The Sun. — London, England, 1865-10-30 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY, OCT. 30, 1865. On Saturday a farewell dinner was given to Pro fessor MAssoN, who is about to leave London for Edinburgh to occupy the chair of Professor of Belles Lettres, as the successor of the late lamented WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN. J. STANSFIELD, M.P., occupied the chair, and the proceedings assumed a very interesting character. The Chair man, in proposing the toast of the evening, made an amusing allusion to the strictness of Scotch manners. He said that were they to express all they felt concerning the merits of their distinguished guest, " they would run far into the small hours of the next day, and send their friend northward, with not the best of characters with reference to the early hours of the first day of the week." In eloquent terms Mr. STANSFIELD eulogised the character of the Professor, and, in proposing his health as Professor Elect of Rhetoric and English Literature in the University of Edinburgh, ex pressed his high sense of his merits and attainments, and declared his confident expectation that the future of his friend would be a "logical sequel" and a " worthy development" of the past. It was alto gether an interesting affair, this assembly meeting I to do honour to one who was about to enter on a new and trying career, and to wish him the success which his attainments promise and his merits de serve. One great qualification which Profes sor MASSON possesses for his high office is that he has long been engaged in criticism in the highest sense of that word, and the Chairman gave a good definition of the two kinds of civilisa tion which existed. One is a mere degenerated style, which simply means that the persons engaged in it find fault and take a superficial view of things ; the other is, in the real and right acceptation of the term, " criticism par excellence," and to this school the learned Professor belongs. This older and truer criticism is well described here, as mean ing " judgment, veneration, appreciation, and which, having a criterion of its own by which to test the value of a man and of his works, looked for positive rather than for negative qua liti es , and gave a wide, a generous, a true, and yet sympathetic appreciation of merit of what they had done." A man must be a dis ciple of this school if he wiJhes to fill important posta, and to attempt training others in the way of literature. In the present instance Professor MASSON will labour under difficulties, in being the successor to one so distinguished as Professor AYTOUN, and so gifted in many respects ; but he holds out a high promise of excellence, which no doubt will be realised when experience has proved his Powers. The Home Secretary bad ample rea sons for making choice of Professor MAssoN for the vacant post, which had so long been ably filled, and on the faithful discharge of whose duties so much' HOUSES. —Messrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, buourtan, and Country RESIDENCES noonET or SELL. Pariculars forwarded for three stamps, p stating exact requirements t.nd rental. Offices, 2, Londuit-street,Reg,ent stre South Kensington, lacing the Museum. GOUTS KENSINGTON, HYDE-PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's -gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, and Princes Gardens, Elva ston-Place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and Thurloe Squares, Boltons. dtc. 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Mtss Louisa Pyne, Madame Lem mens-Shatrington, and Dirs. A. Cook ; Messrs. Alberto Lawrence, Henry Corri, A. Cook, E. Dussek, J. G. Patey, C. Lyall, and Charles Adams. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at half-past 7. TIIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY - LA NE.— Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. TILTS EVES ING the performances will commence with the Farce of HUSBANDS BEWARE. Mr. G. Belmora ; Miss Hazlewood, Miss R. Leclercq, &c. After which, Shakspere's Tragedy of JULIUS CASAR. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. T. Swinbourne. Raynor, G. Betmore, E. Phelps. C. Harcourt Miss Atkinson, Mrs. Hodson, &e. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET.— Sol, Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckatone. THIS EVENING, THREE W E O.liS AFTER MAR RIAGE. Mr. W. learren, Mr. Chippendale, Miss Snowden, miss N elly Moore. At: er which, USED UP. Mr. Charles Mathews, Hr. Howe, Miss Nelly Moore, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. To be followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Mr. and and Mrs. C. Mathews, &c. Concluding with THE BALLET. Messrs. Arthur and Charles Leclercq. Miss Fanny ti right, Miss C. Adams, and the Corps de Ballet. COmmcnce at Seven. ' U M I REATRE.- Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter. This Theatre will OPEN for the SEASON on MONDAY, November 6th. _ The performances will commence at Seven o'clock with a Drama, in one act, entitled THE VETERAN ANL) HIS PROGENY. Phillip Garboia, aged 102, Mr. 11. Widdicombe. Atter which, at 8 o'clock (for the first ti e), a New Drama, entitled TUE WATCH CRT, in which 3lr lechter will perform the principal character, supported by Messrs. H. "Widaicombe, S. Emery, C. Horseman, A. Raymond, S. Fitz patrick, and Miss Elsworthy. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. Acting Manager, 11. Barnett. ATEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI .11 • Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Mrs Alfred Mellon and Mr. Felix Rogers. After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 49th appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington, P. 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" From the be ginning of all time until now never had there been a precedent for what was now about to occur in his humble person—at last a Scotchman was going ' back to Scotland again !" This well-timed allusion to an unusual occurrence created great amuse ment. The Professor went to say that, under the peculiar circumstances in which he was placed, two ideas engrossed his attention. lie thought of the place he was leaving and the place he was going back to. Many strange thoughts present themselves to the mind of a man under such circumstances, and it must be with very mixed feel ings that he departs from a place long endeared to him by associations, even if he is going to one that also possesses the attractions of memory, and where he is to fulfil a noble mission for which he is spe cially qualified. As the Professor said, he was leaving the great centre of human life, which con tained a population equal to the whole of that of his native country. Those who constantly reside in London, and take no particular note of landmarks, would doubtless be struck if they were obliged to dwell upon what had occurred since such a time, and d uring a particular effort. It is only those who are com pelled to quit altogether the stirring scenes of the metropolis who, can form a just estimate of the spot they have sojourned in. Professor MASSON took a brief but impressive retrospect of the chief events that had taken place since ho last left Scot land. The last eighteen years, he truly said, have been very extraordinary ones in recent history, and many things have occurred which strongly affected men's minds at the time. Louis PHILIPPE'S abdication was, one of the striking events, and many circumstances connected with our own history have taken place. The many notable men who have passed from the scene during this period were also adverted to in' this speech, and it gives one a good idea of the changes that occur in a compara tively short period, when Professor MASSON talks of his first sight in London being a glimpse of the old Duke's wan face. Besides that world-famous man, Sir ROBERT PEEL has passed away from life, and many others, down to the burial of the states man who was laid in Westminster Abbey only last ' Friday. As the Professor stated, life in. London is a 1 " specific thing." It has a peculiar and beneficial effect upon a man thus to live in a multitude, and to be at the meeting " of so many conflicting tides and eddies." Such an experience takes conceit and provincialism out of any one in a brief period in a surprising degree. At the same time as there are drawbacks to all advantages there are qualifications to be found in the benefits accruing from a town residence, and the Professor stated them with great accuracy. Intellectual men are apt to be come blase, and to lose enthusiasm ; and another evil is the want of consolidation and orga nisation for high education in London. With its lights and its shades, however, a life in London is over for the Professor, as he ex pressively phrased it. He was going back to Scot land, to its metropolitan and main point, to the city of his dwelling, to which he would belong on this side of the grave. Doubtless it is with regret that he parts from all that is associated with his London life, but the picture has abright side as well as a dark one, and he will find friends in Scotland who will rejoice at his return to them with additional honours to fill a proud position. Many of the time-honoured cele brities who rendered him good service in his early years at the University of Edinburgh have passed away, but still among his former companions he will find many agreeable recollections. It will be his high office to train, others in the path which has led himself to success, and to work at the same time for the increase of his reputation and the service of his country, by sending forth a new generation cultivated and refined, and trained by polite literature for the highest and proudest attain ments. There is an old saying, as trite as it is true, which tells us that we cannot make men religious or moral by Act of Parliament. Such, however, does not appear to be the opinion of the enthusiastic gentle men who form the United Kingdom Alliance. Their object is the legal prohibition of the liquor traffic, and to carry this forlorn hope they are willing to devote their time, energies, and money with very little encouragement from their fellows, and with very little hope of ultimate success. At least such must be the conviction of every impartial observer, although the members themselves view things dif ferently. To them the loss of seats in the election is amply compensated by the accession of "several" promised supporters among the new members ; in fact, they see in this definite loss and indefinite gain matter for rejoicing " in the indications of a growing public sentiment against the liquor traffic." Certainly hope and faith are two potent auxiliaries, and it is generally the sanguine spirit that carries the day in any difficulty or danger; and therefore the United Kingdom Alliance possesses some quali fications for success, or would do so if their case were a little less desperate. They are by no means backward either in furnishing the sinews of war for wishing to prove their sincerity and further their cause by the establishment of a guarantee fund, though what they are to guarantee is not very clear, but they fixed upon the sum of £30,000, £29,000 of which have been already subscribed. Finding that this amount was so readily forthcoming, the General Council have resolved to raise the guarantee fund and to £50,000, a suggestion which was cordially approved of by the 12th annual meeting, held last week with all due ceremony. The report congratu lated the meeting on the passing of the Public houses Closing Act, and entered at some length into an account of the proceedings of the Alliance during the late election, proceedings which, as we have observed, do not appear to ordinary mortals to have produced very satisfactory re sults. Still in various signs of the times the report formed matter for encouragement, and the general feeling of the meeting was singularly una nimous and hearty. We cannot say that we ex pect the public generally will either attach much faith to their prognostications or even wish them success. As a body of men labouring for an object which they conscientiously believe to be for the public good they deserve respect, and certainly the evils produced by excessive drinking in this country are so great and so manifold that every social re former must at once admit their existence. The statements of Dr. MUNROE, that in putting a stop to drunkenness they would rob the gaol, the workhouses, and the lunatic asylums of a large pro portion of their inmates is unquestionably a simple fact. Poverty, disease, crime, and degradation follow in its train surely and sadly. No one can accurately calculate the evil, the misery, the wicked ness, which owe their origin to excessive drink. All this is plain fact, not the ranting of enthusiasts, or the speculations of theorists, but painful truth, drawn from our daily life, and confirmed not by the experience of clergymen and philanthropists alone, • but by judges ana masistrates, by doctors, by pri- DIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 30, 1865. son officials, by hospital nurses, by the keepers of lunatic asylums. The evil is indisputably great and real, but when we come to the important ques tion of how to deal with it, the case is by no means so simple. History and experience have invariably shown that forcible repression never answers its purpose. So little has persecution attained its object that it has grown to be a com mon sayingin a political disturbance that it will not do to make martyrs of the leaders. If it was possible to arrest crime, vice, and dissipation by legal enactments we should live in a very different world. There would be an end of burglaries and pocket picking, an end of fraudulent banks and bubble speculations, an end of a good many things which the well-wishers of their kind would soon put a stop to if .it were only necessary to fulminate anathemas against them. But every practical man knows that such a thing as the legal prohibition of the liquor traffic is simply impossible. We have heard that in the model State of Maine, the Utopia of teetotalism, when a friend pays a visit it is customary to direct him to open a little cupboard in a dark corner. What he sees there of course nobody knows, teetotallers best of all. We may smile at such a result, but we may be very sure that a legislation which encourages hypocrisy is no good thing. Excessive severity invariably reacts on itself. The excise laws produced smuggling, the rigid Sabbatarianism of Glasgow which forbids the sale of beer ends by a con sumption of whisky, which is startling to out siders. Those who drink too much will always find the means to obtain it ; no drunkard will be re formed by legal prohibition, and a large and profit able trade could never be suppressed by a statute. The only persons to be affected by the " legal pro hibition" would be respectable moderate persons, who know how to use the good gifts of life without abusing them. But all these arguments would be of 'more value if there were any serious possibility of such legislation being attempted, which is simply out of the question. It would be opposed to the whole spirit of English law and government ; it would be rushing at once to an extreme of despotic interference with the liberty of the subject, which would be intolerable even to nations under a political tyranny. If we are to put a stop to every pleasure or traffic which may be injurious when carried to excess, we may as well betake ourselves to mother earth at once, since food and drink, work and sleep, study and pleasure may be all alike perverted from the beneficial designs of the great Giver of all good to bad ends and disastrous uses. The very Alliance, whose proceedings we are now dis cussing, is a case in point. It shows us how morality and philanthropy even may, if not carried to excess exactly, be at least directed into very foolish and unprofitable channels. When we remember the great works that are hampered for want of funds and active help, we cannot but re gret to see so much energy and money thrown away on a hopeless cause. The members might know if they have any experience of life that drunkenness is as often the effect as the cause of evil. It is the effect of vice, ignorance, degrada tion, and crime. The criminal class drink because they are criminals, and find in that wretched re source some temporary oblivion. Little chil dren are brought up to drink as they are brought up to swear, to beg, and to steal, but the cure for this is not to shut up the public-house, but to open the ragged school. Let the friends of temperance stretch out the hand of help to the lower classes—let them remember that much of the temptation to drunkenness among re spectable artisans lies in the depressing influence of bad air, bad water, overcrowding, and excessive work on poor food. Such institutions as the Dis charged Prisoners' Aid Society for the, assistance and employment of convicts whose time is up, are powerful enemies to drunkenness and crime, yet this society has been obliged to shut up its esta blishment for want of means, while the Alliance coolly proposes to raise £lOO,OOO for a visionary object. For the satisfaction of the friends of humanity it may be remembered that some few generations back drunken ness was as common among the upper and middle classes as it now is among the lower. When the public opinion of a man's_ own class is against vice, it will gradually die out. Unhappily exceptions will probably always remain, but at least, so far as the lower ranks of life are concerned, we may acquit ourselves of our responsibility by providing better for their physical welfare and moral training, rather than by taking refuge in " legal prohibitions" which nobody will observe. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. THE ITALIAN ELECTIONS. Thy following have been re-elected members of the Chamber of Deputies, viz. :—Baron Ricasoli, Marquis Pepoli, Generals Garibaldi and Bixio, and Signori Ratazzi, Peruzzi, Minghetti, Pisanelli, Cairoli, Guerrazzi, Mordiai, Cantu Nicotera, Negezzi, Farini, Jacini, and Crispi. The majority of the other deputies elected belong to moderate Liberal party. The Retort Polite. The following remarkable communication has been addressed to the editor of The Reader : " Sir, —You have published (inadvertently I hope) two columns of intemperate abuse aimed at my drama, and mendacious personalities levelled at myself. " The author of • all this spite is not ashamed to sympathise with the heartless robbers from whom justice and law have rescued my creation and my property. (Query—Was he. not set on by those very robbers?) He even eulogizes A RUFFIAN who, on the 4th October, raised a disturbance in the Prin cess's Theatre, and endeavoured to put down my play by clamour,.but was called to orddr by the respectable portion of the audience. " Have you any sense of justice and fair play where the party assailed is only an author of repute, and the assailant has the advantage of being an ob scure scribbler ? If so, you will give me a hearing in my defence. I reply in one sentence to two columns of venom and drivel. I just beg to inform honest men and women that your anonymous con tributor, who sides with piratical thieves against the honest inventor, and disparages Charles Reade, and applauds one Tomlins—is Tomlins.—l am, your obedient servant, " CHARLES READE. " 92, St. George's-road, South Belgravia, October 21, 1865." By way of accompaniment to the foregoing letter of Mr. Reade's, we are tempted to give the subjoined opinion as to Mr. Reade's drama, precisely as it (the opinion) appears in the columns of our contem porary the Examiner : " The Princess's is discrediting itself and paying a poor compliment to its patrons by forcing the run of ' Never Too late to Mend' without excision of an act which has the artistic fault of not advancing by one word the story of the play, aud, besides that, has been condemned for its own sins by every edu cated critic. The Princess's is not to be praised. If the scenery cannot be sacrificed, could not the act be taken out of the play, to which it does not fairly belong, and given as an after-piece, which those might stay to see who had the stomach for it? " As Pretty a Case of Libel as any Seeker of Damages could wish. The Spectator of Saturday contains this extraor dinary paragraph : Monsignor Merode, Papal Minister of War, has been dismissed. The Pope, long displeased with Ms dishevelled vehemence of action and manner [intended for wit evidently!], discovered that he had overdrawn his account as Minister of War by 20,000 crowns [nothing like being explicit], called the act a theft [so probable!], and sent Cardinal Antonelli to advise his resignation. Mgr. Merode, who [to speak mildly] is a very violent man as well as a furious fanatic, went into such a passion of rage [Pelion on Ossa 1] that ho knocked his head against the wall [why?i, and had to be carried away to bed [intended, that, as a touch of the , humorous!] On his recovery ho agreed to resign, then declared that the Popo should dismiss him, but finally published his resignation, on the ground of ill health, to the Papal army. It is understood that most of the foreign officers will resign, as they have confidence only in Merode, who has spent the bulk of a, large fortune in assisting the Papal Treasury. He was a bad, violent person, a deadly foe to freedom, and a strenuous supporter of brigandage, but it is hard to avoid pity for his fall, or to avoid speculating whether he still believes his petulant master [just the very epithet, of course, as all the world knows, for Pine to be infallible. THE EVACUATION OF ROME. ARRIVAL OF FRENCH FRIGATES AT CIVITA VECCHIA. CIVITA VECCIIIA, OCT. 30. The French frigates Gomer and Labrador have arrived here. FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct. 28.—Two o'Clock.—The market is buoyant, and most Shares are quoted at higher rates. Threes, for the Account, show an advance of 20c., at 681 r. 15c, Credit Mobilier Shares are doing at 888 fr. 75c., with an improvement of 7fr. 50c. Spanish Mobilier have advanced sfr., North of Spain 3fr. 75c., Roman Shares sfr., Lombard 6fr. 25c. Italian Fives and Immobiliere remain stationary. Lyons Shares have gained 2fr. 50c., and New City Bonds have declined Ifr. 25c. Three o'Clock.—The market has continued buoyant to the end. The last quotations are as follows : per Cents 96 50 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 15 Do. end month ,68 20 Uredit Mobilior Do. end month Bank Shares 3690 Credit Foncier 1320 Italian Loan 65 50 Do. end inonth.... e , .65 35 RAIL' Ditto Threes — Roman Mexican Loan 4B 50 Do. J3onds 3lO 75 Russian - Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred - VA S. Cash. Acct. ... 815 ... 1092 50 847 50 ▪ 561 25 - ... 530 - - 535 - - 220 - - 393 75 ▪ 421 50 200 - - ... 250 Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian . Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman - - ... 170 A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE OF OPINION Spectator and Athenaeum. Our great novelist, Mr. Charles Dickens, may this week amuse himself, if he so pleases, by reading Esop's fable about " The Old man and his Ass," by the light of an entirely new illustration as to its inner-meaning. The illustration we refer to comes apropos to the close of his new story, " Our Mutual Friend"—one of the most wonderful of all his stories, by reason, on one hand, of the extraordinarily ingenious elaboration of ifi plot, and, on the other hand, by reason of the astonishing diversity or variety of its many humorous characters. Imme diately upon the completion of which highly elaborated and most carefully thought out work of art—a couple of reviewers, hitherto silent altogether during these lad eighteen months as to its merits or demerits, lave just now given the world (of Mr. Dickens's readers) the benefit of their opinion as to the success or failure of his efforts at their amusement. Tate, in evidence of the totally opposite conclusionothey therefore arrive at —the following passages published simultaneous on Saturday last, here in de Spectator, here in the Atheneum, in reference to some of the most con spicuous characters delineai3d by Mr. Dickens in his latest fiction : SAYS THE "ATHENJEUM:"— SAYS THE " SPECTATOR :" We demur to Weyg and Besides highly commend to Miss Jenny Wren as to a ing Wegg The eerie little pair of eccentrics approaching dolls' dressmaker is perhaps that boundary-line of carica- the best sketch in the book. The ture towards which their peculiar effect of hor de creator is, by fits, attempted. formity on her mind is a subject with just enough of mixed pathos and oddity, to extiaust the great power Nrhich Mr. Dickens has of inventing appropriate varia tions for the same thread of idea, - Bradley Headstone, the schoolmaster with strong passions and mechanised un erstanding, is a caricature pithout humour, as Mr. Dickens's didactic carica lures usually are. On returning to the cha racters, that of Bradley Headstone, the schoolmaster, dogged, sensual, unready;— his tremendous passions compressed by the responsi bilities and resp3ctabilitic of his position, takes the foremost place among them as an original conception The same may be said of The pair of lawyers, Mor- Jfr. Mortimer Lightwood and timer and Eugene (whose sin- Mr. Eugene iVrayburn and cerity of attachment one for their friendship. Two friends the other is not the worst point :cluz talked to each other in this in the book). conceited and affected style would deserve to be whipped like schoolboys. The author of " Pickwick " The worst thing, however, never revelled among richer in the book is Mr. Dickens's whimsies than are to be found futile and ridiculous attempt to in the comic parts of this draw ambitious "society" in tale ; in the Veneering the middle class. Mr. Pod household, and the guests as- snap, the representative of sembled by it. The mistress the British Philistine, always of the mansion and of the casting every sort of view camels on the dinner-table, behind him—in pantomime with :her readiness to of course —which does not weep, her stupid sentimenta- suit the prejudices of the lities about " Baby," her rich respectables, may per inane admiration of the haps have in it some slight prancing gossip of that old ;learn of humour, though it mechanical harridan, Lady s humour hard to see through Tz:ppins, because the same pas- the conceited mannerism sos with her as a fashionable with which Mr. Dickens pearl of great price,— the por- shows it off. But Lady Tip tentous Podsnap, who knocks pins, the Veneerings, Boots, down argument by British and Brewer, and Buffer, andl sentiments, and laconic, in- that butler who pours out solent dogmatism,—the civil, the wine, and whom Mr. misty, nobly-connected old Dickens makes a great point Tweinlow—(who would bo a of likening to an analytic true gentleman, every inch chemist, and calling " the of him, were he not a little analytic" with infinite pride too promiscuously willing to as often as he can during sit at anybody's feast.) each dinner party, are all forced productions, absurdly unlike what they are meant to caricature, and with no more of the fresh bubbling humour of Mr. Dicken's old fun left in them than has a glass of soda-water of impri soned air, after it has stood for an hour. The supers (as they say on The descriptions of the the stage) Boots and Brewer, Veneering dinner parties and —are all new people in print, their social circle are amongst whom every diner-out has the very worst of his writings — met every week of his life in self-conscious, affected, ma private. The vivacity and licious, extravagant, vulgar variety of this division of the The contrast between the novel are admirable. kindliness Of his humour, the genial laughter of his man ner, in such pi c tures as that of the dolls' dressmaker, or. Mr. 'Venus, and the , painful scream of his taunting man nerism in describing Lady Tipping and • Veneering is very striking, and worth suinuter analysis for a n y one who cares to understand h is genius. The will of Sir John Henry Palmer, Bart., late of Chariton-park, near Rockingham, Northampton shire, was proved in the London Court on the 4th inst., and the personalty sworn under £120,000. The executors and trustees appointed are his sons, Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Bart., and the Rev. Francis Palmer. The testator was the eldest surviving sou of the late Sir John Palmer, Bart., M.P., and suc ceeded to the title and estates in 1817. He married, in 1808, Mary Grace, daughter of the late Lord Sondes. He was Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Northampton. His will bean date Sept. 30, 1863, and he died on the 26th of August last, aged 90. He leaves to his eldest son his manors, advowsons, messuages, lands, tenements, and real estates ; his furniture, plate, books, &c., are to be held as heir looms with the title, Ile bequeaths to his daughter Charlotte a legacy of £20,000, and to three of his other children legacies .of £lO,OOO each ; and to others of them, and to his son-in-law, legacies of various amounts are left ; and to three of h i s grand children £5,000 each. A legacies to be paid free of duty. The residue he believes equally to be divided 1 1 between his sons, Sir Gregory and the Rev. Francis Palmer. Colonel Wells, the Superintendent of the Southern Indians, on the 29th ult. concluded an important treaty with the Osao.e trios . The Osages cede I, ooo , oooacres to the Government for $300,000. Oiler lands were also ceded, and the rights of settlers thereon protected. The land is all in Kansas. Nearly 500 Post-Offices have been re-opened in the Southern States since May last. LITERATURE Doctor Harold. By Mrs. Gascoigne, author of " Temptation." Three Vols. Hurst and Blackett. This work possesses the double attraction of a continuous narrative . and a series of separate tales, the different reminiscences of Doctor Harold having each a distinct individual interest, while the thread by which they are connected has an attraction of its own, being the personal history of Percie Harold and the charming Violet. " The Violet of Violets nest" is the subject of the first story, a pretty little romance with a happy ending, the heroine being one of the gentlest, and purest, and lovliest of her sex, and the hero one of the most singularly obtuse of mortals. All, however, is well that ends well, and, as we have said, the drama comes to a satifac tory conclusion. A little later on, after an amusing interlude, entitled " Our Fashionable Relations," comes one of the sweetest but withal one of the saddest of all the chapters in the three volumes— " Rose and Violet"—the little history of the lovely lives and early deaths of two twin sisters, aged five. Very tenderly has the author's hand lingered over their descriptions, and very touching is the picture of their devoted affection in life and in death. Equally melancholy, and of a more painful character, is the story of "Esther," which follows. The character of the unfortunate Esther, with her unhappy love, and her fruitless attempts to become refined in manner and grammatical in speech, is very effectively de scribed ; but in the following tale of " Ma" we find the wretched Esther transformed for the time into a perfect tigress. The manner in which (having been introduced into his house as nurse to his sick wife and child) she discovers and springs upon her be trayer, tearing and wounding him with her hands and nails, is perfectly revolting, and the conclusion of the chapter, in which Dr. Harold discovers the invalid wife, startled from her bed, a sudden maniac and the infant. dead, with a horrible suspicion that the diatraeted mother has been its murderess, is of the same painful and horrible character. This scene, this whole tale, in fact, is, to our thinking, the chief blemish of the book. We are becoming pretty well accustomed to continual horrors and terrors in the novels of the day, but we .were not quite prepared for them from the first volume of " Doctor Harold," which is natural and pleasant enough, as is also • volume three. Volume three contains the story of Uncle Guy, which is the longest of the tales, and a novel of itself full of characters, many of them very skilfully described, the best of all being Uncle Guy himself, with his generosity and frugality, his testy temper and his, tender heart. Retired from the army of India, Uncle Guy main tains in his small household the discipline of the camp. " His housekeeper sent in her bills of fare, her daily reports and lists of questions every morn ing on a sheet of foolscap, and he returned his answers and instructions on the turned down corner of the leaf in true orderly-room fashion, with as much abbreviation as possible." Some capital and amusing scenes occur in the course of this narrative, which will interest many readers. Doctor Harold, at the close of his reminiscences, holds out a partial promise of again favouring us 'with a peep at his treasured records. The pleasant manner which pervades the principal portion of these three volumes will incline his readers to look for a realisation of the pledge. The story of " Ma" excepted, Mrs. Gascoigne has given us a very interesting novel. She has committed an error, however, in making the worthy Doctor the spokesman, every page, every line in the volumes betrays the secret--the tender sentiments and graceful style reveal through out the authoress. This we do not quarrel with. Mrs. Gascoigne's manner of narration is admirable, she lures her reader on in the most agreeable way. We only advise her, in the next publication, to be herself her own tale-teller. Assuredly she could find no better, and her many readers will be of our opinion. The Quarterly Review. No. 236. An interesting number is this before us, and we find more variety than is often met with in these periodicals. Perhaps the most attractive article is the " Poetry of Praed and Lord Houghton." It is written con amore, and by one who evidently enters fully into the spirit of his theme. Nowadays the study of poetry is too much neglected, and it is quite refreshing to meet with a paper of this kind, in which many things are put before us in a masterly manner that are quite worthy of attention, and yet which might well escape notice in the hurry-skurry of every-day perusal. A similarity is observable in the writings of these poets, for they will rest their chief claim to remembrance on the merit of their contributions to literature in which they describe " contemporary life, manners, and feelings." Diffe rent in many respects, they resemble each other in this, and the writer of these pages has fully explained his reasons for coupling their names in his criticism of what has been called vers de societe. Some selec tions are given which richly illustrate Praed's par ticular style, and an excellent definition appears of their chief characteristics in this passage, where it 111 is said, " light, polished, and brilliant, they sparkle like gems upon the finger of beauty, they are not to be worn every day like the jewels of a Burns or a Wordsworth ; they are for hours of festive vivacity, they have boudoir elegance and propriety ; the light under which they shine most exquisitely- is not sunlight. These pecu liarities, if they limit them, give them also their special place in our literature." Conspicuous among descriptive pieces of any period stands out Praed's " Good Night to the Season." It is truly said here that high poetry cannot give that " minuteness of narrative detail" which is so delightful in Miss Austen . or Sir Walter Scott. All exactness of sketching and interesting but inferior description must cease to belong to the order of poetry proper, and be classed under the category of " occasional" or " minor," or vers de Societe. Lord Houghton's marked success is here justly attributed in a great measure to his advantages of education in the highest and widest acceptation of that term ; and indeed nothing can compensate for the lack of that deside ratum, no matter of what intrinsic worth are the natural gifts possessed. ." Granting, of course, the existence of an original or instinctive genius, nine tenths of success in the fine arts are demonstrably due to education—education in the Oxford and Cambridge sense ; old-fashioned, conventional, lite rary, classical, limited, if you will, —lay on and spare not ! but it is this which has given us Eng land's poetry ! Shakspere, always exceptional, is the one just possible exception." This passage deserves to be singled out for especial attention. Nowadays, that the march of mind has led many disciples of new-fangled notions to decry the advantages and deny the benefits of the old style, a course of argument which cannot'be too strongly opposed, for our literature will suffer, and our general taste and.appreciation suffer proportionately as a classical education is neglected. We meet with a good defi nition of Lord Houghton's style, as that which de ' picts the " emotional elements" of English life. Such as it is, he is a great adept in his art, and all find him a pleasant companion and a graceful guide to the flowery walks and elegant spheres to which he conducts theni. As here said,' " the notes' of the world's great lyrical singers have a greater compass, but within the range adapted, and it is no small range, Lord Houghton's are true notes, and he never strains them." Among the extracts given from the works of this gifted writer we find some verses which are descriptive of the poet's true mission, his holy privilege, his godlike gift, to diffuse upon earth a semblance of heaven's peace and serenity. " Amid the factions of the field of life, The poet held his little central ground." Many who have dwelt with delight upon the author's graceful and genial sketches will concur with what is here said, that Lord Houghton carries his idea into the actual works of his genius. " It is a junc tion to which no writer of our time has been more faithful ; nor is there a more truly enviable fame than that of the poet, who, so far as Nature has given him power, and Life opportunity, has accomplished it." At the conclusion of this excellent article a few words are said to point out the chief points of similarity between these poets, and they aro defined as writers who seem rather to have chosen " verse" as the fittest exponent of their sentiments on subjects of the day, rather than to have been moved by the more decided and determined love of poetry ; they are " receptive" more than " creative." Such a , delineation seems upon reflection to explain in an able manner the characteristics of these shining stars to our periodical literature, but the reader must bear in mind what is added to the opinion thus ex pressed, that a "rigid" or " exclusive" boundary is not intended. The least territorial limitations of the world of real property " are not formed within the garden of the soul." The " Cathedrals of Eng land" will prove to many a delightful sketch for perusal. It is curious to notice that "nearly forty years have passed since Briton's ' Cathedral Anti quities' were reviewed in this journal by Southey." The architectural glories of our English cathedrals are well worthy of consideration, and it is to be regretted that many persons of influence and im portance concern themselves in discovering the grandeurs of foreign States, while they totally ignore the wonders that belong to their own country. The facts connected with the preservation of " ancient relics" and the praiseworthy efforts of those who have laboured in the work of " restoration" are here chronicled in an impressive manner. " The Re sources, Condition, and Prospects of Italy" are here considered, and, after an elaborate investigation, it is said that the difficulties to which the Italian Kingdom is now exposed are greater from within than from without. "By persevering in a policy thus successfully commenced, Italy may acquire a prosperity not unworthy of its ancient commercial importance and antiquity, suitable to the great part which it has acted in the history and civilisation of the world." • " The Russians in Central Asia" is the text of an article which draws public attention to a centre but now too little regarded, and yet which may one day prove a source of anxiety to the nations of Europe. All that appertains, directly or indirectly, to the policy of the Government of St. Petersburg is of importance. There is much sound sense to be found in the remarks here met with, and at the present juncture especially we need to be told of the evils that loom in the distance, if we continue our present unguarded course. The chief danger, it is said, lies in the chance that, Russia may think this country will tolerate any amount of en croachment on her part, rather than be led into a declaration of war; but we must be on our guard, and watch the progress of events. " The time may come when it will be our duty to remember that outworks are as necessary to the defence of- empires as fortresses, and that in this view. Herat and Can dahar are the Malakhoff and Mamelon of our posi tion in the East:" " Field Sports of the Ancient Greeks and Romans" form an agreeable contrast for the diversion of the reader, who may thus gain an insight into those amusements which engrossed so large a share of the notice of the earlier generations. Some remarkable incidents are recorded, and it will excite the attention of many to find that cards of the races, with the names and colours of the riders and drivers, " were handed about, and betting was carried on with perhaps as much vigour in the days of ancient Rome as in those of modern England." "Blind People" is the subject of an article that is both instructive and interesting, and it is difficult t 3 decide whether it is more sad to know how many human beings suffer under the terrible deprivation of loss of sight, or to reflect upon the chances that are lost of affording to them some alleviation of their grievous affliction. It is almost incredible to conceive the immense advantages which those enjoy who are put under proper training, and early re ceive the requisite learning which gives light to those who sit in darkness, and in a great measure consoles them for their great loss. It is curious as well as deeply interesting to follow out the course of in struction which the blind receive, and it leads us to consider it at the pitch of perfection when a blind man is made a Professor at Cambridge, lecturing on the " solar spectrum, the laws of light, and the' theory of the rainbow," none of which he had ever looked at. The change which comes over the life of a blind child who is removed from a home, where he is a species of lumber, to an in stitution where his faculties are trained, is al most a magical one, and it is only to be re gretted that more of the blessed asylums are not in existence. Many are the claims on the wealth of this community, but surely the example of Him who made the blind to see should be present to our minds when we contemplate the position of the thirty thousand blind people scattered over Great Britain. Are not they solemn charges and weighty rebpeubibilities to those who have wealth, means, and influence at their command ? Milton has made immortal the sufferings of the blind, and he has also declared their particular vocation. " They also serve who only stand and wait," but those gifted with full possession of their faculties have another work ; they should arise and assist their afflicted brethren. Due weight is attached in this article to the importance of the training of these afflicted sons of mortality-, and it seems hardly possible that they who can assist in such a work should be indifferent to its progress or 'ignorant of its meaning. It resolves itself into, whether these children of night shall drag on their dark existence, a misery to themselves and a burden to others, or whether their better instincts shall be awakened, and their perceptions watched, until they are educated as far as they may be, and better fitted for passing through their state of darkness here, and hereafter awakening to the light of that land where the eyes of the blind shall be opened. The concluding words of this article are well worthy of notice. It is said that the hope is a just one which dwells on - the possi bility of these afflicted beings attaining to some success in their labours. We have seen in these records the noble part their work can bear, and can thus readily concur -in the sentiments thus expressed. " None indeed but He who made the eye can give sight to the blind, but human hands and human hearts may do much to help them to find out their share in all the privileges, joys, and responsibilities of human toil, and in it to discover Him who has set up his present kingdom here, in this world of work, given to every man his task, and when evening is come will give to each labourer his wage of reward." There is an article on " The Mariner's Compass," which is discussed in a pains taking spirit, from a wide range of publications on the varying subject. The deviations of the compass have puzzled the inquiries of the learned and scientific in all ages and countries who have led a seafaring occupation. The Chinese, learned in the most abstruse subjects, knew the use of the com pass and practised it some four thousand years before the Christian era. But with all our scientific knowledge and maritime enterprise we are as yet very much in the dark as to the lavis which govern the action of ship's compasses ; yet this is not for want of publications by elaborate inquiries into the -, - mysteries of the magnetism which influences • the world, whose bearing points and, guides the seaman's course on the trackless deep. The Chinese read from the south, while we read from the north pole—such is the strange diversity of nations ; but not more so than is exhibited in the characters of the compass itself. The variations are so singular, and the errors so frequent arising from so many disturbing causes, that they puzzle the most devoted enthusiast to account for the causes. It appears that in 1809 a new era in the history of the compass commenced with Captain Hinders, in his voyage to Australia. He observed that the direction of the compass needle frequently wandered from that which the known variation due to the geographical position of the ship assigned to it. The phenomena was found to be caused by the direction of his ship's head being pointed east or west, for then the north end of the compass needle was drawn Butraswnby some unknown force towards the ship's when his ship had got as far south as the phenomena was entirely reversedafromßass's ' s Straits what it drawn was in northern latitudes. Now it was the south towards the end of the needle which was marvel lous variations incident to the mariners' compass. bows. We give this as a specimen of the ' the building of ships. But another perplexity has now arisen with the sul: stitution of iron for wood in It seems that soft iron is far more susceptible of being influenced by magnetism than hard. B u t what is more singular still is the fact that not only is an iron ship different from a wooden one, but each individual iron hull has a special magnetic character of its air. No two kinds of air have exactly the same magnetic qualities. It would seem that new iron ships lose much of their mag netic character after having encountered rough weather, for the heavy seas wash the original mag netic spirit out of them. The older ships become proof against this influence. There are many and sundry embarrassments which perplex the mariner in his wayward course, the rolling of the ship dis turbs the compass card violently in the first trip of the Warrior in search of bad weather in the Bay of Biscay. The wild behavioUr of the compasses was such that they had to use magnets to compensate for the disturbance. The iron masts prove a sort of corrective in some ships, and this in the Great Eastern is almost perfect. The earth's horizontal directive force is often neutralised 'by the ship's own attraction. The position of the ship when being built has also a great effect on her compasses. When an armour-ship was being built in the Thames for the Russians, they sent one of their scientific officers to superintend her during the pro cess, and a large error having been discovered in her compasses, he had her removed from the dock to another, and she laid in an opposite direction while being plated to reverse the influence. Great Fire in Tooley-street—This Day. One of the most tremendous fires that has occurred since the late Mr. Braidwood lost his life, in 1861, broke out this morning at Beale's Wharf, Mill-lane, Tooley-street; which has laid in ruins property to the amount of a quarter of million. The warehouse in question is situated at the end of Mill-lane, covering nearly an acre of ground, and was filled with palm oil and every description of merchandise. The fire was discovered in the warehouse fronting the river. The steam floating fire-engines from Southwark bridge and Itotherhithe, followed by six steam fire-engines of Messrs. Shand, Mason, and Go., which soon got to work in first-rate style, but owing to the nature of the stock the flames spread like lightning and put the firemen at bah and floor after floor fell with a tremendous crash. The vessels in the river'were obliged to be moored in the centre of the river, owing to the sparks which fell on them. Th e cause of the fire is not yet ascertained. Opening of the South-Eastern Exhibition at Greenwich Hospital• _ . The inaugural ceremony of this,exhibition, which, by permission of the Admiralty, will be held at Greenwich Hoapital, took place on Saturday afteraoon last, at the Painted Hall of that build - Ing, in the presenca of a lerr company, amongst whom were many of the most influential iaha:yitaM,s of the district. In accordance with previous arrangements, Viscount Sydney, K.C.8., Lord Lieutenant of Kent, who had WI" Sented . to preside on the occasion, was met at the hospita l gates at hall-p_st 1 o'clock by a guard of honour selected from the several corps of the Kent Volunteer Rifles, COa l " manded by Lieut.-Colonel Thorold, with baud and colours, and, after the usual salute, his lordsifp was conducted round the E:faibition Hall, accompan:ed by the Rev. 0. F. S. Moucy, chairman of the committee and a number of as tinguiched vi3ltois. A proce,sion wel then formod, and escor:ed his lordshiP Loin the Exhibi:,ion to the Painted Hell, where every ar rangement had been made for the accommodation of visi tors, amongst whom were Major -Gen. Warde, C. 8., com mandant of Woolwich garrison, with his aide-de-camp, Capt. Williams; Col. Clarke, superintendent of the Royal calriage department o 1 Woolwich Arsenal,; Col. Ander son, C. 8., and Brigade Major Hay, Royal Artillery; Alder man Salmons, M.P., Mr. W. Angerstein, Sir J. Lubbock, Bart.; the Revs. J. R. Goldney, W. A. Buck, and C. Mar tin ; CapL. and Adjutant Jackson, Col. Congdon, Majo r Fame, and other volunteer officers, &c. The string band of the Loyal Artillery, with a trained choir and prokssional vocalists, numbering about 200 per" fornma, were stationed on the permanent platform at the west end of the hall, and the Lord-Lieutenant haring' taken his seat, the proceedings commenced by singing the Old Hundredth Psalm, acsompan:ed by the orchestra an d chorus. The Rev. J. R. Goldney, chaplain of Greenwich, then offered up an impressive prayer for the Divi , 2e bletsing 011 tide under:.akiug. The Rev. C. F. S. MONEY, incumbent of St. John% Deptford, chairman. of the committee, having been depute d to present the official catalogue to the Lord Lieutenant, observed that it was owing to the Government of the We Lord Palmerston, and to those connected with the fainV of that g oat depar:ed statesman, that they had been allowed the groat p: - ivilege of the use of the n=- - tional building in which they were assembled. The rev gentleman at some length alluded to the life and labours of Lord Palmerston as a proof of the great things that might be accomplished by.perseveiance, industry, and fixity tol d honesty of purpose. The holding of these exhibitions was a wondrous proof the rapidity with which a good idea ail:" culated in these modern times. They were indebted for this idea to the late Prince Consort. It was further advanced when that noble building was erected at Sydenham ; and now recently the holding of industrial exhibitions in all parts of the county bad been successfully carried out with the best results to the working classes. he was proud to rAy that all the work devolving upon getting up the present exhibition had been done, with one or two exceptions, by a few working men. He had mixedmuch with the working classes, and found that the most intelligent amongst them disliked flattery, which they called "humbug," and they would not accept patronage when it was offered in a proud and ostentatious manner ; but they &A like a friendly pat on the back from those who by their position could aid them in their noble exertions to promote mechanical Science and the useful arts. He would present his lordship with their catalogue as a memento of what had been done hi the industrial classes of the south-eastern district. Viscount SYDNEY, K.C.8., on receiv!ng the catalogue, observed he fully concurred in all :hat had been sa:d by the rev. gentleman as to the usefulness and importance of thes e exhibitions. The rev. gentleman had alluded to the los s they had sustained by the death of that illustrious states man whose remains he (Lord Sydney) saw deposited in .the tomb on the previous day, and if there was anything wanting to show the esteem in which that great and good man Iv ° held by all classes of the communi:y, it was supplied b Y the orderly and respectful demeanoar of the multitudes which crowded the streets of . London on the day Of his funeral. Since the idea of the late Prince Consort had been practically applied by the Great Exhibition in London a strong feeling in their favour had risen up, and many im portant exhibitions had been held, not only in this count* but throughout the world. He believed that these industrial exhibitions tended to dignUy labour, to open tho mind and elevate the character of the working man, and by the ar plication of science to the productive labours of the work inclasses to develope the material resources of the counti9• He declared the South-Eastern Exhibition to be opened, and would add his 'fe:..vent wish and hope that it would be entirely successful. Mr. W. ANGERSTEIN (the recent Liberal candidate for West Kent) observed he had from the first supported the holding of industrial exhibitions, and the South-eastern dis trict had now shown that it had erterted itself to proin?,. :e what ho might f a i r ly t erm th e t rue i n t eres t s o f l a b o ur. T ae deeply regretted the loss of that eminent statesman Lord Palmerston, and could not do otherwise than sympathise with his successor and those who would carry on the Go ; vernment of the country. He trusted that many of those who had now sung the peans of the noble lord, would not forget that, when living, they were often found in the ran k of his opponents. He cordially wished success to the bition, and its: promoters were entitled to the highest proi° for the hard labour which they hail devoted to this objec t ! The choir then performed a grand cantata composed for the occasion, entitled " The Tiiumph of Labour," Ai r ' ' Beaumer, professor of music at Dulwich College, presiding at the pianoforte, the professional artists taking part be i° s Mr. and Madame Weiss, Miss E. Wilkinson, and Mr. Cum' mings. Major-General WARDE, C. 8., commandant of Woolwiolli garrison, proposed the thanks of the meeting to Viscount Sydney for presiding on the occasion. Having been con nected with the Royal Artillery for 40 years he felt proud saying that the band of the corps under his command Jo', offered and given their services free on that day. (Chee r " He was also much pleased to find that amongst the exhibi tors were many soldiers belonging to the regiment. Colonel ANDERSON, C. 8., seconded the motion, whi ch was unanimously adopted. Lord SYDNEY acknowledged tho vote in aPproPr i '" t er ms, and moved that the thanks o f th e m e e ti ng be giYe— „ to.the committee and the Royal Artillery band. Alderman SALOMONS, M.P., briefly seconded the motion which was carried, and responded to by the Rev. MONEY, chairman of the committee. The inaugural pro cee di ngs t erm i na t e d b y the pep°ria ance of the chorus from Handel's "Messiah," after which the exhibition hall was c:ew d e d un til t h e t i me o f closing (ten o'clock). For the accomm o d a ti on o f v i s it ors, M r. S u tt on, proprietor of the Crown and Anchor Tavern,VlToolwich, has been App pointed by the committee to supply refreshments the building. EXECUTION OF A YOUTH FOR MATRICIDE. -- boy of eighteen, by name Joseph Petit, has just been eP-31 cuted at Chalons- sur -S aone , f or th e mu r d e r of his rnotbel; under circumstances too terrible to describe. For a lone while ho supported his courage by an idea that they 11° executed one so young as he was. THREATENED STRIKE OF THE NOTTINGHAM 11°° LICEMEN.—The police force of Nottingham I ' 3° been agitating for a rise of 2s. per week in their Nvag: and, as their demands were not complied with, they 1)/ 1 5 4 tered at the Borough Police-station on Friday, and reftl— to go to their respective beats unless the advance of 6413 r 5 which they had been asking for was conceded. S °T i e ;eo members of the Watch Committee proceeded to the P ° 's; station and remonstrated with the men for a consid er 3 to period. As it was represented to them that the addition f their pay could not be complied with until the mee tir6 t i c ;o the Town Council, which will take place on Nov. 9, , i a men ultimately consented to do duty on the understOutito that their claims would be considerately dealt with 11 corporation. chau€ 24i. Bai ri a l ( lj niol Co. , qu o t e , Par Gc " Der c , t.Per c me w 3 me w t Doc LZehe q Do 411 stea i l A% 4 P 11 13 °. Si Do 9 D o 1 Sio. 4 ' Colotubi 9,11ba, 6 u atlish' 4 . : D o - anabia; 11, `l . ,liador .u o E L Y., PLlaz Lo, DO XI, F .; I ‘ar ee , k a 1 , ) ,° r_ 1)0 A. mu:ti/ncl Do XBt; ho 186 , 6ei• D o 6 U O . Dc 1 20 b pE FA-e goorish Mew Chu: Do 2 pi Do Del c °4sois or tt o ace( Th e P o Z n "vr eng r t 0 the"" thos, fa un , is„ n sou'4iile end the of Sal' Uni on Pri 6 Tt is 8° 4trvi Sta Z hi eh T w et` 0; su ch (4 e s fro 411 IthA fi: rin sem i 1. PO ha v e e, Ord, uee ti rot:" deal Iltit,jers wh ( the gi.at y h_ v th eP r ft e;,teie. i 4°l ke ek rei f 15 0 o „roni that b a l üb , • e re on t