment of the national taste and in elle el ,.; c t alw aiding the artist can scarcely be overlocr its re' we trust that it will continu to Illah ltctil i ve 6ll / 1 putation through advancing • and The present number fully reserves its ci D ioar and in addition to the three large plates he artier; rous charming vignettes, with several pros e a ' of interest and merit. increasii.lS ,deter; Macmillan's Magazine. No. IL A facrni srt llel° of The second d number one of o th f ethifsorseemriaolsthas s° es is t he i s withs s u soundsu a continuationl full suelonlfall w hich f s of e ' ' andfTreosmha kaneedn Brown livelyat „ j ot , cul • ties and temptations that beset an - t $ w O r t i r g ,; se aso ci i i i i p , lett er It duate. Another noticeable paper 18 t ins tice..,, dressed to the editor by the Rev. P. F. t . , f or the 'it appears that a contemporary, in criticisl7fes, to° 4 cent edition of Mr. Kingsley's' Alis eeli tt literri f , occasion to assert that he was under gr e- an d 11 ; obligations to Mr. Carlyle, Mr. Fronde., h i g otj u t ; Maurice, whose influence was perceptible i i li c hare • This was certainly a severe and unfoundetaandorigl; bring against one of our most independe.4l a he $!,O Perception of t il _ e er ev nal writers, and:Mr. Maurice refutes it vvi! . ~„ in tliv-0, d an ay d s ge o n f e l r i o t u er s a i r n y di a g e n r a im ti o o n n y th a a n t d is refire al mutua l 4 , 0 psrit mont. Alexander Smith contrib tes;thy? dots bearing the curious title of "Ina SkT e fi ttecc l°t .of is worth perusal, and gives some curious _ is 0 10, of the quaint and isolated locality. ?er n e „ 000; but graphic paper by " Doubledall' folloifi" and their Uses,' which opens with the .1 amusing paragraph :-- ti le gi l l b Charles Lamb's friend who left offreadingto a te increase of his originality, assuredly erred is of 'of side. The danger in this much written -for age 0 1, 0 1001 ing too much. Placed amongst the countlesemisiet'l2,o modern libraries, we are like men with inanY,s„Ty intw-0,0( but few friends. We may be on eollaP erst ii iv ; 'ask sLitti terms with the novelists; we may occastona-w, to les "„ poet into the house ; we are perhaps on bow in , ilistori s rio' the scientific writers; we may just know tLi e u • i i Or - b ° e rs speak to ; but where are the old, old books ic'lcwilen,tool fathers loved because they were true and tried,reit wh e n; _J were not so many new corners that a roder,;aoresStltle called npon to give up his best friend, to st e t' , o rs s A ,sif chat with the smartly dressed crowd of stranabo 00' t i, door ? Why do wo not know our Shakspe%re i 1-1 0 ip se Thomas Lee, in " Woodstock " kne w 4 Parad i°e 414 reader of those pa , ever 'ad the " - 1 ,.., b e neP through ? Will he c 'ev es er achievere 1, unle ss '''.- the le east upon a desert island, and save la Milton fr e o v io er 0 01 00 0 as well as the salt beef and biscuit ? Did li e to f 11 9 ,1 3 Ole " Paery Queene" ? The only chance forcewereines iiloll be to be shut up with a Spenser, as WO in fi (0 0 " Children of the Abbey," for three wet days OS' inn, with no consolation n sight but a 131 1: 0 ," se,„ o / 1 ie s : and a cruet-stand. " Young men now-a-`7 it tw-Ilie' the late 'record of whose earnost and loving reo dne l pressed the true stamp on all he has written, their Bible nor their Shakspeare enough." lo ts ret i r o W There is much truth in some of the wine conif°,o, tions, and he is far from undervaluing ver ses, t o f and advantages of literature. Sa llie the 0° the titled ~ Der Tod ass Freund," describe 0 -n e oth e i o those two paintings by Alfred Friend" and " Death the Enemy' , w W e win; forcibly described in the last par t foll e .wo rr, anticipate the companion sketch in 2' crs of ; of number. There are several other Plc o lloclitots' in g merits, but we reret to find the, o its P r och the Round Table" so b very inferior .!..„ c oy t he sions. Unless in style and substancelr i ii ' lose i s Rethfililicii.i, wervie improved, it can scarcely maintain 1t ,..s r to •coly n rdet pages of a magazine which preP°systartea 11 with old established serials, and 1 10 favourable auspices. A zi NfS• frhe; MISCELLAN EOUS MAO/3..0001. do jeo Titan is an able and origina.l 3, 10 %0' story of " Getting On," wh icil y " to $ Zol ii so many of its pages is b reu Vt- al la !- P oll factory conclusion. It is well write lot is '` some knowledge of life, though r n r c alled hs /8 what disconnected. Another storY nd vie 0 trice Rington" is wort re r Crl . t h adin"' Li h .otaitts h ° besides another tale, entitled " „-, iot ovi ll 1 . 0 oa Cradwell Farm." The lovers of g_ e ' ae pnPoil; have no need to complain, and theg nra tisn 0 tli the Arctic explorers, and on 1- 2", es vill_ 11 , 110 ; for those of more scrious ta'._ the ver_Phoill poetical corner is above the averagy, . 0 , fro, o o P c s srers th bQi a lengro•r i i ‘ e m tit u l s e i d ea ‘ l , .A_sn e g E th e e lec lr ic ild o : i ten s °ce l l e rt l 3 l o criticism on Doctor Von Baumgar ra phica o t $ on the Life of the Saviour. A g, c lill O te t , f lea b lit; "Our earth past and present, her rosse'.o 'flues ao oti C " o S u u n n t r p y i scientific. Mrs. Howitt Conti ~ j 'he tot ,c”tudreisse;ti' discusses aspoampoer:fallten.de cintrac I i Pr ta aD tit e e i t, at, 1414 ge r , thai Are s exit( *hi; lip s nth 4041