The Sun. — London, England, 1860-11-16 00:00:00

`~P4 R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN—under the Management of Miss LOUISA DYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, THE NIGHT DANCERS. Messrs If. II slab, H. Corri, G. Kelly, Distin, and Lyall ; Madame Palmieri, Miss Albertazzi, Miss Leflizr, Miss Thirlwall, and. Miss Huddart. And a Ballet of Action Ambuscade. Conductor—Mr. Allred Mellon. Doors open at Seven. Commence at Half -past. FRENCH PLAYS. —BUM' THEATRE.— At HER MAJESTIC'S THEATRE, Haymarket, (Grand Entrance.) Directeur—M. Talexy. Second appearance of theDOCHE. celebrated Comedienne, Madame THIS EVENING, M. Scribe's " ADRIENNE LECOUVREIIR." Adrienne "Lecouvreur, Madame Doche. Commence at 8. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnekstone. Tnis EVENING the performances will commence with T I LE BABES IN THE WOOD. After which, the new . entitled FITZSMYTE OF yrnSMYTHE HALL. far Mes ce srs. Bucks one, W. Far ren, and Rogers; Mrs. Wilkins and Miss Henrade. Aid THE SUN AND THE WIND. By the Leclercqs. Commence at 7. ItOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, an adaptation of Victor Hugo's cele brated Play of RITY JILAS, by Edmund Falconer, Esq. when Mr. Fechter, the favourite actor of Parisian renown, will make his 18th appearance on the English stage, supported by Messrs. W. Lacy, Meadows , Garden , Graham, Raymo n d, Morland, Morland, Collett, Paulo , Daly , A. Harris ; Miss Leclercq, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Heath. To be preceded by SUSAN SMITH. To conclude with THE GARIBALDI EXCURSIONISTS THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM. Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with (sth timel an entirely new drama, entitled ADRIENNE ; or, THE SECRET OF A LIFE. Principal charactes bv Mr. H enr y Neville, Mr. John Ro use, Mr. - H. Butler, Mr. r Villiers, Mr. G. Vining, Mr. F orre ster, Mr. Campbell„ Mr. Clifford, Mr. J. Johnstone ; Mrs. -Keeley, and Madame Celeste. After which. THE PE PS OF THE PARTERRE. Scenic Department under the direction of Mr. Wm. Callcott. The Music by Mr. Georze Loder. Principal characters by Mr H. Neville, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. J. Morris, Miss M. Ternan, Miss Neville, MissHudspeth, Miss Stuart, Miss Turner;Miss Douglas, Miss Annie Collinson, and Miss Lydia Thompson. To conclude with PERFECTION. -Mr. H. Neville, Mr. T. Lyon, Mr. John Rouse, Mrs. John Rouse, and Miss Rose Howard. Commence at 7. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE -ROYAL. ra. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. number Eu Robertson on ragement for a limited of nights of Miss Agnes and Mr. Di Bourcicault, who win appear every evening in the highly suc cessful Drama of " The C o ll ee n Bawn." THIS EVENING, THE RIFLE BRIGADE. Messrs. W. Smith. D. Fisher, C. Selby, Miss Woolgar, Miss Kate Kelly, and Mrs. Billington. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Ronrcicault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith,Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson , Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with MUSIC HATH 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, - .£l. Orchestra Stalls, 58. ; Baloony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 25.; pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, ls; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manazer—Mr. Win. Smith. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. - -II- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY. Triumphant success and increasing popularity of the Grand Spectacle of Ronfx Hoop. This Evening, the highly successful new Spectacle, in Three Acts, by E. Pitzball, Esq., entitled ROBIN HOOD ; or. the Merry Outlaws of Sherwood ; introducing the Stud of highly trained Horses, Herd of real Deer, Stag Hounds, &c, AAlan a-Dale, Miss Rebecca Isaacs ; Robin flood, Mr. John Prit chard. To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by the celebrated Madame Newsome, Mr. James Newsome and their Troupe - of unecinalled performers, &e., including the incomparable Young Charles Ducrow, the Greatest Wonder of the age. Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily franagmo till 4 Stage Mer— 11 Mr. W. Waver. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. CANTERB UR Y HALL C ONCERT S.- EVERY EVENING, A Grand Selection from the opera of NORMA. Norma .........• Miss RUSSELL. Adalgisa (Her first appearance In this country.) After which the ETHIOPIANS, consisting of Seventeen Par 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. P. JONGIDIANS. Balcony, le ......Hall, 6d. TIER WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, Nov. 16, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day at noon. BAnommTnu-29.65 ; rising rapidly. WlND—Westerly; light, with fine weather. HIGFI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, THIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. 40m.—Afternoon, 4h. 2m. To-MORROW.-Morning, 4h. 24m.—Afternoon, 4h. 46m. ,C 141 „".• 1, 4 *IL e •t• - • c THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 16, 1860. The rapid reduction recently in the amount of bullion contained in the coffers of the Bank of England comes opportunely enough as a reminder to us of how very acceptable the Chinese indem nity, in good hard cash, will be when it comes to hand ! As come it will ; we may now be quite certain of that, now that Lord ELGIN'S diplomatic pen and paper have been thrown aside, to give place, for yet a little longer, to the swords and guns at the disposal of Sir HOPE GRANT, the Commander-in- Chief. It is a satisfactory consideration, in regard to these looked-for indemnities from the Chinese Government to our own, that they are likely rather to be increased than diminished when demanded at the sword's point before Pekin, or, more surely still, if demanded within Pekin, than when demanded at the pen's point from the remote standing ground of Tien-twin. " Two millions" constituted, in effect, the sine qua non insisted upon only the other day at Tien-tsin, as foremost among the conditions of peace—" two millions," and no more, were de manded, we say, only a couple of months back, at Tien-tsin, by our ambassador and plenipotentiary extraordinary. At Pekin, in Pekin, his " terms" may rise—by the same proportion as that accord ing to which the leaves of the Sybil diminished — from £2,000,000 to £3,000,000, or even £5,000,000 or £10,000,000. Under any circumstances, it is only a gliestion of time,whether sooner or later, in the larger alt "ltuat or the smaller we shall be opening the gates of the national storehouse of gold and silver down at the B ank of England to make way for the reception there of the coming shiploads of " cash" from the op posite extremities of this eastern hemisphere. It is equally a clue suon,.of time also when " the other" precious metal khan have poured in to our partially emptied b ullion-chest s , so as efficiently to compen sate for the recent drain upon those our usually ample and even kfiluent bullion-deposits—when this other and nobler precious metal shall have poured in, thus far ennr_ is e a atively at least—say from our own Toil TIDDLER's ground at the Anti podes, the goodly and still only half worked gold fields of Australia. Meanwhile. however , do es it not force itself m ore an d more strongly everyday upon our convictio n that in more than ono direction we are ev id • encmg, in this matter, astonishing obtuseness, that w e are acting in it with, to say the very least of it, very extraordinary indiscretion P The wonder is, to begin with, that we cannot apparently for the life of us comprehend, what it might nevertheless have been imagined would have been comprehensible to any ordinary capacity, that by putting in circulation again the old fashioned one pound note we might husband our resources in bullion, we might keep it more securely here at home to ourselves ; parting with our bullion more rarely—and then at twenty or thirty per cent. profit—in our dealings with the foreigners. According to the present system our bullion is' ever liable to be periodically drained • - -whither, it r tally remains, to this hour, in a great measure matter' of utter bewilderment. Insomuch that it is now within these last few days being asked seriously a There upon earth has disappeared mysteriously all this gold coin that has latterly THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1860. M I •11.1011•1 1 . 11 ....." . _ been vanishing and vanishing away? Vanishing of a King, - would not have expected at least as utterly from the grasp as though it had been the to be the representative of the monarch in fairy gold of Fable-land, instead of good sterling the kingdom they had given him. GARIBALDI red-golden coin of the realm. We now know, for preferred being landlord of Caprera, to being for example, that between the autumn of 1859 and Minister or even Viceroy of Naples. There the autumn of 1860, there have been drained away was nothing in his Dictatorship which be from the Bank of France and the Bank of England came him like the leaving it," and that though gold coin and silver coin together amounting to the it had been administered throughout with motives tune of £15,000,000. Whither this fifteen million which none dared to suspect. can have actually flown however, we are loft almost We confess we feel it a kin the last visitd of nationaof GARI BALDI Entirely do we sympathise with l honour entirely to conjecture. If we are conscious, for that to the English Admiral e xample, that three millions of silver have been B ALDI was paid absorbed in Morocco—we know also for certain the correspondent whoseas the account we transcribe : again in this matter that neither Austria nor " About six o'clock, Washington steamed out, GARIBALDI went to pay his las t visi t , and the Russia have gained any adva nta g es whatever. We last visit that he paid to any one , was to Admiral know that the bank balances of t he United States for whom I have heard the hero express h av e evidenced but a slight , indee d a scarcel y appre- MUNDY, ciable, improvement. Altogether, in fact, counting the highest respect and affection. With him he re mained about a uarter of an hour, and invited even the full probable extent of cash p ayments for q grain in Northern Germany, particularly in the him to visit the bay where NELSON la y. % ' You sea ports of Prussia, no more than £5,000,000 of shall see my cows,' said this truly great man, and these £15,000,00 0 that have disappeared can be drink fresh milk.' During the interview he said reasonably accounted for—so that we are still at a not a word of himself, of his regrets and mortifica loss to conceive where, in the name of fortune, the tions, but he spoke of Italy, and said that her pro gold and silver, that the accounts show to have spects were good, and so he left Naples ; and Eng actually gone, canhave been absorbed, coin untraced land may well be proud that the last visit of this to the amount (with in a year) of £10,000,000. It is pure, high-minded man was pa i d t o a British ad somewhat more important a riddle, this still left for miral." popular solution, than that ludicrons little problem GARIBALDI evidently understands thoroughly gravely put to his readers by the late ALBERT both our country and our Admirals. As a coun- SMITH in one of his comic publications, the astound- terpart we transcribe a despatch announcing ing problem as to where all the pins go! That the honours of a very different sort, conferred by very bullion does absolutely drain away from the Bank different persons upon the French General at the Money Market is aware at intervals, only Rome, and the French Admiral, who is anchored too painfully these intervals, moreover, not very far from Admiral MUNDAY, " The being anything but like the angel's visits Opirdono publishes a despateh from Naples an " few and far between," on the contrary, nouncing that General GOYON and Admiral BAR many and frequent. When—as the bullion falls BIER DE TINAN had been decorated by King lower and lower—up goes the rate of discount at FRANCIS 11. with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bank of England; the Bank itself, of course, St januarias7" We question whether our Admiral gaining all the profit of the transaction. Recently, would have accepted these honours, if offered him; as was well known in the Money Market, bullion we are sure that he will remember with pleasure, to the value of £300,000 had been withdrawn— as long as he lives, the one he has received. i 335,000 have followed suit yet more recently—and The correspondent of the Daily News, from still £365,000 additional are expected to go the:same whom we have just quoted, shows us in some way out of file coffers of the Bank of England. further remarks, how completely the feelings of Gradually—gradually in the meanwhile, the rate of persons on the spot harmonise with those discount has risen, until, from being but a few so far off—adverting to the hero's departure, days back of a most moderate character, it rose late he says :—" I cannot tell you how I feel. last evening to six per cent. discount ! As it is, we A cloud seems to have come over the city repeat, our system is simultaneously in opposite this morning. The highest specimen of moral directions, running into the two extremes— dignity the world has long seen has just left, and —he r e too easy—there toostringent. Certainly we have now to fall back upon glitter and glare and with a result most injurious to our ow n interests. royal rank. Yet his departure is the grandest a c t in the history of his connexion with the Italian re- On one hand, allowing the precious met als the u tmost facility of transfer abroad — on the other volution. And you should know Caprera to appre hand, rigidly restricting the m onetar y circulation ciate the grandeur of his character. It consists of at home amongst ourselves. As t he s y stem has two rocks ; it is peopled only by his immediate fol lowers or servants ; a few camp cloths would cover worked now very recently , we have seen it within this last week lowering the bullion in the Bank of it, such as those which Madame Mario presented England to a total of £13,200,000, with an im- him with from the English supplies ; and by minent probability of that amount being further the time you will receive this, the Conqueror lowered in the same way, during this next week, of the Two Sicilies and the idol of many to the sum of £12,800,000. Of these fluctuations millions will be seated on a rock, accompanied we might surely think the country had by this by a few faithful hearts, and the lord time had enough. We might at least imagine that of a few cattle. History has few such it had thereby been enabled to draw some wisdom beautiful specimens of humanity on record." from its somewhat bitter experiences. Has it done We " should know Caprera," he says, and we so ? That, alas, still remains to a great extent in - hope we shall yet know it. At present we ques scrutably problematical. Could we answer — would tion whether a dozen Englishmen, and these pro that this were:possible—in the affirmative, we should bably sailors, could tell us anything about it. All speedily have reason to announce the issue, once we know at present is, that the majority of maps do more, of One and of Two Pound Bank of England not even mention it ; and that in those which do, Notes, the close of these periodical rises in the rate the reader may find it on the north-east side of the Island of Sardinia, close by another and some of discount and the termination of these frequent and bewildering drains upon the bullion-chests what larger islet named Madalena. The time of the Bank accompanied by the absorption some - will certainly come when the island will be pur chased by the Italian nation, as a memorial of one where (as during this twelvemonth last past) from the Bank of France and the Bank of England of of its greatest men, as Mount Vernon was by the the precious metals in circulation of a full round Americans. We may, then, only hope that it sum of £10,000,000 still to this moment untraced will be regarded with greater reverence than our and seemingly untraceable. republic brethren pay to the relics of their WASH INGTON. Who will be the first to visit Caprera, to see it with his own eyes in the late Italian autumn of 1860, to tell us what it is—not merely by its lati tude and longitude, the heights of its lofty rocks, the extent of its little surface, and the geology of its strata—but to tell us how it now looks, what is the aspect or character of its cultivation, and espe cially to what kind of habitation the man has retired who has just conveyed splendid palaces and parks from a worthless to a worthy King. Our friends of the illustrated press may feel quite certain that whichever of them shall give us a first-rate picture of the patriots's island-retreat will not want a large sale that week. And it is a subject worth pains. It may offer little specially suitable to the artist, though even that is hardly likely of an island which, though it has been denominated but a " ten-acre rock," peers in the climate of Sardinia more than eight hundred feet above the sea. But what will interest all is the home of Garibaldi. That will want nothing but a thoroughly truthful picture to be of interest for all time. It is the Mount Vernon of Italy, and thither, most appro priately, the Italian despiser of vulgar ambition sailed in the Washington. And, long before these words were penned, he has, we trust, concluded a prosperous voyage. Driven from his ancestral home by the territorial covetousness of the French man, he sought a new home where an Englishman and he should divide the whole territory between them. And the Englishman having died, GARI BALDI is now, we believe. " monarch of all he surveys," the only population being himself and a few of his personal followers. The glory having departed from Nice will now centre on Caprera. It was there GARIBALDI could maintain himself by his industry. \lt was thence he sailed on his immortal expedition to Sicily. And it is thither he has retired after having nobly achieved one of the noblest deeds of the cen tury. _ _ Devise a great good thing, and a hundred unlooked-for subsidiary good things are sure to attend it. A guard of honour to those whom Englishmen delight to honour, can now be impro vised at half an hour's notice by the bugle in most towns of the Kingdom. We have observed this on some occasions before. Lord PALMERSTON had the advantage of it in the North ; but it was never more appropriately shown than yesterday morning. The young Volunteers for their country turned out almost as if by magic, at sound of the bugle, in the three towns of Plymouth, Devonport, and and Stonehouse, to do honour to their young Prince. On them it devolved to be the first to re ceive him, an] honour which he acknowledged by riding along in front of their ranks with un covered head., We have already given our Prince our welcome to his mother country; but we congratulate him all the more, glancing over the accounts of his wearisome voyage. Stiff east winds, such as Lieutenant MAURY had told us wore quite enough to prevent the Hero from making headway, our own experience at home had suggested ; but such miserable fogs and calms we had hardly thought of. Of course, a squadron must keep together, if it can ; but we confess we should have been much inclined in the Prince's position, to have cast aside form and rule, to have shipped ourselves on board the Ariadne, and thus to have got rid of our own dis comforts, and relieved the anxieties of all at home by getting to Plymouth many days earlier. The Ariadne had all she could do, it seems, to sail slow enough for the Hero. The little frigate kindly took the big ship in tow more than once till haw sers snapped with the weight of their sluggish burden ; however, through fogs, and storms, and calms, and obstinate head winds, we are glad enough to welcome our Prince home again. It has been a difficult coming out into public life for so young a man ; and though he had excellent advisers, yet instances were of constant occurrence, when thrown for the moment on his own discretion, he acted as became a young Sovereign of Eng land. From the accounts which have arrived from time to time the impression must have been in this country, as in America, that his home training has been the best possible. It is not easy to imagine how any youth could have better suited the instincts of his age and the proprieties of his situation. He enjoyed all that a young man should enjoy with the zest of nineteen, while what became the son of a QUEEN in his intercourse with others seemed a part of his nature. It is not too much to say that his representation of English loyalty to the Ameri cans has been a blessing to both countries. They like us the better for seeing our PRINCE, and we like them the better for receiving him so respect fully and cordially. Difficult is it to say which was his greatest work, but, we think, the last. He goes to no Strathfieldsaye or Blenheim; he leaves no charge on posterity for his offspring ; he takes even no pension on his own account for idle greatness ; he conferred the greatest of blessings on a nation, and on a King the boon which all monarchs prize above all others, a large accession of willing subjects; on hundreds he conferred opportunities to get places, promotions, salaries—he takes nothing himself. It is said a military title of honour has been created and given him, and we doubt not the honest-hearted and generous KING would have given him anything —but he wants nothing ! He can maintain him self ; and for the rest, there he will be, ready when the opportunity calls ; and, even ready to make an opportunity to complete Italian emancipation. If he ohe this--- ;g had any f avour to ask of VICTOR EMMANUEL it was, w re e a m dy ay an he ve sure,riv",alirmemy let emb i e t r e t o h st e w spring, m h a a \ y 'e , and give to me portion that of the work which I shall select." An ambitious post that would certainly not be—but one where he and his could make the Austrians quake through all the Quadrilateral, we may be sure it would be. Few, indeed, are the men who could have led on the noble youth of Italy to do the deeds they have done. It was his moral inspiration, quite as mush as his military skill and genius, which made them what they were. But fewer still could have turned their back on all that he left a crowd of place-hunters eager to obtain—few, who in leaving a kingdom at the feet CABINET COUNCIL,—A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were —Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Gran ville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir G. Lewis, Lord J. Russell, the Right Hon. S. Herbert, Sir C. Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, Sir G. Grey, and the Right Hon. E. Cardwell. Viscountess Palmerston was, we are happy t• learn, so far recovered from her recent indisposition as t) be able to take a carriage airing yesterday afternoon. His Highness Prince Belosselsky, accompanied by M. de Schevitch and M. Chevron; has left the Claren , don Hotel for Paris, CHRISTMAS BOOK. brothers Dalziel. Among the best must be mentioned " Old Pincher." The eagerness of the child springing forward to secure the long-expected treasure, and the unfinished chubby, fubsy look peculiar to puppies, are admirably depicted by the skilful pencil of Gilbert. The same artist has dis tinguished himself throughout the volume. " Sir Harold the Hunter" is an allegorical sketch, in which the idea is gracefully developed. " Tracy de Yore and Hubert Grey" aptly suggests the varying charac teristics of the different youths. The Baron's heir is languidly regarding the prospect, while his ener getic companion, the Herdsman's son, seems replete with the spirit of the hills and torrents. For the pleasing delineation of sweet country scenes we cannot do better than mention " The Green Hill Side," and " They all Belong to Me," by R. Pheny, and also " Winter's Wild Flowers," by S. Read, and " Loch Leven's Gentle Stream," by Leitch. " The Chamois," by Zwecker, is forcible and effective. " The Song of the Sea gulls" is another specimen of animal life, very vividly drawn. The first illustration of Birds, repre senting the little songsters in their leafy habitations, is an exquisite picture. The two latter are by Wolf. The picture accompanying these lines— " The poet boy who sitteth upon the upland grass, Whose eagle thoughts aro nestled by the Zephyr wings that pass," is one of exquisite beauty, thoroughly realising the writer's meaning. The figure of the Boy in " The Child's Offering " is full of truth and power; it is one of the most im pressive in the volume. At the commencement of the book there is a portrait of the authoress, which is most excellent. It is taken from a photograph by John Watkins, and is engraved by F. Holl. Among the contents it is gratifying to meet with the verses on Thomas Hood, which originated the idea of the monument to that lamented poet, and as such they from a graceful tribute to his memory, while they are a lasting memento of a kindred spirit estimating the genius that shone so brightly in life, and griev ing with honest indignation over the neglect that brooded so darkly round the grave of departed worth. One of the most affecting poems is that entitled " Not as I used to do," which mournfully tells of the author's long suffering. One of the saddest among the grisly troop— " The painful family of death, More hideous than their queen," Poems by Blizci Cook. Selected and edited by the Author. Routledge and Co. This edition is by far the most elegant of any that has yet been published of this author's works. It is among the choicest of the superb literary of ferings to be presented at the coming season of joy and festivity. Redolent of high artistic beauty, illustrative of poems which have stood the test of public criticism for years, and won for themselves the admiration and patronage of all classes and all countries, this volume will doubtless be heartily welcomed by those who can happily afford to pur chase it, and anxiously coveted by those who can only " look and long." The variety of theme, the beauty and originality of thought, the vigour of expression, and the genuine spirit of genius per vading the poems, amply claim the proud position which the author has attained ; and it may be safely predicted that the verse of Eliza Cook will £'e haunting the hearts and homes of our childrens' chlldren, when many of the grand and mystic poetic aspieations that have been ushered in with drum and trumpet, will have faded into the shadows of oblivion, a "prey to dumb forgetfulness." When will the noble, spirit-stirring song " The Englishman" be struck out from our remembrance ? 'When will the pure :and simple pathos of " The Old Arm-Chair" fail to awaken the choking heart throb in those who know what it is to recur with tender sorrow to the associations of the loved and lost ? When will the majestic " Song of Old Time" be surpassed in its truthful force—such truthful force as we find in these lines? I wear not the purple of earth-born Kings, Nor the stately ermine of lordly things ; But monarch and courtier though great they be, Must fall from their glory and bend to me. q I eat through treasures with moth and rust, I lay the gorgeous palace in dust. I make the shell-proof tower my own, And break the battlement stone from stone. Work on at your cities and temples, proud Man, Build high as ye may and strong as ye can ; But the marble shall crumble, the pillar shall fall, And Time, old Time shall be King after all. When shall we meet with more beautiful thought: than those which the author has embodied in the subject " Love"—Love in its broadest and immortal sense ? We cannot resist quoting a few of the .nee. There are few things of gloom that meet our Sorrow or our Hate, Where Love and Beauty have not once been portion of their state ; Few things are seen in charmless guise that shutteth out all trace Of GoD's infinitude of Joy, of Purity and Grace. * * The s br u o i k e r en ia d a na nd an ol y in a th g a en t slow decay ditsnteasures play ; The stagnant pool that taints and kills the mallow and the rush Has filtered through the silver clouds and cool'd the rain , bow's flush. There's not a dark, lull coffin board but what has stood to bear A. swarm of mummer warblers in the mellow, greenwood air ; There's not a thread of cerecloth but has held its blossom bells, And swung the morning pearls about within the fragrant wells. Love lurketh round us everywhere—it fills the great design ; It gives the soul its chosen mate—it loads the autumn vile; It dyes the orchard branches red—it folds the worm in silk ; It rears the daisy where we tread, and bringeth corn ands milk. Love, beautiful and boundless Love ! thou dwellest here below, Teaching the human lip to smile—the violet to blow; Thine is the breath ethereal that yet exhales and burns In sinful breasts, as incense steals from dim, unsightly urns. Thou art the holy record seal that Time can ne'er annul ; The dove amid tho vulture tribe—theilamp within the skull, Thou art the one, bright Spirit] Thing that is not bought is that loss of physical ease, that sense of delight in the mere sensation of living which to those capable of appreciating the beauties of this fair earth, and reverencing the majesty and glory of God's creation, is the brightest boon bestowed by health, and the one which especially appears to come direct from the Giver of all good gifts— , " The common air, the sea, the skies, To me are opening Paradise." Such a melancholy deprivation as the long day of nervous torture, the watching night of sleepless anguish, the stings of sorrow and the pangs of dis appointment entail, not alone in themselves, but in their consequences and effects, can hardly be more powerfully expressed, and scarcely more beautifully pictured„ than in these verses : and sold The cherub-elve that laugheth in the giant face of Gold. Love—exquisite, undying Love—runs through Creation's span, Gtushing from countless springs, to fill the ocean heart of 11 an,; And there it broadly rolleth on in deep, unfathom'd flood, Swelling with the Immortal Hope that craveth more 0. " Good." NOT AS I USED TO DO. I look on the chestnut blossom As it points to the cloudless sky, On the daisy's golden bosom, And the hyacinth's deep blue eye. I see the lime tree flinging Its delicate green arms out, The fragrant jasmine clinging, And the woodbine running about ; The lilac hiding the paling With clusters of purple and white, And the graceful laburnum trailing Its tresses of radiant light. But for me the garlanded bowers Have lost their rainbow hue. I look on the fields and flowers, But not as I used to do. I hear the bird boy's rattle Chime in with the cawing rook; I hear the low of the cattle, And the plash of the rippling brook; I hear the shepherd singing, And the bleat of the sportive lamb ; I hear the loud flail swinging, And the barn-door's creaking slam ; I hear the swallows darting, Like arrows, in chase of the fly, And the tawny leveret starting At play in the copse just by ; I hear the broad flags quiver Where the wind and tide rush through ; I listen to mill-wheel and river, But not as I used to do. I hear the blackbird telling . His love tale to his mate, And the merry skylark swelling The choir at " heaven's gate." The cuckoo away in the thicket Is giving his two old notes, And the pet-doves hung by the wicket Are talking with ruffled throats ; Tho honey-bee hums as he lingers Where shadows on clover heads fall, And the wind with leaf-tipped fingers, Is playing in concert with all. I know tha music that gushes Is melody sweet and true, And I listen to zephyrs and thrushes, But not as I used to do. No more can my footsteps wander Through woodlands loved and dear; I gaze on the hill-tops yonder, Through the mist of a hopeless tear. My spirit is worn and weary, With waiting for health and rest; My long, long night is dreary, And my summer day unblest : My suffering darkens the noonlight, My anguish embitters the balm, My loneliness weeps in the moonlight, And sighs in the evening calm. Oh, Suffering's mournful story Must be wofully long and true, When it finds me noting God's glory, But not as I used to do. A charming contrast to philosophy and sentiment is often evoked by the pen of this poet in the form of sportive satire or animated humour—now dealing with everyday foibles—then treating the dear old " nursery rhymes" with familiar and genial hand ling ; bringing back " Jack the Giant Killer" to disperse our terrible Gogs and Magogs of Care and Pain, and introducing " Cinderella" with all the olden interest and excitement which used to be attached to her memorable slipper—the slipper which must have afforded a very contrary inter pretation to the sensation we now infer from " putting one's foot in it." The following lines are very open to accedence from all who "run and read!"— Oh I how hard it appears to " lealre others alone," And those with most sin often cast the first stoup; What missiles we scatter wherever we pass, Though our own walls are form'd of most delicate glass. Let the " wise one" in Nature's walk pause ere he shoot At scampering Folly in Harlequin suit ; - He'd find " motley," no doubt, in what he himself wears, If he'd " trouble his head with his own affairs." M • Let a symptom of wooing and wedding be found, And full soon the impertinent whisper goes round ; The fortune, the beauty, the means, and the ends, Are all carefully weighed by our "good-natured friends." 'Tis a doubt if the lady is perfectly right; She snusi be a flirt, if she is not a fright. Oh I how pleasant Would be if the meddlesome bears . . . . Would but " trouble their heads with their own affairs." We are busy.in helping the far-away slave— We must cherish the Pole, for he's foreign and brava; Our alms •giving record is widely enrolled, To the East and the West we send mercy and gold; But methinks there are those in our own famous land Whose thin cheeks might be fattened by Charity's hand And when John Bull is dealing his generous shares Lot him " trouble his head with his own affairs." There is an original preface to this volume en titled " New Lines on an Old Subject," and in it, as will be seen, a tribute is paid to those old nursery stories,—which live on, despite of sneers, scoffs, and scorn—which are the first to attract and fix the wavering notice of Infancy, which linger in the mind during the trials and toils of life, and which often survive grander and sterner know ledge, to dwell among the last faint remembrances that wander through the waning faculties of age. Long may such ballads and legends flourish ; how ever mean and trifling they may be, for they are en twined and associated with the days of innocence. Let them outlast the traces of the world's follies and allurements, and when these are effaced by repent ance, or set aside from weariness, the thoughts of home's affections, the feelings of childhood's trust will not be unmeet companions for the soul about to enter on that state where the humble shall be exalted and the mighty laid low. Of that time we have read that " whether there be tongues they shall cease," " whether there be prophecies they shall fail," " whether there be knowledge it shall vanish away;" but it Is said to holy, happy, innocent Childhood, "Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven." All admirers of the simple and the true will appreciate the tone and tenour of these lines here subjoined : Messrs. Routledge have done the work perfectly, and the book reflects great credit on all concerned in its " getting up." The illustrators have evidently put their hearts in their pencils, and felt the poetry they have so justly treated ; moreover, the beautiful volume is a proud trophy for its author to look on —a trophy which has been awarded her by "the people," "the people " whom she has ever delighted to honour, a trophy which stamps her as having secured an elevated and lasting place among the glorious poets of Old England,— For She hath that inspiring Art Which Nature prompts in those, Who steal by Verse into the Heart— And Captivate by Prose ! TO MY READERS. (NEW LINES ON AN OLD SUBJECT.) Long years ago, ere an earnest woe Had lessened a dimple, or dimmed a glance, I sat with a book in the chimney nook, Sighing o'er Infancy's sweet romance. I loved to look in that hard-worn book, For it always left me in mournful mood ; And my cheeks turned pale o'er the well-kn./ma tale, So simple and sad, of "The Babes in the Wood." With rage and grief I read each leaf, T hough knowing by rote what each leaf would discover, Longing to twine a gocd strong line, And hang the uncle three times over. Oh I uncles then, seemed terrible men, And lucky it was I had none of my own, For I saw them at night, in visions of fright, With daggers, and poison, and hearts of stone. Each page I road bowed down my head, With a darker brow, and a heavier sigh, Till of hope bereft, the Babes were left Weeping and hungry, to starve and die. But the end was best, for my eye could rest On a " picture" my bosom could not withstand, And my tears gushed out, and dropped about, Blurring the work of the limner's hand. That " picture " gave the unmade grave, In the desolate wood—l can see it now— With att extra gloom on the foreground bloom, And a midnight shadow on every bough. Side by side, as they lay and died, It showed me the little ones, c'ld and still, With the red•breasts winging their way, and bringing A monstrous leaf in each tiny bill. 'Twat( crude and rough, but, oh ! 'twas enough To fetter the freedom of childhood's breath, That bit of Ideal made fearfully real, The story of cruelty, murder, and death. 'Twas the "picture," I felt, made my young heart melt Into the direst sorrow of all; As my love was stirred for each dear little bird, Wrapping the Babes in an emerald pall. 'Twas the " picture " that *aught my most pitying thought • 'Twas the "Picture" that told of a sad, true thing, 'Twas the "picture" that shone with a charm of its own, Like the gem that encircles a memory ring. Oh I may kind ones look into this fair book, And deem its " pictures " as precious and good, As I, when believing, and weeping, and grieving, Did that of "The Babes in the Blackberry W6od." The illustrations of this work are most admir ably executed. They are by John Gilbert, J. Wolf, H. Weir, J. D. Watson, and others of celebrity, and the engravings are by the THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH. Her Imperial Majesty, travelling in the strictest incognita as part of the family of the Marquis La Grange, crossed the Channel on Wednesday in the ordinary packetboat Alliance, and proceeded to London the same evening. From the London-bridge station she and her suite went, in common street cabs, to Claridge's Hotel, in Brook-street, and it was not until they had been for some time in the hotel that her Majesty's rank was known. The Empress went out on foot early yesterday morning, and made several purchases in the neigh bourhood of the hotel. In the afternoon she and her suite engaged some carriages from a neighbouring livery stable and visited the Crystal Pala :e. It is understood that her Imperial Majesty visits Scotland in the hope of restoring her impaired health, and that it was uriginally her intention to proceed directly by sea to Leith. The risk of bad weather at this advanced period of the season de cided her Majesty's advisers to select the shortest sea route, and she will probably set out to-morrow by railway for Hamilton Palace. The Duke and Dachess of Hamilton (nee Princess Marie of Baden), accompanied by the Marquis of Douglas, arrived at Hamilton Palace, Lanark, at the close of the past week, from Brodrick Castle, Isle of Arran, preparatory to the reception of the Empress Eugenie. The Duke and Duchess intend to give a grand ball at Hamilton Palace on Tuesday night, the 20th inst., in honour of their illustrious visitor. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland left Stat ford House, St. James's, yesterday, for Trentham, Stafford. shire. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough have left Blenheim Palace, near Woodstock, for Durham, on a visit to the Marchioness Frances Anne of Londonderry. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury have left Hatfield House, on a visit to the Right Hon. Benjamin and Mrs. Disraeli, at Hughenden Manor, Bucks. The Earl Granville arrived in town yesterday afternoon from 'Windsor Castle, and was present at the Cabinet Council. The Earl of Hardwicke left London yesterday to join his family at Wimpole Hall. The Countess Dowager of Westmoreland has taken a house in Portman-square. late the residence of the Earl of Kinnoul. The Countess of Kinnoul has taken a house at Rutland-gate. The Earl and Countess of Durham have arrived in town from Lambton Castle, Durham. THE DUKE OF NORFOLK.—From all we can hear, we fear very much that the Duke of Norfolk is gra gualiy sinking. The duchess is most devoted in her at tentions to her noble husband by night and day.— West Sussex Gazette. SAFE ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. DERBY, Nov. 15.—A telegram announcing the safe arrival of the Prince of 'Wales at Plymouth w as received in derby to-day, whereupon the royal standard was hoisted at the coach manufactory of the Messrs. Holmes. The royal standard and Prince of Wales' banner were hoisted at the King's Head Hotel, the Union Jack at the Royal, and the bells rang merry peals in celebration of his royal highness's safe return. LATE6I NEVti • AUSTRALIA. PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY MORNING. The Sussex, Captain Fothegill, belonging to Messrs. Money Wigram and Co., of London, 78 days from Melbourne, has landed about 20 passen gers here. She has over 60,000 ounces of gold, valued at £240,000, for which she obtained 2d. per ounce freight, another ship taking it at 10. per ounce. The Sussex has a full cargo, and in all 130 pas sengers. The Sussex left Plymouth outwards on the 3d of April; she sailed from Melbourne August 28th, ronnded Cape Horn, September 20th, and crossed the Line October 21st. In the South Pacific large quantities of ice were encountered, no less than 21 bergs having been seen in one day. She spoke, Sept. 24th and 25th, off Cape Horn, French ship Siam, with T. 8., foretop sail, and an iron clipper ship with bowsprit gone; Oct. 20th, lat. 4 S., long. 28 W., a Liverpool barque, showing third pendant 5,731; Oct. 22d, lat 2 N., long. 28 W., French brig Caesar; and Nov. 15th, lat. 49, long. 13 W., the barque Belvue. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TURIN, Nov. 15, ETENING. The official Piedmontese Gazette contains the following : General Salzano proposed to General Fanti the surrender of the body of Neapolitan troops who remained outside Gaeta, consisting of 10 battalions of Chasseurs and a regiment of cavalry. General Fanti rejected this proposition. After the engagement of the 12th inst. the Bour bon troops re-entered Gaeta. Our troops have taken up fresh positions round the town. The garrison of Gaeta consisted of 18 battalions, but a despatch announces that two merchant steamers sailing under French colours, had left Gaeta with troops, their destination is supposed to be Civita Vecchia. ROME, Nov. 13 (via Marseilles). A Neapolitan General haw arrived here. It is asserted that Francis 11. requests the Pope to receive an additional 7,000 soldiers. TURIN, Nov. 15 The Opinione publishes a despatch from Naples announcing that General Goyon and Admiral Bar bier de Tinan have been decorated by King Francis 11. with the Grand Cros3 of the Order of St. Januarius. The Piedmontese will occupy the town of Ponte Coryo. DRESDEN, Nov. 15 In to•day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies M. Viedel proposed the re-establishment of the German Central Power (Centralgewalt) with the addition of the necessary popular representation. FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 15, BOURSE, Nov. 15.—The market has been heavy, but without any further decline in prices. For the Account, Threes, are now at 69f 90c; Mobi lier, 752 f 50c ; Orleans, 1,383 f 75c ; Northern, 985 f; Mediterranean, 910 f; Austrian, 510 f; Lombard, 487 f 60c. The following are the last quota tions per per Cents ... 95 90 , Credit Fonder Do end month.... 96 Belgian 44 — 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 65 Roman Bank Shares 2905 I Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 741 25 1 Spanish Threes — Do. Account — Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto BBB 75 .. 890 Lyons and Mediterranean 908 75 .. 905 Geneva .. Southern 5lB 75 .. 517 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 4Bl 25 .. 482 50 ITALY. The O f ficial Journal of Naples publishes the Royal decree appointing M. Farini Lieutenant- General of Southern Continental Italy, and at the same time a report of the new Lieutenant-General, from which we extract the following important passage " The life of Italy was variously subdivided ac cording to the painful destinies registered in our history; but the separate provinces became, by the natural virtues of our race, so many glorious cen tres of civilisation and moral traditions. The long existence of the old states of Italy has created many private interests. These traditions and these interests must be respected in all those points which are not contrary to the principle of unity. " Italy, knowing she cannot find peace and dura ble prosperity, unless united under your dynasty, feels the importance of preserving, as a guarantee of civilization and liberty against the usurpations of an excessive centralization, the traditional de velopment of her local activity. " This double object of Italian policy does not any where appear more clearly than in the Neapo litan provinces, both on account of the importance of the State which they previously constituted, and because represented by a splendid capital, one of the most populous and illustrious cities of Europe. " Under such circumstances it is manifest that if the Government which is being here established in the name and authority of your Majesty is immediately to start from those great principles which are the foundation of your Majesty's civil system, the ultimate organisation of these provinces, as generally of all Italy, belongs by right to the consideration and decision of the Parliament which represents the nation. It will not be impossible for the genius and practical common senseof the Italians to lay down rules by which the great provinces of Italy may remain free in the administration of their private interests, and yet be firmly joined in the representation of a strong State. "By means of such a system, patriotism and civil activity will always be free to manifest themselves in the triple sphere of the State, the province, and the city, and the various capitals of Italy will increase in splendour in proportion to b the collective vitality of the nation , which will .e everywhere more efficacious and vigorous. This is the duty reserved for Parliament, and which Parliament alone can accomplish, because it is the supreme representative of the will of all, and be cause in a country under a free Government it is but right that the Government. should let liberty enjoy the merit and honou r of giving the nation its fundamental institutions." The Nationalities of Turin states that Gene ra l Garibaldi has arrived at his island of Caprera in company with his son Menotti, Gusmorali, Basso, and two or three other persons, and has resumed his country life with much enjoyment. The Indipendente of Naples, of the 9th, states that a violent altercation occurred between Gari baldi and the Pro-Dictator Pallavicini, on the morning when the Plebiscite was to be signed ; and that he afterwards went to the palace in a • with his friend the Pro common hackney coach The point in dispute how- D ev i e c r t , at Dictator of am S i i c cly a i bly . arranged, since the same journal publishes the following letter addressed to its chief editor " Sir—ln the interest of truth I have to declare that I have been entrusted by General Garibaldi with a letter to the Pro-Dictator Pallavicini, in which the former expresses his regret at what had occurred, and d ec l ares t h at t h e i r f r i en d s hip i s to continue as heretofore. "Naples, Nov. 9, 1860." (Signed) " " Count de Morny," says a Paris letter in the Aouvelhste de .Rouen, "proceeds to Rome to ac company home the countess, who is now there, but some persons have given to this journey of the President of the French Legislative. Body, and one of the persons placed the highest in the Emperor's this ( confidence, a political motive,some, that he would be charged to urge on the Pope to ac cede to the counsels of the French Government." A Paris letter, in the Salut Public of Lyons, has the following passage :—" A general subject of conversation in the diplomatic circles of Paris is an autograph letter which the Emperor is said to have lately addressed to Victor Emmanuel on the subject of the favourable and rapid results obtained by Piedmont in the South of Italy. The Emperor has, it is said, recommended him to redouble his prudence and moderation, and to have consideration for the feelings of the people ; as suring him that Europe must judge Italy by her works, and that is for the Italians to merit by their conduct the recognition by Europe of the new order of things in the Italian Peninsula." A letter from Vienna, in the New Gazette of Prussia, asserts that the discovery has been made by the Austrian authorities that arms and ammuni tion have been secretly introduced into Austrian ports, and thence conveyed into Hungary and Po land ; also, that it is chiefly by vessels from Eng land, and particularly by those from Newcastle and Hull, that this contraband trade has been car ried on. The Nationalities, after mentioning the visit of General Klapka to Turin, adds, "We hear that the army tailors have received orders to get ready 5,000 Hungarian uniforms. A brigade of these excellent soldiers is to be formed, having for its nucleus the Hungarians who distinguished them selves in the army of Garibaldi." The Madrid journals of the 11th have arrived. The Espana states that the Queen had written an autograph letter to the King of Naples, explaining the line of policy which her Government is obliged to follow in Italy under present circumstances, and expressing sympathy with his position. The Junta of Commerce of Porto Rico had petitioned the Government to allow free trade in tobacco with Cuba. " A letter irom Segon, dated 26th September," says the Constitutiennel, " announces that the King of Siam has declared war against the Emperor of Cochinchina. This event, if true, cannot fail to have a favourable effect on the operations of the French and Spanish against the Annamites." DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF WORCESTER. WORCESTER, Thursday.—The great bell of our cathedral, so seldom heard except to notify the departure of great per sonages, has been tolling to-day the knell of the Right Rev. Henry Pepys, D.D., Bishop of Worcester, who died at Har tlebury Castle, in this county, shortly before midnight on Tuesday. The event, which has been looked for for some weeks past, was not generally known until to-day. The bishop had been long in declining health, and at the last confirmation in the diocese the duties were discharged by a substitute. Henry Pepys, 103 d Bishop of Worcester, was born on the 18th of April, 1783, the third son of Mr. William Weller Pepys, a Master in Chancery (who was created a baronet in 1801), by Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Wm. Dowdeswell, Chancellor of the Exche• quer. His uncle was the celebrated Physician-General to the Army, Sir Lucas Pepys, M.D., created a baronet in 1784. His eldest brother (the eventual successor to both baronetcies) was Charles Christopher Pepys, D.C.L., the distinguished lawyer, who, after a brilliant career at the bar and in Parliament, was created Baron Cottenham on being appointed Lord Chancellor in 1836, and who, after occupying the woolsack from 1836 to 1841, and again from 1846 to 1850, was made Earl of Cottenham. The late pre late entered at St. John's College, Cambridge, at the usual age, and took his degree in 1804 without obtaining honours, though this circumstance could hardly have originated in want of ability, as he was elected Fellow of St. John's shortly afterwards—a much coveted honour. He proceeded M.A., 1810; 8.D., 1814; D.D., 1840. In 1822 he took the college living of Moreton, near Chipping Ongar, Essex, holding with it that of Aspeden, near Buntingford, Harts, in the gift of the Earl of Mexborough. In 1826 he was appointed Prebendary of Wells. In 1840, on the transla tion of Dr. Bowstead to Lichfield, he was elevated to the Bishopric of Sodor and Man ; and early in 1841 was trans lated to that of Worcester, on the death of Dr. Carr. Bishop Pepys was a Liberal in politics. In the House of Lords, according to " Hansard" he spoke but twice—once in 1848, against a petition from the Worcester Diocesan Society, which complained of the obnoxious " management clauses ;" and, in 1849, in favour of a petition from certain clergymen in Scotland, who desired to be relieved from their allegiance to the bishops of the Church in that country. He voted for the union of the Sees of St. Asaph and Ban gor (against Lord Powis's bill fer the repeal of that union) ; for the endowment of Maynooth ; for the repeal of the corn laws; for the repeal of the navigation laws; for the Jew Bill ; for the Divorce Bill. After this enumeration it is hardly necessary to say that in religious matters his lord ship was not what is called a High Churchman. But it would be a mistake to suppose that he was at all inclined to the opposite extreme, or that he ever attempted to dis countenance and discourage High Church clergymen. Among his honorary canons (admirably selected) we find the names of the Rev. T. L. Claughton, the Rev. H. A. Woodgate, the Rev. R. Seymour, the Rev. D. Melville, Archdeacon Sandford, the Rev. Dr. Williamson and the Rev. J. F. Mackarness, all well known High Churchmen, as well as those of Dr. Miller, of Birmingham; Dr. Marth, of Leamington; and Mr. Villiers, of Bromsgrove ; and it may be added that of late years his lordship was evidently drawn more closely to the side of High Church clergymen. Personally, his lordship was very popular, and he was a liberal patron and friend of the triennial festival of the three choirs. As an author, Bishop Pepys is not known at all. He published (by request) a sermon for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (1846), and for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (1847), a Charge to Candidates for Ordination (1844), and charges to his clergy delivered in 1845, 1318, and 1854. The late prelate married at St. Marylebone, Jan. 27, 1824, Maria, daughter of the Right Hon. John Sullivan, by whom he leaves a large family. One of his sons, the Rev. Herbert G. Pepys (rector of Grimley-cum-Hallow, Worcestershire, and chaplain to his father), preached the sermon at the late successful festival at Worcester ; and one of his daughters is married to the Hon. and Rev. W H. Lyttelton, rector of Hagley, and honorary canon of Wor cester, brother of Lord Lyttelton. AN EXCITING SCENE:I-71 NEWINGTON. Yesterday morning, between the hours of nine and ten o'clock, a very alarming accident, by which the lives of upwards of 20 persons were jeopar dised, took place in. Newington-causeway about mid way of the Elephant and Castle and Horse monger-lane. The particulars connected with the occurrence may be thus briefly stated. For se veral years past Mr. Ball, the omnibus and stage coach proprietor, of Brixton, has been in the habit of runnifiTlhl filled v sta w e i g h t e i h c carriage ep passengers g e d e r s a t rom bothit s inside usual hour and ng a f that lace to ot th hu e et. cle, total numb er o f persons i n an d upon amounted to 24 or 26 . Th e coac h procee d e d a l ong e the main thorou g hfa res w ith ou t mee ti ng w ith an y C viTteynh. it is understood, must have yesterday , accident, but upon getting into the Newington causeway one of the axletrees of the vehicle snapped at the shoulder point, which caused the wheel to come off, and the weight of the passengers caused the carriage to topple, and the driver was pitched head foremost between the horses, and the persons on the roof were nearly all thrown into the road, whilst those who were seated inside the coach were thrown about in terrible confusion, and were all more or less injured. Police-sergeant Gilby, 21 M, and Police-constable Bouser, 121 M, assisted in extricating the gentle men from their perilous positions. Some were severely bruised and internally injured. A gentle man named George Hastings, a merchant in the City, who left his country house at Brixton, and was proceeding to his place of business, No. 45, Lombard-street, was thrown with such violence from the carriage, that when picked up he was found to be in an insensible state. The police at once took him to the surgery of Mr. Townsend, when upon being examined by that gentleman, he found that besides several severe bruises and inter nal injuries one of his legs had received a compound fracture. Mr. Townsend therefore advised his re moval to Guy's Hospital, which was accordingly done. The driver, although much injured, Was a bl e to walk home. ILLNESS OF SIR PETER FAIRBAIRN.—The Leeds Mercury of yesterday says—We regret to announce that there is no improvement this morning, and that though Sir Peter is still alive his recovery is hopeless. ELECTION OF MASTER AND MATRON TO ST. PANCRAS WORKHOUSE. —At the weekly meeting of the vestry of St. Pancras a contest took place for the election of a master and matron for St. Pancras Workhouse, in the room of Mr. and Mrs. Wink), resigned. There were three candidates selected to go to the ballot, viz., Mr. G. W aillyard, formerly governor of Maidstone Gaol, and wife ; Mr. Alexander C. Morrison and wife, present master and matron of Marylebone Workhouse ; and Mr. G. Workman.. and wife. Tho result was—For Mr. A. C. Morrison and wife, 42; Mr. G. W. Hillyard and wife, 35; Mr. G. Work man and wife, 0. Mr. and Mrs. Morrison were called in, and the result was announced to them ; and Mr. Morrison, o n behalf of himself and wife, thanked the board for the appointment, which is worth about £4OO per annum, and i£so am the 051ary at Nexyleinne.