The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-26 00:00:00

TIPHEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE. Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the new and original Comedy, by Ed mund Falconer, entitled NATURE'S ABOVE ART A Ro mance ot the Nursery essrs.Walter Lacy, Addison, Ryder, Barrett, Belinor , , F. Charles. Neville; Miss Charlotte aaunsiers. Mis. Murray, Miss R. Leclercq, Mrs. Melville, and rs. Edmund Falconer. To conclude with TILE DEAL BOATMAN Messrs. G. Betmore, V. Charles; Miss H. Leclercq, and Mrs. Edmund Falconer. Br-otlica open from Ten till Five daily. P r i ce s as usual. x Commence at r the Season. — Not ice.—D it HAT HA Y NIARKET. Oven fo RE ROYAL wr i n g the recess the undermentioned alterations have been made to ensure the comfort of the audienc:::-- N distinct row ot Stalls has been erected, with two new Stall titaireass, one on each side of the Theatre. In the Dress Circle, all the partitions and ori vinai seats have been removed. Circle,` chairs o a convenient size. covered with 'Utrecht ve vet, introduced. The approaches to the Dress Circle wili be carpeted and generally improved, While the seats in the Amphitheatre will be made as commo dious RS those of the Pit. In addition flue whole of the inte rior ot the Theatre has undergone a thorough restoration. Mr. and ,Nlrs. Alfred Wigan every evening. THIS EVENING, FOUNDED ON FACTS : Mr. Comp- ton. After which, Planche's revived Drama of CITARLEi TIIE I.I'WELFTII : Charles the Twelfth. Mr. Alfred Wtg,an ; Adam Brock, Dlr. Buckstone ; Muddlework, Mr Compton ; I.Drica, Miss Louisa Angel ; Ildiga (with the original song of •' Rise Gentle Mcon"), Miss Louise Keeley. To be followed by THE BENGAL TIGER: Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan• Concluding, with the Spanish Ballet of THE GALICIAN FETE : M , ss Fanny Wright, Senor Ricardo. and the Corps de Ballet. - On Monday, September 28th, will be repeated Lady Gifford's Comedy of FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter Spy. And due notice will be given of the return to the Lon don Stage of Mr. Charles Mathews. The Box-office, under the direction cf Mr. George Turpin, open daily, trom Ten till Five. ROYAL PRIN C ESS'S THEATRE Lessee, Mr. George Vining. Open under the Management of Mr. Walter Montgomery. THIS EVENING, THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude nelnotte, Mr. Walter Montgomery; Beauseant. Mr. Edgar; Damas, air. Fitzjames ; Pauline, Miss Kate Saville. And NOT A BAD JUDGE. Commence at 7. NEW THE ATRE-1 - t0 Y AL, A I)I4ILPHL- - 6ole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. Last Night of the Season. THIS EVENING (the Annual Benefit of Mr. B. Webster), at Seven, THE HEN AND CHICKENS; Messrs. Billing ton, R. Phillips, Stephenson ; Mrs. Stirling and Miss Simms. Followed by (for this night only), at :I-past &gilt, MASKS AND }'ACES. Triplet, Mr. B. Webster ; Peg Woffingtou, Mrs. Stirling (their original characters). And THE HAUNTED MAN; OR, THE CO . OST'S BARGAIN. Messrs. A. Wood, R. Philips, Billington, Mrs. Alrred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. NEW THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL ANNUAL 'BENEFIT of Mr. BENJAMIN WEB STER, Sole Proprietor and Manager. TO-NIGHT. Sep tember 26, and LAST NIGHT of the SEASON, when wilLbe revived, for this night only, the celebrated Comedy of 3IASES AND FACES. with Mr. Benjamin Webster and Mrs. Stirling in their original characters of Triplet and Peg Woffington. With other attractive Entertainments. NEW THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.- 31r, B. WEBSTER begs to announce that having enteredinto an engagement with the young American Actre".s Miss BATEMAN, the Theatre wilt be CLOSND from THIS EVENING. the 26th of September, and wi ll liE-OPEN on THURSDAY NEXT, an i n t er val being d re quired for cleansing and re-decorating th e interior, an ith for the due prepare ion of a New Drama , in five acts, wen tirely new Scenery and 1 'rcsses. founded on the celebrated German Play of Deborah, by Morenthal, and entitled L in which the principal character will be supported .1 1 3 , lids r_ Bateman, who will make on this occasiin her First success ance in Eivland since her recent and extrnordinary snccess in this and other characters in the chief cities of America. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborouv,h. THIS EVENING, WHERE'S YOUR WIFE. Mr. Bel ford, Miss Simpson. E. Danvers, Collier, Followed by ( 60th time) THE MOTTO, " I'M LL THERE." Tviessra. Honey, Turner, Clifton ; gesdaines Ada Swanborouqh, F. Josephs, Maria bizripson, AVailace, and Jenny White. To conclude with TURN HIM OHL Mr. Turner, Miss Thorne. Commence at '7. ITIFIE THIRD EDITION OF THE SUN." Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIFI. NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 58m.—Afternoon, lh. 20m. To-MORROW.-Morning, lh. 42m.—Afternoon. 2b. 2m The Weather—Sun Office, Sept. 26, 1863. -_,p- -- THERMOMETER. This morranz This day at Two o'clock 6l Barometer-30.00. Wind—South-West ; cloudy. ~~~~~ 4~~~ ~ LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPT. 26, 1863. The cleverest of the Orleans Princes, his Royal Highness the Duke d'AUMALE, has recently been delivering a capital speech, in good sterling Eng lish, down in Worcestershire. Though a sojourner amongst us as an exiled Frenchmar, he spoke throughout as a thoroughly natural ized En glishman. A member of the younger branch of the House of Bourbon—that great obsolete dynasty the records of which are so inextricably intertwined with the an nals of Christendom through so many past centu ries—the Duke d'Aum ALE could yet on Wednesday last, so completely realise his new position as an English landowner and country gentleman, that, French Prince though he is, he contrived to preside as Chairman on that day down at Evesham as well as any true-born Englishman in the land could possibly have done, or ever yet did, over a farmers' banquet at the close of the proceedings in connection with the local Agricultural Association. The courtly grace with which his royal highness proposed the loyal toasts at the outset of his oratori cal labours as Chairman, was but the preliminary to the very able and indeed remarkable address delivered by him to the assembled company when proposing the toast of the evening. This speech, in its entirety, will be found in another part of our impression of this evening. To the perusal of our readers, we would heartily commend it. Not a sen tence of it all, but may be read now most pleasur ably. It affords, in a quite casual or incidental way, noaclusive evidence that, not without good rea son, have these exiled Princes have been taken home, as it were, into the real heart-born affection of the English people, in the midst of which they have now for fifteen years been living. In his own person, the Duke D'AUMALE is a dis tinct indication of the fact that, intellectually, this race of princes cannot be said with any truth to have degenerated. Other dynasties may be declared undoniably --and, for the most part, we believe, by reason of the deteriorating influence of perpetual intermarriages, t, have sunk, generation after generation into an effete condition, until at last they hot, become mere drivellers or nonentities. Not so, has it been with regard to the Orleans Family. - 0 far from degenerating, they appear to have made no inappreciable advance• ment in this way, that is, intellectually. The grandsire of H.R.11. the Duke I) , ALMALE, it must be confessed, enjoys (to say the l east of it) a very dubious reputation, indeed, in modern history, His sire, the late Citizen K i ng of the F REN CH, be g i nning his reign under happ y auspices enough, c l ose d i t u nder some of the un happiest, and has left :behind him a name, among modern rulers, somewhat dubious (t o say the least of it) in its character. The ability of King LOUIS PHILIPPE, while undoubtedly considerable, was of a kind principally,remarkkble for its wili ness. He was a Monarch so excessively astute in his policy that the time at length arrived when, by reason of that same over -astuteness, he himself ended in being overreached by circumstances. Not in the least, of this nature and quality are the talents for which the descendants of the late ex- KING are undoubtedly noteworthy amongst their contemporaries. Not such are the kind of abilities, by the display of which his Royal High ness the Drake D'AUMALE wins our admi ration. H e has learnt from adversity. B e is essentially:ma n ly, as:well:as princely, in his view o f things as they have come to be around hien and hie. He is no intriguer. He is content to, take, according to the old Pagan phrase (a. good phrase, though Pagan) with thankfulnes a the goods the Gods have given him, or have left h im, it might be sa id, remembering how much larger., more varied, and more Ramerous they were wont lo be. A French Prince—not unworthy of the name —he cannot help showing himself to be, always and under every imaginable cir cumstance. But, on Wednesday last, at Eves ham, he was evidently bent upon appearing in the light in which he mainly did appear, there, in his capacity as Chairman at the banquet of the Agricultural Society in that part of Worcestershire —namely, as a genial, kindly, enlightened, eloquent English Country Gentleman. Another of those melancholy cases which occa sionally thrust themselves upon public attention, and testify to the hardships attendant on the rigorous execution of our poor law, has recently come before us. It occurred in a locality whose very name has become synonymous with poverty in its lowest and most squalid forms; for the famous Beggar of Bethnal-green, in the old ballad, has many inheritors of his name and position, though few with his goodly show of savings. The poor rates doubtless are high in such a district, and press heavily on a population ill-fitted to bear them. We must, therefore, make some allowance for the natural anxiety of the guardians to keep them down. Still there is too much ground to fear that the case before us represents many others ; and it is urgently necessary that some change should be made in the manner in which relief is administered to the suffering poor before winter lays his icy hand upon them. It appears that a c ooper, living in Bethnal-green, met with a serious accident some two years ago, which has ever since incapacitated him from work. He applied to the parish for as sistance for himself and his wife. They were told to come into the house. This last resource of the desperate, however, the poor man shrunk from with invincible disgust ; and, certainly, from what we have heard of the condition of the sick and infirm in workhouse infirmaries, he had some grounds for his aversion. However, all help was denied him, except on this condition, and so he and his wife had to fight on their way alone. The wife sold matches, from which she gained enough to supply them sometimes with one, sometimes with two, meals of dry bread per diem. And so the struggle went on until the poor man died, according to the verdict of the doctor, from disease accelerated by the want of proper and sufficient food. Even this climax, however, did not move the adamant resolve of the guardians, who left the poor match. seller unaided until the coroner's jury had censured their negligence. It is likely that in the crowd of poor who throng that neighbourhood, the very existence of the poor cooper and his wile had been forgotten; but what excuse can be made for leaving them under the circumstances ;.n which they first applied for relief without any help or care ? Here was a caeo of absolute and unavoidable distress brought on by no vice or folly, simulated by no ingenious hypocrisy. The guardians or other ad ministrators of the poor law might judge for them selves how far the earnings of a matchseller in such a place were likely to supply a living for two people ? The test of entrance into the workhouse, supposed to be so trustworthy, is often entirely the reverse. The idle, thriftless, and vagabond may not shrink from a few weeks' residence, but the more respectable poor shrink from entirely break ing up their little homes, and the consequent dis persion of families and the bad company they are thrown among. The feelings of self-respect and independence, which are so thoroughly English, are against such a proceeding, and these sentiments surely deserve encouragement rather than repres sion. So long as the appeals of our honest poor in times of extreme and undeserved misfortune meet with such responses, there will be an obstacle in the way of the reclamation of our criminals greater and more formidable than any raised by their own tendencies. The recent haymaking case at Leigh has occa sioned so much controversy, and excited so much indignation, that it has been thought desirable to put forward a statement of the affair as it appeared to the magistrates. Mr. RICHARD MARSH, clerk to the magistrates of Leigh and Atherton, has addressed a letter to our contemporary, in which he strenu ously defends his chiefs from the charges of harsh ness and prejudice brought against them, and en deavours to prove that they acted not only with strict legality, but with moderation and justice. He affirms that Sunday haymaking had for some time become frequent in the neighbourhood of Leigh and Atherton, and that owing to the custom of paying the men in meat and drink for that day's work in stead of money, scenes of drunkenness and disorder were common. A clergyman in the vicinity com plained of the disturbance occasioned by these riot ous haymakers, and a policeman in open court as sured the magistrates that Sunday haymaking was on the increase, and was the fruitful source of riot and disorder. Under these circumstances, the police were despatched to the fields of the defendants in this now famous case, where they found a number of men at work, some sober and some otherwise, while the fineness of the weather in the opinion of the prosecutors deprived the offenders of the plea of necessity. The further particulars of the case, given by Mr. MARSH, we need not repeat, as in substance it differs very little from what has been said before. From this statement Mr. MARSH draws his own inferences. The Atherton magis- trates, he says, deserve the thanks of the working people of the neighbourhood for thus protecting their interests against their grasping employers, who would deprive them of their day's rest. The occupants of the Bench only desire, he affirms, " to repel the imputation of partial and oppressive administration of justice. They are not responsible for the policy, be it good or bad, of any piece of legislation on which it is their duty to act." That is true, but et the same time all magistrates are in vested with a wide discretion of power, and the question is not so much whether they have out stepped the law, as whether they have not outrun the bounds of good sense and discretion. It is pos sible, nay probable, that the magistrates had some grounds for their decision, as the prosecutors had, in all likelihood, some foundation for the prosecu tion. But, was their object to obtain a temporary triumph over two or three particular individuals, or to increase the popular respect and regard for the Sunday in the neighbourhood ? If it was the former, they had the gratification of a questionable and short-lived success; if the latter, they must themselves admit they have miserably failed. In the & rst p l ace, the ev il s o f w hi c h th e y comp l a i ne d could b e but very temporary in their nature, and must hav e pretty wall run their course before the interference of these sapient expounders of the la.w. In the second place, the necessities of harvest appeal so forcibly to the common sense and right feeling of every man, that th e S a bb atar i ans could scarcely find a more unfortunate subject of contention. In this changeable and uncertain climate, where it is next to impossible to reckon confidently on the long continuance of steady and Settled fair wea ther, every indulgence is liberally accor d e d b y public opinion to those whose business it is to garner in the fruits of the earth for the general good. Even in this glorious summer, whose golden products we are all rejoicing over, how sudden a change came over the beginning of the autumn months ! What a long spell of dark, rainy, and unsettled weather followed closely on the long THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY VSENING, SEPTEMBE“26, 1863. bright days. The assertion of Mr. MARSH that when the officers arrived in AcKWORTH'S a great part of the work remained to do, and some of the hay could not be fit for carrying in less than two days, is rather against himself than otherwise, since it was consequently all the more necessary to secure every fine day. There is no doubt that the magistrates acted from good motives ; the pity is that good motives so often pro duce unwise and mischievous actions. The general feeling of the vicinity is certainly against the ma gistrates, and every such case which stirs up popular excitement, which makes religion and law appear the oppressors instead of the protectors of the people, is a great disadvantage. There are always plenty of fluent declaimers ready to comment ou the inconsistencies of precept and practice among the upper classes, and they can point their moral with an illustration like this—what contemptuous wrath will be called forth against the magistrates driving to church, and the parson's hot dinner on a Sunday. It has been generally accepted as the sound and first principle of English legislation , that it is wrong and foolish to attempt to coerce men in matters of opinion, but the recent proceedings of the Atherton magistrates and their present defence are entirely in opposition to this axiom. The whole affair is much to be regretted, and it is to be hoped that it is the last case of the kind which we shall hear. At the same time,, if public opinion exercises it s vast influence in resisting the very shadow of religious or legal oppression, it has also a right to insist that its interference is not abused, and that those who find it necessary to employ Sunday labour should for the future guard against those arrangements of which respectable men have a right to complain, and which convert the extra and exceptional working day into an unseemly and riotous holiday. The King of HOLLAND'S speech on the opening of the Session seems to be a most satisfactory affair. It embraces in its extended range many, points of interest, and altogether forms a marked contrast in its tone and style to the addresses and discourses of many other Sovereigns. In msny respects the KING announces a state of things that seem too good to be true. Thus we learn that friendly rela tions are maintained with other Powers, a treaty has been arranged with Belgium, and the land and sea forces at home and abroad are in a state of great efficiency; a projet de loi will be submitted to the Etats on the subject of the defence of the country. For this purpose the National Guard is to be now organised. Among other improvements, railways in Java are expected to spread prosperity among the natives. Thia will doubtless be the case, since that species of undertaking, more than any other, seems to contribute to the general welfare and well being of the community among whom they are in troduced. The slave population in the Western possessions, it is said, attribute a great impor tance to their freedom. 'This is very satisfac tory intelligence, and it would be well if many others were induced to follow so good an example, and to confer the inestimable boon of liberty upon their slaves. The result could not fail to be otherwise than agreeable and benefi cial to all concerned in the transaction. In propor tion to the increase of the population of the king dom, it is intended to.increase the number of deputies to the second chamber of the Etats Generaux. The fiscal affairs appear as flourishing as home matters are satisfactory, and foreign relations tranquil. Thus it is not proposed to put on any new taxes, for the expenses will be so arranged as to preclude the necessity for such an unwelcome imposition. Altogether the KING may be congratulated on hav ing so pleasing a discourse to utter, and the depu ties on having such delightful intelligence to hear. Holland may well be cited as an example to States with much more power, and possessed of ten times her resources. The happiest countries are not always the most potent. ENGLISH FARCES TRANSLATED INTO GERMAN. —Three new numbers of " The Modern English Comic Theatre,with notes in German by Dr, A. Diezmann," have just appeared at Leipzig. No. 65 contains Hancock's " John Smith ;" No. 67 " Paul Pry ;" and No. 68 Poole's " Tuining the Tables." PRODUCTION OF GOLD IN MEXICO from 1690 to our days.—ln 1690 the Mexican Mint issued piastres for five millions ; in 1700 for seven millions ; from 1700 to ISOO, the quantity of gold coined increased progressively every year, and reached the figure of twenty-five millions. It then decreased—in 1810 it was reduced to seventeen mil • lions; in 1817 it had fallen to half a million in all. It rose again, in 1852, to two and a half millions, and in 1860 to nearly four—that is, less than in 1690. AN INSTRUMENT FOR ASCERTAINING THE HEIGHT OF A CLOUD, DESCRIBED BY PROF. CHEVALLIER.— This little instrument consisted of two jointed rulers, gra duated from the centre of the joint, and one of them fur nished with an upright sliding piece, with an opening to allow the sun's light to pass, the edge of which is at a known distance by the scale from the ruler on which the piece slides. If, then, the distance in miles or yards at which the shadow of a cloud is cast upon the earth be known, by laying one branch of the ruler towards the shadow of the cloud and the other in the direction of the vertical line from the part of the cloud which casts the shadow directly on the earth beneath the cloud, and then moving the slid ing-pieco along this latter branch of the ruler until the shadow of the edge of the opening just reaches the middle of the rod laid in the direction of the shadow of the cloud, you have on the ruler and the sliding-piece an exact repre sentation in miniature of the actual circumstances of the cloud, and a simple rule-of-three calculation gives the ver tical height of the cloud above the earth. Thus, "multiply the distance of the shadow of the cloud (supposed to be known) by thelheight of the sliding •piece and divide by the distance of the shadow of the sliding-piece from the angle of the rulers, and the quotient is the height of the cloud re quired." TEARING UP OF THE TREATIES OF 1815 !—lt has been noticed just now t as a symptom of the growing boldness of French journalism in handling delicate subjects, that M. Emile de Girardin has not scrupled to reply thus vigorously to the ridiculous accusation recently brought forward in La France against Russia, to the effect that she (Russia) had just now torn up the Treaties of 1815 ;—" It is a long time that the Treaties of 1815 have ceased to exist ; they were trampled under foot in 1852, when Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte ascended the Imperial Throne, under the style of Napoleon 111., Emperor of the French, thereby describing himself the successor of Napoleon I. and Napo leon 11., thus tearing up Art. 2 of the treaty of alliance of Nov. 20, 1815; they ceased to exist when Austria made over to France in 1859 the duchy of Milan (specified in Art. 93), and subsequently transferred to Piedmont; they ceased to exist when the Duke of Modena lost his duchies of Modena, Reggio, Mirandola, Massa-Carrara, and Guns toile, duly noted in Art. 93 ; they ceased to exist when the duchies of Parma, Placentia, and the principality of Lucca, the various reversions of which had been so carefully pro vided for by Art. 99, were taken from the Duchess of Parma ; they ceased to exist when, in spite of the formal stipulation of Art. 100, the Grand Duke of Tuscany was deprived of all his possessions; they ceased to exist when, in spite of Art. 103, the Pope lost the Romagnas, the Marches, and the Legations, and when, notwithstanding the care'ul wording of Art. 104, the heir of King Ferdi nand IV. was dispossessed of the throne of the Two Sicilies." JUSTICE WITH HER SCALES—THE PrIcENI:C AND ITS ASIIES.—Over many of their doors—doors of magnificent offices—perfect palaces in building and ar rangement---WO ace two symbolical figures, the appropriate. ness of which seems to make them everlasting favourites. One is that of Justice with her scales ; the other that of a phomix rising and renewing its noble youth from its own ashes. Now, there is no doubt but that it a man is unfor• tunate enough to be " burnt out," a nd , at the same time, fortunate enough to be insu r e d in a good office, he may re build his house nobly and recover the blow. It he be not insured, ho is, in 9 cases out of 10, a ruined man for ever after. The ashes of his little goods, or of his great pcsses• sions—and it matters really, perhaps, more in reality, and certainly more relatively, to the poor man than to the rich —are not the ashes of the phcenis. But the office is itself an emblem of the fabled Egyptian bird. It flourishes and nourishes itself by fire, or rather the dread of tire, but to do so permanently it should take the other emblem in hand, and like Justice hold an even-handed balance, and with bandaged eyes, atter once having looked well into the ante cedents and character of its client, and determined upon accepting—as it always has the choice of rejecting—his policy, it should pay down the agreed sum without cavil or question,—city ,press, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [R EUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] THE POLISH INSURRECTION. WARSAW, SEPT. 26. The Police Gazette publishes an ordinance to the effect that in future every house from which a shot should be fired, or in which an attempt should be made on the life of a public officer, will be confiscated, and the inhabitants imprisoned and rendered re sponsible for the offence. Kochanski, a National Gendarme, has been hung. INDIA. (By Telegraph from Sucz.) BOMBAY, SEPT. 8. The Ajmere prisoner has been finally proved not to be the Nana Sahib. FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 26. An imperial decree, published to-day, orders that the Class for Philosophy in the Imperial Lyceums shall henceforward embrace the four matters indi cated in the decree of 1852, and historial studies the programme of which:will be announced here after. The IToniteur of this morning announces that the Emperor paid a visit to M. Fould at Tarbes, and that his Majesty was cheered by the people. The Courtier du Dimanche of to-day states that Count Rechberg saw with regret the insertion in the Moniteur of the Polish memorandum. It fur ther says, Barcra GrO3 Las informed Earl Russell that the opinion of the French Government relative to the negotiations on the Polish question was that was preferable to close a useless discussion." The same journal says : " The mission of Nubar Pasha is stated to consist in laying before the Suez Canal Company the bases on which the Porte and Egypt would wish to nego tiate. These bases are said to be— " 1. The Company would entirely relitq uish the conceded territory. " 2. The Porte w ou ld, on the other hand, autho rise the Egyptian Government to furnish con tingents of workmen on condition that they did not exceed 6,000 men at a time." The Courrier du Dimanche doubts that the con ditions will satisfy the company. BOURSE, Sept. 25.—The market has been very heavy. Business opened at 67f. 70c., and stock becoming offered, prices continued receding, and are now weak at 67f 50c. Mobilier are also lower. The Share Market participates in the general dul ness, and the great majority of the lines show a decline The market closed as follows : it per Cents 95 50 Italian L0an...... 7 3 50 Do. end month Do. end month.... 73 60 3 per Cents Do. end month E7 45 Do. end month.... —' Credit Russian ........ 85 Do. end month — Austrian ........ 75 Bank Shares 3410 --Spanieh Threes.. , .. 52 3 Credit Fonder -- Rome Debt ...• •• RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 990 .. 95 5 New ditt0.......... • •• •. Lyons and Medit erranea n 1020 .. 1017 50 Geneva.. 497 50 .. Southern 725 .. 725 Western Eastern Sardinian ....•• Austrian Lorbard North of Spain Saragossa 655 -- •• 650 Ditto to Barcelona -- -- hang D. W. Voorhees, an Indiana Democratic Con gress man. Mr. Lincoln will shortly issue a proclamation suspending the writ of habeas corpus i❑ all military and naval cases. The Republicans have carried the Maine election by a large majority. The Government has commenced to construct a national railroad between Danville, Kentucky, and Knoxville, 'Tennessee. The Canadian Parliament has votcd a sum of 400,000 dols. for the organisation of £lO,OOO dols. fresh militia. Mr. Darcy Magee has declared that Canada must prepare for defence, or deliberately proceed t,p Americanise herself. Advices from Jamaioa report that the Spanish fleet bombarded Port au Platte, on the Eth, entirely destroyed the town, and killing many inhabitants. An impression prevailed at Havannah that Federal agents were the instigators of the San Domingo rebellion. NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (Morning). (By telegraph to Halifax.) President Lincoln has suspended the Habeas Corpus Act throughout the United States in all cases where the military, naval, or civil Govern ment officers hold persons under their command or custody as prisoners of war, spies, aiders, or abet tors of the enemy, enrolled, drafted, enlisted, or mustered officers, soldiers, or seamen, it the Fede ral service or deserters. This suspension will be continued in force dur ing the duration of the rebellion, or until President Lincoln sees fit to revoke it. The reported capture of Fort Moultrie and the occupation of James Island by the Federals is un• tr ue. NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (Evening). General Lee's forces still defend the line of the Rapidan• Federal attempt to cross yesterday was re pulsed at three points. Nothing positive is known of the position of Lee's main army or the object of his retrogade movement. One theory is that the bulk of his forces has been sent down the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad to attack Burnside and Rose cranz. An early advance by Meade towards Richmond is considered probable. It is reported that Burnside has joined Rose cranz at Chattanooga. Rosecranz's advance has occupied Dalton, Georgia. A general engagement with Bragg is ex pected near Lafayette. News from Charleston to the 15th states that the Federals were erecting batteries on the upper end of Morris Island, under a heavy fire from Forts Johnson and Moultrie, where the Confederates have two 15-inch guns. One of the magazines on James Island has ex ploded. The monitor Patapsco has been towed to Port Royal for repairs. General Gilmore has tendered his resignation on account of a disagreement with Admiral Dahlgren. It is supposed the latter will be superseded. Guerillas are swarming along the banks of the Mississippi. The Democratic press is incensed at the suspen sion of the Habeas Corpus Act, as specially uncalled for at present. The Daily News says all that remains of Republican government is a memory and a name. The Confederate rams building in England, and the probability of the French recognition of the South, attract much public attention and cause uneasiness. Earl Russell's reply to the Emancipation Society is considered unsatisfactory, and the ill feeling against England continues. The New York Tribune says there is unanimity in the Federal fleet in favour of war with England. The New York municipality has tendered a public reception to the officers of the Russian frigate, being the first ever visiting New York, and as an expres sion of the appreciation of Russian stedfastness and fidelity to international obligations as cont:adistin guished from the course which certain other Euro pean Powers have thought fit to pursue. A privateer barque was seen eff the Cape of Good Hope on the 28th July. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (Evening). Money easy. Gold, 31 per cent. prem. Ex change on London—bankers' bills, 144. Stocks steady—New York Centrals, 1321 4 ; Illinois, 1231 Erie, 105/ ; 6 pbr Cent. United States Bonds, 106. NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (Evening). Money easy. Gold, 321 per cent. prem. Ex change on London (bankers' bills), 145. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 134 k; Illinois, 1241; Erie, 1061; 6 per Cent. United States Bonds, 1061. Cotton advancing. Middling Upland, 700. Flour improving. Wheat, good inquiry. Corn quiet. Provisions dull. Coffee quiet. Sugar advancing. Molasses very firm. Crude petroleum heavy, 35k. MEXICO. NEW YORK, Sept. 15. Advices received here from Vera Cruz, to the sth, state that the French are preparing for an other campaign. Marshal Forey had ordered the Peruvian Minis ter to leave Mexico for writing a letter to Juarez. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, September 24.—The Journal Is the Work political de St. Petersbourg declares that the Gov ern . meat wilt continue the work of reform Whi ch the Emperor intends to apply to all his su b . jects. That of the administra tion of the um_ munzs and of the districts is b ein g now pre p ared, taking elections as their basi s. The gradual de velopment of reforms, says the journal, of the Emperor, and will not depend on combinations. Russia will not have institutions subject to continual changes. AMERICA• (REUTER'S TELE GRAMS.) SUSPENSION or THE lIABEAS CORPUS ACT BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 25. The royal mail steams hip Africa a rr i ve d here at 9 p.m. to-day, Wit h 123 pas sengers and 150,000 dols. in speci©. She lan d e d three Passen gers an d a ll mails, consisting of proceeded at 9.15 p.m. All W ell. E'ENEw YORK, Sept. 14 (E ven i ng ). General Beaureg ard reports tha t 113 Federals 81 sacks, and have been captured in an unsuccessful assault upon Fort Sumter. The Federals h ave had an en gagement at Dug four miles from N ew L a f a y e tte, .out Mountain. Th e amoun t o f army is post e d. Th e F e d er als where h a e p r , e Tennessee , B ragg ,e main h a s issued a cir cu l ar to t h e A mer i can all. that as pr e j u d ge d op i n i on s till e a retired eoo 1t i e t s o w L o o e ° s k ill the Union, L e M g a r t . i o S o e s w , ard stating existed in France and England that the Federals cannot preserv e prudent concern for foreign re_ations and the i n t erests o f peace and humanity at home demand that a new effort should a be made to cor rect this p r ejudice. The insurg ents able to pro tract their resistance by mea n s of foreignsympathy and aid. Th e expectation of m Li ve foreign ore effective s assistance is now their chief resource. Mr. the military situation, and says — S the renewal of commercial prosper i ty through peace i n A mer i c a will find that the quickest an d short est way to gain that end is to Seward Those se r seeking eiewfi withdraw their support and power from the insur gents,leave the a dj ustment o f t h e con t rovers y American people.' to the NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (Noon). General Pleasanton's cavalry has crossed the Rappa h a nnock and passed through Culpepper, driving the Confede ra t e cavalry before 'him, and captur i n g three guns and 100 prisoners at Cul pepper. He afterwards advanced to the Rapidan, w i h s e r e he found Lee's forces in a position to prevent h crossing. on An impression, however, prevails that Lee has n a large:f orce to re i n f orce B eauregar d, a nd S fa l ling is back to war d s Ri c h mon d. NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (Evening). l isnreported from Fort Monroe that Fort Moul triesie l surrendered on the 11th inst., and that the Federals had captured half of James Island. • General Gilmore has received instructions to shell • Charleston until it surrenders. Southern accounts state that the Massachusetts floats o ver Fort Wagner, which is gar risoned Massachusetts negroes. General State eflag by Gilliner, the chief of the Richmond engi neer bureau, has been sent to Charleston as second in command t o B eauregar d. It is reported that 17 Federal regiments left New Orleans on the 3d inst. for Brownsville, Texas. • General Hardee is organising the Confederate pri soners parolled at Vicksburg and Port Hudson, to be ready for service when exchanged. The capture of Little Rock, Arkansas, by the Federals is not confirmed. 17,000 Confederates are reported to be on this side of Little Rock, awaiting Steeled advance. Negroes man the upper batteries of Vicksburg. Peace propositions in the Virginia Legislature have been voted do wn by 38 to 1. Georgian soldiers have destroyed the office in Raleigh of the North Carolina Standard, a peace journal. The opposition party have destroyed the State Journal office, the war advocate. The President has refused to accept General Burnsidt's resignation. Indiana soldiers have unsuccessfully attempted to INDIA AND CHINA. By the arrival of the Calcutta mail we have re ceived our private correspondence and files of papers from Calcutta to Aug. 23, Bombay Ang. 31, and Hong Kong to Aug. 12. INDIA. We take the following from the Calcutta Enoltsh man of Aug. 22 : " Our advices from Peshawur tell us that the ordinary traffic between Calm' and Peshawur has been completely stopped since the middle of last month, and on both sides of the border apprehen sions are entertained that serious State convulsions are on the ey e of breaking out in Afghanistan. Shere Ali, or Ameer the Second, as he styles himself, has inaugurated his succession to the throne of Dost Mahomed in the usual Oriental manner. He has executed his brother, Mahomed Aslam, a man of high character and well known as a partisan of his more enlightened brother Azim Khan, who, to escape the same fate, immediately afterwards fled from Cabul towards the north, accompanied by 700 horsemen, and it is supposed he will be joined by a much larger number of followers. Shere Ali justifies his act by affirming that his three brothers, Azful, Azim, and Aslam, were conspiring against his life, and that the measures he took were those of self defence; and he points to the flight of Azim in confirmation of the fact. It is pretty confidently asserted, and generally believed, that Afzul Khan is actually preparing to rise in rebellion against Shere Ali, for he has already engaged some thousands of fighting men at a very high rate of pay—as much as 10 and 12 rupees a month, it is said; while the ordinary pay of a soldier in Af g hanistan is only four rupees. The Ghilsies have risen in revolt in the south, and other tribes are expected to follow their example. BOMBAY, Sept. 11. Business more active. • Dollars, 490 r.; 71b. shirtings, 8.12 r. ; freight, 602, CHINA. We take the following summary of news from the Overland China Mail of the 12th of August : " From Pekin we have intelligence to Jane 29th. The weather had been very hot (from 95 to 97 in the shade), and the houseflies and sandflies very troublesome. The success of the Danish Envoy in obtaining a treaty, es stated in our last, is consi dered a triumph. China has now entered into treaty relations with eight nations, viz., Russia, United States, Great Britain, France, Prussia, Belgium, Portugal, and Denmark, whose treaties were signed in the order of their enumeration; a treaty was negotiated with Sweden, in 1845, but the Swedes have not appeared to claim the re cent concessions to other powers. Much praise is due to the Danish envoy for his success in these negotiations, for the Chinese authorities were not inclined to make any more compacts of the sort ; and he fully deserves the rewards we doubt not will be conferred on him at Copenhagen. From the northern ports we have no news of importance. Of the rebels we have some news. Gordon gained a victory on the 27th inst. (which would be important under other circumstances than those now existing), in the capture of Wu.kiang, a walled city 15 miles south of Soochow, and interrupting the communica tions between that stronghold and Hanchow, as well as with Shanghae, the source whence the rebels still draw large supplies of arms and men ; but the vic tory is more than counterbalanced by the accession of Burgevine to the rebel ranks, with, it is said, 500 rowdies of all nations, chiefly American, who have been conveyed in batches to Soochow. Burge vine's designs were openly discussed in the settle ment for upwards of a week before he actually left the place, and having reached the ears of the Chinese authorities, they called upon the American Consul to prevent his departure; as was expecteJ, however, nothing of the kind was done, and Burge_ vine openly left Shanghae on the 29th of July, and, on the 2d of August, succeeded by a coup de main in carrying off the Chinese steamer how-jow from Sunkiang just as she was anchoring at the latter place on her return from Shanghae. Burgeviue has been elevated to the rank of Wang, with the title Kwei, or honourable, by the rebel chieftain, and, although neither his own military capacity nor the prowess of his tag-rag and bobtail crew of rowdies need inspire apprehension, he is dangerous, owing to the influence he is supposed to retain among a portion of Major Gordon's force. On the other hand, it is well ascertained that, although Soochow is well defended and thoroughly fortified, the garri son is suffering from scarcity, and the strict block ade which the recent success of the Imperialists enable them to maintain at Nanking will prevent supplies from being introduced from that direction. An embargo has recently been imposed at Shanghae on the transport of rice to the interior, as it was alleged that enormous supplies found their way to the interior, and into rebel hands. This has caused a panic among the large holders of rice in Shanghae. " In Shanghae the extreme heat has moderated, and cases of sickness are fewer. Ths Ocean Mail, laden with tea, has been totally wrecked in the Yang-tsze river. Sho left Shanghae on the Ist inst., bound for London. When outside she an- chored during the night, and in the morning at tempted to drop down the river in charge of a branch pilot and an apprentice. When nearly abreast of the position where the Sovereign of India grounded, she touched with her keel on an old wreck, and fell over on her beam ends with her yardarms on the ground. An apprentice pilot and a ship's boy were drowned, the rest of the crew being saved in the boats, and by the assistance of the steamer Pem broke. The cargo is insured. From Ningpo, we hear of an affair of which we hope to giveamore satisfactory account next mail. We give the North Cana Herald's report of it :—" A serious encounter has taken place in Hang-chow-bay between her Britannic Majesty's gunboat Flamer, the Chinese steamer Paouchan, and a number of piratical junks. A vessel named the Rosina, belonging to Messrs. Dent and Co. was captured by pirates during her voyage from Ningpo to Shanghae, and carried off by them into the re cesses of the bay. For some time it was not known whither she had been taken, and her whereabouts was only discovered at last through information given by one of her native passengers, who escaped to Ningpo. The Flamer and Paouchan at once proceeded to the spot, but found the Rosina sunk and cargo abstracted. They were themselves vigorously attacked by the pirates and had consi derable difficulty in beating them off. One of the crew of the former vessel was killed during the action, and the Commander Bosan quet, severely but not dangerously wounded in the thigh. Captain Baz ton of the Paouchan was also killed. The two vessels withdrew to Ningpo, but will immediately return in company with two other gunboats to endeavour to destroy the piratical fleet. The pirates have obtained a splendid prize, as the Rosina is stated to have had specie to the amount of 20,000 taels on board, bobides a full cargo of tea.' "From Canton and Macao there is no news. " By the present mail steamer, Mr. F. T. Wade, Chinese Secretary to the British Legation at Pekin, proceeds to England on leave of absence." Another Glimpse of the Annamite Ambassadors. " I have to-day," writes the Paris correspondent of a morning contemporary, "had the honour of being presented to his Excellency the Ambassador of Annam. As our intercourse was carried on by bows, I feel that I shall not be indiscreet in giving it publicity. Not only had I the pleasure of this receptian, but I had also the gratification of going with the whole mission over the shop of M. Cris tofie, the Elkington of France. I own it was with no little curiosity I watched the entrance of these illustrious strangers into this wonderful depot of all that is beautiful in plate, glass, and bronze. Fancy painted the untutored savage struck dumb with wonder at the sight of an epergne, andthe assistants falling into ecstacies at the sight of an egg-cup. At last they came, these dusky diplomatists, and in five voitures de renzise. They were fifteen in all ; three ambassadors and twelve attendants. I was irresistibly reminded by their dress of Til burina going mad in white satin, and her at tendant in white dimity. Premising that the mission was not in its best garments, I will attempt to say how it was dressed. Ambassadors 1,2, and 3, wore blue damask, such as you use for curtains ; the other twelve black or blue serge, " over which," to use a lady's expression, " one wore a robe of brown gauze," very neat. Very long robes, like old-fashioned dressing-gowns, fastened by girdles, wooden clogs, and a small black silk turban composed, I regret co say, all the "purple and fine linen of their Excellencies, secretaries, interpreters, doctors, and cooks. They were all there. The chief envoy is a little old man, rather pleasant to look at, who took some interest in what he saw, asked questions, and weighed everything shown him, as if he were going to put an ad valorem duty on it before admitting it into Annam. Nos. 2 and 3 are finer-looking, but said nothing-- let us hope they were thinking—and took little notice of M. Chtistofle's artistic and elegant designs. I thought a " toast-rack" seemed to please his Excellency No. 3 better than anything ; while No. 2 lingered over a but terboat representing a dairy-maid and her pail. As I stood gazing at theirsuperiors, the inferiorscame crowding around me. Suddenly one spoke, and I started to hear, in my own native language, " Yes, pretty, but too dear ;" and turning round perceived the lacquais de place showing a little photograph frame to one of the suite, who had uttered the very natural expression above recorded in the very best English. I had a long talk with this young diplos mat, and found he had been educated by the French Jesuits and English missionaries. He was very intelligent, and spoke fluently , a nd with en ex cellent accent, French, Spanish, and Engli s h. Two spoke French, and one English. The Ambassader • in-chief speaks and understands French. My love of truth compels me to say that these Cochin- China gentlemen are very ugly—the lowest type of Chinese. Not the most /daze man in Paris could have walked with greater calmness through a fine display of what are really works of art than did these new importations. '['hey consider Petril fine," and abused the weather with great since rity. In figure they are flat-chested, and have long lean arms. Their whole person, however, is so en veloped that they might be as well-formed as An tiaous and nobody be any the wiser. They stoop when they walk; and now, when I have said that one gentleman was attired in white Berlin gloves, that several wore most gorgeous rings on their thumbs, and one had a row of gold buttons on his gaberdine,and add that they all smoked little funnel shaped cigarettes about as big as a toothpick, which they took from a large bag hung round the neck of a Secretary of Legation, I shall have told you enough of the first interview between the diplomacy of Cochin China and a British subject and corre spondent. THE MISSIONARY JOSEPH WOLFF'S curious me moirs have found a translator in Germany. They now ap pear under the title " JciScpl4 Wolff: a Waliderer's Life." ,r 7 .1 f r7n. (finirt , THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND, BALMORAL, Sept. 24. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess of Wales and Princess Helena, drove out yesterday. The Princess Louise, atteudedby Lady Churchill, rode on horseback. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge returned to town yesterday from visiting the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield at Gedliug Lodge, Notts. His Grand Ducal Highness Prince William and her Imperial Highness Princess William of Baden, have arrived at Claridge's hotel from Torquay. His Highness the Prince Maharajah Dhuicep Singh has arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Yorkshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde , Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, Lord Ulic Browne, the Bishop of Ripon and Mrs. Bickersteth, Dr. and Mrs. Vaughan, Mr, A. Hayward, Q.C., Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth, Bce., a re at present on a visit to Mr. and Lady Margaret Beaumont , at Bretton-park, Yorkshire. The Earl and Countess of Derby returned to Knowsley Park yesterday from visiting the Earl and Coun tess of Chesterfield at Gedling Park, their seat in Notting' hamshire. The Earl of Brownlow and Lady Marian Alford leave town in a few days to embark on board his lordship's yacht for Madeira, there to pass the winter. The Earl of Dalkeith, who returned from a tour of the German Spas in the earlier part of the week, 1 10 gone to meet the Countess at Beaudesert. The Earl and Countess of Belmore have returned- Brown's Hotel. Viscount and Viscountess Dillon, and Lord and Lady Burghley have left Brown's Hotel. The marriage of Colonel the Hon. Henry W. Byng and the Countess Henrietta Danneskiold, niece of the Matquis of Ailesbury, is to take place next month, 81 Tottenham Park, Wilts. Lady Caroline Charteria has arrived at Claridge'S motel from Tunbridge-wells. The Rev. F. Faber, of the Oratory, at Broraptol (whose name, it may be remembered, was so very recently before the public in connection with the late controverl about young Mr. Harrison), we regret to learn, expired at seven o'clock this morning, after a long and painful illness. DEATH OF MR. DEPUTY PEACOCK.—We have to record the death of Mr. A. Peacock, who was for more than forty years a member of the Court of Common Coun cil, and twenty-six years Deputy of the Ward of Farriug' don Without. Mr. Peacock was a man of sound business habits, and has been connected with many of the most im portant movements in the city. He was eighty-five years of age. NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH.—On Thursday the first stone was laid, by the Very Rev. Dr. Manning, of 3 new Catholic church at Turnham-green. Although the day was very inclement, a considerable number of Catholic clergymen and laymen attended on the occasion. When the usual ceremonies appointed by the Catholic ritual had been gone through, a sermon was preached by Dr. Manning appropriate to the event. The church is to be of the Gothic order, and will contain about 600 persons. The architects are Messrs. Willson and Nicholas, of Marylebone-road. ERRATUM in regard to our first leader of yester day. It was at Rayners, and not at Hughenden Manor, that Mr Disraeli spoke upon the occasion of the Harvest Home Festivities. THE NEW FRENCH TRANSLATION OF SHAg . SPERE by Francois Victor Hugo is not at all founded on Letourneur's version, but it is one made entirely from the English text itself, and illustrated with notes, historical , legendary, and critical; and the appendices occasionally give the entire legend upon which the play is toundui, from manuscript and printed sources. A TIMELY I RIBUTE TO SHAKSPERE.—The second part of Mr. Booth's reprint of the " Slaakspere" of 1623, containing the Histories, will be published during next month. Part 111., containing the Tragedies, is in' tended to appear about the end of next March—the three editions being issued complete on the 23d of April following the tercentenary anniversary of the poet's birthday. The first stone has been laid of a Murillo mobil' ment in Seville. MR. THOMAS ADOLPHUS TROLLOPE WriteSf says the Spectator, with a simper of self-approbation, and in the varied mood of a man who sits in the spirit con sciously supreme over exclusive but adoring tea-tables. There is an exquisite flavour of patronage in his tone which recalls the manner of the young clergyman, the hero of female congregation, under whose every footstep not roses but slippers spring, who to spiritual an 4 innumerable graces both of body and of mind unites the man of the world, and whose varied refinements and high accomplishrnents—br a sonorous and elegant enunciation of lovely Italian names , and phrases, " La Signorina Stella," " Enrico Palmieri.% " Giulio Malatesta," the " Signorina Stella Altamari; " La Madonna di San Luca"—fill gentle bosoms with un speakable emotions, and a kind of earthly foretaste of finite and perennial beatitudes, THE LIBERATED SLAVES IN AMERICA.—Th e results of the removal of slaves from the plantations of their former masters through the agency of Federal 501' diers continued to be attended by painful revelations. One New York journal remarks that,—" To effect the possible advantage of incorporating a considerable number of neg toes in the service of the general Government great suffering has been inflicted, so that now Adjutant. General Thomas advises in explicit terms that all except able 'bodied male ° remain on their plantations. A letter from Vicksburg , giving a pitiful tale of suffering, disease, and death, says It will be well if this recommendation is heeded an d carried out. The contraband camps scattered about through this department are full to overflowing, and no possible stretch of imagination or hope can induce any sane we' ll , who sees one of these camps to pronounce the condition e l the blacks within them preferable to plantation life. I r ode past one the other day, and by the roadside I saw five deed bodies, so far gone with decomposition and so ranch mut t lated by hogs that I could not discern the full conformati on of any one body. I inquired, and learned that they ha d been lying there unburied for several days. It was a he r rible, disgraceful sight. Such things are not unfrequell t• The first idea of the freed coloured people is that now thei have nothing to do.iFreedom is immunity from labour. i t is impossible to fairly correct this mistake while they ar e retained in these camps, for here they have absolutely nothing to do but to eat and sleep, and they abandon themselves to this freedom most completely, leading II most brutal and sensual life.' " THE " SCENE IN COURT" reported in the papers as having taken place between the Common Ser geant and Mr.Ribton, must have the effect of adding to the scandal which has already arisen from conflicts in opal court between counsel and judge—conflicts which generally end in the discomfiture of the former and in discredit to the profession to which both belong. In this case we cer tainly cannot help thinking that there were faults on both sides—the balance being against the counsel, who very pro perly manifested his sense of his own error by apologising next morning for what had taken place. If the Common Sergeant had exercised a little more temper in his treat , ment of Mr. Ribton, he would have been entirely in the right. The "dodge" (for we can call is by no more dig' allied name) of addressing the jury for the defence in a loud tone of voice, so that the witnesses for the defence, who are excluded from the court, may hear a description of the case which they have to be called upon to support, is most reprehensible, and the c oco on Sergeant had a clear right to prevent it by every means his power. A mild intimation to counsel that he 1 13 a better moderate his voice, followed by a temperately pressed threat to adjourn the court in the event of disobe' dience, would have effectually put a stop to Mr. Ribton; but the dictatorial tone which the judge assumed gave al l opportunity for the little flourishes about " speaking as t 1 I mind dictates," and "duty to my client," which poP w larify-hunting barristers know so well how to employ. I ` ll.* Ribton's observation, that he always spoke loudly when 11° was nervous, and that he should continue to do so, W u ! about as absurd and illogical a remark as well could b` made. Certainly that gentleman has gained no credit by hie escapade, but the reverse. These " scenes" between bench and bar bring only disgrace and disrespect upon al perties concerned, and should be entirely discountenan ce' by all respectable members of the profession.—Law limes of to-day. L: CURIOSITIES OF FASIIION.—It is a question , think, whether the fashion influences the age, or the age moulds and shapes the fashion; but.it is obvious that th ere exists a subtle relationship between them. A hig h-bred courtesy, a certain elevation of manner, a loftiness of 1 9,11- guage, and even a refinement of thought, seem naturally to associate themselves with the rich and stately costun3o of the men of the sixteenth century. Look at the Cava' tiers in the glorious pictures of Vandych; w ho can be: lieve that from the lips of such be-ruffled an d be- p lumed gen tl e men ever dropped any coa r se ribaldry or v ul g ar slang ? Those grave and potent seigniors who g low on the splendid canvas of Titian; can you believe them capab le of the deeds in which delighted the buckskin-breeches an d i cocked hats of our Macaronis and Aloh awks in t he da y s the second George ? When I look upon the sweet an d noble women of Vandyck, and compare them with ib e bare-bosomed beauties of Lely, I trace in the distincti on of costume and fashion the difference of morals and taste , and the wide gulf between the pure household life of file .. reign of Charles I. and the social abandonzuent of that of Charles 11. Morals and manners keep p ace w i t h the change s of costume, and pro inclioatc4 by them,—Lnukn ~society" Ti The cf E tiTe attic copil issue of N Pure LOIa( tors tient of ti upon 10 r has t he / moti tb.e Com to et Lone Age of sl dire corn wit' the yest arno £l9 gran Ilea for boar disp has alms been Cony am heal Mar beer. 28 t do., have pric Cert 461 95 ' solic that and imp tain to a yak Lon Sha pan Life to tl Mr. soli( Pan' 3 pei 3 pei New Nev Ne% 5 pe Indi Ban Con Esc AllE Bra: Chi'