The Sun. — London, England, 1863-11-27 00:00:00

UN" ALMAINACK. 186 4 . O ne Penn y . on tr ursday. 11 0. Y ,AL ENGLISII OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. U nder the Manag•ement of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison. ; V,VENTNG, for the 6th time, Blie's new Opera BLAIN I s ; NEVERS Miss Louisa lime, Miss Aana ' Hies, trit - , Emma Heywood ; Messrs.W. H. Weiss, H. Corr! A. Cool ,•t. Alnyn, C. Ly,ll, J. Rou4e, and W. Harrison.' To cc RI elude with T P, MARRIAGE OF GEORGETr Miss T birlwall an d 31 IT r H. Corti. E. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon. Dc ors open at half-past Six---Lbminence at Seven. EA'I'RE ROYAL DRURY- LANE. _ linag-ers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. cl . l ; EN TENINg . , ber Majesty's Servants will ;perform the Val ice of OR THE BEAST. Principal ratters chr.,- by Messzrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, 'Barret, spencer, and c r. .,Aveston; Mrs Edmund Falconer mid Miss IL Les..lerq. Af er whien. Lord Byron's Choral Trag•edy, MANFRED. 111 essrs. . iirty,?er, Rayner, itgresun, Spencer ; - Aliss Omni if.. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, aid Mrs. E. Falconer. Vccalists —Miss Poole, Miss i,itter, Miss Cicely Notr, Miss Heywood. and Mr. Swift. To conc'iude with an Original Farce. by tV Bronn - h and A. Halliday. entitled MY ;.1. RT 'S IN THE MG NDS : cnaract 37:s by Mr..., Neville, 1 1 ,1 r. G. Weston, ,Ir. IVarde, Mr. J. . 1 / a nis ; Mrs. C..3lelville, and Miss tiartleur. ELF,AT RE ROYAL HAY NI ARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS. EVENING, SILKEN FETTERS : Messrs. Chas. Mathews, Chippendale, W. Farren, Howe, &c ; Mesdames C. Mathews and M. Harris. Folio wed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles Mathew, Compton Weathersby, ; Mesdames C. Mathews, L Keeley. Oritfith : ,& c . Follo wed by COU'L AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews. And .LITTLE DAISY. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under - the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DEMO _IIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evenim until further notice. THIS EV:FLNING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled UNCLE BA 7.1 Y : Mess s. Widdicombe; J. G. Shore, Charles ; Miss P. Lell I‘..req, and Carlotta Leclercq. After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL D EIONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tabieaux, taken from Stendhal's " Italian Chronicle -," by Mr. John Brou,croam. Principal I ta lian Chronicle by Mr. Pechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brou , ham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, Mrs. Lee, ant liss Elsworthy. Doors open at half -past 6--commence at 7. LK. A H.____E AT BR y NIGHT. T l A E ct V re E s : s N I M N i G s , M I theF>S ,1 ! 1 , s A t ' appearance r F. iN ' of i th E e ' %e;t Traffic - I'A LIT dA.N., in the character of L EMI. In c insequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the pritcipat character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Wcbstei begs to announ that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. -6 Ar TH E ATRE-R0 VAL, ADELPFIL -4010 Prooriator and Manager, M. %Webster. THIS: EVENING, at 7, TIIE TitAGEDY QUEEN : M rs. S Arlin; f. S ' the NCNV Drama of LEAH: B th weeK of 3li ss Bate man,s t pported by Messrs.A.rthur R. Philli ps, 3lrs. linrron ,illing Stuart, Stephenson, .Lburne ; iliss H. Simms, and ten. To cc, and 3lr- caestephenson.lude wilt THE IRISH TIGER : Miss K. Kelly ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manae:er, Mr. W. 11 . Swanborough. T EVENING, MIRIAM'S CHIME Messrs. Geo. lloney, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss nind,trs. Followed by (3(i time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The Return .of Ul y s ses. Messrs. Lo ne y an d F en t on ; M es d ames swanbotrough aad Simpson. After which, lir .NEW PLACE. Mr. A. Wood. Commence at 7. TULE TI-I.TR,D EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing. the Latest SPORTING INTELLIG-ENCE, ma be tlad. Every .ravening. of G. H. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA.T.--Morning, 3h. Sm.—Afternoon, 3h. 23m. Yo-monnow. -Morning, 3h. 42m.—Afternoon, 311. 59,n. The Weather—Sun Office, Nov. 27, 1863. -o-- THERMOMETER. .7. This day at Two o'clock 53 Barometer-30.32. d—S.-East ; light breeze, and fine. qT,7. , LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 27, 1563. - 4- One .of the most astoundingly ironical, sarcastic, satirica:t demonstrations the world has ever wit•• nessed. yesterday rook place in London, as well as is man!' parts of America, and indeed of the world, in obedience to the mandate of that very bewildering person, Mr. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The proclamation appointing ',;:ae last Thursday in the November of 1963, es the date selected for this strangely projected demonstration was of a character so wildly e ("centric as to amount, we might almost venturet to say, to the blasphemous. It was a proclarla tion issued in the name (notoriously a mist: crmer, to begin with) of the PRESIDENT of the TJ sited States, formally inviting his fellow citizens in every part of those same United States (whereat er they may be, say in nubibus), and also those , a'ho are at sea, together with those who are soj°lltil jog in foreign lands, to set apart and observe .97 h alt• due solemnity the date before mentioned— that if , 'yesterday, being the last Thursday of this P 7 esent month of November, as—what ? 3:).. BeLefiesittY of Thanksgiving and Prayer to our F ather who is in Heaven !" The mate wurdiar. of t the sentence is quite after the the form, styi, and. 014zu Qcv. manner, of PRAISE•GOD•BARE BONES, 71:1E shall we rs,t tut LAND BUSY, or, still mor e, this not inaptly re membered. Puritan's (selecting from M ACAULAY ' S His tory of Fi'igland)— st : i me wore after the fashion of— TRU IBLATION IVnott so pointed festival of 71task 8 A solemnly ap. 94i "g to the Divinity in the midst of one of the rn s , te gigantic and sanguinnry, and seemingly ously It o Dtless, Civil Wa rs -upon record, certainly d oes appe ar one • "" 4 ' to every rant who is no t a Ancolulte, a rant and a m ost pitiable a c most fl3g fauity. It seems t o US, in fee t, as 3t of pro.t :less of an impiety, in its Wa y , than R olazs I n : iota festival in the Reign of Terror formally recvn Elt . sin the existence of a GOD ! A Day of lin taiii,x." o g n would have been comprehensiblcomprehensible.But—ab,,y of Thanksgiving ! The mere phrase resounds 'lik e some horrible jibe or irony addressed to the maj esty of Heaven ! Dancing upon a Volcano is as nothin g to it. It is like the sulstitution of garlands and holiday raiment—in the midst of the horrors of u plague—for sackcloth and ashes. Never was a rejoicing demonstration more marvellously or more ptinfully ma/apropos. It is like the assuming of f an air of gladness at a funeral. Knowing how much there is of whimsicality, of ungainly wagger)' about that gawky, lantern-jawed President of (as we will still continue to call them, for form's mate, though the name, as we have said, has long ceased to bn otherwise than an extravagant mis- I hom vler)—of the Unit e d St a t es , one i s a l most reduced I I a necessity o f b e li ev i ng t h at t h e appointment by x r . LINcoLN of this astounding Day or Thank s . Its nothing more nor less on his part than ;4 most cruel and a most impious practical joke ! "'lsgiv i t l ß—for catonabs of slain ? for millions upon millions of dollars squandered ? f or c iti es laid wast e b y tk, ea'" of „. . tne cattenin,,, ,t the t . "l 1/ ' at . for with the multipli ea . 1r " of Amcviea cif., blood of th , Weila g:Tes and the wasted lives, eit; and the decaying bodies of zilk dead and buried. vethal : ls Z ` n siwholae r of North o r of South, w hethe r % Ctotaonfederates, b y thou san ds upon thousand s , tn terrible in Ds rnalnitude as to b e , by this t the rnell. o 4 f computation? s o cansciol---e, b . „ eyond s ,1 11 truth was the American iViinister at Lo n d on, or the evtra. ordinary indecorum of the whole p r oceo , that was so far apoiogestie his speech yesterday through ou t, that it was from first t o last explanatory ! And, cortainly, now that Mr. ADAMS has explained the inner meaning of thi s wonderfully profane Day of Thanksgiving, we can not but express our candid wish that, by way of supplement, he would kindly explain his explana tion ? The report read at the late general meeting of the Hudson's Bay Company proves that the Com mittee of Management are by no means dissatified Pith their bargain. It gives, indeed, but very slender information to the shareholders, reminding them that the scene of operations is so far removed and the subjects involved in a detailed statement would be so numerous that they must rest satisfied with 'a small stock of knowledge respecting their position and prospects. That they consider the latter to be tolerably favourable may be inferred from the fact that the. Committee feel justified in recommending the usual dividend to be p aid next January, and they assure the proprietors that the number of furs rcceived is on the increase and the general aspects of the trade are favourable. It is of course their object to extend this trade as much as possible, and to develop° the resources of that vast territory, once again, through the folly or in difference of Ministers, aesigned to a company. It certainly appears strange, that when for years so large a portion of our North American possessions has been shut out from improvement and cultivation by the claims of the earlier Company, no sooner should that matter be happily disposed o f t h an fresh terms and engagements are entered upon which will serve to.fetter the future like the past. It is not easy to see why the authorities should have taken this unwise and ill judged step. It is true that the Company promises fully and fairly to carry out all their engagements, and will probably do so to the best of t h e i r ability so far as is consistent with tha requirements of their principal trade; but private enterprise is not like the free open competition, which infuses such spirit into a young colony, and secures the rapid development of the lits resources. And it is difficult to calculate what are the resources of a territory so little known. It is hard to conjecture what is the geological forma tion of the ground over which the ermine and marten leave the only footprints that pass, It is not easy to surmise what system of agriculture it will be best and most profitable to pursue, what specie of domestic animal will flourish best is the c imate, while onr experience and know ledge of the land are yet in their infancy. One important fact has, however, been brought to light, which will have a momentous effect on the for tunes of the colony, and will be likely consider ably to alter the aspect of affairs. Gold has been found in the Hudson's Bay Territory, and although as yet nothing is known of the extent or quality of its goldfields, there is reason to suppose, judg ing from its proximity to Vancouver's Island, that it will yield a good harvest to the industrious seeker. The Committee, 'wisely enough, propose to have a careful survey made of the mineral re- 1 sources of the Company's territory, and they express their willingness to act in accordance with the spirit of the age, and introduce any improvements affect' ing the general good which may be found practicable. They propose to erect a telegraph uniting British Columbia and Canada, on condition of some part of their expenses being reimbursed by the Gevern vernments of the two colonies. The committee hope, according to their report, to preserve intact those branches of trade which have hitherto proved so profitable, although they are willing to assist in . the settlement of any part of their territory which may be fit for it, and also to facilitate the trans mission of intelligence by post and telegraph. But however fair this may sound, and however liberal may be their intentions, the fact of granting the charter was a great mistake. It is by colonising and cultivating those northern wastes, that we may hope to extend the power and Eflacnce of Eng land, not by sacrificing vast territories to any one particular trade. The Canadian Government was strongly opposed to any such measure, and it is not the way to conciliate the affections of our colo nists, or to retain their allegiance to the mother country unshaken, to act in a manner diametrically opposed to their wishes, in a matter that closely concerns them. It is entirely inconsistent with the spirit of our constitution to delegate such powers into the hands of companies or individuals, and although the experiment has been made before, it has always been attended with unsatisfactory re sults. It is a matter of regret that the Government should have thought proper to have again entered into any compact of the sort ; and if the auriferous promise of the province be carried out, they will be likely to hear a good deal more on the subject. It is satisfactory to find that every one has not forgotten the question of Poland, although the sub isct seems to have been dropped in the discussions of Cabinets, and to have ceased to occupy so pro minent a position as it has done. The public meet ing on Tuesday was a step in the right direction, at all events, and the proceedings were characterised by a unanimous spirit of concord. The Right Hon. Lord CAMPBELL presided. His lordship made an admirable address, and eloquently advocated the cause they had at heart. He explained the object which the League had in view in convening these several meetings in the environs of London, which was the very laudable one of "drawing out the expression of a strong public opinion of the people of the metropolis in favour of Polish independence." There can be no harm done by this endeavour, and it may tend to great good. At any rate, it must in some degree further the interests of that oppressed and afflicted nation, and favour the desires of all 1 liberal and right-minded men in the cause of inde- 1 pendence and the advancement of freedom. As the chairman remarked, they desired to enable the Go 'Zruraent to speak out more strongly, and to take ore decided and definite measures in regard to tahti:ttraestion. This is a very desir a ble en d t o arr i ve 11 they get some w a y on t h e roa d w i thout act u ally / lea • ment u a treg the gout, it will b e a great achieve those, Zolartionot fail to afford BORIC countenance to doubt the afraid to act w ith d e t erm i nat i on, and their feelin gs . t4i li tal v tttld efficacy of givin g ven t t o the fallacy of thios_4l.tg can more forcibly evince . " 441t4 tien, or prove m ore sure l y t h e mistake of !Inch sears, than the o u t s p o k en wishes and inferred ae t i t I is the of the great body of the public. It to test f t t o h e t e ssearching principles of aa is e generalct, t h e s tability and validi ty b eg way o question to sure of dis sasusbejmeobtlyi,taltiod Th i s i s the only cussion. d unerring B '"ttlit the at a decisio a re . method of arriving veracity or falsity of V c and the matter, be it what i t may , t h at sinks into insignificance before a r t i,„ re na ht into notoriety, away gradually when once a a a united assembly , . will ns..saa all! forth the approval told live ill the memory of Eng ishaneri. AI! oar sympathies are ranged on the side which Lord CAMPIMLL de scanted upon with much zeal, and discussed with so much energy. He truly explained that it Was of consequence to our nation that Poland should succeed in establishing an independent constitu tion which would closely resemble that of Eng land. If a kingdom free from foreign restraints, end at unity in itself, were only at once firmly fised an d rooted in the land, there is no doubt that t would be of incalculable advantage to us, al torsaio„, a b barrier against the inroads et despotism, which must, however impercept bly, militate rim SUN, LONDON, FEMAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1861 against tke progress of freedom, and also as being a connecting link between ourselves and some power with which we have little or nothing in common. This is not of course the object which is of pri mary importance to us, but still it might interest many and influence more to take up the cause with more heartiness. The Chairman explained the feeling which animated the League in their con sideration of this affair. They knew that the Poles were fighting against 1 ° fearful odds," b u t then they made the " fewest errors," and they trusted that victory would finally crown the side of those who made the least mistakes. This sanguine notion may not be so quixotic as some may deem it expedient to call it, and long after the prophecy has been uttered amid denials and disclaimers, we may see its happy fulfilment, and rejoice in the splendour of its successful acccmplishment. It is a significant study to trace the gradual working of events which are here chronicled in the order of their occurrence, until we come to the one fatal record, which was like a torch applied to a train that had long tempted fate, and coveted destruction. That recruitment with which all Europe has rung, and condemned as a gigantic error, has been the keynote of rebellion, and the signal for resistance to the heart of Poland ever since. It has lived on in the spirit of the land, and the dying have bequeathed its memory to their survivors to perpetuate, with the tenacity which animated the brave in days of old— , " And still his name sounds stirring unto the men of Rome, As the trumpet blast which calla to them to charge the Volscians home." So deep in the feelings of the country will exist the recollection of that gross outrage on the rights and liberties of a nation. Therefore Lord CAMP BELL expressed a sincere hope that so many errors of judgment would be sure to bring their perpetra tors to ruin, and from those failures might spring up a bright and better future for Poland. Mr. HEN NESSY exhibited his usual animation and zeal in this cause, and very effectively addressed the meet ing. He moved the resolution that the heroism of the Poles had entitled them to the admiration and support of Great Britain. The hon. member went over the features of the case as regarded the parti tion of Poland by the three great robber Powers— Russia, Austria, and Prussia. He also made a strong point of the error committed by Lord PALMERSTON in the former insurrection of the Poles. It had been concealed for thirty years, but now has come to light. It certainly was a lamentable mistake of the noble lord's, because had matters been properly adjusted then, the present grievous state of things might never have come to pass. The plan that was proposed by Louis PHILIPPE was in every respect one which was likely to prove beneficial to the interests of Poland; and it is greatly to b© deplored that from misguided motives the good opportunity was lost, and that generation and the next allowed to sustain the calamities that thence ensued. Earl RUSSELL did not escape the searching scrutiny of the speaker, and he de ❑ounced with natural indignation the course he had pursued in writing a despatch which expressed delight at the friendly intentions of the CZAR to the Poles. It is to bo feared there is too much truth in the opinion of Mr. HENNESSY that our Government in this crisis would do nothing but keep themselves in office. This a very difficult matter to settle in a satisfactory manner, but there is every reason to approve its discussion and exa mination. It may suit the creeds of diplomatists and the doctrines of peacemocgers that a brave people should be immolated on the shrine of tyranny and cupidity, that the tenets of an absurd theory may be carried out; but such argu ments will not suit the general feeling of the people of this country. They will expect that justice should be heard and the claims of right attended to, although mighty potentates be discomfited, and mar coavring politicians be out in their reckonings as to the crushing of all national feeling through the limits of a patriotic land. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 26 (Evening). The Seaate has passed the Address in reply to the Queen's speech. The Congress was declared definitively consti• tuted yesterday. Senor Rios Rases was elected President. THE PAPAL STATES, ROME, NGV. 26. THE TRIAL OF THE CHEVALIER FAUST'. The official Giornale di Ponta thclares the reve lations relative to the Fausti trial, published by the National Committee, to be forged, adding that the real depositions of Madame Diattalevi are preserved in the archives of the Court. The Giornale further states that the names of functionaries in the published depositions have been interpolated, and concludes by saying :—" The National Committee has not attained its object, which was to embarrass the Government, and create a belief in the innocence of men who have been overtaken by justice." MADAGASCAR. (By Telegraph from Suez.) MAURITIUS, Nuy. 6. Advices received here from Madagascar mention a rumour that King Itadama is still living. He was left for dead by the assassins, but is said to have been found by his partisans and concealed, FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 27. The Moniteur of this morning publishes a letter from Frankfort, showing the excitement which pre vails in Germany with regard to the Schleswig- Holstein question.. The Constitutionnel of this morning contai ns an article, signed by M. Boniface, explaining the Schleswig-Holstein question, and stating that much excitement exists in Germany. M. Boniface expresses his astonishment th at several newspapers, and especially the Times, should counsel not only England, but also the other Powers, to make war in favour of Denmark. "No doubt," he continues, "old sympathies attach France to Denmark, and to an alliance with tLat country, but Germany has also a right to our sympathie3 and respect. The will of a people and the rights of nationalities must likewise weigh in the balance of our resolutions. In view of so deli cate a problem, the non-existence of a cordial understanding is to be regretted. If an under standing of the Seven Powers dces nat suffice to ensure a solution of the Danish difficulty, it would be logical to address all Europe." BOURSE, Nov. 26.—The market has been rather firmer to-day. Threes opened at 67f. 15c., rose to 67f. 30e., and are now at 67f. 20c. Mobilier has been done at 1,C90f. Share Market firm. The market exhibited a downward tendency towards the dos; and closed as follows : 4. per Cent.. 3. 95 10 end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 05 Credit Mobilier 1082 50 Do. end month 1082 50 Bank 3haree 3380 Credit 1. oncier 1272 50 Roman Italian Loan 72 15 Do. end month 72 10 New ditto Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanieh Threes — Rome Debt .. Deferred vaYs. Cash. Account. RAIL' Orloang Northern . ... New ditto 977 50 .. - - 977 50 .. 977 50 layout' lulu Meditvrlanean 950 .. 951 25 New ditto — • S mithern .. 692 50 . . 693 75 IVestern Eastern .. - Sardinian - Austrian LorPb.trd North of Spain Saragossa 628 75 .. 630 Ditto to Barcelona 300 300 Fall of a House at Islington ---Two Men Killed and Several Injured. A few minutes before 12 o'clock yesterday morning an accident occurred in Upper-street, Islington, which placed the whole neighbourhood in a state of great excitement, and was unfortunately attended by loss of life. Nearly opposite Islington-green there has existed for many years - a well known hostelry, under the sign of the Wheatsheisf, and for the last few years it has been occupied by a Mr. Dallor. The lease, however, being nearly expired, the ground landlord, as a condition of renewal, insisted upon the occupier expending £2,000 in the rebuilding of:the premises in a style suitable to that of the entrance of the Agricultural-hall, immediately adjoining. These conditions were not accepted by Mr. Dallor, and a Mr. I/Avis became the tenant, and entered into a contract with Mr. Wm. Cnapman, builder, Hope wharf, Limehouse, for the erection of the new build ing. It appears that on the 10th of last month the builder obtained permission from the vestry of St. Mary, Islington, to erect a hoarding in front of the old building, which boarding was to remain for six weeks from the granting of the order. He at once pulled down the old building, and about a month since commenced the erection of the new one, the work of which has been carried on both night and day since that time, in order to get the premises ready for occupation by next Christmas, and to open their, if possible, by the time of the opening of the Cattle Show at the Agricultural-hall. At the hour above stated a number of workmen were busily engaged on the building when sud denly the building split completely in two, the front of the house falling out into the street, carry ing with it the scaffolding and the men engaged thereon, while those at work in the body of the house were buried in the fallen ruins. Tne catas trophe caused a crowd of people to assemble imme diately, and assistance was at once brought to bear to rescue the unfortunate men thus buried in the fallen masses of brick, wood, and mortar. On search being made, as soon as the cloud of dust had cleared away, nine men were literally dug out ; two of whom well dead, and the other seven so severely injured that they were taken in cabs to St. Bar tholomew's Hospital. 'As' names of the unfortu nate men who lo s t th e i r li ves was J o h n P ea k e , car penter, a youn g man; and Joseph Pearce, carper.-. ter, a married man, with seven children. Of the cases taken to the hospital three are considered to be den gerotis, atilPtitations of the limbs being neces sary, The wife of th e d ecease d Pearce arrived at the spot just as the body o f h er h us band was discovered, and the scene that ensued was of a most distressing character. There are many reports as to the cause of the accident, the most dwelt upon being the extreme haste with which the building has been erected ; but this will no doubt be fully inquired into at the inquest. Upon inquiry at the hospital late last night we were informed that no deaths had as yet occurred amongst the seven poor fellows lying there, though they were all in a most precarious condition. "STONEWALL" JACKSON'S GRAVE.—" Bury me at teXihgton, in the Valley of Virginia," These words are said to have been uttered by that great, good, and lamented man, Gen. T. J. Jackson, just before his death ; and in accordance with his sacred command, all that is mor tal of the most renowned and successful military genius that the war or probably modern ages have produced, now lies interred within the walls of the Presbyterian cemetery lo• crated in the south-western suburbs of this delightful village. Nothing marks the spot •chore his mortal remains lie to disiinguish his grave from that of others, save a diminutive Confederate flag, not larger than a lady's handkerchief. This tiby emblem is fastened to a staff not. more than two feet long, and placed at the head of the graves, and there waves as if to illustrate the modest pretensions of the great hero of the Valley of Virginia. Close by his silo a small grave is to be seen, which contains the remains of hie child, who died a few years ago, and not far distant is the grave of his first wife, " Ellinor, the daughter. of George and Julia Junkin," with a plain marble slab at the head. His late residence is situated near the end of the town, and, like everything else planned by him, is modest and unpretend ing.—./Vezv York Express. NEW RULES AND ORDERS FOR COUNTY COURTS. —The Lord Chancellor has sanctioned 20 now rules and orders, with a number of forms, for regulating the practice of County Courts. They will take affect on the Ist of • January next. HECTOR BERLIOZ'S OPERA " Beatrice and Benedict" has been recently represented with great success at Weimar. LITERATURE. Hamlet : Tragedie en 5 Acts de TV. Shakespeare. Traduite en vers Francais. Par lo Chevalier de Chatelain. Bvo., pr. 142. Rolandi. Our hopes in regard to the Chevalier de Chate lain as a translator of Shakspere into the French language are being realised. His first daring ven ture in that direction, it may be remembered, was Macbeth. His next, the present one—a venture still more daring of its kind—has been. Hamlet. Has been—for the work is here before us accom plished! Upon its accomplishment we would at once offer to the Chevalier our cordial felicitations. And they are, indeed, deserved. For we take the production of a successful version of a wondrous masterpiece such as Hamlet into French, to be equivalent, as an intellectual achievement, to the preduczion of an original work of very con siderable importance. Among all the fifty odd dramas of Shakspere we should be disposed at once, and unhesitatingly, to regard the transla tion of " Hamlet" as about the tnost difficult of accomplishment. In many respects, the language in it, is the most idiomatic in all the Shaksperian literature. The marvellously mixed characters of three of the principal personages in this great drama Hamlet himself, old Polo nious, and his fair young daughter Ophelia— impart to the strangely alternating wisdom, pathos, humour, tendernesi, sublimity of the poetry, an almost bewildering incoherency. And this for very sufficient reasons. In the instance of Ophelia, by the exquisitely affecting incident of her love-distraught brain becoming crazed by her many and most bitter misfortunes. In the instance of Polonius, by senility clouding over an intellect originally keen and luminous : hence the blending in his words of the profoundest worldly wisdom with the shallowest silliness, almost amounting at times to mere drivel and buffionery. The sanity or insanity of the Danish Prince himself is still (as Dr. Connolly's recently published medico-literary treatise very pointedly indicates) a matter for con tinued discussion—to some even a matter in dispute distractingly problematical. Yet it is this same mystically confused and all but bewildering tragedy of "Hamlet" that the Chevalier de Chatelain has hero " done' into French with admirable exacti tude. Better than any words of comment from our selves as to the skill with which he has performed his task—a task to him manifestly (in spite of its difficulties) a labour of very love—better than any words of ours will be one or two exemplars, by way of extract, of the manner of his translation. In selecting our quotations, moreover, from the five acts of the Tragedy, we shall purposely cite pas sages with which the readers of " Hamlet" are the most intimately acquainted. Selecting in this way, therefore, a few specimen-fragments from the Chevalier de Chatelain's version of Hamlet in French, we will give here the famous apostrophe to the Ghost : Quo to sois un Esprit frail produit de l'ether, Ou bien damne lutin echappe de I'enfer, Que tes intentions soient bonnes on mechantes, Tu revets a mes yeux des formes si vivantes Que jo veux to parler: Je t'appellerai Roi Pere, Royal Danois, Hamlet—oh! reponels-moi ; Et no me laisse pas croupir dans l'ignorance ; Mais, oh I di's-moi pourquoi tes oesements par chance Deposes dans la tombo ont brise leurs liens, Pour to jeter ici comma uno languo aux chiens. Que veut dire, que toi, fait et parfait cadavre, Tout revetu d'acier, to viennes a co havre Pour effrayer Is nuit, faire trembler nos emirs, Et puis nous injccter de sublimes horreurs ! Par to venue ici, dis ! que pr6tends-tu fake I Quel en est le pourquoi ? quel en est le mystere ? Where the Chevalier appears to have failed in the mere manner of his translation, the failure we can not but look upon as attributable in the main to the genius of the French language,as contradistinguished in many ways from our own far bolder, more rugged, vigorous, and, even, in its capabilities of ex pressing the loftier emotions, we would venture to ,ay, sublimer Saxon Speech. Quel en est le pour - quois ? seems illustrative in this way of the mean ing of our contrast, a contrast in no respect to be regarded as invidious : any more than it could be deemed invidious to remark upon the simple fact that in all French literature there is no paral lel to the sublimitics either of the Shak sperian tragedies themselves, or of the divine epic of Milton. Here, however, is a still more notable illustration of the Chevalier de Chatelain's powers as a translator of Shakspere, to wit, that discernable in his version of Hamlet's immortal soliloquy— Telle est la question : E tre on bien no pas etre A savoir, si, l'esprit do lui-meme est plus maitre, En supportant les coups, les fleehes du destin, Ptutot qu'en se cabrant sur des soucis sans fin, S'anemtir? Mourir—lornair—pas davantage ; Dire qu'en s'endormant soudain on met l'ancrage Sur les peines du ccour, sur les maux, les ennuis Dont l'humaine nature est l'insondable putts. C'est la la fin des fins, oui da I la fin derniere, Quo I'on doit desirer de facon singuliere. Mourir—Jormir—dormir—pent-etre pour sever, Oui voila to her ; it le faut observer: Dans ce sommoil de mort panel d'hunaeur misanthrope Nous aurons rejete noire frele enveloppe, Queles selves, surgiront ? . Cola donne a penser, Et le pour et to contra il nous le faut peser. Car quel est celui-la qui serait assez bete Pour supporter du sort l'incessante tern pece, Les torts de I'oppresscur, de I'orgueilleux le " M o i I ~ Les peines do Famous, les delais de la loi, Des employee hargaeux le detain, l'insolenes Qu'endure to merite aux mains de l'ignorance, Quand avoc un poignard i 1 pourrait rnordicus S'oxempter de l'irnpOt, et gagner son quitus ? Quel est-il la qui sans fin et sans cesse Pot temit des fardeaux jusques a la vieillesse, Pour grogner et suer, maugremt sur son sort, Si n'etait la terreur de ce qui suit la mort : La mort, psya lomtain, qui se perd dans les brumes De la pensea humane, et dans ses amertumes Pays inexplore dont jai:neje voyageur, Nest encor revenu, jette le fruid au emus, Et nous fait supporter nos mans of nos miseres De l'iuconnu plutbt qu'aller sunder les spheres. La conscience ainsi hit de nous des poltrons ; La resolution chez les plus fanfarons Forte en couleur d'abord, et blemit et se fans, Au pensor do la mort, a son sublime arcane ; Et des projets ainsi grands de dimensions, A l'etat de projets meurent—sans actions. With one other excerpt (a very brief one) —also in the origiaal sufficiently familiar to render its cita tion here of especial value—we shall content our. selves. It is that of Hamlet's epigrammatic couplets on the mutability of dead Caesar's clay L'implrial Cesar heros d'un attentat A fait pendant un temps le monde Man et mat, ft meurt : quo devient-il ? .Un gacheux le befoue, it recrepit un mur en tripotant sa boue, Si quo co mort fameux l'cipouvante d'hier, Nous sort do bouche•trou pour la bise d'hiver. Enough, however, in the way of mere illustra tive quotation—Always, even when the most happily selected, unsatisfactory, because by neces sity fragmentary. Upon his title-page we observe that the translator entitles himsolt not the Author of Leg _Moines da licare, of Les Contes de Cantorbery, of Les Fables de Gay, and of so many other pro ductions of varied merit, but simply yet proudly Ilfembre du "National Shakspere Committee!" His dedication of this French version of " Hamlet," moreover, is given thus—" Aux Manes do Shake speare, 23 Avril, 1864. Hommage du Traducteur." It is a noble garland thrown in anticipation at the base of the pedestal of what we trust devoutly may prove a fitting monument to the glory of Shakspere, and a worthy attestation of the love, gratitude, and admiration of posterity towards him whom Theodore de Banville, as the Chevalier reminds us upon a flyleaf, has apostro phized as— " Shakespeare ! . . ce penseur I Onabre! Ocean ! Eclair Ablate comic Goethe ! awe corium: Schiller 1 -Lyre dont cheque note a des manteaux de flammel ouvert gravement Fur la nature et nate Phare que, pour guider see [Ales matelots, L'Art a fait rayonner our ses nips de flute !" The Country Gentleman. By " Scrutator," Author of " The Master of the Hounds," One vol., pp. 358. Chaprrialrand Hall. This hook is a combination of sentiment and sports. It contains a romantic love-story, in which the heroine deserts the hero and marries the wrong man. Shortly afterwards her death is an nounced, but the sequel of the tale bears some resemblance to the " Glenara" of Campbell— " Empty that shroud and that nada did seem, Gl enar a, Glenara now read rae ray dream,' Mingled with this romantic narrative are some spirited sketches of country sporW, from which we extract the tol:owing account of hoW BARON STEENREDI TAKES RIVER. to this manner the hou'rzds had traversed four larT:e pasture field!, although with little improvement as to pace, when Will Lane titlid, "Perhaps, sir, we had better hold os at c;ttr,3 to Moor Copse ; that's his point, sir—and get out of the crowd df e.ralemen who MeV pressing forward." "Not yet, Will=sn old cunning fag, when not found by hounds, will lie in a hedge-tow sometimes. Give them a few minutes more; and look I the young ones are 4etting on now. Work cf this kind will do them good." " Dis vara slow," the Baron remarked; mine horsey he pull so to get on." " It will be fast enough presently," the captain replied ; "this is what we call walking up to our fox." "Ah I vara good I we walk truly ; dis no grand sox chasse." The words had scarcely passed his lips when, on the other side of a thick sedgy hedge-row, a sudden chorus burst forth from the whole pack, which sent every man's heart bound ing to his throat. The fox had sprung out just before the hounds reached it. " Come on I" screamed the Captain, as he sent his horse a t the double fence, getting in and out of the opposing quickset very cleverly, on the other side, over a drop leap into a dark peaty meadow. " Now, gentlemen," he said, looking back, " take your places," as men and horses came floundering down, many of the former showing the way, headforemost, to their astonished steeds. Firebrand would have it now all his own way, and the Baron, remembering his owner's advice, and thinking it most prudent not to dispute the point with him, gave him his head. "Mine what a leap," he muttered, as he was thrown forward upon the pommel of his saddle, by Fire brand's coming down upon his knees ; " dis horse, he jump terrible; but where do dogs—me no see them—how me follow r' "Go along, sir roared a first-flight man, dashing past him ; and along he was carried, amidst a shower of peat mud dotting him all over like a catneleopard. The fox had skirted the corner of Moor Copse, through which the hounds dashed like lightning, and were now streaming away across the second meadow at a terrific pace, with Edmund, Will Lane, and Charley only in their wake. " Come along, sir," shouted the leader, whom Firebrand seemed determined to follow, "come along l" as he sprang over the fence into the thicket ;'' we shall see them the other side." " Oh 1 mine head I mine hat," cried the luckless Baron, being turn through the stiff blackthorns at the mercy of Firebrand, held only by one hand, the other being raised to defend his face from the sharp prickles, " Dis place terrible." "Never mind, sir ; come along 1" again reached his ear, and the Baron showed on the other side a figure to behold ; without his hat, his long hair hanging in wild disorder over his scratched and bleeding forehead. Some dozen pink jackets were now added to his company, who all boldly encountered the stiff fences and deep ditches of some hall score rough pasture fields. Firebrand carry ing his rider cleverly over all without a stumble. " The river, by Jove 1" exclaimed the leader, "and not a bridge in sight ; have it we must." " Me no swim, care," cried the Baron in consternation at the wide, rapid stream, within one field of them. " Your horse can—so come along 1" and splash went horse and rider into the bed of the foaming torrent. "Oh 1 mine got," exclaimed the now terrified Baron, as Firebrand sprang high in the air, to clear it in a bound. Oh I dis is ternble work; dis gentleman vox, ho der Freis cuhtz, de red diable." Further words were stopped, by the spouting and splashing of water about his ears, from which, when emerging, the only visible sign of Firebrand was his head above the eddying current. " Give him his head to to follow me, and don't pull the reins," was again shouted forth from the bit of pink cloth, now sailing rapidly down the stream, which in a few minutes was seen to elongate up the bank, at a place where cattle came down to drink. "All right again--here we are on terra firma once more --now for it, to catch them 1" and away sped the first-flight man like an arrow from a bow, renovated by his shower-bath for fresh exertions, " Hark ! I hear them ; hark I—they have reached Haste wood. Oh 1 for two turns there in my favour and we shall be up with you, my young master. AI! how they rattle him round the covert—every hound seems to have him in view. Ay 1 there's Charley's holloa ; hark back! he has been headed 1" A moment's pause—the pack have swung a few yards outside the wood hedge. " Hark back 1" again cried Charley, with a rate and crack of his whip. They turn like lightning to the well known tongue of Old Solomon, who has met the fox, and in a se court the wood re-echoes with the full chorus of the pack, crashing and dashing through the stuff, which bends before them like reeds to a flood of outbursting waters. " Twang —twang—twang" goes the horn " Forward, away 1" screams the master ; "yonder he flies, up the side of the hedge row to the right." _ _ _ " - Ay, ay ! a hit of luck for me now," exclaims the leader of the Baron ; " they are turning our way ; but, hang it all, that double post and rails, with a blown horse I Must du it steady, in and out—come %long 1" Our leader on his made hunter bounds in and over cleverly the opposing bars; but hearing a crash behind him turns his head, and there lies the Baron on his back, and Firebrand disentangling himself from the splintered timbers. " Hurt, sir ?" asks one of the dozea, now pressing on. " Oh I mine vriend—mine arm," " Ah ! nasty fall, very," replied the other, passing on ; " can't stop ; doctor behind," . , " Come along, sir ?" roared another voice, your horse is caught for you, and they are at check." _ _ . The Baron, however, recovers his courage and his seat, and is, after all, " in at the death," and receives the crowning honour of "the brash." Theodore Parker's jVorks. Vol. V.—Discourses on Slavery. Vol, I. Tiiibner. The fifth volume of the new edition of the works of Theodore Parker contains the first series of his eloquent discourse on slavery. The editor very truly observes that "few will read them and see how deeply their author's heart was engaged in the cause of negro emancipation, without being touched by the thought that in the great struggle now pass. ing in America the voice which would have spoken loudest for right and justice has been silent, and the bravo soul which would have exulted in the triumph of freedom has passed away from earth!' Among the discourses contained in this volume the most eloquent is entitled " The Function of Conscience." In it the author, after relating the escape of a run away slave who took refuge in his house, declares that no law could justify his surrender of that man to his pursuers. He charges all to remember " that nothing in the world without is so sacred as the eternal law of God ; of the world within nothing is more venerable than our conscience, the permanent, everlasting oracle of God. If," he goes on to say, "I am consciously and continually false to this, it is of no avail that 1 seem loyal to all besides; 1 make the light that is in me darkness, and how great is that darkness! The centre of my manhood is gone and lam rotten at my heart. Men may respect me, honour me, but I am not respectable, I am a base, dishonourable man, and like a tree, broad branched, and leafed with green, but all its heart gnawed out with secret worms; at some slight touch one day my rotten trunk will fall with horrid squelch (!) bringing my leafy honours to dishonoured dust, and men will wonder that b a rk could hide such rottenness and ruin." Among the other discourses are some on " The Nebraska Qeestion," `‘ The Boston Kidnapping," " The Abolition of Slavery by the French Republic," &c. We need not say that we do not fully coincide in all Mr. Parker's opinions, but they have the merit of being straightforward and thoroughly in earnest. An; . -Colenso : an Essay towards Biblical Interpre tation. A Handbook for Thinkers. By Johannes Laicus. One Vol. Pp. 358. Hamilton, Adams, and Co. Although the title c,nd object of this work would ensure our sympathy, we must confess that we have been somewhat dismayed by the grandiloquent style of the introduction. The author tells us that his book is " the creative effort of a layman," and gives, as matters of supreme importance, the dates of its first conception and final accomplishment. Many pasages in the work evidence a good deal of thought and a rational spirit of inquiry, and will prove in teresting and perhaps useful to those "thinkers for whose benefit it has been prepared —it such can really require a negation to the preposterous subtleties of Colenso. BY TH EIR LIGHT NAMES. DoN'T CALL THING made Robson, and Redpath transactions as those • lieshStilßeasitit to write about such ei t , hat they were gross frauds. It —lf a gentleman h e must not call it childish ba L,rsons disposed to read it that to nonsense, an d warn r -- _ • do non- Id be a sinful waste of lime. In short, a gentleman notorious, h e revow shae very r u y s t notnwsoa:: 8 1:u w st ou never call a spade a spade, He must al wa y s d escr ib e agricultural mp.cine nt.-6'aturday Re v i ew . NORFOLK ames Nayler, it who an E o 'H w aLsATEI.‘ ltl awaitingU K i EIN his trial for the murder of his wife at E:sing, Norfolk, two months since, has died in Nor wich Castle this week after two three days' illness. Tht murder was attended with circumstances of great barbarity. but as Naylor did bet appear to have, been in a thoroughly sound etate of mind, it is doubtful whether, even assuming that he had been convicted, the extreme sentence of thelaw would ever have been carried out, Fr.:l t ' 4.11' till II Tirmlar. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 26. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice end her Serene Highness Princess Hoheniohe, drove out yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, attended by 313j0r-General Hon. A. Hood on horseback. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High ness the Princess Helena and her Serene Highness Princess Hohenlelie, visited his Royal Highness Prince Arthur at Greenwich-park ibis morning, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Major-General Hon. A. Hood, and Col. F. Ponsooby. Their Royal Highness:B the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, Prince William, and Princess Charlotte, attended by Countess Hohenthal and Count Furstenstein, went to Claremont to visit Queen Marie Amelie. Earl de Grey and Ripon arrived at the Castle last night, and had an audience of the Queen. Visit of Her Majesty to Blackheath, Her 111ajesty, accompanied by the Princess Helena, the Princess Hohenlohe, and attended by tho Hon. Mrs. Bruce, General A. N. Hood, and Colonel Ponsonby, left the 'Windsor Station of the South-Western Railway yesterday at half-past 12, on a visit to his Royal Highness Prince Arthur, at the Ranger's Lodge, Greenwich-park. The royal train proceeded via Clapham Junction and the Crystal Palace lines of the Brighton and Chatham and Dover Companies, to Beckenham Station, and thence per South-Eastern line to Le wisham, reaching that place at ten minutes to two o'clock. After alighting from the train, her Majesty, with he Princess Helena and suite, proceeded to the Changer's Lodge in royal carriages sent from Buck- Ingham Palace. On the arrival of the Queen and :,he princess they were received by Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone. The jourley from Lewisham Station to the Ranger's Lodge occupied less than five minutes. The roads were at different places occupied by great numbers of people, who cheered her Majesty as the royal carriages passed. Her Majesty returned to the Lewisham Station At about half-past three o'clock, when the royal (rain immediately started for Windsor, pursuing the same route as on the journey up, and reached titi indson at 5 o'clock. The royal train was in charge of Mr. Godson, Mr. Hawkins, and Mr. Bishop, of the South Western and Brighton Companies, as far as Beckon ham, and for the remainder of the journey of Mr. Eborall, the general manager, and Mr. Knight, the superintendent, of the South Eastern Railway. Mr. Gilpin, M.P., and Mr. Teulon, directors, with Mr. Smiles, the secretary of the South Eastern, received her Majesty and suite at the Lewisham Station. The Queen's visit was conducted throughout in as private a manner as possible, and unattended with Any crowding or confusion either at the Lewisham railway approaches or elsewhere. liar Majesty Appeared to be in good health. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and party, including Colonel the Hon. R. Charteris, Captain the Hon. James R. Drummond, C. 8., Colonel the Hon. EL F. Keane, and Colonel the Hon. G. A. Liddell, had a day's shooting on Wednesday, at Coombe Wood, Surrey. To the five guns 400 and odd head of game fell. The Doke of Newcastle is so unwell as to be unable to attend to his official duties at the Colonial-office. The Duchess of Somerset is expected to arrive in town to-day from Stover House, Devon. The noble duke has been obliged by public business to remain in London during the last three weeks. T :Marquis and Marchioness of Bath have been staying on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Derby at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, since Monday last. The Marchioness (Maria) of Ailesbury is among the guests of the Earl and Countess of Derby at Knowsley Hall. The Earl and Countess of Leicester are enter ,aining company at Holkham Hall, Norfolk. The gentle men have had capital shooting. The Earl of Sefton has a large circle staying at Croxteth Park, near Liverpool. A series of private theatricals was to be given during the week. Lord and Lady Rivers are entertaining a select circle at Rushmore Lodge. Lord Edward St. Maur has joined the party from Stover Park, the Duke of Somerset's seat in Devon. A Scene in the French Corps Legislatif. A discussion arose a few days ago on the question of the return for the district of Les deux Sevres. M. Glais-Bizoin led the Opposition, and loud were the denunciations of the Government interference. M. de Morny sat there impassable. M. Glais-Bizoin—This election is post 'seriously opposed. The majority obtained by M. Lasmonnier (the Government candidate) was only 170, I am here loudly to assert. (Loud cries of "No one can hear you.") M. le President—M. Glus-Bizoin, we cannot hear a word you say. M. Glais-Bizoin—ln order to hear, President, you must first listen. M. le President—True; but,in order to be heard, you must speak up. M. Glais-Bizoin—l will. Gentlemen, this prin ciple has been maintained, that the Government has a right to interfere in the elections. This prin ciple I deny. Let us say no more about it. (Loud cries of " Yes, do not say anything more about it," great laughter, and " divide, divide.") M. le President—As M. Glais Bizoin appears dis posed to speak frequently, and that we are doomed to listen to him, I have the honour to inform him that the reporters only report what they hear. Now, the reporters have sent to inform me that they have not heard one word that M. Glais Bizoin has said. (Bruyante hilarite.) Poor M. Ulais Bizoin, he was not satisfied, and returned to the charge next day, but M. de Morney was ready for him. The proces verbal of the yesterday's proceedings was read. M. Glais Bizoin—Gentlemen, the report of our discussions are placed under the control of tho Pre sident, and impartially should preside at oar deli , berat ions. (Cries of " We don't hear you.") M. le President—Yesterday I informed the ho n. gentleman that we could not hear him, and I in vited him to take a place more in the centre of . the chamber. To-day I have to repeat my observatlont that no one can hear him. M. Glais-Bizoin—lt is not my fault, if we•arc now compelled to speak from our places. M. le President—Then do what others do; change your place and come nearer me. M. lais-Bizoin—descends with solemn steps, and. ofththePresident. R 7. partisans of a The re reportedspeeches e with Oppositionfrequent places himself exactly in front of M. Glais-Gentlemen,—Gentlemen, if should preside at our discussions, it is not carried out n. the contrary, followed by sarcastic comments, o i t n hic o n l our Governmentoe p b t: t r o s Those the noise second dro e d part my of i n: e y ; such as " loud .exclamations," "great noise," &c. I am willing to admit that during inter ruptions. The President, something much more serious bat than i'or speech yesterday the kind terms, advised me to speak louder, and assured me the reporters could not hear me. Ido not WV to consider whether the excellence of the report i Li very co u m : ut e ecoh t u h s er there really does depend on the ears of the reporters; but what I protest against are the sarcastic remarks inserted by the President ; for instance, after 1 11 9 'observations the other day I read • laughter,' Cod then prolonged laughter.' Now, as I will nGt submit to be laughed at, either in the house or our. of it, I hope that the President will for the Wm() reserve his comments." M. le President—l will answer the observations of the Hon. M. Glais-Bizoin. The observations I made yesterday were well intended. He certainly did excite hilarity, and when this is inserted in the Monittur it is a mere question of degree; a nd I will call the whole Chogkber to bear witness to v 39 impartiality. National Choral Society, Exeter-hall. This society has commenced its winter campaign under favourable auspices, and it bids fair, from the character of the singing, the excellence of the choruses, and the general style of the performances, to become one of the most popular of our musical associations. The oratorio selected for Wednesday evening was Handel's " Judas Maccabmas," and full justice was for the moat part done to the noble work by the great master, The disappointment of the evening Was the non-appearance of Mr. Sims Reeves, Which, however, is not unfortunately so rare an event as to occasion much surprise. His substitute, though a careful singer, was quite un equal t o t h e " Sound an alarm, " one o f , t h e most trying tenor airs, as well as to other parts of his role. The soprano part left no room for regret, for Mdlle. Parepa's charming voice and cultivated style were all that could be desired, Mies Palmer was, as usual, well received, and performed her part creditably, although she is by no means the best of our con traltos. Among the many fine airs of the oratorio we may mention the recitative and air " From mighty kings," by Mdlle. Parepa ; " So shall the lute,' another socrano solo ; " Oh Judas! oh my brethren!" by Miss Palmer; the -duet "Oh never bow we down,"sung by the two ladies, was heard to the best advantage, Tne Joborus, *bleb reflects the highest credit on Mr. Martin, performed their duties very satisfactorily. The noble chortle and march I See the conquering hero comes," was very finely ren dered. The hall was full, and altogether the inau guration of the fourth season may be considered a decided success, PNEUMATIC DESPATCFI COMPANY.—.The progress of laying down the tubes of this company from Sey mour-strect, EnstonqnUare, to the Cenefal Post. of f ice, St. Martin's-le-Grand, has been suspended, after giving notice to the treat authorities of the St, Giles and Holborn districts that PoUthampton.row, King-street, High Holborn, and other streets through whieh it is proposed to lay down the tube, would be broken up for that purpose immediately after the 10th of November; and intimation has been given that this will net take place until the spring of next year. l'he company have given notice of their intention to apply to Parliament for extended powers to break iip streets in order to lay down t4eir tubes and apparatits, and to ptir chase properties in Hampstead-road, Upper Seymour-street, King-street, High Holborn, Whetston Park, tincoln3s-inn fields, Russell-street, Covent-garden, and St. Martin's-le- Grand. Also for compulsory powtrs to lay down their tube under and through Christ's Hospital, and for other purposes. NUMEROUS ABORIGINAL RACES exist in the great Oceanic region extending from Vortnosa to New Zealand and from Sumatra to within 2,000 miles of the American continent, The principal of these are the Malay; the pigmy negro of the Malay peninsula and the Philip pines; the stalwart nt gro at New Guinea, New Caledonia, and the Fijis ; the tall, brown-complexioned Polynesians, such as the Tahitians, Tawaians, and Maoris; and the Australians. The strangers that have mixed with these aborigines consist of Hindus, Arabs, and Europeans; but neither thus nor amongst the native races has any inter mixture gone to the extent of forming a permanent cross breed, except iu the Fiji group between the tall negroes and the Polynesians, a feet confirmed by the personal appearance tined to thaearme at the people and their mixed language, and which tic:collate h i s , ), though stilt cannibals, for their social advancement r::::.!r.eater than that of the various negroes of the other bia,),:titi vitistlands. The earliest strangers who mixed their g trparnav du a, imul ll the people of the oceanic regions were the ight b© looked for, the commixture was con e/ay R ev i ew " is nearest peoxity, the Malayan —Satur - THE CRolez , the selecti on of ---1 ' A LAST RESTING PLACE.—In nine stream ; Napoleon i a tt gr4" tastes. 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