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ME SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER, 19, 1863. Ar ESSRS • JAY an ti CO. have row on show 1 the most unique and perfect assortment of BONNETS, which their 'Manager has selected in Paris, and brought back with her to this E 9 stiblishment 217, 24, 251, Regent-street. BONNET'S SILKS LYON.—Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inventor or manufac t u rer, and the more perfect the production the grater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S BILKS are said to be incapable of identifica tion in England ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex pos dby the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at thc , end of each piece :—" Manufacture de C. J. Isonnet et Cie., a Lyon et a Injarieux." We.r guaranteed. IFEBOAT SERVICES.—Dnring the recent JIL A heavy gales some of the boats of the Na ional Lifeboat institution saved 67 persons from different wrecks. The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to the public for ASSIbTANuE to enable them to meet the con tinued heavy demands on the Institution's 125 Web ,at estab lishments. Contributions are receivtd by all the London and country bankers; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, at the Institution, 14, .3( hn-street, Adelphi, W.C. ROYAL ENGLISH OPE RA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, Wallace's Romantic Opera, THE 'DESERT FLOWER : Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne ; Messrs. W. 11. Weiss, H. CorH. A. Cook, and W. Harrison. To conclude with THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE. Miss Thirlwall and Dlr H. Corri. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. T, -----_ El EATRE ROYAL DRUR Y - LANE. - Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will h perform A. a New and Original Farce , by Messrs. Wm Broui.f and Halliday, entitled MY HEART'S IN THE. HIGHLANDS: characters by Mr. .i. Neville, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Warde, Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and 3liss Harfleur. After which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. 3lessrs. I helps, Ryder. Rayner, Meagreson, Ward, Spencer ; Miss Eburne,Misa E. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists —Miss Poole, Miss hitter, Miss Cicely Nott, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. To conclude with an Original Farce, by J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled BEAUTY Ott THE BEAST. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, Spencer, and G. Weston ; Mrs Edmund Falconer aud Miss it. Leclerq. --- lIEATRE ROYAL HAY M ARKET.— sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, SILKEN FETTERS : Measrs. Chas. Mathews, Chippendale, W. Farren, Howe, &c. ; Mesdames C. Mathews andDL. Harris. Atl Cha rl ese M, Followe d by THE G OLDEN FLEECE. Messrs.s. m Messrs. M a th e ws, Compton,W ea thersby, ttc. ; Mesdames c L. Keeley. Griffith, &c. Followed by COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews. And MY HUSBAND'S (}tiOST. Commence at 7. ROYAL , LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr, Fechter. BEL DE NIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will b e r e pe a ted Every E v ening until further notice. THIS . EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled UNCLE BABY: Mess•s. Widdicombe,%T. G. Shore, Charles; Miss P. Leclercq, and Carlotta Leclercq. Alter which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONTO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle •," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, N ra. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. Doors open at half-past 6—commence at 7. LEAH. -EVERY NIGHT JEW THEATRE-ROYAL, All ELPI-11.- Sole Pronrlator and Manager. Mr. R. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs. tiding. kt 8, the New Drama of LEAH : 7th wee of Miss Bate tnan, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, nil lington, Stuart, A Wood, Eburne, Miss H. Simms and Mrs. To conclude wi , ll CATCHING AN HEIRESS : Miss Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENINTG, MY SON'S A DAUCrfiTER. Miss Josephs, Mr. Parselle. After which, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. G. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K.Saville, and Miss Manders. Followed by IVANHOE. Miss Ada Swanborough. To conclude with FAINT HEART NEVER WON FAIR LADY. Mr. Leigh Murray, Miss Button, Commence at 7. T" THIRD • EDITION OF " THE SUN , " Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Zan be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts D.kv.—Morning, Bh. 10m.—Afternoon. Bh. 48m. 170-bcomitow.-Morning, 9h. 25m.—Afternoon, 10h. 3m The Weather—Sun Office, Nov. 19, 1863. THERNIOMETER. This day!at Two o'clock 54 Barometer-30.19. Wind—South ; light, and fine. i t LONDON, THURSDAY, NOV. 19, 1863. The apathetic policy of this country in regard both to the Polish Insurrection and the American Civil War, is rather painfully contrasted with the vigour of the policy applied by our Government, at yet remoter points of the habitable globe, to the Maori and the Japanese populations. The contrast to us, we cannot but acknowledge it, appears not only very painful, but very humiliating. Against a mighty empire like Russia we refrain from acting i any . way energetically. Although, while so re fraining, there is every conceivable provocation to 113 mere slips beings. When delicate women, when . 11 1) 8 of girls are being brutally maltreated in as p_, dent as it w ere, and that not casually, or by acci dent stematicall37, but repeatedly, deliberately, and all that our chivalrous Foreign Secretary can is to write a series of cleverly argued despatches —despatches that end at last, h owever, in a mere diplomatic fiasco Tidings that bring he tears into the eyes and a burning slush of indignation into the cheek, induced the noble Earl, who has earned by a long life of labour his seat as an Earl in the House of Peers, and his Stall as a Knight of the Garter in St. George's Chapel—induce Lord Ru sstt (dispo se d probably no less as a dip lomati st than, h acknowledged himself rat her noire i i has recently to be, as a Reformer, to rest an d be thankful) actually induce the noble Earl to re-nib his p e n , to take a fresh dip of ink, and t o write off another of his wonderful l e tters to Prince co. So, likewise, in reference to that hideous El? Scene of wholesale slaughter in the North American continent—a battle-ground where the belligerents engaged are no less heinously culpable than eon . fronting armies of fratricides —our Foreign See re . tary contents himself with meekly risking th e violation of the law by ordering the seizure of a couple of steam rams in a private building-yard at Liverpool, out of a wholesome feeling of respect for the insolent Government of the Fede rals at 'Washington. The disastrous conse quences of this most dreadful and protracted civil war, not only to the population of the republican land actually devastated by it , but indirectly to ourselves, has been matter of noto riety upon both sides of the Atlantic ever since the contest between North and South began. We are way indifferent spectators—using the word not merely as one expressive of a sentiment. The contest now going on there in America affects us vitally. Its continuance militates against our interests, both politically and commercially. It factures. It commerce. It interrupts our menu cur export s . And diminishes at once our imports and this—as it quite insomuch as it does all does, beyond all clearly and manifestly reach contradiction— it cannot be said that we are without without a right to interfere whenever we may make up our b minds to interfere between the bellige rents Federal Governm en t a t W ashington and the the federate Governm ent at Richm ond. Yet, as in Con federate matter of Poland, as in the matter of Mexi co , so now continuously during all these last two or three years we have, in the matter of this pitiable Ame rican Civil War, hung back and hesitated about the possibility of interference of any ki n d! While the initiative was being taken by the mo re adventurous, and enterprising, and ostensibly, 1 at least, for this very reason, the more chivalrous 1 Government of France. Twice the French Em• PEROR, at any rate, arempted to act between North und South as Mediator. Ineffectual his efforts were, to bring about any satisfactory negotiation. But, at any rate, he tried to do so. Again, in re gard to the Polish Question, while Lord R USSE LL, on the part of England, has vir tually eaten all his big words —thoroughly mas ticated them and swallowed them one after another as bully PISTOL did by PLUELLEN'S leek—while Lord RUSSELL has eaten his words thus by inditing his last wretched -like mi ofssthe ive to Prince GORTSCHANOFF--the Emperor F RENC H has intimated, not on ly to Russia, in dividually, but to all Europe collectively, th a t unless some definitive arrangement shall be entered i n to for the better gov ernment of Poland, for the vindication of those sacred rights of the Poles, which, says NAPOLEON 111., are inalienably theirs —but one alternative remains for France, for Russia, for Europe—War ! As to Mexico —we know full well how we let " I dare not wait upon I would" in that direction. We were engaged in the rroject, first of all, quite as much as France was—and we backed out of it at the eleventh hour, before the departure of the expeditionary force. France there again maintained her career uninterruptedly, unhesitatingly, with what result — every one knows. And while all this has been going on in respect to Mexico, to Poland, to America—upon the pretext, we were almost going to call it, of Non-Intervention, we have been flagrantly violating all the principles of non-intervention where we could do so with any thing like safety. Against those wretched New Zealanders for example, or against those almost equally powerless Japanese. Cold steel and hot iron, there, if you will, instead of rigmarole despatches and all the frivolous courtesies of diplomatic circumlocution. So much for our foreign policy, as it has been latterly moulded into certainly very new, and startling, and exceedingly tortuous forms under the direction of that haughty, proud-speaking, Patriot-Eirl who seizes the Rams to mollify the Federal Government, and who drops his correspondence even with Prince GoRTsdHAKOFF to propitiate the Government of the CZAR! But who is all readiness, at the same time, to enter valiantly upon another " little war," or half a dozen of them if need be, against those miserable Maories, and who is eager to authorise, at the safe distance of Japan, the pitiless destruction of a vast and populous city by the deadly agency of a British ship-of-war. It is fortunate for the peace of Europe and the welfare of Denmark that the members of the Ger- man Confederation are usually very strongly in clined to observe TALLZYRAND'S caution, and be careful not to act with too much precipitation. If their acts followed quickly on their words, asser tions, and professions, we should never be out of hearing of " the diapason of the cannonade." The long-pending dispute with Denmark respecting the Duchies, which has wearied out the public interest, and wellnigh exhausted the patience of every diplo matist in Europe, is a sufficient proof that German ambition, however eager and aggressive, and Ger man claims, however interminably argued, have a very long way to go before they make any decided progress. It is necessary to bear these truisms in mind at the present crisis, else we might feel called upon to anticipate the immediate outbreak of a European war, and a war, too, based on that which history proves to be, after religion, the most hope less and unsatisfactory of all motives for strife—a war of succession. One might have supposed that the days for such a phenomenon were over, that modern Europe had learned the lesson well enough in the seven years' war in Spain, even as earlier ages might have watched its bitter fruits in our English Wars of the Roses. The history of the Bourbons, too, is full of such passages. Wherever they have founded dynasties, sooner or later has come the struggle, bringing in its train, as such wars invariably do, nothing but prolonged suffer ing and an expenditure of men and money wholly disproportioned to the end to be gained. Yet, judging from words atone, we are threatened with a war which is not only to be in some degree a war of succession, but a war founded on some of the hopeless intricacies of the genealogical tables of Royal Houses of Germany. The most indefatigable student of the Abizanach (le Gotha might draw back appalled at such a prospect, and foretell that a con test depending on such an issue might last till " the crack of doom." As it happ ens, however, words in I this instance only fulfil the part assigned them by the witty Frenchman, and conceal the more direct and comprehensible motive beneath. The sudden and unexpected death of the King of DENMARK has given the German antagonists of that kingdom an opportunity for which they have long been watching. The right of his present Majesty of Denmark to succeed to the Duchies has been immediately dis puted, and, with a promptness which, in this instance, proves the exception to the rule of Ger man deliberation, the Duke of SAXE-COBURG GOTHA, who has long been known as a warm up holder of the claims of the Diet, has recognised the hereditary Prince of AUGUSTENBURG as Duke of SCHLESWIG and HOLSTEIN. The families of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg and Schleswig-Holstein-Son derburg-Glucksburg, both spring originally from the same source, the former being the elder branch, while the House of Glucks burg, to which Prince CHRISTIAN, now King of DENMARK, belongs, is the younger. The confusion of connections, inheritances, successions, and treaties upon which the Germans base this pretension are too long and two intricate to discuss, but it is worthy of notice that by this bold and determined step t he y 1 proc laim more decisively than ever their determina tion. to regard the two duchies as one, and to com bine the m under one Sovereign. They find plenty of excuses , fordeclaring eva di ng th e t erm s of the treaty of 1852 AUGUST Eimilu n it g that the hereditary Prince of , is not bound by the renunciation of his father,...., s omewhat novel reading in law and diplomacy. They e forced, however, to consider a ll parties bound by much older a g reement —the declaration of the union o f the duchies by Cams- TIAN I. in 1461, a declarati on which it seems we ar e to consid er bindi ng, despite all sub s equent changes —changes concurred i n by the people alike of ammar k and the duchies, a n d treaties which have been so!E Innly ratified by the great Powers N o t w ithstandin,g all arguments and facts _ to the . contrary, howev( ERNEST of Sage-Coburg r, Pine has thought proper t o su pp ort the Clain, ~ ... o f th e branch of Auguste n bu r g to the possession of these long disputed pro vinces, and has informed t h e representative of Lr.olstein at the Diet that any other pretension w ill be met by a proposal to the Diet to pr otect the rights of the legitimate Prince, if need be, by force. Llgiti macy, one would have thought, had done mischief enough in its day, and. a good many of the rulers of Europe would find the rigid application of the principle extremely inconvenient. If German Princes are to be allo wed the right to regulate the succession of other St ;tags the world is likely to have (I w eary time of it ;, and if the lesson of their genealogies is to be t Aught by the sword it is not a Pleasant prospect. Xeanwhile in I enmark itself, ,---___ great popular enthusiasm has manifested itself far the new KING. Mr. HALL, the President of the Council, who occupies a post similar to that of our Prime Minister, and. whose name is well. known in this country, having proclaimed Prince CHRISTIAN, King of Denmark, as CHRISTIAN IX. from the balcony of the Palace of Chriatianburg, the new ICING himself appeared to greet his people. The vast crowds who were assembled broke forth into vociferous cheers and cries of " Denmark and Schleswig," " The New Constitution," and words (A' stwiiar ',Lupe. The resolution of the people to retain Schleswig as part of the monarchy has suffered no diminution from the startling event which has brought a question of hereditary right still further to complicate the Danish re;ations with Germany. It is not so long since the Danes proved themselves formidable antagonists, and the spirit that animates them in their encounters with German forces will certainly not be absent now. Great as is the national grief at the loss of a KING so much in union with his people, and so staunch a defender of his constitutional rights, it is yet to be hoped that the close alliance thus produced between the Danish and English thrones will not be without its effect on the cautious members of the Diet. It is very well to supersede treaties when they are virtually obsolete by reason of the change in the times or the sentiments of the people ; but to set aside so recent and so important a convention when neither party can put forward any real title to change, is to shake the foundations of all existing dynasties, and to efface every boundary line in Europe. The attention of the public is again directed to lie affair of the Alexandra, and it is, of course, a subject of paramount interest. There is one con solation to the friends of the o wners of the Alexandra, and that is that their interests can not be better represented than by Sir HUGH CAIRNS. Whatever skill, energy, or eloquence can do to extricate them from their present pain- ful position, and to vindicate their rights, that he has certainly effected in his masterly address. No one can read his arguments without being deeply impressed with the facts ha has brought to bear upon his case, and without acknowledg- ing that he has exhausted the question, so far as regards the available points under diPeussion. The attempt to gain a new trial shows a perti nacity on the part of the Government that speaks volumes for the animus that has existed through- out the progress of the affair. It is evidently their intention to stand t 3 their first intentions, and, at any cost, to enforce their wishes, or to make desperate efforts to do so at any rate. It is singular bad taste to exhibit this persistency, and to repeat the conduct that has given such dire offence to so many who are not personally concerned in the affair, but who are jealous for the indepen- dance of their country, and who resent interference with the rights and privileges of British subjects, in order to suit the views and further the interests of foreign nations. The utter indifference which has been manifested in the renewal of this discus sion exhibits a total want of respect to the general sentiments of the community, which it will be very difficult for them to forgive or to forget. Sir HUGH CAIRNS very truly explained the difficulty in which he was placed, in consequence of the course adopted by the other side. It was given them to understand that the Lord Chief Baron had misdirected the jury, but in what way had not been stated, and therefore it followed as a natural sequence that they could not meet the objections which were not stated. The learned counsel put the question as clearly and distinctly as could possibly be effected before the Court, and the passage in which ho laid down the two rules which regard international law with the subjects of a neu tral power is in itself a complete exposition of the true bearings of the case. While the Government would not be at all likely to permit any sort of ammunition to the belligerents, the subjects of a Power may, on the contrary, supply either or both belligerents with all articles termed contraband of war. Mr. Chancellor KENT cited in his Commen taries the instance of the United States successfully proving against the French that neutrals may sell or convey to a belligerent Power contraband articles. This opinion Sir HUGH CAIRNS appro priately quoted. It would appear, however, as if the views entertained by the United States in 1796 as regarded themselves are very different from the notions expressed nowadays when the question refers to others. The second rule is that the terri tory of a neutral Power should be kept inviolate from anything approaching to war either on the part of the belligerent, or by one of its own subjects at the instigation of the belligerent. These rules, if strictly adhered to, would simplify matters very considerably, and indeed it is most probable that none of the present vexed questions would have dis turbed and excited the minds of our rulers and mer chants. It is the undue exercise of special favouritism and the unwarrantable assumption of extreme authority which has caused the clashing of interests, and led to the fierce and bitter contro versy which has been waged in so many quarters. It seems almost useless to look for moderation, or to expect reticence from our Foreign Secretary when once he has taken up an idea, but still his best friends ought to see the danger of the course upon which he has entered, and the utter useless ness of the controversy he has provoked with so much perverseness, and carried on with so much acumen. If it so occurs that a new trial re verses the decision of the former one, no one will be greater losers than the Ministers in the long run. It is the immediate issue of a conflict that attests its value, not the ultimate effect and the attendant circumstances. Thus it will prove of little avail to the Ministers of this country if the Cabinet of Washington accord them their gracious thanks and their flattering approval, and if the English people regard with signal disapproval, and look with suspicion upon the whole of the proceed ings in the affair. It is not too much to say that the fate of the Government hangs upon the issue of their actions in this matter. The day of reckon come, when it will be found that ing will surely the most popular Minister cannot retain the pos session of power if he forfeit the confidence of the nation. Yet more than the rise or fall of parties hangs in the balance of this undecided question. Whatever may be the result of the appeal to a court of law, there will remain many other difficul ties to conquer before the uncalled for and unwar rantable interference with private rights and public privileges can be justified. It was a bad day's work for the Ministers when they undertook to fight the cause of the Federals against the time-honoured customs of our land, and in defiance of the deep rooted principles and dearly-cherished convictions of our people. The path on which they have en tered has been beset with difficulties, hedged in by doubt s , and replete with controversies ; rem fi rst to last, it is more th an a l eg al t e chnicality that is sought to b e made clear, and a point of prior i ty t h at is put under discussion, but our Ministers represent the interests and a re the e x po ne nts of the wishes sentiments of the great of a foreign Government aga i nst the ac k now l e d ge d o pinions and well - known the bo tadyeosftbhleisEheid rights glishpeopolef. The inte r f eren ce with English s u bj ec t s i s an offence against the national feelings that no sophistry can explain away, and no specious arguments excuse. Ministers must remember that, if successful in their present venture, they will not have done with the question. They will have to defend themselves before Parliament, and they will have to consult the opinions of the country. When all things seemed going smoothly for them, they have gone out of the way to provoke a contest which is disastrous in its defeats and almost anni hilating in its victoria, and which throughout its course excites neither sympathy nor solicitude. LORD PALDIERSTON'S KINDNESS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CORK EXAMINER. Sir, —Having seen the remarks of your London corre spondent as to Lord Palmerston's kindness, I trust, though you may differ from him in politics, that you will not refuse the meed of praise due to an opponent. In IS4G, Lord Palmerston had a very great voluntary emigration of tenants from this port, when his agents bar gained with the shipowner that the passengers must be treated and fed in the best manner; but, Lord Palmerston, not content, directed the shipowner to snake another con tract if the first would not enable him to treat his people well. Finding the contractor satisfied, ho directed, in.addi tion, that the passengers on Sundays should have a tumbler of hot rum punch, which was given in the first three ships ; but when the It.C. clergy of the district thought this in judicious, the shipowner was directed daily to give to them i coffee or tea after dinner n lieu. To induce the masters of the ships to show every atten tion to the emigrants, each captain got a present of £5 or £lO, and several dozen of wine and brandy for his own comfort and that of the people. There were no ejectments in those cases; and (if I recol lect) on landing they got £1 a head, while they were allowed to sell all their stock, no arrears being charged before leav- ing. Lord Palmerston endowed tho R.C. church with a grant of 10 acres of land free of rent for ever, and a house, for for which he gave the heir of the former parish priest £6OO or so, the present respected parish priest enjoying it, and calling it " Palmerston Glebe." An offer at the same time was made to the vicar of the parish of a large quantity of land for a glebe, which was refused, because a glebe house would not bo built. Lord Palmerston, on the Cliffoney estate, worth about £6,000 a year, then spent £l,OOO, or two-thirds of the rental, annually on its improvement. If every kind act was construed into a crime, the charges might be legion.—Yours, BENJ. BULBENT. Sligo, 12th Nov., 1863. THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION. BERLIN, Nov. is. The Hereditary Prince Frederic, Duke of Angus tenbnrg, arrived here early this morning. His Highness had an interview with the Minister- President, Herr von bismark - SeliOnhausen. The Neue Preussische (Kreuz) Zeitung of this evening says : " It is asserted on good authority that the Minis tries for Marine and War are actively engaged in making preparations for hostilities, the outbreak of which between Germany and Denmark appears now to be unavoidable. The 6th and 13th divisions of the army are said to have already received orders to be placed on a war footing. It is said that corres ponding directions for the equipment and concen tration of a war fleet have likewise been given." The semi-official Nord Deutsche Zeitung of this evening says : " By the accession of the new King to the Danish throne the Schleswig-Holstein question has assumed an international character. All turns upon the validity of the London protocol. It is doubtful whether the German Confederation will acknowledge the Prince named by the protocol as the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. The Federal Diet is by no means bound by the law of nations to this course, as it has not acceded to the London protocol. Neither are the duchies bound to his recognition, as the Estates have not been applied to for their as• sent. Austria and Prussia are released from the engagements they contracted, as Denmark has net fulfilled the duties it undertook towards Germany.' FRANKFORT-ON•TIIE-MAINE, Nov. 18. A proclamation, issued by Prince Frederic of Augustenbarg, has been published today. The document is signed " Frederic, Duke of Schleswig- Holstein," and announces the Prince's intention of assuming the government of those duchies, and is dated Do!zig, the 13th instant. It says : "By virtue of the decree of renunciation exe cuted by my father in my favour, I declare that I assume the government of the duchies. Unques tioned right afforded a pretext for the yoke hitherto laid upon you, as the Danish King was at the same time your Duke. Henceforth, however, the rule of the Danish monarch would be usurpation. I do not call upon you to repel force by force. Your country is occupied by foreign troaps, and you possess no arms. It is incumbent upon me therefore to appeal to the Government of the Federation for protection of my sovereign rights and your national privi- I ages." Addressing himself next to the inhabitants of the duchy of Lauenburg, and announcing his accession to the government, the Prince explains the grounds upon which his claim is founded, and promises to preserve their rights and liberties. The Prince, in conclusion, promises to govern the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein in accordance with the constitution and fundamental laws of the country and to uphold the rights of the people,. It is asserted that the Grand Duke of Weimar and the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen have recognized the hereditary Prince of Augnstenburg as Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. By permission of his Government the delegate of Baden to the Federal Diet has accepted the office of representative of Duke Frederic of Schleswig-Hol stein in that Assembly, in right of his vote for the Holstein territory. STATUE OF PRINCE EUGENE.—The new statue of Prince Eugene, on the boulevard of that name, is now uncovered. The Prince is represented standing, bare headed, in a general's uniform, holding a roll of papers in his right hand, and with his left supported ou the hilt of his sword, The front of the pedestal bears the words " .Au Prince Eugene Napoleon," with the arms of the cit y of Paris, and the mono, " Ilactuat nee mergitur." The two sides bear the names of the battles at which the Prince was present, and eagles bearing laurels in their beaks ; while tho back of the pedestal is covered with the text of the fol lowing memorable letter, written by the Prince in 1814 to the Emperor Alexander :—" Neither the prospect of the duchy of Genoa nor that of the kingdom of Italy would lead me to commit treason, I would rather become a private soldier again than a degraded Sovereign. The Emperor, you say, has committed many wrongs against me ; I have forgotten them all, and only remember his benefits. I owe him all—my rank, my title, my fortune, and what I prefer to all, I owe him what your indulgence pleases to call my glory, I will serve him so long as I live; my person be longs to him, as does my heart. May the sword shiver in my hand if it is ever unfaithful to the Emperor and to France." THE ALBERT CLUB, BAYSWATER. —Although this club was only established last year, it has met with much success, having enrolled among its members many noblemen and gentlemen belonging to the Reform, Con servative, United Service, Oriental, Thames yacht, and other clubs, as also clergymen and professional men, all of whom, we find, are elected by ballot. The entire arrange ments, we understand, of this suburban club are similar to those of the larger clubs in Pall-mall, besides possessing the advantage of providing bed-rooms for resident mem bers, who, with many others, give great praise to the cuisine, as well as to the appointments of the reading-room, card-room, billiard-room, smoking-room, &c., which are fitted up with more than ordinary taste and comfort. HOMELY COOKEEY.—Our people know nothing of the art of stewing; very few can boil a potato or a little rice perfectly, and the whole art of making palatable the very inferior meat their means will afford, is lost by their ignorance of the qualifying power of a few vegetables. There can be no doubt whatever, that at least 20 per cent. of the nourishment which a French man or woman would extract from the provisions consumed by the working classes of Great Britain, is wholly lost to them by their ignorance of cookery. Let us, therefore, welcome most heartily the experiment of establishing a school for instruction in the art; and let us add that, if properly conducted, no speculation is more certain of success, for the reason that it is an attempt to supply the great want of our households at the present moment. —Once a Week. THE ACCIDENT TO CAPTAIN SHAW.—This ge n man underwent on Tuesday evening another, but more protracted operation, which disclosed to his medical attendants—Mr. Hewitt, Mr. Cock, Mr. Pottar, and Dr. Saunders—the actual extent of his injuries. Besides the fracture of the lower portion of the urethra, it was found that an artery had been divided by the force of the fall, which had caused great extravasation of blood. The patient was placed under the influence of chloroform, and the result was most successful. Ile has since had some refreshing sleep, and there appears every prospect of his ultimate rQ covery, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [ItETITER'S TELI7GRAM.] THE CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRA LIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 19. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon has arrived here with the above mails, 78 pas sengers, 12,473 dole. in specie, and a general cargo, including raw silk, to the value of 180,000 sterling. On the 11th inst. the Ripon spoke the steamer Poonah, on the 15th the Iberia, and on the 16th the Florida. The Spanish steamer Concordia had left Malaga for the penal settlement of Melilla with Senor Merry, Spanish resident Minister at the court of Morocco, the Spanish Consul, and two Moors, The Concordia likewise carried 85,000 dols. from the Morocco treasury to indemnify the Ruffians, and terminate the differences existing regarding the limits ceded by the late treaty. The steamer Alava, with volunteers for Ha vannah, has left Corunna. The British brig Lisbon rolled her masts over board in a heavy swell off Cape Lines (?) on the 11th, and was taken into Gibraltar by the brig Mina. Exchrnge on London at Gibraltar was quoted 90 days'sight, 491 ; on Paris, 5.26 ; on Madrid, one quarter premium. The following telegram has bean received at Mr. Renter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company : THE BOMBAY MAIL. MARSEILLES, Nov. 19. The Vectis, with the above mail, reached Mar seilles at 7 a.m. to-day. The mail leaves for London by the 11.30 a.m. rain. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 19. The North German Lloyd's steamer New York, from New York, on the 7th inst., arrived off the Needles at 10.50 a.m. to-day. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 18. The King sanctioned the new common Constitu tion for Denmark-Schleswig of the 13th of Novem ber to. day. The President of the Council communicated the measure in person to the assembled Rigsraad. The galleries were crowded with spectators, who cheered loudly for the King. The Rigsraad will proceed in a body to congra tulate his Majesty to-morrow. General exultation prevails throughout the city. The invitation issued by the leaders of the ex treme Holstein party of the Deputies of the Diet to meet at Kiel to-morrow was forbidden by the Holstein Government, on account of the meeting being meant as a hostile demonstration to the King's succession. KIEL, Nov. 19 (Evening). It is said that the meeting of members of the Hol stein Diet will take place at Kiel, notwithstanding the prohibition. The object of the meeting is to send a deputation to the German Confederation, requesting it at once to take steps for protecting public property against those who have no right to it. SPAIN. THE INSURRECTION IN SAN DOMINGO, MADRID, Nov. 18. The steamer which last arrived at Cadiz brought unsatisfactory news from San Domingo.:: Reinforcements of troops continued to leave for Havanna and Porto Rico. FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 19. Le J[onde of to-day learns that in a congrega tion of Cardinals, held at Rome on Saturday last, it was determined that the Pontifical Government should accept in a general manner the proposition of an European Congress. The monetary situation is far faom undergoing any improvement in Paris ; the Council of the Bank is studying the means of remedying this embarrass ing state of affairs. The idea has been put forward of reducing from 3 months to 60 days the maximum of the bills received for discount; but on it being observed that this measure would too greatly prejudice commerce and even cause embarassments, it is stated that this measure was renounced. It is now a question of reducing the quota of advances upon securities. This measure, if taken, will not produce great results, and will oblige depositors to sell their securities in order to obtain funds. BOURSE, Nov. 18.—The arrival of the English funds with a decline of a has not produced any effect on this market, which remains unvaried at the quotations of yesterday, Threes, for the Account, being still at 67f. 10e. Mobilier are slightly lower. The Railway Market has been heavy, but without any material change in quotations. The market improved towards the close, and left off as follows : Italian Loan 71 85 Do. end month 72 10 New ditto 7l 50 Do. end month Russian Austrian 41 per Cents 95 05 Do. end 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 2.5 Credit Mailier 1085 Do. end month...,lobo Bank Shares 3350 Credit 1 , ander Roman Spanish Threes 53 50 Home Debt .. 5l RA IL Orleam ... Northern Deferred VAIN. Cash. Account. 980 .. 977 50 977 50 .. 980 New ditto — • • -- Lyons and Mediterranean 952 50 .. 953 75 New ditto 9OO .. Geneva 6Ol 25 .. Southern 693 75 .. 695 -- Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lorpbard North of Spain Saragossa.. .. 623 75 .. 625 Ditto to Barcelona .... 321 25 .. 323 75 A DECEIVER CAUGHT.—The Montreal Gazette of Friday relates the following—" On Monday evening a certain lawyer, who shall be nameless for the present, informed his wife, a good-looking youug woman, that urgent business demanded his presence for a short time in Quebec, He therefore bid her an affectionate good -bp, advising her in the meantime to spend the period of his ab sence with her brother, as he feared in her own house she would suffer from ennui and loneliness. Appreciating this evidence of her husband's kind consideration, the lady de termined to comply with his request, and before many minutes she had gone to share her brother's hospitality. Having occasion to go out on some business on the same evening, the lady in the course of her walk pro. ceeded through the street in which she and her husband re side, when she was surprised to see a light in the room that she had only a short time before locked up and aban doned. Happening to have then a key which opened the door, she bethought herself of investigating into the mys tery, when lo I on opening the bedroom door, she dis covered her faithless consort with another than his wife. The scene that now ensued baffles description; the injured wife found vent for her outraged feelings in torrents of scornful, indignant abuse, and that being insufficient, resorted to a violent application of physical force, to ex hibit in a more marked manner than words could do her detestation of her husband's offence. He looked sheepisheepish in the extreme, and somewhat contused in th e d pr i l e m m a of both charmers, be; a ng between the horn s of took of 'no ordinary difficulty. The enraged wife swift and terrible vengeance,te lifting a unworthy massive h bottle she made an onslaught o n competitor for her husband's affections, and belaboured redher so soundly as to drive her ,creaming from the house a lmost in a state of undress. Than turn in g on the husband him self, she bottled' him considera bl y also, cutting and striking some what promiscuously, to the great detriment of his bones and stray articles of furniture." LITERATURE. ♦ Stronghand ; or, the Noble Revenge. A Tale of the Disinherited. By Gustave Aimard. Two Vols. Maxwell. This is a most romantic narrative, full of incident and of adventure. The scene is laid in Mexico, some twenty years back. The troublous times and pic turesque scenes of which we read are evidently described by one well acquainted with his theme. At the present moment, when the new empire esta blished by France will put an end to the Mexican difficulties, and that much vexed land may hope at last for peace and tranquillity, the narrative of Gus tave Aimard will be read with especial interest. In anticipation of which happier future for that beautiful land, here—before adding another word about this brilliant tale by Gustave Aimard—is the gloomy picture he draws of— MEXICO AS IT WAS. Mexico, considering its size, is one of the least populate d countries in the world. With but few exceptions, the old Spanish colonies, since they have proclaimed their indepen dence, and become free republics, having been constantly engaged in war with each other, or in overthrowing the government they themselves elected, have seen all the ties attaching families to the soil broken in turn. Foreigners, no longer finding the necessary safety for their speculations in countries incessantly troubled by revolutions, have gone away. Trade has been annihilated ; commerce has fallen into a state of atrophy ; and the population has frightfully decreased, with such rapidity that sensible men, who sought remedy for this incurable evil, called emigration to the help of these states, which nothing can galvanize, and which only possess a factitious existence. Unfortunately, the Hispano-Amorican race is essentially haughty and jealous. Poor fellows, who let themselves be seduced by the brilliant promises made them, and who con sented to cross the sea to settle in this country, found on their arrival, and especially in Mexico, an ill- disguised hatred and contempt, which was display ed in all classes of society by ill-will and aversion. Hence, being disgusted by their reception, and recognising the slight trust they could place in the promises of the men who had summoned them, they hastened to leave a country in which they had only found unjust prejudices and deplorable ill faith, and went to ask of the United States the protection refused them by those who had so pressingly summoned them. Mexico, in spite of a certain varnish of civilisation, the last reminiscences of the Spanish occupation, which may still be found in the large cities and their environs, is, there fore, in reality plunged into a state of barbarism relatively greater than it was fifty years ago. The Pacific States, especially being less frequently visited by strangers, and left, as it were, to themselves, have retained a peculiar physiognomy, whose picturesque savageness and rough manners would cause the tourist's heart to beat with joy, if ever a tourist ventured into these countries; but which inspires an involuntary fear, justified, however, by every thing the traveller, forced to visit this land on business, witnesses. In Europe and all civilised countries, the means of trans port are numerous and convenient, but in Mexico only one is known—the horse. In the Central States, and those which run along the Atlantic seaboard, some towns possess diligences, which change horses at the tantbos, a species of inn, where the travellers stop to pass the night. But these tambos and mesons, which possess a great resemblance to Sicilian hostelries and Spanish yentas, supply absolutely nothing to the guests they shelter, excepting a roof, reduced to its simplest expression; that is to say, the traveller is compelled to take his bed with him, in addition to provi sions, if he does not wish to sleep wrapped up in his cloak. The narrative, as we have said, is full of adventure. Spaniazds, Mexicans, redskins, hunters, and ban ditti of the prairi , Js appear upon the scene ; and, while the Mexican Don Rufino and the bandit Kidd are specimens of almost incredible base ness and treachery, Stronghand the hero, together with his father, " the disin herited" Spanish grandea and Indian chieftain, are inspired by sentiments of chivalry and magna nimity, only to be found in the breasts of heroes. In 1811, about 29 years before the actual story com mences, Don Rudolfo de Tubaz, the eldest son of the Marquis de Tobaz, had returned to his paternal home to find that his younger brother Hernando had usurped his place and robbed him of his father's affection. The young heir was summoned to meet his parents in "the Red Room," a chamber of awful omen ; THE FAMILY TRIBUNAL. The Hacienda del Toro, like many feudal mansions, con tained ono room which remained constantly closed, and was only opened on solemn occasions. The head of the family was conveyed there to die, and remained on a bed of state till the day of his funeral : and the wife was confined there. There, too, marriage contracts were signed. In a word, all the great acts of life were performed in this room, which inspired the inhabitants of the hacienda with a respect greatly resembling terror; for on the few occasions on which the Marquises de Tobar found themselves compelled to punish any member of their family, it served as the tri bunal where the culprit was tried and sentence pronounced. This room, situated at the end of the hacienda, was a large hall of oblong shape, paved with alternate large black and white slabs, and lighted by four lofty windows, which only allowed a gloomy and doubtful light to penetrate. Tapestry dating from the fourteenth century, and repre senting with all the simplicity of the age the different epi sodes of the mournful battle of Xeres—which delivered Spain to the Moors, and in which Don Rodriguo, the last Gothic king, was killed—covered the walls, and imprinted an indescribable character of sepulchral majesty on this cold and mournful hall, which was probably called the " Red Room" hom the prevalence of that colour in the tapestry work. The young Count de Tobar had never entered this room since the day of his birth ; and, however far back his thoughts reverted in childhood, he never remembered to have seen it open. Hence, in spite of all his courage, and the firmness with which he had thought it wise to arm him self for this decisive interview with his father, he could not restrain a slit ht start of fear on learning that his parents were prepared to receive him there. His fears were fully justified by the event. The young Count was formally disinherited, and his rights transferred to his younger brother, the cause of Radolfo's offence being his marriage with the daughter of an Indian chieftain. Disowned by his family the young hidalgo casts his lot with the native Redskins, and we meet with him years after wards, under the name of Thunderbolt, as an Indian chieftain, whose great aim and ambition is to save and protect the brother who had wronged him! This is the "noble revenge," which endorses with the sanctity of Christian chivalry this adventurous record of peril and bloodshed. Stronghand is the worthy son of this noble father, so surnamed be cause all who grasp his hand as a friend may trust it as a defender. Don Ruis and Donna Mariana, the children of the treacherous brother, are very charming characters, animated by the noblest aspi rations. There is a freshness and spirit about the whole narrative that is very delightful. As a proof of the stirring interest of some chapters, which might almost have been written by that ablest delineator of the perils of the woods, Capt. Mayne Reid, let us quote the following ATTACK OF THE JAQUARS. A night passed in the forest, without fire or weapons, is a terrible thing for a man ; but the situation becomes far more frightful for a woman—a girl—a frail and delicate creature, accustomed to all the comforts of life, and unable to find within herself those thousand resources which a strong man, habituated to struggle, manages to procure, even in the most desperate situations. Without dwelling further on the subject, the reader can imagine without difficulty the painful situation in which Donna Marianna found herself. So long as she could hear the sound of her horse's hoofs, as it fled at full speed, she stood with her body bent forward and outstretched ears, attaching herselt to life, and perchance, to hope, through the sound which was so familiar to her ; but when it had died out ii the distance, when a leaden silence once again weighed on her, the maiden shuddered, and, folding her hands on her chest, sank in a half-fainting condition at the. foot of a tree—no longer thinking or hoping, but awaiting death. For what succour could she expect in the tomb of verdure, which, though so spacious, was not the less secure ? death for hour or tration, which was only an anticipated deo. • For wretched How long did she remain plunged in this state of pros five minutes ? She could not havoirandons, time seems people, whom everything, even h o, o e P s e, and an hour seems as to stand still—minutes become and she instinctively tinguishable sound smote oaen:cr,e'a feeble, almost indis if it would never end. All att r mistaken ; it was a rapid mad grbeewhleouder with every second, and e li r s e te l n o e n d g . eb T e h e i e s u s l o d und thenfoortest. This sound Donna Marianna for it was produced by the return recognis For the noble animal to come back with of her horse. gallop velocit it must be pursued, and that closely, such velocitY, by ferociou • s animals ; such was Donna Marianna's idea, "therdouwgihth terror , and, unfortunately, she only too soon rcognised its correctness. The horse gave a snort of terror, which was immediately answered by two loud, sharp growls. Then as if dreaming, Donna Marianna heard prodigious leaps;, she saw id-omened shadows pass before her with the rapidity of a lightning flash, and then a fearful struggle, in which groans of agony were mingled with yells of delight. We must leave Mariana in her place of peril, but we need hardly say she does not fall a victim to the Jaguars. Stronghand arrives at an opportune moment, and again proves his right to his peculiar soubriquet. We commend his history to those who delight in tales of danger and daring. n - , , C s ca oz. *4 HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 18. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal) drove in the grounds this morning. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce and Colonel H. Ponsonby, went to Oxford and re turned in the afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, attended by Mr. Buff, took a carriage drive. The Prince and Princess of Wales. SANDRINGIIAM, Nov. 18. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, with Lieutenant General Knollys, Major Teesdale, and the Countess of Morton, rode to Castle Rising on Sunday, and attended Divine service at the parish church of St. Lawrence. Lord Alfred Hervey was also present. The Rev. Charles Walter Bagot, M,A., rector of the parish, officiated and preached the sermon. Their royal highnesses after wards drove to Sandringham. On Monday the Prince of Wales and suite went out shooting with Lord Alfred Hervey over the Rising Estate, On Tuesday his royal highness honoured Mr. Villebois, of Marham House, with a visit, driving over in the morning and spending the day shooting. The flags on the estate are floating half-mast high in consequence of the death of his Majesty the King of Denmark. It is understood that the visit of the prince and princess to an evening party atHolkham Hall, which was arranged to take place about the 23d, is postponed for the present. - s -- ROYAL VISIT TO OXFORD, OXFORD, Nov. 18. This morning their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise, accompanied by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce and Colonel Ponsonby, paid a short visit to Oxford, arriving about eleven o'clock by the Great Western Railway, where they were met by Canon Stanley, the new Dean of West minster. The carriage belonging to the Dean of Christ Church awaited the arrival of the royal party, who proceeded in it to the Taylor Building, St. John's College, the new Museum, Magdalen College, and Christ Church, where they partook of luncheon. at Canon Stanley's residence. In the afternoon the royal party paid a visit to the schools and the Bod leian Library, after which they proceeded to Christ Church, where they were present at a most excit ing four-oared race between Trinity and University. Their royal highnesses witnessed the race from the university barge, where they were received by the manager of the University Boat Club, Mr. Henry Grant. The race, which was one of the closest on record, was won by Trinity by scarcely a boat's length. The greatest excitement prevailed, and some thousands of persons were present. The royal party, on leaving Christ Church Meadow, were cheered most enthusiastically, and appeared highly gratified with their reception. During their tour through the university their royal highnesses were escorted by Canon Stanley, Miss Stanley, and Pro fessor Max Muller. Their royal Lighnesses re turned to Windsor by express train at five o'clock this afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred and his Grand Ducal Highness Prince William of Hesse, after having been duly introduced by the Lord Justice-General, twig their Beats on Tuesday night as members of the Specie lative Society, and remained throughout the debate.'" Scotsman. The Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare arrived on Tuesday at Kilkeen Castle, their seat in Ireland, from Trentham, after visiting the Duke and Duchess of Sather land. The Earl de Grey returns to town to-day, from an official visit to the provinces, in order to be present at the Cabinet Council. The Earl and Countess of Aylesford have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Pakington Hall. The Countess of Glengall, who has been indis posed for some weeks past, is said to have improved within the last few days. Although very unwell, it ig hoped that her ladyship, with care, will regain her usual health. We understand that the Hon. George G ilb e rt I. B. Elliot, C. 8., son of the late and brother of the Pres ent Earl of Minto, is about to marry Miss Blackett, daugh ter of Sir Edward Blackett, Bart. DEATH OF THE DOWAGER LADY BOLTON. -- We have to record the death of the Dowager Lad)" Bolton, which occurred on Monday at the Rectory, Ol d ' ham. The deceased lady, the Hon. Maria Carleton, who was eldest daughter of Guy, first Lord Dorchester, wag born August 20, 1787, so that her ladyship was in her 77 01 year. She married, May 8, 1810, William Powlett,second Lord Bolton, by whom, who died in July, 1850, her lady' ship had no issue. THE LATE STORMS.—A thank offering of £l OO has been sent to the National Lifeboat Institution by lady, "for preservation at sea during the awful storra of the 31st ult." " A HISTORY OF THE VICEROYS OF IRELAIgpt with Notices of the Castle of Dublin and its Chief Occu . pants in Former Times," is about to be published from the pen of Mr. Gilbert, author of " The History of Dublin." BROUGHAM AND BYRON ON SHAKSPERE.—Lord Brougham recently told a member of the National Shakspere Committee that he regarded Shakspere a greatly overrated man, and that his esteem for the poet was by no means high,-41thencaum. [An opinion this (if true) about equivalent in value to that expressed by Lord Byron writing to Thomas Moore, when tho noble poet spoke of Shakspere as a " d--d humbug."— Vide Moose's " biarY and Letters," Edited by Lord Russell.] Suor.—London Society, and All the Year.Rouncl, have been of late both artistically and literal developing the idiosyncrasies of the provision dealer. The one treats the subject in reason, the other out of it; the latter telling us that " Socrates kept a cheesemonger' 6 shop on Ludgate-hill." We are equally disposed to believo that his descendant at Osborne House keeps many Socrates, who, with pens in hand and recherche breakfast spread, aro inspired by the peat flavour of the Baconian banquets. The wife of a well-known clothier boasted thate her husband kept a poet. What i s thi s t o a parveyor of hams becoming the theme of a coterie of philosophers Globe. ST. JOSEPH'S HALL, KINGSLAND.—The third grand concert of the St. Cecilia's Amateur Choral Society is announced for the 24th. A very attractive programme has been issued. Miss Koppers, a pupil of Charles Halle is to preside at the pianoforte. Miss Lyon, Miss Evelyn, and Miss Butler are amongst the leading vocalists. Miss Lyon is announced to sing a MS. ballad, by J. P. Knight, entitled " The Song of Other Days." The choruses are selected from Verdi, Balfe, Bellini, &c., and include the grand one from "Faust," and form a leading feature in the concert. Mons. Leman, whose ability as a conductor has now won the public confidence, on this occasion has again secured a full and efficient band and chorus, and under his able direction a more than ordinary treat may be antici pated. THE MORFA COLLIERY EXPLOSION. TO inquest on toe bodies of 34 of the men killed hi the recent colliery explosion was held at thepolic e court , Aberav on w , ba o so n dt oy T ucolefesapdnaeytte,hrbeef lamps, Sutton ps Mr. A. Cuthb c oro ner' specter of the lamps. Their evidence went to show Only two witnesses were examined, Franceisrts°ll' utslios: make it certain that it had not cause s d uc d n u ea ty r the it and i(no ne oNfVti the l e i a deceased)m Cole, w hose v a s i found his lamp, unlocked, but taken place, and that by this fall tha thehi am ma explosion. p c o o n t t n i e e no Both th e thu witnesses were of opinion that the only robable of accounting for the explosion was to suppose ') that a fall 1:"" men bad been broken, thus igniting the gas. The inque s t was adjourned till the remaining bodies are found. AN ODDITY OF AN IRISH QUAKER, one Abrabani Abel, from under the shadow of Blarney Castle* —His toilet was peculiar. Ile commenced by cleaning his own boots and shoes, performing the operation in a con ' dition of entire nudity. Then he spunged and brushed I.`:_ body, after which, ascending an isolated stool, he threw as much electricity, by the friction of a silk handkercl:;; on the heels, as su ffi ced for the day. Occasional l y he f3st',B the whole 24 hours to keep down corpulency, to which had no tendency ; but his father had been a renfarltappo; obese man. On one occasion his left arm vexed Wu! evincing rheumatic symptoms, and he determined to ch ar' .e tise the insubordinate limb. He said the fellow was a 8115 1 ,_ w° n r til curist and waxed wanton, whereupon he made ' imposing the duties of brushing clothes, shoes, (to., 11 .15 _,,, he found the beneficial consequences. When, in bu 5 1. 0 65 he sometimes sat et his desk with a cat at either side him, and frequently with a favourite tom-cat on his their friendly purring, he would say, made a Cheerfu Tit: 4er to soothe him in his labours.—lllaguire's lil'e of -C a Mathew, IQ