The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-16 00:00:00

Donsl3, if we vOR s c LE.--RAILWAY BONDS, having dedications, It is in one of his Three Years to run, in Lots, pe o r ce u nt. per ' annum ' ,r ig htly,that the author Coupons are attached 1 1 at°trhe lYmdon ana W stminstei Bank. of the " Pilgrims of the payable 11a1.-y a n e o• nattenbury, 6, John-strut, Bethord-row, Rhine" speaks of his own t tpp , l i y n to Mr. S. • reading public in Germany as, perhaps, among all his readers, those who have welcomed his writings the most generously. After the genial tribute spontaneously proffered to him in Le Temps, by a writer himself of great eminence, we should be disposed to imagine that Sir EDWARD would almost be tempted to revise that opinion, at least in so far as it rele.tes to any appreciation by individual critics in the different countries of the R DE D LIN SEY DRESS.- C TH E QUEEN, the LADY'S NEWSPAPER and RT C LIR ONICLE, of Saturday, the 21th Oct., will be a, Double Numbor. On the extra sheet will be given the de sign, shapes, and complete instructions for making and braiding a Lin . sey Dress in . the latest fashion. tilMlie EIEGO. It will include tull-sized patters for B dice, Sleeve . Gored Skirt, and Chatelaine Bag. Double number, Price is. A copY post tree, for 14 stamps. 346, Strand, W.C. ROYAI ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Xanarzemen I of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. larrison. THIS EVENENIG,Isce's Romantic Opera, THE D ies K,RT FLoNAT.ER: Miss Louisa l'yne, Miss Susan Pyne ; Messrs. IV. H. Weiss. H. Corri A. Cook, and W. Harrison. Conductor. Mr. A Mellon.—Doors open at half-past Seven. Commence at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE. Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and P. 13. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Walter Lacy and Miss Murray. Ai er which. Lord Byron's Choral Trazedy, MANFRED. 3lessrs. : helps, Ryder, Rayner, M agreson, Ward, Si,encer ; Miss Heath, Miss e. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss nitter, Miss Cicely Note, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. To conclude with THE DEAL BOATMAN : Messrs. G. _Belmore. F. Charles; Miss R. Leclercq, and 3lrs. Edmund Falconer. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Great. Success of HERRMANN, PRESTIDIGITATEUR. lIE RR MA he has the honour to announce that, .in .FE_s n g; quence , )f the great success and flatterin, rece pt 0n . .R. ,, ,.. , , met with, he will INKNINLi, until further notice. continue his Performances, b Y X.. I Commencing at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL HAY NI ARE-EL -ILT Sole Lessee and 31anager , Mr, Buckstone. HIS EVE A DIG, FINESSE ; o r, Spy and Counter Spy : r Messrs. Alfred Wigan. Buckstone, Chippendale, Howe, W. Farren, Braid, and ,- 'sirs. Dowton, Miss L. Angel, Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Miss Wright, dzc. After which, CHARLES THE .TWELFTH : Messrs. A Wigan, Buckstonc, Compton, Howe, and Miss L Keeley. Concluding w ith THE GA.LLICIAN FETE. Commence at 7. EW THE A.TRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.-- Sole Proorhitor THEnna.aer, Mr. R. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs. At R the New Drama o Stirlinn.f LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Mood, Stlrlin, R. Phillips, Billinzton, Stuart A. Wood, Eburne, Miss 11. Simms and Mrs. Billington. T o conclude w ith CATCHING AN ITEIRESS : Miss Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood. SS B ATENIAN.—LE A FL—The celebrated 311 young American Actress, Miss BATEMAN, having an her first appearance in the New Drama of LEAH oh ed the most triumphan t and enthusia stic success that has t .,- --- ee % Witnessed for many years, and the profound impressi on cr eated - by her impersonation of the character ot LEAH upon a c owded audience h lying . been completely ratified by the nnanirnous verdict and critical approval of the entire Daily press, the manae,er ot the NEW ADELPHI THEATRE has the honour to announce that Miss BAT EMAN will appear in the New Drama of LEA U EVERY EVENING till further notice. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENIYG, MinfAkr -4 CRIME. Messrs. Honey, parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K.Saville, and Miss Minders. F,lllowed by THE NTOTTO, " I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, l'urner, E. Danvers, Collier, Mesdames Ada Swan borough, F. Hughes, WLston, Thorne, Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with WHERE'' , YOUR WIFE. Mr. Belford. Commence at 7. 11HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containint; the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, :An be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEvrg AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde -park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, 3h. 530:I.—Afternoon, 4h. 16m. TO-woßßow.-Morning, 4h. 3601.—Afternoon, 4h. 58a]. The Weather—Sun Office, Oct. 16, 1863. 4 -- THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-29.74. Wind—South-West ; light, and fine. European continent. m e li n t a e v d i n ng po o n urs t e h l e ve b s r , i l a l s i a n already in e h d " ... i i :Er t, r t e e d d , b y c a m- Sir it were superfluous here by the critic in Le 7 entps , E. BULWER. L Y TTON upon the occwaion referred to to ted though we are to do the o llo so)th ter rou la g t bits ( , 1 e a m ne P tysis. He mentions the speech as a matter of course, as the event of the evening. That, however, being its h um blest definition. He says of it th a t veryno nothing could have been at once more practical or more elevated. And then—after illustrating copiously the orator's mastery of his subject in the course of this ample analysis of the speech as a discourse upon agriculture—the critic refers again to his remark made in the earlier part of his cm munication, to the effcct that the Chairman, who was delivering this speech at this banquet of farmers, upon the subject of agriculture generally, was a great Poet as well as an eminent practical man. "For myself," he says, "if I had ever doubted its being so, before then, I could by possi bility doubt it no longer after that discourse of Sir BULB` ER LYTTON'S." Alluding to the orator's faithful attention to his theme throughout the chief part of his speech, our French critic seems almost to exult at last at the notion of the illustrious author of " The Caxton Family,'' of " The Last Days of Pompeii," of "Eugene Aram," of " Rienzi," and, besides so many other equally famous romances of poetical works less known, perhaps, though some of them yet worthier of ad - miration—eventually escaping from it. In the first part of his harangue, says le 7ernps' Corres• pondent, it was the territorial lord who was speak ing. In the second part it was the ex-Cabinet Minister. Earnestly would we commend the gener ous spirit in which this large-minded and warm hearted French critic can weigh in the balance of his magnanimous judgment the distinguishing gifts, merits, and graces of an illustrious contemporary who happens also to be an Englishman —earnestly would we commend the whole tone of this genial tri bute to the consideration of such atrabilious commen tators upon either side of the British Channel, of such spiteful and acrimonious commentators, let us say, the one upon the French, the other upon the Eng lish, es—that fribbling M. ASSOLANT, and, here, upon our own shores, that historical caricaturist, who draws his pictures of foreigners with a pencil of lunar caustic, the hon. and learned member for Bridgewater. jQ 4) , ‘4 ' 46 pi- le, rg, 4 0. N. 111 11,,, 4 3.116.1 LONDON, FRIDAY, OCT. 16, 1863. An eminent French critic has very recently offered to a great English writer as charmingly genial and graceful a compliment as any that we can recall to mind for a long while past to have had the satisfaction of witnessing. The especial and distinctive charm of the tribute we are here alluding to, lying in this, that it is, in every syllable of it, so eminently well deserved. It never once blunders into exaggeration. It is a panegyric that, with all its cordiality, not once, by the merest phrase or allusion, tends to run into hyperbole. The occasion selected for the proffering of this earnest tribute of admiration is one that we ourselves have already commented upon. Our attention is recalled to it, however, by our Paris contemporary, Le 7emps, thus circuitously. A correspondent of Le 7emps, the distinguished French critic already referred to— writing to that journal under a comparatively recent date, from (of all unlikely places in the world to b e i n any way known to the untravelled Parisian reader) th e li ttle, old-fashioned town of Hitchin, in Hertfordshire —opens thus abruptly upon the attention of the French public generally. We have recently had in this neighbourhood, he tells them, one of the annual agricultural meetings! And, hinting immediately upon this that he him self is perhaps th e l east likely witnessof the scene u ed to thus displayed t o v i ew, to be regarded ( h; n eas Journalism, exclaims,. q alifi report befittin g ly upon it—, our excellent f e ll ow-labourerub not in agriculture) M. JOIGX had NAU there, how willin g ly would I nothav have been n eld b e u d t up to him the p en I am now writing Happily, say we, M. JoIGNAUX with all hiwsltinh: in tricate knowledge of oxen, horses, pigs, ae and sheep was not there—his rar e ly gifted andaccomplished ed substitute for the nonce (th a t i s as a sort ma promptu agricultural reporter) bein g there instead For myself, he asks, a litt:e later on w i th a serio comic air of deprecation. What can I talk to you a b o ut if it be not about the banquet Whi c h followed the show, and about the speeches that were delivered at it. That is, of course, we may Add, not at the show but at the banquet. Holding still in reserve what it was that actually constituted the feature of the evening, what it was, in point of fact, that induced th e writer of this communication in Le Temps to dream of the proceedings at all of sending any r e p ort to that journal, the amateur reporter adroitly men tions the fact that among the guests at this agricultural banquet was the venerable Marquess () f SALISBURY. Adroitly, we say, because the allusion is rendered thus ingeniously pre parative to the announcement which he holds, as we have said, st ill i n reserve . Tho Marquess of oALIS U ItY, he observes, is—no longer a young man. What do I sa y ! the writer exclaims in fact—h e is actually, I believe, of the ag o to which FONTENELLE had attained, when, u p on a very old lady remarking to him that they ought ±0 congratulate one another upon Death having for gotten them, PONTENELL E hushed her words up hurriedly, w i th a finger upon his lips, and a.— 4 , hilt !'' At eueh an age as this, timely, says the amiable Frenchman one might be excused from attending up on a g ri cultural show and banquet. True, bat —the Marquessncr they his com panions are there, not f or the din simply out of a very natural desire that h y listentoeyt are there , to the good and noble and eloquent words know w ill be addressed to them. For—v„hosid think presided over this banq uet of farmers 3." ; banquet at which the principal toast.was, as a, mats ter o f course, upon the subject of agr i culture? W el l, a great landed proprietor, you will say ! Yes,. without doubt, but a great landed proprietor who is also a distinguished Poet, a famous Novelist, an able dministrator, a Philosopher, au Orator, a Statesman, and, in addition to ali that, a man of peculiar fascination individually, in a word, Sir Lord BROUGHAM is certainly a model for states men of the present day. He perseveres in his work, and exhibits an energy and determination that would do honour to any age, and redound to the credit of any vocation. Again and again, at the proceedings of the Social Science Congress at Edin burgh, has he taken part in the various subjects, and delighted his audience with his knowledge, wit, and perspicuity. At the dinner in the Music Hall he was the chairman, and in that capacity of course addressed himself to the consideration of several topics. His tribute to the excellent manner in which the QUEEN fulfilled the duties of her posi tion, and the admirable way in which she brought up her family, furnishing thus an example to mothers, and a pattern to Sovereigns, was very ap propriate, and the terms in which he proposed the health of the Prince and Princess of WALES were also felicitous. "From the cause," he said, "we pass to the effect," and thence illustrated the train ing which had been given by her MAJESTY and Prince ALBERT to their children. The Volunteers afforded another occasion for the evidence of the skill of the noble chairman in bringing forward the most conspicuous features of his case, so as to attract notice and win approval. In referring to the ques tion of war, he very vividly explained that it was not because we were afraid of peace being disturbed, or desirous of such an occurrence, that we welcomed the Volunteers; but that what ever was done by way of defence was on the prin ciple of insurance. Therefore our volunteer in surance was of a double value, " because it not only prevents loss, if the mischief happens, but tends to prevent the mischief from happening." l'his is a very correct definition of the establish ment of the Volunteers, and this parallel of Lord BROUGIIAM'S is the more satisfactory at the present time, because since the war-panic has, in some measure, subsided, the people are sometimes heard to say that all the excitement was needless, and that we could have done very well without the Volunteers at all. Those wiseacres appear to for get that the two modes of rendering service to the State, one of action, and one of prevention, if not celebrated with all the "pomp and circum stance of war," those who have preserved the blessings of peace to their country are surely worthy of recognition, and their work may be as valuable and as honoured as the more notice able and glorious achievements of war. Only those who have studied the minutise of the details of foreign States, and the various plans and plots that have been concocted and devised of recent years, can rightly understand the importance of the services that have been rendered to their country by the Volunteers. The Lord Provost's remark s on the noble President were in excellent taste, and seemed to enter fully i n t o th e s pi r it o f the them e . When lie said that the career ho was referrin g t o h ad rarelie of public y the hist or y u:len ever, been equalled in fort " brilliant success, , extended duration and unabated vigour," he might have had the sat i sfaction of knowing recording fact s , and not merely no wing that he was snit trhoue nic3loinrpgopseeroiofdsa, and dilating on events to pu bli c meeting. Lord BROUGIIAII'S remarks on the Association are w e ll worthy ee notice. Ilia defence of the name "So c i a l Science " is in . is itself an animated exposition of the causes that led to its in stitution. His remarks on the subject of !Slavery are particularly impressive, and the ze a l and energy w ith which he confutes the assertion s th at have been made in reference to his decadence in this point are full of the fire and fervour of his earlier years. Well ma y t his time-honoured and world - renowned s t ates _ e min be justly indignant at the impertinent re marks and absurd conclusions taut are made respecting his conduct. Loud and prolonged cheers might well greet the earnest sentences with which the veteran orator denied the charge im puted to him, and disclaimed the idea of his having derogated from his previous high position in regard to this imp or t a nt question. " It, is said that I underrate and andervalue the emancipation of the stav es ; why ! have all the advocates of slave eman • eiPation done half so much for the liberation of the slav e a n d t he a b ol i tion of slavery as I m yself have done?" Mere than half a century h as elapsed since Lord lia,o rcitu - -, - Act passed for abolishing the lava true. 1 : 6 That Act changed the circznutsnces and consideration of the case from being contraband only, to being regarded as a crime. Surely the men tion of such a circumstance is as a sign -manual to a is exempt from the charge of beingman thinat c he ollusion with slaveholders, and of favouring their views in any way. Lard BROUGHAM also spoke greatly to the point on the question of emancipation when he said that he did not desire a sudden change but a gradual altera tion. He denounced the proclamation to emancipate the slaves lately issued by North America, as a " measure of hostility," and as such it must surely be regarded by all wise and well-informed indivi duals. It was a privilege to hear Lord BRouGuam thus treat of public affairs, and discourse on subjects of home interest. " He touched nothing that he did not adorn" might with accuracy be applied to his dis courses, which blend and unite the distinctive quali ties, and the several characteristics of the orator, the lawyer, and the philosopher. It is a fine sight to see one advanced in years and laden with honours, still foremost in the cause of philanthropy, and eager in the march of science. He is a shining light and a bright example to those who are tired of work before half their race is run. On the contrary, his energies appear to increase rather than diminish as time brings him to the twilight hours of his well spent day. The re - appearance of our beloved QUEEN amongst her people cannot fail to give rise to very general satisfaction. It is true that the occasion for her breaking through the strict reserve she has maintained during the past two years was in some respects a melancholy one, and only too much in harmony with the grief that has dictated her re tirement. Still the presence of the QUEEN at any 'arge assembly was felt to be indicative of a new era, however closely the object of her appearance was connected with the memory of her lamented Consort. The inauguration of the first statue raised to Prince ALBERT in this country was an incident which was certain to ex c it e th e i nterest and awaken the sympathies of his Royal Widow ; bu r it was not expected, nor even hoped, that her MAJESTY would take any part in the proceedings. To the surprise and satisfaction of all concerned, however, the news was received at Aberdeen that the QUEEN had signified her intention of being present, and accordingly, with that courteous punctuality which has always distinguished her , her MAJESTY arrived at the day and hour appointed, to attend a ceremony which possessed a deeper in terest for her than for any other spectator. As she herself observed in her touching reply to the ad dress of the subscribers, there were circumstanc es which render the inauguration at Aberdeen espe cially interesting to her. In that city, a very few years back, he who was then in the prime of life and health, delivered an address to the British Associa tion, of which his scientific acquirements and re markable abilities, no less than his eminent position, rendered him so prominent a member. In the stern old North, too, which has been but lightly esteemed and but seldom visited by her predecessors, theQuE EN assured the subscribers that some of her h a ppiest days had been p asse d, i n the company of tha t be loved and lament e d C onsort whose early deat h has thrown a gloom o ver h er life. Times have, i n d e ed, changed in the last century, and the fervent and enthusiastic loyalty which once bled at Culloden for Prince CHARLIE is now transferred to the de cendant of GEORGE 11. But the day for unreasoning loyalty is passed, and the fair and gentle SovElt EIGN whom all creeds, r aces, and parties in her dom inions "delight to h onour, " has long ago prove d h ers elf worthy of the affection lavished upon her. The loyal people of t h e North have been espec ially favoured by the QUEEN. She has loved to dwell among them in her hours of leisure, to visit their cottages, to climb their hills, and to explore their heath -covered wilds. A proof of the kindly feeling with which she regards the Northern people, no less than en additional testimony to the love and reverence which she bears to the memory of her depart e d C onsort, was afforded by her public It a was pre sence at th e ceremony of inauguration• personal exert : on, as well as a mental e ff or t, in breaking th rough her seclusion, but her M A JESTY simply an d f eelingly expressed the mo tives that prompted h er. She could not, s he tells the loyal c i t i zens of Aberdeen, reconc ile her self to r ema i n i ng at Balmoral w hile such a tribute was being paid to the memory of the Prince, without making an exertion to assure them personal y of her deep sense of their kindness and affection, as well as to give public evidence ot her feelings of love and admiration towards her lamented husband. The city of Aberdeen may well feel proud at having received such an honour, and the respect an d thoughtful attent i on to the sup posed wi s h es o f the QUEEN afforded a sufficient proof th a t th ey were worthy of it. Her 'MAJESTY must have b een d eeply touched by the s il en t rec e p ff tion, so diff erent from the noisy cheers t h at use d ot old to att en d h er pathway, and doubtless s ne recog nised in th em a more eloquent profess i on o f attach ment and sy mpathy than had ever b een man if es t e d in more tum u l tuous greetings. The same sympat h y which pro mpte d her MAJESTY in the hour o f h er own bereavement to s en d ki ndly mes sages to the (Its ' tracted w id ows of the North, inspires her peop l e with a qui c k an d ready tact in what w ill b e most congenial to her feelings on an occasion which, under the most favourable conditions, could not be otherwise than trying. Such kind consideration is much needed, Low that we may hope her MAJESTY is about once more to resume her place among us, a place from which we could ill spare her. Although the promise held out in the youth of the Heir to the Throne is being fully fulfilled in his early man hood, still the people turn with increased attachment and confidence to the mother who has proved so able a guardian, whose hand has guided the reins of State so well and so wisely, and whose high and noble office it has been to raise the Monarch of England once and for all out of the arena of party warfare. The lesson she has read to all succeeding rulers of strictly constitutional government of regard for the welfare of the great body of her subjects, instead of favour shown to som e political clique or partisan, is one that was perhaps never more needed in our history than when she ascended the throne. It has been a difficult task, but one safely accomplished, and it leaves her resting securely on the love of all classes and parties, enjoying a degree of honour and respect for which the proudest despot might be glad to exchange his power. So that Queen VICTORIA, in resumi ng th ose public functions, which the weight of sorrow has for a time compelled her to lay aside, has sources of Consolation as well as of regret in the past years ot her h rei gn. The bright prospects and affection ot heads an d ellen; greetin g peopl e buter f n a y t omust that b e m h u e s b ti e r s t r e s e o k u o r n c e e d e t f h s e ti v t i e s a l e a r c a t o n n ; or the m ost deaiening and love of her co nvincing p roof than the most tumultuous wel come cheers. ci a fw A h b i e e r h d e t e h n e g u a n v c e o v m e roerde REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS FOR BRI TISH COLUMEIA.--Letters for Vancouver's British Columbi a , British Isl an d s f orwar d e d will in future b e chargeable wi Isl an d , and the Sad by British or U n it e d States' packet to th e Un i ted States, of postage, viz, :--Not th the f o ll owing reduced rates exceeding i oz.. Is.; a b ove 1 oz. and not exceeding 1 oz., 2s. ; above lea and not exceeding 2 ozs. is.; every addition a l ounce, 2s. This postage must be paid in advance, or the letters cannot be forwarded.—By command of the rola:aster-General, Rono t , liz". THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 186 f& LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REITTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE BAVARIA. SOUTHANIPON, Ocr. 16. The Hamburg and American Company's steam ship Bavaria has arrived here. She brings 67 pas sengers, 800 tons of cargo, and 54,940 dols. for England, 95,100 dols. for France, and 1,000 dols. Hamburg. On the 7th the Bavaria spoke the British ship City of Ottawa from Plymouth for Quebec. She left New York on the 31, called at Cape Rice, and received New York telegrams to the evening of the 6 t h, which confirm the news of considerable skir mishing having taken place in rear of Rosencranz's force; of the Confederate attempts to interrupt the communication between Nashville and Chattanooga ; of Bragg's fortifying Missionary Ridge ; of Burn side's retiring to Cumberland Gap ; and of the reported occupation of Knoxville by the Confe derates. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. TRIESTE, OCT. 16. News received here from Constantinople states that the Russian Minister in that city had declared to the Porte that any recognition of the Poles as belligerents by Turkey would be considered by Russia as a declaration of war between the two Powers. The news that the Russians are constructing 12 gunboats in the Black Sea is confirmed. According to advices received here from Athens, no change had taken place in the Greek Ministry, The Royal Palace had been prepared for the future residence of King George. BOLIVIA. PARIS, OCT. 16. The opening message of the President of Bolivia has been received here. It announces that he will give satisfaction to the demands of the French Government, and recognises the justice of the same. LITERATURE. Sackville Chase. By C. J. Collins. Three Vole. Maxwell. This novel is of the sensational class, and its inci dents are indeed of a singularly startling character. Two " equine heroes," to use the author's expres sion, "run through" the pages of the narrative, and the catastrophe that befalls them in the very climax of their career is fully as astounding and as unex pected as are the vicissitudes which await the human heroes of this drama. Foremost among these latter is the Earl of Sackville, the owner of Sackville Chase—and the secret owner also of one of the Derby favourites. This nobleman, blest with a supreme'y virtuous Countess and two noble sons, is bound to undergo the penalties of c truly Corsican vendetta, incurred by his misdemeanours some twenty years before. The winding up of the story is melodramatic in the extreme : we almost behold the glare of the foot-lights and expect the fall of the green curtain ! We must not betray, however, the secrets of the plot and counterplot, neither as regards Lord Sackville, and Denzil Raikes, and Agony Jack, on the one hand, nor their four-footed companions; Arbitrator and Sackville, on the other. We must content ourselves with giving a few specimens of Mr. Collins' very ani mated style and very lively deseriptive powers. Place aux dames ! First and foremost, !et us introduce the all•attractive, universal fascinator, who gracefully flits through the chapters, winning all hearts and turning all heads:— DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, OCT. 16. The King arrived here last evening at 9.15 p.m., unexpectedly, from Schleswig. The Daybladet states that the gravity of the political situation is the cause of his Majesty's ar rival. Important notes are said to have been re ceived from England and France. The Dagb/adet also states that Sweden will shortly sign the treaty of alliance with Denmark. The Ministry Were prepared to hold a Privy Council immediately upon the King's arrival. SPAIN. MADRID, OCT. 16. The Council of Ministers was occupied yesterday with the question of the finances. It hopes to over come all the difficulties affecting public credit. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, OCT. 16. A Ministerial decree, published to-day, entirely repeals the prohibition to export horses over foreign Italian frontiers. JAPAN. PARIS, OCT. 16, Official :advices received here from Japan state that the Tycoon had succeeded in escaping from the sort of captivity in whic!i he was held by the Mikado, and had returned to Yeddo. According to the same advises the Tycoon dis played the most favourable disposition towards Europeans. Much was expected from the effects of the chas tisement which the English squadron had gone to inflict upon Prince Satsuiy a. FRANCE. BoußsE, Oct. 15.—The arrival of the English Funds with lower quotations has tended to increase the heaviness in this market, and prices in the limited amount of business done show a decline. For the Account, Threes are now at 67f. 45c. Mo bilier have recßded to 1,158 f. 76c. Railway Shares also heavy. Tne market closed as follows : It per Cents. 95 95 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 45 Credit Mobilier 1162 50 On. end month 1162 50 Bank Shares 3360 Credit F oncter 1320 H 2,11,1 Italian Loan 73 60 Do. end month — New ditto Do, end month.... Russian .. Austrian Spani,h Threes — Rome Debt rArs. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean yew ditto .. Gene.va .. Southern Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain .... Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona 977 50 .. 9S O 983 75 985 - 965 - 966 25 498 75 .. 497 50 69 S 75 .. 698 75 515 - 515 - 507 50 .. 508 75 420 - - -- 420 - 427 50 565 - 565 - 550 - .. 550 - 641 25 .. 640 - 3•5'2 50 350 - MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. To-night's market was scantily supplied with English wheat, but the quality of the produce was fine. Owing to a somewhat extensive amount of foreign wheat and flour, the trade both for rod and white qualities ruled inactive, at Monday's quatations. The show of samples of foreign wheat on the stand was large. Millers operated to a very moderate extent in all descriptions, yet no quotable change took place in prices. Floatir.g cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates. The supply of barley was moderate, and the demand ruled inactive, on former terms. The malt trade was in a s l uggish state at drooping prices. The market was fairly supplied. There was a full average supply of oats on offer. Goof and fine corn was tolerably firm in value, but out-of-condi tion parcels changed hands at low prices. Beans and peas were dull at Monday's fall in the currency. quali- The supply of barrel flour was larger, and inferior were very difficult of sale. Town and country descrip • ions moved off slowly on former terms. Forengu 21,970 ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. liar•ev M a lt. Oats. Flout. English...—. ~9 0 sb . 1940 70 750 Irish -- 37,790 330 sk , l 2270 , 15,72 u brim 10 980 . NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of town and country-killed meat on sale is moderate. Generally speaking, tho demand rules inactive, at about stationary prices. ---- inferior beef ..eas Large pork .... 3 171 1 81b 3 . b lO y the 2 6 2 10 diddling do. .. 3 0 3 4 rritne large do. 3 6 3 10 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 carcase. d Inferior mutt on. 3 0 3 6 B ORO UGH HOP. Good and fi nd new English hops move off steadily, at very full prices, but inferior parcels are a slow sale, on former terms. For yearling, old, and foreign hops the in quiry is much restricted. The imports of the litter from the Continent and Aup-rica are considerable. Now Mid and East Keats . • £4 lOs to £9 10s per cwt. Weald of bents 4 105 to 6Os 0 Geldings Sussex . ~ 8d s d Middlingmutton 3 8 4 0 Prime do 4 2 4 4 Veal Small pork ~ .. 4 2 4 4 Lamb ------- COLONIAL. TEA,—Business has been very dull, and the few dealings entered into have been at about previous rates, SUGAR —The market has exhibited less animation, and West Indian descriptions have slightly declined in value. Other qualities may be quoted about 6s. per cwt. cheaper. In the refined market there is little alteration to report. COFFEE.—Business has boon less active ; a few parcels of Plantation and Native Ceylon, however, have realised about previous rates. RlCE.—There has been a better demand for East Indian, full rates being readily obtained for good and fine qualities. FRUIT.—The market for all descriptions has been ex ceedingly dull, and prices have, consequently, given way. TALLOW.—Business has been mode:ate, but without any material change in prices. P.Ye. now on the spot is quoted 15s, and for spring deli very 45s 61 to 45e 9d per glito MADEMOISELLE D'ARLINCOURT. In a few moments more the door of the room opened, and the lady who had just descended from her horse ap peared. She was all that the walking gentleman had described her. She was of commanding and majestic appearance. Over her shoulders flawed a mass of jet black tresses, which reached down to her waist. Her face was dark, glowing, and handsome to perfection. Every feature was beautiful in itself, and harmonized with each other, while the eye which lit up the countenance was striking iv many characteristics. Dark and lustrous, it seemed to float in softness. But though there was softness in repose, there could be but little douot, from the general expression of the countenance, that anger or kindred passions could easily generate sparks of firs therein. She wore the cavalier hat, that most charming of head dresses for ladies, adorned with a thick black feather. Her dress at the moment of which we are writing is, of course, the riding-habit, the skirts of which she gracefully carries over her arm, with her riding-whip in her hand. The body of her riding-habit, we should say, is not of the same colour as the other part, as it is crimson, while that of the skirt is dark green. Altogether, as she enters the room, she has indeed a most distinguished appearance, and we are not surprised that the two walking gentlemen should have been so enthusiastic in their description of her. o r a very different character is the following scene, in which some of the principal personages of the story are closely involved : I CONSULTATION. "I like your caution, Jonas. You are as knowing aft ever; but I have provided, or intend to provide, for that, and I think we shall be able effectually to throw the know ing ones off the scent." "Indeed, my lord—how ?" inquiried Jonas Nixon. " Why, the colt will be entered in the name of Mr. Sheraton," said the earl. "In my name, my lord !" exclaimed Mr. Sheraton, in a tone of surprise. The earl smiled and nodded significantly •at Mr. Shera ton, who was shrewd enough to see that he had better be a tacit listener for the present. "Good," said Jonas Nixon, after a moment's thought ; "and will your lordship take a bit of advice from me ?" "Most undoubtedly, Jonas—who so well able in such a case to give it ?" said the earl, gaily. "Then, my lord, don't give the colt a name; let him be nameless for a twelvemonth," said Jonas Nixon. " What will be gained by that ?" inquired the earl. " That will be sure to throw them off the scent," said Jonas Nixon. " I shall have, as your lordship knows, a considerable string in my stable, and there will be some good ones amongst them, I can assute you. The public don't care to look beyond them here" (and he pointed with his stick over his shoulder towards the park), " especially as there are the two Munchausen colts of your lordship's in my stable. Give one of them a name, and he shall soon become a favourite—trust to me." " Jonas, you are a model of stable diplomacy," said the earl laughing. We are sorry to say, in the course of our wan derings, we get into rather doubtful company, and make acquaintance with some of whose fellowship we have nu reason to be proud. Of these is Mr. Sparke, whose abilities are 'fittingly exempli fied by AN ARTFUL DODGE. By this time they had reached the railway station, and Denzil Raikes at once procured his ticket for his j urney, and all three walked on to the platform to await the arrival of the train that was to convey them. "You haven't got your ticket yet, have you ?" said Denzil Raikes to Mr. Sparke. "Oh yes, I have. Ail right I" resp)nded Mr. Sparke. "By-the-bye," he continued, " will you let me look at yours ?" " Certainly I'' said Denzil Raikes, producing the bit of pasteboard refereed to. Mr. Sparke took it, looked at it, and taking a pencil from his pocket made a note of its number, He then tore off a corner—juA a small corner—of the ticket, and handed it back to Denzil Itaikes. " What is all that about P" inquired Denzil itaikes. When the train arrived at the station where the tickets were collected, and before it had actually stopped, Mr. Sparke opened the door of the carriage, and stepped out on the platform, and commenced walking up and down whist ling a popular air as the ticket collectors collected the tickets from the different carriages. The collection having been completed, the bell rang for the starting of the train. "Are you going on, sir ?" said the ticket collector to Mr. Sparke, and holding the door of the carriage open. "Oh, yes, of course," replied Mr. Sparke, advancing to the carriage to enter. "Your ticket, if you please, sir," raid the ticket col- lector. "My ticket I" exclaimed Mr. Sparke, " I gave it you." " I beg your pardon, sir, you have not given your ticket to me," said the railway official, decisively. " But I tell you I did," remorstrated Mr. Sparke. "I can assure you, you did not," said the ticket collec tor. " I must have your ticket, sir." " Dear me, what a fortunate thing," cried Mr.Sparke, as though a sudden thought had struck him, "as I came along in the train I happened to tear off one of the corners of my ticket, and if you look amongst those that you have got in your pocket you will find it," said Mr. Sparke, in a tone of offended virtue. The ticket collector at once looked at his tickets, and of course found the ticket with the corner torn off. "Really, sir," apologized the almost dumbfoundered official, " I offer you a thousand pardons, sir; I never made such a mistake before." In reference to these very " knowing" individuals, Mr. Collins justly reminds us that the very men who time the most pains to appear " knowing" generally " know" very little ! Equally sagacious is the remark of Mdlle. D'Arlincourt on the subject of ancestry--" Why, if there were anything in ancestry," cried that lady, gaily, " what a degraded couple Adam and Eve must have been !" Oar next extract gives a tolerably accurate glimpse of issue those figures which make their winnings or their lease solid facts. How often in years gone by have we, with that wonder which the mysterious and unknown must ever create in the mind, read the attractive "heading" which appears in the morning papers, and introduces the transac tions which "the Corner" of the night before has produced The entrance to Tattersall's is anything but imposing or attractive. It resembles more than anything else the en trance to the mews of some aristocratic square. There is a gateway of considerable space, which any stranger would declare led to some coach houses and stables. And so it does, iu truth, but then it leads to something else besides. About midway down this entrance passage, on the left hand side of the way, is a low square brick building, which in its outward appearance resembles a lock-up house. It is built somewhat after the fashion of a classic temple, without the ornaments. It might be termed a rude Doric in its character, if it be built upon any style of architecture at all, which we doubt. It would just do as well for an enormous sarcophagus as a subscription-room, although it serves the latter purpose, and without complaint. Over the entrance is an announcement in gilt letters, that the building is the subscription-room. This room is illuminated by two or three windows, which, prison-like, are protected by strong iron bars, from which a stranger might be led to the infer ence that the outsiders are of such an impetuous tempera • ment, that without such safeguard, they would occasionally make unceremonious incursions into the interior by means of the so-protected windows. The two great days upon which to see Tattersall's are the Sunday before the Derby and the Monday after that great race. The subscription-room is closed on the Sunday, but in its place, and to supply the convenience for which it was erected, the habitues, or rather the subscribers, assemble upon a circular piece of ground to the left of the subscrip tion-room, and which is designated " the Lawn." It is really a lawn, and is perhaps about half an acre in extent, being bounded on one side by the backs of the houses of the north-western corner of Belgrave•square, and on the other side by the subscription• room and the passage-way leading to Tattersall's. It is not necessary, and it is not our intention, to canvass or describe the general character of those who visit Tatter sall's on the day before the Monday that precedes the Derby. Perhaps there is no general charac-er to describe, for there is scarcely one amongst the crowd we see there on that particular occasion, that is in appearance like his neigh bour. Members of the two houses of the Legislature are in profusion there, for staid ALP 's leave the study of their blue books to per, , onally ascertain what are the latest doings on the " blue ribbon of the turf." There can be no doubt that the interest in the great race is all but universal, and that the Derby sweeps all classes into its vortex, The passages we have here given will abundantly serve to illustrate Mr. Collins's smart style and spirited descriptions. His book will certainly amuse his readers, although we cannot bestow any very high commendations upon the construction of his plot or upon the catastrophe of his denouement. Elements of the Anatomy and Diseases of the Teeth. By H. T. K. Kempton, F.L.S. One vol., pp. 173. Hardwicke. Although an elementary treatise admirably well adapted for the instru3tion of junior students in dentistry, Mr. Kempton's very readable volume is calculated also to secure to itself the attention of no inconsiderable portion of the reading public gene raliy. Tho author has had the unprofessional reader, in fact, distinctly in his view while writing these pages—the stye of the little work being, for the most part, as entertaining as the information it conveys is eminently useful. The utility of the book for the chance reader of it, we should add, is simply this—that it serves distinctly to hold out a warning against ignorant neglect, otherwise calcu lated to be very injurious indeed in its conse quences. The volume is embellished with several clever explanatory illustrations showing the struc ture of the teeth and gums, as well as the nervous system in connection with those delicate and complicated portions of our anatomy. One omis sion observable in the treatise, we cannot but regard as a mistake—although the rea son given by the writer to account for this omission is comprehensible, we might even say Com raendabie, enough in itself. What we are referring to, is the intentional avoidance here of any account whatever of the various mechanical arrangements nowadays employed in the structure and adjust ment of artificial teeth—a matter surely of the ut most interest to those (and, happily for us, we speak not feelingly) who have reason for re garding the arguments here put forward with some small amount of curiosity. Supposing this par ticular theme to have bean treated upon, however, Mr. Kempton acknowledges that he dreaded lest the details must needs have proved little better then simply unintelligible to the general reader—while, from the necessary compression of the subject in a popular form, it would virtually have been useless, or at the very least have run the risk of proving useless, to the junior student in dentistry. Notwith standing this twofold reason for the omission, we cannot but think that the author would do well, in any subsequent edition of his little work, to extend its scope, so far as might enable him to touch upon the subject here referred to, no matter how britfly, in the form of en appendix or addendum. Culture and Self-culture. By Samuel Neil. Bvo., Pp. 90. Houleton and Wright. As a motto affixed to the very cover of this sen sible little Guide to the Improvement of the Mind and Life, the writer (already favourably known as the author of " Composition and Elocution') has selected that epigrammatic utterance of Cardinal Wiseman's, on tne sixteenth of last month, down at Southampton— " Self•culture is the essence of all Education." An axiom that ought, certainly, to be taken to heart by every student, no matter how, far or how slightly, advanced in his studies. A generation or two since the guide-book in this direction was one, even now occasionally, to be procured for a few pence upon the old book-stalls a work but little read, though well deserving a Pt mom' we mean Watts' al mos t o b so l e t e p a ges "On the Improvement of the Mind." Another Samuel than Samuel Neil—to wit that healthy, manly, heartening, writer, Samuel Smiles, has illus trated the old theme of late years in a very remark able way through the medium of his delightful chapters entitled " Self Help." He has there en forced by example, in fact. what was theoretically and most eloquently maintained as a thesis the other day by his Eminence Cardinal Wiseman, in the Institute at Southampton. As a shilling handbook to some of the wisest yet simplest schemes of self-culture, Mr. Neil's little treatise is worthy of winning for itself a wide circulation. It will induct its readers pleasantly enough into a rational appreciation of the Elements of Self- Culture, the Means of Self-Culture, and the Method of Self-Culture. The three central chapters of the five into which the treatise is subdivided, will be found of especial interest, relating as they do respectively to reading, to conversation, and to thought and the culture of thoughtfulness, NEWMARKET. --.- Newmarket for centuries has been the centre of the racing world, and has hitherto been a. guide-star to all other places in the country where race-meetings have been esta blished. Newmarket has a prestige which can never be destroyed while a love of the sport is inherent in the English heart. It is the spot where, par excellence, the great magnates or the turf frequently, and almost exclusively, assemble to en joy and practise the sport of which Newmarket is the centre. The power of their position i 3 there felt more potently tar than at any other meeting, no wetter what its locality may be. At race meetings generally, there is a levelling of ali ranks ; at Ne v, market, on the contrary, there is the elevation of one. Indeed, we might almost say that there is but one rank there, and that the highest. A goodly street is the main street of Newmarket. Broad and ample, it has an imposing appearance, and can not but strike the stranger. But how quiet it is I No thing in the place appears to move. Is it inhabited by a people permanently located here ? Standing in the centre of the town, one might almost doubt the existence of resi dent Newmarketonians. To be sure there are houses ou each side to make up the noble street, but they must have been built to make up a show of a town. There are shops, too; they have a ghostly appearance; they never could have b3en meant fur customers. The uninitiated into those more than Eleusinian Mysteries may feel some interest in this PEEP AT TATTERSALLS% We wonder what people in the country imagine Tatter sall's to be? What do the great bulk of the people of this metropolis imagine Tattersrll's to be? Surely it must, in their minds, be associated with the mysterious--a place re specting which it is difficult for them to picture anything like the reality to themselves. Perhaps they seldom trou'ule themselves to accomplish that m ental operation; but still sometimes the wonder must flash across their minds what Tattersall's—the material Tattersall's—" the Corner" —the great betting centre of the world—what the place really is. The great majority of those who study Tattersall's perhaps seldom think of the place as a stem ; thay merely look at the transactions, glance at the odds, pare them with their t oath and care -little about the temple whence 7 Renan's " Life of Jesus Christ?' Renan's "Life of Jesus Christ" (says the Roman correspondent of the Morning Post), although not allowed. to circul a t e open l y i n R ome , h as neverthe less found its way into the Eternal City, and has attracted the attention of the ecclesiastical authori ties, who are anxious to prevent the heretical effects it might produce by a more extended circula tion. The Sacred Congregation of the Index has condemned and prohibited the work, but the decrees of the Index have now judicial effect in so compa ratively small a portion of the Italian peninsula, that it is only by spontaneous obedience that Italians living out of the pale of the Pontifical dominions can show their adherence to the will of the Holy Inqui sition. Such an adherence has just been exhibited by some of the inhabitants of Bologna, who have forwarded an address on the subject to the Pope, accompanied by a pecuniary offering amounting to the price of 100 copies of Ronan's books. The address commences as follows : " Most Blessed Father !—An impious voice was recently raised on the banks of the Seine, blaspheming Rim who, son of the Eternal Fathe r, p ut on our flesh to redee m the world, and daring to deny, in the face of all Europe, as tounded at such impudence, the divinity of our Saviour Jesus Christ. Men, whom we know not whether to call impious or wretched, have repeated this sacrilegious c r y w ith the sweet sound of that tongue with which Da n t e sung the triple kingdom of the God-man, and Torqu a t o 'Doom narrated the victories of the Crusaders, who lib erated at the price of their blood those holy places which were the theatre and witnesses of those prodigies wrought by th e S on of God." It, is expected that similar demonstrations will be made by other cities, as has been the case with 'he clergy and other ecclesiastical adherents throughout Italy, in protesting against Father Pas saglia's doctrine. (Olt rt THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND. BALMORAL, OCt. 14. The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princess Louis and Prince William of .Hesse, the Princesses Helena and Louise, the Princes Arthur and Leopold, and attended by the ladies and gentlemen in wait ing, left the Castle yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock, for Aboyne, where a special train was in readiness to convey her Majesty and the royal family to Aberdeen. At the Aberdeen Station her Majesty was received by the Lord Provost and city authorities, the Duke of Richmond and a committee of the subscribers to the memorial, Major-General Walker, Colonel Gordon, C. 8., &c., and a guard of honour from the 74th Highlanders. Her Majesty and the royal family left the station in three of the royal carriages, attended. by an escort of the 3d Hussars, preceded by the city authorities, the members of her Majesty's and the other royal households, and proceeded to the Club House to witness the uncovering of the statue of the Prince Consort, where her Majesty was received by a guard of honour of the 92d Highlanders, the subscribers to the memorial, Ike. On her Majesty appearing on a platform erected for the purpose, the statue of the Prince Consort was uncovered, after a prayer by Principal Camp:. bell, and the troops presented arms. The Queen, after resting a short time, returned in the same order as on arriving, reaching Balmoral at half-past six o'clock, and though much fatigued by the exertions and trying emotions of the day, nas not suffered in health therefrom. The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia met the Queen at the Aboyne Station, and travelled with her Majesty to Aberdeen. Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell, met her Majesty at Aberdeen. His Grand Ducal Highness Prince William of Hesse took leave of her Majesty at Aberdeen, and returned with Prince Alfred to Edinburgh, where he will remain for some time, on a visit to his Royal Highness. _ . Sir George Grey has arrived as the Minister in attendance upon her Majesty. Departure of the Prince and Princess of Wales for Sandringham. The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Prince and Princess Christian of Denmark, with the Prince Frederick and Princess Dagmar, left town yesterday morning for Sandringham Hall, Norfolk. The Hon. Mrs. 'N. Grey, Lieutenant-General Knollys, Captain Grey, and Mr. Holzman, attended the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Countess Reventlow, Captain Lund, and Captain Casten schjold were in waiting on the Prince and Princess Christian. Their Royal Highnesses left Marlborough House at 20 minutes before twelve o'clock for the termi nus in Bishopsgate-street, and travelled on the Great Eastern Railway to the Wolferton Station. His Excellency M. Musurus, the Turkish Am bassador, is expected to return from Constantinople, towards the end of the ensuing month, to resume his am bassadorial duties at the Court of St. James's. His Excellency Count Kielmansegge is not ex pected to return to resume his diplomatic duties before March, and until then the business of the Hanoverian Legation will be discharged by Baron Biome, as Charge d'Affaires. The Dachess of Hamilton (née Princess Marie of Baden) and Lady Mary Hamilton are expected shortly in town from Baden-Baden, and it is said will take up their residence at Brighton for a few months. The Earl of Kerry is about to proceed to Oxford University to complete his studies. The Earl and Countess of Cardigan have been staying at Newmarket during the week. Toe Earl of Wilton returned to London yesterday from Newmarket. Earl Grosvenor and Lady Constance Grosvenor have arrived at the Grand Hotel de Londres, Paris, from Switzerland. The Dowager Countess of Carnarvon has left fhouns's Hotel, Berkeley-square, fur Bixton Hall, Devon. Lord S anley of Atderley has left town for Alderley Park, his seat in Cheshire. The noble lord will return about the first week in next month. Mr. W. and the Countess Zatka Gamier have arrived at Maurigy's Hotel froia a tour. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left London yesterday for Hawarden Castle, uhfster. The programme of the concert which is to be held in the Store-street Music Hall on the 26th is a very attractive one—Mornington, Donizetti, Alvaro, Thomas, Nicholai, Rossini, Ealfe, Mozart, and Martini being some of the eminent composers from whom selections have been made for the occasion. The fame of several of the artistes who have given their services for the concert will be guarantee enough to the musical public that a more than ordinary treat will .be found in Store-(street) for them on the 26th. VERDI'S CELEBRATED OPERA, " Il Trovatore," has just been performed at Vienna with great success. The great and incomparable Wachtel was the Manrico ; a new debutante, Friittlein Bettelheim, conquering by her unex pected talent and charming voice, the whole audience is the past of Acuzena. MR. AND MRS. ALFRED WIGAN, on the termi nanation of their present engagement, will make a profes sional tour in the West of England. Their first perform ances will most likely be given at Plymouth. A STAINED GLASS WINDOW has lately been put up inWestminster Abbey in memory of VINCENT NOVELLO• It forms one of the lancet•lights in the north transept. The subject is appropriate—St. Cecilia and her attendant choristers. " ICING THE POLE AND IN THE TORRID ZONE DAR& HEAVING I "—A genius in America is reported to be fitting up a steamer for the purpose of towing icebergs to India, where they sell for six cents a pound. Another pro poses to Co still better—to fit a screw to the iceberg itself, and thus avoid the expense of shipbuilding. CHARLES MATHEWS IN PARIS AND LONDON.— Tbe stay in Paris or our accomplished and elegant country man, Charles Mathews, is drawing to a close, the present week, we believe, terminating his leave of absence. A piece in which he is to appear, called " A Bull in a China Shop," will in all probability precede the new comedy by Mr. Leicester Buckingham. This comedy contains a part ex pressly for Mr. Mathews. A most interesting revival is contemplated by the Haymarket management for this great comedian, viz., Planche's extravaganza of " The Golden Fleece," produced here some years ago. SOCIAL SCIENCE.—The vagueness of the terns " Social Science" renders it apt to be abused. It is not easy, perhaps, to define it positively, but at least a negative interpretation ha s been curr ent , by which it was d that politics were excluded. Th e P res id en t himself has not respected this constit ut i on, for in his understood address he surveys the political condition of the world, lite rally from China . to Peru. It is sure l y absurd to include the e Polish question, ne n between the P russ i an Ki ng an d hi s , the Mexic an question, the war in. Am Lower Chamber, the interferen ce o f Prefects with French e l ec ti o ns, as matters comi ng within the category of Social Science; and Lord Bro ug h am set a very bad example to a L li , s 1 the dispute lu body whose defects ere ex cess i ve loquacity and ' an affecta tion of omniscience , by i n t ro d uc i ng suc h irrelevant topics. The question of the treatment of criminals, on the other hand, aeserved fuller treatment from one whose opinions on it necessarily carry great we i g h t . L or d B roug h am merely praised the Irish system, and went rather too far in saying that the commission reported in favour of it. Their appro bation was only partial, and there were some objections taken to it, which the President should have answered. However, it is well to have his explicit declaration that no reformation can be effectual which does not involve suf fering to the criminal. There has been growing up too generally a notion that revolutions can be made with rose water, and reiormation effected with plum-pudding, roast beef, and feather-beds. A Pious JOKE.—The Rev. Dr. Alexander, in a speech delivered last week at Hamilton, told the following joke :—Once upon a time there resided in Peebles shire a half-witted sort of man who had a notion that ha was rather religious, and who was in the habit of saying his prayers in a field behind a turf-dyke. One day this in dividual was followed to his retirement by some evil-dis posed persons, who, secreting themselves on the opposite side, prepared to listen to what he should say. Jock com menced his devotions, and, among other things expressed his conviction that he was a very great sinner, and that even were the turf-dyke at that moment to fall upon him, it would be no more than he deserved. No sooner had he said this than the persons on the opposite side pushed the dyke over upon him. ScramUling out from amongst the debris, Jock was heard saying, " Hech, sirs I it's an awiu' world this; a body canna say a thing in joke b u t it' s t a ' en i u tamest.'Courant,