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..~ ~,~Y Y`' t+... BE N SON'S AV A.TCFIE S . " Perfection o f toechanism."--Morning Post. Gold ............ - ............. 5 to 100 guineas. Silver • .................. 2 to 50 guines.s. Send 2 stamps for Benson's illustrahted Pamphlewitht, descrip tive of every construction of watc now made, their prices. W a t c hes sent to ail parts o f the kingdom free by post, or to India and the Coloni es for ss. extra. 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, B.C. Established 1749. 4 of Italy, to the balance of power, and the peace of Europe. To sustain this maxim the road of reform is abandoned for that of revolution. It certainly is very difficult to understand what the principle of nationality is worth if the nations, When their Governments have driven them to re pudiate them as unendurable, are not entitled to bid them abdicate in favour of better men. Revo- lution is the reform requir:d, by the Baron's good leave, when things have come to that point. Ile complains that while the Count asks for non-inter vention in Italy, he is himself intervening in the States of the Church. The worthy B a ron does not seem to comprehend the fact that Italy is now, in its own judgment, a nation, and that some Italians helping other Italians is in their view ni.t inter vention but brotherhood. However, things in Italy will Iv* take their own course. The ambassador of Portugal may be withdrawn from Turin at the instance of the COBURGS—aII the ambassadors may go, if they like—Naples will be compensation enough for their absence. As for the report from St. Petersburg that Lord JOHN has written thither acknowledging the absolute right of Austria to Venetia, we cannot believe a word of it. We do not forget his dis creditable dispatch to Count CAVOUR, but that did not go such lengths ; and his lordship must know full well that his place in the Cabinet would soon be vacant, and perhaps his seat for London too, if he dared so to sell himself to the COBURGS and to Prussia. We shall not believe such a rumour till we have proof of its truth ; and, simply because Lord JOHN RUSSELL is not quite mad. OPAL E NGLISH OPERA, COVENT GAR,DEN_-under the Management of Miss LOUISA FYNE and Mr. Vlr. HARRISON, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENVIG, CROWN DIAMONDS. Miss L. Pyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. H. Corti, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. Horacastle, and Mr. G. Kelly. Conductor—Mr. Alfred.Msllon. DIVERTISSEMENT. Doors open at Seven. Commence at Half-past. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Baeltstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with THE LOVE CHASE. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, Rogers, Mrs. Wilkins, Miss Amy Sedg,wick, Miss Florence Haydon. After which, the revived comedy of THE IRISH AM BASSADOR. Mr. John Brougham, Miss Florence Haydon, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. And THE SUN AND THE WIND. By the Looleroqs. Commence at 7." ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. — Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Harris. This Theatre will RE-OPEN on SATURDAY 'NEXT, Ott. 27, when Mr. Pechter, the favourite actor of PartSian re nown, will make his first appearance on the English stage, in an adaptation of Victor app earance on the lii an adaptation of Victor ugo's celebrated Play of RITY BLAS, by Edmund Falconer, E ; characters also by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Meadows, Ga ren.raham, Raymond, Morland, Collett, Paulo , Daly, arri ; Miss Rose Leclercq, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Heath. To be preceded b of SIJSAN smrrn. After the Farce, the admired Play THE FIRST NIGHT. THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM. Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. In consequence of the extraordinary success attending the production at this Theatre o f Sh eridan Knowles's Comedy of "Trim LovE Clutsx," the bri l liant reception accorded to Miss Gougenheim in the character of Constance, and the enthusi astic pGreueslae bestowed on Mrs. Keeley's personation of The Widoapw n, the Management feels called upon to announce its repetition during the ensuing week. THIS EVENTING, the performances will commence with Sheridan Knowles's Comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. The principalepartmerit under the direction of Mr. Wm. Callcott. characters by Mr. T. Lyon, Mr. Henry Neville, Mr. Geor,_e-e Vining, Mr. Kate Butler, and Fo, Air. Campbell, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Kate Saville, Miss Gougenheim. On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. the per formances will commence with a Comic Drama, by Charles Selby, Esq , entitled THE HUSBAND OF MT HEART, principal characters by Mr. George Vining, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. Forrester, Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. J. Rouse, and Miss Goughenheim. After which, a BALLET DIVERTISEMENT, in which the celebrated Dancers the Misses Marie and Annie Collin son will appear. To conclude with. every Evening, a New Drama, entitled THE PIONEERS OF AMERICA, principal characters by Mr. H. Watkins (his Bth appearanoe in England), Mr. Henry Neville, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Lyon, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Forrester, Mr. H. Butler, Mr. J. Johnstone, Mr. J. Morris, Miss Kate Saville, and Miss Turner. It is with peculiar satisfaction that we direct the notice of the public generally to a recent charge made to the local grand jury by one of our learned Recorders. The document (given by us as nearly as possible in its entirety) will be found in another part of our impression of this evening; and it is one especially entitled to the considera tion of all classes of the community—to all classes we might say without any distinction or exception whatsoever. It constitutes a carefully elaborated epitome of the results of the last year's legislation — giving us an abstract of the most important among the various public and general acts of this last session—viz., the 23 and 24 VICTORIA. The learned Recorder, whose charge we have (and for this reason) selected for publication in our columns, is no other than the late M.P. for Midhurst, himself consequently but recently among the number of our legislators, during the last nine years one of her MAJESTY'S Counsel learned in the law, and one who,`, strange to tell, combines with a brilliant re putation in the fields of imaginative literature no inconsiderable repute among our living English jurisconsults. Mr. WARREN'S very remarkable abridgment of Blackstone's Commentaries, care fully adapted by him to existing law, and anno tated. throughout with singular perspicuity, has long since taken its place among the recognised text books at our Universities. Reference to this work being here made by us designedly—(how ever apparently apropos des bottes, and no matter with what abruptness)—be cause this late charge de livered to the grand jury at Hull by Mr. WARREN as the local Recorder, is of a character so remark able in its way as an epitome of the latest additions to the statute-books of the realm, that it might be not inappropriately appended to those several compre hensive supplementary chapters or divisions closing the last edition of that well-known, popular, and widely-distributed Handbook of the Laws of Eng land, WARREN'S BLACKSTONE. A glance, however casual, down this last really valuable charge to the grand jury by the Hull Re corder can hardly fail to surprise those (and they are not a few) who have hitherto declared the recent Par liamentary session to have been a mere waste of pub lic time in idle and fruitless discussions. That the Lords and Commons, but especially that the Com mons have talked over-much this year, is certainly A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. „i'`X. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Great Snooess of the new Drama, by Dion Bourcloault, Esq., The Colleen Bawn."—Miss Agnes Robertson every even- in THIS EVENING, THE RIFLE CORPS. Messrs. W. Smith, D. Fisher, C. Selby, Miss W eolgar, Miss Kate Kelly, and Mrs. Billington. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Bourcicault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stehenson, C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss W o olgar , Mrs. Billing.rton, and Mrs. Matterley. To conclude with MUSIC IL&TH CHARMS. Mr. David Fisher. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes,"Xl. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Baloony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, Ss. • Pit Stalls, 20.; Pit, Is. ; Amphitheatre, 1s ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wu. BATTY. Triumphant success and increasing popularity of the Grand Spectacle of Ronix Mon. This Evening, the highly successful new Spectacle, in Three Acts, by E. Fitzball, Esq., entitled ROBIN HOOD • or. the Merry Outlaws of Sherwood ; introducing the Stud ofhighly trained Horses, Herd of real Deer, Stag Hounds, tire, Allan a-Dale, Miss Rebecca Isaacs;; Robin Hood, Mr. John Prit chard. To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena—Star Riders of Europe. Doors open at half-Fast 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open dly from 11 till 4. _ _ S tag eai Mahager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the - Arena—Mr. Pearson. ANTERB UR Y HALL EVERY EVENING, CONCERTS.- A Grand Selection from the opera of NORMA. Norma ................ Adaiglisa ......... • .......... Madame MARIA, (Her first appearance in this country.) After which the ETHIOPIANS, consisting of Seventeen Per formers, organised expressly for this establishment, for the Performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Negro Delineations, Anecdotes, &c. Prin cipal Negro Artistes, Messrs. Joe Brown, G. W. Pell, H. Drummond, and Charley Fox. Musical Director, Mr. FIJONGFIMANS. Baloony, 1e,.. ed. THB WEATHER. -Burr OFFICE, OCT. 23, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 57—this day at noon. 51—lowest this morning and during the night. 61—highest since noon yesterday. BAROMETER-30.12. WIND—South -Westerly ; light, with dull, mild weather, and some sprinkling of rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, Bh. 33m.—Afternoon, 9h. 14m. To-vounow.-Morning, 9h. .54m.—Afternoon, 10h. 34m. a truth, a very melancholy truth, altogether be yond the reach of contradiction. And for this exceeding verbosity and garrulity the popular re presentatives have received very recently the well written reprehension of no less eminent an autho rity than Lord BROUGHAM himself, the greatest law reformer of the age, and ,(dividing the two grand divisions of his public life) one of the most illustrious members of both branches of the Impe rial Legislature. Upon the needless prolongation of the debates in Parliament, more particularly among the popular representatives,LordßßouGliAm has recently pronounced weighty and sternly de served word; of reprobation. Yet in testimony that while the Lords and Commons have talked much, they have also done much in the way of wholesome legislative improvements, let us con tent ourselves with directing the attention of the general public to Mr. WARREN'S useful and lucid sumnastry of the salient points in last year's varied legislation. It will be there seen that the public acts alone number up a grand total of no less than 154 altogether—that while 40 of them relate exclusively to Ireland and Scotland, the re maining 114 include among them enactments of the most vital interest and of the gravest importance. Foremost among these are five acts affecting the safety of the realm—two affecting the organisation of the Legislature—eleven materially affecting our fiscal and financial regulations--besides others affecting the momentous subjects of education, marriage, pluralities, charitable bequests, tithe commutations, juvenile labour in mines, female and juvenile labour in factories, &c., &c. Better, how ever, than the presentation nere of any dry cata logue of these important acts is the terse and lucid exposition of them, given elsewhere, in the charge itself of the learned Recorder of Hull. By the delivery of that charge Mr. WARREN has unques tionably done good service at once to the public at large and to the Imperial Legislature. Our readers noticed, we suppose, the Prussian Note, in reply to Count Cayoun's memorandum, in defence of the course taken by Sardinia in Italy ; and they probably noticed also the speeches of Major BEItEBFORD and Mr. Du CANE at the grand Conservative dinner at Hineford. They way advantageously compare the two. The note of the Prussian Foreign Secretary is the deliver_ ante of German Liberalism, such as it is, on the affairs of Italy ; the speeches of the English members of Parliament are the deliverance of the most thorough English Conservatism, on the same subject. Comparing the two it does, indeed, make us, hearty Liberals as we are, proud of onr Conservatives. It reminds us of the political brotherhood of all Englishmen, and of how trivial, after all, are the differences which divide us politically when we view them in the light of Continental Governments. The English Tories, while denouncing revolution, while adverting to their inborn and hereditary aversion to it, proclaimed a far greater aversion to irresponsible tyranny; and while they could not deny that in one sense GARIBALDI was a brigand, they gloried in him as a " patriot-brigand," and were ready to drink success to his expedition. A meeting of High and Dry English Tories--with 'Majo r BERESFORD the veritable " W.8."-- at their head, bide the tyrants of Europe in truth look to themselves. Conser-vatism in England does noi• mean breaking: up an " irresponsible tyranny." We ~----_ " cro despots will study this lesson. It Speeches are latterly pping up" in the pro trust conti nental : is as instructiv e t o them, perhaps more so, as our vi flees after an unusually prolonged silence, conse- Rifle Volunteer- If tiie latter teaches them that they qnsent upon the reaction which began immediately had better let us alone, the former may teach them up on the close of Parliament. Mr. Du CANE has. that it would take very little to rouse England as one g man to the aid. of forei gn patr i ots, and that a t least ti i s N i r t e i n . .u s s ir his notions as to the ho p es of Conserva ARCHIBALD ALISON, as the historian of their oppressors may 1,,k in vain to us for help. E uro p e, assures us of his conviction of the rapid The speeches of such men may - 0 , more impressive approach of a g eneral collision among the Powers and St. P e t ers b urg, than of Parliament. ...bilge of the Continent. Sir J OAN COLERIDGE, address at Berlin, Vie nna, of all the Ra dicals in or out nt. What 1 1, 6 •- viiblic meeting in the Guildhall , at Exeter, w ill the Prussi an Krezetz. Zeitun g thi n k o f th e i r expatiates at smut , a...,eth upon the educational in fellow Conservatives here. ilnences of the Oxford local e.s.“—:...tions. Sir on Baron SuitLElNl•rz and hi s no t e . JOAN PATTESON, talking to an ag ricultural gather- It fl asewntord to Turin just about the time that our lag down at the annual • plonghing-match gn Secreta r y and he were having their tete-a- dinner at Feniton, in Devonshire, comments in his :Forei tete at Coblentz, and is not therefore without metzn _ turn upon the judicial labours that have happily in - to us. The Baron is in a difficulty. Prussia ceased g • hi It i continued b a very unusual wishes to to maintain in Germany the idee nationa h b le ; is had , s onb portion of the purely personal it is her card for popularity with the States of the g, ation. It after praising judge that we would here particularise as being familiar remarks of this venerable ex . Buncl. Yet .she hates its application in the Italian awl almost style. The 8.1.r0.ri says, the principle of nati:onality, that accorciing to the lteminently characteristic of the hard-working, re therefore, yield to the so ue, pert, 'everinc , race Sardinian note, cvery,thing 811 ° 111d , of which old Sir JOHN national wishes, and whe-never public opinion is PATTESON may be taken as a very' favourable _i s ti n g specimen. It is a fallacy, h © pronounced in favour of those wishes the o.v „ 0 reminds the fax * the , niers down at Feniton, an 0.13 1 • .authorities have only to abdicate }heir power in &Lute fallacy for 1 t ic hedgers and ditchers, the *re sence of such a manifestation. Bt:t a max im s° mechanics and diametricallyday.;,:bourcrs, to suppose that they are the toilers opposed to the most element rules of the right it e xceltb.. l " , that n 6 one reall y works but them_ of nations could not be put irt forc e without thea we `z ,e all workere sa.3 7 a, ,sir Ram, most serious dangerthe "tde 0 to glue u . selves. —... _ I'4:1 • `' ''''',- ' -. , 1 ' 5w...41 - , 11.. . •.,.,^!•:,.- ..•,•:- ~,1 _- , ~ - ......41,1 111111 -4 - . 11,3 1 , •, .. d b. .? 1 .. 4 ,!. - •••••.‘ 'No • - f z •-"" '.: Z. li' ~, -a., - `--k 4. 11 - '4, ...- is.. ,'. •- r '' - ,•ri, ( .' , 71 ~... ' s ' . j ' )- ' ........0.... -- • '.....,-.-4,,, THE SUN.. LONDON, TUESDAY, OCT. 23, 18d0. "'~,,~ - , >-~ THE SUN, LONDON , TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER L 3, 1860.1 ---------- " the man who ploughs the field, and who digs the hedge, is a worker, but there are other workers in other stations of life as well. For myself I can say that I have been a worker- ever since I have been a boy"--the learned ex-Judge still apparently claiming to be regarded as a boy, "an old boy," of course, and still seemingly occupying his time with self-ir►posed exertions, though now seventy ! Entering a little into his own personal history, Sir JOHN PATTESON adds—" When I ac cepted the office of judge, I had a salary of a thou sand pounds a year below what I was earning by my own exertions at the bsr. True it is that I had a pension when I retired from the bench, which a judge is entitled to receive after he has served 15 years, but I had served 22 years. Recollect, I might have continued at the bar and have made a larger income and saved more money even than I have got by the pension. The office of judge is by no means a sinecure, for a judge works as hard as any man in the country. He has to work at very difficult questions of law whisli are brought before him continually, giving him great anxiety, and sometimes the lives of his fellow-creatures are placed in his hands, and are dependent very much upon the manner in which he places the facts before the jury. That is a matter of no little anxiety, I can assure you. Let any man think as he will, there is no man who has been through the ordeal for the length of time that I have, but must feel conscious of the importance And gravity of the duty which is cast upon a Judge." These remarks, or rather reminders, are in no way exaggerated. We accept them as literally accurate, and so accepting - them we all of us exult sympathetically in the thought of men like Sir JOHN FATTESON and Sir JOHN COLERIDGE enjoying the otium cum dignitate, which they have so laboriously earned the right to at the close of their honourable careers in their high and respon sible professions. AMERICA. LONDONDERRY, OCT. 23. The Montreal Ocean Company's steamer North American, Capt. Aiton, which left Quebec on the 13th inst., has arrived and landed all mails. .... left on the 12th The Etna, from Liverpo ol, had arrived out .. inst,H i T g The Highness e G r s s o ß v to e hs r te n o P o n r ,r - ie G unc e re n oeour of ,el Wilesof f or Englan d. CaneyHis Royal reached New York cr. the lith inst. nis reception was most enthu ! elastic. The ball on the night of the 12th inst. went off with great eclat. Advices from Mexico state that the British Go vernment contemplated withdrawing diplomatic relations. Miramon had announced that the Libe rals had rejected another proposal of the British Government for the restoration of peace. Three hundred dollars had been subscribed at Boston for the ,sufferers by the loss of the Con naught. The passengers had held a meeting, and passed resolutions complimentary to Cap Lair Leech Wilson, the officers, and crew of the vessel, for their noble conduct, NEW YORK, Oct 12. Money and Exchange unaltered. Stocks mo derately active and higher. Flour sales 9,000 bar rels. State and Western descriptions little firmer. Canadian quiet. Wheat a shade better, and in fair demand for export. Corn better and in fair ,3 , e _ mand. Sales 20,000 bushels. Oats steady, Beef unaltered, but steady. Lard dull. MONTREAL, OCT. 13. Flour is very active and large sales have taken place. Wheat has changed hands at 1 dol. 20c. for No. 1 Chicago spring. Peas unchanged. Ashes in moderate demand. [LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO FATHER POINT.] NEW YORK, OCT. 13. The steamer Africa, from Liverpool, has arrived here. The Arago and Glasgow have sailed for Europe with a trifling amount of specie. Stocks are steady. New York Central, 8317 Erie, 39.1. ; Illinois Central, 83:. The cotton market is firm, but prices are unchanged. The sales in three days reach 10,000 bales. The markets for bre ad stuffs are unsettled and excited, and prices have an upward tendency. Flour is quoted 10c. to 15c. higher. Wheat has risen 3c. to 15c. Provisions steady. It is reported that there was a frost at New Orleans last night. NEW ORLEANS, OCT. 12. The cotton market is unaltered. Middling is quoted 101 c. 101 c. The sales of the week amount to 34,000 bales; receipts during the same period, 32,000 bales . ; receipts below last year, 55,000 bales. The Pope spoke of his solemn ? duties as a Christian priest. The E mperor fell b 'Ack on his necessities as a French S overe i gn. The 'proposed coronation ended head of the in smoke ; the head of the, French State and th e RoP- - sion with.,ish Chi:rch came out of the discus all a mortal gradge against each other ; and this because a designing and unscrupulous in triguer was drifeated in his project of infusing Loyolaism into every French prefet and mare, and imbuing with its spirit the despatches of each French diplomatist. From that day to this the breach has been gra dually widening. At present certainly there is no love lost on either side. But the relative position of the Imperial and Papal parties is only exactly understood when we bear in mind that it has beim from the very first a false one, and that this oriF o ; inal falsehood has t o th e present day been ecor' ' receiving fresh additions.—.3forninq y THE IVA7IUNAL P 4.7?,.TY IN ITALY. (BY MAJOR-GXNERAL PERRONET THOMPON.) So much of public interest is concentrate L on te subject named., 'that anybody who writer, at all h is expected t.O write upon it. What has been done is 1 -, nown to all men, and is wonderful in our eyes What is yet to be depends upon the way it gone ab out ; and it is no bad 'contribution from any man to invite attention to the argument: s from experience and history, even thor,gh there should be reason to hope their use may be"anticipated before from circumstances they can here appear. The conjuncture has extraordinary resemblances to that of the English Revolution of 1688. Times of struggle and. bloodshed had preceded, which the enemies of legal government were tempted to believe had ended in their firm establishment. Great martyrs had fallen in unsuccessful efforts. The three grand channels in which human interests col lect and run, had not yet come to any happy agree ment; and one and another by turns overwhelmed the rest, to the great distress of all. Aristocracy, strong in the command of physical force, had with the help of the democracy been curbed by monarchy ; and both monarchy and aristocracy afterwards put down by democracy. And this in its turn had fallen before the reviving forces of the other two ,• and when the thing had grown too bad a sort of royal Garibaldi presented himself with trumpets sounding through the Straits of Dover, and with less of fight than his successor, took possession of an abandoned throne. In all the world's history, the most successful move; the happiest, the most extensive in its consequences, as is admitted by friends and grieving foes. What is the world but experience ? Why do men eat the wheat and decline the straw, but because they or somebody has observed that one is better ? Not that it is to be too absolutely concluded that because a thing succeeded one time it must another. But there are limits to this sort of uncertainty; it will not apply, for instance, to the question of the wheat and straw. No man will be blamed for trust ing too implicitly to that venerable observation. It is true a man may eat wheat and be choked ; but while it is still an open question, at all events let him try. The great merit of the principle of 1688, and the visible cause of its success, was that it combined, if not fully and entirely, 'et to an effective and over powering extent, thri interests of monarchy and aristocracy which otherwise would have been to fight. It was the democracy and the halves of the other two against the remaining halves, instead of having the wholes against one. Just so it is now. There is a constitutional mon archy in the fight, and. so far as appears, the portion of aristocratic strength thereto adherent. No man supposes there is any desire to see a King Garibaldi. The capacity of the human vessel is limited ; he has had enough, it would " be o'er mickle to give him more." Any man, with military power enough, may make himself a king and all that kind of thing. Bit can a man establish a United Italy and keep it there ? The chances are very good, if men will stick to the constitutional king, which is their main chance. It is very true that praise attends on successful courage. But the meaning of courage is to take that course while the event is uncertain, which is most likely to lead to the event desired. Likelihood is all that is given to man. The sources of danger may be considered two : the internal and the ex ternal. The internal consists in division amongst themselves ; like dogs in couples, who do not know whether they will jump the ditch or not, On this point the best rule that can be offered is, that minorities should give way. No minority ought to balk a leap. A republic might do well enough if there was nobody else. But it happens there is. The English republicans set some notable examples. Doubtless there were many steeped to the heart in love for republican forms ; but they were never heard of, except in line against the enemy. Of the external dangers, the old despotic powers appear to be in a nonplus. They are too conscious of the perils which beset themselves to think of be ing vigorous. The new despotic power is, perhaps, equally haunted with anxieties and fears. He might have set up a King of Italy of his own if he had taken the time of tide. He cannot do it now ; and it is much to be doubted whether, if the worst comes to the worst, he dares oppose the other. Dare is a strong word; but let it only be under stood to mean that the fermentation in France, which would be the consequence of taking such a course, is what he will probably avoid. Great fears are expressed from the opposition of what are called the republican party. They are at the bottom of all good; but they will have more sense than to oppose a reasonable settlement. Re publican principles in Italy mean, as they do here, the principles of wise and good men, driven into action in spite of mixture with other forms. But a republican form of government has not the same meaning throughout the world. The example of America has discredited the term. It is proved that good men of British origin, carrying with them the principles and habits of their ancestors, can live under it in comfort. But it is not proved that bad men can be kept in order. The republi can form in America is not sufficient to prevent the ranting, roaring repudiation of everything that Europe accounts honourable and right, and reigns of terror such as European eye has not seen nor ear heard tell of. Republicanism in America is not competent to put down a house of ill-fame by the action of law ; it is practically the repudiation of law. It is a retrogression towards the barbaric state. Torture is applied to create evidence, There is more of personal liberty in Turkey. The Cadi is a better judge than Judge Lynch. Instead of a " perfect glory under heaven," it is a caricature of hell broke loose. It would be a volunteer false hood to admit that life or liberty are safe under it, when there is anybody on the other side. Fancy anything like it established for a fortnight in Naples. The Cossacks would be sent for by gene ral consent. Nobody knows whether our own Government will have the courage to Teak up for " Victor Em manuel ae•A;not 6116 field' Elizabeth would have (tone it, and so would Cromwell. But it is easier, or at least thought so, to turn us into bandits and pirates, than to take a decision that might be credit able to free and honest men. TEb N EW The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office NAPLES, OCT. 22. In the provinces of Ostani, Brindisi, Paola, Lecce, and Catanzaro, the voting is almost unani mously in favour of annexation. PARIS, OCT. 23. The Constitutionnel contains an article signed by M. Grandguillot congratulating the Austrian Government on the reforms just promulgated, and expressing regret that the Government had not sent a civil, instead of a military Governor• General to Venice. THE NEAPOLITAN ANNEXATION. PARIS, OCT. 23. The rumours that enormous convoys of materiel and munitions of war had proceeded during the last few days on the road to Lyons, is not true. We have just received the first accounts of the scrutiny on the annexation question in the king dom of Naples. Universal suffrage does not deviate from its an tecedents, and the despatches announce the almost perfect unanimity of the voting. The King of Sardinia is to make his entry into Naples on the 27th. NAPLES, OCT. 21. An immense number of people have voted for annexation to Piedmont. In 20 provinces the voting is known to be almost unanimously in favour of annexation. MUNICH, OCT. 22. The official Neue Illunchener Zeitung publishes a despatch, dated Turin, Oct. 21, announcing that the Ambassadors of Prussia, Spain, and Portugal are all preparing to leave Turin. PARIS, OCT. 22. The Patrie asserts that a note has been addressed by Lord John Russell to the Cabinet of St. Peters burg recognising the absolute right of Austria as regards Venetia, and adding that, for all other parts of Italy, the right of non-intervention should be absolutely exercised by Europe. WARSAW, OCT. 22. Yesterday the Emperor of Russia and the Prince Regent dined together at the Belvedere. In the evening the whole Court visited the theatre. A military parade and manceuvres of the Cos sacks took place this morning at eleven o'clock. The Emperor of Austria is expected at four p.m. To-morrow evening a ball will be given at the palace of the Stadtholder, Prince Gortschakoff. Apartments have been engaged at the Hotel d'Angleterre for Prince Hohenzollern, who is mo mentarily expected. OCT. 22 (Evening). The Emperor of Austria arrived here at 4-15 p.m. with a numerous suite, and was received at the railway station by the Emperor of Russia. Both Emperors proceeded in the same carriage to the Chateau Lazienki. The Emperor Francis Joseph wore the Russian and the Emperor Alexander the Austrian uniform. The Hereditary Prince followed in a second carriage, and a third was occupied by the Prince Regent of Prussia and the Prussian Princes. FRANCE. The Constitutionnel publishes the following semi official statement, signed " Grandguillot," relative to the report current that Baron Hubner had arrived at Paris to sound the French Government as to how it would act if Austria attacked Sardinia : " The report has been spread in these last few days, with systematic perseverance, that Austria had resolved to in tervene in Italy. One journal spoke yesterday even of a sort of secret mission said to have been entrusted to an old diplomatist, with a view to elicit from the French Govern ment an explanation on the bearing which, cas echeant, it would attach to such an intervention. " It is our duty to put the public on its guard against reports of a nature to mislead public opinion and alarm public interests. " For some time Austria has given proof in her external policy of a reserve and wisdom which it would be unjust not to admit. The eminent statesman who is at the bead of the Department of Foreign Affairs at Vienna knows bet ter than any one how much an offensive attitude of Austria would complieate the state of affairs in Italy. A purely defensive attitude of offers, moreover, too many advantages to the Austrian Government for it to be supposed that it would easily renounce it. " As regards ourselves, we are fully convinced that this is the line of conduct which she has adopted, and from which she does not intend to depart." BOURSE, Oct. 22.—The market has been more buoyant, and prices show an improvement in the closing rates of Saturday. For the Account, Threes are now at 68f 95c; Mobilier, 707 f 50c; Orleans, 1,366 f 25c ; Northern, 971 f 25c; Mediterranean, 918 f 75c; Austrian and Lombard, 485 f. The fol lowing are the last quotations : 4i por per Cents ... 95 70 Credit Foßeier 897 50 Do end month.... Belgian .if 99 50 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 75 Roman Bank Shares .. 2845 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 696 25 Spanish Threes 4B 50 Do. Account 696 25 ; Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1365 .. 1363 75 Northern New ditto BB5 .. 885 Lyons and Mediterranean 915 .. 915 G - eneva Southern 505 .. _ _.... W es t ern Eastern Sardinian 387 50 .. 387 50 Austrian Lombard SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 18th publish nume rous paragraphs respecting the attempted assassi nation of the Queen, near the Puerta del Sol ; but all they say proves the affair was of no importance whatever. In the lodgings of the culprit was found a "Life of Masaniello." Although the mat. ter seems of no real consequence, municipalities and other public bodies were transmitting by tele graph their congratulations to the Queen on her providential escape ; and the Correspondancia mentions a report that six or seven persons had been arrested for suspected participation in it. The Nuncio at Madrid is stated within the last few days to have remitted to the Pope 20,000,000 reals (5,000,000 f.), which had been raised by the bishops. PASSPORTS IN NORWAY.—A Norwegian, in a letter to a contemporary, says :—" In Saturday's impression I read a letter dated Stockholm, the 10th of October, in which tho writer informed you of the abolition of passports iu Siiudeu, at the same time stating that this is the first in. stance of such a regulation in any part of continental Europe. Allow me to say that this is slightly incorrect. The initiative was taken by Norway, whero the last Stor thing entirely did away with passports. GALLANT LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—SIXTEEN LIVES SIVED.—FLEETWOOD, Saturday.—This morning, about 8 o'clock, during a heavy gale of wind, with a very high sea rolling over the banks, the American barque Vermont, of Halifax, slipped both her anchors in the offing, and drove before the gale on Barnett'sb ank, about three miles from Fleetwood. The lifeboat belonging to the National Life boat Institution was immediately manned by Capt. Wasey, R.N., her coxswain, J. Fox, and a crew of eleven men. After having been launched she was taken in tow by a steam-tug, which took the lifeboat to windward of the ship. After some difficulty and considerable skill on the part of the crew, a communication was effected with the wreck, from which 15 men and a pilot were fortunately taken off. They were soon afterwards safely brought on shore about one o'clock. As soon as they wore landed the services of the lifeboat were again called into requisition; but the re sult of her proceedings this time has not as yet been ascer tained. This excellent lifeboat has only . been on this im portant station about 12 months, but during that period she has been instrumental in rescuing during very stormy weather 27 persons from a watery grave from the wrecked vessels Anne Mitchell, of Montrose ; Catherine, of Newry ; the Jane Roper, of Ulverstone ; and the barque Vermont, of Halifax, as above related. Capt. Wasey, R.N., and the ' coxswain Fox have on each occasion been off in thelifeboat. 11ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. " Lucrezia Borgia" was represented last evening with an admirable cast. Titjens, as the Duchess, was in splendid voice. Giuglini was an exquisite Gennaro ; from "Di Pescatore" to " Pur-poiche dirlo e dato," through the lovely trio with the tuke and Lucrezia, and thence to the restored scena in act ii., opening " Cbm' e soave," all was the love liest of tenor singing. The applause at its close was im mense. Gassier is an Alfonso of the first rank. Madame Lemaire played Orsini well. The choruses were well sung, and the orchestra, under Arditi, close and effective in the familiar and pleasing accompaniraenta of this excellent opera. DBURY-LANE THEATRE. Last night a complete change of performances took place at this theatre, and the novelty of the evening was a one-act comedietta, entitled " Cherry and Blue," which, though evidently having a French origin, comes to us through the United States, where it was played by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. The acting of Mr. C. Mathews was, as usual, very good. Mr. Lambert looked and acted the little there was to do as an eld beau ♦ery well, and Miss Arden was easy and agreeable as the wife. The popular farce of " Little Toddlekins," in which Mr. C. Mathews and Mrs. Frank Matthews took the principal parts, concluded the evening's entertainment, which seemed highly satisfactory to an audience which filled all parts of the house. LY CEVM THEATRE. An American drama, entitled " The Pioneers of Ame rica," was produced here last night with new scenery and appropriate costumes, principally for the purpose of intro ducing Mr. Watkins in a character which has procured him great celebrity in certain portions of the United States. Jocko, a deformed slave, is the name of this hero, and his affection, courage, and readiness, mingled as they are with certain comicalities of manner and speech,: are very cleverly and minutely elaborated by Mr. Watkins, and we can understand that where the original is known his imitation would be duly appre ciated. Here, of course, much of the local colouring and personal interest is lost. The pioneers are the backwoods men of 1755, who venture or( the Indian frontier, and are presented by Mr. Campbell' and Mr. Neville, the latter of whom is in love with Isabel Carlton (Miss Kate Saville), and,ho rescues her from Nathan Bradbrook (Mr. Lyon) and his wicked son Guy (Mr. Villiers). The perils of these lovers form the interest of the piece, and it is in defence of the heroine that Jocko displays his remarkable qualities. We can understand that such a drama would have a great local success, but dramas, like many other things, suffer from transplanting. Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday on a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Saturday for Hawarden Castle, Chester. General Sir James Outram visited, on Friday last, the exhibition of the." Relief of Lucknow," at Messrs. Hayward and Leggett's, Cornhill. Sir James expressed himself highly gratified at the truthfulness of Mr. Barker's picture. We have reason to believe that Mr. Frederick Peel will be Mr. Laing's successor in the Secretaryship of the Treasury. The 29th birthday of Prince Frederic William was celebrated at Berlin on Thursday last. In the morn ing his Royal Highness received the congratulations of his household and of the officers attached to his person, at the New Palace at Potsdam, and later in the day received the felicitations of the Queen, the Prince Regent, and the other members of the Royal Family. In the afternoon a grand dinner took place at the New Palace. The marriage of Mr. Paget, English Minister at Copenhagen, with the Countess Hohenthal will take place on Saturday morning at the chapel of the English Em bassy, Berlin. The countess was formerly lady of honour to the Princess Frederick William, and the ceremony will be honoured by the presence of her royal highness. THE VICTORY FLAG SHlP.—This time-honoured ship, according to custom,. decorated her trucks and cap of her bowsprit, on Sunday, in commemoration of the ever to be remembered battle of Trafalgar. The Victory was built at Chatham nearly a centurysince, and the thorough repair she underwent at Portsmouth Dockyard some few months back will render her seaworthy for the next 30 years ; her timbers being as sound as on the day of her launch (1763). FIRE AT THE EAST SURREY WAX AND SPIRIT REFINERY.—A fire broke out yesterday evening on the pre mises of Messrs. Rowley and Co., wax and spirit refiners, 1 Camberwell-park, and was not extinguished until consider able damage had been done, especially to the counting house. THE ENGLISH EXCURSIONISTS TO GARIBALDI.— The following is an extract from a Naples letter of the 16th :—" A party of English, 670 in number, were landed here yesterday from England to join the army of Garibaldi. They excited some commotion in Naples." NEW ADMIRALTY ORDER ON THE SHIPMENT OP GUNPOWDER AND OTHER COMBUSTIBLES.—The following order has just been issued by the Board of Admiralty : " Department of Comptroller for Victualling and Transport of Stores, Oct. 20, 1860.—The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that when ever any quantity of gunpowder, ammunition, or combus tibles exceeding 20 feet is shipped in a hired vessel or freight ship, or any similar articles are shipped in the same vessel on private account, they must be properly secured by the owners in a magazine, fastened with copper nails, and provided with a copper padlock, with appendages for the door. The same regulations are to apply in all cases to ships engaged for the conveyance of troops when the num ber of men exceeds fifty. • Also that coals will not be per mitted to be shipped as cargo or placed in any vessel con veying a large quantity of Government powder, ammunition, or combustibles. Further, that no lucifer matches will be allowed to be shipped in any vessel wholly or partially char tered by Government." THE WEATHER IN THE NORTH SEA.—SHIELDS, Monday Afternoon.—l have another frightful disaster to record. Intelligence has reached here of the loss of the brig Valiant with seven of her hands. She left here on Tuesday, coal-laden, for Niewe Dieppe, and encountered a heavy gale on Thursday off the Humber. She shipped a tremendous sea, which swept away the boats, stanchions, &c., and took away the hatches from off the hold. Several other seas struck her and filled the hold with water. A schooner went to her assistance, but was unable to get a l o ngside. Very shor tly after the vessel was struck she went down head foremost, the crew jumping off her stern at the moment she sunk. Great efforts were made by the 111(1)a i n charge of the schooner to save them ; but they only sui- , --- 4 - 1 in rescuing a young man who floated u p o n one of the hatches. tx me. ..I boys are lost, with the master of the brig, Mr. Stolker. One of the Hamburg steamers reached the Tyne yesterday morn ing, two days over due. She had encountered bad weather in her voyage home. The captain reports that the vessel's deck was swept by heavy seas nearly all the passage across, the sea mid ocean being white with foam. To-day the rain has fallen incessantly, and the weather has a vary unsettled wild appearance. There is no word of the screw steamer Viscount Lambton, and it appears to be reduced to a cer tainty that she is gone with her crew of 16 hands. - The proper muster rolls of the Volunteer force, which ought to have been made in accordance with the act of August last, are not yet complete, and the War-office are taking steps to secure attention to this matter. The total number of Volunteers is understood to be under 130,000. ..41)/w and Navy Gazette. CONSERVATIVE DINNER AT WORCESTER.—The Conservatives of Worcester intend giving a grand banquet -n Thursday next, at the Guildhall, in honour of their re cently,Prme4 guest will ~. •• .11 Earl Beauchamp, DAt, association. It is expected that at least :;00 i‘e rlent, and that the company wall include ' -1 of Shrewsbury, Lord Ingestre, Lord lion. F. Lyon, Mr. F. W, Ehnley, Sir John Pakingroi, -.akers. ' The chair will Knight, and many other political si , ._ - - ' '. 00 13ank,— be filled by Si r E. A. H. Lechmerc, of 1.,.... ply Birminvkanz Past. TEE POPE AND TEE EMPEROR. The relations between the Court of Rome and that of France—between the spiritual head of the Catholic Church and that Church's eldest son— have become so Strained and so embarrassing, so awkward and so unsatisfactory, that whilst on the one hand the Pope, only two or three weeks ago, had positively announced his intention of with drawing from his protectors, on the other hand the members of the higher FrenCh clergy have renewed their attacks and redoubled their animosity against the Imperial Government. The fact is that the Ultramontanes have been overtaken by what ap pears to them as the greatest of all possible calami ties. They have been outwitted, out-schemed and out manceuvred. They hoped to subject France, and through France to subject Europe to their will ; but where they expected to possess a servant they have found a master. This result is, however, only the last stage of a diplomatic struggle between the Vatican and the Tuileries, which has never ceased for one day during the. last twelve years, and of which the alternate successes and varying fnrtnnes have, in their turn, exercised a momentous influence on the history of Europe and of civilisation. It is well worth our while shortly to recall the past if we would rightly understand the present charac- ter of the struggle. Apart from its historical inte rest, the narrative is not without its value to those who desire to form important conclusions respect ing the benefits which religion derives from the union in the person of the Supreme Pontiff of a priestly, with a royal character. The election of the present Pontiff was avowedly the triumph of French influence in the Sacred Col lege. Nor was that influence ever counteracted until the murder of Rossi, and the consequent flight of Pius IX. from his dominions. It continued to be felt in the arrangements respecting the flight itself. It was to the shores of France, not to the soil of Naples, that the fugitive priest and prince purposed to wend his way. Amongst the great events springing from little causes, with which the history of the world abounds, few are more striking than the direction given to the Papal policy by the interview, not expected to exceed a few hours, be tween Pius IX, and the late King of Naples. The low cunning of the Lazzarone Prince overruled the better judgment of the Pope, and checkmated the diplomacy of France. By cajoling and wheedling by fawning and adulation, and, it is hardly too much to say, by adoration, he prevailed on the head of the Catholic Church to remain as the guest of Saint Januarius rather than incur the hazards of Republican hospitality in Paris. We have begun at the beginning, because that beginning truly foreshadows the middle, and what, for the present, we must be content to regard as the end. Pius IX., giving the go-by to the French Ambassador at Rome, the Duc d'Har court, and throwing himself into the arms of the King of Naples,—obstinately refusing to concede amnesty, or lay administration, or financial con trol,—refusing to return to Rome, except in the plenitude of his absolute authority, only gave a foretaste, in 1849, of the senseless reactionary policy which has ended in the invasion of his domi nions in 1860. The obstinacy of the Pontiff was strengthened by the necessity imposed on the new President of the Republic of invoking the support of the Catholic priesthood. For soliciting that support at the period of his election, the present Emperor has been often severely blamed. His censurers might, perhaps, have mitigated their condemnation had they remembered that every Frenchman of emiaence would, at the same epoch, have probably acted in precisely the same manner. France was then playing a terrible game of rouge et noir, and desperately staking her fate and fortunes on the triumphs of a Red Republic, or the success of a priestly reaction. Black seemed to be the win ning card ; and one great political gamester, whose favourite colour black had always been, expected to pocket enormous stakes. The election of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was only intended as a step ping -stone to the grandeur and glory of M. De Montalembert, the political head of the French Ultramontanes, the channel through which the designs of Rome wore ea.puunded in the French Legislature and press, and equally the channel through which the chief members of the Jesuit party communicated their wishes and urged their schemes on the Court of Rome. In the Ultramon tane theory M. Montalembert, the lay organ of the Infallible and Universal Church, was to be everybody; Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, the mere stipendiary officer of the divided and re stricted State, was to be nobody. The inexorable logic of facts altered the arrangement. M. Mon talembert might indeed boast that he had helped to replace the crown of the Bonapartes n n the head of its present wearer ; but ho altogether overlooked the part aviaiah the traditions of Marengo, and of Austerlitz, and of Lodi, had in bringing about that result. The emperor-maker was not allowed even to become an emperor's minister. The most unprin cipled, ambitious, unscrupulous, and ungenerous politician in France found, as the result of all his scheming., that he was left stranded on St. Peter's rock with half-a-dozen intriguing Jesuits, and as many more "dames du nacre cow.' Bursting as he was with a vindictive rancour, he could, however, summon to his aid the occupant of St. Peter's chair. The intrigues of M. Montalembert in 1852-53 mark the real turning point in the relations between the Court of France and the Court of Rome. Count Walewski's demonstrations, three years later, at the Congress of Paris, were simply the smoke revealing a hidden fire. The arch intriguer laid his plans with great ability. He was aware how much im portance the Emperor justly attached —viewing the natter merely in its political bearings—to the eclat of a coronation by the Pope at Paris. He was aware, likewise, that the Pope was not indisposed, i n.aeys, that he was heartily inclined, to gratify the wsh of Napoleon 111., in the belief that Catholic revival would be effect ed by y appearance in Notre Dame. Both the goo d hisa g j a n t weak points of his character—both his d and the devotion and his vanity—were gratified by such a prospect. M. make the re- eligious rite, and Montalembert, working thro u g h his agents at Rome on the Pontiff, persuaded h im to estab lishment of marriage as a p urel y r the total abrogation of its civil c haracter, the indis pensable conditions of his visit to France. H e knew right well that the aceeptance of them eon. ditions was im possible----that making their accept ance a sine qua non was tantamount to a refusal to crown the Emperor at all. Pius IX. fell into the snare. The Vatican insisted. The Tuileries refused. PRUSSIAN INSOLENCE. rd t The National Zeitung remarks with rega, Lo the atrocity recently committed by PrusgiaLl officials at Bonn : • _ this ' natter in a ve r y " We, for our part, will dispose of h few word.. Whoever enters another mans house must ' conform to the rules which prevail i n it. In Germany i t i s not considered seemly to convert the coupe of a r a il way. carriage into a prize -ring ; whoever attempts to d o se ten-, dens himself liable to be arrrested by the poli ce , who in arresting him would, in u o pinion, only do th e i r duty. er to conduct him se lf towards a female in such a way We cannot suffer a foregn ° s i wo uld, were he i n hi s own coun try, expose him to public c ontempt. The se E nglishmen who t T ie will themselves to the p revailing manners and customs, happily, comparatively speaking, the ex accommoaduadto will never ha ve t o complain of any ex ceptions are very few, lack of attention. Perhaps, in s t r i ct justice, the balance would be ochre favour. Should, however, the En g li s h P ress seek to P a charter whereby when they come abroad her coun t r ymen shall be entirely un res t ra i ned, and excom _,ea to ever y country i n w hi ch ' a rough knot meets with ull' a sharp a.,,---s, ' it will be dec e i ve d , so far at least as Germany i s concerned. Those papers which labour under the delu sion that we will put up with insults for the sake of attract ing a few English tourists to our railways and hotols may be assured that we will not do so. As to whether, on ac count of such miserable squabbles, sho withdraws from us her friendship and alliance, we aro totally indifferent, con vinced as we aro that we shall have them again as soon as it is to her advantage to give us them, and in spite of our community of descent—not before. The entire excitement is superfluous. If the English press is anxious to do those tourists (who only leave their island in order to throw off all social trammels and give themselves out for ' high caste,' while at home they play but the most subordinate parts) a t real se rv i ce, they must at once place the whole cont.oineic% under an int er di c t, th en t h ere w i l l on l y remain Ow choice of a tour to Egypt or Hiadostan." tiONITON ELECTTON.—The writ arrived in the borough on Friday afternoon. It has been delayed in con sequence of the absence of the Lord Chancellor from Lon don. Mr. Spencer Cox, immediately on its arrival, tele , graphed for Mr. Moffatt, who is now at Honiton. The election took place yesterday, when Mr. Moffatt was re turned without opposition. LITERATURE. A Primer of the Art of Illumination, By F. Delamotte. 4to. E. and F. N. Don. Already we have had occas i on commend very cordi a lly t o tb' than once to attention of our readers the eloquent researe' cation of this charact'er: Dela motte in the art of Muir' Lips of Mr. F. `nation His last publi illustrative of the "a remarkablei volume, ornamental Alphabets, ancient and mediae p' f wards, iranr.o , ~s a ver_ y r. om the eighth century down ' .Aate pre considerable advance upon its , namely, - d i!Lecessor from the same skilled artist haa very ingeniously arranged series of " Examples of Modern Alphabets, plain and ornamental. Here, however, is a work upon a kindred theme far beyond either of those graceful compilations. It is, as its simple and unassuming title indicates, "A Primer of the Art of Illumina tion." We should, however, by the substitution of the definite for the indefinite article, suggest that its more appropriate title would be—as it really awl truly deserves to be—" The Primer of the Art of, Illumination." For the volume altogether is, to our thinking, in its way, quite without any competitor. Although it affects merely to be " For the Use of Beginners "—it is, nevertheless, worthy of the study even of proficients. As a rudimentary treatise upon the art of illumination, it is singularly complete and comprehensive. It is replete in its earlier pages with the most precise " Practical Directions" for the exercise of that art —the later portions of the volume being devoted to the presentation to view of coloured and uncoloured examples taken from illuminated manuscripts. Several of these last-mentioned being in truth the very loveliest specimens —not merely for instance in the simple but gorgeous effect of the scarlet and gold initial letters from a Bible of the 12th century, or in the single ornate and won drously elaborated capital from the Hone of St. Louis—but especially in two c)x.amples that ought in justice to be particularised as really the glories of this charming work—" Delamotte 's Primer of Illumination." First of alb—Plate viii. from the " Hours" of Henry VII. I 'with the white lilies and the gold and silv er butte :lies ! And secondly, and finally, as worthy of particular admiration, Plate ix. from the " Hour'" of Anne of Brittany, with the thorny stalks, the delicate blossoms, and the ripening fruit of t'ne blackberry, with here a lady bird, and here a green, coiling caterpillar. Re verting to the letterpress it should be remarked that in his arrauf:oment of the elementary instructions given to beginners, Mr. Delamotte first of all, most judirAously, lays down the principles and sib sequenti.y defines with extreme exactitude the prac tice of the art of illumination. His particularity exterads in this way to the precisest data in regard to the requisite paper, colour, and implements of the intended illuminator. For the artist's book shelves, for his drawing-room table, for the table I alike of the library and boudoir, Mr. Delamette's admirable Primer of'lllumination will be found at once eminently useful and eminently decorative. The Family and School Geography. By T. IL Staunton. One Vol., pp. 387. Richard Bentley. Mr. Staunton's Family and School Geography is incomparably the best----the fullest, the most reliable, and the most admirably arranged —among all the works of a similar kind that have ever come under our observation. We would very earnestly recommend it to the attention, certain that it will secure to itself, in very many instances, the ;inmediate adoption of the chiefs of our public ocminaries. D.R. ,TAMES PECH. The subject of our memoir, who has so suddenly appeared upon the musical horizon, is a very rising and indefatigable young musician, of about thirty years of age. He is the only child of a major in. the British army, who died in 1830, while on ser vice with his regiment in India, and of Mary Agnes Manners, daughter of a gentleman of the name of Sutton, whose ancestors were of a highly respectable origin, and one of whom was created. Archbishop of Canterbury. He has been very liberally educated at various public schools, but from his earliest years he has shown considerable predilection and precocious talent for music, and has, all his life, applied himself very assiduously to its study and practice. lie has travelled much in all parts of Germany, where he has enjoyed the friendship and been the pupil of various great mas ters in his art, amongst whom we may mention the venerable Schneider, the great pianists—Chopin, Czerny, and Deshler. He has written in a variety of schools ; but feet of his compositions are known to the general public. Those few, however, in style and character are re markable for their elegance and beauty, as well aS for a great amount of originality of sentiment and construction. The position he is now, however, called upon to occupy as a conductor will, doubtless, afford him opportunities of producing many com positions for the orchestra which, under other cir cumstances, would be difficult of accomplishing. As regards his merits as a e-tef d'orchestre there appears to be many conflicting opinions. It i 0 asserted by some that he requires more experience, but that he has all the elements within him necessary for becoming one of our best conductors. Others again advance that he is in every way qualified for such a distinguished position, for that he has more than an average amount 'of intellect in hiS interpretation of musical compositions, while his " beat" in the orchestra is bold, decisive, remark.* ably distinct, and intelligible. Others, again, assert that in conducting he is, perhaps, a little to o redun dant in action, and allows his enthusiasm to carry him too much away. As all these opinions, various as they are, can only at the present moment be esteemed as purely speculative, especially so when it is remembered that, with the exception of his debut as conductor at the English Opera, Drury Lane,* there has been but little opportunity of forming a correct estimate of his abilities or capabilities in London, it must be left to time and the public als to his future p os iti o n an d prospects. The opening of the " People's Philharmonic Concerts" at Exeter Hall has, how ever, given him another opportunity of distinguish ing himself, and undoubtedly he has done so, as may be gathered from the various criticisms that have appeared in the several papers regarding these concerts, at which he is conducting some of the most classical as well as miscellaneous music. He is a graduate in music of New College, Oxford, and has also been furth er di s tinguished by the pre sent Archbishop of Canterbury, who conferred upon him by diploma the degree of Doctor in Music. At present he is the principal organist of Kensington park Church ; he holds also the appointment of pianist and composer to the Co untess of Darnley, Benedict of the c spheres, he is generally L an o d nd is on a jooricnhtesctornadlultsosrocwiaittihon. Apart from his y public life, an d in private esteemed and admired fo r the amiabilit of his disposition , while his manner s an d b ear i ng are ever those of the educate d and polished gentleman. FRENCH COMMERCE. is the decree by which the Em pirTeheoffoltlhoewihngirmans is opened to French com merce : " The most gracious dominator of the earth and the waters, enlightened by the rising sun, tho lord and mno-i,v of .it the wlifte elephants, the posses sor of all supernatural arms, the regulator of exist ences of present times, and the sovereign dispensa tor of justice, has, in this year 1221, the n i nt h d a y of the moon Wagoon, accorded to General Maha d'Orgom the privilege of introducing, under his patronage and control, French manufactures by Means of speonlators and traffickers in all sorts of materials, and has given them the benefit of the fol. lowing favours :-1. From the present day is accorded to all French traders and to their representatives the liberty to enter the Empire of the Birmans, to visit every part of it, and to establish their residence in it ; and the protection and aid of the Emperor is assured to them. 2. The permission of t ra ffi c ki ng in all the prod uc ti ons o f the Empire i s a l so accor d ed to them, under the condition of conforming to the commercial customs of the country, 3. The free navigation of the river Irrawady is accorded to all vessels and steamers coming from France, and they and wharf dues. 4. shall T be he l land d e o fm n r otnea twoll n a b v a i n g k a s t i whichon may be neces sary for the establishment of yards for building and repairing vessels, for the storing of timber of all sorts, for factories, for en trepots of merchandise and of ar conceded. 5. The est to the lake Irra waddy mines shallof coal be w h ic gratuitously are ne the sole condition of s a h s a l l i l g b h e t conceded, proportio paying proportional tax on the produce of the working. 6. The admission at the fixed duty of from 6 to 10 per cent, of all merchandise brought by French vessels is accorded, and the mcrehan chandise shall be exe The following mpt from every other tax." adhesion of the Prince Heir to the throne, and of the Minister 9 in Council, is ap pended to the decree, " To the Viceroys, governors, intendants, and magistrates, it who lives notified that General d'O rgo ni, 0., Under the gracious influence a n d i n the favour of his Majesty the Emperor of the Birmans, because he has come from France to serve him, and because he has always shown him self - very faithf u l , very ac ti ve , an d very zealous, has solicit e d the concession of the above privilege, which is fully granted this present day of the year 1221 , the ninth of the moon Wagoon. And more over the most glorious lord, brother to the Emperor prince of war, has also graciously adhered to the said request, and has likewise granted it. And this has been thus notified by the Ministers."