The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-14 00:00:00

irloyAL ENGLISH OPERA ja i COVENT-GARDEN . Under the Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, for the 19th time, lle's new Opera, BLANCH NEVERS : Miss Loui Ball e s new Opera, 13IANCil DE NEVERS MjS Lowsa Fyne, Miss Anna Mies, miss Emma Heywood ; Messrs. W. H. Weiss, H. Cord, A. Cook, A. ht. Albyn, C. Lyall, J. Rott.e, and W. Harrison. To conclude with the Second Act of THE DEsEET FLOWER. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past Sl—Commence at Seven. rill EATR E ROYAL DRURY - LANE. - _IL Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. 'CMS EVENING, her Majesty's , Servants will perform the Farce of MY t4;_ , A.Rl."b IN THE HIGHLANDS: charac t e rs by Mr. .1. Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Warde, Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss liarfleur. After Nvhich, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Messrs. r helps,.Ryder, Rayner, Moagreson, Ward, Spencer ; Miss Eburne, Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss Ritter, Miss Cicely 'Nov, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. _ . Followed by LPEAUTY OH THE BEAST. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, Spencer, and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss Leclerq. THEATRE ROYAL D'l4 U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs, Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. NOTICE.—The Public are respectfully requested to take notice that the extensive Sceuical preparations for he Christmas Pantomime will compel the withdrawal on Satur day, Dec. 19, for a period extending o. er the Holidays, of Lord Byron's MANFRED. THIS EVENING the oerformances will commence with MY k/EART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. After which, commencing at a Quarter before Eight o'clock, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy of MANFRED. Mortals: Manfred, Mr. Phelps; Abbot of St. Mauric-, Mr. Ryder; a Chamois Hunter, Mr. A. Rayner ; Manuel (an aged Retainer), Mr. Neville ; Herman (a young Domestic in the Castle of Manfred), Mr. G. Weston ; Itetainors, Messrs. Bedford, Weaver, Kirk, Wilson, Smith, and Edwards. Immortals : Arimanes (Ruler of the Evil Agencies), Mr. Warde ; Ariel (Spirit of the Ether), Miss Emma Heywood ; llesper (Spirit e of the Stars), Miss Louisa Ritter ; Undine (Spirit f_ .ss the Waters). Miss Poole ; Meserima (Spirit of Memory). ;31,:.5.. Cicely Nott ; Auster (Spirit of the Storm), Mr. S ft tarots (Spirit of the Earthl.Mr. Meagerson ; rubes (Spirit of the Shadow of Night), Mr. Ryder; Titanos (Spirit of Mountains), Mr. G. Spencer; Nemesis (Goddess of Vengeance),. _ . . 1. Mrs. Edmund Falconer; Clotho, Lache ,is, and Atr . opo, tl Three Destinies—Miss Emma Atkinson, Mi. and Miss Murray ; the Phantom of Astarte,_ . u l rne ; Evil C_ ll lN ss s es i t ze on m ; Leelerq ; the Witch of the Alps, lilies M. ED Weird World, Agencies and Spirit Spectres of the J. Messrs. T. Matthews, J. Morris,_ of the Choir and the Sseymour, Miss Harfleur, Mrs. MelvillCe°,rral‘laresk.' War low,Miss and the Ladies and Gentlemen Aet I.—Scene Ballet. Order and character of the scenery. 1 : Studio and Gothic Gallery sitCaesttlteh.e 3Sucnenge_ 2 : a Precipice and Glaciers neari nt the a n S t u r m ed m . trau. Act IT.- Scene 1: 2: one t ote t S h t e ein C h h a a ch ni , oi s s the Alp:, Hunter and Alpine Pass. Valleys among, H tof the Witch of the T he Scene Ch 2 a Waterfall, in one of tne Lower and Over'hanging Cliffs, the aunt still arcta the torrent with the Alps. " The sunbow's ray. ndicular." Scene 3 : The Snow- many hues of heaven, and s roll the sheeted silver's waving column o'er the crate e . capped Summit of thsePfEnegfrau, by Moonlight. Scone 1: The Hall of Arimanestinint_h.e N e ther World, painted by M i. Ac Danson and Son. Scene 1: Terrace and Ext er i or of Castle. Scene 2:, The Turret Studio, the Magian's Mid night Haunt. Shook_:!..ndshlilnir B i o n l e t d an b d y ac T a h s t i ll i Zr i Zt v e a r l n a l l; g e d - finally Destroyed by r la —Scene • Alpine Waste er Wilderness. P • Pro- Last Scene : A Snowy and Choruses—Act T. erarame of the Sons\Aewless Spirits to the m • , I ' 34s float Responses of agian s Invoca tion.oMortal to thy biddinmbow'd '' Miss E Ist Solo, "In the blue " ' MI" 2d Solo, depth of the waters," Heywood : qd 'solo " I am Miss Poole ; - . ' ', the rider a the Swift ; Septette Misses wind," Mr. Nott, Mr. , Poole, Hey wood, Cicely - .Swift, and chorus ; The %pre ", "tie hen the eat:on —Solo, 1 e . _, Moon is on t he W ave, " Miss Ci c ely Nott ; Solo, ' 'lli ugh th y Slumber may be deep." Miss Poole ; Chorus, by the whole Choir. Act. IL--- cene 3 : Solo and Chorus, " The Captive Usurper," Miss Cicely Nott and Chorus ; Song, " The Ship sailed on, the Shic , sailed f as t," Miss Emma Heywood. S one 4—Grand Choral Hymn of the Evil Ag;encies, " hail to our Master, Prince of Earth and Air." solo verses by Mr. Swift, chorus by full Choir : Ju bilant Chorus and actompanying Dance, by full Choir and the Ballet. Act lll.—Last Scene: Grand Dual Chorus of Good and Evil Spirits, by the Principal Singers and Full choir. The general action of the tragedy arranged by Mr. Phelps. The incidental dances designed and directed b 7 Mr. Corn-tack. Costumes from desfens b R W Keene, lesq and y R. W. ., from l e laxman'R IlillStratiOlifil t Ciassical and Mythological Conceptions. Machinery by Mr. J. Tucker and Assistants. Gas Illuminations by Mr. J. Hinckley. Spectral illusions by Mr. Cox, under the direction of Mr. Telbin. The whole of the entirely new scenery designed and principally painted by Mr. W. Telbin, assisted by his son, Mr. 11. Telbin. The Hall of Arimanes painted by Mr. Danson and Sons. The Increased orchestra and present arrangement of the music, Groinally composed by Sir Henry Bishop, under the direc tion of Mr. Barnard. The choir under the direction of Mr. Charles Beale. To conclude with BEAUTY OR THE BEAST. I Private Boxes Us. 6d. 21s. .CI Ils. Gd., .£2 2s X 3 :la., and XI 45.: Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, 4s. ; First Circle, , 3s. ; Boxes, 2 s•; Pit, 25.; Lower Gallery. ls. ; Upper Gallery. Gd. No half-price. 13,x office open trom Ten to Five daily. Doors open at half-past Six, commence at Seven o'clock. Stage Ala/lager, Mr. Phelps. THEATRE ROYAL HAYNIARKET.— Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, A GAME OF SPECULATION. liessrs. Chas. Mathews, Glippendale, W. Farren, Rogers, Clark, Braid, Gordon, &c. ; Mesdames Fitzwilliam, Griffith, &c. Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. 3fesFirs. Charles Mathews, Compton,Weathersby, , ..tc.; Mesdames C. Mathews, L Keeley. Griffith, &c. With COM. AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews. And LITTLE DAISY. Commence at 7. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. AA/ Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE NIONIO (a Triumphant Suczess) will be repeated Every Evening' until further notice. TIiIA EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled 'UNCLE BABY : Mess's. Widdicombe: J.G. Shore, Charles ; Miss P. LeAercq, and Carlotta Leelercq. After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMO TO, a Love story, in Twelve Tableaux, t aken from Stondhal's Milan Chronicle by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, lir.u;g - he,m, Emery. Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, Jlrs. Lce, and Bliss Elsworthy. Doors open at half-past 6—commence at 7. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE-ROYAL, un d er n e w Management, will OPEN for the Winter Season on BUYING NIG lIT. N EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL- Propriwtor q.nd Manazor. MI. W.tder. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY ITORSEBREAR ER. Messrs. J. L. Toole. Paul Bedford, and Miss Woolgar. At 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Bth week or Miss Mite- r - nail, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, RH linczton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburae ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billingten. To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J L. Toole. Commence at 7. LEAH. -EVERY NIGHT. VILISS BATEMAN.—LEAII.—Trus EVENING, t- the Gad appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss P.A rEM , K AN, in the character of lATI. In consequence of th e unbe,unded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso- Zion of the principal character in the new Five Act Drama nll:%All has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce otZ it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further ~,,, ti () YAL STRAND THEATRE. Tn is tv Manager, Mr. IV. H. , Sv,anb , o f r l o s ugh. Roney t . ENING, MI RIAIP.n C !H. K. Messrs. Geo. Mand e ' r ,. ar aelle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss Followed b y , Return of US 08 th time) PATIENT PEN ELOPE ; or, The Swauboro ugt a '',!,'! ; _ imEWMessrs. honey and Fenton ; Mesdames After which , Nt , 6 pson. —X N PLACE. Mr. A. Wood. Commence at 7. --_____ 51 41'4' 4 " eki, ROYAL SM:2ILER'SM iaa -WELLS tt. THEATRE. TILLS EVENING, Marrio itON11"0 AND JULIET. Romeo. ?hies Marriott ; Mereatio, 14 . ,: . - } , , E. t:•11l 8 Friar, Mr. W. D. Juliet, Gresham ; 31I" Ilittdelbert ; e N P ur'se, Mrs. Wallis. To coWiude with THE °R NA'S OF GLENCOE. Boa-office open t rout 11 to 4. OFIH „ ~ ,H IRD EDITIONthe Latest SPORNT(‘? " THE SUN," of INTELLIGENCE, Cont d al E n v in e lT ry 3all be ha K. GLEN lE. NEwa Even No. 4, Co nnaught-terrace ityde2park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON 'lt, ---'-7'-------- IS D IDGE AY.—Morning, 4h. "20a1.—Aft.ir 400; 44. 40m. • M °•"-rowRow.-31on:C.n,,Y.,, sh. 51 a. —After no „ .• 5h .40m. 30m. The Weather---• Sun Office, Dec. 11,1813-3:- THERMOMET ER• This day at T wo o'clock ..... ............ ... Barometer-30. 3 7. ; light, and fine.. ( cut '1 A 41111,, TEE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, D Lie Ai 13 " S „ LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 14, 16G3. As :kn.. COBDEN took occasion to remark the other day, in his most intemperate letter to our principal contemporary, but a very few weeks Toro and Parliament will have reassembled. It "tiona there are in abundance for its early t'uise rn b, • an T• ! Foremost oolong th.2se, the e r t .)::Z: n li i na t ry pass to which our Foreign s olve been brought by her MAJESTY'S A Trine ,:cretary of State for that Department. many dirteti on 8 ') remark a bl e , i n i ts way , i n unnatura , that ( n ot by an y means , lls) ? lilt tirs (not alt oge th er un f oun d e d) got about receatl y m h o ci ng Mat Rai RUSSELL, the Clubs, to the eff ec t to resign , or had again eith er b een constra i ne d perversely resigned him self, of his own fr ee will, after having once more done _ as much mischi ef as he possibly could to the Admi nistration of wh ich he had ag,iitl with his cus t omary ability contrived to become theMarplot. Wh atev else might be though t of the prese nt Cabinet ber those who aro not among the numb er of its avowed partisa n su pporters, there can hardl y b e two opi n i ons as to th e course now for som e time past peraiated in by the noble Earl the Foreiv Secretary, That Course has been marked out for himself by one who is notoriously as self willed as he is un questionably and most irritatingly self-opinionated. It has been, at one and the same time, the develop ment and the exaggeration of a policy as feeble in acts as it has been loud and ostentatious in lan guage. How Not To Do It is the key to the whole mystery of it, as it is in effect, according to our Great Humourist, the clue through the whole labyrinth of Circumlocu tion. Precisely, as in the matter of Reform, Eirl RUSSELL now superciliously advises the nation to Rest and be Thankful—so does ha now cynically affect to assume a very grand bearing, indeed, as the representative abroad of English Public Opinion,',a very grand bearing, indeed, in the man ner of his diplomatic correspond ence ! His negotia tions, first with one foreign power and then with another, always ending meanwhile either in a fiasco or in a collapse. Everybody remembers how grossly he blundered in the matter of Schleswig-Holstein months ago. We all have a painful recollection of the anti-climax closing the noble earl's exchange of despatches with Prince GORTCIIAKOFF in regard to the affairs of Poland. While, as for his American policy we can but still look painfully askance at that truckling towards the Federals evi denced by the precipitate embargo laid upon certain steam rams in a shipbuilder's yard at Liverpool To Lord RUSSELL we are indebted for an excess of irritability that has, at one extremity of the earth, led to a rupture of friendly relations with the Brazilian Government, and to an excess of passion that has resulted, at the opposite extremity of the earth, that is in Japan, to the lamentable and, for England, most discreditable destruction, in cold blood, of the unfortunate city of Kagocima. Finally, as the last achievement of Earl RUSSELL in his capacity as chief at the English Fo reign Office, was the result of the recent correspondence between the Governments of Eng land and France, in regard to the EMPEROR S proposition of a Congress. A correspondence so closed that England may be said, thereby, quite plainly and accurately to have assumed a wholly ex ceptional position in regard to France—the position, that is, of a sneering cynic who goes out of his way to be guilty of a gross rudeness where nothing certainly has been in any way called for but the extreme of courtesy. England may be quite right—probably rs quite right—in declining to take part in a Congress—but, at any rate, she could have intimated that, as her decision, without doing so in a manner almost insolent, beyond any doubt of it to the very last degree most irritating and super cilous. Remembering all which pleasant illustra tions of the agreeable consequences of our having Lord RUSSELL in authority at the Foreign-office, we cannot but feel an inexpressible satisfaction in reflecting that Parliament will now, in a very little while longer, have come together in February. It is an old saying and a wise one, that extremes meet, and we may see some illustration of the ruism every day. In no case is its accuracy more vividly shown than in the similarity existing between despotisms and democracies in many im. portant particulars. The tyranny of the few or of the many tends to much the same result; while constitutional law and civil liberty suffer nearly as much from the ono as from the other. The avowed enemies of freedom are scarcely more dangerous than her professed friends—the emphatic protesta tions of the Red Republican do not prevent him from following in the steps of the irresponsible dictator. The experience of all history tends to confirm this doctrine, for independent and outspoken citizens incurred as much risk in the days of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, as under the rule of the veriest despot that ever wielded a sceptre. By common consent the dominion of the friends of the people has been styled the Reign of Terror ; and, indeed, it would seem as if the elected sovereigns often feared opposition the most—possibly from the feeling that, being supposed to represent the sentiments of the populace, any suggestion that they were not adequately fulfilling the wishes of the majority must be especially dangerous. The inconsistency of a Republican Government issuing arbitrary laws and confiscating the civil rights of a people, has been latterly strikingly evidenced in the proceedings of the Federal Government. The sus pension of the Habeas Corpus Act, the imprison ment of peaceable citizens who had dared to lift their voices against the war, the expulsion of Mr. VALLANDIGHAM—a man of sufficient note to have been elected Governor of a State—have all afforded matter for surprise and regret on this side of the Atlantic. By the latest intelligence it would seem that despotism has proceeded a step further, and that the last onslaught has been made upon the freedom of the press. This step, which is always the herald of oppression, is doubly remarkable in a country like America, in in which the liberty of the Press has long been allowed to degenerate into license. The tone of the American journals, however little in accord ance with the manners and customs of this country, has always been singularly free and outspoken, and the American people are accustomed to comment on men and measures which we should consider libeilour. The muffling of the press is, therefore, an extreme measure, and it is, too, strange that it should be deemed necessary when the great body of the journals has been devoted to the cause of the Government. So universal was the feeling for war with the South, that any journalist who ran counter to it had no chance of obtaining a livelihood ; oven if his printing-office were left standing, he would have no sale for his papers, and American mobs are by no moans patient of opposition. It has been charged against the press and the pulpits of America that they have inflamed the passions of the people, that they have, for the sake of winning popularity and position, stimulated the popular frenzy instead of Striving to counsel moderation and peace. Yet the arbitrary doings of the Federal authorities a ppear to have outstripped the subservience of the pre ss, sad an enforced conscription, probably the precut % many more, has given occasion to the edict allud ed to. At Columbus, Kentucky, there has been great azi , ent owing to the enforcement of a conscriptiort :11 der issued by General HURLBUT. The same oo setaander, . who is apparently deter mined orderto artl ena 01 .8 atul; with the strong hand, promulgated the close of last month, pro newspapers in his department from discus singmeasures or the policy of the Government— thehibiting be held person a l ly editors to responsible for the violation of the order. Whether this arbitrary decree was called forth by any strictures on that enforced conecr i p tion is not suttee but s uc h Was dark ( l a probably the case. It is a 37 f or America when such decrees aro is sue d . The Northern States in fact, are under martial law though gov erned by their own leaders, and the authorities, civil and • military, hesitate at nothing. Such incidents aiee rd a curious commentary on American libe r t y which some of our professing Liberals would tdo well to study. The persistency with 'which the leaders of the Manchester school endea vour still to advocate the superiority of the Tran 2atlantic ways and manners is really s i ngu l a r in the face of such facts. Mr. COBDEN, who is never at a loss for a word against the press of his own •country, would probably approve of the clause by which editors are to be held responsible for any :infraction of the order. Such a stipulation is cer ..tainly more just and reasonable than the decree which visits the political offences of the manager on the printer; but the Americans had better take care that their military despots do not go a step or two further, and imitate the example of Prussia a little more closely. In fact, Herr von BISMARK would not be altogether out of place in the LINCOLN Cabinet. The same obstinacy, the same dogged determination to reduce his opponents to his will, the same over looking of popular rights, the Same political short sightedness and suicidal policy are characteristic of the administrators alike at Berlin and Washington, although the " go-a-head" Yankees and the delibe rate Germans have otherwise little enough in common. It is to be regretted that men in our own country, whose position and antecedents entitle them to respect, should persist in advocating the excellence of American institutions, apparently entirely oblivious of the fact, that men must draw their own conclusions from such acts as these, and that those conclusions aro not likely to be favour able to the training which produces, not only such readers, but the men who suffer them. In a brief note, addressed to the Marquis of HARTINGTON, referring to his recent speech at Haslingden, Mr. COBDEN takes the opportunity of disputing the accuracy of the observations made by the noble lord as to the principles of American education, and the defects in the national character which have been exhibited in the great struggle. The substance of these remarks expressed the views of a good many sound Liberals in this country, and few such will, we trust, be found to applaud the barbarous and tyrannical spirit in which the Northern States have carried on the war. America is no doubt passing through a time of grievous trial. A struggle of Titans is going on, whether for right ends or for wrong, and the acts of both sides must not be harshly judged. Still, with every disposition to leniency, Englishmen have stood aghast at the tales which have reached them of the doings of their own kindred race. It is as if the war were being waged in a spirit which dispensed alike with the chivalry of ancient times and the humanity of modern days, and the triumph of success or the mortification of failure are alike darkened by harsh disregard for the amenities of civilisation. If the Union founded by WASHINGTON and supported by a host of great and liberal statesmen is to be sup ported by means like this, then, whatever the suc cesses of the Federal arms, its glory has indeed passed away. If the groat Republic, the boasted land where royal, ecclesiastical, and titled tyranny were things unknown, is to owe its supremacy to the gagging of the press and the invasion of the rights of citizens, then let the patriots of America cease to hope for the future of their country, for the great strongholds of constitutional law, free thought and free speech, will have been sacrificed to a vain ambition. Whatever our posterity may think of the pre sent age for the good it is doing, they must admit that it is one of enterprise, and that, too, of a gigantic character. We are running a race of rivalry in the art of construction, and destruction to match. We are building or inventing machines of wonderful capacity for good, while our restless genius is busy in forging engines to test their merits with a heartiness of daring and ingenuity worthy of a better purpose. The universal idea seems to be that nothing old can any longer be worth caring for, because in the pride of our might we can pro duce new models altogether beyond comparison. It is so with our ships as with our guns. Our " hearts of oak," that for ages have stood the battle and the breeze and triumphed on the deep, must now give place to another substance—long familiarly sup posed not likely to swim, far less to bear our thun ders over the stormy wave or battle with the foe . But now all these things are undergoing a change, and that a rapid one. How far it may prove for the better, time alone can show, for it is idle to predi cate, however confident may bo our belief. Then , again, we are not even agreed upon the best mode of carrying out our new ideas, for the manner is as novel as the matter, so much have circumstances changed the nature of enterprises. Some are for capacity, others for strength, and all for speed, in the construction of our ships. But the how and the wherefore seem to puzzle even the expertest in the multitude of our discordant genius. Invention Spurs on one party, while consideration moderates the other. Everyone's idea is naturally the most likely to answer, especially in his own opinion, but the right :course probably lies in the medium. The difficulty is in the decision, so eech rides on his own bobby for better or worse. Perhaps one cause of their diversity of opinion lies in the fact that they are all more or less bewildered in the dilemma of applying or endeavouring to work out the new improvements by running in the groove of their old ideas, from which they find it rather difficult to disentangle themselves. Still it would be idle to advise, for the very reason that any suggestion not in unison with the " dear novelty" would be scouted as unworthy of notice, for a genius is as stub born as be is inventive, and glories in carrying out his own conception to the very letter. It is the glary of his heart and idol of his ambition—he must be all or nothing. If he fail he will persist, and if he succaed all is right, but even then be will do something better yet, and so he may, for progress is the very nature of invention, and hence the won derful achievements of science now, in comparison with former times. But there is another question that enters into the progress of improvement, and that is cost. We may buy gold too dear. Eco nomy is necessary, in large as in small undertak ings. It is an axiom founded in the very works of nature, and the art of man can have no better au thority to guide hia course. Whether the immensity of our present undertakings be in strict accordance with our necessities remains to be seen ; but if we can obtain our actual requirements at a lessor cost, it behoves us to be more careful in our expenditure, for the loss or waste of the present may b 3 no con solation for the future, however it may prove a warning. Now in shipbuilding, whatever can be saved is gain, provided the saving do not impair the efficiency. The public have been scandalised for some time back at the expense of our royal dock yards, as compared with the character of our great private establishments. But even in the latter, reforms may bo made, not only for their own ad vantage, but also for that of the public. Now, it is clear that if any private firm can accomplish any saving in the management of their concerns, self interest will induce their ready acceptance of any reasonable plan that may promise such benefit. No doubt prejudice may operate partially to influ ence this judgment, but that, too, will yield to rea son and time, and the public will eventually pa tronise the cheapest because it is the best, and the best is always the cheapest in the lcng run, as ex perience has ever provel We will not pretend to decid e on one mode of building in preference to another, but we like to give fair play to all comers in t h e way of publicity, and that as much for the Public good as f or th e un d ou bt e d an d worthy ad yenta ge of the i nventor . A mong the many ' schemes proposed of late, one has been sent to us, des erv i ng of special consideration, as much for i ts profess e d ecomony , a s f or i ts impartiality "a. ,reed em from prejudice.* It is with Pacilituylidolfrig' S hiPl7 7-7-- Cotubiuing Strength Construction." By A. New Mode of and Economy vlllisaecreg;lrsrSektwinnwelCaaaputcalindeß.o3.NejimEt oval edition. Re. written in a clear, forcible, and frank spirit, by a gentleman apparently well-qualified to give an opinion upon the matter, being himself a captain in the Royal Navy. He illustrates his mode by a diagram, or midship section of a vessel, with the proportions requisite for all vessels up to 45 of beam. But we will not enter into the details, contenting ourselves rather with the merits of his particular scheme. His object, he says, is to try and establish "iron-framing for all sorts of vessels, combined with wood ceiling and planking, so as to give increase of strength, greater facility of construction, and cheapness beyond all of the pre sent modes of shipbuilding." He goes on to assert that those acquainted with the working of a heavy laden vessel, or man-of-war in a gale of wind, must believe that any method of construction which will give to the frames or ribs of the vessel a fixed and permanent stability which no rolling motion shall affect; no loosening of bolts, nor rat tng f must be an improvement upon i building. He believes rat thug of t he timber present mode d e weaken , that metal framing alone can secure this effect; and further, he says, that by his plan a water tight vessel is formed independent of the outer and main planking. Thus he combines iron with wood, each independent of the other, but yet coalescing into one harmonious whole. This is a great but it does p s e a r fety cent. cheaper. m po o i r n e t_a i c t hi i e s ve f d ro f m or 2 t o he t s o hip so 's thiron-framing, which does with crooked the edtimber, the most expen• Strength away is gained sive article in the building of a ship. Besides these, iron-frames could be prepared and kept in store all ready to meet any sudden emergency, such as our unfortunate predicament in the Russian war far the want of gunboats, which were on ly completed when the war was over, and all the money thrown away, or its precious value suf fered to rot in our splendid dockyards. Cap tain SKINNER thinks that the appearance of many commercial shippingingis abo u t as un sightly their construction o f a o s u r c un o s ike deficient in every good quality. Indeed, so much so that from the wreck returns we lose about 1,100 vessels on an average every year, causing an annual drein upon our resources of one million and a half, to say nothing of the loss of our gallant seamen. Surely such fearful waste ought to startle the powers that be to make provision to arrest so fear ful a loss of life, as well as to preserve the pro perty of the notion committed to their care. The essential requisites to make a serviceable vessel for the home-trade Capt. SKINNER conceives to be— " Great capacity for cargo; stability under canvas; fair sailing qualities; light draught of water; form and strength to allow of taking the ground 'with out injury." Nor is his plan confined to the inte rests of the trading community ; but the Captain frankly admits that the Admiralty (as usual) took objection that his proposed mode of building would not admit of sufficient strength for vessels of war ! and yet this precious Admiralty are now having a dozen modes of building for ships of war, and each mode dissimilar to the other. Why, no invention ever gets a trial at the great Board based upon a " system" that baffles all comprehension, and stoutly forbids all inquiry into its mysterious doings. But the objection is absurd, for the iron frames can be made of any strength required, and of any thickness necessary. But, as the Captain justly observes, " mere thickness of side for resist ing heavy shot is no longer necessary, as the new rifled guns will send their bolts through anything that floats." In fact, the less resistance the larger shot meet with the better, as there will be fewer splinters. The only motions to be provided against in shipbuilding are the rolling and pitching motions, and these are bad enough singly, but when in a man ner combined, they strain and weaken the vessel in opposite directions. Captain SKINNER'S plan will obviate this by preventing the longitudinal motion or pitching from all connection with the rolling, and so save the vessel from straining by disconnecting the ties, making each independent of the other, and yet mutually binding. A vessel thus constructed might roll heavily for months without straining, for neither what is vertical, nor what is longitudinal in shipbuilding should bo fastened together so as to injure each other either in rolling or pitching. The vibration caused by the action of the screw would also bo done away with or greatly modified, and hogging be entirely prevented. Now if all these desirable requisites, or even a fair portion of them, be attained we cannot but think that Cap tain SKINNER has done good service to his country, and merits the esteem and gratitude of all seafaring men. THE SHAKSPERE COMMITTEE.—The Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer has accepted office as a Vice President of the National Shakspere Committee. Among the additions to the general body of the committee are—Erneste de Bunsen, Esq. (Councillor of Legation) and Antonio Panizzi, Esq. (Chief Librarian of the British Mu seum), who have accepted office as Foreign Secretaries to the committee, The other new members include Sir Robert Phillimore, the Queen's Advocate, J. 'Winter Jones, Esq., Edmund Yates, Esq., George C. Leighton, Esq., and Hugh W. Diamond, M.D.--4thenceunl. UP THE NILE ! is in fact taking the place of the old cry "Up the Rhine !" The Duke of Rutland, the Earl and Countess Scarborough, and Lady Herbert of Lea have already set out to pass the winter in that health restoring climate, and Lord and Lady Gifford are about to follow the example—to give us, let uc hope, a second taste of the Hon. Impulsia Gushington's experiences. COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS. _At a meetin of theg council of this corporation, on the 12th inst., the diploma of licentiate wag granted to Mr E. E. Pinches, 8.A., and to Mr F. J. Weightman, A.c.p. The following ladies and gentlemen were elected members of the college :—Mr T. W. Bowman, Grainford Academy, near Darlington; Miss Frances Copley, Margaret-street, Wilmington-square; M. A. Havet, Newton-terrace, Glasgow; Mrs T. G. Kelly, Milton.terrace, Vauxhall-bridge. road; Mr Phillip Norris, Plas Nant-y-Glyn Sehool, Mold ; Mr R. E. Pugh, Trede • gar ; Mr W. Read, St. Mary, Newington ; Mr M. A. Rees, High Wycombe. The accident which Lady Mine Cowper, second daughter of the Countess Cowper, met with a few days since at Florence, by being thrown from her horse, has not resulted in the serious injuries reported. Wo have reason to believe that, beyond some painful contusions, nothing serious has occurred. The countess and daughter, together with the Earl Cowper ; were on the eve of leaving Florence for Rome when the accident took place. IMPORTANT LIFEBOAT SERVICES.— LYTHAM, NEAR PRESTON, Dec. 11.—About nine o'clock last night, while it was blowing a fresh gale from the west, the master and crew of the schooner Caledonia, of this port, landed here in their own boat, and requested the assistance ofZthe lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution to save their vessel, if possible, which had grounded and struck heavily while entering Lytham, and which they had aban doned. The lifeboat was at once manned and launched. The vessel was perceived driving along with the flood tide, but the lifeboat succeeded in putting the crew again on board. She was making much water, but is now aground in com parative safety. The next tido a number of men went on board, and were ultimately successful in getting her off the bank, and in taking her into Preston. As the life boat was returning another vessel was discovered through the darkness to be "Lahore on the Bay Bank. '1 he boat was at once pulled to her, when she proved to be the brigan tiine Fame, of Maryport, bound from Dublin to that port, in ballast. It appeared the compasses had led them astray from their course, for the captain was totally ignorant of his position, supposing himself to be within a short dis tance of his destination. When apprised of his error by the lifebnatmen he gladly accepted their services, and with their assistance his vessel was safely brought into port the next day. LORD WESTMORELAND'S attack of illness was so serious, that the Parisian doctors who were called i n ordered 46 leeches to be applied, andadm inistered two dro p s of croton oil to the invalid. THE ADDRESS OF THANKS TO TIIE EMPEROR f ro m musical composers, on the aboliti on of the exclusive theatrical privileges in Paris, has b een signed by Auber, Meyerbeer, David, Gounod, R oss i n i, and some 80 more. DR. CHARLES MACKAY, th e 7 itnes New Y or k correspondent, before returning to his post, will comm it to the press a new volume of his poems, entitled " Studi es from the Antique ; and Sketches from Nat4ro,), LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER.'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRALIA. DOVER, DEC. 13. Messrs. Money Wigram's ship Norfolk, Captain Tonkin, from Melbourne on the 27th September, arrived off here at 9 a.m. to-day. She brings 150 passengers, 60,000 ounces of gold, 630 bales of wool, 146 bales of leather, and a quantity of antimony, silver ore, copper, &e. The Norfolk rounded Cape Horn on the 22d October, and crossed the line on the 17th Novem ber. She experienced fair wind and weather from Melbourne to Cape Horn, where she was detained by an easterly wind for some days. Saw very little ice. Had light baffling winds from the Cape to the Equator, A good N.E. trade took her to 27 deg. N. Since then had a good deal of N.E. winds. Two deaths and one birth oc curred on the voyage. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 12.—The market has been rather firmer, but without any material improvement as regards the amount of business doing. Threes, for the Account, show a slight advance, being now at 67fr. 30c. Mobilier has risen to 1,057 fr. 90c. Railway Market also more buoyant. The market closed as follows: 41 per Cents. 95 15 Italian Loan 7l 95 Do. ead month.... Do. end month 7l 95 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 67 30 Do. end month — Credit Mobilier.... 1051 25 Russian Do. end m0nth....1052 50 Austrian Bank Shares 3330 Spanish Threes.... 52 Credit Fonder — Home Debt Roman RAILWAYS. CaAh. Account. 973 75 .. 975 972 50 .. 970 Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons anti Mediterranean New ditto Geneva S - ,uthern .. Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian r,orr.haril North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona 937 50 .. 937 50 BS7 50 .. - - 500 - .. - - 687 50 . . 687 50 510 - .. 507 50 4.75 - .. 477 50 395 - - - 400 - ,„ 397 50 521 25 .. 525 - s'o - .. 520 - 623 75 .. 621 25 LITERATURE. The Introduction to Anthropology. By Dr. Theo dor Waitz. Vol. I. Edited by J. Frederick Collingwood. Longman and Co. A peculiar interest attaches to this, in many respects, very remarkable publication. It is the initial volume—let us hope, to begin with—of an extensive library of works of a similar character. It appears under the auspices of the Anthropolo gical Society of London. It is very gracefully and even eloquently inscribed by the editor of the volume to the able Founder and First President of the Association. Not quite one year has even yet passed since the Anthropological Society of London was established. Its commencement, in fact, dates from early in the present year of grace 1863 within which year this same goodly volume appears, not merely with the sanction and approval, but di rectly at the instance and by the authority, of the newly-organised Anthropological Society of London, as the first of a long series of standard works on the science of Anthropology. A more felicitous selec tion could not, we conceive, by any possibility have been made than the very one which has resulted in the publication of the book lying before us as a commencement, For within the compass of the first volume of Dr. Theodor Waitz's Anthropologic der Naturvolker is compacted together the most comprehensive and exhaustive survey of the new science, yet contributed, we believe, in any tongue, to European Literature. To the English public generally, how ever, it is a book almost unknown, saving and excepting alone by reputation. Although merely a translation from the German, therefore, Ole work is virtually, if not an original work, a perfectly new work to the mass of readers in this country. So far as this same rapidly executed translation can be compared and collated with the original, it ap pears to be a version singularly faithful and accu rate in its way—the versimilitude of the work as a translation being judiciously secured, if we might so express it without affectation, rather idiomatically than by giving the author's text word for word, or, in a word, verbatim. Again—it is but fair to Mr. Collingwood, to whose sound judgment and devoted assiduity the conduct of this inaugarative literary enterprize of the society was, as the event proves, se judiciously entrusted, it is but fair, to Mr. Collingwood, that we should here at once take occasion to remark that if the work, as the first work of the Society, was well chosen, so also, without any doubt of it, was the editor or superintendent of it. Its success, as a translation, here and there very admirably annotated, is evidence, in effect, that the labour of supervision was, in this instance, also especially a labour of love. Mr. Collingwood has acquitted himself more than creditably. The book, as it now appears, is a work of especial value, and also one of very peculiar interest. It thoroughly fulfils its design of affording the reader of it, within a single volume, the very best epitome anywhere to be found of what is the actual " present state" of Anthropo logical Science in Christendom. In this respect, vol. ene of the Society's projected Anthropological Library is the direct and immediate realisation or fulfilment of the design shadowed forth in the following eminently suggestive passage from the introductory address of the Society's President: — "In selecting works to be translated, we shall be guided by a desire to introduce books into this country, which, while being useful to the student and teacher, will at the same time help to give the reading public a better appreciation of the object and extent of anthropological science. The Council will not simply favour the translation of works, in the opinions of which'they agree, but will aim at introducing those.works which best represent the prevailing opinions respecting Anthropology on the Continent. The importation of foreign ideas and modes of treating our science cannot fail to produce beneficial results." Certainly, beneficial results can hardly fail to be evolved from the timely issuing, thus, from the press, of so very compact and comprehensive a survey of the Science as will here be found to have been given by one of the most skilled Anthropologists in Europe. The Editor expresses a hope, surely not a vain hope, that the handy volume thus put forth as a commencement of the Society's Library " may serve as a basis for future research." Professor Waitz, as is but natural, indeed, under the cireum stances with an anthropologist of such keen intelli gence, of such piercing acumen, and one who has acquired, moreover, such very extensive information, takes a far wider range within his ken than Prichard, and Nott, and Gliddon combined. In regard to the general arrangements of the work as it here appears, it should be remarked that Mr. Collingwood has, with an eye to its general perspi cuity, thrown the numerous references interim& ing the text in the original, down to the bottom of the pages, as footnotes. Dr. Weitz himself, more over, is announced to have contributed to this part of the English version of the first volume of his "Anthropology of Primitive Peoples," several addi tional and perfectly original notes and new autho rities. What greatly enhances the utility of the work as a text-book of the science—we had almost said as the textbook of the science—is the amplifica tion of the already extended table of contents, and the addition to the volume of a copious index—the latter being absolutely invaluable to the work as a work of reference. Shakespeare : a Reprint of the First Edition, the Folio of 1623. Part 11. The Histories. L. Booth. Another volume—(the third) to be published betimes before next year's Tercentenary Ann iversarT of William Shakspere's birth --w ill compl e t e this perfectly " unique" tribute to the genius of Et?g the World's, greatest poet and Dramatist. As a tribute we may safely regard this reprint as a work absolutely unexampled of its kind. A nobler attestation of the fame and glory- of a writer never was offered to any man's reputation. A fac-simile reprint of the first collective edition that was ever printed and published of any author's works. A reprint of that first edition two hundred years after wards ! Look ing at the dates thereby brought afresh under our consideration, it is almost a matter of anguish to reflect that Shakspere had been dead and buried several years before his works were ever published collectively. The year of his birth was as the pro jected Tercentenary celebration this next year, 1564, has served very vividly to remind the whole world-1564. The Poet survived, as we all know, for as many years as there are weeks in the year— dying on the fifty-second anniversary of his birth day, i.e., on the 23d April, 1616. The First Edition of his Dramatic Works appearing only in 1623, that is seven years afterwards—Shakspere himself never once had the satisfaction of seeing those works published substantially together. Play after play had been printed separately. Bat never had those plays been grouped into a collection during the author's life. He himself was deprived of that gratification—while the world at large was itself also deprived thereby of the advantage of having those works revised ,and corrected by the author's own hand upon the occasion of their first passing through the press as a collection. Smaller in size than the folio edition, as it actually appeared in 1623, the reprint before us is, otherwise than in that one particular, an exact tac simile of the original. The very hue and general appearance of the paper, the antique form of the type, the double columned pages, the quaint initial letters, tail-pieces, and heading, the very misprints —all are precisely as they were when the Folio first appeared across the counter of Isaac laggard and Ed. Blount, in 1623. The former volume of this very curious and profoundly interesting reprint con tained the Comedies. The volume here issued from the press as a continuation contains the Histories. The volume completing the work will contain the Tragedies. The work is got up with the greatest possible care, a care extended to it as a reprint in every department. As a Shaksperean publication it is a perfect treasure. Notes of a Cruise in 11.M.5. Fawn en the TVestern Pacific in 1862. By T. 11. Hood. One Vol., pp. 268. Edmonston and Douglas. As the hero of Moliere's play spoke " prose" without being aware of it, so the writer of this pleasant volume has produced a book, and a very interesting one, without intending it. Disclaiming at the outset of his narrative all intention of "making a book," Mr. Hood refers those who are seeking information respecting New Zealand and the Pacific islands to " the hundred volumes" already written on the subject. Abundance of in formation is, however, to be obtained from these un pretending " notes," interspersed with anecdotes innumerable. At the very commencement we meet with the following interesting— ADVENTURE WITH A SHARE. Almost every one who has seen much of salt water has some anecdote to tell about a shark ; but the adventure that befel the gunner of the Fawn was more than usually strange: Being a very expert diver, he had been employee to recover the treasure from the Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship Ava, wrecked a few years ago on the coast of Ceylon, Having, in a gutta-percha dress, made his way into the saloon, he was busy searching for the bullion, when, to his horror, he saw a huge ground-shark come sailing in at the door. With great presence of mind he lay motionless on the locker, and watched it silently and grimly cruising about. One can well imagine his feel ings when he saw its cold green eyes fixed upon him, and felt it pushing against the leaden soles of his boots, and rubbing against his dress, the slightest puncture in which would have been certain destruction. After ten minutes of suspense, which must have seemed an age, during which the monster came back twice or thrice to have another look at him, Mr. Pounds' courage and cool ness were rewarded by seeing him steering his way back as he came. Afterwards he armed himself with a large dagger when he went down to the wreck, from which he recovered altogether £220,000, having spent 850 hours under water. He had some narrow escapes at times, from the opening and shutting of the iron plates of the ship as they worked with the roll of the sea. The air-ripe was twice severed from his helmet ; but fortunately slackening, it warned the people above to lose no time in rescuing him from his peril ous position. One or two large sharks were captured by She crew of the Fawn, and "suffered death," says Mr. Hood, " in a manner no other creature would be subjected to at the hands of English sailors, whose usual tenderness for animals is (not without some reason) utterly wanting in respect to the tiger of the sea." During the cruise here commemorated, the Fawn, leaving Sydney on the 7th May, 1862, proceeded to New Zealand, and after lingering a while at Auckland, visited successfully the Nieue, or Savage Islands, the Samoan group, the Feejee islands, and many other islands of the Western Pacific, until, after touching at Norfolk Island, she finally returned to England on the 6th September. The glimpses afforded us of the natives of these scattered islands,are rendered more eff.ctive by the introduction of various illustrations. In one place we portraits of a heathen warrior and his wife ; in another of some Samoan girls in their usual dress ; of a bride and her bridesmaids ; of chiefs in war costume, &c. ; numbering altogether no less than twenty-one illustrations. While visiting the Samoan islands, Mr. Hood expresses the regret with which he, in common with many other prat tical, common sense Christians, viewed the religious animosities which characterise so many self-styled Christians :- 22d June.—Rainy, hot, and oppressive. This day we went to the Bethel Church, where certainly we listened to a most unprofitable service. There being no one bold enough to raise the tune, the minister apologized and read the hymns, and then preached a sermon, which was simply a tirade against the "poor Pope," as he called him, and the Catholic missionaries on the island, for withholding the bible from the natives, geologists also receiving their share of the anathemas, being in some mysterious way charge able with the same offence. One regrets much to see how religious differences influence the missionaries of different sects. With regard to the Catholic priests, it might have been supposed that a fellow-feeling of admiration would have induced their opponents to draw a veil over their errors, and that the consideration of a self-sacrificing zeal, equal to their own, would have inspired a more Christian sympathy for all who preach the Cross in the hearts of the sternest enemies to forms and ceremony. But unfortunately the jealousies existing even between the Wesleyans and the clergymen of the London mission, are equally detrimental to the interests of both. The Roman Catholic priests live as frugally as any other missionaries, and the spirit which animates them generally may be safely believed to be that expressed by an old and respected priest living in the interior of Fiji, who, when re monstrated with for not trying to obtain more of the luxuries and even necessaries of life, said to the Consu'e, "The greater the reward hereafter." Some of the savages with whom we make acquaint ance are not so uncivilised as might be expected. Here, for example, is a sketch of a Samoan native, named— TU-PUA. Tu-Pua came down to the boat with his attendants, carrying four large live pigs, as his present to Captain Cater, articles of food being, as in Japan, the first offering of friendship. He had been fellow passenger in his cabin, with Mr. Williams and myself, for ten days, and his be• haviour has always been most correct and considerate. ID had his servant with him, and generally appeared well dressed in various European costumes, of which he seemed to possess an ample wardrobe. To-day, however, he came to dinner as a ICannaka chief, in his lava lava only, apolo gizing, on account of the great heat, for dispensing wills clothes above his waist. He would much like to go to England. "My heart is burning," he said, "to see the word. If I had not tried to see as much of Englishmen as possible, I should have been like all the Kannakas, and have thought there was no country like Samoa." He seemed to have a pretty good idea of the relative posi tions of the different countries of Europe, and asked many questions about the Crimean war. Many other extracts we might select as evidences of the delightful character of this volume, but thl above will be sufficient to attest the interesting nature of the Cruise made by the author on boar H.M.S. Fawn among the Islands of the p The Pirates of the Foam. A Nov i e • By C. F. Armstrong, Esq., author of if Th e T wo ivildship mAsenm ," ay &,-;: ) . 9 in T f h er r r e e e d V f o ro la m . t i h r e title, these volumes contain a series of desperate adventures and peril: , by sea and land. rno hero i s f ound in his child hood half-drowned on the oands at Ramsgate. A little later on, when travelling in a railway ear tinge, another traveller shows him a new perfume ..... r . : --- which he is taking to Rimeael, the tTreatietTumer, and asks his opinion. The unsuspecting hero in hales the perfume, and becomes unconscious! His pockets are immediately rifled, and his fellow traveller decamps at the next station. Soon after wards, the luckless adventurer falls into the hands of enemies, who confide him to the care of the captain of a ship bound for Jamaica, as a harmless maniac. This vessel is named the Foam, and the crew prove to be pirates. The recurring adventures are as sur prising as any we have enumerated, being at the same time of a more desperate and bloodthirsty de scription. We have said enough, perhaps, to allure some readers, and to deter many others from further acquaintance with the pirates of the Foam- Chapters of College Romance. By Isaac Butt, Esq., Q.C., M.P., author of "History of Italy," &c. First Series. One Vol. Skeet. The learned compiler of these very interesting records bids his readers not to be by the title, College Rom ance . He goes startled on ar t t o led give the following very happy definition of his theme "There is romance," he says, " wherever there ig a deviation from the modes of acting or of thought. chat are common among men ; I here is romance wherever there is a disinterested act; wherever there is a high and ardent spirit to break through, by one eccentric effusion of its native generosity, the dull monotony of the selfishness of ordinary life. There is romance wherever in terest is sacrificed to feeling—wherever there is love or friendship. Then, why should there not be romance in College ? Are there not within its walls young hearts over whom the world has not yet thrown its deadening s pell, to wither up all their feelings into the sear insensibility of what the world calls prudence ? Are there not there young Irishmen to whom their nativity has attached the e pithet of wild, and who certainly possess the birthright of being' enthusiastic. There is, then, romance in college, and thew pages will present you with much that is sad, and trawl' that is gay, chequered just like the world in which we live, with all the strange mixtures of mirth and misery, with the alternate lights and shadows of gladness and sorrow." The narratives contained in this work are said to be founded on truth. "It has so hap pened," says Mr. Butt, " that I was much+ very much longer an inmate of Alma Mater than falls to the average lot of her sons ; and, sines I have ceased to sojourn within her chambers, acci dent, or perhaps I should say inclination, has thrown' me very much into the society of college men. Mani strange incidents have thus come to my knowledge; some of them relating to events in which I took a share, others to those that had happened long be fore my day, and some few that have taken plane since. It has often occurred to me that these dents, if collected together, would form a curious and interesting commentary on the way ward follies and the vain ambition of youth ; and for years I em ployed my leisure hours in collecting materials for such a commentary. On the appearance of a mega' zinc bearing the name of the University,' it imme diately suggested itself to me that its page ° would be the fittest medium for presenting , the result of my memoranda to the public. Such is the origin of the histories contained in this volume, the first of the series. The opening s tory' is entitled " The Billiard Table," and chronicles the trials and troubles of a gambler and his victims. It is a stirring narrative, abounding with startling incidents and vivid emotions. No. R e ading for Honours"---relates the melancholy results of an over devotion to study. No. III.—" The Mariner's Son ;" No. IV., " The Murdered Fellow ;" and N o ' V., " The Segar—Arthur Johns;" are, as their names indicate, tales of very different characterF , but capable, some of them, of exciting intense interest. BOOKS RECEIVED. A Woman's Ransom. By the author of Grandmothee o Money. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. For Better for Worse. Edited by Edmund Yates. 2 vole. Maxwell and Co. Anecdotal Memoirs of English Princes. Davenport Adams. 2 vols. Newby. Desk Book of English Synonyms. By John filherer. Groombridge and Sons. A Spring and Summer in Lapland. By an Old Bushman* Groombridge and Sons. How I Won My Spurs. By J. G. Edgar. Illustrated. S. 0. Beeton. The Boy's Own Volume. Illustrated. Edited by the Publisher. S. 0. Becton. Scenes from the Drama of European History. By W. H. Davenport Adams. Virtue Brothers and Co. The Tiger Prince. By William Dalton. Virtue Brothers and Co. The Gentlewoman. Chapman and Hall. Knowledge for the Time. By John Timbs. Lockwood and Co. The Life of Goethe. By George Henry Lewes. Seoond Edition. Smith, Elder, and Co. Tho Sporting Rifle and its Projectiles. By Lieut. James Forsyth. Smith, Elder, and Co. Lost but Not For Ever. By the Rev, R. W. Vanderkiste. Nisbet and Co. The Last of the Cavaliers. New Edition. Richard By W. K• Bentley. What is Your Name ? By Sophy Moody. Richard Benl ley. The Destiny of Nations : as Indicated in Prophecy. 13 / the Rev. John Cumming. Hurst and Blackett. The House of Elmore. By the author of Grandmother' o Money. Chapman and Hall. England's Workshops. By Various Writers. Gtoour bridge and Sons. Poems. By B. H. Farquhar. F. Pitman. Marjorie Fleming : a sketch. By John Brown, 31 . 13 / 1 author of R a b an d hi s F riends. Edmonston and Douglas. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This DgYi The December session of the Central Criminal Coe' commenced this morning at the S6ssions House, Old Bai before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Finnis, the Recorder, Russell Gurney, Esq., Mr. Alderman Bosley, &c. Owing to the short time that has elapsed since the las% session the calender contained a list of only 50 prisoners fot trial. The grand jury having been sworn, The Recorder, in delivering his charge, said there we re only four cases affecting human life, and only one of them 5 charge of wilful murder, in which a young woman was charged with causing the death of her infant child' The question for the jury in that case was whether that violence was actually inflicted by the prisoner for the Pu r. pose of causing death, or whether it might arise frOU ignorance and accident. There was also a case in which woman was charged with the manslaughter of her husband. He thought if they were satisfied the injury was inflicted by the prisoner they would have no difficulty in returning a true bill. There was also a case in which a singer at a Music Hall in the neighbourhood of Well-close-squa re was charged with the manslaughter of a mariner. From the evidence of the surgeon it appeared that had the d e : ceased not been drinking the blows might not have cause d death. If the Jury were satisfi e d th a t th e d eat h was c aused by the blows it would be their duty to send the case for ther inquiry. The other case of manslaughter was that i n ! which a cabman was char ge d w ith caus i ng t h e d ea th ef a er elderly lady, and the on ly ques ti on i n th e case was whether the prisoner was d r i v i ng i n a f ur i ous an d rec k less Wien -eti. and thus caused the a ea th o f th e d ecease d , or whether it was the result of accident. MAKING A FALSE DECLARATION. Richard Farnham Ridl e y, a gentlemanly -looking man, Regiments aad who had held a commission in one of Indian War, of Dragoons, and served in the Crimef 4 in( c l: feted under the for which he had received medals, was indicted Declaration Act, 18th section of the Unnecessary . 0 under the following circumstan li c e e d s to Mr. Strutt, a solicitor It appeared that he had applied himself as acquainted with in Adelphi-terrace, introducing in the army in India, for the Mr. trutt's son, ans__m of money under his reversionary of his representations, an applioati": purpose of raising u ill of Mr. Farnham, to pay off his debts ; de to tho British Mutual Loan and Investment was ma Bridge-street, Blacktriars, for a loan of £3OO, Society in ainntde,rienstcuotndsecqr consequence which wa s afterwards advanced by them on a promissory note and mortgage of the reversion (representel to be worth ,i £3,003), and the statutory eclaration. It a fterwards turns o ut prisoner had previously assigned his interest in the re version to Mr. W. F. N cwtun, of Mayfair, for £l5O. , The Jury f oun d the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to eight mouths' imprisonment. DEATII OF Mr. GODFREY, BANDMASTER OF TILE COLDSTREAM GUARDS.—A large numbir of our readers will hear with regret of the death of Mr. Godfrey, the veteran bandmaster of the Coldstream Guards, which honourable position he had filled for nearly 40 years. Some of the most popular instrumentalists of the (I,y had been. under his tutorage, Mr. Godfrey was, we hear, in his 75 14 year, and had the esteem of his officers, and likewise those under his command. Ho was only ill a few hours. THE LATE GALE.—M. 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