The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-06 00:00:00

Yow ready, 620 pp., post Bvo., Third and Cheap Edition, has, within the last few hours, returned from Es price 10s. 6d., a utumnal repose at Biarritz to the Palace of S OBSCURE, DISEA I S I ES D. of the BRAIN and , Cloud. By FORBES WINSLOW, M.D., D.C.L. Lon doln : Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. We have now before us the particulars of the new Constitution proposed for Denmark and Schleswig. The President, M. HALL, in introduc ing it to the Assembly, remarked that the reasons which necessitated a complete revision of the C e o n n t - s li Con stitution had increased in strength byrecent both at home and abroad. As with s constitu tional and political reform has always began a reformed Parliament ; soin Denmarkthe reor ganisation of the Rigsraad is system of gfe felt to an o. indis pensable condition of an amended Parliament for the kingdom It is conjectured dom t p h r a o t pe t r he w ß ill ig b sd e a d g on o e r i vernment. 0 away with, or rathe a r r m ra e n r a g e e m d e in nt t s h o e f la t r hs g i er li a t s tl s e embly. The representative king dom are certainly in great need of simplification. A population of less than three millions has no less t h a n eight assemblies ! There is the Rigsra a d f or Denmark -Schleswig ; the Rigsdag for the king. dam proper ; the separate es t a t es f or the two Duchies; other assemblies for Lauenbarg and the northern islands ; besides Colonial Councils for the Danish West Indian possessions. Such a cumbersome arrangement cannot fail to create confusion, and fosters that spirit of jealousy, rivalry, and inde pendence which has so greatly added to the per plexities of Danish rulers. The object proposed by the new system is, according to the President, " to strengthen the Risgraad sufficiently, not only to meet the great demands which the future may soon possibly bring with it, but also to enable it, in the course of time, to become the corner stone of our whole constitutional development." In order to attain this object it is considered necessary to in crease the number of members, and by means of the two chamber system to secure a due proportion alike of conservatism and liberalism. It is by its happy combination of these two elements that the English Constitution has secured its marvellous strength and durability. It avoids alike the de structive force of the headlong torrent and the dangers of the stagnant pool. It gives scope for the bold advancing spirits who help forward the progress of a people, at the same time that it affords the more stable and cautious as opportunity of tempering rash and hasty measures. The results have often excited the wonder and envy of foreign States, and in most countries where liberal principles prevail the political institutions of England are looked to as the model. In the Danish Rigsraad the object is to give a more liberal character to the Assembly, while retaining its present conservative elements. It is proposed to divide it into chambers under the appellations of Landsttringiand Folkettring, already known as constituent ports of the Rigsdag. The Landsttring, or Upper House, is to consist of 75 elected members, one third of whom are to be elected by the KING for a term of 12 years, while the remaining 50 are to be chosen by immediate vote in the larger elective districts, the franchise depending on au income of 1 ; 200 rix dollars. The Folkettring is to have 130 members, divided like those of the other Assembly between Denmark and Schleswig, these members being elected by smaller elective districts. The conditions of the franchise prove the liberal spirit of the new constitution. " Every man of good repute, and holding the rights of a native, shall be in possession of the elective franchise for the Folkettring when he has completed his 30th year." The only modifications of this uni versal suffrage are the exclusion of servants not hav ing houses of their own, of insolvents, and the con dition that the voter should not be in receipt of public relief, and should have had a fixed residence of one veer within the district in which he resides at the time of the election. The same conditions are necessary to constitute voters for the Upper House, with the additional stipulation of the income referred to, which is only 1132 of English money, or in its place, evidence of having paid to the State annual taxes of 200 ris dollars, or .£22. The Assembly is to be convened by the KING every other year. He has also the power to prorogue it for a defined time, but not for longer than four months without the consent of the Rigsraad itself. This clause is an important guarantee of the liberties of the subject, and was perhaps learned from the history of the English civil war. The Danish language is to be employed for the resolutions, but the protocols are to be written both in Danish and German, and any member who chooses may address the Assembly in the latter. Section 43 is another of the important clauses, and decrees that any member can with the sanction of his chamber bring forward any public question, and challenge the Ministerial explanations. Such permissions as these augur well for the prospects of Danish Reform. They prove that the KING and his Ministers are sincere in their professions, and honestly intend to fulfil their promies. In place of fine writing and lofty dissertations on the theory of liberal government and the rights of " Liberty, Equality, Fraternity," the new bill goes straight to the point,and defines in plain language the rights and privileges of the people. Both Landsttring and Folkettring are likely to have enough to do if Germany fulfil her threat, but the brave little kingdom is still undaunted, and stands with resolute front refusing to abandon its rights. This is the moment for Constitutional England to step forward in its aid, and to forbid the occupation of the Duchies. It lies with us to retard the outbreak of that European war which, it seems, will not be much longer delayed, and into which we shall inevitably be dragged sooner or later. foreign However caut i ous or pusillanimous our policy may be, we can scarcely stand still to witness another State dismembered. Every small State weakened, divided, and absorbed into the shadow of some towerin g and aggressive neighbour is a loss t o the general w e lf are and tranquillity. The partition of Poland has cost us too dear to allow a repetition of tralit it. L ord RUSSEL L ' S neu y may be wise, cautious, and generally ad mirable, but at present it looks somewhat as if he was steerin g th e country into a war with the Federal Gov ernment and with the German Con federation, besides alienating the Southern States and disgusting hi s own people. Truly an ind us , trious Foreign Secr e t ary ! ITERR7 ANN. PRESTIDIGITATEUR.- p R r N TIIEATRE.—IIERR HERRMANN'S Performance: ;, EVERY EVENING, at Eight. In Two Parts—as given by him in all the principal Theatres and Opera House s of the Continent of Europe and America. The whole of the Marvellous Illusions entirely new, and invented by Herr Her, nnann. Prices of admission as usual. Doors open at half-past 7. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE. Manaz€ TS, Messrs. B. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVIINING, THE DEAL BOATMAN : Messrs. G. Belmore, F. Charles; , Miss R. Leclercq, and Mrs. Edmund .Falconer. To conclude with the new and original Comedy, by Ed mund Fal - oncl', entitled NATURE'S ABOVE ART : A Ro mance of the S ursery : Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Ryder, Barrett, G. Be Imore, F. charles. Neville; 3liss Charlotte 'lo.un , ers. Mies Murray, Miss R. Leclercq, Mrs. Melville, and Mrs. Edmund Falconer. Box-office cq.en from Ten till Five daily. Prices as usual. Commence at '7. T HEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Open for the Season. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, to commence at 7, with AN UNLUCKY MORIAL : Mr. William Farren, Miss M. Harris, &c. After which, at a quarter to 8, the new Comedy of FINESSE ; or, Spy and ounter Spy: charßeters by Mr. Alfred Wigan, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Howe, Mr. Backstone ; Mrs. Dowton, Miss L. Angel, and 11Irs. Alfred Wigan. Concluding with TURNING TIIETAI3IIES. On Monday, Oct. 26, Mr. and Mrs. Cti AS. MATHEWS will return to the London stage. NEW THEATRE RO YAL, AD ELPHI.— Sole Pronrletor and - M ana ger, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TRA GEDY QUEEN: Mrs. Stirling. At 8, the New Dr o f LEAH : M iss Bateman, supported by Messrs. Art hur Stirlinaa H. rhiiiips, Killington , Stuart, A. WOOd, Eburne, Mies la: Simms and Mrs. Billington, To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRLSS : Miss Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood. MISS BATEMAN.—LEA H.—The celebrated young American Actress, Miss BATEMAN, havinz on her first appearance in the New Drama of LEAH oti tained the most triumphant and enthusiastic success that has been wPnesse for many- years, and the profound impression created by herdipersonation of the character ot LEAH upon a crowded audience havimi . been completely ratified by th unanimous verdict and critical approval ot the entire flatly will a Press, the Manager of the NEW ADELPIII THEATRE has the honour to announce that M•ss BAT EMAN in the New Drama of LEA" EVERY EVENING till Ppear further notice. ROYAco-YAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. L EVENING, WHERE'S TOUR WIFE. Mr. Bel ford, mi s s Simpson. Followed by (68th time) THE MOTTO, " I'M ALL Tti 1 , 1 ttE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton; 2lesdames Ada Swanborou,gh, F. Josephs, Maria simpson, Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. 'Mr. Turner, Mis Thorne. Commence at 7. T HE THIRD EDITION OF ‘, TH E SUN,'' Containing the Latest SPORTING DITELLIGENCE. can be had Every Evening of E. R. GLkNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS Des.—Morning, Bh. 20m.—Afternoon, Bh. 59m. To-Konaow.-Morning, 9h. 40m.—Afternoon, 10h. 20m. The Weather--Sun Office, Oct. 6, 1863. HER This day at Tw o o T 'cIock MOMETER. 57 Barometer-29.95. Wi nd — South -Easterly; light, and cloudy. 4 .4.;, Sl .tk l ,f, gi LONDON, TUESDAY, ocr. 6, 1863. The Emperor NAPOLBON having just now re turned from the south-western extremity of his empire to the capital, expectation is already beginning to be awakened in regard to the early meeting of the Chambers and the probability of some light being at length thrown through the bewildering haze by which his foreign policy has for a long while past, but more particularly of late, been enveloped. Glimpses of the inner mean. lag of that policy have been caught, it is true, from time to time, affording even the general public a notion of its tendency at those rare moments. But the tendency of every foreign policy—no matter whether that of a despotism or of a democracy, of an oligarchy or of - - of a constitutional Government, necessarily and inevitably fluctuates with the fluctuations of the events of the hour. It is necessarily—parpetually —passing through a series of more or less appre ciable modifications. Those well nigh incalculable variations —in a free and outspoken system of Go vernment like our own, we, the peeple, so governed are aware of, so to speak, almost interruptedly. We are continually gazing into the tube of the Diplomatic Kaleidoscope. The interminable series of ch anges, both of colour and of form, there pre sented to view, are before r us, as it might be s a id, always, a there, perman ence . With our per y guaranteed conspicuously visible, ea of speech and of writ ing, with our unrestricted liberty of the press, and with the absolute and unconditional independence accorded to our Parliament, it is necessarily, a s we have here stated. Diplomacy, in Our constitutional system of Government, could not be continued for any, even the briefest interval, upon the old, obsolete plan of secrecy and mystification, Popular feeling would not tolerate it. To a considerable extent it is thus nowadays, even with countries the most arbitrarily ruled. Nowhere is it so eon seicuous, however, as i t is in England. Among our neighbours it is partially thus already, but only, at the best, very partially. The everythi ng ENTEEoR has ;conceded—(having within his grasp after the coup detat)—has volun tarily conceded a certain small proportion of freedom to the press, and a modified species of i n d ependence to the members of his Legislature. Thereby enabling the nation to catch at intervals the brief, or rather momentary glimpses of a foreign policy that must, othereVisof s ave when it suited his, the EMPEROWF, own will and pleasure, must have remained altogether inscrutable. If ever the truth in that matter can be dra g ged to light, it is while the Chambers are Shane.. During the int ervals between the sessions the journals left altogether to themselves, are l i 3:mPl Y guessing in the dark. If ever the official the Monzteur, speaks out at these times, it only does so oracularly, or in other words quite enigmatically, As to the rest of the Paris journals it would be difficult to say, in spite of the unquestionable Ability of man y amongst them, of such distin gulah ed or ganst of the French peop le, for example, as the Co na Debats, and of several utionnel and the J o urnal des others not necessary here to be particularized,eeg " asvarious and as widely con trasting their character, dent and beli ev i ng teei: as at one ex t rem ity the ar ,. and at th e ot h er the frigid and incredulous Siedeee which amongst them all Wan be difficult to say d be enimniator of the th pronounced the ought s and governing power. A s touch reli intentions of the we should be disposed to imaginance i s this way, the generality of the French is reposed by lic antes of La France, ev en , the utter • , as in the is 0 • • forth in the swarms of political pamphletspinions put published over the counter of M. DENTIT. It is to the meeting of the Chambers that all look with eager curiosity—when diplomacy has become the most obscure, and when th ' °junctur e is just becoming the meat momentous. S uc h a period having just now been reached, the, at all times, eager and comprehensible curi osity of the French People is, in a manner, intensified the re-assembling of the Cham bers being looked !Or with rLoro than ordinarily heightened expectation, now that the EMPEROR The Archduke MAXIAHLIAN'a h frankl y yrelZusitble on Mexican deputation appears ver the whole. He expresses a nd fearlessly, and while hi mself o th e a offers his thanks to those who have proposed t o de trim the honour, he at the same time declares his iutLution not to act without due care and considera tion, This is acting with due caution, and all must agree that his prudence is most praiseworthy. H e commences by stating that he is deeply touched by the wishes of the Mexican Assembly. "It can not but be exceedingly flattering for our House that they have turned their eyes to the descendants of CrIABLEs the FIFIII." This is a ve r y su itable b eginning, for the compliment is a great one, and as B "h should be duly appreciated. The ARCH DUKE next passes on to state the difficulties that that hav e lie in the Wa y been addressed a n d • ci his carrying out the proposals independence although it i s a most Liaised to him, and rem& as that, institutions andtr: s oo t ii n a o f b o l u e mission . to . maintain the Da 'welfare of Tilexic,) " with free foundation,,, it could Da be ME SUN, LONDO', TUESDAY EVENING, UMBER 6, 1863. of the wishes of the whole nation. The following done effectually without the spontaneous expression may be regarded a s th e most nifi ean however,t in the whole address---"I must ma k e my acceptance of the throne dependent u p on sentence, sis a plebiscite of the whole country ;" but the difficulty that lies in the way is, that it will be necessary for him to ask for guaran tees to protect Mexico against the dangers that threaten her "integrity and independence." If the guarantees are obtained, and the nation gives a universal vote in his favour, the ARCHDUKE con sents to receive the Crown if his brother, the Ear- PEROR, approves. There is good ground for all that is proposed and demanded in this reply ; but, at the same time, it must strike many readers that the suggestions are not very likely to be attended to, nor are the demands sure to be accorded. On the contrary, many and grave difficulties are in the way, and obstacles well-nigh insuperable in terpose themselves. Some persons had imagined that by this time all matters were satisfactorily arranged, and that the possession of the Crown of Mexico by the Archduke kr —AXIMILIAN was a settled affair. It is not so easy, however, to adjust the diffi • culties that arise in the consideration of a weighty undertaking, and nothing is so unwise and so im prudent as to jump at conclusions and rush at ven tures without taking time to mark and digest the pros and cons of the proceeding. The ARCHDUKE figures forth a very satisfactory programme of the style in which he will carry on the kingdom, if he is able to preside over its destinies. He announces it to be his firm intention to follow in the path of progress that was taken by his brother by esta blishing a constitution; and, " after the complete pacification of the country to seal the fundaments! laws by an oath." This is certainly arranging affairs in a wise manner; and taking the right view of the Government of a people and the rule of a State, thus, the ARCHDUKE truly adds, only can there be any chance of raising Mexico to a promi nent place among nations, and calling into existence a national policy, so that all parties might co-ope rate with him, and forget all disputes. These are noble sentiments to express, and any country would be fortunate who possessed a ruler willing and able to put such precepts into practice. Thus only can any real benefits be conferred and lasting g o od con ferred, when all concur from the highest to the lowest to tread the path of progress. One definite act of reform, and one decided change in effete and worn-out constitutions, do more to remodel and re novate a State than hundreds of compromises and countless professions of liberty, which sound very well, but are never carried into effect. It is sa id that, subsequently to the reading of the address, the ARCHDUKE, in conversation with the m e mbers of the deputation, declared that he would not accept the Crown unless all these conditions were fulfilled' This is very probable, for his brief address read like the earnest and impressive avowal of opinio n that would come from one who is decided and determined regarding his own course, whatever doubts and delays may ob scure the judgmen ts of others. He believes the co - operation of F ra nce and England to be nec essary that order may be re-established and secured. T h i s is very likely, and there does not appear a ny pro b ability tha t such assistance would be denied t o hi m ; there wou ld be more likely difficulties in th e way of secur i ng the first desideratum mentioned, namely, to obtain a manifestation of the wish of the whole nation. Whatever may be the result of all this Mexican deliberation it seems p re t ty evident that if the Archduke MaximieiaN goes out there as ru l e r, he will not be a roi faineant. O n the contrary, he has given proof that he do es not esteem it as an y pri viego to assume the reins of government without acting and feeling as if he was the presiding spirit of the country he was called upon to rule, enlightened ad v i ser o f the people whose destinies was was to be pla ce d i n hi s hands. If any polit i ca l day dreamer fancied that the ne w monarc h to be a and the puppet, the add ress o f Saturday will have di sPe ll 6 .l that illusion at o nce an d for ever. It ev id ences i n the clearest man ner th at the ARCHDUKE w ill no t assume a position without power, and that he wishes that, power to be a well -secured one. With these advantages he will b e h appy to do his b es t in th e interest of the community he is calle d u pon t o govern, but w i t h out them he will relinquish the attempt, convi nce d t h at he retires from a n unequal struggle. At an y rate he will win the q sympathy and good wi s h es o f all upright and independent men for his s t ra i g h tforwardness, and they will go with him to hi s arduous venture, and a ttend him at home a ccor di ng as the course of even tate his deci s i on and shape his destiny shell die Mr. FEC HTER opens ou the 24th with an en ti re l y new romantic d rama , f rom the French. MR. AND M RS. CHARLES INIATnEws appear in a new comedy by Mr. L. Buckingham/ Silkeu Fetters," at th e H aymarket, on the 26th. LORD DUNDREAR Y returns on Busing Night to the Haymarket. c alled " THE FINE ARTS EXHIBITION is now open in the This Palace of Ind us t ry i n the Champs-ElYb e es. exhibition is the u n d ertaking of a committee of privatein dividuals, who allow that their idea is due to the words which the Emperor, " the crowned t hi n ker" —uttered on the 25th of J anuary last, on the occasion of the distribution of rewards to the exhibitors at our great exhibition of the last year. The Emperor then impressed upon his audience the value of " th e spontaneous energy of the individual." The chief Fr enc h manufacturers have taken up the Em peror's recommendation; and this is the result of t heir 4 ' spontaneous energy." Th ey have emblazoned the Em peror's words u n d er his bust, and placed it in he most pro minent part of th e palace —declaring that the Imperial speech of January last is to be henceforth the hoc sign° SECOND HAND TERROR AT vinces of every individual enterprise. pitted inimitably b y H enry Fielding in the chapter of Tom Jones, i n w hi ch Partridge is taken to see David Garrick in " Harnlet."—Fi A GHOST—as de elding here describes with ad mirable clearness, says the London Review, the true func tion of a dramatic ghost. Partridge cares nothing for the ghost per se. He criticises his apparel, and is certain that ghosts don't appear in such dresses as that, neither." It was the genius of the actor that was to give the ghost all his terrors. Partridge was not to be persuaded by Torn Jones that the " ma n i n the strange dress " was a ghost, but when Hamlet appear e d , and saw the ghost, Fielding says that "Partridge gave that credit to Mr. Garrick which he had denied to Jones, an d fell into so v i o l ent a trembling that 'lie knees knocked aga i nst each other. " Jones asked him what was the matter, and whether he was afraid of the warrior on the stage ? " Oh, la I sir," said he, " I perceive now it is what you told me, lam not afraid of anything, for I know it is but a play, and if it was really a ghost it could do no one no harm at such a distance, and in so much company ; yet if I wee frightened I am not the only per son." " Why, who," cried Jones, " dolt thou take to be such a coward here, besides thyself ?" "Nay, you rosy call me a coward if you will, but if that little man there upon the stage (Garrick) is not frightened, I never saw any man frightened in my life." Ihen Partridge's com mentary on the colloquy between the Ghost and Hamlet shows how completely ho was carried away by sympathy with the actor. "Ay, ay; go along with you! Ay, to be uenpoouriashucihorfoyool;h.arFdionleloesw! ylol,u'h!atelv.derfohliaopwp sure! Wh o ' s fool, then I Will you ? Lod have mercy en th s e itdiesvgood enough lor lOU. Follow you! I'd follow the devil as soon. Nay, perhaps, it is the devil, for they say he can No farth er ? No, you have gone far enough already— put on wh at li keness he pleases, Oh I here he is again farther than I'd have gone for all the king's dominions." Jones offered to sp ea k, b ut Partridge cried, " Hush, hush, dear sir I don't you hear him ?" And during the whole speech of the Ghost he sits with his eyes fixed partly on the Ghost, and partly on Hamlet, and with his mouth wide open. "The same passions," says the novelist, "which succeeded each o th er i n Jones s enjoysasaid, the ‘‘p Why,la more l)a r ' Hamlet,' su cceeded likewise in Par tridge, g . him." When you exc e t e h d e m e e y e n e x e p w e c a t s a o t i v o e n r ,; than I conceived possible." "Nay, Sir," answered Par tridge, "if 3ou are not afraid of the devil I can't help it; but, to be sure, it is natural to b e surprised at such things though I know there is nothing in them; not that it was the Ghost that surprised me neither, for I should have known that to be only a man in a strange dregs; but when I saw the little man tightened himself, it was th a t - whio , taw ,Mold of W.", LITERATURE, Treatise on Mills and Millwork. Part 11. By William Fairbairn, Esq., C.E., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c. One Vol., pp. 284. Longman and Co. In the World's History, we may rest assured, this last past half century will be ever borne in remembrance as emphatically The Age of Engi neering. Within its limits how much has been accomplished by the agency of this wonderful science, how many topographical and, even, it might be said without much extravagance, geogra phical transformations, have been effected—is now clearly visible far and wide over the earth's surface. The world-famous offer submitted for his accept ance to Alexander the Great, by the daring adulation of the sculptor who dreamt of carving Mount Athos into a Coloasal Effigy of the Yoang Conqueror, holding in the palm of one hand a populous city, and under the palm of the other an urn, from the month of which a river should fl o w into the waters of the YEgaaan—has been immeasurably surpassed by, what may be called, so to speak, the every-day marvels effected by Modern Engineering. The obedient Geni of the Arabian Tales has been literally r ealised in a substantial shap e b y the wondrous fabrication Fairy ation of tThealSesteaamgaEin have had actuallyngine. The Fi er y D ragon of we c hained to our own cars in the palpable form of our Locomotive. The network of iron, with which so large a part of the habitable globe is already covered, enables us, whensoever we list and whlthersoever we please, to travel as smoothly and as swiftly as the Persian seated on the magical square of carpet talked of by the Princess Scheherazsde. 0 aly that, in lieu of having to discover the square of carpet to sit upon, we have but to purchase for a few coins a tiny square of pasteboard to hold betwixt finger and thumb. Thanks to our modern engineer ing, not only are the seas, and oceans, and ocean, channels crossed to and fro continually, in despite of opposing winds and adverse tides, while the earth's surface is being traversed in the same astonishing manner, only with far greater speed, and with un erring punctuality—but the rivers are spanned in all directions, at almost any width or altitude; the solid hills are pierced with tunnels; in one instance close at hand a double passage has been tunnelled with perfect success under a sandy river-bed ; and by the ingenious application of steam power to the accomplishment of almost every one of our manufactures, the labour of the human hand is being every day more and more effectually superseded by the far more delicate, rapid, and un erring labour of complicated pieces of mechanism, fabricated, it is true, by that same wonder working hand Almost the last of the Great En gineers by whose varied genius these marvellous changes have been brought about, almost the last of the Great E ng i neers of this Great Age par excel lence of Engi neer i ng is the author of the book Lere submitted to our consideration. Professor Fair bairn's name will go down to after times together with the names of the noblest of his illustrious en gineering b rother-workers, his co-operators and con temporaries. William Fairbairn has made good, long since, his claim to be regarded as one having a fair share in the merit of one of the most remark able masterpieces of Robert Stephenson, the tubular bridge at the Menai Straits. As one of the recog nised Nest ors o f P hysical Science, he has presided in due turn, and i t will long be remembered with con spicuous ability, over the annual proceedings of the British A ssoc i ation. As the clasps and medals, upon the breast of a warrior tell of the perilous feats by flood and field through which he has passed, so does the long string of symbolical initials appended to the name of W i lli am Fairbairn, tell quite as plainly, quite a s s i gn i f i cantly, of the good work done by him as a master of engineering. Besides those emblem a ti c letters given above, at the heading of thisy pick of these initials, notice, asbeingsaele, i selected from t the very should be here remarked as well, that, in addition to many other honorary titles conferred upon him by various learned bodies, and by various foreign nations, Professor Fairbairn is a Corresponding Member of the National Institute of France, and of the Royal Academy of Turin. And though without any star, or medal, or clasp, or ribbon as an Eng lishman, he wears the cross and the red silk at his button -hole as a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. It is so far fortunate, however, that this distin guished veteran of the bloodless battle-ground of the science of Engineering, covered with these honours, and justified to the full, though he would have been in resting henceforth upon his well won laurels, has, nevertheless, tolled as assiduously in the collecting together of the materials of which this remarkable Treatise is composed—a treatise embodying so much of the fruits of his enlarged observation and practical experience ! A work that William Fairbairn, and William Fairbairn alone, was in any way qualified to have written. He himself tells us in his Preface—" My professional career commenced just at a time when the manufacturing industry of the country was re eovering from the effects of a long and disastrous war, and I was enabled, from this circumstance, to grow up with and follow out consecutively nearly the whole of the discoveries, improvements, and changes that have since taken place in mechanical science. These discoveries have been numerous and invaluable in contributing to the development of our industrial resources, the diffusion of knowledge, and the extension of trade and commerce throughout the globe. It will not be necessary to repeat what steam, gas, and electric telegraphs have effected both on sea and land in the same time, and how much we are indebted to these agencies for the abundant com forts, luxuries, and enjoyments which we now possess, as compared with the age in which our fathers lived. It will be found on inquiry that in mills, where these agencies are employed, and where the manufacture of cotton, silk, flax, and wool are car ried on, are some of the elements to which we are indebted for the numerous advantages which enter into the improved state of our social existence." It is to mills then, peculiarly and especially, that the learned author has here directed his attention —and by necessity, of course, his reader's. Part One of this Treatise, already published some time since by the Messrs. Longman, embodied within it a carefully compacted, and yet at times a very de tailed, record of Professor Fairbairn's experiences, for close upon half a century, as a mill-architect, as a mill-wright, and as a mechanical engineer. Part Two "follows suit" by giving a minute and care fully exact descripti on o f the m ills themselves, of the millwork accomplished in them, and, generally speaking, of the intri cate an d co mplicated arrange ments incidental to the carrying out of various of our leading manufactures. The Machinery of Trans mission, above all, is described in this volume as only a master of his subject and one so largely skill e d b y prac tice as a mechanical engineer could w e ll d escr ibe 1 • Tile Grander Treatise, in fact, of w hi c h this comprehensive volume is part, gives us, in this portion of it, a variety of minor t reat i ses, eac h complete in itself, Treatises on Wh ee l s, on Shafts, on Couplings—on the Engaging a n d Di sengag i ng of Gear—on Mill Architecture. Separate sections or chapters, more over, being h ere d evoted res pectively to all the numerous kinds of m ill s no w working, in more or less abundance, in different parts of the country— corn mills, silk mill s , fl ax m ills, cotton mills, woollen mills, oil mills, pape r m ill s , and powder mills. The whole work, or rath er Part IL, of this highly elaborated Treatise up on Mills and Millwork being supplemented with a brief but admirably succinct account of—The Manufacture of Iron. That solitary addition itself might be particularised as a masterpiece of w e ll com pressed and invaluable information, worthy o f p u blication separately in the form of a popular h an db oo k. The whole work, how ever, is, in its way, i nva l ua bl e —above all, to the busy and intelligent world of our mechanical engineers, both young and old, All kinds of information they can obtain here at pleasure in regard to everything about wheels, toothed wheels of all kinds, mortise wheels, spur wheels, the pitch and diameter of wheels, the teeth of the toothed wheels, whether in volute, epicycloidal or hypocycloidal, whether bevel led or wormed —upon all the diversities of couplings, the claw coupling, the disc' coupling, the circular half-lap coupling, and so forth—about hammers, plummer blocks, friction cones and friction discs— about strain and torsion, about velocity and about lubrication. Here not only is every required information upon these subjects ready at hand when wanted, but it is of a kind, it is from an authority that may be relied upon by one and all implicitly and with absolute confidence. That is, in one word, the distinct and instantly re cognisable merit of the work : it is worthy of taking its place at once upon our scientific bookshelves as —an authority. Nay, more even than that—as the authority upon Mills and Mill Work. LATEST INTELLIGENCE [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (Per the Damascus.) NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (Noon). General Burnside has reached a point where he is expected to prevent a flank movement by the Confederates. Reports from Nashville assert that General Rosencranz's position is more favourable than is believed at the North. General Meade's army is moving transports, and are loading at Alexandria. Their destination is a matter of conjecture. Au important Federal movement is also taking place on the line of the Baltimore and Ohio rail road. The Evening Post believes that the reinforcements sent from Virginia to Bragg have left Richmond nearly defenceless. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold, 394 prem. Exchange— Bankers' bills, 153 to 1541. Stocks depressed— New York Central, 13311 Illinois, 1221; Erie, 1061. EARTHQUAKE AT HEREFORD. HEREFORD, Ocr. 6. At 3.20 this morning the city of Hereford was violently shaken by an earthquake. The sound was perfectly awful. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. BRESLAU, OCT, 6. The Cossacks have killed on the high road the Councillor of Justice Blodowski, and the proprietor Dangel. Fresh detachments of insurgents have appeared in the vicinity cf Kalisch. INDIA AND CHINA. MARSEILLES, OCT. 6. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Peluse, with India and China mails, arrived here yesterday at 9.30 p.m. FRANCE. PARIS, OCT. 6. The Constitutionnel of to-day, in an article signed by M. Limayrac, condemns the exaggera tions of MM. Gueroult and Emile de Girardin, and I says—" The Imperial policy knows how to ally prudence with firmness. It is incorrect to say France is responsible for the bloodshed in Poland. The Polish question has entered a new phase in consequence of the declaration of Earl Russell concerning the treaties of 1815. Upon this new ground France will do her duty es she has done in the recent negociations, and will not give way to passionate excitement. Conservative France has no more to fear an adventurous war under the nego tiator of the peace of Villafranca, than liberal France has to fear a compromising peace under the conqueror of Solferino." The Emperor and the Imperial Prince arrived on Sunday evening at Bordeaux, where they remained yesterday. They are expected in Earls to-day. BOURSE, Oct; s.—The market has not been ani mated, but the quotations of Saturday were well maintained—Threes being now nnvaried at 67f 75c. Mobilier have improved to 1,185 fr. Railway Shares are on the declining scale. The market closed as follows : It per Cents. .. 95 90 Italian Loan 73 60 Do. end month.... Do. end month 73 55 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 67 75 Do. end month — Credit Mobilier.... 1165 Russian Do. end m0nth....1230 Austrian Bank Shares — Spanish Threes.... Credit k oncier 1312 50 Home Debt RAM WAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans lOO6 25 .. 1017 60 Northern 987 50 .. 990 New. ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1027 50 .. 1005 Geneva 497 60 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian .. Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona .... .. 353 THE STORM BEFORE THE BATTLE OF SALAMANCA, —described by Sir Edward Cust in his " Annals of the Wars of the Nineteenth Century."—The night was one of more than common darkness, for a storm—the fre quent precursor of a battle—broke with violence over the landscape. Torrents of rain had already swollen the river fords, and, as the men emerged dripping out of the water, the deafening thunder rolled in successive peals. and the lightning flashed out brilliantly, playing with remarkable vividness on the tops of the soldiers' bayonets and the scabbards of the marching cavalry. In the midst of this crash of the elements, the whole of the column, cavalry and infantry, gained an uncomfortable bivouac very late. An unusually vivid flash of lightning killed some men, and so frightened the horses of the cavalry, that they broke loose from their pickets and, galloping wildly across the country, were mistaken in the obscurity for patrols of the enemy. But this dispersion of the frightened and riderless horses added to the awful effect of the tempest, and was altogether a scene ever to be remembered. PORTRAIT OF LORD BROUGHAM FOR THE PAR LIAMENT HOUSE, EDINBURGH.—Some time since the Lords of the Court of Session and the members of the Scottish Bar resolved to have painted a full-length original portrait of Lord Brougham, to be placed in Parliament House, Edinburgh; and conferred the honour of executing the commission on Mr. D. Macnee, Lord Brougham, on being apprised of the selection, intimated with much cor diality his readiness to give every facility to the artist ; and the picture, as it nuw appears, represents his lordship hold ing in his left hand a document or copy of an address, and, with his right hand extended, he seems to be in the act of addressing a deputation with much earnestness. Lord Brougham's robes as a Peer of the realm are represented as thrown over a table on the background, while the rich gold embroidered purse of a Lord Chancellor of England lies on a cushion at his feet, indicating the high political and judi cial office which his lordship had filled. Two busts are seen behind the main figure on the canvas, which any one will recognise in a moment as those of his lordship's old friends, James Watt and the Duke of Wellington ; and these, we believe, have been introduced by Lord Brougham's special suggestion. The other accessories are entirely in keeping with the subject, and of a singularly graceful character. A SUBSTITUTE FOR COAL.—There is in Trinidad, only a mile from the coast, a basin of 99 acres filled with asphalt, yielding 70 gallons of crude oil per ton. There are also springs of asphaltic oil in the neighbourhood, and large pitch banks off the shore. It is estimated that the take is capable of producing 300,000,000 gallons of oil, and 40 or 50 gallons are considered equal to a ton of coal. The Trinidad Colonist publishes a inentoire by Mr. Stoll meyer, of Port of Spain, proposing the use of this liquid fuel for oceanic steam navigation, and he states that he has been at various times for these three years suggesting the employment of a distillate from the pitch lake of Trinidad. To oil a ship would not take above a tenth of the time it takes to coal her if pipes were employed, and the oil would not take above a fourth of the space occupied by coals. He recommends that it be applied at once as auxiliary to coal by throwing jets over the burning mass, but contemplates eventually upright tubular boilers, the liquid fuel to be supplied as fast as it can be converted int 3 flame. Of course the North American oil springs are another source of supply. A WILD-FLOWER SHOW is spoken of as a pro bable novelty in LOnclon, 4.',.ibtri TlMrt Ittlitat ti " THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND. BALMORAL, OCt. 2. The Queen went out yesterday with Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse. The Princesses Helena and Louise, attended by Lady Churchill, rode to Invercauld. Oct. 5, The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louis of Hesse and Princess Helena, went out yesterday morning. Her Majesty, accompani e d by P r i nce an d Princess Louis of Hesse, the P r i ncesses Helena, Louise, a n d Beatrice, attended by Lady ()nimbill and Lady Augusta Bruce, went at seven o'clock yesterday evening to Abergeldie Castle to receive their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, and Prince William, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Albert Henry of Prussia on theif arrival from Edinburgh. Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, accompanied by Prince William, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Albert Henry of Prussia, and attended by Countess Hobenthal, Baroness Debenck, and Captain Lucadou, arrived at Abergeldie Castle yesterday evening from Edin burgh, where their royal highnesses rested the previous night, on their journey from Potsdam. The Prince and Princess of Wales, The Prince of Wales, attended by Captain Grey rode on horseback yesterday morning. The Princess of Wales, attended by the Hon, Mrs. W. Grey. took a carriage drive. Arrival of the King of the Hellenes. His Majesty the King of the Hellenes arrived in London last night by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, accompanied by a limited suite. His Majesty, it will be remembered, Leh, Den mark on the 17th ultimo, accompanied by Count Sponneck, and proceeded to St. Petersburg, where he arrived on the 20th, and remained for six days. During his visit, he went to Cronstadt, where, un der the guidance of Gen. Todleben, he examined the whole of the defensive works of that fortress. The young king was received with great cordiality by the Emperor, and was highly delighted with his visit. On leaving St. Petersburg, his Majesty proceeded to Rumpenheim, on a visit to his relatives resid ing there, and, after a stay of a few days, continued his journey to Brussels, where he arrived on Satur day morning last, and immediately proceeded to the Hotel de Belle Vue, where apartments had been engaged for his accommodation. Several gentlemen of the King's suite, amongst whom were Baron de Gueldencrone, Professor A. L. Koepen, Dr. Phile mon (secretary), Captain Funek, and Captain Leth, preceded his Majesty to Brussels, and received him on his arrival. Many distinguished Greeks also ar rived at Brussels to present their homage to their new Sovereign, and were at once graciously and cor dially received. Amongst these gentlemen may mentioned M. Christopoulos, formerly Minister. During Saturday there was an interchange of visits between his Hellenic Majesty and the Bel gian royal family, and in the evening there was a grand banquet at the palace. Besides the King of the Belgians and the King of the Greeks, with the gentlemen composing his suite, there were pre sent—The Duke and Duchess of Brabant, the Count of Flanders, the Archduke Joseph of Austria (brother to the Duchess of Brabant), Baron Hugel (the Austrian Minister), the Minister of Denmark, and several other gentlemen holding official posi tions, His Majesty visited many of the principal manufacturing establishments in Brussels during Saturday, and remained in that city till yesterday morning, when at six o'clock he travelled by rail way to Calais. His Majesty left the French port about half-past one on board the London, Chatham, and Dover Com pany's new vessel, the Samphire,wh ich steamed across to Dover in one hour and 26 minutes. His Majesty was attended across the Channel by Lieut. Morgant R.N., the naval superintendent of the company, and was received on his arrival at Dover by the Greek Consul-General, M. lonides ; General Sutton, com manding the garrison ; Capt. Triscott, R.N., Admi ralty superintendent, &c., and after partaking of lunch at the Lord Warden Hotel, proceeded by special train on the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway to Victoria Station. The arrangements at the station at Dover were under the superinten denceof Mr. Cux, the station-master, who had charge of the train to London. His Majesty arrived at the Victoria Station punctually at six o'clock—the special train performing the journey in two hours and 10 minutes. A telegram received in London yesterday morn ing announced that the young King would arrive at six o'clock. This intelligence was soon circu lated through the Greek community resident in London, and had the effect of attracting to Victoria Station a great number of ladies and gentlemen who were a nxious to witness the arrival of their sovereign. Amongst those present were Mr. Pandia Ralli, Mr. St. Z:zimes, Mr. M. Rodocauachi, Mr. Xenos, Mr. Cavafy, Mr. Ztffo, Mr. James Wyld, M.P., one of the vice-presidents of the Philhellenic Committee, and Mr. Stefanos Xenos, the hon. secre tary, 8:C. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at tended by Captain Grey, arrived at Victoria Station at a few minutes before six o'clock. On alighting from the carriage his royal highness was immedi ately recognised by the ladies and gentlemen pre sent, and was loudly and heartily cheered. In a few minutes after the arrival of the Prince of Wales the royal train conveying the King of the Greeks drew up at the platform, and as soon as his Majesty made his appearance he was received most enthusi astically, loud shouts of Vim Zime (Long life 0 re sounding from all sides, the ladies not being the least demonstrative in their behaviour. His Majesty seemed a little surprised at the warmth of the greet ing, but immediately bowed in acknowledgment, and was then introduced to some of the gentlemen present. The King was received by Lord Harris, the deputy-chairman of the railway company, and by Mr. J. S. Forbes, the general manager. Without any delay his Majesty and the Prince of Wales took their seats in the royal carriage which had conveyed his royal highness to the station, and pro ceeded to Marlborough House, where he will be a guest during his stay in London. The young monarch, who wilt not attain his 18th year till the 24th of next December, looked some what pale, and far from so robist as our own Prince of Wales. He was dressed in the European costume. Immediately after his Majesty's arrival, M. Alex. lonides, the Greek Consul• General, telegraphed to Athens, announcing to the Provisionary Govern ment the safe arrival of his Majesty at the English stage of his journey. We understand the presentation of the address to his Maj.2sty from the Greek residents in London will take place at Marlborough House on Thursday next. Other addresses will be presented to his Ma jesty by deputations of the Greek residents at Man chester and Liverpool. His Majesty will visit the Queen at Balmoral, and will leave England next week for Paris. After a short stay in that capital he will proceed to Toulor, where he will embark for Athens on board the Rus sian frigate ()leg, which has been specially fitted up and decorated for the conveyance of King George to his dominions. The royal family and distinguished visitors to this countryhave lately availed themselves of the London, Chatham, and Dover route to Victoria Station, which is in close proximity to Buckingham Palace and the west end of London, and moreover possesses the ad vantage of direct communication toWindsor, by the Great Western Railway, from the station without change of carriage. (From the Court Newsman.) His Majesty the King of Greece arrived at Marl borough House at 10 minutes past 6 o'clock last evening, upon a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Icing was met upon his arrival at the Vit toria Station by the Prince of Waler, attended by Captain Grey. His royal highness accompanied his Majesty to Marlborough House, where the King was received by his sister, the Princess of Wales. The Danish Minister attended at Marlborough House to pay his respects. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge also visited the Ring. The King is attended by Count Sponneck, Baron de Guldencrone, Professor A. L. Koeppen, Captain Leth, Captain Funck, and Dr. Philemon. These gentlemen proceeded from the railway station to the Palace Hotel, Buckingham•gate. We understand it is the intention of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of "Wales to honour Miss Bateman's performance of "Leah" to-mot row evening (Wednesday) with their presence at the New Royal Adelphi. The Prince and Princess Joinville arrived in Cologne on Friday last from Mayence, and, after a short stay, continued their journey to Holland. Prince and Princess Pierre Troubetzkoi and suite have left Claridge's Hotel for Paris. Field-Mirshal Prince Alexander Bariatinsky has left Claridge's Hotel for tho Continent. The Dake and Duchess of Somerset and Lady Gwendolin St. Maur, and the Earl St. Maur, have left the i)uke's official residence at the Admiralty for Stover Park, the family seat in Devonshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Longleat, Warmin ster. His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle is expected in town in a day or two front Dublin Castle, on a few weeks' absence from the seat of his government. The noble earl will afterwards visit the Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland at Cliefden, Bucks, and then go to Castle Howatd, York shire. The Earl and Countess Spencer arrived at Spencer House, St. James's, yesterday, from their seat nPar Fahonham, Norfolk.. The Earl and Countess Delawarr have left Kissingen on their return home from Germany. The noblo earl has greatly improved in health Ey his sojourn abroad. _ . . . Tim Countebs Frances Waldegrave and Mr. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., who came to town on Satur day from Dudbrooke Park, Essex, left town yesterday for a tour of visits in Ireland. The Countess (Dowager) Spencer and Lady Sarah Spencer have returned to town for a few days. Viscount and Viscountess Clifden and family arrived at Dover House, Whitehall, from their villa at Roehamptan, and will stay in town till after the christen ing of their infant son and heir. The Lady De Dunstanville has arrived at Cax• clew Castle, Cornwall, the seat of Sir Charles Lemcca, Bart., from visiting the Earl and Countess Fortescue in Devonshire. A NEW CLAIMANT TO WEAR. THE ROBE OF RACHEL at the Theatre Frangais,—Mdlle. Estella JaillE t, a pupil of 111. Samson's, has recently appeared in Corneille's " Cinna,"— with what result we have not yet heard. A MADCAP JOKE —evidently designed to be sent to the Comic News by an inhabitant of Bedlam, has, by some unaccountable accident, found its way into the Court Journal, to the effect that-2A great race between a night mare and a clothes-horse came off recently. The man who entered the mare—adds the lunatic wag—wasn't wide awake ; so the horse took the prize. THE RUSSIAN regular army consists of 31,856 officers and 858,997 privates, and the irregular army of 4,818 officers and 302,961 privates, making altogether 36,674 officers and 1,161,958 privates! This immense army is, however, scattered about all over the Russian dominions. ANOTHER CAPTURE BY THE ALABAMA.- Antwerp, Oct. 2.—A private letter received here states that the American ship Atalanta, from Monte Video, bound to the Chincas Islands for guano, had been sunk by the Con federate steamer Alabama. OPENING OF THE TEMPLE CHURCH.—On Sun day the Temple Church (Inner Temple, Fleet-street), which has been closed since the long vacation commenced, was reopened for public worship by the Ven. Archdeacon Robinson, Master of the Temple. THE COURT-MARTIAL ON COLONEL CRAWLEY.— The number of persons who have been ordered to repair to England from India, with reference to the court martial to be held on Lieutenant-Colonel Crawley, of the Inniskilling Dragoons, which court-martial it will be remembered it was recently calculated would cost little less than £50,000, comprises 13 officers, 50 non-commissioned officers and privates, and two natives. STRANGE VEGETABLE LUXURlES—described by a Gourmand in the Spectator.—Take a fat cabbage stalk, scrape it till nearly rcund, leave it all night in cold water, and nest day cook and serve it like vegetable m ar tow, and then send us a letter of thanks for a new, a cheap, and a most delicious addition to dinner. If at the same time readers will recollect that the plantains now so largely imported into our market are so badly ripened that they ought to be fried in long slices, they will have two receipts well worth the trouble of reading this. THE ENGLISH DOWAGER, Mr. Nathaniel Haw- thorne wickedly describes in his "Our Old Home," as one with " awful ponderosity of flame, not pulpy like the looser development of our few fat women, but massive with solid beef and streaky tallow, so that (though struggling manfully with the idea) you inevitably think of het• as made up of steaks and sirloins"—adding, " When she walks, her advance is elephantine. When she sits down, it is on a great round space of her Maker's footstool, where she looks as if nothing could ever move her." COST OF THE CENSUS.--The expense incurred at the central office (exclusive of postage) and in pay ment of the local officers in taking the census of England of Wales was £86,728 in 1841, £93,132 in 1851, and £95,719 in 1861. This was in 1841 £5 9s. per thousand of the population, in 1851 £5 45., and 1861 £4 15s. 5d.., or rather more than a penny per head for every man, won len, and child, in the kindom. 33,966 local officers were em ployed in taking the census of 1861. CATHOLICS AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY.--It is understood that at a meeting of the Catholic nobi lily and gentry, held a few days ago, the question was vigorously discussed as to the advisability of sending the youth of their families to Oxford at the approaching norm. Dr. Newman strongly counselled this step, which was; as strenuously opposed I , y others. The balance of opinion, however, was in favour of the movement, and in conse quence several Catholic families are about to send their sons to matriculate at Oxford.—Daily News. CHINA INDEMNIT Y.—A return just issued from the Treasury shows that the idemni;37 agreed to be paid under the treaty of Pekin, made in October, 1860, for Can ton losses and war expenses, is in gradual course of pay ment out of the Customs revenue taken at the parts opened to foreign trade. At the end of 1862 3,450,45 r teals had been received by Great Britain, leaving 4,546,543 taels yet unpaid. 717 taels are taken as equal to 1,000 aols. The indemnity of 300,000 taels for the prisoners who were un fairly captured by the Chinese in September, 1860, was paid down; and after erecting a monument at Pekin over the remains of the prisoners there was left £91,440 to meet pay ments to prisoners or relatives of prisoners. THE POACHING CASE AT WOLLATON.—At the the Shire-hall, Nottingham, on Saturday, bert, Frank Richards, William Porter, and J. G oodall, were taken before Lord Belper and the sitting magic trates, charged with night poaching in Wollaton-park. Pardenlars of this case have already appeared in The Sun. Ail the prisoners pleaded guilty. Previous convictions were proved against Gilbert, Richards, and Goodall, and they were sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and at the expiration of that time to find securities for two years, or in default to be imprisoned 12 months further, with hard labour. Porter was sentenced to three months' imprison ment, and to find sureties for 12 months, or, in default, siX months hard labour. EXTRAORDINARY WEDDING. —On Tuesday last, at Wiudlesham Church, near Bagsh o t,. S urre y, a gentleman, aged 75, formerly a corn dealer in t hat village, who has been blind for 40 years, was united in t he bands of Hymen to a lady 43 years his junior, and who was almost a total stranger to him. It is said that owii ig to some family disagreement, the gay Lot4ario declared that he would marry again if he could only find a suitable partner, and that thereupon one of the gentler sex, always on the look-out for match - making, introduced to him the lady who is now his bride. The bridegroom, who was a widower, has children and grandchildren living. Love is prove:filthy blind, and it cannot be said that the bridegroom upon this occasion has rushed into matrimony with his eyes open. All the village turned out to assist at the spectacle, and quite a gala day was observed in Bagshot, in honour of the auspicious event.—Surrey ANOTHER SINGULAR WEDDING. --A wedding of rather an unusual character was recently celebrated at Wingate Church, between John Chopping, alum shale burner, and Eleanor Harewood, widow. On the parties presenting themselves a little wernau appeared and declared that she was already Mrs. John Chopping, and objected to the ceremony being performed. She stated that elhe had been married to John Chopping for '22 years, and hi id had 16 children. At this time the minister felt rather e eizzled what to do, but at length told her as John Choppie , g and Eleanor Harewood had been duly asked at church fo r three Sundays without any one appearing to show cause wl iy they Should not be joined together in holy matrimony, :Ile felt bound to proceed. By this time a great number of p ersons had collected ab out the church gates . On leaving the church John was accompanied b y b ot h wives, one on each arm. In thi s way they proceede d to th e Grange, their in tended place of residence, followed by two or three hundred children. On arriving the old wife was not allowed to enter to partake of the good things provided. The new wife, who is of prodigious size, pushed her out and belted the desr,-- .4Yftvra:itle