The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-15 00:00:00

TrIE MARLBOROUGH CLUB COMPANY (Limited,. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that this Club will be opened for the reception of its Members on MONDAY, the 12th day of August. S. 0. RATTENBURY, Hon. Secretary. R eg i s tered Office of t he Comp y, 6, John - stre et, Bedford row, W.C . 1111 E ROBERTSFORS IRON WORKS COMPANY. Limited. To be Incorporated under the "Companies Act ed 62, to " the by w hiel the Liab ilit y of Shareholders is lim amoullt of their Shares. Capital, C0,£300,0 in 15,000 Shares of £2O each. Dep osit, lLs. per Share on Application, and £ 2 on Allot ment. First Issue, 7,5 0 Shares. No call will exceed £2 Os per Share, at intervals of not less than three months. No promotion money will be paid, and the preliminary expenses will 4e confined strictly to the proper charges only. DIRECTORS. Charles Burn, Esq . C.E, Little Fife House, Whitehall, Direct T of the 'Nevis ock Iron Works and Steel Ordnance Company, Lim ted. The Right Honourable Lord G., rvagh, Army and Navy Club, S.W. 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The ankles of assoiation, with plans of the estates and samples, may be inspected at the Offi , es of the Company, where also all the dnetails respecting the properties may be had on applica Prospectuses and forms of application may be obtained of the bankers, brokers, and at the Offices of the Company. OAYL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. Last Week but Two. For the Benefit of Mdlle. Adelina Patti. THIS EVEN ING (Friday), July 15, will be performed the opera of Faust e Margherita, being for the benefit of Mdlle. Adelina Patti, and the last occasion on which she will per form the part of Margherita during the present season. FAUST E MARGHERITA. Mar_herita, Mdlie. Patti. being positively her last appearance in that character this seasou•• Siebe , Madame Didiee ; Marta, Mdlle. Anese ; Mefistote e , M. Faure ; Valeatino, Signor Grt•Ziani ; Wagner, kignor Tygliafice ; and Faust, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. ?It tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre stals, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is open from ten to five, aud at the principal musicsellers' and ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Rafferi y, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which. the new play by John Oxenford, Esq., THE MONASTERY OF S.V. JUS T : Messrs. Vining, H. M.rs too, J. Nelson, J. W. Ray, H. Mellon, W. Robins, k Seyton, thapman Mrs. H. matston, and Mdile. bolas. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.— Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, SHAKSPERE'S HOUSE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. R. Phillips. After which, JANET PRIDE : Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. I'. Bedford, Stuart, Stephenson, Romer ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Denman. Followed by TETE AREA BELLE, with a Norrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, it. RomerMiss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. j[tOYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion. Be- engagement of those ce ebraced and popular artistes, Mr. awl Mrs. Charles Mathews. Production of an entirely new original Travestie of a very popular subject, by F. C. Burnano, Esq., entit led FAUST AND MARGUERITE, in which Mr. and Mrs Charles .Mathews will appear. The new scenery by the celebrated artists, Messrs. Danson and Sons ; the incidental Ballet by Osear Byrne. Amongst the artists en g aged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. Robinson. Mr. Asnley, , Mr. J. Johnstone; Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, Mrs. Stirling, and Mrs. Chas. Mathews. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. J. 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THIS DA:lr.—m orn i ng , 10 h. 10m.—..kfterriocn, 10h. 44ha. r0.1,108.R0V,V —orning, 11h. 181.—Aftenaoon, 11h. 54m. 41 I r. 44 4 41.4- The accounts from New Z are certainly not Not only is there no immediate pro spect of the conclusion of the war end the suepen sion of hostilities, but Wa have the mortifyin g in telligence of a decided repulse having befallen tl:o British arms. It is, perhaps, less surprising th at this should occur in an irregular campaign like the present than in an encounter with ordinary troops, since it is very difficult for dicers and men to fol low the tactics of the natives or to estimate correctly their resources or their prospects in any particular struggle. It is always a great mistake to under• value your enemy, end this, if not the case with General CAMERON himself, seems to be very much the error of those subordinate to him in authority, as well as of the men. The Maories have advan tages not ordinarily possessed by uncivilised nations- They come of a race which has naturally far more THE'' SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1864. intelligence and energy than ordinary aborigines, trails. There was also something out of the corn and is susceptible of a high degree of culture. man order of farewells in the nature of the spot in They possess, too, all the cunning and ingenuity which this leave-taking took place. "We shall peculiar to savage tribes, and especially that know- recall," said Mr. KEAN, " with peculiar gratifies.- 1 edge of the ground they fight on which always tion the fact of having given utterance to the len gives such immense advantage in defensive warfare. guage of SHAKSPERE sixteen thousand miles from The swamps and tangled forests afford them easy home in a populous city, built upon a spot which passage, while our men are forced to cut their way thirty years ago was a lonely wilderness." Nothing through the thickets or to struggle, as they beat could attest with greater force as to the spread of can, over a pathless morass. The Maories kncsav culture and the march of mind than the fact of the every nook and corner of the country, and the plays of SHAKSPERE being appreciated in that new guerilla warfare which they have thus been enabled world where the Anglo-Saxon race has taken root. to carry on has been both hase a ssing and disastrous It seems as if the prediction of MACAULAY had to us. They are skilled in the use of firearms, already been realized when he said that the litera though they do not abandon the traditional toma. ture of England would be read with delight by the hawk of savage warfare. General CAMERON wisely "no born millions who will cover with cities and determined to meet them on their own grounds gardens the Caffrarian and Austialian deserts." It when he organised the flying columns, is satisfactory in every point of view to contemplate of which we have not lately heard, but this scene in Australia. It is pleasant to think that when it comes to open fighting the Meories never though earth's extension intervenes between us and have a c h a nce ag ainst their assailants. The die- the inhabitants of that continent, the same tastes tally lies in besieging their " pahs' or entrench• may pervade our lives, and the works of our meats, which they are in the habit of evacuating at immortal bard msy there, as here, be recog• the last moment, leaving our troops the barren vie- raised and appreciated. " Whether we shall tory of the empty pahs. P. is not, however, safe to meet again I know not, therefore an eve r l as t . I trust general rules, and the sad affair which has cost ing farewell take," were most appropriate us many valuable lives, arose from the mistake of words in which to conclude, and Mr KEAN showed thinking that the natives had decamped when they his usual discernment and discrimination in select were only concealing themselves. It used to be a ing them. It is a very commendable practice for co mmon practice in Eastern wa rfare to make a feint our great actors to pay visits to our d istant colonies, of this sort, and many of the more notable reverses and thus form a connecting link, as it were, with of medimval history are due to Northern or Western home and abroad. Mr and Mrs KEAN have always ignorance of such tactics. According to the old le- been favourites in this country, and their nanny gend the death of the celebrated DOUGLAS, BRUCE'S friends and numerous admirers will rejoice that companion in arms, was due to his having indis- they have met with so cordial a welcome and so creetly pursued the flying Moors, Scottish fashion, flattering a testimonial to their abilities in Aug. unaware that their seeming flight was only to lure trade. If Mr KEAN intends in reality to retire now, him to destruction. The New Zealand Maories and rest on his laurels, he could not have made a have tried a similar trick, with unfortunately too more fitting conclusion ; and if he still proposes to much success. From the most authentic accounts, continue for a time his histrionic labours this visit it seems that General CAMERON'S forces besieged to a distant sphere, where the triumphs of the an entrenchment at Tauranga, to which place the English tongue are witnessed, will be an episode in natives had fled in discomfiture after their recent his career which will long live in his memory end repulse at Orakau. Tauranga is the chief abode hold a conspicuous place in the chronicles of his of the Ngpulii, a powerful tribe on the eastern coast. career hereafter. It must be considered that this is Its position, which General CAMERON was anxious an appropriate year for Mr KEAN to have been in to take, was called the Gate Pab, and rested on the Australia, and that it is a further proof and a more summit of a hill on a small peninsula. Great pre- extended exemplification of the universality of the paratioas were made for the assault, some large genius of our great writer, that while the people of Armstrongs—one of them an 110 pounder—being this country were endeavouring to do honour to the got ashore. The description given of the place cer- birthday of that "dear son of memory and great tail:lly does not accord with the commonly received heir of fame," the inhabitants of a distant spot also cmcnrred in offering their tribute of applause aria notions of savage warfare. It consisted , we a re told, of two pehs, 1,000 yards apart, connected by approval. He lives not for one age, but for all time ; rifle-pits, and by an inner line of rail fence, masked and it is the chief merit of his unrivalled produc by branches of trees. Toe bombardment was main- tions that they are now as applicable to the events of life and the characters of men as when they were tained for nine hours, when a number of Maories were seen retreating, and som e of our troo p s were first penned. It is a great boon to our colonists despatched in pursuit of them through the swamp. that they should hear the works of the great writer Meanwhile it was resolved to storm the pah in front. interpreted by so great a master of his art as Mr Notwithstanding a heavy fire the troops carried the CHARLES KEAN. breach bravely, and entered the pah to find it almost deserted, only two or three wounded men being visible. Thrown off their guard, the English, it is said, dispersed and feel to plunder, though this is a somewhat singular story. No sooner were they scattered, however, than from every side a mur derous fire from unseen guns poured upon them. The men were panicstricken and fled, notwichstand ing the efforts of their officers, whose names in the lists of killed and wounded too well attest their resolute devotion to their duty. The 43r1 Regiment lost it is said as many officers as in a pitched battle. A reinforcement arrived to no purpose but to add the name of its brave commander to the list of victims, and, to make matters worse, the party who pursued the flying Maories were also re pulsed in an assault on another part of the pah. Among the naval officers killed was Lieut. HILL, the survivor of the ill-fated ship Orpheus, who was wrecked on the Mannikan bar some time ago. Both services suffered severely, and the whole affair is as disheartening to our men as it is en couraging to the enemy. It has, of course, excited great sensation throughout the colonies, and is likely, it is feared, to lead to the prolongation of the war. It will not do, however, to be dis heartened by one repulse, however mortifying, and there cannot be two opinions as to the relative strength of the two forces when they meet fairly. Very great care should be used in all dealings with the Maories to avoid the deception which they are so skilful in practising. The men should go into a place like the Gate Pah with all their eyes and ears open, suspicious and watchful, not careless and at ease, thinking only of plunder. It could not have been actual cowardice which made the men retreat, since they had just triumphantly carried the breach under a heavy fire. It was the surprise and uncertainty of the ambush which spread the panic ; hut the men for such an office should be carefully se iected, since many will face an open enemy or storm a height who will shrink from a hidden foe. The experience gained in this painful business will probably be turned to good account in future, and it may suggest one or two improvements in our mode of warfare. It is satisfactory to find that a large body of natives have joined the British on the eastern coast, and have proved most valuable alli es , so that it is not, as has been said, exclusively a war of races. The second reading of the Guarantee of Loan Bill last evening promises material assistance to the colonists, which, it is to be hoped, they will turn to good account. The majority was so decisive that it is probable the Bill will pass without fur ther difficulty, and will, we trust, contribute to the speedy pacification of the country. A strong feeling is prevalent at this moment ,hat, with all our apparent sympathy for the Southern Confederacy, we permit the Northern army to be recruited from among our own people on our own soil, with impunity. We open our eyes and look with suspicion on British built iron clads, which, says rumour, are for JEFF DAVIS'S Government ; but our vision is dimmed, and our hearing not over sensitive, when British born subjects are inveigled, by species of false pre• tence, to enter the ranks of ABE LINCOLN'S army. Has England become lo3t to all sense of honour ? Will she forget that from her honour has sprung her greatness? She should not then permit the breath of suspicion to tarnish the mirror which reflects it. Besides, if she were guided by no other policy than mere selfishness, she would keep the bone and sinew of her country at home. There are " breakers ahead," and with all our desire for peace, we know not from day to day how soon we mey have to prepare for war. We are of those to whom " coming events cast .heir shadows before," and no long time will elapse probably before the British army will ba called upon again to uphold the honour of their country. And it is well here to consider how far the defects in the organisation of our army might prejudice its in• crease so far as recruiting would be concerned. We think the position of the private soldier has less in it now to induce enlistment than when England was less wealthy and less great as a nation. The two things to be looked to as a means of drawing the working•classes into the army by voluntary enlistment, are promotion and pension. The oppor tunities for promotion from the ranks we know to be very limited, and as the British army is constituted it would be very unwise, of course, to adopt the French system. Men naturally, then, look to what they would be likely to receive, either as present pay or as pension, when, from woond3 or length o service, they may be thrown back again upon the world. NV ill it be sufficient to keep them from begging their bread, should failing strength pre. vent them from working ? We unhesitatingly say, No. How can it when the pension for length of of service is only eightpence per day ? England h as not acted wisely or well towards the private soldier. The case of the poor old man, HOFF, for whom an appeal was lately made in the public papers, is a disgrace to Eng land, and not likely to be forgotten whenever a call for the army is required. We are not alone in this opinion ; we are borne out in our views by the author of a pamphlet called " The Court-Martial," which, in the form of a satirical drama, deals very ably with the subject, although we do not admire ►ts entire principles. JOEN BULL is a prisoner, and brought to trial " for conduct unbecoming the cha. teeter of a gentleman (be being the personification of the mind and will of the British people and their sole representative)." Among the witnesses is JOHN liottsmaN, a pensioner, who is examined as to the in theatrical careers, as well as other vocations of life, we occasionally witness some events that break the monotony of ordinary existence, and serve to awaken interest and impart excitement to the occasion. Such a scene was that which took place upon Mr. CHARLES KEAN and Mrs KEAN'S " farewell night" in Melbourne. It was a very brilliant affair, and the warm reception they met with must have proved very gratifying to them. Perhaps never in the course of his prosperous career has Mr. KEAN been better able to recognise how much he is appreciated, and altogether the cir• cumstances of his visit to Australia mast long live in his recollection as a bright era in his life. The brief address which he made at the conclusion of the performances was exactly suitable to the occa sion,and must frum the peculiar circumstances of the case have awakened emotions of a nature somewhat different to:the sensations ordinarily experienced at similar displays at home. As the graat,actor took leave of his audience he and they must have felt c onvinced that it was his last appearance on their stag, effect ect the uncertainty of whi c h so m ilit a t es aga i ns t h of our adieus and farewells at h o me. It t e is always agreeable to witness a kindly feeling spring up between the actor and his audience ; it is right that one who contributes so greatly to the amusement and so often encourages the taste, a n d improves the refinement of his hearers, should re ceive some acknowledgment for his services beyond the mere mercantile part of the transaction. There was an atcracting interest in the circumstances surrounding the farewell of Mr. KEAN, and his hearers must have derived gratification from his assurance that when far away from that scone in distant years, should life be spared, they who met with that kind welcome that night would remem ber with pleasure and gratitude their visit to Ane' long service pension. When asked—" Had you served longer than twenty-one years, would you have received a higher pension ?'' He replies,— " Any man who liked to serve longer, and was able, got a halfpenny a day for every year; but few men were able. T xenty-one years' soldiering is living three years for two. Marchings, camps, bivouacs, and Indian climate bring on rheumatic pains ; the joints get stiff ; the pack gets heavier ; younger men pass you in the double ; and there is a gradual failing (yet unseen to others) in the physical powers, that really few men are fit for active soldiering. Besides, has the soldier, after twenty-one years' absence, no home that his heart yearns for ?" Another pensioner, THOMAS ATKINS, is asked," What are your service. corps, and pension ?" "I served twenty-one years in the Rifles, and have et . glatFence a day." JOHN HAWS, a recruiting sergeant, is asked, " As a re cruiting sergeant, do you consider that the present low rate of pension affects the recruiting ?" " Yes, most injuriously. Formerly a comfortably-to-do pensioner was the best of advertisements, whereas now the young fellows point at the pensioners, and gibingly say, ' And be turned off like him when we are old.'" The writer of the pamphlet, whoever he may be, is evidently a man who has hall opportu nities of knowing the feelings of the private soldier. The arguments do not come from the pan of a novice. Would it not be wall, then, for our Goverm ment to consider how far the present system of pay and pensions will affect the future? Whether, with g prospect of protection in old age, those men who are being beguiled by Yankee boast to join the Federal ranks would not remain at home and be ready to shoulder a musket and wield a sword in defence of 41 Old England," should their services be required? The subjt,et is, at the very least, worth agitating. LITERATURE, The Bar Sinister. A Tale. By Charles Allston Collins. 2 vols. Smith, Elder, and Co. A delightful humorist, and one, moreover, whose verymanner has about it an exhilarating animation— Mr. Charles Allston Collins, whenever he comes to us book in hand, is invariably welcome for his own sake : and not alone for the sake of those others, the mere thought of whom, nevertheless, with ourselves at least, enhances the attraction of his own name, sur rounding it, so to speak, upon each of his title-pages with a very halo of pleasant associations. Associa tions with some among o'sr most treasured memo , ries, both in the wor1.;1 of art and in the world of literature ! And, 'what makes them dearer to us yet —memories of what is essentially English Art and intensely and expressly English Literature. It is not, however, simply—it is not, however, by this time even mainly—because of these varied and charming associations connected with his very name, that Mr. Charles Collins is always sure now-a-days of a cordial welcome, when he proffers a new work to our consideration, It is as that arch-wag of keer: eat observation, " The Eye Witness"—it is 'es that eccentric gentleman who once upon a time made a certain memorable "Cruse Upon Wileeta,n that he can now always claim our regara and command our attention whenever he lists! And not simply, as it might have been at the outset—as the younger son of a great national painter, as the younger brother of a stinguished novelist, or last, and far from least, as the son-in-law of incomparably the greatest Humourist in the whole range of our Eng lish Literature. For himself alone, for his own sake that is, apart feom all these delightful associa tions he could not fail to be welcome, as he ie welcome—.and that, moreover, himself as Artist, as Novelisst, as Humourist. Here in this very book now tr.ibmitted by him to our consideration, indeed, 15 temple testimony of his possessing, in his own night, certain rare good gifts in each of those capa cities. " The Bar Sinister" is a tale, happily, without any sinister termination. In spite of the evil omen hinted by its title, it ends completel7, to the reader's satisfaction. Speaking dre . „ mat i. rally—the Time, in it, is about half 'a year in duration—the Scene is French for .: fie mos t part —while the Characters, at least; the chief among them, are English. The hrero and heroine of the tale may be said, at au9 ;ate, to stand forth so view, in the picture here presented to us, may be said to stand forth ceenspicuously to our view upon a French back - ground ! The hero a major in the English army, the heroine a young lady, who in her 'hole manner, no less than in her whole appearance, is entirely and essentially English ! the latter, it is, who has frightfully revealed here, upon her otherwise stainless escutcheon —The Bar Sinister ! Madeleine is her name, the name of this Mademoiselle d'Elmar, who is first in oduced to us (as the rude'r of the tale), as indeed she is first of all then introduced to Major Trelane (as the hero of it)—one reiny, sombre day, upon one of the broad gravel walks of that stately, old, de serted garden surrounding the ancient Palace of Versailles. The plot of the story is admirably well contrived. The interest of it concentrates (all through it) upon the loves and lives and fortunes of Henry Trelane and Madeleine d'Elmar. How those loves and live& and fortunes of the two are affected favourably or unfavourably,'oy the other characters of the story, be it the ta'A-teller's own especial pro. vince and privilege t;,, relate—not ours. Sufficient for our purpose will, - oe, if mention is here duly made of the principal. among these other motley personages. Happiest and best amongst them all, as delineations of eee,entric specimens of humanity, are, indubitably to our thinking, Mr. Charles Collins's limning of good old Dr. Lac:oaf, the Versailles Physician, and of his whimsical factotum Monsieur Morlot—their relationship to one another, as master and man, being somewhat akin to that noticeable between two otherwise very different characters, indeed, queer old Jackeymo and the immortal Riccabocca! Madame d'Elmar, an invalid widow, the aunt of Madeleine, and their faithful attendant, as bonne or ladies'-maid, Victorine—make up the little household in which the heroine is, of course, the eautral figure. Opposed to their interests, and to the interests also of Major Trelane, are— Madame d'Elmar's brother, Captain d'Elmar that is, and his fortune-hunting associate, Lieutenant Tronchet. The haunting, shadowy, spectral Escaped Convict is here again, in this new story — as inevitably as in Victor Hugo's " Les Miseiables" or in Charles Dickens's " Great Expectations." Here, however, in this minor tale by the younger novelist, the for cat from the bagne is more, as we may say, merely hinted at, than actually seen. He it is, however, who is at the heart of the plot! He it is who gives rise to the title of the tale—as the brander upon Made line's escutcheon of The Bar Sinister ! With out attempting to supply anyone with the questionable advantage of a mere broken bit of the clue guiding the reader through all the intricate windings of the labyrinth of the plot, we here prefer rather,by a few illustrative extracts, to afforu our reader, with a view to his becoming thereby afterwards the reader of" The Bar Sinister," speci mens of Mr. Cnarles Collins's " quality" as the writer of this tale, bat more particularly with speci mens of his quality in his capacity as a humorist. Here, then, as our very first quotation to this end, 'eke the following delioious morsel of fun, descrip 've of— LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREITTER'S TELEGRAMS.] DENMARK. MONSIEUR MORLOT AS AN EQUESTRIAN. That good gentleman by no means found himself at ' home on the back of a horse. It has been already men tioned that the animal selected for Monsieur Morlot's use had been chosen on account of its quietness, but it soon appeared that this prepossessing quality was to some ex tent counteracted, as good qualities too often are, by a de fect of some importance to an unskilful rider; Mouton (which in consideration of his lamb-like qualities was this animal's name) was what is called a rough-goer. He was also a very broad animal; and these two characteristics combined proved somewhat disoemposing to his rider. Now when a rough-goer and a bad horseman get toge ther two results almost invariably follow—the eques trian's hat gets shaken down over his ears, and his unmentionables get worked up over his knees. Mon• sieur Morlot was no exception to this rule, and when Trelane looked back after getting clear of the town to see how his faithful follower was getting on, he was seized with such a fit of laughter that he was obliged to pull his own horse up abruptly, lest ho should absolutely roll off his back. Monsieur Morlot had no idea of relieving himself and his beast by rising in his stirrups, but was riding after the legitimate cavalty fashion, only with an infinitely looser seat, so that at every step taken by the dcoile Mouton his body was subjected to a shock that threatened to shake the very teeth out of his head. The effect of this violent bumping upon the unfortunate man's costume was precisely what might have been expected. His face was nearly in visible, for not only was his hat brought down so completely over his eyes that it was a matter of grave question whether it was possible for him to see, but the collar of his coat and neckcloth had got worked up in so extraordinary a manner that they almost rubbed against the brim of his hat. It must be mentioned besides, that the cuffs of Monsieur Morlot's coat had suddenly become so long that his hands were entirely concealed in the sleeves; while his trousers on the other hand had wriggled themselves up to so remark able an extent that his legs, which were so emaciated that there hardly seemed room for the bones, and which were encased in blue worsted stockings, were visible from the knee down to the blucher boots, which jingled loosely in a pair of stirrups which might have been arranged expressly for the use of Edward Longsbanka of royal memory. Afterwards, we are told how —so soon as he could in a ny way recover his gravity sufficiently to do so— Trelane proceeded to give his companion a few hints o n horsemanship, and, above all, to initiate him in the noble art of rising in his stirrups. Monsieur Mor• lot took to this new invention, as he called it, with surprising alacrity; indeed, he experienced such relief from it, and found that it so m a t e rially alleviated the _ _ sufferings which he had previously endured, that the only difficulty now was' to keep him down, so that what with the rough movements of Mouton and Monsieur Morlot's terror of coming in contact with the saddle, he would some times, for a considerable time, be found standing up in his stirrups altogether, and riding, at a very slow trot, in the attitude in which our jockeys generally appear as they pass the grand stand at Epsom. Here, again, somewhat after the fashion of Lcigh Rant, is the evidence of our Eye.witnesa's eye to the ridiculous" in scanning the contrast presented to view by— THE LONDON 'BUS AND THE PARIS OMNIEVS. Let the reader, we will suppose for the first time, get into a London omnibus, and suffer his eye to travel down the range of faces on each side of this exhila rating carriage. What an anxious set I what an overwhelming sense of responsibility is upon them I what apprehensions about their futtue or regrets SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES BY THE DANES, DANZIG, JCLY 14. The harbourmaster has forwarded the following report to the Chief of the Merchants' Guild : " Three Danish ships of war, under a flag of truce arrived cff the harbour yesterday evening. I went out to meet them, and received a despatch addressed to the military commander of Danzig. " According to the statements of the officer bear ing the flag of truce the despatch referred to, an nounced the suspension of hostilities on the part of the Danes. "Two Danish steamers came in sight this morn ing. They are coming from the eastward and making for the bay of Hela lighthouse." ITALY. TURIN, JULY 15. The bill authorising the sale of the State rail ways to the house of Messrs. Rothschild will not come on for discussion this session. The rumours of an expedition being undertaken by Garibaldi are unfounded. SPAIN. AIADRID, JULY 14. The Epoca of to-day suns :—The precautionary measures taken by the Government on the 6th inst. against an insurrectionary movement in Madrid was not useless. The conspirators were ready to take posseasion of the telegraph lines, and announce to the provinces that a revolution had broken out in Madrid, after which they would have awaited the effect of this inte ligence. THE BOMBAY MAIL. ALEXANDRIA, JULY 14. The Ripon and Delta with the above mail left Alexandria at 10 am. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseil:es on the 20th, and the latter at Southampton abort the 27th inst. OUTWARD MAIL OF 27TH JUNE-4TH JULY. The Jeddo with :he above mail left Suez for Bombay on the 13:1 inst. I. . ....••• ..... al SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 15. The North Gernadi Lloyd steamer Hansa from Now. York passed the Needles at 9.10 a.m. to-day. BUENOS AYRES, MAY 27. (By Telegraph from Lisbon.) Exchange, 504; Ounces, 28.80; wet salted hides, 38i; dry American, 371 39i ; tallow, 141 ; lumber, 36 to 40 ; flour, 7 8; refined sugar, 22k. Imports duller, but unchanged in price. FRANCE. The Union, which now and then obtains through private sources some very valuable information, has the following :—" The interviews and deliberations between the three Northern Sovereigns at Kissen gen and at Carlsbad are coining to an end, We receive from the former place a letter informing us that the Emperor Alexander has given up his journey to the Hague and to Vienna, and that he will return to his dominions by way of Berlin, The Empress of Russia was to hays left Kissengen yes terday for Schwaroach ; she is to be accompanied by the Grand Duke Constantine, who will after wards escort the Empress to Odessa, where the Czar is to meet her." The Empress of Austria is also about leaving Kiesengen. During the whole time of her stay there the Russians, as if obeying an order from headquarters, showed themselves full of admiration for the beauty of the Empress of Austria. Prince Gortschakoff especially made himself conspicuous by his enthusiastic demonstrations. Some impor taut person having said one day to the Russian Minister, " You would like better perhaps to treat with the Empress of Austria than with Count Rech berg ?" " No," replied the Prince, " for I would obtain nothing from the Empress, and I could not refuse her anything." Prince Cortschakeff and M. de Bismark have been the principal agents of the deliberations which have taken place at Kissingen and Carlsbad; and, ac cording to our letters, there appears to have been constantly between them the most perfect under standing upon all questions, which would sufficiently indicate the intimate alliance existing between Russia and Pru9sia. Austria and Count de Rechberg acted in a somewhat more reserved manner, but the foreign diplomatists returned from Kisseugen and Carlsbad, gave the assurance that if formal and written engagements had not been entered into by the three Northern Sovereigns, they had come to an understanding upon the course to take, in case of any of the events which the precarious state of Earope gives us cause to anticipate may even yet burst forth. BANK OF FRANCE• (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) pAius, July 14. responding The following is the return of the Bank of Fran ce for the week ending to-day, togeth er with the c or - JITLY 11. JULY 7. t. C. Capital of tLe Bank 0. figures of the previou s accounts :—••• 182 500,000 182,500,000 . Profits in edition toC a pit a l ' (Art. 8 lay Juno 9,1857) 5 050,668 93 5,024,708 48 Reserve in :no Bank ' and its branches Reserve in hndtd property 4,000,000 4,000,003 ceitg pae siht Notes in cir,ulation .... 7 9 2> b1 9 '27° 772,309,175 Bank notes :c, order and re -5,376,404 44 6 , 3 37,945 6 6 Treas p ury tic). 3a bl cur at . cre g ditor 58,430,429 98 5 7,850,061 81 Current acc)unts—Paris —131,889,202 73 47,246,730 2 1 Do. branch-banks Dividends )ayabl.J SUB 75 Discounts and sundry 353,280 -- 22 ,775,470 interests Re-discoutts of the last six montia 2, 53 8 )735 17 2,588 ,73.5 17 Sundries 1,258,418,650 63 1 , 2 62,856,023 10 C t , 951 30 276,522,726 93 Cash in haul and branch banks , , Cornmercia bills overdue 473,531 41 823,282 05 Comm erd 1 bills discour. tod 3 54,078,8 , 22 86 355,995,489 3 not yet cue.. Do. branch-banks.... 313,108,621 306,202,026 Advances on deposits of bullion Do. blanch , banks , 3, 411,°0v "3,326,100 Advances )n French public -- securities Do, branch-banks Advances )n railway shares and debentures O9 439 700 266,890, Do. branch-banks 19,088,?.00 Advances on Credit Fon cier Bonds Do.b-anch-banks Advances to the State (Conven. itino 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Govt. Stock Reserve 980 750 14 12,980,750 1 Rentes itnmobilisees (Law • Do. disposable 100 000 000 June 9, 1857) .... Hotel and furniture of the 36,866,9'27 91 36,866,9e7 9 Bank Landed property, branches Expenses of management 113.418 26 95,883 14 Sundries 2,504 ,902 17 2,766,499 56 15,574,200 0,819,450 29,9G1,300 19,781,500 362,000 - 332 700 - 364 800 536,000 8,327,919 1,238,418,630 63 1 ,262,856,023 10 Certified by the Honorary Vice-rregdent of the Council of State, Governor of the Bank, AD, YVITBY. about their past are preying upon their minds I Now let us turn from this double row of suicidal counten ances to the faces which brighten up the Paris vehicle. How eager, how observant, how ready for the enjoyment of any incidental fun, and—in this so different from the Britannic humorist, who, when he is amused, is always ashamed of it—how ready to show that they areenjoying the joke. Mr. Charles Collins evidently keeps his eye well upon the alert wherever he goes. Instance, this, his droll, serio-comic recognition of the vexation some time caused to us in the streets, by any chance foot passenger going at pretty much the same pace, in pretty much the same direction as one's self : You begin to question this stranger's right to walking your way. What can he have to do in that neighbourhood ? What business has he to adopt your pace ? (it never occurs to you that ho might consider ycu were adopting his). What right has he to wear .:tat particular kind of coat ? His legs are aggrava t :g, the back view of his hair insupportable, his hat if our with , - pOsitive insult. wants to place a refection before one of ho-- ) 1,15 characters, in Paris, some fine forenoon, I f appetizing is his description, as follows, of— A breakfast at the Caki du Cardinal I What a room to breakfast in to begin with, what wealth of glass and marble, and white and gold. How pleasant to unfold your snowy napkin as y ou seat yourself at the little round table, and take up the unimposing newspaper which savours so much more of pleasure than business, to turn at once to the theatrical bill of fare for the evening : What butter, too; what rolls, what oysters, what cutlets, what half• bottles of white wine, what coffee Young France may well (as it does) crowd into this place; though where the money comes from with which it feasts itself so sumptuously twice in the 24 hours is a mystery to him who writes these pages, and one which he has otten reflected upon with reverent wonder as he chips his meek egg at the frugal London breakfast table. _ Here, however, quite as vigilantly as in the Parisian cafe as any where else, indoors or out of doors the Ele Witness keeps hie weather.eye open —still with an eye to the ridiculous ! Void ! The irritable old solitary at, the next table to this pleasant party is hard to please, and not agreeable to dine neat; for besides tryin all the " breads" in the basket before he finds one to taste, fingering and pinching them mercilessly in the, process, his ideas as the different uees of napkins and pocket-hankerohiefs appear to be in a somewhat con- fused and undefined condition. He objects, too, to every dish, and has many of them changed to suit his palate and his absent teeth. Finally, he taxes the bill, and has the landlord sent for, and, underpaying the waiter, leaves that functionary (who will not stand much nonsense in France), cursing him by his gods from between his set teeth. It is possible that that particular waiter's temper has been already a little tried by an English traveller who has upset the order of nature by b iginning his dinner with a " bit of fish," taking no soup, which alone is an unpardonable outrage ; and who, finding a bifteck aux pommes not enough for dinner, and being of those persons who like to dine off one thing, has ordered another " to follow.' Whoever can, while reading these fragmentary quotations, yet preserve an aspect of grim serious. ness, need turn elsewhere for amusement than to the pages of " The Bar Sinister." Tolerably certain of this—by the way—while he does so, that he is un blessed with any sense whatever of the humorous. Pocket Edition of Butler's Hudibras. Volumette. Pp. 410. William Tegg. As charming a little edition of a great classic masterpiece as we ever remember to have seen has just now come to us, in the shape of this reprint, in a single pocket volume, of the whole of that world of wit, Samuel Butler's Hudibras. Knows ing the work itself, as a matter of course, intimately, we have but to scan it here, purely and simply as a reprint. And, it is while viewing it exclusively as such, as a reprint, that we can speak of it, as we do, thus, upon the instar,t, in terms expressive of the highest and completest satisfaction. It is just precisely what a pocket edition of Hudibras ought to be—strongly, simply, prettily bound ; gilt-edged ; beauti fully printed in clear type, on excellent paper ; having just a sufficiency, and no more, of terse, apt footnotes; ten pages in length of a memoir of Butler; a capital likeness of him as a frontispiece ; and—sprinkled through the book among the letter press—those famous old woodcut embellishments that, if we remember rightly, were first employed as illustrations to " Hudibras" at the Chiswick Press by Charles Wittingnem. By placing within reach of the public generally this new issue of Butler's masterpiece, \lr. Tegg kas done a good service to all those English readers who are in any way capable of appreciating one of the wittiest books in our language. DEATH OF " MANHATTAN.''—The well-known New York correspondent of the ' Herald and Standard, whose letters have been real for nearly three years with unflagging interest, died suddenly on June 25, while President Lincoln was deliberating whether he should be imprisoned in Fort Lafayette or banished to the Confederate States. It is not improbable that the excite• meat caused by his arrest, and anxiety for the fate of his wife and only child, a daughter whom he tenderly loved, may have produced that fatal catastrophe. Joseph A Scoville, known here as "Manhattan," and in America by the nem de plume of "Walter Barrett, Clerk," was born in Connecticut in 1811, and bred to commercial pursuits in one of the largest shipping houses in New York. At the close of his apprenticeship he formed a partnership with another young New Englander, under the title of Scoville and Britton, and embarked adventurously in foreign commerce. Their ships had made but few voyages when a commercial crisis, such as America had been periodically subjec' ed to, caused the failure of the young firm, and Mr Scoville reverted to literature and politics. He was con nected with several papers as publisher or contributor, and though wanting in education, his extensive acquaintance with men, travel, retentive memory, and impulsiveness ot character, made him an interesting writer. Though dealing largely in broad humour, persiflage, and exaggeration, he was at times profound, eloquent, and even political in feeling and expression. Mr Scoville was a State Rights Democrat ; for some years the amanuensis or private secretary of the greatest American statesman of his day, John C. Calhoun, of South Carol'na. There could be no better testimony to the real worth of his character than the fact that he was trusted and loved by such a man. Re wrote some of Mr Calhoun's latest works at his dictation. and was with him until his death. He after wards married a relative of the deceased statesman. tiV ith such a political education and associations he could not bo otherwise than a friend of the South. He had no expression strong enough for the contempt he felt for the Republican party and its proper chief, Abraham Lincoln, and the corrupt crew gorged upon the spoils of war and the plunder of the Northern people. If he professed to be a Union man, ha did not hesitate to say that he preferred Jefferson Davis to Abraham Lincoln as the President of the Union. If in his letters he reflected the hopes of the North, and the feelings around him, it was never difficult to read his own feelings—and reckless as he has sometimes seemed in his statements, his letters have been on the whole more truthful then Federal dispatches. Some allowance must be made for his position. He could not say what he wished, nor serve openly the cause he had at heart, but he managed while he lived, in spite of Federal tyranny, and with Fort Lafayette in sight, to do that cause good service. Mr. Scoville was generous to a fault. No man ever asked his aid in vain if he had power to help him. He had known misfortune and poverty, and sympathised with the dis tressed. His good qualities had made him many friends For two years before his death he held the honourable ap pointment of reader to the Common Council of New York; and it was a matter of considerable doubt whether President Lincoln, even at the instance of General Dix, and after a full examination of the treasonable correspondence of "Manhattan," would hare cared to put that holy to the trouble of selecting a new reader. We have no disposition to ignore the literary faults of the letters of " Manhattan" and the author of " Marion," but it is proper, when his energetic labours have been brought to a sudden close by the hand of death, that we should give him credit for hi s merits and demerits. — The Index. HONOURS TO ENGLISH SURGERT.—The King of the Belgians, having now passed 13 months in ease and comfort, has been pleased to confer upon Mr. Henry Thompson, of London, to whom he owes his cure, and whom he has rewarded by the munificent fee of £4,000, the fur ther distinction of nominating him Officer of the Order of L e opold, and Surgeon-Extraordinary to his Majesty. Th's is a just and well earned honour. The King is in excellent health, can take all sorts of exercise freely, all symptoms of malady have disappeared. The case, as is well known, was one of great difficulty and responsibility, and it was also known thr ughout Europe that M. Civiale, of Paris, and the distinguished CLrmen surgeon Langenbeck had each been specially summoned previously, and, after patient endeavours, had been bsfiled in their labours, and had failed to effect a cure. Thus, when the skill of Mr Henry Thompson succeeded in relieving the King from his suffer ing, and removing his immediate cause, the honours which he won were reflected in some degree upon the English school of surgery which he represented, and Mr Thompson will assuredly receive cordial and general congratulation upon the marks of esteem which King Leopold now bestows upon him.--The Lancet. THE NEWSVENDORS BENEVOLENT AND PROVI DENT INSTITUTION. —Mr Alderman Lusk has engaged to take the chair at the annual festival of this institution, to ba held at the FreenneDue"Eayerg oh the all inst. ( 4 7 7 1 k 7 l - 5j X. 41, „ . clurr , Olitat HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, July 14. The Queen, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold, attended by the Countess of Caledon and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, drove out in a carriage an d four. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales attended by Lord Alfred Hervey and Captain Grey, went to Windsor yes' terday afternoon, where his Royal Highness pre• sided at the annual meeting of the Prince ConeorL s Association, and distributed the prizes given by the Association. The Princess of Wales took a 'carriage drive. Their Royal Highncesss went to Her Majesty's Theatre in the evening. In attendance were the Hon, ?Ira, Stoner an d, Captain Grey. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Their Royal Nigh . nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales honoured the performances at Her Majesty's Theatre with their Pre' Bence yesterday (Thursday) evening. The suite in attend' ance upon their royal highnesses comprised the Marchiouf es of Abercorn, the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, and Captain Grey. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland had the honour ot aceow partying their royal highnesses. Among the distinguishe d v i s itors honouring the theatre with their attendance on this occasion were—the Earl and Countess of Wertmurelanci , the Countess of Hardwicke and the Ladies Yorke, the Viscount Daub", the Viscount and Viscountess Gort, the Hoe' Maurice Portman, the Hon. 0 way Toler, the Hon. Elliot Yorke, Lady Jane Repton, Lady Barnard, Lady Law l s 9 Captain Bateson, Lord Gadafort, Mr Charles Brett, i t° Lattey, &e. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princes s of Wales will honour the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch with their company at dinner to-morrow even' ing at their villa residence at Richmond, at 6 o'clock. select party has been invited to meet their Royal High' nesses in the evening at 8 o'clock to a small and orb' dance, THE EX-QUEEN MARIE AMELIE.—This vener' able lady and suite will leave Claremont to-day O r Tunbridge-wells, where they will pass the season. 1118 ex-Queen and party will proceed to Waterloo Station V the South-Western railway, thence to London-bridge minus, en route for her destination. The usual residence occupied by her ex• Majesty, Chancellor House, Dloul tt Ephraim, has been prepared for bar reception. The Dil lt° and Duchess of Montpensier also take their departure i°t Tunbridge wells to-day. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn re' ceived at dinner last evening at Chesterfield Houso the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, the Countess Cowper 0 4 Lady Florence Cowper, the Earl and Countess of Daltei tb ' the Earl Granville, the Earl of Listowel, Viscount 110311; ton, Lord Claud Hamilton, Lord Dunkellin, Sir Edw ard and Lady Caroline Kerrison and Mies Chaplin, Colonel Tower, Dr. Quin, Mr Oswald and Miss Oswald, &e. The Countess of Sefton, the Earl of Sefton, 911° ' Lady Cecilia Molyneux win leave Grosvenor-place to-O r. row for their seat, Croxteth Park, Lancashire. The Earl and Countess Cawdor and the Ladi es Campbell will leave town to-day on a tourin Germany. Viscount and Viscountess Holtnesdale have left town for their seats near Sevenoaks. Lord Ravensworth and family have left town for Ravensworth Castle, Gateshead. Lord and Lady Wharncliffe have left Culla" street for Wortley Hall, Yorkshire. Lord and Lady Abercromby will leave town 64 Wednesday next tor their seat in Scotland. Lady Emily Foley hu left town for Stoke Ed ith Park, Herefordshire. The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland's piglet/ at Chiswick have commenced for the season. The duchl will shortly remove to Cliveden-park, near Maidentie l " Bucks. NEVER SAY DlE!—The Ministry spared no eV / to bring up their men. Baron Rothschild , member for the City of London, had been absent from tl'" house for two years, owing to illness, but come down is tll , l ° Monday before the division ; however, his strength fail': him, and he left immediately. Wi,h a great effort 0 0 ,J brought him down on the night of the division, and c arried him in behind the Speaker's chair. But the most wets' / ; choly instance of pros-ure was in the case of Lord Rebe r. Clinton, a brother of the Duke of Newcastle. He 04 brought on a stretcher to the cloisters, and carried ups 011° . to the Treasury-office—when the division bell first rang 1/ ," was brought to the door of the house, bat the whips te ntl 7 they did not want him—he was then too weak to go bite,' to the Treasury-office, and was laid down in the 1011 under the care of Mr. Agar-Ellis. At last the final di e sion came, and Lord Robert Clinton was carried in was, however, too weak to stand up or pass through 1 ,'": wicker, so they laid him down on his mattress beagle tP' clerks, and allowed him to put his hand on the wicket so form to denote his presence. In this way the sick ea"' ber gave his vote. 'There were 9 members of the Colter; vative side ill, but no such attempt was made at the tie!' life, to to catch a party victory.—London Letter in the 'ha ir chester Courier. EXTRAOEDINARY ESCAPE." An Eyewitu e° writes to a contemporary :—I have to record one °I. the must extraordinary escapes from death I ever he ard ll O a read of, and which but for the promptitude, energy, fid coolness of one individual must have enued fatal l y ter 6fr, bureau lives. To-day the canal boat Lincolnshire , b eludgi t to the trustees of the Duke of Bridgewate r, Ca p t. Thos Whit e house, Whit e h ous e, which was proceeding on her 7oyage 0°1" Wolverhampton to Bilston, laden with 228 sacks of grs iPP when opposite Mr Major's chemical works, M u nmor e : green,Wolverharapion, and while going round a very curve in the canal, was caps'zed, being pulled conaPoteel P" bottom upwards, in consequence of the horse attaell"; thereto having passed on the wrong side of the teleg re posts, being brought back by the man, escaping from h it : and running suddenly to the stretch of the line. The .- tain's wife and three children, the eldest of whom Is e1913 ,,.c, six years Old, were at this time in the cabin of th e h°- }i which was completely submerged in about five or ail fee t water, and to all appearance their escape from death impossible; but it fortunately happens that Mr Major e ra ploys a bow builder, who being at work near at hand, s'3o seeing what had ^ccurred, immediately ran and julliPedhcyr :he bottom of the boat, at the same time sending stwt-,ee man for his axe. In the meantime the boat slightly alte r e her position, showing about 15 inches of the side of tilea bottom of the cabin. Monk (the boaebuilder) then Pl'ect, his ear close to the exposed sid e , and , listeni n g for a see°l34- marked the place where the poor creatures were, and et com menced to cut throu7o. her timbers (three inch o','" and in about the space of 10 minutes made an oPerlitrij:; , t h roug h which a tiny hand immediately grasped th e br° % .o planks; and, as the hole increased in size, s o the rao, e eager ly were both mother's and children's hands thrust Ot,liit thus rendering the task of the deliverer more difficul t ; , t o f a t length the hole was made sufficiently large to pe rs° '" 10 the bringing out of the youngest ceild, an infant ci, months, and in about 2U minutes from the time the dent occurred the whole of the imperilled family we re ',el leased, and taken on board one of Mr Major's heeta cared for. I can assure you, Sir , it wou ld take an abler qe than mine to describe the affectin g incidents of the ape than from beginning to end, but I certainly am of- opinion td , e l so are all who witnessed the catastrophe) t. at if the ra' u i. of the Humane Society is ever given for prouipti tude , O d O yß ness, and energy in the hour of danger, it terra tnly 1 0 so to the efforts of the man Joseph Monk, who displayed °lel; qualities in the highest degree I have to ado that efforts were seconded most efficiently by the cooper of Major's establishment, Christopher Hutton. el' SALMON BREEDING IN AUSTRALIA ,--The -f oo t bourne correspondent of the Times writes - great salmon-hatching experiment is proceeding gas, prosperously. Th e b u lk of the late consignment et A°os per the Norfolk, are forwarded to Tasmania. Br ee ,T ponds, according to the newest piecicultural lighter ' le st ben there prepared for the precious charge, and, ° Y a ger advices, many young salmon had burst t ro m the evroi and many thousands more were expecte d . The t o pt ova, also, were doing equally well. Smell as 15 ro t' own portion of this enterprise , it i s not the less lute end ing. It is conducted by cur Acclimatisation SuoietYP e of an ice-making factory at North Melbourne is the sc eil dea operations. A sort of inclined plane of pans, hel l - , 0 11) with gravel, is so placed as to allow a continuous s tiic l3, of water from melting ice to ripple over each pan, in t he s pread upon the gravel,lie the ova. These ov a are ah°ll-pitte size of small peas, and aro of a pale rose colour. 6 01:at : o get o r ten of them have died each day, but a bcut ten d°l- The among the births appeared the first salmon in A u stral''' e-v . 13 e 14 Argus had a leader upon the illustrious young atr o How ho looked, how he struggled and wriggled-I'4 /1%01 so long as a finger-nail, with the adherent torn ov lo3 09 hanging about him—and how he went to sleep as da de' he could plunge into the gravel, were all faiths" be scribed. Day by day bulletins issued, announcing 1100/ was getting on, until one irreverent and eceptical 'e 1171. ventured to doubt whether he was a salmon at '311;010 piously insinuating that the proprietor of the ic e "; the had slipped a tadpole into one of the pans to 11°5- g ,e 0 President of the Acclimatisation Society, and asserler'elieee time would yet show the first Australian salmon t ° 500 0 four legs. Since this scandalous assertion, ho wever , b oo 150 or 160 other metamorphoses from eggs to O l e t ee taken place ; all are healthy and strong, and es I ' to t. nature of the creature), aro gradually absorbing the ey i r pg dant ova which once contained them. The first " I _o salmon parr does after he breaks 4om his prison is to " One th Pa ap