The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-30 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, OCT. 30, 1863. If anything could be accepted as " cautionary" by her MAJESTY'S Ministers, it would certainly be the reception accorded to a man like,Mr. BUSFIELD FERRAND by his constituents down at Devonport. The mere fact of the return of a man like Mr. FERRAND by that borough, during the existence of a Whig Government, had about it, as we all very well remember, a peculiar significance of its own. If the so-called Conservative reaction could be seen nowhere else, it could certainly be seen there. About there being a reaction of some sort, of a poli tical character, dead against the Government and in your of the Opposition, there was no room left for doubt—after the rejection of Sir FREDERICK GREY and the return of Mr. WILLIAM BUSFIELD FERRAND as M.P. for the borough of Devonport. The former condidate, the Whig candidate, and one, moreover, who bore the timbre of Whiggery stamped upon his very name as a GREY, appeared before the electors of Devonport' quite notoriously, as the nominee of the First Lord of the Admiralty, his grace the Duke of SOMERSET. Yet for all that—but no, we should rather say at once, precisely because of all that, those free and in dependent electors rejected the advances of Sir FRE DERICK, and, rather than have him as their represen tative, elected to that post of honour one of the most thoroughgoing, out and out, determined, stub born, uncompromising Tories in the land. Mr, FERRAND, seeking the bubble reputation in the m ve ° r lt ha of th e D oc k yar d cannon —f oun d h i mse l f, y t "lett to his own astonishment, shot scatheless into his seat as M.P. for the borough of Devonport, When the smoke and uproar of the political explosion had cleired off. It was the result of a reaction, of a reaction of sheer disgust. It was not that the electors of Devon port loved Mr. pEtva had acquired views more, but that they an intense and utter abhorre•Ace of those of his opponents ! Their feeling at the time was very n early akin indeed to that diet at; ng the burning lines of CANNIN G— • " 'Give me the bold, the erect, the manly foe, Dauntless I'll meet, perhaps avert the blow' can send, Bat from all ills, Great Heaven, th y wrath Save, save, 0 save me from the C an di d Friend.'' Sir v t it a impulse, Acting upon which earnest and passionate the electors of De von p ort re j ecte d GREY and accepted Mr. FERRAND. The riesEußlticolif Om contest was so startling at the time th at up on 'the apparition of the newly-elected MT. for th e Borough, in the Hou se of Commons, there to t ake his seat —W. B. FERRAND, M.P., redivivug Was hailed with stormy shouts of exultation by t h e Opposition, as he walked up to the table between his introducers. In his reappearance just now amongst his constituents he speaks out quite as boldly and resolutely as ever he did in the old days, when he was wont to cross his dagger of lath with that flexile, incisive blade of purest metal, wielded with such a dexterous hand, held in such a grip of iron, and directed by such formidable thews and Sinews as those of the arch-champion of Free Trade, the arch-foe of Protection. Hitting about hh n new h. as boldly as ever he did in the heyday of 13 ca reer, the blunderer of twenty years ago has contrived this time by one happy hit, at a single blow I to strike exactly the right nail precisely upon the head, and i n striking it, to driv e it, in that one instant, h ot :, ` Sir ARTHUR. BULLED," he re marked thetotowards t close of hi s s p eec h i n th e T own Hall of Devonpor as :B a ti recently as the day before yesterday, "Sir Azr ULLER has called me a Tory. I, for my p art, h ver say ' Judge me by my votes.' If tho se votes are Toryism, then I a m a Tory. If servi ng you looking a fter y our interest s must b e re gardA as Toryism, then, again o 1 81, 111 am a Tory. , While —if mak in g solemn pledgee frtar and then bre akin g them afterwar d: l : h :rliamentlhustings , is to be regar ded as Liberalism, then i i , h Liberal l am no Liberal." Whereat loud cheers fro mthe electors of Devonpoe, who out of sheer disgust fa r r all the old Candid Frien ds of Liberalism, h ave re tux ned by preference a bold, erect, and manly foe 1Q the person of this their outspeak Tory represen tat' ,ive. There can be no question whatever any la. Iger about it, that the late Government, the Con servative Government, the Government of Lord D ERBY and Mr. DISRAELI, were, as Mr. FERRAND bluntly expressed it, just simply " jockeyed" out (If office upon the question of Reform. The ( lodge (as Sir HUGH CAIRNS at once tabbed it) by means of which they were thus j ockejed being those famous " Resolutions" of I Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S—the pendant to which Resolutions, we presume, is Earl RUSSELL'S con '.tent( d, complacent placeman's axiom of " Rest and Be Thankful"—that being, as we know, our noble ex-R eformer's Final declaration for Finality only the other day down in Scotland, at Blairgowrie The Calcutta Mail brings us news of some im portant changes about to be proposed for the im provement of our Indian towns. The administra tion. of justice is unquestionably one of the most serious difficulties that meet us in our efforts to secure the efficient and upright Government of oar Indian possessions. The native mind is so intricate and subtle, the native tendency to fraud and dishonesty is unhappily so powerful and so prevalent that it is extremely difficult to secure a system which shall at once protect the creditor from imposition and the debtor from cruelty. Tho perplexities attending the enforcement of the contract laws are already familiar to many readers, and the undue severity of recent enactments was very properly objected to by the Home authori ties. The natives, whose turn of mind makes them ready and willing to turn to the law for settlement on any disputed point, and who are continually cheating, or endeavouring to cheat each other, are constantly bringing cases before the courts. There have been many complaints of the distance which separates the courts, the tardy decisions, the facility for appeals, and the diffi culty of enforcing the fulfilment of obligations undertaken by contractors, who insist upon cash advances, and then let the work stand still. It has, therefore, long been a matter of public concern that the cumbrous machinery of the Indian law courts should be made to work more surely, expeditiously, and cheaply. We all know what is involved in a long course of litigation, and when we learn that three-fourths of all the law suits in India are for sams under £5O, we can readily believe that, in nine cases out of ten, le jeu ne taut pas la chandelle, to the real owner of the money, and that the shufffer, whether he wins or loses, has really and substanti ally the best of it. With a view to the adjustment of these causes of complaint, a Bill has been pre pared by the Hon. Mr. MAINE, with the avowed object of improving " the administration of civil justice in respect of suits of small value," which, it may be hoped, will in good time be the means of introducing a better state of things. It proposes to empower each local government to establish courts wherever necessary, under judges from whose decisions there can be no appeal, excepting on points of law, to the high courts, with their consent. The present ruinous system of disputing every decision on the ground of inferior rank in the judge, and the hopeless removal of a case from court to court for mere litigation, or a desire to postpone the evil day of settlement, will therefore be entirely reconstituted. These courts are to adjudicate on all matters up to £5O or £lOO, as the case may be, and will hear suits to enforce the performance of contracts, when such suits claim, as they often do, to damages ranging below those sums. Tne complainant is also to be able to institute proceedings against the contractor, whether or no he have fulfilled part of his contract, and the defendant, if found guilty of breach of contract, may be ordered by the court to complete his under. taking by any given time. Failing to obey the orders of the court, he will be liable to distraint or attachment, and thus a class who are only too nu merous in India, and whose misconduct has mate rially retarded the progress of the nation, will find themselves in a new and awkward position. To guard, however, against any abuse of power on the other hand, the Bill provides that the court shall have power to punish a complainant who brings a groundless or vexatious charge. Each court is to have a registrar, who is to have a good deal of the minor business in his own hands, subject to the de cision of his superior. It is suggested that in rural parts one judge may go on circuit among several courts. In the selection of the judges, Mr. MAINE admits, lies the great difficulty of the scheme. It will be anything but easy to find a sufficient num ber of capable and honest men to fill the required I judgeships. Able Europeans are never too plentiful in India, and, although there is no lack of native legal talent, yet the first requisites of a judge—impartiality and uprightness—are unfortunately too often wanting. With a view to check as much as possible any un fair administration, this bill has several provisions intended as a check on the judge. Barristers are temporarily to act as second judges in districts where they do not practise, that they may see a little how matters are carried on ; while some of the Bengal judges of the High Court will probably occasionally go on circuit, and thus supervise the administration of the lower court 3. From these outlines it appears that the bill is framed very fairly and temperately with a view to the settle ment of a great practical perplexity, from which many and continuous evils are in the habit of arising. It cannot, of cours2, be said fully to answer the purpose until it has been tried ; but Mr. MAINE has evidently weighed carefully the various sides of the question, and has succeeded, we may hope, in laying down a foundation for future reforms. It is to be hoped that all parties will agree to give the bill a fair hearing, and, if it be proved on consideration to promise well, to give it a fair trial. There is evidently much need for s ome alteration in the constitution of our small Indian. courts, whose number, unce r tainty, and fini s ring del a y s seem on l y to encourage the fraadu lent and worthless,ourt,yb while they are likely to drive atcomplainantoc whose case has been carried from court more certain after appeal, to seek som e shorter and naor redress tha n certain method of obtaining th a t i ndicated by the laws of his rulers. The intelligence from ptussia still confirms the hopes of the party of progress, IQ B er li n a ll t h e me mbers of the Fortschritt partythe have been re turned by a large majority, and it; provinces indicate that a " u"' from th e b e en obtained by the Liberal Party, triumph" h as de c id a ca n influence the infat uated party i n r anythin g powe r i t ought to be retu rns like this, I n the strongestnt and mos t emphatic manne r the coun t r y , in ro vine, have declared for freedom, and it is yet toP be. seen what notice will be taken of this marked naani _ festation of popular feeling. ,Rarely, if ever, in t h e present day, has there been seen so daring an inroad upon the rights of a people and the privileges of a nation ; and now it is gratifying to find that a de cided check has been put to these extreme measures by the almost unanimous voice of the people. It is curious to speculate on what line of conduct the Ministers will adopt, and what course of policy they will pursue when the new Parliament as , Benables. It is almo s t cer t a i n th a t th e y must take k sonic decided step, fora collision is inevitable. The ' whole of the vexed question will be again brought forward into discussion, and both sides will engage in the contest with more acrimony of feeling and angry excitement than before. The Ministers will be flushed with power, and eager to maintain the footing they have established during these months of absolutism. On the other hand, the representa tives of the people will be no less zealous on their part to vindicate the cause, and set forward the wrongs inflicted upon those to whom they are trustees. It is a glorious privilege and a proud posi tion to stand forth as the champion of a nation's liberties and the defender of a people's rights. In the present state of Prussia it is a sad task that falls on its representatives in the Chamber of De puties. Thera are broken promises to be referred to, arbitrary decrees to be questioned, undue inter ference with the liberties of the subject to be discussed, and, above all, the individual ac tions of Ministers must be accounted for. They will not find this so easy a task, and Herr VON BISMARE: will be puzzled, with all his ingenuity, to explain why he prevented ad• dresses being sent to the SOVEREIGN, and under what pretext he tampered with the liberties of the press. No trifling and hesitation will do when such vital questions are at stake ; and, above all, a haughty and imperative demeanour cannot be tolerated for an instant. If the Ministers of the Crown recommence their eld notion of asserting their immunity from inquiry and their non-respon sibility to the Chambers, it will be an evil day for peace and tranquillity in Prussia. The people have borne with admirable self•command and remarkable reticence the unparalleled attacks that have been made upon their privileges, and the inroads on their Constitution. The present is a critical time; the day of passive endurance is past, and the season for action has commenced. It is to be trusted that the clouds will blow over, and that the position may be readjusted without any serious strife ensuing ; but if such a happy issue does not arrive to the troubles and disturbances of the political arena, it will be for the people of Prussia to vindicate themselves before the nations of Europe. They must make up their minds either tamely to submit to indignities and suffer their country to be trampled down and become a second or third-rate Power, or they must declare that they are resolved to make a stand for their rights, and to reinstate themselves in their ancient position. This is one of those difficult questions where only deci sion and daring will carry through, and where temporising is fatal to the parties who hesitate to claim their own, and to the cause which they com promise by want of firmness. The prorogation of the Canadian Parliament gave occasion to the utterance of loyal sentiments, and also to the expression of patriotic feelings, which at this critical juncture are particularly welcome. The Address of the Legislative Assembly, which was read by their Speaker, was a satisfactory one in every way. The readiness with which they have entered into the question of the Volunteers and the Militia prove that, the importance of the sub ject of defence was duly appreciated. There is nothing of so much consequence at this moment as to put the whole population into a pro per state of defence, and to institute the necessary inquiries into the state of the present provisions for war. The enrolment and discipline of volunteers has been of course one of the chief subjects brought under the notice of this special session, which has been convened for the express purpose of making adequate provision for the emergency that may take place at any time. It is encouraging to those at home and abroad to mark the earnest expressions of goodwill, and the zeal which animated the tenor of the discourse which the Speaker addressed to the Governor-General. A State at unity with itself, and on reciprocal terms of amity with the mother country, is a pleasinz picture to behold at this mo ment when distraction reigns paramount in the land around it. If any one questioned the sound ness of the sentiments of Canada, the earnest and energetic language of the Assembly would put a stop to such doubts, and confirm all waverers in the cause of the unanimity of the subjects of New Vic toria in that direction. There is no reason to doubt the declaration of the Speaker that their union in debate was the type and symbol of the zeal and patriotism that pervaded the whole country ; nor yet, further, can his next assertion be gainsaid— that, if trouble comes, all creeds and origins will unite in the defence of the land and the mainten ance of its connection with the mother country. We live in happier times than our forefathers. The aspect of American affairs is different in the days of Queen VICTORIA to what it was in those of her grandfather, King GEORGE. Then misrule and weak administration lost to the Crown of Eng land many important possessions in North America. Now, good government and right apprehension of their mutual position, has maintained inviolate the sway of a Sovereign, while around our province the storms have raged, skaking the foundations of other States to their centre. Whatever the danger may be, it is best guarded against by the exercise of a free constitution. There is a peculiar influence im parted by that blessing of a State which is never so strong and unfailing as when other hopes falter and other supports give way. In the days of their first establishment the pioneers of the wonderful republic would have been scandalised to know that in after days their States would vie with each other in anarchy over the extent of their vast arena, while a province of the despised Royalists would be a star in the darkness, and present an example of internal order and external peace which grander neighbours would do well to copy. A SINGLE VAPOUR BATH is said, by a French medical journal, to be a certain cure for hydrophobia. MR. BARON PIGOTT. Yesterday Mr. Baron Pigott sat at the judges' chambers for the first time since his appointment, and disposed of a number of sum monses. The applications were of a routine character. His lordship will take his seat on the bench on Monday, in the Court of Exchequer, being the first day of Michaelmas Term. Mr. Justice Mellor also sat at chambers, and after he had heard the summonpes returnable before him, assisted the new judge in getting through his list. One or more of the learned judges will daily attend at chambers to facilitate the proceedings in their respective courts. PROTEST AGAINST THE POLKA !—To say the truth it is not a pleasant dance, and how it ever could have come into vogue is a marvel. Does any young gentle man call to mind its first appearance in this country ? (of course it is beyond the ladies' recollection) the elaborate pirouetting, hand in hand, vi 3 d vas, dos a dos, toe-and-heel business which characterised its original performance ? Any couple who should now go through these elaborate figures would be put down as reciprocally insane. The dance of St. Vitus itself would hardly be looked upon with more horror. Even reduced to its simplest elements of two slides and a hop, it is open to objection. Why hop at all, in the strictest sense of the word ? Dancing should be an easy gliding motion, or a downright spring from the ground (which of course would never be tolerated in decent society). But this capering on one leg is detestable. When Mdlle. Coryph6e comes down to the footlights, and, supported by M, Glissour, balances herself ys ; di on one toe, a n d po i nts the other at right angles to the grand tbier, th e venerabl e gent l eman i n the stage box may applaud, but I can his s w i th equal gusto from the pit. Wonderful ? e fncia t yea; NO It is a dmaons.trous absurdity —a but grace:ul? no, NO, gross imposition to call this ballet f notdancin gjugge raau ; t i p t e i r s fo c r : a u . ° 1 They posturing, r s in a y g , t h scarcely r less ugly than those which fanatical fakeers, or dervishes, girl's feet are horribly or ballet dancing. t ministers ng 1 0 8 deformed in consequence—clubbed together at the toes from this unnatural exertion. Down ounltthheth"setamgoenisfttrhoseiytyc;anletta t k h e e a fi ug cu tzrt cps° .aitt least stand FrOM hQllffOn l , '4GifeY"fOr 4.VfMb er, eociet society.— LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 30. The Minister of Finance contradicts the report that the dividends on the new Consolides are to be paid in London and Paris, and states that they will be punctually paid in Constantinople only by the Imperial Bank. HUNGARY. VIENNA, OCT. 29. The Chancellor of Hungary has forwarded a let ter to the Lower House of the Reichsrath, stating that he will be represented by an Aulic Councillor in the Finance Committee during the debate upon the loan to palliate the distress existing in Hun gary. ~...... .......1 FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct. 29.—The market has been rather firmer, and prices improved. Threes for the Ac count are now at 67t. 10e. Mobilier have also recovered to 1,102 f, 60e. Railway shares show a slight improvement. The market closed as follows : it per Cents .. 95 I Italian Loan 73 15 Do. end month...• Do. end month 73 20 3 per Cents ...... 67 New ditto Do. end month.... 67 05 I Do. end month.... Credit Mobilier.... Russian Do. end month.. • • --- Austrian Bank Shares ...... 3300 --- Spanish Threes.„ 53 25 C R r o e m di a t a ...._ Rome Debt . rhaB.k oncier .... 1270 RLIL Cash. Account. 0r1ean5....... 9 75 .. 975 Northern .... Lyons and Mediterranean 1 9 5 0 5 0: 4 :5 0 ___ -1 ........ 540 : -- New ditto Geneva 498 75 .. 498 75 Southern ........ Western ...... Eastern .... Sardinian 413 75 .. 413 75 Austrian .. 415 Lombard 6_35 _.-- .. : 3 6 4 3 0 2 _5O North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona AN APPEAL TO ENGLAND, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. LONDON, Oct. 23. SlR,—Allow me to call your attention to the ac companying circular, the object of which must needs excite yo ur sympa thy. M. de Laroartine has not tmoeetxpe in France ra a n n c d e hweitnhow appeals to En g l an d to helpthe assistance h e was ent i tle d him out of his sad position. Under these circum stances, I trust, air, you will not refuse to grant him the publicity of your columns. Both in his name and mine, I thank you before hand for your kind concurrence.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, It ti E v D e o A f z A u l ß . ' de Lamartin e , Repres A en L t F a 117, Jermyn-street. SUBSCRIPTION FOR M. DE LAMARTINE, THE GREAT FRENCH POET. Nous parlous ici-bas des langaes etrangeres ; L'onde de mes torrents n'est pas l'e!lu,que to bolts; dais fame comprend lame, et la pm? rend ft eres Tous ceux dont le cceur est la you. LAMARTINE : Recueillements Poetiques. Notwithstanding the reiterated appeals which M. de La martine has addressed to France his debts are still enormous, and this illustrious poet, this noble veteran of genius, whose utterances for nearly half a century have been anxiously looked for by the whole of Europe, this great statesman, by whom in 1848 civilisation was saved, cannot now save him self, and he is doomed to see the asylum of his old age, the seat of his ancestors, become the property of the stranger. Like Tasso, Camoens, Sheridan, Chateaubriand, and Balzac, he has drank and still drinks of the cup of poverty, and unless aided by his sympathisers, he is condemned to pass his last days in a sort of moral ergastutum and to de part from this world without acquitting his debts—debts originated by his generosity, doubled by his liberality, and increased threefold by his devoted patriotism—debts not only honourable in themselves, but which are to him a title of glory. There can surely be no more touching spectacle than that of the unceasing efiJrts, the superhuman struggles of M. do Lamartine during the last ten years to enable him to achieve his liberation—his only care, his solo preoccupation —for which result he would doubtless willingly sacrifice the better part of his fame. The anxious efforts of this great man to wrest his honour from the hands of his creditors, add another magnificent poem to those he has written. Thanks to his unremitting literary and mental labours a portion of the debt has been paid, but the residue is still heavy. To these anxieties are added other afflictions more poig nant still, because they strike direct to the heart; within two months M. de Lamartine has had to deplore the loss both of his wife and his sister. Still France is forgetful—forgetful of the glory he has shed upon her, of the services he has rendered her. France unaided cannot save her poet I Deeply sympathising with his sad position, his friends have advised him to make a last appeal to those noble minds who, although not of the same country, are nevertheless compatriots by elevation of intellect and the exquisite sew timents of the heart. I have assured M, de Lamartine that I know enough of England to be able to guarantee that she would not only contribute to this work of rehabilitation, but that she would insist on taking a prominent part in it. He at first dissented from this idea, but subsequently sanctioned it in the follow ing letter to me, dated October 1: " I could not be othei wise than deeply sensible of the affectionate zeal inspired by your friendship for me. I send you, according to your wish, my definitive reply. lam so weary of the struggle that I can flatter you with no hope of success. But I will not dish ear ten you. In friendship sometimes lies the secret of success. " I consent to your making in England the attempt you speak of, and I herewith send you my authorisation. " Accept my thanks, and believe me, &c., " A. DE LIMAILTINZ." tinder these circumstances I now solicit your kind con currence in the work to which I devote myself. Do not withhold it, for time presses and the case is urgent. M. de Lamartine has himself become the publisher of his general and complete works—poems, romances, literature, politics, history, and speeches ; he has also added numerous fragments, and even entire works hitherto unpublished. It forms a magnificent literary monument, and it is also an edition of uncommon splendour. It is for a cupy of this edition that your subscription is earnestly solicited. Its price is fixed at seventeen guineas, and M. de Lamm tine undertakes to have it delivered to you in London or any other part of Great Britain. If, then, you will kindly remit me a post-office order or a cheque for the above sum, M. de Lamartine, to whom I shall transmit the amount of your subscription, will himself forward you the said complete copy of his works. I will also thankfully acknowledge in his name, by return of post, any donation you may be pleased to offer him, and I should likewise feel grateful if you would acquaint your friends with the contents and purport of this letter. Thanking you beforehand fur our great poet, and trusting that British generosity will achieve what France has failed to accomplish,—Believe me to be, your most obedient ser. vant, ALTRED AZUR, Rrepresentativo of M. de Lanmain°. 117, Jermyn-street, London, Oct. 14, 1863. MRS. NIGHTINGALE'S TOMB IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY—one of the most remarkable works of the great sculptor Roubilliac—is scornfully declared by the Athenceuns to have been made at a time when Gothic art was supposed to b 3 one of the "follies of our ancestors." The monument in question, rays our contemporary, shows a frontispiece after the fashion of many books of the Georgian age. A tomb, with iron doors ajar, allows a half-shrouded skeleton, Death —dart in hand, and with the action of muscle-clothed vitality —to start forth and menace a lady, who, by some strange process is placed, wearing her night-dress, upon the entab lature of the grave porch; she faints, probably as much at the thought of her attire and situation as at the sight of the marble terror. Mr. Nightingale, also strangely arrayed, sustains with one arm his sinking spouse and with the other makes as if he would divert the dart. Ho does not, how ever, do so in any way that would be effectual, nor with the slightest evidence of an intention to interpose his own bony, as a sculptor would make him do if filled with the subject and;earnest in its expression. The gentleman's fingers, between which the dart might pass, his shrinking air, and stagey expression of face, with eyes and mouth wide open, hair uplifted and dilated nostrils, represent an actor making a " point " for the delight of the galleries, not a man in mortal terror for another's life. If Mr. Nightingale is meant to be thinking snore of himself than of his wife, the designer has missed the noblest point of his theme ; mean ing the reverse, the artist has failed to express it, because he studied, not life, but the stage, where the heartless actor strutted his little hour before the crowd that came, nut to be taught but struck by the shallow emotions of men no more in earnest than their audience. As a work of sculpture, no less than as an architectonic decoration, this composition is absurd, because it attempts to represent that which only painting can fairly render, and parts with the grandeur, stilled emotion, and abstraction of monumental art. The youngest daughter of the Couut de Morita lembert took the veil on Tuesday last in the Chapel of the Dames du Sasr6 Cesar at Coates, the Bishop or Orleans ofticiating, People's Edition of Macaulay's History of England, The History of _England, from the Accession of James the Second. By the Right Hon. Lord Macaulay. Part I. Pp. 96. Longman and Co. The commencement, in a serial form, of a popular edition of Macaulay's great fragment of a master piece, is nothing less than an event in literature. We know of no work, the publication of which, in a serial form, at a price so very moderate, and in a shape in every way so well worthy of preservation, is calculated so immediately to justify its title by becoming "Popular." I❑ fourteen monthly instal ments, the present edition will be completed—that is to say, it will be completed in just about one twelvemonth's time, the initial number being here already within our hands, and the two last parts being secure (as usual with all serial issues) of appearing, a year hence, simultaneously, as a double number. When thus completed the work will range upon the subscribers' bookshelves in four goodly volumes, each volume consisting of some three hundred closely printed doubled columned pages. The fourteen numbers or parts—of which the one here under notice is the first—being, in effect, then, on that close of their periodical issue —quartered by the binder. So much for the material part of the enterprise here adventured upon by the publishers, an enterprise, the happy thought of which, we may rest assured, will be bailed, far and wide, not only in England, but throughout the whole British Empire, with satisfaction. For, what, in point of fact, is the work which is thus being brought directly within reach of the million ? As a political or religious guide, in any way, we believe it, for our own part, to be utterly value less. But, as a master-piece of noble writing, we believe it, quite as confidently, to be, in a manner, unrivalled. It is, so far as life permitted it to be extended, the most care fully considered and the most wonderfully executed literary performance of the greatest prose writer in the language. Upon its first appearance, upon the publication of the first two volumes of the work —a work its author intended, and its readers hoped, might in the fulness of time prove very volu minous—it was hailed, as one may say, with accla mation. Hardly a single dissentient voice was raised against it as a very marvel of literary com position. As a specimen of political partizanship, "its offence," we shrink not from protesting this, was " rank and smelt to heaven." The most cynical among the few critics who really fell foul of it, the late Right Hon. John Wilson Croker. who had ❑otoriously a heavy score to clear off, if that might have been in any way possible against one who had been years previously utterly pitiless to himself—in " the " Quarterly Review, in a word, Mr. Croker dubbed the work at once, with a but r-like sarcasm that still sticks to it, in the popular remembrance, " a great Whig pamphlet." Another distinguished writer on the Tory side, but one very different, if only by reason of the geniality of his temperament, meaning no other tha❑ Sir Archibald Alison, spoke of the great Whig Historian, the great Whig Fabulist, as his political foes would rather term him, spoke most happily of Lord Macaulay as an annalist, as one ealled not to the bench, but, on the contrary, to the bar of history. Declining, as assuredly we must —even, be it said, with a sort of indignation—de clining altogether to regard Lord Macaulay as a mere magnificent pamphleteer, we must nevertheless recognise the aptness of that phrase of Alison's, as to his being called to the bar of history, and not to the bench. He is the advocate, the impassioned, the wondrously eloquent, the absolutely enthralling advocate—not the judge, who sums up with a most serene, a most persuasive, and a most impressive deliberation. And it is by rea son of the very fervour of his partisanship that we do seriously believe the book, as one with a bias, to be in a manner harmless. Its very fervour puts the rational reader, from the first and throughout, upon his guard. And, with regard to its effect upon the majority of rational men, we rest per fectly well assured that when the book is finally closed, after the most careful, or after the most care less, perusal of it, it leaves its reader's judgment altogether unwarped. " The Devil is not so black," even the most infatuated of Whigs would say to himself, with a shrug of the shoulders, on shutting up this marvellously vivid series of historical por traits—" is not quite so black as he is here painted." While, upon the other hand, great man as William 111. undoubtedly was, as Prince, as King, as Statesman, few—none —no, not one, other than Macaulay himself—could consent to regard him as nothing less than a hook-nosed Archangel! It is as a literary masterpiece that we yield up to the work our unstinted admiration. As a political guide it is, to our mind, worthless. As a prose composition it is simply inimitable. As the last and most highly elaborated production of the greatest master of style in our literature, as the magnum opus of the most superb writer of prose in the English language " The History of England," by Lord Macaulay, is always secure of winning to itself at once our eager welcome, no matter what the form or aspect of the edition in which it may come to us, whether in one the most modest or the most magnificent, the most cheap or the most costly. But the reception accorded to the People's Edition here commenced, we may be absolutely certain, will be ono in every way commensurate with the comprehensiveness and the splendour of the lofty reputation enjoyed (wherever the English language is spoken or read) by the Great Essayist, Orator, Lyrist, Critic, Annalist, Statesman. The Quarterly .Review. No. 228. A very able and interesting essay on the progress of engineering science is the first to greet us in this number. In no department of human skill and power has more rapid advance been made ; and the brief years of our own generation have seen the introduction and perfection of inventions that have revolutionised the habits of the world and rendered worthless the experience of ages, The develop ment of the principles upon which bridges, canals, railways, and ships are constructed, are touched upon in turn. The writer justly observes in his exordium, that what printing did for the develop ment of intellectual power and the communication of ideas, steam is doing for the material welfare of mankind. "It is no hyperbole to say that already within the last hundred years the engineers have doubled the mechanical power, and more than doubled the productive resources of mankind ; while they have reduced the dimensions of the globe, measured by time, to less than one fourth of what they were in 1863." The marvellous effects of water power are dwelt upon at some length. The application of the hydraulic force at Birkenhead and at Menai were miracles of engineering skill. Some of those who are familiar with our fine har bours may perhaps be surprised to know that down to the end of the last century we were content with those with which nature had favoured us. De Cessart, who designed the breakwater at Cherbourg, was the first to surmount the difficulties of the sub• ject, Of the celebrated Birkenhead Float we have the following description : As a single work the great float at Birkenhead far sur passes anything on the opposite side of the water, or indeed any work of its class that has yet been attempted any where. The area of water in this one dock is 121. acres, and it is approached by three great entrances, one of which has a sluicing apparatus, intended to keep the low-water entrance basin free from sediment, and which is constructed on a scale never before attempted; but whether it will attain its proposed object is very much doubted. The principal entrance has gates with a clear opening of 100 feet; the largest ever constructed, which would admit the Great Eastern if divested of her paddle-wheels, and will admit the largest screw-steamer or sailing-ship that the wildest imagination has yet conceived. It is difficult to convey a correct idea of the magnitude of such a work as this, for even its money value does not tell the story of its difficulty. It may, however, help us if we recollect that St. Paul's Cathedral cost about £300,000, and this was more than the expense of any of our medivsLal cathedrals. The Parliament Houses cost two millions; and it we take the Gseat Pyramid of Cheops at . n ah a a Contract cubic foot, which is about the price at could be obtained, it would cost a little o v w e As before hinted, this dock will cost iiadoing, it is s i x ; L : hfic)cu b r ut m a ii s lio t n w s O millions, at least, were wasted in d b oi e ng fo a u ud nd to undertake probable that a contractor might this Float or the Great Pyramid at about the sang , lump BUM. The remoyal of the Sunderland lighthouse a dis- Lance of 475 feet was in its day considered an astonishing feat. It was a building of masonry 69 feet 7 inches in height, and weighed 338 tons, yet the light was never extinguished, and no hitch or accident occured during its perilous progress. " And such is the familiarity since acquired with works of this class that twice the dimensions nr thrice the weight would hardly make an engineer pause if asked to undertake such an operation." With regard to the history of bridge building, it is somewhat remarkable that the Egyptians, with all their boldness of design, and skill in execution, never bridged the Nile , while the Greeks also shrank from any such undertaking. It was reserved for the more daring and resolute Romans to make the attempt, and there are still standing arches of their construction of more than 100 feet span springing at a height of more than 100 feet from the bed of the river. The privilege of the engineer, says the writer, is to think for himself ; not to go back to distant ages for obsolete precedents, but to look at the task before him and to consider the best practical means of attaining that end. The daring and success of our modern engineers have received striking proof in the lines over the Alps and in Central India. The cost of the lines over the Semmering Pass in the Alps and on the Bhore Ghat incline are very much alike—botli,being about £68,000 per mile. A steep incline is no longer a formidable obstacle, and our author remarks, half in jest and half in earnest, that even the Himalayas might now be traversed by the steam horse. Fol lowing this interesting paper on the men of action, we come to one who was a chief of the world of thought, yet withal no idle dreamer. 'Eke pathetic story of laughter-moving Thomas Hood; the sor rows and sufferings that taught the poet his quick insight into human grief, temptations, and neces sities ; the noble, courageous iife, the calm resigned death, are all sketched by a friendly and a feeling hand. His many great and rare qualities as poet, as humorist, and as man, are alike done justice to. All readers of Hood must acknowledge the truth and force of the following tribute :—" Many are the temptations for wit and humorist to win. The lauo on forbidden grounds, it is easy to make merry in low life. But Thomas Hood is never coarse, he never penetrates the sanctuaries of human feeling with the grin of irreverence. Whatever mockery mask he may wear for the time, we know there is a kindly face and a gentle heart behind it. He has no cynical smile for our ever recurring difficulties in this old battle field of good and evil, but always a word of cheer for the right. He has no scoff for his inferiors ; no rage against superiors, owes the world no grudge." Equally true is the following passage on what was indeed our poet-humorist's noblest characteristic : Bat it is Thomas Hood's chief glory that he " remem bered the forgotten," His greatest work is that which his poems will do for the poor. The proudest place for his name is on the banner borne at the head of their great army as it marches on to many a victory over ignorance, crime, and wrong. The lines written by..E.whylus for his own epitaph show us that ho was prouder of having fought at Marathon and left his mark upon the Made than of all the works he had written, Heine the German Poet-Wit tells his countrymen he does not know whether he has won the laurel, nor does he care what they say of him as a poet ; but they may lay a sword upon his coffin because he was a brave soldier in the war for the freedom of mankind. In like manner, when we may have expatiated on the wit of Hood, or shown his fancy at the daintiest, the highest praise we can award is symbolled on his own tomb-stone, " He sang the Song of the Shirt." Other articles on varying interest and ability follow; among them an article on that very un satisfactory people the Japanese, and an able essay on Mr. Froude's Queen Eiizabeth. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENINTG, W.llace'4 R o mantic Opera, THE DES r.RT FLO WER: Miss Louisa Fyne, Miss Susan Pyne ; Messrs. W. H. Weiss, H. Corn, A. Cook, and W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon. --Doors open at half- Pasteven. Lommence at Eight. TEI E ATRE ROYAL DRURY - LANE, 3tanagers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Walter Lacy and .3iiss Murray. f Which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, 11-VNTFRFD Itesnsra. N t Ryder, Rayner, M , agreson, a ' rd, ' Spencer Miss Heath, 3liss Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss ~fitter, Miss Cicely Nov, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. To conclude with A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. TEIEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr, Buckstone. THIS }X.E.sING, OUR MARY ANNE. After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE Nressrs. Charles Mathew Compton,Weathersby,,tc. ; Mesdames C. Mathews, j,, Keeley. Griffith, &c. And MY HUSBA.ND'S GHOST. Commence at 7. ROYAI, LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. PECHTER bers respectfully to inform the Nobility and Public that the above Theatre will OPEN on SATUR DAY next, with a new Drama, entitled BEL DE3IONIA, a Love Story, in Four Acts, in which Mr. Fechter will ap pear, supported by Me.srs. Brouzli ,m, S. Emery, G. Jordan and F. Charles ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss Lavenue, ra. Lee and SIMS Elsworthy. The Blx-office will be opened on Monday, Oct. 26, from eleven till five. AIISS BATEMAN.—LEAI-I.—The celebrated young' American Actress, Miss BATE:WAN, havim, , irn her first appearance in the New Drama of LEAH. ob tained the most triumphant and enthusia.stic success that has been wi nessed for many y ears, and the profound impression created by her impersonation of the character ot LEAH upon c , a e - owded audience havin b ee n co oval or tetely he rati entire fled by the unan imous verdict and critical a pp rova Pre-s, the Manaoer of the NEW ADELPIII THEATRE has the honour to announce that 111,as BA.TEMAN will aear in the New Drama of LEALI EVERY EVENING till fur p t p her notice. IVEIV THEA.ARE-ROYAL, ADELPHI %..‘ an Proortcator d Manwer. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs. 9.t 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs.A.rthur Stiissrlin, It. Philli d ps, Bil ßillin linton ,g, Stuart, A. Wood, Eburne, M H. Simms an Mrs. tcn. To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRL6S : Miss Wool; a nd Mr. A. Wood. Ip RI NCESS'S THEATRE.--HERRMANN, rLIE STIDIGATATEUR.—Great Success of Herr -11-arm Performances.—" tie always keeps as close to his % bi t e s he can, and courts their vigilance, that his superior dexterity may be legitim +tely triumphant." Times, Oct 27. Tuis celebrated FISH, RING, HAT, and MONEY TRICK, EVERY EV} , NING. Constant change of programme. commencing at Eight. Half-price at Nine o'Clock. First Grand Mornin; Performance TO-MORROW at 3. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, TURN HEM OUR. Mr. C. Fenton. After which, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. a Honey, parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K.Saville, and Miss Slanders. Followed by THE 3 10TTO, "I'M ALL l'llEitE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Mesdames Ada Swan borough, F, Hughes, Weston, Thorne, Wallace, and Jenny White. Commence at 7. riE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," _IL Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, :an be had Every Evening, of G. L. GLIsNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LOIWON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. 59m.—Afternoon, 4h. 13m. To-ktottnow.-Morning, 4h. 36m.—Afternoon,;` 4h. 54m. The Weather—Sun Office, Oct. 30, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 52 Barometer-29.00. Wind—S.-South-East ; strong breeze, with rain. F, - 1: 1 4 - lr Zjig At,0Pr,,..-7,k SUIT) _ The late Duchess de Montebello, This lady, whose death at St. Petersburg was recently announced, besides being the daughter of an English baronet, was also, by family descent, closely allied with Scotland, and with many of the old families. Eleanor Mary, Duchess de Montebello, was the daughter of Sir Charles Jenkinson, nephew of the first and the second Earl of Liverpool—the latter long well known as the eminent Prime Minister of England. Hermother, Katherine Camp bell, was a younger daughter of Mr. Walter Camp bell, of Shawfield (Lanarkshire), by his first wife, Eleanor Kerr, of the family of the Tierra of New field, a branch of the house of Lothian. On her mother's side the duchess was niece of the late estimable Countess of Wemysa and March, and cousin of the present earl of that name. Through the same channel she was closely related by similar ties of consanguinity to the noble families of Ruthven and Belhaven ; and also to the no less ancient commoner families of Campbell of Islay and of Skipness, Hamilton of Fynnart, Moncreiff Threip land of Fingask, Hamilton of Dalzell, Fletcher of Salton, Grand Suttie of Prestongrange, Sze.; and through her sisters to the old Irish families of Nugent and Guinness. The marriage of the duke and duchess (which took place in 1830) was entirely a love match on both sides. It was long oppasen by the dowager duchess (who, according to French law, possessed great power over her son), both on account of the comparative want of affluence of the bride and the Protestantism of her religion; but the duke was determined to marry no one but " la belle Ecossaise," and succeeded in carrying his point. Tne duchess was a woman of great beauty, amiability, and accomplishments. She always cherished a warm affection for her English, and especially her Scottish relatives—a feeling in which the duke cordially shared. Their marriage was a happy one, and with her attached husband a numerous family is left to lament her compara tively premature and unexpected death. The duke (Napoleon Lannes de Montebello) is the son of the late celebrated :Nlarechal Lannes, first duke—a soldier of the Old Empire, who fell at the battle of Essling. The present duke, who is a man of in tellect and culture, and of high diplomatic ability, was Minister of Marine to Louis Philippe, and escaped in disguise, and with much difficulty, from Paris after that monarch's overthrow in 1848. He subsequently, though after a considerable interval, took office under the present Emperor, and has been successively Amt , assador of France at Berne andßome, now at St. Petersburg. The marriage of the duke and duchess is one of the few more recent instances which still remind us of the old relations of amity, so close and intimate, which once subsisted between France and Scotland, the past history and yet lingering influence of which have been sq fully traced in Michel's work, " Des Ecossais en France, e t les Frangais er. Ecesse."—Edinburgh Evening Courant. "' CHERRY RIPE ! CHERRY RIPE !—FULL AND FAIR ONES, COME AND BUY !"—From the Athe - nceuna we take the following summary of Mr. Kirton's new teetotal story, called " Buy your own Cherries" :—Why should—how can a man buy his own cherries? If they are his own, why should he wish to buy them ?—if the wish be entertained, how can it be carried into effect ? A. valid, legal purchase requires two parties—one who for a conside ration transfers, and another who through the considera • tion acquires, property. The hero and his doings resemble the title. Going into the public-house one scorching Satur day afternoon, John Lewis, a journeyman carpenter, sees on the bar a plate of beautiful cherries, and is on the point of helping himself to one, when the landlady (who had taken many a sovereign of his earnings) sharply bids him keep his hands off her fruit, adding, " Buy your ow n cherries . John Lewis takes the woman's advice, leaves the shop in a tiff, and instead of buying liquor spends his money solves 0: 0 cherries. He enjoys the fruit so much that henreext step in bay cherries instead of ale for the future. His . the right direction is to discover that other e tn r a th n cherries should be bought by a prudent enlightenment is strong drink. The consequence of this n s o g o s n e b r e s t d e e : that h on e taverns, s c p o e n ts rt n s o fo m r or h e is cas f h ain in ily., and e alings he is pleased to becomeslays o ut his a earn ingsmodel member of society. But in all his dealings etties.„ His legs of regard himself as " buying h e i e s e o; whitest bread, instructive mutton, good furniture, , ra o p f sin a ail without He oso becomes all e bought, ore i n duhnsdit°reirtnvuthe t belief ha h that s t s h they n y are c d h r i e n r k r i i e n s g . course he prospers e _ , dayshum humming Buy ,h 4 unever L s n a c h p l e a r n r i k e r ' be a foreman , then becomes a master, and aft er a rises su ccessful to coarse of thrifty labour retires on an ample suffi ciency, and sees his children well placed in the world. lathe last page of the tale it is recorded of him, " He has bought a nice row of houses, from which he receives sufficient to keep him without work the remainder of his days, and in a handsome r hich he has lately built, to which he has retired, he may sometimes be seen reclining in an easy chair, viewing with evident satisfaction through the draw ing-room window a cherry-tree,' which he planted in the garden with his own hands to grow his own cherries.' " We trust tippling workmen will take the moral to heart, buy their own cherries, and close their days sitting under their own Qherry- trees, ..., e , ~t.„....,„...„„ • d'ffurt e cs..---_ , ~, -- , . HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Oct. 29, The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and Colonel F. Sey mour, C. 8,, went to London, and returned in the afternoon. The Countess of Clledon has succeeded Lady Churchill as Lady in Waiting. The Hon. Horatio. Stopford and the Hon. Harriet Phipps are the Maids of Honour. Lord Rivers, the Lord in Waiting, and Colonel F. Seymour, C. 8., the Groom in Waiting to her Nlajtsty. The Prince and Princess of Wales. SANDRINGHAM, Oct. 29. The Prince of Wales, the Prince Christian, with the Earl Granville, Captain Grey, and Lieutenant- General Knollys, walked over the estate yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, her Royal Highness the Princess Christian, and her Royal Highness the Princess Ddgmar, attended by the Countess of Morton and the Countess Revent low, rode out yesterday afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Christian of Den mark, attended by Captain Castenchjold, left Sand ringham Hall this morning, proceeding from "%Vol ferton station, by the 6.57 train, en route for Oxford, to meet Prince Frederick of Denmark. Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, who arrived at Buckingham Palace from Scotia ou Wutincollay, intended to learn London for the Continent last night by the Lon don, Chatham, and Dover Railway. In consequence, however, of the receipt of a telegram from Dover announcing that a heavy sea was running in the Channel, their royal highnesses postponed their departure till to-day. Should the weather mode rate, the prince and princess will leave the Victoria station this morning for Dover, whence they will proceed to Calais on their return to Germany. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Louis of Reese and suite honoured the Adelphi Theatre last evening with their presence to witness Miss Bateman's admirable and popular performance of " Leah." Lord Llanover has left Llanover, South Wales, on a tour of visits in Scotland, THE NEWLY-APPOINTED FRENCH AMBASSADOR. —His Excellency the Prince de la Tour d'Au vergne, the recently-appointed ambassador to the Court of St. James, has resigned his post as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Prussia to his successor, in order to replace the Baron de Gros, the present representative of the Emperor of the French in this country, whose departure is expected to take place on or about the 15th of next month. The am bassador is the eldest of three brothers, one of whom io Archbishop of Bourges, and the other a lieutenant-colonel of infantry, who was for a long time orderly officer to the Emperor. His Excellency is 42 years of age, and has an only sea by an English lady, who is now deceased. SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION.—A meeting of the local committee was held at Edinburgh, on Wed nesday, for the purpose of receiving the report of the hono rary local secretaries, and winding up the affairs of the late congress. Professor Archer read the report, which refers to the gratifying way in which the people of Edinburgh had sustained their reputation for hospitality, and to various bodies and persons to whom the thanks of the Association are due—including the Hon. General Secretary, Mr. G. AV- Hastings ; and the Assistant Secretaries Miss Isa Craig and Mr. Randall. It stated that the working men's meeting was a feature of special interest, no fewer than 34,960 ap plications having been received for admission, of which only about 3,600 could be gratified, and the order of the meet ing, and deep interest taken in the proceeoing,s, were such as to excite the admiration of all. The report concluded by adverting to the great success which had attended the ex cursions. Mr. Carrel, City Treasurer, read the financial report, which stated that the revenue of the general fund, from the sale of tickets was £1,747 145., and the disburse meats £203 ; leaving a balance of £1,539. The local sub scription fund amounted to £305, and the disbursements to £BO2, leaving a balance of £lO2. It was proposed to transmit immediately the sum of £1,500 to the Association in London. The reports were approved, and votes of thanks were tendered to all who had given their services or in other ways promoted the success of the meeting, special notice being taken of Professor Archer, on whom the great bulk of the work, as the acting local honorary secretary , had devolved. A vote of thanks to the Lord Provost for presidieg closed the proceedings. THE NEW STAGE AT TUE LYCEUM THEATRE.--"' In open out-door scenes, where for instance the o pen country, or perhaps the open sea, extends far away into the distance, the sky will close the scene in over head : an unbroken canopy extending from a certaia point behind the proscenium and high above it, ove r the stage, and away to where, at the extreme back' ward limit of the theatre, it mingles softly with the horizon' One may, without being too sanguine, believe that this great arched canopy, spanning the stage from side to sid e, and from front to back, will lend itself to all sorts of beauti" ful and truthful effects. With trees or rocks, or whatever else may be needed at the sides—not, indeed, pushed on to flat pieces parallel to the proscenium, like the separa ted jooats of a screen, but planted here and there, a s Nature plants, carelessly and irregularly—it will b ° possible so to close in an out-door scene, as th at mere shall be really no flaw or weak place about it, no un finished gaps to which the scrutinising eye can wander i n the confident hope of ascertaining "how the trick was done." This personage with the scrutinising eye who is always on the look-out for loose screws, who attends pls.ces of entertainment in a spirit by no means friendly to the performance at which he has chosen to assist, but rather spitefully inimical to it; this dreadful individual will, to use a common phrase, be utterly "done" when he visits the Theatre Royal Lyceum. It is impossible to sea " off," as it is called. Our glimpses of beer-drinkirig , _ our visions of prompter's boxes , of flo p ping rows of grooves, of ladies waiting to go on, of seedy females holding shawls, are over, and done away The arrangement of the sid e- p ieces, slantin g ob liquely away from the audience , a n d appearing tomingle together in masses rather than to stand carefully separated into regular entrances, renders it quite impossible that anY member of the audience situated in any part of the house, should see anything not intended to be seen as part of the illusion. Sufficient entrances for all needful purposes arc l e ft among these side-pieces, but they are most carefullY, masked, and the actor is not seen—unless it is requisite 0,10 he should be seen—until he emerges clear upon the stage' As to the cunningly contrived entrances by mountain - P a and rocky descents from the back, those, the mos L t. ogler:yea able, because the most natural, of all, ace nrY t a s s af w 4 L as a to Mr. Fechter, who, an accomplished. athrter Dickens's in fine actor, is not likely to lose sight %f t. Dickens's " any such matters of stage-arrange meat' the S Tg gaucho E t S o . the Year Round," last I fired, and of course missed (as I usually do). st ill c ame, and the bolas seemed now to be in requisitionA HURRY-eICURTLY On they (the ostric hes) . i s head and said " i 1 ovadia nor a t them, but he shook A l FT sh E o lt ut T ed liE to the let fly senor" (No t \ ye t sir ) . t I mounted ag a i n and dashed towa rds tnem , in order to ry a c oser shy with the bolas; but just as I consi dered the opportunity a goo d one . the ostrich d o ubled and went o ff at a t ingent, to my inter's ° Iv disgust and the amusement of my men. We were 32° 1 . w ithin fifty yards of them, all yelli ng an d driving irr out through the bushes; for such game for doubling a nd turning I have never met with. At one moment you m ays sure that you've got him going in a straight line, at fait speed, when suddenly he wheels right round and leaves Y ell to shoot ahead twenty or thirty yards before you can tu rn I was " sold " several ti mes i n th i s way, and eventuilli' gave up the bolas as a bad investment, and took to mY re ' volver. We were now six of us after the ostriches (th e re mainder having g one a f ter t h e huanacos), and frequentlywere within twe n ty y ar d s o f t h em. I fired twice an d mito e " ,4 ' but the third time I was successful, and had the gratifics lion of seeing one go over and cocie up his toes.--i /le f ir Rickard' s Alining Journal Across 11w Great Andcs. " REVENONS A Nos MOUTONS ! "—My n 1110131; brance of a l eg o f mutton at Dover.—l had be r ,%t long absent front England, and had consequently ahlt:b. lost the sense of mutton, having cheated appetite ivirild .kindilcisch and Kalbsbraten (if these were not old slippers bookcovers, mysteriously acconiniodis) until mutton bee :it a myth. The Calais steamer had just flung me ashornso a state of cencentrated misanthropy, and a general sons the worthlessness of existence, I walked into the coffea.cloy, of the Lord Warden, where a leg of Southd own was s q t :, o set before me. 0 wondrous herbivore, what flesh s ' o f Great Lyric of the downs ! What a sensation t w a a ti fi c ation - the first mouthful—as of a man passing into:be that Mutton ! It was ambrosia I It " ibis fooderejoya nS Olympus feasted ; and no wonder that the gods w irr _ vg the and carelessly immortal. Fugitive flavours, st cse rare ? senses into the higher raptures of music, why are y —Vie Coriihig [el .iVor,einber• THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 186 g.