The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-30 00:00:00

_ ►OYAL ITALIAN OPERA,' Covent -garden. Positively the Last Night. On this occasion the opera will commence at 8 o'clock. Tr IS EV't N (SATURDAY), July 30, will be performed (fr the fourth time , Meyerbeer's grand historical opera, in three act , L'E 1 01. LE DU NORD, with entirely new sce nery, costumes, and appointments. Catterina, Madame ioia,-Carvalho ; PraSCOVia, Mdlle. Maria. Brunetti ; Natalia, Madame Rudersdorff ; l i c hi m ona, Mdlle. Jenny Bauer ; Danilowitz, Signor Naudiu; Giorgio, Signor Neri- Baraldi; Gritzenko, Signor Ciampi; Colonel Yer mo toff, Signor Tagliafico ; General Tcheremetieff, Signor Polonini ; Rain oldo, Signor Capponi ; Sig - nor Lucchesi; Milian Primo, Signor Foliar ; Second°, Signor Rossi ; and Pietro, 31. Faure. Conductor, Mr. Costa. At the conclusion of the Opera the National Anthem , " God Save the Queen," will be sung. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta'ls, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalle, and tickets may be had at the box-otlice under the portico of the theatre, which is open from ten till five, and at the principal musicsellers' and ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. Last Night of Mdlle. Stel!ft Colas. For the Benefit of Mr. Ryder. TUTS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. Alter which, ROMEO 'AND JULIET. Messrs. Vining, Ryder, D. Fi her, J. Nelson, J. W. Ray, 11. Mellon, W. Ro bins, t. Seyton, ihapman; Mrs. Henry Marston, and Mdlle. btella Colas. NEW THEATItE-itti YAL, ADELPELL 6ale Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bediori, Billington, Stuart, Stephen son. Romer; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. REST. _ and Mrs. Bil lington. At 1/, ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.. Penholder, Mr. Benjamin Webster ; Constance, Miss H. Simms. Followed by TILE AREA BELLE, with a Horrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. 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'fop 225. „ Deep ....215. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, r add in g ton, W., and Maiden-lare, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPURTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. &LENIN:, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ey/le-park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 30, 1864. TP1E11.3102 ET EU. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-29.90. WIND—S.; moderate breeze, and cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tills DsY.—Morning, 11h. 52m.—Afternoon, h. m. 10-xo.P.Row.-Morning, 12h. 24m.—Afternoon, 12h. ZOm. SUM LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1864. Few persons, we should imagine, will be much inclined to regret the close of the late session, whose interest for the general public had completely died out with the great struggle of a few weeks since. But, nevertheless, the very abrupt termination of it has taken a good many by surprise, and excited some displeasure. The Ministerial whitebait feast closely precedes, as we all know, the final diaper. Sion of the Parliamentary combatants, but why so much mystery and uncertainty should be suffered to surround the actual date fined for the prorogation has puzzled some people. At first no day was mentioned, it was only announced that the day was cease at hand, but presently an intimation uppearc4 in a setni.otlicial organ that this day (Saturday) was to be the one finally decided on. The very mem bers themselves wore left in doubt ; so late as Thursday evening Lord CHELMSFORD found it necessary to ask when the great event was to come off, to which appeal the Lord Chancellor replied that th e prorogation would take place on the following, d a y, Lord REDESDALE enpressed his regret at Icarnio,g this fact, since some bills had come up from the Commons which it would, consequently, be impossible to consider. it appeared, from further observations made by the noble lord later in the evening, th a t up to Wednesday there w as no idea that on Friday the Houses would be prorogued, and on the minutes of the Houses was a notice that a judgment would be given on Satarday. The amendments to the Railway Const ruc ti o n Foilitio Bill, which were proposed to their lordships, had not even been I printed when Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY moved I that they should be agreed to, so that their lord ships were asked to agree to the amendments when they did not know what they were. After a little altercation on the matter, a conference with the other House produced an arrangement, since the Commons did not insist upon their amendments, and the loose, brief, and hurried sitting was closed, leav ing a curious impression on the public mind. Why should the session be brought to a close a full fort night earlier than usual ? It can scarcely be that the Ministers fear another attack, and the incon sistency and mischievous nature of their policy can hardly be further exposed. A week or two more would have given ample time for full consideration of many measures which have now been slurred over and harried through their several stages in the absence of parties interested in them. Of course, in every session measures wiil accumulate, and ques tions will arise which it is impossible to settle, how ever great the public anxiety to get them fully considered. In every year probably enough is lef t undone to employ a good part of the following sitting. But when there is really no earnest reason why the members should be so suddenly dispersed, it is a pity that discontent should be excited, and an impression created that the wants and require ments of the public service are subservient to the inclination to get rid of troublesome opponents, or the vagaries of official caprice. It is satisfactory to find from the statistics of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, that one of the most valuable and useful of our benevolent associations is maintaining its efficacy undiminished. At a meeting held yesterday at the Society's rooms in the Adelphi, the Secretary of the Institution read some interesting details of the recent pro ceedings of its agents. It is a gratifying fact that the claims of the Society upon public encourages ment are more and more widely recognised, and that in many instances large legacies have been left to them. Foreign nations, too, are prompt to acknowledge its services, and many interesting and valuable proofs of their sentiments of gratitude are frequently arriving. The Seaman's Association at Drontheim, Christiansund, and Nolesand, in Nor■ way and Sweden, has very recently forwarded a handsome contribution in acknowledgment of the services rendered by its lifeboats in rescuing their shipwrecked countrymen. The Hon. RUSTOMJEE JAMSETJEE JEJEEBHOY, son of the celebrated philanthropist JAMSETJEE JEJEEBHOY, presented some short time since the sum of £5OO to the In stitution, and the Committee have decided to place a lifeboat on the coast called after the , benevolent Hindo. Daring the past month the Society has sent out no less than three new lifeboats, all of them the gifts of benevolent persons. At Blackpool, to which one of them was despatched, a grand demonstration took place on the occasion of the launch, from 20,000 to 30,000 persons being present. At New Brighton, the fortunate recipient of another of these boats, the new comer has already achieved distinction, having pat off to the assistance of a vessel in distress, when her good qualities were highly spoken of. Of course, the records of the institution are, as usual, full of animated narratives of danger and adventure and of noble deeds performed by our brave English sailors. Tragedy, too, has her share in the stories ; and however much we may lament the accidents which desolate happy homes, we must feel, while regretting them, thankful for the skilful organisa tion which so greatly diminishes the chances of lose of life. A considerable outlay is required on the • part of the committee, and within the last few weeks very heavy payments have been made. Still, as we have said, its prospects are encouraging, owing to the increasing sense of its services. It is no visionary or romantic object which it sets before as, but a practical work, which in many countries would rest with the executive. Among ourselves, however, there is a prevalent feeling that such undertakings are better and more fully carried out by private enterprise and generosity, and the re. sults of the labours of the National Lifeboat Insti tution afford ample confirmation of such an im pression. Among the many contradictory statements and anomalous maxims laid down now-a-days by those who seem to be inaugurating a now state of things both in the foreign and domestic policy of this country, there has been no rule laid down which should provoke more eritieism or give rise to more censure than that of the Attorney-Generals for England and Ireland, that after a certain time has elapsed, the claim for redress must be held invalid and untenable. This is a view of the case which is thoroughly un-English, and which ought not for a moment to be tolerated. In the first place it strikes at the root of all the principles of justice, and holds out a temptation to the oppressor to pursue his plans of iniquity and continue in his course of perjury and prevarication, secure that after a time all restitution will be put out of the question, and all demands made will be unattended to. It is one of those dexterous shuffles and convenient species of jugglery, which those who represent the laws of the country, as the officers of the Crown, should never stoop to employ. It makes their case bad, indeed, if this is the best they can say for it. It is to be hoped that this matter will not be suffered to rest in the unsatisfac tory state into which it has been placed by this startling enunciation of repressive doctrines, but that next session the case of Mr.IF.wIN may be again brought forward, and if it is proved that injustice has been done to him, that the House will insist on cognisance being taken of his wrongs. It is well known how all in office delight in making use of all possible delay ; whenever it is at all practicable, they invariably interpose endless obstacles in the way of all unfortunate petitioners, claimants, and others who advocate the cause of friends or consti tuents. This idea of " limitation as to redress" will certainly add enother irresistible inducement to those in authority to pursue their shuffling course still more fully, in the hope and expectation that by dint of this year lost in excuse, the next in denial, and so on the time may pass and the period for redress elapse before anything definite is done. It is high time that such a scandalous mode of procedure and so contemptible a device should meet with the reprobation that it deserves, The law teems with all sorts of inconsistencies and abounds in hard and harsh measures which often militate in practice most completely against the theories which it professedly is bound to uphold ; but, really, new-fangled notion bids fair to take the lead of all cruel and unfair statutes: It is not the way to make citizens respect the laws of the State to let them see such a perversion and mockery of justice, advocated by the men who represent the majesty of the law in the Legislature of the land, and are the advisers of the Crown and the directors of the Go. vernment in cases of emergency. If it be 6trictls true, which no one believes, that this harsh statut€ of a limitation as to redress is in reality in existence among us, and if its use interferes with the desires which st:ould reign para ,, ount in the min ds of all members of the G overnment, to ren der the fullest restitution to all who have sus'ained injuries,smdhi or great, then, it i s ev id ent what course it is the duty of the authorities to poriotie, They bliould have long ere this have come forward and explained the state of the case, introducing, at the same time, a bill which would effectively put a stop to the re currence of such au evil as that of an injured party being precluded from restitution. To take advantage of a solecism in the law, that it is a disgrace to all concerned to have allowed to creep into its statutes, to get rid of unfortunate claimants, or perhaps entirely crush down those who it was their desire to get out of the way, is not the course which becomes the rulers of oar country and the administrators of its justice. All honest and honourable men must surely see the full work ings of such a system, end earnestly advocate its immediate cancelling. It is a contradiction in terms to allow such a course to prevail when the crimes and offences are to be punished, no matter how long a time has elapsed since their commission. To make things consistent, this edict should be changed, because now the inconsistency is marked and glaring. The whole principle of the question is in fault, because it seems to infer that wrong is seldom or ever done to those who come under the arbitra- tion of the law, and are compelled to submit to its decreee. This is a very false notion, because it has been proved oft and again that incalculable injuries are inflicted on innocent persons, and those hardly to be called guilty, in consequence of the confusing elements which too often prevail at trials and legal investigations. So many conflicting circumstances occur, and the skilled worker of iniquity so often makes his case appear the best, or again the accused may bs of so timorous a nature that his hesitation and uncertainty may appear a case against him in itself. Also, from mistaken motives, people become so excited and exasperated that ,hey do themselves and their cause grew injury, and by their own officiousness create a prejudice against them in the minds of their judges. Mr. BEWICKE was incontestably much to blame for his conduct of affairs, and Mr. InwiN appears by his vehemence and violence to have rendered him self conspicuous. Still it is a monstrous thing that these mistakes and mischances of temperament or judgment are to be turned against a man. and the present Government will reap no renown if they thus abuse and pervert the sacred principles of jus• Lice. If they attempt to subvert the foundations of the laws of England, which rest upon the basis of fair dealings to all men, they will incur a lasting infamy, and bring down upon themselves and their confederates the scorn and indignation of all who witness the scandal, LITERATURE. RECENT NOVELS. SA:lla Lockwood. By Noell Radeoliffe, author o, " Alice Wentworth." Three Vole. Hurst and Blackett. It might have been wished that the author of " Sybilla Lockwood" had chosen a pleasanter theme for his or her new novel. As the pre•Raphaelites seem, in their wish to adhere to nature, to select for their pencil the most unattractive objects, so some among our fiction writers appear to take especial delight in dwelling upon the most repulsive themes. Noell Rsdeciiffe would have us suppose (and we are willing to give him or her credit for the intention) that" Sybilla Lockwood" was intended for a highly moral and instructive tale. On the title-page is the following forcible and truthful assertion from Lord Bacon—" The predominant passion of the mind throws itself, like the ivy, round all human actions, entwines all our resolutions, and perpetually adheres to—and mixes itself among— or even overtops them," In the preface (a some what unusual feature in a novel) the author dilates upon the evil consequences that inevitably follow upon, not our sins alone, but our faults—" the links of cause and effect do bind one event to another in a way that the easy-going portion of the world will not see or believe." "I, at least," continues the author of " Sybilla Lockwood," " will frame no such fables, and will not turn this chronicle of real life—these results of my own observations—into a tale in which the actors shall be dealt with as spoilt children are by foolish parents ; that is, shielded from the consequences of their own actions. It is only from the faithful representation of life that real instruction can be drawn, for it is in such a picture only that we may be given to see how the faults of one person (or set of persons) bring about the misfortune of another, perhaps the utter ruin of a third." Such is the moral lesson conveyed by the story of Sybilla, and dismal indeed are the results of her shortcomings. We first make her ao. quaintance on the eve of her unlucky and iii.chosen marriage. Sybilla is an heiress and not a beauty. Her self-consciousness, her morbid conviction that no one will love her, and, at the same, time her inordinate craving for love and admiration, render her chances of happiness but small. The author of " Coningsby" has spoken of " vanity" as " that divine gift which makes women charming." That conscious power of being able to confer pleasure of itself attracts the very admiration that it demands, and equally potent in its repellant influence is the hopeless determination of those sensitive mortals who are self-doomed to indifference and neglect. " I will be drowned and nobody shall save me !" It is like the different effects of the opposite ends of the loadstone. So it is with poor Sybilla ; and unhappy at home, and convinced that no one will ever love her, she accepts the first eligible offer, with the belief that her husband is seeking her fortune, and with the knowledge that his antecedents are not of the most highly moral character. The results of such a union may be easily surmised, and the fatal effect upon Sybilla's character, when..the hour of temptation arrives, of course justifies the author's preliminary assurance that our faults and frailties bring upon us an inevitable doom. While admitting the justice of the lesson conveyed, we must at the same time express our extreme repugnance to the theme and the details which the author has here seen fit to introduce. The picture of Sybilla's unhappy married life, no less than the cool mention of her husband's stated visits to his mistress, as a general topic of conversation, while Sybilla's young sister and cousin ars on a visit beneath her roof, is repulsive in the extreme, and the after episode of Sybilla's fatal love-story, although fol lowed by long penitence, is altogether out of the pale of our sympathies or interest. The book is cleverly written and the characters are we" dis criminated, but we could wish the author of Sybilla Lockwood to select a subject more worthy of the writer's pen. The Man in Chains. By C. J. Collins, author o: " Sackville Chase." 3 vols. Maxwell and Co, In a room that looks out upon the tops of the great trees that are in Gray's-inn-square, we are introduced to Silvcrtou Langdale, a young barrister of twenty-three, just called to the bar. He is the Nlan in Chains, whose denomination has already excited our curiosity, and the meaning of the appel lation is thus revealed : It is he who is to be our Man in Chains—those chains that no man can ever see, but which arc clanking in every thoroughfare and in every crowd ; clanking with a sound that none can hear, although it can be felt; clanking in the senate, on the judgment-seat, amidst the scenes of revelry and mirth, beneath the surplice of the high ecclesiastic, and the coronet of the great patrician; clanking amidst the jingle of tinselled fashion ; everywhere clanking with a sound that none can hear, and yet which vibrates to the very heart, and sometimes blights it. These chains remind ns somewhat of the dreadful links of cash 'boxes and ledgers that surrounded Jacob Marley in his midnight visit to Ebenezer Scrooge, and which chain, it may be re membered, he occasionally rattled with a dismal wail The early incidents of the young barrister's career, tho accident of his first brief, and its suc essful issue, are v er y vi v idly and very happily detailed. Success begins to dawn upon the friendless and peuniiebo Duo, but 51i3! with the hope of foIIC ceze comes also the danger of temptation. Here is the beginning of the end : THE FIRST RIVET. "You think that I shall get plenty of business, don't you ?" Silvester Langdale asked. "I am convinced of it." "Well, then, in November I may reasonably calculate upon being in ample funds ?" " I think you may." "Under these circumstances, then, it will scarcely be .considered unreasonable or extravagant that I should re quire three hundred pounds." As he said this Silvester Langdale looked eagerly into the countenance of Marl Baskerville, to see if he could dis cover what impression the statement of his requirements had made. Bat much older men than he in the ways of she world had failed to read impressions in Marl Baskerville's countenance, even when tae light was shining accidentally fully upon it, which it was not doing now. "I think you may, considering your prospects, reason ably borrow that sum," said Marl Baskerville, in a measured tone, and in a voice that seemed impervious to emotion. * • * "Till November, you lay ?" "Till November, whet you know the courts at West minster will commence tleir sittings." "It is now July;—that is three months then," said Baskerville. Silvester Langdale did not trouble himself to make the calculation, but at once answered,— " Yes." "You have not got a bill stamp, I suppose P" " No, I have not," said Silvester Langdale, laughing, "I never had ouch a thing in my life." "And I don't think I have got one," said Marl Basker. villa, unconcernedly, and looking into his pocket-book. Oh, here is one : shall I draw the bill !" " Do so, if you please." And Marl Baskerville drew up the binding document, saying,— " I draw it, you know, for £3so,"—at the same time tak ing notes to the extent of £3OO out of the book. It, was that morning that, while lying in bed, Silvester Langdale had congratulated himself upon not being reck less as to the future, and yet he signed this document with out thought, and by his signature struck a blow that clenched the binding link of the first chain that was to coil round him. Three months later the second link is attached to the deadly coil— The chain that he had forged in Gray's-inn three months before was beginning to chafe him—at the very moment, indeed, when he made the discovery that it was fixed upon him. It chafed him no longer now, and yet he had not removed it; ho Ilea simply b)und it tighter round him in such a manner as not to feel i: for the present. He had simply, so to speak, doubled its strength, or was about to do so; but the binding links hung lightly on him, even as though they were fleecy in their texture and were soft. _ . A brilliant career opens before Silvester, and his story is related with much spirit and apparent truth, but mingled with it are a variety of melo-drama tic incidents, improbabilities , and horrors , that our novelists now.a-days seem to consider essential condiments in their bill of fare. Here, also, again, we meet, ss we have already done in more than one modern story of fashionable life, with that fair and anonymous equestrian of Hyde Park, whose presence is anything but desirable in polite society. Among the improbable incidents of the book, occurs the following ridiculous scene, some what analagous to the indignant meeting between Box and Cox, when each tells the other to go to his attic. Silvester has in his difficulties affixed the name of his father-in.law, Lord Montalban, to,a bill, with out thinking it necessary to obtain that nobleman's concurrence. Lord Mon talban, who is equally "hard up," has taken a similar liberty with Silves. ter—hint alto lachrymo--- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1864. TILE MUTUAL MISTAYR. " Tell me, pray tell me what it is that you have to com municate—your manner almost terrifies me," said Silvester Langdale, as Lord Mcntalban continued to pace the room. " Langdale," exclaimed Lord Montalban, stopping sud denly in the centre of the room, and speaking with an agi tation which drove the blood from his cheeks, "Langdale, very shortly there wilt be a claim made in respect cf a bill that has been discounted." If Lord Montelban had presented some deadly weapon at the breast of Silvester Langdale, he could not have exhi bited more horror in his countenance than he did at this conimmunication. He clung to the table for support, and with a scaroely audible voice he said-- " I know it." " You know it ?" exclaimed Lord llontalban in a tone of astonishment. " I do, indeed." " Why—why, how could you know it ?" asked Lord Montalban, almost scared by the feeling of astonishment which the declaration created. " How could I know it P I do not understand you in put ting such a question to me." " Langdale, I have all my life been the victim of mis placed confidence, but I never felt that fate which seems to hang over me until now." " Say not so—say not so," said Silvester Langdale in a tone of bitter anguish. " I see how you feel it, Langdale—the disclosure I know could have no other result, but believe me that you cannot feel more acutely than I do myself." " I feel assured of that, indeed I do, and it is that assur ance that adds poignancy to what I may truly designate my anguish." " Do not, Langdale, I pray you, speak in that strain, for it cuts me to the very heart to hear it," said Lord Mont alban in a tone that indeed carried conviction with it. " Strange that ho should exhibit such a tearing under such circumstances," thought Silvester Langdale, " but he is Augusta's father, and that must be the reason of his forbearance." ic I have reproached myself Lord Montalban commenced. " Nay do nct do that —pray do not do that, or you w' add to the intensity of miso;row," said Silvester Lang dale, interrupting his father-in-law. After a longer discussion of the same incomprehen sible character, they separate without coining to an understanding. And so were they thus mutually deceived. How little did they dream that each had deceived the other, and that the damning proofs of mutual deception were in the hands of Marl Baskerville to rise up yet as a combined vengeance for a wrong I The story winds u P ' w ith on e of those double tragedies to which Nye are becoming almost h ardened. It is the easiest way possible to finish off a tale, and the third volume closes, like a Christmas pantomime, with the blue lights and the smell of gunpowder. Zoe's Brand. By the Author of "Recommended to Mercy." 3 Vols. Chapman and Hall. The opening scene of the first volume of this work introduces to us three fair school -girl friends at the pensionn at of Madame Duchatel, in the Rue Grange, at Paris. One of these damsels is Pauline de Rouvray, a young damsel of Brittany, and another is her favourite friend, the lovely Zoe Gordon. Zoe, endearingly surnamed Cherie, is the daughter of a Southern planter, and has been sent to Paris for her education: we have just become acquainted with our fascinating heroine, and listened to her excellent eulogiurns on life and liberty,whon a change comes over the spirit of her dream. Her father ar rives in Paris, and she is summoned to accompany sets foot on Am er i can soil. Fairer and more beauti fulhim back to N ew O r l ea ns. In happy ignorance Zoe than any of her Parisian schoolmates, endowed with precious gifts of intellect and education, a lady in h er m anners and her bearing, a true and t en d er woman in her pure and loving heart, poor Z o e bears, unconsciously, a " brand" up on h er b r ow. A drop of blood from " the race of th e P ar i a hs" mingles with th e purer currents in her veins. Quadroon, wh o , zoo is the daught er o f a although she bears the name of Mrs Gordon, canno t be legally the wife of a white are ma slaves, man. . Zoe and andhe l r ia nobloet,hien the event of th e d ea th orr, Quadroon and O c t oroon , bankruptcy o f th e i r Owner, to pass with his other chattels into th e h a nds of the highcA bidder 1 Such is the "situation" of the story, and it is one full of interest, altho ug h a lready, in some respects, familiar to us in the Popular history of the" Quadroon" and the melodram a o f the '`Octoroon." The antipathy of the white t o th e co loured race, more especially in the free States, is very strongly exemplified in these pages. While Mr Gordon is conducting his daughter on h er homeward journey, he endea vours to keep her as mach as possible in the back ground, But while staying at on hotel in Now York poor Zo:3, all unconscious of her" brand," finds her way to the table (Photo, when the following scene ensues :..... DLAEri. AND WRITE. To describe Mr Gordon's state of mind as he hurried tla the dinner saloon would be impossible. To say that he had no feeling of compassion for the girl whose percep tion of her actual position in society was likely soon to be so rudely awakened would bo untrue , for ho was naturally kinl.h„ rto 3, and his young daughter's rare personal gifts had roused in his heart feelings both of affection and parental pride. It was that very pride, how ever, which made him at that anxious moment somewhat oblivious to Zee's claims on. bis CO3 , i'adttiou, And glen, be It remembered, he did, in common with his countrymen, so bitterly despise the low-born, dollar-loving, unchivalrous race, whose narrow prejudices would, as he was well aware, lead them to outrage every pure and womanly feeling of the delicately-reared Southern maiden. There yet remained, nevertheless, a change of escape, and at that, the anxious man, as he hastened onward, eagerly caught. It might be—he did not think it probable —but still it was on the cards that the fact of Zoe's birth might not have become patent to that bigoted assemblage• The gas shone brilliantly, it is true, from a hundred jets, but by some singular piece of good fortune it might be that no betraying dish had fallen on her low white forehead, or on the taper fingers, which, Frenchwoman like, were, in Zoe's case, usually covered with the most unexceptionable of gloves. "If so, I am all right," thought Gordon, as for a mo ment he placed hhnseil in the doorway and took a general survey of the guests. "If so, lam all right, and perhaps my best course would be to let things take their course, and go somewhere else for my dinner.' He was turning away, when Zoe, whose eyes had never for many minutes toge ther been removed from the entrance-door, caught a glimpse of his face. _ _ "Ah l" she exclaimed in joyful accents to a neighbour of the male sex who had, by a series of embarrassing ques tions, shown himself to be more inquisitive than polite ; " Ah I there is my father at last"—and, acting on the im pulse of the moment, she sprang from her seat to greet him. She did not notice the looks which at sight of Mr. Gordon and on hearing her hasty exclamation, were exchanged be tween the occupants of the end of the table where she had been seated. Very ominous looks they were, and more than one man (her right-hand and previously most assidu ous neighbour was the first to move) rose from their chairs with a kind of angry start, and a simultaneous movement, which the bland hotel-keeper strove in vain to arrest. Astonished, and half-frightened by the consequences of her impulsive act, Zoe passed towards the now crowded doorway to her father, who still remained where she had first caught sight of him—his face pale with passion, but with an air of indomitable resolution on his brow. To re- join him, short as was the distance by which they were separated, was no easy matter; for he was beginning to be pressed againstby several excited and gesticulating Yankees, whose wrath that they, and above all, their "ladies," had broken bread with one of the negro race, was not to be easily appeased. " Well, sir," said one free-born citizen, walking close up to the offender, and speaking with a nasal twang which at once betrays the Northern American—" well, sir, I expect you've made a pretty considerable mistake in bringing that there girl here to-day. You'd best keep your smuts in your own place, and don't think to force gentlemen to keep com pany with them, or you'll gat something you don't expect, I calculate." A scene of indescribable tumult follows, but the un happy offenders are extricated by the landlord, who, however, inflicts another stab upon the awakening Zoe :-- "There, now, you keep quiet," said the landlord when they reached the door of their private apartments; "you keep quiet a spell ; though of course it's direct against my interest to say so, the sooner you and that 'ere gal leave York the better. I,m not over fond myself of having coloured things o' that sort about, and my best rooms isn't for such-like company, I expect." He was closing the door as he finished speaking, and Zoe's heart was faint and trembling within her; for no word that he had uttered had fallen to the ground unheard, and the poor girl stood before her father touts and tearless, but with anguish indescribable in her heart. A little further on poor Z)e is yet further en lightened : ZOE'S " BRAND." "You quite comprehend, my child, said her father, after the silent meal had been concluded, "you aro to be at one end of the car, and I at the other. Na fear if you are alone, and keep your veil down, of your meeting with rudeness, and—by the way—now I think of it, don't take off your gloves, there's little enough to be seen on your finger nails ; but they've such cursed sharp eyes these Yankees, and are so everlastingly suspicious." . . - - Zoe looked down on the pretty taper fingers which lay idly on her lap, and then with inquiring eyes into her father's face. • " Why am Ito hide my hands ?" she asked. " This is a strange free country surely," she added, with a bitter laugh, " when in such a trifling matter as a pair gloves a woman may not please herself I is fashion here so very arbitrary, and-" "It has nothing to do with fashion," broke in Gordon pettishly, "unless," but he checked himself, and added more kindly, "the truth is, my child, that this absurd pre judice makes these Northern men look out sharp for signs and, unfortunately, you've got ten at the ends of those pretty digits of yours ;" and taking her hand in his, he pointed out to her the taint dark tinge upon the finger nails, which to the initiated is a sign infallible of the race from which she came. "'Branded with a mark," thought the unhappy girl, as she strove to repress the tears of wounded pride, whioh rose to her hot eyelashes. "Branded with a mark," which can never while I live be obliterated or washed away, and stamped as one whom the world regards, although I know not why, as infamous." It was a touching and piteous cry wrung from young lips, to whom the taste of Mara's waters was yet new, and bitter as the hateful wormwood. It was a piteous cry, but the father seemed to heed it not ; but only bade her make good speed, for that the hour of departure was at hand. We will follow the fortunes of the poor Octoroon Ito further. Her story, which is very vividly described, powerfully enforces the moral lessons it is in tended to convey. The picture of Chloe, the mother of Zoe, is very tender and touching: Her deathbed anguish as to her daughter's future fate is full of natural pathos. The main incident in the winding up will disappoint most novelareaders—but never theless poor Zoe will remain a favourite to the last. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREITTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (Per the Asia, vid Halifax and Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, JULY 21 (Evening). President Lincoln has called for 500,000 volun teers ; if they are not obtained before September a draft for the deficiency will be made for one year's Wanted—a Home. By the Author of "Morning Clouds." Three vols. Smith, Elder, and Co. This is a simple domestic story, being pleasantly told, and leaving a most agreeable memory behind it. The crisis of the tale is any thing but satisfactory, and the poor heroine, in her hopeless yearning for a home, commits a fatal mistake—a crime, indeed, against all the laws of love and loyalty. Bravely, however, is the self imposed penalty endured, good being eventually wrought out of evil 5y patient perse verance. The later portion of the story is admirably weildescribed,'andthe closing effect is like a peaceful sundown after a day of storms. The first sentence of the whole history acquires a particular signifi canoe when read by the light of the after revela tions. Helen Raymond is idly reading the marriages in the Tinges, when she suddenly exclaims, on remarking the marriage of a Sir Mathew Blinkhorn, " Fancy being called Lady Blinkhorn ! I wonder any one was found who would change her name for that !" Poor Helen is happily ignorant of what the future has in store for her. All, however, is well that ends well, and the ungenial home to which her loveliness con. signs her, brings ultimately to the persevering Helen better things than she had dreamed of in the brilliant visions of her youth. Lost Lenore; or the Adventures of a Bolling Stone. By Charles Beach. Edited by Captain Mayne Reid, 3 vols. C. J. Skeet. The name of Captain Mayne Reid, as its editor, ensures a favourable welcome for this book. But, in his anxiety to advance his friend's interests, the eloquent author of " The Rifle Rangers" has intro duced him to our notice with rather too great a flourish of trumpets. So highly does the editor commend this achievement of his protege, the "Rolling Stone," as "a diamond," " a diamond of the first water," &c., that we aro at the very outset prepared to be disappointed. The second title of the book is the more correct one. The three volumes Are chiEfly filled with the adventures of one Rowland Stone, who is really and literally a " Rolling Stone"—rolling hither and thither by sea and by lane., in Australia, in California, and other places innumerable. The adventures are certainly full of vicissitude, while the style of the narrative is lively and animated. One of the most original characters is Stormy Jack, a sailor, who generally goes by the abbreviation of " Stormy,' and whose constant anxiety and occupation is to " learn manners" to all who may offend him. After losing sight of him for some years, Rowland again meets with " Stormy," under the followin g circumstances;-- A NICE *DISTINCTION. " Stormy Jack I" I exclaimed, rushing forward, followed by Guinane. "'Tie you Stormy? What's wrong? Do you want any help ?" "Yes," replied Jack ; teach those follows some manners for me. My legs are too drunk, and I can't do so my self." The two men them moved silently, but rapidly away. "Have you got the gold ?" I asked, ready for pursuit in case the fellows had robbed him. "Yes, that's all right. One of them tried to take it, but I wouldn't let him. I'm sober enough for that. It's only my legs that be drunk. My hands are all right." Stormy's legs were indeed drunk ; so much so, that Guinane and I had much difficulty in getting him along, We were obliged to place him between us, each supporting ono of his sides. After considerable labour, we succeeded in taking hint to a house where I was acquainted. Hero we put him to bO.l ; and, atter leaviak; hatrutiou.6 with the OW .. - landlord not to let him depart until one of us should return s:-- - altered their policy. The wr iter then continu e e:— Prussia and Austria, because thos e Powers ha, we went home to our own lodgings, Next morning, at an early hour, I called to see Stormy, " A and found him awake and waiting for me. "You done me a good turn last night," said he, " and I the Confederation , i repro m of ustr a and now Prussia the fi r s t Diet a c te is d i n not th ee even : a shall not forget it, as I have you," sented in the Conference at Vienna. The comps " Why do you think you have forgotten me ?" I asked. "Because l as t n i g ht you ca ll e d me Stormy Jack; and tense of the Diet to settle the succession question from that I know you must have seen me before. I've not is misunderstood. The hesitation of Prussia and been hailed by that name for several years. Now, don't tell me who you are, for I want to find out for myself," ,‘ y e n could not have b een very d run k l est ni g ht," said has given rise to certain rumours of arrangeme n ts Austria with regard to the succession question I, "or you would not remember what you were called?" which would satisfy territorial ambition with "Yea, would I," answered Stormy," according as the taking into consideration the wishes of the p opula' land lay, or what sort of drunk it was. Sometimes my the mind gets drunk, and sometimes my legs. It's not often tion. Germany is , above a ll, astonished that the they both get drunk together. Last night it was the legs. wise and equitable principle of reg ulating Had you been a man six or seven years ago, when I was of the parties called Stormy Jack, I should remember you; for i've got q uestion only with the assistance a good memory for things that don't change much. But interested is not respected." when I used to be called Stormy Jack you must have been The w: iter next calls to mind that Franco h a a a bit o' a tiny boy, Now, who can you be ? What a stupid demanded that the German The memory I've got l" continued he, scratching hie head. "There's no way of teaching it manners as I knows of. But sented at the London Conference, and procee fora what boy used to call me Stormy Jack—that look as you " This was perfectly just and good political ought to have looked a few years ago ? Ah I now I have ain that it. Bless my eyes. if you arn't the Rollin' Stone r eight, but it appears not to be regarde • mind Stormy then rushed forward, grasped my hand, and light at Vienna and Berlin. It is on that gr nearly crushed it between his strong, sinewy fingers. t Wit h that Germany sees with displeasure and ao ' t should be redpsr....e. " Rowley, my boy I" said he, " I knew we should meet again. I've thought of you, as I would of my own son, if uneasiness the two Cabinets de p art from the 0 . 11 : I'd had one. I've looked th e world over, try i ng to fi n d ditions which at , the present time can alone bring you. How come you to hail me by name lass night ? You about serious solutions and produce des irable re' are an astonishing chap. I knew you would be, and some salts.'' one has larnt you manners, Ah I I suppose 'twas Nature as did it ?" BOIIIISE, July 29.—The market was rather Ttooria, This very characteristic specimen of his adven- aniraated, but the business done extrelnelY limi n o . tures may give an accurate idea of the Rolling Threes , for the Account, are now at 66: Sc. ", he Stone and his associates—a capital " rolling stone," bili.r at 985 f. Railway Shares are firm. " no doubt, but hardly, to our thinking, " a market closed as follows : diamond ! " 4t per Cents 94 30 1 . Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 05 Credit Mobilier..•, 983 75 Do, end month 985 Bank Shares 3370 Credit Fancier 1202 60 Roman - RAIL Orleans ,-, ... Northern 68 85 Italian L0an...... „ Do. end month.... Ditto Threes ...... SGT New Mexican -.- Russian ........ 83 50 Austrian ........ §yanish Threes.. .• Home Debt ...... Deferred ........ WAYS. Cash. toootlll t. 870 4. 8° 975 980 - •• - s o 75 ....• Lyons and Mediterranean 897 50 . • -- -- New ditto — 610 Southern 6lO .. _-• -- Western Eastern Sardinian - 420 Austrian Lon.bard - North of Spain - Saragossa 52°2 Ditto to Barcelona 60 ... r 5 —.. • oil • , Durt tlraw . 1.1. • HER MAJESTY, 49- OSBOB,NE, July 29' went Yesterday afterncon her Majesty the Queenon board the iron-cased cupola ship 11 0 9 91 ',,„i; Princesstu reign, lying off Osborne, accompani ed Royal Highnesees Princess Louise a nd Louis of Hesse. The Queen embarked in the royal yacht Fail A !, Osborne pier at six o'clock, and the yacht havillip been laid alongside the Royal Sovereign, he r 3 ' a d d jest) , and the royal party stepped on board, theand were received by Captain Sherard Osborn and s officers of the ship, and Captain C. Coles, Wh o e n d plained to her Majesty the construction a rts arrangement of the cupola and of th e various Pat of the ship, of which her Majesty expressed great admiration. The Queen remained on board f or some time, an d a a a then, returning to the Fairy, cru ised tow rds BP before to . Her Royal returning Highness Princess Louis of Hesse cruised with her Majesty. The suite in attendance consisted of the Dowager C oun tess of Mount-Edgeumbe, t he Hon. MO' Bruce, Baroness de Granny, Captain von Wester. wailer, Major-General Seymour , and Colonel Sit T. M. Biddulph. The Queen's Visit to the Royal Sovereig% It is well known that Captain Coles's plan first taken up and pressed upon the noti ce. the Government by the Prince Consort—that 111° Royal Highness at once saw the advantages o f th . o f principle advocated by Captain Coles, and tbsti l a the country is at last in possession of a s hi p srrne i on this principle, it is mainly due t o his 11.0511 Highness's early efforts in its support. 01l The knowledge of this fact gave a raelanc b his interest to the Queen's visit yesterday to this " ship, and her Majesty repeatedly expressed to Ceti: tain Coles—who was on board by her special desl:B —the deep interest she had taken in his sides and her gratification to find it admitted on 4 11131 to have been most eomplete. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will arrive at Gloucester House, Park -laue, to -day' frohe4-13 visiting the Queen at Osborne , and th© Duke and Duch of Richmond at Goodwood Park, Sussex. Edward lN,Mi aTinehecheois of HighnessesefSer;sriaaeonxunod:oolyciraar, will returnthePrince w town and to-dayl' ri 11 is c r e o ° ,,n l with ,thGeroofdri7nodods.whiolhealv)eulikeTcsitryuineghtl'6 -- them during the Goodwood races, also leave to-daY• His Excellency the Prince de la Tour d' raris Ancergrlfi will leave French Embassy to-day for *" ° h ea r that his the excellency wilabout two raolitlo. During the absence of his excellen c y the 3larquis de ca d ' re will act as chargé d'affaires. • .The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch nod Lady ictoriaScott arrived at their house in B e lgrave -E V Sco qu ar° y es t e rday from visiting the Duke and D uchess of Richmond a t G oo dwood Park during the v isit of their R O y al Iligll- nesses the Prince and Princess ofd Wales. The Duke of Leinster shortly expected t° arrive in town from visiting Lord and Lady 0 tho Fitzgerola at the Isle of Wight. D fro u m c h visiting(Emily) t i ( n E g mLiolyrd) aonf d ß L e a tt d u y fo L r o t n h d e a s s b orre.otungrun eacit t o Tla town e Grimston Park, Yorkshire. The Marquis of Abercorn left town yesterd6Y for Beaud ese rt, Staffordshire. The marchiones s, with the Earl and C o untess of Mount-lidgcumbe, has go ne to 'l.llll- bridge Wells, ElnThe Earl and Count ess of Derb y left theiroWoie' res,i: d en te in St. James's - squ are, on Thursday, for Park, near Prescott , L ancashire, for the season. Dr.V i L s i c v o i u ri n gs t t a on n B d V(tihaecowuneltle-ss Palmerston entertain° 3 at dinner yesterday evening at CknamowbiaridAgefrHicaonuset,ralvnecc:d)illl. A select party had the honour to join the circle. a tb° Viscount Paimerston, Sir George CiireY , 613 e o Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, after attending t.e Q tl i 3 O . o l v u e n r c e i i l g nat, CaptainO ys Viscountessbi sc r os n uo e ncste o hl n yea rnna T dra n d vn u odi r s e sc d tbo a hou y rennti c e a s s so t n , F. l visit,i s d e s t 1: 0 : : 0 Council -r els li returned to residence yesterday from visiting the Countess Cu Wrest Park, Beds. TIIE FLORIDA.—The Electric Span,' W ylo . bound for New Orleans, was captured bi t ilt) n 1, bicb' rida, is a new ship of 850 tons burden, and, tur n e d tured by cruisers will undoubtedly be turneu• ', e ia privateer. our She is admirably adapted to this business, P ra ii , strongly built and a very fast sailer. She had co W io ls. c i a l rg er o of dry goods, boots, &c., worth at least being no hope of escaping ultimate 600P ° ' t he capturorror e captain was induced to surrender by tho Weal of the lady passengers at the firing• Privet° PrlaerrY a ' w es a y t respected,hei their b a a g n g d a g t e h ; e ctruetw thewere an t 0 00 octoi lc: l e instruments were detained. The Florida had i tuli t t ,, 011 0 from i6g‘cl C vsss l u a 1 1 nrbi officers. n o ttaßi z . in t ycn i i Carolinians) z or n:k. t i : cem ) ahloyf Bermuda, rh s iin) t tsme a d, :fi t iii e esesa s ssiorin A . itnh,epae entederato of the Florida, her former uoritY, port, State of Georgia, one of the fastest veesels afloat, rune cr. every The total way adapted to the purpose of a blockade tuo in coancicraoardnid%oaoruterarniebeerloavyn,t;icill total number of prizes ca tursd and burnt 110.,.. half f rida up to her present appearaPnce, is 2S, or abou t tor , of the Alabama's captures during her piotic'lt c :lf tha Her tender, tho Tacony, took 21 before being bur il 0 e h of harbour of Portland, Maine. Ilalf the value of : evi of these prizes is distributed among the officers an d , c 4 t he the captor, The other half is placed to the accoun.l ' 0 ~,, Confedcrato Government. The rebel writer describes ~' 1 7 ,, , mominheaL,nararmatoi inewbeuhndte:eatlercl hasooni as mti Pt consist not otlb:rboroaCeiVien: 11: 20aaa°i: ill 9:bdelol li3:::11 I 'l ' Sidbjsl::6l: r°.ler::::eldi I C : a i l P A Si''r'bf id6l.::: luxurious life of the Florida's crew :—Oysters, turkeYs:osur. delicacies of every description, captured on tho Pri'a ,„,,et Ply the larder, and these are served in the coin,,vacjco4) messes of the ship wit 11 silvJr knives and, forks. fork Times, Eervice, General Sherman is south of the Chattohoochee, within ten miles of Atalanta. Yesterday the Cony federates made three attacks upon his lines, but were repulsed each time. Rumours of peace negotiations are current. (Per the Asia via Crookhaven. By telegraph to Halifax.) NEW YORK, JULY 21 (Evening). The situation at Petersburg is unchanged. Sherman's cavalry is operating to cut the railway communication between Atlanta and Augusta. Several enoounters have taken place between Hunter's forces from Maryland. The Federals captured four guns and a large amount of stores. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money tight. Gold 258, Exchange on London, 281. Stocks tending downwards. New York Centrals, 135; Illinois, 123; Erie, 108-1; United States 5.20 Bonds, 104. Middling Upland, 160 to 162. Flour, wheat, corn, and provisions de clining. Coffee steady. Sugar dull: Molasses quiet. Petroleum, crude, 54 to 55.; refined, 33 to 85c. (Per the Asia via Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, JULY 19 (Evening). Secretary Fessenden has declined the Elms offered by the Banks for the loan of 50,000,000 dole. The Atlanta journals consider Atlanta in immi• nent danger. Confederate despatches from Charlestown assert that the Confederates have driven the Federals from John and James Islands to Morris Island. The Confederate batteries have driven the Federal gunboats in the Stone River out of range. One Monitor has been seriously, damaged. The New York Times and Herald publish de• spatches asserting that Mr. Horace Greely and President Lincoln's secretary, Mr. Hay, as repre sentatives of the President, have had several in terviews with Southern politicians at the Niagara Falls in Canada relative to peace negotiations. It is reported that Mr. Stanton will shortly resign. Mr. Fessenden will offer a popular loan for seven three-tenths non legal tender Treasury notes, at par, the interest to be payable in currency, and the notes to be convertible at maturity, in three years, into bonds bearing 6 per cent. interest, payable in gold. The Damascus, America, Edinburgh, and Europa have arrived out. A Louisville despatch of the 17th states that a Confederate force from 5,000 to 15,000 strong, com manded by Gen. Duckes, had invaded Kentucky, and was marching northwards. Preparations for the defence of Louisville were actively progressing. General Canby is reported to be fortifying Mor ganzia, Louisiana, for a base of supplies, in contem plation of immediate operations in the Red River region. The Confederates, in heavy force, hold a strong position on the Atchafalaya River, nine miles west of Morganzia. The quota of New York city, under the Presi dent's last call, is 23,140, upwards of 5,000 more than was estimated. Forrest, with 10,000 men, is marching upon Sherman's communication. He reached Huntsville on 16th inst. General A. J. Smith, sent from Memphis in pur suit of Forrest, has had several encounters with the Confederates in Mississippi, in which he claims the advantage. The recent reports of Gen. Sherman's proximity to Atlanta are contradicted upon both Confederate and Federal authority. At the last accounts (on the 16th inst.) he was entrenched 20 miles south of that city. NEW YORIC, JULY 19 (Evening). Money tight. Gold 262. Exchange on London 290. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 133. Illinois, 1253. Erie, 113;,• U.S. 5.20 Bonds, 101. Cotton :Middling Upland, 160 to 163. Petroleum : Crude, 65; Refined, 86c. THE PEACE NEGOTIATIQNs. VIENNA, JULY 29 (Evening). It is considered probable that the armistice will be prolonged for a short period. No understanding relative to the basis of peace has yet been arrived at. It is said that Herr von Bismerk, having been summoned by the King, has left for Gastein. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, FALMOUTH, JULY 30, The Diamond line steamer, Eastern Province, from the Cape of Good Hope on the 23d June, arrived herd this morning, with passengers, mails, and a general cargo, She brings three days' later news than the Saxon the last mail steamer that arrived, but does not report anything further of material importance. ^._-.- TRANCE . PARIS, JULY 30. The Constitutionnel of today publishcs an ar ticle signed by Limayrae, alluding to the change of opiniou Naleh has taken place in Cienzapy towardE