The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-06 00:00:00

THE D UKE'S MOTTO. HLNDRED A ND SEVENTY-SECOND NIGHT, and Last Three Nights of the present Season. ROYAL LY CEUM THEATRE.- Under the Sole 3 lanagement of Mr. FECHTER. Last Three Nig' hts of the present Season. TUTS EVENING, to c :ommence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN A .TTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, Widdicomb, Miss Hen rade, and Mrs. Lee. Alter which, at a Q tarter-past Eight, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts , and Pr3logue, entitled THE DUKES MOTTO, by _Paul Feval and John Brougham. 'the principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. J. G . Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, rf. Widdiymbe, F. Chart es, Garden, nd Raymond, Dawson ; M i sse s Carlotta Leclercq„ Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, a Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. EN THE ATM ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor an c Manager, M. B. Webster. 1111 THIS EVENING, THI: IRISH TIGER. After which, at Eight o'clock, a new drama, entitled THE _FLAUNTED MAN; OR, T,E GHOST'S lIARGAIN, in which will be exhibited 'Professor Pepper's adaptat!on of the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Philips, ef ton C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss 11. Simms. Followed by anew Burlesque, entitled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. Messrs. Toole. P. Bedford, R. Phillips, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Rosier ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. TO-NIGHT WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE. Messrs. W. H. Swanborough, Parselle, Vollaire, G. Honey; Misses Ada Swanborough, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, Manders, and E. Bufton. Followed by (18th time) THE MOTTO, " I'M ALL 'THERE." Messrs. Haney, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria tkimpson, Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with KEEP YOUR TEMPER. Commence at 7. TILE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," ntaining the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, Aug. 6, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock 69 Barometer-29.85. Wind—South ; cloudy weather, with rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THI4 DAY.—Morning, 6h. 42m.—Afternoon, 7h. 10m, To-moßnow.-Morning, 7h. 33m.—Afternoon, 713. 59m, eljg Di' - {ll Ult • • LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1863. The Vicar General of KILDARE may be familiarly acquainted (probably is) with all the intrinsic and extrinsic differences observable between Meath and Tuam. But between meum and tuum, when scanned by him from one point of view (meaning his own), he has the oddest notion seemingly that mortal man could have. Hitherto we have been disposed to regard that discussion to which the motion of Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE gave rise, towards the close of this last particular humdrum session, as very much, indeed, if not w h o ll y an d ent i rely a waste of power. Introduced as it was by that hon. and gallant member's slashing, dashing, crashing speech against the Irish Church Establishment, it apparently led at the time to no satisfactory result whatever. Mr. OSBORNE, or, as his wife would appear inclined through her half-anonymous novel of " False Positions" to call him, the good-humoured red Indian, or partially-civilised scalp-hunter of Debate, the lady forgetting obviously that another and a very different M.P., to wit, the Leader of her MAJESTY'S Opposition, had received that very title, pur et simple, with ali the spiteful animosity that might be supposed to be attached to such an epithet, unmitigated by any emollient adjective whatever—Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE, apparently, when all was said and done upon either side of the House of Commons in regard to his motion, so far as one could understand it at all at the time, took nothing whatever by it. insomuch so, that any precipitate critic of events might, with good reason. have maintained that, for any good that at all had come of it, the motion might just as lieve have been submitted to the House for consideration. Biding our time, however, now that the Vicar-General aforesaid, this Vicar-General (CHARLES CROSS THAVAITE) of Kildare, has elaborately taken up the discussion where it dropped—doing this in the shape of a long, and an extremely tedious, and a triumphantly illogical letter addressed to our chief morning contemporary the hon. member for Liskeard turns out to have, really and truly, in the end, taken something by his motion. The obtuse ness of the reasoning powers evidenced by the Vicar-General of Kildare from first to last, in this matter, is almost beyond belief, although authenti cated by his own signature. We would certainly recommend him, if he could but make his mind up to it in genuine earnest, to go in once more—in every sense of the word—at his humanities. As for the " amenities" in his instance, in anything at all having what is called a proclivity towards —how shall we express it ?—what is in any way antagonistic to Orangeism that that we must candidly confess we look upon as utterly hopeless. The only fire that can possibly warm the cockles of his heart, we should surmise, must be no other than the Kentish fire! For him there can be but one " glorious and immortal memory." He must assuredly have been of the self-same odd opinion once put forth by his Royal Highness the late PRINCE CONSORT, namely, one to the effect that the greatest Sovereign who ever sat upon the throne of these realms was, not as some might have suggested, ALFRED the Great — sot as oth ers m i g ht h ave t h oug h t, A RTHUR PEN tiOON—not,asLord MACAULAY once magnificently Baia • , Ris Highness OLIVER CROMWELL—No ! notte of all these, but King WIL LIAM ! For our selves, not affecting anything whatever of that monopoly Of loyalty to which the Vicar-General of Kildare Would seem to lay such particular claim, to the excl us i on _of So many milli ons o f hi s fellow countryruau f fectedly BuneBtra s caul© the ourselves, we would most unaf most truly the best a n i grea t es t, be : Constitution a l Sovereign that has ever sat opo one, war, th e the very throne of E ng l an d, i s still sitting there, is h appily at this mo men t has been re i gn i ng over afree a and quarter happy of a now for more than' who last past, varied opi n i ons of those PPY century, people. B ut , however this may be, i n t h e teak of d raw i ng , this who shrink not from the invidious these kinds of Compari sons, Cham pion of the Irish Church Establish iatest dently the profoundest rever ence for the hasgl°ris us and immortal memory" before alluded :o ‘ - ‘ h e self being:the while jaundiced, by hi s intense bitter prejudices, to the deepest golden andh ue of the most completely ingrained and i n . eradie.ble Orangeism. From transferrinc. the View. -General of Kildare's letter bodily, in all itN " lubber length " from the 7 intes to our own columns, we abstain—without any great difficulty. But, as an inimitable specimen of the whole of this elaborate tirade of one mortal column and a quarter's length, and that in small dense type, what the printers term minion, weven ture upon making here one extract, to wit, that of the closing paragraph : " I will now sum up my arguments in defence of our church. Romanists do not pay us at all; they merely pay a gross rent to the landlords, who are almost universally Protestants and Churchmen, which gross rent, whether shared between us and the landlords or net, must be paid, undiminished by any wrong to us, as long as any property is said in the country. But, besides, tithe property his been reduced until it is now not a tenth of the produce, but bi rely a tenth of a terth; so that, even if only a tenth of t.) ►e population, we have only a tenth cf the tithe. Roman eta do not regard our rent charge as anything at all resew• . bling those dues which they pay for sacred rites to their own clergy, As to unpopularity, our clergy are the least unpopular of Protestant teachers. Our whole unpopularity Ties in this—that being Protestants we must be loyal, and therefore the foes of rebels. If we prevent Ireland from being united, it is merely as Protestants that we do so, and the only union we prevent is a union in rebel lion. The unpopularity of the Irish Church began at the Reformation, which you urged us to accomplish. This Reformation has secured in your allegiance all English settlers for the last 300 years, whereas you never had any permanent snterest here before. Thus, we have created a loyal party, and in so far caused disunion, and broken up the hitherto firm phalanx of rebellion. For all this, and for no other reason that I can conceive, you seem to be consi dering whether it might not be well to degrade us and , establish Popery in our place; the effect of which would be ultimately to banish all Protestants, and to restore Ire land to its old state of union—at least, wherever rebellion against you was in question." 'The reasoning of all which, has surely about it something quite ineffable in its arrogance. The anomaly of the Irish Church E s tablishment —glar ingly visible to the recognition of millions, of Pro : testants and Catholics alike, throughout the Empire —the Esta immense b hment, i and s i n flagrant this is a anomaly rgumeo ts o a f s t m h a r t . Church eßoss. THIVAITE coolly calls his own simple swept aside as a trifle of no earthly consideration whatever. Anomaly or no anomaly, there the u e s m s i e n n g t !That of the thing is : and —being theis a a r b g l there—it of i v s i t o h a e r. t G ru e e n: s al um of na K in i g ld u ar p e " ! Again, the extremely funny twist of no-logic by which the Vi'...ar• General demonstrates that the Funds of the Irish Church Establishments being drawn from the gross rents are therefore not paid by the " Romanists" (the gross rents being paid all the while by those said "Romanists" remember!) can only be compared to the wondrous twist of an arithmetical kind, by which, quite as clearly, quite as rationally, Dr, COLENSO, the Bishop of Natal, has proved the inaccuracy of the facts and figures set down by MOSES in his record of the Exodus of the Israelites. Observe, too, the meek avoidance by the VICAR-GENERAL of Kildare, of anything in the slightest degree bearing the least resem blance to what is deemed arrogance, where he speaks of "us" as the only loyal subjects of the Crown, and of " them" as nothing less than a band of rebels. The Vicar-General has apparently not the faintest notion in the wide world that " they,', the rebels, these wretched people who are only kept from organising a rebellion against the laws and against the Sovereign of these realms, by the presence amongst them of that salt of the earth ; upon the other side of St. George's Channel, the Irish Church Establishment, have ever had any thing whatever to do with the maintenance or vin diction of those same laws, or with serving to the life and to the death, one after another, of those Sovereigns of ours ! The proportion of Irishmen in the Royal Army and in the Royal Navy would never once appear to have crossed the Vicar-Gene ral of KILDARE'S imagination. If nothing better than he has here written, in this simply vituperative and arrogant exposition of the " loyal" views of Orangeism, can be put forth in justification of the Irish Church Establishment by one of its own dig nitaries, the anomaly, under the weight of which Ireland has so long groaned, may certainly be ' looked upon as trembling down to its utter- ' most foundations. For inasmuch as Mr. OSBORNE'S motion has given rise eventually 1 to this fatuous " argument" of the Vicar-General of ' Kildare, it may be considered to have (no matter how tardily) led in the end to one really good, and ' substantial, and highly satisfactory result. Like the fisherman's casket, when opened, it appeared no doubt at the time, in its immediate conequences at least, to be little better than a bottle of smoke : but out of that mere smoke of a seemingly futile and empty debate has at length emerged CHARLES CROSSTHWAITE, Vicar-General of Kildare ! The Overland Mail, just received, has brought us an unexpected but satisfactory piece of news NANA SAHIB is captured. It appears there is little doubt that the prisoner is indeed the wretched culprit for whom we have been so long seeking, and there are many circumstances which render a mis taken identity less probable in the case of the NANA than of others. It is a difficult thing, cer tainly, to be positive on the subject of Asiatic iden tity, if we may go by the numerous reported cap tures of the NANA, which have proved, after all, to be unfounded; and it is even asserted, in further illustration of this difficulty, that the real TANTIA TOPEE has now been taken along with the NANA —the man who suffered death as TANTIA TOPEE not having after all been the real offender. But we must remember that the NANA was a man of some eminence in his own country. He was master of Bithoor; he had been brought up by one of the native princes ; his face was, probably, familiar to many Englishmen as principal in a long cause of litigation in our Indian courts of law. We must remember, too, one of the darkest features in his catalogue of crime was the fact that previous to the terrible outbreak of 1857 the wretched man had professed friendship for many of his future victims. He had entered, as guest, their pleasant family circles ; he had received them with pretended hos pitality at his own. Such a man is no unknown chief whom Englishmen could only recognise through the eyes of his own people. He is a public criminal whom, happily, it will not be difficult to identify, and there is no doubt that our Indian authorities will take good care that it is absolutely certain that NANA SAHIB and the prisoner now in their hands are one and the same, before they proceed to inflict the penalty so richly deserved. If it be true that the NANA is really at last in the grasp of English justice, his capture is due in a great measure to himself. Whether from some frantic scheme of again stirring up the natives, or whether from that sort of fatality which some times takes possession of the Eastern mind, NANA SAHIB has failed to take advantage of the opening for escape, and has been wandering about British India. It is no lack of means that has kept him in the land so darkened by the memory of his crimes. He had, when seized, several lass of rupees at his command, which fact, it is observed, is an inci dental confirmation of his identity. It is not very satisfactory to find he has been harboured by various persons, and has been lately under the pro tection of the Rajah of BIRKANEER, whom hence ftpoarertlaosni:le Government must look upon with suspicion. It seems he has lately even ventured as Poona and Sholapoor, although, as he must DAVIDSON have kno T k i nino h:i t a o la s.o gr in e a a n t yriEsknginlissioimdoenin.g, Majorng a Sergeant-Masj sporting his capture, tells us that and constantly the Royal Artillery, who was formerly oj con firmed the statement NANA at Meerut, has the 14th Dragoons, at of the prisoner's identity. the f There are two scare on hi ll s cprolonged hazard of d t afnacceesnort marked on the account t ti f v o e r r t o h l o l, se b . ut i t , h h e e lion, the certainty that if detectewdeacrboiw;tlliffreoeramedueilscyt answer for his crimes, will also a the whitened hair which the major notices as being different from the NANA of old. A good many followers have been captured with him. fhe plun der of his victims and of the Cawnporo treasury has given him the means of attaching men to him still, and it is not improbable that he has been busy concocting some scheme of further revenge against t r h u e s thraatteed . He hated English. will h et from sen Happily, h intentions e re toB are om . f thence conveyed to Calcutta or C bay under a strong guard of Europeans, and for andfrom awnphis Theretrial. w"o We d h obpee t he a et elrant retr i p b l u a c t i e v e u i 1 8 1 t e e s n e l d e o c o t e m d . . ing him on the spot hallowe d b y the memor y of his victims, which would impr ess the natives forcibl y , They would realise the p ower and equity of British justice, which never forgets a crime, and the spell s of defeat attaching t o the union of the names of NANA SAHIB and Cawnpore would be broken for ever, Open rebellion might be forgiven, but the treachery and cruelty which have rendered the NANA'S name odious to humanity, could never be overlooked ; they have placed him beyond the pale of pardon. His very name recalls tt.e worst horrors of that fearful mutiny, It brings up be fore us the little besieged town and its valiant de fenders, succumbing at last not to force of arms, but to treachery the most unscrupulous. We all know the sad story. Notwithstanding the agree ment sworn to by the NANA, no sooner were the garrison in the boats than they were murdered in cold blood, the slaughter of the women and chil dren being reserved until HATELOCK'S victory. There is no memory throughout that terrible year so fraught with pain. It is a memory which the execution of the traitor and the murderer will not smother; it can only be left for consolation to Him who ordained the noble army of martyrs to suffer for His own wise ends. The day of retribution has been long in coming, but at last the criminal is in the hands of justice waiting the doom that will most surely be his. His own recklessness, the hand of destiny, has brought him back to his fate when he might have escaped with safety bc yond the frontier of British India. Let us hope it may be an impressive lesson to the semi-barbarous population around, while it is assuredly a satisfac tion to justice and right that the murderer should at last be called upon to answer his crimes. According to the Invalide Busse the Western Powers have done great harm by their interference and had much better have let things alone. It de clares that it they persist in their mischievous course, it is they,and they alone, who will be respon• sible for all that occurs, and it will be through them that war is rendered inevitable. The Poles, it is said, will obtain nothing through their meddling ; "such intervention deeply wounds every Russian, and excites indignation and anger." Can anything be more absurd than this ! One would imagine from this that Russia had a heaven-born right to trample down and to tyrannise over Poland, and that those who made any remonstrance were violating the law of nations, and interfering with sacred rights. It is strange to . what lengths men will go when their prejudice is concerned, or when their lust of conquest and cruelty of disposi tion is interfered with. The Invalide goes on to state that the Government are prepared to exhibit the utmost clemency if they are let alone, but that nothing whatever of a mediatory character will take place if any more representations are made. It will care for no sacrifices and overlook every obstacle to repel the attempts of foreigners to dictate terms and suggest a course of action. This may please the nation to whom it is addressed, but if it is expected that it will have much influence on more independent people the compilers of these fierce diatribes and the utterers of angry denunciations will be deceived and disap pointed. From all that has been already witnessed and observed during this sad struggle, does it not appear patent to every one that no " sacrifice" has been spared on the part of the Russians to obtain absolute rule, and exercise a despotic sway over the vexed land of Poland ? Have they not thrown into the scale all that men generally hold most dear, and will often defend to the utmost of their power, and gladly perish rather than abjure ? Have not the respect of all foreign states of the highly civi lised class, have not honour, humanity, fair play, public spirit, and even common decency, been sent as a holocaust to propitiate the offended Spirit of absolutism ? For long months have not scenes which disgrace the earth they tread on, and crimes which must draw down the direful wrath of the heavens above us, been enacted and perpetrated on the soil of Poland ? And now we are told that no sacrifice will be stopped at. The words can hardly mean that the sacrifice implies the going to war with the powers, because even Russia can hardly compete with banded Europe; but perhaps, know ing the impracticability of any union between the nations on this point, and the inconvenience to some of making hostile declarations at present, it is consi dered advisable to talk grandiloquently, and to adopt a bombastic tone, in order to impress the mind with the might of Russia, and the strength and in terest of her resistance to all innovations that would curtail the limits of her sway, or modify the dictates of her absolutism and the decrees of her governors. The Invalide Busse winds up by observing that never will the Western Powers be permitted to intermeddle with the " internal administration" of Russia. How can Poland be internal ? It is as tonishing to what artifices these indignant dis claimers of troth and justice will resort, How can it be so impertinent of these nations to inter fere who were parties to the signing of a treaty which gave to Poland rights and privileges that have been wantonly abandoned, and secured ad vantages that have been cast aside and put away in toto. "We know that the chief cause of the obstinacy of the revolutLnists, an obstinacy which has ruined the country for many years to come, is the hope they cherish of being sustained by the 'Western Powers." These are the words em ployed to express the settled convictions of the Russian authorities, and, of course, no argument can avail with predetermined notions. If the re volution had begun when all was comparatively calm, these extraordinary statements might have availed to convince some; but when it is patent to the world that the confusion arose frem an overt act of the Russians them selves, with whose design or carrying out no stranger intermeddled, it seems an insult to the common sense to be told that it is through • foreign mismanagement and unwarrantable inter ference that the blame must be imputed. We are told that the intercession of the 'Western Powers is a " dangerous precedent." This is a very convenient dogma, and doubtless it i s uttered by those who have never laid their plans and decided on their line of act i on . When it is added that it is dangerous, because it opens the way to Eur ope for constant meddling, it would seem that even if th e matters i n dispute were happily adjusted f or the time, the Russiansinteni to h continue the sam e course which t has hitherto created so much disturbance. Why should the other nations " constantly m e ddl e ', it affairs are once put straight and Poland is ruled with moderation, and permitted to have a sort of independence ? "Prudence," it is said, "enjoins our Government to repel with the utmost energy the pretensions of the Powers, pretensions offensi-, e t o our honour, and fatal even to the count, ey interests they seemingly would suppo: g . t. ), It is bad enough to witness the perpetr a whose . ..ion of any deed of cruelty or the ocourren ,.‘o3 of any needlessly pro- iOlbikuumMilial THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1863; longed sufferings, but when the originators of the evil and the sole authors of the misery seek to shift the blame, and to cast the responsibility on others, it is truly pitiable to witness such: duplicity, and hear of such mean de ception and contemptible quibbling. Also, it is dis graceful of those who act in violation of the first principles of humanity to talk of being actuated by motives of clemency, or desirous of rendering a ser vice to those whom they oppress. It is a mockery of language for the writer in any Russian journal to tell us that the Government is disposed to make liberal concessions to the Poles. Crime is twofold i n its guilt when it is attempted to screen it by subterfuge, and wrong can never be made right by any specious argument whatever. Doubtless most of those who have considered the question were prepared for indignation on the part of the tyrants when they were remonstrated with ; but even then they could hardly expect that the proposers of some modified arrangement would be told that they had enough to answer for. They had caused the recollection to occur ; they had fanned the flame, and now they had put the finishing stroke to the work by dictating terms to Russia that she never would consent to. All this clap-trap really means that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg will go on i n i ts way, rejoicing in destruction and revelling in acts that are abhorrent to all who have the cause of humanity at heart. The Duke and Duchess de Saldanha have left the Clarendon Hotel at Sydenham. The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley arrived at their residence on Carlton-house terrace on Tuesday, from Haughton Hall, Norfolk. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne have arrived at Lansdowne - house, Berkeley-square, from Spa, in Belgium, where they have passed several weeks. The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford, ac companied by Lord Beresford and Miss Leslie, left town yesterday, for Homburg, near Frankfort. The Earl of Powis, with the Countess and Ladies Herbert, have left Berkeley-square, for Powis Castle, near Welshpool. The Earl of Wilton, on leaving Goodwood Park, went to Cowes for the yachting season. The Earl and Countess of Fingall have left Edwards's Royal Cambridge Hotel, for Killeen Castle, Ireland. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston leave town shortly for Walmer Castle, Kent, where the noble Premier and Lady Palmerston will entertain a succession of guests. DEPARTURE OF M. DU CHAILLIL—This celebrated traveller leaves St. Katherine's Docks in the ship Mentor, to-day, for Af r i ca. Amongst hi s s t ores is a complete photo graphic app ara t us, for the purpose o f t a ki ng views, portraits of animals, ?cc. M . Du C ha ill u h as rece i ve d lessons in the art of photo grap h y from Mr. H. Claudet, who has taugh t him his newly-di scovered qu i c k process , by which means moving accidents by flood and field can be transmitted to paper. We may thus some day hope to receive an interest ing collection of photographs from M. Du Chaillu. PRETTY DEPRECATION OF A COMPLIMENT.— Madlle. Delphine Gay often went into society. She was always very simply dressed, generally in a plain white muslin,with a blue gauze scarf covering her shoulders and her slender waist. She wore no flowers in her pretty fair curls. There was nothing odd or infatuated about her. When she was asked to repeat some verses, she would comply, but she soon relapsed into the young girl, like others of her age. One evening, when a fashionable lady was compli menting her, she replied—" It would better become me, madame, to compliment you : it is better for a woman to know how t o l in/3;re verses th a n to be able to write them." Victor Hugo's Life by his Wile' POSTAGE STAMPS.—Admit tin g the B ritish colo nies into our c a l cu l at i on , there are more than forty modifications of Queen Victoria's portrait, in several differ. ent shades of colour. The postage -stamp of the lowest money value at its ordinary rate is the centiine of France, worth a fraction less than two-fifths of an English far thing; the highest being the four dollar California Pony Express, representing the sum of sixteen shillings and fourpence. For beauty of form and hue, the postage stamps of France and Greece, and among our own depen dencies, those cf Nova Scotia, bear away the palm; while the English penny postage -stamp and the postage stamps of Belgium are about on a par, as far as ugliness is con cerned. Siberian stamps are of the largest size issued ; and those of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin take rank as the smallest. F or scarc i ty an d daily increasing value, the old issues of the I s l e o f Bourbon and New Caledonia, and those of Spain, P or t uga l, British Guiana, and Van Diemen's Land, may be especially particularised. So may the stamps of the Sandwich Islands, Nicaragua, and the Philippi nes , which are extremely rare ; as are also those of the Italian Duchies. Such of our readers as may wish to turn "an honest" future "penny," should hasten forthwith to make a large i n vestment in Roman Pontifical stamps , which are with good reason expected, at no very distant dat e , to attain an almost fab ulous value.—Once a Week. M. GIBEAti, a young tragic actor, is cr ea ti ng some sensation in classical drama at the Theatre Francais. DEATH takes away the commonplace of life; and positively, when one looks on the thousand and one poor, foolish, ignoble faces of this world, and listens to the chatter as poor and foolish as the faces, one, in order to have any proper respect for them, is forced to remember that so lemnity of death w hich is silentl y waitin g. The foolishest person will loo k grand enough one day. The features are poor now, but the hottest tears and the most passionate em braces will not seem out of place then. Then the most affected look sincere, the most volatile serious—all noble, more or less,-61exancier ,Smith's Dreamthorp. SHAK SPE RE'S PERSONAL HISTORY i S SO li ttle restored, and ind ee d e l evated, a decayed known that it has recen t l y been said, only to o truth fully, that of his life the onl y certai n facts are, that h e was bfebaheomgrilnuidieryaaentn;hdt;,h and dtiahetdahtietz the a same place; that h e married and had h at he passed a mong his generation for a successful writer o f p la ys and a shrewd m an o f b usiness. And this is really the sum of our knowledg e o f one w h ose praise is in the mouths of th e most civilised and intellectual portions of the worl d, an d whose works h ave passse d through 262 different editio ns I ICELANDIC FEMALE COSTITME.—Thie COlaSiSts of a black cloth skirt, white sleeves, a green or black velvet bodice, worked over with silver flowers in the most beautiful and tasteful manner, and fastened in front by a silver bodkin which laces the s id es together by passing through silver rings with tinkling balls and flowers of the same metal attached to them. On the head is worn a tall white cap, fastened to the hair by pins with beautiful wrought silver-gilt heads. The cap is, however, set aside in the evening for the more convenient, coquettish black skull-cap with long silk t assel, which is in common use. The hair of Icelandic ladies hangs to the shoulder, and is then cut off. Round the neck is worn a small black or coloured handkerchief, tied in a buw.—Sabine Baring- Gould's " Iceland," A JURYMAN FINED FOR REFUSING TO BE SWORN. —A scene of a novel character occurred at the vexed question of Court on Tuesday, arising out of the exemption of jurymen who are over 60 y S e h a o r r s ed o i t t a ch County ge.A jury was summoned for a particular case, and five persons o n l y answered to their names. Mr. Atten borough was fined as an absentee, and five being the regu lar number for county courts, the jury took their seats. gentleman then jumped up, and claimed exemption en the ground that he was over 60, b u t his An n a elderly me n not having been taken off the list Mr. Dasent (the judge) decided that he must serve. The juryman then returned to the box with a very ill grace, and down he sat in an evidently sulky mood. Mr. Walters, the officer, then endeavoured to administer the oath, but c)uld not prevail on the juryman who had claimed exemption to take it, His Honour called the juryman to him and said—Now, sir, what do you mean by such conduct ? Do you refuse to be sworn ?—Juryman: I am now 67, and I claim my exemp tion.—His Honour : I ask you, sir, will you be sworn— yes or no ?—Juryman : No.—His Honour : Then I fine you £5. Leave the court, directly, sir.—The astonished Juryman walked towards the jury box, but his Honour said, "No, sir, we will not accept your services now ;" upon which the gentleman put on his hat and marched towards the door, his Honour calling out to him, "If you do not take off your hat I will fine you £5 more." A person in court volunteered to serve, and the court speedily became quiet. NEW LIFE BOAT FOR HASTlNGS.—Yesterday a harbour trial was made at Limehouse with a new lifeboat belor ging to the National Lifeboat Institution. Sho is 36 feet long and 8 feet wide, and rows 12 oars, double banked. The lifeboat will b 3 sent by the Institution to Hastings this day, to replace a smaller one, which was deemed less suitable for the locality. The boat satisfactorily underwent the usual tests of stability and self-righting, and speedily self ejected the water shipped in the latter pro • (less. A free conveyance is, as usual, kindly promised to the old and new life boats and their transporting carriages by the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Cotn• pany, over their line. The Hastings lifeboat was instru• mental last May in rescuing the crew of fcur men of a fishilg smack, which was totally wrecked on the rocks off P iastings, in a heavy gale of wind. THE EGMONT CASE.—By a telegram received this forenoon it appears that the Egmont case has been arranged. It is understood that Sir Lionel Darrell and the other plaintiff s are to receive £125,000 in lieu of the estates devised by the will in dispute, and that Lord Egmont is to pay all costs. Mr. Justice Keogh expressed his satisfaction at the arrangement. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN MADRID, AUG. 5. It is asserted that Senor Pernmegavia has been nominated Colonial Minister. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. CRACOW, AUG. 5. This morning one of the Civil Guards was sur prised and attacked by several young men, who wounded him with knives and otherwise ill-treated him. Several arrests have taken place. GERMANY. VIENNA, AUG. 6. It is officially announced that the Emperor, in an autograph letter, dated 31st July, has invited all the Sovereigns of the German Confederation, and the Senates of the free cities, to meet in an Assembly, at which all should personally attend, with the object of discussing the question of a re organisation of the German Confederation suitable to the requirements of the age. The Emperor proposes Frankfort-on-the• Maine as the place, and the 16th inst. as the time of meeting. The Oesterreichische Zeitung of to-day announces that the Emperor personally takes the initiative in introducing reforms in the German Confederation. The same paper states that the German question was discussed by the Emperor of Austria and the King of Prusssa at Gastein. FRANCE. PARIS, AUG. 6. The .Emperor arrived at St. Cloud yesterday evening at six o'clock. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. PARIS, Thursday, Aug. 6. L' Union of this morning remarks upon its own latest advices from Rome that it is assured anew, in those advices, that the health of the Sovereign Pontiff continues to be excellent. His Holiness does not suffer, it adds, as there was reason to fear he might have suffered, from the excessive heat of the season. He makes each day his habitual pro menade, to the great satisfaction of the population of Rome, who seize with eagerness every oppor tunity of thus lavishing upon their Pontife-Roi, these evidences of their attachment. BOURSE, Aug. s.—The market closed as fol lows :-- 11 per Cent 5...,... 96 50 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents .... 68 Do. end month..., 68 Credit Mobilier..., 1115 Do, end m0nth....1127 50 Bank Shares.,.. 3350 Credit oncior 1270 - BB IL' Italian Loan 72 10 Do. end month 72 35 New ditto Do, end month 72 50 Russian .. — Austrian .. B5 Spanish Threes 62 25 Home Debt - WAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans lOlO .. 1025 N or ditto rn 987 50 .. 987 50 ew ............ : Lyons and Mediterranean 1030 .. 1035 Geneva............ Southern ...... Western - -- Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lonbard North of Spain . 546 25 .. 546 25 Saragossa 6Bl 25 .. 690 Ditto to Barcelona INDIA. By the arrival of the Overland Mail we have received the journals and correspondence that left Calcutta on June 23. The steamer, the Bengal, put back on the 29th with a broken screw, and the mails were brought on by the Mooltan, which sailed from Calcutta on July 3, arriving at Suez on the 28th. The principal intelligence brought by this mail has been anticipated, but from an extra of the overland Hurkaru of July 2 we make the following extracts— " CALCUTTA, Thursday, July 2. "In consequence of a heavy gale from the south west, considerable damage has been done to ship ping in the Bay of Bengal. The Peninsular and Oriental steamship Simla, which left Madras a little after 10 a.m. on Monday, the 22d June, did not reach her moorings until the afternoon of Sunday, the 28th. The run frem Madras to the Sandheads was made in 56 hours, but as the pilot brigs had been forced out to sea, the Simla had no alternative but to follow their example. It was not until her third approach to the mouth of the river, that she was able to obtain the services of a pilot. An other of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamers, the Bengal, taking out the mails of the 23d of June, was disabled in the storm by the breaking of her screw shaft, but fortunately suc ceeded in making the river. Her mails and pas sengers have been transferred to the Mooltan, which had just before been sent into dock, and is decidedly the slowest boat on this line. "The British East India Steam Navigation Com pany have been no less unfortunate than their mag nificent rival. The screw steamer Sydney, lately purchased from Government, sailed from Calcutta on Wednesday, the 24th, having on board some 540 men, women, and children belonging to the regiment of Sikh Pioneers, bound for Colombo. But no sooner did she fairly get out to sea than her total unfit ness to be employed on such service was proved beyond a doubt. Between decks the water was fre quently knee-deep, and not a berth in the whole ship that might not have served as a bath. The misery of the poor soldiers, and their still more helpless wives and little ones, was truly pitiable, but they bore up manfully through their sickness, and worked at the pump night and day. The greatest fear en tertained was lest the fire should be put out, the danger of which was more than once very imminent; however, by constant exertions and by throwing a portion of her cargo overboard, she kept afloat, and late on Saturday evening passed Saugor on her re turn to Calcutta. Another steamer, the Australian, likewise purchased by this Company from the Go vernment, was compelled, in a similar manner, to throw a considerable portion of her cargo overboard on the run to Akyab." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The general features of our market have not undergone any very material changes. Transactions in exports have been somewhat larger, now that supplies are becoming more liberal and prices are yielding. Indigo prospects are gene rally good; manufacture is going on rapidly. But little doing in sugar. Saltpetre less active, larger supplies, and prices drooping. Rice in moderate demand, at steady prices. Raw silk in more request, and prices are firm. No demand for Coraha at the late prices quoted. Linseed very firm, and in active demand. More inquiry for rapeseed, but prices unaltered. Jute quotes as by last report, with a moderate business in progress. Hides very firm and scarce, with an active demand. Shellac is declining. Lac dye in good demand. D. T. sold at 54r. per maund. Sallower in good demand, with an advancing tendency. In imports we have scarcely any change to note in cotton piece goods. Dealers continue to meet their current requirements by purchasing at the last prices we quoted. Stocks are becoming larger. The demand for yarns is again improved, and prices are decidedly firmer. In the money market there is no change to note. Rates of interest and discount remain unchanged, and capital abundant. The Stock market has continued to fluctuate within the rates we gave in our last report. There has been a mode rate business done, and chiefly in 5i per cents. In the share. market prices of old stock have ruled stea dily. Great Eastern Hotel scrip has been in less demand. Spence's Hotel Company is more asked for at advancing quotations. Bank of Bengal are in demand both for cash and for forward delivery at very full rates. The tea com panies are generally in favour. Ghola Ghauts have de clined to 36 and 40 rupees under completion of engage ments. They are gain firmer. In exchange the transactions have ranged, with very little variation, at our quotations. In freights the more free arrival of tonnage has led to a further decline. The Vakszeitung says that a Prussian trader named Gaspard Lange, travelling in the German Duchies of Den mark, was arrested iu the city of Schleswig because the words' Schleswig-Holstein" on his passport were united by a hyphen instead of being separated by a comma. His passport was declared to be informal, he was confined in prison, and fined for not having proper documents proving his identity, LITERATURE. Good Things for _Railway _Readers. One Vo Pp. 164. Lockwood and Co. A capital specimen, this little book is, of the good results of a well-selected gathering together of newspaper cuttings. The amusement derivable from it is ingeniously expressed by the effective woodcut chosen as its most appropriate frontis piece. This frontispiece being nothing less appro priate than a sketch taken from that delightful portrait by Holbein of Will Somers, the King's Jester, laughirg through the lattice—a merry effigy of the famous Court droll, familiar to every visitor to Hampton Court Palace. The character of this miscellaneous collection of entertaining trifles may be understood the more readily when we remark that, within less than two hundred pages, there are amassed fully one thousand anecdotes. Con - vlvialists, wits, and hum ourists chatter to us through the book unceasingly. Oddities and eccentricities are put upon record in great variety, and to gether with these the narrative of divers strange and wonderful occurrences. Lawyers and doctors, artists and actors, warriors and statesmen, men of the world and men of letters, contribute their facetiae abundantly—and occasionally, it must be confessed, in absurd confusion. To read a book like this through, consecutively, we take to be a feat wholly impracticable. It can alone be read satis factorily in snatches—dipped into hap-hazard, now and again, according to the whim of the moment. Otherwise the effort would inevitably be as cloying and even nauseating as would be the making of a dinner off sweetmeats, and nothing but sweetmeats, The result, indeed, of any consecutive perusal of a❑ anecdotal collection of witticisms, such as this,would, beyond all manner of doubt, be simply intolerable. Fancy reading uninterruptedly page after page by the hour—" Upon one occasion as Sheridan was strol ling along Piccadilly" —or, " Jerrold once meeting a friend at a dinner party" —or, "Rogers having been invited to breakfast by Lord (I—"—or, "As Sydney Smith remarked to Tom Moore one day at Holland House"—a hail storm, a douche, a cataract of Good Things like that would fairly take away one's breath. Here, however, as specimen bricks from the house of Skolastikos—comical enough in form, some of them, to be jutted out as gurgoyles from this Temple of Fun—let us pre sent to our readers four sample paragraphs from " Good Things," or from this last published supple ment to " Joe Miller's Jest Book." And first we will give, thus, an apt exemplar of— DOUGLAS JERROLD'S DRY HUMOUR I "A friend is anxious to awaken Mr. Jerrold's sympathies in behalf of a mutual acquaintance who is in want of a round sum of money. But this mutual friend has already sent his hat about among his literary brethren on more than one occasion. Mr. —'s hat is becoming an institution, and friends were grieved at the indelicacy of the proceed ing, On the above occasion, the bearer of the hat was re ceived with evident dissatisfaction. ' Well,' said Douglas Jerrold, how much does --- want this time?' Why, just a four and two noughts will, I think, put him straight,' the bearer of the hat replied. Jerrold—' Well, put me down for one of the noughts,' " Next take Earl Russell's evidence as to what we would here venture to call—though it may appear a bold thing speaking thus of such a" great gun" as a Canon— THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH'S ROYSTERING FUN. "Having seen in the newspapers that Sir .tEneas Mac kintosh was come to town, he drew such a ludicrous carica ture of Sir .ZE fleas and Lady Dido, for the amusement of their namesake, that Sir James Mackintosh rolled on the floor in fits of laughter, and Sydney Smith striding across him, exclaimed, Ruat Justitia " Here, again, is a delightfully droll illustration at once of those two chief characteristics of poor "Sherry," his impecuniosity and his wit, as com bined for once in his— SHERIDAN'S PRACTICAL JOKE ON RICHARDSON 1 "Sheridan had Leen driving out three or lour hours in a hackney coach, when, seeing Richardson pass, he hailed him and made him get in. He instantly conirived to intro dust) a topic upon which Richardson (who was the very soul of disputatiousness) always differed with him; and at last, affecting to be mortified at Richardson's arguments, said, ' You really are too bad, I cannot bear to listen to such things ; I will not stay in the same coach with you.' And accordingly got down and left him, Richardson hallooing out triumphantly, Ah, you're beat, you're beat 1' Nor was it till the heat of his victory had a little cooled, that he found out he was left in the lurch to pay for Sheri dan's three hours' coaching." Ea uno, disce—almost every morsel of a paragraph in this laughter-moving omnium gatherum of comical sayings and doings! "Good Things" being, in truth, as entertaining a little Jest Book as any that has appeared during this last quarter of a cen Wry. Lastly, here is Peter Cunningham's suggestive series of calculations apropos to— ROGERS'S LONGEVITY I "When Rogers made his appearance as a poet, Lord Byron W 913 unborn—and Byron has been dead 31 years I When Percy Bysshe Shelley was born, Rogers was in his 30th year—and Shelley has been dead nearly 34 years I When Keats was born, The Pleasures of Memory' was looked upon as a standard poem—and Keats has been dead 35 years I When this century commenced, the man who died but yesterday, and in the latter half, too, of the cen• tury, had already numbered as many years as Burns and Byron had numbered when they died. Mr. Rogers was born before the following English poets—Scott, Southey, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Moore, Campbell, Bloom field, Cunningham, Hogg, James Montgomery, Shelley, Keats, Wilson, Tom Hood, Kirke White, Lamb, Joanna I3aillie, Felicia Hemans, L. E. L.; and he outlived them all." Execution in Longford.—A Painful Scene, Charles M'Cormack, who had been convicted at the late assizes for the murder of a young man named Michael Beglan, at Drinan Bridge, on the 21st of November, suffered the last penalty of the law on Tuesday morning, in front of the Longford gaol. It will be remembered that the case, which was heard before Mr. Justice Fitzgerald on the 2d of July, excited much interest, as no object could be discovered for the perpetration of a brutal murder on a person scarcely past the years of boyhood, and who, as far as it could be learned, had never had any differences with the unfortunate man who has expiated his crime, with the three men who assisted him, or with the four men who stood calmly by while Beglan was being was being beaten to death in the presence of his aged father, who could render him no assistance. Although M'Cormack had been convicted on evidence the most clear and conclusive, many persons believed that there was some mystery at the bottom of the painful transaction which had not been brought to light. Even the learned judge, when passing the sentence, observed:—" What mo tive you may have had in taking the life of that young man, Michael Beglan, I know net. From all I could gather from the evidence presented to the jury, you appear to have had no quarrel with the deceased. He committed no offence against you as I can discover. You had no cause for entertaining a feeling of animosity towards him. You do not seem to have been his antagonist ; but you can tell, and you alone, what motive led you 04 to tak e hi s life." _ _ _ Since the conviction of the unfortunate man every exertion was made by some of the most influential parties to have his sentence commuted. A memorial was,drawn up and forwarded to the Government for this object, and hopes were entertained of its being successful ; but the governor of the gaol received an official communication from Dublin Castle stating that the le w should take it course. At the hour appointed on Tuesday morning numbers of persons collected in front of the gaol, but at no time did those present exceed 2,000. They conducted them selves with the utmost propriety, and seemed sensi bly impressed with the solemnity of the awful oc currence. The melancholy preliminaries, the pinioning, the promises of resignation, and the funeral procession, having been all gone through, the unhappy man appeared on the fatal drop. He seemed collected, and his ap. pearance imparted a shock to every individual member of the crowd. The rope was ad justed, the prayer ejaculated, and the bolt was withdrawn—but unfortunately McCormack was only precipitated to the ground, not into eternity. By some mistake, it would appear, the rope was too long, and when the executioner drew the bolt the unfortunate criminal fell to the ground on his knees. This, h owever , did not give him a long respite, for the rope was immediately hauled up, and in about three minutes INPCJImack was before the dread tri- Freeman Correspondent. butial of eternity.— .'44tqcrwt an r Dual „tra _ HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, August 5. Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Leiningen is convalescent, and the infant Princess is in good health. Countess Gleichen had the honour of an inter view with the Queen yesterday. The Queen drov3 out in the afternoon, accom panied by Princess Louise. The Belgian Minister arrived yesterday. The Prince of Wales's Speech at Halifax. The following is the text, as reported in the local papers, of the reply of his Royal Highness to the Address presented to him at the ceremony of open ing the Town-hall at Halifax : " Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,—l return you my cordial thanks for your Address, and for the terms in which you have alluded to the part I am proud r o takein the ceremony of inaugurating your Town hall, in which 1 see so much to admire, whether in regard to the design, the execution, or the mode in which its cost is met. Indeed, the general prospe tity of your town, the industry which, aided by the most ingenious machinery, has so long distin guished its inhabitants, and which I witnessed yesterday developed to its full extent, cannot fail to strike every visitor with wonder and admiration. I have also to thank you for the earnest wishes you have expressed for my happiness and that of the Princess. Conscious of the duties which you so impressively remind me of, I feel I cannot better perform them than by following the bright example of the Queen and my beloved father." Departure of the Prince and Princess of Wales for the North, Yesterday morning, at half-past ten, tLe Prince and Princess of Wales took their departure, by special train, from King's-cross station, for the North of England and Scotland. On arriving at the station their Royal Highnesses were received by Mr. Denison and several of the other directors, while on the platform were assembled a large num ber of ladies and gentlemen who had come as spectators. Their Royal Highnesses were accompanied by General Knollys, Major Teesdale, and one of the Ladies-in- Waiting of the Princess's household. We are gratified in being enabled to state that her Royal Highness appeared to have recovered from her indisposition, and that her countenance gave every indication of restored health. As the train was leaving the station there was a cheer from those assembled, which the Prince and Princess graciously acknowledged. The Royal train was under the charge of Mr. Walter Leith, assistant-manager, and Mr. Sturrock, locomotive engineer. Mr. Denison and Mr. Ten nent, another director, also accompanied it. The destination of the Royal train was Ripon, where their Royal Highnesses were to be the guests of Earl do Grey and Ripon, and whence they will continue their journey to Scotland this afternoon. KNOTTINGLEY, Wednesday Afternoon. Some three or four thousand perscns assembled this morning by permission of the directors, or► the platform of the Great Northern Railway, King's cross, to witness the departure of the Prince and Princess of Wales on their journey to the north ; and for every one in the station there were fifty outside, loyal, expectant, ardent to show the Princess with how much affection they regard her. Inside the terminus wore its everyday look until after the departure of the ordinary ten o'clock train, when a space along the middle was railed off, and around the rails grouped those who were favoured with tickets. The yard of the terminus was strewed with new gravel, and from the door of the general offices through the passage to the platform was laid a handsome crimson carpet. At ten minutes past tell the Royal special train was drawn up to the plat form, the servants from Marlborough House stowed away the luggage, and everybody who was to travel by this train to Ripon, including only two correspondents at the daily press, took their assigned places. At twenty minutes past ten their Royal Highnesses' arrival was announced by the cheers of the crowd outside, and in a few seconds more they were ushered on to the platform by the directors who received them. Her Royal Highness looked almost better than we could have hoped, after the rumours that have been current about her indisposition. Without delay the Royal couple entered their saloon. Mr. Walter Leith, the able and courteous assistant manager, who was in Charge of the train, gave the signal, and a minute before its time the train glided out of the terminus on its way to the north. By the side of the line, as far as the Maiden-lane tunnel, were crowds of people, servants of the company, and others, whocheered the train as it passed. At Muswell-hill the Park Com pany had hoisted a number of flags on their high staff, no doubt at once to do honour to the travellers, and to attract the attention of the fair lady after whom the new and beautiful park is named. At all the minor stations people were col lected to catch a glimpse, not of the Prince and Princess, but merely of the fast-flying saloon which contained them; and, as we rushed past at 48 miles an hour, there could be heard the cheers of the on lookers, faintly at the best, as if tying to follow* and catch the express with the people's benison upon the Royal pair. At Peerborough there was the first stopping place, and punctually to a second the train arrived at that important station, when it stopped for five minutes, in which time her Royal Highness was served with some refreshments. And so we went on through ruddy Crantham and pretty Newark-upon-Trent, where there were more crowds, and railway-made Retford, where a handsome Royal standard flo ited upon the church tower, to Doncas ter, where there was five minutes again allowed. The country people, the labourers in the fields, the wayfarers on the roads that are crossed by the line, seemed to be thoroughly well aware of the time of transit of the Royal train, for they with one will left their sheaves of corn and the objects of their work to take care of themselves, while they mounted the embankment of the line and respect fully raised their hats or faintly cheered. At Ret ford the ordinary ten o'clock fast train was shunted to let the Royal special pass ; and from Doncaster —where one highly decorated engine was ex changed for another, and where a volunteer baud played " God Bless the Prince of Wales " and the National Anthem amid the cheers of 4,000 or 5,000 people—to this station, which is the last available for a parcel to London to-night, there was nothing remarkable on the route save the beauty of the country and the almost un hoped-for fineness of the weather, which, u p to the present time, when rain is again falling, promised good things for the Ripon people and the hearty welcome which they are preparing. It is understood that the sojourn at Studley Park will be devoted to peace and quietness and rest, with the exception of the reception of an address from the corporation and a visit to the exquisite remains of Fountain Abbey, which, standing in Lord Do Grey's grounds, has been of late years carefully preserved from the hand of the spoiler, and from the not less ruinous meddling of the almost inevi table " restorer." • RIPON, Wednesday Evening. The Prince and Princess arrived punctually to the time fixed at the mansion of Studley Royal, where they received a hospitable welcome from the host and hostess. The streets of Ripon were gaily dc corated and crowded with people from all parts of the district. The mayor and corporation presented an address, and the Princess was graciously pleased to accept a bouquet from the mayoress. The Prin cess was so little fatigued by the Journey that after luncheon she accompanied the Counttss do Grey on a visit to the exquisite ruins of Fountain Abbey, and spent some time in tracing out the design 0 f the old monastic edifice. There was a distinguish ed party invited to meet their Roy a l Hi g h ness es at dinner ie the evening. The weather is lair, but threatening. The Earl and Countess of Dallceith have left town for Scotland.