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rrIIEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, THE MAN OF THE WORLD. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. E. Phelps, Barrett, W. M•lntyre, E. Clifton, C. Warner ; Mesdames IL Vaudenhoff, Hudspeth, Golier, Isabel Adams. To conclude with the Pantomime, entitled NUMBER ; or Harlequin and the Gnome-King of the Giant Mountain. Commence at a Quarter to Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, TO-NIGHT. A LESSON FUR LIFE. Messrs. Eothern, Chipp Compton, Howe, Rogers, Clarke, Braid, liendal, Gordo', Vincent, ‘tc.; Mesdames Chippendale. Moore, hill, Wright, Laws, &c. Alter which. Till , : SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs. Bu e, Howe, Forret', Vincent, ; .1-e.daines i_hippenuale, /Room 11111, Sidney, ,tc. Commence at Seven. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. — ACV Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Pechter. HIS EVENING, ROUGE E Nk2ll{. Maurice U'Arbel a Gambler), air. Fecliter ; Messrs. Emery, Evans, Moreland, Fitz . datric.c. Dalton. Reynolds, Lomas, New b•mu Andrewa. Anderson, Viv,an, Bennett. and Edward l'rize; M iss lien rade, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Grattan, and Miss Carlotta Lech:req. Preceded by THE TWO Pours. Mr. H. Widdicomb. TIIEATRE ROYAL ADELPiI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, Feb. 14, wt Seven, A SISTER'S PENANCE. bliss Kate Terry, Miss Hughes, Mies Emily Pitt; Messrs. H. Vezin, Billingtou, Ashley, Eburue, Roma, anti Stephenson. To conclude with the New Grand Burlesque of THE MOUNTAIN DIIU ; or, THE KNIGHT, THE LADY, AND THE LAKE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, l'Aul Bedford, Ashley, It. Romer, and U. J. Smith; Mrs. Allred Mellon, Miss Furtado, Miss Ilughes, Miss Emily Pitt, c. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. H. NS igan. THIS EVENING, LONDON ASbUSANCE. Messrs. G. Vincent, Addison, D. Murray, and Mr. Charles Mathews; Mesdames E. Farren, Milly Palmer, and Charles Mathews. Atter which, ROMANTIC IDEA. Messrs. G. Vincent, Addison, D. Murray, and Charles Mathews ; Mesdames E. Farreu and Charles Mathews. To conclude with A QUIET FAMILY. Mr. D. Murray. Doors open at half-past Six ; commence at Seven. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. dole froprietor and Manager, Mr. eef ton Barry. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Delmore, Miss Foote, Hiss Lennox. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake. Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote. Raymond. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, HIS LAST LEGS. Mr. C. Verner, Mr. C. IL Fenton ; Mrs. Buckingham White and Miss Went worth. Followed by. at half-past 8 o'clock, a new and original Drama, by T. W. Hob, rtson, entitled SHADOW TithE SHAF r. Characters by Messrs. Vining. J. G. Shore, C. Ver ner, F. Villiers. H. Forrester, H. Mellon, and Cathcart; Misses Montagu, Minnie hclmonds, and Katherine 'lodgers. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Hrs. Swanborough. 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I. ••• - THU, D.kv. -lfornin g , Oh. 10m.—Afternoon, Oh. 5Cm, 1011. 35rn.—Afternoon, 1111. 20rn, ICri "'" • :1 4 41); S IM I IS, 4 ,, sr LONDON, TIIURSD AY, FEB. 14, 1867. The intelligence from New York shows us the position of affairs both North and South to be still very unsettled. The news brought by the City of Boston from New York, on the 2d inst., contains nothing startling, but the general impression left is of discord and insecurity. One item is indeed almost amusing. General BUTLER recommends the impeachment of General GRANT ! It is not very difficult to detect the motive, since BUTLER Was formerly spoken of as temporary President, while GRANT has since been named for the office in Radi cal circles. Then, again, GRANT did not spare BUTLER in the old days of the war, and the hero of Fort Fisher would not be sorry to have his revenge. BUTLER is not alone in his charitable suggestion, for other Radicals advise the same measure. Ame rican public men have little cause to rely on the gratitude of their countrymen. One day they may be at the height of popularity, and the next men are demanding their impeachment. It was said at the time that SHERMAN'S triumphant and terrible march through the South had virtually decided the war and raised him to the pinnacle of popular favour, that he remarked to a congratulating friend that on the first failure all his successes would be for gotten, and thus it often proves. An im pulsive and excitable people eager for success, and irritated at any delay in obtaining it, the Americans are generally ready when disaster comes to visit it on one man, and to make him the scapegoat for perhaps inevitable misfor tune or faults for which others are as much to blame as he. Mr. JOHNSON'S indifference to popu larity is one of his strong points. If he were as eager to secure public approval and support, as some of his predecessors have been, he would long since have been driven from his office. He takes his stand on principles which are beyond the mere fluctuations of temporary feeling, and should he be able to weather the storm he will have taught the Americans a useful lesson. They have been too much in the habit of being guided exclusively by the prevailing passion of the moment, and have yet to recognise the fact that to secure public liberty and national progress there must be a definite and fundamental constitution from which no states- man may depart. The two Bills before the House of Representa tives for the re-construction of the South have both signally failed, to the regret, probably, of no one but their authors. The rival authors were Mr. THADDEUS STEVENS and Mr. ASHLEY, a Radice. who aspires to dethrone the chief of the ultra-Re publicans from his political supremacy. Mr. STEVENS'S scheme was not, of course, very likely to be favourable to the interests of the South, but Mr. ASHLEY'S was plus Arabe que l'Arabie. He excelled Mr. STEVENS in severity and vindictiveness, and the Southern States under his benignant influence would have been kept in utter confusion, without protection for life or property, in the condition, in short, of a conquered country in presence of the invading army. Mr. STEVENS'S bill was less violent though sufficiently severe. He, like Mr. ASHLEY, proposed to destroy the system of state governments, and to " territorial ise " the whole of the South, but he left the local go vernments in existence for all local purposes. As might have been expected, both bills found supporters, the more extreme party wishing for even increased seve rity, the more moderate desiring to abide a little within the shadow of the Constitution. It became evident after a time that the division in the ranks would pre vent either Bill from passing, and accordingly Mr. ASIILEY was persuaded to withdraw from the active advocacy of his measure, leaving it to Mr. STEVENS to choose which would most likely pass through Congress. Fortunately for the South, and indeed for America altogether, the result has been the failure of both reconstructive measures, and after ample debate and discussion a narrow majority succeeded in getting the Bill referred back to com mittee, which was virtually disposing of it altogether. Mr. STEVENS, who had laboured incessantly in endeavouring to meet the views of all parties, was much mortified at this result, and thrdatened that he would abandon the attempt to carry out a Congressional poliey of reconstruction. The amenities of the debate exceeded the usual courtesies of American political controversy. Mr. ASHLEY told the Democrats that they were " traitors," which insinuation a Democrat repelled as " a base lie." This was too much for the equani mity of the Speaker (perhaps because the offender was a Democrat), and he summoned the culprit to the bar of the house for reproof. Mr. ASIILEY'S Words were, it was decided, not out of order, but the feeling of the house and of the galleries was against him, so that when another Democrat defended his associate for telling Mr. ASHLEY he lied, there was hearty applause from the strangers. It is currently believed in some parts that the hours of Radical ascendancy are numbered, but the great difficulty appears to be the want of cohesion and unity among the Democrats. They lack courage boldly to adopt the Presidential policy, and demand the immediate restoration of the Southern States in the interest of the whole nation. The result of the late elections, which for many reasons were so adverse to their party, has completely dis heartened and possibly misled them. They are afraid to stand forward too boldly on behalf of the South, accepting the decision of the elections as indicative of the popular determination to exclude the South. But the North has suffered enough from the effects of such exclusion, and it is useless to expect a return of confidence to the finances, or prosperity to the commercial world, while such an immense tract of fertile territory is left to desolation. If their own drama had been played before their eyes by any other nation, the shrewd Americans would have been prompt to recognise the suicidal folly of that course which Messrs. STEVENS, SU3INEII, and Co. are constantly and industriously advocating. Those who can spare time and attention from the engrossing objects of interest around them to dwell upon the events now taking place in Germany may find that already some of the gloss of the affair is over, and that men are beginning to understand a little too much of the hollowness and unreality of the plans and projects of the Berlin Government. Notwithstanding the fuss that was made about the entente cordiale that existed between Prussia and the various States of importance on this question, it may fairly be said now that grave doubts are already entertained as to the practicability of many of BISMARCK'S suggestions. The draft of a Federal Constitution, which is now completed, does not afford satisfaction to many who at first thought likely to become warm supporters of the scheme, and perhaps that is not to be wondered at when we consider the matter carefully, and ascer tain how far short this plan fell of its avowed pur pose of unity. In point of fact, the details all tend in one direction, to make the Government of Berlin into a sort of military dictatorship, and woe betide the expectations of those who have been dreaming of comparative independence, or, at least, of being only subjected to such restrictions as may be deemed essential to preserving order and regularity in the working out of the project. We consider that the relinquishment on the part of the Prussian Ministry of their intention to garrison Dresden, even in times of peace, is a proof positive that the signs of discontent were becoming too unmistake able for even their stolid indiffer,mce to neglect or treat with disregard. It was all of a piece with the rest of the conduct of Prussia towards the minor States or Erovinees, and we are not :urprieed that the KING resented the injury and alsu the insult of the proposition. The official Steals Anzeiger contains a long account of the proceedings that have been taken relative to the formation of this much vaunted Constitution, but it is not very difficult to discern that the effort is a consider able one to make the best of a bad bargain, and to show that there is peace when there is no peace. In referring to the important matter of the debates in this forthcoming Parliament, the Staats Anzeiger Is very significant in its observations. It declares that moderation must be a sine qua non of the matter, and that individual jealousies must be re nounced ; and this alone, we should think, was a work of superorogation to attempt on German soil. The discussions of the Federal Parliament, it is said, " will enjoy the same publicity as those of the Prussian Parliament ;" but at the same time we must remember that Count BISMARCK has said in public that the Press will be held responsible for the contents of what they publish in repeating the debates of this Assembly. This last observation seems to impart a totally different meaning to the affair, and in all probability the notion of all this latitude is mere moonshine. No one at all versed in Berlin tactics would give much for the freedom of publication that is likely to be granted by Prussian statesmen, especially if the tone and temper of the Assembly in question are ad verse to them and their manceuvres. Time alone will show how great is the delusion that has been entertained in this matter in many minds on this question of German unity. At the best it would be a very difficult thing to accomplish, but it is very certain that such a work will never be effected with a man like BISMARCK to direct and control all the subordinates who seek to bring the task to completion. Great activity appears likely to prevail in the army during the summer, and considerable care seems to have been taken in the arrangements made that all recruits should be well drilled and exercised in the requisites of war. All this does not look very much as if the Berlin Government had any very certain idea, or felt very secure, as to the prospects of peace lasting long. As many persons will doubtless have been sur prised at the non-appearance of Mr. ETRE at Bow street, it is well to call attention to the letter from Mr. ROSE, which that gentleman has addressed to the Times. In this some account is given of Mr. EYRE'S present position with " reference to the pending prosecution," and it is stated that so soon as it was known that criminal proceedings had been commenced against Colonel NELSON and Lieutenant BRAND it was the intention of Mr. EYRE to come to town, and it has been " by the earnest advice of his counsel and friends that he has been induced to abandon that resolution." It is then shown that the object of the Jamaica Committee is to include Mr. ETRE, Colonel NELSON, an Lieutenant BRAND in one " indictment," so as to close all their mouths, and prevent onefrom giving evidence for the other. " Indicted together, of course not one of them could be a witness." It appears that the announce ment made at Bow-street, to the effect that Mr. EYRE would attend when and wherever the Jamaica Committee might require was not a correct one, and in point of fact such an undertaking on his part, or on that of his ad visers, would have been virtually aiding the Jamaica Committee in their prosecution. Mr. EYRE'S ad dress is given in this letter, and it was also given in a communication made by Mr. ROSE to the at torneys of the Jamaica Committee. We hope that Mr. EYRE'S friends and admirers will be able to fulfil their intention of frustrating the scheme of this Jamaica Committee ; and we feel assured that the sympathy of the public will be on their side, for the system pursued by those who are urging on this prosecution is one totally alien to those prin ciples of fair play and good feeling which are always recognised and respected in this country. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Wednesday Evening. The Transatlantic steamer l'lmperatrice Eugenie has brought despatches from Mexico to the 9th of January, and from Vera Cruz to the 13th. The Emperor Maximilian returned to Mexico on the sth of January. The concentration of the French troops was carried on with great regularity, but some obstacles bad been met with. Major Belcot, chief of the Staff, baying received information that some of the disaffected were committing excesses on the right flank of the route of his troops, rapidly advanced against them, surprised them at break of day on the 27th of December, and completelyrouted them. In the State of Vera Cruz the bands of Figue rero and Gomez had been chastised by Colonel Dupin, who had effected some daring manoeuvres. On the 13th of January the above vessel received on board a battalion of the 81st Regiment, the 4th Company of the Ist Regiment of Artillery, and military equipages on the return voyage" to France. On the 23d of January the Rhone transport, of the Imperial Navy, was to sail for France with the Belgian Legion, composed of about 1,000 men. The sanitary condition of the troops was excellent and free pratique was granted to the Imperatrice Eugenie. The Constitutionnel, in giving the Reform Resolu tions of Mr. Disraeli, quotes the views of The Sun •—" As t o th e upon the subject, and p rocee d s to say . principle which they emb o dy, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the Government did not intend to set aside the principles of the English Constitution, upon which he pronounced an eloquent eulogiuni. We, however, must be allowed to ask if this eulogium upon English institutions necessarily compelled the eloquent orator to place in a lo p w a e r r tie r u a l nk arly th t e iti honsseef b a e n e d n equally concl us i ve , F t u r t a i n o Il e e s o f It t t h w e o r uld countries, hav e and in better taste, if the Chancellor of the Exche quer had abstained from comparisons. Is Mr. Disraeli well-informed, and does he exactly know the spirit of our institutions when he ,asserts that the French Chambers represent only a class of the nation, an assertion which he appears to have made, at least according to the analysis received by tele graph. If the English Minister should mean to assert that in France there no longer exists any distinction of classes he was right. But he was wrong if he intended it to be understood that all the in tellectual, moral, and material interests of France are not represented in our Chambers. " The explanations given by Mr. Disraeli in regard to his Resolutions are too vague to render it possible to form a just appreciation of the views of the English Minister. This, too, is the opinion of Mr. Gladstone, who said he should reserve himself until he was in full possession of them." The opening of the Session will take place to morrow afternoon at one o'clock precisely by th e Emperor in person in the Palace of the Louvre. The official regulations for the ceremony are pub lished to-day. They do not differ from those usually observed on the occasion. As was anticipated brigandage has been resumed in Italy. On the 3d inst. the diligence from Rome to Viterbo was attacked by three ruffians in masks, and well armed, who ordered the passengers to get out and lie down, in order to enable the robbers to take from them all they possessed. The ruffians, however, met with their match. Among the passen gers was Lieut.Savini of the Chasseurs, who replied to the invitation of the ruffians by firing at them twice from a revolver. One of the aggressors was severely wounded. The two others decamped with all speed. Lieut. Savini pursued them, but was not able to reach them. On his return to the diligence he placed the wounded bandit in the vehicle, and on arriving at Viterbo he was placed in the hands of the police. An interesting ceremony took place the day be fore yesterday—the inauguration of the monument at Montmerail, destined to perpetuate the recollec tion of the great battle fought there by the first Napoleon on Feb. 11, 1814, when attacked by the Allies. The National Guard marched to the spot, and the number of spectators estimated at 20,000. Count de Nieuwerkerke, superintendent of the fine art's, represented the Emperor at the ceremony. The authorities of the neighbouring districts were present, and after appropriate speeches the Bishop of Soissons gave his blessing to the monument. There was a banquet in the evening at the splendid chateau of the Duke de la Rochefoucauld Liaucourt. The Ocean of Brest gives an account of a terrific thunder-storm which took place on the Gth inst. The lightning struck the spire of Laurivoare, which it completely destroyed, as well as the roof, and did much injury to the stained glass windows. The damage done is mentioned as enormous. _ _ The Jury appointed to examine the works in cluded in the section of painting, sculpture, and architecture, for the Universal Exhibition, have concluded their labours. The French school will be represented by 550 pictures, 102 statues, 40 busts in marble or plaster, 83 engravings, 23 litho graphs, and 28 architectural sketches. The Correspondance de Path Bays : —(t Deak has returned to Hungary. The nomination of the Ministry will take place on Thursday (to-morrow). The list of the new Ministry has been so modified that it will include Somfrich, who will be charged with the department of communications,' and Milio will be appointed Minister of Commerce." The Jamaica Prosecutions. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) DISSOLUTION OF TILE ITALIAN PARLIA- MENT. FLORENCE, Feb. 13. The Italian Parliament has been dissolved. The Electoral Colleges are convened for the 10th of March, and the new Chamber will meet on the 22d of March. Evening. A Council of Ministers was held this morning under the presidency of the King. A conference is said to have taken place to-day between Baron Ricasoli and several prominent poli ticians. It is expected that the Ministers of Finance, Public Works, and Justice will shortly resign. Several of the prefects have been changed. GERMANY. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, Feb. 14. Baron Charles de Rothschild has been elected a member of the Northern Parliament by 5,300 out of 5,732 voters. THE PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, Feb. 13. The Irospodar of Roumania has returned to his city with his brother. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN ; Feb. 14. The great majority of the Danish candidates in Northern Schleswig, including the town of Flensburg and the island of Alsen, have been elected members of the Northern Parliament. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1867. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—On the further hearing yesterday of the case against Colonel Nelson and Lieut. Brand, Sir Thomas Henry decided that he could not " hear any statement with regard to matters which had not transpired in court," and that " Mr. Eyre was not before the court at present." I fully admit the propriety of this decision, but I do in consequence appeal to you, in justice to Mr. Eyre, to afford me an opportunity of explaining Mr. Eyre's position with reference to the pending prosecution. Th e moment it was known toMr.Eyre that criminal pro ceedings had been commenced against Col. Nelson and Lieut. Brand, Mr. Eyre determined to come to town ; and it has been by the advice of his counsel and friends that he has been induced to abandon that resolution. As Mr. Eyre's character for chivalrous courage stands immeasurably above suspicion, sound sense dictates that he should not voluntarily attend to be prosecuted. The palpable object of the Jamaica Committee is to include Mr. Eyre, Colonel Nelson, and Lieut. Brand in one in dictment, so as to close all their mouths, and pre vent them giving evidence the one for the other. Indicted together, of course, not one of them could be a witness. We desire and intend, if possible, to frustrate this scheme. Although I have never given any undertaking that Mr. Eyre should come to Lon don to attend at Bow-street, I do undertake that on the day and at the hour the agents of the Jamaica Committeemay appoint, Mr. Eyre shall be found where he resides. I crave the additional favour at your hand of being allowed to subjoin a copy of my letter to the attorneys of the Jamaica Committee, informing them of Mr. Eyre's address. I am, sir, your most obedient servant, J. ANDERSON ROSE. 11, Salisbury-street, Strand, London, Feb. 13. " February 8. " Dear Sirs,—l have read with astonishment in the daily papers the statement made by Mr. Ste phen—on the occasion of Mr. Mill and Mr. Peter Taylor attending before the magistrate at Bow street, to apply for warrants against Col. Nelson and Lieut. Brand for murder—that I had under taken that Mr. Eyre would attend when and where the agents of the Jamaica Committee should re quire him. I need scarcely say I never gave any such undertaking, or ever expressed any desire, or intention, to aid the Jam dca Committee in their prosecution. The charge, as stated, is one of wilful murder, and the first section of the statute under which the proceedings are in stituted enacts that whosoever shall be convicted of murder shall suffer death as a felon.' Under these circumstances it cannot be expected (without excessive credulity) that Mr. Eyre should be advised to do anything which could possibly be construed to be an admission of the propriety or validity of such a prosecution ; therefore—and having no busi ness calling him to London—Mr. Eyre declines the invitation to attend at Bow-street. You a r e , how ever, I know, well acquainted with Mr. Eyre's address ; but to remove all doubt on that subject, I beg leave to inform you that he resides at Adderley Hall, near Market Drayton, Shropshire, where he now is, and where he may be found any day." SPORTING BANQUET AT WINDSOR.—On Tuesday a grand banquet was given at the Windsor Town hall by the noblemen and gentlemen who ride with her Majesty's buckhounds to the farmers and gentlemen hold ing land in the district hunted by the Queen's pack. Lord Colville of Culross, the noble Master of the Royal Buck hounds, presided, and was supported on the one hand by Sir Charles Russell, V.C ., M.P . , Major-General Seymour, General Hood, &c.; and on the other by the Earl of Cork anddwaOrrery,Edwards, 3,i Mr. F. K. the ex-ruaster of the Queen's h oun d s , Mr. C. E Copeland, th e M ayor o f Wi n d sor , Mr. Hall Say, &c. The opposite end of the table was occu pied by the vice-president of the committee, Colonel Richardson-Gardner, Mr. Bowen Mayand Dr. Collins being seated at the end of the other two tables. The visitors and guests included the principal farmers in the 'Windsor dis trict and of the counties of Borks, Bucks, Middlesex, and Surrey. After the removal of the cloth the noble chairman proposed the healths of " The Queen," " The Prince and Princess of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family." Lord Colville next gave as a toast the "Army, Navy, and Volun teers." General Seymour responded for the former, and Colonel Richardson-Gardner (who is colonel of the North- East London Rifles) for the latter. The toast of "Our Guests," the farmers, was proposed by the chairman and responded to by Mr. H. Cantrell (Bucks), Mr. lloadington (Berke), and Mr. F. Sherborne (Middlesex). Colonel Richardson-Gardner then, in a very neat speech, gave "The Health of the Chairman," Lord Colville of Culross, Master of the Buckhounds. Lord Colville responded. " The Health of General Hood, master of the Prince of Wales's hariers," was proposed by the noble chairman, and appropriately responded to by General Hood. Mr. Bower May proposed "Our Visitors," and the Earl of Cork and Orrery responded. " The Health of the County Members" was proposed by Mr. W. Sharpe, and responded to by Sir 0. Russell, V.C., M.P. " The Borough Members," "The Mayor and Corporation of Windsor," "Mr. Harry King," (the Queen's huntsman, who WAS present), and " The Ladies," were severally toasted. The band of the Royal Horse Guards played during the banquet. The vocal part of the entertainment was under the care of Mr. Folley, of the Chapel Royal of St. George. A WORD FOR THE BEARD.—It might be a fitting subject for the consideration of our learned societies to name the cause which has made the most manly race on earth submit for the last two cen turies to the absurd practice of shaving the hair off certain patches of the human face, instead of allowing it to grow as nature intended. If common sense would but convince men that nature has fur nished each with a scanty or thick beard, pre cisely as it suits his features, they would soon cease their endeavours to resemble the beardless ape, inasmuch as they resemble him, according to modern phi losophy, too much already. Judging, however, from the signs of the times, it is not uttering a very bold predic tion, if we express our belief that our children will wonder how their respected parents, in whatever hurry they may have been, could sit before a looking-glass, morning after morning, razor in hand, making all sorts of grimaces at the risk of cutting their throats; the only known result being to render the chin, shortly after the smoothing pro cess, not unlike that useful article of the kitchen called a nutmeg-grater.—Once a Week. THE DINING HALLS COMPANY.—An application was yesterday made to Mr. Church, the Chief Clerk of the Master of the Rolls, for a call in the Dining Halls Company (Limited), which had opened places in Fleet-street, New cut, and Market-street, Edgware-road. The property pur chased had been realised, and it was proposed that a call of 4s. should be made to meet the outstanding claims and the expenses. On a former day a person who had taken some shares objected that he was not liable, as he was a minor when ho took the shares, and was still a minor. He was told that the question would bo considered. The Chief Clerk now made a call of 45., payable on the Ist of March. A disturbance amongst the pupils has taken place at the Military School of Alarbui g, in Austria. The piquant part of the affair is that the two sons of General John, M i ll is tor of War, were at the head of the insurgents. EGYPT. PARIS, Feb. 14. The Moniteur of this morning says :—" A tele gram was forwarded by M. De Lesseps to Paris from Suez, on the 11th inst., announcing that he had visited the works of the Isthmus with Lord Clarence Paget and the Governor of Bombay. The waters of the Mediterranean reached on that day as far as Serapeum. A vessel from Siam, containing 100 packages of objects for the Paris Exhibition, had taken the Suez canal route to the Mediterranean. THE BOMBAY MAIL. ALEXANDRIA, Feb. 12. The Ceylon left at 11 a.m., and the China at 4.30 p.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 18th, and the latter at Southampton about the 25th instant. OUTWARD MAIL OF JAN. 27 AND FEB. 14. SUEZ, Feb. 13. The Ottawa leaves for Bombay this morning. FRANCE. The Seine continues to fall slowly. The scale at the Pont Royal now marks only 16 feet. When the waters descend to 13 feet the navigation can be resumed, as the towing paths are then uncovered. The church of the Trinity, one of the largest of modern Paris, will cost on its entire completion 3,888,911 f. The paintings already executed have cost 157,000 f., and the sculpture 92,000 f. The Tribunal of Arras, in its sitting of the Bth, gave judgment in an action for defamation brought by M. Florent-Lefebvre against li. Tierray, editor of the Courricr du Pas-de-Calais. The latter was condemned to 100 f. fine and costs. The Moniteurpublishes a report from the Minister of Agriculture to the Emperor, pointing out the necessity of imparting instruction in agricultural pursuits to the pupils in the normal schools. The document is followed by an imperial decree appoint ing a commission to inquire into the measures neces sary for carrying out the suggestions named in the report. The Paris Savings Bank received, in the fortnight ending the 11th instant, deposits amounting to and reimbursed the sum o f 717 , 141 f. 1,167,607 f., The total of the payments into the Caisse des Re traites for the Aged during the same period was 97,925 f. The health of M. Empis, of the French Academy, formerly director of the Theatre Francais, causes much uneasiness to his friends. The family and friends of M. Ingres have decided to have a general exhibition of his works organised this year. it will be held in the rooms of the Ecole des Beaux Arts, and will comprise not only the pictures and portraits which have established the reputation of that artist, but also a considerable number of sketches and most of the preliminary studies which he prepared for his great works. An accident occurred three days back on board the steamer Francois I. when on its return from llonfleur to Havre. Three passengers had placed themselves in the forepart of the vessel, and notwith standing a warning from the outlook man of their danger from the rolling of the steamer, persisted in remaining there. Presently a heavy sea washed over the bows, knocking down the three. Two escaped with a thorough drenching, but the left leg and arm of the third were broken in the fall. BOURSE, Feb. 13.—Two o'clock.—The market to day is weak, nearly all classes of securities showing a decline. Three per Cents. are at 69f. 60c. ; Italian Fives at 54f. 40c.—a fall of 20c. Credit Alobilier and Credit Foncier shares have receded— the former 2f. 50c., to 522 f. 50c., and the latter Bf. 75c., to 1,515 f. Mexican Bonds are being done at 142 f. 50c. There is exceedingly little business in the Railway market. Lombard are quoted at 406 f. 25c., or 3f. 75c. lower, and Austrian at 405 f., a decline of lf. 25c. The close has taken place as follows : 4i per Cents 99 50 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 69 571 Do. end month 69 62 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1525 Bank Shares 3580 Italian Loan 54 471 Do. end month 54 55 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Spanish Throes Home Debt — Deferred - rATS. For Account. Orleans Northern 1202 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 920 - Southern 570 Western Eastern 550 Sardinian — Austrian 403 75 Lombard 405 North of Spain — Saragossa Ditto"to Barcelona — Roman.. BB 73 A WAIF FROM THE Sir,A.--An oblong deal box, containing a number of letters and manuscripts, all written in the German language, has been cast up on tho Welsh coast, near Aberdovey. The letters are addressed to Isaac E. Eckman, and among the pipers is a certificate of com petency granted to Isaac E.Eckman, seaman, of Christiana. The certificate is dated Nov., 1863. The box also con tained a carte do visits of a lady, taken by a Gloucester artist, and a photograph from an engraving of our Saviour. The box is in the possession of Mr. David Williams, cus tom house officer at Aberdovey, who states that he has failed to find among the papers any clue to the name of the ship from which the box is supposed to have been lost. ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE IN A PIT.—At the Ches terfiel,l police-court on Tuesday, a youth named Michael Cavan was charged by William Watson, engineer, with cutting a rope at the Old Hollingwood Pit, belonging to the Staveley Coal and Iron Company, on the 10th inst. It ap peared from the evidence that at about 11 o'clock in the morning a man named Henry Goodwin heard some person hammering near one of the inclines in the pit, and on going to the place he found the prisoner there with an axe. Ho had chopped eight or ten wires of the rope in two. On being asked why he had done it, ho replied that there should be "a moss there before the day was out." Had tho outrage not boon discovered, and had the rope broken while in work, no doubt it would have been attended with loss of life. Ile afterwards admitted to Mr. Watson that ho had struck the rope with an axe, and remarked that once he missed his aim, and the axe made fire fly out of the brickwork. The raagi6trato committed him for 14 Maya With hard labour. LITERATURE. Sybil's Second Love. By Julia Kavanagh, author of "Nathalic." Three Vols. Hurst and Blackett. Sybil Kennedy, the heroine of this tale, is a most charming creation, a type of all that is generous and unselfish. The story is a very mournful one, and we cannot but regard the authoress of her history as unnecessarily severe in her apportionment of her heroine's lot. Never, assuredly, has a faithful heart been devoted to so many faithless friends. The one prominent object of poor Sybil's girlish adoration is her chosen companion Blanche Cains, or, as one of her kind acquaintances very justly de clares she should be called, Blanche Cain. No lover, whether " first" or " second," holds such a place in Sybil's tender heart as this all-fascinating friend, and very l i gratefullydoesßlanclie requite heraffection In the first place, this false friend lures away the young lover to whom Sybil is first engaged, and after inconceivable treachery betrays her friendship even more cruelly. The deepest wound, however, inflicted o❑ Sybil's gentle heart is the ultimate reve lation, in which she is loth to believe, of the perfidy of one so trusted and beloved. "To make idols and to find them clay," and; " to bewail that wor ship," seems indeed the appointed lot of hapless Sybil Kennedy. One situation in this tale is, to our thinking, very repulsive, and is in no way ne cessary to the development of the story. 'We allude to Sybil's second love for one whom she had for some time regarded as her uncle. The revelation that the supposed relationship is a fabrication could never convert the filial regard of uncle and niece into a warmer affection, or, if it could do so such an unnatural state of feeling is nowise agreeable to contemplate. Sybil, herself, as we have said, is a most unselfish and loveable creation, but the story of which she is the heroine is throughout singularly improbable. We have been so often charmed with the writings of Julia Kavanagh, more especially with her very delightful '• Madelaine," a tale of Auvergne, that we regret our inability to speak in more eulogistic terms of her new story of " Sybil's Second Love." Good Cookery illustrated, and Recipes communicated by the TVelsh Hermit of the Cell of St. Goner. By Lady Llanover. 1 Vol. Pp. 482. Richard Bentley. Assuredly the venerable and most learned Hermit of St.' Gover must in career and character be near akin to that other illustrious recluse intro duced to our kindly notice by Douglas Jerrold, we mean the very agreeable historian of " The Chroni cles of Clovernook," the right jovial " hermit of Belly-fulle." The lonely recluse of St. Gover's cell proves to be a very master in the art of 000kery, and not in bare theory, be it observed, but in very fruitful practice. A traveller, from the so-called region of civilisation, wandering in Wales, arrives at the Hermit's cell, and in the course of conversation with one who, for more than half a century, has been living out of the world, and who is unac quainted with the march of intellect and the pro gress of science, he learns, to his utter confusion and amazement, that he is the barbarian and the recluse is the philosopher ! Very thlightful and very graceful is the ironical humour with which (in this imaginary conversation) the fair authoress sets forth in forcible language the short-comings of the pre sent day. " Doubtless," says the hermit, after lis tening to his visitor's account of the groat advance of knowledge since his own retirement from the world, " doubtless the intellect of the last sixty-four years has caused such advances that there is not a matron or a damsel in any rank of life who cannot cut out and make to perfection what our Teutonic neighbours used to call a first dress,' or a master of, a family, from the noble to the peasant, who has not his dinner dressed in a manner which combines delicacy of flavour with the greatest economy and the ut inost attention to health, with such a tempting appearance as does credit to the instruction or execution of the wife, the d Lughter, or sister pre siding over the househol 1." At these words the traveller turns, pale and falters. And on cross-examination admits that in not a single family of his extensive acquaintance is there a single female who can either cut out or make a shirt. A further explanation, as regards the culinary arts and domestic economy of the civilised world of the nineteenth century, yet further mystifies the good hermit and confounds the unhappy traveller. The result of their deliberations is a complete revela tion of domestic ignorance on the one hand, and, on rho other, a generous course of wholesome and wholesale information. The book is principally in tended for the (in other respects) educated classes. The mistress of a family here learns that it is herduty to be competent to instruct her ignorant helpers. Not only are very complete and copious instructions given in this volume, but a whole host of very ap petising Welsh receipts, as prepared by that Soyer of the mountains, the Hermit of St. Gover. Alto gether, with its pictorial illustrations, homely ad vice, and very amusing anecdotes, this book is in its way a treasury of culinary art and a curiosity of literature. FENI3IORE COOPER'S NOVELS—are now being re issued in a beautifully clear and readable double columned edition by the Messrs. Routledge. Each of these famous romances of American life by sea and by land being purchaseable in this form com plete for—Sixpence ! After this fashion we have here already supplied to hand, each in a radiantly coloured wrapper illustrative of the particular work it thus serves at once to clothe and to embellish— The Pilot, the Red Rover, The Spy, The Water witch, The Last of the Mohicans, and Eve Effing ham. A HANDY BOOK OF THE LAW OF CABS AND OMNIBUSES. By T. W. Charley, B.A. (Routledge) —will be found very useful, in its way, to the pub lic at large, as well as to cabbies, drivers, and con ductors. The motto chosen for his title page, by the fascetious barrister who is the compiler of these pages, is the sufficiently familiar jesting application to his subject -matter of that threadbare little scrap of latinity, De omnibus rebus et quibusdanz aliis. More of the Periodicals. THE BELGRAVIA. No 4. Edited by M. E. Braddon—prospers as it deserves to prosper. Volume One has, by the issue of this fourth number, been completed. And an exquisite volume it makes now that it is completed—exquisite both in a literary and artistic sense —as radiant a specimen or exemplar, it is in truth, as very well could be, of all that is signified under the attractive title of light literature. The Editress herself, of course, bears off the palm from among all her contributors—ma is cela va sans dire. It was only what every one expected would be the case ; and it has proved so all the more inevitably, seeing that her current serial tale about the " Birds of Prey" takes rank already, of right, among her happiest efforts—coming almost immediately, in the general excellence of it, after our still arch-favourite among all her works, " Aurora Floyd." Tux FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW. No. 2. New Series. Edited by John Morley—is chiefly remark able for the opening portion of a series of papers by the Editor himself upon the Life and Times, the Genius and Character of Edmund Burke, one of the most profoundly philosophic politicians and ora tors of any generation of Englishmen. Whyte Melville's serial story of "The White Rose" ad vances very agreeably in the development of the plot and in the exposition of the inner nature of several among the leading characters. It gives promise of proving one of the happiest among his numerous productions. The criticisms, both literary and poli tical, in the " Fortnightly " are in nu way deteriorated in their excellence by reason of the recent change in the editorship and management. TIIE LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET—By Anthony Trollope—is as charming a tale as any that popular novelist has ever penned —best among the best— facile princeps. Can anything be more delightful, in the ease, and grace, and fascination of it, than our author's delicate and tender delineation of the love scene between Grace Crawley and Major Grantly down at Allington ? The reading of it brings the tears into one's eyes—and the writing of it all the while is, in the ready fluency of it, the easiest thing in the world to all appearance. Very heartily, we trust, that, as a weekly serial, it is winning for it self, as an author's and a publisher's enterprise, the success it so eminently, so pre-eminently, deserves. SOONER OR LATER. No. 4. By Shirley Brooks —wins upon us in spite of what we cannot but re cognise as its conversational inequality. Some of the talk in this last number being just perfection in its naturalness while some other portions of the talk are diametrically the reverse. The old greengroceress, for example and her rampageous neighbour, talk as we don't care the least bit in the world to hear them talking. Whereas, among the authors, and actresses, and artists, the confabulations are like those of real life every day around us. We read them and are de lighted. It is like the world we all know—the characters who are introduced to us being no mere names, but, as it were, veritable flesh and blood like ourselves. THE AltT JOURNAL. For February. Edited by S. C. Hall. Virtue and Co.—Comprises within it again, as usual, a delightfully readable collection of art criticisms ; another of those most entertaining anecdotal recollections by Mr. and Mrs. S. C. llall, of well-known people, that, when collected together, will make the loveliest of presentation volumes ; and, besides all this welcome letterpress, interspersed with a variety of illustrative woodcuts, three engravings produced in the highest style of art—representing this month works of art worthy of being framed. THE MONTH. For February. Simpkin, Mar shall, and Co.—is adorned with several interesting papers, not the least interesting among these being the continuation of the last of the serial tales penned by Lady Georgiana Fullarton. THE PEOPLE'S MAGAZINE.—Parts I. and 11. inaugurate very cleverly and brilliantly the career of a new periodical with the excellence of which we hope to be long familiar. The two opening instal ments are embellished with a profusion of wood en gravings, each of the two numbers before us having besides this a radiantly coloured prefix in the shape of a graceful frontispiece, the one of these by J. J. Hill, the other by J. J. Absolou. LE CORRESPONDANT—(CharIes Douniol)—in its latest number is chiefly remarkable for an anony mous paper, signed merely with three asterisks, de scriptive of Submarine Telegraphy. " Europe in 1789," by Leonce de Lavergne leads off the number as by a sort of grand comprehensive political pronunciamento. ' 4 . 1 D'Urt 1,2Z120 etr; r . 1- • HER MAJESTY, &c• OSBORNE, Feb. 13. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by Princess Christian. Princess Louise and Prince Christian rode, at tended by the Hon. Emily Cathcart and Colonel the Hon. Dudley de Ros. The Judge-Advocate-General arrived at Osborne yesterday, and had an audience of the Queen. _ _ Viscount Halifax arrived in the afternoon, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal family in the evening. Lieutenant-General the Hon. Charles and Mo. Grey and Lady Georgiana Grey had also the honour of being invited. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Tees dale, went out rabbit shooting near Windsor yesterday. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen. MARRIAGE IN lIIGII LlFE.—(This Day).—This morning, Lord Montagu William Graham, nr. for Grantham, 1852-7, and for Herefordshire, 1859-65, 'pub' brother of tho Duke of Montrose, K.T., Postmaster - General, was married to the Hon. Harriet Anne, daughter of the first Lord Bateman, and widow of Capt. George Ashley Charles Dashwood, 71st Highland Light Infantry. The ceremony took place in St. Michael's, Chester square, and the officiating clergyman was the Hon. and ltev. Arthur Allan Bateman-Hanbury, prebendary of Hereford, and rector of Shobson, brother of the bride. The bridegroom's best man was Capt. the lion. W. Herbert. The invitations to the church and the breakfast included the Duko and Duchess of Montrose, Lord and Lady Bateman, the lion. Capt. and Mrs. Kincaird Lennon , Lady Emily Foley, the Earl and Countess Powis, the Dowager Lady Bateman, Capt. and the Hon. Mrs. Whyte- Melville, Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Green Wilkinson, the Marquis of Graham, and Lady Agnes Murray, and Lad/ . Beatrice Greville. About one o'clock Lord and Lady William Graham left town for Lady Emily Foloy'o sen t ' Stoke Edith Park, Herefordshire. NEW PEERS. We understand that it is the intention of her Majesty—of course, on the recommendation of he r Ministers—to confer the dignity of the Peerage on two eminent lawyers the Lord Justice General M'Neill and Sir Hugh Cairns. The necessity o ' , providing for the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords, which the increasing legal business of th e country makes every year more important and mer e onerous, is the object of these promotions. There is, indeed, at present no lack of Lag Lords in the House. Indeed so large a number of men raised to the Peerage for their leg al abilities were never congregated there before. There are no less than four ex-Chancellors! Lords Brougham, St. Leonards, Cranworth, a nd Westbury ; and there are, besides these, Lor d Wensleydale, a distinguished common lawyer, a°, Lord Kingsdown, a man of consummate l e g al knowledge, together with the actual Lord cellor and the Master of the Rolls. Yet it Wo w t seem that the business of the Appellate C° ll , r o is likely to stand still for want of an adequ a ' c i number of Judges. The days are gone by when La r , Eldon could sit with two non-legal Peers, and e oll t centrate the whole authority of the House as a C° llr , of Law in his own pe rs o n . The public and the P l9 ro fession are not content unless at least three Ye e it learned in the law and in the full v i g our of understanding attend. To furnish such a tribunal there ought to be at least four or five Law 1 -ge r d the accustomed to take part in the business 0- o f house. But though there are at present eigh t ja i them, the greater part are not available for jaci le rc v business. Lord Brougham is 88 years old , L° do St. Leonard's and Wensleydale are very 11 younger, and these three have ceased to attend peals. Lord Kingsdown's health is infirm, an d t of country has lost his services both in the B oll6 : iir i Lords and in the Privy Council. Lord W est 00 is, it is understood, about to go abroad agai°' Lord Master of the Rolls cannot attend, and t he P it Chancellor is often required in his own Courtvi. ben thus appears that for the present sessio n, of there is a large number of appeals, many of t h o old standing, we have only one Law Lord jo ss full time to devote himself to the judicial 'O s lo 0 of the house, and that is Lord Cranworthf W 0- himself 77 years of age. If even the Lor d G Acta cellor join him the house will be a very ine°ll4- tribunal. d e ter' In this dilemma the Government 11 0° if ero mined to raise to the Peerage two eminent lawieso of their own party. The Right Hon. I) , Liii r , v g I\ll . 'Neill was Solicitor-General for Scotland n111.4.,6, Sir Robert Peel's short Administration in 1 t ?'10,5 was Lord Advocate from 1842 to 1816, and L ' e , i33 ol been Lord Justice-General since 1852. As 8 ? - 1 ,7 0 0 Scotch cases are brought before the Hous e of have it is but reasonable that a Scotch lawyer sboln' t sr , a seat in the House, and we have no doubt t" or. M‘Neill is eminently fitted for such an 11°13 d e r3 But hero, again, we have the old evil which oo the House inefficient, in spite of so IllanY tice' tions. It is enough to say that the Lord " tl 5 l General was born in 1794, and is consequell years of age. If his Peerage be a reward, We le g` good but if it be conferred to increase t - strength of the House, wo may regret tha bet ° 116 roo lit yis likely to last but a very few sessin us " s oh Peerage of Sir Hugh Cairns is free frog' 0 /. 0 s till objection. The new Lord Justice of ApPeal ant's v , r e t o young, and brings his faculties in their to the business of the House. Should hey e s ' . rt , of s Cou spare sufficient time from the duties to e he will, no doubt, render important sere ice s country.—Tinto,