The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-05 00:00:00

Now ready, 620 pp., post Svo., Third and Cheap Edition , price 10s. ed., OBSCURE DISEASES IND. of the BRAIN and By FORBER WIN stow, M.D., D.C.L. London : Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. HERRMANN, PRESTIDIGITATEUR.-- PRENCES'oS THEATRE.—HERB II EnnmAN N'S Performances, EVERY EVENING, at Eight. In Two Parts—as Oven by him in all the principal Theatres and Opera Houses of the Continent of Europe and America. The whole of the Marvellous Illusions entirely new, and invented by Herr Herrmann. I'rices of admission as usual. Doors open at half-past 7. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE. - Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, THE DEAL BOATMAN : Messrs. G. Belmore, F. Charles; Miss R. Leclercq, and Mrs. Edmund Falconer. To conclude with the new and original Comedy, by Ed mund Falconer, entitled NA.TIT RE'S ABOVE ART : A Ito . mance of the Nursery : Ytessrs.Walter Lacy, Addison, Hyde Barcett, G. Belmore, F. Charles. Neville; Miss Chariot to 'iauntiers. Miss 3lurt ay, Miss R. Leclercq, Mrs. Melville ; s rid Dirs. Edmund Falconer. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. Prices as usual. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Open for the Feason. THIS EVENING. and during the Week, to commence at 7, with AN UNLUCKY MORTAL : Mr. William Yarren, lkiiss M. 'Harris, &c. After which, at a quarter to 8, the new Comedy of FINESSE; or, Spy and (minter Spy: characters by Mr. Alfred Wigan, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Howe, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Dowton, Miss L.'Angel, and Mrs. Alfred Wigan. Concluding with TURNING THE TABLES. A. 31 THEWS On Monday, Oct. 26, Mr. and M rs . OLIA.S. 'ill return to the London stage. N EW THEATRE-ROYAL, AD ELFI{L— Sole Propitiator anti afanao"Or• Mr. B. W.bs , t - er. Mr s - : • THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TaAGE Q UEEN Bateman, supported At 8, the New Drama of LEAII : 3 1188 „,,„,, here), Messrs. by Mr. Arthur Stirli ng (hi s 3d sPr.t.„ l - I;l3erne, bliss H. R. Phillips, Billington Stuart, A. Simms and Mrs. Billi ng ' ten. HEIRESS : Miss To conclude with CATGITh-," AN Wool,gar and Mr. A. Wood- MISS BATEMAN.--LEA.H.—The celebrated young American Actress, Miss BATE3IAN, having; on her first appParence in the New Drama of LEAH. ob tained the mos t triumphant and enthusiastic success that has been wiinessed for many years, and the profound impression created by her impersonation of the character of LEAH upon a crowded audience having' been completely ratified by the cr i t i ca l approval of the entire Daily unanimous v erdict an d Press, the Manager ot the NEW ADELPIII THEATRE has the honour to announce h tat Miss BAT EMAN will appear in the New Drama of LEA El EVERY EVENING till further notice. ROY STRAND THEATRE. 'Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. .a EVENING, WHERE'S YOUR WIFE. Mr. Bel fo ed rriisct, Miss Simpson. Follow by (67th time) THE MOTTO , •' I'M ALL trifEtt g. , ' Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton;Mesdames Ada Swanboro u g h, F . J os e phs , Maria s'MPsn , Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Mr. Turner, Miss Thorne. Commence at 7. nriH.E THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLhNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats DAY.—Morning, 7h. 15rn.—Afternoon,1 7h. 43m. To-MORROW.-Morning, Bh. 20m.—Afternoon. Bh. 29m. The Weather—Sun Office, Oct. 5, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-29.95. Wind—South-Westerly; light, and cloudy. f ~, e , i jg,rit,-,,.-::,,; • 05.,„,- Ege.llllll lint LONDON, MONDAY, OCE 5, 1863. Another day's later news from New York, bring ing events down to the 24th ultimo inclusively, will be seen, by our string of telegrams, to have just now reached these shores, per the Adriatic. Scarcely any information of any particular interest, will be found to have been added thereby to our last batch of in telligence from the American seat of war; but what scraps of additional information have now reached us, are so far of importance that they fully confirm the accounts previously received, in refer ence to the severe discomfiture of General ROSEN. CRANZ, in Tennessee. Not only is it thus with re gard to this epitome of the latest incidents of the fierce struggle for supremacy still continued with so much ferocity between the American forces of the North and the South—but the confirmation now received of the defeat of ROSENCRANZ comes to us (by a mere coincidence, it is true, but still a very startling one of its kind), simultaneously with the receipt of tidings from other quarters, tidings having about them a very warlike and im pressive significance. There may be some thing very consolatory to Earl RUSSELL— though we can hardly conjecture that it will be so to any other person in the United Kingdom—to find it stated in one of these latest American tele grams, per the Adriatic, in so many honeyed words, words the honey upon which must turn, however, to gall and wormwood upon the palates of every pa triotic Englishman amongst us, having any regard for what has been finely called the chastity of our honour as a great and independent State—" It is semi-officially announced that the Government [i. e., at Washington) have received advises from England that the Confederate rams - would not be allowed to sail. This has created a kindly feeling [blandly adds the Telegram] on the part of the Fee deral Government towards Eegland." Agreeable news, we repeat, this may be regarded as, by th e noble Earl her MAJESTY'S Foreign Secretary : but acceptable in any way whatever, we are certain it cannot by possibility prove to be, to any one else in the three Kingdoms. While there comes to us from the west this almost insulting announcement of the " kindly feeling" excited in our behalf throughout the Federal States by what is, strictly speaking, very much like an act of pusillanimity on the part of our Uovernment, there comes to us from the exactly opposite direction from beyond the narrow boundary of the waters of the Channel, an intimation sig nificant enough in its way—That if under the guid ance of Lord RUSSELL'S councils England is pre pared to sit down meekly, without a word in reply, after the severe rebuke addressed to him by Prince GORTSCHAKOFF, the pride of France, the amour prop ee of the French empire, will not admit of its rec e i v i ng a precisely similar rebuff, without any I. tieh astounding evidence of submission. La m anse 4 411, does, in a nce (the journal that it is , not the country) may S i effect, discuss the Pelian diffi enitY with 'bated breath in the awful presence of thislasttbanderoos mi. esive from the hand of Prince GokTsetta --XopP. La France may do this, is doing this, under the inspiration of that high imperialist, M, DE LA nv lately hanging overth E e n cou n e ils of the Gov ernment E . So far the dark clouds may seem to be d issipated, if we come to look ex clusively in that direction. But look amongst the o rgans of the press, yonder, at Paris, bo and those thunder -clouds will e lsewhere seen to be so far from dissipated that they are in other quarters looming up and more ominously than ever- Listen to 3 1 . GEROULT, for exampl e , instead more darkly of only to M. Di; LA GUERONNIERE. Hear what E Opinio n :N at i ona l e bas to say upon this momentous question : an d the name of the newspaper, we are absolutely cer tuio, in this instance, is exactly indicative of its character! "Let England and Austria," exclaims that journal, (exclaims, in other words, the National Opinion of Franca) "put up if they choose with Russian insults—we will not accept them. We are sick of protocols, verbiage, and empty talk— we require acts. In the name of outraged humanity we demand that the successor of NAPOLEON should pick up the glove flung down by Russia: we demand war!" Or, to give the very words in full, of which the foregoing are the mere epitomised translation— " Que i'Angleterre, que I'Autriche acceptent si eels leur convient, les insulter de is Russia ; gaunt noun, nous ne les accepions pee, et noue acceptone Inc ore moins les odienx spectacles dont la Russie no as condamne a devenir les temoins. Assez de d. :peches, assez de protocoles, assez de paroles, assez ell 3 phrases; nous demandons des actes. Au nom di l'humanite outrages, de requilibre European co' npromis, none demandons au succcsseur de INTA:poLEoN I. de relever le gant de la Rr Lade ; nous demandons la guerre." Scan do lised in an extraordinary degree La France (I again, remember, the journal, not the c ountr y ) 'appears to be with this outspeaking o n the part of ' its contemporary. It argues the matter mildly with M. GEROULT, suavely offering him the leek to chew GEROULT which proffered delicacy the said masticating at his leisure. Instead, howevsaeiirfd,thomfat.be passible, actually due to the honour of reiterates, in his views o f what is France under the circ ums tances, And, while yet yet stronger w ords, ' amo ng our Paris con t e mporaries—comes to us the t h e discussion contin ues to be m aintained thus hotly ru mour that the Imperial Government has sent notes to the Cabinets of both London and Vienna, stating that France at least cannot possibly leave the last Russian despatch unanswered ! While such is the situation, or the reputed situation of things, in regard to the temper of French diplomacy —while things are looking darkly enough at the Bourse, to force the Threes to 63 and the Consols to 93, other incidents of some significance also in their turn come to light—throwing a lurid glare upon the future. Ten new ironclad frigates are known to be all but finished at this moment at Cherbourg. Cavalry aad artillery horses are at the same time being bought up in great numbers by the French Government. Matamoros—we knew that the other day —was occupied by the French troops pretty much about the same time that BRAGG was defeating:RosEticßANz. And now, the Richmond Dispatch tells us in a number brought to us by the Adriatic, that the Confederate Govern ment has recently effected:a loan of 100,000,000 francs in France upon the security of the cotton now in the Confederate States. England, meekly stopping the steam rams at Liverpool, and thereby winning a " kindly feeling" from the defeated and partially panic-stricken Federals at New York and Washington—England, evidencing a disposition, under the inspiration of Earl RUSSELL'S slightly muddled policy, to submit, in exemplary silence, to the rating she has recently received from the Foreign,Minister of the Autocrat —England now beholds her French ally assuming, in regard to Russia on the one hand, in regard to America on the other, an attitude somewhat more befitting by its vigour, without being as yet one atom more warlike in its character, the position held by France, as (side by side with England) fore most among the great Powers of Christendom, Mr. ROEBUCK'S speeches are always worth perusing. Even when the eloquent but erratic speaker is led away by some fantastic notion, he can always throw a vigour into his style, and a vivacity into his discourse that impress and in terest all bearers. On Thursday !est he delivered au address on " Education," in the Congregational School-room, at Swanage. The hon. and learned member commenced by stating that he had some hesitation in addressing them upon that occasion, for his business in life had not been to descant upon matters of education. He would endeavour, however," he said, "to assist those who were making it their object to admire the spread of education, and first he would speak to the work. ing men. He would then say to them that their lives would be purer, better, and more virtuous if they obtained the benefits of education. He said he did not site GEORGE STEPHENSON as an example because his life was almost a miracle, but he men tioned him to the working men in the North of England, who, "at eighteen years of age, did not know how to write, but taught himself everything that he knew, acquired a great fortune, and was, in fact, the father of all the railways in England." Mr. ROEBUCK then passed on to remark on the dif ferenee of races, and said that we were among the foremost of mankind, and England had shown in all her classes the greatest possible greatness to which man can rise. Therefore he would say to the working men of this country that they were possessed "of great intellect which GOD had given them, but from the want of education had not the power of using it, it was, indeed, like the bright diamond hidden in a dark cave." After this stirring appeal to his hearers, the hon. and learned member com pared the pleasures of an educated and an unedu cated man. The ignorant man had some hours to himself —holy did he employ that leisure ? Un fortunately the answer must be, in sensual enjoy ments for the most part. Now the educated man had multitudinous enjoyments. He could say for himself that if any one had come to him in his youth and said, " I will give you a fortune on con dition that you never learn to read," he would have repelled th e g ift, and said that it was as nothin g in comparison with what he must forfeit. These simil es end illustrat i ons are of great value in a discourse like this ; they bring before the mind the full force of what the speaker seeks to impart, but may not be able to exemplify so well in dry detail or tame assertion. Besides, when one is addressing an ignorant and uncultivated audience, the greatest caro is requisite in order that the subject-matter before them may not pall upon their attention, that it may be rendered attractive to them, and thus keep alive their interest, which, if not accomplished, all becomes a sombre failure. Mr. ROEBUCK said that he had often thought that a book was better than a friend. No matter what happened around you, a book was always an equable, calm, and gene rous friend. He occasioned some amusement by stating that he was one of that terrible class called " Radicals,"but that his Radicalism did not consist in pulling everybody down, but his desire was to raise everybody up. He considered that all the pleasures of civilised life could be gained by all classes, but they could only be won bythe improve ment of the intellect. He must tell them that foreigners had remarked that though no country came up to ours in libe r ty, y et t h at the distinction between ranks was gr ea t er t h an in any land on the Continent. He hoped t hat soon this barrier would be b ro k en down, he thought that those he was add ress i ng and were lay. ing down the groundwork that would ma k e English men a " band of brothers," " which would make them present a franc that the world could not put down, and make them, indeed, the lead ers of man d." This is sound sense and admirabl e reason ing on the part of the speaker. Education is th e G reat division between classes and ranks, it consti tutes a barrier that no wealth can pass, and that no ezpedinneY can remove. The true disciples of pro gresssocial will obstacles then y ado well to e ncoura g e that leveller of ll the means in their power, v ,-,hae done this they will have secure that when they • 1, d their done - done far more to ene fit an owed countrymen than if they foil magogues, and insisted en bringing forw ard men for thems elves, because bless the advice of de who are not fit to legislate they have not learned the self-comm and that cul ture imparts, and the humility that only superior - knowledge can best ow . M r. B4OEBUCIN. then justly censured the plan of sen di ng c hild re n to work at seven years bf age. He said it was throwing awa3 their resources, and living upon their c‘ipital. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1863 mentioned an interesting anecdote concerning a boy who was sent out as a servant to one of our consuls at a port in the Mediterranean. When he got there the consul found him so advanced in many things that he made him his secretary. Thus proving that education could elevate in every sense of the word. Mr. ROEBUCK concluded his interesting address by descanting upon the duties of the upper classes towards the class nelow them. He said that it was not only that they had great means in being wealthy, but their advantages of position gave them means by example. If these earnest words were more acted upon there is no doubt that great and good results would follow, and both sides would be the gainers; the rich would have won a more honourable renown than all the trappings of grandeur can be stow, and the poor would have obtained a treasure that could not vanish like the shifting gifts of for tune, and leave sorrow and disappointment behind. If they were to mix more with the labouring classes —and where better than in the school ?—if they were to mix more with and take more interest in the existence of their fellowmen who live around them, their presence would be as the sun shining upon the cold earth, bring up and vivifying the seed that is within it. Agricultural meetings are being held all over the country, with 'carving claims upon our atten tion. The one nearest home, however, is by no means the least interesting, and the annual fes tivities of the MiddlehamAgrieultural Association were honoured by the presence of one of the most learned and respected occupiers of the Eng lish Bench. The Lord Chief Baron POLLOCK, in acknowledging the toast which coupled his name with the Judges of England, remarked that he had taken the chair at the very first meeting of the Association. That event, it is true, is so far removed from the present day that the venerable speaker expressed his conviction that few of those then gathered around him would be able to re collect that he presided at their earliest feast. From having assisted at the inauguration of the Society, he has probably since followed its fortunes with some degree of interest, having, we find, filled the office of chairman on more than one subse q uent occasion. Baron POLLOCK admitted that he was not much addicted to agricultural pursuits, and, indeed, such a taste would not be very easily in dulged, if possessed, by our learned Judges. Their science is of a deeper and sterner soil —the elements they have to contend against are more difficult to deal with than untimely frosts or blighting winds, and, anxious as may be the f ar mer's labours to gather in a good supply of food for man and beast, the public responsibilities of a judge press as heavily on the owner as any individual cares can do. It is a very different order of facul ties which is demanded for the quiet cultivation of Mother Earth and for the presidency of a Court of Criminal Law; and, although the hero of antiquity is not the only one who turned for mental refresh ment and relaxation to the humbler but no less necessary toil, the two li nes of life are scarce l y harmonious or sympatheti c . I t i s sometimes, how ever, very advantage ous t o h ear the opinion o f a comparative stranger o n our work and our wa y s , that we may learn how it a p pears to the uninit i ate d, and what is their impres s i on of our excellences and defects. A mind so enlightened and so rarely gifted as that of our Chief B aron could not, more over, have failed to raleat upon th e general prospec ts and progress of an all-imp or t ant profession. He con fessed himself that " h e h a d not altogether neg l ec ted other studies than th ose w hi ch belonged to his confined school and colle ge , nor h a d h e entirely his purposes as a l awyer to t h e dry details of his pro • fession, bat he had studied other matters which had afforded him the delight of an enlightened exist ence." On these grounds, then, Chief POLLOCK was well qua lifi ed to deal with t he sub jects brought b e f ore him at an agricultural meet ing, and hi s remar k s were received w ith the position respect and attenti on d uo alike to his Baron n and his attainments. T he college life to which he re ferred was th e occas i on of one of the most interest ing incidents i n our academical annals, and the high honours w hi c h rewarded his diligence at its close were h appi l y only forerunners of the gifts which fortune had in store for him in later life. In contrast to the general tone of congratulation and Baron told hi s h earers that he compliment common a t t h ese feasts, t he Lord Chief considered science a little b e hi n d the age. Although the first art ever culti va t e d b y man, and the only a rt except their war which has b aen k ept up in all ages, agriculture march of mind an d the extension the o f has never be en among the first to pro fi t b y Great things h ave lately been done in this res p ect, and time-w orn pre j ud i ces have so rapidly succum b e d to advancing i n t e lli gence that it may seem a s t range knowledge. moment for c ensur i ng want of progress. Still our friends th e f armers will not be the worse for being Ploughs and reminded th a t, muc h as they have done, more yet remains to do, and i n spite of steam loughs artificial ma nure , B aron POLLOCK was right when na-,- he said that th e f our Sciences of mineralogy, meteo rology, chemi s t ry, and eel , an ics have as yet done little for agri cu lt ure in comparison w w ith what may be expected f rom t h em. e • to According his views, perhaps the l eas t k nown of these branches of know ledge is the one th at most concerns the farmer, and it is at least an o r i g i nal and striking suggest i on . Meteorology, he considers , might become " one of to the greatest exponents teach f ar mers when it w ould be proper t o cu l tivate one d esc ription of pro duce rather than another. At th e present moment the s tudy of meteorology as an agricultura l sc i ence was en tirely neglected, b ut who could dou b t t h a t if d ue a tt e ntion was paid, an d a proper reco rd made of the acc umulation of experience would be obtained as wo uld enable the fa rmer to judge b e f ore h an d i n what manner he should di rect va rious cianges in recurring seasons , suc h an his industry and his cou rse of crops." In alluding to the recent appli cation of machinery to agriculture , B a ron POLLOCK re marked that there wa s no l onge r any fear of ex citing riots by the use of mac hi ne ry. It is a curious and satisfactory fact, menti o ned before now by our public speakers, and re f erre d t o by the l e ar ne d Judge, lic that, according t o exper i e nce, wherever the introduction of machinery has displaced one b labourer it has necessitated the employment of two others. In support of this assertion the learned h Judge mentioned an incident that had occurred in own experience that bore a similar moral. At the time of the first opening of railways he filled the ()Mee of Attorney-General, and in that capacity was present when a deputation of postmasters ap pealedpost_hortsoe Adlur.tyoa. ou T L: t u i: N ple f a or w a a: e t d i u la c t tio t a he of du th v e would be so little that it would scarcely be worth collecting owing to the great innovation of steam locomotion. But Mr. GoULBUItIi assured them that so far from there having been a reduction in the number of post-horses used in consequence of rail way traffic, the duty had actually doubled ! Another of the incidents which marked his Attor ney- Generalship was the outbreak of the famous Rebecca riots in Wales, but the learned Judge claimed the gratitude of his neigbbaurs, since, in spite of his official position at the time of the dis turbances, he had succeeded in removing a toll-bar from their vicinity ! Greatly as this service may ieaVe been appreciated by his own locality, the re- putation of the Chief Baron happily rests on a broader foundation, and the greetings so unani mously accorded him on Friday night were not only in welcome to the respected neighbour, but in recog nition of those high qualities and that eminent learning which should always distinguish an Eng lish judge. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] REPLY OF THE ARCHDUKE 11TAXIMILIAN TO THE MEXICAN DEPUTATION. MIRAMAR, OCt. 3. The Mexican deputation was received this morn ing by the Archduke klaximilian. Don Gutierez de Etrada spoke in the name of the deputation. The Archduke in reply said : "The wishes of the Mexican Assembly of Nota bles have touched me deeply. It cannot but be exceedingly flattering for our House that they have turned their eyes to the descendants of Charles V. " Althoughthe mission of maintaining the inde pendence and welfare of Mexico on a solid founda tion, and with free institutions, is a most noble one, I must, nevertheless, in complete accordance with the views of the Emperor Napoleon, declare that the monarchy cannot be re-established on a legi timate and firm basis without a spontaneous ex - pression of the wishes of the whole nation. " I must maize my acceptance of the throne de pendent upon a plebiscite of the whole country. On the other hand, it would be my duty to ask for guarantees which are indispensable to secure Mexico against the dangers which threaten her integrity and independence. " Should these guarantees be obtained, and the universal vote of the nation be given in my favour, I am ready to accept the Crown, subject to the approval of the Emperor, my brother. " In case Providence should call me to this high mission, I must at once declare that it is my firm intention to open the path of progress by a Con stitution, as was done by my brother, and after the complete pacification of the country, to seal the fundamental law with an oath. "By such means only can a new and really national policy be called into existence, by which all parties, forgetting old disputes, would cooperate with me in raising Mexico to a prominent rank among nations. Carry back with you these frank declarations to your fellow-citizens, and act in such a manner that it may become possible for the nation to declare what form of government it desires to have." It is believed that the conditions of the Arch • duke's acceptance of the Crown are the same as those named in October, 1861, according to which he considers the co-operation of France and Eng land to be the only means by which order can be re-established, and that a free manifestation of the wish of the whole nation is absolutely necessary. The Archduke stated in conversation with the members of the deputation that he would only accept the Crown if all these conditions were ful filled, and that he would now await their fulfil ment. SYRIA. PARIS, OCT. 5. The Moniteur of this morning says :—" The state of affairs of Syria is still unsatisfactory. " Bands of Druses, escaped from Hauran, have appeared near Damascus, and intercept the cara vans of provisions and merchandise." • RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, OCT. 5. The Journal de St. Petersburg of to-day publishes an article on the opinion pronounced by the English and French press relative to the passages in the Russian Memorandum of the 26th September refer ring to the events of 1812 and 1814. The Journal de St. Petersburg says :—" These reminiscences have not been brought forward by the Russian Government, which was drawn to this ground in spite of itself. The Powers having made the treaties of 1815 the point of departure for their diplomatic intervention, the Russian Government was compelled to state what bearing it attaches to them by recalling the circumstances of the past, and by speaking of reverses which belong to the domain of history. But it would be an anachro nism to invoke the recollection of the Holy Alli ance. The efforts of the English and French press to represent the dignity of each other's country as being engaged neutralise themselves mutually." BRESLAU, Ocr. 5. The Commissariat Department of Warsaw has been informed that 50,000 fresh troops will shortly arrive in the Kingdom of Poland, and remain there during the winter months. Every little town will be garrisoned. THE KING OF THE GREEKS. His Majesty George 1., King of the Greeks accompanied by Count Sponneek, arrived at Brussels on Saturday, the 3d inst., at 5 a.m. His Majesty's suite were awaiting his arrival at the Northern R a ilway station, having preceded him. Two supe rior Belgian officers were also in attendance to welcome him in the name of King Leopold. King George alighted at the Hotel de Bellevue, where apartments had been retained for him. A number of Greeks having inquired at the hotel when it would be convenient for his M a j es ty to receive them, the King ordered them to be admitted at once, and received them in the most cordial and gracious manner. The Count of Flan ders and the Duke of Brabant paid an early visit to the young King. In the evening there was a grand banquet at Court. Among the invited was M. Christopoulo, ex-Minister of In terilr of Greece, who is staying at Brussels. King George was to leave yesterday (Sunday) at 8 a.m. His suite now (In sists of his Excellency Ccunt Sponueek, Baron de Funch, Baron de Guldncrown, and M. Loith,Aides de-CamP Dr. Philimon and P ro f essor Kcepen. We have been favoured with the following tele gram from the Philhellenic Committee : _ BRUSSELS, Oct. 5 (Morning). 6 4 His Majesty the King of the Greeks leaves Brussels this morning at 6 a.m. via Calais, for Lon don. His Majesty is expected to arrive in town this evening." MR, SERGEANT SHEE, Our contemporary the Morning Advertiser, after quoting in its impression of to-day the para graph giveu by us on Saturday from the Law 71ines in reference to the late legal appointments, observes:— " We entirely agree with our law contemporary that an ast of greater injustice than that of passing over Mr. Sergeant Shea was never committed by any Government. For years the learned sergeant has not only been at the head of his profession, but it is admitted on all hands that no one in West minster Hall possesses in a more eminent degree the leading qualities necessary for the Bench. To pass him over in favour of a gentleman of no note is, therefore, an outrage on all those principles of jus tice which ought to guide the conduct of Govern ment in making their judicial appointments." THE NEW LEGAL CHANGES.—Ou Saturday the Hon. Mr. Baron (late Sergeant) Pigott, of Sherfield Hill, near Basingstoke, was sworn in as one of the Puisne Barons of the Court of Exchequer, before the Right Hon. the Lord Chancellor, at his private mansion, Hackwool Park, Basingstoke. At the same time Sir Roundell Palmer, Q.C., the late Solicitor-General, took the oaths as Attorney-General; and Mr. R. P. Collier, Q.C., one of the members for Plymouth, was also sworn in on his appoint ment to the office of Solicitor-General. The two latter appointments create vacancies for the boroughs of Rich mond and Plymouth. Both the hon. and learned gentle men have issuod addresses to their respective constituents, offering themselves for re. election.—Observer. OZONE is still a mysterious agent. If we do not yet actually comprehend the fullness of its agency, C. Barder has, after eight years' study, discovered something of its whereabout. Wind, which has recently come over the sea, he tells us, is almost invari ►bly heavily charged with ozone; while land breezes bring but little of it on their breath. A GOOD AMERICAN PUN about Prince Alfred is mentioned by Manhattan in the midst of the dismay caused throughout the North by the news of the disastrous defeat of Rosencranz in Tennessee. It is this :—" Why would not his Royal Highness Prince Alfred have anything to do with foreign Greece ?" The answer being, "Because his Royal English Highness preferred his own domestic and native Ile." MUNIFICENCE OF PARSEE LONDON MERCHANTS. —An eminent Parsee merchant firm i't the City of London, has presented £2,000 to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, through its chairman, Thos. Baring) Esq., M.P., to enable it to form a lifeboat establishment on the English coast, and permanently to keep it up. Their firm is now under dissolution, and in order to show their gratitude to the people of this great metropolis, from whom they have received for many years every courtesy, they have presented this munificent amount to one of England's greatest and noblest benevolent institutions, whose lifeboats know of no distinction of race or religion when their ser vices are required during the storm to save the drowning shipwrecked sailor. Between 500 and 600 lives are thus saved every year by its lifeboats, and by the crews of shore boats to whom it grants rewards for tneir gallant exertions. The eminent philosopher, Sir David Brewster, has just written in a popular miscellany :—" In order to enable the Lifeboat Institution to maintain its existing life fleet of 125 boats in a state of efficiency, and to place a lifeboat on every danger ous shore, the public must add liberally to its funds. There is not a family in the land that has not a relative or a friend exposed to the dangers of the sea; and there is not a family or an individual that can escape from the obligation of contributing to the grandest and holiest of our societies — the National Lifeboat Institution. If it is a high privilege and a still higher duty to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to heal the sick, and to teach the ignorant, it is surely a higher privilege, and a higher duty still, to save from sudden death lives that have long to live and that are to live for ever," How " STONEWALL" JACKSON BECAME A SOLDIER. --When Jackson Was in his 19th year, the member of Congress for that section of Virginia had a presentation to the military academy a t W es t P o int, in the State of New Y or k, w hi c h was offered to, but declined by, a boy in the neighbourhood. Jackson was seized with an eager desire to avail himself of such an unusual advantage, for he had imbibed a great ambition to become a soldier. In vain his uncle attempted to dissuade him; in vain did his friends point out the deficiencies of his own education, and the obstacle his age presented, he being nearly three years beyond that usual on admission. Nothing daunted, though fully alive to these drawbacks, the you th resolved to go, and set to work to prepare himself for the ordeal. One day, in a pelting rain, he burst into the office of a friend—an intimate acquaintance of Mr. Hayes, the member of Congress who could procure him the cad e t s hi p . Th e ra i n was streaming from hi s clothes, and he w a s i n th e highest state of excitem ent His fri en d s , start i ng and wondering at his unexpecte d. appearance, inquired what had b roug ht him hither in such a st orm . Y oung Jackson blurted out his erran d. He want e d a l et t er of introduction to Mr. Hayes, a t Washington—h e was go i ng to set off for tha t p l ac e immediately—being desirous t o o b tain t h e ca detship, and fearing his opp or t un i ty would be lost. His friend regar ded the scheme as a n u tt er a b surdity, said that Jac k son could never stand the prelimi nary examination, discouraging things. Jackson was hopeful and importunate and finally obtained the letter. That very evening he bor rowed a horse to ride to Clarksburg, where the stage, proba bly a weekly one, was about to start on its eastern journey. He He mounted the steed ; a negro boy, who was to rideehibnd him. and the roads business was return it safely to the owner, being can fall only in Western Virginia, Thus and then did the youthful aspirant take leave asrains na tive county. Heavy rains had been falling for weeks, in such a state as they can be nowhere else. Not much travelled in transacted in those parts ; n ot many people before or after An hour those days, and in such weather. with the postmaster, time was of no great moment, and • l bags and the prudent foresight, h a d d espatc hed his mail perched and over those the great unwieldy stage that conveyed ul time. No toil somein- roads, a full hour before the usualbreak his promise, ducement could tempt young Jackson to break the borrowed and the negro boy was duly sent back from his horse; nor was he himself to be easily turned mud, he set off, an d such . pur pose; so in the midst of such rain miles an hour is on foot, in pursuit of the stage.:Four in those mountain toler able travelling at the best of times h on a dark stormy m are dis tricts; but this was a toilsome ;t g were traversed night, and thirteen weary E° ° - I am not before the youth overtook the st Tid e stage was bound ac curately informed how far this sk il either city being towards Richmond or AVashingto, and several days jour near upon 200 miles from his home , i he indulged in this ney over the mountains. Probe 3' Rowley, or at most to mode of travelling only as far asl e alley' It would Winchester, or or to Staunton, in tl v to be obtained at the pear that his first introductions wer e of his being there; State capital, Richmond, for eve hear carried his scanty but ono thing is certain—that be ter part of his long wardrobe in hand, and made the greater on his arrival at journey on foot ; for we are assured that„ "all muddy as he Washington, he presented his letter, a kindly, and, in his was" to Mr. Hayes, who received him War, who turn, presented him to the Secretary of and perseverance by re warded his praiseworthy ambition ...... life of " Slone • granting the much-coveted presentation. wall Jackson."bm ea on: his ochera t e THEATRICAL Ox A new nautical drawl," says the Sunday Times, " is in active rehearsal at the Surrey. Mr. Leigh Murray will shortly re-appear at the Straud in a now and original character. The Lyceum is definitively fixed to open on. Saturday, 24 la October."_ FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct. 3.—The market has been heavy, and Stock having been offered, the business done shows a decline on yesterday's quotations. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f. 65c. Mobilier has also receded, being now at 1,165 fr. Railway Shares are also on the declining scale. The market closed as follows : it per Cents. 96 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 60 Credit Mobilier 1163 75 Do. end month 116 5 Bank Shares 3335 Credit k oucier 1 325 Italian Loan 73 30 Do. end month 73 55 New ditto Do. end month 74 30 Russian Austrian .. B4 50 Spanish Threes — Home Debt ALA ILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern .... 990 .. New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1020 .. 995 Geneva 497 60 .. Southern 715 .. 715 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 6SU .. 650 Ditto to Barcelona - PRUSSIA. A Berlin letter declares that German diplomatists in various States are occupied with the task of re futing the memorial addressed to the King of Prus sia by his Ministers on the subject of the Frankfort Congress. " That reply," ad,ls the letter, " will entail no small amount of labour ; it will requirc , weeks of deliberation and a long exchange of de spatches. The Austrian Cabinet is to perform the duty of reporter ; the document on leaving its hands is to be submitted to several Courts interested, and on receiving their approbation will be forwarded to Berlin in the form of a collective note." TIIE NATIONAL SHAKSPEARE COMMITTEE. — The names of the Count de Montalembert, Charles Reed, Esq., and John Leighton, Esq., have been added to the National Shakspeare Committee during this past week. In a cordial letter addressed to Mr. Linnaeus Banks, one of the honorary secretaries of the National Shakspeare Committee, the illustrious Count de Montalsm bert says :—" Paris, Sept. 21, 1863. Sir,—Different cir cumstances of a painful nature have prevented my sooner answering the letter you did me the honour of addressing to me in June last, relating to the Tercentenary of Shalt. speare's birth. I can but teel extremely flattered that the Provisional Shakspeare Committee should have thought of me, and shall be deeply honoured to see my name enlisted amongst those who wish to pay homage to the greatest genius of England, and perhaps of modern Europe. Pray, therefore, inform ma of what I am to do, in order to respond to the views of the committee, besides giving the use of my name.—l have the honour to remain, Sir, with sincere re gard and sympathy, your obliged and obedient servant, Le Count de Montalembert." Intimations having been re ceived from Dublin, Glasgow, and other most imp)rtant cities, that their inhabitants desire to help the cause, the At henteum announces that steps are being taken to establish in various parts of the kingdom local committees in aid of the committee sitting iu On Tuesday last, for example, a working men's meeting was held in the Philo sophical Institution, Birmingham, to take into considera tion the question of erecting a national monument to Shakspeare on the occasion of the approaching tercentenary, when the following resolution was adopted by the meeting :—" That it is desirable that the working men of Birmingham should co-operate with the London committee for the purpose of erecting a national monumont in commemoration of the an niversary of the three-hundredth birthday of Shakspeare ; and that this meeting pledges itself to assist in raising sub scriptions for that purpose." It is suitable enough that the working men of Warwickshire should set the example, no doubt to be followed by the working men and all other men threughout the land. LITERATURE. Ned locksley ; the Etonian. Two Vols. Bentley. "Tender-hearted, yet strong-souled, just in rule, brave in war, serving God," such is the character of Edward Locksley, one of the most delightful and loveable heroes that we . have read of for many a long day. Numerous read ers w i ll close the secon d volume, which ends his eventful history, with pro found emotion, mingled, as in our own instance, with a feeling of indignation against the author for the melancholy ending he has given to what might have been a most charming and gratifying story. The slip between the cup and the lip which befalls poor Edward on his return from his Indian campaign, when, almost within sight of hid beloved home, he falls in with his cousin, the artful, designing Keane Burkitt, the evil genius of the book, is singularly tantalising. At the same time the author of this very clever story is no doubt aware that, however much novel readers may delight in a happy-ending tale, where " all goes merry as a marriage bell," and " all's well that ehels well," yet there is an indes cribable charm, as the Bride of Lammermoor can testify, about a story with a pathetic close. We dismiss the happy lovers when the curtain falls, but our memories are strangely haunted by the spirits of those whose misfortunes have been able to call forth our tears. We doubt whether ever little Nell and dear little Paul, charming as they undoubtedly are, would maintain so firm a hold upon our affections, were it not for the exceeding pathos which lingers round their early graves. All these reflections we have called up to reconcile us to the close of the story of" Ned Locksley" with which, to say the truth, we have been grievously disappointed—with the close of the story, that is to say, not with the story itself. Ned Locksley had fairly won our deepest interest and admiration by reason of his frank, tender .hearted, chivalrous, and manly charac teristics. His is not the character, in truth, of an ordinary novel-hero. There is something original and attractive about him from the days of his early boyhood. The opening chapters are capi tally described. The two home- pictures at the Locksleys and at Cransleigh are very charming. Edward is blessed with a tender-hearted, but when occasion requires it, a strong-souled mother, and a father from whom he inherits his frank and fearless temperament. He grows up in close companionship with Philip, Earl of Cransfield, the only son of a widowed mother, who does her best to supply a father's place to him, and who wisely considers the friendship of Edward Locksley, the best gift she can ensure to her young son. The opening scene is a specimen of the happy boyish life of the two heroes. " THE DOMESTIC TELL !" " Capital I But it wasn't on a live boy's head, though ?" " What odds if it had been 1"' " All the odds in the world, Ned. Funk makes a fel low's hand shake." "Stop a bit, then, and I'll try again with Tommy Wil mot. Here I Tommy I Tommy! " But when it was expla;ned to Tommy, the gardener's son, that he was to stand blindfold whilst Master Locksley shot a bolt at an apple on his head, he manifested an unac countable repugnance. In vain was he shown two apples spitted in succession by the marksman's skill : in vain was he made acquainted with the story of the gallant Switzer's boy : in vain was an offer made to dispense with the brass fertile on the bolt. Then bribes were tried, a now sixpence and a bag of marbles. Then came hard words: "ho was a muff:" "he was a monkey." Lastly, lam sorry to say, came threats, whereat he threw himself upon his back on the turf, kick ing and screaming for " Mammy 1" " Ugh! the little toad I" said both his tormentors, with the most ingenuous indignation. "I have it, though," said the Earl, after a pause. "Let's get Mrs. Locksley's big china jar out of the back drawing room, stick it on a stool with the apple atop. It's no end of funky to shoot at." It was indeed. Even Ned's recklessness quailed. " A nice boy you are," quoth his lordship; risk Tommy Wilmot's life or eyes and hank the crockery I Well I" This was more than Ned could stand. Indoors he want, and brought out the jar in one hand, a tall stool in the other. On a lid squatted a grinding dragon with a smooth round pate. Thereon a pippin was then craftily poised, and the Earl stepped off the distance at which they had been shooting before. Their weapon was a cross-bow, their bolt of wood tipped with a brass ferule. Ned took aim so steadily that his companion muttered, " He'll do it now." So, perhaps, he would, but for a saucy may-fly and a hungry swallow. The may-fly danced right in the line of aim ; the swallow darted, snapped at and seized her. The gleam of the bird's glossy back dazzled Ned's eye too late to check the finger on the trigger. Off went the head of the golden dragon o 1 the dynasty of Ming. The jar is happily mended, but Ned's " uncompro mising honesty" makes a full confession necessary. So identified are the two boys in all their relation ships that liidy Constance, the elder sister of the young earl, considers Ned as much her brother as lie does Phil. Not so the young Etonian, as the following scene discloses : " SEEING IS KNOWING. " _ Soon she went forward, and over the slope, away. Ned quick as thought, pressed upward from the other side, Ile reached the spot. Her footprint was yet fresh upon the moss. He knelt down and kissed it passionately twice or thrice, gathered a few shreds of the moss where his lips had touched her footmark; picked a few floating rose•leaves from the water, and put both tenderly into his breast. "Ned I" He turned at the dear voice of one who was almost his mother too. Lady Cransdale sat on a marble seat close by; where she had been in conversation with her daughter. N e d ! dear Ned ! Come here, and let me know at once what meaning there is in what I have just seen you do ?" So he sat down beside her, and forced himself to speak, and told her what it meant, in the simplest, strongest words that he could find. He was so frank and manly, in his genuine and deep emotion, that it cut her to the quick ; for she dearly loved the lad. Her long-lost Philip's early ten derness for him, her own obedient adoption of it, all her indulgent motherliness in proof—to think that all should end in haying toiled him thus I The meshes were self wrought, perhaps; but what of that ? She felt that they were wrought in with living fibres of a true loving heart. No unravelling was possible; they must be rent. Her mournful firmness was the only consolation she could give him. She put on no idle affectation that his hurt was slight; she was no fool to think nor hypocrite to feign it. She had known and loved him all his life long as a boy, and had held him up to that hour, for no more. But when he had opened out his hem tin its honesty, she saw and owned him for a man—with a man's capacity to suffer, she prayed it might be with a man's strength to bear. "You have been dreaming, Ned. So, indeed, have I ; dreaming or blind. But open your eyes as mine are open now, and see for yourself that you have dreamt what can not be." It cannot be, for Constance has an older and more suitable love in Lord Royston, and the disappointed youth turns with double ardour to seek for military glory in India, whither his thoughts had often turned ; but his career had been otherwise ordained by his father. Now, however, it is his mother her self, while her heart is broken at the prospect of a separation, who bids him go. She loves him too well to let his life be embittered by the double dis appointment. Very beautiful and touching is the scene between the father and mother, when the latter earnestly pleads her son's cause; and very beautiful also is the scene between mother and son, with the repetition again and again of a remark, that haunts Edward's memory long afterwards—" only a mother's heart." So Edward goes to India, where stirring adventures await him; but he maintains to the last his dauntless spirit and his affectionate heart. We will not further disclose the secrets of his career, but refer our readers to his very inte resting history. Silt W. ATHERTON.—The Durham Advertiser understands that although ho has resigned the office of Attorney-General, Sir Wm. Atherton intends to retain his seat for the city of Durham. FI ELDING'S COTTAGE TREES D EST itOY ED.—New railroads are still fast rooting up old landmarks. The one on the western road near Shepherd's Bush has recently swept away a group of fine old trees, beneath which Fielding often sat when lie had his abiding place in the cottage hard by. READING ON RAILWAYS INJURIOUS TO THE EYE SIGHT.—Mr. Benjamin Travers, the oculist, used to attribute a good share of his well-earned income to the closely-printed double-columned editions of books which used to vex the human eye in his days. Warning was given, with the usual results. A new danger to vision fol lowed, when reading was indulged in by travellers on rail ways. Admonition was soon raised against it, but it was unheeded. The consequent evil has been great, and medi cal men in England and on the continent are striving to counteract it. One especially, Dr. Legrand de Saulle, states that the difLulty to which the eye is.put by the shaking of the vehicle, often induces a slight congestion of the retina, and that a persistence in the habit may bring on congestion of the brain. g l irdat final piEN ihri4 Return of the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Marlborough-house, Pall-mall, at a quarter past 10 o'clock on Saturday night from the King's cross terminus of the Great Northern Railway. 'Their Royal Highnesses, attended by Lieut.-Gen. Knollys, Captain Grey, and the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey, left Edinburgh i❑ the forenoon. Yesterday morning the Prince and Princess of Wales attended Divine Service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Garden, Eub.d e an . The anthem was, " Sing we merrily unto God"—Crotch. Captain Grey and the H3n. Mrs. W. Grey were in attendance on their Royal Highnesses. The Duke of Cambridge was also present at the service. Captain Grey has relieved Lieut.-Colonel Keppel in his duties as the Equerry in Waiting to the Prince of -Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales in Edinburgh, Oa Friday evening their itoyel Highnesses dined with the Lord Provost, at his residence in George square. The preparations made by his brdship for the reception of his royal guests were on a scale of great magnitude and magnificence. The nurseries at Inverleith row were liberally laid under contri bution to supply choice evergreens,flowers, and hot house plants for the embellishment of the various apartments. Painters and decorators took posses sion of the establishment, and lavished their in genuity in novel and effective designs. Mirrors were employed without limitation to magnify and reproduce the splendours of the rooms, and illumi nated stained-glass •windows were introduced to heighten the effect of the decorations. The dining room on the ground floor was moat magnificently fitted up. One of the windows overlooking the meadows was taken out, and an arbour of beau tiful plants was formed outside which stretched into a vista, the end of which seemed au immeasure able distance away. Long waving palm branches were ingeniously arranged so as to produce a most striking effect; rare tropical plants of the most luxurious foliage, intertwined with delicate tinted flowers, were disposed in the most artistic fashion ; mirrors were placed so as to reproduce the flowers and the plants, and magnify the vista till the eye lost itself in a dim maze of foliage, and the effects of the whole were heightened and magnified by a blaze of light. Towards the upper end of the room a combination of heather and flowers was wrought into an ingenious device, in the centre of which was placed a small fountain of clear water. The fur nishings of the dinner table were of the most sump tuous and costly description, and the general ar rangement of the room was most elegant. On the decoration of the drawing room neither labour nor money was spared, and the effect was strikingly magnificent. Adjoining the drawing-room was a boudoir for the Princess, which was most tastefully designed. The roof was concealed by a white lace canopy of fine wavy outline, and the walls were covered with white muslin. The furnishings were extremely elegant, and the whole of the interior fittings realised the idea of a magnificent Oriental tent. The Prince and Princess left Stanley's Hotel about 20 minutes past seven, and drove in a covered carriage to George-square. The announcement that their Royal Highnesses were to dine at the resi dence of the Lord Provost had the effect of drawing together a very large crowd in the square, who cheered the royal couple loudly as they alighted. Their Royal Highnesses were received at the entrance of the mansion by the Lord Provost and Mrs. Graham Lawson. Dinner was served precisely at half-past seven, and on the com pany assembling the Lord Provost had the honour of conducting the Princess to the dining-room, and his Royal Highness the Prince conducted Mrs. Graham Lawson. The band of the 3d Hussars was stationed in a temporary apartment adjoining the drawing-room, and played selections of music during dinner. The Lord Provost also gave an evening party at half-past nine. The Prince and Princess remained for about an hour in the drawing-room, and listened with much apparsnt pleasure to several pieces of music played on the pianoforte by some of the ladies present. Their Royal Highnesses departed about 11 o'clock, and the company left shortly after wards. The Court Circular states that orders were sent to Windsor Castle to have all the rooms usually occupied by her Majesty and the Royal family in readiness by the 17th inst. On Wednesday last the Queen caused to be presented to the 'Windsor Dispensary portraits of herself and the Prince Consort, admirably lithographed by Vinter, from the last paintings her Majesty and the Prince Coneurt sat fur to Winterhalter. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Priacess Mary, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Home Purves, leave the duchess's chateau at Rumpenheim, near Frankfort, either on Wed nesday or Thursday next, for their residence at St, James's. Palace, on their way to Kew. The Duke of Rutland has arrived in town from his seat in Derbyshire. The Earl and Countess Russell and the Ladies. Russell intend to leave Minto House, near Hawick, Rox— burghshire, where they have been visiting the Earl and. Countess of Minto, for Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park. The Earl and Countess of Erru:l and family have. arrived in Grafton•street from SlaMs Caste, Aberdeen— shire. Lord Brougham will leave Brougham Hall to morrow for Edinburgh, to preside at the annual meeting: of the Social Science Congress. The noble and learned lord will be the guest of the Lord Provost during his sojourn, in that city. The Marquis d'Alterre and party have arriv ed at the Brunswick, Jerruyn-street, from Newmarket. Lady Katherine Wigram died oa Wednesday last, at St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbrightshire. The decease ci lady was the youngest a the two daughters of Thoma 3, fourth Earl of Selkirk, by Jean, only daughter of 11,:. James W edderburn Colville, and consequently sister of th present peer. Her ladyship, who was in her 47th year, married, in January, 1849, Mr. Loftus Tottenham Wigram.. HEALTH OF LORD LYNDIIURST. The inquiries to-day at his Lordship's residence', George -street, Hanover-square, were exceedingly numerous. The following is the latest bulletin : " October E. ------ -- 6; His Lordship passed a tranquil night, his symP toms are much improved, and at present his streogth. is holding out better tban I could have expected.. " nioltAs HAMKSLEY, M.D." " UNBLEACIIED AMERICANS" has become, we are told, among the Yankees, the new title of coloured men, in. place of the vulgar word "nigge..rs." THE SKELETON would seem to be the favourite ghost—the party so much envied by Sydney Smith on a hot day, when he longed to "take off his flesh and sit i n his bones." His pretensions are formidable. no is "all there," as they say at the Strand, with due deductions on the score of "my Lady W o r m ." Ho is no m asquera d er in other men's attire, like those other larcenous and mean spirited ghosts who go about in other people's Chesterfields and Albert watch-guards. His motto is num cuique. Being an honest ghost ho is undoubtedly entitled to have his claims considered in a fair and candid manner. But modern science, like modern history, or, to speak more accurately, modern-ancient history is analytical, rigorous, and incredulous. A man has been known to pass an old friend unrecognised in the park. How, then, shall he be expected to identity a chapiess skull ? But our quarrel with a skeleton-ghost is anatomical rather than moral. A man's osseous system is, we are taught, connected and held toge ther by certain integuments and skews. "W hen these decay the bones fall into a shapeless heap. Ilas any one ever reflected that it would take a medical student in his third year, and several yards of iron wire, to qualify one of these skeleton ghosts to stand for his portrait ? Who's to do it, or what is to justify a ghost in playing the ilaneur in this fashion, as if he had a hospital house-surgek;n for a valet ? Tricked out, tied togeth er, an d ma d e up like Beau Bium mall going t o a d rawing -room, the skeleton. ghost is indeed made presentable to civilised society, but at an awful sae rifice of truth and fidelity. We have no objection to hits in a physician' s cupboard or it the Museum of the College of Surgeons. But as a skeleton who has picked himself up and Put himself together before assuming this spectral illusion, he, is a terrible impostor,--London .Bcview. F