The Sun. — London, England, 1865-12-01 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1865. -0--- Perhaps the striking difference that existed between Mr. COBDEN and Mr. BRIGHT was never more fully exemplified than in the speech delivered at Blackburn last evening. In this oration we find conspicuously displayed some of Mr. BRIGHT'S most objectionable characteristics, some of those qualities which will always detract from his repu tation as a public speaker, and rank him among the exclusive, narrow-minded class of politicians. From beginning to end his remarks were bitter, virulent, and intolerant. He could hardly keep his feelings under the control which courtesy and good sense naturally impose on such occasions as those on which a distinguished member of Parlia ment addresses a large body of his countrymen. We might well imagine upon perusing this speech that it belonged to the days when party feeling ran high, and when Jpitterness and rancour in truded into every word that was spoken of political opponents. In nothing has the tone of our days more signally changed for the better than in this respect, but it has been left for Mr. BRIGIIT and his friends and supporters to show us how p re j n _ judiced and intolerant they can be, who yet aspire to influence public opinion, and t o be the tribunes of the people. The member s of the Tory party ,came in for a vigorous onslaught, and should they survive the attack, they may perhaps compare Mr. BRIGHT'S descriptions with reality, and see where fact ends and fiction begins. The real end is gained by such vehement denunciation of others, and indeed Mr. BRIGHT appears to forget that it was he and his friends who prevented a Reform Bill from passing in 1859, and Proved quite incompetent to bring in a suitable measure the following year. If they have grown more competent during all these years since, no one prevents them from trying their hand again ; but on no question has the Liberal party been more divided than on this. It is very noticeable in Mr. BRIGHT'S speeches that he displays no regard or reverence for any of the institutions which are justly the pride of all those who entertain patriotic senti ments. He never rises to the height that is due when dwelling on those themes, so that party spirit and political difference may be lost in the considera tion of national honour, and the sympathies which should unite all to serve their common country. Most of otir eminent politicians have at one ti me and another spoken in e l o quent and impressi ve language on so fertile a theme and so congenial a topic as that of the House of Commons. The other day, on the occasion of the civic banquet at Guildhall, Mr. (+Limon delivered a very HOUSES. —Messrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, Euburban, and Country is to LET or SEL Particulars forwarded for three stamps, upon stating exact requirements and rental. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent street, and South Kensington, lacing the Museum. 0 lITH KENSINGTON, HYDE-PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's -gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, and Princes Gardens, Elvaston-place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and Thurloe Squares, Boltons. do. Messrs TOPLI.I and ROB EtTS have RESI DENCES to SELL and LET in the e l and surrounding localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. LIFEBOAT SERVlOES.—During the storms of the past twenty-two months the National Lifeboat Institution, by its t ifeboats and other means, contributed to the sayin; of 1,185 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Institution also expended .£37,'84 in the same peri.,d on its lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting £:,711 as rewards. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A ?PEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 15f lifeboat establishments. Coutributions are received by the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richsrd Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adeiphi, Lyndon. Just out. re-written, greatly enlarged, and adapted for general circulation, pp. 27, pi ice 2d., T" MAL T TA X. "The Ale at 6d. when untaxed will be 2d." By WILLIAIi RAE SMEE, Esq., F.S.A. Also, by the tome Author, price id., Third Edition, with preface entirely new of 11 pages , F RENCH WINES AT ID. PER BOTTLE CUSTOMS DUTIES. Mann Nephews, Cornhill. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GAILDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) Last Week but Two of L'Africaine. THIS EVENING will be performed Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, L'AFRICAINE. M , ss Louisa e Lem mens-Sherrington, and Mrs. A. Cool- ; Messrs. Alberto Lawrence, Henry Corn, A. Cook, E. Dussek, J. G. Patcy, C. Lyall, and Charles Adams. Conductor, Mr. Alire I Mellon. A c ting Manager, Mr. E. MurrAy, Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Commence at a quarter to 8. THEATRE ROY NL, DRURY-LANE.- ..R. 3lanagers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B: Chatterton. THIS EVENING the neriormances will commence with Shaksi ere's'Cragedy o f KEA G JOHN: Messrs. Phelps, James Anderson, T. Swinbourne, Raynor. G. Belmore, E. Phelps, e. Harcourt ; Miss Atkinson, Mrs. H. Vandenholl, Mrs. Hodson, Acc. After which, GALWAY-GO-BRAGH ; or, Love, Fun, an" Fighting : Messrs. Edmund Falcqner, F. Barsby, C. Harcourt; Misses Hazlewood, E. Falconer, Lose Leclercq. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Mani ger, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE OVERLAND ROUTE : Messrs Chas. Mathews. Buckstone, Chippendale, Compton. Rog. is, Clark. Gordon, Braid, Coe, &o. ; Messdames Maihews, Snow den, Hill. Wright, Coleman, Lovell, To be followed by WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN? Mr. Chippendale, Mr. C. Mathews; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Fitz william. &c Concluding with THE BALLET. Messrs. Arthur and Charles Leclercq. Miss Fanny A right, Miss C. Adams, and :he Corps de Ballet. Commcnee at Seven. 110YAL LYCEUM TREATRE.- Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs. Horsman. After whi.l, at 8, a New Drama, entitled THE WATCH CRY. Mr Fechter, supported by 14.essrs. 13. Widoicombe, S. Emery, C. Horsman, _Raymond, Fitzpatrick, Clifford. and Miss Els worthy. To conclude with the Farce of NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, R4ymoad, Moreland; Mrs. Lee and Miss Lavenu. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. Acting Manager, H. Barnett. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Mrs Alfred Mellon and Mr Felix Rogers. After which, at 8, RIP -VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 76th appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington, P. Bedford, K Phillips, lelix Rogers, Ashley, Eburne, U. J. Smith; Mrs. Biliingtor, To cmclude, at halt-past 10, with THE WIDOW'S VICTIM. Messrs Bibington, Felix Rogers, Ashley; Miss Godsell, Miss Seaman, and Miss Jenny willmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr, Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. After whLh, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. 4 haracters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, S. Calhaem. F. Vil iers, J. G. Shore, G. Murray, H. Mellon, C. Seyton, R. Cathcart; bliss L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. ROYAL S 1 RAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. bwanborough:_ THIS EVENING, at Seven, NOTHING VENTURE NOTHING Alter which will be produced a new Opera Burlesque, L'AFRICAINE or, The Queen of the Cannibal Islan 8 : Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thorne ; Mesdames Swanborough, Itaynham. Johnstone. &O. TJ corclude with MRS. GREENS SNUG BUSINESS. LAST EDITION OF " TIIE SUN," uontaining the Latest SVUAT INC+ I,\ATELLIUk.,\ C , Jan be bad Every Evening of G. It. GLkNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. I, Connaught-terrate, Hyde-park. 11HE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Evening, by eALEXANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish- street, Oxford-street. THE LAST EDITION of ‘, THE SUN " supplied as soon as Published, containing all the LATEST NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by W. HARRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blackiriars-roaa, London, S. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN." J. H(g..2l . llli i ? e begs to i s ztfcgm e his friends , TEST tnilitnbioich generally, " " as soon a s —No. 16, Hampstead road, N.W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAY.—Morning, 12h. 12m.—Afternoon, 12h. 40m, lh. 10m.—Afternoon, lh. 35m, I/ .0 7 , / r s i 1 0, 1 3 - 4 4 4+ pressive oration on the subject. It appears that although he has been a Member of Parliament for twenty-two years, last night was the first occasion on which Mr. BRIGHT was ever asked to return thanks for the Commons House of Parliament. When we find how he discharges the duty when it falls upon him we admire the discrimination of those who' never requested him to undertake it before. He thinks some good measures have passed since he was in Parliament, but not because they were good ; and he thus concludes his remarks, "At this moment there is a general impression that, however much men may speak in favour of the English House of Commons, it is an institution that might be, in some degree, altered, and in a very great degree improved." Of course, no one who has studied the career or perused the speeches of Mr. BRIGHT will expect him to speak in a fair or candid spirit on the great public questions of the day. He even exceeds himself in this Blackburn oration, and when he denounces the Tory party as " cruel, seldsh, unrepentant, supercilious, and insolent," we must confess that they will have a long way to go to match Mr. BRIGHT in the last respect, and that as yet they are far out-distanced by their bold and unscrupulous critic. It is paying a poor compliment to the sense and good taste of an assembly of Englishmen to have recourse to vituperation, and to exhibit a total want of that restraint which should prevent a man from forgetting that a public speaker may express himself strongly, and yet show self-command and respect for the claims of others. However, all these are minor considerations com pared with Mr. BRIGHT'S language respecting Jamaica. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a disgrace to him in every respect, as a public man of experience, and a politician of many years' stand ing. A grave responsibility rests with those who, by their talents and position, seek to impress upon others their own prejudices, and take partial views of all great questions. Mr. BRIGHT has always been a great sinner in this respect. He never yet attended a public meeting in which something bitter was not said, or eomething mean and prejudiced insinuated, but he has never gone to such lengths as he did last night, when he deliberately charged honourable and upright men with the crime of murder. " I say that if murder, if foul murder—and there is no murder more foul than that which is done by men in authority, under pretence of law—l say if murder has not changed its name, and be yet a crime visited with punishment, in this country, then I hope that the Governor of Jamaica and his accomplices will have to stand at the bar of justice for the murder of Mr. GORDON." Can anything be more unjust than this mode of judging a great question ? We should like to know under what denomination Mr. BRIGHT classes the deeds of those who cut up and tortured their victims in the most fearful manner. The public have never had more plainly put before them the dangerous extremes into which men may rush when they allow sectarian views to actuate them than in this Jamaica question. Right and wrong are con founded after the most incongruous fashion, and a bigoted and ignorant policy is sought to be thrust upon us. How can Mr. BRIGHT insult COniniOn sense by asserting that the " character of the whole nation for justice and mercy is at stake" because a rebellion has been put down that threatened to destroy all the white population in Jamaica. Tame measures never can succeed in such cases. The details of the Indian Mutiny furnish a sufficientproof of that. But, of course, in the opinion of Mr. BRIGHT and his " accomplices," the horrors of Cawnpore are nothing to the tragedies that have taken place in Jamaica, and the cruel wrongs in flicted on the persecuted negroes. Mr. BRIGHT thinks that Lord RUSSELL will honestly and thoroughly inquire into the matter, and say let justice be done. This is certainly giving the noble lord credit for more than he has done. A baser calumny was never uttered concern ing honourable men who have done their best at a critical time to protect the lives of their countrymen and preserve order than the description of . Mr BRIGHT'S concerning the course pursued by Go vernor EIRE and those who assisted him. The right feeling of the community will be against him in his virulent and one-sided denunciations, and he will draw down the indignation of the lovers of fair play. Very different to his own are the opinions entertained in the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly at Jamaica, where men must surely be a little better informed of what has taken place than the hon. member for Birmingham can be. Addresses have been presented to the Governor from both these bodies, which testify in the strongest manner to the zeal and ability which his Excellency has displayed in the arduous circumstances in which he has been placed. When we hear of the "energy, firmness, and wisdom with which the Governor has carried the island through the momentous crisis," and again that " the gratitude of the island is chiefly due to the unexampled skill, energy, and self-devotion which characterised all his Excellency's measures," and compare these expressions with the remarks of Mr. BRIGHT, we may well be annoyed at his presump tion and shocked at his infatuation. It is time that the followers of the Manchester School of politics should pause and consider whither they are tending. They confuse right with wrong in the most bare faced manner, and having long since given up all ideas of national honour they are degenerating into a state of mind which prevents them from admitting that their adversaries can ever be right, while they persist, through good and evil report, in declaring that all whom they patronise can never be in the wrong, politically or morally. There are some persons who possess a singular I and most convenient faculty which, whether in pri vate or public life, frequently stands them in good stead. They commit some unwarrantable action— they outrage the ordinary regulations of good feel ings and good manners—they take a mean or harsh advantage over others—they show injustice, in temperance, and a good many other unfavourable qualities--yet, lo ! and behold, when their victims venture to remonstrate, they are met with a conclu sive answer. It is the aggressor who is the sufferer —it is he who has had his kind intentions misrepre sented—his good actions vilified—his benevolence abused. The victim has been the guilty par ty all along, and torrents of virtuous indignation are poured upon his head. With such confidence and such pertinacity is this statement of the case reiterated that lookers-on begin to grow confused, and are apt to disbelieve their eyes and believe their ears instead. Such a useful and convenient faculty appears to be largely pos sessed by the Spanish Government, and Se nor DE CASTRO is making an active display of it. It is surprising what a mistake we have been all under respecting the Chilian enzbroylio ! Judging by those very deceptive and uncertain things called facts, we had brought ourselves to think that Ad miral PAREJA had, in the name of his Government, committed a sudden and most unwarrantable attack upon the liberties of an independent Republic — that Chili had shown a spirit and courage worthy of a more powerful nation—that the strength of her cause and the injustice of the aggressor were properly regarded by the Diplomatic Body, whose t u nanimous protest should h ave c o nv i n ced the Ad miral o the impolicy as well as the injustice of I'HE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, IEC.:. his proceedings, while the moral support which several foreign representatives offered to the Chilian Government was a suitable pledge of the course certain to be adopted by free and independent nations. Seen, however, in the light of Senor CASTRO'S epistle to the Spanish Ambas sador at Paris, all this looks very different. Chili is clearly in the wrong, Spain has been wonderfully forbearing, and the prime agents in bringing about the present difficulty have been the members of the Diplomatic Body at Chili ! The only excuse that can possibly be made for them is, that though they have probably served their diplomatic apprentice ship a good many years since, they are not as yet fully aware of the exact measure of respect and attention due to the dignity of Spain. Judging by the ordinary rules of international courtesies and diplomatic etiquette they committed the most egregious blunders, and forgetting that they had to deal with the countrymen of that hidalgo who objected to walking on the earth, they did not sacrifice every other consideration and hasten to tender their homage to the great Admiral Ambas sador. They should not even have delayed this tribute to impress upon the Chilian Ministers their obligations towards Spain, since that should have been long before. Had they properly employed their leisure in the interval between the 12th of Septem ber,when, to quote Senor CASTRO, " the approaching arrival of the new Plenipotentiary with his squadron was known at Santiago," and the 17th, when that sublime individual actually appeared, they would have taught the Chilian rulers to hear reason, and have been ready themselves to hurry to the feet of the new Plenipotentiary. But these mistaken diplo mats committed another and more flagrant error. None of them thought proper to visit the Admiral on his arrival, nor did they bestir themselves in the interval between the 17th and 21st, the respective dates of the Admiral's Note and its reply. The Diplomatic Body, it is true, were 90 miles off, assist ing in the celebration of the national fetes at San tiago. But what of that ? Feasts and fasts, joy and sorrow, every consideration, religious, national, or political should give way when Spanish dignity is at stake. At least, says Senor CASTRO, willing to show his indulgence, had there been any sign of good in tentions, the offenders should have offered in writ ing to employ their good offices at a useful time and opportunity. Their neglect was the more unfor tunate, because the instructions of Admiral PAREJA contemplated the probability of the Diplomatic Body visiting him immediately upon his arrival at Valparaiso, and he had been consequently desired to engage in conference with that body and interest it, so far as his dignity would permit, in a prompt and pacific arrangement." Two favourable oppor tunities, says Senor CASTRO, were therefore lost— the first being the interval before the arrival of the Admiral, when it was known that the Spanish Go vernment disapproved of Senor TAVIRA'S modera tion ; the second being the interval between the Admiral's Note and the Chilian reply. To this negligence or delay on the part of the various Con suls and Charges d'Affaires Senor CASTRO attributes the whole mischief. " The deduction," he says, "may be clearly drawn that, if inspired by so laud able a desire, the foreign Diplomatic Body had pro fited by these propitious occasions, it is very pro bable that the disadvantages commerce is now suf fering might have been avoided, and which we are sincerely the first to, deplore." Consequently we learn from Senor CASTRO that while all the com mercial nations of the world are denouncing the conduct of Spain they have really only their own representatives to thank for the losses and incon veniences from which they are suffering. The only consolation that these guilty diplomatists can feel under the weighty displeasure of the Admiral and the Minister is that they are all included, and that the burden, divided between England, France, and America, to say nothing of minor powers, need tiOt absolutely annihilate each individual offender. But the tone of Senor CASTRO'S note is really alarming. An affront has been put upon Spanish dignity, and half the world is concerned in the offence. We see, by the fate of Chili, what a serious business it is to provoke the displeasure of the Dons. Will the Cabinet at Madrid take each offender in turn, or will they chastise the cul prits collectively ? We had better hasten to ten der the expression of our humiliation and regret at Madrid, lest we may see Admiral PAREJA steaming into Plymouth or Southampton, armed with the full terrors of an ultimatum. The other nations of Europe and the United States have all so deeply offended them that there will, in our cue, be no "favourable opportunity" or "propitious occasion" for friendly offices or im partial negotiations. The prospect is alarming. In the mean time the first part of our punish ment is begun in the injury inflicted on our com mercial interests, respecting which Senor CASTRO gives us very little encouragement. No Govern ment, he says, can take them into account, and there have been frequent instances of blockades extending for :months, and even for years. As " no one, can be blind to the fact that right is on the side of Spain," Senor CASTRO gently hints that the combined consideration of the justice of the Spanish cause and the damage done to commerce will induce the Governments immediately concerned to exert their influence to bring Chili to terms, after which perhaps they may hope to be forgiven for their previous neglect and mismanagement. There is, however, a shorter way of working the problem, and a simpler conclusion to be arrived at, which seems from the natural perversity of our insular nation to commend itself more strongly to the rude and undignified inhabitants of Great Britain. They have heard of blockades being raised by extraneous forces, and are credulous enough to believe that such an achievement is within their power. An English man of war usually proves a good beginning, and since diplomacy is so ineffec tive they are inclined to try a new form of elo quence. There is yet time for us to try the virtu ous indignation plan, especially the arguments which we can bring upon the scene may alter the aspect of affairs at Valpairaiso, and moderate the views of Senor CASTRO as to the requirements of Spanish dignity. AMONG THE DIVERSIONS OF CO3IPIkGNE is a dra matic piece called " Les Commentaires de Cesar," played on Monday night by persons attached to or visiting the Court. Among the dramatis persona are the Prince Imperial, who represented the future ; M. Merimee, acade mician and senator, the past ; a lady, Madame de Poilly, who played au African ; and the Princess Metternich, wife of the Austrian Ambassador, who appeared as a cabman out on strike. Tho last-named lady will also, it is said, play in two other characters, one of which is that of a female c M a l r e 6r c e h s s e i i . s n singe r a t th e C a f e Ch an t ant, t h e Al cazar, th e we ll-k nown Me l e . tt T rn h The acting of the cabman by Madame d Hinging gcl part. to Theatricalhave been people declaretotheverylife, parti yin the ithat there btteer are few a c t resses o f t h e m i nor houses w h o cou ld or more naturally express the peculiar phraseology of the Paris cabman. CAUTION TO TOURISTS.—On Tuesday a lady and gentleman from the neighbourhood of Peterborough, who are on a visit at West Lulworth, sailed fo r th t o ex plore the beauties of the Durdle rock and cliffs. In attempt: ing a descent to the beach below the lady turned dizzy, and losing her foothold, was precipitated with great velo city down the side of the cliff, for a distance of 30 yards, where she fell over a kind of promontory, a distance of 14 feet, and after rolling 15 or 20 yards further her perilous course was arrested by a furze bush. But for this she must have been rendered partially receivedso fr r i a g e ht v full ery y if severenot f c a s ta n i t l u y sion injured. and Awsasit partialfy insensWe t —Sherkrite {ollPnal' LA TEST. INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TE L E GFAII S. ) FRANCE. On the occasion of the first performance of the ".Africaine " at Berlin, the Queen of Prussia sent Mme. Meyerbeer a valuable vase, accompanied by a gracious autograph letter. Queen Augusta has always been a fervent admirer of Meyerbeer. The widow of the illustrious maestro has made presents to the principal artists who sing in the " Africaine" in the Prussian capital. Dr. Barth, celebrated for the great journey he made ten years ago into the interior of Afric has just died suddenly at Berlin. The Civil Tribunal of the Seine has just given judgment in an action brought by MM. Gerard and Co., against M. Choudens, both music publishers, of Paris, to recover damages for an infringement of their copyright in the " Joyeuses Commeres de Windsor," an opera by Nicolai, originally published at Berlin with a German libretto by Mosenthal. The counsel for the plaintiffs stated that his clients had purchased from MM. Bote and Bock of Berlin, to whom Nicolai and Mosenthal had sold their opera, the right of publishing a French edition of the work in question, the libretto of which had been translated from German into French by M. Danglas. The defendant had also published the music of the opera with words by M. Jules Barbier, and this, they alleged, was an infringement of their rights, for which they were entitled to compensation. The defendants' counsel argued, on the other hand, that as Nicolai died in 1849, the copyright of the music expired in 1863, and that his client was entitled to publish it with a libretto taken, like Mosenthal's, from Shakspere's " Merry Wives of Windsor." He maintained that though Mosenthal was still living, and his copyright of the libretto still existed, that fact could not prolong the copyright of the music beyond the term fixed by the law of 1793. The Avocat-General declared that the copyright of the music had undoubtedly expired, and that any per son had a right to adapt fresh words to it from Shakspere's comedy ; consequently, the plaintiffs' claims could not be maintained. The Tribunal taking the same view of the case, gave judgment for the defendant with costs. The demands for admission to the Universal Ex hibition of 1867 in Franoe alone received by M. Leplay, Commissary-General, amounted to upwards of 15,000 at the end of October. A correspondent of the Temps states that the peculiar character of the insanity of Dr. Jobert de Lamballe, the eminent surgeon, is an almost total loss of memory. What he says one minute he has entirely forgotten the next. Several times in the course of a day he will tell his attendants to get his carriage ready, ?s he has important calls to make. When informed that the carriage is waiting, he will hastily go out, but before he has taken ten steps he forgets all about his intended visits and returns to his room. The general opinion of Dr. de Lamballe's medical attendants is that his insanity belongs to a category which experience has hitherto proved to be incurable. It is said that Dr. Nelaton will suc ceed him as surgeon to the Imperial family. The Journal de Falaise announces that an appli cation for the concession of a railway from that place to Conde, by Pout d'Ouilly, with a branch to the line from Caen to Flers, has just been made to the Prefect of Calvados by M. Granier de Cassignac, as representative of a powerful company. A letter from Fleury-sur-Andello (Eure) says that at the end of last week a troop of wolves came down at night on the flocks of M. Hardi, a farmer at Coquetot, and in spite of the dogs, who resisted bravely, scattered the sheep in all directions. On the following morning the shepherd found that 12 of them had been slaughtered, and several other; severely mangled, have since died. An Imperial decree makes the following appoint ments in the Legion of Honour, for services rendered during the cholera :—To the rank of officer, Dr. Japhet, chief physician of the navy and sanitary practitioner at Smyrna. To that of Knight, M. Horteloup, attached as medical attendant to the mission sent to Egypt ; M. Verguin, in a similar position on board the packets of the Messageries- Imperiales ; M. Gery, medical man at Sollis-Pont (Var) ; M. Gayal, student of the Faculty of Mont pellier, sent on a mission to Toulon and to the Grand Combe. The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the following as the atmospheric situation yesterday : " The tempest in the Channel was spreading on Tuesday evening to all the French coasts. At six o'clock the wind was violent in the French ports, and the sea, furious at Havre and Rochefort, was running high at Lorient, at the angle of the Bay of Biscay, and on the coasts of .Provence. At that time the barometer marked 747.5 millimetres at Paris, and the centre of depression .was between London and Havre. 'This morning the gale was di minishing in violence, its centre continuing to march towards the east, and approaching the Helder. The sea is still rough at Boulogne, on the coasts of Pro vence, and in the Bay of Biscay. The winds are fresh in the Channel. On Tuesday evening there was an aurora borealis in Lapland." In Paris yes terday the sky was tolerably clear and the tempe rature seasonable. At three the thermometer marked 10.8 Cent. (51 2-5 Fahr). BOURSE, Nov. 30.—Two o'Clock.—The reponse des primes (option) has just taken place at the fol lowing rates :—Three per Cents. 68f. 55c. ; Italian Fives 64f. 95c., Credit Mobilier, 867 fr. 50e. ; Spa nish Mobilier, 453 f. 75c. ; Lombards, 408 f. 75c. ; Immobiliere, 536 f. 25c. No sooner was the opera tion of fixing the prices accomplished than sales caused Rente to retrograde Tic.—to 68f. 47ic. French and Spanish Mobilier show a decline of 2f. 50c. Very little business doing in the Railway department. Lombard Shares have advanced 3f. 75c., whilst North of Spain have declined 5f., and Saragossa 3f. 75c. The weekly return of the Bank of France shows a further increase of nearly 4f millions of francs in the bullion account, and a de crease of 47 millions in the portefeuille. Three o'clock.—The market became buoyant towards the Following improved quota- close, and left off at the tions : 4i per Cents — Do. end month 3 per Cents. Do. end month 6B 50 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares — Credit Foncier 1320 Italian Loan — Do. end month 65 - BAIL' Roman -- Ottoman Fives 44 Mexican Loan 49 Do. Bonds 332 50 Russian - Austrian Spanish Threes 43 Home Debt Deferred rAYS. Cash. Orleans Northern I ••O '''..". Acct. ... 822 ... 1098 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian - - 826 - - ... 566 - -- --- ••• 538 - - 516 -- - - 207 - Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman , - - ... 418 - - - ... 411 - - - ... 162 - - - ... 192 --- - ... 150 -, London and Provincial Turkish Bath Co• (Limited.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 76, Jermyn-street, S.W., London, Nov. 30, 1865. SlR,—The half-yearly meeting of the London and Pro vincial Turkish Bath Co. (Limited) took place this day at two o'clock, at No. 76, Jermyn-street—S. E. Rolland, Esq., in the chair. The report showed that the income of the company during the past six months had very much exceeded that of the corresponding period of last year, and a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum was declared. In addition to this dividend, a sum equal to 5 per cent. per annum has been paid to the original shareholders for the time prior to the commencement of the working of the company. The increase during the past six months, and especially that of the past two months, warrants the anti cipation of a higher dividend in the future. A proposal was then submitted and approved for the reconstruction of the hotel, and for increased accommoda tion for bathers. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, J. O'NELL, Secretary. Tho Hon. Georgo Stafford Jerningham, her Majesty's Minister at Peru, and Mrs. Jerningham, have left Maurigy's Hotel on a visit to Mrs. Fitzherbert, Swinnerton. Park, Staffordshire. The Bombardment of Cape Haytien. The New York Herald of the 17th ult. publishes long details from Kingston of the bombardment of Cape llaytien by the Bulldog, and the destruction of the latter vessel : " The following is an extract from the journal of an officer on board the United. States' steamer De Soto,who witnessed the whole affair from her decks: " ' From 8 a.m. to meridian, wind variable, from south to south-west, weather clear and fine, ther mometer (in shade) 90 degrees, barometer 30.5. At 8.35 her Britannic Majesty's steamer Bull dog made her appearance off the entrance of the harbour, in company with three Hay tian (Geffrard) war steamers. Lieut-Commander Howell returned on board, bringing off the families of the Prussian and Belgian Consuls. At a quarter to 9 o'clock, when abreast of Fort Cirolet, the Bull dog opened fire on the same, and about five minutes later the fort returned the fire. At ten minutes to 9 we started fires under the main boilers for the pur pose of getting up steam, and sent Lieut. Read in the second cutter with a message to the Bulldog. Lieut. Read was unable to board her, and returned to the ship. The Bulldog, having entered the har bour, stood for the rebel steamer Valorogue at full speed, using her starboard battery upon the city, and from her tops firing rifles at the people on shore and at the crew of the Valorogue. When within short musket range of the Valorogue, and going at full speed, and abreast of the turret Detaing, the Bulldog grounded, and was unable to extricate her self from her perilous position, being within point blank range of a heavy masked battery on shore, which immediately opened fire upon her, as also did numerous sharpshooters and riflemen. A fragment of a shell from the Bulldog striking an English blockade runner, she was immediately abandoned by her captain and crew, who came on board this vessel for protection. Hove short, and sent Lieut. Read to the Bulldog with a message to her comman der. Lieut. Read succeeded in boarding her, and, through the midst of a heavy fire, at 20 minutes to nine o'clock Lieutenant-Commander Howell re turned in the launch, bringing off a large number of persons, among whom were the Hamburg and Oldenburg Consuls, who claimed protection under our flag. At a quarter to 10 the Valorogue sank, with her colours flying, having been hulled several times by the Bulldog, and the few who remained on board clung to the rigging when the steamer's hull disappeared, and thus remained under the fire of the Englishman's riflemen until picked up by his boat and taken prisoners. Several of the crew of the Valorogue and a portion of the crew of the largest schooner of the Haytian fleet were rescued from the water, in the midst of a shower of bullets, and taken on shore by Lieutenant Sum ner, in the third cutter, which was despatched upon this errand of humanity by Captain Walker. At 10 Lieut.-Commander Howell and Acting Ensign Kane went on shore with a heavily armed boat's crew, for the purpose of bringing off any foreigners who de sired protection. At 10 minutes past 10 the largest schooner of the Haytian war fleet sank, having re ceived two shot holes in the port bow and at the water line. At half-past 10 hove up anchor and got under way under steam, a boat with an officer from the Bulldog coming alongside at the same time with a message for the commanding officer. At half-past 11 another officer came alongside from the Bulldog, with a message which amounted to this, That he wished us to attempt to tow him off shore.' At 45 minutes past 11 came to anchor in 101 fathoms of water, and veered to 35 fathoms of chain at the bitts' on the starboard bower chain. Bearings of anchorage—Fort Cirolet, north by west three quar ters west ; Custom-house, west south-west ; Fort Vilton, south by west one-half west ; Petit Anse, south three-quarters east ; Mangrove Island, east by south. At 11.35 Lieut. Sumner returned with the first cutter from shore, bringing off several foreigners claiming protection, among whom was the Vice-Con sul of France. At meridian Lieutenant Sumner went on board the Bulldog with an officer from the commanding officer to receive and care for such wounded persons as he (the commander of the Bull dog) might see fit to send off. The commanding officer of the Bulldog declined the offer ; his men being badly wounded, and the ship under fire, he deemed it expedient to remove them. " From meridian to 4 p.m.—Light wind from the N.N.E. ; weather clear and fine ; thermometer, 87 deg. ; barometer, 30.2. Her Britannic Majesty's steamer Bulldog still aground, and engaging the shore batteries. Lieut.-Commander Howell went ashore in the second cutter, returning on board at 45 minutes past 1. The town is on fire in the north ern and windward part, from the effects of the Bull dog's shells. At 4 the firing nearly ceased on both sides, the Bulldog firing only occasionally. Re ceived on board in all 47 persons, people from the city of Cape Haytien, who have desired protection. " From 4to 6 p.m.—Bulldog still firing at the shore batteries, and occasionally spiritedly sweep ing the streets in the vicinity of the Bureau-au-Port with broadsides of grape and canister, the shore batteries answering but feebly and occasionally. A number of the people whom we brought off from shore (foreigners) left the ship and embarked on an English schooner, which will probably run the block ade to-night. Three of Geffrard's steamers are cruising in the offing. Received from her Britannic Majesty's steamer Bulldog, for medical treatment, the following wounded men, viz. :—Samuel Boden, seaman ; James Greene, captain of foretop ; John Donnelly, captain of maintop ; Francis Merediff, seaman; Benjamin Richardson, seaman; Jerome Pascoe, stoker ; Jas. Burton, marine ; and Bina Juprey, a Haytian, one of the crew of the Valo rogue. Received also from the Bulldog 7 Haytians, being a portion of the crew of the Valorogue, taken as prisoners from the water and the rigging of the sunken schooner Valorogue by the English boats. " ' From 6 to 8 nothing worthy of note occurred. A midshipman from the Bulldog came on board with a message from the commanding officer. " From 8 p.m. to midnight, calm, weather clear. "At 30 minutes past 10 her Britannic Majesty's steamer Bulldog blew up with terrific force, the concussion shaking this ship. In an instant all our boats were lowered and manned, and despatched to the wreck of the Bulldog, under the following officers respectively : —Lieutenant Sumner, Lieute nant Read, Acting Master Brice, and Acting Ensign Kane. Arriving there no bodies were found, she having been abandoned previous to the explosion, the crew carrying off their dead with them.' " The following is an extract from a private letter from Port-au-Prince, dated the Bth of Nevember " Political affairs bear a very bad aspect since the last two or three days, especially as the English have now got their finger in the pie. I will try and give you an account by what means they have become implicated in this business. It appears that Mr. Dutton, English Consul at the Cape, had taken to his house a few Haytian refugees, and that M. Salnave, the rebel chief, had de sired Mr. Dutton to give him up those people, which was refused, whereupon his house was entered by force, and the poor fellows who were under his pro tection taken out and shot by Salnave on the sea shore. The rebels then commenced to wreak their vengeance on the consul's house ; they smashed up his furniture, took everything they could lay their hands on, and, to wind up their fun, they pulled down the English flag, and stamped and spat upon it, they at the time not being aware of the conse quences arising from this insult. Mr. Dutton im mediately went on board her Majesty's ship Bull dog (which vessel was lying off the Cape at the time), and laid the question before the captain, who went to work at once, and asked Salnave what he meant. The reply was that what ho (Salnave) had already done was well done, and--" aux blancs.". The captain went on board and wrote him a letter, stating that if he did not give him full and ample satisfaction he would take it upon himself to do so, and satisfy all parties concerned ; he gave four and-twenty hours to think over it, and then left the Cape. Next morning the Bulldog was seen steam ing into the harbour, and on passing Fort Cirolet was fired into by Salnave. The Bulldog at once answered the fire with a withering broadside, dis mantled all the guns on that fort, steamed further in, and smashed up another small fort, and sent a shell into the arsenal, blowing it up. The Valorogue, a vessel, you must remember, that was taken by the rebels, had the impudence to fire at the Bulldog. One shot in return was quite enough to settle her ; after receiving it she reared on her hind legs, and went down stern foremost to the bottom in about 15 fathoms. A schooner, armed by Salnave, came to the rescue of the Valorogue. It is needless to say that she met with the same fate. The worst, however, I have yet to tell. The poor Bulldog, after having fought for upwards of ten hours, and, after doing ill she could, got on shore on one of the numerous reefs about Cape Ilaytien. Immediately the miserable rebels on shore took advantage of her position, and brought all their batteries to bear. The captain fought to the last pound of gunpowder ; that finished, he thought it necessary to set fire to and abandon his vessel. The Bulldog was a small gunboat of six guns ; the officers and crew have gone to Jamaica in the Union screw steamer. All the English are in high glee at the gallant conduct of the Bulldog." LITERATURE. Illustrated Don Don Quixote. Adventures of Don Quixote. Translated by Charles Jarvis. Illustrated by A. B. Houghton. Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. One Vol., pp. 710. Frederick Warne and Company. A nobler edition of Cervantes' masterpiece was never published. A handsomer volume no lover of books could well wish for. It is got up with exqui site taste, even to the bevelled binding of crimson cloth, covered over with gorgeously arabesqued gold emblazonry. It is a veritable edition de luxe of a work the world of readers will never tire of—a work the spontaneous and overflowing humour of which gladdens the heart, or those mysterious parts of the heart (unknown to the anatomist) called in common parlance the cockles of it, like a draught of good wine, of a wine as good as that sung of so gustatively by John Keats, in his Ode to the Nightingale, as— " A draught of vintage, that hath been Cooled a long age in the deep-delved earth, Tasting of Flora and the country green, Dance, and Provençal song, and sun-burnt mirth !" A draught of vintage just such as that, is de rivable, by those who list, from the abounding wit and sarcasm, irony, good-humour, fun, frolic, and extravagant whimsicality, run ning over in laughter, at every turn of the leaf, in any edition of Don Quixote ! But, in an edition like this, an edition so cheerily prodigal in its adornments, where the comical imaginings of the Spanish author are realised in the drollest pencillings by the sympathetic fancy of the English artist, the exhilirating influence of the book becomes fairly irrisistible. Insomuch that— You open the book to the tune of " Away with Melancholy !" And—You lay it aside—yourself an illustration while so doing—of— " Sport, that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter, holding both his sides !" The embellishments here lavished upon Spain's, Europe's, the World's great comic masterpiece, by the facile pencil of Mr. Houghton, appears (we ourselves cannot but think) all the more to advantage, side by side with the much vaunted and (we cannot but protest, to our mind) extravagantly over-eulogised illustrations to Don Quixote, pen cilled by M. Gustave Dore ! Those pencillings of Dore's, to our thinking we must acknowledge, are as wildly preposterous caricatures as they are confusedly scratchy in effect, and as they are as ugly, let us say, as if they had been drawn by the claws of some odd little imp of mischief ! Not thus is it with these drawings by Mr. Houghton—they are never repulsive to the eye, they are never actually ugly or unsightly, even when they under take to portray the obesity of Sancho Panza, or, the scarecrow-anatomy of the deplorable Rosinante. The fight with the wine skins, with the windmills, with the barber on his ass, and so forth, are all delightfully well selected as themes for illustration, and are grotesquely carried out, when thus selected, in a series of the drollest embellishments imagin able. Not unfrequently Mr. Houghton—although working merely with the point of a lead pencil upon a few square inches of boxwood —imparts, now to the Don, now to the Don's Squire in Knight Errantry, an individuality as distinctly realised as—with all the weapons of his art and genius—ever came to be realised by him whom we cannot but always regard as facile princeps among the illustrators of Cervantes' Don Quixote, the late rarely gifted and gentle-hearted Charles Leslie, Royal academician ! It were superfluous to particularise, among suggestive woodcuts in this way, where all of them, with scarcely an exception, are so whimsically superexcellent. The book appears at the time the most appropriate of all for the publication of a work so incomparably exhilirating in its character—namely, at the com mencement of December, when the evenings are getting longer, and the fireside becomes more attrac tive, and the home festivities of Christmas are fast approaching with all their seasonable accompani ments ! A merrier table book who could desire ? A handsomer adornment to the table of library, boudoir, or drawing-room, what lover of luxury in books could wish? As a gift book it is the very pick, and pattern, and paragon. While, unlike the general run of gift books, it is so far exceptional as such, that it might literally be described as the glorification at once by printer, artist, engraver, publisher, binder, and paper-maker, of one of the greatest masterpieces of imaginative literature. Tales and Stories. Selected by Miss Mitford. One vol. Pp. 357. Frederick Warne and Co. Seventeen Stories, selected by Mary Russell Mit ford—beloved in how many English homes as the authoress of " Our Village"—are here collected together into one charming volume, embellished by a series of the loveliest little coloured illustrations. Certainly, the children nowadays, are in clover as compared with the children of previous generations —with books like those issued from the press for the delight of their eyes and the entertainment of their imaginations. A sweeter, prettier, little gift book for a young slip of a maiden just entering upon her teens, parent or guardian, aunt or godmother, need nowhere look for. It is graceful and delightful to glance at, and it is a book, too, that is worthy of preservation. Songs, Sacred and Devotional. Selected by J. E. Carpenter. One Vol. pp. 392. ;Frederick Warne and Co. A gilt-edged gift-book of sacred and de votional poetry, drawn from a very wide range of English literature, though it might have been drawn from one yet wider with advantage to itself. The compiler of the work is beholden almost equally to living and to departed authors—and his selections have been made in almost every instance with admirable discretion. Himself a song-writer of consider able merit, Mr. Carpenter has the gift of a poet's appreciation of what really constitutes poetic excel lence. And hence the choice he has here made is of a kind such as must have gratified the departed authors, from whose works he has culled so discri minatingly, could they but have had any voice at all in the matter ! While, from the authors, still living, to whose works the volume under notice is so largely indebted, the editor of the collection is safe to receive the meed of an unanimous approbation. Warne's Picture Spelling Book. Here is a new aid to early education ! The nature of the book as an educational aid of some novelty is plainly enough indicated in the very title of it. Contrast it with that miserable purblind hornbook that must have been a source of perpetual anguish alike to the poor old village dame and her brood of scholars—and the excellence of the notion of the well-printed and profusely illustrated book under notice must become instantly and vividly apparent. During the last few days there has not been much animation exhibited in the markets for foreign and colonial produce. Sugars have been in very limited request, at barely late rates. Coffee, however, has brought full values ; while rather higher prices have been obtained for cocoa, currants, and raisens. Tallow has been in moderate request for both pre sent and forward delivery at steady quotations. c our t • HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 30. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess do Chartres arrived at the Castle yesterday, on a visit to her Majesty, and left again this morning. Earl De Grey and Ripon remained yesterday after the Council, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family. The private band played afterdinnerin the draw ing-room before their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, Princess II elena, Princess Louise, the Duke and Duchess de Chartres, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Household. The Queen, with Princess Helena and Princess Louise, walked in the grounds yesterday afternoon, and drove this morning with the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia. The Prince and Princess of Wales. SANDRINGHAM, Thursday. The second royal meet of the " West Norfolk" took place yesterday at Congham House, the seat of Mr. R. Elwes. This place derives an interest from the fact that at Congham was born, in 1864, Sir Henry Spelman, the famous antiquary, whose remains were buried in Westminster Abbey. The weather was yesterday dull and cold, not withstanding which the field assembled in the park to meet their royal highnesses was very large. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales entered the park about 12 o'clock—the prince riding his favourite chestnut bunter, and her royal highness also on horseback, both looking re markably well—accompanied by a distinguished party from the hall ; and after the Prince of Wales had exchanged civilities with the young master, Mr. A. Hamond, jun., the Squire of Congham, and some of the leading county notabilities present, the hounds were put in the woods in the immediate neighbourhood of Congham House, which were drawn blank. They were then trotted off to Cong ham Carr, where a fox was soon found, but was as soon lost on the estate of Sir Wm. Ffolkes, Hil lington. After this a nice little trot took the field to Grimestone-common, when the usual welcome sounds were very soon heard, and a splendid run for 20 minutes took all that portion of the hunt that could " live" it out to the Westacre Estate. This run ended without a kill, but " pace" was so sharp that all lovers of the sport must have enjoyed it most thoroughly. The 21st birthday of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales will be celebrated at Sandringham to-morrow. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge re turns to town to-day from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Bath at Longleate, Wilts. Her Highness the Princess Czernicheff and their Highnesses the Princesses Loon and Marie Czernicheff have arrived at Claridge's Hotel. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale have honoured the Right Hon. Chichester For tescue, M.P., and Frances Countess Waldegrave with & visit at Dudbrook House, Essex. The visitors also comprise the Prussian Ambassador and Countess Bernstorff, Lady Susan Vane Tempest, Lord and Lady Norreys, Lady Molesworth, the Hon. F. and Mrs. Stonor, Sir Charles Russell, Mr. Russell, Mr. Heyward, Mr. William Harcourt, Mr. Wardlaw, Mr. De Robeck, and Mr. C. Hamilton. The Duke of Leinster has arrived on Carlton house-terrace from visiting Lord and Lady Otho Fitzgerald at their residence near Salisbury. The Marquis of Arconati has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Turin. The Earl and Countess Spencer left Spencer House, St. James's, yesterday, for Althorp Park, North amptonshire. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield have been entertaining a large party at Bretby Park during the week• The circle will separate to-morrow. The Countess (Dowager) of Ellesmere and Lady Blanche Egerton have arrived at Bridgewater House froth Hatchford Park, Surrey. We understand the marriage of the Earl of Sandwich and Lady Blanche Egerton will take place at Hatchford, Surrey. The day is not definitively arranged. Lord and Lady Annaly have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. ILLNESS OF THE BISHOP OF EXETER.—The Bishop of Exeter had a stroke of paralysis on Wednesday after noon. His lordship is now 87 years of age. Something Like a Portrait Gallery. A catalogue, of a really wonderful kind in its way, has recently been issued from the Photographic Establishment of the Messrs. John and Charles Watkins, of 34, Parliament-street, Westminster. It records, in a list of extraordinary dimensions, the names of various distinguished persons, either living or lately deceased, of whom those artists have produced life-like carte-de-virites. The mere catalogue in itself is a curiosity—includ ing within it, as it does, the names of very nearly all the leading notabilities of the age. Crowned heads, world-famous statesmen, dignitaries of the church, men of genius illustrious in art, science, and literature, distinguished members of both the aristocracies—the aristocracy of rank and the aristocracy of intellect—authors with names " familiar in our mouths as household words," painters and sculptors, orators and poets, novelists and architects, actors and singers, diplomatists and administrators—men (and women it should be added) all of them more or less celebrated. Referring to this list, the Art Journal for December pronounces it to be " really a remarkable document." Adding, "It contains the names of several hundred of the foremost celebrities of the age and country, including one hundred and thirty British artists, sixty of whom are, or have been, members of the Royal Academy. Of men and women of letters there are about the same number, while of the more prominent members of the Houses of Peers and Commons, judges, bishops, and eminent clergymen, there are perhaps a thousand names. What a huge mass of pleasure and knowledge may be hence obtained ! It is impossible to overrate the value of such a collection to the present and the future. To estimate it rightly, let us imagine what a treasure would such a series be that supplied us with sure likenesses of the great men and women of the past, who are famous for all time. Messrs. Watkins," adds the Art Journal, " must have greatly exerted themselves, and their influence also, to obtain so glorious a gathering. No doubt much of the issue results from the admirable manner la which their photographs are produced. There are none better, few so good ; excellent as copies of the originals, and singularly clear and emphatic in ma nipulation." Of the perfect justice of these commen dations (especially valuable in their way, as coming from so high an authority upon matters of art a° our contemporary The Art Journal) we have re cently been enabled to judge for ourselves—having been afforded the opportunity of examining very carefully a number of the latest of the photographi c e portraits of celebrities issued from this the oldest of all the photographic establishments in England, Apart from the long and resplendent array of royal and noble personages leading off this remarkable list of portraits by the Messrs. Watkins—apart from the ample artistic catalogue comprising within I t the names of nearly all the Royal Academicia ns, there are conspicuously observable among a crow d of well-known men of letters and science, sn ell ., world-famous names as those of Charles Dickens, an a Michael Faraday, and Richard Owen, and Then 33fi Carlyle. Altogether these carte-de-visites of th a e Messrs. John and Charles Watkins may be rega rded with peculiar interest as an opportune series of like illustrations to the English portion at least of the biographical dictionary of contemporary cele brities recently published by the Messrs. Routledge, under the title of " Men of the Time." SIX. NEW CHURCHES are now being c onstructe d ' in Paris—that of the Trinity, at the corner of the Rues de e) Clichy and de la Chausstie d'A.ntin ; St. August in, in th St' Boulevard Malesherbes; St. Francois Xavier , on the °ll- isTotre levard des Invalides ; St. Pierre, a t Montrouge Dame de la Croix, at Me'nilinon , tant ; and la stl y , Ambroise de PoOncourt, on the Boulevard due rrli c° Eugene.