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love, this unbou n d e d reverence and admiration for ROYAL E GLISH OPERA, COVE his Royal Hi g h ness t h e late PRINCE CONSORT U n der the Manae:n of ARDEN. Miss Louisa Pyne and W T-G e r Ivn.tHars Romantic Opera, THE rison. than by the f oun d at i on o f th i s very order of merit, M. las Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne ; T HIS EVENING. this most a p propr i ate and characteristic symbol of DESERT FLOw-%-- Corri. A. Cook, and W. Harrison. Flo h . nour--t companion order, even in name, to Messrs . W. H. Weiss , .,_ n open half-p _Doors at ast Seven. C o nductor, .Mr. A. Mello • C o mmence at Eight . order of peaceful merit to be known and aspired after, and cherished 'when won, as The Albert Cross? An order of merit of this particular kind has often been thought of, has occasionally been suggested—but never under this name, never as thus distinctly associated with the memory of his Royal Highness, never coupled with a title so signally and resplendently signifi cant. And this radiant symbol of " The Albert Cross," if but once called into existence by the man date of our beloved QUEEN, would infallibly become an enduring commemoration of the peculiar glory won by her MAJESTY'S princely husband in the annals of England as the patron and promoter of the arts and the sciences, of that literature and of that philanthropy, the wondrous combination and co-operation of which are every day tending more and more visibly and appreciably to aid the steady and rapid advancement of modern civili sation. What The Victoria Cross is as the reward of Heroism upon the Battlefield-7he Albert Cross would at once become as the recompense of the beneficent achievements of the artist and the philanthropist, of the man of science and of the man of letters. As among the gallant hearts rewarded by the bestowal of The Victoria Cross, that symbol might be regarded as equivalent to the crowning of the brave man's brow with a wreath of laurel—so among the recipients of the Albert Cross, that new symbol might, in its turn, come to be regarded typically as an equivalent to a garland of oak. A few simple words of Normall French, spoken in the name of her MAJESTY, la .Reine le Veut, can, any session, transform an inani mate Bill into a living Enactment. One single word written by the hand of her MAJESTY—the sign manual of the Sovereign —can, any day, im part supreme authority throughout the realm to a mere scrap of parchment. May we not hope that in the interests of those arts and sciences, of that literature and of that philosophy which were throughout his pure and noble life so dear to the heart of his Royal Highness the late PRINCE CON SORT—may we not hope that, in commemoration of their having been so dear to his heart, and in com memoration, also, of his own elevated and beautiful reputation—the QUEEN'S gracious mandate may be pronounced, the QUEEN'S Royal signature may be penned, calling this now order of The Albert Cross into existence ? THEATRE 110' CAL DRURY- LANE.- Manag ers, Messrs. E.. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, (.TON ETO TEXAS. Mr. Walter Lacy and Miss Murray. A.lter which. Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Messrs. t helps, Ryder, Ra vner, M-agreson, Ward, Spencer ; Miss Heath. Miss E. Atkh ison, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss , Poole, Miss hitter, Miss Cicely 'Cott, Miss Heywood, and : iEr. Swift. To conclude with THE DEAL BOATMAN : Messrs. G. Delmore. F. Charles; Mi as R. Leclercq, and Mrs. Edmund Falconer. PRINCESS'S THF: ATR R.—Gre,t Success of HERRMANN. P:RESTIDIGITATEUR. HERR jlrlit RMANN has the horour to announce that, in conse quence , f the great succetts and flattering . recept on he has met with, he will continue his Performances, EVERY KVENING. until further notice. Commencing at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL HAY NI ARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVE ING, FINESSE ; or, Spy and counter Spy Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Buckstone, Chippeudale, Howe, W. FaTrell, Braid, and 1 3ordon ; Mrs. Dowton, Miss L. Angel, Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Miss Wright, dte. - - After which, CHARLES THE TWELFTH : Messrs. A Bnekstone, Compton, Howe, and Miss L Keeley. Concluding with THE GALLICIAN FETE. Commence at 7. NEW THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELVFII.- Sole ProDristor and Manager. Mr. B. Wpbster. THIS EVENING-, at 7, THE TitAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs. Sti ding. At 8 , the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by 3 fessrs.Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips , Billing-ton, Stuart, A. Wood, Eburne, Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Biiiington. To conclude with CATCHING AN lIEIRE6S : Miss Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood. I-I.—The celebrated ISS BATEMAN.—L E A young American Actress, Miss BATEMAN, having an her first appearance in the New Drama of LEAH ob tained the most triumphan, and enthusiastic success that has been wi nessed for many years, and the profound impression created by her impersonation a the character ot LEAH u p on a c oi,vded audience h Lying been completely ratified by th e unanimous verdict and critical approval of the entire Daily Press, the manacrer ot the NEW ADEL PHI THEATRE',has the honour to announce that M ss BAT EMAN will appe in the New D rama of LEAH EVERY EVENING till furtherr notice. _ 0 , yAL STRAND THEATRE . o - , 3.W.H. Manaer, Ir. Swanborough. R THIS EVENIgG, MIRIAM"; CRIME. Messrs. Honey, e lle, Belford, Turner, Miss E..Saville, and Mi s s M in d ers. ' -148;rosllowed by THE MOTTO, "I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Tnrner, K. Danvers, Collier, M es d ames Ada Swan- Honey,rOugh, F. Hughes, Weston, Thorne, W a ll ace, and Jenny bo White. To conclude with WHERE'S YOUR WIFE. Mr. Belford. Commence at 7. TriHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING I 2 TELLIGE4NCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIS DAY.—lforning, 3h. 21m.—Afternoon, 3h. 40m. To-ktoßsow.-Morning, 3h. 58m.—Afternoon, 4b. 16m. The Weather—Sun Office, Oct. 15, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 62 Barometer-29.63. Wind—North ; light, end hazy, with rain. It has been truly said that people never know when they are safe, and the accounts that have been recently received regarding sea-side lodgings go far to exemplify the fact. Nothing can be more reprehensible than the practice that has prevailed in some quarters of allowing persons to enter into houses from whence those afflicted with contagious diseases have only just departed. A letter to the 7imes of yesterday fully exposes this nefarious sys tem. A medical gentleman in practice at a fashion able watering-place has disclosed three cases, in each of which great blame must be attached to the parties concerned. A family went down for change of air, but were lodged in a house where the scarlet fever had been raging some time before they came. The children fell ill, and subsequently the mother also caught the malady, and died. Here was a sad affliction befalling a family from want of common care and due precaution. The next incident mentioned might have prc duced effects still more disastrous, and have given rise to a wider spread disease. A friend was on the point of engaging apartments fora re lative, when, on returning to see the bedrooms, that were not vacant before, he came upon a hearse, which was taking away a coffin that had been re moved from one of the bedrooms that were about being let. It seems almost incredible that people should go on in this way, and endanger health, and risk life for the sake of a little extra gain. Their wanton negligence is rendered the more inexcus able when it is remembered that it is precisely those who come to the seaside for change of air who are the most liable to catch the infectious diseases hovering about, from the fact of their being exhausted with the beat of the weather, the fatigues of business, and the oppressiveness of town life. Those who constantly reside at the watering-place would not be in near') so much danger, even if they, were exposed to the risk, which they are not. A gentleman, who was just recovering from the small-pox, went down to the seaside, and in the even- ~iT~e 7 .r4 - 1w Sum LONDON, THURSDAY, OCT. 15, 1863. THE ALBERT CROSS. The Noblest Monument of all has yet to be raised under the above title to the memory of the "great and beloved husband" of our revered and mos' gracious SOVEREIGN. The foundation of an Order of Merit so entitled would, beyond all doubt, serve in the most effectual manner to commemorate to after times the peculiar lustre appertaining to the reputation of his Royal Highness. Already within the last few years of her MAJESTY'S reign two glorious orders have been established—The Star o. ladia and The Victoria Cross. It is as a companion to the one last-mentioned, to The Victoria Cross, that we would now see the Albert Cross founded, organised, and distributed. 7he Victoria Cross has already become the most dearly prized and the most ardently coveted among all the rewards of valour that could by possibility be bestowed by the SOVEREIGN of these realms upon an English. man. Let The Albert Cross be so founded BO organised, and ao distributed that, in its turn , it shall come to be thus regarded among all the loyal and patriotic subjects of the Crown, as the symbolical recompence of peaceful merit of all kinds—moral, social, and intellectual. An English Legion of Honour, designed to evidence the national recognition of distinguished ability, of good work done, of noble achievements. A ribbon unstained by a drop of blood. A cross nnblurred by a whiff of gunpowder. An Order of Merit iden tified always with peaceful avocations, with Art, with Science, with Literature, with:Philanthropy. A Cross of Honour to be awarded alike to the jag proceeded to an hotel, from whence he took lodgings. He returned "all right," but, says the narrator very truly, " will it be all right with those who, succeeding him in his rooms, have to use his blankets and bedding." Doubtless, from this known case of dereliction of duty, there have arisen numerous cases of severe illness, dis figurement, and even death. Now it seems time that this anomaly should be checked, and that some sani. Poet and the Philosopher, to the Painter and the Novelist, to the Architect and the Manufacturer. It is but the other day that one of the most princely benefactors of his age and country, that munificent man of taste who was the founder of the magnifi cent Gallery of the E nglish Scho o l o f P a i nt i ng which is called, after h is pa ow d n name, the SHEEP SHANKS' midst of us wi t h out away from the his o e noble gift o f th at c ollection, durin g his fo wl : hi lifetime, to the him, na tion at large, havi ng won either f rom th e people or from the Government , any, even the feeblest, symbolical indication of the gratefal admi ration which was certainly his doe. The establish ment of precisely the very kind of Order of Merit here hinted at—an Order of Merit that could not by possibility receive any more suitable name than the very one we are now suggesting, that of The Albert Cross—would, while at once satisfying a na tional want long felt, serve at the same time in the most signal and effectual manner to perpetuate the peaceful, stainless, bloodless, beneficent reputation won for himself in history by that BEAU IDEAL Or WHAT A PRINCE OUGHT TO BE, that "Prince in deed," as our Poet Laureate has emphatically called ! 1 . 413 , that Royal Patron of Letters, of th e Arts, and of the Scien ces , O ne o f w h ose b r ief but beautiful caree r this Albert Cross would be the most radiantly con spicuous and the most significantly appropriate of all commemorations . The foundatio n of the Order of Me Albert Cross would, a s a me mor ial of his Royal Highness, be far beyond nany raised in his n umber hoo of statues that could be ri:,Sovereign in broLz3 or marble—acrd ! And W of this realm could more appr opr i atel y Merit, fur the eucour a : foundent this noble Order of of the peacef u l ar t s and sciences, than the revered and beloved Co nsor t of his Royal Highness, the graci ous QUEEN of these Realms, who, so recently as only the day before yes terday, spoke of that lamented Pri nce Bo exquisitely and so tenderly! Proclaiming before hepeople; upon that occasion of h e r first appearanu e : ' public since the date of her bereavement, the devoted lo ve fur him that fills her heart, and that must throw a lasting gloom over all her future life _and, with that devoted love of the widowed QUEEN for the memory of that "great and beloved husband"--what ? they are her MAJESTY'S own words, remember—" unbouuded reverence and ad miration !'' How, more signally, attest this devoted .ary regulations should be enforced without delay. The fact is, that lodging-house keepers, as a rule (there are of course exceptions), are too greedy for money, and in pursuance of this object they forget that the society which supports them has a claim on their consideration, and that they make immense profits during the season, which cannot even afford them the excuse of need for their over reaching conduct. Without imposing any irksome restraint on the liberty of the subject, or adopting undue interference with business, it must be pos sible for the local authorities to make 80M6 altera tions in the present system. In all cases where a serious neglect of due precautions has arisen, let a heavy fine be exacted, an d th e l o d g i ng -h ouse k eeper be forbidd en to re- l et for a stated time—say a month —durin g which all purifyi ng processes can ta k e place. O ne of the chief causes that produce these disastrous casualties is the indifference that reigns in 80 rn a nY quarters affair o f t h eirs, ; people think it i s n o and if changes are p ropose d they are afraid o f giving offence, and hence all is left to jog on in the old routine. These lovers of expe diency are apt to forget that they are neglecting a solemn duty and ignoring a sacred trust. It is not always wise, right, or k ind to avoid annoying or i n rr c i u t m at b in e g ut o u th p e o r n s ;usontotdho so, if th e needs of society contrary, it i s at t i mes i or propri e ty require it, and the demands o f h ealth call for interference. The fault is not a ll with the lodging-house keepers, for the convalescents themselves aro often seriously to blame. Oae case is cit e d by Mr. JEFFERY , a s urgeon at EAstbourne, in which a lady, whose husband had died of the fever, and one of whose daughters had been very ill, came direct to Eastbourne on her re covery, and took rooms without having told the landlady of the case. " Two children, who came after, went into their rooms and died." The secret was disclosed by the lady's nurse mentiJning it to The proper remedy for the servants when too late. this cruel state of things would be for the magis trates to have each case of fever occurring in lodg- in g - house s reporte d to them. This would be an effectual check upon the careless, ill-advised proc‘.?ed lugs now t aking place, and in the course cf investi gation it Would be easy to detezmin- ? , which parties Tom]. - SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCFOBER 15, 1863. were in fault, the hirers or the letters of the apart ments. In all cases where fever had unavoidably broken out, some weeks should be ordered to elapse before any more lodgers are admitted. By this means the guilty would be suspended from their ill-gotten gains, and the ignorant and careless would be duly warned of the sad and serious consequences that re sult from inattention to sanitary precautions. The unfortunate class, also, who are afflicted with disease would be prevented from making more mischief, and spreading the contagion around them. Unless some due precaution is adopted speedily the evil will augment to such an extent that the healthy will dread the risk of visiting a watering-place. A reaction will be the consequence, and it will be difficult, if not impossible, for convalescents to get any change of air at all, for all lodging-house keepers will shun their approach. There is no reason why, with proper management, all sorts of cases may not be accommodated at watering places, and return, after their stay in the locality, re freshed by the change, or restored by the invigo rating breezes. If those who take in the sufferers, and their friends and relatives, make up their minds to use the right means for preserving their rooms against infection, the evil, except in serious cases, is not very likely to spread. On the other hand, if they do not, the public is of too much im portance to be trifled with, to suit their fancies, and the lives of many are not to be sacrificed to suit the prejudices of the ignorant, and the obstinacy of the wilful. It is often, unhappily, to be found that, when people are deaf and blind to the claims of honour, the calls of humanity, and the evidence of reason, they will be on the alert if they think that their interests are in any way affected by the ques tion in dispute. For some time past it has been a fruitful soiree of complaint in many quarters, that our tourists and travellers seek foreign shores for diversion, when health and happiness might abound at home, if they would only turn their steps in the right direction. Now, what can well tell more against the success and prosperity of our coast towns, than the rumour now so prevalent with regard to infection being rife in those localities ? It is idle to gainsay the truth of the assertion. The story has gone forth far and wide, and those whom principle and feeling will not influence may yet have cause to regret, if they do not repent, the short-sighted policy they have adopted, and the mistaken notions that have actuated them. Mak ing too much haste to be rich has worked many evils in this world, and given rise to grave and deplorable results. It is not surprising that the subjects engaging the attention of the Social Economy Department of the great autumnal assembly, the position of the Cotton Districts should occupy a prominent place. The condition and prospects of Lancashire have been during the year very frequently uppermost in men's minds, and the approaching advent of winter has lately brought the subject up again. So large a body of our industrial c l asses cou ld not su ff e r for so long a period with ou t th e i r m i sfortune b e i ng justly ranked as a fitting subject for national deliberation. There have been, too, and indeed still ere, so many conflicting views upon the matter, that a general discussion and argument were not unlikely to have satisfactory effects. Some are inclined to take a sanguine view of the case, and are ready to persuade themselves and others that the danger is already past, and that Lanc as hi re w ill b e hence f ort h happily Others, independent of extraneous assistance.' on the contrary, are inclined to form a most despond ing estimate of affairs : they look upon the cotton trade as hopelessly destroyed, and recommend wholesale emigration of the " hands." Others, again, occupy the middle position, and while admit ting the improved aspect of affairs, and the sound ness of hopes for future improvement, look forward to a lengthened period of uncertainty and depres sion. To the latter class belongs Mr- EDMUND POTTER, who read a paper on the present state of the cotton districts at the Edinburgh m eeting last week. H e i s b y no means d i sposed to exa ggerat e the prospects of the reviving trace, in fact, he rather underrates them. In common with many others he cites the present slow extension of the area of cotton cultivation in India as a proof that the undertaking never will be popular there, since even the present high prices have not succeeded in rendering it more general. Such reasoners forget that they must allow for the obstacles existing in India as to the purchase or cultivation of land, and that the first year or two's crop, grown under all preliminary difficulties,is not to be taken as a sample of what India can accomplish. There is no doubt that the quality end quantity of Indian cotton win both improve rapidly with a little time and care, and we have to thank the same prejudice as that which actuated Mr. POTTER, for the persistent neglect of all other sources of supply heretofore. With regard to the large emigration proposed by some persons as a panacea for all evils, we are glad to find Mr. POTTER expressing himself against any such scheme. He says, very justly, "Emigration is the natural safety valve of an overplus population, one sinking and starving on a non-productive soil, or hanging on a trade decaying for want of demand for some sup erse d e d commo dity ; but a h ars h , mischievou s an d cost l y reme d y wterewith to m eet what may b e c l asse d as a temporar y di srupt i on of a trad e ." I t i s so easy to get r id o f a di ff i culty b y laying it on other people's shoulders that emi gration has been all along a favourite remedy. We are to send these poor people across the seas, and so save th e trou b le, anxiety, and expense of provid ing for th em h ere. Respons ibi l i ties cannot, how ever, be so pleasantly disposed of, an d it i s very necessary is any to consider two p o i n t s b e f ore a t temp ti ng any whol esa l e scheme. The first is, whether there chance or prospect of the revival of the old trade; secondly, whether the emigrants could find work suited to their capabilities and experience at their journey's end. The first of these queries is now being answered satisfactorily by those most qualified to form a just opinion. The second is more than doubtful, and the gentleman who so strenu ously advocated it at the Edinburgh meeting would probably have been considerably puzzled if called upon to glve practical evidence of their words. It seems strange that persons should still be found to take so disparaging a view of affairs when the l as t returns aro so encouraging. It would of course be idle to expect a sudden lull tide of prosperity after so long and trying a season of sorrow and scarcity, but we have every ground for hoping that the im- provemcnt already perceptible will bo continuous, if gradual. It cannot certainly be laid down as a law that cotton will only grow on one portion of the globe, although it is n o t surpr ising that it should have hitherto been almost restricted to that spot, since the great cotton market drew ali its supplies from thence. The description of many of the older manufacturing towns given by Mr. POTTER fully confirms what has been said of the advantages offered by the Public Works Bill. As a proof of the great influence of crowded, ill-ventilated work shops on health, it was remarked by Mr, CHAD WICK that, not w i thstanding the distress, the death rate,instead of increasing, had diminished. it is to be hoped that the attention that has now been rurned to Lancashire, its people, and its mills, will ,ff ot a beneficial chan ge i n many of th ese particu lars, and will thus enable the toilers to reap some advantages from their long-continued distress, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] ANNEXATION OF POLISH GOVERN.. MENTS BY RUSSIA, BRESLAU, OCT. 15. The Breslauer Zeitung of to-day announces that an Imperial decree has detached the Government of Augustow and the district of Lomza from the Kingdom of Poland, and has declared them hence forth incorporated provinces of the Russian Empire. Ae aide-de-camp of General Mouravieff has already arrived in Suwalki to assume the office of Governor. FRANCE. PARIS, OCT. 15. An imperial decree, published to-day, says : " Considering the eminent services rendered to the Government by M. Billault, his obsequies will be celebrated at the cost of the public Treasury." The Emperor was not present at the opening of the Italian opera on account of the demise of M. Billault. The King of Greece arrived here last night at 8 o'clock. The Revue Nationale has received a second warn ing for an article by M. Lanfray, "depreciating the policy of the Emperor, and misrepresenting his acts and intentions in a manner calculated to excite hatred and contempt." The sudden death of AL Billault is very generally remarked on by the Paris journals, but the writers seem to have scarcely recovered sufficiently from the shock to enter at any length into an exianination of his career,in most cases confining themselves simply to expressions of regret for his loss. The Illoniteur has the following tribute t,) the departed states man :—" This unexpected blow has caused a painful emotion throughout the whole of France. M. Bil lault's death is not only a deep cause of morning for his family and friends, but is also an immense loss for the State and for the Emperor, whom he served with as much devotedness as talent and eloquence." The Constitutionne/ expresses itself in these terms—" The eminent services rendered by M. Billault to the Emperor and to the country, his elevated political intelligence, more and more striking proofs of which he was constantly giving, and his talents of the first order, had procured him the distinguished confidence of the Emperor and the esteem and admiration of the nation. IVI. Billault had been one of the first of the men of his generation to devote himself to the Empire He had been one of the first to understand that the Napcieonic tradition was destined to produce all the elements of greatness and prosperity. He had remarked how vain and sterile were those ob stinate party struggles which only aimed at oppos ing obstacles to each other. The Empire appeared to him as the era of realisation. He consecrated himself entirely to it, and was rewarded for that resolution by the glorious triumphs which he ob tained in his career. The labours o the statesman, political orator, and indefatigable servant to the Imperial dynasty filled up the existence of M. Bil lault. He had raised himself high in his more recent struggles, and everything announced that he would rise still higher. He has been stricken down in the prime of life, and in the splendour of his talent !" We find the subjoined passages in the Debats : " This is not the moment to enter into details con cerning the life of M. Billault, of his career as advocate, deputy, and minister, and of the illness which resulted in his premature decease. The men who have taken part in the affairs of France during the last thirty years, in the midst of so many agitations and incidentE, are necessarily exposed to very different judgments; posterity alone will definitively class them in their proper Places. But party spirit pauses, for the moment at least, before a tomb which has just opened, and we are convinced that all who have known M. Billault, adversaries or friends, will render equa justice to his talent as a speaker, his administrative capacity, and the amenity of his character. Every good citizen will accord regret to a man who formed one of the illustrations of Frauce." The Siecle is as little eulogistic as it can be with any propriety. It says Hi s political life is di vided into two very distinct parts. In the first part of his career, he was the ardent defender of representative institutions, and in the second he abandoned them.. The political historian will here after have to seek for the cause of that change. We shall confine ourselves for the present to saying that M. Billault was a man of great talent as a speaker, and of great ability in explaining from the tribune the ideas of the Imperial Gavernment, which will not be able to readily replace him." The Union, the Monde, and the .Nord merely mention the event. The Gazege de France has the sub joined :—" The death of M. Billault is a grave event. The talent and skill which he had recently displayed in explaining and, defending the Imperial policy rendered him, as it were, the parliamentary personification of the present regime. M. 8,1 lault was Minister of State, and since the last re organisation had been considered as the leader, or, in any case, the pivot, of the new Ministerial com bination, which has not yet been tried before the Chambers. If the principle of that combination is maintained, the official organ may be expected to publish shortly the nomination of a successor to M. Billault, which will be itself an event, from the special signification which it cannot fail to have, according the political character of the man who shall be chosen." BOURSE, Oct. 14.—The market is in a complete state of inactivity, with prices almost unvaried, Threes, for the Account, having alternated between 67f. 50c. and 67f. 60c., and being now at the former price. Mobilier slightly lower. Railway Shares offered, and rather lower. The market closed as follows : It per Cents 96 Po. end month — Italian Loan 73 50 Do. end month 73 55 New ditto ..• •• 73 20 Do. end month 73 20 Russian Austrian 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 55 Credit Mobilier 1168 75 Do. end month 1167 50 Bank Shares 3350 Credit Foncier 1325 - BAIL' Spanish - Homo Debt ...... 5 2 7 5 , AYB. ____ • __ Cash. Account. Orleans 9BO •• 983 7o Northern New ditto • Lyons and Mediterranean 1013 75 .. 961 25 Geneva 498 75 .. Southern Western Eastern .... 6lO -- .. 508 75 Sardinian 417 50 .. 417 50 Austrian Lotrlaq.rd ...... North of Spain .... 548 75 .. 550 Saragossa . Ditto to Barcelona .• • • 347 50 .. 350 INDIA, CHINA, AND AUS TRALIA. By the arrival of the Calcutta mail we have re ceived our private correspondence and files of papers from Calcutta to the Bth September ; Hong kong, 28th August ; Melbourne, 25th August ; Sydney, 21st August; and Auckland, to the 11th August. The Calcutta papers do not contain much news of interest. THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. The latest advises from Auckland are to the 11th of August. The New Zealander of the 4th gives a " carefully con sidered estimate' of a native army of 7,500 fighting men that could at once be brought into the field against the Queen's troops. Allowing one-third for contingencies, it remarks that " even 5,000 would be fuund a powerful ar ra y for our scattered line of defenders to en counter and arrest." aTthseomtoetathl amountsomething glike 5, ofoohoermMenajoefstayl'lsafromrcse, a very inadequates ma y be reckoned army to furnish garrisons for posts, and take the offensive in the field against an enemy whose tactics are eudden murder, and a bold stand behind their own entrenchments, or a trial of strength in manly conflict. It is said that Sikhs may be expected from India —the remainder of the 12th, 40th, and artillery (about 1,000 in all) from Australia and Tasmania ; reinforcements from England are likewise spoken of, and the general Government are reported to Wye decided upon raising levies in the Australian colonies ' ,erms. to the number of 5,000 men. All these, however, are yet but rumours; and in the meantime there is a growing in.. dication of an exodus of those who have lately come among us, and who are not yet compelled by law to enter into our militia. The field of conflict with the natives has been changed. The scene of ection is no longer at Taranaki, but on the Waikato, the csuntry in the rear of Waikato, and within 30 miles of the capital. Taranaki, at present, is all quiescent. Auckland, on the contrary, is in a state of feverish in quietude and excitement, the murderous natives swarming in the mountain ranges in General Cameron's rear, "weed ing" (as colonials phrase it) the solitary and defenceless settlers; dexterously avoiding to come in contact with troops in the open, but ever and anon exhibiting an unim pressionable front in advance. Individuals and families have been barbarously assassinated by these cowardly ruffians, who glory in such butcheries as superior instances of their skill in war. "Auckland, and the country for 40 miles to the south• ward, is one vast camp ; General Cameron occupying the most forward position at Koheroa. "The troops in the front consist of detachments of the 12th, 14th, and 18th Regiments, the greater portion of the 40th, the entire of the 65th, part of the 70th, Captain Mercer's artillery (partially mounted), and (local forces) portions sf the Auckland Rifle Volunteers, Auckland Militia Auckland Defence Corps (mounted), Otahuhu Royal Volunteer Cavalry, and Naval Volunteers; this local force being under the command of Major-General Galloway, late of the 70th Regiment. AMERICA. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) (Per City of Washington.) NEW YORK, OCT. 3. Nothing new has occurred at Chattanooga. There are various rumours afloat of disasters to Rosencranz, but the latest reliable accounts re present his army to be still undisturbed in their strong defensive position. General Meiga, re cently returned from Chattanooga to Washington, gives positive assurance that Rosencranz has nothing to fear from any attack that can be made upon him, and that his communications are com plete, and not seriously threatened. Confederate accounts represent General Bragg to be complete master of the situation, and that Rosencranz will soon be compelled to come out and give battle, when they are confident of his an ❑ihilation. It is generally admitted that no rein • 'orcements can reach Rosencranz from General Grant. Contradictory reports continue to come in con cerning the whereabouts and condition of General Buenside's army. A despatch from Bristol, Ten nessee, dated 29th ult., states that Burnside was retreating from Jonesboro', pursued by Confederate cavalry. This is flatly contradicted in Washington. Everything in General Meade's army remains unchanged. A reconnoitring party had returned and reported the entire corps of General D. H. Hill to be in strong position on the south side of the Rapidan. A large Confederate force was said to be in motion towards the Blue Ridge, and a movement down the valley of the Shenandoah was anticipated. The Confederates were reported 10,000 strong at Mount Jackson. A despatch to the Bichnzond Examiner states that General Weitzel had been defeated and killed at Napoleon, La., by the rebels under General Dick Taylor. This report is not generally believed, al- though General Weitzel, on his return from the Sabine Pass expedition, had gone on another expe dition with his division, and had not since been heard of. Affairs at Charleston remained unchanged on the 26th, Gen. Gillmore was erecting seige guns and making preparations for a general attack. Con federacy journals express every confidence that the city will not be taken. A terrible state of anarchy existed in the border counties of Missouri, the Kansas Abolitionists, at latest accounts, were desolating the whole country, under command of Gen. Jim Lane and Col. Jennison. Thousands of the inhabitants had sought refuge in the forests, their houses being destroyed. A delega tion from Kansas waited recently on President Lin coln, and demanded the removal of Gen. Schofield from the command of that department, and re quested that General Butler be placed in command. It is thought the President will accede to their demands. Several persons were arrested a fews days since in St. Louis, and placed in irons, charged with being engaged in a conspiracy to burn all eteamers in the Western waters that are of service to the Government. A cypher letter was found which, on being deciphered, disclosed a well organised plot to effect the object of the conspirators. The matter is being thoroughly investigated. A grand municipal reception was given on Thursday to the officers of the Russian fleet. Three brigades of troops paraded. In replying to the addresses of May, r Opdyke and the aldermen, Admiral Lisoffski confined his remarks to the occasion entirely. A great Republication Ratification meeting was held on Wednesday evening at the Cooper Insti tute, Resolutions were passed endorsing the Eman cipation and Confiscation Acts, and the entire course of the Administration, including the suspen sion of the habeas corpus. Governor Seymour and the peace party were severely denounced, and charged with being the cause of the late Federal reverses. Vice-President Hamlin, in a speech of some length, indulged in severe vituperation of Democrats and peace men. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, OCT. 2 (P.M.). Breadstuffs—Flour active, and prices improved; to-day's sales comprise 19,200 brls. State and Western, 2,600 brls. Southern, and 670 brls. Cana dian. Superfine State and Western, 5 dols. 10c. to 5 dols. 45c.; extra State, 5 dols. 60c. to 6 dols. 250.; common to choice Western, 5 dols. 70c. to 9 dols. 25c.; Canadian, 5 dols. 70c. to 7 dols. 60c.; Southern, mixed to good, 6 dols. to 6 dols. 95c.; extra do., 7 dols. to 8 dols. 10c. good to choice family do., 8 dols. 15c. to 9 dols. 250.; rye flour, superfine, 5 dols. 10c. to 5 dols. 60c.; corn meal, 4 dols. 355 . t) 5 dols.; do. puncheons, 22 dols. 50c.; wheat active and higher— receipts amount to 42,000 bushels ; sales, 158,000 bushels, at 1 dol. 50c. to 1 dol. 58c. for Western white ; 1 dol. 43c. for Ambor Western ; 1; dol. 35c. for red ditto; 8 dol. 28c. for New Chicago. Oats more advancing—Canadian sold at 660, t o 73c. ; Western, 73c.; Slate, 74c. Coffee firm, but quiet—Rio, 301 c. to 32c - ; Java, 37c. to 38c. ; Ceylon, 32c. to 33c. ; Maracaibo, 30c. to 321 c.; San Domingo, 26c, to 27c. Cotton, firm and active—Stiles, 3,100 bales, at 80c., and 85c. for middling. Sugars more active—Sales, 3,000 hogsheads, at 3 0 . for New Orleans; 121 for Cuba. 'fallow.—Sales 250,000 lbs. at lla to 111. Tobacco.—Sales good. 447 hhds. Kentucky sold at 9.1. to 21 4 -Ic.; 3,820 cases seed leaf at 14i to 20 cents. Wool.—Sales of 350,000 lbs of fleece, at 62c. to 70c. ; 100,000 lbs., pulled, at 59c. to 70c. ; 700 bales Atrican and 1,000 bales Western on private AN ANECDOTE of one of Herr Von Bismark's German colleagues. The Kladderadatsch had illus trated several caricatures of Herr Von Beust, the ingenious Conservative Saxon Premizr. Herr Von Beust presented one of his friends, who was on the point of starting fo r Berlin, with one of his photographic likenesses, saying, "Please to hand this picture to the editor of the laaddera datsch, who his lately been honouring me by an intense interest for my person• I have, however, remarked with infinite regret that he posieesee no good portrait of THE POLISH INSURRECTION. POSEN, Oct. 9. The Warsaw correspondent of the Posencr Journal gives the following pictures of the present condition of the Polish provinces If a shot is fired from your house, the dwelling will be pillaged and confiscated, and you yourself brought before a court-martial. The same fate is in store for you if any person's life is attempted in front of your abode or in your courtyard. If arms or anything of a suspicious character are discovered in the rooms of one of your tenants, you will have to answer it before the court-martial. If a suspected person is arrested in your house, you will he brought before a court-martial. If any one commits a crime in the streets, and takes refuge in your house, you will be brought before a court-martial. If the wind puffs out the light in the entrance hell of your house, you will b.) punished with the full severity of martial law. Unfortunate proprietors of Warsaw houses, on all sides the gibbet is your only prospect ! If an attempt upon the life of any one takes place within a house, all the inhabitants, without distinc tion of age or sex, are considered accomplices, and, as such, brought before a court martial. If before or within a house or in the adjoining courtyard a political murder takes place, all the inhabitants are responsible to a court-martial. Passers by, stopped in the street at the time of the event in case of the actual culprit's flight, are subjected to the punish ment which would have been inflicted upon the author of the attempt, had he been taken. Un fortunate tenants! unfortunate passers by ! who among you is sure of the morrow ? Workpeople in whose possession is found too large a quantity of objects capable of being used for equipping or pro visioning insurgents are brought before a court martial, and everything they have is confiscated. Unfortunat; workpeople, for you also the gibbet is prepared ! Landed proprietors upon whose estates insur gents may be, or across whose lands they have passed, equally with those who furnish provisions to the revolutionists, are brought before a court martial, their mansions plundered, then set on fire. Unfortunate landed proprietors, you live in mortal fear ! Officials who do not wear round hats, those who do not shave off their moustaches, and those who allow their wives and daughters to wear blacx gar ments, are considered favourable to the National Government. Therefore, they receive their dismis sal ; therefore, they are subsequently brought before a court-martial. Unfortunate officials, the sword of Damocles is also suspended over your heads ! In fine, we are all guilty, all condemned to death, and a drunken and licentious soldiery familiarises us with this death daily, hunting us through the streets with sabre cuts and bayonet stabs, not to mention the insults inflicted upon us by the Cos sacks with delight. Our situation grows more dan gerous from day to day. Yet all the brutal vio lence, all the refined cruelty, all the savage license and unexampled barbarities of Russia do not weaken the spirit of Poland. They nerve her, on the con trary, to combat the oppressor with energy and courage that defy defeat. A Ladlefull of " Punch," TILE EARTHQUAKE was felt in many parts of London. Old Beery, the churchwarden, declaring that when he came out of the Marquis of Granby the pavement hit him on the nose, and that his street door wouldn't let him get his latch-key in. GEORGINA—" Why, what's the matter with my little Poppet ?" LITTLE POPPET—" Oh, Aunty dear, Walter can't find his stumps, so he is making a wicket of my best doll I" BLACK AND WHITE.—The King of Dahomey is ex pected at St. Petersburg on a visit to the Emperor of Russia. After a short sojourn with Alexander the Second, his sable majesty will proceed to Wilna, and stay some time with General Mouravieff in order to witness the butcheries which are going on in Poland. QUESTION FOR THE CLERK OF ST. BRIDE'S.—Why is a very stout bridesmaid like a first-rate bottle of claret ? Because she's all body and bouquet. A SATISFACTORY EXPERIMENT was made last week with Mr. Cartis's apparatus in the Charger gunboat at Sheerness. The principle is difficult to describe in our space, but the purpose is to facilitate steering and turning the vessel, and this it accomplishes with neatly the same celerity as the double screw, completing the circle in little more than two minutes in the space of the vessel's length. It does not, however, possess the advantages of the double screw, on account of its exposure to injury by the rudder or sternposts being struck, which, in this re • spect, are no better protected than the present screw, There fore, however successfully it may be applied to existing ships, it is not calculated to interrupt the steps now taken to bring that important improvement into operation. PREPARING FOR INDIA.—Those who had never made the journey before, appeared to expect that their Indian experiences would commence as soon as they left Southampton, By much reading of guide-books they brought their minds into a state which rendered it impos sible to call their lunch anything but tiffin, or their cigars anything but cheroots ; and I believe that but for the ruth less prohibition of the cold weather they would already have began to don their white clothing, of which they had, with a prudence quite unnecessary, kept out a supply for impos• Bible contingencies. By talking to the old Indians on board —who gavethemselvesairsof superiority—they had actually picked up whole phrases of Hindustanee in the first few days, which they aired remorselessly, to the confusion of appropriateness and the bewilderment of comprehension. They bought Government Manilas (made in the Minories) of the stewards, by way of training, and realised in the begin ning a no uncommon end,by making themselves thoroughly sick of the country t) which they were bound.—Dickens' s All the Year Round." PROGNOSTICS OF THE WEATHER.—OId expe rience lays down sundry wise saws. When the stars look larger than ordinary, it is a sign of change of weather. Very bright or double rainbows indicate long continued rain; the same when the rain smokes as it falls on the ground. Lightning in winter is a sign of coming snow, wind, or tempest. Bats flying about in unusual numbers announce that the next day will be warm and fine. Flies bite sharper and tease you more before a tem pest. When the gnats dance in the setting sunshine, some hold it a sign of fine weather to-morrow, while sceptics de • dare it is only a sign of flue weather to-day. If it rains on the 3d of May, there will be no walnuts; if on the 15th of June, no grapes. Plenty of snow precedes an a b undant year; plenty of rain, the contrary . A rainy autumn spoils the wine of that threatensyear,fiennedautumnie mostly aptioyor followed p we o d f wheat next year. A by a windy winter; a w et spring and summer by a fine autumn. On the other hand, when the autumn is fine, the f o ll ow i n g spring is apt to be rainy,—.“ London Society" for October. A DANGEROUS PLAYTHING.—A lad dwelling with his parents in one of some cottages known as Radmore, near Portsmouth, a few day s s i nce f oun d an e ight-inch spherical shell on some of the adjacent mud lands of the harbour; after considerable labour he managed to deposit it in the garden plot in front of his home. On Saturday, about 4 p.m., th e l a d' s f at h er b e i ng absent from home "shrimping," the f ormer d eterm i ne d t o try if hi s prize was a loaded shell, and if so, to let it off. A train of powder was quickly laid to the half-filled fuse aperture in the shell, and the lad, at the other end of the small garden, fired the train. The shell exploded with a terrific roar. The inmates of the other cottages rushed out of doors in a state of terror, Scarcely a pane of glass was left unbroken, while doors and window-sashes were shaken from their fastenings. The cause of the mischief was found lying in the garden, bleeding and burnt by the fire from the explosion, but, strangety enough, untouched by any of the fragments of the shell itself, which were thrown upwards, and some pieces fell at an immense distance. A baker's boy, passing with his handcart of bread in a lane at the back of the cot tage, was thrown down by the force of the explosion, and found himself euddenly scrambling among his loaves on the ground. The poor boy who fired the shell was conveyed to the Landport Hospital, where his injuries were attended to, and hopes are given of his speedy convalescence. PLANTING TREES IN TOWNS.—In the first place, it should be seen that the plants, trees, and shrubs be moved with care. rhe trees should be moved from the nursery with as much mould as possible about their roots, and fresh soil should be at hand to fill the holes with, and some care should be taken that this is let in among the fibrous roots, pressed down firmly, and well watered, re peating the watering occasionally till the plants are started, and then freely us i ng t h e h ose over their tops at times. I believe the best time to plant trees in town is the latter end of February, if possible ; they then get nicely settled, and start as soon as the growing weather commences. The principal causes injurious to the vital it y of plants with which cultivators of gardens in large towns have to contend with are the evaporation of the juices of the plants by the extreme droughts of summer, and by carbonic influences, occasion ing shrinking of the vessels and consequent disease, as they miss those salutary dews so essential to vegetation, and which are seldom exper ienced in towns. To comp ere . sate for this as much as possible, a good washing wi t h the hose about once a fortnight over the trees and shrubs will clean off the soot and feed the plants, and an occa sional watering from a water-pot rose will prove of great service to the flower department.—llibbera's h'ardener's 41agazine, ginurt - i/Tar - THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND. BALMORAL, Oct. 13. The Queen went out yesterday morning, attended by Lady Churchill. In the afternoon the Queen, accompanied by the Princess oZ Prussia, and Princess Helena drove to Alt-na Guithasach. Princess Louise went out riding, attended by Lady Chu; chill. The Prince and Princess of Wales. ThP Prince of Wales and Prince Frederick of Denmark, attended by Captain Grey, rode on horse back yesterday. The Princess of Wales and Princess Christian of Denmark, took a carriage drive in the forenoon. Their Royal Highnesses, with the Princess Dagmar, took an airing in an open carriage in the afternoon. Mr. Jerry Barrett had the honour on Tuesday of submitting his large picture of " The Queen's Drawing-room in St. James's Palace to an inspec tion of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, his Majesty the King of the Greeks, and the members of the Danish royal family, at Marlborough House. The Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince and Princess Christian of Denmark, with the Princess Dagmar, honoured Mr. Theodore Jensen with a visit at his studio in Burners street, to view his full length portrait of theirßoyal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales in their State Robes. The Duke of Cambridge paid a visit to Prince Christian of Denmark at Marlborough House. Prince Christian of D e n mar k visited the Russian and French Ambassadors at their respective resi dences. Last evening the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince and Princess Christian of Denmark, with Prince Frederick and the Princesss Dagmar, honoured the performance at the Haymasket Theatre with their presence. In attendance were the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey, the Countess Reventlow, Captain Grey, Captain Lund, and Captain Casten schjold. DEPARTURE OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES FOR SANDRINOHAM,—This day at noon their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince and Princess Christian of Denmark, and their respective suites, left Marlborough-house for Sandringham, via the Eastern Counties Railway. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.--ThiS theatre was last evening honoured by a special command from their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, who, accompanied by the Prince and Princess Christian of Denmark, Prince Frederick, and the Princess Dagmar, arrived sufficiently early to see the first represen tation this season of " The Rivals," and remained for the farce of " The Bengal Tiger." PRINCE ALFRED.---His Royal Highness Prince Alfred returned to Edinburgh, from Aberdeen, on Tuesday night, accompanied by Prince William of Hesse. It is stated to be the intention of Prince William of Hesso to reside in Holyrood Palace during the winter, and to attend the classes at the University with Prince Alfred. QUEEN AMELIE has arrived at Claremont from Tunbridge Wells. The venerable ex Queen of the French is in good health. The Duke of Somerset left his official residence at the Admiralty yesterday for Stovor House, near Totness. The Duke of Newcastle has left town for his seat, Clumber Park, Notts. The Dake of Argyll leaves town to-morrow to loin the duchess and family at Inverary Castle, N.B. The Earl of Dudley is expected to arrive in a few days at Witley Court, his seat in Worcestershire, from Black Mount, his shooting box in the Highlands. The Earl de Grey left Carlton-gardens yester day for his seat, Studley Park, near Ripon. The Earl and Countess Somers left town yester day for Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire, for the winter. The Earl and Countess of 13Qlmore have left Brown's Hotel for Castle Coole. The Countess (Dowager) Spencer leaves town to-morrow for Hagley Hall, near Stourbridge, on a visit to Lord Lyttelton. Count Sponneck had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle at the Colonial-office on Tuesday. The Countess Alexandre and Mddile. Kodrof skoy have returned to the .Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn. street, from the Isle of Wight. Viscount Palmerston : left London yesterday for his seat, Broadlands, Hants. The Lord Bishop of London and Mrs. Tait are this week the guests of Lord and Lady Comber mere, at Combermere Abbey, Cheshire; and of the Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley, at Cholmondeley Castle, in the same county. On Saturday next, we believe, the bishop and Mrs. Tait are to join the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone at Hawarden Castle, near Chester, the seat of Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart., brother-in law of the right hon. gentleman, for a few days. Lord and Lady Chesham have arrived in Gros venor-square from Latimers, Bucks. Mr. and Lady Harriet Wegg Prosser leave town this week for Cannes, to pass the winter months. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood will leave town at the close of the week for Hickleton Hall, York shire. THE EARL OF LEITRIM.—The Eventng Post of last night says :—The Earl of Leitrim has been superseded in the Commission of the Peace for the counties of Donegal, Leitrim, and Galway. ASSAULT ON THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.-- On behalf of the Duke of Buckingham, Mr. Slack and Mr. Robertson applied to the city magistrates, on. Tuesday last, for a summons against Messrs. Geo. and Wm- Norton, commercial travellers, of Reading, on a charge of assault. The bench granted the application, fixing the hear ing of the case for Saturday next. We understand that •Lhe alleged assault took place on Friday at the Bath RailwaY Station. The Duke arrived here by the eight o 'clock train, from Teignmouth, accompanied by the Duchess and other members of his family. After they had alighted, and whilst his Grace was engaged in removing some packages Messrs fr . Nomorttenare stated to compartment i h n a w ve hi p t h theyed rudely against the him, in order to get into the carriage. Whether their con duct was resented we cannot say, but, as we are informed, the commercials seized the Duke, dragged him out of the compartment, handled him very roughly, and actually gave him a shaking. High words followed, and one of the Nortons is said to have struck at his Grace, the blow reach ing the front of his hat and knocking it in. The Duke came to Bath on Tuesday, from Oxford, specially to take out summonses against his assailants.—Bath Chronicle Oct. 15. THE KING OF PRUSSIA AND PROFESSOR VITt• CHOW.—A letter from Berlin to the Correspondent of .Auremberg says is related that during her last stay at Gotha Queen Victoria, in conversing with the King of Prussia, who was paying her a visit, spoke to Wm/ among others, of Professor Virchow, and of the g re at esteem in. which his physiological works ware held ill England. A few days after the King met the profess or in a p r omenade . Accosting him, he said to him, "The Queen of England. has heard of you. lam proud of having at the "University of Berlin professors so celebrated ; only it is a pity that you concern yourself with politics, and that you vote with the democrats." M. Virchow immediately replied, Sire, what you tell me places me in a situation similar to that of the French artilleryman in the French campaign of 1792. That artilleryman had been made prisoner, after defending himself heroically, and King Frederick William said to him, only it is a pity that you are im ti for such a bad cause.' Citizen William,' re plied the republican volunteer, let us speak of something fi , g , h Yo n u 4 ar e a bravo soldier; else; we shall never agree on that subjeet.' AUTUMN LEAVES. —In the garden, currant busheti and laburnums decay first, even while the foliage round them is still green, Indeed, most fruit , bearing trees and bushes begin to lose their leaves as soon as the fruit is mature. Apple trees, however, are an exception, the young summer shoots fluttering their bravery of verdure through all the early frosts until quite the end of Novem ber. When these leaves fall, the pruner knows he may use his knife. The first appearance of autumn in the orchard is i nvar i a bl y among the walnut-trees. The mul berry, which puts on its s ummer foliage latest of ou r familiar trees, and is generally supposed to lose it at the first frost, is even stronger than the walnut, aril waves beautiful head of the deepest green leaves long after that tree has become ragged and unsightly. The ash, if it bear; many keys, is perhaps the next in succession to lose its leaves. Many ashes bear no seeds, and then they abound. in foliage, while their more fertile brethren look the picture of misery. The high winds, which generally set in with the end of September, soon cause the acacia to be in distress —while even at the end of August the white poplars have lost all their beauty, and many of their leaves. As an orni thologiat can, within a very small margin, tell the exact day of the year by noting the arrival and departure of the migratory birds, and the botanist construct a floral time piece by remarking at what hours of the day the differen t flowers close and expand, so a lover of the country migh t almost exactly hit upon the precise period of spring's ar preach or autumn's decay, by observing what hues wer e predominant in.the foliage around him,—Once a Week. B (_;< In E: