The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-13 00:00:00

511-t. ALFREDE,E M EVERY EVE E N T I ,N ,TLGOat'S CONCERTS Eight. BOY AL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN. This Evening (Tuesday', the following eminent Artistes will appear—Mdlle. C. Patti, Mr. Santley, Mdlle. Krebs, Mr. , Levy, 3[r. R. : 4 . Pratten, M. BOIIIIII3BeAU, Ali Ben Sou-alle and M. Arban, his last appearance. The Faust Selection. Orchestra of One Hundred Performers, 'lnd the Band of the Coldstream Guards. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. Promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphitheatre, One Shilling; Dress Circle, 25. 6d. ; Private Boxes, £1 is. and 108. ed. On Thursday next, a SPOHR NIGHT, when will be per formed the Symphony, "The Power of Sound.'' Mr. Santley wi 1 sing two of Spohr's favourite Compositioias. On Friday next, a MEYERBEER G'IlT. On Monday next, a GOU SOD NIGNIHT. _------------ _-------- 11HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Mr. BUCKSTONE respectfully informs his friends and the public that this The tre wiIIMONDAY next, Sept. 19, 10 commence at 7 w th a Ballet, entitled BAUCH ITS AND ARIADNE, in which the Messrs. Arthur and Charles Leclerrq, with Miss Caron. e Adams and Miss ear. Fanny Wrig ht, will app ast 7, O'Keefe's revived Comic Opera A f ter which, at h alt- p of THE CAST LE OF ANDALUSIA. Don Caesar, Mr. "Weis., who will sing the original songs, "Flow thou regal purple str. am," "On by the spur of valour goaded," and ..1 heWolf ;" Don Alphonso, Mr. Arthur Mathison, with the w i g -vial song, " l'he hardy sailor br ,ves the ocean" and " The bud ot the rove;" Don Scipio, Mr. Chippendale; Don Fer nando, Mr. W. Farren ; Spado (a robber), Mr. Buck stone ; redriilo, with "A master I have, and I am his man," Mr. Compton ; Don Juan, Mr. Rogers ; Sanguine, Mr. Braid ; Victoria, Miss Louise Moore ; Catalina, with " Two strings to his bo g," Miss Keeley; Donna Isabel a,Mrs.Griffiths ; Donna Lorenzo, Madame Weiss, who wills n;" Ah I why do we love ?" (Hatton), " Love is a gentle thing" (Howard Glover', and " The lark nJw leaves her -watery nest" (Hatton). To be followed by (first time at this Theatre Morton'his s Farce of FRIEND bi , AGJLES. Horatio Waggles ( original character), Mr. Compton. After " Friend W,ggles," " God save the Queen" will be sun; by Mr. Weiss, Mr. A. Matthison, Sit i ss Louise Keeley, Miss Foebroke, Madame 'Weiss, and the entire company. Concluding with A KISS IN THE DARK. On Monday, Oct. 3, will be produced aversion of Alexander Dumas's play of " Mademoiselle de Belle Isle," the Engli h version anc Ke es Anne mble, in which Madlle. Beatrice Lueehes b in y i, o Fr t the Odeon a nd Vaudeville, Paris, will make her first appe arance gland. in }.1 . 1 I n re hearsal , a neW arce, by the Author of "Box and Cox," irt4 wh i c h M. Buokstone, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Wadi er Gordon, Miss Snowdon, and M rs. E. Fitzwiliam willappear. Th e box-office will be op ened on Saturday next, Sept, 17, an d daily f ro m lo till 5 , under the direction of Mr. G. Turpin. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.... Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy 0' Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. Alter which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J . her, D. Murray, J. Nelson, 11. FurreNter. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. P Bole i' THEATRE-ROY AL, ADELPIII.- Proprietor and Mallagar, Mr. B. Webster. TIM EVENING, MY WIFE'S MAID. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, R. Philips, and Miss WJolgar. ONE TOUCH OF NA r uttE. Messrs. Webster, Billing ton, Eburne, C. J. Smith, and Miss 11. Sims. A WOMAN OF BUSINESS. Messrs. J. L. Toole and Billington. TUE ACTOR'S RETREAT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bed ford, It. Romer, It. Phillips, and Mrs. A. Mellon. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMIN r TALENT AND COMEDY. This popular Theatre is now Open for the Winter Season. THIS EVENING (ior the third time) Mr. Arthur Sketchly's highly-successiul and original Cjmedy of HOW WILL II EY GET OUT OF IT. After which, F. C. Burnand's Laughable Travestie of FAUST AND MARGUERITE. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE. Those cele brated artists Mr. and Mrs. Char es Nlathews are re-engaged. Mr,. Stirling, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. Robin son, Mr. Asnley, Mr. J. Clark, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. John • stone, Mr. H. Montague, Miss Cottsrel , Miss Fanny Joseph Miss Patti Josephs, &e. &a. ticen:c Artists, Mr. Gates and his pupil. Acting Manager, Mr. J. Kinioch. Musical Con ductor, Mr. Wallenstiene. Stage Director, Mr. F. Webster. 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THis DlM—Morning, 11h. 40m.—Afternoon, b. m, r0..m0 RR 0 W.- M oraing, 12a. 12m.—Afternom, 12h. 40m ► v 42, 140,g , • e. LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 13, 1864. The intelligence of the decision of the Chicago Convention has been watched for with keen inte rest in this country. Speculations were rife as to the name of the successful candidate, and the im portance which always attaches to t he assembl y at ),hicago Convention is this year doubled by the v ital interest attending the great question, Is it to be peace or war ? The answer, according to Chicago, is apparently to be peace, and it is no wonder that the great nation, so long torn and distracted by in ternecine strife, should begin to weary of the :lopee less conflict. Murmurs are heard on every hand, while, plentiful as Mr. CHASE'S greenbacks may br, they cannot compensate to those not directly profit ing by the war for the terribly high price of every commodity of life. Civil liberty is virtually at an end ; and the free-Spoken democrats of New York, who carried their licence of speech and action of old to somewhat unwarrantable lengths, now look suave anti speak with a thought of Fort Lafayette. Certainly the great Frenchman never expected that his namesake would be put to such unworthy uses by the inheritors of the hard won liberties of 1783. The wretchedness and desoe lation that has been spread throughout the hones of the States may be less apparent than the political results of the war, but they are no leas to be counted among its direful effects. The people have not ENE' the glory of military successes to cheer them. As President DAvis said to the peace representatives the other day, LEE is as much besieging CIRANT al GRANT is shutting in LEE, The conclutet of Vicksburg has not attained the object for which men and money were so lavishly squandered to effect its subjugation, and the commerce of the Mississippi is paralysed. Even the news of the temporary triumph at Atlanta comes to us with so doubtful and chequered a character, that it is very possible the next mail may prove it to be less of a victory than a dilemma on the part of SHERMAN. Charleston still stands impregnable, with the Con federate flag flying over the ruins of Fort Sumter, and the experience of these years of struggle, while it has shown how the North can lavish their treasure and sacrifice their people to preserve the Union, has also shown that they cannct succeed in subduing the indomitable Southerners. Both sides have car ried on the War on a gigantic scale, bringing armies into the field more in accordance with the cus toms of ancient Europe, when every man was a soldier in time of need, than of the present day. But numbers have been met by numbers, oppres sion by resource, and the resolve to crush by the unconquerable determination to be free. The blockade has been set at nought, the energies o the people taxed to the utmost until the impo verished and crippled South can boldly con front the arrogant emissaries of the North, and fearlessly claim her own terms. And now the end which we have long foreseen is at hand. The North is growing weary of the war, and the indication of the Chicago Convention points unmistakeably to peace. We are told that the platform, to use a curious Americanism adopted by the Convention, was the preservation of the Union and Constitution by conciliation and compro mise, and it demanded that immediate steps should be taken to bring about the cessation of hostilities, and that a Convention of the States or other similar means should be adopted. The armistice it re mains to be seen whether the Confederates will accede to, since it would give the North the time they want to recruit their forces and their Treasury ; but the whole tone of the " platform" is re markably pacific. It was necessary, of course, to profess attachment to the Union, but this very practical nation are not likely to fight long for " an idea" when they find their advantage on the other side. If anything were needed to indicate still further the views of the Convention it would be the selection of a chairman. Governor SEYMOUR has distinguished himself by his resolute opposition to the tyranny of LINCOLN and his Cabinet, end I , is election by acclamation to the head of this impor tant assembly, prove how highly his countrymen regard such services. He made a speech of cone s:derable length in favour of peace, and" a reurn to the principle of the Constitution'! and it is pro• bably to his influence that we are to ascribe the significant resolution that any military interference at the coming elections was to be resisted if necessary by force. It is a powerful comment on the tenour of Mr. LINCOLN'S Administration that such a declaration should be thought neces sary. Armed intervention in civil elections is one of the worst crimes of a despotic Government, but it is the peculiarity of the American Constitution that almost any amount of despotism is possible to the President daring his tenure of office. Among the reforms to be instituted before the " return to the principles of the Constitution," we should cer tainly advocate the introduction of some provision for restraining the authority of the President when occasion needed. The new President, if General M'CLELLAN is elected, is not likely to stand in such need of checks as ABRAHAM LINCOLN, but the boasted Western Republic shculd at least be as secure of its liberties as Euroe peen constitutional kingdoms. Meanwhile the great event of the elections remain to be actually decided, and the importance of the selection can hardly be overrated. Four more years of bloodshed, pillage, and rapine, of burning Tillages and tram pled pastures, of desolated homes and laden battle fields; four more years of debt and expenditure, of failing credit and extravagant financial experi ments; of suspended liberty and civil and military tyranny, and how much will be left of the great country of WASHINGTON ? Neither North nor South can face such a prospect unmoved, while Eegland herself shrinks from so dismal a conclusion to that daring and prosperous career erhich she watched with so kindly an interest. Yet if ABRAHAM LINCOLN is again elected to the supreme power, it will be a virtual approval of his policy and of the war. It will be sanctioning the acts of those men who, while proposing Union principles, openly avow their wish to see every rebel hanged, and it will be pledging the whole people of the North to a continuation of that savage mode of warfare which has called forth an outcry from al] civilised Europe. General M'CLELLAN is as yel pledged to nothing, but he is known to be in favour of peace ; and if his supporters are to be found in men like Governor SEYMOUR and his associates, his policy is to be trusted. Let us trust that in this great crisis of their national history the American people may prove themselves worthy of the race 'rom which they sprung. Colonel Al'Mußpo's remarks upon Volunteers are always worth attending to, and it will be satisfac tory to many to find that he entertains a high opinion of the present cfficacy of the forces. The gallant colonel entered fully into the subject, and explained that he had for some time past considered what wore the best means to adopt to secure the defence of the country. It is at all events gratify' ing to know that he considers the Volunteer move- meat to have been the best that could have been made. We are told that Sir CHARLES NAPIER, whom his son-in-law truly described as one of the greatest patriots and soldiers that the world had seen, gave it as his opinion that if the country was to be preserved free from foreign invasion, "it would be by the action of the people, and all classes of the people combined." This desideratum is certainly secured by the present practice, and it is to be regretted that the veteran soldier did not live to witness the successful termination which has crowned the efforts of an undertaking such as he himself would have delighted in. Still there re mains the satisfaction of knowing that we have fulfilled the letter of the affair of which he com mended the spirit, and if we can think that our departed warriors would have commended the in stitution of the Volunteers, it will be an encourage ment against the foolish objections and empty tirades of those who decry its maintenance and promotion. The words of Colonel NUMuemo are a valuable testimony and a striking incentive to those who would waver or doubt, be in or out of the ranks, as to the efficacy and the advantages of their efforts; it is a warning to persevere, and an encouragement to do so with good cheer. The Colonel very truly said that the extent of the Volun teer force had often excited his astonishment, but that he believed its magnitude was in a great d egre e owing to the spread of education among the people at large. S uch, no doubt, ma y be a ver y plausible and prob able solution of the difficulty ; because it is certain th a t the more the politics of the preient day are understood , and their connection with other countries recognised, the better know ledge will be obtained of the requirements of the nations, and the more hearty will t o the concur rence in any national movement. The chief charac* teristic of the Volunteer institution has been that it sprung spontaneously from the people. In that fact THE SUN, LONDOI4, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1864. lies its distinguishing feature and its intrinsic strength. It took its rise from no speculative attempt of military authorities, from no requisition from headquarters, but simply, surely, and strongly it took root in the heart of the nation. Those envious foreigners who call us a nation of shop keepers may change their tune now when we can boast of a force of 170,000. Every class has con tributed its votaries to the cause•—from the peer to ,he peasant, as the Colonel mentioned, bat the chief number is composed of mechanics. Daring the great continental war it would have been possible, no doubt, to have obtained many such supporters, but the like of the present demonstration was never observable in a time of peace. It is gratifying to reflect upon that there must have been a marked improvement in the condition of the community in order to obtain such a result. The fact is that knowledge may be disseminated for a considerable period without our witnessing much effect, and people may go on saying that the understanding and the reflection of the middle and lower classes are greatly changed for the better without any one really realising the thing in its true nature. But let a great crisis come, or a startling event be foreshadowed, and it will then be seen and recog nised how great and how good is the change. This striking success of the Volunteer movement has exemplified the increase of study, reflection, and knowledge among classes not hitherto supposed to have much to do with such subjects in their fullest and highest extent and significance. The advan tages of acquirements are not realised until we can understand and appreciate what we have learned. We must apply knowledge to every-day life, or in its capabilities and associations it will remain a dead letter to us. Colonel M'Mußro has imparted an additional interest to the affair by ascribing so much of the success of the movement to the intel ligence of classes that have not been given credit for activo brainwork by lookers on geqerally, but were suffered to be immersed in their usual avocations to the neglect of better culture and the absence of reflective contemplation, The real source of strength to a country is in the spirit of its inhabitants, but then the energy must be re• strained within due limits, or it will be valueless; also, it is very necessary that precautions be taken to provide against emergencies that may arise at any time, and unquestionably will at some epoch or other. There can be no doubt that we should not have been left alone as we have been for some time past had not the existence of our Volunteer forces proved to impertinent intermeddltrs that we were strong enough to confront them at all points. Sem.. per paratus is an admirable motto for a people to adopt, and these self-elected defenders of their country have conferred the negative advantage of disproving the assertion that the English cannot be trained to war unless they make it their profession. Such fallacies are now put an end to, and it is to be trusted that no efforts will be spared to retain the present efficient state of the forces, and, if possible, to increase it. Colonel M'MuaDo has done good service to the cause, and it will be well if those whom he bas so improved will remem ber his words, that, as they now stand," they form a nucleus for a national force that will defy any ag gression.' It has been by patience and perseverance that the work has hitherto prospered to such an amazing extent; and it behoves those immediately concerned not to slacken their efforts, but to keep on with unswerving energy, assured that theirs is not lost labour, and that they are rendering important services to their country by thus ranging them selves as its defenders. St. James's Theatre. This theatre reopened last evening, under the same management which presided over its fortunes during the last season; and it may be taken as a proof of the success which has already attended Mr Webster's efforts at this establishment that he has not thought it necessary to make any practical alteration in his plans, or any important ad dition to his list of artists. Mr and Mrs Charles Mathews, Mr and Mrs Frank Mathews, and Mrs Stirling are again the leading members of the corps, and it is intended that their united efforts shall be directed to the performance of those lighter specimens of genteel comedy for which they are especially qualified. The pieces represented were Mr Arthur Sketchley's new comedy, called " How Will They Get Out of It ?" Mr Burnand's burlesque of "Faust and Marguerite," and the farce of " Under the Rose." The performance was extremely effective and entertaining throughout. The house was well attended. EARL RUSUELL FRATERNISING WITH SHEFFIELD EXCURSIONISTS,—Mr John Young, of Carver- stree bookbinder, requests us to publish the following paragraph, for the correctness of which he vouches :—A most pleasing incident occurred on Saturday last, during the pleasure trip to Haddon Hall of the workpeople of Messrs Townsend and Son, stationers and bookbinders, Surrey-street. While the party were halting for refreshments at one of the hotels on the road, Earl Rusiell (who was on a visit in the neigh bourhood), accompanied by a young lady and gentleman, happened to pass. His lordship, being recognised, was re- spectfully desired to "partake of a glass of old English cheer." He cordially acceded, the party in the meantime doffing hats, and started up " Rule Britannia." His lord ship appeared much gratified at this unexpected reception, and continued to acknowledge the cheers, waving of hats, &c., until a turn in the road hid him from view. The glass so honoured" was purchased, and will hereafter be zealously preserved as a valued reminiscence of the very interesting occasion.—Sheffield _lndependent. THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE.—This association will hold its congress for the present year at Amsterdam. The meetings are to extend from the 26th inst. to the let Oct. A large number of French liberals will be present, includ ing Gamier Pages, Eugene, Pelletan, Jules Simon, Henri Martin, Louis Ulbach Lavertujon, Albert Leroy, &o. The first question to be discussed in the section of comparative legislation is, " What are the most practical means for en. suring the liberty of the electors and the security of votes, under representative governments ?" Some very signifi cant speeches from the French members of the association may be anticipated upon this subject. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.---The meeting of British Association for 1E65 was fixed to be held at Dun dee, but that town having declined the honour, a meeting of the inhabitants of Nottingham was held on Monday morning at the Exchange Hall (the Mayor in the chair), to consider the advisability of inviting the association to select Nottingham as the place of meeting for 1865. The addresses of the various speakers went to show that there were few places in England which would better repay a visit from the association than Nottingham, for indepen dently of the mechanical development for which the town is celebrated, it is well situated for the exploring of the rich mineral district of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, and numerous places of antiquarian interest are to be found in the neighbourhood. Resolutions approving of the object, and inviting the association at Nottingham were passed, and the meeting separated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THE BIRMINGHAM VOLUNTEERS.—The official inspection of the Bir mingham Battalion of Rifles took place on Saturday last in Calthorpe Park, in the presence of an immense con course of spectators. It had been announced that Colonel M•Murdo, the Inspector General of Volunteers, would be the inspecting officer of the day ; but before the men left the Hall, Col. Mason addressed them, and read a letter from the gallant Inspector General. He expressed in his letter how much he had admired the organisatien and drill of the battalion, and concluded by wishing them continue t suc cess. The :whole of the manoeuvres were gone through most creditably. At the close of the proceedings the men were formed into square and the officers called to the front, when Colonel Campbell, the Inspecting Officer, addressed them in eulogistic terms. Lord Leigh expressed the plea sure he felt at hearing the remarks of the gallant colonel, who, from his having seen service, was well qualified to give an opinion, and would certainly not flatter them for the mere sake of the flattery. He was convinced from what ho had seen that the Ist Warwickshire was second to none in the country. Ile regretted that family efiliction Prevented Major Ratcliff from being present. Col. Mason briefly thanked the inspecting officer and Lord Leigh for the remarks they had made, and the proceedings ter minated. The King of Italy possesses at Rome, on a beau tiful eminence above Frascati, the delightful resi% denco known as the Villa Rufinella. At his Majesty's • command the Minister of Foreign Affairs lately wrote a complimentary letter to Mr Severn, placing the villa at his disposal whenever he should feel inclined to sojourn there. t This attention is in consideration of Mr Severn's acting as t Italian consul in Rome, LI A Lovely Illustrated Goldsmith. The Works of Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated. With Introductions, Notes, and Biography by John Francis Waller, LLD. One Vol. Pp. 369. Cassell, Fetter, and Galpin. The enterprising firm across whose counters this exquisite volume has recently been issued—a volume on the outside of it regally arrayed in purple and gold, and within filled, from cover to cover, with a profusion of fanciful engravings scattered through nearly four hundred pages of large and handsome letter-press—the firm, of whose enterprise, this " Illustrated Goldsmith" is the latest attestation, are honourably known for the most part as a house occupying a very conspicuous place among the ranks of our cheap publishers. The Messrs. Cassell, Fetter, and Galpin are, in fact, nearly , if not entirely known, as cheap publishers. Time and again, however, in the midst of the multitude of their wonderfully cheap serial publi cations, they—as in the present instance—demon strate visibly how perfectly practicable it is to com bine cheapness in a serial form with splendour in that serial form when completed. A few months back they indicated this very strikingly to the apprehens sion of the general public by issuing from the press in its completed form an Illustrated Edition of Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress," such as might have vied kilt a very years back with the very cost liest works of the kind anywhere published. If we remember rightly, too, in that very instance, the publishing price of the volume, as in the present instance, was no more than exactly one half-guinea ! Yet, in some respects, the half-guinea "Goldsmith Illustrated," now before us, is far and away a more remarkable achievement of the kind than the illus. trated edition of the " The Pilgrim's Progress" just referred to. And for this reason simply, that, whereas " The Pilgrim's Progress" was a single masterpiece, the book now under notice comprises a collection of masterpieces. Here, in effect, in this "Illustrated Goldsmith" we have the very choicest masterpieces of one of the most charming and be loved writers in the whole wide range of our Eng. lish Literature. Not one masterpiece, as in the Tinker's Dream of a Religions Allegory, but, let us repeat it, a whole throng or cluster of equally renowned masterpieces. And how the contents of this beautiful volume serve to illustrate —apart from the woodcut embellishments, by their very variety—the scope and diversity of the writer's delightful genius I Here—adopting and readapting David Garrick's serio-comic suggestion of an epitaph for Oliver Goldsmith's tomb—here, in Goldsmith's collected works,in his Plays, his Poems, his radiant, riant Comedies, his charming, melodious idyllic Poems, his inimitable vers de socilte, and his be witching domestic story of the Vicar of Wakefield —here, in his cAlected writings lives and breathes again from the pictured pages—whom ? " Oliver Goldsmith, for shortness called Noll," who in very deed and truth, as Garrick said of him, " wrote like an angel,"—what though, by word of mouth, he may have, as Garrick said, and as even Boswell evidently thought of him—" talked like poor Poll." The sombination is Goldsmith of this feeble prattle and exquisite writing, is in its way a phenomenon without any parallel. We read of him bewildered—we read him, Goldsmith himself, delighted I And our delight in reading him is ever fresh and ever new. We should find it difficult to count up the number of times we have already gone thrc ugh his " Vicar of Wakt field." And, certainly, we should hardly like to think that the pleasure of one yet further reperusal of it may never again be experienced. Who can tire of his inimitable poetical eux d'esprit ? " The Haunch of Venison !"—or " Retaliation !"—or the " Elegy on Mrs. Mary Blaiz I" If he introduces quite casually in his longest prose narrative (the immortal " Vicar") a romantic love ballad—it turns out to be one of the loveliest love ballads ever written—to wit, " Turn Gentle Hermit of the Dale." If he indulges inci dentally in the same way, in the same masterpiece, in the penning of a little apologue—it proves by a delightful necessity to be a very apologue of apologues, in the shape of that notable story about the Giant and the Dwarf mak ing a compact to fight together side by side— the Dwarf, as a matter of course, getting all the kicks, and the Giant, equally as a matter of course, getting all the halfpence, or what may be considered as equivalent to them. Then the two charming, charming poems—" The Traveller" and "The Deserted Village ! ' And the two radiant, sparkling comedies—" The Good- Natured Man" and "She Stoops to Conquer!" The latter, one of those happy hits of authorship assuring to the playwright— not a life -in - death sort of an exist ence upon the book-shelves, as the works of an author to be read, but a visible, tangible, living, and breathing existence, as one may say, in the glare of the footlights, as the recognised and ad mitted masterpiece of an Acting Dramatist. Such a happy-go-lucky hit, in its way, as in our days Sir Bulwer Lytton has made for his many-sided fame by the product:on of his lovely romantic drama of " The Lady of Lyons." Pauline Daschappelles and Kate Hardcastle " holding their own" as tenaciously, if not as triumpantly, now, year after year, as upon their first season, respectively, when the one in the eighteenth, the other in the nineteenth century, they may be said to have " come out" and to have become thereupon, each in turn, the rage of the town for ever afterwards. Talk of the fashionable enameller whose skill (trumpeted by r dvertisement) promises to render fair young cheeks "Beau• tiful for Ever I" What are the cos metics of Madame Rachel, we ehould like to ask (even if giving credence to all that is blown to us by the tin trumpet aforesaid) what are all her mysterious oriental washes and aromatic pearl powders—to a few touches imparted by the hand of genius,the hand here of Goldsmith, there of Bulwer, touches rendering in very truth "Beautiful For Ever" Kate Hardcastle and Pauline Deechapelles! But here in the lovely volume under notice —leading off these Poems, jeuxd'esprie, comedies—here, in the full integrity of its t wo - a nd-thirty chapters—the immor tal story of " The Vicar of Wakefield Altogether, it must assuredly be allowed that in the choice here made—of the Author, first of all, and afterwards of his works—has been one in its way eminently judi cious. That Goldsmith's works, and these two works of his in particular, are just the very things to be illustrated—well, ecce sign= And, to ensure to us our ha v i ng everything feily in keeping , one of the most a ccom plished and vivacious Irish writers now livin g -- nam ely, the Vice - President of the Royal Irish A ca d em y, Dr John Franc:s Waller, better known to the readers of 7 he Dublin Uni • versify Magazi ne by his comical psuedonym as Jonathan Freke Slingsby—no less suitable a bio grapher and annotator than Dr. Waller, has been selected by the publishers to preside over this radiant edition of Dr. Oliver Goldsmith, to write his Life (charmingly) to write the explanatory notes ; ' write the graceful introduction. Among the many choice editions of Goldsmith that have at different times been published, the present one assumes its place at once as among the very choicest. It chanced by ill-luck, during the periodical issue of the work as a cheap monthly serial, that one or two numbers of it, containing the very feeblest of the illustrations, (for among so many embellishments the merit very materially varies) fell by chance under our obser vations. Insomuch that those one or two unpropi tious glances had in a man ner prejudiced us against the present edition o f G o ldsmith's works, as one to our thinking, of a rea lly disappointing and un satisfactory character. Now, however, that the book comes substantially before us in its completed form, the unfavourable impression produced by those incidental glances at it, during its piecemeal issue as a monthly periodical, has been entirely dissipated. I n witho r The present volume, indeed, as a luxuriously illust ra t e d vo l um e, need fear no own ptwoon almostevery equallylerillia admirable brilliant t e m p r r ins,oyn, or either with t predecessors. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) MEXICO. APPROACHING DEPARTURE OF THE FRENCH TROOPS. RAISING OF THE BLOCKADE OF THE MEXICAN PORTS. PARIS, SEPT. 13. Official advises received hero from Mexico an nounce that the Emperor Maximilian left the capi tal on the 10th August on a tour through the pro vinces of Queretars, Guaniyato, and San Luis. Notwithstanding the military operations in course of execution to reduce the guerillas, General Bazaine has taken measures for sending home the French troops, and their return will shortly take place. The Juarists received three serious checks on the Ist, 13th, and 14th August respectitely. General Cheverria was taken prisoner. The blockade of all the Mexican ports has been raised. RETURN OF THE POPE TO ROME. ROME, SEPT. 12, The Pope has returned to Rome. An immense concourse of people assembled on the line of route to the Vatican, and cheered his Holiness. SPAIN AND ROME. MADRID, SEPT. 12. The nomination of Senor Gonzalez Bravo as Spanish Ambassador to Rome will not be published in the Gazette until it has been notified to the Pope. AUSTRALIA. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 13. The Garrawalt, from Port Phillip Heads on the 24th, has passed up the CLiannel. She brings 15 passengers and 28,000 cunces of gold. BERNE, SEPT. 13. The French Government has forbidden Mr. James Fazy to remain in the frontier departments. This measure has not been caused by any de• mend of the Federal Council. LISBON, SEPT. 13 The elections have passed off quietly, and re suited in a very large majority for the Government The extension of the Bki% Railway has been in, augurated. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 12.—The market has been firm, with a slight improvement. Threes, for the Ac count, are now at 661. 75c., and Mobilier at 1,015 f Railway Market without animation, The math closed as follows 41 per Cents .. 92 70 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. and month 66 75 Credit Mobilier 1012 50 Do. end mouth 1015 Bank Shares 3395 Credit F onder 1215 Roman Italian Loan 67 25 Do. end month 67 40 Ditto Threes .. New Mexican .... Russian Austrian Spanish Threes — Rome Debt Deferred RAIL WAYS. ____ Cash. Account. Orleans ;.. .. 890 .. 892 50 Northern 982 50 .. Lyons and Neitterranean 921 25 .. 923 75 Southern - .. 633 75 Western Eastern Sardinian ... 346 25 .. 345 Austrian . / 460 .. 462 50 Lombard North of Spain Saragossa .. i)itto to Barcelona .... 215 .. 210 A Winter Journey. The annual reports just issued from the Army Medical Department comprise one from Dr Muir, Inspector-General . . . . of Hospitals, on the overland transport of British troops in Canada in the winter of 1861 , 2, on the occurrence of the Trent affair. The garrison of Canada, consisting then of about 3,000 men, was suddenly to be raised to between 10,000 and 11,000. Halifax, with its magnificent harbour and easy sea access, was fixed on as the rendezvous, and comfortable quar ters were provided there for the men ; thence they were con- veyed in small steamers across the Bay of Fundy to St. John, New Brunswick, from which point the journey to Itiviere du Loup, the terminus of the Grand Trunk railway was made in sledges. This land journey of 316 miles occupied from 10 to 13 days ; and for six weeks the gloomy track was aroused from its wintry stillness by an almost continuous stream of life across its frozen surface. Medical officers arrived at Halifax from England at Christmas, and were immediately despatched to stations along the line of march, a small hos pital establishment being formed at each of the nightly halt ing places ; each detachment was also accompanied by a medical officer. Except at some midday halting place it was found that the men could be comfortably lilleted en route, without erecting log huts. They arrived at Halifax well equipped by the home authorities, and bringing with them all possible provision for preserving them in health and efficiency. Each man had a sealskin cap with ear lap pets, a woollen comforter, two wool jerstes, two pairs of wool drawers, chamois leather vest, long woollen stockings, sealskin mitts, and jack boots ; and at Halifax a pair of blankets and a pair of mocassins were added, and the sleighs were provided with two or more buffalo robes each. They moved in detachments of 160, and the first party left St. John on New Year's day. The sleighs were drawn by two horses, and contained eight men each, placed vis a via, the bottoms being filled with hay or straw. The men were not allowed to loiter or lounge about before getting into them, but passed from warm rooms to their seats charged with as large an amount of caloric as they were capable of imbib ing. During the journey they were encouraged to get and and run alongside in turns, in order to maintain their ani mal heat. They started between 7 and 9 o'clock a.m., and generally reached their halting place for the night in about nine hours, They had a hot meal before starting, another with coffee or tea at the midday resting place, and a hot substantial supper awaited their arrival at their billets for the night. The command of telegraphic communication was of unspeakable advantage. Half a gill of rum was in cluded in the rations', not from any belief in its necessity or even suitableness, but bectaise, being considered by the sol dier as his summum bonunt, the prospect of it was thought likely to stimulate and encourage him, while its small quantity could exercise no prejudicial effect on his health. The rum was served out either at the midday or supper meal. Some delay was occasionally caused by snow storms, and the road through New Brunswick was very bad ; but in Lower Canada the Government had kept it open by snow ploughs and rollers. The weather was on the whole unusually mild. Several medical officers note the thermometer as having touched the low figure of 25 deg. ; but, as there was little wind at these times, the effects of so intense a cold were, comparatively, little felt. The health of the men was excellent. Of a force of nearly 7,000, not more than 80 claimed admittance into the hospitals en route, and nearly all eventually returned to duty. Excluding two fatal cases directly attributable to excess in drinking, only two men died—one from pneumonia through hard drinking, and one from entiritis. Of the seven cases of pneumonia all got well with the exception of the fatal case just mentioned. The other affections were trifling attacks of diarrhoaa, occa sioned by thinking, to which not a few gave themselves up when they had the opportunity. Such a journey in mid winter was an operation of some peril, and called for fore thought and sanitary precaution ; but the arrangements were eminently successful. Dear-bought experience bore its fruit ; our military organisation was proved equal to the sudden strain, and the men were placed in Canada with ra pidity, in excellent condition and fit for taking the field. to DR. I)OLLIVER'S PATCHWORK MORNING-GOWN. —lie crammed a great silver watch into his fob, and drew on a patchwork morning-gown of an ancient fashion. Its original material was said to have been the embrodezed front of his own wedding waistcoat and the silken skirt cf his wife's bridal attire, which his eldest granddaughter had taken from the carved chest of drawers, after poor Bessie, the beloved of his youth, had been half a century in the grave, Throughout many of the interven ing years, as the garment got ragged, the spinsters of the old man's family had quilted their duty and affection into it in the shape of patches upon patches, rose-colour, crimson, blue, violet, and green, and then (as their hopes faded, and their life kept growing shadier, and their attire took a sombre hue) sober grey and great fragments of funereal black, until the Doctor could revive the memory of roost things that had befallen him by looking at his patchwork gown, as it hung upon a chair. And now it was ragged again, and all the lingers that should have mended it were cold. It had an IListt,rn fragrance, too, a swell of drugs. strong-scented herbs, and spicy gums, gathered from the many potent infusions that had from time to time been spilt over it; so that, snuffing him afar off, you might have taken Dr. Dollivor for a mummy, and could hardly have been undeceived by his shrunken and torpid aspect, as , he crept nearer,—.Na thaniel Amthorne's " Eansfe,", Oharks W. 'atetton's Ancestral Home. WALTON HALL. (From the Weekly .Reg iqer .) Walton Hall, during the conflict between the King and Parliament, was stoutly defended for the King by the brave wife of the proprietor, who was absent at the time of the siege, most probably with the royal army, The siege was carried on by Oliver Cromwell, and he gained possession of the outbuildings and offices on the opposite side of the lake; but the mansion had strong doors of English oak, and strong English hands to guard them, with a resolute woman to command, so there was no admittance for rebels. The track of a musket-ball was long pointed out in the woodwork, showing where Cromwell himself was believed to have fired at Mrs Waterton, as she was giving orders re specting the defence. Another more creditable trace of the siege is preserved—a ball fired from a swivel gun, placed on the top of the gateway, which wounded one of the be leaguering army as he was making off through the neigh bouring woods. Disappointed on being baffled in his ob ject of reducing Walton, Cromwell did all the mischief he could to the property around ; broke down the drawbridge, destroyed the crops, and drove away a groat part of the cattle,ineluding the carriage horses, leav:ng only some bul locks. When the siege was raised and the Republican troops withdrawn, great, no doubt, was the joy of the garrison, and high eulogium pronounced on Mrs Waterton, for her heroism, by the Cavalier families around. Fetes were given in her honour, and, as she had no horses to draw her car riage, and would not fail in keeping her engagements, she had a team of six oxen yoked to the family coach, and they bore her in as much state as though they were the best bred steeds that ever stood in harness. Sir Bernard Burke, in hie excellent " Dictionary of the Landed Gentry," gives a full account of this ancient Ca tholic family. From this work we learn that Walton Hall continued in the Do Burgh family for several centuries, until the death of John De Burgh, who left only two daughters. 01 these Jane married Sir William Ashenhall, and by the marriage of Constance, daughter and heiress of Sir William, was Richard Waterton, son of John Water ton, of Waterton, this property passed into the family of the present estimable proprietor about the year 1435. Long previously, however, the Watertons achieved dis • Unction. The three crescents in their armorial bearings are said to have been gained on the plains of Ascalon, and granted by King Richard the Lion-hearted in approba tien of the valour of Sir Robert Waterton, a stout cru aader, who took with his own mailed hand, three stan dards from the Saracen. They were Lords of Waterton in 1275 and held high place in Lincolnshire---re• presenting the county in the Commons, and fixing the office of High Sheriff, and often in close attendance upon the King of England, and employed in positions re quiring sagacity and ability. Charles Waterton, Esq., of Walton, great grandfather of the present owner, suffered for his loyalty to the Stuart dynasty. Like his ancestors this Charles was a devoted adherent of the Stuarts. His mansion was visited by the supporters of the Hanoverian succession, and all the arms carried away, save a pair of pistols and a dress sword which escaped notice, and these are now carefully preserved in the hall. But the owner was carried off too, and not conceal ing his principles, he underwent imprisonment in York Castle. When the storm of strife abated ho was liberated on parole, and allowed to reside in the City of York, where he was permitted horse exercise, provided, according to the ignominious provisions of the penal code, the horse did not exceed in valtus£s, He married Anne, daughter of Chris topher Crissaon More, Esq., of Barnborough, Yorkshire, sixth in descent from tho great Sir Thomas More. The present proprietor, also named Charles, is son of Thomas Waterton, Esq , and Anne, daughter and sole heiress of Edward Bedingfield, Eeq ,of Oxton. Mr Waterton, mar ried, in 1829, Anne, second daughter of Charles Edreon stone, Esq., of Card ross Park, county Dumbarton, lineally descendea from the Scottish Kings, By this lady Mr Water ton had an only child, Edmund. This talented gentleman is Privy Chamberlain to His Holiness Pope Pius IX., from whom he received the Order of Christ in 1858. Ho is also a justice of the peace, and deputy lieutenant for the West Riding of Yorkshire, a Fellow of the Society of An tiquaries of England and Scotland, and member of the Royal Irish Academy. He married in 1862 Margaret Alicia Jose phine, second daughter of John Ennis, Lq., of Ballina hewn Manor, County Westmeath, M.P. for Athlone, by whom he has issue. The house is built on an island, and approached by a tasteful iron bridge, replaced by a wooden one which for merly connected the island with the park. Here formerly stood an old castellated mansion, added to by successive lords of tralton. Considerable additions were made at the time of the Restoration, for, as we have seen, the old hall was seriously damaged during the siege; and a new wing was built in 1860. The present handsome and well arranged mansion was built towards the close of the last century by Thomas Waterton, Esq , father of the pre sent most estimable and distinguished representative of this ancient race. The lake surrounding Walton Hall covers 24 acres. Seve ral fine paintings by the great masters of art adorn the dwelling, and birds of varied plumage, admirably preserved, form characteristic ornaments for the house of England's greatest naturalist. Among other interesting historical objects, the Catholic visitor will examine with respect the house clock of the great and good martyr Chancellor Sir Thos. Moro. There is a portrait of this pious and eminent knight byHolbein,which, with the clock, were brought into this family by the marriage of Anne More of Barnborouesh with Charles Waterton, already mentioned. We must not omit the particular attraction of 'Walton Hall. This historic house is distinguished as the chosen seat of Charles Waterton, one of the most practical s ientific ornithologists of the age ; not a mere amateur in the usual sense, but one who has dared every danger, shrunk from no toil, spared no expense in the acquisition and dissemination of the knowledge of birds. He has climbed-the loftiest trees, ranged the dreary swamp, pursued wild beasts over hills and dales; followed the windings of creeks and sea shores, and got himself let down tremendous precipices in quest of zoological knowledge. He passed years in the bad climates of Demerara, Guiana, and other distant lands, and has given his Wanderings to the public to enlighten the ignorant and instruct the lovers of natural history. His application of the solution of corrosive sublimate in alcohol to his specimens, as a preservative from insects, alone en titles him to be ranked as a benefactor to science, and the admirable collection at Walton Hall attests the value of his discovery. While wandering over remote regions, observing the habits of animals when living, and thereby being able to give back the semblance of life to the skins when dead, Mr Waterton resolved, on his return from Guiana, to open his domain in England freely to all comers, whether bird or beast, and, by affording them a liberal supply of food, and a safe resting-place, make the experiment of restoring the harmony of Eden, where all dwelt in amity. He tells us his success :—" After years of attention to the economy of birds, I have succeeded in getting the barn owl, the heron, the jackdaw, the magpie, the carrion crow, the mal lard, the pheasant, the starling, the woodpecker, the ox-eye titmouse, the water hen, the thrush, and the blackbird, to build their nests, and take away their young in safety, at a stone's throw of each other."* Fortunately he had the power equal to the will to give effect to his humane and in teresting project. A lake spreads its mirror-like surface, with islands dotting its bosom, fringed with weeping wil lows, and verdant laws, with groves musical with birds, and affording shelter to the aquatic fowl. Trees in towering pride stand alone, or in groups, suited either for solitude, or the birds of a feather that flock together. In the ivy mantled remains of the old gate tower, an almost in credible number of ringdoves, starlings, redbreasts, spar rows, and other small birds live together in perfect har mony, and herons, shy and easily frightened, may be seen during the day standing on one leg, in statue like steadfastness, along the course of a rivulet spe cially prepared for their comfort. For the better pro tection of the objects of his life-long solicitude, Mr Waterton caused the domain to be enclosed by a lofty wall, of circular range enclosing about 260 acres, including the house and lake. This was completed in 1826, and a teles cope of great power is mounted in an upper room, which enables the eye to sweep the surface of the lake and grounds adjacent. It is most interesting to look through this at the birds which cluster in scores. On the lake are Egyptian and Canadian geese, ducks, mallards, widgeon, and teal. An occasional cormorant and other marine birds visit their fresh water cousins, and love this quiet retreat, while water hens, usually so shy, run under the windows of the house, despite the vigilance of a pair of Egyptian geese, who seem to consider this a peculiar privilege for themselves, and drive all other intrusive birds away. As May be supposed the kindly owner meets a welcome reception when he goes among the objects of his care. No sooner does he emerge from the house than be is followed by a numerous train clamorous for his notice, and no conqueror ever received more vociferous greeting. Birds flock and beasts follow his steps, and the sunshine of the heart is his best recompense —a madams which we earnestly hope may be clouded by no sorrow hero or hereafter. * Letter to 'William Svvainson, Esq., 'Wakefield, 1837, A CAPITAL IDEA.—It seems to us, says our con temporary the _Examiner most ingeniously, as if Mr Bright had stolen all Mr Roebuck's radicalism and republicanism, and that Mr Roebuck has somehow or other got all the patriotism and conservatism which ought to have fallen to Mr Bright's share. A Wortn ABOUT NOSFS.—A side view of the face, as you stand a little behind the person you look at, is the best view, next to looking into the pupil of the eye, to discover passionsby. Talents appear as often in the shwe of the nose as in any other feature. A long nose, very sharp at the end, marks superiority, whether it turns up or down, ( 9., Edmund Burke, Gerald Hamilton, William Pitt, all ' turn up—the aquilines are generally more sagacious. The sensible or foolish feature in every face, like the active muscle, is very various; sometimes tho seat or throne of reason, or memory, or passion is in th,3 forehead, sometimes in the brow, now mote frequently in the eye, again in the nose; the mouth has it often. It is sometimes in the jaw and chin. The large, broad Indian chin, as Grattan's and Stewart's, the painter, is always indicative of genius,—.Eari of Cionnies Diary. 67) unrt elraffyrt t 4 I HER MAJESTY. On Thursday her Majesty, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and the Princess Helena, left Balmoral and drove to Allanquoich• Ponies and attendants had been previously sent on from Balmoral, and, on the arrival of the royal party, they mounted and rode nearly to the summit of Glenquoich. Here luncheon was served, and after having enjoyed a walk through the wild and p:cturckque distract around, her Majesty, the dub:o and duchess, and the princess returned to Balmoral I by way of Mar Lodge and the Linn of Dee, where the beautiful scenery surrounding the falls was con templated for some time. The horses were changed at the Inverc, - .uld Arms Hotel, where a large con course of people assembled, and in a few minutes the journey to Balmoral was resumed. A fine day favoured the excursion. His Royal Highness Prince Humbert. Prince Humbert, Crown Prince of Italy, arrived at the Waterloo terminus of the South Western RAilway yesterday forenoon from Southampton, accompanied by his Excellency the Italian Minister (the Marquis d'Azeglio) and a large suite. Their Imperial Highnesses the Prince Napoleon and the Princess Ciotilde (Prince Humbert's sister) accompanied his royal highness to England, and although most of the suite resorted to the Dolphin Hotel at Southampton, the prince himself and the Marquis d'Azeglio slept on board the yacht during Sunday night. Prince Humbert, the Marquis d'Azeglio, the members of the Legation, and the noble and gallant gentlemen in the suite of his royal highness, imme' diately on their arrival in town proceeded to the residence of the Italian Legation in Grosvenor street. Between one and two o'clock Viscount Palmerston paid a visit to the prince at the Legation. We Excellency the Portuguese Minister and M. Santos, the Marquis de Cadore (the French Charg 6 d'Affaires), together with the Viscount de Contadesi Viscount de Virel, Count Montmarin, and the Consul-General of Italy (Mr. J. B. Heath), paid visits to his royal highness. In the afternoon the prince, accompanied by the Marquis d'Azeglio and a limited number of his suite, took a drive round the outskirts of the me' tropolis. The prince first visited the Zoologica l Gardens in the Regent's-park, and on leaving the gardens drove by St. John's-wood, Westbourne• place, and Hyde•park to Grosvenor-place, through St. James's-park, down the Strand, and by way of Wellington-street and Long-acre to Gros' venor-street. In the evening his royal highness honoured ViS . count and Viscountess Palmerston with his company at dinner at Cambridge-house, Piccadilly. The prince arrived shortly after eight o'clock, eccom` panied by the Marquis d'Azeglio, the whole of tl.O prince's suite, and the personnel of the Legation. There were also present, to meet his royal highness, the Marquis de Cadore, Lord Napier, the Marquis and Marchioness St. Germans, the Right Hon• ourable William and Mrs Cowper, Mrs Locket &c. The prince and company did not leave until after eleven o'clock. His royal highness, with a numerous suite, v►ill leave London, for Doncaster, this morning, by the 9.15 train, on the Great Northern Railway. The Brunnens of Nassau. SCIIWALBACH, NASSAU, Sept. 10. This quiet little watering place has been oil: usually enlivened this season by the presence 01' two Etnpresses. The Empress of Russia was here from the 15th of July to the 23 d of Aug ust, and now the Empress of the French is also come to take the benefit of the tonic steel waters. She leg St. Cloud by a special train, at 8 p.m ., o n the 6111 inst., and travelling by Forbsch, Bingen, Mayenc e : and Frankfort, arrived at Wiesbaden, withou t changing carriages, at 1 p.m. on the following OP The Duke of Nassau had sent a state coach to re: ceive her, but she declined the ceremony, se d .. mounted at once into a hackney carriage, in w hie' she arrived here at 3 p.m. It had only been ma cl4 known a few hours before that she intended to come here, and the place was taken quite by sari prise. An attempt was made to get up a triumph ° , arch, but it was not ready in time, and it wa s erected on the wrong road, as she was expected to come Eltville. Moreover, the band, which always attend' here during the season, bad no copy of " Part° pour la Syrie," and no time to procure one ; and hat it not been for the presence here of an Euglie ll bachelor of music, who arranged it expressly fe l them at an hour's,neCce, this important part o f tb welcome would have been wanting. The Eropre ° travels incognita, under the name of La Conale° l de Pierrefonds, and occupies a pretty little ho l ° close above the Wein Brunnen, which many vibl have been here will recognise as the Villa Herbe r She has with her two Court ladies, three gentlenle and 17 servants. The day her Majesty arrived it poured with rail but, nothing daunted, she went out and took h e first draught and her first walk the same evenjoi She drinks at the Wein Brunnen morning and ev er ing, bathes at midday in an ordinary bath at 0 bath-house, and takes the usual promenades all° the "11608 just like any other visitor, in the simPl e and most unceremonious way ; and I am glad tes t the p2ople appreciate her condescension, and do e crowd round or follow her. She appears sometirol to walk as if she were rather weak, and uses a sore walking-stick, but otherwise she looks well, and h become rather inedned to embonpoint. Her dr e is said, by those who understand such things, to simple but elegant, and the lower portion is of Ye moderate dimensions, a fact which augurs welt the comfort of the human race during next Yet The well-known little Spanish peculiarity of WA or meneo, which is well imitated by her lady at ti dants, at once distinguishes the Imperial party fr all others. She is expected to stay here for a moo although it is now getting late in the season. The Duke of Nassau visited the Empress the after her arrival, and it is reported that the peror of the French will also come and see during her stay. One of the vacant Garters has been confer upon the Marquis of Lansdowne. Lord Lovat will 1) the vacant Itiband of the Thistle. Lord Lismore the new Knight of St. Patrick. THE ETNA.—This vessel, which will bring MU from America, is a fast steamer, and will probs arrive off Queenstown in the course of to-day. The is subsidised by the United States Government to bri t mail, but that mail will not be landed at Queenstown ti t the vessel arrives there in time for an ordinary trai Dublin that will catch a Kingston and Holyhead 1 steamer. The probability is therefore that Muller will London via Liverpool. If the E6na arrives at Queena t to-day and Muller is landed there, he will reach L ot to-morrow ; if he is taken on to Liverpool he will read metropolis on Thursday. Mr Briggs was murdered 01 9th of July ; Muller left England for America on tlao the police started in pursuit of him, a distance of miles, on the 24th of August; he was captured, and, nearly a week's trial in New York, he was sent ba ( England; and on the lath of September, nearly ten after the committal of the murder, Muller will roost bably be in London to undergo his examination and for the murder. POISONED BY SPIRITS OF NAPIITIIA.—Las t Mr Richards, deputy coroner, held an inquest touch"' death of Samuel Neal, aged 28. J. Neal, brother ° deceased. said that last Saturday evening his brotiv turned home to No. 4, North-street, Whitechapel• was very ill, and expired the next morning, Ile vi assistant to a wholesale druggist, and had been ad' to di ink for the last eight years, Dr. Lewellyn sid 4 he had made a post-saw - tun examination of the dee' The lungs were congested, and the coats of the et ° were inflamed from drinking spirits of naphtha•. deceased had evidently been in the habit of satisfY il cr aving for drink by diluting the s p irits of naphtl',' s pirits of wine, and drinking them. lie had expire', the effects of taking an overdose of spirits of napb t L verdict in accordance with t he medical evidence 'A turned by the jury. SERIOUS CHARGE.--The English ship, ° Cooper, with mahogany from ISlanzauilla and lie W put into Plymouth yesterday, H e r steward, a ' l ' colour, had been seventeen days in irons on a having poisoned the captain, and 411b6cquently tilc# violence to the searaen,