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The Insti tution also expended .C19,5' 0 in the same peri.al on its lifeboat establishments, in addition to malting . £1,539 as rewards. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A i'PEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 150 lifeboat establishments. Contributions arc received by the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) THIS EVENING, Gounod's celebrated Opera, THE MOCK DOCTOR, Ales,rs. Henry Haigh, Henry Corri, A Cook, C. Lyall, E. Dussek, and Naylor ; Miss rhirtwall, Mrs A. Cook, and Miss Leffler. Alter which, the new Grand Ballet, GITTA. LA. BA.L-. diNA. Mdlle. Duchateau ; M al es . Montero, Uoreld Carey, and Pancaldi ; Mr. Harry Payne and 51. DesplAces. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. C om mence at half-past 7. riIIIEATRE ROY AL, DRURY-LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. 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The perfo!mances will commence at Seven o'clock with a Drama, in one act, entitled THE VETERAN AND 1118 PROGENY. Phitlip Garbois, aged 102, Mr. li. Widdicombe. After which, at 8 o'clock (for the first MI e), a New Drama, entitled 'Tit WATCH CRY, in which Mr Fechter will perform the principal character, supported by Messrs. H. Widdicombe, S. Emery, C. Horseman, A. Raymond, S. Fitz patrio, and Miss Elsworthy. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. Acting Manager, 11. Barnett. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Mrs Alfred Mellon hnd Mr. Felix Rogers. After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 51st appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington, Y. Bedford, It Phillips, Yelix Rogers, Ashley, liburne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Billingtor, Sze. To cmclude, at halt-past 10, with THE WIDOW'S VICTIM. Messrs Felix Rogers, Ashley ; Miss Godsell, Miss Seaman, a.nd Mi ss Jenny Willmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. 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No connection with any of the same name. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tias DAY.—Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 15m. To-Moußow.-3forning, 12h. 40m.—Afternoon, 11: sm. tlf; • elp , ,4 0 6 . • - • LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1, 1865. The affair of the captives in Abyssinia is one of those irritating things which prove the mistaken policy of our Foreign-office at present. From be ginning to end Earl RUSSELL has made a complete muddle of the matter. The Emperor THEODORE has been alternately neglected in an unbearing manner, and suffered to vent his ungoverned rage upon the unhappy men who have fallen into his power. It is nothing to the people of this country whether the despot of that distant place be satisfied or not, if he thinks he is treated with the respect due to a descendant of SoLomori, but they are concerned to know that a fellow-countryman, a subject of the British Crown, is being ill-used, and that our Government is either unable or un willing to protect him, or obtain his release. It is some time now since the confusion occurred which has resulted in such a misfortune to Captain CAME RON. Last session Ministers were interrogated on the subject in both Houses of Parliament, and very vague and unsatisfactory replies were give n . The burden of their discourse was, as usual, the old cry that we could not go to war, and that we had better not irritate and exasperate the irascible and omni potent EMPEROR any more. Doubtless by this time many persons thought that the English Con sul was at liberty, but no such happy ter mination has ensued. We now meet with a despatch of Earl RUSSELL'S, addressed to Col. STANTON, her MAJESTY'S Consul-General and Agent in Egypt. In the voluminous affair the noble lord endeavours to explain what is the policy of the British Government respecting Abyssinia. The conclusion he arrives at, after an elaborate analysis of events, is that our Government believe it advisable to withdraw as much as possible from Abyssinian engagements of alliance and British interference in Abyssinia, because of the short tenure of power of the Abyssinian Kings, and the difficulty of reaching their seat of empire with a regular British force, and other reasons The noble l or d goes on to duly certified. State that the adoption of this co urse h a s given rise to much misrepresentation in various qua rters, and some ha ve gone so fa r as to say that Captain CAMERON is being detained as a hostage for the recognition of the independence of Abyssinia, for the suppression of Egyptian aggr es _ sions along the frontier, and also for the restitution of the church and convent at Jerusalem, of whichthe EMPEROR was dispossessed by the Turks and others. Earl RUSSELL shows the fallacy of these supposi tions ; for, in the first place, the recognition of Abyssinia was made in 1849, and since, then Eng land has asked for the recognition of the Treaty then made, but the Emperor THEODORE refused it. Still this country has never withdrawn the recognition of independence made at the period referred to. With respect to the other matters, England can not guarantee the integrity of the Abyssinian ter ritory, but she has from time to time used her influence to prevent, as far as possible, a•ny aggres sion on the part of Egypt. As for the convent and church at Jerusalem, Earl RUSSELTU quotes a reply of Lord MALMESBURY'S in 1852, when he was appealed to by Bishop GABAT, at Jerusalem, on behalf of some who desired his assistance. As stated in this despatch, the answer was very clear and decisive. Lord MALMESBURY distinctly refused to " protect officially the natives of Abyssinia who may chance to be residing in the territory of the Sublime Porte," but her MAJESTY'S Consul at Jerusalem was instructed to use his good offices in their behalf. Earl RUSSELL was so satisfied with this view of the matter that he authorised Consul FINN in 1862 to carry out those instructions given in 1852, observing, " I have nothing to add to these instruc tions except to enjoin you to act upon them with caution and prudence," and these rules still remain in force. Respecting the imprisonment of Consul CAMERON, Lord RUSSELL observes that he went to the country of Bogos, where he busied himself in reconciling some rival chiefs, and sent the EMPE non's letter to the QUEEN on to Massowah by the Abyssinian messenger. The EMPEROR was chiefly indignant with the Consul on account of this journey to Bogos, which, joined with his sus picion that the Consul had intrigued to set the Turks and Egyptians of the frontier against him, " was aggravated, in some degree, by the return of Consul CAMERON to Gondar, without any answer to the EMPEROR'S letter to the QUEEN." This affair of the answer was very badly managed at head quarters ; and although Lord RUSSELL endeavours to gloss it over, there can be no doubt that it gave rise to many awkward surmises and injurious suspicions on the part of the Emperor THEODORE and those around him. It is always a mistake to neglect any forms or observances in the intercourse with foreign States, by which terms of courtesy are maintained, and certainly all those connected with this Abyssinian confusion have had cause to rue the day when our Government was so lax in its management and so tardy in acknowledging the communication of the Emperor. Then follow some recapitulations of the affronts which the Em peror alleges Consul CAMERON to have put upon him, such as " calling him a murderer," and stay ing with the Turks, and stating that he had not received any intelligence concerning the letter sent by the Queen. Earl RUSSELL disclaims the notion that the Con sul really incited the Egyptian forces on the frontier to concoct aggressions on Abyssinian territory, and adds, which is likely enough, that it is most probable the British enemies in Abyssinia took advantage of the occurrence to prejudice the EMPEROR against the Consul. " But," says the noble lord, "in going to Bogos certainly Consul CAMERON acted without orders, and incurred the displeasure of his own Government." It is now trusted that Mr. RAS SAM'S explanation will procure the release of the unfortunate Consul, and then he need never return to Abyssinia. There is much sound sense in the re marks which Earl RUSSELL makes concerning the non interference of England with the disputes arising between Abyssinia and other States, but at the same time it cannot be said that the noble lord speaks with sufficient decision concerning the unjustifiable de tention of Consul CAMERON. If this gentleman has acted indiscreetly, his own Government should have recalled him and censured him, explaining their dis satisfaction to the EMPEROR ; but it is not at all the thing to permit, with impunity, that a representa tive of this country should be insulted and ill treated. The precedent is a dangerous one to establish, and the sooner our Foreign-office changes its tactics the better for the welfare of its emissaries and the honour of the country. The American people are never wanting in cou rage and self-reliance. Most people would be somewhat startled to find themselves left after a gigantic war with crippled resources and embar rassed finances—a debt reckoned by thousands of millions of dollars, and external and internal sources of perplexity and annoyance. Our good friends of the States, however, were by no means dismayed at the spectacle which presented itself to their consideration after the collapse of the South, and the violent death of the Northern President. So far at least the event has justified their confi dence. The Southern States, thanks to the wise policy of Mr. JOHNSON, are rapidly subsiding into tranquillity ; the negro question is growing less momentous, trade and commerce are reviving, and so long as peace is kept abroad, and forbear ance and temperance shown at home, there is reason to hope that the fortunes of the States may flourish, and that the heavy clouds which have so long overshadowed the great Republic of the West may gradually disperse themselves. No doubt there are still grave causes for uneasiness and dangerous elements of discord and disturbance in existence. The chief men on both sides have shown themselves laudably anxious to heal the breach, and to show the people an example of unity and forbearance. General LEE, upon whom all eyes were fixed, and whose example every honourable and patriotic man felt he might safely follow, has not hesitated to sub scribe the oath of allegiance aad amnesty, in which he swears that he will "henceforth faith fully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the union of the States thereunder." The promise to support all laws made " with reference to the emancipation of the slaves" must have cost him less, for his anxiety to recruit his failing forces by negro troops during the last year of the war was well known. The fact of Gen. LEE'S having taken Iho oath at all will be an en couragement to those who think, rightly enough, that since the scheme of Southern Independence, so long dreamed of and gallantly battled for, has, for the time at least, completely failed, the wisest and kindest thing to be done is to reconcile the 1 Southern people to the Federal domination, and to blot out all trace, as far as possible, of the angry and vengeful feelings left by the war. The dead, in deed, who have cumbered the battlefields, cannot be called back to life ; the sick and maimed cannot regain their health and vigour, nor obtain release from suffering ; the widow and orphan cannot be restored to their former ease and happiness, nor the cheerful homes, the rich pastures, the fertile fields and the prosperous cities -which Northern armies have desolated and laid waste, lose traces of the enemy and the spoiler. But it remedies none of these evils, it redresses no wrongs and re lieves no sufferings to keep up feuds and bitter ness between the two great sections of the American people, and those persons, whether _ . . preachers, journalists, politicians, or philanthropists who busy themselves in fanning the flames of dis cord, instead of endeavouring to restore concord and kindly feeling, are grievously to blame. " Our people," says a writer in Philadelphia, 44 wish to forget the war and not to have its ashes perpetually stirred," and since the Southern populations have accepted their hard-fate with dignity laid patience, the conduct of a fanatical party in the North is the more deserving of censure. So bitter and vinclic- I'HE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1565. t:ve are some of the speeches that one might natu rally suppose their tempers to be soured by finding " Othello's occupation gone," and the profit able and plausible advocacy of the negro taken out of their hands. There is sufficient work to employ two or three generations of philanthro pists still on the negro's behalf, in instructing him, in finding him profitable and suitable employment, and in striving to lift him out of the degraded con dition to which long years of tyranny and ill usage have reduced him. Such work, however practically useful, will not serve for display on the platform or in the Congress ; there is no opportunity for violent passions and uncompromising denunciation of poli tical adversaries. It is therefore less acceptable to some of the abolitionists than the thunder against the wickedness of slavery in the abstract. But as time goes on, it is to be hoped that these angry partisans will cease to exercise so conspicuous an influence on public affairs. It is said that Mr. JOHNSON is wait ing to learn how the public regards his recent con ciliatory measures before he proceeds to further pardons, and especially to the release of JEFFERSON DAVIS. He has given a good test in the release of Mr. STEPHENS, the Vice-President of the Confede racy, but one remove from DAVIS himself, and he has also promptly pardoned Governor HUMPHREYS, notwithstanding his having been actively engaged in the Confederate service. It is so far satisfactory to learn from the news brought by the City of London, dated down to the 21st ult., that both a Democratic and a Republican meeting had been held in New York, both endorsing President JOHNSON'S reconstruction policy, though of course differing in their other views. What the Congress will say on the treat ment of the South is the great question. Mr. JOHNSON has shown every willingness to receive Confederates, and to hear their statements and wishes, and this is the only way in which he can arrive at anything like an accurate idea of the con dition and temper of the Southern people. Mr. Stephens was admitted to an interview before leav ing for Georgia. Governor STARKEY, who has proved himself to be a firm and capable adminis trator in the affair of the militia, has been elected senator from Mississippi. The Fenians have fallen somewhat into contempt in the States. The Yan kees are too shrewd a people to be imposed upon by the bombast about Ireland and her oppressors. There is a somewhat suspicious circumstance about the leaders of this heroic and patriotic movement, and that is their anxiety to keep up the subscrip tions. " Give all you can," is the perpetual cry. " Every dollar is of value," and so on, but the more intelligent Americans are for the most part divided between amusement and annoyance as they watch these very transparent appeals. The bonfire must soon burn itself out, -especially as the priests and all who possess an influence over these too ex citable Hibernians exert it to the utmost against Fenianism. Still there remain a good many who are carried away by the vague enthusiasm of the move ment. It seems, however, that the Fenian Congress has resolved to startle the world by a grand coup. An important secret measure is said to have been decided on ; and, of course, as a necessary prelimi nary, a large amount of funds has been promised, the delegates subscribing half a million dollars, though whether in hard cash, greenbacks, or in verbal promises is not exactly stated. The Federal officers, aecording to Fenian accounts, are consoling themselves for the forced inaction of peace by joining the Fenians. Mr SEWARD has been making a speech, in which he says that the President would conduct the settle ment of national claims with foreign nations with out Compromising the national dignity and honour. Further, he informs us that he expects to see Republican institutions all over the American. con tinent " vindicated, renewed, and regenerated," a process of which some of them certainly stand greatly in need! When this is done he will turn his attention to other continents ; so that, seeing ge oracle has spoken, we European pigmies may rejoice that the Transatlantic giant has at present rather more than he can manage in settling his own affairs. The Representat'on of Tiverton, TIVERTON, Monday. This afternoon the Hon. G. Denman arrived by the express train, and was met at the station by a large number of the inhabitants of the town. The workpeople at the extensive factory had a holiday, and the operatives turned out and gave the hon. gentleinan an enthusiastic reception. Previous to his arrival he issued an address, in which he said : " The event which has plunged all England into mourn ing has created a vacancy in the representation of your borough. It is with a profound sense of responsibility that, upon a vacancy so caused, and with the requiem notes of the great departed statesman still echoing through the land, I venture again'to address you, and to become a can didate for your suffrages. I should not presume to take this step bad I not solid grounds for believing that, not withstanding my recent defeat at the general election, my services may now be acceptable to the majority of your body. I have so recently had a full opportunity of stating my opinions to you that it would be superfluous now to recapitulate them. I have stated them frankly and fully, and shall again be ready to do so on all occasions. I shall, if elected as your representative, be prepared to give the Government of Lord Russell my hearty support so long as their measures shall be in accordance with those Liberal principles in which I believe. I shall resist to the best of my power all attempts from within or from without to weaken that Government by prematurely disparaging their strength or their merits before they have even had the opportunity of proposing to Parliament those measures by which, and by which alone, they are entitled to be judged." In company with Mr.' F. Holl, the chairman of the late Lord Palmerston's committee and the Pre mier's friend of many years' standing, the Hon G. Denman and a largenumber of the principal trades men of the town assembled at the Three Tuns, in front of which a vast crowd was assembled. Mr. DENMAN was warmly received on appearing at the window. He commenced by alluding in feel ing and eloquent terms to the loss which the borough, the nation, and the world had sustained in the death of Lord Palmerston. He was ready, although with diffidence, to offer himself as a candidate to fill the vacancy caused by the noble lord's death, and as there were three months yet to come before there would be an election, ample opportunities would be afforded to the other side if they wished to bring for ward a candidate to oppose, him. He hoped, how ever, that if they did so they would give them (the Liberal party) fair notice of it, so that the battle might be fairly fought. (Cheers.) They well knew his political principles, and there he need not say much about them, except that he was still firmly at tached to civil and religious toleration, to freedom of speech and cf thought, of which the late Lord Palmerston was so good an exponent in the eyes of foreign nations. (Cheers.) Mr. F. nom.. addressed a few words of congra tulation to the assembly, and it then dispersed. Although it was stated in The Sun of Saturday that the Conservatives were making an effort to bring forward a candidate, it is believed that they will not do so, and that Mr. Denman will have a walk over. Many of the Conservatives, it is under stood, disapprove any opposition to the hon. gentle man. ROBBERY AT THE JUDGES' CHAMBER.S. Some "petty larceny" thief has stolen'a Law List, and the fol lowing legal notice has been given in the Exchequer Chambers:—" The thief that took away the Law List from these Chambers is requested to return the same." DIOCESS OF CHESTER.—The Bishop of Chester has nominated the Rev. Richard Greenall, M.A., of Erase nose College, Oxford, perpetual curate of Stretton, near Warrington, to the honorary canonry in Chester Cathedral rendered vacant hy the.death_ of the Rev. Dr. Hugh Sto well. The new canon is rural dean of grodsha t m e and proctor in Convocatiou for the clergy of the archdeaconry of Cluster. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ROME. ROME, OCT. 31. The Giornale di Rome publishes an article in which it deplores the insults and calumnies of which Mgr. de Merode has been the object. It further declares that the Pope has relieved him of his functions for some particular reasons, espe cially that of ill-health, and without withdrawing his affection and esteem, of which Mgr. de Merode is so worthy. FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 1. The Moniteur of this morning announces that Russia has accepted the invitation of France to the Sanitary Conference at Constantinople. HOLSTEIN. ALTONA, Nov. 1. The Government of Holstein have instructed the police authorities to forbid the editors of newspapers published in the Duchy and all other individuals to give to anp persons titles and denominations which appertain only to Sovereigns, and which, during the provisional state of things, can only be applied to the King of Prussia in respect of Schleswig, and the Emperor of Austria in respect of Holstein. Editors and others are further fo be prohibited from adding figures to the mules. of any persons which would make them appeats tftbq legitimate successors of a dynasty. middling Upland, 56c. to 58c. Flour heavy. Wheat declining. Corn—good inquiry. Coffee quiet. Sugar declining. Provisions firmer. Molasses quiet. Petroleum steady—crude, 371- ; refined, Of. MEXICO. NEW YORK, Oct. 21. News received here from Matamoras on the 4th inst. announces that General Douay, with 1,600 men, has arrived at Saltillo. Six thousand Impe rialist troops were expected at Monterey, en route for the Rio Grande frontier, Negrete had reached Chihuahua with only 300 men, having lost 600 from exposure. It was officially announced that vessels will not bepermitted to enter Mexican ports without proper papers from the Imperial consuls abroad. The Imperialists at Matamoras celebrated the anni versary of Mexican independence on the 24th ult. A grand ball was given, at which Generals Steele, Weitzel, and other Federal officers were present. Thd Republicans celebrated the anniversary of the Mexican Republic at El Paso on the 15th September by a grand ball, which was also attended by nume rous Federal officers. ARRIVAL OF THE BREMEN. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 1. The North German Lloyd's steamer Bremen, from New York on the 21st ult., has arrived. She brings 33 passengers for this port, Havre, and Bre men, $16,000 in specie for London, $63,700 for France, and $l,OOO for Brew. On the 21st ult. she spoke the steamers City of Baltimore and Pennsylvania for New York, on the 22d the Bremen barques Wieland and Johannes Kepler, on the 23d the steamer Teutonia, and on the 26th the Saxonia, all bound west. LITERATURE. Mr. Ainsworth's New Historical Romance. " THE CONSTABLE DE BOURBON." In Bentley's Miscellany. Harrison Ainsworth never commenced a work more brilliantly than he has begun this new histori cal romance of his in the November number of Bentley's Miscellany. We doubt even if any one of his famous books ever made so immediate, so auspicious, so radiant a display of excellence at its very outset. And the title, the subject, the epoch he has selected for his new work are as felicitous as any he has ever yet hit upon, even if they be not, as we are almost fain to regard them, the very happiest among his many happy selections in that way. The title— who does not recognise the . splendour of it upon the instant, and, while doing so, marvel now that Mr. Ainsworth has chosen it, that no Histori cal Romancist ever thought of it before—" THE CONSTABLE DE BOURBON !" The subject that great Constable's career and character 1 The epoch —one with which, perhaps, among all past epochs, Mr. Ainsworth is the most familiarly acquainted —the gorgeous and heroic epoch of the Field of the Cloth of Gold, when Henry the Eighth ruled England, and Francis the First swayed the destinies of the French Monarchy. Already, in this opening instalment of the romance, the bulk of the Two First Books of it will be found to have been published in this current number of Bentley's Miscellany. Nine chapters in all—and chapters written, too, with a pen like a paint-brush The story, as it is told by Mr. Ainsworth, would illustrate magnificently. But—the author, with his pen-point alone, is his own illustrator. And his delineations, as they are here sketched, are as rich in colouring as though the standish he dipped into as he wrote, were the palette of one of the old illuminators. Carmine and gamboge, cerulean blue and vermilion, imperial purple and emerald green—golden tissue and velvet draperies, glitter ing arms and priceless jewellery—tapestried cham bers and palace gardens are presented to our view in dazzling profusion as we turn the pages that tell us of "The Affront," "The Flight," " The Secret Treaty "—conducting us, now to Fontainbleau where Francois I. holds high revel, now to the Chateau de Moulins where Charles de Bourbon the Great Constable, eating his heart out with sup pressed rage, meditates, nay even prepares, the deadliest treason against the King. As affording the ampleit evidence that these our words of com mendation are in no way exaggerated, we will give here, by way of extract, Mr. Ainsworth's radiant portraiture of his newly-chosen hero of romance — THE CONSTABLE DE BOURBON. The leader of the troop, a very striking personage,whom it was impossible to regard without interest, was a man of large stature, with handsome, strongly-marked features, very stern in expression. An ample chest and muscular throat indicated the possession of great personal strength, but his frame, though stalwart, was admirably proportioned, and it was easy to discern, from the manner in which he bestrode his steed—a powerful black charger—that he was a consummate horseman. His looks and deportment were those of one accustomed to command. If not absolutely young, he was in the very prime of life, being just thirty three. His complexion was swarthy, his eyes dark and piercing, and his beard, which he wore exceedingly long, black as jet. His firm-set mouth betokened inflexible re solution, while his towering forehead indicated great saga city. Though ho was magnificently arrayed, his bearing showed that he was not one of the silken gallants who thronged the gay and chivalrous court of Francois 1., and who delighted in the banquet, the masquerade, or the tour nay—but a hardy warrior, who had displayed prowess in the field, and could lead hosts to conquest. Like his followers, this noble-looking personage was clad in black velvet, but his habiliments were ornamented with precious stones. His girdle was set thick with gems, as was the handle of his poniard, and his plumed toque was ornamented in a similar manner. Around his neck he wore the superb collar of the order of St. Michael, bestowed upon him by Francois 1., and upon the capari sons of his steed was embroidered a sword, a symbol of the dignity with which he had been invested some eight years ago, on the accession of the Duke d'Angouleme to the throne of France. This noble warrior, who equalled Roland in bravery and military science, was the illustrious Charles de Bour bon, Constable of France. Here, as a companion picture, is our author's limning of the King himself, the handsome, haughty, heroic presence of— FRANCIS I. At the upper end of the grand gallery a brilliant party was now assembled. Chief among thorn, not merely in point of rank, but for his lofty stature, majestic and grace ful deportment, and splendid habiliments, was Francois I. At this period, the king, who was still under thirty, was in the full éclat of his manly beauty. So lofty was his stature that he towered above the tallest of his courtiers, and his person was strongly but admirably proportioned. With his remarkable physiognomy, rendered familiar by the breathing portrait of Titian, all are acquainted. All can conjure up that countenance, so handsome, intellectual, refined, haughty, sarcastic, of which perhaps the sole fault was that the principal feature was too prominent—a pecu liarity which caused the monarch to be popularly surnamed Francois le grand nez. The king's eyes were dark and full of fire, and his clear skin was set off by a pointed beard. His brown locks were cut short, in consequence of a severe wound he had received on the head, and as a matter of course the fashion had been followed by his courtiers. His teeth were magnificent, and were constantly displayed, his countenance being rarely without a smile. His expression was jovialand good-humoured, though somewhat proud and sarcastic ; his deportment full of majesty, but he was so affable that ho set all who approached him at ease. Fami liarity, however, was never attempted with Francois, even by his greatest favourites. In a word, he fully merited the appellation to which he aspired, and which was univer sallybostowed upon him, of the First Gentleman in Europe. Francois I. was not remarkable merely for his personal accomplishments and graces. His mental qualifications were of a very high order. If not erudite or profound, he was well read. He was fond of poetry; and was himself a poet. He delighted in romances of chivalry, " Lancelot du Lac," " Garin le Lorrain," and took for his model the peerless " Amadis do Gaule." In consequence of his predilection for them, the favourite books with the gallants and dames of his court were " Gerard de Nevers," " Pierre de Pro vence et la Belle Maguelouno," and "Petit Jehan de Sain tre." Not merely was Francois 1. a lover of literature, and a patron of poets and men cf learning, but he warmly en couraged the arts, and his court was frequented by the best painters, sculptors, and architects, whom he brought from Endowed with some of the highest and noblest qualities, by nature frank, loyal, and chivalrous, though fiery and impetuous, passionately fond of war, and always thirsting for military renown, Francois was a perfect typo of the na tion over which he ruled, and next to Henri IV., who to a certain extant based himself upon him, is the best loved of the French monarchs. His splendid person and noble fea tures, his kingly deportment, his accomplishments, Lis martial tastes, his courage, his address in the tilt-yard and ix the management of arms of all kinds, pike, rapier, two handed sword, his unequalled skill and grace in horseman ship, Lis joyial luunoux Idobonhonale, his devotion to the fair sex, are dwelt upon with satisfaction, and his faults overlooked or forgotten. On this occasion the splendid person of the king was displayed to the utmost advantage by his magnificent attire. His habiliments were of white and blue—the colours of the Comtesse do Chateaubriand. His doublet, of azuro velvet slashed and:puffed with white silk, glittered with diamonds, and his girdle was ornamented with rubiis and emeralds. Over his doublet he wore a white hrs de mantle, trimmed with minever, and so fashioned as tt, display the puffed sleeves of his jerkin. The handle and sheath of his poniard were studded with gems, as was also the guard of his long rapier. his sky-blue velvet toque was encircled by a white plume, and ornamented by diamonds. The perfect symmetry of his lower limbs was displayed by his white silk hose, and below the knee he wore the Garter, with which he had been in vested by Henry VIII. prior to their meeting at tho Field of the Cloth of Gold. His buskins, of blue velvet slashed with white satin, like his doublet, were orna mented with pearls. He was vain of his small feet and finely-formed bands, and his fingers wero loaded with magnificent rings. Around his neck he wore the collar of the order of Saint Michael. Even Mr. Ainsworth's mere profile-sketches, as one may call them, are too good to be passed by without quotation. Instance, his rapid outline of— THE RING'S JESTER, TRIBOULET. The Court Buffoon wore the parti-colour proper to his office, and carried a bauble in his hand. Misshapen in person, ho had high shoulders, long arms, large feet and hands, and an immense head. His brow was low, his eyes lighted up by a malicious flame, and his countenance alto gether had a cunning and mischievous expression, which inspired fear while it excited mirth. Or his almost equally rapid delineation of— THE FAMOUS ASTROLOGER, CORNELIUS AGRIPPA. Immediately behind Triboulet stood a tall, thin man, whose appearance offered a striking contrast to that of the jester. This personage wore a black taffeta robe with loose sleeves, and a silken skull-cap of the same hue, which set off his ',allow features. His eyes were thought ful in expression, and a long grey beard, descending to his girdle, added materially to the gravity of his aspect. This individual was the renowned Cor nelius 'Agrippa, who, rifler many years of travel and strange adventure in Germany, Switzerland, the Low Countries, and England, now formed part of the royal household of France, and occupied the post of physician and astrologer to the Duchess d'Angouleme, who had great faith in his medical and mystical lore. Though the courtiers affected to deride Agrippa's predictions, and sometimes charged him with dealing in the black art, they nevertheless stood in great awe of him. -Here, however, is the heart of the interest of the number—in this culmination to a quarrel of the in terview between the King and the Constable Be " Is it nothing blood." SPAIN. MADRID, OCT. 31. The usual monthly auction for the sinking fund of the Passive Debt took place to-day. The prices fixed by the Government were :—For the Ist interior, 34f. 50c. ; 2d interior, 19f. 60c. ; and for the exterior, 301: Tenders were sent in at from 31f. 45c. to 34c. 60c. for the Ist interior ; and from 19f. 59c. to 19f. 65c. for the 2d interior. No offers were made for the exterior. TUNIS, OCT. 31. A general amnesty has been granted to all persons implicated in the late revolution. The Khasnadar has proposed to the Bey other measures of clemency and progress. PORTUGAL. LISBON, OCT. 30. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Oneida has arrived here from the Brazils, and will leave for Southampton at 8 p.m. to-day, with 138 passengers, specie £57,123, 700 bags of coffee, 200 barrels of tapioca, 105 bales of cotton, and 150 rolls of tobacco. The Rhone, with the out Brazil mail of the 9th October, arrived at St. Vincent on the 21st inst. The Arno, from Southampton, arrived at Rio de Janeiro on the Bth October. The Duncan Dunbar was wrecked off Ran Roccas on the 7th October. The crew and passengers were taken off by the Oneida on the 17th, all well. COLLISION IN THE MERSEY. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 1. The schooner Rover this morning, whilst drag ging her anchor, drove foul of the ship Culloden, for Portland, in the Mersey, when both vessels sank. It is reported that only five men were saved. About 20 are at prcscnt naiesings AMERICA. (Arrival of the City of London.) QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 31. The Inman steamer City of London arrived here to-day with the mails, 289 passengers, and $233,000 in specie. She landed 76 passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at 7.50 p.m. NEW YORK, Oct. 21 (Morning.) The Secretary of the Treasury has announced that he will receive gold deposits, issuing therefor gold certificates, payable on demand and receivable for duties. Business at New Orleans is reported to have in creased 33 per cent. since August. The old cotton crop is steadily coming in, but the new crop is late, and will be far below the average. The North Carolina Convention has adjourned until May next, after resolving to submit to the people's vote the resolutions prohibiting slavery and annulling the secession ordinance. General Humphreys, upon his inauguration as Governor of Mississippi, declared secession to be unconstitutional, and stated that he favoured absolute emancipation, but was opposed to social or political equality for the negro. Governor Sharkey has been elected senator from Mississippi. Fears of a negro insurrection continue to prevail throughout the South. A Democratic ratification meeting has been held in New York, at which General Slocum and Messrs. John van Buren and Montgomery Blair delivered addresses endorsing President Johnson's reconstruc tion policy, denouncing negro suffrage, and declar ing it necessary to enforce the Monroe doctrine in regard to Mexico. A Republican ratification meeting has also been held in this city, at which President Johnson's re construction policy was endorsed. Mr. Stephens had au interview with President Johnson yesterday, and afterwards left for Georgia. The North Carolina Convention has passed a resolution forbidding any legislation for the as sumption or payment of the Confederate debt. The Fenian Congress is said to have decided yesterday on an important secret measure. A large amount of funds has been promised. The delegates will personally subscribe poo,ooo. The number of Federal officers present at the Fenian Congress has increased. General Sweeny, of the regular army, has been presented, and Colonel Murphy has ten dered to the congress the services of 20 colonels and other officers and soldiers of the late Federal volun teer army. There is a severe gale prevailing all around the American coast. The steam-ship Circassian, from Bremen for New York, having sprung a leak, the captain ran her ashore on the 20th, at Rocky Bay, Cape Breton, in order to save her. She lies on the sand beach, the passengers and crew having been rescued. The steamer Atlantic, from New Orleans for New York, has been wrecked, and nearly all on board perished. The Golden City left San Francisco on the 18th with $1,250,000 for New York, 300,000 for England, and $70,000 for France. The Scotia and Borussia have arrived out. Mr. Seward has made a speech, in which he stated that the Prosident would conduct the settlement of national claims between the Government and foreign nations without compromising the national dignity and honour. The influence of the United States on the international conduct of foreign States, par ticularly on the American continent, though impaired by the civil war, would now be renewed. Ho ex pected to see Republican institutions, wherever heretofore established throughout the American continent, especially vindicated, renewed, and rein vigorated. When this progress was accomplished, he would look for signs of its working on other con tinents. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Oct. 21, Morning. Money tight—Gold, 1461. Exchange on London 159 ; on Paris, 35G4. The stock market yesterday showed signs of panic, but afterwards became steadier. New York Centrals, 95 ; Illinois, 1324 c, Eney 86i 1 0-20 Bonds, 1031. Cotton declining— Bourbon : " Answer one question," said the king. ,o be father-in-law to the King of France ?" "I am sensible enough of the distinction such an alliance would confer upon me, sire," replied the Constable. "But, for all that, I must decline it." " Foi de gentilhomme ! fair cousin, you are perverse enough to provoke me, but I will be calm," said the king, changing his attitude and tone. " Since argument is use less, I must exert my authority. BySaint Denis! the match shall take place. I will have no nay' from you. Now you understand." "I hear what you say, sire," rejoined Bourbon sternly "But you cannot enforce compliance with the injunction. Not oven at your bidding will I wed the Duchess d'An gouleme." " You refuse !—ha?" demanded the king fiercely. " Absolutely," replied Bourbon. "lam a prince of tho " What of that ?" cried Francois, yet more highly in censed. "Were you a crowned king you would not bemean yourself by marriage with my mother. It is she who de grades herself by stooping to you. But he added, checking himself, "cannot be your motive." " No, sire, it is not my motive," rejoined Bourbon. " Since you force me to speak, you shall have the truth.. I prefer death to dishonour." " Dishonour !" echoed the king, astonished and enraged "Dare you breathe such a word in connexion with my mother ? What mean you ? Speak !" Francois looked at him with eyes that seemed to flash lightning. Bourbon, however, did not quail before the fierce looks and gestures of the king, but replied with stern significance : • " A man of my quality, sire, does not marry a wanton: , " Sang Dieu! this to me !" cried the king, transported with rage. And he struck Bourbon in the face with his hand. This mortal insult, as may be imined, produced a fearful effect on the Constable. Ilis first impulse was to slay his assailant, and his hand involuntarily clutched his sword. But he abandoned the insane design almost as soon as formed. In the effort to constrain himself, his frame and features were terribly convulsed, and a cry of rage that was scarcely human escaped him. The king watched him narrowly, prepared for attack, but manifesting no tawrin. " Sire," cried Bourbon at length, " that was a craven tlow, unworthy of one who aspires to be the first knight in Christendom. No other person but yourself, who had thus insulted me, should live. But you are safe. You have dishonoured me for ever. Take back the dignity you have bestowed upon me, and which I am unworthy longer to wear," he added, tearing the jewelled cross o Saint Michael from his breast, and casting it on the ground. "Others may fight for you. My sword shall never again be drawn in your service." With a heart bursting with rage and grief, he rushed out of the room. The readers of Bentley may well be congratulated upon so auspicious a commencement as that which we have shown thus distinctly , to be manifest in chapters of Mr. Ainsworth's new' these sto op ry int e h n e in /r/iscellany. If continued in the same spirit, the work gives promise of proving its au thor's masterpiece among his historical romances, as unquestionably as- Rookwood still remains his masterpiece among his romances pur et simple. By the way, we are touched to note Mr. Ains worth's superscription to his new serial story— " Inscribed to the Memory of Dudley Costello." It is the memento of a true friendship. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The arrivals of home-grown wheat fresh up to our mar ket to-day were small, but in fair condition. The trade was very firm for all qualities of produce, and the advance in price realised on Monday was fully supported. A moderate supply of foreign wheat was on the stands ; best descriptions wore in steady request at quite Monday's currency. Floating cargoes of grain were in request at fully late rates. The barley trade was very firm, and the recent improve ment in the quotations was well maintained. Good and fine malting produce was very scarce. Malt moved off steadily, and prices ruled firm. There was a tolerably large supply of oats on offer. Most qualities were in steady request, and prices ruled firm. Beans were in request, and the quotations had an upward tendency. The market was scantily supplied. Peas moved off steadily at extreme rates. Tho flour trade was firm at full currencies. Tho top price of town-made was 46s per 2801 b. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oath. Flour. English and Scotch. 240 2920 190 280 Irish Foreign 3OlO 720 12,630 sks. COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN. For the week ending Oct. For the corresponding week 28, 1865. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 68,951-42s 4d Wheat 82,263-38s 6d Barley 53,043-30 s odl Barley 64,807-30 s 2d Oats BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine hops are firm at fully late rates. For in ferior hops the trade is dull, and prices have a drooping tendency. WHITECHAPEL. Moderate supplies of meat are ou sale. The trado is steady, as follows: Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 5s 6d veal, 4s 2d to 5s 2d ; and pork, 4s 4d to 6s Od per 81bs, by the carcase. BANK OF ENGLAND, Nov. I.—Notice is hereby given, that in order to prepare the dividends duo on the sth January, 1866, the balances of the several accounts in the following Funds, will be struck on the night of Friday, the Ist December, 1865, viz.:—£3 per Cent. Consolidated Annuities, New £5 per Cent. Annuities, New £3 10s. per Cent. Annuities, 1864, New £2 10s. per Cent. Annuities, Annuities for terms of years, India £5 per Cent. Stock. On Saturday, the 2d December, the above named Funds will be transferable without the dividend duo on the sth January next. East India Stock will be shut on Friday, December 8, 1865, and upon on Saturday, January 6, 1866. BURNT TO DEATII.—An inquiry was held by Mr. William Payne, city coroner, last evening, at St. Bartholomew's hospital, r especting the death o f a woman, named Jane Jones, aged 32. Mr. J. S. Daniel, 13, Alders gate-buildings, Aldersgate-street, said that the deceased was a domestic servant in his employ. Last Sunday morn ing ho heard loud screams proceeding from the kitchen, and upon going thither ho found the deceased in flames, With groat difficulty he succeeded in extinguishing them, but not before she was dreadfully burnt. She was carried to the hospital, where she died soon after. It appeared that while attending to her duties she was seized with a fit and fell in the fireplace. The jury returned a verdict of acci dental death 1)Y fire. „..t. „.,.. , , b . 4 . : . irgs, v rer j a , droun .._ll2Fr: 4 ~.e.„ HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Oct: 31• The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High ne rince and Princess Louis of Hesse and P s Helena, drove out yesterday afternoon. er Royal Highness Princess Louise also went out driving. Her Majesty, with Princess Helena, walked in the grounds this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse and Princess Louise went out riding. The 'lon. Florence Seymour, Major-General F. G. Seymour, and Baron de Eabenau were . in attendance. Prince Frederick William of Prussia, attended by the Baron von Dobeneck, went to London, and returned in the afternoon. The Judge-Advocate-General had an audience of the Queen. Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Liverpool. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday. • alty supersedes all markets to-day, and the only quotations" thought of for the last 48 hours are those for seats at windows and balconies com manding a view of the royal procession, and in the choice situations shopkeepers have been more than compensated for their loss of customers by their gains from spectators. The weather to-day was for tunately propitious, and in this respect the visit forn.ed an agreeable contrast to that of her IllajestY in 1851, when a merciless, rain fell for hours, half extinguished the illuminations at night, and greatly diminished the pleasure and comfort of the royal party. This morning, though cold, and with a dash of frost in the air, was bright and clear inland, and the royal party were enabled to occupy open car riages from Knowsley to Liverpool. The line of route through the town, commencing with the West Derby-road, at the junction with Sheil-road, led straight down to the Necropolis, Brunswick-road, Moss-street, London-road, Lime street, Ranelagh-street, Church-street, Lord-street, Castle-Street, to the Prince's landing stage. From an early hour all these thoroughfares were crowded. with holiday-makers. The shops were nearly all closed and the fronts converted into galleries for spectators. The display of bunting was enornaous, .and the British and Danish flags, ensigns, and stan dards were displayed in conjunction wherever this was possible, while the sentiment of " welcome' was expressed in multiform mottoes in English, Danish, French, and German. Along the route frog' this point to the bottom of London-road there were some hundreds of thousands of people congregated , all the principal points of the road being occupied three or four hours before the time appointed for the entry of the procession. The line from Rock3r lane to the borough boundary was kept by th e county police, and through the remainder of the route by the borough police, assisted by the volun teers. The volunteer force on duty at various point mustered in all about 4,000 men. They were ar ranged in the line from Ranelagh-street to Lime" street, the Artillery on the left and the Rifles on th e , right, while M'lver's fine body of artillery and other volunteer corps (rifles) were stationed on o' the landing stage. The greatest assemblages spectators were on the place in front of St. George' s Hall (where the pediment of the Wellingto n statue and the vast range of steps and platform s round the hall afforded capital points of view), 3t the bottom of Bold-street, and at the junction c' , '• Castle-street and Lord-street. The principal deco rative ornament of the town was a triumphal arc h constructed in Church-street, at an expense of be tween £4OO and £5OO. The ships along the line of docks and in the river were covered with flags, t he steamers belonging to the Royal Mail lines having a magnificent display. Opposite the Prince's land ing stage the pilot boats were moored in close order, and beautifully spt, nut with flags. A large propor tion of the Prince's landing stage was reserved for the royal party and the municipal authorities, th e steamer Woodside, which had been engaged for the Prince and Princess, being moored alongside. Th e sloping bridge set apart forthe illustriousvisitors and their friends was converted into an arcade by flags' The bridge and the path across the landing stage to the steamer were covered with crimson cloth. Throughout the whole line of route the greatest enthusiasm was manifested, and their royal hig h " nesses were continually bowing their acknowledg" meats of the hearty plaudits which they received' The royal carriage was preceded by a body O f mounted police. It contained the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Earl and Countess of Derby' Lieut.-General Sir John Jones, K.C.8., accon panied the royal carriage on horseback in full un l " form. The second carriage contained Lord Stardel! and in this and the remaining carriages were th e distinguished guests of Lord Derby and the Earl i Sefton. The procession left Knowsley at 11 o'clock, calling at Croxteth-park for Lord Sefton's par t y' and proceedi ng th roug h W es t De r by village, and arriving in Liverpool at 12. By half-past 12 th e carriages reached Castle-street, where an immen se concourse of people had assembled, The gr eetivo here were prolonged and most enthusiastic, th e ladies joining and giving a welcome to the Print r t which was most gracefully acknowledged. The route to the landing stage was down l'l r at er i ; street, which was f es t oone d f rom en d to en d wit h flags suspended from the merchants' and shorn° offices, which are here the principal building a Shortly before o ne o ' c l oc k th e ro y a l v isito r s reach ed the stage, where they were received by the may On the stage and the surrounding quays and liva7 lo (which were ali v e with people) the enthusiasm I° AO even greater, if possible, than in the streets. . 11. the Prince and Princess, with their party, embark ed o on board the Woodside, M'lver's Artillery 64 presented arms, while the band played 64 God bles s the Prince of Wales." The ro y a l s t an d a rd was th en hoistsd on board the Woodside, an d s h e proceed ed in a northerly direction along the line of do ci l headed by the tender of the Mersey Docks an Harbour Board, the Alert, and followed (inn lle a diately astern) by the Cunard tender Satellite, a l3 o/ on the quarters by the smart and beautiful boats o the Mersey River St eam b oa t Co m p an y, the Slo lt , o and Sylph, on board which were the members a tP t_ Town Council and other public bodies. A perf e lb fleet of miscellaneous ferry boats, all reeling 'A le passengers, followed at a little distance. Woodside is one of the fine saloon steamers which have have lately come into such deserved popularity ' e ci river traffic. She was built by Messrs. Laird, lent for the occasion by the Birkenhead Conn is i sioners, who were represented on board by Mr,,, bo K. Aspinall, Mr. Hi n d , an d o th er gen tl eme n. ' 1- et carpeted, and an exquisite b cabins were ouV iie placed in the p r i vate saloon. A port i on of ttp. upper deck w as a l so carpeted and furn i s h e d vi cushioned chairs. Here the royal party s ta i e t t during the whole of the trip on the river, thonto the weather a t ti mes was bitt er l y co ld, and t brilliant sunshine was temporarily obscured 1 1, 0 smart shower of ra i n , w hi c h d r o ve a portion of 0 company below. The passage up the river "P of necessarily slow in consequence of the crows s, steamers, which, in spite of the police regulati° to encroached on all sides upon the royal stearner , oo the imminent dan g er of co lli s io n . O n passing north fort a salute was fired, and the Woodside tin' ro . her head to the Cheshire side of the river, and l l oe ceeded southward, a short pause being made °O c a l a the Woodside landing stage in order to afford and crowds there assembled a view of the Prince i r ti Princess. The shipbuilding-ya r d of Messrs. P l o d and Co. next attracted attention, and the Prin ce ,itli Derby entered into an animated conversatio n ag Mr. John Laird, M.P., who, with his family' ea l on board. On passing her Majesty's ship P eii i ;eo the yards were man ne d, an d the band of thel‘l`l r 1 ,01 struck up various national airs. The C t w ith steamer Persia, decorated from stem to stern . 4 the bunting, and carrying the Danish standard " ca to iforemast, was next passed, but no vessel sex ° ,ityl intered them more than the school frigate 029 P I the yoi for