The Sun. — London, England, 1861-11-01 00:00:00

• 'N, Price Sixpence, or Post Free for Seven Stamps, I NDIAN RAILWAY AND INDUS FLOTILLA GUARANTEES, examined and found to be delusive, with extracts from the Official Contracts. Second Eilition, with an enquiry into the validity of Debe il - ures. By JAMES MILLS, London : Letts, Son, and Co., 8, Royal Exchange. t-tEA TRY• It 0Y AL, HAYMARKET, Lessee, Mr. J. B. Backstone. TA IS EVENING, the performances will commence with RIC HELIEU. Richelieu, Mr. Edwin Booth ; Julie, Mrs. Charles Young. Followed by LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. And THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Commence a 7. EW THI ATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHL -11 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Open for the Winter Season. THIS EVENING, JSCOSIC HATFI CHARMS. Messrs. D. Fisher, Romer, Warde, Misses K. Kelly and Laidlaw. Alter which (266th:time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D Boncicault, D. Fisher, Billington, S. Emery, Stephenson C. .1. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boolean% Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. IL Lewis. Toconclude with LOVE AND HUNGER. Messrs. Fisher, Emery, C. J. Smith, Mrs. H. Marston, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Great snecesi of I .r. SAM COWELL'S New Song, "THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT," which will be repeated every evening, _ Grand Selections from STRADELLA, LA TRAVIATA, and DINORAH By Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, and Signor Tivoli, with a powerful Chorus. Solos on the Cornet-a-piston by the renowned performer Mr. LEVY. The Comic department comprises Mr. Sam Cowell, Mr. Marshall, Messrs. Harvey and French (the Nerves), and Miss Harriet Coveney . Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, Is. 1 1 11 E O X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. Auber's New Comic Opera, " LA CIRCASSIENNE," and Verdi's new Grand opera, " Simonßoccancgra," by the entire Company. Balfe's new ballads by Miss Russell and Madame Enderssohn (composed expressly for them). Mr. Levy's Solos on the Cornet-a-piston, and varied'Comic Entertain ments by Miss - Harriet Coveney, Messrs. W. Randall, Harvey and French (The Nerves), E. Marshall, and SAM CO WELL. Hall, 6d. ; Balcony and Stalls, is ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 12m.—Afternoon, 12h. 35m. To-MORROW. -Morning, 12h. 56m.--Afternoon, lh. 18m. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 1, 1861.. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 52—kighest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.40; a great fall. WlND—Westerly, inclining to North. Some heavy rain in the night. This is the coldest day at noon this season. THE SUN, LONDON.: FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1861. ANGLI-'SAGAMOTHE'AN OFFICIAL OATS FOR uRPHANS GEOMETER COURT, 21 Jame I.; S. *INN-Jet-semi L6.g,an rota' ouT-Flot-semi f* , :z N. Wall; murem 24 March- -29 Sept. Errant'n2:-.finangial .-Treasury-date of Twe- - % , -ed Fishery-park Law-. THE STAR'S-PERIGEE' AN-LONGIVIEGDE PHILOSOPHY, OR ELECTRO COMPASS, GEO(-)PIN S II'e SPIRIT-LEVEL. OINQUE PORTAL-ARC' Rive-Dead-court.-In kj span-long eing'kent 50 N. by Polar*above di below declin. &stre-geograPh . • • : : to @over's * Arrow off and-on' Diepp's-Rouen ^to Lizard-Pt. o'er Ind.,_,Quadra culmination Tropic-wend Vicrd minorga's Dengue ti'ock 40. N. Its state rope-lay Anchor a flag-tow'r pres-by Tyre round the fist earth, as of Titus Vespasian's meter, yr 79 on 1824-35 for Conchoid life-Burg-zjtreator Leet-crts. The Boudoig,ne 'd illegal Mixt-Comfin-Regatta fete of 27-Bth, August'en A.D. 1861- as E ve sham'd-on Aftermath R'head'ng night of Ihonfiapte'it'-issued 13th, old lam mass-day from the Strasburg Jag'ket office of Grand master mason of Malta's College, St. James'-st., on U. S. c. 33, § 7, 1800-243-off Amiens treaty -Nap-1.7, in dupelex, ' welkin Paul the capsbn-scholastic,' by Goal-LxwPs' in Ship way seal' of rParis Zonekirk's ? Earth-moving' error. So to-. " Command old words, that long have slept-to wait ?: Words that wise dawn, and brave Raleigh spake. This /angawft 8a%), - 1.2,6nt k >tot; m key-loop as, Corn hill-st, me-eka'l'd4. " Like GGG-father-131 CowPpß-1712, like GGG.echildspri Te FALetERSTON 1861 -as of H.J.Temple -citee the charted of I,l%st°' L. P. 9 Anne; 24 July, for its backwarn'ng to six, five, o r four," comber-(on's in L ath'm l Over-sparesh Cabot 15') curvature a Latrinity-Rs., 3 erth , e sunk •port, Q. inn Jet,`M land wad-set's pr ior to Pope Nie. s tax 1291-57-Doge of G,'s 9th, at ShorettAm, 18-21 ' pavillion, Bright-helm-stone meridian of old London, Lib-resumed for " Carthage-mud port-cothon, EdictC i o jt m,{% of l Review in E,zypt's'lB 9 B" 9-10 W. Ed, C. 15, f o r sole, lieu-wean A rbitrat'm A rate:m Pontifeecnm reilms bra-latin G' log tof yg ' twist Turin . sh ALI , and Codrington, um- who in Claudian's upper N,Q conic letter-,3 didn't " Scorn arbitration as a stain 9th.] To ninth and tenth of William's reign." [220 10/11. Ist. So, no 1581's Earthrolling-bull's, with a Fat earth DangueG'oi c=tli O'er Remit Jet f amen'ys astral, See I Edw. VI., c. 2, reenact 284-yr. in 1832 by 2-3 Will. IV., c. 92 , see. 4,-entitled, The Submission of the Clergy 4 Restraint of Appeals-as yet pending to Pombal's Brazil-9, in aeh ita' intervention , 25 Henr y 8, c. 19, ¶3, Whereas divers noblemen, and spiritual sylph'd fratres de sac'is' have sent out civil-summons, in their own names, as in the time of the usurped powers of the Bishop of Rome, contrary to the common law, touching writs in lay causes of correction-probates of testaments under patronal oaths. -Be it enacted, that all such citations or other processes by advocates or other will-court officers, of the King's Highness, do bear th' E-Quoin-Knight-rider's fiscustom'ary endorsement, as well as the ei Common-clerk's Mats de co-quoin' seal, under citor's name in Maypolar ' Die Pa-areas' antra-Jet x on's roof'd meridian ::S a> Rochester-bridge in mane Antmc, N. Z 'ver-head -: Waithangi'd brother and sister's 3-ty. as 0. S.2oca. of Azores (-) Verd ' fulcrum ponticulus-hemispherae'm k Ist re-ponti-Phi/imore- Te' ad, as the old longitude -bridge' Park-dance o'er the L'aicl4-lay "In silence, till the cheerful Night-sun-rode Has twice six months made its Star -wend run-node." Thus-Laganum-Rota'ry's of Kent under syn-sideral lathe epoch for P. £' audits, to Bow towns 51i0N., ft prefix over its L' ndon-wave'y bye Wall-in-ford fcirencester Seven hundreds' on 34-HEN. I.'s mile'r Rayhere Kt., to 1-4 Hen. 4's hogshead of wine Jus-" E x -change A 1." as of Bristol's • levy lenguo in Tenby's alt"mare meet, of Fresh and salt water Admiral's Court, not of ' Co-mercer's ji. fa., Brewing-sup,' on Jesuit'S'ac ward books ea. fa. 6s Bd., WOT'ON deep, e'er ye title-tax Russel'd river Rd-fonts' 2dly. Whence, by 1 Fhilip & Mary, c. 7," No man shall exercise the office of Justice Conservator (to Water bailiff's Silver-oar, of July, 1521, 81-now Utrecht's Indian-paddle Treaty of 1713-6 c, as of Mexico's Philipine isle'd Bohun inspector of all fi scal-f meter-Crts.), who like WOLSZT'S Temple'r shall t ake on himself to direct and serve his own pr Hence this negative ; since (by Ruskin-Dutch loan on America's 1614-double hdd eagle xoPegk-1791's Min gan-mesi on 1832), pension'd Stuart-Swynfordes Church- Queen's of a civil list tho' in 6'er left faces, have ceased to be the tayle of Malcolm M.'S G.G.G-son D ... monetary trust in Zouch's c.A.-kin T., and at your peril disobey this law -for one and all " as breast-high'd on Agricola's scot and lot hand-up lirmsßA'l typic, on Caesar's silver coinage for electing the yearly Abkari cess ghat's on 29th Sept., or Simi-call-meze-magistrates, as Aberdeen's 1469, to 24th March one, inn *Red Indian w,!..Glasgo" murri nomine' " To gain the race he eager tries ; his forfeit life's the stake." 27, Aug. 31, 1861 [unpiid-jan,ter martyr 19 yrs], London, PETER BASQUET, gi The flag-union Jag, Ist Fruit .; a.m M p m. gacca-corn-hill-Tow'erd as Income-tax- PBulo.gir< freeman, Antipod'n crown-colohf chief 8 Temple. of 1842, -The criminal law's Extradi . Lab. michere. tion Gap, 3 -mile off-shore Sea-constable, [ 2 March, '4l] bearing Kamerica's paddle of Admiral's 2H. M. Perley, court over Canterbury's @e-Guizote set :ll 3 Sept, '4l's tlement for New Zealand's deadprooffit P Gap / vier. Crt., its @ial -m'poy Stirlord Warden Capt. O'Halloran -tho' cruelly set up a medal-gap Vacuo v machin a, in Exehekariee gentis imagines.' .• N. CHARLES ' ACKERLEY, 1: C. J. of Carib-isled f Jethou'd Enoland, elect Aug. 29 1825 (by Ad- .•• : : miral G. Hamond, Stuart de Rothsay's Sec- Crown rotary ; Marcus Hill-SANDYS, Lay-presbyters egu, on Can'ng's Holy Alliance abolition, of King- • clubs), the Standard weight-bearer of 1837, Lt. 1 R.N. pay'd double- oathii'd victim-supporter Si of Mohawk PETER 10 yrs, by Red Indian Mary Peu Qu' March's murder-tie 1820 - " per virginale Rien tenerum corpus christe' transit, thro' Quebec's S.P.Q.R. Hamilton-Dalhousie, in E. Elder' duty,for HIS ',rose and own's State-birth provision, as the Mon- BRANT.' tague Subsidy Ist-fruit loan 1814'20's on major Trevor- Cartwright's chief saccessorial surrogat'cy. (to trove. 1322'99's red-turban'd Hen. Quadra Manfre dum'y de gecearia,' on H. s's colona'd martin 5; 11.• V to GONSALVI 1816 reeolamento-159, by Pius 7th on, Scotch-Bailie Urban Bth's capacity-oath of 1749, Ad vocate STUART wortley-Newcomen'e) en Gonfaloniere' 1824 passed isa C. A.'s naming Act 1-2 W. 4, ria. 54, as th" qoin'd Luther- calvin, July 1521, for lay seignor age, over W. Russell and Stanley's Dead-hand (1683 yet-attaints), in secret propaganda (Sion Hill) agency. o the yearly metre-set Councils General,' yet unsworn under 1835's municipal and Reform Acts for Mayor's local supremacy (against New" Cornfn Grippe-Jesus' Christian Clubs, 11 Geo. 111. c. 55, male or female," as at the Burgh ports 1772's on the Shoreham resignation, aver-bulrsrun of Clement 14th's Jesuit Jos. Abolition, by American Stras bourg's Hage murder-tie for Labrador's Phil. Francis 1770 resumption of life Moravian Act Qguard)-over the yearly Poor-law Guardians-as were plum-line'd-on the 1603's church Canon in vestry'red lettered Transeptal succession -an aft- Tow'ring, by Q. Elizabeth's P. C.-PRuRLEY-men for 1861, L. Bowes & Ackerley, for sense-office. Whence stop now-all pensions and ministers'-money (for works public) whereby all Sylph-creeds become self-supports.- So be it-for civic Asia-Europe's constabulary vox entry. " 'Tis thus that Heaven its empire doth maintain ; It may afflict-but MAN, must not complain." 4. Ap-puire' s-papal of purse minor (Exchange-house on bw*pointers for O.S. Fiat-earth Tow'r) 1582, in CONIPER's Huitson 1671's Chiliarchae'r ^ to St. Michael's PENN like O'Halloran's organ Tun' of nidelburg. SO neligoland 3ty., Jan. 14, May-Copenhagen'd by C. g A. of Daphne, 1814, as the Montague letter 15 p.c. Crown-page before Embassy FosTent's Abpuy-locum £t.' of Hanover Exmouth's 1816, in Labonchere's pa's clerk, Rothsehild's hessian 10-mart. Foreign Quarterly Review, Nov., 1829, p. 303 ; and Maritime Register, 17th Aug., 1861, p. 1051. Survey Arbitrations.-By 9-10 W. m, c. 15, it is enacted, " That merchants, sole-traders-(and all Antipode'ans, as those under the ' Turk Padi,lice 1 window tax, 1809-Dar danell'd treaty,' 1841)-desiring to end all controversies by arbitration, may agree that their submission of their suit to an Award or umpirage (as of Africa's 1828 trust on Thony Monthermer' ACKERLEY, Flag-Lt. of Ocean 74),-of any person, should be made "on Captain Cook's Crnxmana in tribal M AORI, right, on Admiralty red-flag' of Exchequer courts of Record ; and in case of disobedience to such award on Pa-tow'ring, the parties neglecting or refusing (t. F. Q. Review, Nov. 1829),-to perform the same, shall be subject to penalties of contemning a Rule of Court, "as Patax mis• sion'd on the Anglo-Saxon Mexi-Spanish trust, yet Cuba- Philipin'd to 1763-1.-state Grants, as reset 31 Jan. 1842-3, on the Carib-Micmag's rimer' s head, 'Twe'ed Inn-fan-Gee and Out-fan-G.-sustenance on North-Berwick-law(without further maddening poor PETER by exile east from), family, for refusing to give up America's Tribal flag stone lb. to any church party, by Derby and Peel's orders with Qn.'s Papa marriage silver rose ?-for Indian ladies. "Heath polar-star'd land Wehr-ring wolf to yawn, Yet, view with trembling whom they view'd with scorn.' GUILTY (OR NOT GUILTY FIUTION) ARBITER. " The sea-WRIT original (now ' police-sheet root Of' St. Peter's-key Cornhill), spring of civic-suit." The "not guilty" when GUILTY is the free and accepted for county-rate expenses, in all the courts—but, the guilty on written confession to Female complainant, before hear ing —is of right saved (50, E. 3) from a slaughter under the twofold spiritual and corporeal capacity of the casting voice of judge, as prisoner's police arbitrator. The case in ques tion being betwixt Mistake-plaintiff, and Martyr-mule- Defendant, to obtain a werioted St. xivl t 'rou Court-christian Bailtie-day's criminal fiat-pope—as the October Laird o'Cockpen's Ist usafruet, of the French (treaty Cogeordat in the Marylebone Police-court on Wed., Oct. 2, " Bellew v. Baillie" committed for three calender months to the Greyfriary cells omitting the real Rug'd-pursuer's name in civil law table-turning, a Flemish-Balieu Order's note into a police-sheet-charge) on Art. 1 and 9 Jan. 26, 1813.' The freak forgiven prisoner, on over night pre-arbitration with Plaintiff-rug-laundress, 13, Frederick-street for none t ec el is ain, the kneeling facts. So in 8-SLAKE, the Prison to recttr will near. ' not see,' at ljp-wimpole-street, 13, wamity, injustice Walsingham?' this Cassandra hoar for in t g"ln trial between mistress and servant—in order Belletea I.lc,ritt-eSleta"l arid reward, under Chief Justice (Bruce coldbath Vesta?. "") Portescue's Statute 1442 H. 6—(te nun'eryen r iZ orn qnjail-keeper's o'er the 666, in Tothill genitive'd 5 4'; tc.: ( ) now, in il legal Bench-warrant, as a provided aw l C. 24.—Ls voila, case. Rashers or ina7tLClu 3. Yea I that, if e'er ailts interfere, Or take writ shouldafBoVZ Prohibitory' It () YA L R N 6 lls --------------------- " OPERA COVENT GA.ROF.N. Under the management of Miss Louts "„ a n d OP GEORGETTE Harrison, Sole Leaseer. a M r. Wm. TFIIS EVENING. THRMARRIAGE Miss Thirlwall and Mr. A. Coat After which, at Eight o'clock, RUT BLAB. Miss Pyne, Mesdames Susan Pyne, Thirlwall. Jess'. mkt'ellalaa Messrs. Santley, A. St. Albyn , Patey , and W. Harrison n ; Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. Commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office open from Ten to Five daily. No charge fo r bOCkillg", or Ices to Box-keepers. Hin_c.•Manazer, Mr. Leigh Murray. Acting- 3lanager, Mr. Jerfwftrd Murray. POYA L LYCE UM THEATRE, .st Maufwer —lrr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, MY AUNT'S HUSBAND. Atte , which, at Eicrht o'clock, the new and success f comedy of WOMAN; or. Love against the World, i,illracters by Alessi-R. Walter Lacy, Addison, Herman Vezin, Bruton, Mrs. Bowers, Miss Murray, .in rt Miss Lydia Thomp son. TJ conclude with AN UNPROTECTED FE3fALE, in whi:li Miss Lydia Thompson will dance a New Volunteer Quick Step. as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at '7 Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. ROYAL PRINCE SS'S TIIEATRE.- Lowe and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. VI PS EVENING, JEANETTE'S WEDD ING. Mies M . Ilat la and Mr. H. Widdicomb. • (yr inf t w i l:Ach, at Eight o'clock, Shakespeare's tragedy of Othello, 1 ,711 new scenery, dresses, and appointments. ter, LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 1, 1861. A contemporary has felt constrained, in fairness, to insert a long letter, nearly four columns of small type, from the pen of a sensitive American. Mr. THEODORE S. FAY, late Resident of the United States in Switzerland, feels particularly aggrieved by the speech of Lord RUSSELL at Newcastle, and also by the almost unanimous tone of the English press. It augments his grief very naturally that other European countries should follow the views of England ; and that hence, throughout the Old World there should be, as he thinks, a very general injustice done to that portion of the New, which consists of the Northern and Free States of America. Now we certainly need not take up the defence of Lord RUSSELL, he being most abundantly able to defend himself; but it happens, as might be ex pected, that the opinions expressed by his lord ship, are so far as they go, the same as wo have ourselves often enough expressed also, and there fore we must look with some interest on an attack upon them by an American of the official class. The long homiletic portions oC the letter of Mr. FAT we pass over entirely ; hoW he came to trouble a secular newspaper with them we are at a loss to conceive. They should have been sent to Dr. CU3f3fING'S prophetical magazine, since newspapers have little to do with the Apocalypse. To come, therefore, to the sorest point of all, our ex-diplo matist, who has seen 24 years' service in that line, for his country, complains that Lord RUSSELL describes the American conflict thus :—" The parties are thus contending together, not upon the, subject of slavery, nor of tariffs, but contending, as so many States of the Old World have contended, the one side for empire, the other for power." Now possibly his lordship's words do not form the neatest supposable antithesis; it is even possible they have been reported with slight in -exactness, but take them as they stand, and they are, we main tain, notwithstanding all Mr. FAY'S appeals to facts and to the Apocalypse, entirely true. The pre sent quarrel of the two sections of the States has at least the two great elements in it to which Lord RUSSELL points. The South is fighting as it be lieves for slavery, for deliverance from a tariff which is a burden to it, as it is computed of some £7,000,000 per annum at least, and now for inde penience ; but political power was one of the chief moving causes in the commencement of the struggle, and still is at the bottom of it. The secession was begun by defeated politicians. The slavery party had reigned by cunning and terror for forty years or more; they found themselves suddenly dispos sessed as a political party; they saw the storm coming, and had prepared to meet it ; " better to reign in hell than serve in heaven " was the motto in their Cabinet councils; slavery and the tariff were, therefore, their watchwords, and these, rendered more effective by the aristocra tical contempt of the South for the North, formed their political stock in trade. JEFF. DAVIS and STEPHENS were but the heads of a knot of politi cians who were determined to have power, if it were but in half a Union. The multitudes of the South fight for a cry—their leaders for power. But the battle of the North is obviously for em pire, and for empire only. Constructively they would make out ether objects. Now they are fighting against slavery ; now for the honour and success of free institutions. But how can an impar tial bystander believe in such pretences ? Surely the success of free institutions is not to be tested by their capacity to hold together under one central rule territories enormous in extent beyond anything in Europe; and populations, whose habits, tastes, and institutions are almost hostile to each other. Not the King of PRUSSIA himself, or the Emperor of AUSTRIA, or the CZAR, would deny, that under a despotism the same severance might have taken place, the only difference being that each section would have set up rival despots, instead of rival presidents. The Northern despot would in that cas pN e o h t a t v i e ngcan and striven for empire, th e S ou th ern f or in dependencepower. and his get over th e f ac t th at M r. L INCOLN people have perEistently repudiated fighting for liberty, and preferred to fight for the Union. The Unio n i s b ut another word for e m pi re . W e d o fwore. Empire should vo hdf fought fight alwayshhtt f orforiitt beenn o t b t l h a o m u e g htth w ern orth fo fi r fighting ourselves, re cen tl y, i n India; again. But the contest cannot rank with the nobler class of struggles ; not, for instance, with that of GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS against the popish legions of Austria seeking to crush out of Germany religious, intellectual, and civil freedom ; not with that of our HAMPDEN and CROMWELL against the illegality and despotism of the STUARTS ; not with that of the Italians, Hungarians, and Poles at th e present day: Fi g hting for Empire may be honour able—but it is futile to attempt to class it with the nobler struggles of patriotism. The moral sense of the wor) d refuses such a classification. The degrading thing to the North is, that a truly noble object is almost thrust upon it, while it still persists in repelling it, and clings to what all ambitious men have fought for from the days of NIMRoD and CHEDORLAOMER to the present time. The oppression of four millions of a kidnapped race has been the disgrace, the pest, the corruption of America, as well as a wrong against the sufferers, which have cried aloud to Heaven. So conscious are Americans of this, that •n this side the Atlantic, they earnestly profess that the war is one for the liberation of the captive ! So imperatively do events call on the North to do justice to the negro, that the wisest observers believe the conquest of the South to be possible only on condition of the Northern banner being the banner of emanicipa tion. Yet, notwithstanding the confessed justice and nobleness of the object, notwithstanding its necessity, as a military measure, the Free States and their President are at heart, as well as in prac- tice, utterly hostile to Abolition of Slavery. They fear, not hope, that war may drive them to it ; indeed, they evidently doubt whether they would not rather compromise or separate, than declare for justice to the negro ! It is this baseness of soul—this antagonism to a noble duty proffered them by what really looks like a special Providence, that disgusts all Europe with the North and its cause. Indeed there is worse than this in it. The North is eager to resume its old odious character of Slave Hunters. They differed from Slaveholders only by not possessing Slaves; they bound themselves, by the heaviest penalties to hunt the escaped bondsman and hand him back to his tormentors. What says Mr. FAY of the Fugitive Slave Law,—that infamous law which Mr. LINCOLN and a majority in Congress were willing to render yet more effective. " The fugitive slave law," he writes, " transforms every Northern American gentleman into a slave driver, as it places him in a position where he must either violate the law or lend his personal assistance to the recapture of a slave. He is not only forbidden to assist in the flight, he must aid in the recap ture. He must either use the slavedriver's whip in his hand or be content to receive it upon his shoulders." Yet the North avowed itself willing, for the sake of empire, to receive the entire South into a copartnery of slaveholding and slave hunting, provided it might but have the credit of numbering these degraded States as belonging to the Union. The ambition of empire must be strong indeed in the North when it could be content to humble itself so meanly to acquire it. Let the reader bear in mind the eager desire of the North to retain slavery, even to the fugitive slave law, and then read Mr. FAY'S description of the working of slavery hitherto on the whole Union—probably no one here has drawn up a severer indictment of the Union, as a pro-slavery Union, than that which, though rather long, we give entire. Mr. FAY writes :—" For half a cen tury it has weighed upon our country in a thousand disastrous ways. It has delivered our Government, more or less, into the hands of political adven turers, and in some cases of conspirators ; it has impelled us into a foreign war; it has awakened in us a rabid appetite for annexation; it has nursed and sent abroad bands of filibusters and pirates upon the territories of friendly and nnoffending nations ; it has bent our foreign policy out of its natural upright course, and thus given just offence to your and other Governments; it has appointed traitors to foreign and interior offices ; it has paid secret agents to poison the European mind by circulating written slanders of our Government and country ; it has dishonoured our legislative halls with representatives whose chief qualifications were love of slavery, hatred of free institutions, ignorance of religion, and skill in the use of the horsewhip, bowie-knife, and revolver ; it has thus, with a few honourable exceptions, kept away from the direction of our public affairs the class of large- minded, able Christian persons, most competent to make our country happy at home and respected abroad. It has polluted the stream of public teaching in the press, in the judicial tribunal, and even in the pulpit ; it has impaired our perception of the difference between right and wrong—the noble attribute of Christians ; it has (worst of all) perverted the interpretation of Scripture and caused the blasphemous assertion that slavery and the slave trade are the natural law of nations and according to the written will of CHRIST; it has destroyed the love of country in thousands ; it has made our national flag a mockery throughout the world ; it has poisoned the breast of hosts of citizens with treason, and carried corruption into almost every department of the Government, so that we see numbers of till now re spected and trusted individuals accepting places of public confidence in the service of the Fede ral Government for the purpose of betraying it." Yet after all this Mr. FAT can remark,—The Christian element of the country, in obedience to our constitution, would have perhaps, still con tinued to beer these evils if slavery had been con tented to remain within its legal limits ! If this be not to put the " constitution" above Christianity and above the explicit injunctions of Scripture, as Mr. FAY shows elsewhere at such length, we know not where to look for such deeds. Blessed Chris tianity indeed, this of the Northern States ! Mr. FAY must not wonder that the Christianity of Europe loathes such wretched prostitution of its name, to the basest of crimes. The gentlemen of the Middle Temple bad indeed a festive time of it yesterday. They have received into their number the heir apparent to the throne, —and long may that be his position—and he in return has opened for them their new and noble Library. Of course, everything was worthy of the occasion. The Fleet-street entrance was brilliantly illuminated. A great many of Her Majesty's tradesmf n followed the example, and in addition gaily decorated their houses with flags and streamers, producing altogether a scene of the most enlivening description. The PRINCE went duly through the formalities of being called to the bar, of which he will be, at least, the most exalted member, and we doulA not will, like some of his great predecessors on the throne of the country, aspire to be called, with more reason than some, the " learned" gen tleman." The banquet was sure to be worthy of the oceasion. Appropriately to the new treaty which has taught England again to remember foreign wines, and to recollect that there are more good things in that way in the world than port and sherry, the wines appear to have been specially alluded to, We are told that some remarkably beautiful cut glass had been ff a a fronithese at executed by M essrs . G REEN an d N INER spe cially f or the use of his Royal Highness exquisite the goblets high table t . her T e o w b as e and tle guests provided, among other wines, rare Sherry of the vintage of 1781, Sauterne, Chateau d'Yquem of 1851, Stein wine of 1846, and Cabinet Sttinberger of 1846. For th e rest, the provid i • • ng of the Banquet having been placed in the e x Perienced hands of Messrs. RING and BRYMER, it need only be said that it was worthy of the occasion, and of the an cient and honourable society which had invited so large an assembly to partake of its hospitality. At dark the fountain was illuminated by the elec tric and lime light, and the rest of the grounds was also brilliantly lighted with gas until the departure of the great body of the visitors. The day will long be remembered by the Benchers as one of their most magnificent and merriest. The Middle Temple stands pre-eminent in point of legal honours at the present time, The Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justica of the Queen's Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron being members ; and now that the future head of all law and honour has become a member, it may well be proud of its high rank and honours. The pageant of yesterday will ever stand out as one of its most glorious re collections. Long may it prosper in Learning, Loyalty, and Independence. T r. E ‘l, C- ?k • THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 1. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Alhambra, with the above mail, has arrived. She brings 27 passengers, £2,400 in specie, and 941 packes of general cargo. PORTUGAL. LISBON, OCT. 27. (PER ALHAMBRA, via SOUTHAMPTON.) The King has had a slight attack of fever. An importation of cotton has been received here from the Portuguese possession of Goa. It is stated to be of good quality, and the cost of production moderate. The yield of wine in the province of Alemtejo is immense. Throughout Portugal the vintage is more satisfactory than last year. The opening of the Cortes has been postponed until January next. Exchange on London, 531; Paris, 528 ; Ham burg, 58 ; Genoa, 526; Rentes, Three per Cent., 48; Coupons, 472; Deferred, 414; Bank of Lisbon Shares, 587: Commercial Bank of Oporto, 258 ; Mercantile Bank, 260. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAIL • . SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pera, with the heavy portion of the Calcutta and China mails, has arrived. She brings 52 passengers, £l,Booin specie, 1,884 bales of silk, value £lBO,OOO, and 1,382 packages of general cargo. On the 23d the Pera spoke the steamer Euxine, one the 27th the bark Highlander, on the 28th the steamer Saxonia, and on the 30th the Tagus. Three French transports, with troops for China, were lying at Alexandria. GIBRALTAR, OCT. 27. Exchange on London, 90 days, 49f to 49 11-16; Paris, 5 . 25; Marseilles, 5.26; Genoa, 5.30; Malaga, par. Freights to London and outports, 255. to 30s. per ton by steamer. THE BOMBAY MAIL. MALTA, OCT. 30, 6.25 A.M. The Vectis, with the Bombay mail of the 12th of October, has arrived here. The whole of India is quiet. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. La Patrie has the following : " A despatch from Rome announces that two new French regiments, from France, have taken up their quarters at Rome and in the neighbourhood ; they met with a warm reception from the inhabi• tants. "Monsignor Chigi, appointed Papal Nuncio to Franee, was to leave for Paris immediately. "The report that General Goyon will be ap pointed to a command in France is incorrect. The General returns to his post at Rome." A despatch from Brest, dated Oct. 30, says : " The steam frigate La Guerriere has received her final instructions, and sails on the 4th or sth of November for the Mexican coast." BOURSE, Oct. 31.—The market has bEen firm, and prices well maintained at the closing quotations of yesterday. The amount of business has been rather limited. Threes, 68f. Railway shares qu The following are the 4i per per Cents 95 50 Do. end month 95 60 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B Bank Shares 2910 Credit Mobilier 703 75 Do. Account 703 for the Account, are now at Let but firm. [Etat quotations : Credit Fonder — Belgian 4} — Piedmonfese Fives 69 Roman — Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1327 50 .. 1330 Northern New ditto 9OO .. Lyons and Mediterranean 1023 75 .. 1025 Geneva 337 50 .. Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 527 25 .. 523 75 FUNERAL OF SIR JAMES GRAHAM: The funeral of Sir James Graham took place on Wednesday. By the special desire of the right hon. baronet it was of a strictly private character, so far indeed as a man can influence those charged with the fulfilment of the last sad offices. But with the public the case was somewhat different, and there was a general wish to pay a fitting respect to the memory of so distinguished a man. Yet, in the face of Sir James's known request, there was naturally a delicacy in giving full vent to the public feeling, and therefore a compromise was arrived at. There was no combined demonstration of sympathy; but while, on the one hand, many persons from Carlisle went to the funeral, on the other the shops were closed in the middle of the day, at the request of the mayor. Netherby, the seat of the deceased statesman, is about twelve miles north of Carlisle, on the banks of the classic Esk ; and Arthuret Church, the rector of which is Sir James Graham's brother, is about two miles and a half south of Netherby. Between Netherby and the church is Longtown, which contains about 3,000 inhabi tants, and to which the Border Union Railway was opened for passengers only on Tuesday. The distance which the funeral cortege bad to traverse, therefore, was considerable, and, though it started from Netherby about 11 o'clock, it was nearly one before it arrived at the church. The body was con veyed in a plain two-horse hearse, which was fol lowed by four mourning carriages and six private conveyances. The former contained the members of the family :—Mr. (now Sir) Frederick Graham, Mr. Malise Graham, the Misses Graham, the Rev. W. Graham, and Mr. G. Graham, registrar-general (brother of Sir James). Sir W. Lawson. and Mr. Lawson, M.P., Lord Dufferin, Sir J. Campbell, and other relatives. None of Sir James's political asso ciates were present. Shortly before entering Long town the cortege was met by the tenantry, who un covered their heads till it passed, and then fell in four deep. These were followed by the friends from Carlisle, and the leading inhabitants of Longtown, the shops of which were closed. Though the late Lady Graham was interred in the Isle of Wight, Sir James's father, grandfather, and other members of the family are buried in the vault inside the parish church of Arthuret. Whether it is that the family vault is full, or that it cannot be opened, we do not know ; but Sir James Graham, the inheritor of a famous name, now lies in an ordinary grave in a country churchyard, amongst his tenantry and the poorest of his neighbours. Not even a vault received his remains. The coffin, too, was of plain oak (with a zinc shell, but without covering), with a common plate bearing the inscription, " Sir Jas. R. G. Graham, born June 1, 1792 ; ditd Oct. 25, 1861." The short-time movement in Lancashire continues to make progress. The spinners and manufacturers of Bacup have further reduced their work from four days to three, and two mills have stopped entirely. At Rochdale there are now seven mills, which lately employed 3,000 hands, entirely closed. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BERMONDSEY.—Last night about half-past 9 o'clock a destructive fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. Lunn, a fishmonger, &c., carry ing on business in Saxton .yard, Bermondsey-street. the building was four floors high, and contained a vast amount of goods. The drying-houses and various other structures being close by, it was at one time apprehended that every building near would be reduced to ashes. The engines of the parish and of the London brigade, with the large one from Messrs. Hodges' distillery, were soon in attendance, and a good supply of the Southwark Company's water hay ing been procured, the firemen went to work, under the direction of Captain Shaw, the superintendent, and Mr• Henderson, the chief officer of the D district. Palmer, the foreman of Messrs. llodges's engine, as well as the conduc tors of three of the Royal Society's escapes, also rendered treat assistance. In spite of all exertions, however, the work of demolition continued, and eventually the whole of the building caught fire. An immense crowd assembled, and it required the combined exertions of Mr. Superinten dent Branford, and Inspectors Redding and Mackenzie, with a powerful body of the M division, to keep them out of danger. At length the firemen managed to get the flames confined to the building in which the disaster commenced, but before that could be accomplished the warehouse was burnt out and some damage done to the surrounding build ings, • .1114; -re , I • .17 r . • - $ • • .• ••• ilk 1 4; 4. 11% •31 t" , 211) r THE SUN. PLYMOUTH ELECTION. The polling took place yesterday, and at the close the numbers stood as follow : Mr. Morrison (Liberal) Mr. Addington (Conservative) Majority for Morrison 2OO H MARKET THEATRE. Sir Bulwer Lytton's historical drama of "Richelieu" was performed at this theatre yesterday evening, and afforded Mr. Edwin Booth a favourable occasion for the display of his talents in the character of the Cardinal, a part which he played not only with the correctness of taste and soundness of judgment which usually distinguish hid acting, but also with an unwonted vigour and earnestness which greatly improved the effect of his performance, He was much applauded. The subordinate personages of the play were for the most part effectively represented—Mr. Howe, as De Baradas, and Mr. W. Farren, as De Mauprat, particularly distinguishing themselves. The interlude of " Lend Me Five Shillings" followed ; and the entertainments concluded with Mr. Buskstone's favourite farce of "The Happiest Day of My Life." It is said. that an amalgamation has been arranged between the Mercantile Fire Insurance Company and the North British Insurance Company of London and Edin burgh. The North British has a subscribed capital of £1,000,000, and was established in 1809. VOLUNTARY EDUCATION AT ERITH, KENT.— Yesterday afternoon the new schools in connection with the Congregational Church, Erith, were opened by Samuel Morley, Esq., who presided on the occasion. The building, which is intended also to be used as a lecture hall, reading rooms, &c., is of a neat Gothic structure, and has cost be tween £5OO and £6OO, nearly all of which has been raised by the indefatigable exertions of the Rev. Samuel March, the minister, amongst his friends, and some of the inhabitants of the locality ; the appeal made some short time since having been responded to in a noble and praiseworthy man ner. The chairman having entered at some length into an exposition of the voluntary principle in relation to education, the meeting was addressed by Mr. White, the head master of the Abbey-street Schools, the Revs. Messrs. Adey, Pear sall, and other gentlemen. The proceedings, which were of a most gratifying character, were brought to a close soon after 9 o'clock. DEATH OF THE CROWN. SOLICITOR OF GALWAY. —A telegraphic message was received in Dublin on Wed nesday evening announcing the death of Mr. James Blakeney, Crown solicitor for the county and borough of Galway. Mr. Blakeney filled the position for years with credit to himself and satisfaction to the profession and the public. By his death the situation, the revenues of which are stated to be about £9OO a year, becomes vacant. English residents in Paris are beginning seriously to complain of the constant seizure of their newspapers, and of the delays which take place in their delivery when they are not seized. The cause of this is, that no paper can be distributed until the Minister has signed a permission, and they frequently remain lying at the Post-office for upwards of twelve hours. The Council of !the National Rifle Association request that all gunmakers intending to compete at the trial of small bore rifles, already announced to take place at Hythe early in February, will send their names to the secretary of the association, 11, Pall-mall, East, on or before the Ist of January next. THE WHALING SEASON.—DUNDEE, Oct. 29. The Dundee (s.s.). arrived here from Davis' Straits, has 16 fish, and reports the Chieftain, of Kirkcaldy, as having caught five instead of two fish. The Dundee left Oct. 6, at which time there were strong gales blowing, and the state of the ice in the bay rendered it impossible:to fish any longer. PROGRESS OF BANKRUPTCY BUSINESS.-TRUST DEEM—The number of petitions presented to the Court of Bankruptcy, from the 12th instant (the :first day of the New Act) up to 3 o'clock yester lay, was 176, of which 44 were petitions under £3OO. The number of trust deeds registered since the same day is 15.—Gazette of Bank ruptcy. THE ROAD MIIRDER.—The following inscription has been placed in Coulston churchyard on the tombstone raised to the memory of the murdered infant, Saville Kent : —" To the memory of Francis Saville Kent, the dearly loved son of Samuel Saville and Mary Drewe Kent, who was cruelly murdered at Road, June 30, 1860, aged three years and ten months. Shall not God search this out : for He knoweth the secrets of the heart.' "—Bath Chronicle. Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and Co., have received a telegram from Malta advising the intended opening of the Malta and Alexandria line to-morrow. Through traffic arrangements are now being made, and a convention has been signed with tho Italian Government allowing English clerks to be placed in all the principal telegraph offices throughout Italy, whereby it is hoped the irregularities hitherto existing will be obviated. THE LATE SUSPECTED CHILD MURDER AT STEPNEY.—Yesterday forenoon the coroner for East Mid dlesex resumed and concluded an adjourned inquest in the board-room of Mile-end Old Town Workhouse, Bancroft road, Mile-end, Stepney, respecting the death of a newly born female infant, found dead in a dust-bin, under circum stances of a very suspicious nature, as already reported. The additional evidence threw no fresh light on the matter, and the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknow." THE CHARTNG CROSS RAILWAY BRlDGE.—Yes terday the five iron cylinders nearest the Middlesex side were completed above the level of high water, and are now being filled in with brickwork and masonry. The extension of the suspension pier on the same side of the water and the construction of the abutment have been commenced. On the Lambeth side the latticework which assists in support.• ing the roadway has been carried out some distance beyond the suspension pier, and the greater portion of the girders between the shore and the pier have been fixed. The great est activity prevails in order to forward the works while the genial weather lasts. A NICE PLACE TO LIVE IN.—The disputed terri tory between the two armies south of the Potomac must furnish anything but quiet and peaceful places of residence. What with picket skirmishing and the depredations of marauding soldiers, to say nothing of the contingency of a furious battle, one would think that the region would be completely deserted by all save the contending armies. Yet it seems not to be so. The army correspondent of the New York Post says that a Connecticut gentleman who owns a small estate near Falls Church went over a day or two since to look at his tenant. The family has remained in the dwelling through all the troubles of picket skirmishing, and scarce a day has passed for a month that they have not wit nessed sanguinary scenes from their windows. The build ing lay between the pickets, neither party venturing to it. On one occasion a Federal soldier ventured down to the well for some water, and was shot dead by a rebel bullet while drinking. There the body remained for a day or two. The house itself has been pierced with bullets, but none of the courageous family were harmed.—New York Paper. THE NEW RIVER COMPANY AND ITS IMpROVE MENTS.—Consequant on the discontinuance of their old system of open aqueducts and conduits, this company are completing and carrying out some improvements of public interest. On tho site cf the former well-known old reservoir in St. John-street -road, which has been altogether re moved, a fine crescent, called Roydon-crescent, containing upwards of 100 houses, has just been completed. The well known water course that formerly supplied Sadler's Wells with " real water" has peen filled in, together with that until recently running under the New-road, past Duncan street, Islington, and onwards. Large tron pipes of eight feet in diameter have been imbedded in the earth for carry ing the water, and the space above them not being avail able for building purposes, is about to be converted into ornamental gardens. The great reservoir in the Hampstead road, after four months of continued excavation by the con tractors, is now also completely cleared away, and the foun dations of the extensive area are now being dug out with the view of constructing on the site a new street and cres cent similar to that in St. John-street-road. According to a circular of Messrs. Arles, Dufour, and Co., of Lyons, the activity in the silk market, caused by the demand for the various countries of Europe, during September and the earlier part of the present month, is gra dually diminishing. With few exceptions it is now difficult to obtain the slight advance at which sales were easily effected a fortnight ago; and the tightness of the money market at Paris is adding to the pressure which the lasting interruption of the American trade continues to exercise on French industry. THE MAGAZINES. Blackwood's Atagazine. " The Chronicles of Carlingford" are continued, and this second part is more descriptive and event ful than its predecessor. The character of Nettie stands out more clearly defined, and altogether the tale progresses very considerably. Dr. Rider is in a very uncomfortable state of mind, alternating between admiration of Nettie, with her frank fear lessness and resolute self-denial, mingled with de cision and right authority, and his natural disgust at the conduct and manners of Fred., his unworthy brother. Nettie, herself, goes on her way unmoved and undaunted, and to the eager protestations that at last break forth, she calmly replies that she can not at present desert her trust, and that the two households cannot amalgamate. The closing pas sage here recorded is a very sad one, for it relates the untimely death of Fred., the incubus on the comely housekeeper, the plague of his brother's life, the wretched and degraded man had passed away, gone to give an account of wasted days and woeful nights that swelled up the catalogue of his career, the few and evil years of his earthly pilgri mage. " How the World treats Discoverers" is a smart article in its way, that contains some rather sharp strictures on a work lately published, entitled " Memoirs of Marshall Hall." In alluding to the great discoverers of all grades, the writer sets forth the astounding remark that "the persecution of Galileo was perfectly legitimate." Few will sub scribe to this notion, and if those in authority were to be justified in giving the lie to all they do not exactly understand, the path of the philoeopher or the discoverer would be thorny indeed to tread, and the knowledge they would diffuse hidden under a bushel till they and the generation they would inform and enlighten had alike passed away to the land where all things are forgotten. " Cap tain Clutterbuck's Champagne" has reached a second part, and this long instalment does not advanee the story in a very great degree, albeit, it imparts some strange secrets regarding the motives of some of the folks encountered in its intricate pathways. "Mr. Buckle's Scientific Errors" is an elaborate treatise on the subject, that presents knotty points for the reader to discuss and weighty matters to settle. It is written in a fair spirit of criticism, and if here and there the remarks are severe in their sarcasm, it is throughout acknow ledged that the author treated of is of first-rate talents and of consummate skill. It is said, at last "In concluding our notice of his scientific errors, it is but common honesty to say that we have mentioned all the errors we have observed. For ourselves, we have spoken of Mr. Buckle's errors without reticence, but we have to add that were they more numerous they would not prevent our admiration of his abilities, nor our respect of his learning." Such criticism reflects credit alike on the critic and the criticised. It exhibits that power of discernment of such priceless value and so often found wanting in those who sit in judg ment on the works or pass their opinions upon the lives of others. Because they differ on essential points it does not inevitably result that the opposite party is all wrong, and if they cannot see the use of this act and the force of that remark, others as wise as themselvers may do so, and at any rate, if it is an unmitigated error, there may be merits to discern in the offender that more than redeem the mistake, or at least can counterbalance its effects in the general estimate arrived at. " Sir Cresswell Cresswell " is the title of some striking verses that will be appreciated by those who like humorous sketches and apt illustrations of passing events and actual characters. The last verses are as fol low : " But then how good Sir Cresswell is I Sense, temper, firmness, all are his, If I on earth were made Dictator, His powers, now great, should still be greater, There's many a wrong we could redress well If aided by Sir Cresswell Cresswell. 0 I what a World of peace and pleasure Would spring up from that healing measure I When, mended every luckless blunder, All ill-matched things were put asunder. The golden days of Good Queen Bess well Might yield to those of Great Sir Cresswell. The (once so-called) United States, Now quarrelling worse than angry Mates, Might find a course at least as good As shedding one another's blood 'Twould end their discord and distress well, To be divorced by old Sir Cresswell. Venetia, if her lord and master By kindness cannot fix her faster, Will some day soon the band dissever, Whose galling grasp can't last for ever. 'Twould get them both out of that mess well, To leave it to the wise Sir Cresswell. But there's a thing some people want, I'm sure Sir Cresswell would not grant. He never would divorce Sardinia, As if 'twere Venice or Virginia. Our French Friend plays his game of chess well, But could not soon checkmate Sir Cresswell." The Stage of Weimar" is a very interesting sketch, which furnishes us with some agreeable and instructive notices of various dramas that elevate the tone of the public mind, and are all artistically arranged and carried out with admirable success under the auspices of the reigning Prince. The writer speaks in the warmest terms of the de sirability and delights of Weimar, which he affirms to contain "all the advantages of a town and country residence for people who cannot afford both, and long may Karl Alexander and his heirs after him continue not only to live among but to rule over, by the grace of God, a happy and con tented people." " The inland Sea of Japan" is an entertaining account of some adventures in that locality, and we meet with most glowing accounts of its marvels in the way of loveliness and mystery. The descriptions given of this " country of pare daisaical renown" are very attractive. After the sterile hills of China it appeared as if we had reached something like the Highlands of Scotland, clothed with tropical vegetation, or the ghauts of Western India, in a temperate climate. From the dark blue sea and white line of Japan there suddenly rose dark precipices fringed with trees, and streaked with waterfalls. Above these were hills clothed with the richest dark green ver• dure, and varied with wood or else by terraced gardens and fields ; while still beyond arose pine covered mountains breaking through white mists and capped with dark, slate-coloured clouds." The representations of these:" haunts of ancient peace," and these " Summer isles of Eden, lying . In dark purple spheres of sea," are most fascinating; and the reader will like to linger on the picture held to his gaze in this at tractive account of foreign wanderings in far off lands• There are some lines on the Cramming System, which exemplify the evils of that sys tem. They are well done on the whole. Also, we find two other short poems, one entitled, " The Recantation," that is a spirited translation from Horace, and a " lugubrious ode, called " The Search," which is not very clearly explained, but evidently bears a dark and deep meaning. It is written in a flowery style. There is a paper on Mr. Ernest Renan, which will prove of interest to learned readers who delight to ponder deeply, and to see a subject traced out for their atten tive survey. This article considers " Essai de Morale and de Critique," and " Etudes d'Histoire Religieuse." They are, it is stated, two volumes of his works of a class apart from the rest ; they are a collection of criticisms upon the works of others. A few pages at the close of this magazine pay a deserving tribute in a gracious spirit, with a graceful manner, to one recently removed from this passing scene, the Earl of Eglinton. "It is with unfeigned regret that we record in the pages of this magazine the great loss which the country has sustained by the early death of one of the most amiable and accomplished of the public men who , ,e ready obedience to the calls of duty, high rectitude of character, and rare administrative talent, have vindicated, in this generation, the proud position assigned to the aristocracy of the land." This feeling and forcible memento of the illustrious de parted is concluded in the following passage : " Strong political opinions have, even within the rsemory of the present generation, in many instances detracted from the popularity of individuals, high in station, and ani mated with a sincere desire to perform their duty, accord ing to the best of their, judgment, without regard to per sonal considerations. The opinions of the late earl were, as is well known, eminently Conservative; but such was the high esteem in which his character was universally held, and so sincere the admiration which h is high quali ties inspired, that he was, without exception, the most popular nobleman in Scotland ; and even those whose views were most diametrically opposed to his, acknowledged the justice, and ratified the decision, of the general voice. To the comuaonalty of the West of Scotland, the district 'n which he usually resided, he was especially dear ; and the strong feeling of admiration and enthusiasm created by his first appearance as a public speaker in the year 18-14, when he officiated as president of the famous Burns' Festival, never underwent any diminution, but rather grew and in. creased, year by year, until that manly heart ceased to beat, and his spirit returned to God who gave it. " In his capacity of Viceroy of Ireland, an office which he twice filled, he exhibited the highest administrative talent ; and his rule, so firm and yet so wise and rive concilia tory, did more to banish prejudice and to produce harmony than could have been anticipated from the efforts u of te mo st experienced and indefatigable statesm an . removal from Ireland, when his party left office, was ence his re garded almost in the light of a national calamity; and by the whole bulk of the population, Catholic as well as Pro testant, the name of Eglinton will long remain a hous e h o ld word.recalling period, when th e angry passions faction were ioanwere silenced, and t o h f e memorystrife fll of d prosperity once more began to shed its blessings upon the "Faint and wholly inadequ a t e as i s the tribute which we payleaann . to his worth, we should do violence to our feelings were we not to add our expression of grief to the general mourning for the loss of this ornament to his country and his age. Death has indeed been busy in the high plae( s. Not three months have elapsed since the generous and tender-hearted Lo r d H er b ert was summone away, and again the shadow of the stern messenger has been seen, and theligh-minded and chiv a l rous E g li nton has gone to his rest. Bitter were the tears that have been shed for both by those who knew and loved them ; but though Provi- • deuce has semi fit to remove them before old age had dimmed their vision or impaired their intellectual strength, they have bequeathed to us a noble example of honour, rectitude, and patriotism; and the virtues that adorned them when living, will not be forgotten in their graves." Dublin University Magazine. "An only Son" is concluded and the tale is finished in a most unsatisfactory manner. In the first place Keane contrives to possess himself of all Ned's fortune and goes off with the fruits of his villainy to recommence in a new world the career that had banished him from England, the society of his friends and his family and the intercourse with his employers. The next irritating point is that Edward Lesley, from mistaken ideas of propriety, went back to India from Gibraltar, instead of pro ceeding home and having an explanation with his father. In a great battle he fell mortally wounded, and thus all the hopes and happiness of his family were destroyed through his listening to the machi nations of a wretch and foolishly putting himself in his power. The person for whom one fees most pity is Lucy Lockly, who was disappointed front the outset of Ned's career, and whose only comfort in hot life now was t o wa t c h f or t h ose return i ng from India, who " kept or brought in kindliness remem brances of her soldier-son," and to talk with Lady Royston, the Constance who had inspired the first romance of love's young dream, "of him who lay be neath the mangoe trees. This narrative is exceed ingly well written, and cannot bat attract all who dwell on its impressive scenes and well-drawn cha racters. " Leigh Hunt's Last Evening at Home" is a brief sketch that is sure to arrest attention and awaken thought. It relates the last hours spent at home of one who is inseparably associated with the literature of our land, It is always agreeable to trace the inner life of those whose out ward career is to be hereafter inscribed on fame's immortal scroll, and when we behold these home-scenes that soften the picture in our memory to a mellowed splendour that blends the human affections with the divine gifts, we think of the lines of the poet in his matchless ode— " E'en as the tenderness that hour instils, When summer's day declines along the hills, So feels the fulness of the heart and eyes, When all of genius that can perish dies." There is a brief allusion to the late Earl of Eglin ton, which is peculiarly appropriate in the pages of this magazine, belonging to the country where the lamented nobleman so conspicuously shone, reflect ing credit on the Government who deputed him to fill the high position and adding honour to his own name, that will not pass away with the transitory glories of birth and state. In very emphatic lan guage the writer pays a graceful tribute to his memory :—" All sorts of Irishmen, of all sorts of politics, seem to have formed the same estimate of his noble nature and chivalric attachment to their country. The sentiment was universal, and the lamentation is unanimous." Further on it is said that, " we are not sketching a biography, far less a speculation; we are simply here inscribing the record of our admiration and our regrets, adding one more suffrage to the general voice of the Irish press, and offering a very humble tribute to the memory of one who has not left another exactly like him in the whole muster-roll of the proud peerage of England." "To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die," has been said by one of our great poets, and the departed scion of the house of Eglinton may well be said to have gained that glorious distinction, for he has realised the saying " Omnes omnia bona dicere." " A Glimpse of the Supernatural in the Nineteenth Century," is a very remarkable sketch that certainly possesses the merit of poetic justice, if not sober reality, as the heartless murderer was irresistibly impelled to jump into the cold stream, instead of fol lowing his plans of happiness in prospective. "The Volunteer force in England and Ireland' is the subject of an article in which the writer con gratulates himself not unnaturally on the fact that the Irish are represented in the British forces of Volunteers. "It is thoroughly well known that Ireland contains an immense body of men of all ranks and parties, who are as fully determined that England shall never be at the proud feet of a con queror as any volunteer corps which marched majestically through Hyde Park, inspired and ennobled by the just pride of a worthy patriotism." " The Prison Chaplain, the Rev. John Clay," is a most interesting sketch of one of those human benefactors whose works are indeed those that in the words of a celebrated writer, " will tell to account when thank God the long day of life with all its labour is over for eternity. At the outset of this notice there is a very attractive summary of the life of Howard, than whom no man more deserves well of his kind. His career was ably epitomised in these lines which indeed may suffice to demonstrate the doings of those who like him go sorth to lead captivity cap tive, and to soothe the worst of the thousand ills to which flesh is heir— " And now philanthrophy thy rays divine, Dart round the globe from Zemb a to the Line ; From realm to realm with Cross or Crescent crowned, 'Vhero'er mankind or misery are found. O'er burning sands, deep wilds and wastes of snow, Thy Howard journeying seeks the house of woe." All must be impressed with the account given of the life of John Clay. It is written in a very superior style, and of a character that is sure 'to give satis faction to all rightly-minded readers. "Next to Robertson, of Brighton, Mr. Clay, of Preston, im presses us most with the feeling that he lived not a life of appearance, but of reality." What " Arnold was to schoolmasters, Clay was to chaplains and governors of gaols." "Rhyming Satirists" is a clover article on the sub ject of flippant writing, and some rema ks are made on two most extravagant publications that appeared last season, called "The Season, a Satire," and "My Satire and its Censors." The many glaring improprieties of this author's style are fully ex posed and appropriately commented upon. The strange tale of " The House by the Churchyard" is continued at some length. It is able of its kind, and very peculiar. "At St. James's," one hundred and fifty ye ars ago , g i ves a glimpse of the days that are o'er in reflective criticism. There are some verses interspersed in the contents continued in this number, taken from "Peter Brown's Black Box." It a melancholy ditty, called " Isabel Clare." There is also a romantic legend, " The Woman with the Yellow Hair," that will please romantic readers; and for the studious we find a paper, " A Triplet of Historical Writers," which has for subject Lord Brougham, Robert Vaughan, and Erskine May. This serial has this month many contents that display variety and vigour in their several styles. Fraser's Magazine. Mr. John Stuart Mill gives us the concluding chapters of his essay on " Utilitarianism" in this number. It bears, like all Mr. Mill's writings, the impress of deep thought, a broad mind, and great argumentative powers. The reader who does not subscribe to the utilitarian theory will find plea- Sure in studying the subject under the guidance of so able a writer. A very interesting and agreeable paper on " Clubs," takes a rapid glance over the various assemblies which have borne that name among us. The writer refers, of course, to those fraternities of wits, philosophers, or sometimes rogues, which have held periodical gather ings, and not to the stately buildings of the present day, where membership de mands no special characteristics but a yearly payment. Traces of clubs are found in England in the early years of the fifteenth century, when " La Court de Bonne Compagnie," an assembly of merry fellows, held dining in fellowship as one of their laws. The next convivial associations of note are the celebrated clubs established by Raleigh and Ben Jonson. "It was for the assembly at the Devil Tavern near Temple bar, that Ben Jonson wrote his famous Leges Conviviales, or rules for the Tavern Academy, which would serve with scarcely an y alteration for a modern club of choice spirits." It is mentioned as singular that although the club was now a national institution, the word is not found in the works of Shakspere or Ben Jenson. It has been suggested that the word is of Saxon origin, being derived from " cleofan," to divide, in reference to the division of expenses among the members. An amusing account is given of the minor clubs which rejoiced in most absurd titles, such as The Lazy, the Terri ble, the Club of Ugly Faces, established by a par son named Crab, of frightful visage ; the Broken Shopkeeper's, which assembled at the appropriate meeting place of The Tumbledown Dick in South wark. The Lying Club was instituted in 1709, with the following high-minded motto, " Say why should busy mortals be enjoined To follow truth, since in this age we find Officious lyes so useful to mankind." The Virtuosi Club which was established by the principal members of the Royal Society, is thus humorously described by Ward in his " History of Clubs. " This club of Virtuosos, upon a full night—when some eminent maggot-munger, for the satisfaction of the society, had appointed to demonstrate the force of air by some hermetical pop-gun, to show the difference of the gravity between the smoak of tobacco and that of colt's foot and bittany, or to try some other such like experiment —were always composed of such an odd mixture of mankind, that like a society of ringers at a quarterly feast, here sat a nice beau next to a dirty blacksmith, there a purblind philoso pher next to a talkative spectacle maker; yonder, a whim of quality next to a ragged mathematician; on the other side, a consumptive astronomer next to a water-gruel physician; above them, a transmutater of metals next to aPhilosopher stone hunter; and at ale lower end a prating engineer. When they were thus met, happy was the man that could find out a new star in the firmament, discover a wry step in the sun's progress, assign new reasons for the spots in the moon, or add one stick to the bundle of faggots tei bo te( foi