The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-02 00:00:00

ALLIED AMERICA AND ITS ALIEN PLANTATIONS, NORTH AN D SOUTH. CARIBESCLUE-Sachims and Merchants. --Fur commercial quiet it becomes my duty, in total opposition to the opinion of the law officials of the British Church, to state that the , officers of the anti-slavery coa st- g uard ship San Jacinto' have acted in conformity with the Municipal Acts of the 21st y'ar of Penn's synodal Parliament, Art. xx., by force of which no planter, or any of the preprietory, can leave the coast of North or South America, without a notice of three week's market -place guarantee of his debts under a justice certificate, the captain of any ship conveying such I es it intentioned person to the Synod alike amenable to his creditors. Sachims—The last Illustrated _London .Metes, page 538, gives us, this week, Clarendon's Carolina, and Philadeph's Pennsylvanian armorial.—..of the scales as held on be hail of the allies of England by the " authority of its councils" as of James I.'s river head " London plug" com pany of Philadelphia, as attested by Decan Henry Lord Wotton and Montague —so CAR. 11. Clarendon grant, 1662's dependence on Penn's 1681-1701, in Quaker's affirm act, 1749, on 1777 Indian responsibility in trust, the whole of which guarantees of the allies were turned over by commit t-e of House of Commons (12th Feb , 1836, Gladstone and Buxton, chairmen, No. 4421, as the peculiar institution of the Far West), with the undersigned §Lay-de'cone's See Aborigines' Report, 1837, for their Qk- remodel, '3B. Thus, Sachins, you learn the political cause for removing the Florida-semieles and Georgil Cherokee Indians of the coast, and of Ohio, one thousand miles west of the Mis sissippia, lodge-poised-North and South of Moun t Plea sant, in the rear of the white faced slave-planters, to pre vent any of their black cattle raisin.. with the virgin races; hence the Shire Court foundation on the French and British T re tties to Nov., 1840, preparatory to the Washington Extra dition Act on Indian Chief ele3tion of Peter Brant Basquet, the living representative of the Ashburton boundary com mission, to personify Ackerley-Penn, Bc-Wotton's sworn successor in Act of 1813 Empery-extra nitio-nis court, of Texas..hundred' partners herein represented as the basis for the legislative law of England and all America, for the avoidance of swamping by votes. In conclusion, the arrest of Messrs. Slidell, Mason, and others, as illegal contra - ban d persons,' you perceive, is just, for mercantile quiet, so the undersigned-immediate recognition is requisite, tho hitherto made the scapegoats for the motives of the Luther Calvin Swiss institution, under the 'raters de Sao'cis, otherwise Society of Friends. Sac'homo's and Sachims. Ken ! by Acts of 1818 ('24-32 still pending), § 4.9, subjects or subject for equal rewards to all parties onpolar-expedition. Ye will now think deep of the danger of joining either party of the white faces or half caste Indian persuaders, and are hereby prohibited from noticing the Lie-proclamation as headed in the limes and Post of 16th Nov., "A Convention between ENGLAND, France, and Spain," and signed 31st 861, whereby you will perceive [that on such setting Oct.,forth], the com mon law is not embraced in the said deed for the Indian's rights, as well as the alien's of contracting parties to keep sectarian peace on their soil. By reasons as follows :- 1. The flag union (of the crosses on 3 James I. is a Chris tian Zollverein trading flag and not a belligerent by the Ordnance) issue of Jan. 31 1842, from the Tower— under my Water Gap-line limit RED flag as the war one of empery, 2. That the mythic words British and Britain, whether St. George's or St. Patrick's Channel, for excluding the word England from the 1782 court Christian sea charts, adopted without the sanction of Europe, contrary to the Justinian Roman law base of the X-span' Fueros union courts of E-gal law of 1521, and under 1764 trust, which has been already decided in the ang'lot Spanish Crts. as inad missible, by the assumed Britishers and Frenchmen of in corporated St. Denis, under the words "except France" in March 3, 1815, U. S. 3ty, prior to Blucher and Wellington's signature [for restoration of the Jesuits of the 2d order of Melchisidek on a ' moving earth error' with it] the 17th of June, 1815, the eve, of their battle of Waterloo's Brazil d Belgium treaties of 1828-30 of sectarian illegality. 3. The Papal assumption of Sir W. Gore Ouseley in collecting the signatures of the 800 Sachims for rebellion in my name, seen by his Wabash'd Walker succession in Central America, for the Sigismond life-tenure as sumption of the house of Savoy, for the seizing of Mexico from England's allies, caused his papist envoy, Capt. Aldham, to be shot by the Indians, as sacrificing their nationalities to priests wolves men,'—as manifest by late Morocca bullion theft' convention, for dynastic retro spective arrangements, in violation of Ackerley's pivot trust appointment of 29th Aug., 1825, for the benefit of all parties, without distinction of creed or colour, including the MonitoE doctrine, [as of Bohun'd Phil. 11. Manilla channel of official letter], which elected the Indian Peter as the law's font, and recognised as such by Peel and Derby, and the King of Prussia at Windsor Castle, 1842, as the 'sole' man of Nor-West Russia Fur guarantee-elect of the 99 years Dutch Loan Act of 1832, unconnected with religion. Fourthly. The Lie-ratification of the London Gazette, and not within the fifteen days, is illegal by act of Parlia ment on Extradition Texas-hundred trust, it being in a Sup-plement—alien coloured persons being interdicted from voice in the peculiar institution' by act of March and April, 1836, under (' Carteret'-Gladstone's) corn. of H. C. The foregoing Chain proves to ye', Sachims I Indians, aliens, and all others, that the Cabinets named in this con vention are engaged in carrying out the dictum of Mr. CANNING in a converse eense, (being in total opposition to the legislative unity of the standard of weight and measure of 1824 and 1835, for raising the revenue under annual elec tion of paid laymen, as well as for guiding the commerce of the whole world) without consulting the undersigned. Therefore the gist of this letter, for my rights, yours, and all parties, is [for the monetary recognition of all dues from America upon the principal of primary well-intention of the whites and the evident decay of human nature, by the theft of the 1730 Indian nationalities on my life], by brother and sister association for the future, under the law of Eng land, as now disconnected with (t-Pope, I-Churches, or I-Sects) the state, hitherto under minister's money. PETER BRANT BASQUET, America's Empery-Sack°rao, Nephew (of Sac'mo Jos. Brant, 1775—Sac°mo Peter Toma Brant, 1825-£lO, of New Brunswick), Canada's Gasp 6. L.S. § C. H. ACKSRLEY, P.C.,—sworn in, —C. J., Empyrate commission of Review, 1825-37, L.S. Hen. B's Executors' §WOTTON' es: BowEs, P.O 2Eth,—London. See The J'tvn, Dec. 2, 1861. RO YAL E NGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. . Under the management of Miss Louisa Pyno and Mr. Wm. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, THE PURITAN'S DAUGHTER. Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne; Messrs. Santley, A. St. Albyn, Corti, G. Honey, Patey, Lyall, wallworth, T. Distin, E. Dussek, and W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. To conclude with THE TOY MAKER. Mr. H. Haigh, G. Pyne; Mesdames Susan Pyne and Thirlwall, Commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office open from Ten to Five daily. No charge for botking, or fees to Box-keepers. Stazc-Xanazer, Mr. Leigh Murray. Acting- lianager, Mr, Edward Murray. ItiEATR AO YAL, HAYMARKET, Letme, Mr. J. B. Baoket'snie. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Dnwireary, Mr. Sothern. Mr.l3P.ikstone, Mr. Farren, Mrs. C. Young, &c. ►'After which, MY AUNT'S ADVICE. Mr. Rowe, Mr. Sotheran, Miss Oliver, &c. Folio ed by BOX AND COX. To conulude with A HISS IN THE DAItH. Commence at 7, YAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manal•er—Mr. Edmunq Falconer. Tars EVENING. the no - tom-aloes will commence with THE DAY AFTER THE WE.I.)DIN G. Mr. Walter Lacy and Mrs. St. Henry. After which, at a quarter to Ei , ht (20th time) the new rind original Drama, entined PE EP O' DAY ; or, Savourneen Polish. Messrs. IVlO:cer Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles S ,, lby, Edmun i Falcnner ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. To conclude with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE, in which Miss - Lydia Thompson will Dance the Volunteer Step. Acting, Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. tl'itvps as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to oommtnce at 7 P ox-office open daily from 11 till 5. , . )()YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Hared. !I IS EVENING. JEANET TE'S WEDDING. Miss M. Harris; and 3rr. H. Widdicomb. Atter which, at Eight o'clock, Shakespelre's tragedy of 011IIELLO, with new scenery, dresses, and appointments. Othello, Mr, Pechter X ENV THRATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL— Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY ITORSEBREAKER. 31r. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford, and Miss Woolgar. Aftir which, the new drama, entitled TEE OCTOROON; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA ; - written by the author of "Thet Colleen Bawn." Mr. George Jamison, from the Winter garden, New York ; Miss Latimer, from the provincial thea tres ' • and Miss Denvil, from the lyceum . Th e ot h er prin cipal characters in the drama will be performed by Messrs. Emery, Stephenson Billinc.Tton, Paul Bedford, Romer. Mrs. llillington, Mrs. Marston, &c., &c. Entirely new scenery by tessrs. Dalby and Thompson. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Toole, Ales K. Kelly, &c. Doors onen at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. NEW R OYALTY THEATRE, Dean-street, Oxford-street. Under the Direction of Mdlle. Albina di Rhona. THIS EVENIWG, to commence with THE GOVERNOR'S WIPE. Mier which, Mdlle di Rhona will appear in CAMELIA, and Danc e two National Dances. After which, BANIB OOZLING. T conclude with LES PIERROTS. Doors open t Box- .oince open from 11 to 4. halt -pmt 6 —Commence at Seven - ---- kNTERBUit'y -HALL LIARCY.NCERTS, AND vINE ARTS GAO rite S mR. on gs, SAM CO includingWELL At Eleve n o ' clock in several favou- BUILT." , " THE ROUSE THAT JACK Grand Selections iron., STRADELLA and LA pitkv TA „, 4 By Miss Russell, Mise Ernst, Mr. nerbert: ---`'' with a powerful Choniiand lei Marshall, guor Tivoli, The Comic department :—Mr. Sam Cowell , lw in his new song, "John Bull, you don't barn . I% Megsrs. 1I a rvey and French (the Nerves); Mr. * 0 , 1 , 3 ' 1 1 , 1; 7 1 his talented son, the be st negro delineators of the day and Miss Harriet Coveney Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. T II E 0 X F OR D, 6, OXFORD -STREET. EVERY EVENING. Savtions from " LA CfReAssrENNE," " Simon Bolen ru,9m," and "Ernani," by Miss Russell and Miss Ernst ; 31 ., .55m Albert (his first appearance), Morley Greville, lull land and Cnorus.—Conductor, Mr. F. Jon . irhmans. — .I:alte's new hall ids by Miss Russell and Madame R ders sohn (cornpo, , ed expr,ssly for them). And Varied Comic Entertainments by 31Iss Harriet Coveney, Messrs. W. Ran dal:, Harvey and l'reueh (The Nerves), E. Marshall, and SA NI COWELL. Hall, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, is ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.--The Marquis of Al Isa has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of the shire and county of Ayr, in the room of the Earl of Eglinton, deceased. The Queen has appointed Lord Canning Ranger of Greenwich Park, with a residence, in the room of tho late Earl of Aber aeon.. —Observer. -FSSIA'N SIIIPS OF WAR IN THE RIVER.—Two unr„B:rsian war vessels, a f r i ga t e an d a corvette, are now jazerreap:tirtiaetraorottera.vesend, and have beer. visited by large HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, lh. 24m.—Afternoon, ]h. 46m. To-MORROW.-Morning, 2h. 13m.—Afternoon, 2h. 39m. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER, 1, 1661. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 53—highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day at noon. BAROMETER-50.0 8 ; rising. IVo - D—W.-N.-Westerly ; fresh and squally, with fine weather, but cold. DEC. 2. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHIM 47—highest since noon yesterday. 32—lowest this morning and during the night. 40—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.47. Wurn--N.-Westerly ; light, with fine frosty weather. y~a tdi4 --- s :11 .4 i ' .- - - A ( P F, e• - , , ; , , bi &w,e ."..,:"--) }„.„‘ t tk, 11- ' t ~, ; - - 7 ~,.„. 3 4 ., •, A. 1 ;i§" v '-. ...F t it . : - I .!_,AIK 11, • - , THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 2, 1861. We did not need the telegrams just received to convince us that the conduct of Captain WILKES and Lieutenant FAIRFAX would be hailed by the American press as " spirited," and deemed worthy of testimonials from the public and promotion by the Government. It was spirited no doubt; not spirited in the military sense—even the Yankees will hardly see much pluck in a vessel with 13 guns with a company of marines on board, attacking a peaceful trader which relied on her character solely, and not on her force. No, the " spirited conduct" was shown in the defiance of England; in taking doubtful law, as even he must regard it, into his own hands, and without troubling himself about prize courts or any such antiquated checks upon passion and violence, hauling the Commis sioners and their secretaries out of a British ship, while a British captain and a naval officer stood vainly protesting, " raving" they say, at the illegal violence perpetrated on their ship. Commander WILKES is to be placed on a level with the com mander of Fort Sumpter—the only point of resem blance being that neither of the commanders lost a man ; the "spirit" in each case cost nothing ; but there was at least the difference that one incurred no risk, while the other had a hard fight, although a lucky one, so far as life was concerned. It was no doubt a spirited thing to bully the great British nation ; to try how much she would submit to without fighting, and to presume to the uttermost on the forbearance which has been hitherto shown by us to our national offspring. It was spirit too to show in dealings with England that America still has citizens " who dare do more than may become a man." From the accounts received, it would appear tha Captain WILKES acted very much on his own responsibility. If the account of the interview with Gen. WOOL at Fort Monroe be correct, it would seem that this must be the case. The General pronounced him right, but added a supposition as to the personal consequences to the Commander of having gone too far. This would, of course, prove that the Captain of the San Jacinto acted under no special instructions from Washington, It seemed, indeed, from the course of his voyage that this could hardly be the case; and the probability is, that having heard at Havannah of the Commis sioners being there, he at once had the " spirit" to perceive that now was the time to glorify himself with SEWARD and the Sovereign mob ; the right might be very, very doubtful, but the praise at New York and Washington was very certain. And it was also certain that the greater the wrong—if only it could be got over without entailing worse consequences—the greater the praise. Even at the worst, he would be a gre der man, both at White house and with the multitude, if he had to be tem porarily cashiered for his brave illegality against unarmed vessels of neutrals. We can hardly believe, however, that Lord LYONS has given public expression to an opinion, that Messrs. SLIDELL and MASON would be given up to England, as stated by the Washington correspondent of the New I ork Times. It is one thing for him to feel, no doubt, of what the American Government ought to do under the circumstances, and quite another for him, without instructions from home in so grave a case, to promulge his opinion in the American press. The New York Herald quotes a singular precedent as applicable to the present case, and tells us how far it thinks its Government may concede, it says : —" We have a precedent in the action of the British Government itself in a precisely similar case in the Irish Rebellion of 1848, when the person of TERENCE BELLEW M`MANITS was forcibly taken from an American ship in the harbour of Cork, where he had taken shelter under the stars and stripes. But it is evident Commander WILKES was not autho rised to make the arrest on board of a British ship: and it is more than probable the Government will disavow the proceeding, apologise for it, promise never to do it again, perhaps reprimand the naval officer for permitting his zeal to outstrip his dis cretion. This is all, we think, the English Govern ment can fairly demand, if it ever does make any demand on the subject. As for giving up MASON and SLIDELL, now that they are in the hands of our Government, that is another affair, altogether out of the question." But it is not denied that had the Trent been in New York harbour she would have been subject to the laws of New York. Indeed, since the war, arrests have been made in that very harbour on board a British steamer and the authority not chal lenged. If that be the best precedent to be found, the Americans will find themselves utterly without excuse, though very likely the distinction they take may be one which Mr. SEWARD will take also. There must have been great eagerness indeed to catch the persons when a commander could be guilty of such breach of courtesy at least to get them. The fruit of the insult seems to be the chief object in Ame • rican eyes; if they can but run off with the sub-• stantial gain of forcibly subtracting two able men from the South, they do not seem to mind a little apologising. Fair words would be a cheap price for the persons of Messrs. SLIDELL and MASON and their secretaries. Our Government will, we cannot doubt, think it far too cheap. The two gentlemen trusted themselves to our protection, not for a moment doubting its sufficiency, nor can we allow it similar sufßeiea t.Net a state attack on its right tection to w h oms America ns w ill find th them every P ower which h whose rights it w il l maintai soil itself of its c oun t ry. The riven up, as well as an apology made, before the sense of justice throughout Europe will be satisfied. For us to accept anything short of this, would be simply to expose ourselves to general contempt. The Americans have a strangenotion that we would put up wi th anything rather than fight with them. It is, no doubt, due to the strange extent to which we have put up with all kinds of fraud and violence at their bands; and, doubtless, we have had self a command enough to decline fi g hting to punish every have taken With rudeness and every liberty they THE" SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DEO 4 I\I3ER 2, BR. us. The first thought, therefore, when they have outraged us, always is—will England fight about it. Thus the paper above quoted, writing on the 19th, two days later, says :—" It is the duty of our Government to make preparations for emer gencies. There is little probability that England will care to risk hostilities with us. It has too little to gain and too much to lose by fighting with the United States. But we ought, nevertheless, -to be fully prepared against any contingency that may arise. Congress is on the eve of assembling, and the Presi dent, in his message, should call at once for 500,000 more men, and appropriations to build, as rapidly as possible, several hundred vessels of war." We fear this is the general feeling in the North. Their rule of behaviour is not what is fair, courteous, or dignified between two great countries, but how far they can venture, without provoking us to incur the hazards and the expenses of war. They have the strong conviction, too, expressed by the remark that we have " too much to lose and too little to get," to hazard fighting with them. Now, it would be indeed a deplorable thing, if nothing but actual war would convince them, that they have more to lose and less to get by fighting with us. That this is so, the present enormous supe riority of our fleet ; the fact that we should now have half the States of America, whose battle, in fact, we should be fighting, on our, side ; that the opening of the Southern parts alone would go a long way towards paying us for the first expenses of the war; that Canada is quite as able to defend herself as was the South when the war began ; all combine to show. We may hope, however, that Mr. LINCOLN when the responsibility lies on him of deciding whether he must add to the war which already embarrasses him another with the mightiest naval power in the world, and, whether he will commence that war in vindication of what even he must own to be an extreme interpretation of the right of search,—we may hope that the President will shrink from such folly. His only gain will be four prisoners,—for the right to do the same under similar circumstances would never be sanctioned by civilized nations. But he would at once place England and the South on the best of terms ; the South, through England, would have that command of the seas which the North now enjoys. The blockade would be transferred to the North. All taxes must become direct, and customs cease—and the American com mercial navy be swept from the seas. Surely Mr. LINCOLIT will rather dismiss Mr. SEWARD than run such vast and useless risks. And all, too, against a country which has treated him and his cause with the most honourable neutrality. We would earnestly suggest an improvement next session of Mr. SCHOLEFIELD'S excellent Bill for the Prevention of the Adulteration of Food. With- out some such emendation as the one we are here about to explain, that otherwise admirably designed measure proves, and must still continue to prove, for the most part inoperative. The Hon. Mem- ber for Birmingham's Act stands upon the Statute Book as the 23d and 24th VICT., cap. 84. It undertakes to put a stop to the Adulteration of Food and Drink, by imposing a penalty of £5 and costs upon every person selling any article of Food or Drink, knowing it to contain any in- gredient injurious to health, or selling as pure and unadulterated any article which is not pure, and is adulterated. Another clause of the Ac empowers the proper authorities, upon a second offence, to publish the offender's name, place of abode, and offence, at his own expense, in the newspapers. Mr. SCEIOLEFIELD'S Act, moreover, duly provides for the appointment of analysts. Upon the face of all this nothing apparently could be more judicious, nothing could be more reason ably calculated to prove in every way effectual. The result has proved, however, quite the contrary. The Act of Parliament, 23d and 24th VICT., cap. 84, was passed, as its title intimates, in the session of 1860. It was passed in that year, in fact, upon the 6th of August, not long before the session came to its close. We have had, consequently, just about a twelvemonth's experience of its operation. And how has it been found to operate, to the pre vention of that Adulteration of Food and Drink, proved to be so disgracefully and systematically carried on through almost every trade, when the articles of trade after trade were scrutinised under the microscope of the analysts of the famous Com mission ? Let the great medical organ answer. Let us turn to the disclosures brought to light in the _Lancet of Saturday. In that paper, in the course of an elaborate and remarkable Report upon the Adulteration of Bottled Fruits, Pickles, and Vegetables a report of which we ourselves gave an anticipative summary in our im pression of Friday evening —it appears that the system of Adulteration flourishes still in shameful luxuriance —in spite of Mr. SCHOLEFIELD'S Act, its pains and penalties to the contrary notwithstanding ! Again the lens of inquiry is applied haphazard. And with what results? The 'statistics given in the Lancet's Report are, beyond doubt, sufficiently painful. They shew that out of " seven" samples of preserved greengages that were tested—no less than four of these samples were found to have been coloured with copper! They shew that out of "five" samples of bottled gooseberries three of them were proved to contain " that powerful and poisonous metal!" A chance sample of rhubarb was analysed —it also had copper in it! Again, out of " ten" samples of pickles, including amongst them Frenc: beans, gherkins, mixed pickles, and West India pickles, copper was found, (in several of these in stances, in large amount), in seven of the samples analysed ! Out of " five" tins of preserved peas two of the samples proved to be impregnated with copper. Out of "four" samples of green haricot or French beans, three were highly-coloured with copper, as was also a sample of mixed vegetables. Thus, according to the Lancet's Report, out of " Thirty five" samples analysed, copper was proved to be present, frequently in considerable amount, in no less than Twenty one samples ; that is to say in very nearly two-thirds of the whole number. What makes the miserable reality of all this all the more discreditable is the fact of the utter wantonness of it. The Lancet—a competent witness, certainly— distinctly asserts that there is no excuse for it whatever. As it puts the matter, " Bottled and preserved fruits and vegetables do not in their pre paration come in contact with copper at all, and pickle! I may be prepared in utensils of iron. The pickles; thus made," it is added, " are less green ; but the fact of their being of better flavour and much more wholesome ought to be more than suffi cient to counterbalance so trifling a disadvantage." It is a lmost superfluous to say, after what has here nee al remarked, that the addition of Copper to • any vegetable substance used as an article c 1 food is a violation of the recent ac' for the Pre• rention of Adulterat:on, and exposes the parties to i mosecution." After what has been said of the 23d an 24th Vtar.,!cap. 84, cela ea sans dire. But —such t Bing the case—the adulterations thus still proved tot be rife, indicate, as plainly as any thing could iti dieate it, that the act, as it now stands, urgently requires emendation. What if, instf ft;d of authorising the publication of th e nuns, reA'es, and offences at the expense of the offenders, upon the proving in each instance of a second offence—What if, instead of this, it were decided next session, by the Legislature, that duly appointed censors and analysts be em powered, and not only empowerel, but required to publish (in any way that might be deemed most convenient and conspicuous) the names, addresses, and offences—periodically. Whenever an offence of adulteration is proved—no matter whether the first or the second or the fiftieth—whenever the offence, we repeat, is proved ! Numbering the offence at the time of publication. Declaring it, for instance, to be the first offence, or the second, or thefiftieth, as the case might be. Let such a peri odical official, authorised index be ordered by the Legislature—be held in terrorem over intending adulterators—and we shall then, but not until then apparently, have an end put to this disgrace ful and systematic aulteration of our food. Let Mr. SCHOLEFIELD—We earnestly beseech him — look to it. One of the " richest" things that we can remem ber to have occurred for a long while past any where has just transpired in Galway. It is the upshot of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S flying visit there in his official capacity as Chief Secretary. Every one recollects what came of that visit, so far as Sir ROBERT'S view of the situation of affairs in that part of Ireland was concerned. The Irish Secre tary's opinion of Galway and its belongings was em- bodied in a phrase, found its most apt and telling enunciation in a sneer, that was so directly to the purpose, that it almost seemed to sparkle with the wit of one of PASQUIN'S epigrams. Sir ROBERT PEEL—Orange Peel, as some of them are beginning to regard him in the light of, on the other side of St. George's Channel, remembering, as they still do very vividly, that "his father was so before him"-- Sir ROBERT PEEL, fresh from his visit to the would- be packet-station county, spoke of Galway as having a " hungry look." A sort of Starved Apothecary among the Irish shires. The phrase has pierced the sensitive nerves of Galway, and sticks there deeply embedded, keenly barbed, cruelly poisoned, and not very easy, we take it, of extraction. In common parlance—the taunt has told. But-1 oto has it told? It is precisely in this that lies the pith and marrow of the jest. The 7imse Irish correspondent is the witness we shall call into court to answer the inquiry as to how Sir ROBERT PEEL'S taunt has told in Galway upon the more sensitive of the Galwayites. "The Chief Secretary," he *rites, " has wrought a miracle in Galway, for ho has roused in it the long dormant spirit of indepen dense, which everybody thought was dead." The writer then goes on to say,—" At a meeting of the Town Commissioners on Thursday, the Rev. P. DALY, the chairman, annoaneed large donations for the poor, the result of a spontaneous movement, which sprang out of the feeling excited by the in sulting charges made by the present Seeretary of State. They did not want his aid or his help, or his charity. If he (Sir ROBERT PEEL) were to hand him (Father DALY) £5O, he would take upon himself to retura it to him. Galway had, without Government aid, supplied the present wants of the people, and made provision for future requirements." Now, really, than this we cannot fancy anything more delightfully droll in its way as an outburst of Virtuous Indignation. With reason does the Times' Correspondent observe, drily and sententiously, after the above account of these amusing particulars as to the effect produced in Gal way by the recent remarks of the Irish Secretary— " This is a most satisfactory result of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S visit." For, in point of fact, the whole pro ceeding amounts to this—That ao indignant are the people of Galway at the Chief Secretary's recent re marks anent their aspect that actually for once they have—helped themselves ! To put the case otherwise and to reduce it forthwith to its own proper dimen sions. They regard Sir ROBERT PEEL'S observation as so singularly unjust that they have immediately taken the best possible means directly to justify it ! Father DALY, exulting that—(while Galway has thus acted—at last—instigated so to act, remember, by Sir ROBERT PEEL'S very telling, and, as the event proves, wonderfully beneficial reproaeh)— Father DALY, exulting loudly thnt they have done admirably well without Government aid of any kind! And not only exulting at this, as though it were something so amazingly creditable under the circumstances, but pluming himself upon the fact that if Sir ROBERT were to make a personal offer of £5O to swell the funds—that £5O would instantly be returned from the same gene rous impulse (there is really no other phrase for it) of Virtuous Indignation ! Why—of course : such must be the case. Surely—that is only what anyone might reasonably have ex pected could be done with anything like decency under the circumstances. To have any other impulse than that would evidence only the meanest, the paltriest spirit in the world. It were really, in fact, the echo again, with a strong brogue upon it, of Maw worm's delicious avowal of humility, " I likes to be despised." But for Father DALY we should really and truly have but a dull time of it, in examining into the affairs of Galway and the hopes and fears of its population. He has again —in the most generous spirit in the world—afforded us the most genuine amusement. For doing this, we are—with a very lively sense of obligation—his most obedient, or, as the French politely express it, with the most dis inguished consideration. h DESPATCHES FOR AMERICA. A Queen's messenger, with special despatches, arrived at Kingston on Sunday morning, and pro• ceeded immediately to Cork, with despatches ad. dressed to our Minister at Washington. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were—Viscount Palmerston, Earl Granville, Sir George Grey, Earl Rue, ell, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Sir Chas. Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. COTTON FROM SOUTH AFRICA.—The samples of cotton (chiefly South Sea Island variety) gathered and for warded to London by the last mail show that the climate and soil of our South African colonies is in favour of an almost unlimited cultivation of the staple.—Cape and .Natal News. NEW DOCKS AT NORTEFLEET.—The project for the erection of new docks on a scale of great magnitude at Northflcet has been revived. The plans provide for basins, floating docks, warehouses, &c., and a loop line of railway to join the North Kent Railway at Gravesend. The following are the contract times for mails to be conveyed from London to the West Indies, Central and South America, and the Pacific during the next year, viz., to St. Thomas in 141 days, to Colon in 191 days, to Rio de Janeiro in 261, to Buenos Ayres in 351, to Bonuy ( \Vest Coast of Africa) in 321, to Cape of Good Hope in 42, to Tampico in 28, to Jamaica in 19, to Demerara in 20, and to Valparaiso in 42. The final adjustment of the terms upon which the amalgamation of the Queen Life and Fire Insurance Com pany with the London and Lancashire Insurance Company is Lased upon has been effected by the directors, subject to the confirmation of the shareholders. By this arrangement the London and Lancashire Company comes into possession at once of a fire income of about £40,000 per annum, and an established machinery of agency for fire business. The Queen Life Company, which is to be a separate association under the same management, will have all the advantages of a unity of action with the London and Lancashire Company, part of the direction of that body taking office as directors of the Queen Company. A T !"T NEW CAPTURE OF CONFEDERATE COMMISSIONERS. QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 1. The Royal Mail steamship Persia arrived here at 11 a.m. to-day, with 86 passengers. She landed 86 sacks of mails, and proceeded for Liverpool at 11.45 a.m. All well. The Persia left New York on the 20th instant, and experienced very strong easterly winds with heavy head seas all the way across. NEW YORK, Nov. 19, EVENING. The capture of Messrs. Mason and Slidell forms the leading topic of discussion. The New York journals are filled with legal quotations and precedents of the acts of the British Government, to prove that the seizure of Messrs. Mason and Slidell is no breach of international law. They argue that the steamer Trent was liable 'to seizure for carrying rebel despatches, and urge that promotion and testimonials should be conferred on Commander Wilkes for his spirited conduct. Messrs. Slidell and Mason have been taken to Fort Warren. The Southern journals report that Jefferson Davis has been elected President, and Stephens Vice-President, of the Confederate States for a term of six years. Federal troops intended for the South continue to arrive at Annapolis. The Confederates have again attacked the Fede• rals at Santa Rosa Island, but the Federal fleet shelled them off. The Georgia planters have held a convention, in which it was resolved that if the present cotton crop remain unsold they will not plant any cotton next year. The steamer Fingal is reported to have arrived at a Southern port with a cargo of ammunition. The British barque Deobey (P), which arrived at New York for provisions, has been seized for an alleged violation of the blockade. NEW YORK, Nov. 20, MORNING. General Dix has landed 4,000 troops on the eastern shore of Virginia, and has issued a procla mation guaranteeing constitutional rights to loyal inhabitants. It is reported that the Federals were well received by the people of Decomac and North ampton Counties. The Confederates have assembled in force at Big Bethel, and an attack on Newport News is expected. Beaufort has been deserted by the Confederates, but not occupied by the Federals. On the 16th instant the Federal fleet was still off Beaufort. The Washington correspondent of the .New Lark Tittles states that Lord Lyons had expressed his opinion that Messrs. Mason and Slidell would be given up to England. The New York Journal of Commerce considers the opening of Beaufort for trade impracticable at present. A Belgian steam frigate has just been signalled off New York. Advices from Havannah to the 15th inst. state that the Spanish fleet had not started for Mexico. The Saxonia has arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Nov. 19, EVENING. Money easy. Exchange steady ; bankers' bills, 1138?-, to 1081. Stocks steady : New York Central, 80/ ; Erie, 33Z ; Illinois, 624. Cotton steady : Middling Upland, 231 c. Flour dull. Wheat 2c. lower. Corn 2c. lower. Provisions and coffee quiet. Sugar good inquiry. Molasses steady. The Nor wegian has arrived out. TURIN, DEC. 2, A meeting of the majority of the Deputies, a which the Ministers were also present,was held yes terday. Baronßicasoli gave explanations on the state of Naples and the brigandage in the Basilicata and on the frontiers of the Papal States. He said that, in pursuance of an understanding between the French and Italian Governments, the French troops will energetically co-operate in the suppression of bri gandage on the ft ontiers of the Papal States. _ _ Baron Ricasoli also announced that the Lieute nancy of Sicily would be shortly abolished. In consequence of these explanations the majo rity of the Deputies present resolved not to concur in any vote of want of confidence in the Ministry which might be proposed by the Opposition. PARIS, DEC, 2, The Austrian intervention in the Herzegovina is stated to have been made with the object of securing free transit through the military road be tween Klek and Ragusa. That object being at tained, the Austrian troops will re-enter their own territory. PARIS, DEC. 1 The Moniteur publishes a letter addressed to the Emperor by the stockbrokers of Paris, thanking his Majesty for the abolition of the entrance fee to the Bourse, and asking permission to erect a statue to the Emperor within the building. The Emperor in his reply thanks them for their appreciation of his efforts for the good of France and the progress and credit of the country. His Majesty further says that the intention of the stockbrokers to erect his statue in the Bourse touches him deeply, but he requests that they will not carry out their intention, and offers then, his portrait, to be placed in their Council-chamber, in order to remind them how pre cious the manifestation of their feelings has been to him." PARIS, DEC. 1. It is asserted on reliable information that Aus trian forces entered the Herzegovina to-day. PESTH, DEC. 1. All the new functionaries have already been ap pointed in all the Comitats. The Cardinal Archbishop of Gran will be super seded in his functions as Obergespan of the Comitat of Gran. THORN, Nov. 30. General Luders will leave Warsaw very shortly. It is stated on reliable authority that General Bezak will be appointed Governor of Poland. The Marquis Wielopolski is era route from St. Petersburg to Berlin. BERNE, DEC. 1. The Federal Council has addressed another note to France in reference to the affair of the Valley of Dappes, renewing its demand for satisfaction for the violation of Swiss territory on the ground of the Federal Commissioners' report. The Federal Council also states in this note that Switzerland will not enter into any negotiations with the French Government under present circumstances. States will refuse to accede to the demands made by England ; in that case we may presume that war will be immediately declared, and the first act of hostility will be the recognition of the Southern States " We are convinced that the war between the two countries will be an interminable one, but, on the other hand, we cannot remain Rile spec tators of a struggle between North America and England. It is quite clear that it is not our duty to avenge the wrongs of England, but the re cognition of the South by that Power, which would imply a final separation from the United States, could not be regarded as an isolated act, and would impose upon France the necessity of assuming a decisive attitude in this question. The result would be that two great maritime Powers of Europe might be (pourraient etre) drawn into a common action with the same identical political object; and that being the case, as we have observed before, Presi dent Lincoln, by provoking an act of brutality, may perhaps have acted with foresight by preparing a separation which he can neither propose nor accept." THE AMERICAN QUESTION• La Patrie has another article on the above ques tion. After recapitulating the facts, La Patrie comes to the important point —Quelle sera main tenant l'attitude de la France ? (How is France to act ?) " In our opinion (says La Patrie) it is difficul t for her to remain indifferent in presence of a viola tion of international law which concerns all maritime nations. We believe that ye; y likely the Northern FRANCE. The Emperor received yesterday a letter from the Emperor of Russia notifying the birth of a prince, the son of the Grand Duke Michael Nicolaewitsch and of her Imperial Higness the Grand Duchess Olga Feodorowna. BOURSE, Nov. 30.—The market has been more buoyant, the effect of the American affair begin ning to wear off, and buyers again coming forward. The reponse de primes (option) has been made at 69f. Threes, for the Account, are now of 69f. 35c. Railways firm. Three o'Clock.—The following are the last quo ,ations 4t per per Cents ... 95 25, Do end month.... 95 35' Credit Foncier 1195 Belgian 4f lOO Piedmontese Fives 6B 25 Roman Austrian Spanish Threes . Home Debt 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 40 Bank Shares 2960 Credit Mobilier 745 —1 Do. Account 747 50 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1330 .. 1332 50 Northern New ditto . 915 Lyons and Mediterranean 1025 1027 50 Geneva 345 347 50 Southern Western .. Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lowbard THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY NIGHT. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Tagus, Captain W. B. Hall, arrived at 9 p.m., with mails of the 27th ult. from Lisbon, and the 28th from Oporto and Vigo, in charge of Lieut. Smith, R.N., naval mail agent. From Lisbon to Vigo she had light north-easterly winds and thick foggy weather; from Vigo to 70 miles south of Ushant, strong south-westerly winds and un settled weather; and the remainder of the passage strong north-westerly winds and fine. Lord Methuen and Colonel Seymour, C. 8., were among the passengers by th© Tagus. She brought in all 11 passengers, and on freight £2,105 in specie, 714 half-chests of oranges, 253 boxes of eggs, 12 live oxen, and 28 packages of general merchandise. PORTUGAL. Lisbon dates are of the 27th November, when the following foreign vessels of war were anchored in the river :—Prussian brig Hela, Spanish corvette Villa de Bilbao, and French steamer Etoile, which had arrived from St. Louis on the 21st ; the English steamer Handy, Captain Glover, which had arrived the previous day from Villa Garcia. The American ship Corinthian, from Cardiff, bound to Alicante, which had put into Lisbon for repairs, was burnt at her moorings on the 25th ult., supposed from spontaneous combustion. Lisbon exchanges, for three months, were quoted for this mail :—London, 53Z, 531 ; Paris, 530 ; Amsterdam, 42, 50 ; Hamburg, 48 ; Genoa, 528. ROYAL ENGLISTI OPERA, COVENT- GARDEN. Balfe's new opera " The Puritan's Daughter" was produced on Saturday evening with a degree of success which even Balfe himself, the most success ful of English composers, has scarcely ever achieved; nor has he ever been more deserving of success. We feel convinced, indeed, that this, iris latest work, is also the most matured and richest fruit of his genius. It has all the qualities to which its author owes his reputation—a reputation which in days to come will be still higher than it is now. For Balfe is not one of the ephemeral writers of the time. Among his numerous works there are some which will live among the classic productions of his art, and '• The Puritan's Daughter" will live as long as any of them. It is strongly marked with that individuality of style which no musician, be his genius what it may, ever acquires otherwise than gradually, and by long experience and prac tice in his art, and which in this opera is as con spicuous as in those of Rossini and Auber. The subject of "The Puritan's Daughter" belongs to the time of " The Merry Mon'arch," who is him self a principal character of the drama. The period is posterior to the restoration, when the Puritans, though subdued, were still active and dangerous. The performance cannot be praised too highly. From beginning to end of the opera it was super excellent. Miss Louisa Pyne was a charming re presentative of Mary Wolf. Her action was full of spirit and feeling ; and her singing breathed the very soul of melody. Santley's vocal powers were as great and his histrionic powers greater than ever. As a dramatic baritone he has now no superior, and his progress as an actor has lately been remarkable. Harrison's Rochester was not only a fine vocal performance, but a masterpiece of true comedy. Miss Susan Pyne and Mr. Honey as the comic pair, contributed vastly to the pleasant ness of the piece : and of Patey as the King, Corri as Colonel Wolf, and St. Albyn as Seymour, we can truly say they were the right men in the right places. The orchestra and chorus were admirable, and the nzise en scene complete and beautiful, as is always the case at this theatre. The triumph of the opera, and of its performance, was complete. The house was full to overflowing, the principal performers, and the composer, after having been called for several times during the piece, were called for again at the fall of the cur tain, together with Mr. Bridgman, the author of 1 the drama, and Mr. Mellon, the chef d'orchestre ; and all received warm expressions of public favour. CAPTAIN MOIR, OF THE TRENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The spirited conduct of Captain Moir, commander of the West India royal mail steam packet Trent, fully deserves, and I hope will re ceive, a fitting recognition, not only from Govern ment, but also from the public and from his own company, The present occasion is not the first on which he has been under hostile fire in the service of his country. When chief officer 3f the Orinoco, steam trans port, and serving with the English fleet in the action before Sebastopol, that vessel had to tow the Albion and other disabled men-of-war out of the thickest of the fight. Capt. Moir's humanity is equal to his gallantry . . . Allput 13 years since he, at great personal risk, rescued from impending destruction the captain, passengers, and crew of a Dutch East Indiaman, and was presented by the King of Holland with a large gold medal in acknowledgment of his ser vices. Of his prudence he has just giving a striking example, additions to which could be readily quoted. A thorough gentleman, of most scrupulous honour, a sincere friend, a skilful and most cour teous commander, and possessing talents which would have done credit to her Majesty's service, Captain Moir exhibits all those high qualities which are usually combined in the ENGLISH NAVAL OFFICER. alrE MAGAZINES. .Magazine. " Captain Clutterbuek's Charupgne" is continued and this West Indian reminiscence is well worthy of consideration. It now approaches a climax, and in the next number we may hope to hear of the triumphant success of the bold stratagem that the intrepid Arthur Burne proposes. An amusing in cident is that of the true son of Erin, Pat Shane's indignation at being asked to substitute a sham for a real quarrel. The object being simply to detain the expected bridegroom while the bride effected her escape, Mr. Knox suggested to Pat not to em broil himself uselessly, but to make it up again soon, this did not suit the notions of Pat, the blood of the Shanes was roused at the idea, and he indignantly exclaimed—" Fun on proper subjects I can under stand, if its cardin a proctor, or boultin a turnpike, or takin a funky rider over some damnable raspers, or any other harmless divarsion I've not the least objection. But to be thriflin with matters of honor, Is't a Shane yere asking Bathershin !" " Chronicles of Carling ford" are continued and there is not so much of note occurring at this juncture of the tale. Susan is a finished representation of a sel fish woman, who cares for nobody, and thinks for nothing else than her own person and comforts. "Nettie" provokes one by her subserviency to her despicable relation. No one is called upon to be a slave to the vices of others, and it is only encourag ing wrong and holding out a premium to the meanest of human errors to act as she did. A little wholesome contradiction and a right indica tion of her own independence would have been of essential service to the idle, useless woman who ,ounged on a sofa all day, and allowed her sister :o toil and slave for her and her children. One feels a sympathy for Dr. Reider's indignation at her supineness, which increased the ills tenfold. This month's number is rich in fiction. We have a " Christmas Story" called " Wassail," which pro mises to be of great interest. The beginning is stormy, but we may expect in the next por tion that the wandering daughter and the pro digal sou will return to the sheltering folds of home, and that at the appropriate season. of Christmas there will be peace and good will in the homestead of the farm and the quiet vicarage of St. Maddock. The sketch of the village inn is very well done, and gives an apt representa tion of life in that sphere. There is an admirable article called "A Word from a New Dictionary"— Flunkey ism. It contains some very forcible remarks, and brings common sense to bear on the absurd pre tensions and vulgar boastings that distinguish a certain class of the community. It refers to a selec tion of phrases which are supposed to express the characteristic elements of English social life in the nineteenth century—as for example, " flunkeyism," " beadledom," " lordolatry," " mumbo-jumbo," " phantasms," &c. It is said that " the best evidence in favour of social distinctions is of the strict legal kind, adverse possession ; they have held their ground identical in the main from such time ss 'the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.' If these new teachers of ours were genuine philosophers, they would know that " shams" do not last so long. There is much truth, mixed with amusing satire, in the following epigrammatic passages relative to the subject of boasting. " If m;friend Thompson boasts to me that he dined with the Duke last week, or obtrudes that fact upon my notice (who did not dine there) in any disagreeable manner, I set him down in my own mind as a man of very bad taste, inferior breeding, and probably weak understanding. But, on the other hand, if he is always labouring to impress upon me that he does not want to dine with the Duke, — that he considers Brown, who dines there once a a fortnight, a toady and a snob for so doing,—that he never did and never would dine with a duke unless it had been the Duke of Wellington, and then only as a compliment to an illustrious soldier in that unfortunate position, why, in that case, I come to much the same conclusion still as to his his taste, and if I give him credit for a trifle more brains, it is at the expense of another valuable quality—his veracity." In conclusion, there is another smart hit at the absurdity put forward in the "SnobPapers"on literary celebrities not receiving due honour. The writer complains that authors and editors are not in such intimate communication with dukes as may be desired, and, with bitter irony, the anathematiser exclaims, " two of them have actually been invited to Court during the pre sent reign, and probably toward the close of the season one or two will be asked to dinner by the Premiei of the day." Now, it is forcibly questioned what is a bewildered reader to think at such a re mark in pages which show up the tinsel of cant etiquette, and declare aristocratic dinner parties as degrading to the very soul of man. Has Diogenes taken to his tub because he was not asked to A lexan der's feast ? " Such a complaint does dishonour to the true claims of intellect. There is a divinity that doth hedge a king, and it is right for us all to acknow ledge it. But genius is untrue to itself if it veils its divine right before any king that reigns. The poet or the philosopher has an empire wider than Caesar's. He has his court, his audience chamber, his subjects whom he sways with a word. He is himself a king of men, his rank and precedence is not within the cognisance of stars and ribbons. Consign Genius to the " second table." Its seat is among the gods—" beside their nectar, careless of mankind." This article contains sterling sense, and is appropriate at a time when so much folly is written on the subject. It is refreshing to meet with so complete an exposé of the errors of the system, and the mistakes in the code of the levelling sneerers, who first abuse the state of things, and then complain that all are not admitted to the enjoyment of what they have just denounced as folly. "Augustus Welby Pugin" is the subject of a paper that is interesting, and deserves to be noticed with respect, as calling attention to a man who in his day did great things in his line, and is now passed away to that night where no man can work. The sketch here given of his fitful course is very attractive, and the reader looks on it as one regards any career that in eagerness and enthusiasm is hurrying along, and in doubt and darkness reaches• a sad and sudden termination. This well-written and impressive paper concludes in the following elo quent passage :—" More pathetic words were never spoken by any soldier falling on the field. He falters his Pax Omnibus' as he falls, defeated and yet victorious, escaping out of all the unthought of pains which his primitive rude knight errantry was unprepared to meet. Whether his brain gave way under natural pressure, or whether he was driven mad into Bedlam and the grave by agencies more occult than toil and excitement, will pro-bably never be known and whether known or not, is deeply indifferent to the dead soldier. He has his grave in flint built St. Augustine's, within sound of the stormy Channel which he loved almost as well, no longer able to interpose his desperate human exertion between perishing sailors on those angry straits, and the wide grave that gapes for them, no longer able to feel the serpent's tooth, the pang of desertion, and somebody has offered unlimited money to complete what remains of the Pugin Chauntry. It is a fit conclusion to the sad strange story. Those who build the sepulchres of the prophets whom their fathers have slain, may afford a little tabernacle-work and dainty " de tail," after his own forlorn heart could he but know it, to this rude but loyal me' diasval vassal who gave heart and genius, life and fortune, to the service of his church and his art." One seldom meets in maga zine with such a classic and elegant sketch as this excellent article. There are two Papers on America which afford information, but of course the relative advantages of the North and South are now ab sorbed in the question of the day, as regards Eng land and America. There is an able criticism on " Fechter in Hamlet and Othello." It concludes with the following emphatic warning. "So ac complished an actor, with so charming a physique, will be a great gain to our stage, if misguided ambition, similar to that which makes all baritones try to be tenors, does not lead him into such mistakes as this of Othello. Let hint be assured of one thing, that the. success of his Othello is due entirely to the reputation created by his Hamlet, and the scenery, dresses, and novelty of the" business" which excite a temporary curiosity• if he suffer panegyrists and flatterers to delude laini into the idea that his acting of Othello moved the audience or satisfied the judgment of those whose judgment finally determines an actor's reputation , he will rapidly lose the high position he has won. This is the language of a sincere admirer." Fraser. The third and concluding portion of Mr. Mill's valuable essay on Utilitarianism opens the current number of Fraser. The accomplished logician has thoroughly discussed this subject in all its varying aspects, and has carefully examined the arguments of opposing theorists. The essay is written in WS usual clear and forcible style, searching and candid in , its character. However much we may differ from him in theory, it is impossible not to feel that utilitarianism has secured a very able and powerful advocate. " The Duties of England to India," a question which, since the tragedy of 1857, has occu pied the minds of many thoughtful and conscien tious men, are discussed by one who is evidently familiar with his subject. lie strongly recommends the encouragement of native e ducation, especially among the females and the country people, a rid laments the haughty and insulting manner too often adopted by Europeans. The interesting but melancholy, story of " Good for Nothing, of All Down Hill," comes to an end this month. as a mournful record of a noble nature wrecked