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EATRE ROYAL DRURY - LANE, ___ 3lanazers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will nerform New and Oritzinal Farce, by Messrs. Wm Brotrzh and A. Halliday, entitled MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS: characters by Mr. J. Neville, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Warde, Mr. J. Minis; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss Hartieur. After which. Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. /Messrs. Phelps, Ryder, Rayner, Meagreson, Ward, Spencer ; Miss Eburne, Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss Ritter, Miss Cicely Notl, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. To conclude with an Original Farce. by J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled BEAUTY OR THE BEAST. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, Spencer, and G. Weston ; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss R. Leclerc'. THEATRE ROYAL HAY M ARKET. - Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, SILKEN FETTERS : Messrs. Chas.es Mathews, Chippendale, W. Farren, Howe, &c. ; Mesdam C. Mathews and M. llarris. Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles athews, Mathews, Compton,Weathersby, ac. ; Mesdames C. M L Keeley. Griffith, &c. Followed by COOL AS A CUCUM BER. Mr. C. Mathews. And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at 7. ROYAL LY CEU NI THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fcchter. BEL DEMONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening nt il further not ice. THIS EVENING, the Comedietta, b W. Silbert, entitled UNCLE BABY : bless e s. Widdicombe; J.G enti t l e ,• bliss P. Leclercq, and Carlotta Leclercq. After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle by' Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac- Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, ' ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charleq Brougham, Emery Raymond, Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. La Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. venue, ht re. Doors open at half-past 6—commence at 7. IFEBOAT SERVICES. —During the recent J heavy gales some of the boats td the Na!ional Lifeboat Institution saved 67 p2rsons from ifferent wrecks. The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to the public for ASSISTANuE to enable them to meet the con tinued heavy demands on the Institution's 1251iW:oat estab lishments. Contributions are received by all the London and country bankers , and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, at the Institution, 1-1, J ohn-street, Adelphi, W.C. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, Wsllace's Romantic Opera, THE DESERT FLOWER: Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne Messrs. W. H. Weiss, H. Cond. A. Cook, and W. Harrison. To conclude with THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE. Miss Thirlwall and lllr H. Corni. Conductor, Mr. A_ Mellon. Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. LEAM-EVERY NIGHT. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI .- Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Web s t er . THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TitAGEDY QUEEN : 3lrs. Stirling. At 8, the New Drama of LEAH: 7th week of Mtge Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil jin,ton, Stuart, A Wood, I,:burne, Miss 11. Simms and Mrs. To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRESS : Miss woolgar and Mr. A. Wood. • ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborouzli. THIS EVENING, THE LADIES' BATTLE. Miss Button, Mr. Leigh Murray. After which, NIIRIAIPS CRIME. Messrs. G. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss lCSacille, and Miss Manders. To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Oars be had Every Evening of G. It. GLI:NIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIN DAY.— Morning, 7h. lm.—Afternoon, 7h. 33m. o-moußow.-Morning, Bh. 10m.—Afternoon, Sh. 48m. The Weather—Sun Office, Nov. 18, 1863. VIERNEOM ETER. This day:at Two o'clock Barometer-30.19. Wind—South; moderate, and fine.' ( Q.1)111t ,v,p" Nib tflt o'l-1111.7: THh SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVE NIBER 18, 1803. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18, 1863. According to the advices now brought to us from the American seat of war, almost simultaneously, by ..-Etna and the Damascus, events, there, at the central point of all, really do appear for once to be very imminent. The last date brings the tidings from New York down to the 9th of November. According to which latest intelligence, the Federals under General MEADE had at length advanced in earnest against the Confederates under General LEE. The latter having had his forces previously diminished by 30,000 men, and being consequently enormously outnumbered, the telegram says " overwhelmingly outnumbered," had been couipelled there and then to hurry back across the Rappahannock, before the general ad vance of the main army of the North, leaving, as he did so, several cannon, and as many, it is said, as nearly two thousand prisoners in the hands of the Federals. This occurred, it should be borne in mind, on the Saturday. Upon the following day, the Sunday that is, the Federals is their turn also crossed over the Rappahannock, the confederates falling back before them towards t -: 4l pepper. While these movements were being nl ade respectively by the two opposing Com- Z a t llt . 4 ers-in-Chief—with regard to General BURN rentristanCeS were falling out, as it happened, quite differently. Two of his advanced positions had fallen into the possession of the Confederates, and, wi t h those two positions, the half of two regi ments the re stationed. President DAVIS was re ported to have 3 to have p ' lB t then visited Charleston, and was known ronDance d it impregnable. Fort Sumter according to the last accounts, not to have succumb e d, til , forces General THOMA S ' s erroneously intimated were no less certainly e a r t known to g as still i n a perilous situation at Chattanooga, y the Confe der abard by still steadily holding their position at Lookoutoman, Mr. s Mo un t a i n . S uc h in brief was the ge n eral situation. In the midst of which that amazing little 1E 'v Am), was, to express the thing accur ately, d e li; . ws nga peace speech through th e war trum pet. assert ing quite confidently, in this speech, his Conviction that there could be no peace until Mr. LINCOLN was President of the whole United Staten -_~more it—Re -United State accurately to put s! Mr. tiEWARD (wonderful man while asserting this, remarking that he himself anticipated (so likely;) the early submission o f the insurgents, " when"—this being the last nasal twang from the F e d era l Stump at Washington— " when there would be peace, and the angels in Heaven might tune their harps to the symphony of such a peace ! " What was that preposter ous Haymark et ejaculation n i g htly convu l s i ng the audience with laughter during the whole of last season, otherwise during the long triumph o f Mr. SOTHERN as Lord DUNDREARY what Was that utterly ridiculous ejaculation marking one of the most telling exits of our American Cousin, " Played by Mr. BUCKSTONE ? It is alone appli cable at th e t a il o f thi s ce l es ti a l r h o d omon t a d e o f \ SEWARD. That same amazing man (Mr. SEWARD), Mr. BUCKSTONE, could alone cap with another such ejeculation as that of his well-re membered " 7 e-rusalem !" The news from New Zealand is now looked for with an interest not generally attaching to colonial intelligence. Th e war, which seems now to be regarded on both sides as a final struggle between the natives and the settlers for supremacy, has not advanced much further since the receipt of our last advices, but nearly the whole of the tribes are now involved in the struggle. With the exception of the tribes living north of the Auckland isthmus and a few chiefs among the southern districts, all the native population has risen against Euglish rule. Many of them have entered the lists Irom fear of the Waikatos. who are the ringleaders, since they suppose that if the Waikatos succeed in t; le struggle they would exterminate all who bad refused to join them. The agents of the Maori King are actively engaged in endeavouring to shake the allegiance of those tribes that still remain faithful to our rule, but as yet unsuccessfully. The confis cation of the lands of the hostile tribes is at present the chief question of the day, and the colonists are almost unanimous in desiring the threatened seizure to be carried into effect. It would certainly be an effectual mode of punishing the rebels, an d would give a double security to the colonist s by replacing those treacherous neighbours by armed Europeans, es ell qualified to hold their ground. Excellent and effectual as this mode of dealing with the Maoris might be in some respects, th e re are unques tionably some difficulties attending it, as it will be an awkward matter to c onfiscate the property of the guilty parties without inflicting some hardships on neutral tribes who have either stood aloof from the contest altogether or ranked themselves on our side. The native tenure of land is unfortunately very intricate, and its possession is a point on which the Maoris are peculiarly susceptible. Still, not withstanding all these drawbacks, there is no ques tion that the confiscation of many of the native lands is an act not only advisable but necessary to the preservation of the colony. It is proposed to form a chain of military settlements throughout the principal native districts, each settlement consisting of 100 men. This dispersion of European forces throughout the country will serve more than any ' thing else to check the plots and conspiracies of the natives. Any combined hostile movement on their these twill be rende re d qu ite impossible by means of watchposts. When the war is at an end the occupants of these outposts will be employed in the construction of roads, connecting one settlement with the other, and breaking into the heart of those native wilds, whose intricacies have proved the best protection to the natives. That the Go vernment have pretty well determined upon the measure of confiscation is shown by their promising volunteers grants of land in the Waikato district. The description given of the native position shows clearly the extreme difficulty which there is in dealing with them on their own ground, more especially as, however much inferior to Europeans in open fight, they can offer a desperate and prolonged resistance when safely entrenched. They are at present encamped upon a hill sloping steeply towards a river's bank which only offers one spot for landing, being very much broken. On either side the hill is defended by impenetrable swamps, while the opposite bank is also too swampy for the planting of cannon. In the rear are more swamps, streams, and forests, described as forming a perfect labyrinth, so that it will be admitted that the position has been well selected. Notwithstanding the network of swamp and forest, however, it is considered most probable that General CAMERON will endeavour to take the position from the rear. He is bridging the rivers and making other preparations, with a view to an assault on Meri-Merl, as the locality of the encamp ment is called. The engagement will be a severe one, as the natives muster in a force, it is said, amounting to near 2,000 men. These are armed with muskets, provided with every description of projectiles, and a striking proof of the ingenuity of the natives, and their readiness of resources, is given by an incident connected with the question of am munition. They were greatly in need of percus sion caps, and altogether at a loss to supply the deficiency. But necessity is the mother of invention, and before long a native woman was found endeavouring to purchase a large quantity of brass eyelet holes, such as are used for lacing, with the object, it was discovered, of converting them into percussion caps, by means of a common lucifer , thrust firmly into the hole ! It will not do to de spise these antagonists, as though, of course, in ferior to European soldiers in action, they cannot, from their quickness, invention, and skill, be classed among the general order of savages. Our British soldiers are too apt to underrate them, as was proved the other day, when a party at work in the woods very imprudently piled their arms up and left them unguarded. As might have been expected, the natives took advantage of this oversight to possess themselves of the guns. Such occurrences, it is to be hoped, will teach our men a very necessary lesson. A bushman would not have left his guns without a watch. To miscalculate your enemy's power of resistance is a very common and a very serious error, and it is one into which British forces, not well versed in the character of the - Maoris, are very likely to fall. It is a mistake, too, which may be made by civilians as well as by military men, and those who anticipate that one battle, however sanguinary, will terminate the war will probably be disappointed. The natives will, no doubt, as long as possible, avoid a pitched battle, but will try to maintain a guerilla warfare, harassing the English, and murdering the outlying settlers. It is a grievous hindrance to the otherwise thriving fortunes of the colony, for although the settlers have responded nobly to the appeal of the Government, the call to arms of every male capable of bearing them must press heavily on the resources of a young settlement. The arrival of reinforce ments from India is eagerly looked for, and great expectations are excited by the proposed employ ment of the Sikhs, who are considered peculiarly well fitted to deal with the Maoris. Australia, as we anticipated, has come boldly to the rescue, and the chief object of interest in certain districts is the equipment and departure of the volunteers for New Zealand. The offer of land in return for military service was an excellent thought, as it not only affords a powerful incentive to the volunteering spirit, bat it serves to people the country with those best qualified to protect themselves and the settle ments. A thousand of such men are now, we are told, on their way from Sydney, and many more are needed and may be looked for. The next mail will probably bring us news of the attack on Meri-meri, and 1 „„",",, we hope chronicle a decisive success on the Part es the brave and much enduring settlers. Tie affai r of • the Africa has caused considerable confusio n in many quarters, and been the means of occasioning much diversity of opinion among those who are connectedth naval matters. It is doubt less a hard thi n fora man of Captain STONE'S reputation to be planed n so k awward a position — t o have his conduct the i nhiect of inquiry, and to encoun ter the adverse opinionof his judges. Yet, gran ti n g all this, it seem, th at the decision of the Court is a correct one. Too much en care and caution cann ot be adopte d in cases where life is at stnke, is risked, h es i deß rnportant in at e n r d e swt s h a c t i e h opmroepybeeritng mixed up in th, transactions. Of course there are many captains w h o do the same continually, and in m ost cases escape any serious consequences ; but that does not sanction the f act of carelessness being inexcusable, d of inadvertency causing the most serious risks to those committed to the care of the commander of the vessel. The habit of proceeding at the ordinary rate o f spee d without being certain of the distance from the land is a very dangerous practice. It is of no avail for the masters of vessels to quote precedents, for what may be all right at one time is not sure of being so at another, and no tediousness of examination, a nd no time spent in detail, should be regarded as unneces sary care or overdue caution. It is the ordinary custom with men in dealing with effas.rs of any moment to select such cases as have proved to be of some serious nature as examples .f)r future prece dent and warning. Of course by this means many notable instances of dereliction of duty are passed over, because they have not produced casualties, and thence escape detection. This seeming anomaly it i s very difficult to avoid, and perhaps it is idle to e xpect that it can be done altogether. There is one thing to say, that the more stringent the conduct, and the more severe the penalties of the Court, the greater chance is there that some de terring influence be interposed and some restrain ing power put upon the future arrangements of those captains who are entrusted with so grave a responsibility. Taking all things into consi deration, it must appear that the adjudicators in this case had no other alternative than to inflict a stern sentence. They had to take cognisance of a breach of discipline, and to consider what amount of blame attached itself to one who, vested with authority and charged with responsibility, had in some measure failed in due care, and exhibited a recklessness that cost dear to many, and might have proved fatal to all. Considering the points of the case, then, it appears that no other than an adverse decision could have been come to, and if so the penalty inflicted is not such a severe one as some would make out. It wodld be a want of respect for the importance of the service, and a condoning of injuries inflicted on the vital interests of the community, if any one acknow ledged act of carelessness was indemnified as a single false step passed over in a slurring or smuggling manner. Baneful as this most untoward event must be to the friends and well-wishers of Captain STONE, it must be borne in mind by them that those whom they regard as cruel judges are in a very difficult position. It would not do for them to shirk inquiry, or to alter their deci sion, because the character of the individual ar raigned before them was of the highest order, or in consequence of the accused party possessing vast talents and great experience. It is theirs to take cognisance of facts and note actions, and then to de liver a fair and impartial judgment. The conduct of officers, the due attention to the regulations of the service, the safety of thousands, the welfare of pri vate interests, the claims of mercantile property, all call for, and claim some sure and steadfast promise of inflexibility and decision, It seems, therefore, very uncalled for that so much opposition should have arisen in consequence of the decision in the case of Captain STONE. Neither of the two attempts made to reverse the finding of the Court and to reinstate the accused in his former position without any delay, ran certify that ho is innocent of the accusations that have been brought against him. Reference to past merit and previous services is not a valid reason, nor does it furnish a sufficient excuse for reversing the decrees of those who have atten tively considered the question, and judged according to the best of their ability. It is begging the ques tion to declare that a fault must not be visited with grave consequences, because the offender has previously been expert in his profession and suc cessful in his ventures. Without doubting the accuracy of the testimony brought forward on be half of Captain STONE, or questioning the correct ness of the flattering opinion pronounced upon his services, it must be stated that the conclusion de duced by the petitioners does not follow from their premises. if he made two hundred voyages with success, and then from want of due care failed in achieving the like happy result on a subsequent occasion, those who suffer by the mischance, andithose who sit in judgment on the affair, do not concern themselves with the many but with the one. It has been shown that due precautions were not adopted when circum stances called for them, and that at a perilous part the accused party did not slacken his speed nor " use his lead." Surely, from such well proved statements the Court were right in coming to their conclusion, and it is to be regretted that so much bitterness has been excited, and so much censure directed against its finding. It was the more incumbent upon the judges of the Court of Inquiry to exercise a strict supervision, because many serious evils have occurred from want of care on the part of captains. In the case of the " Orpheus," which was wrecked on the Manakau Bar when starting on her voyage to England, the fault was with the captain, who had neglected to provide himself with a pilot, which was an indis pensable precaution to have adopted in so dangerous locality ; also in the melancholy affair of the loss of the Anglo Saxon great censure was attributed to the captain, inasmuch as he did not slacken his speed nor adopt due precautions. It is, therefore, easy to understand, and not difficult to explain how and why the finding of the Court in the case of Captain STONE should have been what it was, but it is not al ways possible to convince people of the necessity of strict investigation, and extreme mea sures, when their feelings are concerned and their interests involved. Those who adjud:cate are, how ever, to be pitied if, when they do their best, they meet with misrepresentation, and are vilified when they deserve appreciation. The cause of truth, and the claims of society, are best vindicated when those in authority go on steadily and securely, looking neither to the right nor to the left, hut persisting in their straight line of inquiry, and acting there upon to the best of their endeavours, and with honest purpose and upright minds. Misrepresen tations always await those thus circumstanced, and their decisions must often cause disappointment, but individual feelings must succumb to general good, and particular ideas cannot be suffered to in terfere with the carrying out of public claims, and the representation of the interests of the com munity. These must reign paramount, or all trials would become a mockery, and justice a byword and a reproach. A LOST HEIR.—A paragraph in an Australian newspaper lately appeared, headed " Wanted, a Baronet," the paragraph being an advertisement for a Mr. Hughes, who by the death of a relative had come into a baronetcy. The lost heir has been found near Ballarat. The Ballarat Star says :—" A gentleman of Cardigan, on read ing the paragraph, at once remembered where the baronet was located. He proceeded to Bunker's Hill, and there discovered the person so long sought after in a very poor and miserable position. Ile narrated to him the object of his visit, and showed him the paragraph wherein it was stated that he had become the lucky heir to a baronetcy and considerable landed property. Sir Frederick was by no means astonished, as ho was fully aware that, sooner or later, should he not die before the late holder of the property, he would fall in for it and the title. The change, however, is a welcome one, as it appears that Sir Frederick when plain Mr. Hughes followed the humble avocation of a woodcutter at Bunker's Hill, and while felling a tree one day it toppled over sooner than he expected. and, falling upon him, broke ono of his legs. This accident has ren dered him a cripple for life. While confined to bis bed the family fell into very distressed circumstances, and until last week his wife, now Lady Hughes, was in the habit of re ceiving outdoor relief from the Benevolent Asylum. Being a person of superior education she opened a school at Bunker's Hill, and by this means was partly enabled to support the family." THE ALABAMA.—The Hiawatha (Flindt), ar rivedat Col om b o, C ey l on, on th e 2d u lt., from Ganjam, re ported haying met the Confederate steamer Alabama in the Bay °' Bengal, she signalled her, and immediately on re ceiving an answer s e t sa il w ith a ll s t eam on hoisting French colours. haie.e, just outsideat A few days ago duel took place in the Junfrau• com batants were a student and were pistols. The first Hbnade W itan a toi l r l e a d. o b f y tßheeriolfini.cerTbhraokeeo:llhe military officer. The weapons student's thigh bone. N r a e(, li o e s in a dangerous state, anti indeed is not expected to The cause of offence twhaesthat student , at a accidentlyprom e nad k e n c o o c ir e e d r t i i v i h s e e r ea ao officer,o u t in ot his mouth, passing by nee challenged by and, not apologising instantly, Was at the offended youth, LATEST MTELLIGENCE. [AEITTEP.'S TELEGRAM.] SPAIN. MADRID, Nov, 14. The Corresponclenc;a of to-day say's :—" The re ply given by the Spanish Government to the letter addressed by the Emperor Napoleon to the Queen of Spain upon the necessity for assembling an European Congress, confines itself to manifesting the same earnest desire as the chief of the French Government to clearly define rights, and make all possible efforts to assure the peace of Europe. With this sole and exclusive object, the Spanish Govern ment will not consider it inexpedient to send a re presentative to the Congress projected by the Em peror Napoleon." PORTUGAL. LISBON, Nov. 17. Senhor Antonio Joee de Avila has been appointed the delegate to be present on the part of the King of Portugal at the Paris Congress. A friendly compromise between the Government and Mr. Lindsay is reported, FRANCE AND RUSSIA. PARIS, Nov. 13. The statement published by a London paper that Baron de Budberg had stated to 111. Drouyn de Lhuys, as Prince Gortschakoff's reply, that Russia would participate in the Congress, but not until after the pacification of Poland, is entirely un founded. LITERATURE, Aytoun's "Lays," Superbly Illustrated, Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers, and other Poems. By William Edmonstoune Aytoun, D.C.L. With Illustrations, by Joseph Noel Paton, R.S.A. One Vol., pp. 268. Wm. Blackwood and Sons. As a rule, it is only the truest poetry that comes to be thus magnificently illustrated. Occasional exceptions there are to the contrary. But even then, according to the whimsical old saying, those very exceptions to the contrary have actually their advantage, for inasmuch as they serve to " prove the rule," meaning by that, of course, to point or emphasise it. An accomplished banker, for example, like the late Samuel Rogers, gifted by fortune with wealth, and by nature with refined tastes at once in art and in literature—one of those happy-go lucky Coquetters with the Muse who can jot down their rhythmical fancies, so to speak, upon bank-notes, and have them bound afterwards, if they so please it, in lieu of morocco, in cloth of gold—a man thus gracefully endowed in intellect, and bountifully in means, may, just for once in a way, for the gratification of a personal whim, afford the world the wonder, and him self the luxury, of causing the publication of a very indifferent, comparatively speaking a posi tively insignificant, poem, in one of those sump• thous editions that ought to be reserved solely for the real treasures of poetic literature. Of this violation of the fitness of things, "Rogers's Italy," the resplendently illustrated edition of it, that is, may be regarded as perhaps the most striking ex emplar that could be particularised. " Very pretty poetry, Mr. Pope, but not Homer," was the cynical sneer addressed to the translator of the "Iliad" and the " Odyssey." " Very pretty versification, bat not poetry," might certainly have been ad dressed to Mr. Rogers, on the earliest issue of his maundering rhymes about that beautiful land which ought to have been regarded by him as under a kind of literary taboo (at any rate for writers of his calibre), after the wondrous completion of Childe Harold's "Pilgrimage.° It was, at the very least, a preposterous misap plication of one art to another, to the extent of an extravagantly disproportioned adornment—the lavishing, upon a literary nonentity like "Rogers's Italy," of those lovely engravings from sketches made by the first artists of the day—one of them J. M. W. Turner, the first artist of any day as a land scape painter—embellishments suitable, by reason of their exceeding beauty, for the decoration alone of one of the world's greatest masterpieces! Very rarely again, a mistaken popularity will lead to a some what similar result, as in tho instance of an ele gantly embellished edition published a few years since, of Mr. Tupper's Proverbial Philosophy. Re verting to our first remark, however—as a rule, it is only the truest poetry that wins for itself the glory and honour of these superbly illustrated editions — editions that, coming to a poet in his own life time, must be to him the realisation of a sort of Euthanasia. Here, in this magnificent edition of Professor Aytoun's "Lays .of the Scottish Cava liers," is a precise and veritable case-in-point. For here are, in very deed, the true ingots or doubloons of poetry, rung out with the genuine ring, in these_resounding verses—the mere artistic adornment here " is but the guinea stamp," the noble text of the book itself is "the gold for a' that !" Coming in any shape, or in any size, or under any aspect—how the true poetry, like the true gold, is ever sure of its welcome among the children of men, the whole world knows. " Professor Aytoun's Lays of the Scottish Cavalers" were thus welcomed years ago, when published for the first time, at un certain intervals in the pages of Blackwood's Maga zine. Eventually, when the series had been brought to a close in 2laga, they were collected together and reissued from the press, in that collective form, as a separate publication. Since.then, in various shapes and sizes, they have passed through several large editions, and have all the while widened and widened in their popularity. Finally, as if to crown the long-recognised fact of their success, as if to give at last some fitting honour to the great Scotch ballad-writer's reputation, they ap pear, so to speak, in this magnificent apparel, the poet's singing robe receiving at length, as it were, the significant symbol of the purple hem. Here, at any rate, the adornments and decorations are not misplaced. " The Execution of Montrose," as sung by Professor Aytoun, has long since assumed its place among the national poems of Scotland. "The Heart of the Bruce," as chaunted by Aytoun, is one of the cherished gems of Scottish Literature. " Edinburgh after Flodden," as recounted by him, is hardly to be thought of, is certainly not to be read aloud, by any patriot Scot, without tears, those tears-of-sound at least called so exquisitely, les larmes dans la vaix. In how many of the " Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers" may we not recognise readily enough, upon casually turning over these same thickly-gilten leaves, richly bound, exquisitely printed, and still more exquisitely embellished— line after line, each of which has already grown into household words, by reason of a general appre ciation of their intrinsic worth, those "jewels five words long," as the Poet-Laureate has quai n tly but beautifully called them, " that on the stretched fore-finger of all Time sparkle for ever !" Familiar wises for example, in these noble Lava, such, let us say, as 4, They knew so sad a messenger, Some ghastly news must bring, And all of them were fathers, And their sons were with the King !" Instances, however, these, which it were idle here to multiply. Hardly a page but yields them, some times even abundantly. It was a happy selection, therefore, the one here made by the eminent pub lishing firm to whose enterprise modern literature is under so many obligations—the distinguished house to which we are indebted for the great monthly magazine, Maga, as it is called par excel lence, for writers like Wilson, and Pollok, and Ali son, and Moir, for books like " Tom Cringle's Log" and " Ten Thousand a Year "—it was an especially happy choice, we say, that led the Messrs. Black wood to the enterprise which has just now resulted in this singularly beautiful volume. In the mere getting up of the book even, the utmost care has manifestly been taken—the effect of this care being, we should suppose, all that the author himself could well desire. The shattered glaive upon the cover, the royal crown above the thistle, the crossed claymores interwoven with the scroll, bearing upon it the haughty national device, Nemo me impune lacessit —mere external decorations like these evidence the delicate touches of grata which have been applied, even in such minute de tails, to the accessories of the publication. The embellishments scattered through the letterpress, while of variable excellence, are almost all of them worthy of the skilled pencil and imaginative power of the eminent artist, Joseph Noel Paton of the Royal Scotch Academy, from whom they have, nearly all of them, emanated. Nearly all of them, we say, because some few of the designs are from the hand of Waller Paton. 48 indicative of the precautions, taken by the publishers with a view to ensure these designs of the Messrs. Paton being engraved upon wood in the highest style of art, it will be as well perhaps to give here the names of at least nine among the engravers to whose cunning implements the ori ginal sketches have been entrusted o to wit—John Thompson, W.J. Linton. W. Thomas, J. W. Whym• per, J. Cooper, W. T. Green, J. Adams, E. Evans, and Dalziels Brothers. The merit of the illustrations, as we have said, is variable —as, indeed, among so many, could alone in reason have been expected. Several among them, however, are wonderfully fine in their vigour and animation. About the very finest in the book, to our fancy, being the one at page 91, where the Warrior Chief on his black charger fishes by at full gallop over the heather, waving his brand, and crying out to his followers, over his right shoulder, as he bids_ them charge with him into the deadly strif e ofZi at erankie ! Another lovely picture is p i page 105 to the " Widow of Glencoe." March The pre e fix, again, at page 85, to of Dundee" is a worthy illustration‘Th to that moon fel chaunt of Aytoun. M o ntrose, in the tumbril or death-cart, on his way to e xec ution, p. 34, haunts on casual glance at it. even after the most the memory, as we read , One omission we cannot but regret iu regard to this superb gitl-book— the omission of yet one other embellishment as a frontispiece. As a frontispiece to the work, it should be said, indeed, there is no illustration whatever—in itself, as it appears to us, a curious oversight. But what more appropriate illustration as a frontispiece could possibly have been supplied to the edition, by way of completing it, than a likeness' of the true-hearted poet, the Author of these " Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers." That, especially, we regard as an oversight—as the one oversight in this highly elaborated publication. Otherwise, as an illustrated edition of the Lays and of the minor Poems, the book, as a gift-book, is just " one entire and perfect chrysolite." Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Orders have been received by the authorities at Sheerness dockyard that the Amphion, 35, screw steam frigate, re cently purchased by Messrs. Williams and Co„ is to be given up to that firm, with her machinery and boilers. All rigging and stores are to be returned to the dockyard. The Caledonia, 35, screw iron-cased ship, 4,125 tons, 1,900 horse power, has been removed from her moorings into the large basin of Sheerness dockyard, where a num ber of workmen have been placed upon her. She will be brought forward with all despatch for the first division of the Sheerness steam reserve. A considerable portion of the granite sides at the entrance to No. 2 dock at Chatham has been cut away in order to allow of the Achilles being floated out without hanging at the sides. The remainder of the dock entrance will be cut away on the removal of the caisson, which will be taken from its present position about a fortnight before the time fixed for undocking the iron frigate. This arrangement will entail considerable labour on the dockyard officials, who, together with a staff of workmen, will be required to attend at the dockyard both day and night, as the Achilles will float on the rise of each tide, and will afterwards re quire shoring up every time she is lifted. The iron ram Defence, 16, Capt. Augustus Phillimore, got up steam yesterday morning in Hamoaze and proceeded into Plymouth Sound, where she saluted the flag of Port Admiral Sir Charles Fremantle. The iron ship Black Prince, Capt. James F. B. "Wain • wright, was removed yesterday from the Prince's Dock, in Devonport dockyard, and placed in the stream in Hamcaze. By the promotion of Capt. Charles Henry Mason Buckle, C. 8., to flag rank, by the demise of Admiral Sir John Gordon Sinclair, a captain's good service pension is placed at the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty. Major-General F. W. Hamilton, C. 8., Vice. President of the Council of Military Education, resumed his duties on Monday last, after a short leave of absence, The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander C. T. Curme to the Adventure, vice Lethbridge, promoted ; Staff Commander John Stokes to the Hydra; Lieut, Archibald L. Douglas to the Aurora; D. H. Wilder, master, to the Aurora; the Rev. J. J. Harrison, chaplain and naval instructor, to the War rior, vice Jackson, superseded at his own request; James N. Dick, surgeon, to the Hydra; John Millard, second master, to the Hydra; John J. Hayward, paymaster, to the Hydra ; Harry J. Miller, master's assistant, to the Wasp; Henry W. Andrews, assist.-paymaymaster, to the Hydra ; John Weis, engineer, to the Wasp ; George Boyd and James Murray, assist.-engineers, to the Wasp. 'rho above appointments to the Hydra were made at Malta on the 10th inst. RAILWAY AND OTHER COMPANIES, SOUTH-EASTERN. The usual notices of intended application to Parliament have been given by this company for power to extend the Mid-Kent TUilway to Addiscombe-road, Croydon, and from thence to the Caterham Railway. To make a branch from the Tunbridge-wells direct line at Otford to IVesterham. They also propose to make a branch from the Tunbridge wells and Hastings Railway at Battle to Eastbourne. To make extensions to Cranbrook, renterden, Appledore, Hythe, and Sandgate. To raise additional capital for those purposes, and for the purchase of the Mid-Kent Railway. Power to make working agreements with the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, and to dissolve the Mid-Kent Railway Company. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 17.—The market has been in the most complete state of stagnation, and prices can scarcely be considered anything more than nominal. Threes, for the Account, opened at 67f 20c, receded to 67f 15c, and are now again at 67f 20c. Mo bilier have slightly receded, being now quoted at I,oBlf 25e. Railway shares are equally inanimate. Tho market closed as follows : 41 per Cents .. 95 —I Do. end —I 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 10 Credit Mobilier 1075 Do, end month 1077 50 Bank Shares 3350 Credit Foncier 1275 Roman ILN Italian Loan 72 -- Do. end month 72 10 New ditto Do. end month, Russian Austrian Spanish Threes.„ 53 25 Homo Debt 51 50 Deferred VATS. Cash. A econnt. Orleans Northern New ditto - Lyons and Moditurianean 953 7 5 • • 955 New ditto - Geneva .. 5Ol 2 ) .. ....... _ Southern .. 690 .. 690 -- W estern Eastern .. , . Sardinian 4OO .. 409 50 Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa .. 625 .. 623 75 Ditto to Barcelona .... 321 25 .. 325 9SO - .. 978 7 980 - 90 GREECE. A letter from Athens, dated the 6th November, says: -- "The festivities of the reception of the King have lasted for three days without the slightest disturb ance of public order ; no guns were fired off in the interior of the city. In a moral point of view this is certainly a great victory which the people have achieved over themselves, and upon which they must be congratulated. On the evening before and on the evening after the festivities his Alsjesty visited various parts of the town in an open car raige and on foot, accompanied only by his two officers in attendance, and was loudly cheered wherever he appeared. " The ceremony of taking the Royal oath took place within 24 hours after the Sovereign's arrival. On Saturday, precisely at noon, a salvo of 21 guns announced the arrival of the King at the National Assembly. The President of that Assembly, at the head of a deputation 0120 representatives, received his Majesty at the great gate outside the enclosure, and conducted him into the Hall of Assembly, " Having taken his place on the estrade of the President, made use of for the occasion, and having on his left the President Moraitinis, the King bowed to the representatives and requested them to be seated, he himself remaining standing and un covered, a position which he maintained throughout the whole sitting. After short allocutions from the Metropolitan Bishop and from the President of the Assembly, one of the secretaries of the bureau handed the text of the oath to his Majesty, who advanced to the table in front of him, placed his right hand upon the Gospel, and in a sonorous voice took the oath in Greek as follows : " In the name of the consubstantial and indi visible Trinity I swear to protect the dominant reli gion of the Greeks, to maintain and to defend the independence, the autonomy, and the integrity of the Greek State, and to observe its laws.' "A salvo of 101 guns announced to the people that the solemn engagement had been contracted by the King of the Ilellenes, and was the signal for a regular outburst of enthusiasm, in the midst of which the King returned to his Palace. On this occasion, as when he landed, the King wore the uniform of a Greek Admiral and the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Saviour. " On the Monday following the King, in the uni form of a General of Infantry, accompanied by the Minister of War, Major-Geueral Hahn, and a supe rior officer from each branch of the service, proceeded to the Polygon, where he passed in review the University phalanx, the National Guard and garri son of Athens. The immense affluence of spectators and the total absence of all police or gendar merie to keep order naturally spoilt the evzsemble of the spectacle in some degree, causing some con fusion and impeding the manceuvring of the troops. " In an order of the day the King has expressed his satisfaction to the different troops, the follow ing passage in which has given great satisfaction— "' The King wishes to inform all superior and subaltern officers that it is his firm resolution to maintain order and discipline in all the corps, and that he counts upon the sincere, constant, and en lightened support of the officers to attain that end.' " Various measures already indicate the mo desty of character and simplicity of habits of King George I. Thus he has ordered the sump tuous dais which had been erected for him in the Cathedral to be removed, saying to the Minister of Public Worship that Ia the temple of the Lord all men were equal, and a simple stall would suffice for him in future.' " His Majesty has not brought a private chap lain with him. On Sunday he proceeded to church on foot, and listened to Divine Service in deep de votion. His Majesty makes numerous excursions on foot and horseback,sometimes in a small phaeton, which he drives himself g enerally, only accom panied by two officers on duty." "LORD DUNDREARY" AND THE BARBER'S BOY. —The Bath Chronicle tells a curious story. Mr. Sothern (Lord Dundreary) went to the shop of a fashion able hairdresser, where he was attended to by an assistant, who opened a lively conversation on the merits of the great actor who was announced to appear that evening. The assistant, of course, was not aware that ho was dressing the head of Lord Dundreary himself. 41e told the astonished actor that Sothern was an amazingly clever fellow—inimi able, in point of fact ; "but, sir, he is a great scamp—a great scamp, sir. Ile ran away from home, ruined his parents by his extravagance, turned his family out of doors, and brought his father's grey hairs with sorrow to the grave." Mr. Sothern's son, an intelligent youth of nine or ten, listened with considerable astonishment to the assistant's garrulous scandal, and smiling asked his father whether he had ever seen this naughty actor. Mr, Sothern replied that ho certainly had seen him in America, but had never heard so extraordinary a story about him before. GENERAL LEWCIIINE is the first modiste general we have read of who issues books of fashions. The order of the day for the Polish ladies runs thus—" The bonnet must be worn of mixed colours, or, if black, must be set off with flowers and ribbons, but not white ribbons. White or black feathers in black hats are forbidden. Black cloaks may be worn if lined with any colour but black or white. Black gloves, veils black or black and white, um brellas, shawls, handkerchiefs, or burnous, are strictly pro hibited.—By order, Lewchine." He might as well have added the costume of the hangman and gaoler, and told us how long blood-red dye will be the mode in Poland, METROPOLITAN. This company has given notices of application to Parlia ment for power to extend the railway from Paddington to Notting-hill, Kensington, and Brompton, and to raise addi tional capital. Also for power to extend the railway from Finsbury to Trinity-square, Tower hill, to raise additional capital for the purpose, and to make arrangements with the Metropolitan Board of Works, the Commissioners of Sewers, and any vestry or district Board. They also propose to ap ply for power to extend the time for the purchase of lands and completion of works on the authorised lines. To make a now railway from the main line near the King's-cross station to the Midland Extension at er near Skinner's-place, Euston -road. To alter and divert a portion of the existing railway from the Metropolitan Railway at King's-cross to the down line of the Great Northern near the Great Northern Hotel. To widen and improve the line near Praed street ; to raise additional capital, and to make arrangements with the Midland Railway Company. Also to apply for power to withdraw the money deposited with the Court of Chancery in respect of the Finsbury Extension Railway. TOTTENHAM AND HAMPSTEAD JUNCTION. Notice of application to Parliament has been given for making a railway from the above authorised line in the Holloway-road to Euston-road and the east end of Villiers street, Strand. A branch to the Middle Wharf, Adelphi, terminating by a junction with the Charing .cross Railway near the north end of the bridge. Also branches to the Mid land Extension line and to the Euston-road. A branch to the London and North-Western near the Hampstead-road, power to raise further capital, and to enable the Midland, the Great Northern, the Great Eastern, the London and North-Western,and the South-Eastern Railway Companies to subscribe towards and hold shares in the undertaking. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN- SHIRE. The total expenses of this company's railways, including rents, tolls duty, &c., from July 1 to November 8; 1863, amounted to £115,331, as against £113,350 for the corre sponding period of 1862. The proportion of the South Junction receipts accruing to this company from July 1 to November 8, amounted to £12,783, as against £11,816 for the corresponding period of 1862, and the expenses to £6,011, as against £5,136. LONDON DOCK. A special meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. Manning in the chair. The Secretary read the heads of an agreement with the St. Katharine Dock Company, which stated that the two companies were to be amalgamated under the name of the London and St. Katharine Dock Company. Application wag to be made to Parliament for the requisite powers. An agree ment had been entered into provisionally with the lessees of the Victoria Dock for the purchase of the dock surplus lands and other property. They proposed to ask for power to raise £1,062,000 to cover the cost of the Victoria Dock, and also to regulate the old debenture debt. The CarAIRaLAN stated that the London Dock consisted of an estate of 100 acres, of which 40 were water; and the Victoria Dock consisted of an estate of 600 acres, of which 200 acres were water. A formal resolution approving the agreement and authorising the directors to apply to Parliament for the requisite powers to carry out the arrange ment entered into with the other companies, was unani mously adopted, and a vote of thanks to the chairman con cluded the proceedings. MARKETS—This Day, MARK-LANE. The arrivals of home grown wheat fresh up to our market this morning were very moderate. Selected parcels changed hands steadily, at fully Monday's currencies. Inferior pro duce was in slow request, yet previous quotations were supported. The show of samples of foreign wheat on the stands was tolerably large. The trade generally was firm, at fully pre vious currencies. Fine American spring wheat was rather dearer. Floating cargoes of grain were in steady request, at full quotations. Good and fine malting barley moved off steadily, at ex treme rates. Other kinds of barley were in slow request, at previous quotations. The malt trade was tolerably firm. In prices no material change took place. The supply of oats was moderato. Most descriptions were in fair average request, and the value of fine corn had an upward tendency. Beans moved off steadily, at full pr ices. Peas ruled steady, on former terms. American flour was in steady request, and fine brands commanded the extreme rates of Monday. Town and country made flour was firm in price. Flout. wheat- Al l O l a Vr 2 A i e L v S . ‘ . 7 O K a . ts. Eng115h...... 950 ,470 610 1780 I 65 ' ........ 1600 3,330 660 Irisheke Foreigu...... 1,100 2, 410 1 brie. WHITECHAPEL. o f meat on sale is moderate, and th e de mandat the annexed rates : BTI y f r , us fulrepo2p inactive, 2s rd to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s Od to 4 s 4d ; veal, 35 6d to 4 s 4 d; and pork, 38 4d to 4s 4d per Sib s by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. We have to report a quiet trade for all kinds of hops, yet no material change has taken place in prices, compared with our previous report. MESSRS, LONGMAN'S GRAND EDITION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, with designs from the old mastus, may be shortly expected, iriz ) v tl , k SV 4 V. 6.llD'n "" tie t iq Ortnlar. HER MAJESTY. - - WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 17. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince o Prussia, attended by Captain Von Schweinitz, arrived at Windsor Castle last night at a little after eight o'clock. The Crown Princess accompanied the Prince from London. Colonel H. Ponsonby attended his Royal High• ness from Dover. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise, drove !n the grounds this morning. Her Majesty held a Council this afternoon, which was attended by Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, and the Right Hon. W. Gladstone. At the council Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued from Tuesday, the Ist December. Mr. Helps, the clerk of the council, attended. Earl Granville and Lord Palmerston had audiences of the Queen. Lord Cremorne has succeeded Lord de Tabby as Lord in Waiting. THE AUSTRIAN EMBASSY.—His Excellency the Austrian Ambaksador and the Countess Apponyi have re turned to Chandos-house from Austria, where they have been staying for the last three months. LORD AND LADY HERRIES and Hon. Misses Maxwell are on a visit to Sir Robert and Lady Gerard at their seat, Garswood-park. Anecdote of the French Elections. A letter from Paris says—The brother of a high functionary in Paris was started for one of the northern districts at the last general election, which began on Sunday, May 31. It is superfluous to observe that a person with his nearest relative in so exalted a station was not an Opposition candidate. Being powerfully seconded in his canvass by all the officials, he was returned by 29,067 votes. One of the most active of his agents happened to be in the principal town of the district at the moment the peasants had just left the church after hearing mass- About one hundred of them were standing ill groups near the spot where the polling was going on. They were simple-looking, fair-complexioned, and round-faced--the very men on whom the elo quence of a bustling and devoted partisan would be likely to tell. He accosted them, inquired after their health and that of their mothers and sisters, wives and children,in the most affectionate manner, and ended by asking them whether they would take a little refreshment after their walk on a warm day. They smiled consent, and accepted tho invitation with many thanks. Adjourning to a publichoesc close by, the hospitable stranger ordered the p u bli- Can to regale them plentifully with bread, cheese, sausages, and wine. The order was complied with, and they ate and drank their fill amid profusions of thanks. " It is not to me you owe thanks," said their generous entertainer; "it is to M. X---, whose affection for honest men like you is known to all the country round, and who never think of you with tears in his eyes." " M. X-- is very good to think of us, and we should be delighted to thank him in person for giv ing us such a good breakfast, only we don't know' where to find him." " My good friends, there is no occasion to give yourselves any trouble. Mr. X-, w h o is the wealthiest man living, is the Government candidate for the district ; and if you really wish to show your gratitude, you have only to step over the way and drop your tickets in the ballot-box." The peasants looked at each other with a very puzzled air. "We would, sir, do that, or anything else, to please so hospitable a gentleman ; but, we are sorry to say, we cannot vote." 1° Cannot vote! How is that ? What do you mean ? You haven't lost your civic rights, I hope ? You look much too honest to have over incurred such a misfortune." " We are honest men, Sir, and we have never done anything against the law; but the truth of the matter is, we cannot vote because we are not French men ; we are Belgians." " Belgians ! And you have eaten whole kilonlei tres of my sausages, a n d d run k an ent i re c ask wine, and all for nothing ! You are a pack of What he said was not h ear d, f or b e ran o ff amid the laughter of the bystanders, vexed and ashamed , and swearing, like Maitre Corbeau, " qu'on ne 1 y prendrait plus." The Belgians returned to their homes with hi g h no ti ons o f F renc h h osp i ta lity, but since that day the impulsive agent cannot bear the sight of a Belgian. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 1 7 . The steamship Indiana, last from the Cape Of Good Hope on the 9th of October, passed up Chan nel off here to-day. She brings 53 passengers, Cape mails, and a cargo consisting of tea, cotton, linseed, hides, &c. Her news from the Cape is 89 days later than that brought by the Saxon, the mail steamer arrived. Considerable feeling was still being exhibited in the Western Provinces against the intended hold ing of Parliament, at Graham's Town. A neyr feature had also aris en i n thi s di scuss ion from a large meeti ng address to th e G overnor, express i n g having been held at Graaf Rein et, where it wa s unan i mous l y reso l ve d to present a n an opinion that Uitenhage was better fitted for the sea t of Parlia ment than G ra h am ' s T ow n. The frontier districts were muster in g all their strength with the ulterior view of securing a per manent removal of the Government from Cape Town to Grahams Town. Some of the Midland districts were holding similar views in favour of Uitenhage. The Western Province was taking strenuous exertions to meet this coming struggle. The weather in the colony continued extremely favourable. The grain crops, vineyards, and orchards were admirably advanced. Some slight damage had been done by hailstorms, yet there has every prospect of a harvest unsurpassed in abut'• dance for several years. The Governor had refused to mediate between the Gamaras and Hottentots, who were at war in Da marlan d. The railway to Wellington was expected to be finished by the end of October. A railway from Port Elizabeth to Uitenhage was proposed. Baines's and Chapman's expedition to the Zam besi had failed. They were returning to the Cape after having lost all their animals, and had 18 native servants murdered by the Matables. with Dr. Gell, of S omerset, East, had die d , and left ov er 18 (?) for th e endowment of a college in the e rn v Province. o ernd Marcus h a d £B,OOO. failed , wi named Eastern liabilitiesspeculator The Caroline Coventry, from Shanghai, with the 31st Regiment for England, arrived at the Cape on the 6th of October. The Mauritius and the Roman had not arrived out. The Confederate cruisers had not been seen sines the 25th of September. Twelve of the Alabanl“' ° crew had deserted. CABINET UO UEClL.—Summonses were issued yesterday for a Cabinet Council, to-morrow afternoon , at Lord Palmerston's official residence in Downing street. The Earl o f C larendon had an interview with the Earl Russell yesterday at the Foreign-office, gardens. Wh i te ha 1 O ri Sunday la s t th e R ev. W. Brown l ow , ALA.' a clergyman from Torquay, wa s p u blicly received into the Catholic church, by D r. N ewman, at t h e Oratory, Vg baston. M. BERRYER. amuses himself every evening with a game at piquet or whist—two games in which 11° fears no rivals, for he plays them to perfection. In the morning he is fond of a game at billiards, in which, b 0":,, ever, he meets his sup er i or i n M. Odillon Barrot. M . Fout ! is great at chess, and M. Persigny at billiards. Such a re the tastes and accomplishments of the diplomatists. The Royal Academy will, we are glad to learn ! admit female. students. The contrary had b een stated erro_ neously. Studying from life models will no t be prohibited, and one class will gain by the other's knowledge. . ter( !! r i CI £2. 3, I . 21 fur • r.l for t' that Xl4, for' w rev Di diviA steel ; Profi tut a I get hi the I be a, per«.f 11E). 1 Duri3 reseir £613 in de of th ref erg At Reu Were Thi clf too Stock i s MU ther / of law 92 7- , th e ac 30 ye sider a • North eli ned Neste 4110, The 41terai Eh oz , ] In t 6 ideral have r eC AInt I COltp E Ditt o Ditt o b ank Si c onsols India Si xeheqi .Ditto Ditto kustria tratilia Ditto, Ditto Ditto Luenos Ditto Ditto Cuba, 6 Ditto Chilian Ditto iiitto Egyptia Ditto Ditto S Paniab Ditto Ditto Ditto S laanisb Ditto S woaiat Turkish Ditto Ditto Ditto Venezu Austria I) litch 2 Ditto e3 11F401 8 :I)itto The th e 13 a l es, 8,387. ° PI H lei the too P k ' the --- Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto 4)itto :Ditto Ditto their circa br o k eg c eatt e *pri tl able