The Sun. — London, England, 1867-10-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LOIN t7ON, TUESDAY EVENING, OC TOBEit I, 1867. THE REFORM - FE7 E AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. The Reform Fete, so called, was celebrated yes terday, but the intelligent foreigner with whom novelists have so often trifled could not have disco vered a single feature in the proceedings which could have suggested the faintest political consideration. As usual on such an occasion, large numbers of holy day makers made their way at an early hour to the respective termini from which they intended co pro ceed to the Crystal Palace. There were men in broadcloth and ladies in book muslin, but there were far more who, in the words of Dr. Marigold, wore their " handkerchiefs loose and easy, and mother-o'- pearl buttons," and angels of the weaker sex, who would, if consigned to a gipsy tenement, be " wiolent and aggrawating in a 'arm." There were minstrels who celebrated the glories of the Reform League with alarming vigour in voice, but with little sweet ness in their intonation. There were also grave his toriographers, who recited the misdeeds of the Tories in lists as extensive as Leporello's catalogue of Don Giovanni's intrigues ; and the equality of all men was melodiously advocated by " thu sable denizens of our native land." At the Palace itself an occasional visitor might have passed through the building without observing a single exceptional feature ; in the grounds, indeed, " kiss in the ring" was pursued on the principle of universal suffrage, and in this, more than anything else, indicated the immediate object of the gathering. Perhaps, how ever, we might say that here and there an enthusi astic Reformer, not satisfied with one companion when doing honour to Terpsichore, made a triangular arrangement, which may to the imaginative have suggested the idea of a three-corned constituency never contemplated by the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer. On the grounds in the earlier part of the day long streams of people, in which " persons," in Mr. John Stuart Mill's acceptation of the term, were especially prominent, meandered hither and thither among the flower beds, which are now of themselves worth a visit to the Crystal Palace to see, rich as they are in the brightness of autumnal bloom. At 1 o'clock the orchestra of the company played a selection of music, which comprised pieces from the works of Bellini, Meyerbeer, Weber, Gounod, and Auber, and shortly after the visitors began to make their way to the ground by the cedars, where it was ar ranged that military sports should take place. This part of the day's entertainments, though not worthy of any special notice, was attended with considerable success, the race of 300 yards (ten hurdles) and the flat race, open to all comers, 200 yards, forming occasions of more than usually spirited contests. At 3 o'clock a public meeting was held in the grounds, in which no person of any consideration took part ; but the gathering seemed to form a prominent at traction for the fairer portion of the visitors. At half-past 3 the Beni-zoug-zoug Arabs gave their entertainment, " in the act of native prayer invoking Allah to give them success during their dangerous performances." " The challenge in the desert" may certainly suggest reminiscences of the battle of Hyde Park, and " Whirlwinds" may convey some idea of the meetings of the executive of the League ; but the " act of native prayer" is to us altogether incongruous with what we have known of the proceedings of that corporation. The " lluman Pyramids," however, which formed a prominent part of the performances, may certainly be valuable to Mr. Beales as indicating the idea of how men can rise on the shoulders of men. After the exhibi bition of the Arabs a grand display of fireworks took place, and this, we may say, formed the great feature of the fete. We have so often described the details of these exhibitions at the Crystal Palace that there is very little for us to say except to indicate its success. A special set piece for the Reform Fete was, as may be conjectured, the portion of the fete to which the attention of the visitors was prin cipally directed, and this formed an illumination which might have been effectively employed in the celebration of any national cause. A grand flight of what are c filled " saueissons " was the novelty of the occasion, but these, though new, did not possess any special attribute of artistic design or mechanical arrangement. The cascade of golden fire rushed down with its usual brilliant stream, and the salvoes of coloured shells gave occasion for new and beau tiful combinations. The fountains and the large centre basin were illuminated as on the occasion of the late pyrotechnic fete, and the grand finale of 2,000 coloured robkets presented the now familiar spectacle of colour and design artistically and grace fully combined. At a quarter past 7 a grand banquet was held in the enclosed hall in which Saturday concerts are given during the winter. The hall was tastefully decorated for the occasion, and the aspect of the enclosure when all those who were to participate in the banquet sat down was as interesting as it was picturesque. The tariff was unusually moderate ; but it must be said in justice that Messrs. Bertram and Roberts, the contractors, hid out a dinner for their guests as elegant as it was substantial. Covers were hid for 1,000, but there were not more than 500 or GOO present at the dinner. The following letters were received from Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright, expressing their regret at not being able to attend. " Hawarden. " Sir,—Your letter has only just reached me, owing to my movements yesterday. " I regret that it will not be in my power to at• tend any political celebration in London in con nexion with the Reform Bill. It appears to me that such a celebration as your committee propose is amply justified by the great extension of the fran chise which has been given by the Act, and that it will tend to create an enhanced sense of the duty which it impo?.es, as well as the powers and privi leges it confers. " Of course your satisfaction would have been more complete had some other parts of the subject, and especially the redistribution of seats, been treated in the same comprehensive manner as the borough suffrage, and had the enfranchisement in boroughs not been connected with provisions so in convenient and irrational with respect to the pay ment of rates through the owner.—l have the honour to be, Sir, yours faithfully, " W. E. GLADSTONE. " Mr. George Potter." "Dear Sir,—•l shall be very sorry to disappoint any of those who rejoice with us in the wide ex tension of the suffrage, mut I cannot undertake to be present at the proposed great meeting and dinner at the. Crystal Palace, to which you have kindly invited me. I have given what should have been the leisure of many autumns to the movement of Reform, and now when one part of the work is done, I do not feel disposed to give another autumn to platform labours to celebrate the victory we have won. I have already several invitations to dinners and meetings, and I shall have to send to each the answer lam compelled to send to you. I have fixed for myself a different kind of work for this Parlia mentary recess, and I hope to escape 'from the labours of public meetings for the present. " It is quite natural and most just that the work ing men should rejoice at what has been gained, but I hope they will not forget that without a readjust ment of members to population and without the security of the ballot the House of Commons will still be, for the most part, but a delegation from the rich, and not a real and free representation of the people. This should be borne in mind when prepar ing for the general election which must come at the end of next year. The destruction of the p )pular power of the great boroughs by the vote at the end of the Session will show you how little Parliament is now to be trusted on an question of Reform on which it may think it safe to go wrong. " The Legislature has been driven in one direc tion by forces too strong for it, but its temper is not changed.—l am, with great respect, yours truly, " Mr. George Potter." "JOHN BRIGHT. The chair was occupied by Mr. G. Potter, who was supported by Mr. Ayrton, M.P., Sir J. Bow ring, and several other gentlemen who take an inte rest in the Reform movement. Behind the chairman was a flag with the device, " Excelsior." There were also several , other flags placed round the room bearing the inscriptions, " We live by industry," " United we conquer, de-vided we fall," " Vote by ballot," &c. After t!..e " Health of the Qteen" had been given and drutik with every mark of respect, •The' CHAIRMAN rose and said that the originators of the banquet had two objects in view, one to give working men at large a day of recreation, the other to enable them to listen to those who could tell them of what had taken place in reference to the question of Reform, and what still remained to be accom plished. He expected that Mr. Gladstone would have been present on that occasion, and he thought it was well that statesmen who were the leaders of a party should sometimes mix with those whom they led. But whether Mr. Gladstone was absent or present, he felt assured that those whom he ad dressed fully apprecia`ed all that right hon. gen tleman had done on their behalf. (Cheers.) They looked to him, e..nd depended on him not only for that which he had already achieved, but because of that which he meant to accomplish. The letter of Mr. Bright told them why it was that he could not be among them, and his honesty of purpose, his integrity and unsullied character entitled him to have the crown of victory placed npon his head. The working men of England knew that Mr. Bright had given a large portion of his lifetime to attain the object which they had met that night to cele brate. His powerful eloquence, his untiring zeal, his indomitable courage, had broken the barriers which had been set up by the Tory party, and had brought about the victory which the Liberal party had at length gained. (Cheers.) If Italy had but one Garibaldi, England had but one John Bright. (Cheers.) Long, then, might that hon. gentleman live to see the work accom plished which he had already but half effected. His absence, and that of other friends of Reform, on that occasion might, he feared, be misrepresented by their enemies—the Tories. There were Tory banquets held throughout the country—at Halifax and Liver pool and Hull—but then they were got up at the expense of the Tory party. They could fill a room with 500 or 600 persons. They paid those who came, as well as for what they eat and drank— , (cheers and laughter)—and instilled into their minds pernicious doctrines. (Cheers.) As to the Reform Bill it must be productive of good to the country, but much still remained to be achieved. The scheme of redistribution was mis2rable and must be amended. He would conclude by proposing that " the Reform Act of 1867 be accepted as an instalment." Mr. AYRTON, in replying to the toast, bore testi mony to the great services which had been rendered to the cause of Reform by Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright, and expressed his regret that they were not present at the dinner. There must, however, he added, be some limit to the duties imposed on public men, and when the services of both gentlemen to advance the cause were borne in mind, their absence onthe present occasion might, he thought, well be excused. He should himself have pleaded some such excuse had he the same grounds for urging it. He had been accustomed t o look upon himself, he might add, as entertaining views with respect to Reform beyond the range of practical politicians ; but those views had at length come to be realised. Their rea lisation was, however, not the work of any one man or any one year, but of many years of agitation and public labour, as well as of the cordial, honest co operation of many public men uniting together for I the achievement of a great public good. The im- I posing moral attitude of the working men of the metropolis and other parts of the country, and the self-denying course which was adopted by the late Administration, and which was mainly inspired by the honesty and exertions of one of its members— need he name Mr. Gladstone ?—were the chief causes which had led to the accomplishment of what had already been attained in reference to the Reform question. When the Government of the day em phatinally declared, not by lip service, but by the sacrifice of office, that it was no longer possible to carry on the Government of the Queen with out Reform, the settlement of the question became absolutely necessary, no matter who might be the Ministers of the Crown. It must not, too, be forgotten that in retiring from office the late Government brought into operation a new force and a new impulse. They thus took, he believed, a course as useful and beneficial to the country as it was honourable to themselves. lie was one of those who maintained that, however great and wise our ancestors might be, they could not have had the same experience as the present generation possessed, and he hoped that the future House of Commons would still more efficiently represent than the pre sent the aspirations and feelings of the nation. If he were asked, he might add, in what consisted the strength of the Conservative party, he would say not in its principles but in its strength, and he would, therefore, advise every man who was en franchised by the new Reform Bill to ask himself whom he would like to follow, for he who had spent some years in the House of Commons knew that there must on all great occasions be a leader, and he felt assured that if they wished to triumph in the future they must be prepared to give a hearty and liberal support to Mr. Gladstone as the leader of the Liberal party. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN, at the close of Mr. Ayrton's speech, took occasion to express his regret that Mr. Onslow, M.P., was prevented from being present owing to indisposition. The next toast, "The Nation's Laws by the People's Voice," was responded to by Sir JOHN BOWRING, who spoke of the Tories as having built a Reform ship in their own arsenal, which it was thought by the Liberal party contained many rotten timbers, and was looked upon by them as an ugly invention, but they found a great deal of lumber being thrown overboard, and, the vessel being manned by their own men : might undertake a useful ' I voyage in their own interests. Several other toasts followed, and the meeting did not break lip till a late hour. On the whole, the fete was an egregious failure, and we apprehend that the holding of it did not conduce even to the interests of the Crystal Palace Company. On a former occasion when a pyro technic display was given without any additional attraction, and at the usual tariff, there were nearly 30,000 people present, while yesterday,' . with all the inducements which a Reform demonstration could afford, there were not 20,000, and of these more than half were ordinary visitors, having no con nection whatever with the incongruous business of the day. GARIBALDI, THE REVOLUTION, AND THE PAPACY. The lawless attempt of Garibaldi to enter at the head of a band of armed men, gathered from almost all the countries of Europe, the State of a Sovereign Prince at peace with all the world is one of those acts of open violence which we are accus tomed to ascribe to barbarous periods of history, or, at all events, to confine in our day to the Ame rican Continent and to the "filibustering" spirit of American Fenianism. There are two things, if we much mistake not, that the English people, in spite of many eccentricities, hold in honour, and they are law and religion. For a private citizen to take up arms and enroll volunteers in secret, to march troops in open disobedience to the King's orders through the country, to set all public authority at defiance, to own no law but his own will, to oppose armed force to the King's troops, to shed blood in rebellion, to be wounded and imprisoned, and finally to be pardoned,and again to commit the same lawless crime, and again to be arrested—for a pri vate citizen, we say, to do and suffer all this shows that he is utterly wanting in those primary virtues without which no civilized State can exist. Gari baldi has been twice a traitor—a traitor in arms against his King at Aspromonte, and now again a prisoner at Sinalunga for one of the gravest offences against his own Sovereign and against international law—the inciting of the King's sub jects to rebel against the King's authority and to wage a private and lawless war, involving his country in the most disastrous consequences, against a neighbouring and peaceful State. Gari baldi has simply put himself above the law, and has assumed, at least on two occasions, the prero gatives of royalty. This contempt for law is just what we in England regard more, perhaps, than most nations with profound aversion. The other principle which has hitherto formed part of our national character was public respect for religion. But except, perhaps, in England, and then only because he was in leading strings and had not free speech, Garibaldi, wherever he goes, attacks and ridicules and parodies Christianity iu the most outrageous manner. His hatred of the Papacy, not of the Temporal Power only, is but a disguise for his hatred and contempt for Chris tianity. The fundamental doctrines of the Chris tian religion are to him something more than objects of scorn. He waxes furious when con fronted with any of the great truths of revealed religion. His only religion is the worship of humanity, a gross pantheism which makes his mouth so often utter the horrible blasphemies with which he has filled revolutionary Italy. In Garibaldi and in Mazzini the coarser and the more subtle elements of the impious European Revolution are personified. It is time that Englishmen at last laid aside the rough and ready sympathy which they so naturally feel in every movement which is sup posed to have liberty for its object, order to examine closely and thoroughly into the character of the impious Revolution which they have cherished so long, and which is certain, sooner or later, to turn upon them its deadly sting. Let every man trace for himself its effects upon civil order and religion. Let him track the steps of the Revolution ; in every country where it has gained the upper hand he will find—First: Insecurity of property; from the fact that the property of the Church, or the estates of the nobility, or of corporations, or the public funds, have been attacked and confiscated. Secondly: Instability of civil authority ; because dynasties have been overthrown as easily as in countries where the Revolution has not as yet made itself master. Ministries are changed; because force has weakened respect for law, and barricades are the ready tongues which lawlessness has substituted for the voice of constitutional remonstrance. Thirdly : Discontent of the masses ; because poverty, arising from over taxation and from interruption and uncertainty of trade, disappointment of the hopes of wealth and enjoyment, have produced commu nism or chronic anarchy. Fourthly : A degraded literature, impious and immoral in tone and character. Fifthly : Irreligion; because the Church, instead of being obeyed as the guide, is treated as the outcast of society ; because the marriage laws have been degraded ; because education has been perverted, and public morals have been studiously and systematically outraged. Let these characteristics of the Revolution be thoroughly comprehended in detail, divested of the false halo which a morbid Liberalism has thrown over the revolting features of the great anti-social and irreligious propagandism which is being carried on under the name of liberty, and no respectable and decent Englishman, we feel cer tain, would wish to have any longer a hand in this ungodly movement. If he hesitate let him read the full reports of the impious speeches deli vered at the Congress of Geneva. The arrest of Garibaldi, the blasphemer of religion, the traitor to his King, is a good moment for England to break off sympathy and connection with the irreligious movement which is going on in Italy. By the latest news we are told that English money has been sent to Garibaldi; it is, therefore, not enough that Englishmen should cease from any further complicity with the Revolution they should lose no opportunity of denouncing the evil spirit which dictates the movement, and which can now no longer be kept out of sight. Such a disavowal of the Italian Revolution and its agents is now more than ever necessary, as an attempt will, no doubt, be made on the part of the friends of the movement to divert public attention from the folly and the crime of Garibaldi, and from the inglorious termination of the attempt to excite a revolt in Rome by renewed attacks on the Papacy. The purport of these attacks is too obvious to need comment. In spite of every appeal, of underhand plotting, and of revolutionary agents, Rome, without the support of a single French soldier, has main tained perfect peace and tranquillity. The bishops of the Catholic world can bear testimony to what they have witnessed in Rome—the loyalty and devotion of the great mass of the people to the Pope-King. The enemy is not inside, but outside her walls. Inside no rebellious agitation makes itself heard. Things go on in their ordinary, peaceful course, after the departure of those soldiers who were alleged by the Liberal Press of Europe to have held the Pope's subjects in thraldom. Outside is the Revolution and Garibaldi. Their only hope of creating a disturbance in Rome is by bringing thither his redshirted followers. But France and the Convention of September stand in the way of professional revolutionists going to the city of the Pope, and therefore Garibaldi is in prison, and tranquillity and order prevail, as here tofore, unbroken in Rome. Europe as well as France is concerned in the preservation of Rome from the violence of such impious filibusters as Garibaldi. Catholic France knows what the Times conveniently forgets, that the Revolution, by stripping the Pope of two-thirds of his territories, has deprived his exchequer of the necessary supplies, and his army of all means of obtaining recruits, and that consequently the tribute of Catholic Europe in men and money is sent to Rome to make good that act of spoliation, and to prevent the Revolution of profiting by its own crime. It is the climax of absurdity to rob the Papal Power of its means of support and protection, and then to rail at it for seeking foreign support against a foreign Revolution. Let the Revolution and Garibaldi and European Liberalism leave Rome alone, and the Ecumenical Council will close its sittings in the same peace and tranquillity, and amid as much devotion and fealty to the Pope-King on the part of the people of Rome, as were witnessed by the five hundred bishops and thirty thousand priests at the Cen tenary of St. Peter.— Westminster Gazette. WESTMINSTER PALACE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE " BUILDING NEWS." Srn,—With the remark in the Building News of September 6, that Mr. Pugin had not made out his case, most people will agree. He certainly fur nished a string of probabilities, but no absolute proof. There were weak points in his statement which it was impossible to overlook ; and his style of writing was more energetic than is usually em ployed in advocating a thoroughly sound cause. Having always entertained the highest admiration for the classical works of Sir Charles Barry, and never having heard of his performances in the Gothic style in the Pentonville and Islington districts, I was inclined to think that Mr. Pugin's claims on his father's behalf were excessive. When I saw his letter in the Times of September 7, where he says, " Giants are not to be met with every day, and their youth and growth, as well as their middle age, are generally known to those around them. The great results achieved by my father were foretold in his early childhood ; and his draw ings and his works all lead up and point to the greatest of them all—the Palace of Westminster. What, on the other hand, has Sir Charles Barry got to show ? Where it.there one executed work of his which would induce the belief that he was, in very truth, the art architect of that noble pile ?" Now, I must confess that my belief in Sir C. Barry was not shaken by learning that Pugin's nurses predicted that he would achieve greatness, because soothsaying of that nature is neither rare nor reliable,• but I was certainly struck by the plain question, " What, on the other hand, has Sir Charles Barry got to show ?" When Mr. Pugin instances St. Peter's church, Hatton-garden, and asks if it be possible that the same man could have designed the Palace of 'Westminster, he puts a question very much to the point, and one which can be answered by any one who takes the trouble to inspect the said church. I had previously noticed from the Farringdon-road a very ugly church of the date when most churches were ugly, but, until the appearance of Mr. Pugin's letter, was unaware that it was the work of Sir C. Barry. I, therefore, determined to pay it a visit, and to inspect other of his earlier buildings, believing that the youth and growth of giants will be traced in their works. St. Peter's church, Hatton-garden, was consecrated in October, 1832. The style is Perpendicular, of the worst kind, exhibiting all the faults that an utter absence of Gothic feeling could crowd into one *building. That the reveals or splays are insufficient may be attributed to the thinness of the walls, but no considerations of economy pan.aceount for the form of the window labels, which, as Ruskin says, " are like wind lasses." In utter disgust I entered the church, in hopes that the interior might present some re deeming feature. In this I was disappointed. The very form of the arches of the nave, and the pillars supporting them, is of the most debased character ; and, as to the woodwork, the roof, gal leries, pulpit, reredos, pinnacles, crockets, and panelling, are of the rudest and most ignorant de scription. I left the building satisfied that the man, who, in 1830 or thereabouts, designed this church, could by no possibility have had anything advantageous to do with the Palace of Westmin ster. I thence proceeded to inspect Holy Trinity Church, Cloudesley-square, finished early in 1829, at a cost of £11,535, where the same hand was manifest. Criticism upon these buildings is thrown away. They are as good as the average of Gothic works of that date, but they do not show a particle of Gothic feeling. A tablet bearing the name of the architect existed for many years in this church ; but, owing to some alterations being made in opposition to Sir Charles's advice, he caused it to be removed. For his fame's sake it were well if everything Gothic he ever did could be hidden from sight ; certainly the other churches that I visited—St. John's Church, Holloway, con secrated July, 1828, cost £11,890 7s. Bd., and St. Paul's, Ball's Pond, consecrated October, 1828, cost £10,947 11s. 6d.—can add to no architect's reputation. The result of my inspections, which were not all effected in one day, was a confirmation of the opinion arrived at the moment I entered the first church and the latest in date, namely, that the same hand could not have designed build ings of such opposite character as Barry's churches and the Westminster Palace. Knowledge of an art is picked up frequently enough—•feeling, rarely. I was now thoroughly convinced of the justice of Mr. E. W. Pugin's claims, but I could not acknow ledge that he had proved his case. The uglyletter of September 6, 1845, was not satisfactorily ex plained away, but the evidence of the churches was so conclusive that my faith was not for a moment shaken. When, however, Mr. Mares's letter appeared in the Times of the 16th, the miss ing link in the chain of testimony was supplied, and few will now be found to doubt who was the art architect of the Palace of Westminster. That the elder Pugin kept Sir Charles Barry's secret well is shown by the difficulty now expe rienced in absolutely proving his title to the fame which is his due ; but the secrecy which was binding on him could not justly be transmitted to his son. Mr. E. W. Pugin has an inalienable right, and he conceives it a duty, to obtain for his father that fame of which during his life he was deprived. The plea that an assistant is in honour bound, for the sake of a most inadequate compensation, to conceal, if not deny, his own share in his em ployer's reputed work is scarcely decent. The position of an assistant would be anomalous. He must be able to do the work as well as his em ployer—in too many cases he does it much better —and he must at the same time conceal from clients the part he really plays. How, under these circumstances, is he ever to rise ? And without the hope of rising an assistant will not be of much use. The architectural profession will be elevated in proportion as the actual authors of works are known. There are at present many buildings which are known not to be the work of their reputed authors, but which, nevertheless, . have brought them fame. Pugin's case is not a solitary instance ; let us hope it may be the last.—l am, &c., J. A. IL The Pugin v. Barry controversy still goes on, and at present Mr. Pugin appears to be getting the best of it. Several letters have appeared in the Times and elsewhere, which no doubt will be reproduced in the intended pamphlet. The mat ter, at all events, is not to be snuffed out so easily as the Pall Mall Gazette imagined. The controversy, so far as it has gone, shows that Mr. E. W. Pugin did not take up the gauntlet thoughtlessly, or without a vast amount of data ; and no one can deny that he exhibits remarkable ability in con ducting his case. He is determined that his father's fame shall not, if possible, suffer in his hands, and if he is unsuccessful in establishing , his position, it will not be for the want of ardour, industry, and eloquence. In to-day's impression of the Building News will be found a letter from a correspondent, who, in the first place, thought that Mr. Pugin failed to prove his case, and that Sir Charles Barry was the architect of the Houses of Parlia ment, but after a careful examination of th e churches erected in London by Sir Charles—when he had apparently every opportunity for th e dis play of his ability—our correspondent has a lt ere d his opinion. He says there is an impassable gulf between these churches and the Houses of Par liament, and that it is next to impossible for them to have proceeded from the same architectural brain. We can only testify that our correspon dent, who is one of our regular contributors, speaks disinterestedly and impartially in the mat ter.—Building News. THE 44 PALL fiLI.LL GAZETTE" ON &1 VAGES. _~ - The Pall Mall Gazette has, in one of its recent issues, indulged in some strictures on the specula tions of De Maistre, on the savage state. The Gazette fastens on one of the observations of the great Pi e d mon tese writer in regard to the origin of this frightf u l degradation of certain members of the human family ; and this observation is cer tainly th e wea k e st. De Maist r e observes, among other things, that these wretched outcasts of mankind seem to be labouring under a mysterious malediction, incurred by reason of some, ancestral crime. This may or may not be the case. There is some probability for the affirmative, though, in certain cases, it is scarcely susceptible of proof. Such an hereditary curse, we know, weighs on the sable descendants of Cham, who yet have not descended to the lowest state of moral and intellectual culture. There are certainnegro tribes, who declare that they feel themselves to be accursed. _ _ But that the - savage is an outcast child—disin herited of the noble patrimony he once possessed —is a fact resting on very solid grounds, and which is supported by the authority, not only of Count de Maistre, but, among others, of two of his most illustrious contemporaries, De Bonald and Frederick Schlegel. Alexander von Humboldt observed in the languages of the American savages, numerous as they are, and differing among them selves, a most elaborate and refined grammatical structure, that pointed to a high anterior civilization. Again, in the savage races of Polynesia, as well as of America, we find intermingled with strange and cruel superstitions, all the great dogmas of primitive Revelation—the unity of a supreme almighty God—the existence of intermediate spirits —the immortality of the soul—a state of future rewards and punishments—the moral duties—the necessity for prayer and sacrifice—the fall of man, and the expectation of a future Redeemer of mankind. We find, too, not only these primeval doctrines in a state of greater purity than can be often discerned in the polished nations of heathen ism, but we discover the great facts of sacred his tory, as recorded in the Old Testament, often rendered by these untutored children of Nature with a surprising fidelity. Thus the Creation — the Deluge, with some of its minutest circumstances —the building of the Tower of Babel—the disper sion of the different families of men—are facts to be found in the traditions, not of comparatively polite peoples, like the Mexicans and Peruvians, but of the wild tribes that roam along the banks of the Orenoco, and haunt the forests of Brazil and Chili. Whence did these rude races, as well as the half-civilized nations, derive the knowledge of the great truths of primeval religion, and of the mar vellous facts connected with thaQ religion, and the early destinies of mankind ? Whence but from tradition, supported, indeed, by the yearnings of the human heart, and partially reflected by the light of reason, which, even in the least cultivated mind, is not wholly extinct ? The origin of savages does not seem to us difficult of explanation. Indi viduals belonging to conquered tribes, escaping from their yictors, took refuge in forests, or in marshy plains, or in mountain fastnesses difficult of access. There, separated from their fellows, separated from the more civilized community to which they once belonged, they forget by degrees their former habits of life, are compelled to give up tillage for the chase, and in the pursuit of a precarious subsistence, needing extensive tracts, they become more and more isolated, one from the other. For, as society is the mother of civil ization, isolation is the parent of barbarism. For, as society was instituted by God for the develop ment of man's physical, moral, and intellectual qualities, it follows that where society has been weakened and disjointed,and the individual, thrown more and more on his own resources, has been bereaved of all its manifold aids and supports, his various powers should be proportionately enfeebled. It is singular that we sometimes find the savage on the very skirts of civilization. Thus about a hundred miles south-east of Calcutta there is a fierce tribe, whose name we cannot at this moment recall, and which, inhabiting a gloomy forest, is addicted to human sacrifices, and even practises cannibalism. In conclusion, we thank the Pall Mall Gazette for its generous tribute to the great intellectual powers of De Maistre. It is remarkable that in England the recognition of Catholic genius comes more frequently from the free-thinking, than from the Anglican schools.—Westminster Gazette. Miscellaneous Foreign News. A letter from Rome, dated Sept. 13, says : Pius IX. has at this moment two great affairs in hand--the improvement of the sanitary condi tion of his little kingdom and the convocation of the General Council. The sanitary state of the Roman territory has remarkably improved. The attacks from cholera have almost entirely subsided. For several days there has been at Albano no new case nor death. There still remains about 120 patients on the way of recovery. In the province of Frosinone the disease does not seem to be making much pro gress. At Rome there has been since my last letter 180 cases and sixty-four deaths. The orphans left by the cholera engage the active attention of the Government. They amount at Albano to the number of eighty, and at Rome to that of 500. A Roman curate (a solitary instance) having evinced little zeal in assisting the cholera patients,' has been deprived of his functions by the Pope, who nominated as his successor the vicar of the parish. Many descriptions of the ravages of the cholera at Albano have been within the last few days pub lished by eye-witnesses. In one of them I read as follows : "An opulent American, by name R. S., who passed the summer season in a coun try house at a little distance from the town of Albano, lived in vice and in utter forgetfulness of God. A native servant left him in the begin ning of August, saying he no longer wished to remain in a family where the anger of Heaven was so audaciously provoked. The good man was not deceived. Six days afterwards the disease attacked the villa, in spite of all the precautions taken against it, and carried off within a few hours ano ther servant and two women, whom R— had brought from his own country. One morning, at an early hour, a venerable priest, who came in great haste from a neighbouring town to assist the cholera patients, passed under the windows of the villa. It—, frantic with terror and despair, called out to him, insulting him in the most brutal manner, and even, it is said, threatening him with a revolver which he held in his hand. The priest came in ; the three dead bodies were stretched out in the garden, where It— had flung them, hoping thereby to escape the epidemic. But the wretched man had just been attacked himself. The symp toms were frightful ; he foamed at the mouth and writhed on the floor. The priest, well understand ing this fearful malady, exhorted him to think only of the salvation of his soul. It— howled out " No, no ;I do not wish to die ; I cannot die. I am too young, too rich, and too happy. Away, priestly impostor, bird of ill-omen. I called you to nurse me, and not to confess me." Then the wretch blasphemed God, and offered up his soul to Satan in exchange for life ! The poor priest in vain poured forth prayers and words of consolation. He even offered up his life to God to save the soul, and, if possible, the life of that wretched man. God, in His impenetrable designs, did not accept that sacrifice. It— died, uttering one last blas phemy against Heaven." The preparatory commission is being gradually formed. Among the cardinals, members of that commission, we may name Cardinal Reisach, for the Department of Ecclesiastical Diplomacy and Public Instruction; his Eminence Cardinal Barnabo, for Oriental Affairs ; Cardinal Panebianco, for Matri monial Cases and Dispensations ; Cardinal Bczarri, for Monastic Discipline ; Cardinal Biglio, for Doc trinal Matters; and Cardinal Catterini, for Canon Law. The consultors, like the cardinals, have each his allotted part. Among them we may name Fathers Perrone, Tarquini, Franzelini, Jesdanuits ; Fathers Spada and Carbo, Dominicans ; and Father Mura, a Servite, &c. Garibaldi has returned to Florence. We shall see if the Italian Government will permit him to resume his peregrinations around the Pontifical State. An allocution against the spoliation of the Italian clergy, to be pronounced by the Pope in a Consia tory which is to be held, it is said, on the 23rd instant, is now being printed at the secret press of the Quirinal. Sept. 20. The Holy Father has this morning held a Secret Consistory, in which he has pronounced a Latin Allocution relative to some circumstances of the time. This Allocution has not been published, and in all probability will not be so. In the Giornale Romano we find, however, the following summary of what his Holiness said :—The Holy Father has solemnly condemned the recent decree, having for its object to complete the sacrilegious usurpation of the property of the Italian Church, and he has declared null and void this decree, as well as all its effects, and confirmed the penalties and censures pronounced on this matter by the Sacred Canons. His Holiness next pointed out the wretched calumnies in a work published by Amyok at Paris, under the title of " The Court of Rome and the Emperor Maximilian "—a work in which the author seeks to insinuate that the Holy See has had a large share in the misfortunes of Mexico, and affirms that the Holy Father had given to that Emperor assurances which never have been, and never could have been, given. In the condem nation of this work, his Holiness makes mention of recent and important documents, and especially of a letter which the Emperor Maximilian wrote to him from the prison of Queretaro, on the 18th of last June—a letter sufficient to prove the false hood and the hypocrisy of the assertions and insinuations in question. His Holiness afterwards recalled, in words of sorrow and regret —yet of eulogy and consolation—the holy death of Car dinal Altieri, Bishop of Albano. He bestowed especially commendations on the secular and re gular clergy of that town, and on the garrison which, under those painful circumstances, had displayed such Christian zeal and heroic self-denial. Lastly, his Holiness terminated the Allocution in warmly recommending recourse to prayer, the sole but powerful weapon of Catholics at all times, and especially in these days when so many grave calamities weigh on most of the nations of Europe. After the Allocution, the Pope made several important promotions in the Roman Church, and instituted several bishops to sees in different coun tries. Space prevents us from giving the entire letter of our correspondent, as it arrived late. The remainder shall appear in our next issue. One more passage, however, we must insert. The tenour of the Emperor Maximilian's letter to the Pope is not known, but it is said to contain very strong expressions against the fatal influence exercised by the Emperor Napoleon on Mexico. The letter forms part of the Allocution ; but if that docu ment be published, the Pope will most certainly suppress the letter in question. It is said that nearly 30 suicides have been coin- mated in St. Louis during this summer. A suicidal 3pidemic is supposed to be raging in that locality, and hould engage the attention of scientific investigators. Among - the rumours of Cabinet changes Charles Franc is Adams is talked of as the successor of Mr. Seward. The Republicans of Minnesota on Wednesday, the 11th, nomit sated W. IL Marshall for Governor ; S. H. Armstrong for I deut.-Governor ; Colonel Rogers for Secretary of State ; Emil Munch for Treasurer; and R. E. Cornell for Attorney-General. Tb e Democrats of Wisconsin on Sept. 11 nomi nritei l J. J. Tallmadge for Governor, G. L. Parks for Lieutenant-Governor, Erni Rothe for Secretary of State, L. R. Wetherby for Attorney-General, Ole Higgiuson for Cctatnissioner, Peter Pupp, of Fond du Lac, for Treasurer, L. O. Draper for Superintendent of Public Institutions, and R. J. Harney for Bank Controller. illizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan Anthony are tall ing to the people of Kansas in favour of woman suf - fra; ;o so effectually that the question will be voted upon, th , -ugh there is much doubt about the result: General Charles Windham succeeds Sir John 31icivel as Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian forces. Attorney -General Stanbery has returned to his work at Washington, and Assistant Attorney-General Blackley is nor taking his vacation. Colonel Dwight Morris, of Bridgeport, Connec ticut, has at - lived in Europe from New York, to assume his post of United States Consul at Havre. Charles Burrell's claim against Boston, tried on the 2d. inst., before Judges Clifford and Lowell, amounts to $100,000,000 for making up the quota of men for that city during the war. B. F. Butler is ono of the plaintiff's counsel. The well-known authoresses, the Misses Hale, of Boston, left that city Sept. 7, on a visit to their brother, Charles Hale, Alexandria, Egypt. The well-known author, Charles Kingsley, has arrived in New York. It is to be hoped that his visit to America may correct many erroneous impressions he for merly held. Mr. J. S. Wright, a button manufacturer, who formerly worked at the bench, and Mr. J. A. Langford, whew pursuits have been literary of late years, but who was formerly a working man, are each spoken of as the working men's candidate for the third seat for Birming ham. Mr. Jerome Wells, President of the first National Bank of Chicopee, was to sail for Europe in the Ville de Paris. At the meeting of the Wisconsin Republican State Convention, on the 4th iust., Lucius Fairchild was renominated for Governor, and the remainder of the ticket was made up as follows :—Lieutenant-Governor, Wyman Spooner; Secretary of State, Thomas S. Allen; Trea surer, William E. Smith ; Attorney-General, Colonel R. C. Mill. General Gordon Grainger is to succeed General Howard as Commissioner in the Freedman's Bureau. Pending the election of a successor to the late Governor Helm, of Kentucky, the Government will be administered till August, 18G8. The Governor of Maine urges the United States Government to direct Admiral Farragut to carry the Jaffa colonists of his State back to their homes. Mr. Dunbar has issued a fourth number of the Globe with the usual charges of fraud against the Treasury Department. Henry H. Haight, lately elected Governor of California, on the Democratic ticket, is an eminent lawyer of San Francisco. Surratt, it is now said, will not be again tried until Congress alters the laws of the District of Columbia, so that negroes may serve as jurors. Ex-Governor Buckingham, of Connecticut, has paid one-half the cost of a $6,000 church, building at Buckingham, Tama county, lowa, which place was named after him, beside giving a bandsome carpet and Bible. Hiram Powers, when asked how he could preserve such sympathy with the feelings of his countrymen as is shown in his "Columbia," "California," and his other distinctively American works, replied, " The truth is I hat, although I have studied for thirty years in Italy, I have always lived in America." Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Napier, nominated for the command-in-chief in Abyssinia, entered the Ben gal Engineers in 1827. He was present in the first Seikh war, and had a horse killed under him at the battle of Moodkee, and a second at the battle of Perozeshah. At the second Punjaub war he was Chief Engineer of the force that besieged Mooltan, where ho was severely wounded. He was Chief of the Staff of the Lucknow relieving force under Outran, in 1857, when he was again wounded, but recovered in time to take an active part in the subsequent campaigns. Ho was divisional general under Sir Hope Grant in the last China war, and he afterwards relieved Sir William Mansfield as Commander-in-Chief of the Bom bay army. He is well known in the East as a most scientific and energetic officer, and a better selection could scarcely have been made. Major Hayden M'Lellan has been appointed special agent of the Post-office Department to take charge of mails conveyed toy the new line of steamers from San Francisco to Honolulu. Ho will leave New York by the steamer of the 11th inst. for San Francisco, and the latter post for Honolulu by the first steamer which sails on the 11th Oct. The Emperor Theodore was at Debra-Tabor with his camp on the 11th July. The captives were at Magdala on the 27th July. General N. B. Buford has been relieved from duty as special Indian Commissioner, and has been ap pointed by Secretary Browning Commissioner to examine the tenth section of the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division, in place of General Frank P. Blair. General Buford left for St. Louis on September 5. The President has recognised Alexander Bellaigne D. Bughas as Consul of Franco at Charleston, S.C. Baron Albert De Vaux, Consul of France, at Richmond, Va. ; J. A. Quinton, Consul of Belgium, at New Orleans ; and Ignatius Sargent, Vice-Consul of Spain, at Machias, Mobile. The Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone de livered a speech at the opening of the new docks at Bar row-in-Furness. Although so many monuments were proposed to the memory of Abraham Lincoln at the time of his death not one has yet been raised. At New York on Monday, Sept. 2, Henry Simpson informed the Society for the Suppression of Gambling that he had lost $35 at a faro bank at No. 42, Bowery. The society made arrangements for breaking up the place, but ➢lr. Simpson told his story in the neigh bourhood of the bank, and the gamblers gave him a sound thrashing, and $lO on condition that he would not molest them. Consequently the society was defeated. The President has appointed Thomas N. Still well of Indiana, and an ex-member of Congress, Minister resident to Venezuela. Dr. Hall, of Dublin, bas accepted a call" sent him by telegraph for the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City. The terms are $6,000 in gold, a parsonage, and travellirg expenses. We regret to hear that Cyrus W. Field is seriously ill at New Hamburg, New York. Chief Justice Chase was present at the meeting of the General Association of New Hampshire, where he ob served that the success in the late conflict was largely duo to the instructions from the pulpit, and that it was the moral and religious element that had made the people so strong. Mrs. Crow (the celebrated Miss Bateman) has arrived in London from New York to fulfil a theatrical engagAment. Professor Watson, of the Michigan University, who lately discovered a planet, asserts that on Friday, the 6th instant, he perceived another, iu the Right Ascension, 14 deg. 15 min., and declination 6 dog. 10 min. North, of brilliancy equal to a star of the 11th magnitude. Doche, the French actress, is announced among many other foreign celebrities to visit America. James Sullivan publishes in Wilkes' Spirit the following challenge, which is tantamount to an announce ment that ho is the most agile monkey in America: — "Valley Falls, Rhode Island, August 22, 1867.—1, James Sullivan, am open to climb one hundred telegraph poles for the sum of one hundred dollars a side, with any man between Boston and New York, if the privilege can bo got ; if not, to climb a fifty-foot pole one hundred times. Man and money ready at any time at Bernard Carroll's, Valley Falls, R.l.—Yours truly, " JAMES SULLIVAN." The Central College, Courtland county, New York, has forwarded, through its president, the Rev. C. P Grosvenor, D.D., the degree of M.A. to the Rev. E Matthews, of Bristol, in recognition of his devoted services in the Anti-Slavery cause. The opinions of Mr. Matthews have been too clearly expressed in our columns by himself not to be well-known to our readers. _ _ Mr. Eastman's street rail invention gains daily in favour in Paris, and a plan is, we believe, on foot for its introduction into that city on a very considerable scale. Surely the subject is worth the careful attention of the authorities of this metropolis. Colonel Ilillyer, formerly on General Grant's staff, now a revenue collector iu New York, has been at tacked by a writer signing himself "J. W." The campaign opened with a letter from "J. W." to the general, calling attention to the moral defects of his late staff officer. This Grant very properly forwarded to the colonel, who there upon opened his battery on "J. W." The firing became general, the Commercial Advel tiser furnishing the field to its own profit, for people are sure to gather where a row is progressing. This was a charming little excitement in the present dull period, the combatants belabouring each other to the amusement of the lookers-on, who we re forcibly reminded of good old times now seldom thus pleasantly recalled. Mr. Philips calls Mr. Fessenden " a dyspeptic Scotch terrier." Denham (Canover), the perjurer, first appeared publicly as the New / - 01.1: 'Tribune's Canadian curre tsPOUdent in 1863, when it ulaY readily be imagined that London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at MR SUN Oflce, No. 112. Strand, in the Precinct of the So toy, in the County o f aidclloSox.7-Tuesday, October 1, 1867. his intelligence was more "sensational" than truthful. lie is said to be one of the most plausible liars that ever lived. _ _ John Morrissey won $50,000, in the recent fight for the championship of America between Mike M'Coole and Aaron Jones. General Rufus King, late Minister to Rome, is at Washington urging a claim to a mission to Greece. Mr. Harvey, Minister to Portugal, is expected to arrive at Washington immediately. Samuel Wilkenson, late of the Tribune, has be come connected with the eastern division (Kansas branch) of the Pacific Railway, as writing financial agent. When Artemus Ward lay on his death-bed at Southampton he turned to a friend by his bedside, with & flash of the old humour in his kindly eyes, and mur mured, " What have I done that I should die so young ? I never was guilty of a burglary, or ever committed the minor offence of killing a publisher or even a newspaper man ." The Conference of Bi-it:ops at Lambeth Palace received an unexpected addition last Tuesday by the arrival of Dr. C. M. Williams, the American Bishop of China, who reached London on Monday night. A San Franciscan paper informs us that the King of Hawaii is dying, and that his successor will probably be Mrs. Bishop, a lineal descendant of a powerful chief, and now the wife of an American banker at Honolulu. The Round Table informs us that the " University of Wisconsin, which has been reorganised in accordance with acts passed by the state legislature in 1866 and 1867, is henceforth to maintain these departments of instruction : A College of Letters, with a four years' course in mathe matics, ancient and modern languages, literature, and science ; a College of Arts, with a three years' course in mathematics, modern languages and literature, and the natural sciences in their application to agriculture and the arts, beside a wide range of optional studies; a Prepara tory Department, with a three years' course, which will be strictly limited to the preparation of boys for the University course and will not do the work of common schools ; and a Female Department, with a three years' course in language, literature, and science, in which the recitations, conducted by the University professors, will be distinct from the college classes, while students, in addition to the prescribed course, may pursue any optional study taught in the Uni versity for which they are fitted, and may also attend all University lectures. For this department it is proposed to provide buildings and make a fully organisedfemale col lege as soon as may be. After the present year there is also to be a post-graduate course of one year for the study of engineering and natural science. There is a legal re quirement that instruction shall be given in military tactics; in this the assistance of the general government is expected, and the matter has not yet been matured. Whether it is purposed to make this compulsory upon the students we are not aware, but we should have little doubt in that event, that it must either soon be abandoned or create much embarrassment and unpopularity for the insti tution. 00UNTB,Y MARKETS. COLCIIESTER-SEPT. 28. This market was poorly supplied with wheat to-day, and the trade was brisk, at fully is over last week's prices. Barley was in demand, and prices advanced is per qr on the quotations of last week. Beans and peas wore is dearer. iVheat, white Cs 72s Beans, 3.lazag - an......381 40s red. 6's Os Middle and sinall._44B 488 Barley .... 3s 44s I Peas, white 38s 42s Oat CIIELAISFORD-SETT. 27. There was a large supply of wheat on sale to-day, and a considerable amourt of transactions took place in all kinds at late rates. There was a fair demand for Spring corn, and prices unaltered. Wheat, old white.... 588 72s Peas, Partridge 408 928 new LOs 75s Wh.te ...... ....Us 383 old red '64 664 8A1ing........364 40s new. 61s ;Os Dun.... ..... ...;48s 408 Barley.... 2OB 3:,8 dit o, new....--3 --4 Chevalier 4' 8 s:ls Beans, Tick, 01d......408 453 Grind.ng "Os 32s new....39s 933 Malt 6118 748 Harrow ficks.42s 463 Chevalier 68s 764 new.... 918 958 Oats ABERDEE: -SEPT. 27. Prices for all descriptions of grain nominally the same as last week. There was a brisk business done, with a good attendance. White wheat 58s Od to G3s Od } 621 11 bushel. Red wheat 50 s Od t o 58 s O d Potato oats 28s Od to 30s Odk 401 b 11 bushel. Common oats 26s Gd to 30s Od Bere 35s 6d to 36s 6d ( 531 b t 5 bushel. Barley 35s Gd to 36s 6d j Oatmeal 20s 6d to 21s 6d 131 boll of 280Ib. Flour, fine 48s Od to 50s Od le sack of 2801 b KIRKCALDY—SEPT. 21. Small supplies of new grain at our market to-day, which sold at the prices of last week. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First. 67s 6 I •1 3s 6d 3:s 64 eound.... 666 0d 1 36s 0 , 1 sOd Tit:rd..... -8 Od ' —s Od --a 0,1 CORK --'IIIDAT. White wheat, 13s Od to 14s 3d ; red, 12s Od to —s Od ; black oats, 81: 7d to 8s 9d; white, Os Od to 10s Od. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the closeof the market. s. d. Walls End Hetton 22 0 West Hartley Hetton Lyons Bradyell'slletton 2l 0 Eden Main Wharneliffe Caradoc 2l 3 Ships at mark s. d Tanfield Moor Butes 15 0 Hartlepool Original Hartlepool East Hartlepool Tunstall New Belmont l9 9 , t, 35—sold, 33. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southamptoa..„ 00t. 20. Ditto, via Marseilles Oct. 14. Ditto, via Panama • • • • • • Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and M on t e V i d eo Oct. 4. Ditto, by Frenoh packet Cape Vohs, by Brazil paozet Cape of Good Hope. Ascension. and St. Helena.. Oct. 2i, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Oct. 3. Ditto, via Marseilles laikland Islands Oct. 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton India. via Southampton Ditto, via Marcell es Malta, Egypt, 57.0 Oct. 3. Ditto, Marstilles.. Oct. 7. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton . Oct. 20 Ditta, via. Musa les Oct. i 4. Newfoundland Oct. 9 Portugal Oct. 4. Ditto, by private ship to Oporto . Ditto ditto to Lisbon United States, Canada, California, Sze., by British packet Ditto, by United States packet Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet Oct. 4. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teaerifre.... ... Oct. 3 West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha- max) Cub t and Mexico Oct. Bahamas, via New York Oct. 9 • Bermuda, via Halifax CRYSTAL PALACE.-ONE SHILLING DAY.-MON DAY, Sept. 30. Admissions on payment, 14,585 ; ditto by season tickets, 3,212 ; total visitors, 17,797. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Throughout the year, whether summer heats or wintry chills rule the atmosphere, these remedies are always ap plicable, and will never fail to reward those sufferers who give a trial to their efficiency. This Ointment isin valuable for the relief of the many accidents which hap pen to children. Chafes, cuts, burns, pimples, and boils are instantly relieved and speedily cured by it. All ex ternal inflammations, carbuncles, whitlows, sprains, and erysipelas are restrained in their painful course by this cooling unguent, and conducted to a thorough cure. Assisted by the purifying powers of the Pills, Holloway's Ointment works wonders in healing up old ulcers, and effectually skin over those chronic sores on the logs which make existence miserable. Births. CHRISTIAN-On the 28th ult., at Cheltenham, the wife of Captain Christian, R.N., of a son. HARTOPP —On the 28th ult., at 53, Eaton-place, Belgrave square, Lady Hartopp, of a daughter. SPARKS —On the 29th ult., at Walmer, the wife of Captain Sparks, Royal Fusiliers, of a son. Marriages. HILDEBRAND —LAKE—On the 26th ult., at the Church of St. Botolph, Northfleet, Godfrey Hildebrand, Esq., Royal Engineers, son of the Rev. J. B. Bildebrand, rector of Saxby, Leicestershire, to Margaret Anne, eldest daughter of William Lake, Esq., Gravesend. . _ LAST—BEVAN—On the 28th ult., at Our Lady's, Grove road, St. John's-wood, D. J. Last, Esq., of 2:4, Oxford street, to Mary, eldest daughter of J. Bevan, Esq., of Towuseud-road, St. John's-wood. Deaths. BROADLEY—On the 2Gth ult., at Cork, Lieut.-Col. Edward 0. Broadley, formerly of the 32d (Light Infantry) Regi ment, aged 64. DURDIN the 25th ult., at St. James's-place, Plymouth, Thomas G. Durdin, Esq., J.P., of Shanagarry Castle, county Cork. - - - • • -- _ JACKSON-0n the 27th ult., at Upper Homerton, Win. D. Jackson, Eeq., aged 72. NAIL—On the 27th ult., Samuel J. Nail, Esq., of 2, Fish street-hill, one of the Governors of Dulwich College, aged 71. TURNER—On tho 28th ult., in London, James A. Turner, Esq., of Pendlebury House, Lancashire, aged 71. THORPE-0u the 29th ult., at Tunbridge-Wells, George Thorpe, of 1, Riches-court, E C., aged 79.