The Sun. — London, England, 1863-11-26 00:00:00

MESSRS. JAY and CO. have now on shoW the most unique and perfect assortment of BONNETS, which their Manager has selected in Paris, and brought back with her to this Establisb,ment. 247, 249, 251, Regent-street. pONNE'C'S SILKS 5. LYON.—Every Article of commerce lakes its title either from the inventor or manu f ac t u rer. and t he more perfect the production the greater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica tion in England ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex pos • d by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end ot each piece :—.‘ Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., 'a Lyon et a Injurieu-x." Wear guaranteed. 4 , lOUS " ALMANACK, 1864. One Penny. on Thursday. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. %V. Harrison. THIS EVENING, for the sth time, Balfe's new Opera, BLANCH it; DE NEVE RS Miss Louisa t'yne, Miss Aana Hiles, Miss Emma Heywood; Messrs. W. 11. NVeiss, H. Corti, A. Cook, A. .•!,t. Albyn, C. Lyall, J. Rouse, and W. Harrison. To conclude with THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE. Miss Thirlwall and Mr. H. Corti. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE. - Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform. the Farce of BEAUTY OR THE BEAST. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret , S p encer, and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss K. Leclerq. After which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Messrs. t helps, Ryder, Rayner, Meagreson, Ward, Spencer ; Miss Eburne, Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss flitter, Miss Cicely Notr, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. To conclude with an Original Farce. 13Y (V. Broiuz-b. and A. Halliday, entitled MY IiNART'S IN THE HIG-lILAN DS: characters by Mr. J. Neville, Mr. G. Wes ton, Mr. Warde, Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, an d Miss fiar. fl r THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, SILKEN FETTE ttS • • M ea srs. Chas. Mathews, Chippendale, IV. Farren, Howe,, Szc ; Mesdames C. Mathews and M. llarris. Followed by T FIE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles Mathew,i, Compton,Weathrsby,,to.; Mesdames s r s. L Keeley. Griffith, &C. Followed by COOL AS A CUCE3IBER. Mr. C. Mathews . And LITTLE DAI SY. Commence at 7. OYAI, LYCEUM THEATRE. Xti Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BET, DENIONIO (a Triumphaht Success) will be repeated Every Evening-, until further notice. TH E-VEN IN the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled UNCLE BABY: Mess's. Widdicombe, J. G. Shore, Charles Miss P. Leclercq, and Carlotta Leclercq. A ft er which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONTO, a L ove story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from StendhaPs Chronicles," by Mr. John Brou.v.am. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fech tcr, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Bron(rhsni, Emery, Raymond , Moreland, Smith, Clifford C o llett, Andrews , S ims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. L. A Lee, and Bliss Elsworthy. venue, Ilre. Doors open at half-plst 6--commence at 7. LEA H.-EVERY NIGHT. IVISS BATEMAN.—LEAH . —T His E VENING. _j_ the 50th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In cmsequence of the unbounded success with which 3liss Bateman's imperso nation of the prittipal charac er in the new Five Act Drama of L EAH has been attended, Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING- until further notice. NEW THEATRE-110 YAL, ADELPHI.- sofA Pronriator and Mitna.o-or. M 7. B. Wobater. THIS EVENING, at 7, TIIE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs S gt 8, the Tew Drama of LEAH : Bth weer of Miss Bate man, sup. : orte d b y Messrs.Artnur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bel ton, Stuart Stephenson, I.burne ; Miss H. Simms, and Billtngten'. To conclude wlFh THE IRISH TIGER : Miss K. Kelly and Mr. .itephenson. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Mibs Manders. Followed by (2d - time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The Return of Ulysses. Messrs. honey and Fenton ; Mesdames Swanborough and Simpson. After which, MT Ni W PLACE. Mr. A. Wood. Commence at 7. TIFIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," _a. Corlaini nl4 . the Latest SPOR.TING INTELLIGENCE, 3an be la ad Every Evening of G. Ft. GLl;N111, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This - zl)..t.y.—Moriaing, 2h. 30n1.—Aftornoon, 2h. 4Sto, VO-moiatow.-Morning, 3h. Sm.—Afternoon, 3h. 23m The Weather—Sun Office, Nov. 26, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 55 Barometer-30.32, Wind—East ; moda , rate breeze, and cloudy, mlakA y *), (f-0,61t . I ,' • ' 7- r 4,.. SUIT., LONDON, TII.URSDAY, NOV. 26, 1863. It is quite impossible to believe that the vitally important proposition of a Congress by the French EMPEROR will he allowed quietly to slip by ilt., oblivion, now that the English Government have politely, but definitively and firmly, decided li Pon declining it. Out of this refusal must Inevitably arise a variety of complications. Upon t r h e % r members of our present Administration, tied collectively as a Cabinet, will rest th e res Po i z v i e bi e lity of every one of those complies tiots, v r they may be. The responsibility will net h e • L‘ , T EmpEp..o.ll. 4 A.POLEON'S. In the proposition of the good faith woitianding whatever can be recognised but a manly frankness. As aparrenu among the Sovereigns self, is his own) il (the word, as applied to him : would have been there at the council board but " one among the European Monarchs—ope n , a t tab ::7 turn of the discussion there, to be outno It is idle, babbling, as so me do, perpetuall y, designs of the French EMPEROR, the sinister EMPEROR, about the danger of trusting him e(lisbo mereaut the perils that might aris e out of th e cussion of his pro positions. Eng land, at least, amo , g i all the Powers of Europe, ought to be the very 1 continually those p ett y insinuations, ot r r o to regulate throw out her policy upon th ese vague doubt a as to LEON'S honesty. We have yet to lear n inWhatNAPO the EMPER,OIt has played us false, since he firm ro 5 0 to power over Franco whether as Emperor or as Pre sident. During the whole of his possession o f power in France during the fifteen years last past, f a sting from the 10th of December, IS4S, down to this 26 th 1 of November, 1863, he has been uninterruptedly, unhesitatingly faithful to the English Alliance. Ile has been at war with Russia, with Austria, with China, with Japan, with Mexico — neve r with England. On the contrary, the majority —in effect, with one solitary exception, ail of those recent wars but just now enumerated, the war with Russia, the war with China, the war with Japa n, even be it said the war with Mexico, were entered upon by the Emperor of the FRENCH in concert with England. From the last of these wars, the war with Mexico, England backed out at the el eventh hour, it is true, for reasons of her own— 'a when the warlike expedition for the conquest of Mexic o was first set on foot, it is undeniable that Englund was pledged, quite as distinctly aa F rance, to takeviih part in that expedition with France Eit , Spain conjointly. But, far be yond anything tor that kind as a rememorance, it is a truth that hue lun over the wo r ld as g sin ce come t o b e k nown a ll and d atter of history, that the soldiers of VICTO R/A the soldiers of NAPOLEON have fought and bl e d side by d Ibe, at opposite extremities of side agai ns t globe—upon the agai ns t a common soil of Russia and upon the soil of China. If the designs of this astute Sovereign aro sowonderfully sinister in our reg ard, the trea chery of them towards ourselves has yet to be indicated evku i i „ the smallest , particular. After fifteen years this falsity tow ar d s - R °gland has yet to be revealed. To argue, therefore, after these last fifteen years' experience of NAPOLEON'S policy towards England as the ruler of France during the last eleven out of these fifteen years, as the autocratic ruler of France—to argue after so many momentous years' experience that there would be any hazard to our inte rests in yielding to the EMPEROR'S recent propo sition of a Congress, that there would be dangers for us in the mere fact of eur assenting to take part in such a Congress, implies, we will not say, an extraordinary want of confidence in our Ally, but, we will rather say, an extraordinary want of con fidence in ourselves. It is not merely an intima tion, to all intents and purposes, that there is a secret design to outwit us lurking in the EMPEROR'S proposition, but that, in the event of our foolishly yielding a mistaken consent to that proposition, the probabilities are that we might be outwitted. Faithful to their mar vellous policy—that policy which is based upon the principle not of leaving well alone, but of leaving both well and ill alone, and of just doing nothing—the Cabinet of England, after much pondering over the difficulty, have decided upon declining to accede to the French EMPEROR'S proposition. Reverting to our previous remark, that refusal on the part of England to yield her consent to the suggested Congress must inevitably lead to complications. For the which complica tions, ours must be 'the responsibility, or rather, the weight of that responsibility must devolve upon the chiefs of our present Government. There is no fear that the public will not be au eau : rant of the opinions of those members of Parliament who perchance had not the opportunity, or did not • feel the inclination, t o a dd ress the ' House on any par ticular topi c or espec i al question.. At Abingdon, the other day, the Agricultural Society afforded an op portunity for th e express i on o f op i n i ons on var i ous subjects, and the occasion was made the most of. Colonel LINDSAY, in responding to the toast of the "Army and Navy," made some spirited remarks on the topic, which is in itself a difficult one, we fear, having been worn so threadbare on several occasions. There was some truth in his remarks on the efficiency of the volunteers, and the advan• tage it was to the country not to leave all its de fenders devoted to the exclusive use of arms. This is rather an original idea, and also a very correct one, because it naturally follows that there is an immense advantege in so many citizens being spared to the occasional exercise of other professions than those of arms. The militia, also, is an important branch of the public service, and it is only right and fitting that some tribute should be paid to its merits, as on the present occasion. Mr. 'WALTER'S observations on public affairs were, of course, worth listening to, and he appeared to afford universal satisfaction to his hearers. In the first place, he made some humorous remarks on the different feel ings with which now and old members were apt to regard the approaching session. Those who have had experience will want to look upon the resump tion of Parliamentary labours as the schoolboy con sidered the return to his studies; also we must consider that there is some foundation for the sketch which is plaintively given of the incessant and unintermittent labours with which the members of the lower branch of the Legislature are inflicted during some portions of the year, and which seem to resemble in some shape or other those traditionary impositions which were to last till the crack of doom. Speak ing of the custcmary division of labour by which rest is insured to mind and body, the speaker ob served that it was not so with members of Parlia ment. " Their day and night were jumbled toge ther, and they were pretty much in the condition of the inhabitants of the North Pole, who had one long day and one long night—every long day was Session, and every long night was a Session." certainly this is a most lugubrious picture, and realises the sketch pictured some time back concern ing the protracted duties of the Session—" .Cedebat iierunique seclebat, in felise Theseus." Mr. WAL TERS'S views on the prospects of the manufacturing districts were most hopeful, and offered a satisfac tory promise of future success, while at the same time they held out a salutary warning to those who persist in playing the part of pessimists and prognosticating all possible evils, present and pro- spective, instead of looking difficulties boldly in the face and endeavouring to overcome the evil by foresight and energy. It is far better and wiser to hold out hopes of a better state of things, and im proving the events of the future from the experience of the past, and to suggest, with the member for Berkshire, that, when the period arrived to the great contest in America, we should most probably " be independent of that country for the supply of both food and cotton." Of course, foreign affairs figured in a speech of this kind, and we notice soma very pertinent observations in regard to same important instances of statesmanship and diplomacy that have recently occurred. It is quite patent to all critical observers that there is ample foundation for this remark respecting an Imperial project but lately set on foot—" They might depend upon it that, when the EMPEROR summoned a Congress, there was mischief brewing." This is perfectly correct, as is the subjoined remark that our Government was wise in weighing matters a little before joining in anything of the sort. Doubt- ess our Administration are exhibiting duo caution and reserve in this matter, but it may appear to some that another question arises out of this consi deration. Why do not our Ministers originate a foreign policy for themselves instead of watching events continually, and now supporting this poten tate, and then drawing back from conjunction with that Power, because their plans and projects do not coincide or conform altogether with their notions. Nowadays we never hear on the Continent of any nation caring to join England in any great project r \ intervention. It is always debated what the Fren ch EMPEROR will do, and this seeming reti cencewa our part in reality causes a great deal of confusion, and an app p arent inaction creates far tv:rreetiarsctlailnties and com plications for us than if we and striki n La bold and independent lin e o f p o licy B,nui: course for ourselves. With kre spect to marked, seri ous r ent would hav e h e v e if more decision h a d re events might occur, how di : wher e , M r . W ALTER t ru l y re ffe- t racterised the conduct of t , h il e present aspect of things that h is counsel s of the Cabinet. our s tatesmen, and rul e d frlr'ohnertensg.nla° Powerndifit is o ne© fairly made known th a t likely to desire to con any cause, inroad, but a check will be p laced on suc h and s on ", and will atinmnindlittyheanedff:catcpilriaotdiuocnedspboyiltho Far New Zealand ca me under the notice of the gest Power. and was treated in a becoming,. spirit. 8 aker ' li e cen sured the mistake n notions of diplomac y that had regulated our proceedings with respect to th at savage class of people, and advocated decid ed measures for their reduction. At the same tim e there is great cause for regret in the probable de struction of a five race, and there is too much reason to suppose that Mr. WALTER will be correct in his prediction that they will share the fate of the Red Indians, and with other savage tribes who come in contact with civilised ones. The latter part of the address was occupied by the considera tion of the question of the principles of agricultural societies. This may be a diffi cult thing to determine in all its bearings, but nevertheless the speaker's strictures are open to criticism. The prizes were offered to the most do. TILE SIDIN. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEYMER, 26, 1853. serving as being worthy members of society, not as LATEST INTELLIGENCE. being valuable property to their owners, and any. ' thing that can tend to foster or encoura g e t he right (REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) performance of duties is a very desirable plan. Mr. WALTER'S definition that no one has a right to judge of the question of a man being a good servant, but his master, savours too strongly of the old feudal times, and hardly accord with our modern notions of independence. Many lookers•on can tell if merit or demerit is to be attributed to a man in the employ of another, besides those immediately concerned. Altogether the affair at Abingdon passed off very successfully, and the entertainment added another to those desirable opportunities which are now happily soprevalent, when all ranks and classes can share in the discussion of public affairs, or at all events listen to those who descant upon them, which is a more impressive mode of obtaining information than merely perusing details. DISMISSAL OF THE SCHEIKH-AL-ISLAM. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 26. The Scbeikh-al-Islam, the great obstacle to pro gress and financial reform in the Council of Minis ters, was dismissed yesterday afternoon. PARIS, Nov. 26. An Imperial decree, published to-day, suppresses the drawback at present granted on the exportation of sal-ammoniac, and establishes a supplementary tax of three francs per 100 kilogrammes on the im portation into France of the English or Belgian article. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Nov. 26 : Steam Navigation Company,mARsEILLES, Nov. 25. The Engine, with the above mails, arrived here at 9 p.m. this day. The mails leave for London by the 10.30 p.m, train, The death of King FREDERICK VII. has added a fresh complication to the already sufficiently entangled Schleswig-Holstein question. It is not enough that the long-pending dispute between Denmark and Germany should at length have reached a crisis, that the unwarrantable pretensions of the Diet should have been suddenly put forward with fresh energy and determination, that the Sove reign who has proved himself well able to maintain his own and his people's rights should have been replaced by a new and untried Monarch; but a point of genealogy and disputed succession has been added to the most troublesome of European questions Since the accession of King CHRISTIAN IX. affairs have not been standing still. The pretensions of the Prince of AUGUSTENEURG, whOm few persons in this country knew much about, have been pat for ward to add another to the wolf's many reasons for eating up the lamb. In cases where a strong de sire is supported by superior force, we all know that monarchs and statesmen find very little trouble in discovering a valid reason why they should have what they want. The Prince of AUGUSTEN BURG will do as well as any one else to put forward, and the sudden demise of the King of DENMARK gives the German Powers a convenient opportunity for transferring the ground of their pretensions on Schleswig-Holstein and Lauenburg from the re quirements of peoples to the more congenial basis of the rights of kings. Consequently we find the Duke of GOTHA, the King of SAXONY, and several minor Princes, supporting warmly these newly ad vanced claims of the Prince of AUG USTENBURG, the Ambassador of the latter Power having gone so far as to protest against the readmission of a Danish ambassador to the Federal Diet until the adjustment of the Scheswig Holstein question. The represen tative of Saxony further advised that Federal execu tion should immediately be carried out in Holstein and Lauenberg until both duchies should be trans ferred by the Confederacy to their legitimate Prince. In yesterday's sitting of the Upper House of the Saxon Diet a resolution was passed expressing the satisfaction of the members with the steps already taken, and urging the Government to use their efforts on behalf of Schleswig no less than Holstein, assuring it of popular support even of the most ex treme measures. It has even been rumoured that Austria and Prussia intend supporting the preten sions of the Prince of Augustenburg, though it is difficult to believe those Powers could so far con tradict the treaty to which they were parties. It is, however, emphatically denied, according to the latest news from Frankfort, that they have pro tested against the Prince's claim, on the ground of his father's morganatic marriage. We shall learn more of Austria's sentiments with very little de lay—Count RECHB ERG having promised to lay the correspondence on the subject of Holstein before the Lower House. Putting aside the new claimant, Austria and Prussia may make their excuse for hostilities out of the KING'S adoption of the new constitution which identifies Schleswig with Denmark. A protest on this account they have already delivered to the Federal Diet. Po pular excitement throughout Germany is aroused to a great extent, and the committee of the na tional Verein have resolved upon issuing an address to the German people, calling on them to aid with men, money, and arms in the great undertaking. Meanwhile in Holstein all is mutiny and confusion. The greater number of the officials have refused to recognise the new King, while the projected assem bly at Kiel sufficiently shows the temper of the Deputies. The Prince of AUGUSTENBURG has ap pealed to the Diet to protect these unruly officials from the consequences of their declining to take the oath of allegiance, and Germany, for once aroused out of its accus t o m e d placidity, puts aside for the moment the thoughts of the Prussian constitutional struggle and the Austrian scheme of Reform and Unity, in its excitement about Schleswig and Hol stein. Denmark, on her part, is making warlike Preparations, and certainly the new King has as yet had good cause to cry with the English Sove reign of old, "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." Jlis adoption of the new constitution, which the death of King FREDERIC VII. h4d pre vented from passing into law, was a bold and popular measure, though by it he excited the indignation of the two great German Powers. The time has long gone by, however, when the Danish KING could hope to gain any thing from a conciliatory course. He must rest on the support of his people and deserve their confi dence, since neither law, treaty, nor justice will serve to defend him against German aggression. The Danish Government has, through its Envoy, addressed energetic protests against the motions of opposing members of the Diet, and reminds them o f the unreserved renunciation of the rights of him self and his descendants, of any claims upon the Duchies by the father of the present c:aimant. But while all this is going on abroad, what is our Foreign Secretary doing ? He will have to take measures, and active measures too, to protect Den mark from aggression. Is he giving the German Powers fair warning of what line tho English people will require their Ministry to adopt, in the event of affairs proceeding to extremities ? SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 25 (Evening). A decree has been published converting Spanish money into specie of the same standard as foreign coin, in order to place obstacles in the way of the exportation of bullion. THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION, FRANKFORT, Noy. 26. The sitting of the Federal Diet has been ad• journed until Saturday. It is supposed that the Committee on the affairs of Holstein will prapose the exclusion from the Diet of both claimants for the Holstein•Lauenburg vote until the definitive settlement of the succession. Extraordinary Claim to Three Adverbs ! "The Red Shoes," "Tao Storks," '. The Snow Queen," and many others, ar9 gladly greeted again by us as old friends and especial favourites. The illustrations are throughout very felicitous. In the picture of " The Storks," the mother stork and her young ones are represented as safely ensconced in their nest on the house top, while the father stork, standing on one leg at a little distance, acts the part of sentry. " One would have thought he had been carved out of wood, so still did he stand. He thought It must look very grand that my wife has a sentry standing by her nest. They can't tell that it is her husband!'" The artist has happily caught the humour of the idea, and aptly portrayed the com bined pride and humility evidenced in the wonder ful self-abnegation of the Paterfamilias Stork. Every Little Boy's Book. A complete Cyclopaaiia of Games, &c., with 250 illustrations. Routledge. This is a book which should be in the hands of Every Little Boy of our acquait.tance. It bears a close resemblance to " The Boy's Own Book," the familiar friend and great authority of their elder brothers. There are no idle tales and silly stories to be met with in this volume—it is all business. Very serious business too. We have a complete cyclopmdia of in and out-door games with and without toys, a full and particular history of the management of all domestic pets, and by way of appendix, a series of conjuring tricks, gallanti shows, &c., and the whole drama of Punch and Judy ! Among the various sports are no less than twenty-seven in-door games, with toys, and thirty three without toys. Among the former are Draughts, Dominoes, Solitaire, Battledore and Shuttlecock, Tee-totum, Tournament, &c. Among the latter, Blind-man's Buff, Consequences, Family Coach, Frog in the Middle, Sr.c., &e. Of the Oat-door Games, with toys, there are no less than fifteen games at Ball, five games with Hoops, five with Kites, sixteen with Marbles, six with Tops, and sixteen Miscellaneous games, Aunt Sally among the number ! In addition to all these are the out-door games without toys, those athletic sports that steady the nerve and strengthen the sinew of the youthful volunteer. Riding, Swimming, Sliding, Gymnastics, Cricket, &c., are all the subjects of very particular instruction, and are ably illustrated'by numerous engravings. Aunt Maddys Diamonds. A Tale for Little Girls. By Mrs. Harriet Myrtle. Pp. 150. Routledge. • Aunt Maddy (as " Mrs. Madeline M'Toulbridge" was habitually entitled) had two nieces, Fanny Hastings and Julia Rose, who greatly resembled those two far-famed heroines of the fairy-tale--the gentle maiden from whose loving lips at every word dropped pearls and diamonds, and her ill natured sister, from whose angry mouth fell a constant succession of vipers and toads. Fanny is proud and self-willed, and selfish, and the object of general dislike, while Julia is gentle and love able, and kind to one and all, and beloved by all who knew her. In vain does Aunt Maddy bestow as a birthday giftupon Fanny the fairy tale alluded to, bound in silver and pink. In vain is Aunt Maddy troubled with a warning cough of expostu lation whenever a symbolic " toad" falls from the lips of her imperious niece. It requires a severe dis cipline to convert Fanny's toads into diamonds, but the magic alchemy is achieved at last, and the interesting history and happy results of that achievement are here narrated for the benefit of the little Fannys and Julies of the day. Marian and her Pupils. A Story for Girls. By Charlotte Lankester. With illustrations. Pp. 300. Routledge. Marian Russell, a gentle damsel of eighteen, and her giddy little sister Gertie, the impetuous little Ella, the reserved Dora, the self-willed Emily, and latest addition to the group, the neglected Marian, her pupils, present a variety of very interesting characters, and are the subjects of a very delightful tale. The volume opens with a charming "Family picture," then follows a sad "Bereavement." " Sweets and bitters," " Sunshine and suffering," alternate in these chapters, as they do in real life. The example of Marian and her pupils will be found well worthy of emulation by their youthful readers, and the happy effects of loving home-teaching are happily displayed. The Adventures of Rob Roy. By James Grant With illustrations. Pp. 402. Rautledge. The names of the hero and the author of this history are each sufficient guarantees for the heroic character of the contents. It is a stirring narration of danger and disaster, of fierce daring and chival rous courage, As a happy specimen of the heroic character of the incidents and the spirited style of the narrative, let us quote the following description of TO TILE EDITOR OF THE SUN: SIR,—In former times an Englishman's house was thought to bo his castle, but at the present time an Eng lishman's adaptation, though entered at Stationers' Hall, does not appear to be his own property. In March last I brought out a work entitled, "How, When, and Where," and placarded and advertised the same. I find that sen tence is adopted far and wide. At the East End a grocer has issued a handbill, with How to get your tea, Where to get toy th o b u a rte e a , , and When to get your tea. Three or four loan offices have folio cards for the shop windows, and con spicuous in bold type are the words, "How, When, Where." leading a r ti c l e i n th e _Daily Telegraph commenced with When to bathe, Where to bathe; and though last, not least, our worthy friend Tune/ heads an article every week with the popular cry of " How, When, and lawyers in Lendoanadt Wher e : , is, that as the authority my i n , I B ,;r e , were I not the most amiable man breath ins"tru:emti,lsrushing about every hour of the day issu ing and employing all the which the politeness oI for the title must be known, and cause. My only hope senu a m nd be l r v le h s e s re,,, adapters have failed to acknow ledge, it will occasio T y . o su iti d o d n e s n rush of my to li m ttl y e t au w b o l r is k he o rs i that Iymay eventually realise that colossal fortune that -Team, triads and Well wishers.- sir, P y ro e guosticated by my ‘t4oHao advertise e When, rti DIE AUTI/OR or " HoW,Wut yours obediently, N , AND Witzitz." Islington, Nfferaber, 1863, FRANCE. BOURSE, Nev. 25.—The market still remains inanimate, but without any material change in quotations, Threes, for the Account, being now at 67f. 10c. Mobilier are also unvaried at 1,090 f. Railway Market quiet, but with prices in general up to the present pretty well maintained. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents .. 95 10 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 15 Credit Mobilier 1089 2.5 Do. end month.. —lOBB 75 Bank Shares 3360 Credit koneier 1270 Roman — Italian L0an...... 72 Do. end month.... 721 sew ditto ........ 71 Do. end month.... - Russian ........ - Austrian .... 79 Spanish Threes. n 53 Rome Debt sli Deferred teYs. RA IL Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto .. Geneva 49S 75 Southern Western Eastern .... Sardinian 405 .. 405 Austrian Lombard North of Spai n Saragossa ............ 627 50 .. 628 75 Ditto to Barcelona 310 .. 312 50 Cash. Account, 977 50 .. 976 2.5 980 980 - -- • . 950 -- • . 952 50 LITERATURE, Juvenile Christmas Books. The Child's Picture Scrap Book. With 400 Illustrations. Routledge. The children are likely to be welloff this Christ mas time. Books for the little, of every age and character—books of every size and colour, radiant without and within, are already crowding our book table. Foremost amongst them, in size and attrac tiveness, is " The Child's Picture Scrap Book," just brought out by Messrs. Routledge. Upwards of 400 engravings, eitherin a plain or coloured edition, are here collected for the delight and instruction of the juveniles. These pictures are all excellent in design and execution, and, as such, are admirably well adapted to guide the unformed taste, and stimulate the youthful fancy. It is with regret that we occasionally recognise the uncouth outlines and meretricious colouring that disfigure many of the gaudy " aildren's picture books." Far other wise is it with these illustrated scrap books, which are singularly graceful and well-finished. The engravings they contain have many of them already appeared in popular works. We recognise in the title page, the " Old Farm Gate," fie well known to the readera of Eliza Cook. "Old Pincher," toe, that dear favourite of old and young, here again peeps out of the butcher boy's hat, and will not render the " Scrap Book" less welcome in the schoolroom and the nursery. Some favourite legends of the upper regions are embellished at full length. The history of the wonderful old woman, with that wonderfully obstinate little pig, who refused to get over the style, occupies three pages, with about a dozen illustrations. The calm and self-satisfied demeanour of the obdurate pig contrasts forcibly with the painfully-anxious counte nance of his distracted mistress. " Whittington and his Cat," " Cinderella and her Glass Slipper," " Jack and the Bean Stalk," " The Babes in the Wood," " Johnny Gilpin," " Goody Two Shoes," " The House that Jack Built," and many others, are also the subject of a series of illustrations—a running commentary on the pictures giving the cream of the tale. Besides these, there are numerous pictures of natural history, animals wild and tame, birds, beasts, and fishes. The Sovereigns of Eng land make their due appearance, and amongst a host of miscellaneous sketches there is a charming picto rial alphabet with a delightfully alliterative accom paniment—such as " Dorah and Dinah dancing their Dolls" at the letter D. " Grace and Ger trude gathering Gooseberries," &c. Many a merry augh will re-echo over these pleasant pictorial pages. Routledge's Every Boy's 'Annual. An Original Miscellany of Entertaining Literature, edited by Edmund Routledge, with one hundred illustra tions. Routledge. This is a goodly volume of 760 pages, adorned with a hundred illustrations. Conspicuous among the letterpress, is the animated history of " Rob Roy," by James Grant, which occupies twelve chapters, each having an illustration. This tale of daring and adventure, and wild romantic chi valry,will be right welcome to the youthful reader. Another tale of breathless interest and horror is " The Old Man's Story" of the flight before the wolves. The picture accompanying the narrative is vivid and terrible. More amusing are also to be met with, such as " Sam Spangles, or the His tory of a Harlequin," by Stirling Coyne, " The Cheap Breakfast,"" My First Races," " How we made our Guy," Sze. 6 , Agony Point," a tale of vivid interest, by the Rev. J. Pycroft, being the main incident of his more elaborate work on a marvellous hair-breadth escape from destruction ; " The Hero of Flodden," " After Culloden," and some other equally interesting articles, will afford many an hour of thoughtful occupation. Out door Games for Cold Weather, In-door Games for Christmas, Riddles, Skating, Chemistry, Boxing, Domestic Pets, and many other equally attractive themes, increase the boyish attractions of the book. A little essay on " What Makes a Gentleman ?" is well worthy of study by every would-be young gentleman in the land. Stories and Tales. By Hans C. Andersen. Trans lated by R. W. Dulcken. With 80 Illustrations , by A. W. Boyes ; engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. Routledge. A new edition of Hans Christian Andersen's poetical, pictorial, allegories, and with many addi tions to the former collections ! Such is the delight ful book now before us, very charmingly illustrated by the graceful pencils of the Brothers Dalzial. Among our old favourites we recognise that won - eerful apologue, " The Ugly Duckling," and that amusing satire, "The Emperor's New Clothes !" A GALLANT ENCOUNTER. " Have I the honour of addressing MacGregor of Invor snaid ?" said he, politely lifting his hat when within 10 paces of Rob Roy, who replied sternly— " I am MacGregor. Had you styled me by another name than that which my father left me, I would have killed you on the instant. And you-' " I am Sir James Livingstone. I have nothing to do with the laws which seek the suppression of your name and the destruction of your clan, save that I reprobate them; but I demand by what right you have broken the King's peace, and come thither in arms to plunder a peaceful dis trict ?" " For three sufficient causes," replied Rob ; "first, I have the old Highland right by which we can at ary time make a warlike inroad on our enemies, which the Buchanans of Kippen and Arnprior have been since that black day in Glenfruin ; secondly, I break the peace of him you name a king because I deem him a Dutch usurper; and thirdly, I take from cowards that which they have not the heart to defend." " I regret to hear all this," replied Sir James, persua sively, " for there will be much blood shed, MacGregor, it you do not yield up the spoil your people have collected." " Yield it—to whom ?" asked MacGregor, loftily. " To me." " Little care we for bloodshed," said the other, bitterly; 4, your foreign kings and Lowland laws have made Clan Alpine like the Arabs of the desert, whose hands are against all men, because the hands of all men are uplifted against them. Yet I, personally, have no wish to slay any of your people. You are a gentleman and a soldier, whose charac ter I value and honour; thus, if you choose, I will fight with you here, hand to hand, with target and claymore, in front of ow men, and the spoil shall belong to him who draws the first blood:, " Agreed," replied Sir James, sternly ; but, though ex pert enough in the use of the sword, I am unused to such a defence as tho target." "That shall be no hindrance," said Rob, as he handed to MacAleister his round shield, which was composed of triple bull's-hide, stretched over wood, covered with antique brass bosses, and had a long spike of steel screwed into its centre. The friends of Sir James now crowded around him, and bade him be wary, and remember the vast strength of Rob Roy; the great skill he possessed, the weight of his sword, and the advantage his length of arm gave him over others. These warnings were not without effect on Sir James, who was too brave to be without prudence. He came forward, and, lifting his little three-cocked hat, the edge of which was bound with feathers, like those of all the officers who served in King William's war, he said,— "I agree to meet you, MacGregor, as a gentleman, on the distinct understanding that the entire spoil shall remain with him who is fortunate enough to draw the first blood ; bur, as being the person challenged, I claim the right to choose my weapon, and for many reasons prefer the pistol." " Be it so," replied Rob, laughing, as Sir James divested himself of his glittering cuirass : "I am not an old trooper like you, yet am a good marksman, nevertheless." " Are your pistols loaded ?" 6 ' The pistols of a MacGregor are seldom otherwise, in these times," said Rob, as his countenance darkened ; "and yours ? ' "Are loaded, too." "Shall we fire together, or toss up for the first shot ?'' asked MacGregor. " We will toss for the first shot, if you please," replied Livingstone, who, aware that he was a deadly marksman, and had fought several duels in France and Flanders with terrible success, had no fears as to the result, if the lot fell to him, " Then, Sir James, toss for me, but remain where you are," paid MacGregor, with indifference: "And you will take my word for the coin—for the re sult l" exclaimed Livingstone, with something of admiration in his tone and face. " Had I doubted your word, I would not fight with you. On equal terms I meet none but gentlemen." A servant of Sir James, a man in livery, armed with a musket, now came hastily forward to suggest some trickery, which his master repelled with scorn—even with anger. He threw up the coin—a crown piece ;it glittered in the air, and then fell on the grass. "A head 1" said MacGregor. " I regret to say it is not a head," replied Sir James, touching his hat, while his cheek flushed with triumph : " so I have won the first shot 1" A shout of anger burst iron the MacGregors on hearing this; but Livingstone's followers waved their bonnets and clapped their hands in exultation. It was strange, the scone which took place on that morn ing, on the wide moor of Kippen. On one side the grim band of armed MacGregors, in their red tartans, with drawn swords, Lochaber axes, and long muskets, guarding the whole spoil of the parish, and keeping together the herds of lowing cattle and tethered horses, laden with bags of grain, bedding, and household utensils. On the other, the well-armed retainers of Sir James Livingstone, cross-belted and armed with pike and musket; and midway between, the striking and picturesque figures of the two combatants, who were to decide the affray, stand ing about twelve paces apart, with a pistol in each hand. THE DUEL. Sir James drew up his tall and soldier•like figure to its full height, and buttoning to the throat his long-skirted scarlet coat, the breast of which was covered with broad bars of silver lace, he fixod his keen dark eyes steadily on the figure of Rob Roy. He then levelled a pistol at the full length of his right arm, and every eye was bent upon the muzzle from which death was expected to issue. Rob's coat was of rough, home-made, brown stuff, desti tute of lace or ornament; but his great belted plaid of scarlet tartan filled up the eye. His pistols were bright as silver, and came from the famous workshop established at Doune, so long ago as 1646, by Thomas Cadell. A silver chain suspended his splendidly carved powder horn, and his dirk and broadsword were elaborately mounted with silver. Sir James covered him with his pistol and fired A shout of rage and dismay burst from the MacGregors, as Rob's bonnet was turned round on his head, and, cut by the bullet, one of his eagle feathers floated away on the breeze. " That was a good shot, Sir James," said Rob, smiling, as he replaced his bonnet; "an inch lower, and there would have been one MacGregor leas in the world to persecute. Under favour, sir, it is now my turn." Raising one of the claw-butted, steel, Highland pistols, he cocked and levelled it straight at the head of Living•• stone, whose eye never quailed, and whose gallant spirit never flinched. Then suddenly lowering the weapon, he said, "One cannot always be a hero like Fingal, but one may always be a gentleman. I am, as you know, Sir James, a deadly shot, and at this moment could kill you without reloading. I have no desire to slay men unnecessarily— `brave men like you, who may live to serve their mother, Scotland, least of all I In short, I wish to spare you; but as the creagh must belong to him who sheds the first blood, I must send this bullet either through your head or your hand. If you prefer the latter, please to hold it up." Scarcely knowing what he did, Sir James held up his left hand. Rob fired, and his bullet whistled through the palm of the upheld hand, which was instantly covered with blood,when Livingstone uttered an exclamation of pain and suddenly lowered his arm. " We now part on the first blood drawn—your own terms, Livingstone. To the hills, lads 1" exclaimed MacGregor ; "to the hills with the gear of the Dutch King's rebel Whigs 1" As a spirited sketch of rude but stirring times this story has a value of its own apart from the interest of the narrative. " The buld Rob Roy,'' we are reminded at the close, died in 1734 at the advanced age of eighty. The _Rector's Daughter. A Tale for the Young. By Anne Bowman. With illustrations. Pp. 316. Routledge. The Rector of Floreton was blessed with four fair daughters—Rose, and Blanche, and Cecilia, and Sophia—appropriately surnamed the roses of the rectory, Happily instructed by a pious, loving mother, these Roses were endowed with more tha❑ summer beauty. The eldest, Rose, the heroine of the tale, becomes a governess, when the father's death has thrown his family on the world. Her first employment is With Mrs. Contraville, a domi neering dame, whose character is thus happily and epigramaticaily described : "She loves to have it thought that she is a great manager; and she certainly likes to contradict the assertions of all the world ; but she has her good qualities. She rules her husband, but studies his comfort and enjoyment. She scolds her children a good deal, and rarely will give them the thing they wish for, though she will freely give them anything else. She storms at beggars, and give more than the gentle. She rails at schools, yet pays the master and mistress the fees for half the parish. From a curious constitution of mind, her first impulse is, ever, resistance; but she exemplifies an old saying, her bark is worse than her bite.'" Rose after wards becomes the instructress of a half idiotic invalid cousin, whose dormant faculties are cruelly destroyed by the stern father,:who seeks by repeated cruel punishments to awaken the intelligence of his afflicted son and heir. Rose's gentler treatment has a happier effect, but the episode is painful, ulthcugh full of interest in its details. British Soldiers, British Sailors, and British Volun- teens. Three Picture Books, Routledge. Many a little boy's first taste of patriotism will be caught from these highly-coloured pages, on which are depicted—if not Tinker and Tailor as well as Soldier and Sailor, if not Butcher and Baker and Candlestick-maker—at any rate all ranks and classes of our National Defenders. Here Tom, Dick, and Harry may linger delightedly over the effigy of the scarlet-coated Guard in his bearskin, of the kilted, bare•kneed Highlander, of horse, foot, and artillery ! And these, too, of so many in that gallant profession of arms that the bewildered youngster on turning the last page might almost be disposed to call the last soldier in it, confusedly, like that wonderful fel:ow in Hans Andersen's fairy tale Major-General-Corporal-Sergeant! Then, the pictures of oar dauntless hearts-of-oak, those genuine Salts, Old England's men-of-war's men ! Here they all are, men and boys together—middy and cadet, Seaman A.B. and Sailor A 1, Admiral and Captain, Master, Mate, and Lieutenant, each in his appropriate uniform, that varied blending of gold lace and blue broadcloth, ever welcome to the eyes of the trueborn Englishman ! Finally—fully to complete the series, here, too, are representa tions of the more modest uniforms of those auxi liaries to the land and sea service, the Royal Navy and the Queen's Army —our National Rifle Volun teers, London Scottish and London Irish, Inns of Court and Six-foot Guards, South Middlesex and South Kensington, blue, green, red, grey, brown, and neutral-tinted : each armed with the deadly rifle, that the hope is may never have to be used in right down earnest, but, for that very reason, to that very end, kept—semper paratus Learning better than House and Land. By J. Carey, LL.D. Routledge. A tiny little volume, enforcing a great truth. The rich man's son refuses to learn, and when house and land are gone finds, too late, his mistake, while poor Dick Hobson achieves distinction by his own unaided endeavours. The 7rue Pathetic History of Poor Match. By Holme Lee. With four illustrations, pp. 219. Smith and Eider. This is a most charming little story, simple and natural throughout. It introduces us to a, delight ful family group—papa, mamma, children, nurses, and governess, who all congregate about a central figure of especial interest—Match, afterwards Mickey. The first chapter begins with " the hero's arrival :"—" If you please, ma'am, there's a man come with two puppies in a bag, for the young ladies to choose which they'll have—must we bring 'em in ?" "By all means!" Enter Match. The last chapter, with the frontispiece for an illustration of the painful fact, records " the last wag of Mickey's tail." One of the pictures represents Match in dis guise, in the long clothes of a baby, and is supremely ridiculous and amusing. Holme Lee has bestowed a charming Christmas• box on the little ones in this delightful little tale of Poor Match. Maud Latimer: A lade for Young People. BY the Hon. Augusta Bethell. With four illustra tions. Pp. 202. Smith and Elder. This little story will be read with breathless interest by the little people for whom it has been written. The supreme naughtiness of Maud, and the series of calamities of which it is the cause, will be the sub jects of mingled horror and fascination. And the little story will not be read without profit. It exhibits the evil consequences of one act of disobedience, and in the touching history of the blind Ellen it. culcates lessons of resignation and sympathy an d love. It is very prettily illustrated, and charm ingly bound, and " got up." THE COMMAND OF WORDS. —A statistician has had the patience to count the number of words employed by the most celebrated writers. The Works of Corneille do not contain more than 7,000 different words, and those of Mo liiire 8,000. Shakapeare, the most fertile and varied of English authors, wrote all his tragedies and comedies with 15,000 words. Voltaire and Goethe employ 20,000 ; " Para. dise Lost" only contains 8,000; and the Old Testament says all that it has to say With 5,042, tionallGH QlENC u mbr. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 25. Their Royai Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales arrived'at the Castle yesterday evening, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor and Major Teesdale. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess of 'Wales, walked and drove in the Home Park this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Crown Prince of Prussia went out shooting. Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia honoured the studios of Mr. Theed and Mr. Foley with visits on Monday. The Earl do Grey left town last evening for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. The noble earl returns to town to-day. The Countess of Ellesmere left town yesterday for Paris on her way to Nice. The countess, after a short residence at Nice, goes to Rome for the winter. Lord Harris left town on Tuesday evening for Belmont, his seat in Kent, to receive a select party of friends. Th 9 Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Preston hays left Brown's Hotel. Colonel North, M.P., and Baroness North left town on Tuesday, for Ickworth Park, near Bury St. Ed munds, on a visit to the Marquis of Bristol. The Duke of Newcastle was prevented attending the Cabinet Council yesterday from slight indisposition. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury will receive a large party next week at Hatfield House. Herts. The Marquis and Marchioness d'Andigne have arrived at tho Alexandra Hotel, St. George's -place, Hyde park-cornor, from Paris. The Marchioness (Dow.) of Lothian will remain in town until the marquis and marchioness leave Ing e stro Hall, Staffordshire, for Scotland. The Earl and Countess Jermyn, since their re turn from Scotland, have been staying with the Marquis of Bristol, at Ickworth Park, near Bury St. Edmunds. THE BALLOT SOCIETY. The weekly meeting of the committee was held on Tuesday last. The recent election at Andover was considered, and it .was resolved to call the at tention of the constituencies to the following ex tract from the speech of Mr. Hawkshaw, the de feated candidate : " You will remember that to-day one of the sub jects mentioned by me was that of the Ballot. That is a subject that I have long thought of, and I saw so many difficulties in the way at one time that when I issued my address I did not mention it. But, es I told you to•day, the result of my canvass was to produce a conviction in the mind that if the vote by ballot were adopted in Andover the Liberal cause would be much benefited thereby. I will tell you why I say this. Since I came to Andover I have heard and seen more exercise of undue in fluence than I could have conceived possible. There have been many observations and animadversions made on the conduct of some gentlemen connected with my cause. All I can say is, that if any one has a right to complain of undue influence, it is the Liberals of Andover. I have sten and heard cases that have made my heart bleed. I have seen tradesmen—little tradesmen—l have seen working men men dependent on their employment for their daily bread—who dared not vote in accordance with their principles, lest they should suffer in their circumstances in consequence. Therefore, to-day, I made the observation on the hustings, and I repeat it again, and I hope it will come to the ears of those gentlemen who have said and written charges of a similar kind against gentlemen on my side, if they are honest in the professions they make of a desire to relieve you of undue pressure, their only way of so doing is to give you vote by ballot. You will have heard the replies made to-day to this. You have heard it said in reply, ' I hate the ballot.' rbose gentlemen who oppose the ballot on such grounds do so upon a pre tence so fallacious that I am surprised that men of intellect dare come before intelligent beings and make use of such an argument. The ballot, they say, is un-English. In answer to this, I say that there is no gentleman, no man of scientific attain ments, no man of literary acquirements, who in his club, his scientific or literary society, does not take refuge under the protection of the ballot. Why, then, should they claim for themselves the exercise of a privilege which they would deny to you." THE DEVILISH RUSSIAN KNOUT.—The knout had a short massive handle, and a heavy leather lash about Bft. long. It resembled those tremendous whips with which the Cossacks of the Ukraine, when they have brought a wolf to bay, can kill him at a single blow. The lash was formed of leather, curved so as to give two sharp edges alone its whole length, and sometimes bound with wire thread, the end terminated in a little iron hook. It had no handle, but one end was left supple, so that the executioner could wind it round his wrist. At every blow the sharp edges of the stiff curved lash fell on the criminal's back, and cut him as with eight yards of a pliant double-edged sword. The executioner, subtle in his cruelty, had learnt not to roughly withdraw the lash, but to draw it towards him, so as to remove long flaky bands of flesh, the hook being devised with devilish ingenuity for this detestable purpose. The lash was also purposely long, that it lapped round the body and cut deep into the chest at the same time that it de stroyed the whole of the back. Indeed, to tell you the frank truth, my dear sir, it was well known that the executioner could, if he chose, kill any man at one blow of the knout, by lapping him round the lungs and heart; but, as the " Bourreau" was generally bribed, ho seldom put forth his whole force. When the knout was honestly used, the criminal, if he survived the first blow, usually fainted at the third, arid died about the fifth. A ukase of Peter the Great fixed the maximum of blows at one hundred and one (we Russians have a superstitious respect for odd numbers); but whether the knout became heavier, or we became more effeminate, the hundred and one blows—which, of course, implied death —were never given in the Emperor Nicholas's time.—Dickens's "All the Year Round." EXTRAORDINARY WILL.—An English lady of quality made the following singular will :—" Con vinced that my dog has been the most faithful of my friends, I declare him the sole executor of this my last will and testa ment, and to him I trust the disposal of all my fortune. I have great cause of complaint against the men ; they are of no value, either physical or moral ; my lovers are fickle and deceitful; my so-called friends, false and perfidious. Of all the creatures that surround me I have found none to possess good qualities but " Fidele." I dispose of all my property in his favour ; and direct that legacies may be given to all those on whom he voluntarily bestows his caresses, or distinguishes by w agg i ng hi s t a il." When, the Rev. Sir Charles Stagemore, a rector in the county of Leicester, died, during the reign of Charles the First, there was found amongst his papers a will to this purpose :—" I leave to nay heirs 50 dogs of shoes, 100 pair of boots, 80 wigs, 80 waggons been pitchforks, 75 a s t various breeds and colours, 100 pair of bree o c n h s e a s n , d4oeoarptaeir3oof n w e h e e e arr ando w 7 s o , p 2 l o o o u g spades l a t e n ni d : shovels, a s t o n s a u d m d b l e e s r a e n f d e h a n a e r s owh pickaxesi which h a have d b e v e i and z so ; I i 6 t t o l e b s u t r i e c e k s s a t n o d w l a k r es with, 2o ladders, and 3) bayonets, swords, and pistols, it em : a large waggon full of books in quires, and a little casket in which there is £l,OOO in cash, and sundry trinkets." This eccentric parson had a man and a maid servant, whom he The last thing he was accustomed to do before he used to lock up in their res p ec tive rooms at 8 o ' c l oc k i n t h e ewvaennt to i ng. bed was to fire off a pistol, and to let loose his entire pack of c10g5...." Essay on 'Wills" in the _Dublin University Magazine. LAW REPORTING..--in ac cor d ance with a re qnisition, the At torney-Lieneral, Palmer, has invited th e members of the bar to meet him in Sir Roundel]. Lincoln's-inn Hall on an early day in December, "for the purpose of ascertaining the opinion of the bar as to the ex • fisting system of law reporting, and with a view to its amendment." 11 HE MILITARY FORCE OF FRANCE.—The effec tive force (it has now been ascertained precisely), exclusive of reserves, consists of 436,986 men, upwards of 50,000 being on foreign service, nearly 60,000 in Algeria, and the remainder in France. The reserves consist of 217,261 in additiion, making altogether 654,247 men. The report issued by the military authorities gives a most favourable account of the general discipline among the troops. Out of 458,123 men, only 3,887, or lin 133, have been punished. Of 58 sentences of death, 14 only were really carried out, the other 44 were changed into hard labour. Of desertion before the enemy there was only one instance ; of treason and espionage, none at all. A NEW COMEDY, " RECRILIT AND POET," hag been brought out at the Hamburg Stadt-Theatre, the sub ject of which is the first interview of Goethe with the Land gravine Caroline of Hesse Goethe's type Mr, Schucking, from whose novel the piece was taken) fo r Lenore in Tasso. 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