The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-24 00:00:00

........—.--e.r..--_ MUSIC HALL. STORE-STREET, BEDFORD -SQUARE. A GRAND EVENING CONCERT will be given on MONDAY, October 26, 1863, In AID of the NEW ITALIAN CHIJRLII, Hatton-wall Hatton -garden, With the assistance of the following, eminent Artistes : Madame Hersee, Mr. Swift, Mi ss Poole, Mr. F. d'Alcinen, Madame Andre a, and Mons. de Fontanier. M i ss Leffler, Pianoforte —Miss E. Ward and Mr. G. F. Barnett. Harp—Mr. J. Cheshire. Conductors —Alberto Randegger, Mr. F. Kingsbury, Signor V a schetti, and Mr. F. Osborne Willi ams. Tickets to the Stalls B 10e. 6d. Balcony 2s. 6d, 11 Reserved Seats Back Seats Is. Od. To be obtained of the Clergy of the Italian Church, and of the principal Itaians resident in the locality ; of Mr. A. Novell°. Dean-street; also of Messrs. Burns and Lambert, 17. Portman-street, and 6/, Paternoster-row ; Duffy, 22, Paternoster-row; and Miss Farrell, Duke-street, Little Britain. The Italian Band will perform some favourite Selections during the evening. Doors open at 7, to commence at 8. Carriages to be in attendance at 10.30. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Manazement of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, Wallace's Romantic Opera, THE DES itRT FLOWER • Miss Louisa Fyne, Miss Susan Pyne Messrs. W. H. Weiss, H. Corri. A. Cook, and W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon.—Doors open at half-past Seven. Lotrunence at Eight. TEIEATRE ROYAL DRURY - LANE . Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Ghatterton. THIS EVENING GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Walter Lacy and Miss Murray. After which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Messrs. r helps, Ryder, Rayner, M.-agreson, Ward, Spencer ; Miss Heath, Miss E. Atkinson, Miss - Leclercq, and 3Elr. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss ttitter, Miss Cicely Nott, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. To conclude with A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVE, THEATRE ROYAL HAY MARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVE., ING, THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. To be followed by FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter Spy: Messrs. Alfred Wigan. Buckstone, Chippendale, Howe, W . Farren, Braid, and G ordon ; Mrs. Dowton, Miss L. Angel, ars. Alfred Wigan, bliss Wright, .tc. After which, and CHARLES TFIE TWEL Mis FTH : bressrs Keeley.A Wigan, Buckstone, Compton, Howe, s L 'Y. Commence at 7. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 11, Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. M r . FECTITER begs respectfully to inform the N o bili ty and Public tha t the above Theatre will OPEN on SATUR DAY nex t, with a new Drama, entitled BEL DEMONIA, a Love Story, in Four Acts, in which Mr. Fechter will ap pear, s upported by Me s srs. Bronh,,m, S. Emery, G. J or d an, n d F. Charles ; Mies Kate Terry, Miss Lavenue, Mrs. Lee, and Mies Elsworthy. The Box-office will be opened on Monday, Oct. ,from eleven till five. ISS BATEMAN.—LEA EL—The celebrated young American Actress, Hiss BATEMAN, having f her first aPpParance in the New Dr ama of LEA ti ob tained the most triumphant and enthusiastic success that has been wi nessed for many years, and the profound impression created by her impersonation of the character of LEAH upon a cowded audience havinz been completely ratified by the unanimous verdict and critical approval of the entire Daily Press, the hlanager ot the NEW ADEL PHI THEATRE has the honour to announce that Mess BAT EMAN will appear in the New Drama of LEAH EVERY EVENING till f urther notice. NENV THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Nianazer. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TRAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs, fit 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Stuart, A Wood, Eburne, Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Billington. To conclude wiFh CATCHING AN TIEIRESS : Miss Woolgar and Mr. A. Wood. _HERRMANN. —PRINCESS'S THEATRE.— Immense Success.—" The Tricks and Feats of Herr Herrmann are nearly all of the most astonishing and incom prehensible kind. His sleight-of-hand feats are really mar vellous, and the ease, finish, and accuracy of his tricks are such as have never before been witnessed in this country."— Standard, Sept. 29. Herrmann in his MONEY TRICK, EVERY EVANI.NG. "A New System of Making Pleuty of Money " Commencing at Eight. Half-price at Nine o'Clock. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, TURN HIM our. Mr. C. Fenton After which, RUM'S CRIME. Messrs. G. Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K.Saville, and Miss Manders. Followed by THE MOTTO, " I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Mesdames Ada Swan borough, F. Hughes, Weston, Thorne, Wallace, and Jenny White. Commence at 7. TRH THI RD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, :in be had Every Evening, of G. R. GIANIE. NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAY.—Morning, h, m.—Afternoon. 124. 10m. To-moßatow.-Morning, 124. 32m.—Afternoon, 124. 58m. The Weather—Sun Office, Oct. 24, 1863, o-_ THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock . .. 58 Barometer-30.25. Wind—North; light, and rather foggy. I ty, 44 ' 4 ,4 $ • Zjj a l p S U , _ . tg)iv sa_ LONDON, SATURDAY, OCT. 24, 1863. After donning with the utmost grace and cor diality the' more ornamental trappings of his high and august position, the Heir Apparent to the throne of these realms is now assuming the more serious duties hitherto discharged (the whole em pire knows how nobly !) by hi s ill us t r i ous f a th er . Conspicuous among th e man y se lf-i mpose d, or at 2y rate re a d i ly accepte d, respons ibili t i es of hi s Royal Highness the late PRINCE CONSORT, pecu liarly conspicuous amongst them, position his the his Royal Highness occupied as President of the Soci ety of Arts. rio that important office his Royal Highness th e Princ e of • WALES, it will now be per ceived, has succeeded. The circumstances under which th is more accepted than merely honorary o ffi ce has been in ever s- y his Royal Hi g h ness , are J Point of view profoundly interesting. An interval h as eh 8 lamented death otP his it is true, sin ce th e PRINCE CONSORT, daring wh it - oyal Highness the c hinterval the dutie s of of President of th e Society Arts, have be en dis charged up to the ti me of his decease, also, by th e late Mr. TOOKE, ono of th e Society's olde s t, most Vic e - preside n t s. respected, and most gifted Vi ce -P from the first, the Soci e ty recognised upo n t h e death of the PRINCE CONSORT that the one especial they could cherish, would be the v they have but just now had the happinessone e theseeing actually realised. Meaning by this instant aspiration of the members that his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort m i ght be succeeded, as soon as a fitting time should have elapsed after that great national calamity, b y his eldest son, his Royal Highness the Heir Appa rent. That fitting time has now in truth elapsed. The recent death of Mr. TOOKE, the Society's late vene rable President, has afforded the council of the Society the opportunity to which they had long been looking for ward. Of that opportunity the members have at once with loyal eagerness availed themselves. Wane doing so, they have by their every allusion to his Royal Highness's fat her, held up before the Prince of WALES .. " r '''ery model or pattern of what such 4eaident ought to be. " The Council can neverr forget," says their address to his Royal Highness, " the obligations of the society to your illustrious father, who, for a period of eighteen Tears presid e d Over its proceedings with so much advantage, nut o _, try at large, .only to the society, bat to the coun rhe est a b i i shment of 'international exhibitions, and th e c in science designs for c onnecting edu ca ti on i s o cience an d art w i t h pro ductive industry, were am e ndeavours of his Royal Hng ighnesmanys to prom o t e th e welfare of his: adopted country," And further, the address closes with the Y:' of a no less just and reasonable "The council o n their part than the following, believe that your acce p tance o f this office will be means of enabling roar royal highness to promote and extend the enlightened views of your lamented father for the advancement of arts and mannfac and the benefit of her .NNesty's subjects." Remem. Bering, as the whole nation does, sa very vividly, and so very gratefully, how distinctly out of his position as President of the Society of Arts grew will be a great relief to animal labour which up those two memorable and magnificent exhibi- suffers so deplorably by the present steep and tions, the Great International Exhibition of 1851 in slippery gradients. There are other points of a Hyde-park, and its successor the Great International favourable character, such as a branch railway to Exhibition of 1862 at South Kensington, exhibi- the New Market in Smithfield, and the eastern tions which constituted two of the most remarkable street will serve to reduce the gradient in the street achievements of H.R.H. the PRINCE CONSORT, the now forming from Victoria•street by the Corpora one the living the other posthumous m' as t e ' r piece tion, from 1 in 30 t o li n 46, which would be a wrought out mainly of his elevated and Qomprehen- desirable improvement. If the new streets are sive intelligence, there is perhaps no office that formed before the viaduct is commenced the traffic could be named, the acceptance of wbach by H.R.H. east and west will not be interrupted. The pro the Prince of IV ALES cou ld b e more we l co me to the jeotor of the scheme claims for it another advantage thoughts or more grateful to the feelings of the by its favouring the construction of a branch rail people of this vast Empire. way from the Metropolitan Railway to Farringdon market, and facilitating the works of the Londc Chatham, and Dover Railway. Now these are a. promising advantages in their way. But this las suggestion seems to provoke a suspicion or doubt whether some interested promoter is not at the bottom of the scheme. But how comes it that there is no improved communication proposed on the southern side of the viaduct as well as on the northern, for an immense amount of traffic passes over Blackfriars-bridge for the north-western parts of London, which can have no better access to the level of Holborn than by turning round and up the western new street at some considerable incon venience. Possibly St. Andrew's Church may be an obstacle, and a street on its southern side or back would be too expensive. The total ultimate cost of the present scheme is estimated at £226,988, which includes the purchase of property and trade, and all other compensations, the viaduct pavements and sewerage complete. Its collateral advantages are considerable, and commend it to the consideration of the architect, the man of business, and the sani tary reformer. The architectural effect of the design will be the attraction to the form, since Holborn and Skinner-street will be left as one wide and uniform i,horoughfare, while due regard is had to the subsequent effect of the view, a consideration so seldom occupying any place in oar modern plans, as is convincingly testified by the awkward slant of our Government buildings at Whitehall. In the present design the whole line of viaduct is to be seen from either end, so that beauty has not been lost sight of in utility. In a business point of view . the scheme has m uc h t o recommend it, the c h ie f argument in its favour being the alteration of the gradients, since the gradients of tae main roadway and the new streets will be quite unobjectionable , and those of the adjoining streets are to be consi derably improved. Direct access will also be af forded to the Now Market, but the sanitary advan tages of the design are perhaps as great or greater than the commercial arguments in its favour. It will raise a large portion of the valley of the Fleet, thereby enabling the basements of all houses built there to be effectually and completely drained, which it seems is n o t now poss i ble, and it will also g i ve facilities for th e f ormat i on of a good system o f sewerage, and th e new h ouses to be erected in t h ese parts will thus derive considerable benefits from it. A mass of wretched houses in the vicinity will be pulled down, probably very much to the gain of the health and morality of the neighbourhood. Such are the principal features of the scheme for and against which much remains to be said. That some such plan will be adopted out of the many to be submitted to th e C orporat i on is very desirable—in fact indispen sa bl y necessary, and we can on ly hop e that the design best adapted to the requirements of the public will be selected and approved. The Corporation will do well to deliberate carefully and impartially on the matter, bearing in mind that their decision will effect not only the present gcne. ration but the welf are an d comfort of t h e i r posterity There is no more gratifying feature of the present state of society Vann the universal w e m attention eet it h w c h e i r e e h . is being paid to art. All Hides monies of various kinds, and many distinguished persons lend their aid to do honour to the inaugu ration of institutions which are about to be founded for Schools of Art, or to celebrate the successes they have achieved and the benefits they have conferred. The Duke of NEWCASTLE has come forward at Nottingham for the purpose of laying the corner stone of the Government School of Art. In the course of his remarks he gave practical illustration of the vast extent to which these schools had reached. It is true that the facts might have been generally known before, but then people do not always draw inferences as they might do from what is taking place around them, and therefore they are often under great obligations to those who think for them, as it were, and point a moral from familiar events and every-day occurrences. In the first place, it is an encouraging circumstance to reflect on, that whereas at the time of the Exhibition of 1851 there were only 19 of these schools, there are now 90. This is certainly making progress, and when we know that no less a number than 70,000 pupils are in some way or other obtaining instruc tion from them, it follows as a matter of course that the spread of cultivation must be very great. It is idle for prejudiced persons to cry up everything 'oreign, and persist in declaring that the English have no genius in that line. The great secret has laid in the fact that, taking for granted this incapa city or inefficiency, no pains were taken to cultivate the faculties or improve the tastes of the great body of the people. We should have re quired the quintessence of genius for design, indeed, to have performed any great wonders without re ceiving instruction. It is at all events very agree able to be able nowadays to give an answer to those who sneer at every home production. No better reply could be given than that selected by the Duke of NEWCASTLE. Surely if any opinion can be said to be removed from partiality it must be that of our rivals in most things, and our suc cessful competitors in all branches of art, as yet. The most eminent and distinguished of our continental neighbours who were selected to visit and decide on the merits of the Exhibition, have all borne testimony to the sur prising progress and striking improvement that have been made among us of late years ; and they attribute this advance to the efficacious working of these establishments. These learned foreigners go so far as to warn their countrymen to take heed to their ways, and not to spare their efforts, for they are afraid of English competition now, so much have they improved of late years. With this en couraging circumstance to bear in mind, it is to be trusted that fresh energy and renewed vigour will be infused into these institutions throughout the land, and that the students will be urged on to emulate, and even in some cases to excel, those com petitors who once so far distanced them in the race. The advantages derived from such culture are almost incalculable, and there are attendant benefits that accrue, which, of minor importance, are still of no mean account in forming the training and giving a tone to the character of the artisan. He must ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. proceed in his course with more interest when he understands somewhat of the principles which rule and regulate his profession, and the refining influ ence which will be imparted to his mind must tend to present good, and may ultimately conduce to future distinction. There is no higher triumph and no happier trophy which science can achieve in her wide extent, or art produce in her boundless range, than the improvement of the people's tastes and the elevation of the mind in the nation at large. It was said some time ago that " the march of armies now stands still to wait the march of mind." That happy picture was not, unfortunately, rea lised, but notwithstanding many drawbacks, the philosopher, the philanthropist, and the statesman may be thankful to Providence that the efforts made by enlightened and high. minded individuals have so signally prospered and spread in such countless ramifications. The satisfactory nature of such affairs, when once accoin plished, is that the good must go on, and that every cultivated member of society is ❑ot only an acquis, tion in himself, but is sure to produce effects o❑ others. Altogether the promise now held out as regards the prospects of art, in this country are so far satisfactory that attention and care seem to be bestowed upon it on ail sides, and in all direc tions, and the best hope of permanent and solid ad vantages accruing will depend on those energies not being suffered to relax, and that enterprise being sustained by well-grounded confidence. Our busy metropolis is undergoing various trans- LOrmations. In every quarter of it change, reform, improvement, and invention are constantly at work. The present generation has seen the novel sight of railways traversing the midst of its highways, and telegraph wires skimming over its roof tops. New bridge s are cross i ng the broad old river, new halls, hotels, and rail way stat i ons are springing up on eve r y Bide, until a t rave ll er w h o left London some five years back wou ld fi nd the familiar city consi derably altered, as well as extended, on hi s re t urn a year or two well n t e h e a . t soAmmeoonfgthtehetisme time -worn vations it is ances and, i„ oovenie nces which we all grum bl e at 1 day after d ay, b ut come in f or a an Lond on and issued notices for plan s endured obstacl e to traffi c aor amending that l ong n at d . danger to p a winter—a p a p er being a design for Holborn ersonal Valle ' safety—evils espe c i a ll y gre a t has been sent us with a heng f both sides T l est me w e ll," The plan proposes to erect a via mprovement. dac y t o vr —to take down the houses on the vall ey stree ts between Hatton-garde n and the west of the end of St. Sepulchre's Church, and form a high level road. way upon arches between those points 70 u feet in length and nearly level. The central headway o f the bridge over Farringdon-street will bo 21 feet or way be 24. This road way is to be formed more o n the southern than the northern side of the existing roadways, as the curve will be less, the vista larger, and the architectural effect better, while it will also be more economical. All this promises well, no doubt. There are two streets to be formed from Victoria-street, the level of which is to be raised as well as a portion of Farri ng d on - street ; one of these stree t s i s to go ..bli quely up to H a tt on - gar d en, an d the eastern 0118 is to Church, being i n join the upper level near SS. Sepul chre's ichre's These will be e ar o t f a e a s s u y b st gradients,i tu t e 1. Sinno4ws:hainldl. rim SUN, LOADON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1863, LATEST INTELLIGENCE, [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] POLAND. BRESLAU, OCT, 24. The Breslau Zeitung publishes advices from arsaw, stating that the fire at the Hotel de Ville destroyed all the archives of the secret police since 1831, JEBB v. CROFTON. At Palawz (on the Vistula) the insurgents have captured a Russian convoy, A new insurgent corps has made its appearance, commanded by Baron Pletz. We were informed by Lord Brougham at the Social Science meeting in Dubli n , th at " Si r W a l ter Crofton had annihilated crime in Ireland." How dries it happen if this be really the case, that we are reopening our convict prisons notwithstanding our rapidly decreasin g p opu l at i on ? For Carl i sle, i n Cork Harbour, will, we fear, be very soon reopened as a convict prison, for Spike Island is full, and the new male and female prisons of Mountjoy are full. It requires no small amount of ignorance or teme rity in the face of such facts, to laud the Irish inter mediate syst em , an d to attempt to press i ts adoption on En g l an d. T he pu b l i c, however, b y suc h a repe tition of laudations, are as often imposed on a s they are by qu ac k d octors . Pl en t y o f puffery, will . g h et mankind to swall o w a ll things, with impl i cit from intermedi a t e conv i c t discipline to the lastat uni versal medicine, or th e last substitute for medicine of all sorts. COURT-MARTIAL ON COLONEL CRAWLEY.— Some of the troopers of the Inniskilling- Drageens—ra cently returned from India to give evidence on the trial of Colonel Crawley—wero in attendance at the Horae Guards during a considerable part of yesterday, under the coin n3and of a non•comraiesioned officer. Although not coinciding in the argument put forth in the following article from the Cork Daily Reporter, we frankly transfer it to our columns from those of our Irish contemporary, out of a wish for fair play in the discussion of the rival systems of the dead Sir Joshua Jebb, and the living Sir Walter Crofton : " Sir Joshua Jebb had all but finished his Fri. son Report for 1862-3, when his sudden death on his way to town, from his residence at Fulham, de prived England of its ablest prison administrator. Sir George Grey, being unable, under these circum stances, to receive the report as an official document, was kind enough to place the manuscript in the hands of the Earl of Chichester, " the brother-in-law and intimate friend" of Sir Joshua Jebb, by whom it has been edited, with no small ability. The report itself has a somewhat contro versial aspect, in treating of the respective merits of the English and Irish convict system. This re sulted from Sir Joshua Jebb's having been instructed by the Secretary of State to give his opinion on the operation of intermediate prisons and police espionage, which had lately been introduced into Irish management. It is addressed to Sir George Grey, and commences thus : " Sir,--In compliance with your wish that I should, without further delay, submit to you, more in detail, the reasons which have led me to conclude that it would be in expedient to introduce into the convict management of this country, either an intermediate stage of discipline, or the supervision of the police, which have been the subject of experiment in Ireland, I will endeavour to lay before you such particulars as will enable you to form an opinion on the question." Sir Joshua Jebb, when drawing up his report, was in a position to produce evidence of the failure of Irish intermediate discipline, to which its most strenuous advocates could not object—namely, that of the Chairman of Directors of Irish Convict Prisons. The proper test of the good or bad working of any convict system is the number of re gonvictions or relapses into crime. To this test Sir Joshua Jebb brought the Irish intermediate system, which prevails in the prisons of Smithfield and Lusk, comparing it with the ordinary English dis cipline adopted at Spike Island and Philipstown. We cite the returns hero: FIRST, INTERMEDIATE PRISONS —lt appears from return No. 1, embracing the period from 1856 to 1861, that there were released on licence from the intermediate prisons of Smithfield and Lusk, 788 prisoners, of whom there went abroad 302—Remained in Ireland, 486 prisoners. Re convictions, revocations during the short time the licence had to run, 80 prisoners —Add from Supplementary Re. turn to 1862, 9 prisoners—Total, 89. Giving a percentage of reconvictions, &c., up to 1861 of 16.46, and up to 1862 of 18*3. As, however, the Irish system was not in full operation until 1857, and convict discipline is now carried out under the Act of that year, I would propose to consider the five years from 1857 to 1861 as follows :—Deducting 1856: re leased on licence, 674 prisoners—gone abroad, 293—re mained, 331—rec!onvictions, &c., as before, 63--add from supplementary returns to 1562, 9—Total, 72. Per centage up to 1861 of 16.5, and up to 1862 of 18'8. SECOND.—Ordinary prison of Spike Island and Phillips town in which about 25 per cent., deemed ineligible for the special training given in the intermediate prisons, are left. From 1856 to 1861, there were released on licence, 431—0 f whom went abroad, 40—remaining in Ireland, 291—re lapses, including 1862, 23—per centage, 5 88. Deducting 1856, as before,—released on licence in five years, 249 gone abroad, 40—remaining in Ireland, 209—relapses, in cluding 1862, 17—per centage 8. It will thus be seen by the Irish Director's own tables, after a trial of six years, that while the ordinary English discipline gives but 8 per cent, of relapses, or intermediate discipline, they give over 18 per cent. of relapses. Let us now take tha returns of Irish Intermediate and Ordinary Prisons for the last year, and cempare them with those of England. IRELAND.—Released on licence from Smithfield and Lusk, 142—gono abroad, 95—remained in Ireland, 47 reconvictions, s —revocations, s—per centage, 21.28. Re leased from ordinary prison at Spike, 18—gone abroad, 2 remained in Ireland, 16—reconvictions, &c., 2—per centage, 12.5, These returns, taken in connection with those extending back to 1856, contrast strongly with the following for Eng land : ENGLAND, 1862.—Released on license, I,B2s—gone abroad, say 7 per cent., 125—remained in England, 1,700 reconvictions, 78—revocations, 32—per centage of recon victions, 4•s—per centage of revocations, I . 9—total per centage on revocations and reconvictions, 6 5. The reader may ask how is it that the public could have been deceived on this subject so long ? The pubiic is deceived more easily than people gene rally imagine. But the way in which the matter was managed in the present instance was, by taking the relapses on the whole number discharged, although, in some years, more than two-thirds of them went abroad, at once, and therefore could give no relapses. For example, in the year 1859, there were enlarged two classes of intermediate pri soners, who were under the care of Mr. Organ. One class consisted of 114 men. Of these 101 went abroad. The other class consisted of 83 men. Of these 71 went abroad. Out of the two classes, con taining 197 men, 172 went abrcad, leaving only 25 at home, on which relapses could be honestly taken. To count the relapses on the whole number is something like taking the rations of dead men. The public owes a debt of gratitude to the Earl of Chichester for bringing the report to light, and for the ability which he has shown in the editing department. His esteemed brother-in-law, Sir Joshua Jebb, fell in the thick of the battle, and near its close, and he has taken up his sword and used it with good effect. It would appear from the efforts now being made, by the advocates of the Irish system, at the Social Science meetings in Edinburgh, that the time has not yet come for laying down the sword. The Irish party will die hard. As old leaders are knocked on the head and silenced, by an array of facts which they can no longer withstand, new ones spring up in their place. Lord Neaves, a Scotch judge, in a paper read before the congress, on last Saturday, convoys the impression that the English and Irish convict systems are quite distinct, though every one acquainted with the matter knows, that with the exception of a police espionage, and a farm at Lusk (where Irish prisoners are in clover, and where they are fed and clothed and lodged better than any Irish or English labourer), that the Irish and English convict systems are identical. But we need not wonder at the igno rance of this judge, when we see the accomplished Mr. O'Hagan, our own Attorney-General, falling into the error that he did at the Social Science Con gress held in Dublin. What is still more surprising is that no one had the honesty to correct him, or his figures. Here again, at this meetitig in Edin burgh, Lord Neaves says the 11)ya1 Commissioners have recommended the adoption of the Irish inter mediate system for England, and no one has the manliness to get up and say, " My Lord, you make a great mistake : the Royal Commissioners have altogether ignored the Irish system. The two Irish members who were on that commission did all they could to press it on the consideration of the rest of commissioners, but they were out voted." This would be stating the simple truth. Lord Brougham was in in error when he stated " Upon one subject the commissioners were equally divided, the pur gatory division of the system, or the intermediate prisons," for the Irish party were out-voted as he will see by the report. But even Lord Brougham's statement, who stood up to compliment LordNeaves, is opposed to that of the Scotch judge. Still both speeches w ere equa 'ly applauded by the I r i s h party, that always muster strong et these meetings of the Social Science Congress. WINDSOR, Captain Arthur D. Hay ter, the Liberal candidate for the representation of the borough of New Wind sor, issued his address yesterday. After alluding to the death of the late member, Mr. Hope, he states that he has been requested by an influential portion of the constituency of the borough to supply his place, and that if elected he will be found in the ranks of the supporters of the present Government. He laments the struggle in the United Stites, and sympathises with the cause of Poland. He is fa vourable to preserving the military and naval forces in an efficient state, and approves the Volunteer movement. He is a friend of progress, and favour able to all measures calculated to unshackle indus try, and to the extension of the franchise to the working classes. After the address of Mr. Hayter was issued, a committee representing the Conserva tive interest was held at the office of Mr. Voules, solicitor, when the address of Colonel B. Howard Vyse was approved, and ordered to b© printed and issued to the constituents in the course of this day. In this address Colonel Vyse states that, although an admirer and supporter of the Earl of Derby, he should not enter the House of Commons with the intention of carrying out any factious or party movements, but with a determination to support any measures that he might consider conducive to the general welfare of his country. He bases his claims to the support of the electors chiefly on the ground of his long and immediate connexion with their borough. TIIE CITY OF OXFORD. In accordance with a public announcement, an Influential meeting of Mr. Neate's supporters, num bering nearly 1,000, took place at tho Corn Ex change on Thursday evening, It was unanimously resolved that a requisition be prepared, inviting Mr. Neate to come forward as a candidate to fill the vacancy in the representation of this city caused by the lamented death of Mr. Langston. In furtherance of the object a committee was appointed to procure signatures to the requisition, which was yesterday signed by a very large number of the constituency. No opposition to Mr. Neate's return appears to be likely. The funeral of the late respected member, Mr. Langston, Will take place today in Sarsden Church, adjoining the mansion, and a special meeting of the Town Council has been convened for Monday next to vote an address of condolence to Lady Julia Langston. ARCHBISHOP WIIATELY'S HUMOUR consisted in the unexpected application of such principles as he had deduced front theory to practical life, or the prompt re cognition of such facts as he had observed in practical life, within the doctrine of a new theory,—as when, in examin ing some lad, he asked him to decline "cat," interrupting him when ho got to " Vocative—oh eat !" with " Pooh I whoever heard of saying, "Oh cat, come to your milk I' " --of course, " Vocative —pu ss I" SIDDONS was one night playing "Jane Shore." The unfortunate woman ezclairus, in an agony of suffering from hunger, "1 have not tasted bread for three days I" A child's voice was heard, broken by sobs, "Madam, Madam, do take my orange, if you please," and the audience and the actress beheld, in one of the stage b i\a o le x ac l‘ :r e ok i s ie ß ltni a l S : . little girl, holding out her orange with trembling hands to the starving Jane Shore —Memoirs of the Great -detress by her daughter Mrs. Combo. AT CHELTENHAM a new music hall is about to be added to the public buildings of the town, the Old o_ a n t s io il i i. o a l v i i a n r g ao u a n u d d er ie g n o c n e e s. transformation, and been converted into a spacious Corn Exchange, so constructed, a co rr n a c n e g rt ed, and ornamented, as to be available for public andd other entertainments requiring space for the Penny C:Alpltown found welterin g h i I, exsitilt t: INIURDF:n.—On Wednesday eveningway an inquest was opened at th© Red Lion, o n the remains of Mr. C. Plummer, who ionfgt wash been twfooubnrodthonertah: hip blood on his nephew's farm at Fenny Compton, and tw o deceased's hairs were sworn y to ou a n s g h e a s v t now to of Charles Beers, the 1:1 custody for the offence. The shoe was about three-quarter toe, and has been impounded by h th o ie c k or in on t e h r e . Charles has also admitted that if heoZrftdad:nionotfcht. kii:ed the old man he would not have died. The medical teat that deceased was a perfectly healthy m an , T , °n Y. 8 "" The inquest stands adjourned, CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office frcm the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Oct. 24 : The Vectis with the above mails left Alexandria for Marseilles at 6 a.m. on the 21st inst. The Pera with the heavy portion of the mails sailed for Southampton at 7 a.m. the same day. The Mooltan brought the mails to Suez, arriving there on the 18th inst. SPAIN. MADRID, OCT. 24. Eighteen thousand reserve troops have been called out. The Empress of the French will re•embark for France at Valencia. FRANCE. PARIS, OCT. 20. General Longstreet has been appointed Governor of the Invalides, and General Mellinet, Chief Com mandant of the National Guard of the Seine. The Moniteur of this morning, giving an account of the reception of the Empress of the French by the Queen of Spain says : " The visit of the Em press is destined both in the present and the future to exercise a happy influence upon the relations which unite France and Spain." BOURSE, Oct. 23.—The market has not shown much animation, but in the business done the prices of yesterday have been well maintained. Threes, for the Account, are now unvaried at 67f. 20c. Moobilier slightly lower. Railway Shares quiet, but firm. Toe market closed as follows : it per Cents. ...... 95 05 Do. end month.... 73 30 Do. end month.... N ew uitto ........ 73 Do. 3 per nd Cents ...... 67 15 Do. end month.... 72 85 e mouth.... 67 15 Russian ........ 92 50 Credit Mobili er.... 1117 50 Austrian .. ..... _ Do. end month....lllG 25 Spanish Threes..., 53 Bank Shares ...... 3360 Home Debt ..... Credit F on c i er .... 1300 Deferred ...... . . 48 25 Italian L0an..... 73 20 Roman ......... . RAILWAYS. Cash. A ccount. Orleans 975 --• • 975 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 1010 Now ditto ............ 918 75 Geneva ............ Southern Western ...... Eastern .......... , 508 75 .. 508 75 Sardinian Austrian Lozybard .... .. 562 50 .. 562 50 Sara North of Spain ... 542 50 .. 541 25 gossa Ditto to B arcelona 342 50 .. 345 Election of the Prince of Wales as Presiden. of the Society of Arts, lingtou Hou se , Oil hgeunrsedral ay m af e t e e t r i n n o g o o ti f . th i e l j e e m m b e m er b s e o r f s th as e s s e o ra c b ie l t e y d w a a t s ß h u el r d . toh_eTTthchairmanisannualthe lamentedthe meetin g b y your attention to the f ac t th a t at death of the Prince Consort, it was stated in the council's report that we h oped to have the honour and advantage of the presidency of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales so soon as a fitting time had elapsed since the death of his father. In the interval we elected as our president one of our oldest and most respected vice-presidents, Wm. Tooke, and he has filled the office until recently, when by his death it became vacant. We then thought it right to take steps for ascertaining whether the Prince of Wales would accept the presidency, if elected by the members; we, therefore, sought for and obtained the honour of an interview with his royal highness, and presented an address, whic:s, with his loyal highness's reply, I will now read to you:— " To RIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES. „‘ ‘ May it pl ease your royal highness,—We, the Council ofthe Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufac tures, and Commerce, humbly approach your royal high • ness to ask that you will be graciously pleased to become a member of th e soc i ety, w i t h the view of being elected to the office of its president. The council can never forget the obligations of the society to your illustrious father, who, for a period of 18 years presided over its proceedings with se much advantage, not only to th e soc i ety, b ut t o the coun !rcoun- tr yat large. Th estabdshme n t o f i nternat i ona l exhibi tions, and the comprehensive designs for connecting edu cation in science and art with productive industry, were among the many thoughtful endeavours of his royal high ness to promote the welfare of his adopted country. The council belie ve t h at your acceptance of this office will be a means of enabling your royal highness to promote and ex tend the enlightened views of your lamented father for the adva ncement of arts and manuf actures, an d t h e benefit of her Majesty's subjects.—On behalf of the council, " 'WILLIAM HAWES, Chair Man." His Royal Highness was graciously pleased to return the following reply : " Gentlemen,—l thank you for your address. It is not without much diffidence that I venture to take on myselt the office that has been offered to me in so flattering a man tan the Queen's wish, being ner, feeli ng that there are so many better qualified for it I can pr e t en d to b e . B u t i t i s herself precl u d e d f rom t a ki ng part personally in t h e pro ceedings of yo ur soc i e ty, t o mark, through me, th e interest sbe f ee l s i n a body of which her beloved husband was so long the h ea d . O n my own part lam led to enterta i n th e hope that, by accept i ng th e s i tuation of your pres id en t, I may be b e tt er a b le to promote the great and beneficent ob jects whi c h my dear father had so much at heart, an d i n which he was so zealously supported by your society. En "waged by this hope, and having no dearer wish than to assist in any way in my power towards the success of his great designs, I cannot refuse to accept the position so kindly offered to me." I eta sure you will all feel that the terms in which his royal highness has expressed the feelings of her Majesty, as well as his own, towards this society are most gratifying. W© cannot see the son of so distinguished and illustrious a parent succeed to the chair which the Prince Consort filled with such distinction and such usefulness, without looking back to the progress of the society, and recalling to mind the various presidents who have preceded him. We have had the honour of being presided over in succession by members of the Royal family. H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex was for many years president, and during his presidency the Prince Consort was vice-president. lie succeeded to the chair at the death of the Duke of Sussex And now, having unfortunately lost this illustrious prince, after he had pre sided over us f or so l ong a period, we have come here to elect as his successor a young man, comparatively untried, but whose education has been such that we have every rea son to believe that he inherits from his father the same de sire to promote the encouragement ofa it in connection with manufactures, and the same anxiety to make himself really useful, sad to follow in the footsteps of his father as an earnest promoter of arts, science, and literature ; and we hope that some years hence we shall be as proud of his pre sidency as I believe we all are of the presidency of his illus.' trious father. Immediately upon receivinz his Royal High ness's answer the council summoned this meeting. By the ordinary rules of the society, before a member can be elected he must be proposed, and his name suspended for a certain period, We felt sure that you would ageee with us that to pass his Roy a l Hi g h ness throug h su ch an ordeal as that, after the answer which I have just read to you, would not be respectful to him, or in accordance with your feelings. Wo therefore th oug ht it r i g h t to call you together, and ask you at once to suspend all the bylaws relating to the elec tion of members and officers, and to submit his name to you to b e a t once elected a member of the society. Having done p that it will b e my d uty to b r i ng f or ward another proposition, that he b e e l ecte d our resident. their o wn , did not consider they I n that again the council, bearing in mind th e feelings of all th e members as well as wou ld be doing their duty if they use d the powers given to them by the by-laws to elect a p res id ent till the next a nnual meeting. 1 hey, therefore, th oug h t i t due to you t h a t you should exercise your power, that the whole body of members should have an opportunity of expressing how cordially they appreciate the very kind and flittering terms used by his royal high ness in the reply w hi c h I h ave just road, and also the gra titude we owe to he r M a j esty f or her gracious expression of sympathy with th e procee di ngs of this society. The first this occasion th e by-l aws re l a ti n g to the election of mem step to be take n i s th e pure l y f or mal ono of suspending for bers and officer s . I w ill th ere fore propose :—" That th e by-laws relating ;t o th e e l ec ti o n of members and officers be suspended for thi s meet i ng ." This having been unani mously passed, The CHAIRMAN proposed—" That his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales be elected a member of this society," This resolution having also been passed unanimously, The CIIAIRMA.N said he would neat propose—" That his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales be elected president of this society." This was passed by acclamation. A vote of thanks to the chairman was then proposed by Mr. JOSEPH PAYNE, seconded by Mr, TEULON, and car ried unanimously, The Late Balloon Journey. M. Eugene Arnoult, one of the passengers in M. i`dadar'e balloon, writes as follows to the Paris Na- tion : " Hanover, Tuesday, Oct. 20. "My dear Editor,—You saw us leave the Champ de Mars on Sunday. You were a witness of the majestic ascent of the Geant rising into the air amid the applause of the crowd. They cried to us from below, 'Bon voyage P Alas "At nine o'clock at night we were at Erquelines ; we passed over Malines, and towards midnight we were in Holland. We rose up very high, but it was ❑ecessary to come down to see where we were. Ignorant of that, our position was a critical one. Below, as far as we could see, were marshes, and in the distance we could hear the roar of the sea. We threw out ballast, and, mounting again, soon lost sight of the earth. What a night ! Nobody slept, as you may suppose, for the idea of falling into the sea had nothing pleasant about it, and it was neces sary to keep a look out in order to effect, if necessary, a descent. My compass showed that we were going towards the east—that is to say, towards Germany. In the morning, after a frugal breakfast made in the clouds, we re-descended. An immense plain was beneath us ; the villages appeared to us like chil dren's toys—rivers seemed like little rivulets —it was magical. The sun shoce splendidly over all. Towards 8 o'clock we arrived near a great lake; there I found out our bearings, and announced that we were at the end of Holland, near the sea. We were compelled to think of landing in order to take in a little ballast. Unhappily the heavens had made us forget the earth, over which blew a wind so violent that in a few minutes our anchors, enormous ful crums of iron, were broken. The valve was shut, and the balloon, which could carry us no longer, began a giddy career. We rose from 20 to 30 metres, and fell with incredible force. Little by little the balloon ceased to rise, and the car fell upon its side. Then began a furious, disordered race; all disappeared before us—trees, thickets, walls, all broken or burst through by the shock ; it was fright ful. Sometimes it was a lake, in which we plunged ; a bog, the thick mud of which entered our mouths and our eyes. It was maddening. Stop, stop ! we shouted, enraged with the monster who was dragging us along. A railway was before us—a train passing ; it stopped at our cries, but we carried away the telegraphic posts and wires. An instant afterwards we perceived in the distance a red house —I see it now—the wind bore us straight for this house. It was death for all, for weshould be dashed to pieces. N) one spoke. Strange to say, of those nine persons, one of whom was a lady, who were clinging to a slender screen of osier, for whom every second seemed counted, not one had any fear. All tongues were mute, all faces were calm. Nadar held his wife, covering her with his body. Poor woman ! Every shock seemed to break tier:to pieces. "Jules Godard then tried and accomplished an act of sublime heroism. He clambered up into the netting, the shocks of which were so terrible that three times he fell on my head. At length he reached the cord of the valve, opened it, and the gas having a way of escape the monster ceased to rise, but it still shot along in a horizontal line with prodigious rapidity. There were we squatting down upon the frail osier car. Take care!' we cried, when a tree was in the way. We turned from it, and the tree was broken, but the balloon was discharging its gas, and if the immense plain we were crossing had yet a few leagues, we were saved. But suddenly a 'orest appeared in the horizon ; we must leap out a , .. whatever risk, for the car would be dashed to pieces at the first collision with those trees. I know not. how, for I suffered from a wound in my knees, my trousers were torn. I jumped, and made I know ❑ot how many revolutions, and fell upon my head. After a minute's dizziness I rose. The car was then far off. By the aid of a stick I dragged my self to the forest, and having gone a few steps I heard some groans. S tint Felix was stretched on the soil frightfully disfigured ; his body was one wound ; he had an arm broken, the chest torn, and an ancle dislocated. The car had disap peared. After crossing a river I heard a cry. Nadar was stretched on the ground with a dislocated thigh; his wife had fallen into the river. Another companion was shattered. We occupied ourselves with St. Felix and Nadar and his wife. In trying to assist the latter I was nearly drowned, for I fell into the water and sank. They picked me up again, and I found the bath had done me good. By the assistance of the inhabitants the salvage was got together. Vehicles were brought; they placed us upon straw. My knees bled; my loins and head seemed to be like mincemeat ; but I did not lose my presence of mind an instant, and for a second I felt humiliated at looking from the truss of straw at those clouds which in the night I had had under my feet. It was in this way we reached Ruthem, in Hanover. "In 17 hours we had made nearly 250 leagues. Our course internale had covered a space of three leagues. Now that it is over I have some shudder- ings. It does not signify; we have made a good journey, and I marvel to see with what indifference we way regard the most frightful death, for besides • ' • " the prospect of being dashed about on our way, we had that of gaining the sea; and how long should we have lived then ? lam glad to have seen this —happier yet at having to narrate it to you. These Germans who surround us are brave people, and we have been as well cared for as the resources of the little spot will allow. ~ P.S. I have just reached Hanover with my com panions, and re-open my letter to tell you se. The __. . King has sent an aide•d e . eamp t o us . A re we a t the end of our reverses ? At any rate, lam consoled to think they can no longer laugh at us in Paris. We have kept our promises, and more." Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments in the Civil Service. (From the Civil Service Gazette.) FOREIGN-OPFICE.—The consulship at llankow, China, has become vacant by the death of Mr William Raymond Gingell ; salary, £1,300. COLONIAL-OFFICE.—Mr Humphrey Evatt has been ap pointed colonial surveyor for the colony of Sierra Leone. sset J. e vx . rooers ata:cjt Jordan,Lo-c radl officers, onordensoceed,rt,s collection, :k d e l cin : e o M renansi r : T. MrCi Joseph s T i eg o ph 's h r t have E v M e l r a b l e e S e appointed n A d n lu dr r ew c s ur out-door A i tis been ee a ervnaeo INLANDaubpe, appointed ct r , ee o rd t too Uxbridget! i d ii t r o k bwal REVENUE—Exciselexamining d2ed, (preventive) p a r n i e d e v d oh e ffi l n e : district. Mr Alexander Innes, officer Kirkwall 2d (pre ventive) ride, O r k ney di str i ct, has be • been appointed to Ux bridge ride, Middlesex collection. THE EAST IND t C lEs. len olonel W. Maxwell, R.A., has been appointed to officiate as secretary, Public Works Department, and chief engineer to the Government of Bengal. Mr F. R. Hogg has been confirmed in the ap pointment of Postmaster-General of the Pusjaub and Sindh. Major Stewart, R.E., has been appointed to act as deputy secretary to the Government of Madras in the Department of Public Works. Captain Ryves, R.E., has been appointed to act as deputy -secretary to Government in the Public Works Department, during the absence of Major S. Stewart. Mr G. A. Harris has been appointed to be civil and sessions judge of the zillah of Ootaoamund. Mr T. Onslow has been appointed to be civil and sessions judge of the zillah of Chittoor, in succession to Mr Harris. Mr H. G. Smith has been appointed to be civil and sessions judge of the zillah of Nundial, in succession to Mr Onslow. Mr H. S. Thomas has been appointed to b© sub-collector and joint magistrate of Salem, in succession to Mr Smith. Mr G. V. Agnew has been appointed to be sub-collector' and joint magistrate of Madura, in succession to Mr Thomas. Mr J. H. Blair has been appointed to be sub collector and joint magistrate of Tinnevelly, in succession to Mr Vans Agnew. Mr R. H. Clifford, third-class de puty commissioner, ' Oude, has been promoted to be second class deputy commissioner. Mr It. M. King, first .ei ass assistant commissioner, Oude, has been promoted to be deputy commissioner of thd third class, Mr G. Ii M. Ricketts, • C B collector sad magistrate at Jounpore, h as been appointed to officiate as collector and magistrate of Allahabad. Mr C. Grant, sen., joint magistrate and de- puty collector of Futtehpore, has been appointed to officiate as collector and magistrate of Jounpore. Mr A. J. Law rence, assistant magistrate and collector at Saharunpore, has been appointed to officiate as joint magistrate and deputy collector of the second grade. PRICE OF NEGROES.—A Richmond paper states that slaves are bringing extremely high prices in that city, At an auction one negro man sold for .3,350 dais., and a girl for 3,250 dols. At a private sale a girl brought 4,600 dols., and a cook woman 3,800 dols. These are said to be the highest prices ever obtained in this market, • f-4t Tart Tirsidat TEE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND. of the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, with the Baroness Debeneck and attendants. The saloon in the rear of the Queen's carriage will contain the Princess Louise, with Lady A. Bruce and Lady Churchill, and in the carriage bahind this Prince Leopold, with Sir George Grey, General Grey, and Mr. Buff will be seated ; the other carriages in the rear being occupied by Dr. Jenner, Dr. Becker, her Majesty's dressers, and the directors, while the first four carriages will be appropriated to the use of the royal servants. The royal train will leave Aboyne at 2.30 p.m., and proceed along the Deeside Railway to Aberdeen, which will be reached at 3.35 p.m. The route will be then along the Scottish North-Eastern to the Bridge of Dan, where the train will arrive at 4.50 p.m. Perth will be made at 6.18 p.m. Here a stoppage of an hoar will be made for refreshments, and at 7.18 p.m. the Royal party will resume their journey, the train travelling along the Scottish Central Rail way to Greenhill, where it is timed to arrive at 8,34 p.m., again, at 8.37 p.m., travelling along :he Caledonian line to the Summit Station, which it will reach at 10.11 p.m., and arrive at Carlisle at 11.40 p.m., where a stayof 10 minutes will be made. The Royal train will leave Carlisle, where the London and North-Western Railway system com mences, at 11.50 p.m., arrive at Kendal Junction at 5.10 a.m. At the last-named place the charge of the train will be handed over to the officials of the Great Western Railway, on which line the journey will be resumed to Leamington, where the train will arrive at 6,21 a.m. ; Oxford will be made at 7.35 a.m., the train arriving at the Windsor terminus of the Great IVestern Railway at 9 a.m. On alighting, her Majesty, tee Royal family, and suite will immediate►y proceed to the Castle, having travelled a distance of about 600 miles in 20 hours. In order to avoid all chance of detention, a pilot•engine will precede the train, and the route will be kept clear of all traffic for about half-an-hour before the expected passage ; and in order that the journey may be performed as pri vately as possible, the public will not be admitted. to the stations ou the result. Prince Alfred in Kelso. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and Prince William of Hesse, with their suites, arrived on Thursday evening at Kelso, from Edinburgh, by the express train of the North British Railway, and were received at the station by his Grace the Duke of Roxburghe, the Marquis of Bowmont, Lord Poi warn), and Sir George Douglas, Bart. The Kelso Rifle Volunteers were drawn np in line on the platform, and gave a royal salute as their royal highnesses alighted. The royal party drove off to Floors Castle in a carriage and four, and during their progress several rounds were fired by a detachment of the Kelso Volunteers from cannon placed in a field adjoining the bridge. The square and streets of Kelso were brilliantly illuminated and decorated with flags, and from the unusual numbers that had been present at the races, the streets were crowded with a vast concourse of people, who welcomed Prince Alfred with repeated and enthusiastic bursts of cheering. In the evening his grace the Duke of Roxburg he entertained the princes at dinner at Floors Castle. The spacious dining-room, the walls of which use hung with the old family portraits, had a most magnificent appearance. Besides the duke and duchess and family, the following ladies and gentlemen had the honour of dining with the princes—The Hon. H. Grey, the Hon. W. Edwards, Major Cowell, Captain Von Zangen, Lord Llanover, Lady Stratford do Redclifte, Lord Henry Scott, the Master of Lovat, the Hon. H. Fraser, Sir Thomas and Lady Louisa Monerieffe, Mr. and Lady Georgina Balfour, Misses Balfour, Mr. and Miss Montgomery, and Hon. C. White. A grand ball afterwards took place in ho.nour of the Royal visitors. The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Caven. dish and family havo taken up their residence at Hardwick hall, near Chesterfield, since leaving Holkar Hall, near Miluethorpe. The party visiting the noble duke is confined to the connections of the family. The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland is, we are led to understand, daily improving in health, and has never been seriously indisposed, as stated by a provincial con temporary. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, who have been staying at their seat near Liverpool since Tues day last, will return to Hatfield House, llerts, to-day. '' ha noble marquis and marchioness will shortly entertain. , succession of guests at Hatfield. Viscountess Jocelyn and the Hon. Misses Jocelyn arrived at Lord and Lady Palmerston's town residence on Thursday from a tour in Switzerland and Italy. They will shortly join the noble premier and Lady Palmerston at Broadlands, near Ramsey-. -- Lord and Lady Bury are visiting in the north of Scotland. His lordship visited his constituents at Wick on Monday last. Lady Blantyre and Hon. Ellen Stuart have arrived at Stafford House, St. James's, on a .visit to tho Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland. Lady Ward will entertain a select party at Him ley Hall, Staffordshire, during the ensuing week. The marriage of Lieutenant-Colonel Wilberforce Greathed, 0.13,, and Miss Clive, was celebrated at Whitfield on the 22d inst. lo'GertrgEe .PRINCEGrey CONSORT'S STATUE AT ABERDEEN —The L or d P rovost at Aberdeen has had the honour t o receive the following communication from Sir :—"Balmoral, Oct. 16, 1863. My Lord Provost,--I have received the Queen's commands to convey to You the expression of her Majesty's entire approval of the arrangements made for the inauguration of the statue of the Prince Consort at Aberdeen on Tuesday last. The Queen fully appreciates the consideration whichwas shown for her feelings by those who took part in the ceremony, and by the inhabitants of Aberdeen generally, on an occa sion which was one of severe and painful trial to her Ma jesty, notwithstanding the mournful satisfaction which she derived from the marks of esteem and affection universally shown for the great and good Prince whose loss to herself and to the country is a constant and undiminished cause of the deepest grief to her Majesty.—l have the honour to be my Lord Provost, your obedient humble servant, G. GREx -The Lord Provost of Aberdeen." The Vienna Philharmonic Society has just had the mortal remains of Beethoven and Schubert exhumed in the cemetery of Wahringer-Orte, for the purpose of placing them in haithomer tombs. St. Luke's cattle lair at Yvetot (Seine-Inferieure), two days back, was remarkably well attended. The show' of cattle of all kinds was large, and wet with a brisk sale at good prices, BALMORAL, OCt. 22. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, went out yesterday morning. In the afternoon the Queen, accompanied by the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia and Princess Louis of Hesse, went up to the Prince's Cairn on Craig Lowrican. The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia lunched with her Majesty. Her Majesty's Journey from Scotland, Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Prince Leopold, Princesses Helena, Louise, and Beatrice, and the children of the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, and attended by Sir George Grey, Gen. Grey, Lady A. Bruce, Lady Churchill, the Baroness Dobeneck, Dr. Jenner, and Dr. Becker, will leave Balmoral about half-past 12 on Tuesday next for the Aboyno terminus of the Deeside Railway, en route for Windsor Castle. At Aboyne a special train, con sisting of about four saloons and several first-class and ether carriages, attached to a powerful engine, will be in readiness, ander the charge of Mr. Ca wk well, the general manager of the London and North Western Railway, by which company the train will be provided. On alighting from the carriages which will have conveyed the royal party from Bal moral, her Majesty, the royal family, and suite will at once enter the carriages set apart for their espe cial use. The Queen, with her Royal Highness Princess Helena, will occupy the royal saloon, which will he nearly in the centre of the train. The two saloons preceding that of the Queen willcontain the Princcss Beatrice, her attendants, and the children I Al] Say me; con Bai enN Wit