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Operations of every kind being unnecessary, the most nervous patient can be supplied wiihout fear of pain or inconvenience. Con sultation tree. Teeth from ss. Sets, 5,7, 10, and 15 Guineas, warranted. For the efficacy, utility, and success of this system, vide " Lancet." Daily attendance at 13, Whitefriargate, Hull ; 10, Norfolk. street, Sheffield ; 4, East-paraae, Leeds ; and if, St. Nicholas. street, Scarbro'. o connection with any one of the same mine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAL—Morning, 7h. 6m.—Afternoon, M 7h. 33m. TO-Moßßow.-Morning, Bh. sm. —Afternoon, Bh. 40m, 4 • Or . tr:4:ir'4loFA• Mont LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1865 The failure of a cause which has been gallantly defended, for which men have schemed, and thought, and striven, have sacrificed their blood and their treasure, is always painful and depressing, even where the object to be attained is not one in which we can wholly sympathise. Englishmen have watched with intense interest the progress of the Southern States. They have sympathised in the resolute stand which the Southerners made for the right of self-government, and their hearts have kindled as they read of the sacrifices which they cheerfully made, the obstacles they surmounted, and the unflinching courage and spirit which they manifested in face of the most disheartening dis couragements. The presence of the Slave element was, indeed, a drawback to the interest which Englishmen took in the fortunes of descendants possessing so much of their own characteristics, and at the first outbreak of the war the sympathies of this country were more inclined to the North than the South. But it soon became appa parent that the question at issue was not the position of the black race, but a struggle for power between two branches of the white. It was not long before it was clearly perceptible that with the exception of a comparatively small party the North cared no more for slavery than the South did, and, in fact, the sincerity of their emancipation fervour has been curiously illustrated by the treat ment of the negroes since the peace. As the war was of the South's own making, it is evident that there was no particular reason for fighting about the negro question then. The " domestic institu tion" was in no particular danger, and the slave holding party were too strong for the abolitionists to have much hope of overcoming them. If the Confederates when still in force in the field had offered to re-enter the Uniori on condition of having their slaveholding rights guaranteed, the North would have been only too glad to agree to such `terms. The lovers of freedom may rejoice that such a disgraceful compromise was not entered upon. The South were confident of success. They had able rulers, brilliant generals, and heroic armies. They proved their valour on many a hard fought field and against tremendous odds, until at length the cause which at first appeared a wild chimera became a recognised fact. As Mr. GLADSTONE justly said, JEFFERSON DAVIS " made the South a nation." It had a free'press, it was governed according to constitutional forms by a representative assembly, and in this very constitu tionalism lay its danger. Strange times require strong measures, but JEFFERSON DAVIS was not enough of the despot. He was too conscientious or too timorous to wield irresponsible power, or perhaps he felt he was not strong enough in his position to assume exclusive authority. The Congress which should have supported him failed him in the hour of extremity, the planters refused to permit the enlistment of the slaves despite General LEE'S reiterated demand for them. Disaffection and disunion crept into the Senate, and press, and camp. Local jealousies, and indi vidual ambitions and animosities neutralised all efforts for the general good ; secret emissaries from the North were busy in Southern circles, and treasonable c orrespondence with the enemy was even supposed to be carried on by members of the Senate itself. The result of all this we know, and any one who recall the mournful dignity of JEFFERSON DAVIS'S last answer to the Congress, in which he expressed his conviction that the necessary measures had been deferred too late, will perceive in it the painful prescience of an enlightened statesman who sees his country driven headlong to a ruin which he is powerless to avert. The brief sway of the Southern President has ended in a Northern dungeon ; the short but event ful record of the Southern struggle has closed in blood and tears. The only visible result of the heroic struggle of a brave people for their in dependence remains in the desolation of the fairest provinces of the Confederacy and the thorough dis organisation of the Union. The struggle being over, all wise and kindly men will do their best to heal the wounds of their country, to soften the bit terness of the conflict, and to reconcile the Southern people to their old position in the Union. It is not likely from all past experience that the United States can continue to form one nation. They are too vast and too unwieldly to be kept together un der one head, but whatever the eventual division for the present, there is but one course to pursue to r estore order a n d c i v il government, and heal far as possible the breach between the people. Actin g upon this conviction, the directors of the _ _ _lndex have decided upon suppressing their j ournal. The farewell address, issued with the last number, is now before the public, and will be read with in terest by many not concerned in the Southern cause. On the Ist of May, 1862, The Index commenced its career as a representative of Southern interests in this country. At that time the fortunes of the Con : federacy were at a low ebb, for New Orleans had fallen, and M'CLELLAN was marching on Rich • mond. Since that time many a deadly battle has been fought, many a victory won, and when at length the curtain has fallen over the stirring scene there has been but one feeling of admiration for the gallantry, the resource, and the persever ance of the people of the South. Even now there is enough to engage attention in the position and prospects of the several States of the Confederacy, but the editor of the Index believes the usefulness of his journal to be marred by the general impres sion that its existence is " a kind of Providence, and as the organ of a new Secession party." He will not, therefore, suffer the Index to become the excuse for " perpetuating a contest which can only aggravate the miseries of the conquered and the disarmed." After paying a well-merited tribute to the fairness and candour of the English press, the Editor of the Index goes on to express his conviction that the prolonged struggles and suffer ings of the South have not been fruitless. " The Southern Confederacy," he says, " has fallen, but her gallant sons have not died in vain. Whatever flag waves over her capitols the South will be free. Under whatever Government her people live their influence will be felt." We may, indeed, see one great good which has been gained by the war, one blessing which it has conferred on the South, though it is a blessing that her people will not recognise. The abolition of sla very will have removed the great drag upon her wheels, and however harshly it may be carried out towards the negroes, it will be a sub stantial benefit to succeeding generations of white and black. The position of the North at this moment is far from enviable. The public debt has just been been officially announced to amount, on the 31st ult., to $2,757,253,275, showing an increase of $122,000,000 since the 31st May. The coin interest on the debt amounted to over sixty-four million dollars, and the currency interest to over seventy-four millions. This is not a very pleasant result of four years' war, and certainly the Americans have shown themselves capable of " going a-head" as rapidly in a national debt as in anything else. It is no great wonder that with this complication of troubles President JOHNSON'S health is failing him. A man of stronger nerve might well feel the task too weighty, surrounded as he is with interested partisans and fanatical New Englanders, who think every difficulty will be solved by hanging DAVIS and confiscating the whole land of the Southern States. The tales which have been fabri cated in some parts of the North respecting the treatment of Federal prisoners have been amply disproved. The only necessary which they appear to have wanted being medicine, which the North with its usual humanity declared contraband of war. A letter from a gentleman, who was for more than a year the inhabitant of a Federal prison, serves, however, to bring a countercharge of very serious nature against the Federal authorities. The Northerners appear to be merciless in their use of power when they get it, and unfortunately they have at present little to keep them in check. Altogether, the last number of The Index appears at a troubled epoch ; but we must hope that the prospects of both South and North.will brighten and settle before long. The Cattle Plague has now assumed most formid able dimensions, and on Saturday a supplement was published to the London Gazette concerning the due precautions that were to be adopted. This has been rendered necessary by late events, and indeed it was high time that something was done. It is generally the fashion with the authorities to put off all inter ference in such matters until the evil has been long in existence and made great progress. The Order in Council is given in consequence of an Act passed in the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of her MAJESTY'S reign, to prevent the spreading of contagious and infectious disorderi among sheep, cattle, and other animals, that enables any two or more of the Privy Council to make such orders and regulations as may be deemed necessary. Many useful directions are given in this order, and one of the most important is the second, which sets forth that every inspector appointed under the provi sions of the Order in Council shall have the power to enter upon and inspect any premises where he has any'ground for believing that any animal labours under disease as often as he thinks it necessary to do so. Without some such rule as this there can be no possibility of detecting the evil or arresting its progress, for it is well known that through igno rance or inattention necessary precautions are not adopted in many places, and, above all, that time is lost before the infected animals are separated from the rest. Only the authority of those who cannot be resisted can avail in such cases, and the health and well-doing of the community impera tively demand its vigilant exercise. Furthermore, it is decreed that such animals as•are affected with be disorder shall be kept apart from the rest, and that no person shall send to market, or remove from his premises, any animal that has been herded or come into contact with those affected by the dis order, without the leave of the inspector. Every animal that dies of the disease is to be buried near the spot if at all practicable, and the inspector is to authorise the disinfecting of the skin, if it be not buried wail the animal. Also, it is enacted, that every person upon whose premises the diseased animals die shall cleanse and disinfect the said premises, in such a manner as the inspector of the district shall appoint, and that all persons who offend against this order shall for feit any sum not exceeding twenty pounds, as the justices before whom he is convicted may think fit to impose. A wise injunction is that which directs that any cowkeeper or dealer in cattle shall give notice of the existence of the disease to the proper authorities, and these shall direct that p h e s c t i o e r t e ksh e a fi ll e c e a t rr . y T the n o e r c d e e s s r ary i s some veterina r y surgeon or other person qualified r aa egu an la i t n io s rulesnow a e n x d tended to all parts of England and Wales, not comprised in the first order. So far, a desirable decree bas been issued ; and it now remains for those whom it concerns to carry into effect, as far as possible, the regulations that are given, which, if put in force at once, must stop the spread of the disease in a great measure, if it does not speedily check it. Mr. GREGORY, of Manchester, has written a letter to the 7 Imes concerning the " rot " and disease so generally prevalent among imported cattle. In this communication he states that much harm is done by the " infamous treatment " which cattle receive at the hands of exporters in foreign countries, by owners of railways, vessels, and consignees and salesmen at our ports. The details here set forth are indeed most shocking, and disclose facts that are worthy of notice. Sheep and cattle are for the most part purchased in foreign port-markets, and the buyers generally deem it advisable to get the poor animals THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENI off as soon as possible, and do not provide them with food or water, or allow them to rest, before embarking them on their passage. The unfortu nate creatures are rarely supplied with water, and all the time which is occupied by their conveyance is thus passed in suffering. Several days elapse in the transit from Hamburg and Spain. No wonder that the wretched victims to this in human course of proceeding are landed " droop ing, unhealthy, and often dead." The ques tion of " consigning " the animals is a very nefarious practice, as the shippers thus send neither food, water, nor herdsmen with them. It is mentioned in this letter that if a " special commis sioner were to be sent to Plymouth and our northern cattle ports, he would find the provisions and" arrangements" on board the cattle vessels worse than the " black hole of Calcutta." Besides the fearful cruelty of such proceedings, it is evident that great harm must be occasioned by the state in which the animals are landed. How can they be fit for human food when they have undergone such tortures ? No censures can be too severe that are passed upon such conduct, and it is only surprising that cattle plagues have not broken out before, when we consider the infamous course pursued by the dealers in prize cattle. When we consider that the Manchester market receives two thousand sheep per week'we may form some notion of the evils occasioned by the evil practices referred to. Mr. GREGORY very properly observes that there ought to be an inspector ap. pointed to see that cattle vessels only bring over a registered number, that herdsmen voyage with them, and-that food and water are supplied on the passage ; also that ventilation be afforded between decks, and that after the cargo is discharged the cattle decks be thoroughly cleansed. In the railways also the poor animals are consigned, so that the concluding paragraph of this letter is indeed true, where it states that " the wonder is that there is not disease more alarming than it is at this moment, after so bad a summer, and with so criminal an unconcern for cattle." It is to be hoped that the attention of the proper authorities will be directed to this serious error in the transmimion of cattle, and that the best possible means may be devised for its removal. It is going the way to create dreadful distress, loss, and suffering to the community thus to sanction such practices as those which disgrace our ports in the traffic of cattle. Addressing ourselves to re medy the consequences of the evil will not suffice if the circumstances which are prolific in forming its causes are not attended to, and the public cannot do better than evince their desire that a stop be summarily put to the mismanagement of foreign cattle, which is the root of the evil now so seriously affecting the community. Certainly the sin of this great cruelty has brought down a judg ment upon the country, and the worst is that the innocent must suffer for the guilty. It is unfortu nately too much the habit with many to let things alone as long as they possibly can, and the conse quence is, that the crafty and callous have it all their own way for a time. Sometimes good comes out of evil, and if anything can at all compensate for the distress and disaster of this cattle plague, it will be the reflection that the cruel customs hitherto in vogue have been done away with, and will no longer remain to injure the health of the commu nity, and to be a grave reproach to our character for consistency as a civilised nation. The Reform League• . 4 ..-_ The executive committee of the above League met at their rooms, 8, Adelphi-terrace, Strand, on Friday evening last—Edmond Beales, Esq., in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting having been confirmed, correspondence was read from Wilfrid Lawson, Esq., E. A. Leatham, Esq., J. A. Nicholay, Esq., C. H. Waring, Esq., and others ; also very satisfactory communications from Halifax, Norwich, Leicester, Huddersfield, Neath, Wivelis combe, Brecon, Bishop Auckland, &c. A report having been given concerning the Reform banquet, the subject of petitions (adjourned from last week) occupied the attention of the committee for some time, when a sub-committee was appointed to at tend to the whole plan of petitioning during the coming Session of Parliament. A systematic course of public lectures on theprin ciples of the League for the metropolitan branches was next decided upon, and arrangements made for that purpose. In accordance with a notice of motion, the subject of a conference was introduced by Mr. Cremer, and the following resolution car ried unanimously:—" That steps be immediately taken to convene a conference of Reformers from all parts of the country, such conference to assemble in London immediately on the opening of Parlia ment ; and, at the termination of their sittings, a great public demonstration be held, and that on the following day the whole of the delegates assembled at the conference go as a deputation to the Prime Minister to urge on him the necessity of introducing the principle of manhood suffrage and the Ballot into the constitution of the country." A committee was then appointed to carry out the foregoing resolution. MADAME GRIST, it is said, will appear again at Her Majesty's Theatre next year; if so, possibly also Signor Mario! Meanwhile, the event to be looked to is M. Gounod's " Romeo and Juliet !" A NEW THEATRE is to be built in Holborn, it is said, Mr. Southern having an interest in it ! ABD-EL-KADER TURNED NOVELIST.—One of the many rumours at present in circulation about Abd-el-Kader is to the effect that the Arab chieftain has written a novel, which will be published in Paris during the author's stay there. It is further said that the distinguished visitor is an excellent story-teller, and has such a fund of imagination that a lively, and certainly a fresh, book may be looked forward to by readers. BOTTOMLESS BOOTS.—" Jerry," said Con Delaney to a brother of the hod, " them's an iligant pair of top boots you have on, anyhow." " Tops," replied Jerry, " bodder, they're Wellingtons." " Well, thin, 'pen my conscience," retorted the queriest, " I thought they were Tops." " And why ?" " Because you haven't a bit of bottom to either of them." " Arrah, get out of that wid you intirely, wid yer observations." THE OPAL.—When held between the eye and the light it appears of a pale, milky-reddish hue, but when seen by reflected light it displays all the colours of the rainbow, in flakes, flashes, or specks—in fact, all the colours of the most beautiful gems are here united in one. When the colours are in small flakes, distributed over the surface, it is termed by jewellers " harlequin" opal, on ac count of its resemblance to the motley tints of the harle quin's dress. When fine these are much prized; but most persons prefer stones having the variously-coloured fire in large flashes. This marvellous display of colour is thought to be occasioned by nearly invisible fissures; the Abbe Hauy, however, ascribes it to thin films of air filling cavi ties in the interior. Opals are always cut en cabochon on both sides, and the true beauties of the gem only display themselves when the stone is moved about, as then a fine opal really appears to have au actual life within itself. They are very brittle, and are always much more brilliant on a warm day. A dealer in precious stones, aware of this peculiarity, invariably holds an opal in his hand before showing it, in order to impart warmth to the gem.— Emanuel's Diamonds and Precious Stones. A DELIGHTFUL SCHOOLMASTER ! — Reate, of Eton, five feet high, " with the pluck of ten battalions"— (ride author of " Eothen")—" with shaggy red eyebrows, so long that ho used them as arms and hands for the pur pose of pointing," horrible in temper, and clothed in tho old masters' costume, which Mr. Kinglake describes as "a fancy dress, partly resembling the costume of Napoleon, and partly that of a widow woman." A clever plaster cari cature of him by an Italian had an enormous sale. As the modeller said, "Yes, sare, Eton gentlemen buy him many times—they have much pleasure to break his head." Many are the ludicrous stories told of him. He was greater than Malim at flogging.- Once the masters had all to prepare lists of all the boys in their respective forms of confirma tion. One of them did so on a paper of the exact shape of the usual "flogging bill," and sent it in to Keate. The latter asked no questions, but mercilessly flogged every candidate on the list. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE PERUVIAN. (Via Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, AUG. 5 (Evening). President Johnson still indisposed, but is reported to be improving. Mr. Stanton has ordered the military authorities of Texas to muster out all volunteer white cavalry, infantry, or artillery that can be dispensed with. General Grant has left for Quebec. AUG. 4 (Evening). Mr. M'Culloch has denied that all Government securities are free from state or municipal taxation. The Tennessee election returns show that the Union candidate was defeated in Nashville district. Unionists were elected in the Knoxville, Shelbyville, and Chattanooga districts. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold, 1431. Exchange on Lon don, 155/ ; do. Paris, 3 65. Stocks dull. New York Centrals, 93; ; Illinois, 125 i; Erie, 894 ; 5-20 Bonds, 105 i. QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 14. The Inn= steamer City of Manchester, from New York on the sth inst., has arrived here, with 255 passengers. She landed 43 passengers, and proceeded at 815 a.m. for Liverpool. Her telegraphic news has been anticipated. MEXICO. NEW YORK, Aua. 5. Adlices received here from Mexico, via New Orleans, state that Lopez had defeated Cortinas, and the latter had fled to the Texas side of the river. NEW ZEALAND• MELBOURNE, Jun 25. Intelligence received here from New Zealand announces that William Thompson surrendered to Brigadier Curry on the 25th May, and the war was considered at an end. The attempt to capture Mr. Volkner's murderers had failed. The London mail arrived here on the 23d June. Business generally is very dull. The Fiery Star has been destroyed by fire. The steamer City of Dunedin has been wrecked in Cook's Straits. All hands were lost. CHINA. SHANGHAI, JUNE 22. In North China the rebels threaten the Imperial Dity. 7,000 Chinese troops have embarked at Shanghai Tienksin to operate against Mienfei. The authorities at Pekin have applied for British military officers. It is reported that Mienfei has sacked and pil laged the city of Chufouhsein. Burgevine is in custody of the Mandarins at Foo-chow, who refused to comply with the demand of the American Consul for his release. Tywe had taken the field in person against C husin. Sir Harry Parker proceeds to Japan on the 23d inst. THE BOMBAY MAIL-. SUEZ, AUG. 13. The Benares, from Bombay July 24, reached Suez at midnight yesterday. (l is Galle and Persian Gulf.) HONG KONG, JULY 22. The company's steamship Corea is still missing :since June 29). THE CHOLERA. BARCELONA, AUG. 13. A large number of the inhabitants have left this on account of the cholera. ITALY. FLORENCE, AUG. 14. Senor Ulloa, the Spanish Ambassador, has ar. rived at Turin, and has had a private audience of the King. The official reception will take place shortly ai Florence. Up to the 12th inst., 781 cases of cholera had proved fatal in Ancona. The Sicilian authorities have received permission to subject to quarantine all 'vessels arriving from the ports of the Italian Peninsula. FRANCE. PARIS, Atm. 14. Vice-Admiral Lebardier de ?Diann has been nomi nated to the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, and Vice-Admiral Page has been appointed an officer of the Legion. BOURSE, Aug. 12.—Two o'clock.—Although the Bourse is well nigh empty the feeling among re maining operators has improved, and Stocks and Shares have obtained higher quotations. Threes, for the Account, have reached 68f. Credit Mobilier Shares, 763 f. 75e.—showing an advance of 12f. 50c. The deport on these Shares is still worth from Bf. 75c. to 10f. 4,100 Credit Mobilier Shares are being discounted to-day, and 1,550 North of Spain. Old City Bonds (1855-60) have receded lf. 25c.—to 420 f., and New City Bonds have advanced 2f. 25c. —to 461 f. 25c. Comptoir d'Escompte have gained 5f., and are done at 915 f. Three o'clock.—The market became weaker towards the end, the dePort has decreased on the Credit Mobilier. The follow ing are the last quotations 4 per Cents 97 25 Do. end month — Ditto Threes — 46 75 Mexican Dian 8 per Cents Do. end month 67 92f Credit Mobilier Do. Bonds _ Russian Austrian__ Do. end month 760 Bank Shares — ••• ome Debt Deferred Roman Credit Fonder — Italian Loan — Do. end month 64 97 rAYS. Cash. Acct. 850 Orleans Northam Lyons and Mediterranean Southern _ - ... 1066 25 _ _ ... 853 75 _ - ... 563 75 Western Eistern -- - 270 -- --- 402 50 ___ _ ::: 477 50 ••• 196 25 - - _ _ ... 315 - 221 25 Sardinian" Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman A marriage has been arranged between Miss Schenley, the eldest daughter of Mr. Edward W. H. Schenley, of Prince's-gate, and the Hon. Ralph Harbord, brother of Lord Suffield. M. BERRYER as described by M. Guizot in his new work :—lt is not only by the elevation and flexibility of his mind, by the attraction and charm of his eloquence, that he has s urmoun t e d th e formidable difficul ties of an ambiguo us an d extra -l ega l part in a system of legality, publicity, an d lib erty. H e d r aws from other sources, also, his pop u l ar i n fl uence. Although he has lived a party man, M. B errysr feels as a patr i o t ; h e is no stranger to any of th e i ns ti ncts, emotions, an d as pi ra tions of his country ;not on l y does he comprehend but partake the na tional joys and sorrows. He has sustained the rights and traditions of past ti mes, and, above a ll o th e r men, he is a man of the present time, attached to the rights which mo dern generations have conquered ; he has opposed the freest Government France ever possessed : he loves and sincerely wishes for freedom. Naturally liberal, prompt, accessible, and sympathetic, he can harmonise in his mind very opposite sentiments, and preserve, throughout all po litical vicissitudes, unity in his life and fidelity to his cause, without inspiring, in the adversaries ho most vehemently opposes, the anger and hatred he feels not towards them. LITERATURE. Little Golden Handbooks. A Brief Biographical Dictionary. Compiled by the Rev. Charles Hole, B.A. Macmillan and Co. The publishers, we observe, announce through their advertisement of this little work, that they are , sanguine as to its being welcomed far and wide by every lettered gentlemen as a book of reference, that he will always be glad to have lying beside him on his writing-table, close at hand, at his very elbow ! And with reason, as it seems to us, do they anticipate this instant and hearty acceptance of the compiler's ingenuity—Mr. Charles Hole's " Brief Biographical Dictionary" being, to our fancy, about the very handiest of all the handy little guide books that we can recall to mind ever having had the opportunity of welcom ing ! Within less than 500 tiny pages of beautifully clear and distinct letter-press, we have the quint essence of the biographies of almost all the famous or in-famous human beings who have ever lived men and women and even (very rarely) children (instance Chatterton)—fellow mortals of all times and climes and countries and conditions ! The quintescence of all these biographies, we say advisedly . —seeing that in addition to the names we have two all important dates, the Alpha and the Omega, the be ginning and the end, the date of birth and the date of death. Thelatter, whenever it can be given with minute precision to the very day, is, we per ceive, throughout the book, alone so given. Possibly alone so given by the reverend compiler in enforce ment of that exquisitely impressive line of Gray's in the immortal Elegy—(a whole sermon in a single verse !) " The paths of glory lead but to the grave." __ • _ Nevertheless, as it seems to us, there can be no valid reason whatever why the exact date of birth, when ever it can be given, also should not be given quite as well as the exact date pf death. We would seriously urge this upon the attention of both the compiler, Mr. Hole, and the publishers, the Messrs. Macmillan—with an eye, that is (supposing, of course, that they should think favourably of our suggestion) that, so far, the merits of the next issue of this charming little biographical hand-book might be enhanced. A very little addition to the present width of the pages would admit of this additional date being interpolated, without any risk whatever of the average one-line being flawed by over-running. For—the wonder of the little book is precisely this—that it is on the average a marvellous accumulation of one-lined biographies ! Instance among the long past,— EUTYCHILTS, Patriarch ; Arabic Annalist. 876—May12, 940 Or instance again among those recently deceased,—, HUNT, Jas. Hen. Leigh. Poet and Essayist. Aug. 28, 1859. Nevertheless—in enforcement here of our previous argument as to the preferability of the two precise dates, instead of the one only exact one, the date of death—we cannot by any means understand why the Great Napoleon's biography, for example, should not be summed up (tersely enough, in all conscience, even then) in those two dates—Born, 15 August, 1769—Died, 5 May, 1821. It is at any rate worth thinking of—whether the value of Mr. Hole's exquisite little volume (re markable though that value is even now) might not in this way very readily, and yet it should be added very considerably also, be enhanced ? Small, compact, condensed—the tiny volume is a perfect treasury of information. It is as full, as an egg is of meat—of information. It answers instantly, pertinently, and to the point, that ever - recurring question among all classes of readers—on coming to this name, that and the other—When did he live ? The span of each life is before us, at a glance of the eye—down to the very day when each life was " rounded to a sleep," as Shakspere has it so wonderfully. And—in re gard to the more important and interesting person ages mentioned in the volume, each in his due and alphabetical position—the sources of further and completer information are indicated by a series of names, the names, that is to say, of the biographers. Occasionally we find, in this, an omis sion of some well- known biographer's name —as, let us say in regard to the great St. John, Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke—" Life by Goldsmith," says Mr. Hole. He might have added, and by Win grove Cooke ! A careful revision of the little volume, however, exactly as it comes before us even now at this its first venture into publicity, may be very easily accomplished—judging of the work by the " few " faults, " and far between, " that we have, upon a very careful scrutiny of the book, been as yet able to detect in it. Brief though the account here given of each individual, necessarily is, purposely and designedly is, it is—for precisely what it is intended to be—amply sufficient. Hitherto we have only been very vaguely aware of our want of any such book at all. Now that it has actually made its appearance, however, we recognise in it a hitherto but half-suspected want, a want that—thus seen and satisfied—suddenly merges into one the satisfaction of which must be looked upon as henceforth a sort of necessity. Legal Forms for Common Use, being 200 Precedents By James Walter Smith, LL.D. Pp. 219. Effing• ham Wilson. A third thousand of this Legal Handbook having, herewith, by this reissue of it made its substantial appearance, clearly enough attests the utility of the work and—as indicative of that utility being recog nised—of its unquestionable popularity. Appre ciated already as a very excellent and reliable com pilation, this little handbook of Legal Forms, ar ranged together in 13 chapters, by Mr. J. W. Smith, is worthy of being yet more widely-known and yet more fully and generally appreciated: It bears evidence throughout of a minute and scrupulous and conscientious revision. It is a series of deduc tions drawn from not less than 200 precedents. The thirteen chapters into which the Legal Forms under appropriate heads are distributed, will be found upon examination to have been made very plain indeed by elucidatory introductions, and yet plainer still by a multitude of, explanatory notes. Many a momentary doubt, to the man of business who is not a lawyer, may be instantaneously set at rest by a few moment's reference to the pages of this excellent little guide or pocket companion—re ference to it being wonderfully facilitated by a copious index, alphabetically arranged. The Search for a Publisher. Fifth Edition. Pp. 67. Alfred W. Bennett. Although this very curious and interesting pamphlet almost amounts to an independent trade advertisement, it is so excellent of its kind, and so directly to the purpose held in view by its author publisher, that we gladly direct attention to it, less in the interests of that same author-publisher, than in those of the authors to whom he announces him self as prepared to act as publisher, if they list ! " Counsels for a Young Author" is the sub-title of the brochure. Fifth Edition, it will be recog nised moreover, is conspicuously enough embla zoned upon its title-page. Such as it is, the pamphlet under notice is also amply embellished with illustrations—vignette woodcuts, steel engravings, photographs. All the mysteries of the publishing trade moreover are here laid bare for the information of the multitude. The printers' art being minutely and carefully explained, in regard to thin and thick leading and solid, to Brevier and Bourgeois, Long Primer and Small Pica, Minion and Nonpareil, Ruby, Pearl and Diamond. Mr. Bennett's frankness and lucidity are alike entitled to the young author's recognition, even, we will say, to his grateful acknowledgment. The Channel fleet left Portland roads this morn ing for Cherbourg. THE CABMAN'S ARCADIA.—A letter from Quebec, dated the 28th of July, says :—I was amused with the dilemma created by an intelligent, although quick-tempered, Jehu who, on bringing me back from a short country drive, repudiated all adherence to fares set down in print. "It's not by the hour you'll pay me," said he, "nor yet by the distance ! " "All right," said 1,." much obliged for the lift;" and prepared to walk away. "You don't go like that," exclaimed Pat warmly, "I'll charge you whatever I wish; there's no law about it." " Then, I'll pay you whatever I choose," was my answer. Our conversation became animated. We repaired to the nearest police-station, where an arbitrator was fauna who advised timely compromise. " Sair," said he, " dere is no laws. It true, what he tell you." And a compromise was accord ingly arrived at. Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean. (From the Buffalo Daily Courier of July 29.) Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean took their farewell benefit at the Metropolitan last night, and the dress circle, parquette and family circle, were radiant with the beauty, fashion, and intelligence of the city. No matter how great the artists, the compliment implied in such an attendance must prove flattering in the extreme, even although it stood alone, instead of being the last of five of the most brilliant assem blages that ever congregated for so many consecu tive nights in this city. The distinguished artists had a right to be proud of the honour, for Buffalo is not unnecessarily enthusiastic, and those who met face to face in the auditorium night after night, had as good reason for mutual congratulation over their individual intelligence and appreciation. The season altogether has been such as shall pass to the credit of Buffalo as one of the foremost patrons of the arts in the country, and as such we make record of it. The first play on the programme last night, was that of Shakspere's " Richard II.," with Mr. Charles Kean as King Richard, and Mrs. Kean as the Queen. But comparatively few theatre goers are acquainted with it, and a goodly proportion of Shaksperean students have overlooked it. The entire play is not presented, but, as it is, its plot is simple ; the lan guage throughout is morally grand and beautiful; the situations are intensely interesting, but the denouement is not so agreeable as we would like ; although Mr. Kean,with his veneration for his great master, makes it as acceptable as can possibly be conceived. As Richard, Mr. Kean maintained the same unswerving consistency that characterises the unfoldment of all his characters ; and one could readily see that he would not part from it for applause or gold. As the King he was regal ; as the deposed monarch he was the moral hero, and his utterances gave an almost divine significance to the words of the great poet. From the beginning Mr. Kean displayed great energy as the King, but when Sir Stephen Scroop intimates in dubious phrase the success of Boling broke,Kean gives us a rendering of the following lines which furnish the keynote to his character, in magnificent style : Mine ear is open and my heart prepared ; The worst is worldly loss thou canet unfold. Say is my kingdom lost ? Why 'twas my care, And what loss is it to be rid of care ? Strives Bolingbroke to be as great as we ? Greater he shall not be ; if he serve God, We'll serve him too and be his fellow so ; Revolt our subjeCts ! that we cannot mend ; They break their faith to God, as well as us ; Cry, woe, destruction, loss, decay ; The worst is —death, and death will have his way. The reply to Aumerle in the 'same scene- com mencing with the lines : No matter where ; of comfort no man speak Let's talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs, was still more sublimely rendered, and with these the audience could not help love Richard, and Kean. The scene in which, after surrendering his crown and glory to Bolingbroke, he looks at himself in a hand glass, and dashing it to the ground, he ex claims— "For there it is, crack'd in a hundred shivers, Mark, silent king, the moral of the sport, How soon my sorrow hath destroyed my face," must have thrilled every one intent upon the act. But we almost do the artist injustice in suggest ing a few points of interest where the whole was so complete, yet it may not be out of propriety to aver that a more effective piece of acting than that in which himself and his queen are separated was never witnessed in this city. Mrs. Kean, who played the Queen finely, at this point displayed a power and pathos which she could not have excelled even when she was the pride of the stage. Mr. Cathcart's Boling broke was excellent, as he always is, and if we do not mistake the temper of the audience the play commanded their warmest commendation. At the close of the play the artists were called enthusiastically before the curtain, but Mr. Kean appeared alone. He said that his wife was dress ing for the comedy or she would have appeared with him. His further response was as follows : Ladies and Gentlemen,—l beg you to accept the sin cere thanks of Mrs. Kean and myself for the distinguished compliment conferred upon us by the crowded audiences which have nightly filled this theatre during our engage ment. That engagement will conclude to-morrow night, when we shall perform for the last time on the Buffalo stage ; for after re-appearing before our kind and warm friends in New York, we shall shortly return home, there to take leave of public life. In our retirement the remem brance of seven years sojourn in this country at different periods, will be amongst the most gratifying reminiscences of our past lives. The comedy of " The Wonder," which con cluded the entertainment, was a wonder, and de lighted the audience more than we have time to state. The Don Felix of Mr. Kean and the Donna Violante of Mrs. Kean were splendid performances. Mr. Cathcart played Colonel Britton well, and Mr. Everett as Lissardo displayed a felicitous humour which we did not suspect him of. The remainder of the characters were well taken, and Miss Bidelman and Miss Hall are entitled to a passing word for the creditable part they took in the play. We think the farewell benefit of the Keans will be long and pleasantly remembered. To-night Mr. and Mrs. Kean make their last ap pearance in the great tragedy of the " Gamester," the former appearing as Beverley, the latter as Mrs. Beverley. We advise our readers to look to their seats. RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) Probate of the will of the Right Hon. Henry Viscount Maynard, of Easton Lodge, near P ip unmow, Essex, and of 38, Grosvenor-square, was proved, in the principal regis try, by the surviving executors and trustees, H. Gibson, Esq., of Ongar ; and the Rev. G. E. Symonds, 8.A., of Tilty. The other executors appointed were his lordship's wife, Viscountess Maynard (who died in 1857), the late Lord Braybrooke, and W. Gibson, Esq., also deceased. The personalty was sworn under £50,000. The testator suc ceeded to the title on the death of his uncle in 1824 ; mar ried in 1810 ; and died, on the 19th of May last, at the age of seventy-nine. His lordship was vice-admiral of the coast, and lord-lieutenant of the county of Estex. The will was executed so far back as 1846, and - there are six codicils, the last dated 1861. His estates in the counties of Essex, Leicester, Cambridge, Northampton, and elsewhere, he had devised to his only son, the Hon. Charles Henry Maynard, who died, on the 2d January last, without male issue, by which the title becomes extinct, and the property descends to the son's eldest daughter. The testator has made provision for his own three surviving daughters, the two eldest of whom are married ; and has left annuities to his aunts, Eliza and Ann Barnard, and to his brother-in-law, George Rabett ; likewise annuities and legacies to his ser vants. By a codicil his lordship states that he has been in the practice of letting cottages and gardens to the labouring poor on his estate at low rents, and was erecting other cot tages; and expresses his wish that the person becoming beneficially interested therein should continue the same course. The will of Andrew Robert Drummond, Esq., of Cad lands, near Southampton, and 2, Bryanston-square, and of Charing. cross, banker, was proved in the London Court on the 3d inst., and the personalty sworn under £70,000, the executors appointed being his sons, Edgar Atheling Drummond and Alfred Manners Drummond, Esqrs., to whom probate was granted. The will is dated April 12, 1865, and he died on June 20, at the age of seventy one. The testator was the head of the banking firm of Messrs. Drummond, and was the eldest son of the late Andrew Berkeley Drummond, Esq., and Mary, daughter of John, second Earl of Egmont, and married, in 1822, Lady Elizabeth Frederica, daughter of the late Duke of Rutland, K.G. The testator confirms the settlements made on his marriage in favour of his wife, and adds thereto that which will make up the sum of £2,000 per annum, and leaves to her ladyship a choice of residence, with furniture, carriage, &c., and an immediate legacy of £2,000. To his eldest son, Andrew John Drummond, he has secured a like annuity of £2,000. To his second son, Edgar, he has devised his estate of Cadland. To his othor sons he has made provision by way of annuities and legacies ; and, as regards his daughters, he intimates they were amply pro vided for on marriage. He has left legacies and annuities to his servants. - - The will of James Henry Crawford, Esq., formerly of Bombay, but late of Brighton, was provedin London under £20,000 pers onalty, the executors nominated being his son, James Alexr. Crawford, Esq.; his nephew, Robert Wigra m Crawford, Esq.; and Henry Ray Freshfield, Esq., solicitor, Bank-buildings. The testator has liberally provided for his daughters. His daughter Henrietta received her por tion on marriage. To his daughter Mary he leaves the interest of £6,000 for her life; and a sum of .0,000 is left for the advancement of such of the sons of his late daughter, Helen Cruickshank, as may require it. He has also made provision for her daughter, appointing his said son John residuary legatee, and to whom he has made specific be quests of plate, &c., presented to him by native friends at Bombay, as well as of several silver cups won by his horses at the racecourse at Bombay. z Tourt--voc NtLts • • 3 " tirtrflat `,The Queen's Visit to Germany• ANTWERP, Aug. 9. Her Majesty the Queen arrived at Antwerp at half-past six o'clock to-day in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, after a fine passage from the Thames. Soon after the royal yacht had come to anchor his Royal Highness the Duke of Brabant and her Imperial Highness the Duchess of Brabant visited her Majesty on board. Her Majesty proceeds this evening, with the royal family and suite, in a special train to Darmstadt, and will leave Darmstadt to-morrow evening for Coburg. DARMSTADT, Aug. 10. tiler Majesty, with the royal family and suite, arrived here shortly after nine o'clock this morning. The Queen and princesses, attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe, drove to Kranichstein to pass the day. Prince Leopold and the remainder of the suite went to the Grand Duke's palace in Darmstadt. Her Majesty continues her journey to Coburg to-night. The Duke of Somerset came to town on Satur day from Portsmouth, and left his official residence yester day, accompanied by Lord Edward St. Maur, to embark at that port to-day with the other Lords of the Admiralty to. visit Cherbourg. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester entertained. last week, at Kimbolton Castle, during the Huntingdon race meeting, the Marquis of Hartington, M.P., Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess of West morland, Viscount Canterbury, Viscount and Viscountess Grey de Wilton,. Lord and Lady rroby, Mr. H. Chaplin, Mr. Charles Leslie, &c. The Marquis Conyngham, who arrived in town on Friday from Cowes, Isle of Wight, left on Saturday evening for Holyhead, whero he meets his yacht to take him to Dublin, on his way to Slane Castle, county Meath, Ireland. The Marchioness of Huntly and family arrived last week at Aboyne Castle, for 'the autumn, from Orton-. Longueville, near Peterborough. The Earl and Countess of Coventry have arrived at Thomas's . Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Norway. The Earl of Sandwich received a large party during the Huntingdon races, at Hinchinbroke. The Duke of St. Albans, Count Batthyany, Lord and Lady Cecilia Bingham, General Peel, Mr. and Lady Louisa Mills, Mr. H. Greville, &c., were among his lordship's guests. The funeral of the Dowager Countess of Shaftes bury took place on Saturday at St. Giles, Dorset. The Earl of Shaftesbury and other sons of the deceased countess attended the funeral, which was of a strictly private cha racter. Viscountess Amberley was safely delivered on Saturday morning of a son and heir at Alderley Park. Both her ladyship and infant are doing well. Lord and Lady Otho Fitzgerald left town on Saturday on a visit to the Duke of Leinster, at Carton House, Maynooth, Ireland. Lord Henry Bentinck has arrived at his shooting box in Scotland for the season, and has already had good sport in deer-stalking. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood and Mr. Wood have arrived at Homburg, where they intend to re main for a month. Lady Mary Wood and Mies Wood had previously arrived at Homburg from London. _ _ The Right Hon. Sir George Grey left town on Saturday evening for Falloden, Northumberland. The Earl of Leicester and the Tenantry upon the Holkham Estate. Lord Leicester has issued the following address to his tenantry:— " HOLICHAM, AUG. 11, 1865. " Gentlemen,—On my return from Norway I saw, for the first time, the circular which had been issued during my absence from the Holkham-office, and sent to each of my tenants. I learnt, moreover, from report, and have read with my own eyes, the indignant expressions which it has called forth both within and beyond the county ; and I needed no information from friends or other quarters to acquaint me with the feelings of surprise and pain which it must naturally have excited in my tenantry. " The judgments of the public or political opponents I must bear. Ido not, and perhaps cannot, complain that, with a somewhat ungenerous haste, they have attributed to me, on the ground of this document, an attempt to coerce my tenants in their political action in a manner utterly at variance with the principles and practice of myself and my house. "But my relations to my tenantry are of a different cha racter, and the necessity of an explanation to you directly is apparent ; the circular was addressed to you, was issued with apparent authority, and called forth feelings of sorrow and mortification which I both respect and justify. "Explanation is indeed to me most simple; though, in offering it, I may seem to reflect upon the discretion of an agent in whom I repose great confidence. The circular, as I have said, I never saw ; the spirit of it is in flagrant contradiction to the principles and practice that have been professed and followed on the Holkham estate for nearly a century, and I feel it due to myself hero and at once to disown and disclaim it. At the same time, gentlemen, I would have you think considerately of Mr. Shellabear. Immediately after the meeting of the Liberal party of West Norfolk, held in Lon don, at which Sir W. Jones was unanimously selected to be tho second candidate, I wrote to my agent to inform him of this resolution ; I urged on him the necessity of prompt and_ vigorous action from Holkham. I was the more decided in my expressions to him, inasmuch as rumours were prevalent in the county not only that I was indifferent to Liberal opinions, but that I even secretly desired the success of the Conservative party ; I counselled, not dicta tion, not coercion in any form, but the adoption in common with my tenantry (whose political sympathies as a body are strongly and avowedly with the Liberal cause) of every y a i tt i c oa l hi t et d e t a v e nr e ddw t the f i L dt otreturned naloeaexs o npt f Mr. Gur do n and legitimate meas e u eso r fi. e uirmll t an o enter into expressed; o t i ll d e b e u t e a t v i t e l h al f a m m n y y d departureviews W a w j l . n e execution of them was left to Mr. Shellabear's discretion. Zeal in carrying out instructions which were only indicated, and not given in detail, and the heat and fervour gene rated in an election, the battle of which had to be fought in the course of a few days, ledhim to issue the circular which has caused so much scandal—the iinpolicy and unfitting ness of which no one now sees more clearly than himself. And now, gentlemen, a word more. Coercion of the political views of the tenantry has never existed on the Holkham estate. My fathered gathered round him a body of tenantry who were attached to him by a community of son, timents. He and his tenantry were devoted to the Liberal cause; their united action in times past powerfully swayed many a hardly-contested election in Norfolk, a fact recorded in the political history of our country. An honoured rem nant of that tenantry still exists on the estate. Sons and grandsons occupy the places of fathers and grandfathers who are gone. Like myself, they have inherited the same great political principles, and I have a proud consciousness that no estate in England has a tenantry with more united sentiments, even in politics ; that with us Liberal principles are an heirloom and a tradition, and that coercion, always a crime, would be to you an unparalleled blunder and folly. —I am yours truly, LEICESTER., AN ACADEMICIAN ROBBED OF ONE OF HIS PIC TURES.—E• Ward exhibited as been byhim rob at be th d e RofoyoainAe Aca demy, d tTw e i j rn o pictures , n y ES. a — p E ort r r i‘e a lc it .en o t f l Mr. Dallas. It appears that in the middle of last week a man called on Mr. Ward and re quested to be supplied with an order for the delivery of the picture referred to, so that it might be removed from the premises in Trafalgar-square. Mr. Ward was engaged at the time, and believing that the demand came from his frame-maker, and was made in the manner commonly practised by such agents, as all artists know, had no hesi tation in giving the order required. In duo time this document was presented at the Royal Academy and ex changed for the picture to which it referred. Inquiries have been made for the lost work, but at present without effect ; it is believed that the police are not at fault in the search. AN ODD ADVERTISEMENT that, according to the Examiner, there is no Standing or Understanding either. —Amongst tho curiosities of the educational adver- tisements of the Times we see a " Professor of Standing." Dancing masters call themselves professors of dancing, but what in the name of wonder is a professor of standing ? Is it the opposite to dancing, or what ? During the elec tions we might have supposed that candidates might take lessons from the professor of standing, as to the places for which they might stand in the hope of sitting, but that solution cannot be good now. We must refer the question to "Notes and Queries," and we should be glad at the same time to learn how it is that the educational advertisementS aro about the worst written that appear. Is it to give fair warning of the sort of instruction to be expected ? If so, the thing is well done in its way, and the caution in the slip-slop tongue could not be conveyed in fewer words. In justice we must, however, note a difference between the male and female professions—the schoolmistresses having much the advantage of the schoolmasters. The former use and abuse a few fine words that might be well spared, but we have never seen them promise the services of a professor of standing. G, A [MUST 14, 1865. _~~.. ~__ . 4 I , _'