The Sun. — London, England, 1859-11-19 00:00:00

ROYAL EN GLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the manazement of Miss L. Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison THIS EVENING, DIN O R A 11. Messrs. Santley, H. Corti, St. Albyn, and W. Harrison. Misses Pilling, Thirl- Wall, and Miss Louisa Fyne. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. Ballet,"LA FIANCEE. Messrs. W. H. Payne, H. Payne, 7. Payne, Mdlle. Lequine, Pasquale, Pierron, Mons. Vandris. Doors open at half-past 7—Commence at 8 o'clock. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with ILALLOWE'EN. After which, TIIE BACHELOR OF ARTS. Jasper (his original character), Mr. C. Mathews. Followed by a new Comedietf a, entitled THE LATE LAMENTED. And MY WIFE'S DAUGIITER. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the uertormances will commenci , with anew drama, entitled THE MASTER. PASSION. Messrs. Ryder, G. lifelville, Graham, P. Cathcart, Garden ; Miss C. Lec . ercq and Mrs. Charles Youre,. To be followed by A WONDERFUL WOMAN. Mr. A. Harris, Shore, Frank Matthews, and bliss C. Leciercq. After which, a new farce, in one act, entitled NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. Widdicomb, Meadows, H. Saker ; Miss L. Keeley and Mrs. Weston. To conclude with the Divertissement from LOVE AND FOR C UN E. NF.W THEATRE - ROYAL, ADEIPHI s o le proprietor and Mans.zer, 3fr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE DEAD 'HEART. Illessrs B. Webster. L. Toole, David Fisher, Paul Bedford. Stuart, Billinzton, 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, F. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- 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. 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 passen gers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING, a new Comedy, LONDON PRIDE ; or, Living for Appearances. Messrs. R. Robins, Barrett, Charles Young; Mesdames Frank Matthews, Murray, and Nelly Moore. Atter which (ith time) a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE SWAN AND EDGAR. Messrs. Barrett, Francis, Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with A DEAD SHOT. Mr. R. Cockrell. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform ante commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Westminster-road. Sole Legsee Mr. William Cooke. Extraordinary prosperous career of the new historical Dr.ma, in four rafts, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called GARI BALDI. New scenery -Magnificent Military Tableux.— Supported by a Powerful Company—Mr. R. Phillips, Ennis, Belmore, Raymond, Miss Kate Carson, &c. The Scenes in the Circle will be sustained by the best and most talented Equestrians of the day, Mr, John Henry Cooke, Miss Rosina Ma We. Marguerite, and a host of British, French, and American talent—Little Menoni, the wonderful Juvenile Equestrian—Facetious Clowns, Parisian Pierrots, and Ec centric Drolls -terminating cac' , Night with the comical and mirth-provoking Ballet entitled LOVE'S VAGARIES. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips CANTERBUR HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING.—The liusic of Verdi's Opera o . MACB ET EI (now first made public in England at these Con. certs). And a Grand Seeetion from Meyerbeer's new opera 01 DINORAII. Comic Vocalists -Messrs. Geor , e Unison (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfleld, and E. W. Hackney. Several Interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of tke most unique and brilliant Bights of the metropolis. nr)sA BON REHR'S celebrated PICTURE of the ITORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is °pc.' from 9 a.m. till 12 p.m. Admission, Six pence. — TIIEWEA.THER.—SuN OFFICE, NOTE3IBER 19. THETOCONETER, IN TILE SHADS. 47.—highest since noon yesterday. 42 —lowest this morning and during the night. 48—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.34. WIND, South-Westerly; light, with very fine coo] weather, and a clear blue sky. NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, Bh. 48m.—Afternoon, 9h. 24m To-Monnow -Morning, 9h. 59m.—Afternoon, 10h. 33m 414' 4 • 4-51 L • ' .„ • t, `~~-~ ,~, ,~~ ~, THE SUN. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1859. The existing state of affairs between this country and her nearest neighbsur makes us turn with in terest to everything that can throw any light on the sentiments or political situation of the Parisians. The appearance of the Revue lndependante* in this country immediately attracted attention, and when we consider the independence of its tone, and the importance of the subjects it discusses, we shall not be surprised that it found a ready circulation among English readers. The sketch which it gives of the state of the press in France is vividly and forcibly drawn; succinctly setting forth a few of the evils re sulting from the legal restrictions and Government interference which hedge around French journalism. In giving a brief summary of the law of February, 1852, the writer comments upon the evil influence of the very first article, which sets forth that no journal may appear without the authority of the Government. This introductsry article not only restricts the number over which surveillance is to be maintained, but it renders the existing journals absolute masters of the party they profess to repre sent. As the writer jastly observes, it is by no means indispensable that a journal should be under the control of traitors and impostors for it to betray the interests of its party. When we consider that the publication of the proceedings of the Corps _Legislatif and the Conseil d'Etat are forbidden, that the obligation to . insert whatever documents are sent by any person in authority is imperative ; that the penalties which attend the infringement of the law are severe, and include writer, editor, and printer; that the rules respecting suspensions and acertissements enabic those in power to terminate the existence of any journal which displeases them by a stroke of the pen, one need not marvel that an independent and outspoken journalist 13 more easily sought than found. One great evil resulting from the first article in La Loi seer la Presse we have referred to above,—that of the unfair or partial re- presentation of the views of a party. The writer in the Revue Indtpendante cites an insfance of this in le Siecle which originally represented the party of General CAVAIGNAC, but which for some • considerable time has ceased to represent him,. and, at the time of his death, was even at open diffe rences with him. The ancient party of CAVAIGNAC refusing to recognise the existing Government, would scarcely demand their authority for esta blishing a journal. If they did so, they would as suredly not obtain the required permission. They have consequently no means of expressing their opinions to the world, and are supposed to be re presented by the organ which has long forsaken their principles. As an example, we are told that the remain of the CAVAIGNAC party were strongly opposed to the war in Italy, of which Le Sieele was the vehement promoter. It is rejected by all the chiefs of its professed party, but it is absolute master of the field, and the scattered members of the party in the provinces or in Europe accept its views as the faithful exponent of the policy of their leaders. Supposing this to be th e case with the representatives of other parties, we can readily trace the effect on the public mind. The writer in the Revue suggests as a hypothesis, that a journal similarly situated should be secretly allied to the Government, 7nd the result would be that by a of art the G overnment would not happy stroke only arrange the tactics of i ts own party, but dis pose of the forces of the opposition. We, in this country,jire scarcely able fully to appreciate the difficulties and dangers with which a French jour nalist has to contend. If he wishes to criticise an act of the Government he runs the risk of his jour ' nal being suppressed. He cannot undertake this risk without the consent of the director, of the council of surveillance who represent the shareholders, of the printer whom the law declares an accomplice, and who exposes himself to com plete ruin. A Government employe may bring him an article which he is obliged to insert with out saying whence it comes, even though it may be directly antagonistic to his own views. The director, constantly menaced, in his turn warns the writers. The conseil de surveillance, the share holders, the printer, are all in their turn watch ing for the preservation of their liberty or their property. " There is many a journalist whom you judge to be timid or bought over," says one writer, " whose articles deprive his coadjutors of sleep." No wonder that in such a state of things the inde pendence of the press is but a name ; that it reserves the bitter censure which might find a more suitable vent at home for the doings of its neighbours; that while the English press forms the great safeguard of the liberties of the people against the relics of feudal tyranny in high places, and the stormy sophistry of democratic demagogues, the coun trymen of CARREL and BERANGER can find no voice to plead for that cause of national freedom and liberal government which has cost them more blood and tears than any other nation in Europe. The writer we have spoken of sums up the four safeguards against despotism as follows : ht. Honest elections. 2d. An independent tribunal. 3d. Magisterial integrity. 4th. The liberty of the prosy. In the spirit of SHERIDAN'S famous apostrophe, though unfortunately looking at the reverse side of the picture, he asserts that the three first of these essentials arc but a dead letter without the last. With a free press, the merits of candidates for elec tion are discussed, the parliamentary and legal debates are reported and criticised; but with this powerful enemy removed or silenced, it is not difficult for those in authority to influence or falsity the elections. The debates, unknown to the public, are powerless, and the magistracy, entirely dependent on Govern ment for advancement, are not likely to be incon veniently independent. And what results from these elaborate precautions—this carefully-woven net—this intricate and infallible political system ? A thorny and perilous tenure of absolute authority, an anxious and hazardous occupation of a doubtful dictatorship ; while the great body of the people, their eloquence silenced, their energy cramped, their intelligence insulted by the supervision and censorship of ignorant officials—are deterred from the pursuit of any of those honourable political careers so fascinating to an ambitious and intellec tual nation. But the evil reacts upon its xuthors. If the people are debarred from the free expression of thought and sentiment, the Government also lose the vast advantage of testing the temper of the time, of judging the force of public opinion on various questions, of measuring the national con tent or dissatisfaction. The free circulation of air is carefully excluded from every crevice. The fresh breeze is stigmatised as full of danger ; but let those in power take heed that the vacuum be not the precursor of a hurricane which shall play its part the more roughly from its unnatural and for cible suppression. Since writing the above we have received, by the second edition of the Times, from its Paris corres pondent, information which fully confirms the views expressed above. The correspondent says —" I have reason to believe that, with the view of obviating the effect produced in England by the violent language of a considerable portion of the French press, a confidential communication of an important nature has been addressed by the Minister of the Interior, M. Billault, to: all the Prefects in France. If lam correctly informed— and I have reason to believe that I am—the Minister expresses his regret that such exaggerated language should be used when speaking of the English people, as well by reason of the disquietude which it must excite among them, as that it tends to destroy the confidence and embitter the feelings of those of whose opinions the English press is the channel. The Prefects are reminded how much greater that unpleasant tact must be when this violent language is employed by journals usually supporting the policy of the Imperial Government,' and which is made responsible abroad for these excesses. The Prefects arc therefore instructed to request the journals in question to be more circum spect ; and, while they are at liberty to refute errors and protest against injustice and calumny, and to defend energetically the rights of the country, they Might easily avoid offending the susceptibilities of a great people, and rather promote friendly relations between the t wo countries." Now all this bespeaks the fear of NAPOLEON, more than his love for England. Why did he let loose the angry or bad feelings which he had him self excited throughout every part of France, and then like the incendiary, who found that the fire was raging beyond his calculation, endeavour to allay the blaze which had obtained too much ascendancy for him to smother ? That his fulminations throughout the Press have awakened a spirit of patriotic fervour in this country has now alarmed NAPOLEON, and all his arts will fail to sooth the irritation which his double dealing has aroused. We may listen to his declarations of friendship, but we will continue to arm all the same, for judging by his past conduct we shall not place any reliance upon his professions, however bland or hypocritical. We now know our friend, and shall deal with him after his own fashion. His friendship is but a mere flash in the pan, and shall be dealt with on its merits. " Thrice is he arm'd who hath his quarrel just, And ho but naked, thoughcas'd up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted." There is a dear little borough down in Sussex ; we quite forgot it was a borough when wo first drove through it in a chaise, mistaking it for a largeish agricultural village; and such, indeed, it is;—but with the assistance of t'ie whole, or parts of eleven surrounding parishes, it makes up the Parliamentary borough of Midhurst. Mr. COBDEN hails from its vicinity, however, and the Hon. SPENCER HORATIO WALPOLE was long time its representative; and since then the author of " Ten Thousand a-Year" enjoyed that honour. And if we went back to days prior to the Reform Bill, when it possessed but eighteen real voters, and one hundred nominal ones, the snug little borough could boast of giving a voice in Parliament to Lord Chief Justice Sir JOHN PRATT, to Lord PLUNKET, and even to the celebrated CHARLES JAMES Fox himself. It is one of Lord JOHN'S raral boroughs, a class ho would like to keep for variety's sake, and to prevent that dull uniformity of independent constituencies which larger towns present. The only difficulty is to dis tinguish it from the county constituency. It is, it._ deed, not so much a borough as a nice little manage able county of less than 300 voters, and not more than about 7,000 men, women, and children, scat tered over a district of some 23,000 acres. It is a pleasant country—no railway comes too near. A stage coach, however, may yet be seen at Midhurst, and if you wish to get quite out of the way of everything like town life, you cannot do better than get lodgings there for the summer, if, indeed, you could find th . em. The place is, however, large enough to maintain several shopkeepers, and the shopkeepers are, of course, electors, and for the most part very dutiful electors, seldom forgetting that Cowdray Hall has a right to do what it will with its own. In all families, however, even the best regulated, there will sometimes be turbulence ; sons and daughters, al most out of their teens, will fancy they are as wise as the paternal authorities, and set up for inde pendence of patriarchal control ; and at the last election even Midhurst tradesmen, some of them at least, turned unexpectedly wayward. Who was the proprietor of Cowdray ? Were they to be handed about, like the congregation of a parish church, to the nominee now of this patron, now of that? Were they adscripti glebae, or rather adscripti Coradrayensi If a Tory they must have, yet could they not have a Tory of their own selection ; one who should push aside the nominee of Lord and Lady EGMONT ? The fit came on strong, came on at the very eve of the election ; there was no time to bring heavy artillery to bear upon the refractory, and Mr. MITFORD, the present member, was installed by a kind of coup d'etat, in the midst of the con sternation and paralysis which had befallen Cow dray. When all was over the electors were sur prised at themselves ; they could hardly believe in their own act. The whole eleven parishes won• dered at their own pranks while their chain had for a moment snapped ; they are quite sure, how ever, that it will soon be mended. We learn, indeed, from the West Sussex Gazette that the process of repairing it is commenced already. Cowdray is asserting its rights. Appro priate penalties are in store for the rebellious or the rampant. Lord and Lady EGMONT may be flouted by a mob of vassals for the hour, but retribution speedy and protracted will teach the delinquents the peril of yielding to impulses of liberty. " My Lady" is, we are told, the executioner; Justice is a lady, not blind in Lady EGMONT'S case, but with eyes wide open to distinguish all the faithful to the Lord of Cowdray from the audacious voters for MITFORD. Deep down in the country as are the electors of Midhurst, they have far ad vanced on their painted ancestors, and they do need clothing. Like all dwellers in agricultural dis tricts they need much more than they can get of it. Very prudently they form therefore clothing clubs, to which they pay ld. a week. The sum is easily spared weekly ; and th• gown, or petticoat, or stockings it will purchase at Christmas come almost like a present then. But to encourage, as was supposed, this prudence, Lady EGMONT used philanthopically to add her half-crown to the 4s. 4d. of each contributor, and with 6s. 10d. to go mar keting with to the draper, the rustic dames and damsels might almost metamorphose themselves in the eyes of their lords and their sweethearts—there might be a new bonnet as well as a new gown, as things now go; and perhaps a little for warmth besides. The bonnet, now at least, ought not to cost much. So a ticket, by the help of Lady EGMONT'S liberality, was given to each depositor of the penny a week, which ticket was good to any tradesman who presented it to Miss WISDOM for the full six and tenpence. So at least it was understood. No limitation of tradesmen was in the bond ; but limitation it seems there was in the mind of my lady of Cowdray. The tradesmen dealt with must be those who had been faithful to their lord. If any shopkeeper had voted for MITFORD he must not gain any profit from the half-crown of Lady EGMONT and the accompanying four and fourpence being spent at his shop. Our tradesman, from whom the West Sussex Gazette had this information, NVaS told by some of his old club customers that if they dealt with tradesmen who had voted for MITFORD, as he had done, they could not have the ticket. Not a little surprised, ho sent an assistant to ask an explanation of Miss WISDOM, the secretary of the club ; he was told " That the report was true, that the interdict was put on his shop by order of Lady EGMONT, on ae• count of the election ;" and, it was added (by Miss WISDOM, we presume), " that he ought to have thought of the consequences of supporting Mr. NIITFORD against the interest of Lord and Lady EGMONT; and it was understood that Mr. MITFORD'S supporters were not to expect any support from Cowdray." The result was that instead of supplying about half the number of the club for six and ten pence each, he only supplied those who refused to submit to Cowdray restrictions, and who demanded the return of their simple four and fourpence. Sometimes we are told that exclusive dealing is all a fancy ; that tradesmen cry out before they arc hurt ; that if a customer resorts to another shop because the goods are cheaper or better, directly there are exclamations about loss of custom for the sake of a vote and so forth. SYDNEY SMITII could easily enough draw ludicrous pictures of this kind. We have little doubt that the intimidation of this sort is in substance very extensive. But it is rarely, indeed, we can catch a Lady EGMONT in the very fact. There is seldom need of the intimidator of the shopkeeper committing himself or herself. Clothing clubs, and " half-crowns addi tional," are but rarely in the hands of one lady, or indeed of one set of politicians. It is the fact, we believe, that in smaller towns, and in the country, the shopkeepers are amongst the most timid of the electors. Most frequently they have customers on both sides. The minority Liberals, probably; yet too important to them to be lost. The majority, including se'reral of the neighbouring gentry, they dare not offend, so they remain neutral. Yet these men have an opinion —only, for their business' sake they dare not utter it. We have known them give one vote for each side, or one partner vote one way, and one the other ; or, as we have said, remain neutral. Nothing but the Ballot can pretend to offer protection for this kind of corruption. We may see here, too, how those who hate bribery may be drawn into what may become eventually corrupt practices. Who would have blamed Mr. MITFORD if he had said —I will add three and sixpence, instead of Lady EGMONT'S half-crown, to the four and fourpence of those who deal with the punished trades men ? Or who would have not been ready to sub scribe to augment the four and fourpences of those who dealt with the tradesmen excluded from the custom of Lady EGMONT'S club ? Then the two clubs might have gone on bidding against each other, till the highest bidder became the buyer of the election, and the final result might have been a House of Commons fishing out the curious fact that the electors of Midhurbt were managed through clothing clubs, and that Lady EGMONT and her MissWispom had originated the clever contrivance. Poor Mr. WILLIAM MILLER, we are very sorry, :ndeed, to see it, is not yet " ont of the wood " in his relations with his constituency. It may be remembered that the hon. gentleman was reported some time back to have made certain specific and explicit statements in respect to some mys terious paper said to have been drawn up, if we recollect rightly, by himself, and to have been afterwards countersigned by the Earl of DERBY, when the fortunes of that noble lord's Cabinet were trembling in the balance of a momentous division in the House of Commons—a division then fast approaching. The document in question, of course, was understood to contain within it nothing less important than a series of categorical stipulations as to a Reform Bill promised thus in writing by the noble Earl as Chief of the DERBY Government. It may also be borne in recollection that more recently Lord DERBY—as recently, by the way, this was as the 29th of this last October—namely, upon the occasion of the grand Tory demonstration at Liver pool—availed himself of the opportunity of a public speech to state distinctly and emphatically, that no such papar had been countersigned by him for the satisfaction of the qualms of conscience of Mr. MILLER, M.P. for Lei:h. And Lord DERBY added to this explicit and absolute counter-statement of his own, as to this apocryphal, or rather purely supposititious, document, that in answer to an inquiry addressed by his lordship to Mr. MILLER, he (Lord DERBY) had received a communication from Mr. MILLER, stating, in so many words, that that gentleman had been " wholly misrepresented.' , Hereupon, on the 12th inst., certain of the electors of the borough of Leith address to the ex-Premier, we cannot but think rather unneces sarily under the circumstances (for Lord DERBY'S explanation was, to all intents and purposes, suffi ciently positive and sufficiently comprehensible)— a long letter putting the case all over again, re counting every circumstance of it ab initio, and then demanding from Lord DERBY a plain Yes or No, after the approved fashion of Sir CULLING EARDLEY, Bart. Having recapitulated these parti culars the letter goes on to say—"lt is the general opi nien here that the gentleman your lordship referred to is Mr. WILLIAM MILLER, M.P. for this district of burghs ; and, supposing such to be the case, we beg to state that we were present at Mr. MILLER'S meet ing held here on the evening of the 14th of /Mo lter last, and that we heard him distinctly say in his speech that the document in question had been signed by your lordship." And as if this were not sufficiently plain-speaking as to the incident, the elec tors add, in their letter to Lord DERBY, that " On Mr. MILLER making this assertion one of the elec tors interrupted him, asking how it happened that your lordship had signed a letter which was ad dressed to yourself, and Mr. MILLER then explained that it had been signed by you in acceptance of the terms contained therein." Having said which the electors of Leith content themselves with observing to the ox-Premier, in conclusion, " We consider it our duty, without comment, to make your lordship acquainted with the real state of the case, and we have thought it right to send Mr. MILLER a copy of this letter." The noble lard's reply is sufficiently curt and characteristic to be given here in its entirety : " Knowsley, Nov. 15. " Gentlemen,—l have had the honour of receiving this morning your letter of the 12th inst. Having received some time ago a statement in writing from Mr. Miller, which, as far as I am concerned, was perfectly satisfactory to me, I must beg to decline any furtherinterferonco with a matter with which I have no concern, and in which there appears to be some misunderstanding between that gentleman and his constituents.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, "Mr. D. M'Lareu and others. "DERBY." The sequel to all which now devolves, of course, upon Mr. WILLIAM MlLLER—supposing that gentleman, that is to ;ay, to care one straw for the good opinion of his own constituency. 3,_.0, c •„, --,;,---,,t . ,-e,.. - T O -- ,E — :' t'i, -•!._J!. -- i.:, ,:-24',..-±_c__,.,-4.•,-..ig,,,,„„n`,,AtEr.: * Revue Indepenclante. Jeffs, Burlington-arcade, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, 18b9 THE GENIUS AND WRITINGS OF ELIZA COOK. (From the Era, of this day.) A critical and well-digested discoure upon one of the people's poets is certain to meet with success. The people love to hear under what influence and circumstances their favourite bards wrote, and are gratified to learn how one risen from the ranks, and abundantly gifted with genius to describe popular wants and aspirations, managed to ascend the high pedestal of fame. A discourse of this kind, while interesting in itself, is rendered doubly so when the subject happens to be one of our living female poets, and the lecturer is a lady of good attainments and of a critical turn of mind. Mrs. Henry Thomas, who appears to be a great favourite in the City, delivered an able and interesting lecture upon the writings and Genius of Eliza, Cook on Tuesday evening last, at the Jews' and General Literary and Scientific institution situate in Leadenhall-street. The hall was crowded, and the illustrations the lady gave in exemplification of the works of the I poetess received well-merited applause. Nor was the lecture itself less appreciated. The lecturer showed that Eliza Cook never entered upon sacred subjects without cognisance of her high and holy purpose. In the whole range of her works the fair lecturer said it was difficult to find a better speci men of her genius than " The Mourners." She also well described her capabilites for epic poetry, and gave as an illustration a piece entitled " Honesty." TIIEATRICALS AT WINDSOR.—The dramatic re presentations are about to recommence at Windsor Castle, by her Majesty's command. The first performance will take place on Wednesday next, the 23d inst. The pieces selected have been the favourite comedy of " The Evil Genius," in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Chippendale, and the other popular performers of the Haymarket company will perform, and the comedietta of "To Oblige Benson," in which Mr. Robson, Mrs. Stirling, and the Olympic corps appear. The Duke of Bedford, it is said, is selected to succeed the late Earl de Grey as Lord Lieutenant' of Bed fordshire. The Countess of Airlie was safely delivered of a daughter on Wednesday, at Cortachy Castle. Her ladyship and infant are progressing favourably. The Countess Apponyi arrived at Chandos House yesterhy, from Paris. LIFE-BOAT SERVICES.---It appears that during the present year the lifeboats of the Royal National Life boat Institution .have, at various points of our coast, been actively called into operation on 66 different occasions. The result has been that 134 lives have been saved off 23 wrecks, besides assisting five vessels safely into port. On 23 occa sions it happened that when the lifeboats had tail off in re ply to signals of distress, the vessel either got out of danger or her crew were rescued by other means. Again, crews as sembled several times to give assistance, but were not re quired to put off to sea. For these valuable services the crews were paid nearly £6OO. Nearly all these services took place in stormy weather and heavy seas, and often in the dark hours of the night, and yet not a single accident happened either to the lifeboats or to any one of the gallant fellows who had put off in them. On these, and on occa sions of quarterly exorcise, the lifeboats were manned pro bably by no less than 4,000 persons. Such practical proofs as those of the great value of tho Royal National Lifeboat Institution in a maritime country like ours cannot possibly be overrated, and surely it. has the highest claims on our support; and the more we hear of its operations in various parts of the coast, the more we feel urged to press its claims on public notice. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.--The weekly meeting of the board was held yesterday, at Guildhall ; Mr. John Thwaites in the chair. The cash statement showed the net balances amounted to £119,904 lls. 4d. Mr. Bris tow, M.P., brought up the report from the whole board com mittee, on communication from the clerk of the board, rela tive to his position and duties ; to vary,"so far as may bo necessary, the resolution of the 7th and 18th January, 1856, and 27th November, 1857, in relation to the appointment, salary, and duties of clerk, and to pass the requicito orders thereon. The recommendation in the report having received some verbal amendments, was to the effect that Mr. Wool rych be appointed legal adviser and standing counsel of the board, at a sum of £BOO annually, in consideration of his casesr y p e e r imsn to wo n g the which iechat duties h liberty e chap ha enumerated practisema hold ebrr briefs e e f d s inaas as counsel report. ounbarrister,selo f Mr. andthelbVi no o a o ar l• di in the superior cent ts, before parliantentary committees, arbitrators, and the like, he do receive the usual profes sional fee upon his brief; and that the foregoing sum of £3OO be paid to hint as a retainer for his services; and that the arrangement take effect as soon as the new clerk has been appointed and has entered on his duties. Mr. Bris tow moved, " That the recommendation of the committee be adopted, and that it be referred to a committee of the whole board to consider tho duties which will have to be performed by the future clerk of the board consequent upon the new arrangement adopted on the 12th instant, and the proper salary to be paid to the future clerk, and whether such duties can be efficiently performed by any of the exist ing staffer officers of the board, and to report thereon to the board ; and that such committee be summoned for next Fri day at eleven." Mr. Carpmael seconded the motion. Mr. Deputy Harrison opposed the motion, and moved an amend ment, which was seconded by Mr. Legg. After considerable discussion, the board divided, when the amendment was lost, as was another moved by Mr. Leslie, seconded by Mr. Ben nett, in faysur of referring the matter back to the committee. Mr. Savage moved that the salary of Mr. Woolrych should be £6OO a year instead of £BOO, as proposed, which, after some discussion, was negatived by a majority of 24 . to 10. The original motion was then put and carried by a large majority. The usual routine business having been disposed of, the board adjourned. ASTLEY' THEATRE. Real watermen, if not real water, ruled the waves at Astley's last night, and in such aquatic force as almost to elbow the great Italian warrior, Garibaldi, from the stage, li and certainly the horses from the arena. But this unprece dented muster of jolly young watermen and their boating patrons, concerned something nearer to them than the question of Italian independence or the success of Mr. Tom Taylor's hippodramatic piece. It was to give a helping hand to a brother waterman, Henry Kelly, the ex-chain pion of the Thames, whose laurels were so unexpectedly won from him by Robert Chambers, of Newcastle, in the recent contest for the championship. A very general sym• pathy was felt for Kelly's defeat, and, under the active superintendence of Mr. Thomas Moreton and other friends, it was arranged that the gallant man should take a benefit at one of the metropolitan theatres, te reimburse him to some extent for his loss, and show the high appreciation in which he was held by the aquatic world. Astley's was the theatre chosen for the purpose, and last night the house was crowded to overflowing. With admirable judgment the musical farce of " The Waterman" was chosen as the piece de resistance; the new drama of " Garibaldi," a miscella neous concert by some of the choicest of the Canterbury Hall singers (with the permission of Mr. C. Moreton), and the indigenous " scenes in the circle," making up the rest of the evening's entertainment. Mr. Augustus Braham was the Tom Tug and Miss Rebecca Isaacs the Wilhelminainthe "Waterman;" and the encores of the favourite nautical songs of the former, and the interpolated ballads of the latter, were fast and fnrious. The most striking incident in the operetta was the appearance on the stage, in the last scene, of "all the celebrated watermen of the past and present day, each man wearing his coat and badge." These are very pic turesque garments, more especially in the contrasts they present of scarlet and green ; and this part of the entertain ment was particularly relished by the amphibious audience who had assembled to do honour to the fallen chief. The great excitement of the evening was produced at the finale of the farce, when Kelly and Chambers, stepping from out the ranks of their "coated and badged" friends, came to the footlights, and, at the timely instigation of Mr. Braham, thanked the audience for their presence, and at the same time exchanged a friendly word over their late contest. All the " jolly young watermen" on the stage (and they in cluded the chief prizemen from London Bridge to Putney), comported themselves admirably, and none but an enemy would say that they looked like fish out of water. Mr. Moreton, of Canterbury Hall, deserves much praise and many thanks for the admirable and business-like way he carried out the whole of the proceedfngs. DEATH OF MR. ROBERT GUNN, OF GLASGOW. We regret to observe from our obituary the death of this highly-respected gentleman, which took place of Lisbon on the 14th inst., whither he had repaired to recruit his health. Mr. Gunn had been connected with the newsaper press of this country for 30 years; and by unremitting energy and perseverance, in conjunction with his partner (Mr. Came ron) succeeded in establishing two lucrative newspaper properties, viz., the General Advertiser, Dublin, and the .Yorth British Daily Mail, Glasgow. Mr. Gunn became the acting proprietor of the Nail in 1848; but it may be mentioned that previous to his connection with the Mail it had undergone so many vicissitudes that it had well-nigh become engulphed in the general wreck of that stormy period in commercial affairs. His large experience and forethought, combined with considerable capital, enabled him to weather the storm; and from that time up till within a short period of his decease he had been unceasing in his endeavours to make his journal the thorough representative of the interests of Scotland at large, whether social, political, or commercial ; and taking Glasgow for its centre, it may fairly be said that to his assiduity the commercial metropolis of Scotland in particular owed the existence of a daily organ at a time when such a privilege was not enjoyed in any city in Great Britain, London only excepted ; but in the attain ment of this object Mr. Gunn had to surmount obstacles that would have overwhelmed any ordinary man, and thereby, we fear, helped to produce that illness which has terminated in depriving the city of Glasgow of one of her most intelligent and enterprising citizens. In business he was a man of unimpeachable integrity, straightforward in all his dealings, and gentlemanly in his deportment to all. It is only a short month since he left his home to seek a warmer climate in order to restore his shattered frame, but death has stepped in and cut him down in the prime of life and in the midst of his usefulness. MARRIAGE AMONG THE DI?USES. Their women are generally very beautiful, being fairer than the other inhabitants of Lebanon, and they are distinguished by the most lovely dark blue eyes, long raven tresses, and teeth of pearly white ness. The men generally marry at from sixteen to eighteen years of age ; they take but one wife, and always choose partners from their own tribe. The bride is usually from thirteen to fourteen years old. Three days I - efore the wedding the bridegroom, accompanied by his male friends, goes to the house of his intended, and demands her in a formal man ner from the hands of her father, who fornially gives his consent. They then agree upon the amount of dowry which the husband is to settle on his wife. The bride is led forth for a moment, closely veiled, accompanied by her mother, who vouches for the purity and honour of her daughter. The bride then presents her future husband with the khanjar or dagger, which serves at the same time to show the protection she expects to receive from him, and as an instrument of punishment should the decla ration of her mother be false, or should she subse quently break her marriage vows. The bride, at teaded by the women, spends the day gaily in the bath ; while the bridegroom and his friends amuse themselves with horsemanship, or in drinking coffee and smoking chibouks at the house of the bride's father. This continues for two days; on the third the bride is conducted, with considerable ceremony, to the house of the bridegroom, closely covered with a red gold spangled veil, which in the nuptial cham ber he removes and presents her with the tantoor. This he places upon her head, where it remains both night and day, while life remains. The Druse pos sesses absolute power to divorce his wife, first pay ing the stipulated dowry. Nevertheless divorces are exceedingly rare, and they seldom take place at all except for very serious causes. If a woman is guilty of conjugal infidelity (which is extremely uncommon), she always pays the penalty with her life. The husband sends his wife back to her father's house, and with her, th e khan jar which he had re ceived on his marriage, but without the sheath. This notifies her disgrace to the family. The dis honour does not attach to the husband but to the relatives of the wife, and can only be washed out with her blood. The father sits in solemn judg ment over the wife at her husband's house, and if the evidence is sufficient her doom is pronounced. A father's love is of no avail, a mother's shrieks cannot stay the hand that strikes, nor a sister's tears mitigate the punishment. The executioner, generally the eldest brother, severs her head from her body, and the tantoor, with a lock of her hair, steeped in blood, sent to the husband, testifies that the deed has been accomplished. —Two Years in Syria. The mortal remains of the Earl de Grey were removed from St. James's-square yesterday morning to Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, preparatory to their interment in the family vault. The Sion tear of yesterday publishes the following announcement :—" MM. Moon, Sir James Duke, and David Salomons, all three formerly Lord Mayors of the city of London ; Sir Henry Muggeridge, Alderman ; C. Crosley, ex-Sheriff; Thomas Weguelin, Thomas Dent, William Gladstone, John Distin Powles, Matthew Uizelli, and Sir William Topham, Commander of the Royal Body Guard, have been nominated ' Chevaliers de la Legion d' Honneur.' " BUTTERFLIES IN NOVEMBER.—A correspondent of the Plymouth Journal, writing on the 14th instant, says :—" I was agreeably surprised yesterday, while walk ing through Saltrant Woods, to notice a large and magni fw_eutly coloured butterfly fluttering gaily among some shrubs. It was the largest and gaudiest I ever saw; and to be found here in the month of November is, I think, rather a rare occurrence." TRIAL BY JURY IN THE CASE OF DR. SAIETIIURST.—WhaO the Homo Secretary's clear percep tion of his duty in the case of Dr. Smethurst will conunarni the acknowledgment of all reasonable men, it is to be doubted whether the comments with which his act of authority is accompanied will meet with such general ap proval. Some of these remarks deserve all the closer scrutiny because they appeax designed to imply that the Government do not intend to direct Parliamentary attention to a blot in our system of criminal judicature which the Smethurst case has brought into ugly prominence. " The necessity," says Sir G. C. Lewis, "which I have felt for advising her Majesty to grant a free pardon in this case has not, as it appears to me, 'Arisen from any defect in the constitution or proceedings of our criminal tribunals." Now, if on the face of the matter it is evident that our criminal tribunals have come to a decision which the Minister finds it necessary on his own responsibility to reverse, how can it be pretended that there is no def,ct either is their constitution or proceed ings ? "It c., the necessity) has arisen," he continues, " from the imperfection of medical science, and from the faiiliiility of judgment, in an obscure malady, even of skilful and experienced medical practitioners." 'There is a degree of contusion here which we should not have expected to meet with in any sentence traced by the Home Secretary's prac tised pen. The considerations referred to may very con ceivably account for the necessity of setting Smethurst at large in spite of the weight of suspicion against him, but not for the necessity of his being pardoned by the Queen. The question is, who is to decide whether in a special in stance medical seience is imperfect and professional judg ment untrustworthy ? Common belief is that this function dovolvea upon the Court before • Audi the case is brought, and if the Curt is unable to perform it in a way which shall emunand, humanly speaking, absolute acceptance and sub mission, we are totally at a loss to know how its constitu tion and method of procedure can be considered perfect. As i t is, we cannot help asking Sir George C. Lewis what be thinks of the jury who tried Smethurst at the Central Cri minal Court ? It is to be presumed they were mill of fair intelligence, and animated by a conscientious sense of the solemn duty they were called upon to perform. if they were not, there must certainly be a very decided "detect in the constitution of our tribunals."—Manchester Guardian. LATEST NE WB. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, Nov. 19. The Constitutionnel of to-day confirms the state ment which appeared in the Patrie, namely, that the Anti de la _Religion would be prosecuted for publishing the letter alleged to be from the King of Sardinia to the Emperor of the French, relative to the Regency of Prince de Carignan. PARIS, Nov. 18. Prince Latour d'Auvergne will replace the Mar quis de Moustier as Ambassador at Berlin. It is supposed that M. Buoncompagni will tender to the Sardinian Government his resignation as Regent of Central Italy. 31ADRID, Nov. 18. The Correspondencia Autografa contradicts the rumour that the Spanish Government had received a diplomatic note from England, relative to the ex pedition to Morocco. The Patric of this evening asserts that the letter published in the Aini de la Religion, alleged to be an answer of the King of Sardinia to the Emperor of the French, bears the full character of an apo cryphal document. The same journal further says it has reason to believe that the And de la Religion has been seized for this publication. MARSEILLES, FRIDAY. The Akhbar publishes the following despatch of General Martimprey, dated Isly, 9th inst.:— " General Durrieur announces that after an im mense razzia, undertaken against the Maias and the Angades, Benigel and Si-Hamza have been taken by surprise by the commander of our troops. Our conditions have been accepted, and hostages surrendered to us. The expeditionary force will recross the frontiers on the 11th, and will then be broken up." The Paris correspondent of the Times (Second Edition) says : "I have reason to believe that, with the view of obviating the effect produced in England by the violent language of a considerable portion of the French press, a confidential communication of an important nature has been addressed by the Minister of the Interior, M. Billault, to all the Prefects in France. If lam correctly informed— and I have reason to believe that I am—the Minister expresses his regret that such exaggerated language should be used when speaking of the English people, as well by reason of the disquietude which it must excite among them, as that it tends to destroy the confidence and embitter the feelings of those of whose opinions the English press is the channel. The prefects are reminded how much greater that unpleasant effect must be when this violent language is employed by journals usually supporting the policy of the Imperial Government, and which is made responsible abroad for these ex cesses. The Prefects are therefore instructed to request the journals in question to be more circum spect ; and, while they are at liberty to refute errors and protest against injustice and calumny, and to defend energetically the rights of the country, they might easily avoid offending the susceptibilities of a great people, and rather promote friendly rela tions between the two countries. "By pursuing this line of conduct the Minister is'of opinion that the dignity of the Imperial policy may be reconciled with the interests of the alliances of France, and the nzaintenancc of peace, and with this view the Prefects are invited to use their in fluence with the press, and with public opinion. The Prefects are requested to communicate their views on this sub.ject, in a confidential manner, to those journals that usuually support the Govern ment, and not to interfere with the others unless in cases where their exaggeration tends to manifestly counteract the wishes of the Government on this point, "The foregoing is a fair summary, though not a literal transcript, of the instructions transmitted within the last five or six days to the Prefects of Departments by the Minister of the Interior. I believe them to be authentic, and I have little doubt we shall soon see the effect. I confess I attach some importance to the measure. I have, of course, a strong dislike to the hand of authority inter vening to prevent the expression of opinion, how ever passionate, unjust, or hostile. The inconve nience to the Government of a system like that under which the press in France exists is great, for the governing power is, as the Ministerial instruc tions imply, naturally identified with the hostility of a journul which is supposed to exist only on suf ferance. But these instructions seem to me im portant from the fact that they imply, if they do not express, the desire of the Emperor of the French to ' preserve the good relations between the two nations,' and to reconcile the interests of France with the interests of her allies, and 'the mainte nance of peace.' Whatever importance you may attach to them, I have only to repeat the assurance that they are perfectly authentic." BOLOGNA. Tho following letter from Bologna of the 13th (before the late changes and events) appears in the Independence of Brussels : "In the first place I must inform you that the report of an intended insurrection in the Marches is absolutely false. The situation of that province is such that unless aided from without any attempt at insurrection would be certain of failure: The rumour could only have originated in a supposi tion, for a moment entertained by the public, that the Marches Vi er e about to be invaded by the Itomagnese troops at Rimini, and it was hence in ferred that a revolutionary movement was about to take place. The cause of the whole mistake was a military promenade imprudently commanded and conducted by General Mezzacapo on the Pon tifical territory. Some persons have pretended that this promenade was necessary for the health of the soldiers, who required to breathe the purrr air beyond Cattolica ; others look upon it as a mere provocation. The latter explanation seems most probable, for a promenade does not absolutely require sham fighting nor to be equipped as if going into action, and still that is how the troops pro ceeded along the coast to within a short distance of Pesaro. After some sham fighting for several hours, the Mezzacapo division returned to its cantonments, and tranquillity has been nowhere disturbed, except, perhaps, in the barracks of the Pontifical Swiss soldiers, but who have kept most scrupulously on the defensive. 'I he ill-advised proceeding has been severely judged, not only by the public, but also by the general in-chief hiinself (Garibaldi), who was then at Modena, and is consequently no way re sponsible for it. Indeed, on being apprised of the fact, lie first sent an order by telegraph to Bologna to relieve the army on the frontier by the Tuscan troops here, and afterwards went himself to super intend the change. Detachments of the Itomagnese troops, I am informed, are to be sent to Florence and Modena." The Universal German Ga:ette states that the Danish envoy in the Germanic Diet has presented a new note on the question of Schleswig Holstein to the different Committees of the Diet :-- "This document, after mentioning the acts done in c-mnection with the question since the beginning of the year—and especially the ordinance of the 23d Sept. last, which reduces to 21.21 per cent. the share of Holstein in the common expenses of the monarchy—says that the attempt made to come to an understanding with the provincial Stat es of Holstein has failed, but that nevertheless the Danish Government has not yet lost the hope of arriving by discretion at an under standing which may form the basis of a d urable settlement. The experience, however, whi ch has been obtained shows that it would be batterr to enter into new discussions in another form, an 6 n a inure comprehensive manner than before. The i King's Government therefore intends so t o act Is that the deputies of the Duchy of Holstei n shalt shortly meet in a common Conference with tad tin representatives of the rest of the monarchy it also intends that the members of the Conference shall be elected in equal numbers by the Asson" bly of the States of Holstein and the Suprem e Council. In this Conference the different opinions entertained as to the best manner of regulating th e general affairs of the monarchy may in . a common accord ; perhaps, also, te e D achy difficulties which have arisen to the of Holstein being comprised in a comnin.ll constitution of the monarchy may be removed, _l,ll the . event of the constitution of the 2d Oct., 18 °f!, being modified—a measure which in other repro': appears just and desirable. By a general anta, complete discussion, directed by the Governrnen_ yo says the note, between the representatives of tn,. different parts of the monarchy, the Governme.T rest! hopes . that a constitution may be prepared, u ill lead to a definitive arrangement responding lo the idea which the different parte of the countrl . torm of their interests and rights. The underetgrcia: in . acquitting himself by the present comet i.e_ tion . of the task which has been confided to htm to , avails himself of the opportunity to exPre e b s . ( , b the united commissions the assurances of his P i a consideration. " Frankfort, 2d November." c, BuLOW. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDA Y ' The Moniteur says :—" From an intention which is much to be blamed, several j o urnals every del, enumerate the pastoral letters of the bishops (' France who order prayers to be offered up for the Sovereign Pontiff. The enumeration has evidently for object to present the French Episcopal Bench as jointly responsible for the mistrust which thosee journals have endeavoured to propagate. In order to enlighten public opinion as to the character °I this manceuvre, it suffices to say that in the pastoral letters of our venerable prelates the wisheO is favour of the Pope are almost always ac companied by marks of the most entire confidence in the Ee l i : peror's intentions. It is, therefore, only from a fe e :, ing of religion that the Government has thougM necessary to require from the journals the extrerao reserve concerning acts on which it is not enter into any discussion, and the general terms 0 ! which moreover prove the patriotism of the Frenen clergy." The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia and her children, accompanied by the Prefect of the Sein e ' yesterday visited the Hospital Lariboisiere. been THE BOURSE, Nov. 18.—The market has heavy, and prices lower. Threes, after having be en pro Per to_ gobilie r done at 69f. 95c., declined to 69f. 85c. varied from 777 f. 50c. to 775 f.; Orleans, 1, 3651 '1 Lyons, 887 f. 50c. ; Northern, 955 f. ; Austrian an u• were Lombard, 545 f. to 546 f. 25c. The following the last quotations : II per Cents. 95 55 Credit Fonder.... 695 -- Do. end month Belgian 4f .. . .... 5 25 3 per,Cents 69 85 Piedmontese (5).. '" 50 Do. end month 69 95 Roman .......... Bank Shares Credit Mobilier - Do. Account Accoun t ' Cash. Orleans Northern . .. Mew ditto Lyons and Mediterranean - Geneva Southern 5555 5 7000,5 0 8 3 85 8 ; 5 3 o f 065 Western 565 -- • • 650 4 65 100 546 --25 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard oneif Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25 f. 12c- ;2,1 9,5 q 25f. 10c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 97ic. ; 111°neY' RAILWAYS. AMERICA. • LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY INTORNO°. The Persia has arrived, with advices from N° * ' York to the 9th, and 250,000 dollars on freight. d The Vanderbilt had arrived at New York, o n the Ame N r orthica at Boston. The America passed Father Point on the 6th. At Ifavannah, on the 30 th ult. , No. 12 sugar Wes quoted 8 t reals. Stock at Travanna h and Matanzas 130,000 boxes. Freights steady. Sterling exchange, 171. Ac c o r ding to the New _York Times, the election returns from various parts of the Union exhibited decided probability of the defeat of the .Adm ' tration. Advices from British Columbi a to the 10th c l October state that everything was quiet at San Juan. The miners on Fraser River were doing The Board of Directors of the New York and Erie Railroad had resolved to allow no floating debt beyond the requirements for the three raontlo' purchase of supplies, and that no mortgage shall b ! 1,500,000 created in excess of the present one. The of Fourth Mortgage Bonds are to be cancelled when redeemed, unless applied in payment of othertmort• gages. well. Morse, Brothers, of Wall-street, had suspended payment. The New York commercial a dvises report no noticeable variation in the Stock-market. Me closing rates were as follow:—United States Fiv ea• es , 1873-4, 1031 ; Virginia Sixes, 94 1 ; 3lissouri Si 841 ; New York Central Shares , 79 ; ; NOW York and Erie Shares, 711; Reading Railroad Shares 37 ; Michigan Central; 40 1 ; Michigan Sou ther , Preference, 17 1 ; Cleveland and T oledo Shares, 111 Panama Railroad Shares, 121 1; Illinois Centr Chicag e Shares, 62; Illinois Central B onds, 84,1- ; and Rhode Island Shares, 62 1 ; G alena and Chicag° Railroad, 721 ; Del. and Hudson Canal, 97; F,e11.,,,11. Coal Company, 83; Pacific Mail Screw S team Pally, 74. Money was plentiful, at from 5 to 6 per cent' el : e s hor t call, and 6 to 7 per cent. for disco unts of prim paper. The following is a summary o f the last 13 111 ! Ic ies statement :—Loans, 120,118, 037 dols.; spec 20,228,311 dols. ; circulation, 8,627,421 dos.; net deposits, 73,693,898 dols. In exchange a considerable business transacted in sterling, the closing rates being 91 to 101 prem. bills on France were quoted sf. 12c. to sf. 131 e. Cotton closed firmly on the basis of ill for raw dully , New Orleans, with 9-16 d. freight. Flour and wheat for export showed no quotable advance. Canadian flour was selling at 5 dols. 30c. to fi n ed 30c. The demand for pork was lig ht and confi to lots for future delivery. 6 Join. LIVERPOOL, FATEPAY. The screw steamer Kangaroo , which left Ne ll : York on the sth inst., has arrived. News ant ic/ pated. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY' The United States' mail steamship Ocean Queen' Captain C. P.from Scabury, with mails of the sth nst. for England and France, arrived off Cowes New York this afternoon. Her news is anticipateu' t 0 . i '.1 ,. : I t l o E c 1: :I , i l' i , FAR3L—Jrb e ,E, 7,-------iN,isAiNr,D His dui agricultural orerations of the Emperor of the French w ° e us that if it he the scabbard, he is not - neglecting 1-theejtci.°o.arrtifsthilera7.ll sword may occupy his thou , ;lts, but it is Wally true " ; - , - g the plough has its share, Wessas. Burgess and liey h 3V oir '%.. but now re;Tived an autograph letter for SOlllO more il,, - t . i c: i t z ta i l thl n , ii i t i e g h l irz t r e y h , , in a i l s l s d f, a m i'n t o h il e gl i t n t i te j , i ( a T t l.a a i ll l a b . r _ t iie , o.a f i t il l . lei tho l N 'l v i at ' erco lo2Fp a l i i n r , t t e l l t ., I w N ho i T h A a L s COO I CI 1, SEAT c North Italy, and e,peciallof the blab-t.et7 i e e n: e t l i a d i k . asteggio, Palestro, Magenta, `l lferino, and Cavriano, no° had the opportunity dints. ' His Majesty was so pleased with those sketches trial' pictures of thos u he gave Mr. Cook an order to paint six of exhibiting them to the Kling o f S . _ar: places for him, and also of St. Martino. tanning a post-office order for 55., was posted at heeds CAUTION TO LETTER WRITERS._A letter, co; .siniorgieis,Bnikorect elibees4. June last, addressed to Derby. Nothing further was Ji rcon of it until last week, when it was delivered to the p n .,,,, to whom it was addressed, with the following back of the envelope :—" This letter was foun d 11151 has newspaper at Ballarat, Sept. 10, 1859." The stainP,,at neverobliterated, consequently it would ne ws' s cenitn when the letter was posted it had slipped inside a paper for the above destination. written 0.0%