The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-24 00:00:00

ti EA Tit t 3 •RO Y AL, RAY MAttliET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. BaOkatofie. " E. "Nr s ia, the nertorrnanoes will commence with THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. After which, a new Comedy, entitled THE SOFT SEX. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Bnekstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. E.Vllliers, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Wilkins, &c. With USED UP, Mr. C. Mathews. To conclude with the Ballet, BACCHUS AND ARIADNE. Commence a 7 [.LOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.— A_ U Lesse e and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. This theatre will open on Saturday, Sept. 28, with a new and oric4nal comedy, in five acts, written byJohn Brough am, tit l e d PLAYING WITH FIRE • characte rs b y M r. John . R 0 e I .‘ ugham (Iris first appearance at 'this theatre), Mr, Ryder. Mr H. Widdicombe, Mr. George Jordan (of the principal theatres of the United States, his first appearance in Eng- Lelcieng, and Mrs. West on. Wi th other En land,. Miss C . terta tv ments. In active preparation, Shakespeare's tragedy of 0 rim ELL°, with new scenery, dresses and appointments. O thello, Mr. Fechter. The box-office will open on Wednes day, Sept. 25. It is but seldom that so much excitement can be got out of an ordinary agricultural meeting as that which was evoked last week by Mr. WEGUELIN down at Wolverhampton. The occasion was nothing more out of the way than one of the customary Harvest Home Meetings. It was a jovial banquet, in fact, bringing to a close—accord ing to oxr convivial wont here in England—the sayings and doings of the local agricultural associa tion, the Agricultural Association, that is, of Staffordshire. One would hardly have expected that very much in the way of ex citement could be elicited from th cit. There seems scarcely an opportunity for anything of the kind, in an incident so exceedingly common place, and so excessively matter-of-fact. The pro ceedings at these banquets might almost as a rule be reported for the local papers without any neces sity for personal attendance on the part of the short-hand writer. Earl So-and-so (the county magnate), as a thing of course, takes the chair; his Lordship being " supported " (as though he was in a fainting condition) on the right and left by Sir DASH BLANK and Squire SUCH-AN -ONE, together with a longish list of illustrious obscures, known only to the countryside in the immediate neighbour hood. Full justice having been done to the excel lent fare provided by our " worthy friend," JONES of the Golden Fleece, or TOMKINS of the Red Lion, as the case may be, when the cloth has been removed [they are full of these particularities in the provin cial newspapers] the "business" of the evening [as if that, forsooth, were not the Dinner itself that has just been consumed], the business of the evening commences. Instead of slurring over the pre liminary part of this same business of the post-prandial speech-making, with that little hack neyed sentence so familiar to us Londoners—" The usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been duly given and responded to "—our unsophisticated country contemporaries indulge us with a record of each toast with the utmost degree of pariicularity. It is almost with reluctance apparently that at the close of the second on the list we are let off with— (after " H.R.H. the Prince CONSORT and H.R.H. the Prince of WALES ") " and the rest of the Royal Family." It seems like a missed opportunity. And it is because of this, perhaps, that we generally note immediately after wards that another royal highness is expressly referred to, the toast of the " Army and Navy," admitting a courtly allusion en passant to the General Commanding-in-Chief. Nay —so much are the ininutice in these matters attended to that we are generally informed (sometimes in the most ab surdly incongruous way in the world, of the music warbled out at the close of each toast by the little group of professionals who have begun their per formances simultaneously with the appearance of dessert by nearly tiring every one to death by their drearily protracted, " never-ending, still-begin nipg" intonation of Non Nobis Domine. Nor is it enough that we are informed who gave forth the toast of the Army and Navy ; we are next apprized that the gallant Capt. SMITH, of the Onety-oneth, returned thanks for the former, and that Commodore BROWN duly responded on behalf of his brother blue-jackets. In return for the successive toasts of the "Lords" and the "Common s" —a thousand to one but a non-political peer (for there are such) replies on behalf of the Lords, and a silent member (silent, that is within the House) on behalf of the Commons. Yet it was actually out of proceedings of this deadly and thoroughly used -up character, that Mr. WEGUELIN contrived, by a master stroke of—what shall we call it ?—want of tact—to elicit an exhilarating burst of excitement. Speaking of Mrs. DOUGLAS (fami liar to the readers of the sparkling little novelette of "The Semi-Attached Couple ") Colonel BEAUFORT, the blasé fine-gentleman, says very wittily, "If she occasionally squeezes a few drops of lemon-juice into any stagnant cup it will be rather an advantage. I shall effervesce." It was in this opportune manner precisely that Mr. WEGUELIN acted the other day down at the farmers' dinner at Wolverhampton. He squeezed a few drops of lemon juice into the stagnant cup of the agricul tural banquet of the Staffordshire Associa tion. And forthwith—the farmers effervesced. It was absolutely refreshing to read the account of it. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, the new and original farce, entitled THE FETCHES; or, The Onconvanience of a Single Life. Tim O'Reilly, Mr. Edmund Falconer; Mary O'Brady, Miss Lydia Thompson. After which, at Eight o'clock, the new and success ful comedy of WOMAN; or, Love against the World. Characters by Messrs. Walter Lacy , Addison, Herman Vezin, J. Robins, Mrs. Charles Young, Mrs. Weston, Miss Murray, and Miss Lydia Thomson. To conclude with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE, in which Miss Lydia Thompson will danee a New Volunteer Quick Step. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7 Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. E THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL ,L. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Open for the Whiter Season. THIS EVENING, MUSIC HATA CHARMS. Messrs. D. Fisher, Romer, Werde, Misses K. Kelly and Laidlaw. Atter which (2334 time), THE COLLEEN BA WN. Mr. D. Roucicault D. elsher, Billington, S. Emery, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. H. Lewis. To conclude with LOVE AND HUNGER. Messrs. Fisher, Emery, C. J. Smith, Mrs. H. Marston, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at hail past 6—Commence at 7. C N TERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Mr. SAM COWELL every Evening at Nine and a quarter to Eleven.—Also, Grand Selections from TROVATORE, TRAVIATA, NORMA, 'MARTHA, &c., by Miss Russ e ll, Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Morley, and a powerful Chorus. The Comic department comprises Messrs. IT ary ey and French, "The Nerves " Mr. Marshall—Mr. Wood and his talented Son - and Miss Harriet Coveney. New Opera by Auber LA CIRCASSIENNE.—A Grand Selection, arranged and conducted by Mr. Jonghmans, from this Opera will be produced, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS couNrrtv, on MONDAY next. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Mr. Herbert, and Signor Tivoli. .Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, is, H E O X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. A Grand Selection from Verdi's ne;O;era, " Simon Boc canezra" (now produced for the first time in this country), by Mis- Russell, Mossrs. C. Greville, Tivoli, Greene, Morley, and Herbert ; also from Verdi's " Macbeth" by Madame Enderssohn and the entire Company. Full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonzhmans. Varied Comic entertain ments by Harvey and French (the Nerves), Wood and his Son, K Marshall, and W. Randall. Hall, Bti. ; Balcony and Stalls, Is. Private Boxes, Ns. Bd. And all out of a matter so apparently trifling in itself. An allusion to the " burking " last session (among so many other Innocents) of the much- talked-of and eagerly-looked-for Transfer of Lands Bill ! The Bill projected by Sir HUGH CAIRNS, and afterwards shelved by the hustling of the Tories out of place, and the induction into office, in lieu of them, of those wonderful much- talking but little-doing Reformers ! It was a deli- cate subject to touch upon, we ma y presume, in purely bucolic company. Mr. WEGUELIN, like a great city man, as he is, with all the weight of the Bank of England on his shoulders, came down upon the corns—not upon the corn but upon the corns—of the Staffordshire agri- culturists and landed proprietors. Came down so unexpectedly and heavily, too, that, as a matter of course, they howled. It was like the stamp upon the tenderest of gouty toes from Miss KILMANSEGGE'S wonderfully precious, but fright fully ponderous Golden Leg. The agriculturists at Wolverhampton were not to be mollified by any words that could afterwards be uttered by the perpe- trator of this excruciating gaucherie. Mr. WEGITE- LIN had decidedly put his Golden Foot in it. He had dared to talk politics—unpleasantly. And while nothing but politics will " go down" at a public dinner, perhaps we should rather say with a public dinner at Sheffield—it is •diametrically the reverse apparently at Wolvcrhampton. There — anything but politics ! Particularly--anything but politics_ talked unpleasantly ! Even when the oil of poetic compliment was poured upon the troubled waters, the turbulence of the latter *as not to be in any ALFRED MELLOWS PROMENADE ' advantage of th e nava l sroce d ure i s , th a t no one CONCERTS. can tell where it wilt see fit to operate. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. LAST WEEK BUT TWO. Hence we already hear of regiments being THE MOZART NIGHT THIS EVENING. withdrawn from Northern Virginia to protect the In cons e quence of the great satisfaction evinced on th e siu'ot the Mozart Night, it will be repeated this even- coast of the Carolinas. In c'he first part of the Concert will consist of a Selection October has been the time always fixed for the from the Works of Mozart.— the second part wilt be Mis cellaneous, and include Beethoven's BATTLE Symphony, great onward movement. M'CLELLAN'S men are, performed by the Orchestra, assisted by the Bands of the Victoria Rifles and the City of London Rifle Brigade.—Grand however, reported to be far from being an army Operatic Selection, "RobOrt le Diable."—The Dib 'in Qua drille (on nautical airs).—Grand Volunteer March and Part yet, although improving every day in regimental Song.—A Part Song by Mendelssohn.—Songs by Mdlle. PA.REPA, Madame LAURA BAXTER , M r. W EISS , an d drill and power of co-operation. W e fear, how- VE ttNON Jtc. 4 ever, that they will not, even in a fortnight more, Commence at 8. Promenade, ls. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. be well in hand for any great offensive movement; On Wednesday (To-morrow), a FRENCH NIGHT. while, on the other hand, their impatience and that On Thursday, a MENDELSSOHN NIGHT. On Friday, an ITALIAN NIGHT ; and on • of the public may again necessitate an advance. Saturday, a VOLUNTEER NIGHT. On Monday next Mendelssohn's Oratorio, ELIJAH, will Naval exploit s , if th ey cont i nue to be successful, be given. may possibly serve to quiet the restless eagerness of the ignorant public, as it will obvi ously be so efficient' a mode of procedure. Already the privations of the South are severe, from want of the ordinary comforts brought by commerce; and if the coast be blockaded, both by seizure of harbour forts and by cruisers, the people will be reduced to still greater straits. It mast, however, be confessed that who will attack and when it will be done are as great mysteries to us, and probably to the dwellers on the Potomac them selves, as when the French will take themselves from Rome, or what Louis NAPOLEON will please to do. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, 4h. 36m.—Afternoon, 4h. 50m. To - vonnow.-Morning, sh. 10m.—Afternoon. sh. 26m. TILE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 24, N 6 THERMOMETER., IN THE SHADE• 61—highest once noon yesterday. 46 —lowest this morning and during the night. 62 —this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.42. WIND—W.• S.-Weat—fresh ; with squally, fine, cloudy weather. Some rain in the morning early. •::::' --- f4 .. :Z ~. r : .---. ' di t ' ' • -,!.. er,T , .0 l• V,. , . - Q_ --- ; \ '' '' . --7- 7, 'Z, t \ ! .. - .4 . , - ' cit,t67 .40 44\ 4;1 / 4 -- liir , ,,, • .!';'. , ' ' c' ' - : 0 . '+ ). 1.1 r ' - c - <I '',-,,,' ^- C Li n '' 4.-..?'r,7,,r,-- ~, F & > * 7 I ~ t. , _ N ,V ,e , , ~ • '>-:-.', : - ..,°r•Ar . ' -°-'' ''.- t il - '-',- '''," i 7, - L z ;.„ 4 0 -t; r 4 0, , ...-, , -...„ ___ THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 24, 1881. A successful attack by ROSENCRANZ on the Con federate forces in Western Virginia seems but to show how even in the most hopeful districts south of the Potomac the war makes no material pro gress. It is now more than two months since M'CLELLAN'S victories in that quarter, when he drove everything before him ; and it was so long back as May that Western Virginia separated its action from the Eastern part and elected its own legislature at Wheeling, declaring it to be the true Legislature. Governor WISE who hung JOHN BROWN was then in the valley of the Kanawha, and every week he was to have been captured, troops and all, with some prospect of his sharin g the fate of JOHN BROWN himself, only for the opposite reason. Yet after so long an interval we find ROSENCRANZ barely able to take the offensive. He attacked, we are told, 5,000 troops strongly posted, who held their ground during the fight, but retreated under cover of night, leaving part of their baggage and ammu nition behind them. Probably all the troops pos sible have been either sent to FREMOXT, who needed them enough in Missouri, or been drawn off with M'CLELLAN himself to the Potomac. There, in front of Washington, stand the two armies gazing on each other. M'CLELLAN keeps his men pretty well within their works, but BEAURE GARD has marched his about as if he intended something. But whether it be to draw out M'CLELLAN, who is not thus to be entrapped into a worse position, or to cover a retreat, is not yet known. His flag is said to be visible on a height called Munson Hill, from the dome of the Capitol at Washington, and the pickets of the two armies are constantly firing on each other; a piece of savageism and barbarity, useless murder indeed, which the better disposed on each side have vainly attempted to stop. At present, therefore, things present a balanced appearance on the Potomac, as well as in Western Virginia. In Missouri it is much the same ; though there as in Western Virginia there is some motion, and when the Federals do act they appear to have the advantage. It is generally, however, a barren advantage. The Southern Generals in that part march and countermarch, however, with appa tently no object whatever in view ; while Gen. OOL, at Fort Monroe, on the Chesapeake, is only sufficiently strong to hold his own against any force the South can bring to attack him. The navy, since the Cape Hatteras exploit, at tracts the most attention. The watchword now is to distract and distress the Southerners. Nothing so impoLing as the recovery of Fort Sumpter, involving a land expedition to silence the shore batteries, seems to be thought of. But another naval expedition is being fitted out whose destiny is reported to be Savannah, tfi f..-ttlicrnmont port of South Carolina. For that very reason, however, it is quite probable that its rea I destination is quite different ; for Mr.WELLES, the , Secretary to the navy, kept his secret so well before, that the attack on Fort Hatteras was sus pected by no ) one. It seems quite certain, how ever, that the late success, and the likelihood of its b _ ei ng followed up alon g th e coast, enn to New Orlearmitself and Texas, is a serious annoyance to the S' 3rith, tkoir j4rtzs t l o t compels them to draw off some of gartu4n luaiay pints; for Ow grand THE SUN LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTE 1B E R 24, 1861. KOSSITTEL—A letter from Genoa, written in an Austrian spirit, says that Kossuth's recent visit to that city was to endeavour to bring about a reconciliation be tween his party and several prominent members of the Hun garian emigration who have entirely detached themselves from him. The attempt, it is added, proved unsuccessful ; Klapka was very cool towards him, and other well-known refugees would have nothing to say to him. Turr alone, the writer maliciously adds, "in his capacity of a new mem ber of the Bonaparte family," seemed indisposed completely to turn his back upon the great Hungarian agitator. The letter also speaks of the great activity displayed in naval constructions at Genoa as well as at Leghorn and Spezia, and says that the naval officers boast that by the spring the Italian navy will be more than double the strength of the Austrian. BLONDIN AT S OUTHAMPTON.—BIon din performed at Southampton, yesterday, in Bannister-park, before 10,000 persons. Excursion trains laden with passengers ran on all the South-Western lines during the day, Just before the performance, one of the poles, 100 feet high, on which the rope was stretched, broke, and the cord had to be fas tened to one of the loftiest trees in the park. Blondin was received with the greatest enthusiasm. Such a crowd as went to witness him has not been seen in Southampton for many a day. The nobility and gentry from all parts of the surrounding neighbourhood came to witness the exhibition. THE PRUSSIAN ARMY.—A letter from Magde burg of the 18th says :—" A disgraceful scene occurred here yesterday evening in the Friedrichstadt faubourg. Two officers who commanded the reserve of the 38th Regiment passed through Magdeburg after midnight, and knocked at the door of an auberge, the Rainbow, for which Lieutenant Sobbe had a billeting ticket. The waiter of the hotel, who was asleep, was not roused until the officers had knocked for some time, and hesitated opening the door, not knowing who was there. When he did open it Lieut. Sobbe ran him through with a sword. The officers then took to flight, thinking they had not been seen, but the noise aroused a neighbour, who opened his window. One of the officers immediately struck at him with a sword, but the man escaped the blow, which broke the window. Other people ran up, and the officers would have fared badly if the patrols had not protected them. Before morning the waiter of the hotel died from his wound. EXPORTATION OF CORN TO FRANCE.—Our people have but a faint idea of the demands made upon English corn markets by French merchants. The following facts connected with the corn market and port of Ipswich will tend to illustrate the extent of trade done. The shipments of one firm have already reached 30,000 qrs., and they are engaged to ship 20,000 qrs. more to the same destination. The quantity of flour they have shipped and are engaged to ship is about 10,000 sacks, and the amount of money drawn from France during the eight or nine weeks they have been engaged in these operations already exceeds £lOO,OOO, and will fall, when all is shipped by the merchants of the port, but little short of double that sum, which, drawn from,the other side of the Channel and distributed over the country districts, must be as refreshing to the farmers as rain is to thirsty ground. AN IMPUDENT THEFT.—On the day of her Majesty's embarkation at Ross Quay a gentleman of this town, whosename it is unnecessary to mention, was relieved of his watch —a twenty plunder—in a very ingenious man ner. Anxious to have a good view of her Majesty, and at the same time remembering the golden lesson, that— He who a watch would wear, two things must do— Pocket his watch, and watch his pocket, too— very wisely, as he deemed, placed his hand on the valuable horologue in such a way that, while in that position, no thing but force could abstract it from his waistcoat. One of the " swell mob," however, perceiving the too demon strative care taken of the watch, procured a small bramble, and tickling the verdant one under the ear, who, fancying at the moment that a "Killarney mosquito" had perched on his neck, incontinently raised his hand to brush the in truder off, when, "hey, presto 1" the watch disappeared Cork Constitution. THE kIPING CROW OR MAGPIE OF NEW SOUTH WALES.—it is not uncommon for eggs of the same species of birds to vary so much both inform or colour as to cause doubts as t o t h e i r b e i ng rea lly p ro d uce d b y th e same species. Dr. G. Bennett, in a communication to the Zoo logical Society, states that this is very much the case in the eggs of the piping crow. "On Aug. 25, 1860," says Mr. E Ramsey, who forwarded specimens to Dr. Bennett, " the first magpie's eggs were taken this season. I have six varieties of th e eggs o f t hi s bi r d, an d so muc h d o they differ from each ether that, had I not taken them from the nest, I could not have believed them to be the eggs of the same bird. All the young birds I have taken from the nest have had the breast of a dull brown colour ; and a young bird brought home from the nest in 1859 is now (1860) changing the plumage of the breast to black." The eggs of the red tailed tropic bird also vary very much in appearance. The Wanderer, referring to the accounts from Montenegro, expresses strong doubts of Omar Pasha's soon achieving decisive advantages in that quarter, and draws a disheartening picture of the obstacles he has to contend with. From Servia we hear of military organisation on a very co,nsiderable scale. According to the Frank fort Journal, the army is to consist of 45,800 infan try, 2,400 horse, 1,200 artillerymen, 980 sappers, and six batteries. It is to be divided into five commands, or corps. Every Servian, from 20 to 50 years of age, is liable to military service. By this plan it is hoped to form a landwehr, or reserve of 50,000 drilled soldiers, available at any moment. It is a question with some whether Aus tria and the Porte will not protest against this augments- Cori of the Servian military force. The new law of t oca- tion divides the taxpayers into six classes, and includes churches and convents, as well as charitable institutions, both public and private. The Prince of Servia is expected to make his entry into Belgrade on the 27th inst. TRAVELLING IN INDIA. —W e (Oudh Gazette) have heard of a most extraordinary occurrence which has just happened to an officer travelling with his wife from Meerut to Mussoorie. On the way he was seized with cholera, and at some place beyond Roorkee, reeling himself getting worse, he took a rather liberal dose of brandy and laudanum, which threw him into a state of total insensibility. The doolee bearers, discovering this, set down the doolee, and delibe-, rately stripped him of everything he had—his ring, his watch, his clothes, his boxes, his bedding—leaving him literally naked. His wife, who had remained back to bring up the baggage, coming up a short time afterwards, was, as may be well imagined, rather astonished to find him in the state she did, still insensible. She, however, did her best to sloths him with a portion of her own garments, and brought him in safe to Mussoorie. When he recovered he remem- bered nothing of NS liat had happened, save that he had been dreaming of something very awful occurring. The case is before the magistrate, but little hope seems to be entertained of the discovery of the robbers. GERMAN HONESTT.—Germans are rather apt to boast of honesty and fair. dealing as national eharacter4- tics, and they may be justified in so doing, and in setting do \ln as exceptions that prove the rule the examples of a contrary nature which occasionally are heard of. Rather a strong instance of this kind is cited to-day by a Vienna journal. An English family of five persons occupied, for three days, several rooms in a large hotel at Salzburg. When about to depart they were presented with a bill of 1,100 florins, or about £7B. This trifling was demurred to ; the chief of the party addressed himself to the authorities, and, leclarin4 that he objected to pay on account of the impudence of; the charge, not of the largeness of the sum, proposed that the bill should ',l.be' taxed, and that the sum deducted from it should go to the charities of the town. Thereupon he handed over to the magistrate the 1,100 florins, and left the place. The consequence of this very judicious mode of proceeding was that the bill was forthwith reduced by 500 florins, which were handed over to the fund for the poor. The name of the hotel is not given, but the paper which tells the story advises German travellers to follow the Englishman's example. It may be doubted whether German travellers are often exposed to such extortions, and, considering the wonderful examples of justices' justice that have lately been occasionally wit nessed, it may be held still more doubtful whether the Salzburg Boniface would have had to submit to so heavy a reduction had not his victim put the town charities in the position of the plaintiff in the suit. BOHEMIAN SUPERSTITIONS. —On this Curious subject we find a highly amusing article by Baron Ernouf, in the Revue Contemporaine. According to the Bohemian creed, the festivals of the Virgin Mary used to be held stured even by animals ; and birds, for instance, took pecu liar care not to work at their nests on those days. The cuckoo, having infringed that custom, was cursed, and obliged to wander perpetually without ever having a nest of its own. The following Pagan custom has survived in Bohemia in some localities of of the circle of Bud,wCis:— When a marriage takes place during carnival time, a cock is sacrificed with great ceremony. The victim is seleoted and fattened with the utmost care at least a fortnight be- forehand. On the day prescribed for the sacrifice the cock is subjected to a regular criminal trial ; they dress it up in a pair of trousers, a grey mantle, and a red cap ; two of the persons present are the prosecutors; a third, with a big book in his hand, plays the part of a judge, and pronounces sentence on the culprit, amid the applause of the bystanders. The cock is then carried in great pomp, preceded by music, to the public square, where a platform has been "erected, with his executioner by his side, dressed in red, with a cut lass in his hand. Before the execution, all the bystanders solemnly ask the cock's pardon ; then the executioner per forms his office; the dead body of the victim is carried home processionally, its head is given to the accusers, and the rest is roasted and eaten. Another singular custom is observed in the village of Ghebsek, where, on Shrove Tuesday, the young girls of the place get up before day break, go and sit, distaff in hand, upon a dog-kennel, and there spin for a few nriuutes, thinking thereby to secure to themselves a good year's work. In order to render thi ceremony fully effiacious, it is absolutely • requisite that it should be performed in that peculiar costume under which painters represent Mother Eve ; night, however, fortu nately casts a discreet veil over the scene. SALES OF BLOOD STOCK, &C., AT DONCASTER.'"'" During the past week illessrs. Tattersall and Mr. Robert Johnson, of York, have sold blood stock to the value of nearly £16,000, and, from this large sum, our readers may form some estimate of the large number of first-class ani mals that came under the hammer in the Doncaster Sep tember race -week, way abated. It mattered nothing whether the muse of Mrs. HEMANS was called in to apos trophise— " The cottage homea of England 1" Or, still more— " The stately homes of England, How beautiful they stand Among our tall ancestral trees, The glory of the land." Nothing would do to assuage the indignation of the Staffordshire agriculturists. Perhaps it would have been better, under the circumstances, to have changed the subject altogether, by a dexterous turn of oratory: and—so doing— by the aid of a kindred poetess, by the help of the muse of ELIZA COOK—to "-pledge our native land, The ploughshare of Old England, And the sturdy peasant band." It would have oarried Mr. WEGUELIN'S irritated agricultural audience with him even there, we cannot but think, had he improvised a toast (out of the list) with the closing words of the ditty of our great Song-writer— " Fill up, fill up, with glowing heart, And pledge our fertile land, The ploughshare of Old England, And the sturdy peasant band." As it was—at the close of this tiff between Mr. WEQUELIN, of the Bank of England, and those particularly sensitive and thin-skinned agricul turists of Staffordshire—one cannot help remem bering the impressive words addressed by PORTIA to NERISBA, in the second scene of the Ist act of the Merchant of Venice, " If to do were as easy as to know what to do, chapels had been churches, and POOR MEN'S COTTAGES PRINCES' PALACES." Still, as one step in the right direction, we may yet have, either from the Whigs or from the Tories (it mat ters little enough which), that Transfer of Lands Bill which was last session so cavalierly.get aside. One of the best measures of the last session, if can be but carried out in actual practice, was the creation of the Post Office Savings Banks. We need not say much in the way of explanation, since a penny tract supplies all the information wanted, and can be obtained for distribution, post free, at 7s. per hundred, ftom T. P. LEMARE, 42, Pater. noster-row. The tract commences with the follow ing condensed statement. The following important advantages are offered to the public by the Post Office Savings Banks :- 1. Government security. 2. Interest at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum (being sixpence per year, or Id. per month, on each £1) is allowed. 3. Sums from is. and upwards are received. 4. Money can be paid in and withdrawn every day. 5. Money deposited at one office will be repaid, if desired, at any other office in England. 6. Depositor need not attend personally to eleposit or withdraw money. 7. Married women, children, and trustees may deposit. 8. All forms and letters on the subject pass free of postage. 9. Deposits freo of stamp duty. 10. Facility of settlement in case of death of depositor. To which should be added, that all officers en gaged in the Savings Bank or Departments are bound not to disclose any matter relating to the Department, except to the Postmaster-General and his appointed officers. This is, of course, highly important, since the depositors of shillings, as little like to have their pecuniary affairs disclosed to their neighbours, as those who keep a banker's balance of thousands of pounds. A:little exptrience will test the practicability of this excellent scheme ; and may possibly suggest some amendments. We do not observe, however, that any are needed. The object is perfect security against fraud on the depositors; and the precan- Lions taken for this object seem to be as complete as possible. If the depositor suffers his book to be made use of by those who would rob him, it is but just he should bear the loss of money withdrawn by his own carlessness; but if Ithe servants of the post-office are guilty of fraud upon him, the Government will bear the loss. If the interest be not high, it is sufficient for perfect security ; and the depositors may be assured that in that all-important point they are as safe as possible, as there will never be an English Parliament which will not hold these deposits as the most sacred entrusted to their care. We trust that clergymen and ministers of all de nominations, schoolmasters, large .employers of labour, and all persons who have much access to working people,. will not fail to draw their atten- tion to the new savings banks. They will be doing a most benevolent deed. The banks will soon •be brought home to every neighbourhood, and facili ties for the safest investment of savings will be afforded, such as have never been known before. Wo all know that nothing tends more to raise the character of the working man than the independence created by economy, and providing in a measure for futurity. We would not depreciate any of the existing modes of providing against future wants, but it strikes us that there is something more elevating in the con sciousness that a man has a certain sum in the bank of which he is absolute master, than in having the right to claim aid in virtue of a subscription. The latter is indeed good, very good, and desirable ; but cannot the working man often do both ? Can he not place something in the bank to use as he pleases, as well as something in the society's treasury to ht accessible only in case of sickness. The two com bined would be probably the best and most plea sant provision he could make for the future. ADELPBI THEA',RE. I After a short recess, which has evidently been well em ployed, this theatre re-opened for tho season last night. The decorations of the interior have been entirely renewed, repainted, and retouched in the most brilliant manner, so as to give an elegant and cheerful appearance to the house that cannot fail to have its effect upon the good spirits of the audience. The entrance and corridors have also been redecorated, the former in an elegant manner, and orna mented with floral designs, and the latter greatly lightened by the introduction of mirrors. The pieces selected for the re-opening were the farce of ".Music bath Charms," in which Mr. David Fisher and Miss Rate Kelly performed the principal parts with their accustomed vivacity; the popular drama of " The Collen Bawn ;" and the farce of " Love and Hunger," in which Mrs. H. Marston, a lady already well known as one of our best comic actresses, made her first appearance here. " The Colleen Bawn " appears to have lost none of its popularity, for the holise was crowded, and the excitement of the audience at the drown ing scene as great as ever. Mr. Boucicault made as com plete a character of Myles •na-Coppaleen as he has done for so many nights ; and Mrs. Boucicault has not lost a tittle of her interest as the ill-fated heroine. Mr. Emery has succeeded Mr. Falconer in the part of Danny Man, which, though he treated it in somewhat a different manner, throwing more warmth into it, he made quite as effective, to say the least, as his predecessor. Mrs, Alfred Mellon and Mrs. Billington resumed their old characters, and the only other change in the cast of any importance was the substitution of Mrs. H. Lewis (her first appearance) for Mrs. Chatterley in the little part of Shelah. This was th• 232 d night of the drama, which, to judge from appearances, is likely to retain its hold upon the town for some time longer, in spite of the announcement that it is shortly to be superseded by a new piece by the same author. The al.- plans° at the end was loud and earnest, and the curtain had to he raised for the performers to receive the congratulations of the audience. MARRIAGE OF GENERAL TURR.—In reference to the paragraph relating to this !object, published in our journal of yesterday, we are authorised to stag that the bride of General Turr—though a Bonaparte —is not a mem ber of the Wyse family. Sir Thomas Wyse, her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of Athsns, has two sons, but neither has, nor ever had, any daughter. PETER'S PENCE.—The total amount of " Peter's ranee" paid into the Papal Treasury up to the present date is said to be £2,280;000. LAYIE N E 'iv‘ PARIS, SEPT. 24. The Constitutionnel of to-day publishes a note, signed by M. Boniface, explanatory of the reasons for which the police demanded from the editors of some provincial journals the names of, and full particulars respecting, their contributors. Boniface says :—" The Government, wishing to decorate some eminent editors, asked for infor mation from the Prefects, but could not expect that its instructions, which were perfectly well-meant, should be so misunderstood, and so singularly carried out." BRUCHSAL, SEPT. 23 (EVENING). The verdict of the jury in the case of Oscar Becker, charged with attempting to assassinate the King of Prussia, has just been given. The jury declared the accused guilty, and denied that his state of mind was such as to render him irresponsible for his actions. The Tribunal then sentenced the prisoner to 20 years' imprisonment in the House of Correction, and at the expiration of that time to be banished the kingdom. The accused merely smiled when this sentence was pronounced. FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 23. The Nord publishes the following : " There are now pending three questions of suc cession which occupy attention, and open a large field to the commentaries of the press and the poli tical world. Recent events have placed them in relief, and have given them an importance which does not allow them to be passed over in silence. In the first place there is the affair of the succession to the throne of Denmark, which was regulated by the protocol of London with the view of preserving, for the sake of European in terests, the integrity of the Danish monarchy, which some persons now appear anxious to again throw doubts on. The Ministerial press of Copenhagen has been moved by the rumours spread on the subject, and points out their improbability. Nevertheless, the importance ascribed to the jour ney of King Charles XV. to Paris, the Scandinavian tendencies, the chimeras of a reconstitution of north ern Europe, and perhaps other views of a tendency less easy to appreciate, seem to concur in replacing this matter on the tapis. The second question of succession, which is still more serious, is that of the Hellenic throne. The brother of King 0 tho, being married to a Spanish Infanta, refuses to submit to the adoption of the Greek religion, which the Greek Con stitution imposes on the heir to the throne. It there fore becomes necessary, before the succession is opened, to provide for an eventuality which should cir cumstances be unfavourable, may profoundly trouble the peace of Europe. The third question is that of Servia. The reigning Prince has no direct heir, and the Servian Diet in order to prevent any commo tion, and, in particular, to consecrate the principle of hereditary succession proclaimed by it, but dis puted by the Porte, has begged Prince Michael to designate the future heir to the Servian Crown. If the Prince's choice should fall, as it is said to be likely to do, on the Viadika of Montenegro, that circumstance would be an event which would have great influence in promoting the union of the different territories occupied by populations of Servian race, and who for a long time have wished to see their destinies united. The Porte, however, does not yet appear to despair (thanks to the secret or avowed co-operation of certain Christian Powers) of being able to impose once again its sanguinary yoke on provinces and populations on which it has inflicted centuries of calamities and of brutal oppression. We have demonstrated by facts that the Turkish aggression on Montenegro is justified neither by international law nor by the necessity of pacifying a province which is disturbed. The provocations have been made by the Turks, and Omer Pacha has done all he could to induce the Montenegrins to abandon their defensive position. The responsibility of the conflict which is about to break out falls entirely on the Turkish Government. That Government, in fact, at the moment at which it thinks it deceives Europe by complaints and its subjects by fallacious promises, is on futile pretexts about to declare war on a people who have preserved their independence for centuries." BOURSE, Sept. 23.—The market has been very animated to-day, with a decided upward tendency for all kinds of securities. Threes opened with an advance on the closing quotations of Saturday, and seem likely to maintain it. The Credit Mobilier, Lyons Shares, and Italian Loan have been in great demand. The following are the last quotations :- 44 per per Cents ... 96 50 Credit - F oneier l2lO lio, end month.... 96 60 ; Belgian 4/ 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 45 Roman Bank Shares 2925 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 785 • Spanish Threes 4 Ba Do. Account 787 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1430 .. 1431 25 Northern .... New ditto 912 50 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 1047 50 .. 1048 75 Geneva 357 50 .. Southern .. 670 .. 672 50 Western Eastern .... Sardinian 365 .. Austrian Lombard , . ITALY. The following is the text of the proclamation issued by Count Pettinengo at Palermo, on his assuming the functions of Lieutenant General of Sicily : "Italians of Sicily !—Our magnanimous King I Victor Emmanuel has chosen me for his Lieutenant • in these noble provinces, and I, however mistrust ful of my ability, have nevertheless accepted this important charge out of devotedness to the coun try. Still, I feel encouraged on reflecting that my illustrious and wise predecessor, while he leaves among you so honourable a name, and such lasting sympathies, may, by his pre sence in the Royal council, afford me efficacious assistznce. I am still more animated by the thought that I have to govern a people whose hatred for tyranny is of as ancient date as their noble senti ments of patriotism--a people who, not long ago, guided by the heroic hand of Garibaldi, broke their chains, and on becoming free, with the unanimous consent of all liberal opinions, united itself to the other Italian provinces which were already free, under the Constitutional sceptre of King Victor Emmanuel. Sicilians, I am proud of being amongst you, who, amid such vicissitudes of men and things, have so powerfully co-operated with wisdom and order towards the wonderful resurrection of Italy. Let us be united, and we shall succeed. As to myself, who belong to no party, I see in all Liberals, without distinction, the immense majority of a single great people, the most noble and deserving part of the Italian nation. I am happy to co-operate towards your prosperity. Much still remains to be doge for trade and manu factures, roads, great public works, the instruction of the people, and regular administration. The efforts of the Government are, however, of little avail if they are not seconded by private enterprise. To labour for you, but also with you—that alone can afford me hopes of good success, and of obtain ing the satisfaction of the King and the confidence of the Sicilians. ",DI PETTINENGO. " Palermo, Sept. 16, 1861. GERMANY. The Municipal Council of Berlin has voted the sum of 100,00 D thalers, to be presented to the King of Prussia on his solemn entry into the capital after his coronation. The money is to be applied to the construction of a sloop of war. The public meeting called by the extreme Conser vative, or Ereuz Zeitung party, is stated by the papers to halo been lass of a s'aceeo than the pro., moters of the movement expected. Instead of the 5,000 adherents of the middle and working classes, who, it was announced, would attend, there were not above 1,200 present. Count Eberhard Stolberg, Vice-President of the Prussian tipper Chamber, took the chair. To gain over the class of mechanics and tradesmen to the aristocratic party, a shoe maker, M. Panse, was appointed Vice-Chairman, and an upholsterer, M. Wohlgemuth, secretary. Several speeches were made; the longest was that of the vice-chairman, Panse, who addressed 'the meeting on the dangers and evils of free labour, and on the advantages of the old system of trade guilds and corporations. The Committee of Management had insured the harmony of the proceedings by allowing no one to take part in them who had not previously signed a declaration of his adherence to the entire pro gramme of the Conservative party. The Publicist expresses some surprise that the petitions to the Crown for patents of nobility should be more numerous now than on the eve of former coronations, as all the special privileges of the order of nobles have been abolished by the con• .stitution. The Publicist sees in these applications a proof that the abrogation of these rights has not been fully accepted by an influential class of the community, and that this portion of the Prussian charter is not yet une verite. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 19th have arrived. The Constitutional states that the Emperor of the French, in order to put an end to the conflict which has arisen between the Cabinets of Madrid and Turin about the diplomatic and consular archives of the ex-kingdom of Naples, has suggested that they shall be placed in the care of the French ambassador and the French consuls. The Cot.- respondancia says that a number of soldiers have requested permission to be allowed to go to Cuba. It states also that though troops are about to be sent to that island, they are not intended to increase the garrison, but only to replace others that are coming away—the force in Cuba being so great that as many as 8,000 men can be detached from it without inconvenience. The difficulties which arose between Spain and the Holy See, re lative to the property of the clergy, appear to have been removed. A despatch from Madrid states that the Pope's Nuncio in that city had received a brief from his Holiness which authorises the prelates to exchange the ecclesiastical pro perty for Government stock which cannot be transferred. The envoy sent by the Emperor of Morocco to the Spanish Government disembarked a few days back at Valencia. The heat at Madrid is declining, the thermometer in the shade marking 26 6-10 deg. Centigrade (80 Fah.) GARIBALDI AND THE UNITED STATES. A Turin letter of September 18, in the Opinion Nationale, says : It is high time to know something definite about the negotiations between Garibaldi and the United States, I know not why, but the greatest mystery hangs over this affair. The journals here have scarcely spoken of it. Garibaldi and the United States Minister both maintain the profoundest silence on the subject. I have inquired of almost all Garibaldi's generals, and found that they know no more than I did. At length, however, with much ado, I have obtained the following informa tion. You know that Garibaldi lived for many years in New York, where he was much beloved. He has a great affection for the country, and his independent character sympathised with the individual liberty which he found prevailing in it. When the war between the North and South broke out, all his sympathies were in favour of the union ; he wrote as much to his friends in America, and they in reply entreated him to help them. About two months ago several rich Americans offered to find him a very large capital if he would raise a corps franc for America, and take the command of it. Private individuals could do no more. But such a position, which might have suited Garibaldi well enough in 1848, was beneath the dignity of the hero of Marsala and Palermo. While the North Americans were thus paying court to Garibaldi, those of the South also made attempts to gain him to their cause. A deputation from the South represented to him that the merits of the quarrel between the two great branches of the great west ern republic required very close examination, and that the question of slavery put by the North was, in reality, of less importance than the free trade platform upon which the South took its stand. These arguments are said to have made some impression upon Garibaldi. After the defeat of the Federal army, the Government of the United States began to think seriously of making to Garibaldi such a proposal as he could accept. Mr. Marsh, the United States Mi nister at Turin, was manifestly not an eligible negotiator in a matter so deeply involving the interests of Italy, and therefore the American Minister at Brussels, who, it is said had been a friend of Garibaldi in America, was thought of. He was charged to sound Garibaldi. It is well known that Garibaldi is dying of ennui at Caprera. Read the life of this extraordinary man : You find him in New York, California, Peru, Buenos Ayres, China, and at the last Italian revolution of 1859, found him a captain of a merchantman. His power ful organisation consumes by inaction. For the last month he has been confined to his bed by rheumatic pains which it is known by experience would dis appear under the excitement of active life. The United States envoy, therefore, found Garibaldi anxious for a change of life. As to the conditions submitted to him, I can only speak with all reserve. It seems, however, beyond doubt that he was offered the command-in-chief of the United States army ; but it is also said that he was to take no important step without the Sanction of a council of war nomi nated by the Washington Government. His staff was to be composed mainly of his own choice, but in no case was he to be allowed to put Italian gene rals into principle commands, The rewards' to his officers were to consist of nominal rank, or in cases of pre-eminent service, territorial allotments. Garibaldi, whose habit is to take counsel of himself alone in difficult cases, did not like the idea of being followed by an itinerant council of war, to which he would be bound to defer, and he moreover in sisted upon a condition to which the American Minister was not prepared to accede to, namely, that he should be permitted to return to Italy at any moment when its presence might be necessary. On the whole, an unknown theatre of war, foreign generals, a doubtful cause, Italy separated from him by the Atlantic, and his best and dearest officers ringing in his ears the word " Rome" and " Venice," made Garibaldi hesitate. The United States envoy returned from Caprera to Genoa without having concluded anything. Many, however, pretend that the matter is still open. Let us hope the con trary. DEATH OF SIR G. DASHWOOD.—We regret to announce the death of Sir George Dashwood, which took place at his seat Kirtlington. park, Oxfordshire, on the 22d inst., in his 75th year The deceased baronet was born at Kirtlington-park in 1786; married in 1815 the eldest daughter of Sir W. Rowley, and succeeded his father in 1828. The first baronet was the son of Alderman Dash wood, of London, who joined in farming the revenues of Ireland, in the reign of Charles 11. IRISH EMIGRATION.--A proof of the dispropor- tionate emigration from Ireland may be seen in the list of emigrants sent to Australia by the Emigration Commis. sioners during the last three years. The rule which they have been desired to keep in view the emigration carried on at the expense of colonial funds is to draw the emigrants from each of the three great divisions of the United King. dour, as far as practicable, in the ratio of their respective populations. If they had been able to do so the numbers sent out would have been—English, 20,362 ; Scotch, 3,255; Irish, 7,381. But the numbers sent, in fact, have been_... English, 13,581; Scotch, 4,616; Irish, 12,804. The reason of this has been the difficulty sometimes of obtaining a suf. ficient number of English, especially single women, and the great number of Irish nominated by their friends in the colonies for passages under certain colonial regu'ations termed "remittance regulations." In the present year, up to the end of August, the numbers sent have been —Eng lish, 769 ; Scotch, 531 ; Irish, 923 ; whereas the number of Irish should have been only 443, if calculated on the censusi of 181, and waly 531 if on the cows of JB5l, THE WARRIOR. The Warrior, 40, iron-plated screw frigate, Capt. the Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane, C. 8., was safely docked on Saturday for the purpose of coating her with Hay's composition, and for removing the launching cleats from her bottom. A large num ber of shipwrights and joiners from the dockyard at Portsmouth have been sent on board to complete the fittings of the ship under the superintendence of Mr. Thornton, of Woolwich Dockyard, who was sent round in the Warrior from Greenhithe to point out the works which were not completed by the contractors and dockyard when the ship left the Thames. Three hundred and twenty workmen, from Woolwich Dockyard, have been employed at Greenhithe since the Bth of August, assisting the contractors' workmen, or the Warrior would not have been ready for sea for some considerable time. Our contemporary, the Times, has fallen into a great error in the account of the trial trip of this ship in stating that the rifle tower on the quarter deck was the workmanship of the Woolwich Dock yard, and drawing invidious comparisons as to the quality of the workmanship performed by the con tractors' and the dockyard men. The fact is that the armour-plates of the rifle tower were manufac-. tured and bent to the shape, the edges planed, and the holes drilled by the Thames Iron Company, the builders of the ship; the dockyard people merely put up the wood backing, and provided the bolts for fixing the plates. The tower also is stated to be completed. Such is not the case, as it will not be finished for the next ten days ; the plates were merely put up in their places, in order that the amount of deviation of the compasses might be ob tained on the passage round to Spithead, Mr. Evans, R N., superintendent of the compass depart ment, being on board for that purpose. It is pro posed to fit the Warrior with a small steam engine for working the capstan, hoisting the screw, and other heavy work ; also a drying-room for the sea men's wet clothes, and with an apparatus for manu facturing gas for lighting the ship on the Hon. Major Fitsmaurice's plan. The committee on ven tilation of the navy are ordered to inspect the Warrior and report as to the working of the fans now on board, and to submit any improvements which may occur to them, so as to reduce the pre sent high temperature of the engine-room when the ship is under steam. MURDER OF TWO ENGLISHMEN IN BRAZIL. We ( Itanchester Guardian) have been favoured with the following extract from a letter received by a gentleman in this city, from a relative in Brazil : " A very sad affair occurred on the works of the Pernambuco Railway, on Friday, Aug. 16. Satur day the 17th was the day for the fortnightly pay, and on Friday the money required for this purpose was sent up from the town of Escada—the furthest point inland to which the line is open—in charge of two Englishmen, named Hedley and Isaac Popham, a Brazilian being employed to carry it. The party was afterwards increased by another Englishman, named James Boyle, a carpenter, who had just completed his two years' service, and was going up country for a trip previous to his return to England by the September steamer. They proceeded in safety for about 18 miles, and left portions of the money at the different stations on their way ; but in pass ing through a wood, at a place called Aramaragl, having still about £2,800 in their possession, they were suddenly attacked by five men, armed with heavy sticks and knives; one of them having also a gun. The whole party were at once dragged froth their horses, Hedley receiving a blow on the head which stunned him ; Popham was shot in the knee, thrown down in the mud, and beaten about the head in a most murderous manner, and killed on the spot; and poor Royle was stabbed through the right side, the knife being left in the wound, and died immediately. The Brazilian, after re ceiving a few blows, delivered up the money, and the thieves made off; but the alarm was soon given, and in less than an hour upwards of a thousand of the workmen employed on the line were scouring the country in all directions. The authorities also acted with great energy, a considerable force of cavalry and police being de spatched to the scene of the murder, and in the course of Saturday and Sunday the whole of the gang were captured, and about £2,500 recovered. Royle and Popham were interred near the s pot where they fell, and a stone is to be erected to their memory. A similar attack was made about six months ago, when Hedley was severely wounded in the neck by a gunshot, but on that occasion also the thieves were captured and the money recovered. Very great blame attaches to some one for allow ing such a. large sum of money to be sent in charge of only three men, without an armed escort. After the first attempt, a party of soldiers were sent each fortnight for three or four months, but for some reason or other, as yet unexplained, this had been discontinued. Messrs. Waring Bros. of Lon don are the contractors. FR RIV CII ACADEMY OF SCLL : NCE F. At the last sitting, M. Faye, who is the apostle of the theory which admits a power of repulsion, besides that of attraction, in the machinery of the celestial sp lere, made some observations on M. Valz's paper sent in the week before, in which that gentleman endeavoured to prove that the earth had passed through the last comet's tail, because the lLtter had deviated from the plane of the comet's orbit by 2 deg. and 47 min., and moreover deviated from the rhdius vector by an angle of 9 deg. 18 min. in projection upon the plane of the orbit. M. Faye denies both these assertions, truly contending that, whatever be the force employed, provided it proceeds from the sun, which i 5 self-evident, it must operate in the pie" of the orbit, and that, consequently, the tail cannot leave that plane ; and that, as to the deviation from the radius vector, the curvature of the tail is necessarily tangential to the radius, so that, to estimate it correctly, the angle must be measured as near as possible to the point of con tact, because otherwise the inclination would very enormously. - M. Faye then proceeds to show that his theory of repulsion is in accord ance with the facts of the case, but, singularly enough does not impugn, although he does not affirm, the assertion that the earth had passed through the comet's tail. But it is clear that, since M. Valz only arrived at that conclusion by the supposition that the tail was at an angle with the plane of the orbit, the conclusion falls of it self as soon as it is proved that there were no such inclination at all. The question of our passing through the tail should, we think, be put thus :--- Can we see a thing before us when we are in it? Now hundreds, if not thousands of people, sew the comet on the 30th of June last between half past ten and half•past 11 p.m., the time given by . M. Valz as that of the earth's passage through the tail; and most certainly not one of them could conceive himself to be inside that well-defined luminous body which he saw before him at a distance which he could not fail to consider as immense.—M. Scheurer-Kestner sent a specimen of hymenopterous insect - which had been bond in the act of perforating a sheet of lead which covered one of the partitions of his sulphuric acid manufactory. The insect had found itself im prisoned between the wood of the partition and the lead which covered it, and had eaten its way through in order to get out of its prison. THE COVENT GAR bEN BU.R.ZAL [GROUND. TO TEE EDITOR or THE SUE. Sir,—Will you allow me to draw your attention to the unhealthy neighbourhood of King-street, Covent Garden, Henrietta-street, and Church -place, W.C. You cannot have the slightest conception, after the rain, of the efauvis that arises from the burial -ground, and the poisonous mat ter that oozes from the earth is enough to cause an epi demic. I should like Dr. Letheby to report upon this fact. Neatly the wholo of the back windows of Henrietta-street, King-street, and some in Church-place look into the burial ground. Could not some means be adopted to purity the e:trth ? Trusting you will g i ve pu b licity to this in you paper, and thereby- do the public an es sential service paper, remain, Mr. Editor, Yours, A. 2,1 INHABITANT AND HOUSEHOLDER or COVENT GARDEN PARISH.. UURIOUSPROCLAMATION.—The Memphis 4r '8 of Aug. 24 publishes the following proclamation from the mayor of that city :—" To the Citizens of Memphis,—tip" plications have repeatedly been made to me, as executive oflicer of the city, for protection again , t the indiscreet par" ties who are sen.t out to IL:press cit'z3ns into service against , th:lr will on s t eam b oats. Many of these men have b?en dragged from their beds, give,, and children, but never has there been a man taken who had on a clean shirt. I hereby notify any citizen Who may wish a pass within tho city of Memphis to call on me, and I will furnish the same, and will protect him. One poor man being shot yester day by one of these outlaws, as they may be called, causes one to give the above notice,—JolizT PArs, Mayor,—Augt 21, 1561.".