The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-24 00:00:00

lUSIC HA , STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE. A GRAND EVE NING CONCERT will be given on MONDAY, October 26, 1863, In AID of the NEW ITALIAN CF11311,,H, Hatton-wall Hatton-garden, With the assistance of the following eminent Artistes : Mr. Swift, Madamc Hersee, Mr. F. d'Alquen, 3Tiss Poole, Madame Andrea, and Mons. de Fontanier. Mi s s Leffler, Pianoforte —Miss E. Ward an M d r. G. F. BaEnett. Harp—Mr. J. Cheshire. Conductors—lberto RaMr. Fndegg.eOr, sborne Willia Mr. F. Kingms.sbury, Signor Vas A chetti, and Tickets to the Stalls „ Balcuny 2B. ild. ~ Reserved Seats •• Back Seats To be obtained of the Clergy of the Italian Church, and of the principal Italians resident in the locality ; of Mr. A. Novelio, Dean-street; also of Messrs. Burns and Lambert, 17. Portman-street, and 60, Paternoster-row ; Duffy, 22, paternoster-row; and Miss Farrell, Duke-street, Littie Britain. The Italian Band will perform some favourite Selections during the evening. Doors open at 7, to commence at 8. Carriages to be in attendance at 10.30. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of :Hiss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, Willace's Romantic Opera, THE DESERT FLOWER : Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne ; Messrs. W. H. Weiss, H. Corti. A. Cook, and W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon,—Doors open at half-past Seven• Commence at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY - LANE. Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Walter Lacy and Miss Murray. After which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Messrs. 1 - helps, Ryder, Rayner, M-agreson, Ward, Spencer ; Miss Heath, Miss E. Atkinson, MisB Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss tatter, Miss Cicely Nott, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. To conclude with A ROL A.ND FOR AN OLIVER. THEATRE ROYAL HAY MARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE WOLF AND TILE LAMB. To be followed by FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter Spy: Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Backstone, ChippeAale, Tlowe, Farren, Braid, and Gordon ?Irs. Dowton, Miss L. Angel, Mrs. Alfred Wigan. Miss Wright, &c. After which, CHARLES THE TWELFTH: Messrs. A Wi g an, Bucksto ne, Compton, Howe, and Miss L Keeley. Commence at 7. ---- ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr . FECIITER begs respectfully to inform the Nobility an d P Pu bli c that the above Theatre will OEN on SATUR DAY next, with a new Drama, entitled BEL DEMONIA, a. Love Story, in Four Acts, in which Mr. Pechter will ap '„ar, suppor ted by Messrs. Broughstn, S. Emery, G . J or d an, and Charles ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss Lavenue, lire. Lee, a nd slog Elsworthy. The Box-office will be opened on McndaY, Oct. 211, from e leven till five. MISS BATEMAN.—LEAEL—The celebrated young American Actress, Miss BATEMAN, having an her first appearance in the New Drama of LEAH ob tained the most triumphant and enthusiastic success that has been wi.nessed for many years, and the profound impression created by her impersonation of the character of LEAH upon a crowded audience hivinz been completely ratified by the unanimous verdict and critical approval of the entire Daily Pre,is, the ManaLPerot the NEW ADEL PIII THEATRE has the honour to announce that Miss BATEMAN will appear in the New Drama of LEAH EVERY EVENING till further notice. EW THEA'T'RE-ROYAL, ADELPHL— oIe Proori.tor and Manager. Mr. R. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs. Stirling. t 8, the New Drama of LEAH: Miss Bateman, supported by 3 lessrs.Arthur Stirling, H. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, A Wood, Eburrie, Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRESS : Miss Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood. H ERRMAN N.-PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Immense Succoss.—" The Tricks and Feats of Herr Herrmann are nearly all of the most astonishing and inc ,m -prehensible kind. His sleight-of-hand feats are really mar vellous, and the ease, fini.h, and accuracy of his tricks are such as have never before been witnessed In this country."— . Standard, Sept. 29. Herrmann in his MONEY TRICK EVERY EVE, NINIx. " A New System of Making Plenty el Money " commencing at Eight. Half-price at Nine o'Clock. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, TURN HIM OUP. Mr. C. Fenton. After which, MIRIAII'A CRINIE. Messrs. G. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K.Saville, and Miss Manders. Followed by THE MOTTO, " I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Mesdames Ada Swan borough, F. Hughes, Weston, Thorne, Wallace, and Jenny White. Commence at 7. tIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,' Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, San be had Every Evening of U. It. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, II yde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. DT's DAY.—Morning o h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 10m ro-moitßow.-Morning, 12ti. 32m.—Afternoon, 12 i. 58.11, The Weather—Sun Office, Oct. 24, 1863. TITERMOMETE It. This day at Two o'clock 5B Barometer-30.25. Wind—North; light, and rather foggy. 4 _ l Q lll , 449*...,%4 LONDON: SATURDAY, OCT. 24, 1863. After donning with the utmost grace and cor diality the more ornamental trappings of his high and august position, the Heir Apparent to the throne of these realms is now assuming the more serious duties hitherto discharged (the whole em pire knows how no bly !) by hi s ill us t r i ous f a th er . Co nspicuous among the many self-imposed, or at a Y rate readily accepted, responsibilities of his x ° Yal Righness the late PRINCE CONSORT, pecu arly conspicuous his Royal. amongst them, was the p os iti on Highness occupied as Presid en t o f th e Society or Art To that important offi ce hi s R o y a l Highness the prince au of WALES, it will now b e per ceived, h as : d ed. Th e c i rcums t ances un d er which this too than merely honorary offic e has been accepted h in every p o i nt of ~,,Y . his Royal Hi g h ness , are profoundly i n t eres ti ng. An interval has elapsed lamented death o r icii ' i t is true, since the PRINCE CONSORT, during Whit i a r in i t ir i h v a i interval t n b h e e e s e s a dutiesdie late thee_ o f President of the Society of charged up to the time of his d vioe.pre oldest, most late Mr. TOOKE, one of the R 'have also, by the Society' s respected, and most gifted one pon the death th:pecial hope sident s . from the first, the Society recog n i sed u Yet, of the PRINCE CONSORT that the one they could cherish, would veryp. one they have but j ust now had the hap seeing actually realised. Meanin g by thu s ' eas t h e of instant aspirat ion of the members that his ; ate Rlyal Highness the Prince Consort Might b e succeeded, as soon as a fitting time should have elapsed after that great national calamity,by hi s eldest son, his Royal Highness the Heir Apparent, That fitting time has now in truth elapsed. The recent death of Mr. TOOKE, the Society's late vene rable President, has afforded the council of the Society the opportunity to which they had long been looking forward. Of that opportunity the members have at once with loyal eagerness availed themselves. While doing so, they have by their every allusion to his Royal Hig hness ' s father, held up before the Prince of WALES the very model or pattern of what such a President ought to be. "The Council can never forget" says their address to his Royal Higline.- 4 , e the obligations . of the society to your illustriou s father, who, for a period of eighteen years pr es id ed over its proceedings with so much advintags, not only to the society, b u t t o th e coun try at large. 'l`h,, establish ment o f i nternat i ona l eelibitious, and the c:aapreheneiv e d es i gns f or i connecting education a eience an d art w i t h pro ductive industry i we re among en deavours of his Royal Highness the m any t h oughtful to promote the ' welfare of his; adopted country." t h e t h e address closes with the prAnd further, a no less just and reasonabl e e s o s i iol i i ctio o n f on their part than the following. I e believe offi ce that you r acce p tance of this e council e will be a means of enabling yoar royal highness to promote and extend the enlightened views of your lamented father for the advanc2ment of arts and r uaunfue. and the benefit of her Majesty's subjects." R emera _ Bering, as the whole nation does, so very vividly, and so very gratefully, how distinctly out of hie position as President of the Society of Arts grew up , those two memorable and magnificent exhibi tions, the Great International Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde-park, and its successor the Great International E thibicion of 1862 at South Kensington, exhibi tions which constituted two of the most remarkable achievements of H.R.H. the PRINCE CONF3ORT, the one the living the other posthumous masterpiece wrought out mainly of his elevated and comprehen sive intelligence, there is perhaps no office that could be named, thq acceptance of which by H.R H. the Prince of WALES could be more welcome to the thoughts or more grateful to the feelings of the people of this vast Empire. There is no more gratifying feature of the present state of society than the universal attention which is being paid to art. All sides we meet with cere monies of various kinds, and many distinguished p erso ns lend their aid to do honour to the inaugu ration of institutions which are about to be founded for Schools of Art, or to celebrate the successes they have achieved and the benefits they have conferred. The Duke of NEWCASTLE has come forward at Nottingham for the purpose of laying the corner stone of the Government School of Art. In the course of his remarks he gave practical illustration of the vast extent to which these schools had reached. It is true that the filets might have been generally known before, but then people do not always draw inferences as they might do from what is taking place around them, and therefore they are often under great obligations to those who think for them, as it were, and poict a moral from familiar events :and every-day occurrences. In the first place, it is an encouraging circumstance to reflect on, that whereas at the time of the Exhibition of 1851 there were only 19 of these schools, there are now 90. This is certainly making progress, and when we know that no less a number than 70,000 pupils are in some way or other obtaining instruc tion from them, it follows as a matter of course that the spread of cultivation must be very great. It is idle for prejudiced persons to cry up everything foreign, and persist in declaring that the English have no genius in that line. The great secret has laid in the fact that, taking for granted this incapa city or inefficiency, no pains were taken to cultivate the faculties or improve the tastes of the great body of the people. We should have re quired the quintessence of genius for design, indeed, to have performed any great wonders without re ceiving instruction. It is at all events very agree able to be able nowadays to give an answer to those who sneer at every home production. No better reply could be given than that selected by the Duke of NEWCASTLE. Surely if any opinion can be said to be removed from partiality it must be that of our rivals in most things, and our suc cessful competitors in all branches of art, as yet. The most eminent and distinguished of our continental neighbours who were selected to visit and decide on the merits of the Exhibition, have all borne testimony to the sur prising progress and striking improvement that have been made among us of late years ; and they attribute this advance to the efficacious working of these establishments. These learned foreigners go so far as to warn their countrymen to take heed to their ways, and not to spare their efforts, for they are afraid of English competition now, so much have they improved of late years. With this en couraging circumstance to bear in mind, it is to be trusted that fresh energy and renewed vigour will be infused into these institutions throughout the land, and that the students will be urged on to emulate, and even in some cases to excel, those com petitors who once so far distanced them in the race. The advantages derived from such culture are almost incalculable, and there are attendant benefits that accrue, which, of minor importance, are still of no mean account in forming the training and giving a tone to the character of the artisan. He must proceed in his course with more interest when he understands somewhat of the principles which rule and regulate his profession, and the refining influ ence which will be imparted to his mind must tend to present good, and may ultimately conduce to future distinction. There is no higher triumph and no happier trophy which science can achieve in her wide extent, or art produce in her boundless range, than the improvement of the people's tastes and the elevation of the mind in the nation at large. It was said some time ago that " the march of armies now stands still to wait the march of mind." That happy picture was not, unfortunately, rea lised, but notwithstanding many drawbacks, the philosopher, the philanthropist, and the statesman may be thakkful to Providence that the efforts made by enlightened and high minded individuals have so signally prospered, and spread in such countless ramifications. The satisfactory nature of such affairs, when once accom plished, is that the good must go on, and that every cultivated member of society is not only an acquisi tion in himself, but is sure to produce effects on others. Altogether the promise now held out as regards the prospects of art in this country are so far satisfactory that attention and care seem to be bestowed upon it on all sides, and in all diree tions, and the best hope of permanent and solid ad vantages accruing will depend on those energies not being suffered to relax, and that enterprise being sustained by well-grounded confidence. Our busy metropolis is undergoing various trans formations. In every quarter of it change, reform, improvement, and invention are constantly at work. The present generation h as seen th e nove l sight of railways traversing the mid s t o f it s hi g hways, and teleg rap h wires skimming over its roof tops. New i bridge s are crossing the broad old river, new halls, consi derably altered, °tele, and railway stations are springing up on eve r y side, until a traveller who left London some lv e Years back would find the familiar city consi :esti and n i dt 43411: o e I n i v e c n e i as well es extended, on his return a y ea r or two h ence. a v n a Among these different inno that some of the time-worn annoy day after day, but ences which we all grumble at come in fo r never think of alt er i ng , s h ou ld Corporation of a S h are of Lo o cha nges . N ow t h at t h e n aon . has iss ue d not i ces f or p l ans i and designs f or a tet mg or endured obstacle to trafE c a amending that long safety—evils especially an d danger to personal winter —a paper gre at in has been sent us with a great of wi , ' Test me well," being a design for Holborn valley I mprovement. The plan proposes to erect aviad uct , —to take dow n the houses 0, b;th er . the valley s t re ets between Hstton-garden and „ des of the Inn west end of St. Sepulchre's Church, and form a high level road. those arches between point s e e wa y uponfeet i n length and nearly l eve l. The central headw a y o f the bridge over F a rringdon-street will be 21 f eet or may be 24, This 'road way is to be formed more o n the southern than the northern side of the existi ng roadways, as the curv e will be less, the vista tee( u ral e ff ect better, larger, and the architectural while it will also be more e conomical. All this promises well, no doubt. There are two streets to be formed from Victoria-street, the level of which is to be rais e d as well as a p ortion of Farringdon-street ; one of these streets is to go obliquely up to Hatton-g arden, and the eastern one is to join the u pp er l eve l near S t . Sepulchre's Church, b eing in part a su b s tit u t e f or Snow These stre e t s • -hill. I will be of easy gradients, 1 in 45, And THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1863 will be a great relief to animal labour which suffers so deplorably by the present steep and slippery gradients. There are other points of a favourable character, such as a branch railway to the New Market in Smithfield, and the eastern street will serve to reduce the gradient in The street now forming from Victoria -street by the Corpora tion, from 1 in 30 to 1 in 46, which would be a desirable improvement. If the new streets are formed before the viaduct is commenced the traffic east and west will not be interrupted. The pro jector of the scheme claims for it another advantage by its favouring the construction of a branch rail way from the Metropolitan Railway to Farringdon market, and facilitating the works of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. Now these are all promising advantages in their way. But this last suggestion seems to provoke a suspicion or doubt whether some interested promoter is not at the bottom of the scheme. But how comes it that there is no improved communication proposed on the southern side of the viaduct as well as on the northern, for an immense amount of traffic passes over Blackfriars-bridge for the north-western parts of London, which can have no better access to the level of Holborn than by turning round and up the western new street at some considerable incon venience. Possibly St. Andrew's Church may be an obstacle, and a street on its southern side or back would be too expensive. The total ultimate cost of Lhe present scheme is estimated at £226,988, which includes the purchase of property and trade, and all other compensations, the viaduct pavements and sewerage complete. Its collateral advantages are considerable, and commend it to the consideration of the architect, the man of business, and the sani tary reformer. The architectural effect of the design will be the attraction to the form, since Holborn and Skinner-street will be left as one wide and uniform thoroughfare, while due regard is had to the subsequent effect of the view, a consideration so seldom occupying any place in our modern plans, as is convincingly testified by the awkward slant of our Government buildings at Whitehall. In the present design the whole line of viaduct is to be seen from either end, so that beauty has not been lost sight of in utility. In a business point of view the scheme has much to recommend it, th e chief argument in its favour b e i ng th e a l tera ti on of the gradients, since the gradient s o f th e ma i n roadway and the new str e ets w ill b e qu i te uno bj ec tionable, and those of the adjoining streets are to be consi derably improved. Direct access will also be af forded to the New Market, but the sanitary advan tages of the design aro perhaps as great or g reater than the commercial arguments in its favour. It will raise a large portion of the valley of the Fleet, thereby enabling the basements of all houses built there to be effectually and completely drained, which it seems is not now possible, and it will also give facilities for the formation of a good system of sewerage, and the new houses to be erected in these parts will thus derive considerable benefits from it. A mass of wretched houses in the vicinity will be pulled down, p ro b a bl y very much to the ga in of the health and mora li ty of the neighbourhoo d. Such are the pri nc i pa l f eatures o f the scheme for and against which muc h rema i ns to b e sa id. That some such plan will be adopted out of the many to be submitted to the Corporation is very desirable —in fact indispensably necessary, and we can only hope that the design best adapted to the requirements of the public will be selected and approved. The Corporation will do well to deliberate carefully and impartially on the matter, bearing in mind tha their decision will Lffect not only the present gEne ration but the welfare and comfort of their posterity ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] POLAND. BRESLAU, OCT. 24. The Breslau Zeitung publishes advises from `Warsaw, stating that the fire at the Hotel de Ville destroyed all the archives of the secret police since 1831, At Palawz (on the Vistula) the insurgents have captured a Russian convoy. A new insurgent corps has made its appearance, commanded by Baron Pletz. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Oct. 24 : The Vectis with the above mails left Alexandria for Marseilles at 6 a.m. on the 21st inst. The Pera with the heavy portion of the mails sailed for Southampton at 7 a.m. the same day. The Mooltan brought the mails to Suez, arriving there on the 18th inst. JEBB v. CROF TON. Although not coinciding in the argument put forth in the following article from the Cork Daily Reporter, we frankly transfer it to our columns from those of out Irish contemporary, out of a wish for fair play in the discussion of the rival systems of the dead Sir Joshua Jebb, and the living Sir Walter Crofton : " Sir Joshua Jebb had all but finished his Pri son Report for 1862-3, when his sudden death on his way to town, from his residence at Fulham, de prived England of its ablest prison administrator. Sir George Grey, being unable, under these circum stances, to receive the report as an official document, was kind enough to place the manuscript in the hands of the Earl of Chichester, " the brother-in-law and intimate friend" of Sir Joshua Jebb, by whom it has been edited, with no small ability. The report itself has a somewhat contro versial aspect, in treating of the respective merits of the English and Irish convict system. This re sulted from Sir Joshua Jebb's having been instructed by the Secretary of State to give his opinion on the operation of intermediate prisons and police espionage, which had lately been introduced into Irish management. It is addressed to Sir George Grey, and commences thus : " Sir,—ln compliance with your wish that I should, without further delay, submit to you, more in detail, the reasons which have led me to conclude that it would be in expedient to introduce into the convict management of this country, either an intermediate stage of discipline, or the supervision of the police, which have been the subject of experiment in Ireland, I will endeavour to lay before you such particulars as will enable you to form an opinion on the question." Sir Joshua Jebb, when drawing up his report, was in a position to produce evidence of the failure of Irish intermediate discipline, to which its most strenuous advocates could not object—namely, that of the Chairman of Directors of Irish Convict Prisons. The proper test of the good or bad working of any convict system is the number of re convictions or relapses into crime. To this test Sir Joshua Jebb brought the Irish intermediate system, which prevails in the prisons of Smithfield and Lusk, comparing it with the ordinary English dis cipline adopted at Spike Island and Philipstown. We cite the returns here:— FIRST, INTERMEDIATE PRISONS —lt appears from return No. 1, embracing the period from 1856 to 1861, that there were released on licence froth the intermediate prisons of Smithfield and Lusk, 788 prisoners, of whom there went abroad 302—Remained in Ireland, 486 prisoners. Re convictions, revocations during the short time the licence had to run, 80 prisoners—Add from Supplementary Re. turn to 1862, 9 prisoners —Total, 89. Giving a percentage of reconvictions, &c., up to 1861 of 16.46, and up to 1862 of 18'3. As, however, the Irish system was not in full operation until 18.57, and convict discipline is now carried out under the Act of that year, I would propose to consider the five years from 1857 to 1861 as follows :—Deducting 1856: re leased on licence, 674 prisoners—gone abroad, 293—re mained, 3Sl—reconvictions, &c., as before, 63--add from supplementary returns to 1862, 9—Total, 72. Per centage up to 1861 of 16.5, and up to 1862 of 18.8. SECOND.—Ordinary prison of Spike Island and Phillips town in which about 25 per cent., deemed ineligible for the special training given in the intermediate prisons, aro left. From 1856 to 1861, there were released on licence, 431—0 f whom went abroad, 40—remaining in Ireland, 391—re lapses, including 1862, '23—per centage, 5 88. Deducting 1856, as before,—released on licence in five years, 249 gone abroad, 40—remaining in Ireland, 209—relapses, in cluding 1862, 17—per centage 8. It will thus be seen by the Irish Director's own tables, after a trial of six years, that while the ordinary English discipline gives but S per cent, of relapses, or intermediate discipline, they give over 18 per cent. of relapses. Let us now take the returns of Irish Intermediate and Ordinary Prisons for the last year, and campare them with those of England. IRELND.—Released on licence from Smithfield and Lusk, 142—gone abroad, 95—remained in Ireland, 47 reconvictions, s —revocations, s—per centage, 21.28. Re leased from ordinary prison at Spike, 18—gone abroad, 2 remained in Ireland, 16—reconvictions, &e,, 2—per centage, 12.5, These returns, taken in connection with those extending back to 1856, contrast strongly with the following for Eng land : ENGLAND, 18(32.—Released on license, 1,325—g0ne abroad, say 7 per cent., US—remained in England, 1,700 reconvictions, 73—revocations, 32—per centago of recon victions, 4.s—per centago of revocations, I.9—total per tentage on revocations and reconvictions, 6 5. The reader may ask how is it that the public could have been deceived on this subject so long ? The pubiic is deceived more easilp than people gene rally imagine. But the way in which the matter was managed in the present instance was, by taking the relapses on the whole number discharged, although, in some years, more than two-thirds of them went abroad, at once, and therefore could give no relapses. For example, in the year 1859, there were enlarged two classes of intermediate pri soners, who were under the care of Mr. Organ. One class consisted of 114 men. Of these 101 went abroad. The other class consisted of 83 men. Of these 71 went abroad. Out of the two classes, con. taining 197 men, 172 went abroad, leaving only 25 at home, on which relapses could be honestly taken. To count the relapses on the whole number is something like taking the rations of dead men. The public owes a debt of gratitude to the Earl of Chichester for bringing the report to light, and for the ability which he has shown in the editing department. His esteemed brother-in-law, Sir Joshua Jebb, fell in the thick of the battle, and near its close, and he has taken up his sword and used it with good effect. It would appear from the efforts now being made, by the advocates of the Irish system, at the Social Science meetings in Edinburgh, that the time has not ytt come for laying down the sword. The Irish party will die hard. As old leaders are knocked on the head and silenced, by an array of facts which they can no longer withstand, new ones spring up in their place. Lord Neaves, a Scotch judge, in a paper read before the congress, on last Saturday, convoys the impression that the English and Irish convict systems are quite distinct, though every one acquainted with the matter knows, that with the exception of a police espionage, and a farm at Lusk (where Irish prisoners are in clover, and where they are fed and clothed and lodged better than any Irish or English labourer), that the Irish an d E nglish conv i ct system s are identical. But we need not won d er at theigno rance of this judge, when we see the accomplished Mr. O'llagan, our own Attorney-General, falling into the error that he did at the Social Science Con gress held in Dublin. What is still more surprising is that no one had the honesty to correct him, or his figures. H ere aga i n, at t hi s meeting in Edin burgh, Lord Neaves says the Royal Commissioners have recommended the adoption of the Irish inter mediate system for England, and no one has the manliness to get up and say, " My Lord, you make a great mistake : the Royal Commissioners have altogether ignored the Irish system. The two Irish members who were on that commission did all they could to press it on the consideration of the rest of commissioners, but they were out-voted." This would be stating the simple truth. Lord Brougham was in in error when he stated " Upon one subject the commissioners were equally divided, the pur gatory division of the system, or the intermediate prisons," for the Irish party were out-voted as he will see by the report. Bat even Lord Brougham's statement, who stood up to compliment Lord Neaves, is oppo se d t o th a t o f the Scotch judge. Still both speeches were equally applauded by the Irish party, that always muster strong at these meetings of the Social Science Congress. W . e were informed by Lord Brougham at the Social Science meeting in Dublin, that " Sir Walter Crofton had annihilated crime in Ireland." How &tee it happen if this be really the case, that we are reopening our convict prisons notwithstanding our rapidly decreasing population ? For Carlisle, in Cork Harbour, will, we fear, be very soon reopened as a convict prison, for Spike Island is full, and the new male and female prisons of Mountjoy are full. It requires no small am o unt of ignorance or teme rity iu the face of such facts, to laud the Irish inter mediate system, and to attempt to press its adopt ion on England. The public, however, by such a repe tition of laudations, are as often imposed on as they are by quack doctors. Plenty of puffery will get mankind to swallow all things, w ith implicit faith , from intermediate convict discip line to the lastunt versal medicine, or the last subs titute for medicine of all sorts. COURT-MARTIAL ON COLONEL CRAWLEY.— Some of the troopers of the Inniskilling Drageens—re cently returned from India to give evidence on the trial of Colonel Crawley—were in a ttendance at the Horse Guards during a considerable part of yesterday, under the com mand of a uon•oomm'seioned officer. The Late Balloon Journey. M. Eugene Arnoult, one of the passengers i❑ M Nadar's balloon, writes as follows to the Paris Ara Lion " Hanover, Tuesday, Oct. 20. " My dear Editor,—You saw us leave the Champ de Mars on Sunday. You were a witness of the majestic ascent of the Geant rising into the air amid the applause of the crowd. They cried to us from below, 'Boa voyage !' Alas " At nine o'clock at night we were at Erquelines ; we passed over Matinee, and towards midnight we were in Holland. We rose up very high, but it was necessary to come down to see where we were. Ignorant of that, our position was a critical one, - Below, as far as we could see, were marshes, and in the distance we could hear the roar of the sea. We threw out ballast, and, mounting again, soon lost sight of the earth. What a night ! Nobody slept, as you may suppose, for the idea of falling into the sea had nothing pleasant about it, and it was neces sary to keep a look out in order to effect, if necessary, a descent. My compass showed that we were going towards the east—that is to say, towards Germany. In the morning, after a frugal breakfast made in the clouds, we re-descended. An immense plain was beneath us ; the villages appeared to us like chil dren's toys—rivers seemed like little rivulets—it was magical. The sun shone splendidly over all. Towards 8 o'clock we arrived near a great lake; there I found out our bearings, and announced that we were at the end of Holland, near the sea. We were compelled to think of landing in order to take in a little ballast. Unhappily the heavens had made us forget the earth, over which blew a wind so violent that in a few minutes our anchors, enormous ful crums of iron, were broken. The valve was shut, and the balloon, which could carry us no longer, began a giddy career. We rose from 20 to 30 metres, and fell with incredible force. Little by little the balloon ceased to rise, and the car fell upon its side. Then began a furious, disordered race; all disappeared before us: --tress, thickets, walls, all broken orburst through by the shock ; it was fright ful. Sometimes it was a lake, in which we plunged ; a bog, the thick mud of which entered our mouths and our eyes. It was maddening. Stop, stop ! we shouted, enraged with the monster who was dragging us along. A railway was before us—a train passing ; it stopped at our cries, but we carried a way the telegraphic posts and wires. An instant afterwards we perceived in the distance a red house —I see it now—the wind bore us straight for this house. It was death for all, for weshould be dashed to pieces. No one spoke. Strange to say, of those nine persons, one of whom was a lady, who were clinging to a slender screen of osier, for whom every second seemed counted, not one had any fear. All tongues were mute, all faces were calm. Nader held his wife, covering her with his body. Poor woman ! Every shock seemed to break her:to pieces. "Jules Godard then tried and accomplished an act of sublime heroism. He clambered up into the netting, the shocks of which were so terrible that three times he fell on my head. At length he reached the cord of the valve, opened it, and the gas having a way of escape the monster ceased to rise, but it still shot along in a horizontal line with prodigious rapidity. There were we squatting down upon the frail osier car. 'rake care !' we cried, when a tree was in the way. We turned from it, and the tree was broken, but the balloon was discharging its gas, and if the immense plain we were crossing had yet a few leagues, we were saved. But suddenly a forest appeared in the horizon ; wo must leap out at whatever risk, for the car would be dashed to pieces at the first collision with those trees. I know not how, for I suffered from a wound in my knees, my trousers were torn. I jumped, and made I know not how many revolutions, and fell upon my head. After a minute's dizziness I rose. The car was then far off. By the aid of a stick I dragged my self to the forest, and having gone a few steps I heard some groans. Saint Felix was stretched on the soil frightfully disfigured ; his body was one wound ; he had an arm broken, the chest torn, and an ancle dislocated. The car had disap peared. After crossing a river I heard a cry. Nader was stretched on the ground with a dislocated thigh; his wife had fallen into the river. Another companion was shattered. We occupied ourselves with St. Felix and Nader and his wife. In trying to assist the latter I was nearly drowned, for I fell into the water and sank. They picked me up again, and I found the bath had done me good. By the assistance of the inhabitants the salvage was got together. Vehicles were brought; they placed us upo❑ straw. My knees bled; my loins and head seemed to be like mincemeat ; but I did not lose my presence of mind an instant, and for a second I felt humiliated at looking from the truss of straw at those clouds which in the night I had had under my feet. It was in this way we reached Ruthem, in Hanover. "In 17 hours we had made nearly 250 leagues. Our course injernale had covered a space of three leagues. Now that it is over I have some shudder ings. It does not signify; we have made a good journey, and I marvel to see with what indifference we way regard the most frightful death, for besides the prospect of being dashed about on our way, we had that of gaining the sea; and how long should we have lived then ? lam glad to have seen this —happier yet at having to narrate it to you. These Germans who surround us are brave people, and we have been as well cared for as the resources of the little spot will allow, " P.S. I have just reached Hanover with my com panions, and re-open my letter to tell you se. The King has sent an aide•de.camp to us. Are we at the end of our reverses P At any rate, lam consoled to think they can no longer laugh at us in Paris. We have kept our promises, and more." Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments in the Civil Service. (From the Civil Service Gazette.) FOREIGN-OFFICE.—The consulship at Hankow, China, has become vacant by the death of Mr William Raymond Gingell ; salary, £1,300. COLONIAL-OFFICE.-Mr Humphrey Evatt has been ap pointed colonial surveyor for the colony of Sierra Leone. CUSTOMS.—Mr S. Andrews, Mr. A. J. Jordan, and Mr T. Wright, have been appointed out-door officers, London. Mr Joseph C. Blake and Mr Curtis Hills, out-door officers, have been promoted to be examining officers, London. INLAND REVENUE —Excise Branch; Mr James C. An derson, officer, Uxbridge ride, Middlesex collection, has been appointed to Kirkwall, 2d (preventive) ride, Orkney district. Mr Alexander Innes, officer, Kirkwall, 2d (pre. ventive) ride, Orkney district, has been appointed to Ux bridge ride, Middlesex collection. THE EAST INDIES.—Lieut.-Colonel W. Maxwell, R.A., has been appointed, to officiate as secretary, Public Works Department, and chief engineer to the Government of Bengal. Mr F. R. Hogg has been confirmed in the ap pointment of Postmaster-General of the Pusjaub and Sitidh. Major Stewart, R.E., has been appointed to act as deputy secretary to the Government of Madras in the Department of Public Works. Captain Ryves, R.E., has been appointed to act as deputy -secretary to Government in the Public Works Department, during the absence of Major S. Stewart. Mr G. A. Harris has been a pp ointed to be civil and sessions judge of the zillah of Ootacamund. Mr T. Onslow has been appointed to be civil and sessions judge of the zillah of Chittoor, in succession to Mr Harris. Mr 11. G. Smith has been appointed to be civil and sessions judge of the zillah of Nundial, in succession to Mr Onslow. Mr H. S. Thomas has been appointed to be sub-collector and joint magistrate of Salem, in succession to Mr Smith. Mr G. V. Agnew has been appointed to be sub-collector and joint magistrate of Madura, in succession to Mr Thomas. Mr J. H. Blair has been appointed to be sub- , collector and joint magistrate of Tinnevelly, in succession to Mr Vans Agnew. Mr it. H. Clifford, third-class de puty commissioner, Oude, has been promoted to be second class deputy commissioner. Mr It. M. King, first class assistant commissioner, Oudo, has been promoted to be deputy commissioner of thd third•class, Mr G, g, M. Ricketts, C. 8., collector aad magistrate at Jaunpore, has been appointed to officiate as collector and magistrate of Allahabad. Mr C. Grant, sen., joint magistrate and de puty collector of Futtehpore, has been appointed to officiate as collector and magistrate of Jounpore. Mr A. J. Law rence, assistant magistrate and collector at Saharunpor e has been appointed to offidate as joint m ag i s t rate and deputy collector of the seeand grade. PRICE OF NEGROES.—A Richmond paper states that slaves are bringing extremely high prices in that city, At an auction one negro man sold for 3,350 dols., and a girl for 3,250 dols. At a private sale a girl brought 4,600 dols., and a cook woman 3,800 dols. These are said to be the highest prices ever obtained in this market, ( r ffur t . '*-icsp--,,„ ortnliat THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND. BALMORAL, Oct. 22. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, went out yesterday morning. In the afternoon the Queen, accompanied by the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia and Princess Louis of Hesse, went up to the Prince's Cairn on Craig Lowrican. 'file Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia lunched with her Majesty. WINDSOR. Captain Arthur D. Hay ter, the Liberal candidate for the representation of the borough of New Wind sor, issued his address yesterday. After alluding to the death of the late member, Mr. Hope, he states that he has been requested by an influential portion of the constituency of the borough to supply his place, and that if elected he will be found in the ranks of the supporters of the present Government. Ho laments the struggle in the United Stites, and sympathises with the cause of Poland. He is fa vourable to preserving the military and naval forces in an efficient state, and approves the Volunteer movement. He is a friend of progress, and favour able to all measures calculated 0 unshackle indus try, and to the extension of the franchise to the working classes. After the address of Mr. Hayter was issued, a comm i ttee represent i n g the Conserva tive int erest was h e l d at the o ffi ce o f Mr. Voules, solicitor, when the address of Colonel It. Howard Vyse was approved, and ordered to be printed and issued to the constituents in the course of this day. in this address Colonel Vyse states that, although an admirer and supporter of the Earl of Derby, he should not enter the House of Commons with the intention of carrying out any factious or party movements, but with a determination to support any measures that he might consider conducive to the general welfare of his country. He bases his claims to the support of the electors chiefly on the ground of his long and immediate connexion with their borough. THE CITY OF OXFORD. In accordance with a public announcement, an influential meeting. of Mr. Neate's supporters, num bering near l y 1 ,000, took place a t the Corn Ex change on Th urs d a y even i ng . It was unanimously resolved that a requ i s iti on b e prepared, inviting Mr. Neate to come forward as a candidate to fill the vacancy in the representation of this city caused by the lamented death of Mr. Langston. In furtherance of the object a committee was appointed to procure signatures to the requisition, which was yesterday signed by a very large number of the constituency. No opposition to Mr. Neate's return appears to be likely. The funeral of the late respected member, Mr. Langston, will take place today in Sarsden Church, adjoining the mansion, and a special meeting of the Town Council has been convened for Monday next to vote an address of condolence to Lady Julia Langston. ARCHBISHOP WHATELY'S HUMOUR consisted in the unexpected application of such principles as he had deduced from theory to practical life, or the prompt re cognition of such facts as he had observed in practical life, within the doctrine of a new theory,—as when, in examin ing some lad, he asked him to decline "cat," interrupting him when ho got to " Vocative—oh eat 1" with " Pooh 1 whoever heard of saying, "Oh oat, come to your milk 1' " —of course, " Vocative—pus s I" MRS. SIDDONS was one night playing "Jane Shore." The unfortunate woman exclaims, in an agony of suffering from hunger, " I have not tasted bread for three days I" A child's voice was heard, broken by sobs, "Madam, Madam, do take my orange, if you please," and the audience and the actress beheld, in one of the stage boxes, a little girl, holding out her orange with trembiing hands to the starving Jane Shore —Memoirs of the Great -Actress by her daughter Hrs. Combe. AT CHELTENHAM a new music hall is about to be added to the public buildings of the town, the Old Market Rouse having undergone transformation, and been converted into a spacious Corn Exchange, so constructed, arranged, and ornamented, as to be available for public even:g yv a n , concerts and other entertainments requiring space for the Fenny Compton, accommodationT„,_ ~,,,. Ai of large audiences. was found weltering 7: C u Ii SHIREMIIRDER.—On Wednesday Fenny Compton, and twhole g on eo t t was opened at the Red Lion, il,lae remains of Mr. C. Plummer, who to as having been found o oliftthe deceased's hairs were sworn blood on his nephew's farm at youngest of the two brothershneoshoe of Charles Beere, the The shoe was about three-quar:veri ohradder of the coroner. toe, and has been impounded bento,fustody for the offence. not t kicked the old anin t c e h ti t ta h o ic n k y f in he t . h wt e ; Charles has also admitted that if he man he would not have died. The medical that deceased was a perfectly healthy man, The inquest etulds adjourned, SPAIN. MADRID, Ocr. 24. Eighteen thousand reserve troops have been called out. The Empress of the French will re-embark for France at Valencia. FRANCE. PARIS, OCT. 20. General Long6treet has been appointed Governor of the Invalides, and General Mellinet, Chief Com mandant of the National Guard of the Seine. The Moniteur of this morning, giving an account of the reception of the Empress of the French by the Queen of Spain says : " The visit of the Em press is destined both in the present and the future to exercise a happy influence upon the relations which unite France and Spain." BOURSE, Oct. 23.—The market has not shown much animation, but in the business done the prices of yesterday have been well maintained. Threes, for the Account, are now unvaried at 67f. 20c. Moobilier slightly lower. Railway Shares quiet, but firm. Toe market closed as follows It per Cents. ..... . 95 05 Do. end month 73 30 Do. end mo n th .... New ditto ...... 73 3 per Cents .... 67 15 Do. end month 72 85 Do. end month.... 67 15 Russian 92 50 Credit Mobilier.... 1117 50 Austrian — Do. end m0nt1a....1116 25 Spanish Threes.„ 53 Shares ...... 3360 Rome Debt — _— Bank Credit 1 °lacier .... 1300 , Deferred Italian Loan ...... 73 20 I Roman BA IL WAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans .............. 975 --• • 975 Northern . ............. 9SO .. 980 Lyons and Mediterranean 1010 New ditto ......... . . 918 75 .. Geneva............... • • Southern ........... 682 50 .. 687 50 Western .......... 515 517 50 Eastern ......... 508 75 .. 508 75 Sardini an .......... 420 420 Austrian ............. 420 416 25 Lombard ................... 562 50 .. 562 50 North of Spain. .. 542 50 .. 541 25 Sarago ssa. ........ 635 .. 635 Ditto to Barcelona : 342 50 .. 345 Lection of the Prince of Wales as President of the Society of Arts, el° a n nTa l i hr t o l ; A general meet i ng of the members of the society was held n u as r nHE s ci coo a ifut y Es theeT a ,4 f t anc e so r y n ut h o nh o ec a n i oi one csi T ec t h uryp e e, ias m eddh e t m tohhu b ees e ecn r h s ionat a stcr the e e m A b d l p ath i Bu r - g at present underg o i ng repa i r. Mr. W . H awes, F . G . S ., t h e The CHAIRMAN said—l w ill comm enceethc • meeting, e on p v r e o n ce in ed g in th g e s of this meeting by calling your attention to the fact that, at the first annual meeting of the society after the lamented death of the Prince Consort, it was stated in the council's report that we hoped to have the honour and advantage of the presidency of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales so soon as a fitting time had elapsed since the death of his father. In the interval we elected as our president one of our oldest and most respected vice-presidents, Wm. Tooke, and he has filled the office until rocently, when by his death it became vacant. We then thought it right to take steps for ascertaining whether the Prince of Wales would accept the presidency, if elected by the members; we, therefore, sought for and obtained the honour of an interview with his royal highness, and presented an address, whic'a, with his loyal highness's reply, I will now read to you:— " To HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES. " May it please your royal highness,—We, the Council of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufac tures, and Commerce, humbly approach your royal high ness to ask that you will be graciously pleased to become a member of the society, with the view of being elected to the office of its president. The council can never forget the obligations of the society to your illustrious father, who, for a period of 18 years presided over its proceedings with SO much advantage, not only to the society, but to the coun try at large. The establishment of international exhibi tions, and the comprehensive designs for connecting edu cation in science and art with productive industry, were among the many thoughtful endeavours of his royal high ness to promote the welfare of his adopted country. The council believe that your acceptance of this office will be a means of enabling your royal highness to promote and ex tend the enlightened views of your lrmented father for the advancement of arts and manufactures, and the benefit of her Majesty's subjects.-0a behalf of the council, " WILLIAM HAWES, Chairman." His Royal Highness was graciously pleased to return the following reply : " Gentlemen,—l thank you for your address. It is not without much diffidence that I venture to take on myself the office that has been offered to me in so flattering a man ner, feeling that there are so many better qualified for it than I can pretend to be. But it is the Queen's wish, being herself p r o e t c l y u o d u e r d so f c r i o e til ty, t t a o ki m ng sr p k a , rtthrpoeurgschmoialely, in the pro ceedingsabe feels i n a b o d y o f which h er b e l ove d h u sband the wasinterest so long the h ea d. O n m y own p art l am l e d to entertain the hope th a t, b y accept i ng th e s i tuat i on o f your president, I may be bett e r a bl e t o promot e th e grea t a nd beneficent ob jects whi c h my d ear f a th er h a d so muc h a t heart, and in which he was so zealously supported by your society. En couraged by this hope, and having no dearer wish than to assist in any way in my power towards the success of his great designs, I cannot refuse to accept the position so kindly offered to me." ' I am sure you will all feel that the terms in which his royal highness has expressed the feelings of her Majesty, as well as his own, towards this society aro most gratifying. Ws hteaanecin variousot see the son of so distinguished and illustriou s a parentthse honourpresidents uccee r d es t i o do t e he chair which the Prince Consort filled with such distinction and such use f u l nes s, without looking back to th e p rogress o f th e soc i ety, an d rec alling to mind h whofntsbeing p h r a e v si e de p d re o c v e e d r ed in him su . cce l s V s e io h n a b v y e members of the Royal family. H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex was for many years president, acd during his Presidency the Prince Consort was vice-president. He succeeded to the chair at the death of the Duke of Sussex. And now, having unfortunately lost this illustrious prince, after he bad pre sided over us for so long a period, we have come here to elect as his successor a young man, comparatively untried, but whose education has been such that we have every rea son to believe that he inherits from his father the same de sire to promote the encouragement ofa at in connection with manufactures, and the same anxiety to make himself really useful, and to follow in the footsteps of his father as an earnest promoter of arts, science; and literature ; and we hope that some y ears h ence w e shall be as p ro u d of his pre sidency as I believe w e a ll a re of the presi denc y of his illus.. trious father. I mme di a t e ly u pon receiving his Ro y al Hi gh - ' ness's answer the council summoned this meeting. By the ordinary rules of the society, before a member can be elected he must be proposed, and his name suspended for a certain period, We felt sure that you would ageee with us that to pass his Royal Highness through such an ordeal as that, after the answer which I have just read to you, would not be respectful tc him, or in accordance with your feelings. We therefore thought it right to call you together, and ask you at once to suspend all the bylaws relating to the elec tion of members and officers, and to submit his name to you to be at once elected a member of the society. Having done that it will be my duty to bring forward another proposition, that ho be elected our president. In that again the council, bearing in mind the feelings of all the members as well as their own, did not consider they would be doing their duty if they used the powers given to them by the by-laws to elect a president till the next annual meeting. 'I hey, therefore, thought it d ue t o you that you should exercise your power, that th e w h o l e body of m embers s h ould ha ve an opportunity of expressing h o w cordially they appreciate the very kind and flittering terms used by his royal high ness in the reply which I have just read, and also the gra titude we owe to her Majesty for her gracious expression of sympathy with the proceedings of this society. The first step to be taken is the purely formal one of suspending for this occasion the by-laws relating to the election of mem bers and officers. I will therefore propose :—" That the by-laws relating ;to the election o f members and officersbe suspended for this meeting." T his havin g been unani mously passed, The CHAIRMAN proposed—" That his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales be elected a member of this society." This resolution having also been passed unanimously, The CHAIRMAN said he would next propose—" That his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales be elected president of this society," This was passed by acclamation. A vote of thanks to the chairman was then proposed by Mr. JOSEPH PAYNE, Seconded by Mr. TEULON, and car ried unanimously. Her Majesty's Journey from Scotland. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Prince Leopold, P r i ncesses Helena, Louise, and Beatrice, and the children o f the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, and attended by Sir George Grey, Gen. Grey, Lady A, Bruce, Lady Churchill, the Baroness Dobeneck, Dr. Jenner, and Dr. Becker, will leave Balmoral about half-past 12 on Tuesday next for the Aboyne terminus of the Deeside Railway, en route for Windsor Castle. At Aboyne a special train, con sisting of about four saloons and several first-class and ether carriages, attached to a powerful engine, will be in readiness, ander the charge of Mr. Ca wk well, the general manager of the London and North Western Railway, by which company the train will be provided. On alighting from the carriages which will have conveyed the royal party from Bal moral, her Majesty, the royal family, and suite will at once enter the carriages set apart for their espe cial use. The Queen, with her Royal Highness Princess Helena, will occupy the royal saloon, which will he nearly in the centre of the train. The two saloons preceding that of the Queen willcontain the Princess Beatrice, her attendants, and the children of the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, with the Baroness Debeneck and attendants. The saloon i❑ the rear of the Queen's carriage will contain the Princess Louise, with Lady A. Bruce and Lady Churchill, and in the carriage behind this Prince Leopold, with Sit George Grey, General Grey, and Mr. Buff will be seated ; the other carriages in the rear being occupied by Dr. Jenner, Dr. Becker, her Majesty's dressers, and the directors, while the first four carriages will be appropriated to the use of the royal servants. The royal train will leave Aboyne at 2.30 p.m., and proceed along the Deeside Railway to Aberdeen, which will be reached at 3.35 p.m. The route will be then along the Scottish North-Eastern to the Bridge of Dun, where the train will arrive at 4.50 p.m. Perth will be made at 6.18 p.m. Here a stoppage of an hour will be made for refreshments, and at 7.18 p.m. the Royal party will resume their journey, the train traveling along the Scottish Central Rail way to Greenhill, where it is timed to arrive at 8,34 p.m., again, at 8.37 p.m., travelling along the Caledonian line to the bummit Station, which it will reach at 10.11 p.m., and arrive at Carlisle at 11.40 p.m., where a stayof 10 minutes will be made. The Royal train will leave Carlisle, where the London and North-Western Railway system com mences, at 11.50 p.m., arrive at Kendal Junction at 5.10 a.m. At the last-named place the charge of the train will be handed over to the officials of the Great Western Railway, on which line the journey will be resumed to Leamington, where the train will arrive at 6,21 a.m. ; Oxford will be made at the train arriving at the Windsor terminus of the Great Western Railway at 9 a.m. On alighting, her Majesty, the Royal family, and suite will immediately proceed to the Castle, having travelled a distance of about 600 miles in 20 hours. In order to avoid all chance of detention, a pilot , engine will precede the train, and the route will be kept clear of all traffic for about half-an-hour before the expected passage ; and in order that the journey may be performed as pri vately as possible, the public will not be admitted to the stations on the result. Prince Alfred in Kelso. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and Prince William of Hesse, with their suites, arrived on Thursday evening at Kelso, from Edinburgh, by the express train of the North British Railway, and were received at the station by his Grace the Duke of Roxburghe, the Marquis of Bowmont, Lord Pol warth, and Sir George Douglas, Bart. The Kelso Rifle Volunteers were drawn up in line on the platform, and gave a royal salute as their royal highnesses alighted. The royal party drove off to Floors Castle in a carriage and four, and during their progress several rounds were fired by a detachment of the Kelso Volunteers from cannon placed in a field adjoining the bridge. The square and streets of Kelso were brilliantly illuminated and decorated with flags, and from the unusual numbers that had been present at the races, the streets were crowded with a vast concourse of people, who welcomed Prince Alfred with repeated and enthusiastic bursts of cheering. In the evening his grace the Duke of Roxburghe entertained the princes at dinner at Floors Castle. The spacious dining-room, the walls of which are hung with the old family portraits, had a most magnificent appearance. Besides the duke and duchess and family, the following ladies and gentlemen had the honour of dining with the princes—The Hon. H. Grey, the Hon. W. Edwards, Major Cowell, Captain Von Zaegen, Lord Llanover, Lady Stratford de Redcliffe, Lord Henry Scott, the Master of Lovat, the Hon. H. Fraser, Sir Thomas and Lady Louisa Moncrieffe, Mr. and Lady Georgina Balfour, Misses Balfour, Mr. and Miss Montgomery, and Hon. C. White. A grand ball afterwards took place in honour of the Royal visitors. The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Caven. dish and family have taken up their residence at Hardwick Hall, near Chesterfield, since leaving Holkar Hall, near Milnethorpe. The party visiting the noble duke is confined to the connections of the family. The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland is, we are led to understand, daily improving in health, and has never been seriously indisposed, as stated_by a provincial con temporary. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, who have been staying at their seat near Liverpool since Tues day last, will return to Hatfield House, Harts, to-day. Thu nobtema of suaensdts at Hatfield.mari marchioness will shortly entertain a succession Viscountess Jocelyn and the Hon. Misses Jocelyn arrived at Lord and Lady Palmerston's town residence on Thursday from a tour in Switzerland and Italy. They will shortly join the noble premier and Lady Palmerston at Broadlands, near Ramsey. Lord and Lady Bury are visiting in the north of Scotland. His lordship visited his constituents at Wick on Monday last. Lady Blantyre and Hon. Ellen Stuart have arrived at Stafford House, St. James's, on a visit to the Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland. Lady Ward will entertain a select party at Him ley Hall, Staffordshire, during the ensuing week. The marriage of Lieutenant-Colonel Wilberforce Greathed, C. 8., and Miss Clive, was celebrated at Whitfield on the 22d inst. TUE PRINCE CONSORT'S STATUE AT ABERDEEN --The Lord Provost at Aberdeen has had the honour to receive the following communication from Sir George Grey :—" Balmoral, Oct. 16, 1863. My Lord Provost,—l have received the Queen's commands to convey to you tho expression of her Majesty's entiro approval of the arrangements made for the inauguration of the statue of the Prince Consort at Aberdeen on Tuesday last. The Queen fully appreciates the consideration which was shown for her feelings by those who took part in the ceremony, and by the inhabitants of Aberdeen generally, on an occa sion which was one of severe and painful trial to her Ma jesty, notwithstanding the mournful satisfaction which she derived from the marks of esteem and affection universally shown for the great and good Princ© whose loss to herself and to the country is a constant and undiminished cause of the deepest grief to her Majesty.—l have the honour to be my Lord Provost, your obedient humble servant, G. GREY —The Lord Provost of Aberdeen." The Vienna Philharmonic Society has just had the mortal remains of Beethoven and Schubert exhumed in the cemetery of Wahringer-Orte, for the purpose of placing them in handsomer tombs. St. Luke's cattle fair at Yvetot (Seine-Inferieure) , two days back, was remarkably well attended. The show of cattle of all kinds was large, and met with a brisk sale at good prices, I cot 1 - I en , WII