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ALEXANDER WILLIAMS, deceased.—Pur anant to an Act of Parliament of the 22d and 23d Victoria, chapter 35, intituled "An Act to further Amend the Law of Property and to Relieve Trustees." NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That all creditors and other persons haying any claims or demands upon or against the estate of Alexander Williams, late of New Brentford, in the county of Middlesex, Gentleman, who died on the 22d day of August, 18f 2, and whose will was proved in the prin cipal Registry of her Majesty's Court of Probate on the 11th day of September, 1862, by William Roger Williams. of 1, Westgate street, in the city of Gloucester, draper, and Ben jamin Williams, of Cowbridge, in the county of Glamorgan, draper, the Executors thereof, are hereby required to send the particulars of such claims or demands to the said Execu tors, or to me, the undersigned, as their solicitor, on or be fore the 4th day of December next, at the expiration of which time the said Executors will proceed to distribnte the assets of the said &ceased amoP g the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which the Executors shall then have had notice. Dated 6th August, 1863. 19, Great Carter-lane, London. J. CHAPPLE. THEATRE. H ER MAJIESTY'S LAST NIGHT. TIIE OPERA SEASON POSITIVELY TERMINATES TO-MORROW EVENING (SATURDAY). CHEAP PRICES. FREE LIST ENTIRELY SUSPENDED. LAST NIGHT OF FAUST. Titiens, Trebelli, Santley, Gassier, Giuglini. TO-MORROW EVENING (SATURDAY), August 8, will be presented (for the last time) Gounod's celebrated Opera, FA UST. In the course of the evening, the National Anthem. Conductor, Sig. ARDITI. Restrictions to Evening Dress not enforced. Commence at Eight o'clock on each evening. Prices :—Gallery, 2s ; Pit, 3s ; Boxes, is ; Dress Circle, 7s ; Orchestra Stills. 12s 6d; Private Boxes from Half-a-Guinea upwards ; Pit Tier Boxes, to hold four, Two Guineas. Bo .c-office of the Theatre (under the superintendence of Mr. Nugent) onen daily from Ten till Sx. Tickets also to be ob tained, on the evenings of the performance, at the special WE es open at the entrance of the Pit and Grand Tiers. THE DUKE'S MOTTO. frUADRE II AND SEVENTY-THIRD NIGHT, and Last Two Nights of the present Season. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. Last Two Nights of the present Season. THIS EVENING, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter-past Eight, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3iogrlle, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jor dan, J. Brougham, H. Widdi3ombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, DaWson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenun , and Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. NEW THEATRE-1W YAL, ADELPHI.— Sole Proprietor and Manager. M?. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. After which, at Eight o'cloek, a new drama, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN ; OR, T E GHOST'S BARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of' the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Sefton. C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and iss H. Simms. Followed by IL a new Burlesque, entitled I LL-TREATED TROVATORE. Messrs. Toole, P. Bedford, R. Phillips, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and bliss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. To-NIGHT WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE. Messrs. W. H. Swanborough, Parselle, Vollaire, G. Honey ; Misses Ada Swanborough, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, 3landerB, and E. Bufton. Followed by (19th time) THE MOTTO, "I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria Simpson, Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with KEEP YOUR TEMPER. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,' Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, Aug. 7, 1863. THERMOMETER. • This morning ...... This day at Two o'clock Barometer -29.90. Wind..-S.-W.; cloudy, with slight rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 7h. 33m.—Afternoon, 7h. 59m. To-moßmw.-Morning, Bh. 30m.—Afternoon, 9h. 10m. Utto LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1863. Who will venture to take the initiative? That still continues to be the mot du jour in regard to the Polish question. Earnestly united, at heart, in their sympathies with the Polish insurgents, and in their antagonism to the Russian rule as exercised by cheer brute force, the on-looking nations of Europe still shrink, one and all, from evidencing by their acts the sincerity of that sympathy and the fer vour of that antagonism. Singly, any one of the chief amongst them might venture to cross swords with the Autocrat. Leagued together in this eminently noble and most generous cause, the leading States of Christendom might readily enough present to view a warlike front, before which the legions of the Czar might well find reason to recoil. The aim of any war just now in behalf of Poland, of the re establishment of the Polish nationality, is in itself essential good. The opportunity for such a war is strangely tempting at this present moment. The people of France are yearning for it. The cordial good wishes of the people of England are fervently with the Poles and against the Russians. The Emperor NAPOLEON at all times regarded as eager for war somewhere, if only to keep his enor mous army employed, if only to dazzle the millions under his sway with the splendour of ne iv victories won by his Imperial eagles, it matters comparatively little where or over whom, if only, in fine, to keep up the prestige of triumphs achieved by the Napo leonic regime, the Emperor NAPOLEON IIL, thirsting, according to these synical critics of his reign, for those conflicts which, it 18 hinted, are essential for that reign's continuance, conspicuously among all the despotic ruler s of the day , is now, more than ever he has been Yet, not only in want of a war, but peculiarly well prepared " diti • for it. Already the Mexican expe crim"eals:ei:pneadll! accomplished. The memory of the and further away is perpetually slipping further matteraY'from the short-sight of France in all such away into there, it is slipping further and further nearly one Whole dote perspectiveof a past of already dition, about the :cede. As for the Italian Expe chance be atte y utmost that could by any mpted initiator of W ars, as the there , even by so daring an seem to have been done _Third N APOLEON woul d NAP O the Emperor LEON 1 i o , n b g since. At S o lf er i no full well why, " ev en at th e back recoiled," h e k new made," recoiled immediately f sound hi mself had victory at Solferino, back, b i t t e r th e crowning improvised place of rend ezvous witht t o h hise discomfited suddenly Emperor of AUSTRIA —at Villafranett. afterwards accomplished by t h e Pied Al l that montese was Go vernment, as is well known, was--in sp i te of his Iva_ perial MAJESTY'S programme for the Ro man penin sula! The absorption of the D uch ies, th e disintegration of the Pontifical States, the • dari ng seizure of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies by th at most audacious adventurer of modern times, w h o, it ought never to be forgotten, was repudiated on hi s setting forth by the Government of King VICTOR E3I3IANITEL, and only recognised as the precursor of the KING when Naples and Sicily had actually passed into his pos session. The Mexican Expedi boo virtually accomplished, the Crimean Expedi tion long since past from the view of France, the Italian Expedition within a few months of its com mencement, and increasingly eve r since then com plicated, for Catholic France, to a state of utter im practicability—A Polish Expediti o n now holds forth its attractions to tne French people and to the EMPEROR himself with a fascination of opportuneness all but irresistible. Yet, with his hands free for the undertaking of new exploits, with his Mexican anxieties, but yesterday so urgently pressing upon him, to-day so entirely dissipated, NAPOLEON 111., whatever may be his eagerness for war under ordinary circumstances as a source of glory to himself and of strength to his dynasty, and, consequently of hope and of good fortu.ne almost indescribable to his son, evidences at this juncture not one jot less reluctance than any one among the most prudent and peace-loving con stitutional statesmen of England having a seat in Lord PALMERSTON'S Government. This exceeding reluctance to take the initiative in the declaration of a war against Russia, in vindication of the rights and liberties of Poland, being, in point of fact, com mon, at this moment, to all the rulers, whether Statesmen or Sovereigns, of each of the Great Powers of Christendom. The one consideration constituting, in very deed, the while, the sole source of this reluctance, so common to them all, "to each and every of them," being the profound sense in the heart and conscience of each not of the hazard, great no doubt though that hazard is, but of the enormous and all but over whelming responsibility ! For—the time has long since past by when a war in Europe could by any possibility be a merely partial or a strictly local war. Whenever this next European War—a war that sooner or later is quite i nev itabl t e b , s t e h x e t q eu u t es e t f i i o t n s now in regard to it being simply as to does come at length, as come postponement—whenever this fo n r e a x u t E ab u s r o o l p u e te a l n y War deud the very elements now certainty it must and w b i r ll, oo a d nd iug th b a v t e m r a o u re d ov a e g r it o a u t t of agitating more whole wll of prove the beyond principal States or 0 lessf Christendom,profoun d l all manner of doubt, as we took occasion to remark in these columns but very recently, not only a General War, but a war of Principles. It is the responsibility of this indefinite expansion of the war, when once commenced—beyond the limits of Poland Proper, beyond those of the more isolated question of revivifying the Polish Nationality, and of securing anew the perpetuation of its independence —it is appreciation of this immense, imminent, and expansive responsibility which causes the rulers of the nations of Europe to decline, as yet at least, the tempting opportunity —to take the initiative ! Nevertheless, at any moment the initiative may be taken. By whom As at once the most far-seeing, the most daring, the most ambitious, among all the Sovereigns, States men, Diplomatists, Warriors, Optimists, Innovators in Europe, the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. again fixes upon himself, but this time more absorbingly than ever, the eager attention, the breathless expectation of all Christendom. The Prussians do not seem to have learned their lesson so well as their KING would have expected. The utmost discontent and uncertainty prevail con cerning the state of affairs. The mortgage business, which is generally very flourishing in Berlin, has been stopped by the hesitation of capitalists to embark in any speculation at this juncture. This has caused great loss to many, since, in consequence of the stoppage to business, three hundred houses are to be taken and sold by public auction. Of course so many going to the hammer at once will greatly deteriorate in value, and hence the proprie tors will be ruined entirely, and the mortgagees will sustain heavy losses. It is also expected that many more such disasters will speedily occur, and in the new quarters of the town entire streets will be sold. It is not to be wondered at that great dis content should prevail in consequence of all this, and it is reported that the state of the public mind is getting worse daily through these scenes of irri tation and annoyance. A significant fact is men tioned regarding the funeral of Prince FREDERICK. The Town Councillors who were invited to attend refused, being determined to ignore Court events altogether until after the reception of their late address, which complained of the violation of the charter. All over the country there have been violent addresses to the KING. The most decided in its tone is one from the Town Council of Stettin, which complains of the Government forbidding the transmission of a paper of "constitutional im port" to the KING. This address is most strong in its language, and bitterly complains of the new course taken by the KING and his Ministers. In the first place complaints are made as to the con duct of the principal officials who had deterred them from sending their address to the KING on the subject of the constitutional innovations, and the " calamitous consequences" that resulted there from to trade and every branch of commerce. Then they proceed in plainer terms to state their opinions, the first of which declares that " there never was a country so despotically governed as to make a prayer a crime." Most truly is it declared that a Government cannot condemn itself more effectu ally than by preventing the voice of the people reaching the throne. Then they proceed to show that it is in vain that the " art of subtle inter pretation, which has been powerful enough to make the constitution no constitution," is employed to regulate the authority of municipal boards. It is in vain they go on to say that the Government declare that "as a municipal authority" they have no right to take cognisance of political matters. Surely this sentence in the address is suffi cient to impress the most wilful as to the temper they are producing among the people by their rash experiments and arro gant assumption of authority, without law to give it sanction, or reason to render it excusable : "Never was there a time in Prussia when the KING did not graciously condescend to hear the prayers of towns, districts, and even individual subjects." King WILLIAM has fallen low indeed in his own estimation, and the opinion of his advisers, if they think it unsafe for him to hear what is said of his policy. That there is mistake, indeed, when its occupier must shut out the world from his sanctum, and refuse to listen to warning, expostulation, or remonstrance. The Town Council of Stetti n h ave come forward boldly to vindicate their rights, and they could not have done it in a more effective manner, or with more zeal and assiduity. They say that hitherto no constitution was needed to give them the privilege of addressing their KING, but that the right of petition has been expressly granted in the charter to every Prussian and every corporation in Prussia, and "it is we that are the municipal corporation of Stettin,' they finally de dare. They very truly remark that it is the business of him to whom the prayer is addressed to say whether or not he will grant it, and that never before has an official prejudiced the Royal :lod gment so far a s t o announce the i mpropriety of a prayer before it is pre sented, but such a thing has n3w taken place. "Nothi ng could h ave tended more to pr o v o k e th e in indignation of t he right to sends people th an th us to i gnore t h e ddresaes to the Crown." This insult to the corporations coming after the harshmea sures adopted in high ten times w orse, and quarters will make matte rs general disturbance. pave the way perhaps to a stating that th e cons tituTtion h he address concludes by that it is their d uty to ii •as been broken, and painful feelings animating the inhab itants of the town at the existence o f an unco nstitutional Govern ment, and the pernicious consequences of it f or Stettin." If words mean anything the sentences of this address can bode no good for the existing state of things, and may portend ominous events for the originators of that policy. It is 'deny by the Prussian law to declare that the KING acts in ac. rnE SUN, LONDON, cordance with a Government who have broke the constitution, so that these men have not hesitated to run a great risk rather than to keep silent when their liberties were at stake, and the honour of their country was com promised and its rights emperilled. Things do not promise well for King WILLIAM just now, and it is not to be wondered at. Prussia has been too long in the ranks of enlightened na tions for people tamely to submit to such a system as has lately been inaugurated for them. They do not wish to stultify themselves in the presence of the nations of Europe by giving in a willing adhe sion to the dictates that deprive them of their liber ties, deform their laws, and altogether completely change the style of their Government. Political privileges are worth too much to ba sacrificed with out an effort to save them, and no people that has a spark of national spirit or an iota of national inde pend e i m n w c ph e will oe stshi whether y e i Prussiate o l yield o the r foresee ies t tamely htoe e be h end d w po i tlfuno allgu t a st ruggle. It plunged into this ndtiosetoh discon tent, I h tet o n r its ;ors of a revolution, or gradually to be sunk in the scale of nations, from a free State to a country that is governed despotically. The only solution that would maintain peace, restore order, and give general satisfaction is one that does not seem at all likely to occur, namely, the prospect of King WILLIAM resuming a wiser course of Folicy, and listening to the advice of those who would counse a happier course of action. In the lull of political strife resulting from the suspension of the discussions at St. Stephen's our statesmen find time to turn their attention to rural and agricultural matters. The member of the Lower House meets his constituents, and tells them of the great things he and his party have done in the course of the session, the mistakes the Minister has made, and the probable turn events will take during another campaign. The landowner visits his estates, takes part in cattle shows and agricul tural meetings, and tries to convince his tenants that he has not lost his interests in crops and shorthorns while descanting on the American War or denouncing the atrocities of Russia. A member of the Cabinet has just given substantial evidence that the cares of State have not succeeded in dim ming his agricultural knowledge and the interest he takes in the cultivation of the soil. At a recant banquet given by the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, the Duke of ARGYLE, as chair man, delivered an address which is full of sound sense and interest. He remarked in the course of it that the progress of agriculture was more dependent upon such societies than the purely speculative sciences. The experience of a single individual working in his laboratory or workshop might, as he showed, affect the industry of the world, and the same might still more be said of the casual ideas and suggestions which lead D a k occasionally e nf A ARGYLE our a said r t e h a a t t e s h t e discoveries. had bn ebeen toldby Thea distinguished Scotchman, Mr.JAmEs NASMYTH, that the idea of his great invention—the steam-hammer —occurred to him while sitting by his own fireside one evening. He was so confident of its success that he wrote by the next post to secure the patent, though the idea had never assumed a practical shape. Such confidence and such rapid results do not belong to the world of agricultural science. " The very shortest time any important experiment in agriculture can be tried in is at least one revolution of the seasons; and there are in numerable conflictions arising from varieties of soil and climate which tend to confuse experiments in agriculture—so that generally one experiment cannot be successfully tested except in a long course of years." The existence of societies which called each man's individual experience into an aggregate helps very much to assist the develop ment of agricultural science and to hasten the conclusions it arrives at. What one man's experi ence affirms another cohtradicts; and it is only by weighing the two together and seeing wherein they differ, what peculiarities of soil, climate, or treat ment have effected the experiment, that sound information can be arrived at. Agriculture, too, is a science of a peculiar nature. The manufacturer or the merchant's wares are ready evidence as to the nature of his mode of conducting business. They bear his name as guarantee ; and if there is tiny peculiarity in the process of manufacture he is generally the first to make it known. A farmer's business, on the contrary, is carried on in some quiet rural spot, and the success or failure of his mode of treatment does not get much beyond his own immediate neighbourhood, unless, like Mr. MECIII, he carries out new schemes on a gigantic scale. The owner of Tiptree Farm, however, can scarcely be taken as a specimen of the agricultural interest generally, and more especially of that part of it which the Duke of ARGYLE was addressing at the recent assembly. "We fully agree with the noble duke in thinking that the existence of a great central society linking itself with local societies throughout the kingdom, having annual shows and assemblies offering prizes for the encouragement of agricultural science, and includ ing in itself the men who are governed in such science, is of great national value. As the noble Duke observed, the power which man possesses of influencing the productions of nature is truly one of his most marvellous gifts, and the further our knowledge extends the more widely can we exert that power, and the more we learn how much depends upon its proper exercise. The tendency of the lower and coarser kinds of herbage to usurp the grounds and smother the better and more valuable grasses has been proved both by the scientific theorist and the practical agriculturist. The incidental confirmation of Mr. DARWIN'S asser tion by Mr. WILSON'S knowledge is another proof of the importance of iaducing our tenant farmers to embody the results of their experience in treatises which may serve to give others the benefit of what he has learned. A farmer who had paid but little attention to the cultivation of grasses could not fail DtoAßb.we Isstr,uscktheaotryfininditnhge records the of Mr. substantiation of the WILSON'S experience, and the scientific naturalist and the tenant farmer thus confirm and enhance the value of each other's information. " The practical far mer," says the Duke of ARGYLE, " finds it perfectly true that in the struggle for life it is the great object to give the advantage to those kinds of grasses which have been found to be of the finest and most nutritious quality ; and that the slightest carelessness ea the part of the husbandman may for years destroy a valuable pasturage. This is a de partment of agriculture to whaieuhaitohtehenrocboleundtruikees attaches very great importance. I n t h e growth of u n p e e v r e i r o r e to ours, b ut we are whose b h n e s a et advantag says es e "year by year is immensely superioasrhreailnsi what becoming more and more the staple of the Briti s h farmers--the green crops and the feeding of his stock," and in this direction no rivalry is to be feared. In conclusion, the Chairman paid a w e ll merited tribute to the enterprise of the Scottish farmers, alluding to instances which had come within his knowledge in which tenants had expended several thousands on their farms in the course of a few years. Such examples are praise worthy, and tend to gi ve a s ti mu l us t o th.l better cui tivation of that which has bee n h app ily sa id to combine the elements , of an art, an industry, and a science. ftiimminia IDAY EVENING, AGGIUST 7, 1863. LITERATURE. BALZAC. Iceland : its Scenes and Sagas. By Sabine Baring- Gould,"Al.A. One vol., imp. Bvo., pp. 447. Smith and Elder. " Farewell heat and welcome frost," exclaims the author with the " Merchant of Venice," and very heartily does he enter into this aspiration. The record of this recent visit of Mr. Baring-Gould to Iceland fills a most goodly volume, of handsome appearance within and without, copiously illustrated with most beautifully-coloured sketches. The his tory of the traveller's adventures is narrated in the most animated and delightful manner possible. Never before, assuredly, did such an ungenial theme evoke such glowing descriptions !—never befo:e did such an unpromising expedition produce such feli citous results ! "My object in visiting Iceland," says Mr. Baring- Gould, " was twofold. I purposed examining scenes famous in Saga, and filling a port folio with water-colour sketches." Both these ob jects have been most satisfactorily carried out, and the full benefit of the result is at the service of the reader. The legendary tales or sagas of the North, are, for the most part, possessed of a singularly romantic interest. Some half-a-dozen of these venerable fictions are here presented to us in a most attractive guise. Interesting as they are, however, they would possess a higher value in our eyes were we assured of their absolute identity with the originals. Mr. Baring-Gould tells us that the alterations he has made are very trifling--if so, they had better have been entirely omitted. The illustrations are many of them very felicitous. We obtain from them a vivid idea of the picturesque character of this land of " mountain and flood." The music of many Icelandic hymns and ballads is continued in this very interesting and marvellous volume, and some curiosities of the Icelandic language, from which we learn, among other things, that our English word " gammon " is a derivation from the Icelandic `• Gaman," to amuse ! Recollections and Anecdotes : being a Second Series of Reminiscences at the Camp, the Court, and the Clubs. By Captain R. H. Grenow, formerly of the Grenadier Guards, and M.P. for Stafford. One vol, pp. 232. Smith and Elder. Those who are familiar with Captain Gronow's former volume will not require much recommenda tion to induce them to renew their acquaintance with his very delightful gossip. The anecdotes contained in the volume now before us are as diver sified in subj,Tt as " the Battle of Waterloo," and " Sally Lunns ;" Mademoiselle Mars" and "Lord Althorpe ;" " Revolution of 1848 " and " Snuff taking," 84 C.; while the style throughout is lively and amusing. In his portraits and sketches of his friends and acquaintances, Capt. Gronow is almost as happy with his pen as the subject of one of these sketches (Count D'Orsay) was with his pencil. Here, for example, is Captain Gronow's descrip tion of— career. COUNT D'ORSAY. He was rather above six feet in height, and when I first knew him he might have served as a model for a statuary. His neck was long, his shoulders broad, and NI aist narrow, and though he was perhaps somewhat underlimbed, nothing could surpass the beauty of his feet and ankles. His dark chestnut hair hung naturally in long waving curls; his forehead was high and wide, his features regular, and his complexion glowed with radiant health. His eyes were large and of a light hazel colour, he had full lips and very white teeth, but a little apart; which sometimes gave to the generally amiable expression of his countenance a rather cruel and sneering look, such as one sees in the heads of some of the old Roman emperors. He was wonderfully strong and active, and excelled in manly exercises. He was a fine horseman, a good swordsman, and a fair shot. I knew him intimately, and saw a good deal of him. He had an amusing naiveté in speaking of his own personal advantages. I remember on one occasion, when about to fight a duel, he said to his second, Monsieur D—, who was making the preliminary arrangements, "You know, my dear friend, I am not on a par with my antagonist : he is a very ugly fellow, and if I wound him in the face, he wont look much the worse for it ; but on my side it ought to be agreed that he should not aim higher than my chest, for if my face should be spoiled ce serait vrainment dom mage.' " He said this with such a beaming smile, and looked so handsome and happy, that his friend, Monsieur D--, fully agreed with him. Here, again, in a few lines, is a very effective por trait of— The great enchanter was one of the oiliest and commonest looking mortals I ever beheld; being short and corpulent, with a broad florid face, a cascade of double chins, .and straight greasy hair. The only striking feature in that Friar Tuck countenance was his eye; dark, flashing, wicked, full of sarcasm, and unholy fire. It is hardly fair, perhaps, to take exception to the labour of one who has strived so successfully to afford his readers amusement, yet some of the anec dotes here collected, although very well for collo quial gossip, are hardly worthy the honour of print . ing for publication. Natural _History and Sport in Moray. Collected from the Journals and Letters of the late Charles St. John, Author of "Wild Sports of the Highlands." One Vol., pp. 325. Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas. The editor very truly remarks in the preface to this work, that no encomium of his could so effectually recommend this volume to a large class of readers, as the knowledge that the text consists entirely of the observations and notes of Charles St. John—" a name dear to the lovers of Nature and manly sport." To all such, this new volume will be right welcome, and will prove a rare treat. These " notes" are arranged according to the months of the year—thus, for January. we have an account, among other things, of wild ducks and their habits ; in February, we read of the activity and earning of the Roebuck ; in March, we learn about Swans, Wild and Tame, Trout and Pike, &c., but the list is far too numerous to particularise— containing all the denizens of field and flood, together with the birds of the air frequenting the North. In Augmt, of course, we have an interesting account of the Grouse, from which we select a passage as one the theme of which renders it just now particu larly appropriate : The rage for grouse-shooting, at present so great, is not . . likely to change, like many other fashions. The fine air, the freedom, the scenery, and all the other agrements acompanying this amusement must always make it the most fascinating kind of sport in the way of shooting which the British isles or indeed almost any country can afford. The bird, too, in beauty and appearance is not to be equalled, In fact, as long as grouse and heather exist, and the nature of man is imbued with the same love for sport and manly exercise as it now is, grouse-shooting will be one of our favourite relaxations from the graver cares of life. Although, like others, I am excessively fond of this sport, yet I care little for numbers of slain; and when following it independently and alone, am not occupied solely by the anxiety of bagging so many brace. My usual plan when I set out is to fix on some burn, some cool and grassy spring, or some hill summit which commands a fine view, as the extremity of my day's excursion. To this point, then, I walk, killing what birds come in my way, and after resting myself and dogs, I return by some other route. Undoubtedly the way to kill the greatest number of grouse is to hunt one certain tract of ground closely and determinedly —searching every spot as if you were looking for a lost needle, and not leaving a yard of heather untried. This is the most killing system, as every practised grouse-shooter knows; but to me it is far less attractive than a good stretch across a range of valley and mountain, though attended with fewer shots. I am also far more pleased by seeing a Mace of good dogs do their work well, and exhibiting all their fine instinct and skill, than in toiling after twice the number when hunted by a keeper, whese only plan of breaking the poor animals in, is to thrash them until they are actually afraid to use half the wonderful intellect which nature has given them. The grouse (Lagopas Scolicus) is peculiar to the British islands. There is a kind of grouse in Forway which nearly resembles it, but is sufficiently unlike and distinct not to be confounded with it. The grouse needs no description, its general appearance being known to all. It would be diffi cult to describe the plumage exactly, as scarcely any twu grouse of mature plumage are quite alike. They vary from every shade of reddish brown to nearly black. The plumage of the young bird is generally much the same in all specimens, but after their first moult thisdifference of colour takes place. The colour and markings of the eggs are equally varied. Notwithstanding the immense numbers killed by gun, net, and snare, not including those which fall a prey to crows, hawks, foxes, and other vermin grouse are still numerous enough to be a source of great profit in the way of rent to the proprietors of the heath-clad moun tains of this country. Tbat they are not already extinct in most districts is owing, I truly believe, to the preservation carried on by those who rent the shootings. The nest of the grouse is placed in a tuft of heather ; it contains from eight to ten beautiful eggs, spotted and marked in manner characteristic of the bird itself, though differing very much in colour. They ale thi c k ly spott. . d with reddish brown of different shades, The old birds are very attentive to, and careful of the young brood, and re main with them till the following spring. On the approach of, and during wet and rough weather, grouse pack, as it is called, that is, assemble in large companies, They art 3 then very wild, and ic is quite useless for the sportsman to follow them. His best chance of filling his bag on these occasions is to pay no attention to the " packs," but to hunt for scattered single birds and pairs, a few of which are always to be found, When the heather is wet it is also of little use attempting to shoot grouse, particularly at an advanced period of the season. The 12th of August is, generally speaking, too early to commence regular grouse shooting. The 24th would be a better day to appoint. The early period being only fit for those who shoot for the news paper, as certain sportsmen seem to do whose names appear every season as having murdered some marvellous number of grouse on the 12th. One grouse in October is a more satisfactory prize to the real lover of grouse. shooting than 12 can be on the first day of the season. By October the grouse, instead of being, as in August, a half-plumaged and often half-grown bird, is one of the finest and most game-looking birds in the world. Since my recollection of grouse they have very much changed their manner of feeding. The small crops of oats which year after year encroach on the moor lands have taught these birds to appreciate corn as their food instead of the tender heather shoots on which formerly they fed. Now, instead of find ing the crop of the grouse full of this latter food you find that they have been feeding on oats like a pheasant or barn door fowl. As long as anything is to be found on the stubble the grouse come from long distances every evening and morning to feed on them. Early in the season, too, they feed in great numbers in the standing corn. Great num bers are destroyed by means of snares in the corn-fields, particularly while the sheaves of oats are left on the ground. It is often asserted that the black game drive away the grouse; but I am not at all of that opinion; I do not consider that they at all interfere with each other. The same de scription of ground is not liked by both kinds of birds. The blackcock prefers rocky hill-side, with plantations and boggy pieces of ground, clothed with coarse grass and dif ferent kinds of plants; while the grouse delights in wide open tracts where the heather is not too rank, and where there is plenty of young heath, on the shoots of which they can feed. Burning the heather judiciously and at proper seasons is of great service to grouse, as it gives them heather of different age—the young to feed on, and the older parts for shelter. Not the least attractive chapter of this delightful work is the memoir of its author, a memoir filled with most interesting details of his happy but brief The Reason Why ; Physical Geography and Geo logy. :With numerous illustrations. Houlston and Wright. Messrs. Houlston and Wright are indeed bene factors to those "children of a larger growth," whose very natural and very laudable cariosity is constantly inquiring after the Why and the Where fore, in all around them. Many of their recent publications have abundantly ministered to this craving for information ; and now, in the one newly issued, we have " upwards of eleven hundred rea sons explanatory of the physical phenomena of the earth, its geological history, and the geographical distribution of plants, animals, and human families." Eleven hundred questions andanswersl We can open any page at random, and demand the most abstruse information. " What causes the trade winds," &c. The most interesting portion of the work is perhaps the conclusion, that, viz., relating to the different divisions of the human family and the distribution of the animal kingdom throughout the world. Numerous pictorial illustrations increase the value and add to the attractive character of these descriptions, which will be especially welcome to young readers. Indeed if such a store of information does not prove generally welcome and attractive, is would surely puzzle even the compiler of this collection to explain The Reason Why. THE WENTWORTH PEERAGE. The first holder of the Barony of Wentworth, as is re- Ated by the London Review, was one of those worthy per sons who in the time of the eighth Henry passed from the rank of country gentleman to that of a magnate of the land. His coat showed that he was a cadet of the house of Went worth Woodhouse, from which in after days sprang the great Lord Strafford. He has been said to have been a cor dial Protestant, and it is certain that he got some Church lands. It was probably as a safe politician that he was, with five other new peers, summoned by Henry to the Parliament which met in the twenty-first year of the reign. No formal record of the creation of these six barons exists, and the fact is inferred from the entries in the Journal of a session of the same Parliament held five years later. What is more im • portant with reference to the present claim is that these baro nies are held to be descendilde to heirs female as well as heirs male—in technical language, to heirs general of the original barons. The consequence is that except two which un luckily came to grief at a very early date, they may be said to be indestructible. Occasionally they fall into abeyance when two or more sisters succeed as co-heirs, but an abso lute extinction of the whole issue of the parent stocks is almost impossible. The first Lord Wentworth had a troop of sons and he was succeeded in 1550-1 by his eldest, a second Thomas. The second baron was as prudent as his father, but on one notable occasion he was not so fortunate. He duly witnessed the will of Edward ) 7 1. giving the suc cession to Lady Jane Grey; as duly he went over to Mary on the death of her brother, and he carried out the whole duty of man by sitting in judgment on the degraded favourite, Dudley the Duke of Northumberland. Such a faithful ser vant deserved to be made Governor of Calais, but then unluckily he lost it. We are accustomed to look upon poor Mary's despair as the passionate outburst of an intensely morbid woman ; but in tact the fall of Calais raised a storm of indignation throughout England. We may conceive the feeling by imagining the rage which would be felt against the commander who should lose Gibraltar in a war with Spain. Professor Goldwin Smith's voice might be heard piping above the storm that the loss was a gain, but the com mander might think himself lucky if he escaped the fate of Byng. England had held Calais more than two hundred years; its possession was the symbol and justifi3ation of the style King of England and France and the quartering of the French lilies; when it was lost, the process of English law was strained in a fashion that can only be paralleled in Sir Bulwer Lytton's " Strange Story." An indictment was found against the Lord Went worth, in his absence, for having traitorously surrendered the town to the French king; his estates were sequestered, ana his goods were confiscated. He did not return to Eng land till the death of Mary, when he was formally tried by the Peers and acquitted. He lived to sit himself in judg ment on the Duke of Norfolk, and to marry his son to a daughter of Burleigh. An insignificant third baron begot a fourth, who was one of the most gallant supporters of Charles I.; the Earldom of Cleveland marked the King's sense of the loyalty of his subject. The Earl served the son with the same zeal that he served the father : he fought at Worcester, and, though upwards of sixty, he is said to have come to the battle after twenty-one days' continuous hard riding. The gallant cavalier had an only son, who died without male issue in his father's lifetime, so that the earldom became extinct with the first possessor, but the barony descended to the son's only daughter, a Henrietta Maria, a god-daugh ter of the Queen. The fair Henrietta was loyal after the fashion of the restoration. The worthless Monmouth deserted his Scotch wife, the Duchess of Buccleuch, the patroness of the " Last Minstrel," for the charms of the Lady Went worth. With api evision of the doctrine of elective affini ties, for which he is rarely credited, he obstinately refused to acknowledge, when in the Tower, the criminality of the connection, and—as even the divines of that age had limits to their complaisance—he went to the scaffold without the last sacraments of the Church. Let it be said to the grace of Henrietta that she did not long survive her lover, but died unmarried in 1686. The barony went to her aunt, the only daughter of the old cavalier, anti after passing through two more females, was carried to the family of Noel of Kirkby Mallory. In 1745 Sir Edward Noel took his seat in the House of Lords as Baron Went worth ; but his only son died without male issue, and the barony fell into abeyance between a single daughter, Judith Noel, who married Sir Ralph Milbanke, and the issue of another daughter, Sophia, who had been married to Lord Scarsdale. The issue of Lady Scarsdale be came extinct, in 1856, by the death of the late Lord Scarsdale, and the abeyance terminated, the inheritor of the barony being Anne Isabella, the only child of Sir Ralph Milbanke and Dame Judith. Anne Isabella Milbanke was the wife of THE Lord Byron (to use the language of a witness on Monday) ; and, es all the world knows, the only issue of her unhappy marriage was Ada, "bolo daughter of my house and heart," the late wife of the present Earl of Lovelace. The only surviving son of Lord Lovelace now claims the barony of Wentworth. At the Croydon Assizes yesterday a printer's engineer, named Myers, recovered damages from the Great Northern Railway, £1,660, as compensation for injuries he received in January last, in a collision at Knottingley, on the line belonging to the defendants. AIR. JOHN BRIGHT, ALP, IN SCOTLAND.— We (Caledonian Mercury) understand that Mr. John Bright, M.P., has been residing for some time past at Amulree, which is situated about mid-way between Crieff and Dunkeld, in the Perthshire Highlands. The Stampa of Turin states that Sir James Hud son has been recalled from that capital. The approaching departure of this Minister has caused, says the journal from which we quote, a painful impression in Turin, where he was much esteemed. If it be true that Sir James Hudson has really been recalled, his loss will no doubt be much fat by many of the leading statesmen of Turin. Sir James was one of the closest friends of the late Count Cavour. remains ! I , to HER MAJESTY. - OSBORNE, August 6. To-day is the anniversary of the birth of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred. The Queen drove out yesterday with Princess Louise and Prince Leopold. Viscountess Jocelyn and Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat were in attendance. Princess Helena rode on horseback, attended by the Hon. Horatio Stopford. The Prince and Princess of Wales. EDINBURGH, Aug. 6. The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at the Waverley- bridge station at 20 minutes before 8, and were received by the Lord Provost, magistrates, staff officers, and others, with the band and a guard of honour of the 92d Regimen t. They drove rapidly in a carriage and pair through densely crowded streets to Douglass's Hotel, in St. Andrew-square. The way was lined with military. The Prince and Princess met with a cordial reception, and appeared at the window of the hotel in answer to the calls of a vast assemblage in the square, The evening was beautiful. Marriage of Lord Alexander Gordon Lennox and Miss Towneley. Yesterday the marriage of Lord Alexander Gordon Lennox, third surviving son of the late Duke of Richmond, and Miss Emily Frances Towneley, second daughter of Colonel Charles and Lady Caroline Towneley, was solemnised according to the rites of the Catholic Church. The nuptial cere mony was performed in the first instance at the Church of the Assumption (formerly known as the chapel of the Bavarian Embassy), in Warwick street, Regent-street. The Very Rev. Edward Hearn, vicar-general, officiated, assisted by the Rev. Thomas Flanagan, of Burnley, Lancashire. The marriage rite was afterwards performed at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, in accordance with the ritual of the Established Church, when the Rev. Alfred Lennox Peel, cousin of the noble bride groom, was the officiating clergyman. The bride, who was given away by her father, Colonel Towneley, was attired in a rich white glace dress, richly trimmed with costly Brussels lace, the headdress being a wreath of orange blossoms, and a veil of Brussels lace. The bride wore a pearl necklace and diamond locket, the gift of the Duchess (Dowager) of Richmond; a pearl and emerald brooch, given by her mother, Lady Caroline Towne ley ; and a bracelet with a choice crystal centre set with emeralds and diamonds, by her father. The bride was accompanied to the altar by eight bridesmaids, namely, her younger sister, Miss Alice Towneley, Lady Caroline Gordon Lennox, Lady Blanche Craven, Hon. Caroline Stonor, Lady Cecilia Molyneux, Miss Theresa Towneley, Lady Florence Cecilia Paget, and Miss Lena Grenfell. The bridegroom was attended by Sir Charles Russell, who acted as " groomsman." The brides maids were all similarly attired in white, and each wore a plaid scarf of the Gordon tartan. A numerous assemblage of distinguished relatives and friends of the Lennox and Towneley families assembled at both places of worship, including among others the Duchess (Dowager) of Richmond, the Earl and Countess of Bessborough, Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Lord and Lady Camoys, Lord and Lady Cecilia Bingham, Lord and Lady Norreys, the Duke and Duchess of Richmond and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Towneley, &c., &c. After the ceremony at St. George's Church the principal members of the wedding party repaired to the vestry, where the marriage was duly regis tered and attested, after which routine proceeding the newly married couple and the company ad journed to Colonel and Lady Caroline Townaley's house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, where a sumptuous dejeuner was given to a circle of upwards of 100 persons, connections of both families. Among the company who met at the dejeuner were his Excellency Count d'Apponyi (Austrian Ambassador), their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Ed ward of Saxe-Weimar, the Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Ladies Caroline and Florence Gordon Lennox and Lord F. C. Gordon Lennox, the Marquis of Anglesey and Lady Florence Paget, the Marchioness Maria of Ailesbury, the Marchioness (Dow.) of Lothian and Lady Alice Kerr, the Earl of Abingdon, the Countess Craven and Ladies Craven (2), the Earl of Sefton, the Countess (Dow.) of Jersey, the Countess of Sefton and Lady Cecilia Molyneux and Hon. R. Molyneux, the Countess of Newburgh, the Countess of Shaftesbury and Lady Victoria Ashley, and Hon. Alice and Hon. Edith Jocelyn, Count Wimpffen, Count Corti, Viscount and Viscountess Stratford de Redcliffe and Hon. Miss Canning, Viscountess Grey de Wilton, Lady Aveland and Hon. Misses Heath cote (2), Lord and Lady Cecilia Bingham, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., Lord George Lennox, M.P., Lord and Lady Norreys, Lady Mary Craven, Lady Seaford and Miss Hardy, Dowager Lady Raglan and Hon. Cathe rine Somerset, Lord and Lady Camoys and Hon. Misses Stonor, Lady Maria Molyneux, Dowager Lady Shelly, Lady Howard, Lady Eveline de Burgh, Lady Anthony Rothschild and Misses Rothschild (2), Lady Harriet Ashley, Lady Arthur Lennox and Misses Lennox (2), Hon. Henry Stonor, Hon. Mrs. J. A. Villiers, Hon. H. C. Vivian, Hon. Mrs. and Miss Heneage, Hon. Leopold Agap Ellis, Hon. F. Bertie, the Right Hon. Henry T. L. Corry, M.P., and Miss Corry, Sir F. Johnstone, Sir C. Russell, Sir Malcolm Macgregor, Sir Rowland Errington and Misses Errington (2), Sir Laurence Peel, Mr. C. and Lady Elizabeth Scrase Dickins, Mr. and Hon. Mrs. Pereira, Colonel Farquharson, Colonel Marshall, Major and Mrs. Mansfield, Mrs. William Russell, Mr. Algernon Greville, Mr. Chaplin, Mr. H. R. Grenfell, M,P., Mr. C. Pascoe Grenfell, M.P., Mrs. Lane Fox, Mr. Macgregor, Mr. Alderson, Mr. Peaeocke, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Buckley, the Rev. A. Lennox Peel, Mr. Percy Doyle, Mr. Earle, Mr. Baldwin, Mrs. Charteris, Mrs. John Leslie. Mrs. Hobhouse, Mr. George Russell, Mr. and Hon, Mrs. Maurice Drummond, Miss Drummond, Mr. and Mrs. John Towneley and Misses Towneley and Mr. R. Towneley, &c. At 20 minutes past three the happy couple took their departure for Goodwood House, the seat of the Duke of Richmond, in Sussex, to spend the honeymoon. The bridal presents were valuable and numerous. The birthday of Prince Alfred—his Royal High ness having been born on August 6, 1844—was celebrated at Windsor yesterday with the customary rejoicings. His Royal Highness the Count de Flandres, attended by Major Burnell and suite, have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Brussels. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Ladies Lennox leave town early in the ensuing week for Gordon Castle, Fochabers, N.B. The Duke of Newcastle is fir the present sojourn ing at Ryde, Isle of Wight. The Earl and Countess of Harewood and family are staying at Harewood House, Yorkshire. A SATING OF MONTROND'S, WORTHY OF ROCHEFOUCAULD. " S'il vows arrive quelque-chose d'heureux, ne manqucz pas d'aller le dire a vos amis, afin de leur faire do la peine."—Gronoto's Recollections and Anecdotes. SHAKSPEARE'S HANDWRITNG.—His "mind and hand" —his first editors put on record, to their own con fusion in all after-time—"went together; and what he thought, he uttered with that easiness, 'that wee have scarse received from him a blot in his papers." Yet of all these precious, priceless MSS. not one solitary leaf MOLIERE has been the subject of a great num ber of works of late, the last and best of thew being "Les Recherches sur Mahe et sur sa Famine," by M. E. Soulie. GROWTH OF THE BRITISH MusEtTM.--From its foundation in 1753 to the 31st of March, 1863, it is calculated that the sum of £3,339,177 has been expended upon the maintenance and collections of the British Museum. The number of visitors to tha gen era l collec tions at various periods of ten years apart will serve to show the progress of the i nstitution. In 1805 th e visitors 34,409 ; i n 1825, 127,643 ; in were 11,989 ; in 1815, 1835, 289,104; in 1845, 685,614; in 1851 (the Exhibition year) 2,527,216; in 1862 (the I nternational Exhibition year), 895,077. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, AUG. 7. At the request of the Governor of IV iddin, Prince Couza has permitted some Turkish Catallions, who were returning from Bosnia to Constantinople, to pass over the Roumain territory. SPAIN. MADRID, AUG. 6. It is asserted that the electoral circular to be issued by the Minister of the Interior will be very liberal and conciliatory. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, AUG. 7. At a Cabinet Council, held yesterday, the replies to be sent to Russia were taken into consideration. The contents of the Austrian and French notes are not known. It is believed, however, that they are by no means identical, although the six points and the proposal of a Conference are maintained. The Emperor has decided that newspaper re porters shall be admitted at the proposed Conference of German Princes at Frankfort. ITALY. The Unita Italiana of the 2d publi s hes a letter from the Arch-Conspirator Mazzini, in which he calls the y oung me n of Italy to arms, After a historical retrospect, extending from 1176 to the present time, and attributing all the triumphs of Italian independence to the nameless heroes of the people, he concludes with asking the youth of Italy why they halt iu such a noble career, seeing that Italy is not free nor its unity realised. CHINA AND JAPAN. HONG KONG, June 13. Public interest in the events now occurring in Japan is unabated, but the uncertainty of how present difficulties are to be solved still causes much anxiety. The latest dates from Yokohama are of the 27th ultim o , and then t h e p ros p ec t s o f p eace were looktd on as more cheer i ng f rom th e fa c t th a t on the pr ece di ng day a Japanese Envoy, Taki - Moto•K a i N TZ had had an interview with the Admirals and th e E nglish an d F renc h Mini s t er s, respecting which no details had been divulged; but, through her Majesty' s Consul, the information had been given by Colonel Neale, that although nothing had been definitely settled, so as to- enable him to withdraw his recommendation to British residents to take every precautionary measure for the protec tion of their interests, vet that the late conference led him to hope for a satisfactory termination to the present question. Rumours were, notwithstanding, afloat, that the pecuniary part of the demands had been satisfactorily arranged, but that the difficulty still lay, as it has all along been expected that it would do, in the enforcement of the punishment of Mr, Richardson's murderer. It would, however, be most impolitic to abandon such a demand when once made. While hope an i mates the res id e nts of Yokoham a , the feeling of alarm was undimini shed at Na g a saki on the 30th ult., and war was l oo ked on as inevit able. There then was every a ppearance of hostile intentions on the part of the Japanese; for nume rous bodies of men were at work day and night in cunstructing new batteries and mounting guns; 60,000 troops, moreover, being reported to be in the near vicinity of the to w n. It is stated that great excitement existed at Miaco among the hostile Daimios when the British demands become known ; but that the Tycoon's counsels would.probably have great weight, as he is supposed to have convinced the Mikado that for many years to come Japan would not be in a position to struggle successfully against foreign Pow ers . There seems, however, to be great danger of a civil war, in whatever way dis putes with foreigners may end. On the 23d ult. the American Legation at Teddo was destroyed by fire, accidentally, it is alleged, but designedly, it is generally believed. All the foreign Legations there have now been destroyed. THE FALSE PROPHET DENOUNCED In the last number of the Church and State Re, view, edited, if we are correctly informed, by Archdeacon Denison, Dr. John Cumming, th e fashio na bl e p r eacher, so long pretending to the gift of prophecy, down in Crown- court, Drury-lane, and thence in honeyed accents " dealing damnation round the land," alternat e l y from his pulpit and from his writing desk, is thus boldly denounced at last as a False Prophet :•-- "Dr. Cumming could discover the Crimean and far the as Turkish the Italian wars in the Book of Revelation, but he could not see the termination in either case; BO that hie calculations relative to the disruption of faul w t. as A th s at the Turkish empire and the fall of the Papacy m w e e m re be w r, re h tc is hedwe re empire would be divided by means of an arrange ment between England, France, and Russia. Palestine was to fall to the share of England, and the Jews were to be restored. He was somewhat puzzled about Malta, as an objection to our occupa tion of that island might be raised on the part of wretchedly prediction a t France. The Jews are, he says, to be collected from all parts of the earth under the protection of England, and thus a great proph ecy w i ll b e ful filled through our instrumentality. Our Lord's coming, the fell of Antichrist, and the first resur rection of the saints preparatory to a reign of a thousand years, are to follow the restoration of Israel. However, the Turkish empire still exists, nor is the Papacy destroyed. On the contrary, the Pope appears as vigorous as ever, though shorn of some of his temporal poiver.n A GOOD SUGGESTION, (From Punch.) TO THE LADIES OP ENGLAND. "Ladies, " Windsor Castle, Aug. 1. "The Queen has commanded me to express the pain with which her Majesty reads the account of daily acci dents arising from the wearing of the indelicate, expensive, dangerous, and hideous article called Crinoline. Het Majesty cannot refrain from making known to you her extreme displeasure that educated women should by example encourage the wearing a dress which can be pleasing only to demoralise' taste. "For the miserable idiots who abjectly copy the habits of those conventionally termed their betters, it is impossible to entertain anything but pity. " But to the Ladies of England this appeal to abandon the present degrading, dangerous, and disgusting fashion, is made in the belief that they will show themselves the ra tional and decorous persons whom they are supposed to be. "I have the honour to be, " Ladies, " Your most obedient humble servant, " C. B. PHIPPS." Mgr. Plantier, the Archbishop of Nimes, has recently published in the form of a Pastoral an elaborate refutation of M. Ernest Renau's " Vie de Jesus." No less than ten columns of L' Union aro occupied to-day (Friday, 7th August • ) with extracts selected from this masterpiece of logical and persuasive eloquence. M. TRIERS'S STAY AT BADEN-BADEN, says the Court Journal, has proved an interesting topic for news papers as well as private conversation. It is recorded that this celebrated personage was a constant evening visitor to the gardens attached to the Kur•aal. His constant corn panicn was the Duc de Moray, and amongst the ladies in his train the Princess Menschikoff may be mentioned, but she was only one of a bevy of beauty of the highest dis tinction. THE CAPE MAILS,—PLYMOUTH, Thursday.— The Royal Union Mail Company's steamship Saxon, Commander Hoffman, arrived in the Sound this morning, and is appointed to leave at 4 p.m. for Ascension, St. Helena, and the Cape of Good Hope. She takes out a full general cargo and nearly 80 passengers, among whom are, for St. Helena, Chief Justice Phelps and family and Captain Childs; for the Cape, Colonel Rawstorn, Major Jones, Captain O'Brien, Rev. M. M‘lllahon, Rev. M. tewart, Dr. Kellner and Dr. Fritsch ; and for Algoa Bay, Dr. M‘Leod. The next mail ship homeward is the Briton, Commander J. Boxer. She is due on the 29th, but may arrive on the 24th hut,