The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-14 00:00:00

IR. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCER TS 1 EVERY' EVENING, at Fight. )Y AL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN. [his Evening (Wednesday), Mdlle. C. Patti, Mr. Santley, Me. Krebs, Mr. Levy, Mr. Politzer, and All Ben Son-alto, 11 appear. Orchestra of One Hundred Performers, lnd the nd of ;he Coldstream Guards. The Faust Selection. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. Promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphitheatre, One ili,ng ; Dress Circle, 2s. CU. ; Private Boxes, £1 is. and ro-morraw,Thursday, a SPOTIR NlGHT,when r will be per ed the Symphony, "The Power of Sound." M. Santley 1 sing two of spohr's I avourite Compositions. in Friday next, a 3IFY ERBEE R NIGHT. )11 Sionday next, a G OUNOD NIGHT. [IHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.— Mr. BUCKSTONE respectfully info-ms his friends d the public that this The itre will oi•en on MONDAY xt, Sept. 19, to commence at. 7 w.th a Ballet, entitled ICCII LIS AND AR IA ON E, in which the Messrs. Arthur ,d Charles Leciereq, with Miss Caroli e Adams and many Wright, will appear. Aft e r whic I, halt -past 7, O'Keefe's revived Comic Opera THE CAST LE oe AN DAL USIA. Don Caesar, Mr. eis4, who will sing the original songs, "Flow thou regal rple steam," "On by the spur of valour geaded," tZnd flieWolf ;" Don Alphonso, Mr.Arthar Mathison, with the igin al song, " the hardy sailor br..ve. , the ocean" and " The td I the ro.e ;" Don lici4 io. Mr. Chippendale Fe r Mr. W. Farren ; spaclo (a robber!, Mr. Buckstone ?Artilo, with "A master I have, and I am his man," Mr. mapton Don Juan, Mr. Rogers ; Sang - nine, Mr. Braid ; ie,toria., Miss Belly Moore; Catalina, with "Two strings to bxs," Miss Louise Keeley; Donna Isabel a,Mrs.Griffiths ; onna Lorenzo, Madame Weiss, who wills n;" Ah I why do e love Love is a gentle thing" (Howard 1 tver and "The lark n.w leaves her watery nest" latton). To ba followed by (first time at this Theatre) Morton's 'Arne of FRIEND WAGGLES. Horatio Waggles (his iriginal character), Mr. Compton. Alter " Friend Waggles," "God save the Queen" will be tin; by Mr. Weiss, Mr. A. Matthison , M iss Louise Keeley, lies Fosbroke, Madame Weiss, and the entire comp Y• Concluding wltn A KISS IN T kill DARK. On Monday, Oct. 3, will be produced aversion of Alexander )unaas's play of "Mademoiselle de Belle Isle," the Engli h 'ersion by Frances Anne Kemble. in which MParis , arille. Beatrice make l'uwhesin , , of the Odeon and V a udeville, will ter first appearance in England. In rehearsal, a new Farce, by the Author of " Box and 11ox " in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Roc4ers, Mr. Wal!er xordon, Miss Snowdon, and Mrs. .Fitz lam will appear. The boxffice will be opened on Saturday next, Sept, 17, nd daily from 10 t 'ld 5, under the direction of Turpin. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy D'ltatTerty, Mr. Dominick Murray. Atter which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, 11. Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma parnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. W THEATRE-110 YAL, ADELPHI.- 11 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. For the Benefit of Mr. J. L. l / 2 Toole. THIS EVENING, A WOMAN OF BUSINESS. Messrs. Toole and Billington. After which, first time, STEPHEN DIGGES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Billington, Stephenson; Mrs. Billing ton, 11. Shams, and Mrs. Alfred Mellon. And THE BA.BEi IN THE WOOD. Messrs. J. L.Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. A. Mellon, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL 'ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. MUNE:N.II' TALENT AND COMEDY. This popular Theatre is now Open for the Winter Se ;son. THIS EVENING (tor the third time) Mr. Arthur Sketehly's highly-successful and original Comedy of HOW WILL 'r IttlY GEE' OUT OF IT. After which, F. C. Burnand's Laughable Travestie of FAUST AND MARGUERITE. 'to conclude with UNDER THE ROSE. Those cele brated artists Mr. and Mrs. Char es Mathews are re-engaged. Mr. Stirling, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. Robin son, Mr. Asnley, Mc. J. Clark, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. John stone, Mr. H. Montague, Miss Cottarel , Miss Fanny Joseph Miss Patti Josephs, &c. &o. ticenis Artists, Mr. Gates and his pupil. Acting Manager, Mr. J. Kinioch. Musical Con ductor, Mr. Wallenstiene. Stage Director, Mr. F. Webster. COUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES. Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street, have now in stock a variety ot WASEIING- SILK DRESSES, suttatle tor the country and seaside, and at the c earing,-out price ot only Ils. id. the dress. JAY'S, 247, 249, and 27,1, Regent-street. BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw material has already r'sen 15 per cent., and it will soon reach a far greater per-centage. Messrs. JAY, therefore, invite their numerous patrons to take advantage of the stock they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour able terms but the same qualities will naturally b, more cotly athe price of silk fluctuates to a higher average JAY'S, 217, 219, and 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'.......23s. per ton. I Double.. 2 0 s. per ton. Top 225 . „ Deep 2ls. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbournc Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke 'Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole .1,47,2iat. HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Coal be had Every Evening, of G. R. GLN LE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. TII E LATEST EDITIO N of " THE SUN' supplied, as soon as published every Evening by li.ENIZY BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 24, Old Cavendish street, W. WWI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T rrts DA - Y.—Morning, 12h. 12m.—Afternoon, 12h. 40m Xo.xoußow.-Morning, lh. 10m.—Afternoon. lh. 32m. . Suu LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEP r. 14, 1864. While the Prince and Princess of WALES seem to be prospering in their visit to Denmark, and im proved in health and spirits on their projected curse, it cannot but be felt by many how different it might have been. It i 3 generally a sad task to compare what is with what has been, and the lost chances of the world fill many a gloomy page of its history. Still in this instance of the visit of the Princess of WALES to her own country, it cannot be denied that we have a particular proof of the instability of human greatness, and the insecurity of prosperity under the brightest auspices and moat flittering promises that the world can give. While it is a graceful act on the part of the Prince and Princess to visit the spot which is endeared to one by remembrance and the other by associations, the considerations that will henceforth attach to the place must in a degree be fraught with gloom. It must be painful to reflect upon the disappointment of the Dines as regards the benefits that they hoped would accrue from the English alliance. It was not thus that they had hoped or expected to welcome back their Princess, and to receive the heir of the English Crown, who had signalled their land by choosing the daughter of their King to be his Queen. It cannot be that the efflicted people of that illsu3ed and forsaken country can entertain the same feelings towards England now as they experi , enced a year ago. They have been taught a bitter lesson of the want of good faith on the part of Eng land, and learned the unwelcome truth that Ger. many, in the hour of her most extreme aggression, is considered more worthy of our support and countenance than they are. The Treaty of 1832, which was expected to do so much good to Denmark, has been given up altogether, and the brave people of the independent little country are to see their possessions torn from them, and their treasures seized, while the English, compelled to acknowledge the injustice of the acts, will not lift a finger on their lozhalf. Such recollections as these must unquestionably cast a blight over the receps tiers of the Prince and Princess, and it is quite idle fur the devotees of Germany to say ot h erw i se . Deep sorrow is ever abiding, it exhibits not the wild untutored expressions of excitement, but it knows not the sudden reaction of evanescent des pves,ion. In this generation at least DenmEtrk can never be the same in heart or sentiment as she was when she took leave of ALEXANDRA, on the eve of her bright and promising wedding. It is well to coretemplate ars subdued pleasure with which the Dines now meet her whom they parted from under such dasent circumstances. In many cinntries it would not have been practicable for this visit to have been performed at all, and cer tainly tot during this year. The feeling of dis appointment at false expectations, the sense of mis. placed trust, and the thought of abused confidence would have been all too strong and overpowering, but the Danes resemble the English in their honest and hearty appreciation of character. They feel that their young Princess has never forgotte n i n the midst of her triumphs !n England _that she w as the daughter of Denmark, and that the Prince, had ---, he the opportunity, would be as 'willing as he is able to defend their rights. Still the complete overthrow of a nation's hopes cannot take place► withcut causing a signal change, and the remarks of the Dayblaclet are most opportune, and well represent the true circumstances of the case. That journal contrasts the present visit of the Princess with the leave-taking of last year, and points to the moral that is contained i❑ the "enthusiastic demonstrations," and the " silent welceme.' Such facts speak for themselves, and do not need the tongue of wisdom to make them plain, ncr the voice of eloquence to make them memorable. The Dayb!adet truly says that in the expressions of delight at the departure of the Prin• cess there was a double significance, they were meant to celebrate not only a personal, but a national union: Of course, in such a light, the present moment is in every respect different, there is the sound of mourning for the voice of rejoicing, and the bitter feeling of disappointment for the eager expression of hope. There are no roses to scatter before her, because they have all been strewn upon the tombs of the warriors who had fallen. After perusing this epitome of the national senti. ment, it remains to us to reflect upon the causes that have produced such effects, and the actions whose issues have been such deplorable conse quences. Why is it that Denmark is desolated, and the young Princess returns to find the land of her birth wrapt in a pall, and the people re• maining panic-stricken, as it were, in the valley of the shadow of death. Why have the nations of the world beheld a spectacle which has renewed the thoughts of past days of tyranny and oppression in the history of ages gone by. There can be but one answer to all these queries, and that is a painful one to give. The conduct of England has been the cause, the mainspring, and origin of the offence. The fact is that nations, no more than individuals, can play at power ; the strong mast show themselves willing to exert their strength, or else it will be of no avail to those whom they may wish to succour. It is very likely that Earl Itussenn and his colleagues really thought that the moral influence of Great Britain would have some weight in the councils of Europe, but the event has shown how lamentably he was mis taken, and we are left to mourn over his mistake, while the victims reap the bitter fruits of his inca pacity to think and his reluctance to act. This subject of Denmark is an oft-told tale; but it is true, and it cannot be too much dwelt upon. If we are to seek the annals of the past for knowledge the present teaches us still more and better, bat people prefer to comment upon subjects not so per. sonal. It will long be a sorrowful era in the annals of England that this spoliation of Denmark should have been permitted ; and indeed the memory of the defalcation will remain a lasting stain upon the fair fame of her rulers. To abandon the weak to the strong is always a base action, but to give up a people who had reason to trust us was indeed dastardly, and no plausible explanation of the affair can do anything to mitigate the nature of the evil, or to lessen the enormity of the conduct according ,o the reader of truth and honour. The details of the Chicago Convention prove that its proceedings were the effect of no mere local or sectarian influence, but the expression of the long- 6 uppressed feelings of the great mass of the - - Northern people. The enthusiasm of the assembly knew no bounds, and found ready expression on behalf of any allusion to the restoration of peace and the recognition of civil rights. It was no in significant assembly in point of numbers, for it is said that never before bas there been so great a concourse. As one of the American journals de- scribes it, writing on the day of gathering—" In numbers, enthusiasm, sincerity of purpose, sad true patriotism, the great Convention which met here a noon to-day is without precedent in the history of American politics." From every side the people time pouring into the town un'il the streets were thronged, and the great hotels almost impassab:e inside. On the Sunday, the day before the opening alone, no less than 27,000 people poured into the town, brought by the eleven different railroads which centre there. large delegations were con tinually arriving with bands of music, firing salutes in answer to the cheers with which they were greeted. It was calculated that more than a hun dred thousand visitors were in Chicago, and, in ad- dition to the regular meeting, large miss meetings were held throughout the day at the chief hotel€ and in the btreets. At night, on the 29th of Augu s t, the day of the opening, four immense meetings were held, and silty thousand persons were in the streets listening to the speeches. The Missouri and Illinois delegations held mass meetings, and " en dorsed M'CLELLAN in the warmest manner." So that the verdict of the great West is unmistakably for peace; but it is not the verdict of the Western States alone, since the New York delegation held a meeting to vote for a nominee, at which the names of four candidates were brought forward, leaving General M'CLELLAN 53 votes; Jaage NEL• SON, the next in number, 11 ; CHARLES O'CONNOR, 2; and JAMES GUTHRIE, 1. So that the risk of rivalry from these gentlemen is not a very serious one for M'CLELLAN. Meanwhile, the interior of the great hall was no less animated than the streets of Chicago. The presentation of the credentials by the delegates gave rise to vivid demonstrations of enthusiasm, especially when the representatives of the Western States came forward. But when the delegates from Kentucky advanced to the platform, the whole assembly rose to their feet and cheered for old Kentucky. The recollec tion of the martial law established in that province gave fresh zeal to the cheers that rung to the roof at every allusion to the rights of the people. In recognition of one of the most valuable of those rights—a free press—the Chicago limes received the compliment of a serenade from an immense crowd, and speeches were made in answer t o it' declaring that the freedom of the press would here after be maintained at all costs, The address of Governor SEYMOUR was in harmony with his openly proclaimed opinions, and was straightforward, manly, and explicit, It expressed the convictions which people of this country earnestly desire to see thebrought home to the heart of every Ameri can, and which have been long silently but surely gaining ground, u n t il we see their full strength evidenced in the assembly at Chicago. Four years ago, said Governor SEY3IOUR) the party which now rules the States had its birth on this opal ; let it de where it was born. Four years ago a eon - lention met in the city of Chicago when the country waa peaceful, prosperous, and nailed. " Its dele• gates did not wish to destroy our Government, to overwhelm us with debt, or to drench our land with blood, but they were animated by an ignorance of the spirit of our institutions, the character of our people, and the condition of our land." All these direful results have been brought about, and, as Governor Surmoun truly said, the party in power have marched on step by step to con. elusions " which at the outset they would have chunk from in horror. The refusal of the LINCOLN party to entertain the idea of a compromise was especially censured by all parties. They demand conditions, it was declared, which have nothing to do with the Constitution, and which they have no right to ask. They put obstacles in tile way of any THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEP LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTRY. MADRID, SEPT. 13. The Correspondencil announces that the whole of the Ministry, after holding a conference, deter mined yesterday evening upon tendering their re signation to the President, who has instructed the Queen of their resolution. Her Mijesty's acceptance of the resignation is still problematical. The Madrid jnurnals put forward lists for the ❑ew Ministry in accordance with their political opinionp. PORTUGAL. BANK OF PORTUGAL. LISBON, SEPT. 13. The Bank of Portugal, authorised by the Govern. ment, has raised its rate of discount to 7 per cent., an unprtccdented measure. The other banks will follow. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, SEPT. 14. The prolongation of the armistice may be con sidered as tacitly accepted by both belligerents. THE BOMBAY MAIL• MALTA, Sept. 13. The Delhi, with the above mails, will leave Malta at 9 p.m. to-day for Marseilles, where she may be expected on the 16:h inst. The Malta brought the mails to Sucz, arriving there,on the 9th inat, -.--...., OUTWARD CALCUrTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. The Massilia, from Southampton on the 4th inst. reached Malta to-day at 11 a.m., and will leave a' 6 p.m, for Alexandria. terms of reconciliation, and by the expression of their own vindictive passions have hampered their own cause so much that it is equally impossible for them to restore the Union or to make peace with out it. No word was breathed at Chicago of recog nition or separation of the States. The Union was everywhere spoken of, but peace and conciliation and compromise were upon every one's lips. And conciliation and compromise must lead to that end which we are all hoping to see. When once the sword is sheathed, and the smoke of the battle• field is allowed to clear away, men will look rcund and count the cost of the war. They will recog nise the utter hopelessness and futility of their e Ef)rts to subdue a people as brave, as determined, and far more united ani singlemiaded than them selves. They will see, too, the inconsistency, we might almost say the absurdity, of WasHINGToN's descendants fighting to enforce the very principles which he spent his life in opposing. It is the principle of independence, the recognition of the rights of States which has made America a nation, and it is those principles which the North must acknowledge in the inevitable recognition of Southern independence, to which the Chicago Con vention is the first decided step. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. No. IV. Its Peerless Capacity as a Music Hall. The Diameter of the Handel Orchestra has already been spcken of as exactly double the dia. meter of the Dome of St. Paul's Cathedral. From that one consideration alone, it will, upon the in stant, be recognised that, in the mere scope of the arrangements permanently made within the edifice for its various musical performances, the Crystal Palace, as a melodic arena, regarded simply as a Musio Hall, stands forth, here also, as it does in so many other particulars, altogether unrivalled. The magnitude of the area set apart thus for orches tral purposes—upon a scale so gigantic and hitherto unexampled—is attributable to the gradual after expansion of what was originally a very grand enterprise on the part of the designer. And thedrop ping of the pebble, as one may say, from the which — ring upon ring—there has subsequently expanded, circle upon circle, tier above tier, this magnificent choral and instrumental amphitheatre, was—the carrying out of the project of the First Great Handel Festival in 1857 1 Since that occasion, the enter prise then happily set on foot has been developed to its present vast and unrivalled dimensions. The Orchestra—thenceforth to be known as the Handel Orchestra—grew and grew until it came at last to occupy, as it does now, permanently, the whole of the western portion of the Great Central Transept. It has contrived at last to assume such dimensions, there, in fact, that it can be said of it (not by any means extravagantly or hyperbolicall) ) that, if need were, it could contain within it, and that comfortably seated before their music stands, the six largest orchestras in the United Kingdom. It could so accommodate those six largest orchestras, and yet, even then, have elbow-room ! In point of fact, no farther back than in 1862, at the Great Handel Festival—then given with a pomp that a pagan might have said must for a certainty (shall we say, for a dead certainty !') have soothed the manes of the giant composer, nay, that that pagan might almost in the old heathenish classic times have regarded Ell Handel's Apotheosis—more than Four Thousand vocal and instrumental performers were ranged to• gether, there—immediately below and upon either hand of the great organ—upon the benches of the Handel Orchestra. That superb instrument just mentioned, The Organ—so to speak, the palpitating heart of the whole Orchestra—an organ, expressly built for the Crystal Palace by the Messrs Gray and Davison— it should here be remarked at once at this first mention of it assumes high rank among the noblest specimens yet fabricated in that im perial class of instuments. It is worth mak ing a journey, indeed, round the upper gallery immediately at the back of it, to peer in through an obscure looking door, which there some times stands ajar, at the throng of men standing in a cluster there, working away for the bare life of them at the bellows which give it breath ! Breath to those glorious sounds rolling out day after day, at an appointed hour (according to the varying announcement in each day's programme), under the touch of the master-hand of Mr. James Coward, the Company's Organist. Glorious sounds rolling forth at that touch under the every movement of the accomplished performer's hands from an instrument having an array of Four Rows of Keys—an organ containing within it upwards of Seventy Stops, and consider ably more than Four Thousand Five Hundred Pipes ! The Stops of this Mammoth Organ, in point of fact, number exactly 74—the Pipes of it no less than 4,598. Hearkening at times to the enormous volumes of sound pouring forth from the instrument, sounds reverberating under the arch of the great transept, and rolling in re-Echoing peals, to the right hand and to the left, down the long'perspective of the Nave, it seems almost incredible that they can emanate from the momentary touch of that one isolated performer. Ranging, as they do, from treble to diapason, varying from trumpets to flageolet, breathing now with the dulcet tones as of a solitary hautboy, now as with a very tumult of horns and ophecleides, it seems more like the performance of a whole orchestra than that of a single instru mentalist. Reverting, however, to tbo mere mechanics arrangements of the interior structure here raised in this western portion of the Great Centre Trim.. sept, it is especially noticeable among these, how it has come to pass that so signal a triumph has been there won over a world of acoustic difficulties, The secret of the success thus achieved may be recognised, in truth, at aglance—in the wooden ceiling arched in a single span over the whole vast area of this unrivalled orchestra. Remem bering that, in the clear span of it, this immenee wooden arch—about the largest timber arch ever constructed—remembering that this spas cious arch is in the clear span of it upwards of One Hundred Feet—that it has a depth of considerably more than Two Hundred, and that, besides this, it rises more than thirty feet in the centre, where it reaches an attitude of upwards of eighty feet from the floor of the Orchestra — it must be allowed to have been very exquisitely adjusted, indeed, in its component parte, e; hen it comes to be added, after all this, that no lateral pressure whatever has been thrown from it upon the edifice of glass and iron within which the whole of this supplementary framework has, with such wonderful ingenuity, been contrived. That, in other words, it is self-sustaining, upon its own foundations. Here it is, in effect, under this stupendous sound ing -board, that between Foir and Five Thousand Performers, vocalists and instrumentalists, can interpret, as nowhere else can be interpreted, na for that matter, here it is that they have so inter preted the sublimest imaginiags of the demigods among our musical composers—a Handel, a Beethoven, a Mendelesohn. CryAsstalaPainlaueseic-h a isnlol less,in qt than s i tne in a n t o h t e h e o r n e s e i n n s w e , the eh we have been here examining it, wholly and entirely without birds — it any i s altog e ther tog ecompetitor.tner unrivalled. A Loitering ie g o song within the Crystal Palace, of an evening, when the sun is verging westwards, and when the who!ts glittering Pane, nave and transepts and wings, kindles under the horieoutal beams—one may listen there —among the statuary and the verdure—to the notes of all the various song birds that make the Crystal Palace their perpetual haunt, flitting about, hither and thither, free as air under its transparent roof, nesting among the boughs of that indoor garden—melodious singers as varied in their skill as the thrush, the robin, the blackbird, and the nightingale. The Preachership of Archbishop Tenisoles Chapel, Regent-street, has been conferred on the Rev. C, R. Gor den, M.A, FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 13,—The market continues with• out much animation, and prices well maintained, Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at 67f. 750. Mobilier at 1,017 f. 50c. Riilway Market quiet. The market closed as follows : -It per Cents .. 92 50 j Italian Loan 67 Do. end month.... I Do. end month 67 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 66 75 New Mexican W. - Credit Mobilier.... 1015 Russian Do. end m0nth....1018 7 5 Austrian .. Bl Bank Shares 3100 Spanish Threes.... Credit Foneier — Rome Debt .. — Roman SAIL WAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans .... ..... 895 .. 895 Northern ... . Lyons and i'leditGrranean 921 25 .. 927 50 Southern . 6 30 .. 633 75 Western Eastern •• .0 Sarclinian - —. _ A us t r i an Lorrbard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona m es. (FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEW YORK, Aug. 30. As was stated, in effect, in my last letter there does not appear that any definite object would be gained by entering into a discussion upon the abstract question raised by the Northern quasi-envoys and their so-called British friends. They persist in the assertion, or opinion, that a most friendly feeling exists towards Great Bri tain and the British people in the United States, or, rather, in that section thereof which these quasi envoys represent. The question as to the real nature of the active sentiments, as they are called, of any large country would be a compli cated, difficult one to dissertate upon. Assuredly I am not presumptuous enough to try my hand upon those of the United States, But as the per sons referred to chose to give their opinion to my countrymen, I considered it my duty to give mine; and 1 here repeat it—merely, however, because the same opinion has al ways been expressed to me by every British person who, like myself, has had reasonable opportunities to observe realities for some years in this country. The ruling classes in the Northern States are not only unfriendly to England as a nation, but malig nantly inimical to her commercial and political interests. Having arrived at that conclusion, after as earnest and impartial an inquiry as it was in my power to make, I expressed my opinion, quart. val., and en tered into detail in your journal, more than two years since. On the present occasion my purpose simply is to give again my opinion, but now a still more experienced one—and to spare your readers my details; but I shall subjoin some extracts from newspapers published in the North, which pro bably will be considered relevant to the " differences of opinion" in question. It is necessary to remark 'here parenthetically, that no quotations from the New York herald shall be put forward. Ia consequence of that great organ of public opinion, having the largest circulation in the Northern States,—to use its own modest de soription—being so much oftener quoted by the Bri tish press than its contemporaries, it is only fair to give those a turn. Moreover, the quasi-envoys and their organisation in England avow most vehemently that they repudiate the anti-British proclivities, loud talk, and, they might have added in plain English, the slanderous, abusive language of the organ aforesaid. Apropos of this repudiation, it reminds me of a story told of a Tery distinguished and able, but sometimes coarse spoken, Chief Justice of former The attorney in a cause objected to some decision or ruling of his lordship, and said, " I protest against" so and so. "Go home, sir," quoth the irate judge, " and protest and be hanged. Now really when these quasi envoys, who never utter a word in public, nor publish a line, when they are over here, to even deprecate the course pursued by the Herald—tell their audiences and readers in England that they " repudiate the journal and all its works, one might be inclined to para phrase the rough and ready Ejaculations of the Chief Justice, and say, " Go home, gentlemen, and repudiate, and"—ceetera desunt. Before giving the extracts referred to, I shall conclude—and gladly—my remarks in connection with the repudiated Herald, by repeating what was said, to the same effect as the following, by me (in The Sun) two years ago :—Many persons here assert that the New York Herald is, quoad its home poliiics, &c., a corrupt, disreputable journal. I leave those who understand such matters best to decide ; but consider, if it be as stated, that it does not etjoy a monopoly in the respects stated. Be this as it may, there is one thing certain, that the New York Herald has a large circulation in the United States--is anti-British and anti-Canadian, bat merely gives expression to the dominant anti pathies of the people among whom it circulates. There are scores of extracts from sundry news papers published in the Northern States before me. There are many, for itntance, from the New York Tribune, Evening Post, &c.. that for rabid abuse of England and misinterpretation far exceed in dogged dulness, but equal inapparent malignity, the quasi envoy-repudiate&Hcra/d. However, as the New York limes is the avowed organ of the Washing. ton Government, I shall give it the first place. After pronouncing eulogistic comments upon Rus. sia, and rather the contrary in reference to France and England, the article concludes thus : They imagined that the American Republic had fallen not to rise again; while, Antaems-like, it has but touched the earth to rise all the stronger. Never was it surer of the mightiest destiny than now. England, in its prostrate hour, turned against it. She did all she dared to do to make its destruction sure. That is the way in which she repaid its outflow of goodwill towards the heir to her throne. The treachery at first confounded—it then exasperated—it now is coolly accepted as a development of Englaed's dispo sition we were fortunate so early to learn. The bewilder ment and the passion are fast subsiding into a fixed, un changeable policy. We accept the new relations which England, in our sore straits, saw fit to establish ; and it shall go hard with us but that she shall have enough of them before we are through with he-. It is idle to talk about an oblivion of the past. There are crimes which it is not in human nature to forget, and this is of them ; and democracies proverbially have very tenacious memories. Henceforth American people will recognise no tie to Eng land. They will consider her the friend of human slavery. the accomplice in the attempt to assassinate free institu tions. and a nation that professes goodwill only to betray in the day of need. They will remember that Russia on the other hand has stood firmly by them through ever: trial. They will admire her for all cf . her grand efforts to enfranchise end elevate her own people, and will take it as an earnest of a grander final commission to infuse fresh blood into Western Eu' ope, and redeem it from the degene racy and decrepitude which seem otherwise inevitable. Young America salutes Young Russia. Let the heathen rage. As a r ndant to the " editorial," a sample of the "London Correspondence" of the same journal is given : London is hot and dull. The concerts are over—the theatres closing. Hyde- park is deserted—Rotten-row a solitude. Belgravia and Tyburnia have closed their shutters and are off to the mountains and the sea. The lower classes, left without the good • examV e of their betters, grow drunken and savage. Men beat their wives; women scratch and bite each other— some swallow ears, some gnaw off fingers. The Cannibal Islands are less savage than this drunken, besotted lower million of London—the saddest, hardest, most repulsive populace, I verily believe, to be found in any civilised country. It was my intention to offer a few more specimens of the style and sentiments of the Northern press— minus the New York Herald — but as, in some re spects, the above are actually " mild examples," probably your readers may cry hold, enough!" of such trash; so I shall add one of the instances of clerical attacks on England that are so common in this country, and shall only observe that the reverend orator is represented to be of the " Presbyterian denomination," was chaplain of the Senate, and is, or is to be, the pastor of the," American Congrega tion," or chapel, in Paris. The Rev. Dr. Sunder land, in his sermon delivered on the occasion of the " Fast-day" lately proclaimed by the President, observed, inter alia, of England : "This (slavery) was the apple of discord which perfidious England—never more to stand in the affections of tho American people—had thrown among the ehters of the American Union, to divide and plague us. This is the heir-loom we had from the mother country, the source of so much misery, and the pretext of this terrible con vulsion. No doubt England contemplates with complacency the works of her hands to-day. * The young giant, after a growth and an activity of more than eighty splendid years, begins to feel in his veins the virulence of that deadly poison which has been circulating there. England looks on and exults over the operation. ! thou foul, false, hypocrite of the nations (loud applause), thou may'st laugh now, but the hour of thy own retri bution flail come." The login of the rev. gentleman appears to me about on a par with his charitable teaching ; how ever, the above charitable extract pretty fairly represents the tone and spirit in which the "Clergy" of the majority of the inhabitants of the Northern States—at least of those of Now Eng:and—treat of our country. In the aggregate, the ministers of the Episcopalian, the Roman Catholic Churches, and those of a few other deno- minations, refrain from references to political subjects, Capital Punishment, The correspondent of a contemporary writes as follows : Another instance has been afforded, by the lie execution at Leeds, of the levity exhibited by base human nature, at the public strangulation of their fallow-creatures. We read that scats were let on a platform raised for the purpose at 2s 6d per spectator, that there wa= all the ribaldry and provision of a fair, 4.tc, Now, I would ask (as much in the name of common sense as humanity) of what utility are these spec tacles exhibited, and to what extent they deter men from the fearful crime of murder f Let as agitate this question again and again until the great law of God and man, " Thou shalt do no murder," is at least elp.yed by those who now violate its precept. I subj ,in a letter of Mr Charles Dickens to a contemporary, which appeared after the exe cution of the Mannings at Horsemonger-lane Gaol. The graphic description of that writer is I think well worth a reprint : cuxitves DICKENS, ESQ , ON THE LATE EXECUTION. Sir,—l was a witness of the execution at Horsemorger lane this morning. I went there with the intention of observing the crowd gathered to behold ifr, and I had excel lent opportunities of doing so at intervals all through the night, and continuously from daybreak until after tho spec- taclo was over. I do not address you on the subject with any intention o discussing the abstract question of capital punishment, or any of the arguments of its opponents or advocates. I simply wish to turn this dreadful experience to some account for the general good, by taking the readiest and most public means of adverting to an intimation given by Sir G. Grey to the last sessien of Parliament, that the Government might be induced to give its support to a measure making the in ft:ction of capital punishment a private solemnity within the prison walls (with such guarantees for the last sentence of the law be'lag inexorably and surely administered as should be satisfactory to the public at large), and of most earn , stly beseeching Sir G. Grey, as a solemn duty which he owes to society, and a responsibility which he cannot for ever put away, to originate such R legislative change himself. I believe that a sight so inconceivably awful as the wickedness and levity of the immense crowd collected at that execution this morning could be imagined by no man, and could be presented in no heathen land under the sun. The horrors of the gibbet and of the crime which brought the wretched murderers to it, faded in my mind before the atrocious bearing, looks and language, of the assembled spectators. When I came upon the scene at midnight, the shrillness of the eries and howls that were raised from time to time, denoting that they came from a concourse of boys and girls already assembled in the best places, made my blood run cold. As the night went on, screeching, and laughing, and yelling in strong chorus of parodies on Negro melodies, with substitutions of " Mrs Manning" for "Susannah," and the like, were added to these. When the day dawned, thieves, low prostitutes, ruffians and vagabonds of every kind, flocked on to the ground, with every variety of offensive and foul behaviour, gs' of indecent delight imitations of Punch, F b brutal njokes, Paintings,tumultuous wh demonstrationsist lin when s-vooning women were dra gged out of the crowd b y the police with their dresses disordered, gave a new zest to the general entertainment. When the sun rose brightly—as it did—it gilded thousands upon thousands of upturned faces, so inexpressibly odious in their brutal mirth or cal lousness, that a man had cause to feel ashamed of the shape he wore, and to shrink from himself, as fashioned in the image of the devil. When the two miserable creatures who attracted all this ghastly sight about them were turned quivering into the air, there was no more emotion, no more pity, no more thought that two immortal souls had gone to judgment, no more restraint in any of the previous ob. scenities, than if the name of Christ had never been heard in this world, and there were no belief among men but that they perished like the beasts. I have seen, habitually, some of the worst sources of general contamination and corruption in this country, and I think there are not many phases of London life that could surprise me. lam solemnly convinced that nothing that ingenuity could devise to be done in this city, in the same compass of time, could work such ruin as one public execution, and 1 stand astounded and appalled by the wickedness it exhibits. Ido not believe that any commu nity can prosper where such a scene of horror and demora lisation as was enacted this morning outside norsomonger lane gaol is presented at the very doors of good citizens, and is parsed by, unknown or forgotten. And when, in our prayers and thanksgivings for the season, we are humbly expressing before God our desire to remove the moral evils of the land, I w3uld ask your readers to con sider whether it is not a time to think of this one, and to root it out P—l am, sir, your faithful servant, CHARLES DICKENS. Devonshire-terrace, Tuesday, Nov. 13. Yi THE COURT AT BALMORAL.-0a Thurslay her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, and their highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, drove from Balmoral, via Inver cauld-house and Allan quoich, which was reached about 2 p.m. Here ponies and men from Balmoral were in waiting, and the whale party having mounted, rode up Ulenquoich, nearly to the hoary pine forest of the Beae,han, which is proximate to the foot of Ben-a-Bourd, where a sump tuous luncheon was partaken of. After a brief sojourn, and a delightful walk through the wild and picturesque district around, the royal party returned to Braemar, via Old Mar Lodge and Linn of Doo. At the latter place, a brief stay was made to view the unique beauty and unparalleled scenery that snrrouhls the Falls. At the Invercauld Arms Hotel horses were changed. Mr Fisher was in prompt attendance, and personally attended to the requirements of the royal party. A. large and respectable assemblage of visitors and others lined both sides of the area in front of the hotel, and greeted the royal party with a warm salute, which was very graciously returned by her horsesaNt o l n ajeds onlyt Balmoral a a va n i d n agt slight been e a le o a t fhe shower-cph r a as o nt c e g6 u oe fd p p,r a . mat u hi t n. e s of lea f l t h h : ee e v royalnat:ncyhd sncarriage.party delightful ow droveise lh in on e in commoded or marred the enjoyment of the royal sojourners. —Devidee kivei tior. An In' Tho correspondent of a contemporary states that he visited Muller in the Tombs Prison, on the 30th ult., by permission of the United States Marshal, and that he and a • friend who accompanied him had a long conversation with the prisoner in regard to the explanation he had to offer of he circumstances bearing against him. The following is his report of what passel, for the accuracy of which, how- ever, we are unable to vouch : Fortunately we happened to reach there just as Muller was entering the prison yard to take his morning walk. " Well, Muller," remarked one of the bystanders, as he made his appearance, "how do you feel this morning ?" He answered readily enough to show that ho understood the English language well, although his pronunciation was . . _ quite "imperfect,l feel weak and bad ; I am sick," And the poor fellow's countenance sustained his words. Since 1 saw him in court on Saturday last he had been allowed two days of perfect quiet, and after the exciting scenes that he had passed through the irritable reaction had set in. Ho had evidently begun to comprehend the peril of his condition, and to appreciate the consequence of a conv:ctim for the crime with which ho stood charged. The same gentleman who had opened the conversation proceeded— " Muller, I understand that you feel confident you can prove an alibi—that you were not upon the Northern Rail• way the night Mr Briggs was murdered ?" "Yes," he replied, "I was not there." "You have a sister in this country ?" some one remarked. "I have," he said. "She lives at 139, Nassau.street, but she has not yet been to see me," " Perhaps she does not know that you have arrived f" "Perhaps not," he replied, " but I have tried to send her word." "Is she married or unmarried f" " She was unmarried when she came to this country," he answered, " 14 years ago, but she is now married." The warder of the prison took down her name awl ad dress as Muller gave it, and promised to try and find her. Some further conversation ensued regarding the adoption of means to make the prisoner as comfortable as possible while ho remained in the prison, and I took advantage of a lull in the conversation to remark to him that I expected to write to England to-day, and would gladly do my best to make public any statement ha migkt desire regarding his whereabouts upon the night Mr Briggs was murdered. At first he did not seem to understand me, apparently supposing that I desired his version of the fact for publication here, as he answered that he did not care to have anything said—his counsel know all the circumstances. A casual allusion to a statement I had seen in some of the London papers to the effect that the German societies were interesting themselves in his case, and endeavouring to gather testimony for his defence, seemed to give him the correct idea of my object, and he at once proceeded to say that on the night of Mr Briggs's murder he left his boarding place shortly after sup per, rode to London-bridge, as he was troubled with a lame leg, a cart having run over his foot a few days previously and bruised it ; that he walked across London-bridge and took another omnibus to Camberwell New-road. Going into a publichouse in that locality he drank a glass of beer, and remained there until half-past nine, when he again took an omnibus to return to London -bridge. On recrossing the bridge and going to the Royal Exchange, which he reached about ten o'clock, he found that the last omnibus had left, and he was obliged to walk home. In consequence of the lameness of his foot it was eleven o'clock before he reached there, and all the folks had gone to bed. He made his way to his room as soon as possible, and saw none of them until the next morning. I told Muller, after he had completed this statement, that much curiosity was felt to know how he came in pos session of the hat and watch which were said to belong to Mr Briggs. He promptly answered that he purchased the bat at a shop in London a year ago. The watch he stated he bought of a pedlar on the docks the Monday before he sailed. The vessel left port on Friday, and ho narrated the circum stances as follows :—The pedlar had rings and other trinkets for sale, and upon Muller's stepping up to look at them he offered him this watch. Muller had but four pounds and three half-crowns in his pocket, money which he had been saving up to purchase his passage ticket to America, and when the pedlar offered him the watch for £5, ho replied by offering Xi for it. This was refused, and Muller turned to go away, but he had taken such a fancy to the watch that he determined to purchase it if he could by the payment of all the money in his possession (four pounds, three half. crowns), and this the pedlar finally accepted. When he got the watch in his possession he said he was afraid that it might be worthless, and so wont to Mr. Death's, in Cheapside, to exchange the chain, thinking that if this proved to be pure gold the watch also must be as valuable as it seemed to be, "Then," said I, "Mr Death's statement was correct. You battered the chain with him ?" "Yes," Muller answered. " Had you heard of Mr Briggs's murder," I asked, "when you bought the watch?" I had," ho replied ; "but I did not think of the watch being his." "How was it you happened to take passage for America just at that i ime ?" "Oh," said he, "I had been intending for some time to come here, to follow my trade, and had given my landlady notice a fortnight before that I meant to leave." " Another question," I said: " You have just told me that you gave all the money you had for the watch ; where did you raise funds to pay for your passage ticket ?" "1 pawned the watch chain," he answered, " and after wards sold the ticket." " Certainly," I replied, "that could not have been suffi cient." " No," said he, " I had a gold watch before I purchased the one said to belong to Mr Briggs, which I sold, and which brought me sufficient." You will remember that several of the witnesses who have testified before the London tribunals have stated that Muller had no gold watch previous to the time that he se cured possession of Mr Briggs's, Bearing this fact in mind I did not think it worth while to push my inquiries farther, and, alter a few unimportant remarks, took leave of Muller. During the conversation he bore himself with great compo sure, and was never at a loss to answer any questions that I put to him. He was dressed in the same olothes he wore in court, with the single exception that he was without a coat. His shirt had apparently just come from the hands of the washerwoman, and was consequently clean. His pants were threadbare, but were neatly brushed, and on the whole his appearance was as much in his favour as it could have been expected to be. As I turned to leave the "Tombs," the warden remarked, " He is a hard case, you may depend upon it—his mouth I shows that," 'Y HORRIBLE CLIILD MURDER.—Yesterday morn ing, at 8 o'clock, a charwoman employed in clean ing out the first class ladies' waiting room on the departure platform of the Great Western Railway Station, Padding ton, found under a sofa the dead body of a fiae female child in long clothes, and tied up in an apron, the string of which was twisted tightly round the child's neck. Informa- time was at once given to Mr Durdle, chief inspector of the railway company's police, who ordered the body to be taken to the Paddington police station, when it was examined by Mr J. S, Beale, surgeon, of Porter's-road, Paddington, who said the child was about seven days old, had been remarkably healthy. and had ,been dead about three hours. At the time the babe was found there was a lady in an adjoining first class ladies' waiting room, who on being interrogated by Mr Durdle, stated that she had come:to the station to see a lady off by the 6 a.m. train, and that she had been resting herself since that time. The lady gave her name and address, and Mr Durdle finding them to be correct he allowed her to go at large. The matter is now in the hands ef Inspector Everton and Ser geant Hawtree, of the D division. LIMITS OF HUMAN POWER.--It is, on the one hand, rash and unphilosophieal to attempt to set limits to the ultimate power of man over inorganic nature, and it is unprofitable, on the other, to speculate on what may be accomplished by the discovery of now unknown and unimagined natural forces, or even by the invention of new arts and new processes. But since we have seen aerosta tion, the motive power of elastic vapours, the wonders of modern telegraphy, the destructive explosiveness of gun powder, and even of a substance so harmless, unresisting, and inert as cotton, nothing in the way of mechanical achievement seems impossible, and it is hard to restrain the imagination from wandering forward a couple of gene rations to an epoch when our descendants shall have ad vanced as far beyond us in physical conquest, as we have marched beyond the tropics erected by our grandfathers. I must therefore bo understood to mean only, that no agencies now known to man end directed by him scorn adequate to the reducing of great Alpine precipices to such slopes as would enable them to support a veget able clothing, or to_the covering of large extents of de nuded rock with earth, and planting upon them a forest growth. But among the mysteries which science is yet to reveal, there may be still undiscovered methods of accomplishing even grander wonders than these. Mecha nical philosophers have suggested the possibility of accu mulating and treasuring up for human use some of the greater natural forces, which the action of the elements puts forth with such astonishing energy. Could we gather and bind, and make subservient to our control, the power which a West Indian hurricane exerts through a small area in one continuous blast, or the momentum expended by the waves, in a tempestuous winter, upon tho break water of Cherbourg, or the lifting power of the tide, for a menth, at the head el the Bey of Fund;, or the pressure of a square mile of sea water at the depth of 5,000 fathoms, or a moment of the might of an earthquake or a volcano, our age—which moves no mountains and casts them into the s a by faith alone—might hope to scarp the rugged walls of the Alps and Pyrenees and Mount Taurus, robe them once more in a vegetation as rich as that of their pris tine woods, and turn their eves' ing torrents into r( fieshing streams..- Man cud Nature, by G. P. Mardi. The number of visitors at the Patent Museum South Kensington. for the week ending Sept, 10, was 2,322; total number since the opening of tho museum free daily (12th May, 1838), 819,010, :uller. (111111 „ 0 . HER MAJESTY BALMORAL, Sept. 12. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Helena and attended by the Hon. Mrs Bruce, drove on Saturday to Alt-na-Guithasach, and went to the Dhu Loch. Sir Charles Wood loft the Castle on Saturday. Her Mjesty, with the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Princess Helena, attended Divine service at the parish church of Crathie yesterday afternoon. The X , 3y. Mr Stephen cf Renfrew officiated. The Dike of Hamilton arrived at mansion in Arlington-street yesterday morning from Baden-Baden. The Duchcse (Dowager) of Sutherland and Lord Albert Lovescn Cievar arrived at Stafford House, St. James's, last evening, from the Continent. _ _ Tne Marquis of Bristol and Ladies Hervey are among the arrivals at Baden-Baden. The Earl and Countess of Yarborough, who came to town on Monday last from Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, left yesterday on a continental tour. The Count de Cotnminges Guitaud, Fcench Am• bassulor at the Belgian Court, has left the Hotel Mirabeau for Brussels. Lord Rendlesham has taken the house of the late Mrs Clifton, in Grosvenor-square, for a term of years. Ilia lordship takes possession in the course of the month, Lord West has passed through town on his way to visit Lord and Lady Frederick Gordon Ilallyburton, in Scotland. Lord Napier, British Ambassador at St. Petersa burg, and Lady Napier have arrived in London from Russia. Baroness Adolphe de Rothschild has arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from the Continent. Lady Georgina Fano has arrived in town from Weymouth. Admiral the Hon. Edward Howard and Mrs. Howard hs.ve left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Holker Hall, Newton. in•Cartmel. The Hon. George Cecil 0. Bridgeman, third eon of Viscount and Viscountess Newport, has just entered the Ist Life Guards. Lady Middleton has arrived at the Queeal Hotel, Upper Norwood. FUNERAL OF THE LATE DUKE OF CLEVELAND. —The funeral of the late Duke of Cleveland took place yesterday at St. Mary's Church, Staindrop, Durham and, in accordance with the feelings of the Duchess of Cleve land, there was as little display as was consistent with the character of the ceremony. It was not generally known until Monday that the funeral would take place on the fol lowing day, but the number of people present from the adjoining districts was almost as great as when the former duke was interred, only a few months ago. The demise of the late nobleman has taken every one surprise, and much regret is expressed at the occurrence, not only by the tenantry, but by all residing in the vicinity of Raby. Since he assumed the title he has been most liberal to the former, and, although his residence at the castle has been but brief, he has been much respected. The fact of the title having past into three hands in so short a time, and the present successor being the third blether who has taken it successively, has been a theme of much comment in the north. Shortly after the doors of the old church were opened it was filled, with the exception of the pews retained for the mourners ; and along the road leading from Raby Castle to Staindrop there was a large assemblage of specta• tors. The tenantry of the deceased nobleman were permitted to join the procession, and the number who thus testified their respect was very considerable. The funeral col tege left Raby Castle at half-past eleven in the morning, the car riages arriving by the west entrance and leaving by the east. The hearse was drawn by four horses, and bore the &ceased's coat-of-arms and monogram. The Duchess of Cleveland and the present duke were the chief mourners. As the funeral procession reached the church, about 12 o'clock, it was met at the entrance to the churchyard by the Rev. IL C. Lipscomb, rector ci Staindrop, Rev. J. Parker, Rev. S. Wright, &c. The office for the dead was recited as the coffin was borne to the church, the " Dead March in Saul'' being played by the organist; and when the coffin had been placed on a raised platform erected to receive it, the service for the dead, in which the choir took part, was corn • menced—the Rev. H. C. Lipscomb officiating. At its con clusion the body was conveyed to the mausoleum built by the late duke's predecessor, and which contains the remains; of several members of his family. Lord Essex on th 9 Game of Croquet, In a letter to a contemporary his lordship says :—Several of my friends having expressed a wish that I should state circumstances connected with the " injunction" lately i,kuol agaiast me at the suit of Captain Mayne Reid, I shall feel greatly obliged if you can find space in your paper for a few lines. I Early in July I first was informed that Captain Reid was about to take some steps against me on the ground of certain rules on croquet by an " Old Hand" being an infringement of his copyright to a similar work. At that time I had never seen his work, and was so impressed with the utter groundlessness of his complaint, and his inability to sustain it, that I wrote, perhaps, somewhat hastily to that effect to his solicitors. Yery shortly after I did see his work, and I immediately wrote to him, stating that I had then done so for the first time; that the " Rules by an Old Hand" were , not written or compiled by me, but for me by a lady, her self a great authority and adept in the game, but unversed in the laws of copyright, and entirely ignorant that 5 120 was transgressing them in taking what she had taken from Captain Reid's work. For myself I said that never (till at the moment I was then writing) having seen his work, I was quite ignorant as to its having been '• pirated" by the " Old Hand." I candidly admitted to Captain Reid that wrong had (inadvertently) been done him, I expressed my re• gret thereat and my readiness to make him any rea sonable compensation. (I subsequently offered him £lOO, which he insisted should be increased to £125, and the pay ment of his lawyer's expenses.) I, moreover, gave him my word and assurance that I would recall all copies in circula tion, give a true account of all that had been issued, and issue no more, although doing so suddenly at once m ight put me to much inconvenience. I must own that had I been the aggrieved party, and the aggressor, being a gentleman and an honest man, had thus candidly admitted he had been in the wrong and had given such assurance as I gave to Captain RAd, I should have been fully satisfied, and should have at once stayed all further proceedings. That gentleman apparently was not thus easily satisfied• He determined to push his advantage to the utmost, pur _ sued with his lawyers and counsel to Hampshire the Vice- Chancellor, who was there enjoying his vacation, gaining thereby nothing beyond what I have already voluntarily cede' to him, beyond the satisfaction of giving his solicitors an apology for sending in a bill of charges of £lB5. The bill of costs, however, I am about to submit to the scrutiny of the taxing master in the hope and belief that he will reduce it to somewhat more reasonable limits. WINDSOR CASTLE.—Daring the Last fortnight ft number of workmen have teen engaged in excavat ing a portion of the road and footway on the north side of the Castle-hill, near the eastern end of the Royal Tomb' house, of Wolsey Castle, which is being repaired as a memorial to the late Prince Consort, In this work the men have laid bare a portion of the ancient foundation of the chapel, which consists of a bed of chalk concrete some feet in thickness, hard and well laid. Leading foom the chapel up the hill near the Lord Chamberlain's-office a deep trench has been cut, and in digging this portions of an ancient building have been discovered two or three feet below the level of the roadway opposite the Deanery, These remains consist of what appear to be two stone jambs forming e small window, which probably lighted a narrow staircase leading underground. Close by a vault has been discovered and broken into. This vault lies under the ground of the Deanary. It is built of red bricks, which retain their fresh ness of colour, while from a small opening in the roof the water from the surface above would seem to have been con' stantly trickling, as the vault is exceedingly damp, It is, however, stated that the position of this vault, though not generally known, was acciientally discovered some years back. The floor is paved with red brick, and on being struck with a hard substance gives forth a hollow sound, as if there was yet another vault beneath. The north end, which would seem to lead beneath the Doanary, is bricked up, BO the only present entrance is that in the bottom of the trench' There is also at the north end of the arched room a smell] trap-door, the wood of which is rotten with age and dater' TOLPEDOES IN MOBILE BAY.--" I saw one of these inventions," says the correspondent of the .IYitv York Tribune. "It consisted of a tin case, in shape like a large coffee-pot or boiler, holding, perhaps, 10 or 12 gallons. The lower half of this consisted elan air chamber, by mesas of a transverse partition, and the upper, or small end was filled with powder. Upon the end of a rod fixe d iusida this, and in contact with the powder, is placed a CAP which is to be exploded by means of a hammer, which i , held suspended outside of the tin case of powder, whiel hammer is passed through a spiral spring that operates itt When the torpedo is sunk the hammer elevated, and belt there by a peg placed so as to held it up. To this peg attached a float, which, ky moving the peg when a passir 4 boat draws the line attached to it, lets down the hamme r su tlenly with a sharp blow upon that part of the tin Os' just inside of which the cap is placed, and explodes it, acd presto I the harm is done. Fortunately for us, tb' barnacles gather so soon on any of these cmtrivinces to soon render the action of the hammer impossible, av the salt, water quickly corrodes the tin cases and destroY the powder, otherwise our fleet wonld not have escaped s easily as it did in getting into Mobile Bay." The Bishop of Bath and Wens has instituted th Rev, Sydney East, Vicar of Northover, near Ilehester, t the 4eQtory of Wheathiil, near Castle Carey, Soroettet•