The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-31 00:00:00

tlij - Zfi-71tl-,;", • 1 0,jki i • Aa. 0 OUSES.—Messrs. Tonas and ROBERTS have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, 'uourban, and Country REoIDENUES to LET or SELL. Particulars upon application forwarded for two stamps, upon stating requirements and rentAL Offices, 2. Conduit street, Regent-‘treet, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. 0 UTH KENSO GTON, HYDE-PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's -gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, Princes and Beaufort Gardens, Elvaston-Place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and Thurloe Squares, Boltons, &c. Messrs TOPLIS and ROBE LiTS have RESIDENCES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-- Sole Lessee and Mantger, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING THE OVERLAND ROUTE: Messrs. Buckitone, Compton, Chippendale, Farren, Rogers, Gordosn, Braid, Clark. Weathersuy , Wh ite, Coe, &J.; Mesdame Snowdon, Hill, Wright, Coleman, Moore, &C. After which, BOX AND COX: Mr. Bucks one and Mr. Crompton. Concluding with THE WOLF AND THE LEONID. • - Commence at Seven. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI Sole Proprietor and Manager, x.r. D. Webster. THIS EVENING, THROUGH FIRE AND WATER: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R Phillips, Billington ; 'hiss Wooigar and Miss H. Simms. After which, THE WRECK . ASHORE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Beuiord. Stuart, 13illingter , Aahicy ; Miss Woolgar And Miss H. Eimms. To conclude with DEHIND TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips. Eburne. C . J. Smith ; Miss A. beamall. &c. OPAL P RINCESS'S THEATRE. it So l e Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. u is EVENING, A GHOST IN SPITE OF HIMSELF. Alter which, at a quarter to Eight, THE S REETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining. T. Mead, D. Murray, Shore, yilliers; Mrs. H. 3larson, E. Barnett, and Miss K. Rodgers. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. nwanborou,gh. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, a new and origi• nal Comedy, THE FLY,AND THE WEB. Mes.ra. Par belle and Price; Mis.ea Swanborough and Raynham. - • After which PERI , E TION. Mr. Belford, Mr. Stoyle ; lallsa F. Hughes and Miss.J. hustone To conclude with the Burlesque of IVANHOE. Messrs. Stoyle. I home, Jame', Fenton : Mesdames Swanborougb, Baynham, Simpson. Johnstone, ard Hughes. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. - Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation.— Will RE-OPEN for the Summer Season on EASTER MOADAY, April 2, 18c6, with a p meriut Lompany, selected from the principal London and Provindal Theatres. Daring the recess the Th atre has been renovated and decorated ; entirely new Orchestra stalls, with a Eel arate entrance, added; the Dress Circle and Pit S ate recovered, and no expense spared to render this Theatre one of the most elegant s and cornier. able in London. On EASTE It-MONDAY, April 2, and during the week. will be presented the great Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, of BELPHEGOR: Messrs. T. Swinbourne, G. Belmore; Misses Ada Dya., Hudspeth, and Mrs Poynter. Alter which (first time at this Theatre), Ithe Ever-green Burlesque, by F. C. Burnand, Esq , of IXION : Misses Lizzie Wilimore, Fanny Gwynne, Ada Harland, 'Jetty 'Tracey; Messrs F. Banby and G. Belmore. To conclude with (first time for many years), David Gar rick's Farce of A MISS IN HER TE r.N i : Mr. G. Belmore and Miss Fanny Gwynne. Box-office optn daily from Eleven till Three. No charge for booking or programmes. Bonnets are not admitted in the Dress Circle or Stalls. Doors open at halt-past Six, commence at Seven. Entirely new Oichestra Stalls, with spring stuffed seats and backs, and equal to those of the West-end Theatres, 4s. i • Dress Circle, 3s. • ' Boxes, 2s. Pit Is. ; Gallery, 61 ; Private Boxes, £ 1 Is., £1 10s. 6d., and £2 25.—Second price at Nine. 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LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1866. We learn by the last intelligence from Jamaica that the Royal Commission have not been able to complete their labours so soon as they expected, but we arc not at all surprised at this, because there was so much to do, and that of a nature which re quired minute investigation. The number of wit nesses examined has been very great, and, indeed, additional evidence has been tendered at the last, so that the labours of the Commissioners have been greatly augmented, although two courts were held instead of one, as at the first, it has been found necessary to prolong the inquiry. It seems strange, to say the least of it, that Mr. GURNEY and Mr. H. PAYNE should not have been able to make up the number of their witnesses before this, but instead a this they have handed in a fresh list of more than 150 witnesses. It would not do to pass this over, but, of course, the delay and awkwardness of this proceeding are very great. Doubtless many of the officers who have been examined will have to appear again before the Commissioners. Provost RA3ISAY has been examined before the magistrates at Spanish Town, and discharged by them, but since then he has been again arrested, and will be ar raigned before the next Circuit Court. Some wit nesses have stated that MARSHALL used threaten ing language, which is contrary to what was at first put forth, that he was hung without having made a sign. We have the answer sent by Mr. EYRE to the communication he received, on the Inca-Ding of the outbreak, from PAUL BOGLE and others. It is very temperate and firm, and much to the Purpose, but, of course, the circumstances which tool; Place on that eventful day rendered it void of effect. The Government Secretary wrote to say that the writers Were misguided and under the in fluence of desi g , i ha men, and that serious conse quences would en%k,, it they did not withdraw from the attitude they had atsutued. This intimation was only too well i . tiStified • 1, 1 , what afterwards oc curred.that great It is amusing to noti ce by the black i) , indigna tion was expressed ople about at. the .. outrageous assertions of SARAH ho e , sox. They had discernment enough to see that this audacious woman had done great barn to their cause by her extreme course of mendacity. It is just as well th at she should have gone to such lengths, for it enabl es one to see how little reliance can be placed on many • h apparentlywell-grounded tales, wine , if thoroughly looked into, would no doubt appear to be very much the same in point of substance as hers have done. The evidence of Brigadier NELSON was given with great clearness and precision, and this accords with the opinion generally entertained of his con duct and his promptness of action. Among other statements relative to the treatment of prisoners, the brigadier declared that after the amnesty he released about one hundred prisoners. Previous to that be sent for the president of the court-mar tial and told him he could not confirm proceedings which‘sentenced women to be flogged; as might have been expected, he gavethe most " unequivocal denial" to the statement made by the man CnisHoLm, to the effect that, because his answers in giving evidence about GORDON were unsatisfactory, RAMSAY struck him in the face, and that Gen. NELSON came in and asked where the blood came from. NELSON said he put a stop to the " gauntlet running," and for bade, in most peremptory terms, that it should be repeated. It is of importance to notice that Briga dier NELSON'S explanation of the words "disposed of" is very different to the interpretation that has been put upon it in England. It occurred in the Queen's Regulations as a "technical phrase," that prisoners were not to be kept in confinement for more than forty-eight hours without having their cases disposed of. It is satisfactory to notice the decided tone adopted by this wit ness throughout, and his bold denials and clear statements are quite in contrast to the varnished tales and gross exaggeration of some others. The officers who were engaged in the trial of GORDON have given in their evidence, and there is nothing in their statements to gainsay the opinion of the guilt of the accused so far as having stirred up the people to revolt. Various evidence has been handed in by the authcrities to stow that the pri soner was implicated in the rebellion. Mr. GORDON said at one time to a missionary, in discussing the affairs of the island, "Matters will not be bet ter in Jamaica unless we have a Republic." Some of his speeches were also cited, which showed he thought he bad great influence among the people. On one occasion when a magistrate interfered in some dispute GORDON. threatened to meet force by force, and said that he would call in the people to his assistance. The Commissioners stopped this evidence, however, very inconsistently remarking that they were not there to try the character of GORDON. It is one of the chief things which they have to do and ought to do, and at any rate they should hear all statements. The same thing occurred respecting the Confederate vessel which it was stated that Mr. GORDON had wished to purchase. They would not allow the letter to be read from Mr. EDENBOROUGH, the commander of the vessel. This is quite inconsistent with the readiness with which the Commissioners have listened fo the exaggerated tales of the blacks, and we are at a loss to account for their conduct in this matter. It would be much more satisfactory if they would be more impartial as to hearing both sides; and indeed, how can they form a just conclusion if they do not act upon this course ? It adds greatly to the difficulty of the task of those who are accused that the rebellion was so promptly put down, and all that they bring forward ought to be attended to whether the Commissioners think that it exactly bears upon the case or not. There is no lack of evidence to show that GORDON'S great desire was to raise the people up to deeds of vio lence against the authorities, which wish he plainly showed by declaring that the people must do in Jamaica as they had done at Hayti. The arrival of the Java from New York on the 21st brings us satisfactory intelligence. St. Patrick's-day had passed over quietly and the Fenians, as well as the Americans, have, we may hope, been taught a salutary lesson. The Cana dians have proved the truth of the old rhyme about the nettle, they have truly " grasped it like men of mettle," and the consequence is that the Fenian leaders had to think twice about crossing the frontier. The enthusiasm, unanimity, and decision of the Canadians could not be mistaken ; it was very evident that they meant to give Yan kees and Fenians alike convincing testimony that thoir °owl try was not to ho alh dto change hands so easily as was believed in the States. In less than twenty-four hours a formidable organisation was in existence : volunteers replied to the appeal of the authorites with a fervour and a promptitude that augured well for the success of their arms, while on every side their efforts were seconded by the popu lation who bore cheerfully the cost, the delay, the inconvenience occasioned by the Fenian movements. In fact, the national spirit was deeply moved, and exhibited much the same temper and characteristics that we should look for in an English community if a similar alarm were raised. The danger, what - ever the absurdity of the Fenian pretensions, is un doubtedly a real one, and if the Canadians had not made so great and united an effort, it is more than probable that there would have been actual blood shed. The leaders, audacious and unscrupulous as they are, can hardly succeed in extracting more subscriptions from their dupes, if they have nothing to show for them. Hitherto it has been easy enough to talk about invading Canada, as if the capture of the whole province was to be accomplished by a few bands of armed men taking the trouble to walk across the frontier, but the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland, and the advent of St. Patrick's-day has brought affairs to a crisis. Thanks to the credulity of the Irish and the general ignorance of English affairs which prevails among the lower classes in New York, it has been generally believed in that city that SWEENEY, at the head of 20,000 or 30,000 men, would - march triumphantly into Canada on St. Patrick's-day. The American press has been very greatly to blame for encourag ing these schemes, and giving colour to their illu sory promises. In their hatred of England they were glad to take up anything which appeared da maging or discreditable -to her, and Fenianism was a ready plea for denouncing English tyranny and sneering at English weakness. Neither can the 'American Government be acquitted of blame in the matter, though they cannot, of course, be suspected of complicity in the schemes of SWEENEY and his friends. But the least that could have been expected from the Washington Cabinet was a disavowal of sympathy or approval, and au open protest against the Fenian breach of neutrality laws. The Canadians, it is said, complain bitterly of the American Govern ment for giving encouragement to the leaders of this mischievous conspiracy, and entailing upon them the expense of military preparations, which amounts, it is said, to about £1,200 a day. This is most unfair to the colonists, though, as we have said, we have no doubt it will be beneficial in the end. The Fenians will have received a vigorous check. The pretensions of the leaders will be ex posed, and even their credulous dupes will hardly be likely to put faith in further schemes. The ice is breaking up, and therefore no one can pretend that they can cross over into Canada so easily, and in fact the evident opportunity has been allowed to slip. It is possible that SWEENEY and his coadju tors never intended to do anything more than talk and to profit by the sensa tion oxcitod by th e i r e l a b ora t e ' sc h emes and the consequent subscriptions. Having done this There are quite content enough h o s e t l i e b l s u i e d n e ts in o t f o they may be c m in i s s i clie ifi f, canee. how ever, to render prec a • ution necessary. The inflam mable materials of the American-Irish population have been kindled, and it would take very little real earnestness on the part of the leaders to fan them into a blaze. The Canadians have shown their prudence, courage, and good sense in the vigour of their preparations, and it is to be hoped will effec tually silence those poli ticians who are so ready to sneer at the colonists or the mother country. T hey have proved that they are fully prepared to do All that lies in their power, but that is no reason why we should leave them entirely unassisted. A very simple and ready means of doing them effectual service lies at our command, and we hope it will not be overlooked by the Government. A few gun boats on the lakes would afford effectual protection to the Canadian shores, and would relieve the colonists from much anxiety and expense. We have plenty of gunboats lyingidle and a few of them might surely be employed in this service with great • advantage. It is said that in official circles in the States very little apprehension is felt of the Fenians making any active demonstration. The whole excitement about the matter has, indeed, a good deal subsided since St. Patrick's-day has been safely got over. At Halifax there was still some excitement when the Java left New York, the forts having been manned by artillerymen and the militia called out. The intelligence respecting the depar ture of the West India mail for Halifax is con firmed, so that Sir FREDERICK BRUCE was evidently convinced of the necessity for prompt and decisive action. We shall now see what course the Fenian leaders will adopt, and whether they will still be able to retain their influence over their infatuated dupes. It is greatly to be hoped that this affair of the invasion will have enlightened a good many as to the true character of these enthusiastic patriots, in which case St. Patrick's-day will have done more service to the Irish than it ever did before. CORRESPONDENCB FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. In Paris it needs no bishop,,as in London, to exhort people to a religious and devout observance of Good Friday. I have visited several churches in Paris to-day, and, judging from the vast congrega tions at all of them, one might almost safely pro nounce that nearly the whole population of the city have attended to the outward observance, at least, of their religious duties. I do not profess to be deeply versed in religious matters, but I do not re collect an occasion when, as has been the case this year, the Bishop of London has thought it neces sary to endeavour to induce people to observe Good Friday religiously and decorously. If it be not to the disgrace it is not to the credit of Londoners that Good Friday is a day set apart for pleasure excursions. This is certainly not the case in Paris. It is observed as a day of fasting and a day of reli gious duty by the great majority of the inhabitaits of Paris. It is still the practice of the Pope to go to the Basilisk of St. Jean de Latran on Holy Thursday (yesterday), where his Holiness washes the feet of the humblest of his subjects, and waits upon them at table, like a servant. The Court of France formerly celebrated with much religious pomp the occasion of the last supper which Jesus took with his disciples, and the custom was observed, indeed, under the Restoration. The King, followed by the officers of his household, who came that day on duty, presented 12 dishes to 12 children, who re presented the apostles. These dishes were carried in procession by the gentlemen of the household in grand uniform, having napkins of fine cambric, and also bearing an enormous bouquet, who took from the buffet fish and other aliments and placed them on wooden dishes. There was no meat. After the repast the King washed the feet of the repre sentatives of the apostles, chosen from among the sons of the officers of the.household. They were clothed in red tunics. The feet of these children had been previously washed. The first valet-de-chambre of the King poured upon the feet of the children holy water, from a golden vase. The solemnity took place in the gallery of Diana at the Tuileries, and great numbers of persons were allowed to witness it with tickets. Ladies generally constituted a large proportion of the visitors. The custom has now fallen into desuetude in Paris, but it has been ob served in modern times. If I mistake not this ceremony has been performed by Louis Philippe. Cardinal Tosti, librarian to the church, has just died at Rome, in his 90th year. 'Under Pope Gregory XVI. he held the office of Minister of Finance. The funeral of General Zusuf took place at Al giers on Friday last, with much " pomp, pride, and circumstance." It was a great and imposing ceremony. Troops lined the road from the admiralty to the cathedral. The funeral car was drawn by six white horses. Commandant Petel, the Generals Aide-de-canip, carried the de corations of the deceased upon a cushion. At the four corners of the funeral car were the generals commanding the artillery, the Vice-Admiral of the Marine and the Intendant of the Division ; Marshal M'Mahon, Governor of Algeria ; General Ladmi vault, Sub-Governor ; the military authorities, and a vast number of influential natives and foreigners followed. The funeral service at the cathedral was performed by the Abbe Suchet. At the entrance to and departure of the remains from the cathedral salvoes were fired from the Marine battery. The body was interred at the cemetery of Bab-el-oved. Speeches, eulogistic of the deceased general, were made over the grave by General Wimpffen and M. Piervey, Chief President of the Imperial Court of Algiers. _ _ _ Among the houses demolished in order to com plete the site for the new Hospital of _Hotel Dieu, now in progress of construction, was one at the corner of the Rue des Chantres, to which interesting historical recollections are attached. It was the residence of Abelard and Heloise, and formerly it bore this inscription, " Abelard and Heloise for merly inhabited this spot. They were rare models of sincere lovers. 1118." In 1832 the house was occupied as a school for young ladies. There still existed then the dark, original staircase, with a balustrade of oak, which led to the room where Abelard lived, and further on was a small tower where Heloise was educated. How the destiny of this locality has been changed by Time Abelard's room became the receptacle for dirty linen. The window where Heloise watched for the return of her preceptor had lines around it where hung to dry the frocks and linen of the young ladies. The room where the two unfortunate lovers used to. study was the class room for the young ladies. Near the spot is now a splendid mansion five storeys high. To commemorate the fact of the residence of the two lovers there are now to be seen two medallions, representing the profiles of Abelard and Heloise, and this inscription : " Ancient habitation of Heloise and Abelard. 1118. Rebuilt in 1849." It is, I believe, pretty generally known that there is in Pere la Chaise a remarkable tomb which encloses the remains of the lovers. Visitors to Paris seldom omit to visit this monument. To-day is the anniversary of the death, in 1249, of Guillaume d'Auvergne, who was 21 years Bishop of Paris. He bad been Professor of Theology at the Sorbonne, and was considered to be the most solid writer of his age. This was one of the prelates who, at that early day, condemned plurality of livings. The Bishop was buried at the Abbey of St. Victor, in the chapel of St. Denis. To-day the political vane again points to war among the great German potentates. The Siecle gives the following account of the position :—" One is less able than ever to form a judgment upon the respective intentions of the great German Powers. In spite of the official denials, to which we have alluded, Austria is making military preparations, which are very minutely described by the Gazette de l' Allemagne du Nord. Prussia has addressed to all the Cabinets a despatch, in which she insists upon the impossibility of obtaining a settlement of the present difference by the Diet, and all the news paper organs of the Prussian Government have re sumed a warlike tone. The news from the Saxo- Bohemian frontier is that the contingents of some regiments were increased by calling into .activity soldiers who were heretofore at liberty. Numbers of horses have been purchased, and those for the artillery at very high prices." CHANGE-RINGING.—A funeral peal was rung on the bells of St. Mary, Islington, on. Wednesday last, the 28th inst., as a mark of respect to the lath William Smith, for many years a riner of the Society. f Islington Youths LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM S.) PORTUGAL. LISBON, MARGH 30. The official Gazette of to-day publishes a contract concluded between Portugal, France, Brazil, and Italy, for a telegraph to America. The Cortes will close on the 20th April. OVERLAND MAILS. BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, MARCH 30. The China left at 6 a.m. yesterday and the Euxine at 6 a.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 4th, and the latter at Southampton about the 12th proximo. OUTWARD CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRA• LIAN MAILS. MALTA, MARCH 30. The Massilia, from Southampton on the 20th inst., arrived to-day at noon, and left at 5 p.m. for Alexandria. The Nyanza, from Marseilles on the 28th inst. arrived to-day at 6 p.m., and will leave at midnigh for Alexandria. THE BOMBAY MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 21. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Poonah, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 70 passengers, £1,900 in specie, pearls vahie 4,300 rupees, and 619 packages of general cargo. Heavy south-westerly gales had prevailed at Gibraltar, and several casualties had occurred amongst the shipping. The Governor, Sir Richard Airey, left Gibraltar on the 24th inst. for Seville, to witness the reli gious ceremonies and processions of Holy week at the Andalusian capital. Exehange on London, 491 s ; on Paris, 5.13 ; Madrid, to dis. Freights unaltered. FRANCE. PARIS, MARCH 31. The Constitutionnel of this morning says :—" The position of France in view of the present diffi culties in Germany is very simple, and is the re sult of a wise and far-seeing policy which may be summed up in the word neutrality. God alone can know if the crisis will be decided by war, but the Imperial Government has provided for all contingencies, and whatever may happen France will not be found unprepared." BOURSE, March 30, Three o'clock.—The market closed at the following quotations :- 41 per Cents 96 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 75 Do. end month 67 771 Credit Mobiliar Do. end month Bank Shares 3575 Credit Foncier Italian Loan 5B 90 Do. end month 5B 90 RAIL' Orleans Roman — Ottoman Fives — Mexican Loan 47 50 Do. Bonds 3OO Russian — Austnan Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred rAYI3. Cash. Acct. - .. . 865 - Northern lll6 25 Lyons and Mediterranean — ••• 875 Southern — 550 Western 562 .50 Eastern 537 50 Sardinian. lO7 50 Austrian — 383 75 Lombard — ... 396 25 North of Spain — 165 - Saragossa 205 Ditto to Barcelona Roman 87 50 ••• BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, March 29. Thyfottowing is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : Mr. Woodin's New Entertainment. -0.--- After a somewhat protracted absence, occasioned by a successful tour in the provinces, Mr. Woodin made his first appearance this season at the Poly graphic Hall, King William-street, Strand, on Thursday evening last, in a new entertainment en titled " Baden-Baden," and " Up in the Air.". The first, as its title suggests, is a hit at the fashionable gaming German watering-place, with its visitors from all parts of the world, and, in the latter, the fun is produced by the introduction of a variety of English incidents and characters, " descriptive, humorous, musical, mimetic, characteristic, national, aeronautic, and domestic comical." On the rising of the curtain a very excellently-painted view of a well-known spot in Baden is disclosed, and the first character introduced by our clever English Proteus is Alderman Dither, a visitor desirous of becoming a resident—an invalid and a student in search of health. The reflections and conclusions of this civic visitor are laughable in the extreme, although in the end they amount to but two—how best to enjoy his dinner and his pills. Next we have the pet German Doctor at Baden, whose admiration for the English is very high, be cause they are "so very rich and so very stupid." Then we have a gushing young lady, Miss Aurora Spankle, eighteen, and rapid, who is in search of an establishment. This young lady takes the audience into her entire confidence ; and, after giving them a graphic imitation of the many partners she had in dance, both old and young, married and single, tells them that husbands nowadays must be con sidered as part of the trousseau. The make-up for this character is remarkably clever,—the bonnet ! the velvet jacket, embroidered with horse-shoes! and the sky-blue moire skirt, trimmed with anchors and Prince of Wales's plumes !—all tend to make her the observed of all observers. We have also a speculative Yankee, whose father has struck ile and struck it hard, who has serious notions of buying the whole place as an investment, because it would be quito possible to induce the President to take up his permanent residence there, and to govern the " States" by telegraph. The other full-length portrait is Mary Ann `Crew, an English nursemaid, whose lover has turned out false ; but she is consoled, even in her trouble, by the thought that she is sure a Coldstream never could have a warm heart. The saloon with its gaming table is next introduced, where Mr. Woodin gives up half-a-dozen more illustrations of the sort of persons to be found risking everything in the chances of rouge et noir. The race course follows, and here we hare the captivating Isabella, the flower girl to the French Jockey Club, and Joe Downey, an English jockey who can't under stand the way " things is done at Baden." This concludes the continental portion of the enter tainment, but we must not omit to mention that during its performance Mr. Woodin sings a variety of songs, and in the last-mentioned character actually gives us a jockey hornpipe! What can he not do ? "Up in the Air" is intended to illustrate the aspirations and elevated ideas of those who delight to moralise far above the haunts of common men. The scene represents the flat roof of a house over looking Cremorne Gardens, and surrounded by picturesque stacks of chimneys of every conceivable size and shape, with the lofty Mr. Flyte keeping them company—smoking. The inflated gentleman relates the beauties to be found up in the air, more especially in a balloon, which, if not the safest means of travelling, is at all events, according to his idea, the most pleasant —no turnpikes, no obstructions, excepting the top of a church steeple, which now and then, perhaps, may stop the way. Then we have another young lady, Angelina, who has induced her lover to avail himself of the facilities presented by the repairs of the adjoining house, and mount the ladder, and have an interview far beyond interference. The lover obeys his mistress, but un fortunately an elderly maiden lady is also fond of the leads, and of course she gets the notes and presents intended for her younger neighbour. A hodman, a policeman, and a distinguished fo reigner, who is on the look out for open trap doors which lead down to the plate basket, fill up the scene, which is brought to a conclusion by the appearance of Mr. Woodin in the Star Scaler balloon " Up in the air," where he says he must remain if his audience will not let him "go down." The applause of the audience here was enthusiastic, and assuredly the popular favourite may congratulate himself upon the triumphant manner in which his exertions "went down" on Thursday evening. " The author of the entertainment is Mr. T. W. Robertson, the scenery is by Mr. John O'Conner, and the music by Mr. Wallerstein. The National Choral Society. The three grand oratorios given by this society, under the direction of Mr. Martin, during Passion: week attracted the usual overflowing audiences. On each occasion every seat in the large hall was occupied, and the pleasure given to the vast assem blage was perfect and complete. We can only again do that which we have so frequently had the gratification of doing, compliment Mr. Martin on the admirable manner in which all his concerts are conducted. The next oratorio we believe will be "Israel in Egypt." " Ads and Galatea" is in active prepara tion. THE BRIGHTONREVIEW. — Mr. Wyld, of Charing cross, has just issued from the press a plan of the ground and the purposed manoeuvres at the Brighton Review. The movement will be one of the most effective that has ever been witnessed in England, and the plan, which is pub lished at a low rate, will greatly assist visitors in under standing the evolutions. MR. BEECHER ON THE VETO.-.Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in the course of a%lecture delivered in Brooklyn, on the 23d ultimo, said:—" There is a Freedmen's Bureau. There was in Congress a bill for the more efficient organisation of it. All men's hearts have been to-day ex cited by the tidings that the Freedmen's Bureau Bill has been vetoed by the President. (Some hisses.) lam sorry that he felt it to be his duty to veto it, and lam sorry that the bill was so drawn that he was obliged to feel it to be his duty to veto it. But, mark, this is not vetoing a bureau, nor an amended or reorganised bureau, but only that particular form of bureau which that bill contained. It does not commit the President against any proper de partment administering to the blacks throughout the South. We know, on the other hand, that he is in favour of such a bureau, and I confess that on reading his Message it has left a profound impression on my mind, that he urges most serious and weighty measures why, in the form in which it went before him, it should not have become the law of the land. But I believe, and am sure, that no man in this land is more in favour of some legislation that shall amount to an efficient protection of the black man. (Applause.) They are to be protected, but they are not to bo protected at the expense of the Constitution, but by its integrity. No one in the United States is more in need of having that immortal instrument maintained than the poor, recently enslaved, but now emancipated . black man. Men who have knowledge of the freedmen • may be warped by their sympathy and their generous sentiments so as not well to consider that, while legislating_ to save the freedmen, it may be at the expense of those laws and those instruments in which its very safety itself resides ; and if they are car ried past the point of moderation it is well there should be opportunity for reconsideration." In another part of his lecture Mr. Beecher said :—" I hold it dangerous to place too much power in the Central Government. It is a most extraordinary spectacle of the times to see Congress gathered from the people, representing the great mass of the people, passing a bill and putting it into the hands of the President, and thereby clothing him with a power greater than any monarch ever yielded, and the President vetoing itand returning it, saying, cannot give my assent to it '—vetoing a bill that makes him so strong. What if we had .a President there then like him who sat there before our martyred Lincoln, would he have refused so much power? What if we had that President that was there before him—l forget who he was. (Laughter.) Do you suppose that you will always have a President like Mr. Johnson ? But lam mistaken in my judgment if there has, - since the earliest and best days of our presi dency been a man more honest, more single minded for liberty, who, without bias of the feeling or of the heart, without bias of any kind, endeavoured to do what he thought best for the interests of the country and the whole country. (Applause.) Not another man. I should hold it to be a bad sign if, on that account, I should pass without criticism his acts ; if his power should be with out review.. It is dangerous to have any man iu the com munity that is not amenable to the criticism of all his fel low-mon ; President Johnson more than any other, because be is in a place of the greatest importance to the well-being of the country. But while you hold the sovereign right to criticise, do not forget that you have an able statesman and an honest and pure man and patriot in your Presiden tial chair." (Great applause.) History of " Pickwick." (From the Athenxum.) Gad's-hill-place, March 28, 1866. _ . As the author of the "Pickwick Papers" (and of one or two other books), I send you a few facts, and no comments, having reference to a letter signed " R. Seymour," which in your editorial discretion you published last week. Mr. Seymour, the artist, never originated, suggested, or in any way had to do with, save as illustrator of what I devised, an incident, a character (except the sporting tastes of Mr. Winkle), a name, a phrase, or a word, to be found in the "Pickwick Papers." I never even saw Mr. Seymour's handwriting, I believe ; in my life. I never even saw Mr. Seymour but once in my life, and that was within eight-and-forty hours of his untimely death. Two persons, both still living, were present on that short occasion. Mr. Seymour died when only the first twenty-four printed pages of the "Pickwick Papers" were published; I think before the next three or fourpages were completely written; I am sure before ono subsequent line of the book was in vented. In the preface to the cheap edition of the "Pickwick Papers," published in October, 1847, I thus described the origin of that work :—" I was a young man of three-and twenty, when the present publishers, attracted by some pieces I was at that time writing in the Morning Chronicle newspaper (of which one series had lately been collected and published in two volumes, illustrated by my esteemed friend Mr. Geo. Cruikshank), waited upon me to propose a some thing that should be published in shilling numbers—then only known to me, or I believe, to anybody else, by a dim recollection of certain interminable novels in that form which used, some five-and-twenty years ago, to be carried about the country by pedlars, and over some of which I re member to have shed innumerable tears before I served my apprenticeship to life. . . . The idea propounded to me was that the monthly something should be a vehicle for certain plates to be executed by Mr. Seymour, and there was a no tion, either on the part of that admirable humorous artist, or of my visitor (I forget which), that a Nimrod Club, the members of which were to go out shooting, fishing, and so forth, and getting themselves into difficulties through their want of dexterity, would be the best means of introduc ing these. I objected, on consideration, that although born and partly bred- in the country, I was no great sports man, except in regard of all kinds of locomotion ; that the idea was not novel, and had been already much used ; that it would be infinitely better for the plates to arise naturally out of the text ; and that I should like to take my own way, with a freer range of English scenes and people, and was afraid I should ultimately do so in any case, whatever course I might prescribe to myself at starting. My views being deferred to, I thought of Mr. Pickwick, and wrote the first number, from the proof sheets of which Mr. Seymour made his drawing of the Club, and that happy portrait of its founder, by which he is always recognised, and which may be said to have made him a reality. I connected Mr. Pick wick with a club, because of the original suggestion, and I put in Mr. Winkle expressly for the use of Mr. Seymour. We started with a number of 24 pages, instead of 32, and four illustrations in lieu of a couple. Mr. Seymour's sudden and lamented death before the second number was published brought about a quick decision upon a4oint al ready in agitation ; the number become one of thirty-two pages with two illustrations, and remained so to the end." In July, 1849, some incoherent assertions made by the widow of Mr. Seymour, in the course of certain endeavours of hers to raise money, induced me to address a letter to Mr. Edward Chapman, then the only surviving business partner in the original firm of Chapman and Hall, who first pub lished the "Pickwick Papers," requesting him to inform me in writing whether the foregoing statement was cor rect. In Mr. Chapman's confirmatory answer, immediately written, he reminded me that I had:given Mr. Seymour mor credit than was his due. "As tilts letter is to be historical,' he wrote, " I may as well claim what little belongs to me in the matter, and that is the figure of Pickwick. Seymour's first sketch," made from tho mod of my first chapter, " was of a long, thin man. The present immortal one he made from my description of a friend of mind at Rich mond." CHARLES DICKENS. MARKETS.—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Fair average supplies of fruit and vegetables are on sale to-day. On the whole, the trade is steady, as follows : FRUIT—Pine apples, 8s to 10s; hot house grapes, —s to —s ; foreign do, is Od to 3s Od ; filberts, is 6d to 2s Od per lb ; apples, 2s 6d to 4s Od per half sieve ; oranges, 4s Od to 8s ; lemons, 3s 6d to is per 100. VEGETABLES—Red cabbages, 2s Od to 3s Od; white do., 8d to is 3d; Savoys, 10d to is 4d ; horseradish, is to 2s Od per doz. heads; greens, 3s Od to 4s Od; turnips, is 6d to 2s Od ; carrots, 4s 6d to 5s 6d per doz bunches ; brocoli, Od to Od ; rhubarb, 6d to is Od per bundle ; Brussels spouts, is 6(1 to 2s Od per half sieve ; seakale, is Od to 2s Od ; mush rooms, 9d to is 3d; new potatoes, is to is 3d per punnet. POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s Od to 3.0 s Od; gees e , 6s Odto 10s; duelcs, 3s Od to 6s Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 2s Od ; wild do, Is Od to is 3d ; pigeons, 6d to is Od. each ; Surrey fowls, 10a to 19,3 Od, du. cliickous, Os CU `Js; barn door fowls, 5s Od to is per couple. Guinea fowls, 6s to 7s per couple. English eggs 8s to 9s ; French do., 6s Od to is 6d p er 100. Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 2d; English, is ld to is 4d per lb. DEBTOR.. March 29. fr. c. Capital of the Bank... 182,500,000 Profits in addition to March 22. fr. c. 182,500,000 capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve in landed pro perty 4,000,000 Notes in circulation ... 846,407,425 Banknotes to order and sight Treasury account cur- 4,000,000 - 856,328,325 - 6,264,136 79 5,376,199 53 r DDR sel. e cib n osr t ucaon C ti r s e ht d i eabc i a o dn r t khsseu lastar sundry 129,563,626 59 110,558,850 63 Current accounts, Paris 117,503,724 89 111,838,095 25 24,016,917 -- 23,439,755 Dividends. payable 1,130,566 75 1,212,442 75 interests six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 8,479,620 07 8,099,462 94 2,074,992 92 2,074,992 92 6,735,437 23 6,293,943 15 Total CREDITOR. March 29. March 22. fr. c. fr. c. 508,312,396 17 495,188,809 11 Cash in hand and in Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 26731:124502A —65 01. 266,420,483 2474875 72 Do. bran c h b an k s 2 Advances on deposit of bullion 1)o. branch banks Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares and debentures D. branch banks Do. on Credit Fancier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) Government Stock re serve 229,579 33 299,355 51 7,547,700 _ 11,414,300 _ 7,463,600 - 10,853,900 - 11,318,900 - 5,205,300 - 11,208,000 - 5;153;200 - 29,847,300 - 19,620,3D0 - 29,682,900 - 19,332,600 - 586 ,000 - 393,700 - 583,400 - 391,700 - 60,900,000 - 60,000,000 - 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 36,416,737 91 36,416,737 91 Do. disposable Rentes Immobalis6es (Law, June 9, 1857) 190,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and, furniture of the Bank and landed property branches Expenses of manage ment Sundries . 8,481,290 - 8,481,358 - 1,007,786 51 837,739 85 9,830,165 33 10,103,184 03 Total 1,357,826,973 40 1,340,872,593 33 Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) BouLAND. SECURING WHITE LAPOURERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.—The sum of $125,000 has been raised for this object by citizens in and about Charleston, and a charter for organisation is granted by the Legislature. A letter from a gentleman of influence in Germany declares that he can persuade thousands of the people of that country to emigrate to South Carolina if the people will only offer those inducements which it is within their power to do. — Not long since Hon. W. W. Boyce, of South Carolina, in addressing a farewell letter to his constituents, says : "Looking to the great future I should say the first thing for the South is white immigration ; but the second thing is white immigration ; the third thing is white immigra tion. You should do everything in your power to invite a white population, both by your legislation and favourable public sentiments. Receive emigrants from Europe and the United States with open arms." TWELVE REBELLIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.— Since the organisation of tho Federal Government twelve attempts have been made to resist its authority. The first was in 1782--a conspiracy of some of the officers in the Federal army to consolidate the thirteen States into one, and confer supreme power upon Washington ; the second in 1787, called Shay's insurrection in Massachusetts; the third in 1794, called the Whisky Insurrection of Pennsyl vania ; the fourth in 1814, by the Hartford Convention ; the fifth in 1820, in the question of the admission of Mis souri into the Union ; the sixth was a collision between the Legislature of Georgia and the Federal Government, in regard to the lands given to the Creek Indians ; the seventh was in 1830, with the Cherokees, in Georgia ; the eighth was the memorable nullifying ordinances of South Carolina, in 1832 ; the ninth was in 1842, in Rhode Island, between the Suffrage Association and State authorities ; the tenth was in 1856,. on the part of the Mormons, who resisted the Federal Government ; the eleventh was John Brown's raid ; the twelfth, Secession in 1861. LIVERPOOL, March 30.—The National Steam Navigation Company's screw steamer Erin, Captain Cut ting, from New York on the 17th instant, arrived here this morning. Her news has been anticipated. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os Od per lb ; soles, 3s Od to 5s per pair ; cod, 5s Od to 20s ; brill, 3s to 12s ; mullets, 2s 6d to 5s ; doreys, 2s 6d to lOs each ; turbot, 5s Od to 21s each ; whitings, 3s to 15s ; haddocks, 4s to 20s per dozen ; fresh herrings, 8s per 120. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 2d ; veal, 4s 01 to 5s 4d; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s 4d per Blbs by the carcase. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s 4d per Sibs by the carcase. ___ BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7id. to Bd. ; of household ditto, sd. to 7d. per 41bs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides 56 to 64 lbs, 2id to 3d. ; 64 to 72 lbs, 3d to 3-}d ; 72 to 801bs, 3-141 to 3id ; 80 to 881bs., 3d to 4d ; 88 to 961b5., 4d to 4id ; 96 to 1041b5., Od. to Od. Horse hides, 9s to lOs Od ; calf skins (light), 2s to 48 ; full, 6s 6d ; polled sheep, 13s Od to 15s Od; half-breds, 12s Od to 14s Od ; downs, 9s 6d to 11$ Od; shearlings, 2s to 2s 9d. HAY SMITHFIELD. — Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 12s ; clover, £5 5s to £6 12s 6d ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load. Trade heavy. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 12s 04; clover, £5 5s to £6 12s Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 5s per load. Demand inactive. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 12s ; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load Trade slow. TENCH FISHING IN THE LEA . .—On Wednesday last, March 28, Mr. J. Jackson, while angling in Mr Binningfield's fishery, at Broxbourne, caught six tench, which weighed altogether 141 b. CURIOUS THEORY OF THE SKELETON AND OF THE SKULL.—A correspondent of the Reader, writing from Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge, remarks that until the laws of the origin and growths of separate and simple bones are known, it is premature to consider the theory of compound bones like the vertebrae. And until the laws of the development of the parts of vertebrae are deter mined, it is not possible to compare vertebrae and the skull with accuracy. From considerations in mecha nics, in pathology, and in comparative anatomy, I con clude that a centre of growth appears, developes, and ossifies, under the influence of pressure and tension, and that this bone may, and does, under the influ ence of pressure and tension, develope upon itself, wherever the forces act with sufficient power, other bones which are called epiphyses - which epiphyses may and do, under the influence of the requisite pressure and tension, assume the characters of original centres of growth, and also develope upon themselves other_epiphyses in any direction. In discussing these principles, reasons may be given why the bone usually called tarsometa tarsus in birds might only be the tarsus. A vertebra is considered to be a centre of growth, which usually deve lopes three pairs of epiphyses, any or all of which may bo wanting. First, there is a pair of epiphyses at the anterior and posterior ends of the centrum, being the epiphyses usu ally so called. Secondly, there is on the dorsal part of the centrum a pair of neural-epiphyses which enclose the neural canal ; and lastly, there is on the ventral part of the centrum a pair of llama' epiphyses which help to enclose the viscera. I find the head divided into three parts : (1) a brain cavity, (2) a breathing cavity, and (3) a feeding cavity. The brain cavity I regard as a modified vertebra, in which the parietal segment developes the occipital seg ment as its posterior epiphyses and the frontal segment for its anterior epiphyses. The lower jaw, helping to form the prehensible end of the digestive canal, I regard as the rib of the brain-cavity vertebra. Then as the brain cavity is seen to be the anterior termination of the neural canal, so the breathing cavity of the skull is seen to be the anterior termination of the breathing canal. And just as the brain region is found to be a modifial vertebra, so the breath ing circle of bones is interpreted to bo the modified end of the trachea. Thus the skull is developed and modified from the plan of a segment of the body, and not from the neural skeleton only. . - THE CIGAR Suip.—The nautical problem in volved in the launching of Mr. Winans' celebrated cigar steamer has been at least partially solved. On Thursday the ship got fairly out into the Channel, and went round the coast as far as Brighton, where Mr. Wi nans resides. About half-past twelve she came up from the eastward, going very fast. Sho came within a quarter of a mile of the shore, her strange and ugly appearance exciting the greatest interest among the crowds who, as it happened, in consequence of the fine weather, were just then on the sea-front. When a short distance to the west of Brighton she turned, and came back again at slow speed past the town. The sea was calm, but there was a slight swell on, to which the queer craft moved lightly and easily. She loft scarcely any rough water behind her, and seemed to cut cleanly through the tide. After repassing the town she put on eteam again to the eastward, sr hurt , F lathr • te6.4 . .a C HER MAJESTY• WINDSOR CASTLE, Friday. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses the Princess of Wales, Princess Helena, and Princess Beatrice drove out yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, with her Grand Ducal Highness the Princess of Hohenlohe- Langeubourg, also went out driving. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback, at tended by Lieut.-Colonel Koppel. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, arrivel at the Castle from Greenwich-park. The Queen, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Arthur, and the Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe Langenbourg, with the Ladies and Gentlemen in waiting, attended Divine Service this morning in the private chapel. The Hon. and Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated. Messrs. Dickenson and Tilt, of Bond-street, had the honour of a sitting from the Queen yesterday, for a sketch (after a photograph) of her Majesty. The Countess Delawarr, who has been suffering from a severe cold, is much better. Viscountess Powerscourt and Lady Anne Coke have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Powerscourt, Ireland. Lord and Lady Otho Fitzgerald will leave town this morning for Paris, where they intend to stay during the Easter holidays. Lord Charles Bertie Percy has left Claridge's Hotel for Guy's Cliff, Warwick. THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS.—It is reported that Wilson (the huntsman) and Woodley and Morgan (the whips) all leave at the end of the present hunting season. We hear that Mr. Lucy, the new master, has en gaged Robert Worrall, lately connected with Mr. Drake's pack, as huntsman for the next season. Woodley, we be lieve, goes with Mr. North (late master of the Warwick shires) to the Bicester country. HUNT DINNERS.—It is intended to give a dinner to the Hon. Mr. North, late master of the Warwickshire Hounds, at Alcester, on Wednesday, April 4. Sir W. Throckmorton will preside. In the same week a dinner will be given at Birmingham to Mr. 0. Milne, jun., master of the North Warwickshire pack. A LIVING WOMAN LAID OUT FOR BURIAL.—M. Lain cure of Gizay Vienne, France, has sent the following statement to the journals :—" Having been sum moned to assist my brother cure of Nieuil, I have just wit nessed a fact which has greatly excited the people of the neighbourhood. A woman named Redegonde Deguesseau who was supposed to be dead, was to have been interred in the morning, and the relations were all in attendance, when the person who had laid out the corpse, as she wascomplet ing her work, fancied she discovered a slight movement of the right arm. Upon examination the woman was found to be still alive! I immediately went to see the woman, and found no pulse—no movement; the members were perfectly stiff, but by close observation at intervals an almost imper ceptible swelling of one of the arteries of the neck could be discerned. I let a few drops of brandy fall upon her teeth which were clenched in such a manner that it was impos sible to separate them, and shortly after a slight hissing noise was heard. She continues still (24 hours after) in the same comatose state." GOATS AND THE CATTLE PLAGUE.—The preva lence of the rinderpest, and the ravages it has made in England, has given rise to a new item in our export trade. On Saturday last 25 goats were sent off to Liver pool by the steamer from this port, and a number were also despatched yesterday by steamer. We believe there is now a great demand for these useful but hitherto despised animals on the other side of the Channel.— Waterford Gazette. MONTROSE.—FOUNDERING OF A VESSEL.—YeS terday morning the crew of a brig named the Coburg, Of West Hartlepool, was brought into this port by the crew of a fishing-boat. The captain of the unfortunate brig re ports that the vessel was on a voyage from Middlesbro' to Korsoer, with coals : that he had been in distress since Sun day last ; and that on Tuesday evening, when the brig was about seven miles off the Bell Rock, she foundered, going down from sheer stress cf weather. The crew, consisting of the captain, four men, and a boy, managed to get into the boat, and were making for land when taken in tow as above stated. The meu were relieved and sent home by Mr. John Smith pro the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Benevolent Society,—Scotsman. STRANGE SAGACITY IN A PONY.--I had a pony once which Very frequently exhibited the following pecu liarities :—Whenever the pony had been turned out to graze, upon being fetched up and put into the carriage, it invariably turned lame after going a few yards ; so lame, in fact, that frequently I had to turn back, not having the shame to drive an animal in such apparent pain ; I say, apparent, because no sooner had the pony been relieved of its harness, that it used to canter sound the field perfectly sound. The same pony when fetched from the stable would go perfectly well as long as it wished, but when I drove it in any direction contrary to its inclination it be came lama directly ; as soon as its head was turned home wards the lameness entirely disappeared.—E. 11 C. in Land and Water. Victor Hugo's new work, " Les Travailleurs de la Mer," is dedicated to the Island of Guernsey. It runs thus : " I dedicate this book to the rock of hos pitality and liberty—to that little nook of old Norman land in which dwells a most noble seafaringpeople—to the isle of Guernsey, rough and gentle, my actual asylum, my probable tomb. The following is the preface to the work : "Reli gion, society, nature ; these are the three struggles of man• They are at the same time his three wants. He must be lieve—hence the temple ; he must create—hence the city ; he must live—hence the plough and ship. But these three problems contain three wars. The mysterious difficulty Of life arises from all three. Man has to meet obstacles under the form—superstition, under the form—prejudice, under the form—element. A triple ananke (fatality) presses on as—the ananke of dogmas, the ananke of laws, the ananke of things. In ' Notre Dame de Paris' the author exhibited the first ; in Les Miserables' he exposes the second ; in the present book he indicates the third. To these three fatalities which envelop man there is added an interior fatality, a supremo ananke —the human heart." LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN LITERARY INSTI TUTION.—On Thursday last a lecturer on potter/ not being able to keep his appointment at the institution , Mr. Field Meagher, one of the local reporters, kindly volunteered to read some amusing and instructive social sketches, one of which, by himself, called "The Jeweller of the Roadside," was a very vivacious and condo delineation in the best manner of Albert Smith. After few words of commendation from Mr. Percy Hart,F.R.G.S , the honorary secretary, a vote of thanks was proposed by John Smee, Esq., and seconded by Dr. Hallo. - ACCIDENT IN THE HUNTING FIELD.—On ThurS° day a somewhat serious accident occurred in the hunting field to Lord Milton, M.P., who is passing the Easter recess at Wentworth. On Thursday Lord Fitzwilliad s hounds met at Catliffe, and at the meet were Lord Milton and other members of the family. In the afternoon the party came to a large rugged fence, beyond which was a' somewhat deep drop, and Lord Milton's horse in jumping it stumbled and rolled upon its rider. Dr. Shaw, of Shef field, happened to be in the field, and he rendered eye/ possible assistance to the unfortunate nobleman, who it was found had sustained a fracture of a bone just abov e) the . left wrist. His chest was also cut, and he was Y ell much bruised and shaken. It is expected that he will not be able to resume his duties for six weeks. The Americans have put the magnesium light to . more practical use than we have. In their theatres it 18 rapidly superseding the lime-light. It was first introduced at the Boston Theatre. The wire is burnt in a large la 11 ' 1 '; and is delivered by clock work. The flame sustains itself continuously Tor an hour and a-half to two hours, 1 , 11 which time from to 21 oz. of the metal are consume d The fumes are arrested within the lamp by mechalic6i means, and thus both the reflector and the glass in fr ont are prevented fouling. Although the lamp costs a httu dred dollars, the maker finds it difficult to meet ths numerous orders he receives for it. TIIE SIIRIEVALTY.—The City Press says that is authorised to state that Mr. Alderman Waterlet and Mr. Francis Lycett intend to offer themselves , ° I Midsummer-day, for election to the office of Sheriffs of London and Middlesex for the ensuing year. Mr. Alder man Waterlow, who was elevated to the dignfied position he now fills in 1863, is well and favourably known, frog' ability displayed by him in his magisterial car ed ': and still more from his high personal character. His effor t ' to p; °mote the welfare of the working classes, by the erection of good and cheap dwellings, have tended coil considerably to increase his popularity. Mr. Lycett, W it° has recently retired from the celebrated firm of Dent, croft, and and Co., of Wood-street, has made for himsel f substantial reputation by his liberality and the enorgl with which he throws himself into the working of lienB - schemes, as an instance of which his connection with the Lancashire Relief Fund (of the committee of which he was a prominent member), may be noted. B° t/i these gentlemen having expressed their willingness t° serve, it is extremely probable that they will;be well re ceivcd by the Livery, who will thus have before them e industrial member of the Corporation, and a well-kO sv outkider• sup beii bee eth eac abc an' I 1 Bu I Co] Cu Da I ve ] I