The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-14 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, for the 19th time, Balie's new Opera, BLANCH ^% D N EVE itS Mi ss Louisa Fyne, Miss Anna files, miss Emma Heywood; Messrs. CV. IL Weiss, H. Corn, A. Cook, A. ct , Albyn , C. Lyall, J. Rouse, and W. Harrison. To conclude with the Second Act of THE DESERT FLOWER. Conductor. Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-Past Six—Commence at Seven. ROYAL DRURY- LANE. TfIEATRE Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. Tfl rs EVEN ING, her Majesty's Servants will 'perform the Farce of MY B. ART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS: characters by Mr. Neville, Mr. G. W es t on , M r . Warde, Mr. J. Mares ; Mrs. C. Melville, and .hiss Harfleur. Atter which. Lord Byron's Choral Trazedy, MANFRED. Messrs, I helps, Ryder, Rayner, M-agreson, Ward, Spencer ; Miss I,:burne,3liss Y. Atkinson, 3liss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole Miss Ritter, Miss Cicely vat, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. Followed by BEAUTY OR, THE BEAST. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, Spencer, and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss R. Lecicrq. THEATRE ROYAL DR UR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and r. B. Chatterton. NOTICE—The Public are respectfully requested to take notice that the extensive Scenical preparations for he Christmas Pantomime will compel the withdrawal on Satur day, Dec. 19, for a period extending o. er the Holidays, of Lord Byron's MANFRED. THIS EVENING the nerformances will commence with MY BEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. After which, commencing at a Quarter before Eight o'clock, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy of MANF RED. Mortals: Manfred, Mr. Phelps ; Abbot of St. Mauric ~ Mr. Ryder ; a Chamois Hunter, Mr. A. Rayner ; Manuel (an aged Retainer), Mr. Neville; Herman (a young Domestic in the Castle of Manfred), Mr. G. Weston ; Retainers, Messrs. Bedford, Weaver, Kirk, Wilson, Smith, and Edwards. Immortals : Arimanes (Ruler of the Evil Agencies), Mr. Warde • • Ariel (Spirit of the Ether), Miss Emma Heywood; Hesper (Spirit of the Stars), Miss :Louisa Ritter ; Undine (Spirit of the Waters). Miss Poole ; Meserima (Spirit of Memory). Miss Cicely Nott ; Auster (Spirit of the Storm),. Mr. Swift ; As tarocti (spirit of the Earth), Mr. Meagerson ; vubes (Spirit of the shadow of Night), Mr. Ryder; Titanos (Spirit of the Mountains), Mr. G. S pincer ; Nemesis (Goddess of Vengeance Mrs. Edmund Falconer ; Clotho, Lache is, and Atropos- - the Three Destinies—Mies Emma Atkinson, Miss C. 'Weston, and Miss Murray ; the Phantom of Astarte, Miss Rose Leclerq ; the Witch of the Alps, Miss M. I:bur „ Agencies and Spirit Spectres of the Weird ne A - V2r u l s di Messrs. T. Matthews, J. Morris, J. Cormack, II I.3 e ymour, Miss Diarfleur, Mrs. Melville' Mrs. War low, and the Ladi es and G entlemen of the CAhcotiTr.a—nsdeetnhee ThiPet. Order and character of the sceneecrry s Castle. Scene I: Studio and Goth ic Gallery In Mani r 2 : a Precipice and Glaciers near the Summit of the Jung frau Act 11. -Scene 1: The ChaletTh of the Chamois S ce ne 2: e Steinbach, a Hunter and Alpine Pass. Valleys among the Alp , , %V..tertall, in one of the and Overhanging Cliffs, Lower the . Haun , t of the Witch of the Alps. " The sunbow's rays still arch the torrent with the ma ny hues of heaven, and roll t h e sheeted silvers waving co lumn o'er the crag's perpendicular." Scene 3 : The ‘ llO , capped Summit of the Jungfrau, by Moonlight. Scene 4 n e 7 The Hall of Arimanes in the Nether orldai td b : Dansou and son. Act 111. — Scene 1 :Terrace and Exterior The Turret Studio, the Macrian' Ind of (;astle. night HauntS.ceSnheo2ok and Illumined by a ThunedrenrA'es:tosa.rimsan,pearhno-ed:- Flashing t and e o Crashingr vil d finally Destroyed by Last Scene : A Snowy Alpine Songs and Choruses—Act I —Scene 1 : Mys 's I nvoca projarne o f the t Viwless Spirits to the Magian tic3l. Responses o , Mortal to thy bidding bow'd,, Miss Emma the blue depth of the waters '' tion. Ist Solo, ' , In Hey wood ; 2d Solo, 3d . Solo, " I miqs Poole ; - , Mr Swift ; Sep tette am the rider of ' the wind.' ' Nott Mr. Sw•ft ' Misses Poole, He - wood, Cicely . , I , and Chorus; The I y Solo, cation—, . • When the Moon is mpre on the Wave," Miss Solo, "TI Cicely ls.ott , i nil thy. Slumber 3ilss Poole ; Chorus, by the whole Choir. may be deep," Solo and Chorus, " The Captive Usurper,"* Act. 11.-- eerie 3 ; and Chorus ; Song, " The Ship Miss Cicely Not t fast," bliss Emma Heywood. sailed on, the Shin sailed of the Evil Agencies, " Hail t Scene 4—Grand Choral Hymn and Air." solo verses by Mr o our Master, Prince of Earth Chorus and accorn • Swift, chorus by full Choir; Ju bilantthe Ballet. Act llL—LastDance, by full Choir and Good and Evil b st Scene: Grand Dual Chorus 01 Choir. The general Spirits,action y the Principal Singers and Full Phelps. The incident of the tragedy arranged by Mr. al dances designed and directed by Mr. Cormack. Costumes t from Flaxman'ri Illustrations from designs by R. W. Keene, Esq., and lustrations f Ctassical and Mythological Conceptions. Gas Machinery by Mr. J. Tucker and Assistants. Illuminations by Mr. J. Hinckley. Spectral illusions by Mr. Cox, under the directionof Mr. • ' of the entirel by v uew scenery designed and principally painted - II r. W. Telbin, assisted by his son, Mr. 11. Telbin. The Hall of Arimanes painted by Mr. Danson and Sons. The increased orchestra and present arran , !ement of the music, oripjnilly composed by Sir Henry Bishop, under the direc tion of Mr. Barnard. The choir under the direction of Mr. Charles Beale. To conclude with BEAUTY OR THE BEAST. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., 215., £1 lls. lid., £2 2s , £3 Os., and .£1 4s. : Stalls, Os. ; Drees Circle, 4s. ; First Circle, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, 25.; Lower Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery. 6d. No half-price. Box office open from Ten to Five daily. Doors open at half-past Six, commence at Seven o'clock. Stage Manager, Mr. Phelps. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, A GAME OF SPECULATION. Messrs. Chap. Mathews, Chippendale, W. Farren, Rogers, Clark, Braid, Gordon, &c. ; Mesdames Fitzwilliam, Hill, Griffith, &e. Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Compton,Weathersby, ; Mesdames C. Mathews, L, Keeley. Griffith, &C. With COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews. And LITTLE DAISY. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE NIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Eve: y Evening until further notice. THIS EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled UNCLE BABY : Mess s. Widdicombe, .I. G. Shore, Charles ; Bliss P. Le ,lercq, and Carlotta Leclercq. After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DENIONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, t aken from Stendhal's •` Italian Chronicle ," by Mr. John Broug;tam. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fcchter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Br ,, tigh,im, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Larenue, Mrs. Lee, and'lies Elsworthy. Doors open at half-past 6—commence . at 7. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE-ROYAL, under new Management, will OPEN for the Winter Season on BOXING NIGHT. EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL -Bole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. W.bater. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY FIORSEBREARER. Mebsrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, and Miss Woolgar. At 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Bth weeir of Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil lington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole. Commence at 7. LEAH. -EVERY NIGHT. MISS BATEMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING, the 63d appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Baternan's imperso nation of the principal character in the new Five Act Drama 01 LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manazer, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. Honk EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo. 3144.Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss Follow ed Return of by (18th time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The After wlvallboroi> 4ad sem. Messrs. honey and Fenton ; Mesdames h ie ' - `, Simpson. "' lar NEW PLACE. Mr. A. Wood. Commence at 7. ROYAL LLS THEATRE. E '4l,ageress, Miss Marriott. Tins EVENING, ROMEO AND JULIET, Romeo, rims Marriott; Nlertutio, Mr. E. rthelps ; Friar, Mr. ;).‘,. D reqiam ; Juliet, To conclude with Tux Al‘n istt uidelbert ; Nurse, Mrs. Wal is. Box-M ee 013.PlIAN OF GLENCOE. °Pea from 11 to 4. 7;cIHE THIRD EDIT Containing the Late. t OF " THE SUN," can be h a d Every Evening of ST ING INTELLIGENCE, G. R. GLENIE,N, wn N o. 4, Connaught-term HIGH WATER AT Lo Ntiol, —.. THIS DAY. —Morning, 4h. 20m......mteBRIDGE. Yo-moßßow.-Morning, sh. sm'—AftZ7; sh. 4 h. 40m. 30m. 14 The Weather—Sun Office, Dec. 463. THERMOMETER. This day •at Two o'clock .................... 45 Barometer- 30 . 37. Wind —S,-W. ; light, and fine., • - LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 14, 1863. As Mr. COBDEN took occasion to remark the other day, in his most intemperate letter to our principal contemporary, out a very few we eks more reassembled. Reasons and Parliament will ha ve easons there are in abundanc e f or it s early p reassembling ! Foremost among these, the e xtraordinary pass to which our Foreign :Relations brought have been by h MAJESTY'S A 3itztionSecretary of State for that D e p ar t men t. many 4irection o remarkable, in it s wa y, i n run : that (not by any means unnatura,ll 3 . ) ti (not altog e th e r unfounded) got about recently among the Cl u b s , t o th e e ff ect that Earl ItussELY aul L h either be en cons t ra i ne d t o resign, or had Again a_ l:erversely resigned him self, of his own freewill as much mischief as he possiblyer once more done aaill y could to the Admi nistration of he had ability contrived to become else might b© thought o f the presars 'Whatever these who are not among the avowed number 'oiC.abinet by partisan supporters, there can hardly b, opini ons as to the coursa Dow for some time persisted Pin icos in by the noble Earl t he Foreign Secretar y_ Th at course has been marked out for himself by one vvl io is notoriously as self•willed as he is un questif mably and most irritatingly self-opinionated. It has been, at one and the same time, the develop ment and the exaggeration of a policy as feeble in acts :as it has been loud and ostentatious in lan ' guag e . How Not To Do it is the key to the whole) mystery of it, as it is in effect, scan :ding to our Great Humourist, the clue thro' sgh the whole labyrinth of Circumlocu tion. Precisely, as in the matter of Reform, Earl Rust SELL now superciliously advises the nation to Rest and be Thankful—so does he now cynically affect to assume a very grand bearing, indeed, es the representative abroad of English Pub lic Opi.nion,'a very grand bearing, indeed, in the man ner of his diplomatic correspondence! Idlitshneeng\ovtiitah tions, first with one foreign power an grossly another, always ending meanwhilem either in a fiasco or in a collapse. Everybody reme h he blundered in the matter of Schleswig-Holstein months ago. We all have a painful recollection of the anti-climax closing the noble earl's exchange of despatches with Prince GORTCHAKOFF in regard to the affairs of Poland. While, as for his American policy we can but still look painfully askance at that truckling towards the Federals evi denced by the p reci p itate e mbargo laid neon certain steam rams in a shipbuilder's yard at Liverpool I To Lord RUSSELL we are indebted for an excess of irritability that has, at one extremity of the earth, led to a rupture of friendly relations with the Brazilian Government, and to an excess of , passion that ha s resu l ted, at the opposite extremity of the earth, that is in Japan, to the lamentable and, for England, most discreditable destruction, in cold blood, of the unfortunate city of Kagosima. Finally, as the last achievement of Earl RUSSELL in his capacity as chief at the English Fo reign Office, was the result of the recent correspondence between the Governments of Eng land and France, in regard to the EMPEROR S proposition of a Congress. A correspondence so closed that England may be said, thereby, quite plainly and accurately to have assumed a wholly ex ceptional position in regard to France—the position, that is, of a sneering cynic who goes out of his way to be guilty of a gross rudeness where nothing certainly has been in any way called for but the extreme of courtesy. England may be quite right—probably is quite right—in declining to take part in a Congress—but, at any rate, she could have intimated that, as her decision, without doing so in a manner almost insolent, beyond any doubt of it to the very last degree most irritating and super cilous. Remembering all which pleasant illustra tions of the agreeable consequences of our having Lord RUSSELL in authority at the Foreign-office, we cannot but feel an inexpressible satisfaction in reflecting that Parliament wile now, in a very little while longer, have come together in February. It is an old saying and a wise one, that extremes meet, and we may see some illustration of the truism every day. In no case is its accuracy more vividly shown than in the similarity existing between despotisms and democracies in many im• portant particulars. The tyranny of the few or of the many tends to much the same result; while constitutional law and civil liberty suffer nearly as much from the one as from the other. The avowed enemies of freedom are scarcely more dangerous than her professed friends—the emphatic protesta tions of the Red Republican do not prevent him from following in the steps of the irresponsible dictator. The experience of all history tends to confirm this doctrine, for independent and outspoken citizens incurred as much risk in the days of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, as under the rule of the veriest despot that ever wielded a sceptre. By common consent the dominion of the friends of the people has been styled the Reign of Terror; and, indeed, it would seem as if the elected sovereigns often feared opposition the most—possibly from the feeling that, being supposed to represent the sentiments of the populate, any suggestion that they were not adequately fulfilling the wishes of the majority must be especially dangerous. The inconsistency of a Republican Government issuing arbitrary laws and confiscating the civil rights of a people, has been latterly strikingly evidenced in the proceedings of the Federal Government. The sus pension of the Habeas Corpus Act, the imprison ment of peaceable citizens who had dared to lift their voices against the war, the expulsion of Mr. VALLANDIGHAM-a man of sufficient note to have been elected Governor of a State—have all afforded matter for surprise and regret on this side of the Atlantic. By the latest intelligence it would seem that despotism has proceeded a step further, and that the last onslaught has been made upon the freedom of the press. This step, which is always the herald of oppression, is doubly remarkable in a country like America, in in which the liberty of the Press has long been allowed to degenerate into license. The tone of the American journals, however little in accord. ance with the manners and customs of this country, has always been singularly free and outspoken, and the American people are accustomed to commen' on men and measures which we should consider libellous. The muffling of the press is, therefore, an extreme measure, and it is, too, strange that it should be deemed necessary when the great body of the journals has been devoted to the cause of the Government. So universal was the feeling for war with the South, that any journalist who ran counter to it had no chance of obtaining a livelihood ; even if his printing-office were left standing, he would have no sale for his papers, and American mobs are by no means patient of opposition. It has been charged against the press and the pulpits of America that they have inflamed the passions of the people, that they have, for the sake of winning popularity and position, stimulated the popular frenzy instead of striving to counsel moderation and peace. Yet the arbitrary doings of the Federal authorities a ppear to have outstripped the subservience of the and an enforced conscription, probably the P r eear tor of many more, has given occasion to the edict all been g:lttd_ to. At C o l um b us , K entuc k y, t h ere h as e xcitement owing to the enforcement of a COMlCripti, u larder i ssue d b y G enera l HURLBUT. The same coolta le vit : t der, who is apparently deter he strong hand, promulgated e close of last month, pro an mined order to ph , _ at newspap ersi , 418 department from discus isures or polic Y of the Government— I s i n b g i t t i n h g e Pert,onally responsible for the violation of the order. \\Thet, the editors to be held N ether this arbitrary strictures on that ' is not decree enforced conscription state was called forth by 507 but such was probably the case. lt is a dark d , for Anaerica when such decrees ar e issued. The Northern Stat es , in fact, are under martia l law though gwv r tied by the authorities, civil and own leaders, and military, hesitate at nothing. Such incidents adord libert y which curious commentary on American which some of our professing Liberals w ould do well to study. The pers i s tency itb, which the leaders of the M a nchester school endea vonr still to advocate the superiority of the an satlantic ways and m anners i s r eally Tx singular in the face of such facts. Mr. COBDEN, who is never at a loss for a word against the press of his own country, would probably approve of the cause by which editors are to be held responsible for any infraction of the order. Such a stipulation is cer tainly more just and reasonable than the decree which visits the political offences of the manager on the printer; but the Americans had better take care that their military despots do not go a step or two further, and imitate the example of Prussia a little more closely. In fact, Herr von EISMARIC would not be altogether out of place in the LINCOLN Cabinet. The same obstinacy, the same dogged determination to reduce his opponents to his will, the same over looking of popular rights, the same political short- Y e n y rkl i a en r el easi little a n dl en a Wd r a et c anhs t o e eh u r i di enough delibe rate i it c bo ien o n- f , s t i h g e h no t e duG d gme n hri e nn it s h e : ent andrEi,atgohora-a-head" suicidalt otherwiseo i a ra lt t h e common. It is to be regretted that 'men in our own country, es r wh p o e s c, e t positio n an d antecedents entitle them to should persist in advocating the excellence of American institutions, apparently entirely oblivious of the fact, that men must draw their own conclusions from such acts as these, and that those conclusions are not likely to be favour able to the training which produces, not only such readers, but the men wllo suffer them. In a brief note, addressed to the Marquis of HARTINGTON, referring to his recent speech at Haslingden, Mr. COBDEN takes the opportunity of disputing the accuracy of tie observations made by the noble lord as to Vac, principles of American education, and the defects in the national character which have been exhibited in the great struggle. The substance of t i dese remarks expressed the views of a good many sound Liberals in this country, and few such will, we trust, be found to applaud the barbarous and tyrannical spirit in which the Northern States have carried on the war. America is no doubt passing through a time of grievous trial. A struggle of Titans is going on, whether for right ends or for wrong, and the acts of both sides must not be harshly judged. Still, with every disposition to leniency, Englishmen have stood aghast at the tales which have reached them of the doings of their own kindred race. It is as if the war were being waged in a spirit which dispensed alike with the chivalry of ancient times and the humanity of modern days, and the triumph of success or the mortification of failure are alike darkened by harsh disregard for the amenities of civilisation. If the Union founded by WASHINGTON and supported by a host of great and liberal statesmen is to be sup ported by means like this, then, whatever the suc cesses of the Federal arms, its glory has indeed passed away. If the great Republic, the boasted land where royal, ecclesiastical, and titled tyranny were things unknown, is to owe its supremacy to the gagging of the press and the invasion of the rights of citizens, then let the patriots of America cease to hope for the future of their country, for the great strongholds of constitutional law, free thought and free speech, will have been sacrificed to a vain ambition. Whatever oar posterity may think of the pre sent age for the good it is doing, they must admit that it is one of enterprise, and that, too, of a gigantic character. We are running a race of rivalry in the art of construction, and destruction to match. We are building or inventing machines of wonderful capacity for good, while our restless genius is busy in forging engines to test their merits with a heartiness of daring and ingenuity worthy of a better purpose. The universal idea seems to be that nothieg old can any longer be worth caring for, because in the pride of our might we can pro ' duce new models altogether beyond comparison. It 1 is so with our ships as with our guns. Our " hearts of oak," that for ages have stood the battle and the breeze and triumphed on the deep, must now give place to (mother substance—long familiarly sup posed not likely to swim, far less to bear our thun ders over the stormy wave or battle with the foe. But now all these things are undergoing a change, and that a rapid one. How far it may prove for the better, time alone can show, for it is idle to predi cate, however confident may be our belief. Then , again, we are not even agreed upon the best mode of carrying out our new ideas, for the manner is as novel as the matter, so much have circumstances changed the nature of enterprises. Some are for capacity, others for strength, and all for speed, in the construction of our ships. But the how and the wherefore seem to puzzle even the expertest in the multitude of our discordant genius. Invention spurs on one party, while consideration moderates the other. Everyone's idea is naturally the most likely to answer, especially in his own opinion, but the right course probably lies in the medium. The difficulty is in the decision, so each rides on his own hobby for better or worse. Perhaps one cause of their diversity of opinion lies in the fact that they are all more or less bewildered in the dilemma o f applying or endeavouring to work out the new -naprovements by running is the groove of their old ideas, from which they find it rather difficult to disentangle themselves. Still it would be idle to advise, for the very reason that any suggestion not in unison with the " dear novelty" would be scouted as unworthy of notice, for a genius is as stub born as he is inventive, and glories in carrying out his own conception to the very letter. It is the glory of his heart and idol of his ambition—he must be all or nothing. If he fail he will persist, and if he succeed alt is right, but even then he will do something better yet, and so he may, for progress is the very nature of invention, and hence the won derful achievements of science now, in comparison with former times. But there is another question that enters into the progress of improvement, and that is cost. We may buy gold too dear. Eco nomy is necessary, in large as in small undertak ings. It is an axiom founded in the very works of nature, and the art of man can have no better au thority to guide his course. Whether the immensity of our present undertakings be in strict accordance with our necessities remains to be seen ; but if we can obtain our actual requirements at a lesser cost, it behoves us to be more careful in our expenditure, for the loss or waste of the present may be no con solation for the future, however it may prove a warning. Now in shipbuilding, whatever can be saved is gain, provided the saving do not impair the efficiency. The public have been scandalised for some time back at the expense of our royal dock yards, as compared with the character of our great private establishments. But even in the latter, reforms may be made, not only for their own ad vantage, but also for that of the public. Now, it is clear that if any private firm can accomplish any saving in the management of their concerns, self interest will induce their ready acceptance of any reasonable plan that may promise such benefit. No doubt prejudice may operate partially to influ ence this judgment, but that, too, will yield to rea son and time, and the public will eventually pa tronise the cheapest because it is the best, and the best is a l wa y s th e c h eapest i n the long run, as ex perience h as ever proved. We will not pretend to decid e on one mode of building in preference to another, b u t we lik e to give fair play to all comers es r in the way of publicity, an d th a t as muc h for tht. Public Rood as for the undoubted and worthy ad schem vanta° of the inventor. Among th e many of l one has been sent t o much f or us, despereoposed ate' ina of Special coesid e r a ti on , as professed ecotnony, as for " it. its impartiality a m f reedom f rom prejudice.* It is * N e w Mode of phildn and Economy aibining Strength with Fac ility Mac eg or Skinner, of Constructi on ." By A. Captain, It.N. F oiarth edition. R e . vised, Narcud Ward and Co, Belfitat, gr THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1863. written in a clear, forcible, and frank spirit, by a gentleman apparently well-qua;ified to give an opinion npon the matter, being himself a captain is the Royal Navy. He illustrates his mode by a diagram, or midship section of a vessel, with the proportions requisite for all vessels up to 45 of beam. But we will not enter into the details, I contenting ourselves rather with the merits of his particular scheme. His object, he says, is to try and establish "iron-framing for all sorts of vessels, combined with wood ceiling and planking, so as to give increase of strength, greater facility of construction, and cheapness beyond all of the pre sent modes of shipbuilding." He goes on to assert that those acquainted with the working of a heavy laden vessel, or man-of-war in a gale of 'Wind, must believe that any method of construction which will give to the frames or ribs of the vessel a fixed and permanent stability which no rolling motion of timber affect, no looseni ng o f b o l ts, nor rat tlingweaken, must b e an i mprovement shall upon the present mod e o f b u i lding. He believes that metal framing a l one can Secure this effect; and further, he say s , t h at b y his plan a water tight vessel is formed independent of the outer and ma i n planking. Thus he combines iron with wood, each independent of the other, but yet coalescing into one harmonious whole. This is a great point achieved for the ship's safety, but it does more—it is from 20 to 50 per cent. cheaper. Strength is gained by the iron-framing, which does away with crooked timber, the most expen sive article in the building of a ship. Besides these, iron-frames could be prepared and kept in store all ready to meet any sudden emergency, such as our unfortunate predicament in the Russian war for the want of gunboats, which were only completed when the war was over, and all the money thrown away, or its precious value suf fered to rot in our splendid dockyards. Cap-, tain SKINNER thinks that the appearance of many of our commercial shipping is about as un sightly as unseamanlike, and their construction deficient in every good quality. Indeed, so much so that from the wreck returns we lose about 1,100 vessels on an average every year, causing an annual &bin upon our resources of one million and a half, to say nothing of the loss of our gallant seamen. Surely such fearful waste ought to startle the powers that be to make provision to arrest so fear ful a loss of life, as well as to preserve the pro perty of the notion committed to their care. The essential iecuisites to make a serviceable vessel for the home -trade Capt. SKINNER conceives to be— " Great capacity for cargo; stability under canvas; fair sailing cualities ; light draught of water; form and strength to allow of taking the ground with out injury." Nor is his plan confined to the inte rests of the trading community ; but the Captain frankly adm:ts that the Admiralty (as usual) took objection that his proposed mode of building would not admit of sufficient strength for vessels of war ! and yet this precious Admiralty are now having a dozen modes of building for ships of war, and each mode dissimilar to the other. Why, no invention ever gets a trial at the great Board based upon a " system" that baffles all comprehension, and stoutly forbids all inquiry into its mysterious doings. But the objection is absurd, for the iron frames can be made of any strength required, and of any thickness necessary. But, as the Captain justly observes, " mere thickness of side for resist ing heavy shot is no longer necessary, as the new rifled guns will send their bolts through anything that floats." In fact, th© leas resistance the larger shot meet with the better, as there will be fewer splinters. The only motions to be provided against in shipbuilding are the rolling and pitching motions, and these are bad enough singly, but when in a man ner combined, they strain and weaken the vessel in opposite directions. Captain SKINNER'S plan will obviate this by preventing the longitudinal motion or pitching from all connection with the rolling, and so save the vessel from straining by disconnecting the ties, making each independent of the other, and yet mutually binding, A vessel thus constructed might roll heavily for months without straining, for neither what i s vert i cal, nor what is longitudinal in shipbuildi ng should be fastened together so as to injure each other either in rolling or pitching. The vibration caused by the action of the screw would also be done away with or greatly modified, and hogging be entirely prevented. Now if all these desirable requisites, or even a fair portion of them, be attained we cannot but think that Cap tain SKINNER has done good service to his country, and merits the esteem and gratitude of all seafaring men. THE SITAKSPERE CO MMITTEE.—The Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer has accepted office as a Vice President of the National Shakspere Committee, Among the additions to Om general body of the committee are—Erneste de Bunsen, Esq, (Councillor of Legation) and Antonio Panizzi, Esq. (Chief Librarian of the British Mu seum), who have accepted office as Foreign Secretaries to the committee, The other new members include Sir Robert Phillimore, the Queen's Advocate, J. Winter Jones, Esq., Edmund Yates, Esq., George C. Leight on, E sq., and Hugh W. Diamond, M.D.—A thenreuni. UP THE NILE ! is in fact taking the place of the old cry "Up the Rhine !" Th e D uk© of Rutland, the Earl and Countess Scarbor oug h , and Lady Herbert of Lea have already set out to p ass t h e winter in that health le tLoascl hope, a Gifford secondare about taste o t o f restoring climate, and Lord us, and follow the example—to give the Hon. Impulsia Gushington's e x p er i ences. COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS. —At a meetin of theg council of this corporation, on the 12th inst., the diploma of licentiate was granted to Mr E. E. Pinches, 8.A., and to Mr F. J. Weightman, A.C.P. The following ladies and gentlemen were elected members of the college :—Mr T. W. Bowman, Grainford Academy, near Darlington; Miss Frances Copley, Ma rgaret-street, Wilmington-square; M. A. Havet, Newton-terrace, Glasgow; Mrs T. G. Kelly, Milton-terrace, Yauxball-bridge• road; Mr Phillip Norris, Plas Nant-y-Glyn School, Mold; Mr R. E. Pugh, Trede gar ; Mr W. Read, St. Mary, Newington; Mr M, A, Rees, High Wycombe. The accident which Lady Adine Cowper, second daughter of the Countess Cowper, met with a few days since at Florence, by being thrown from her horse, has not resulted in the serious injuries reported. We have reason to believe that, beyond some painful contusions, nothing serious has occurred. Tho countess and daughter, together with the Earl Cowper, were on the eve of leaving Florence for Rome when the accident took place. IMPORTANT LIFEBOAT SERVICES. LYTHAM, NEAR PRESTON, Dec. 11.—About nine o'clock last night, while it was blowing a fresh gale from the west, the master and crew of the schooner Caledonia, of this port, landed here in their own boat, and requested the assistance ofathe lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution to save their vessel, if possible, which had grounded and struck heavily while entering Lytham, and which they had aban doned. The lifeboat was at once manned and launched. The vessel was perceived driving along with the flood tide, Ibut the lifeboat succeeded in putting the crew again on board. She was making much water, but is now aground in com parative safety. The next tide a number of men went on board, and were ultimately successful in getting her off the bank, and in taking her into Preston. As the life boat was returning another vessel was discovered through the darkness to be ashore on the Bay Bank. The boat was at once pulled to her, when she proved to be the brigan tiine Faroe, of Maryport, bound front Dublin to that port, iu ballast. It appeared the compasses had led them astray from their course, for the captain was totally ignorant of his position, supposing himself to be within a short dis tance of his destination. When apprised of his error by the lifeboatmen he gladly accepted their services, and with their assistance his vessel was safely brought into port the , next day. LORD WESTMORELAND'S attack of illness was so serious, that the Parisian doctors who were called in ordered 46 leeches to be applied, and administered two drops of croton oil to the invalid. *DIE ADDRESS OF THANKS TO THE EMPEROR from musical composer s , on the abolition of the exclusiv e theatrical privileges in P ar is, has been signed by Auber, Meyerbeer, David, Gounod, Rossini, and some 80 more, DR. CHARLES MACKAY, the limes' Nov York correspondent, before returning to his post, will commit to the press a new volume of his poems, entitled St u di es from the Antique, and Sketches from Nature," LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRALIA. DOVER, DEC. 13, Messrs. Money Wigram's ship Norfolk, Captain Tonkin, from Melbourne on the 27th September, arrived off here at 9 a.m. to-day. She brings 150 passengers, 60,000 ounces of gold, 630 bales of wool, 146 bales of leather, and a quantity of antimony, silver ore, copper, &c. The Norfolk rounded Cape Horn on the 22d October, and crossed the line on the 17th Novem ber. She experienced fair wind and weather from Melbourne to Cape Horn, where she was detained by an easterly wind for some days. Saw very little ice. Had light baffling winds from the Cape to the Equator, A. good N.E. trade took her to 27 deg. N. Since then had a good deal of N.E. winds. Two deaths and one birth oc curred on the voyage. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 12.—The market has been rather firmer, but without any material improvement as regards the amount of business doing. Threes, for the Account, show a slight advance, being now at 671 r. 30c. Mobilier has risen to 1,057 fr. 90c. Railway Market also more buoyant. The market closed as follows: 41 per Cents 95 15 Do. end month — 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 30 Credit Mobilier 1051 25 Do. end month 1052 50 Bank Shares 3330 Credit Fonder Roman Italian Loan 7l 95 Do. end month 7l 95 New ditto — Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 62 Fl om e Debt Deferred SAIL 'AYS. Orleans Northern .... New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New, ditto .. Geneva.. S3uthern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian LON , b%rd North of Spain .. Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona Cash. Account. 973 75 .. 975 - - 973 50 .. 970 937 50 .. 937 50 887 50 .. - 500 - .. - - 687 50 .. 687 60 510 - .. 507 50 475 - .. 477 50 395 - .. - - 400 - „ 397 50 521 25 .. 625 - 520 - .. 520 - 623 75 .. 621 25 LITERATURE. The Introduction to Anthropology. By Dr. Theo dor Waltz.. Vol. I. Edited by J. Frederick Collingwood. Longman and Co. A peculiar interest attaches to this, in many respects, very remarkable publication. It is the initial volume—let us hope, to begin with—of an extensive library of works of a similar character. It appears under the auspices of the Anthropolo gical Society of London. It is very gracefully and even eloquently inscribed by the editor of the volume to the able Founder and First President of the Association. Not quite one year has even yet passed since the Anthropological Society of London was established. Its commencement, in fact, dates from early in the present year of grace 1863 within which year this same goodly volume appears, not merely with the sanction and approval, but di rectly at the instance and by the authority, of the newly-organised Anthropological Society of London, as the first of a long series of standard works on the science of Anthropology. A more felicitous selec tion could not, we conceive, by any possibility have been made than the very one which has resulted in the publication of the book lying before us as a commencement. For within the compass of the first volume of Dr. Theodor Waitz's Anthropologic der NaturvOlicer is compacted together the most comprehensive and exhaustive survey of the new science, yet contributed, we believe, in any tongue, to European Literature. To the'English public generally, how ever, it is a book almost unknown, saving and excepting alone by reputation. Although merely a translation from the German, therefore, the work is virtually, if not an original work, a perfeooly new work to the mass of readers in this country. So far as this same rapidly executed translation can be compared and collated with the original, it ap pears to be a version singularly faithful and accu rate is its way—the versimilitude of the work as a translation being judiciously secured, if we might so express it without affectation, rather idiomatically th'an by giving the author's text word for word, or, in a word, verbatim. Again—it is but fair to Mr. Collingwood, to whose sound judgment and devoted assiduity the conduct of this inaugarative literary enterprize of the society was, as the event proves, se judiciously entrusted, it is but fair, to Mr. Collingwood, that we should here at once take occasion to remark that if the work, as the first work of the Society, was well chosen, so also, without any doubt of it, was the editor or superintendent of it. Its success, as a translation, here and there very admirably annotated, is evidence, in effect, that the labour of supervision was, in this instance, also especially a labour of love. Mr. Collingwood has acquitted himself more than creditably. The book, as it now appears, is a work of especial value, and also one of very peculiar interest. It th oroug hly fulfils its design of affording the reader of it, within a single volume, the very best epitome anywhere to be found of what is the actual " present state" of Anthropo logical Science in Christendom. In this respect, vol. one of the Society's projected Anthropological Library is the direct and immediate realisation or fulfilment of the design shadowed forth in the following eminently suggestive passage from the introductory address of the Society's President:— " In selecting works to be translated, we shall be guided by a desire to introduce books into this country, which, while being useful to the student and teacherp•will at the same time help to give the reading public a better appreciation of the object and extent of anthropological science. The Council will not simply favour the translation of works, in the opinions of which they agree, but will aim at introducing those works which best represent the prevailing opinions .respecting Anthropology on the Cotitinent. The importation of foreign ideas and modes of treating our science cannot fail to produce beneficial results." Certainly, beneficial results can hardly fail to be evolved from the timely issuing, thus, from the press, of so very compact and comprehensive a survey of the Science as will here be found to have been given by one of the most skilled Anthropologists in Europe. The Editor expresses a hope, surely not a vain hope, that the handy volume thus put forth as a commencement of the Society's Library " may serve as a basis for future research." Professor Waitz, as is but natural, indeed, under the circum stances with an anthropologist of such keen intelli gence, of such piercing acumen, and one who has acquired, moreover, such veryextensive information, takes a far wider range within his ken than Prichard, and Nott, and Glidden combined. In regard to the general arrangements of the work as it here appears, it should be remarked that Mr. Collingwood has, with an eye to its general perspi cuity, thrown the numerous references interlard jog the text in the original, down to the bottom of the pages, as footnotes. Dr. Waitz himself, more over, is announced to have contributed to this part of the English version of the first volume of his "Anthropology of Primitive Peoples," several addi tional and perfectly original notes and new autho rities. What greatly enhances the utility of the work as a text-book of the science—we had almost said as the textbook of the science—is the amplifica tion of the already extended table of contents, and the addition to the volume of a copious index—the latter being absolutely invaluable to the work as a work of reference. Shakespeare : a Reprint of the First Edition, au' Folio of 1623. Part 11. The Histories. L. Booth. Another volume—(the third) to be published betimes before next year's Tercentenary Anniversary of William Shakspere's birth—will complete this " to t h e genius of Eng perfectly " unique tribute Poet and Dramatist. land's, the World's, greatest As a tribute we may safely regard this reprint as a work absolutely unexampled of its kind. A nobler attestation of the fame and glory of a writer never was offered to any man's reputation. A fac-simile reprint of the first collective edition that was ever printed and published of any author's works. A reprint of that first edition two hundred years afterwards ! Look ing at the dates thereby brought afresh under our consideration, it is almost a matter of anguish to reflect that Shakspere had been dead and buried several years before his works were ever published collectively. The year of his birth was as the pro jected Tercentenary celebration this next year, 1864, has served very vividly to remind the whole world-1564. The Poet survived, as we all know, for as many years as there are weeks in the year— dying on the fifty-second anniversary of his birth day, i.e., on the 23d April, 1616. The First Edition of his Dramatic Works appearing only in 1623, that is seven years afterwards—Shakspere himself never once had the satisfaction of seeing those works published substantially together. Play after play had been printed separately. Bat never had those plays been grouped into a coljectien during the author's life. He himself was deprived of that gratification—while the world at large was itself also deprived thereby of the advantage of having those works revised and corrected by the author's own hand upon the occasion of their first passing through the press as a collection. Smaller in size than the folio edition, as it actually appeared in 1623, the reprint before us is, otherwise than in that one particular, an exact tac simile of the original. The very hue and general appearance of the paper, the antique form of the type, the double columned pages, the quaint initial letters, tail-pieces, and heading, the very misprints —all are precisely as they were when the Folio first appeared across the counter of Isaac laggard and Ed. Blount, in 1623. The former volume of this very curious and profoundly interesting reprint con tained the Comedies. The volume here issued from the press as a continuation contains the Histories. The volume completing the work will contain the Tragedies. The work is got up with the greatest possible care, a care extended to it as a reprint in every department. As a Shaksperean publication it is a perfect treasure. Notes of a Cruise in H.M.S. Fawn an the Western Pacific in 1862. By T. 11. Hood. One Vol., pp. 268. Edmonston and Douglas. As the hero of Moliere's play spoke " prose" without being aware of it, so the writer of this pleasant volume has produced a book, and a very interesting one, without intending it. Disclaiming at the outset of his narrative all intention of " making a book," Mr. Hood refers those who are seeking information respecting New Zealand and the Pacific islands to " the hundred volumes" already written on the subject. Abundance of in formation is, however, to be obtained from these un pretending " notes," interspersed with anecdotes innumerable. At the very commencement we meet with the following intereAing-- ALVEIN TURE WITH A SHARE. Almost every one who has seen much of salt water has some anecdote to tell about a shark ; but the adventure that befel the gunner of the Fawn was more than usually strange: Being a very expert diver, he had been employe(' to recover the treasure from the Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship Ave, wrecked a few years ago on the coast of Ceylon, Having, in a gutta-percha dress, made his way into the saloon, he was busy searching for the bullion, when, to his horror, he saw a huge ground-shark come sailing in at the door. With great presence of mind he lay motionless on the locker, and watched it silently and grimly cruising about. One can well imagine his feel ings when he saw its cold green eyes fixed upon him, and felt it pushing against the leaden soles of his boots, and rubbing against his dress, the slightest puncture in which would have been certain destruction. After ten minutes of suspense, which must have seemed an age, during which the monster came back twice or thrice to have another look at him, Mr. Pounds' courage and cool ness were rewarded by seeing him steering his way back as he came. Afterwards he armed himself with a large dagger when ho went down to the wreck, from which he recovered altogether £220,000, having spent 850 hours under water. He had some narrow escapes at times, from the opening and shutting of the iron plates of the ship as they worked with the roll of the sea. The air•pipe Was twice severed from his helmet ; but fortunately slackening, it warned the people above to lose no time in rescuing him from his peril ous position. One or two large sharks were captured by the crew of the Fawn, and " suffered death," says Mr. Hood, " in a manner no other creature would be subjected to at the hands of English sailors, whose usual tenderness for animals is (not without some reason) utterly wanting in respect to the tiger of the sea." During the cruise here commemorated, the Fawn, leaving Sydney on the 7th May, 1862, proceeded to New Zealand, and after lingering a while at Auckland, visited successfully the Nieue, or Savage Islands, the Samoan group, the Feejee islands, and many other islands of the Western Pacific, until, after touching at Norfolk Island, she finally returned to England on the 6th September. The glimpses afforded us of the natives of these scattered islands, are rendered more effective by the introduction of various illustrations. In one place we have portraits of a heathen warrior and his wife ; in another of some Samoan girls in their usual dress ; of a bride and her bridesmaids ; of chiefs in war costume, &e. ; numbering altogether no less than twenty-one illustrations. While visiting the Samoan islands, Mr. Hood expresses the regret with which he, in common with many other prac tical, common sense Christians, viewed the religious animosities which characterise so many self-styled Christians:- 22d June.—Rainy, hot, and oppressive. This day we went to the Bethel Church, where certainly we listened to a most unprofitable service. There being no one bold enough to raise the tune, the minister apologized and read the hymns, and then preached a sermon, which was simply a tirade against the " poor Pope," as he called him, and the Catholic missionaries on the island, for withholding the bible from the natives, geologists also receiving their share of the anathemas, being in some mysterious way charge able with the same offence. One regrets much to see how religious differences influence the missionaries of different sects. With regard to the Catholic priests, it might have been supposed that a fellow-feeling of admiration would have induced their opponents to draw a veil over their errors, and that the consideration of a self-sacrificing zeal, equal to their own, would have inspired a more Christian sympathy for all who preach the Cross in the hearts of the sternest enemies to forms and ceremony. But unfortunately the jealousies existing even between the Wesleyans and the clergymen of the London mission, are equally detrimental to the interests of both. The Roman Catholic priests live as frugally as any other missionaries, and the spirit which animates them generally may be safely believed to be that expressed by an old and respected priest living in the interior of Fiji, who, when re monstrated with for not trying to obtain more of the luxuries and even necessaries of life, said to the Consul, "The greater the rewind hereafter." Some of the savages with whom we make acquaint ance are not so uncivilised as might be expected. Here, for example, is a sketch of a Samoan native, named— TU-PUA. Tu-Pita came down to the boat with his attendants, carrying four large live pigs, as his present to Captain Cater, articles of food being, as in Japan, the first offering of friendship. He had been fellow passenger in his cabin, with Mr. Williams and myself, for ten days, and his be haviour has always boon most correct and considerate. He had his servant with him, and generally appeared well dressed in various European costumes, of which he seemed to possess an ample wardrobe. To-day, however, he came to dinner as a Kannaka chief, in his lava-lava only, apolo gizing, on account of the great heat, for dispensing with clothes above his waist. He would much like to go to England. "My heart is burning," he said, "to see the world. If I h ad not tried to see as much of Englishmen as possible, I should have been like all the Kannakas, and have thought there was no country like Samoa." Lions s e o seemed d i t ff o e h r e a n v t o c a o u p n r t e r t i t e y s g o o f e l l a i r d o e p a o e, f a t n h d e r a e s l a k t e i d v man e o s y questions about the Crimean war. hi s s el v e o c l t u a m s e e , v b i u d t en t c h e e s Many other extracts we mi g ht of the delightful ch aracter of t above will be sufficient to attest the interesting nature of the Cruise made by the author on boarJ H.M.S. Fawn among the Islands of the Pacific The Pi ra t e s of the Foam. A N ove l . By C, F. A rms trong, Elq., author of " The Two Midship men ," &e. Three Vols. Newby. As may be inferred from th© title, these volumes contain a series of desperate adventures and perils by sea and land. The hero is found in his child hood half-drownf2d on the sands at Ramsgate. A little later on, when travelling in a railway car' r4ge, another traveller shows him a new perfume which he is taking to Rimmel, the great perfumer, and asks his opinion. The unsuspecting hero in hales the perfume, and becomes unconscious! His pockets are immediately rifled, and his fellow traveller decamps at the next station. Soon after wards the luckless adventurer falls iato the hands of enemies, who confide him to the care of the captain of a ship bound for Jamaica, as a harmless maniac. This vessel is named the Foam, and the crew prove to be pirates. The recurring adventures are as sur prising as any we have enumerated, being at the same time of a more desperate and bloodthirsty de scription. We have said enough, perhaps, to allure some readers, and to deter many others from a further acquaintance with the pirates of the Foam. Chapters of College Romance. By Isaac Butt: , Esq., Q.C., M.P., author of " History of Italy, &c. First Series. One Vol. Skeet. The learned compiler of these very interesting records bids his readers not to be startled by the title, College Romance. He goes on to give the following very happy definition of his theme:— " There is romance," he says, " wherever there IS a deviation from the modes of acting or of thought that are common among men; I here is romance wher ever there is a disinterested act; wherever there is a high and ardent spirit to break through, by one eccentric effusion of its native generosity, the dull monotony of the selfishness of ordinary life. There is romance wherever in terest is sacrificed to feeling—wherever there is love or friendship. Then, why should there not be romance in College ? Are there not within its walls young hearts over whom the world has not yet thrown its deadening spe ll, to wither up all their feelings into the sear insensibili t y of what the world calls prudence ? Are there not there younglrishmen to whom their nativity has attached the epithet of wild, and who certainly possess the birthright of being. enthusiastic. There is, then, romance in college, and these pages will present you with much that is sad, and ran ch that is gay, chequered just like the world in which We with all the strange mixtures of mirth and misery, with the alternate lights and shadows of gladness and sorrow: ° The narratives contained in this work a re said to be founded on truth. "It has se l' 81). pened," says Mr. Butt, "that I was much , very much longer an inmate of Alma Mat er than falls to the average lot of her sons; and, sin ce I have ceased to sojourn within her chambers, dent, or perhaps I should say inclination, has throw s me very much into the society of college men. Ma n i strange incidents have thus come to my knowledg e ' some of them relating to events in which I took a share, others to those that had happened long b e " fore my day, and some few that have taken lila c ! since. It has often occurred to me that these inci dents, if collected together, would form a curious and interesting commentary on the wayward follies and the vain ambition of youth ; and for years I Oa' ployed my leisure hours in collecting materials for such a commetitary. On the appearance of a mega zinc bearing the name of the ' University,' it jolt" - iiately suggested itself to me that its Peg g would be the fittest medium for presentog the result of my memoranda to the public: Such is the origin of the histories contained in this volume, the first of the series. The opening sto r y is entitled " The Billiard Table," and chronicles the trials and troubles of a gambler and his v i c tims• it is a stirring narrative, abounding with start ling incidents and vivid emotions. No. II.—" Reath' for Honours"—relates the melancholy results of en over devotion to study. No. III.—" The Marin er's Son ;" No. IV., " The Murdered Fellow ;" and No. V., " The Segar—Arthur Johns;" are, as names indicate, tales of very different char acters, but capable, some of them, of exciting intense interest. their BOOKS RECEIVED. A Woman's Ransom. By the author of Grandmother's Money. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. For Better for Worse. Edited by Edmund Yates. 2 vols. Maxwell and Co. Anecdotal Memoirs of English Princes. By W. IL Davenport Adams. 2 vols. Newby. Desk Book of English Synonyms. By J o hn ,Sherer. Groombridge and Sons. A Spring and Summer in Lapland. By an Old Buehm'• Groombridge and Sons. How I Won My Spurs. By J. G. Edgar. Illustrate,d. S. 0. Beeton. - The Boy's Own Volume. Illustrated. Edited by the Publisher. S. 0. Beeton. Scenes from the Drama of European History. By W. 11. Davenport Adams. Virtue Brothers and Co. The Tiger Prince. By William Dalton. Virtue Brothers and Co. The Gentlewoman. Chapman and Hall. Knowledge for the Time. By John Timbs. Lockwood and Co. The Life of Goethe. By George Henry Lewes. Seo nd Edition. Smith, Elder, and Co. The Sporting Rifle and its Projectiles. By Lieut. Jam Forsyth. Smith, Elder, and Co. an derkiete. Lost but Not For Ever. By the Rev, H. w. V Nisbet and Co. R i c hard The Last of the Cavaliers. New Edition. Bentley. What is Your Name? By Sophy Moody. Richard Bentley. The Destiny of Nations : as Indicated in Prophe o Y. 13/ the Rev. John Cumming. Hurst and Blackett. The House of Elmore. By the author of Grandrnother'B Money. Chapman and Hall. England's Workshops. By Various Writers. Groonl' bridge and Sons. Poems. By B. H. Farquhar. F. Pitman. Marjorie Fleming : a sketch. By John Brown, 14 • :° 1 author of Rab and his Friends. Edmonston 011 Douglas. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Da Y. The December session of • the Central Criminal Co' art commenced this morning at the Sessions House, Old Bail eY , before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Mr. Aldertt Fi n nis, the Recorder, Russell Gurney , Esq ,, Mr. Alden/ 011 Bosley, &G. Owing to the short time that has elapsed since tho la s; session the calender contained a list of only 50 prisoners for trial. The grand jury having been sworn, The Recorder, in delivering his charge, said t h ere v /ere only four cases affecting human life, and only one of tha m as charge of wilf u l mur d er , i n w hich a you n g woman w charged with causing the death of her infant c The question for the jury in that case was whether that viole nce was ac t ua ll y inflicted by the priso ner for the :pur pose of causing death, or whether it m i g ht arise ~.rom Ignorance and accident. There was also a case in which woman was charged with the manslaughter of her husbisnd. He thought if they were satisfied the injury was ialicted by the prisoner they would have no difficulty in returnia a true bill. There was also a case in which a sin ge r at a Music Hall in the neighbourhood of Well-close-squere was charged with the manslaughter of a mariner. Die° the evidence of the surgeon it appeared that had the ceased not been drinking the blows might not have calleea death. If the Jury were satisfied that the death was caul by the blows it would be their duty to send the case for Al; ther inquiry. The other case of mansia:ighter was thst Bn which a cabman was charged with causing the death of r elderly lady, and the only question in the case was whotbe the prisoner was driving in a furious and reckless man Der.,. and thus caused the death of the deceas ed, or whether 1" was the result of accident. ..... .- --.. MAKING A FALSE DECLARATION. Richard FarnhaLa Ridley, a gentlemanly -looking msl3' aad who had held a commission in one of H.M. R?giniciPs of Dragoons, and set-ved in the Crimea and Indian Watt for which he had received medals, was indicted under tit° 18th section of the aanecessary Oaths Declaratitzt Act' under the following circumstances. It appeared that he hao. applied to Mr. Strutt, a sot icitor Adelphi-terrace, introdv c ing himself as acqu a inted in Wi til Mr. Strutt's sou, an officox' in the army in India, for tho a sum of ,money under his reversion ary p in u t r e p r o e s s e t under si draeirtnhge will of Mr. l'arnham, to pay off his debt nawws noohadtesieiie i b .atinladvediaonmesn mortgage 3tr e fo q tt rge u i radt e whgg n eeae c r- e oßds of ftsrrt iheat Bridge-street, h stv:h i ea s ßvni‘ei r cal e reues p dki , : - (bni e l3a s : e l: n r. te t s hap, Loan e t rf i me o os n re s onaa , ntn a el donl a a n a p p r bao p ei nfl Investors: t ss t ro t eo : : i t, L , 3 2 ,0 511 0 : 3 n ) j , tu a o n ryis d it t r.o h .u e lnv s a t . atutary eelaratiox to eight Mouths' out ,er prisoner had previously assigned l 'iis interest in the re' imprisonment. t}h'.eNpreiwsotnoner, guilty, irtya,yottiri,hfoorwLasta. tool . It afterwards turseu DEATH OF Mr. GODFREY, BANDM AASTER OF O P COLDSTREAM GUARDS.—A large nurnbgr c. o ar rode ° will hear with regret of the death of Mr, 'Godfrey, thh° veteran bandmaster of the Coldstream Gum As, /v°l33ic; honourable position he had filled for nearl y 40 yetu s• 5 been of the most popular instrumen talists of the day' lad ,iti, e under his tutorage. Mr. Godfr e y was, we hear, in h i 9 ` 1 ", year, and had the esteem of his officers, and limewiso under his command. Ho was only ill a few hours. be THE LATE GALE.—M. Leverrier, Director of t a Paris Ob s ervatory, states iu an article that he has publisheof on the late gale, that it assumed the form in Franc,%o a terrific cyclone, whose centre moved southwards. 'l'm damage effected by it seems to have been fully as gr ellt France as in England. a so s ' No rtomE complete without a Wincox AND o d SLwING-mAcurNE. Simple, compact, efficient, durable. a, noiseless. 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