The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-10 00:00:00

RITON MEDICAL ASSOCI Chief Offices—No. 429, TAUS THE ATR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE, Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, April I), for the 351st time in London. PEEP O'DAY. Mes.rs. Henry Lorraine, Walter Lacy, C. Verner, Addison, J. Graham. G. Spencer, T. Neville, mac. ; Misses Cleveland, Clara Weston, M. Hudson, dze. To conclude pith MAGIC TOYS. Valentine, Miss Lydia Thompson. Commence at 7. T HEATRE-ROYAI„ HAY MARKET. 11 Lessee, Mr. J. f. Buckstone. 'IBIS EVENING, THE BELLE'S STRATAGEM : Doricourt, Mr. Howe ; Letitia Hardy, Miss Louisa Angel ; Lady Frances Touchwood, Miss Ellen Terry. Atter which, an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Wales in the East. To conclude with BORROWING - A HUSBAND. Pamela Mice Maria Harris. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. Atter which, at a Quarter to Eight , a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3logne, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO , b y Paul Feval and Jo hn Brougham. The principal char acter will be sustained by Mr. P ec ht er, wi n t-vre, F. Charles, Garden, Ra 4, annported 13y_Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougham, H. VI 1441.. comb% W. ymon H. Butler, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Stage manager, Mr. G. Vining. Actin g -M anager, M r. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Lessees, Mess: s. LinduA and Vining. THIS EVENING the drama of AURORA FLOYD. Mi-s Amy Sed,gwick. Miss Henderson, and Mrs. Simpson ; Messrs. K. Roxby, G. Melville, G. Belmore, C. Seyton, Wallace, and Cathcart. After which, KILLING TIME. Mr. Gee. Vining, Mr. Seyton, and Miss Amy Sedgwick. To conclude with a new whimsical Extravaganza, entitled BEAUTIFUL HAIDEF. ; or The Sea Nymph and the Sallee Rovers. Misses M. Oliver, Helen Howard, Hudspeth, Hen dersen, and Murray ; Messrs. C. Seyton, G. Belmore, Fitz james, Moreland, and Cocker'''. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI, Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING (20th time) AURORA FLOYD. Miss Avonia Jones, Miss H. Simms, Mrs. Biyington ; Mr. Benj. Webster, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Billiegton, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Sefton, Mr. Romer, Mr. C. J. Smith. After which, B e dfo rd , OF TOMPKINS. and Z. Toole. Paul Sefton, Miss Kate Kelly, and Min; A. Seaman. Commence at 7. Tray, THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING fITELLIGEN€E, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. NOTICE. THE WEDDING SUN Is Still Publishing• The Weather—Sun Office, April 10, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday. 54 Lowest during the night This day at Noon . Wind—Scnth ; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAy.—Morning, 6h. 10m.—Afternoon, 6h. 36m, To.swasow.-Morning, 7h. 9m.—Afternoon, 7h. 45m, at t a r r l. U LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL,IO, 1863. The visit of the SULTAN to his Egyptian dominions will not, it is to be trusted, realise the sinister anticipations some have formed of it. It is, we may hope, intended to express his confidence and approval of the liberal and enlightened policy which we have good grounds for anticipating will ba carried out, under the new Viceroy. The SULTAN is no doubt sensible of the effect produced in Europe by the abolition of forced labour, and the other mea sures proposed by IsMAIL PASHA, and is desirous of encouraging the Viceroy in his path of progress, as well as of obtaining a share himself in the respect andlapproval excited by the inauguration of the new reign. ISMAIL PASHA was fortunate in having secured, before he acquired his new dignity, a repu tation for liberal and enlarged opinions. It remains for him to carry out his principles to the fullest ex tent compatible with the traditions of his country. He may by so doing become a public benefactor of no common degree, by gradually introducing into Egypt and the surrounding states the views and principles which regulate the conduct of Euro peans, and by disseminating the blessings of educa tion and general culture prepare his countrymen for the adoption of that purer faith which teaches the only true civilisation. In nations still governed according to the Eastern system, we must rest our hopes of national progress and advancement almost wholly upon the character of the ruler. His influence and authority are so arbitrary and unquestioned that whatever may be secretly thought of his proceed ings, no opposition, short of a rebellion, is to be contemplated. It is for him, then, to introduce new laws, to modify existing systems, to open the door to better and wiser influences, to sow gradually the seeds of knowledge and progress. It is true that he may be hampered by the prejudices or habits of his people or by the plots of would-be candidates for his throne, still the power in the hands of an unconstitutional ruler is very great. The Viceroy of EGYPT does not altogether belong to the class of irresponsible monarchs, but if the SULTAN con tinues to accord him the cordial support he has already given he will have much in his hands. On hisarrival at Alexandria, the SULTAN declared that he wished only to be regarded in the ligh t of a guest to the VlCEa ck y . The latter hiving introd uced the foreign consuls to him, they presented a con gratulatory address, to which the SULTAN returned a brief but not unimportant rep l y. He had come to Egypt, he said, with the obje c t o r g i ving a testi mony of his goodwill to the VICEROY; and of visit ing this important portion of his domains. " All my efforts," he added, "are directed to the develop ment of the welfare and the happiness of all classes o f my subjects throughout the empire, and to strengthening the ties which unite us to Europe. , Though there is little prospect that the Turks can long continue to occupy their present place in Europe, still the more enlightened their Govern ment becomes, the better chance it has of sur viving any shocks that may be in store for it. The SULTAN concluded his address by ex pressing a hope, which we may also share, that the VICEROY will follow in the steps of his illustrious father, by continuing and more fully developing the policy he has already indicated, thereby secur ing the welfare of his subjects and the approval of his European allies. complaints. The horrors of the civil war which is desolating the fertile plains of what was once the Great Ame rican Republic, are cccasionally enlivened by some incidents that excite a laugh instead of a shudder. Among these was the memorable exploit of the Confederate 3, when they secured the stores and clothing intended for Federal r , ginaents, and rode off triumphantly with three coats each, leaving their discarded rags, which had done duty many a weary day and night for the benefit of the discomfited ex pectan ts. Another incident ofasim a ila m r u c c h h ar g a r c e t a e t r e , r b d u e t g o r n e e e which will probably occasion of annoyance and mortification to the Federals, has just t a k en p l ace . Thanks to a ridiculous, though not unnatural, oversight on the uc h s e pcaereded in securingtofaFederal official, th e Confederates have another British built privateer the Alabama, the Florida, and u a s n i o sE n pi Lt t ,e o vessel, and the united efforts of o ta f thshee E a° a s r car l oielniti f o f of the prior announcement the Mr. ADAMS, Mr. DUDLEY, the United States Con sul at Liverpool, and Mr. EDMUNDS, the Collector of Customs at that town. It appears that a short time ago four of the quartermasters of the Great Eastern, who had also been gunners in the Navy, left that vessel, probably in accordance with ar rangements made on the other side of the Atlanti c , And signed articles to join a screw steamer named the Japan, then fittiug out at Greenock, for an innocent voyage to China. After joining the ship three of these men returned to Liverpool, and engaged about a hundred sailors for a voyage to the East. It happened, however, that while drinking healths in celebration of the en gagement, one of the quartermasters allowed his loquacity to outrun his discretion. Next morn ing, some of the sailors considering that the even ins's amusement did not bear the morning's reflec- The r e cent charges of the Comptroller of the Navy against the private shipbuilders have, naturally, given great offence, and, in some instances, have called forth indignant replies. Messrs. LAIRD, of Birkenhead, have recently addressed a spirited letter to Admiral ROBINSON, the Comptroller of the Navy, vindicating the long and well established character of that most respectable establishment. They refer to the remarks which were made in the statement signed by the Admiral, and ordered by and GENERAL LIFE the House to be printed. In these paragraphs it is ATION. said that the general slovenliness of the work per- Strand, London, W.C. TEES. formed by shipbuilders occa s i o n e d the necessity of Geol i ze H. Barlow, M.D. ( Richard Partridge, Esq., Sir James Duke, Bart. Ald., I F.R.S. the presence of an Admiralty inspector, and also M.P. John Propert, E q. that great temptation beset the constructor to use Sir Charles Hastings, M.D., W. Tyler Smith, M.D. D.C.L. Francis Webb, Esq. inferior articles, in consequence of the great cost of DIRECTORS. Chairman of the Board—George H. Barlow, M.D. good iron. To these most serious complaints, com- Deputy-Chairman —Francis Webb, Esq. By the peculiarly equitable manner of dividing the profits, ing from so high a quarter, Messrs. LAIRD most the Policies issued by this Association become payable during aptly remark that " they believe a statement of the lifetime of the person assured without extra premium. After having been in force a period of five years, all Policies are absolutely Indefeasible and Indisputable. this nature tends very seriously to injure the credit Annuities granted, and every description of Life Assurance n f the contractors in this country, and also to transacted ; terms for which, with detailed Prospectuses and every information, may be had on application to shake the confidence which foreign Governments JOHN MESSENT, F.S.S., Secretary. Applications for Agencies are invited. and foreign mercantile houses have hitherto reposed T.: in the good faith and skill of the shipbuilders and engineers of this country. This is perfectly correct, and the authorities ought to be ashamed of them selves for doing their utmost to injure respectable firms in order to further their own pet plans and prejudices. Of course when the work is done in the Royal dockyards favouritism and secret influ ence have full sway, and therefore it is very con venient to nullify the arguments of those who urge the advisability of entrusting others with the work instead of reserving it to be performed under their own exclusive patronage. No firm influenced by self-respect for its own integrity, or animated by honest pride for its own conscious superiority in the profession, could be otherwise than justly indignant by such remarks as those just quoted. A very proper an swer to the impertinent inuendoes of the inevitable necessity of having an inspector to watch proceed ings is that no such form was observed in the case of that vessel built by Messrs. LAIRD, and now of world-wide celebrity, the Alabama. That terror of the Northern States,that pride of the Southern navy, was constructed on premises such as those Admiral ROBINSON refers to in his comments on the building of ships. The answer of Mr. ROMAINE to Messrs. LAIRD, though intended to be satisfactory, is not at all conclusive. He says that he is commanded by the Lords Commissioners:of the Admiralty to ac quaint them " that the objections urged to the con struction of her MAJESTY'S ships in merchant yards, as compared with the Royal dock yards, are of a general nature, and were in no way intended to injure the shipbuilding firms employed by the Admiralty, but rather to show from the results of experience the difficul ties which obtain in exercising control over the work, and a due supervision of materials and work manship when ships are built in private yards." This is absurd, in point of fact, because everyone knows that an injury is quite as prejudicial whether intentional or not; and no one who at all understands business can be ignorant that a statement such as that alluded to must be highly detrimental to the interests and injurious to the credit of every firm at all connected with the Admiralty. In the second portion of this letter there is a remark that contra dicts the assertion of the earlier portion, inasmuch as it is said that the " work performed on the Agin court and Orontes is reported to be of excellent quality throughout, and there is every reason to believe that the quality of the work in these ships will be unexceptionably good. Why, then, all the outcry raised at the objections put forward. It would be a very simple and straightforward way of treating the matter to trust to the integrity of the firms employed, and let the future patronage depend on the proved excellence of the vessels that are fur nished to the Admiralty. It is not likely that the result would be otherwise than satisfactory to all parties. It is obvious that shipbuilders who wish to maintain a good character with their customers both at home and abroad, will endeavour to turn out the best work they can in order to ensure the continuance of the connection, because it ex tends their business, and this more parti calarly with our own Admiralty, whose pay is sure, and their orders, if properly executed, are always to be depended on. Hence the folly of making such mountains of molehills, and always substituting difficulties instead of plain-sailing in their arrangements. Messrs. LAIRD referred very properly to the works that have been executed by their firm during the last 32 years. They have sent out for service in different parts of the world more than 40 vessels for her MAJESTY'S navy, and between 30 and 40 for the Honourable East India Company ; they have now in course of construction the Orontes, a troop ship of 2,850 tons, and the Agincourt, an iron-cased ship of 6,750 tons. A more suitable reply could not have been given to such statements as those re ferred to, and a more spirited vindication could not have been made of the credit of their firm than has been effected by Messrs. LAIRD in their ex cellent and admirable letter to Admiral ROBINSON. In the name of the shipbuilders of England, they stand forward to make clear their good name that WAS threatened with reproach, and to vindicate their reputation that official insinuation would have tarnished. On their own behalf, they declare that they refute the charges im puted, and deny the statements set forth that militate against their interest and whisper concerning their integrity. It is a straightforward and manly course that they have adopted, and one that will be sure to gain for them the respect and esteem of all competent to judge the question. Men of experience will detect the glaring subter fuge of the Parliamentary representations and the empty sounding phrases of the official explanations, and seek and find and mark for themselves where truth ends and fallacy begins in these complicated tion, decided upon communicating the infor mation they had acquired to Mr. DUDLEY, the United States Consul. We may fancy the horror of poor Mr. DUDLEY on learning that another Alabama was to take her destructive course within a few days with the intention of destroying every Federal ship she met with. His consternation was, indeed, so great as to produce some remarkable effects. Instantly the telegraph went to work, filshing the disastrous news to Mr. ADAMS, who forthwith hurried to the Foreign Secretary to invoke his aid. Lord RUSSELL, always kind and complaisant to his Northern friends, at once transmitted orders to the collec tor of Customs at Liverpool to stop the ship. Mr. EDWARDS, the gentleman in question, immediately summoned the Custom surveyors. In vain was the bill of entry searched, in vain were four revenue gigs sent up and down the river, the Japan was nowhere to be found. There was nothing to be done but to telegraph to Earl RUSSELL that the dreaded Japan was a phantom ship. A further delay was of course occasioned by Lord RUSSELL'S reference to Mr. ADAMS, and Mr. ADAMS' inquiry of Mr. DUDLEY. The truth was learned too late for the unfortunate Northerners. By a slight oversight, in his haste to give the direful news, Mr. DUDLEY had forgotten to add the information that the Japan was at Greenock, not at Liverpool. So, while minister, consuls, and collectors were telegraphing and searching, the Japan, transformed into the Virginia, had completed her preparations and had taken flight, to prove, we may anticipate, a veritable Phan tom Ship of Capt. MARRYAT'S order. The Federals certainly deserve our commiseration in spite of their general insolence, for it is doubly mortifying to meet with a misfortune which has such a large share of the ridiculous, that it is certain to excite a laugh at the expense of the sufferers. LATEST INTELLIGENCE, (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE BARS OF FRANCE. PARIS, APRIL 10. The Moniteurjof this morning publishes the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following results, as compared with the March account ! INCREASE. Francs. Cash in hand Bank-notes Current accounts Advances . , • 32 2 3 millions. • 103 millions. .. 221 millions. .. 231 millions. DECREASE. Bills discounted, not yet due 181 ; Treasury balance.. .. 1 1.9 million. 7THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVI?,NING, APRIL 10, 13G3 HER MAJESTY. LITERATURE, g i arrt t v„ • Heroes, Philosophers, and Courtiers of tke lime of Louis XVI. 2 vols. Hurst and Blaekett. Quoting in the first sentence of the first page of this very readable work the witty remarks of M. Rollin, that " History is the Book of Kings," the anonymous writer, already favourably known as the Author of " The Secret History of the Court of France under Louis XV," adds, on his own part, that it ought surely not less to be re garded as the Book of Peoples. So, evidently, thought Mr. Charles Knight when he undertook (what he has recently been bringing to a noble close) his truly Nattonal History of England. So, as evidently, thinks Mr. William Longman, ano ther of our eminent publishers, and another also among the ablest living collators of our English History, as may be recognised by any one on turn ing to an examination of his lectures upon the reigns of the Plantagenets. The purpose of the writer, whose historical researches have led to the compilation of the exceedingly interesting work here brought under our consideration, he himself at once clearly explains in a few most acceptable and enticing words in his Preface. He is desirous, through the medium of this work, of filling up what has hitherto been really and truly a gap in the annals of two Peoples. Upon this, however, we will let him speak for himself— A complete narative of the intervention of France in the American rebellion has never yet been written from French contemporary sources. Little has been remembered, little is generally known, but the names of some of those brave Frenchmen by whose aid it was that America achieved her liberty. France herself, too soon interested and absorbed in the events of her own momentous revolution—which was precipitated by French sympathy with American rebellion— appears well-nigh to have forgotten these men. It was no part of England's duty to immortalise the actions of her too successful enemies. America was too much occupied in her cities and fields, repairing the wastes of the recent war, to analyse the sources of French sympathy to which she mainly owed her independence. Fillirg up this instantly recognisable htatus, and one so obvious by the way that the marvel is, it has remained until now to be recognised and filled up.— the author has thrown a flood of light upon that ever memorable period of transition for so many of the great races in the old world and the new, but above all a period of transition for French society in every particular. The plan of the work would be incohe rent in its discursiveness to a most confusing extent but that the treasure trove, the heretofore neglected waifs and strays of anecdote littered about, and many of them never before now brought together, the hitherto forgotten flotsam and jetsam of history, un cared for till this day seemingly by any one, have been strung together upon one coherent and con necting thread, as one may say, to wit, the thread of time. As valueless intrinsically, some of them are, as glass beads, but others are little less worth than pearls of price. For such as they are—here at any rate they are, at last for the first time brought together and viewed connectively. Be ginning his discourse with the death of Louis XV., the writer takes from the lips of the Duc d'Aumont, the first gentleman of the chamber to that profli gate monarch, this terrible picture of— LOUIS THE BELOVED —TOWARDS THE CLOSE OP HIS LIFE " I was awakened by the noise of a door opening. I raised my head and saw Louis XV. At first he looked round the ante-chamber, here and there. The lights in the chandeliers were burning low. ' There is nobody here,' said the king; and then he began to walk up and down, sighing and murmuring, in the tone of a man who has drunk himself sad. Presently he paused before a large mirror, and, after having considered himself a long time in it, he pressed his hand on his forehead, his cheeks, his chin, and thus apostrophised himself: 'Miserable wretch that thou art I Murderer of thine own soul and body I' Then his pacing up and down, his groan his sad monologue re commenced.. At last he stopped again before the glass. ' Thou wilt net die old,' said he to his own image reflected there ; 'not threescore years and ten I—And hell Five minutes passed whilst he stood looking at himself with horror. And then he muttered, France! How is she governed ?' Afterwards : But this supper to-night they say will be delicious-.though all is weary—weary, Why cannot they give me something new ?' " Passed from the scene this worn-out and despairing voluptuary —enters next King Louis XVI., "Louis the Desired," too good and too gentle a King for his epoch—a Hero at last when, with a serene brow and a dauntless bearing, and a pure heart and a sin less conscience, the " Son of St. Louis ascended to Heaven" from the guillotine. With what cry does the young Dauphin learn that he isKing LeuisX VI ? "Oh ! my . God ! what a misfortune for me!' And how comes the news to the heart of his fair young wife, the beautiful Marie Antoinette ? "Wd are too young to reign !" she calls out in anguish : and then, covering her face with her hands, weeps bit terly ! What prophetic tears ! What ominous ejaculations! These are the kind of notes struck, here, by way of prelude to what swelled at last into a stormy and tragic symphony such as the world had never before listened to—that of the great French Revolution. The period, however, which is depicted in these pages is not the period of the Revolation, but the period immediately before the Revolution ! Across the scene flit all kinds of strange and motley forms—imposters, mounte banks, men of genius, adventurers, charlatans, cour tiers. Of Benjamin Franklin we see a good deal. Here, by the way, is an admirable letter of his that we never remember to hive met with before, one aptly beaded by our author when giving it as a footnote— Model of a Letter of Recommendation of a Person you are unacquainted with. • " Paris, April 2, 1777. Sir,—The bearer of this, who is going to America, presses me to give him a letter of recommendation, though I know nothing of him, not even his name. This may seem extra ,rdinary, but I assut e you it is not uncommon here, Some times, indeed, one unknown person brings another, equally unknown, to recommend him; and sometimes they recom mend one another. As to this gentleman, I must refer you to himself for his character and merits, with which he is certainly better acquainted than I can possibly be, I re commend him to those civilities which every stranger of whom one knows no harm has a right to; and I request you will do him all the good offices, and show him all the favour that, on further acquaintance, you shall find him to deserve, I have the honour to be, your obedient servant, —BENJAMIN FRANKLIN." Side by side with Franklin, while he is yet there in Paris, we catch glimpses of Voltaire! Of Voltaire when eighty-four years old—Voltaire just before his death ! We read his solemn declaration of faith WINDSOR CASTLE, April 9. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High ness the Princess Helena, and attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, drove out this morning in a carriage and four. Colonel the lion. A. Hard inge attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, left the Castle this morning for Greenwich-park. Eirl Granville arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had an audience of the Queen. Ball at the British Embassy at Paris, Earl Cowley gave a grand State dinner of sixty covers on Wednesday, at the British Embassy, in honour of the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alexandra of Denmark. His Excellency was pre vented by his absence in England at the nuptial ceremony from testifying at the time his satisfac tion at that auspicious event by some official mani festation. The Embassy was splendidly lit up for the occasion, and masses of beautiful flowers orna mented not only the various rooms, but the corri dors and passages. The band of the Municipal Guard was in attendance, and played overtures and symphonies during the evening. A little after seven the following distinguished persons, in addi tion to his lordship's family, sat down to table : Count Wa'ewski, Minister of Sta'e ; M. Drouyn de Lhuys, Foreign Affairs; Count de Persigny, Interior; M. Fould, Finance ; Count de Chasseloup •Laubat, Marine ; M. Rouher, Commerce ; M. Rouland, Public Instruction ; Delangle, Justice; M. Troplong, President of the Senate; Duke de Morny, President of the Legislative Body; M. Billault, Minister without portfolio; Count de Bourqueney, Marshal Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely ; Marshal Mag nan ; General the Mar pis de Lawcestine ; Baron James de Rothschild; Baron Haussmann, Prefect of the Seine; Duke de Bassano, Duke de Cambaceres, Duke d'Hautpoul, the Minister of Denmark, Prince de la Moskowa, M. Boit telle, Prefect ©f Police; M. Barbier, Directeur-General des Douanes ; the Marquis of Hertford, Viscount Sydney, Lord Norreys, Lord Morley, Lord Gray of Gray, Hon. Spencer Cowper, Hon. F. Baring, Hon. 11. Howard, Captain Lynch, C. 8., Colonel Wean, Colonel Talbot, Mr. Layard, M.P., Mr. Beaumont, M.P., Mr. Pope Hennessy, M.P., Mr. Tito M.P., Mr. Laing, M.P., Mr. Pickford, Sir Joseph 011iffe, Hon. William Grey, Colonel Claremont, Captain Hore, R,N., Mr. Williams, Hon. J. Ellis, Mr. Atlee, Mr. Antro bus, Mr. Hildyard, Mr. Egerton, and the Rev. Mr. Swale. Later in the evening, Lady Cowley held a grand re ception of the official and fashionable society of Paris. The toilettes of the ladies were magnificent, and the gentlemen were either in uniform or court dress. Not fewer than 1,500 invitations had been issued, and the whole of the state apartments were thrown open to receive the guests, But none at tracted so much admiration as the throne-room, most artistically fitted up on the ground floor with the combined flags and arms of England and Den mark. The principal attraction of the night-fete was a grand illumination in the garden. A vast structure had been erected half way down the centre and exactly opposite the hotel. The rain in the afternoon somewhat interfered with the prepara tions, but towards nine o'clock the sky became serene and the gas being then in abundance, the whole ornamentation was fully lit up. The following is a description of the general design The centre device represented the arms of the Prince of Wales, with a garter bearing the words " Albert and Alexandra" in blue and wkite crystal letters, and sur mounted by laurel leaves, supported on either side by the flags of England and Denmark joined together by a true lover's knot. On the right and left were two monograms, A.A., encircled with a bard of prismatic coloured glass, and surmounted by the Royal Crown of England in various colours. Above, at the corners, were two large Brunswick stars, having in the centre the cross of St. George, with the motto, " Honi sok qui mal y pense." Those stars were formed of the purest cut crystal, and contained upwards of 3,000 pieces. Under the central crown were the initials N. E. for she Emperor and Empress, supported on either side by the flag of France, of the regular colours in cut glass. Beneath were six beautiful stars of crystal, grace fully connected together by gold. coloured cords and tassels likewise in glass, the whole range being fifty feet in length. Immediately over the centre was the inscription "Long live the Prince and Princess of Wales I" Above was a magnificent Prince's plume, nine feet high, over which were the words " God save the Queen I" The Royal arms of England stood out prominently aloft, supported at the sides by the English and Danish flags. Every part of this most elaborate ornamentation was in the purest cut crystal, and in colours which a painter would employ if required to represent it on canvas. The effect was splendid, re sembling the most sparkling jewellery more than anything else, and does great credit to Messrs. Defries and Sons, who, as wo mentioned a few days back, were employed to prepare the entire illumination. About eleven o'clock nearly the whole of the com pany had arrived, and the rooms presented a most brilliant appearance. Nothing could exceed the attention of Lord and Lady Cowley, and the fete may be pronounced one of the most successful of the season. TEE PRINCE OF WALES.—A deputation of the county of Norfolk public meeting, headed by the lord-lieutenant and the high sheriff, have had the honour of presenting an address to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, their royal highnesses receiving the address of congratula tion in person. His Royal highness graciously accepted the address, and the Prince read the following reply : " Gentlemen,—l most sincerely thank you for your con gratulations to myself and the Princess on the occasion of our marriage. The hearty welcome I have received from all classes of the coantry has been very gratifying to me, and your earnest prayer in behalf of the Princess and my self will, I. trust, ever be gratefully remembered by us both. The deputation had the honour of lunching at the Hall, after the above proceedings had terminated. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland leave Alnwick Castle on Tuesday next for Northumberland House, for the season. The Duke of Somerset and Captain the Hon. J. 11. Drummond, C. 8., returned to the Admiralty last even ing, from Yorkshire. The Duke of Beaufort, accompanied by the Marquis of Worcester, Mr. Reginald Graham, and a large party of French noblemen, were to commence hunting the wolves in the neighbourhood of Poictiers on Tuesday last. The weather was very hot, but it was hoped that the scent would lay, and that a good account would be given of the farmers' enemies, The Marquis and Marchioness Cholmondeley arrived in town yesterday from gholniondeley Castle, Cheshire. The Earl and Countess Spencer have been among the visitors to the Duke and Duchess of Manchester at Kimbolton Castle during the present week. The Countess (Franeet) Waldegrave" and Mr. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., left town yesterday for Ireland. The Countess of Tyrconnel has arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, trom Kiplin Hall, Catterick. The Marquis and Marchioness de Gibacon and family have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn street, from Spain. Lady Frances Gordon and Miss Gordon have returned to town from the Marquis of Huntly's seat at Orton Longueville, Peterborough. Lord and Lady Clart nce Paget arrived yesterday at the noble lord's official residence at the Admiralty from the family teat in Wales. or in two words -641. the undersigned, declare, that being atfackcd four lays since by a vomiting of blood, at the age eighty...our ,years, and not having been able to drag himself to church, M. le Curd de St. Sulpice having added to his good works that of sending to me M. the Abbie Gauthier, priest, I have confessed myself to him ; and if God so dispose of me, I die in the holy Catholic religion, in which I was born, hoping that divine mercy will deign to pardon all my faults; and if, having scandalized the Church, I ask pardon for the same of God, and of her. Signed, Voltaire, the second of March 1778, in the house of M. le Marquis de Villette, in presence of M, l'Abbe Mignot, ray nephew, and of M le Marquis de Vilieveille, my friend." We have seen him there again shortly afterwards —risen for awhile from his death bed to be crowned with laurel in the theatre ! It was the fira of April (not inappropriately) in that same year 1778, and Voltaire (tat 84 !)—" With the black Louis Quatorze wig, and a scarlet cap, upon his head, and enveloped in a large pelisse trimmed with - ur, Lady Louisa Agnew gave birth to a daughter mounted his carriage, which was fi o r f s t s k t y o - b t l h u e e yesterday at the house of he r f a ther, th e E ar l o f Gains ycolour, colour, studded with stars, and d rove throw h borough, in Portman-square. the streets o f P ar i s, on his wa g y, French Academy, and afterwards to th e t h eatre. " Mr. and Lady Charlotte Lyster have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-sc i v a re, for Ro w t on Castle, At the academy he is received with acclamations. At the theatre he is crowned, as Shrewsbury. laurel --and while still wearing the crown The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., and we have said be ore, with laurel Mrs. Disraeli return to town on Monday from their seat in 1 Buckinghamshire. there are sung these words of love and homage to The anxiety entertained for the safety of Sir the old man trembling then on the very edge of Tatton Sykes has been hapi ily relieved, intelligence having his grave— been received that he had reached Jerusalem after his tour in Egypt. " Volt a i re, regois la couronne, Qui l'on vient do to pr6senter ; The Gazette de France states that the Emperor Ii est b eau de la master addressed the following words to MM. Vitet, Villemain, Quand c'est la France qui la donne I" and Octave Feuillet, at the official presentation of the new Voltaire passed away, there are still strange and academician at the Tuileries :—" Gentlemen—l am endea• wonderful events to note, here, vividly depicted in vouring to render myself worthy of you." The same jour- the nal adds, that the conversation having fallen o n C aosar and ' se animated pages. The Chevalier D'Eon it i s on the excavations which the Emp eror h as caused to be 1 at one moment still miserably flaunting before us in made in different places marked by the victories of the Ro• 1 his woman's petticoat. Now it is Beaumsrehais man General, "It is more easy," said M. Villemain, with twith his opera comique! Now Cagliostro with the a smile, "and less afflicting to try and discover old battle• splendour of a Prince and the pomp of a Magician ! fields than to open new ones." "That is true," the Ern- One while we catch a glimpse of Mirabeau and 1 peror is said to have replied, "I know nothing more fright- at another are brought face to face with the lovely ful than the sight of a field of battle after the engagement. It is horrible I" Princess de Lamballe—doomed to E 0 awful a death Cockchafers have al rea d y made their appearance in that historic nightmare that was to co me so soon , in the Bois de Boulogn e . Thi s is much earlier th an usual, not as a dream but as a reality ! If a w id er popu and, accoi ding to the dictumof Mathieu Lszonsberg, is it larity had been sought afte r by the wr it er o f t h ese sign of a het summer and an abundant harvest., pages, a shorter title ought to have been selected THE ALABAMA. Our Liverpool correspondents have heard, on what is believed to be good authority, that the Go vernment, finding that there has been a great deal of carelessness evinced on the part of the customs authorities at Liverpool, in reference to the building and equipment of war vessels for the Confederate Government, and more especially in the case of the Alabama, and her departure from Liverpool without a clearance, have for the last few days been holding an investigation respecting the sailing of the famous cruiser from the Mersey, and the efforts which were made to prevent her doing so. A special meeting of the council of the Liverpool Chamber was held yesterday, to receive a report of the committee appointed recently to consider the communication of the New York Chamber on the question of the building and equipment of the Ala bama in a British port. Mr. C. Robertson having read a narrative of the facts in connexion with the building of the vessel, and her quitting the port of Liverpool just in time to escape detention by the Government, the report of the committee was read. It was to the effect that the building and equipment of such vessels as the Alabama in British ports manifestly contravened the intention of the Foreign Enlistment Act; that this act, even according to the report of the Solicitor-General, was capable of easy evasion, and that its insufficiency in this respect tended to expose our profession of neutrality to the charge of insincerity, and to establish precedents which in future might be turned with harrassing effect upon ourselves. Considerable discussion arose with reference to any memorial being sent to the British Government, or any communication with the New York Chamber expressing sympathy with their peculiar views. It was thought by:some mem bers that the matter might be safely left in the hands of the British Government, and Mr. Grainger pointed out that both Earl Russell and Mr. Adams had expressed themselves unwilling to make any changes in the respective Foreign Enlistment Acts. It was ultimately decided that a copy of the report should be sent to Earl Russell, and his attention called to it, and that the President of the Chamber (Mr. Macfie) should write to the New York Cham ber acknowledging their communications, and fur nishing them with a copy of the report. After an animated discussion, the "Narrative of Facts" and the 'proceedings of the sub-committee were con firmed, though several members objected to them as ex parte,and foundel on insufficient data. The Armstrong, Blakeley, and Whitworth Cannon. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SIR,—It is now between two and three years since Sir William Armstrong and Mr. Whitworth have challenged each other to friendly competition with rifled cannon at the country's expense. From the very first I have expressed my willingness to join in the competition, offering to pay all the cost of constructing, moving, and firing my guns, and to accept without discussion, whatever programme of shooting the others might agree to. My proposals have always been refused ; no reason has been been given but the polite " The Secretary of State has decided to limit the competition to the guns of Sir William Armstrong and Mr. Whitworth." Such being the case, I was a good deal startled the other day by reading in the report of parliamen tary proceedings that the following conversation had taken place in the House of Commons : " Sir J. Ferguson asked the Secretary for War whether the trial of the Whitworth guns, which was to take place before the committee appointed for the purpose, was to be against the service field and garrison guns of Sir W. Arm strong, or against any others of a different pattern now in use ? " Sir G. C. Lewis said no restrictions were placed upon the guns to be used in the trial." I immediately wrote to Sir G. C. Lewis, asking if I might really at last send a gun to Shoeburyness to compete with Sir W. Armstrong and Mr. Whitworth. By return of post I received the folio wing reply : " War-office, March 17, 1863. " Sir,—l am desired by Sir George Lewis to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th instant, and to inform you that the trial to which you refer is limited to Sir W. Armstrong and Mr. Whitworth, and that no restriction is placed upon them as to the guns which they may think fit to bring forward.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, "SIDNEY G. OSBORNE. "To Captain Blakeley." I called the attention of Sir G. C. Lewis to the fact that in the House of Commons he had inadvertently used words which conveyed the erronet.us, and to me injurious, im pression that I was now, and always had been free to com pete, and I asked him to remove that impression, by an ex planation in the house. After vainly waiting till the Easter recess for this explanation (which I cannot help thinking was due to me), I again wrote, and in reply received per mission to publish Mr. Osborne's letter—quoted above. I appeal to your sense of justice, sir, kindly to give publicity to it; for nine persons out of ten who read Sir G.C. Lewis's speech have taken it literally, and believe that "no restric tions are placed upon the guns to be used at the trial," and when I say I am not allowed to compete, those who do not know me cannot help doubting my word.—l am, &c., T, A. BLAKELEY. Army and Navy Club, April 8, THE COTTON FACTORY OPERATIVES.--On Mon day last 27 representatives of the Lancashire and Cheshire factory districts met Mr. Ferrand, M.P., at the Palatine Hotel, Manchester, for the purpose of placing before him the state of the operatives and their views and wishes with regard to the future. A unanimous opinion was ex pressed against living any longer in degrading idleness, and in favour of being removed where there is a prospect of re gular emptoyment without injuriously competi ng w ith o th ers in the labour market. It was also stated that there is a very strong feeling in favour of emigration. After the business was concluded they dined with Mr. Ferrand, and drank the v Q a ti t i e o e n n s ' s h h a e d a l n th o t w a t a h n a y n w e a n y t ih i m u s p i a a i s r m e d t h t h a s e t i r h loveo we d an tlir d iepri. loyalty for their Sovereign. Chester and Holyhead line, which has just occurred on the CATTLE T n L u E m TRAIN .- 32 number A InaNa.i—m maimed, h by ea a d n e a f c e c a ia t e t n le t hav A e c b C e l e D n EN ki T lle i Cl O , A an C l line, the wag near Abergele. The train, which consisted of 35 waggons, sent the greater part of the train across the . all gT ohnfeus mangled waggon ea o innw f gachlaeeptaeit piled esc e da, breaking.rbi ca r a o sae broke heap ae d an o pi down od n Tfy htiwhnegrreoem:uifkocahtunostshioentisrveh oi which oneh followedo f the EXECUTION OF DANIEL WARD were piteous in the extreme. day morning at 8.20, the execution of Daniel Ward for the murder of Charles Wilgar, on the 10th May last, took place in front of the county gaol, Belfast, in presence of between o .— f he th l o g e h n p t o o \ o f l r , an e 4 d o i n m f e e a s e l t i; 8,000 and 9,000 persons. The unhappy man made a full confession of his guilt some time since ; but it has pot wade public till after the ezecution, THE VISIT OF THE SULTAN TO EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 9. Acongratulatory add ress f rom the g Sultan, his M a j es t y re fto there foreign reception Consuls t of e a the plied : "I feel great satisfaction in seeing around me the honourable agents of Powers with whom I have relations as a friend or as an ally. I have come to Egypt with the sole purpose of giving the Viceroy a fresh proof of my goodwill and most particular affection, and to see this most important portion of Empire. All my efforts are directed to the de velopment of the welfare and the happiness of all classes of my subjects throughout the Empire, and to strengthening the ties which unite us with Europe. lam convinced that the Viceroy will also continue upon this course, and that, following in the steps of his celebrated father, one of the most illustrious men of our nation, he will understand how to preserve and carry to completion the work which that great Prince commenced." THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND. CRACOW, APRIL 9. M. Bentkowski, a member of the Prussian Parliament, late chief of Langiewicz's Staff, was arrested here this afternoon. SPAIN. MADRID, APRIL 9 (Evening). The Marquis de Miraflores made the following declaration to the Cortes to-day, relative to the programme of the Cabinet : "The Ministry will follow a Liberal-Conservative policy, always ob serv i ng const i tut i ona l l ega lity i n its acts. The Mini s t ry will not solicit the support of anyone, but th e f r i en d ship o f a ll . It w ill as k f or the authorisation to collect the taxes without preju dice to ulterior discussion on that subject in the Cortes. The Ministry will withdraw the bills of a political character which they have introduced, in order to modify them, and will shortly propose to the Legislature a definitive solution of the ques tion of constitutional reforms. The foreign policy of the Government will be neutrality, although maintaining the name and rank of Spain." The Marquis de Miraflores concuded by making an appeal for the reconciliation of parties. One hundred and twenty-eight members of the Chamber of Deputies held a meeting last night to discuss their future conduct. They resolved to re main faithful to their former political organisation, called the Liberal Union. FRANCE. PARIS, APRIL 10. Lord Cowley has remitted to the Emperor a letter from Queen Victoria, thanking his Imperial Majesty for the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, sent to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, With an eye to the coming elections, L' Opinion Nationale says to-day, very sententiously :--Parties (that is, political parties), can transform themselves, but they cannot abdicate, and they can never die. This persistence is their right, and it is also their birth title of nobility. Le Pays notifies the fact that Rochebrun, the intrepid commander of the Zouaves of the Polish insurrection, after having sojourned at Paris for a few days at the Hotel des Italiens, has just now taken his departure for London. BOURSE, April 9.—The firmnes s i n th e mar ket continues, and the rather large amount of business transacted has b een at an improvement on the closing rates of yesterday. For the Account, Threes are now at 70f. 10c. The Railway Share Market nits been also buoyant, and several of the lines are at this time higher. The market closed as follows : ti per Cents. .. 96 90 Bank Shares 3375 Do. end month.... _ Credit 1 oncier 1515 per Cents Do. end month.... 70 10 Do. end month 72 70 New 3 per Cents .. Russian 95 75 Do. end m ont h .... Austrian .. B5 50 3 redit Mobilier.... 1475 Spanish Threes 52 25 Do, end m 0n th ....149 5 Home Debt .. .._ RA IL WAYS. L O y rl o e n an s 102 s an,s Cash.4o .. 1050 New ditto Account. 1207 50 .. 1212 50 .. 10)0 Northern .... 10 .. - • —'— .. .-- --• Geneva 440 .. 435 .... d Mediterranean .. Southern 760 .. 770 Western ........ 530 .. 532 50 Eastern ..... ,•3 • • Sardinian ........ 467 50 ~ 470 Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 760 .. 765 Ditto to Barcelona .• • • 390 .. 390 -- MEXICO. A letter, written by an officer in the African (Mexico), o f F e b . 14 , i n the Journal de liouen, ( Masseurs, from San-Juan-Batista, near Nopaluca says—" Since I last wrote I have gone over a good deal of ground. We first went to Sin-Andres, from that place to Algeres, and thence to Nopaluca. The last march was made in the night, for we had been :ent for in haste, from the idea that our co operation would be required at Nopa!uca. We arrived near this village in the morning, but the enemy had left. After halting two days we were sent to meet a con voy coming from Perota—that is to say, on our right. We marched the first day about ten leagues without falling in with it, and we returned half the distance, and halted for the night. The I following day we took a road a little more to the left, and load marched about seven leagues when we heard the report of a cannon, and on entering a plain we saw a strong body of infantry drawn up in line. We were saying to ourselves that they must be the 51st Regiment of the Lin e when our skirmiehere were received with a volley of musketry. We were preparing for a charg e when we recuguised the French uniform. T he affair was this :—The 51st were engaged on the opposite side with the Mexi cans, and had received information that a diversion would be attempted by another body of the enemy on the side from which we approached, and the 51st mistook us for Mexicans. Fortunately none of onr men were hurt by the fire. We were immediately ordered forward, and aft er go i ng a b out two l eagues at trot and ga ll op, the village of L as L hanos, a strong line of the enemy cavalr y,enemwe perceived on our left, near who were waiting for our ap proach. We dashed fors: aid, but before reach • ing them we found ourselves in a field of cut maize, which impeded our advance. At length we we over this impediment, but before arriving within reach of the enemy We saw in front of us a very deep ravine, which stopped our progress. A few of the Mexicans still remained on our side of the hollow. Those we charged, killing some, and mak ing prisoners of the other s , We afterwards dis covered a passage which enabled us to cross, and we pursued the M ex i cans on the other side. On our reaching the m ountain at a short distance from them they comm enced firing, but from too great a ry distanceen backt o d intoo us much injury. The enemy were d the vill age o f Las Lhano:. If we had not been delay e d b y the b a d groun d, I thi n k that out of the 400 or 500 MeAican horsemen not many would have remained to tell the tale. We only lost ono man killed and three horses. The enemy had twelve or fourteen men killed and five taken prisoners:' for his work than the one now straggling down his titlepage. As it is, the book, if once opened, will be rifled of its contents : for it is as full of records of extraordinary incident and of remarkable adven ture as a ripe pomegranate is full of seeds. A Vacation Tour at the Antipodes. By B. A. Heywood, M.A. pp. 251. Longman and Co. If every one employed his holiday time to as much purpose as Mr. Heywood, of Trinity College, Cam bridge, the world would be a little the wiser. Falling ill, probably from over study, he was recommended it seems in 1861 to have a thorough change of air and scene during the Long Vacation. As if he were a wag merely, and not in addition to that an inquiring scholar and a more than usually keen eyed observer of men and things, Mr. Heywood takes the recommendation of his medical adviser literally. He enters upon a decidedly Long Vacation. He resolves upon having a change of air and scene that shall indeed be thorough. He makes a voyage "there and back again "—there, in this instance, meaning the Anti podes. Quite at his leisure, when he gets "there.' coolly sauntering on in quest of healtha of amuse ment, and (as the event proves, as, in his case, it manifestly could not help proving) of information, he passes (note-book in hand) through Victoria, Tas mania, New South Wales, Queensland, and New L-aland. He consumes, in this way, the later part of 1861, and the earlier part 611862. Valitudinarian though he still is, when he finds himself, on landing at the opposite side of the globe, among the natives and settlers there in Australia, Mr. Heywood —if the record of his travels do but reach them as it ought— will be now discovered by our fellow subjects there to have been all the while a "chiel " who was " taking notes" and faith ! he will be allowed' by all his readers, whether at the antipodes or at home, to have done well in thus eventually printing them. Several little lithograph Sketches will be met with scattered here and there among the letter-press— an excellent folding map of the whole archipelago traversed, will be found inserted in a calico pocket in the binding—there is a lesser folding chart oppo site the very first page of the traveller's narrative.-- there are some valuable and curious statistics well compacted together by way of an appendix. In effect the book is well arranged and well brought out, and deserves commendation even in that parti cular for its completeness. In regard to the author's account of his " Vacation Tour at the Antipodes," we frankly admit at once, that to ourselves the most interesting portion of it all, is the preliminary part, or in plain terms the " Introductory Historical Sketch," by which he prepares the reader for his own graphic description of our southern colonies far away there under the soles of our feet. Reminding us that 350 years ago nothing whatever was known about the existence of any land at all at our antipodes, IVlr.Hey wood refers to the reported (only, it should be ob served, the reported) discovery of a part of Australia by the Spanish navigator, Capt. Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, by whom, say other vague historic hints dating back for their origin to the close of the six teenth century, the land was called, in the reverent spirit of those times, La Australia del Espiritu Santo ! " Whether," says our writer, when speak ing of Captain de Quiros' claim to be regarded as the first discoverer of Australia, " the palm of dis covery of the new world is to be awarded to him or no, or to the Portuguese, who were in the South Seas between 1511 and 1529, it is quite certain that in the seventeenth century the north, west, and south coasts were visited by several Dutch voyagers, as well as by the English." The earliest of these navigators he then enumerates —Leu win in 1622, Peter de Nuyts in 1 627, General Carpenter and De Witts in 1628, Captain Pelsart 1629, and so on, to the most famous voyager of them all in those far-off seas, the renowned Captain Cook--the greatest among all the discoverers of Australasia! Rapidly, thereupon, we traverse the annals of that great southern island, or, rather, it should always be said, continent, dubbed in an immortal Scotch Bull by Sir Archibald Alison, at page 9 of Vol. I. of his continuation of his "History of Europe," the " fifth hemisphere!" Regarding New South Wales with especial interest, as Engliah nen cannot fail to do by reason of its being the very first of all the Australian colonies that has been established by the Imperial Government, it occurs to us that it will probably be welcome to our readers if we here epitomise in a brief cata logue the salient facts commented upon in Mr. Heywood's narrative; compiling here, at least, that is to say, a— LIST OF THE GOVERNORS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THAT COLONY, I. Captain Philip .................. lB 11. Captain, afterwards Admiral , John H unter 177958 111. Captain Philip King ................. IV. Captain Willi am Bligh .. . 1800 ...............• 1806 V. Governo r Lachlan Macquarie ........... VI. Sir Th omas B r i s b ane .. .1809 VII. Gen era l D ar li ng 1822 182 5 VIII, Gene ra l B ourke IX. Sir Ge orge Gi pps 1838 X. Sir Ch ar l es Fi tzroy „ ........ XI. Sir William D en i son 1846 ................ 1855 XII. Sir John Young . ............................... 1861 His excellency, the last mentioned governor, being still there in authority at the head of that more than ever important colony. So that, in cluding Sir John Young, the present governor, there have been only a dozen governors there in stalled in the Government House in Sydney since the date of the first foundation of that Government. A date, as it happens, immediately anterior to the outbreak of the first Great French Revolution. We have left ourselves but little space, within which to allude, even in the most cursory manner, to the amusing as well as instructive nature of the result of Mr. Heywood's personal observation of things as they are now at our antipodes. It is in , . teresting (according to the usual custom nowa days, in reference to our blundering knowledge, or rather belief, of all kinds), to learn (p. 90) that Botany Bay, though popularly identified even in name with the very idea of transportation, never at any time had a convict settlement established there! Happily, however, one has a spiteful satisfaction immediately afterwards in learning, that knowledge at our antipodes is as little trustworthy as it apparently is upon most things ancient, modern, here at home: Mr. Heywood (p. 96) recording the fact that at a public sale he heard an auctioneer declare that Notes and Queries vvere written by Charles Dickens ! It is all pretty much the same there, seemingly, in many respects, as it is here amongst ourselves. At the Club in Queens land, our traveller finds lying on the table just as he might find lying on his own club table at the Univer sity Club House in Pall-Mall, the Saturday _Review, the Cornhill, and divers other familiar periodicals. For the rest, however, we would confidently refer the reader to Mr. Heywood's own pages, from the which anyone who lists may draw at pleasure, and certainly also, with pleasure, an abundant store of interesting, and some of it really valuable infor- mation. Vie Popular Science Review. No. VII. An excellent specimen of this very able and in structive scientific quarterly has just made its ap pearance in this early part of April. Its contents in many respects reflect the highest credit upon the taste and discrimination of the editor, Mr. James Samuelson. One of the seven principal papers making up these contents of Number Seven, he himself has helped to contribute —namely, as the translator of it. The original of the paper thus referred to, being written by M. Jules Gerard, as a matter of course iu French, and relating (almost equally, we might say, as a mat ter of course) to " The African Lion in its Native Haunts." Besides which the Review contains a valuable article, by P. L. Simmonds, on " The Fur niture Woods of Commerce"—the remaining five articlesmaking up the full seven in this seventh num ber, being eachof them illustrated with whole-page engravings in lithograph. The " History of a Beech Twig" is the theme of one paper. "Fossil•. Birds" furnish the subject of another. "The British Fungi" suggest a third article. " The Human Skin" a fourth. The last paper here men tioned, though the first in this current number of the Review, being a highly elaborated little trea tise, by the Rev. W. Houghton, on " Our Fresh Water Polyzoa:' As the usual supplementary close to the contents of The Popular Science Re view, we have, besides this, several minor criti cisms, " Miscellanea," and the customary Scientific Summary from Ato Z —or, to put it other wise, from Astronomy to Zoology. L e~ h. I